Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1990 Inside and Outside the Palace ([-]) Father and Son

Gao Yuan has a separate living and working area in the Rixin Building, with a total of more than 20 large and small rooms.It includes two bedrooms, two study rooms, one reception room, one book boy's room, one maid's room, one entertainment room, one music room, one painting studio and so on.

The reason why there are two bedrooms and study room is the arrangement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is said that it is to prevent the young master from sleeping in the same bedroom all the time, so as to improve the security level.Jokingly, this is better than Gao Shishi's treatment as a father, because Gao Shishi's own bedroom is shared by him and Huang Zhiting, and there is only one room.

However, Gao Yushi may not necessarily rest in this bedroom. After all, several concubines have their own rooms, and they are also equipped with maid's room, study room, music room, studio and so on.

Before Gao Wushi built the Rixin Building, there was the Baiyu Building of Jianxinzhai Bieyuan.It was a complex of buildings very similar to the French Royal Palace of Fontainebleau, with a large scale and a large area.

Later, when the Rixin Building was built, it was built on the basis of his original mansion in the capital, and Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Cheng, sold his two houses north of Shangshu's Gaofu to Gao Yushi.

Although the three houses together occupy a considerable area in the capital, they are still not comparable to the Baiyulou complex in Xiangshan outside the city, so the square in front of the building and the surrounding gardens are all small. Quite a lot.

However, the main body of the building still looks like a European-style palace, but many Ming elements have been added to the details, and many religious overtones in Catholic architecture have been removed.

In short, the "corner" where Gao Yuan lives can largely be regarded as a whole of its own.It is neither completely separated from the main body of Rixin Building, nor fully embedded in it, but more like a separate part extending from the main building.

When Gao Wushi passed by, when he walked from the main building to the "auxiliary building", there were two maids standing on the left and right in the aisle. The two of them were obviously quite surprised when they saw the master coming, and immediately knelt down and prepared to speak. "Meet the master" or something like that.

Gao Wushi immediately stretched out his hand to stop him, and asked in a low voice, "The young master hasn't gone to bed yet?"

"Yes, master." The two maids answered in low voices at the same time, and the maid on the left added: "The young master brought a lot of documents back to his room tonight."

documents?Gao Yushi's heart moved, he nodded, and said: "Understood." Then he walked towards Gao Yuan's room.

Judging from the lights that Gao Wu saw outside just now, Gao Yuan is currently sleeping in his south.This bedroom is connected to a study room. Gao Yushi reckoned that he might have gone to the study room with the paperwork earlier, and returned to the bedroom later.

Walking to the door of the bedroom, Gao Yushi knocked on the door.Gao Yuan's voice came from inside: "I'm not sleepy yet, don't rush me."

Gao Wushi smiled unconsciously, for some reason, he didn't speak, but knocked on the door again.

"What's going on?" Gao Yuan's voice revealed some dissatisfaction and doubts: "Didn't you say don't rush?"

But during the conversation, there was a brisk footsteps inside, and the door was quickly opened.A young maid who was about the same age as Gao Yuan opened the door with some doubts. The person who came was Gao Yushi, who was taken aback at the moment, took two steps back and knelt on the ground, and said in a slightly panicked voice: "This servant has seen the master .”

Gao Wushi glanced at her, saw that she was dressed neatly, nodded, "Excuse me." Then he walked into the room.

At this time, Gao Yuan had already heard that his father was coming, and got up hastily.Seeing that he was indeed holding a booklet in his hand, Gao Wushi asked, "It's so late and you haven't slept, what are you reading?"

To Gao Wushi's surprise, Gao Yuan seemed a little nervous, he hesitated and said, "This, these are... some files from Southern Xinjiang."

His expression made Gao Wushi even more puzzled, he frowned and stretched out his hand: "Take it for my father to see."

Gao Yuan's throat tightened, and he swallowed obviously, but he didn't dare to disobey his father's order, so he handed over the booklet in his hand.

Gao Wushi took it and flipped it to the paper, glanced at it, and asked in confusion, "The household registration briefing of the Bago Kingdom? Why are you nervous about this?"

Now it was Gao Yuan's turn to be stunned. He hesitated for a moment, and said falteringly: "This... This is the registered permanent residence. "Book of Shang Jun" said: Those who can rule the world must first control their people. Those who can win A strong enemy must first defeat the people. Therefore, the essence of conquering the people is to control the people, if it is molded in gold, pottered in earth..."

Now Gao Wushi knows why his son is nervous—the household registration in ancient Chinese society has always had a symbolic meaning of state power, and it cannot be checked at will without the emperor's approval [Note: The household department or related officials are not counted because they are in their positions It means that the emperor entrusts it with the administration].

Gao Wushi understood it, but thought it was quite funny, but at this moment he held back his laughter and deliberately asked with a straight face, "Why did you peek at the household registration certificate?"

These words are a bit like questioning, Gao Yuan's voice is a little trembling, and he is almost in the period of changing his voice, so his voice sounds a little weird: "Boy...Boy, it's just because this trip to southern Xinjiang is to conquer Arakan. The mobilization of troops comes from Pegu, so I want to know how powerful the Bagu Kingdom is... The child has no other intentions, please father to learn from it."

"Hmm." Gao Wushi didn't comment, and sat on the rosewood chair in front of Gao Yuan's desk, threw the Bagu household registration bulletin on Gao Yuan's desk, and asked, "What else did you bring?"

Gao Yuan became even more nervous, he could even see his body trembling slightly, and finally said resignedly: "There are also detailed maps of Bagu, Arakan and other places. Briefings on the establishment of the army, briefings on the competitions and drills of the six major garrison forces over the years, the Bagu garrison’s report on countering rebellion and suppressing bandits, the Nanyang Fleet..."

"It's pretty comprehensive." Gao Wushi interrupted before he finished speaking, "Since it's all briefings, how much have you read now?"

"Father, I'm sorry, it's already... almost finished." Gao Yuan finally couldn't help but knelt down on the ground, with the appearance of pleading guilty.

"The action is quite fast." Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Then I will test you."

"Ah?" Gao Yuan had planned to listen to his father's "judgment", but who knew it wasn't at all, he raised his head in astonishment and said, "Examination for the baby?"

Gao Wushi did not answer, but asked directly: "How many soldiers does the Bagu Garrison have? Is it all supplied locally in Bagu? How long can the current strength of the Bago Kingdom support the war in Arakan?"

Gao Yuan didn't answer right away, as if his brain hadn't recovered from the shock, he asked tentatively, "Father... aren't you angry?"

"Why are you angry? You know you should do some homework before the big battle? Don't think about what you have." Gao Yushi squinted at him, waved his hand and said, "However, if you can't answer the simplest questions just now after reading these For the problem, the father might be really angry."

"Yes, father!" Seeing that his father didn't seem to be joking, Gao Yuan immediately lifted his spirits, recalled the question raised by Gao Yushi just now, and muttered: "The Bagu garrison has four towns, and the total strength should be five." Ten thousand and eight hundred. Since the northwest of the kingdom had to guard against Arakan and the north had to guard against the resurgence of Burma, the Gubagu garrison had been kept at full strength.

However, compared with the three armies of Dingnan, Thanglong, and Jingang, the reserve personnel of the Bagu Garrison Army is significantly smaller, with only 2000 people, and almost all of them are naturalized Han nationality, and there are only more than [-] immigrant Han nationality.

This is because Bago is the farthest among the countries in southern Xinjiang from the perspective of sea immigrants, and it absorbs relatively few immigrants.This may lead to the Bago Garrison Reserve's combat effectiveness being weaker than that of the Dingnan, Thang Long, and Jingang armies.

However, in the past five years, the results of the Bagu Garrison Army have been pretty good. Especially in the last two years, they have won the runner-up title twice. reliable.The boy thinks that this may...may be the result of his mother's strict requirements on the Bagu garrison as he had already prepared for the Arakan conquest. "

When he said this, the corners of Gao Yushi's eyebrows twitched slightly, Gao Yuan was so frightened that he didn't dare to continue.But Gao Wushi didn't say anything. Seeing him stop, he waved his hand and said, "Go on."

"Yes, father." Gao Yuan sorted out his thoughts, and continued: "The two garrison towns assigned to fight against Arakan are the second and third towns of the Bagu garrison army. These two towns are currently under the control of my mother. They were destined to go to the border, but the mother had told the child that they would stay in Pathein until the child arrived."

Pathein was an important port city in Myanmar and the capital of Ayeyarwady Province in later generations.It is located in the southwestern part of the border of Myanmar, on the left bank of the Pathein River in the Irrawaddy Delta, 120 kilometers away from the mouth of the river in the south, and about 150 kilometers away from Yangon in the east.

Gao Yuan originally planned to continue answering follow-up questions, but at this time Gao Wushi interjected and asked, "Based on what you see, why did your mother let the two towns stay in Pasheng?"

This question slightly disrupted Gao Yuan's train of thought, he paused before arriving: "I think it's because Pasheng has several advantages that are suitable for stationing a large army."

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Tell me."

"Yes, father." Gao Yuan said, but he went to the desk and found a map, spread it out and pointed to the location of Pasheng: "Father, please see, Pasheng is more than two hundred miles away from the border of Arakan It is difficult for the Arakanese to notice the change of our troops stationed here, but this place is not far from the mouth of the Pathein River, and there is a relatively wide river for troop transport..."

"Shipping to Hekou Port?" Gao Wushi asked.

"Yes, transport them to Hekou Port." Gao Yuan nodded and said, "I have thought about it carefully before you come, my mother's intention to transfer these two towns to Pasheng is actually not to be like the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar. Attack from the middle of the Rakhine Mountains, that is, do not plan to attack by land.

Otherwise, my mother should transfer her troops to western Myanmar, such as Pyay or Lin Khan a little further north...these two places are the closest to the canyon that can be stormed in the middle of the Rakhine Mountains. "

Gao Wushi finally showed a smile, nodded and said: "Then, your mother transferred the two towns to Pasheng, what considerations do you think there are?"

"My boy thought that since he was transferred to the port, he would naturally plan to abandon the land and go to the sea, and take advantage of our Nanyang Fleet's maritime advantage to take advantage of the sea to attack Arakan. As for the advantages of Pasheng, what my boy has seen so far is at least the following:

First, although Pathein has not built a shipyard in recent years, because there are many high-quality teak trees here and nearby, two relatively large sawmills and an important ship repair yard have been built.

This will be very convenient for emergency repairs to the normal attrition and wartime losses of the Nanyang Fleet, and thus facilitates the guarantee of this operation.Hai'er even thinks that the two sawmills and a ship repair yard may have such a purpose at the beginning of their construction. "

When Gao Yuan said the last sentence, he kept paying attention to his father's expression. Gao Yushi didn't hide anything, nodded, and simply replied: "Of course."

"Father is far-sighted." Gao Yuan showed a look of "as expected", and continued: "Secondly, there is a large delta area around Pasheng, which is one of the main grain-producing areas in Bagu, and its rice production is quite large. for sufficient.

However, since it is far away to transport grain from Pasheng to China's Daming territory or North Korea and Japan, it needs to bypass the Longya Strait (Malacca Strait), so it is far inferior to transporting grain from Annan and Cambodia, so it has not been done in these years.

This makes Bagu's current reserve of rice very sufficient. It can be said that the warehouse is full of millet, and it is entirely possible to start a war from this place, and guarantee transportation through the Nanyang Fleet... It can be seen that the father and mother have already planned for this. "

"My father knows about this, but your mother handles all the details." Gao Wushi replied casually, and then asked, "Apart from maritime advantages and food reserves, have you seen anything else?"

"Others..." Gao Yuan scratched his head, he felt that since his father asked this, it meant that there must be other aspects, but he really couldn't see it for a while.Gao Yuan couldn't help being a little anxious, although Gao Yushi didn't urge him, but after only a short while, Gao Yuan's forehead was already a little sweaty.

It can be seen that he cares a lot about his father's evaluation of him.

Gao Yushi didn't blame anything, but pointed out: "War is not just war. Do you remember the saying: 'War is the continuation of politics'. Since it has been impossible to think of putting these two towns on the side of war What obvious intentions, why not think about politics?"

"Politics?" Gao Yuan didn't understand.After all, he is only 13 years old, and military issues are relatively intuitive to him. Through the precepts and deeds of Gao Pragmatism, Huang Zhiting and even Liu Xin, he can learn faster, but political issues... It is an exaggeration to say that it can be learned for a lifetime , How can he have a deep understanding now?
After waiting for a while, Gao Wushi saw that his son was really unexpected, so he asked again: "What is the current political situation in Bago? Myanmar has been defeated for so many years, and the indemnity has basically been paid off. What is the situation now?
The two parties can maintain a delicate balance under the current situation, so once the guards of the two towns leave Bago, will there be any changes?If there will be any changes, then where did the two towns send troops, and is there any connection between this change? "

Gao Wushi didn't wait for his answer, but stood up, and finally said: "Come here first tonight, rest first. You can think about it tomorrow, and then come and tell me your thoughts tomorrow night. "
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