Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1905 Returning to Japan ([-]) A Difficult Decision
How to make the conquest of Japan, a "country without conquest", gain wide legal recognition in Ming Dynasty, this matter has actually troubled Gao Yushi for many years.

He has been entangled in this matter almost since Gao Yushi planned to rejuvenate Daming and consolidate the traditional political, economic and military structure of East Asia.He has also designed several different plans for this, but until now, he is still jumping left and right among several plans, and it is still difficult to make a final decision.

If any sane person has the phenomenon of repeated horizontal jumps, it must be because it is difficult to fully grasp the balance of pros and cons, just like Gao Yu's troubles on this issue.

Either they can't reach a consensus in the country, and they force their troops to bear the infamy of being a militaristic and grandiose; or they expose their strength and give others a handle, and they will face endless impeachments and backstabbing in the future.

The former is not as simple as infamy, because as a civil servant, especially a civil servant who has won Spyker, his reputation means too much.It can be said that once the reputation is bad, the most direct manifestation is that it will be more difficult to promote other reforms in the future.

The latter is by no means everything will be fine as long as the emperor trusts, because the emperor is also a human being after all, and a human being will change due to changes in various situations.There is a saying that everyone makes money and three people become tigers. Who dares to say that he will not face the predicament of Gao Gong in the future and have to resign resolutely in the "full dynasty"?
Taking another [-] steps back, even though Zhu Yijun always firmly believed in Gao Yushi's loyalty, and firmly believed that Gao Yushi would never betray him, if Jinghua's full strength was exposed, it might not be a matter of trust or distrust for an emperor. It's that you are actually too big to lose your head.

Now you and I are classmates, and we do have enough mutual trust, but... I will always have the day when the dragon controls the sky, and you will also have the time to ride the crane west. When it comes to the age of our children and grandchildren, can they also be able to communicate with each other? Is there such a situation where the monarch and his ministers are in harmony?

If not, can my Tian family still ensure the loyalty of the Yi Gao family?Can you ensure that your Gao family will not overthrow the Tian family?

This is something that any mature emperor must consider, and it must be considered. It has nothing to do with whether the emperor is called Zhu Yijun or not.

Therefore, the tiger skin of the Ming court must be pulled, and the issue of "Japanese conquest" must not be resolved only by the Maritime Trade Alliance or even by Jinghua, otherwise the road of high-practice ministers may face a deep abyss.

It is true that with Gao Yushi's current strength, he can indeed say that it is no big deal if he does not become this courtier - so what if he pats his ass to settle Nancheng?With the strength of my six major garrison forces and the two ocean fleets, even if all domestic industries are lost, you, Ming, don't even think about threatening me with force.

Even if it is a bit more decisive, I, Mr. Gao, have nearly one million hired workers and more than 20 armed servants (Jinghua Trading Company cavalry, various factory protection teams, and mine protection teams) in Daming. It's hard to say who will win in the end.

Unless the Ming court came out with another master strategist who gained the absolute trust of the emperor, once Gao Pragmatist attacked from inside and outside, the court would probably be even more dangerous.

But here lies the problem. Gao Yushi’s wish is not to overthrow Zhu Ming at all. He just hopes that a country that represents the main nation can withstand the rise of nationalism. blood bar.

Europe has already had a renaissance, and soon it will be time for enlightenment and industrialization. The world of great controversy is not far away. What Chinese civilization should do at this time is to lay a solid foundation, reform and transform, and embrace the new era with the most solid, stable and vigorous outlook. The arrival of the era, instead of stabbing yourself first, and facing the vicious pirate civilization with residual blood.

They are not Russians, why do they have to fight with blood?People fight with blood, partly because the Russian Orthodox Church has a very traditional and very strong "victim" thinking, so the more dangerous the more fighting spirit.

When they reach the "full blood" state, they often attack in all directions inexplicably because they can't find spiritual support and ideological guidance, and then they are attacked from all directions, and finally they are beaten to blood.

This is not the case with Chinese civilization.From the rise of the debate between Hua and Barbarians in the Zhou Dynasty to the unification of the six kingdoms by the first emperor, the Chinese civilization not only gradually produced the concept of "those who are successful will benefit the world, and those who are poor will benefit the world" in terms of personal thinking, but also began to have a basic foundation at the national level. It was the so-called "Eighteen Provinces of Han".

Since then, although China has been united for a long time, it will be divided, but it will also be united for a long time. Any unified dynasty will inevitably rush to take at least eighteen provinces of Han.If there is spare energy in the future, it will be "Whoever commits a strong man will be punished even if he is far away" and "Nine Heavens will open the palace, and all nations will worship the crown".

The core essence of the concept of "basic disk" is that internal unity must be achieved.Only by ensuring internal unity and a strong core can we have everything that comes later.Gao Yushi obviously holds this position, so he pays special attention to internal "indisputable" and attaches great importance to uniting all forces to the outside world.

He will do everything possible to fight foreign wars and expand his sphere of influence. He even worries that his domestic political opponents will call him militaristic, but he insists on avoiding civil wars, for fear that the national power will be lost in internal friction.

It has to be said that the high pragmatism in the previous life has been largely influenced by Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations and the Reconstruction of World Order" - of course, he was influenced on the basis of Chinese civilization.

In his view, all areas influenced by Confucianism will be China's basic market when the "clash of civilizations" breaks out in the future.In order to remain invincible in this inevitable conflict, he has the responsibility to ensure that this area is firmly in the hands of the Chinese civilization itself—that is, the Central Plains Dynasty with the Han nationality as the main body.

Therefore, China cannot have civil strife, and China's power must be extended strongly.

To achieve this, we must first jump out of the shackles of Zhu Yuanzhang's "Nation Without Conquest" and change the negative foreign policy that Ming Dynasty has adhered to for more than 200 years.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as the conquest of Japan is done well, it will be a matter of course afterwards, and there will be no major obstacles.

A nation has no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only permanent interests. (A country has no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only permanent interests.)
This sentence is completely applicable in the West, but it is a little troublesome in the East and China, because this "state of etiquette" has been too concerned about face since ancient times, and it is often necessary to "learn from the teacher" before making a decision.

Moreover, although there is no monotheistic worship in China, there is strong ancestor worship, so it must be considered that the ancestral system cannot be violated easily, which inevitably leads to a dilemma of dancing in shackles.

Faced with such a situation, Gao Yushi believes that "morality" must be adhered to, but interests must also be utilized so that they can complement each other and achieve their own goals.

He came to the beach again, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the Japanese archipelago.

The island country on the other side is to East Asia what the British Isles are to the European continent. It is too easy to follow the strategy of the British "offshore balancer".In order to avoid the same troubles that the British shit sticks have disturbed Europe for hundreds of years, Japan must be completely conquered and assimilated.

Gao Yushi was walking on the beach when he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with an idea.

Although it is difficult to send troops directly to Japan because of Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral system, it is inevitable to expose its strength by using Jinghua or the Maritime Trade Alliance to attack spontaneously, and then using Japanese puppets to "self-invite".However, what if there was a civil strife in Japan and a faction demanded the overthrow of the Toyotomi regime and asked Ming for help?
Gao Pragmatism believes that this idea should be feasible.

If this is the case, if you persuade the court to send troops, you can say that this move is not for conquest, but for obeying the destiny and punishing the people.

This stands on the commanding heights of morality, which is very in line with the traditional thinking of China, a country of etiquette. It is completely a just war, and naturally it does not violate Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral system.

However, who should be chosen to be the first Japanese hero who "resisted Toyotomi's tyranny"?It's also a little harder.

Originally, Gao Yushi had always regarded Tokugawa Ieyasu as the final boss to conquer Japan, because Tokugawa Ieyasu, the "old turtle", was extremely rational and had a long lifespan. Once the Korean War launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi failed, he would inevitably die It will be Tokugawa Ieyasu who wins.

Therefore, the plan that Gao Yushi has been promoting before is to strengthen the strength of the "Western Army", strive for the Eastern and Western armies to wipe out Japan's capital, and create conditions for the Great Ming soldiers led by someone Gao to enter Japan.

Later, according to his plan, if Ming Dynasty did not intend to rule Japan directly because of the restrictions of the "Nation of Conqueror", then Gao Yushi was prepared to side with Toyotomi Hideyori and once again resorted to the Southern Xinjiang model to indirectly control Japan.

But now it seems that the difficulty is that Ming Dynasty may not want to send troops to Japan at all. This can only change the previous plan and "invite troops" to overthrow Toyotomi's tyranny.

In this case, there is no way to stand on the side of Toyotomi Hideyori, and can only be forced to stand in line with the "Eastern Army".

Gao Yushi suddenly remembered an idea that Tokugawa Ieyasu had put forward before, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu's idea of ​​accepting Gao Yushi and Kai Ji's son as his adopted son and making him the heir.

Tokugawa Ieyasu here shows typical Japanese samurai thinking, that is, family name is more important than blood.However, Gao Yushi had no interest in this before. He was very resistant to having his son named Tokugawa, so even though he and Kai Ji had a son three years ago, he never replied Tokugawa Ieyasu.

However, now it seemed that he felt that this matter could not be done well and he really needed to think about it.However, he was still very unhappy with his son taking the surname Tokugawa, so he thought to himself: How about finding a way to make Tokugawa Ieyasu die unexpectedly after the matter is over, and let his son change his surname back once the situation is consolidated?

Gao Wu was walking slowly by the seaside, rubbing his chin with his right hand and pondering over and over again. He felt that doing so seemed to be very feasible, and he didn’t have to worry about too much backlash—there were many such things in the history of Japanese samurai , so there is no need to worry too much about the Japanese's great resentment and shock at that time.

The only trouble is that Gao Yan, the son of him and Kai Fei Ji, is still too young. He is only three years old this year. If he pretends to adopt Tokugawa Ieyasu now, he will wait until he sends troops to Japan, defeats Toyotomi, and arranges for Ieyasu's death to stabilize the situation in Japan. If all goes well, Gao Yan will still not be the age of Huangkou's children.

At such an age, how could Gao Yan himself think of changing his real surname back?This is unreasonable, and the Japanese will definitely see it as being manipulated by his biological father, Gao Yushi, so it is difficult to judge what consequences will result.

Maybe there is trouble, maybe there is no trouble, maybe there is big trouble, maybe there is just a little trouble.

But after thinking about it, Gao Yushi felt that he was too anxious. If Gao Yan had waited a few more years—such as changing his surname back when he was almost an adult, such troubles would naturally be avoided.

First, Gao Yan at that time could make people believe that it was his own idea to do so. Second, the longer the time passed, the stronger the actual rule over Japan would be.

In any case, Gao Wushi found that as long as he was willing to sacrifice a little face, there would be a lot to do in this matter.

Fuck, in order for Chinese civilization to face the challenge of Western civilization in a "complete form", I have to go all out!

Gao Pragmatism, who was not looking forward and backward, immediately went back to the big account and began to write letters in person.

This letter was written to Kaihime who returned to Misaki Castle after returning to conceive and give birth.After Gao Wu cared a lot in the letter, he clearly informed Jia Feiji that he had decided to accept Tokugawa Ieyasu's proposal and let Tokugawa Ieyasu find a suitable time to accept Gao Yan as his adopted son.

Of course, Gao Pragmatism put forward three clear requirements:
First, although Gao Yen was adopted by Ieyasu Tokugawa, he insisted on obtaining Gao Yen's educational rights as the current literary chief.

Although Gao Yan must stay at Tokugawa's house when the time comes, his teacher will be selected by Gao Wushi himself and sent to Tokugawa. Tokugawa Ieyasu must not restrict and interfere with Gao Yan's education.

Of course, Gao Yushi is not a person who goes too far. He emphasized that Gao Yan will also learn Japanese culture, but it is stipulated that his Japanese cultural education must be taught by a teacher personally selected by his biological mother Kai Ji, and his teaching cannot be disturbed.

Second, if Tokugawa Ieyasu agrees, Gao Yushi will ensure that the Great Tomorrow Soldiers will soon go to Japan to help the Tokugawa clan overthrow the Toyotomi regime, and he will definitely praise the Tokugawa family as the "general who conquers barbarians" and establish a shogunate. The best candidate for the post of general is Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Third, the Tokugawa Army and the various daimyos it can influence must fully obey the Ming army’s dispatch after the Ming army dispatched troops to Japan—here Gao Pragmatism made a little accommodation, saying that at least the Tokugawa Army’s own army must fully obey orders.

After the letter was written, Gao Wushi directly sent someone to send a ship to send it out.The next step is to wait for Tokugawa Ieyasu to bargain...or refuse.
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