Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2147 General Baikui (First) Internal Meeting (Part [-])
Hearing Gao Wuzheng's words, Gao Wushi shook his head lightly, and said, "As long as it's a power struggle, no matter what kind of clothing it is, the motivation behind it is all based on interests."

He paused for a while, and then said: "As for Prince Salim's so-called support for this sect, you might as well say that he supports 'the conquerors own everything' rather than saying that he supports the original sect of their conquerors. At the same time, those who support the eldest son of the emperor must be the group of old people who "conquer the world" and their descendants."

Gao Wuzheng heard the words and asked for advice: "Brother, if you say that, why did that Emperor Akbar stand against these people? I think no matter what, they, the descendants of the Mongols, came to India as conquerors." , even if you become the emperor of India, but the most reliable force is still their Mongolian descendants, right?"

Gao Wushi chuckled and asked, "Let me ask you, what is the purpose of the naturalized household registration system I implemented in southern Xinjiang from the perspective of system design? Or, what kind of goal am I trying to achieve?"

Gao Wuzheng seemed to be very familiar with this issue, and immediately said: "The naturalized household registration system is naturally for the purpose of buying... er, for the sake of the world's return to one's heart, so it is necessary to give some people who understand 'good birds choose a tree to live in' a room for advancement, Let them think... let them know that if they try and be faithful, they can be one of us."

Gao Wushi ignored his slip of the tongue, nodded lightly without changing his expression, and said, "This is roughly the case, but it's not comprehensive."

Gao Wuzheng will arrive soon: "Please brother give advice."

"When we first took control of southern Xinjiang, because there were too few local Han people, there were bound to be two situations: On the one hand, the social status of the Han people would be very high, because no matter in their own eyes or in the eyes of the local aborigines, the Han people were conquering Those who are outsiders are "superior people" and enjoy various privileges.

On the other hand, precisely because of such significant ethnic differences, there must be a mutual opposition between the 'Han conquerors' and the 'conquered natives'.

In this way, when our strength is strong, the local people are forced by the situation, and indeed they can only obey their orders obediently. However, once our strength weakens—no matter what causes the weakness, even if the local garrison is temporarily transferred elsewhere , the locals are also very likely to launch a rebellion immediately, hoping to get rid of our rule.

It is impossible for us to rely on troops stationed in various places to force all opposition forces forever, because if such ethnic antagonism cannot be resolved, it will become a game of pressing the gourd and floating the gourd.The hands we can press the gourd are limited, but the number of gourds may continue to grow.

So one day, there will be too many gourds, and we can no longer press them, then...the consequences can be imagined.So, what does the naturalized household registration system do?It is plucking calabash vine. "

Gao Wushi smiled, and said lightly: "For the gourd to grow, it needs soil first, but this soil is what we like, we can't destroy the soil, so we can only find another way to separate the gourd from the soil.

Give the gourds an ascent so that they can gain the same identity as us by serving us, so that there will be two different kinds of gourds-one part of which is still a gourd, and the other part becomes us.

In this way, there will be a gap between the gourds, and the gourds who join us will in turn be more ruthless to their compatriots, and even take the initiative to take things that we think will get our hands dirty, so as to prove that it is a matter of us to allow them to join. Very good deal.There is a term for this behavior called 'convert fanaticism'. "

"The converts are fanatical?" Gao Wuzheng said in a daze, "How do you say that?"

Gao Wushi said: "Some scholars in Europe, when studying cases related to religious new believers, found that new believers who are usually not considered to be completely devout are more devout and fanatical than most old believers. This phenomenon is called Frenzy for 'converts'.

If you still don't understand, just think about the behavior of some local traitors after the Kingdom of Jin occupied the north of the Song Dynasty.As for the truth, it's actually very simple—newcomers always have to show off. "

"Oh...so that's the case. Elder brother is really discerning." Gao Wuzheng suddenly realized.

In fact, he didn't know that the first thing Gao Wushi thought of just now was not the Jin Kingdom's occupation of the north of the Song Dynasty, but the time when the Ming Dynasty fell and the Qing Dynasty rose.

But the first person he thought of at the time was not Water Too Cool, not even Wu Sangui.In his view, the most fanatical "converts" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties were none other than the traitor Sun Zhixie.

Before the Qing army entered the customs, shaving hair and changing clothes was originally a means of surrender, and it was not mandatory for the soldiers and civilians to implement it together. Dagon's reinforcements had to shave their heads as a whole to show a clean break with Li Zicheng.

The Qing court saw that the policy of shaving hair seemed to be able to quickly test whether the scholars and bureaucrats in the Central Plains sincerely took refuge in their own side, so on the third day of May in the first year of Shunzhi, they issued edicts to the Ministry of War and the officials and people of the former Ming Dynasty, requiring that "all officials who surrendered, the soldiers and the people should wear shaving hair and clothes. Fully abide by the system of this dynasty", but the implementation is not strict yet.

At this time, as a newcomer, Sun Zhixie hadn't made any achievements, and judging from his performance in recruiting Jiangxi later, his ability was really not very good, so he had a crooked mind, hoping to get promoted and make a fortune by flattering his horse.

As soon as the "hair shaving order" was issued, he was the first among the Han scholar-bureaucrats to shave his hair and keep braids, and changed into Manchu costumes.However, the courtiers at that time were divided into two classes, Manchu and Han. When they went to the court, the ministers of the Manchu class said that he was a Han, and he was not allowed to join the class; In between, unable to advance or retreat, very embarrassed.

In a fit of anger, Sun Zhixie proposed to the Shu, hoping that the Qing court would strictly shave their hair.Shu said: "Your Majesty pacified China, and made everything new, but the system of clothing and hair tied up in the Han Dynasty is unique. This is your Majesty's from China, not China's from your Majesty."

When Dorgon heard it, he was very appetizing, so he adopted this proposal. In June of the second year of Shunzhi, he issued a "hair shaving order" again, stipulating: "All officials and people in the country are limited to ten days inside and outside the capital. Buwen will also be limited to ten days, and all hair will be shaved."

Of course, although Sun Zhixie let the Qing court let go of the last worry about implementing the "hair shaving order", he was also despised by the world because of this, and even the Qing court looked down on him. After discovering that he had no other skills, So he was dismissed as a civilian, and finally executed by the rebel army, which is considered evil and evil.

In fact, under the general background at that time, there were still many people like Sun Zhixie. For example, Tan Qianjiu wrote sadly in "Guoyan": "Bi Donghu first entered Yan, and he didn't know about the long-term strategy. The Han people followed the rebellion. Guide them to the south, Xu Hai Nei and Zuo Lai, and don't see it with Zuo Ming, so the so-called perfect, kill the envoys, and go to the south of the Yangtze River, what is the sincerity of it!"

Having said that, the root of the "convert fanaticism" lies in identity and the desire to integrate into the new circle, so what is the purpose of integrating into the new circle?It is not necessarily desirable to be famous, so let everyone bear this reputation, such as "Loyal Minister of the Ming Dynasty" Hong Chengchou, etc., should think so.

What about that?How to protect your vital interests?
Returning to the great changes in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the scholar-officials were pessimistic and disappointed with the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Dashun. Their senior officials were often attacked by Li Zicheng’s peasant army who had not yet deteriorated; Woolen cloth?The Qing court established two sets of political structures in the Manchu and Han Dynasties, one official position can be given to two people, and these "pre-Ming high-level officials" were perfectly arranged.

It can be seen that the so-called "fanaticism of converts" is nothing more than the word "benefit".Then, looking back at the highly pragmatic naturalization household registration system, is it not a policy formulated in reverse according to this idea?
"...As time goes by, more and more gourds join us. On the one hand, the remaining gourds are getting fewer and fewer, and they are less and less able to fight us. On the other hand, they will also be tempted by the benefits after joining, and they will also start Shake up.

In this way, as long as we slowly relax the entry criteria, one day, all gourds will change, first becoming naturalized Han people, and then becoming "pure Han people" without the word naturalization.As a result, there are no more indigenous people in southern Xinjiang, and all of them have become Han Chinese.

So at this time, do we still need to worry about being overturned by too many gourds?Even if imperial power has no eternity, those who overthrow us by then will be our own people, and the new court will only be another Han Chinese court anyway.In this way, the Sinicization of southern Xinjiang will be completely completed, and I have no regrets. "

This passage is too shocking, especially for Gao Guoyan, Gao Wuzheng and Gao Qi.But what shocked them the most was not the sinicization of southern Xinjiang, because it was obvious that Gao Wushi had this intention, and they had known it for a long time.

What shocked them even more was the phrase "imperial power has no eternity".First of all, everyone knows this truth well, but no one will say it casually—what, you have resentment towards "My Emperor"?Secondly, Gao Yushi's remarks seem to vaguely regard southern Xinjiang as "his own court", and he himself has already examined various related issues from the perspective of an "emperor".

Regarding what the future status of Nanjiang should be, because the head of the family, Gao Yushi, has never made it clear, it has always been a topic of very frequent discussions in private within Jinghua—even within the core of the Gao family.

Some people think that Gao Yushi, as a famous minister of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, will definitely not set up a separate court, and will always maintain the model of indirect control by Jinghua for the rule of southern Xinjiang.

Some people also think that it should go further, that is, Gao Wu would persuade the emperor to set up a special institution in southern Xinjiang before he became an official. No matter it is called Dingnan Protectorate or something, in short, the Gao family can actually rule southern Xinjiang through this institution.The advantage of this idea is that, with the emperor's endorsement, there will be no problem with the legitimacy of the institution, which is far better than the previous idea.

Some people were even more radical, thinking that after repaying the kindness of the two generations of emperors, Gao Wu would set up another court in southern Xinjiang and form a situation of "two emperors in the north and the south, serving China together" with Ming Dynasty.

But they are not the most radical yet. The most radical group of people even think that the reason why Gao Yushi has been hesitant to determine the name of Southern Xinjiang is because he will try to usurp the throne sooner or later, and the source of legitimacy for his seizure of the throne is- - "Ten thousands of miles in southern Xinjiang"!
Tens of thousands of miles in southern Xinjiang!Such achievements are unique in all dynasties. Shouldn't one be an emperor?
It should be said that each of these private discussions cannot be said to be unreasonable, and they are even highly feasible.As long as Gao Pragmatic is willing, with his current fame, status and power, it seems that no matter what kind of situation is possible.But because of this, several groups of people have not been able to convince each other until now.

Today, however, Gao Wushi's words inevitably made the three of them run wild - already thinking about the problem from the perspective of the emperor, so could it be that his goal is to become emperor in southern Xinjiang?But if this is the case, then the seizure of Daming's throne does not seem to conflict with what he said just now, right?

The superiors often need "silence is golden", the reason is that the superiors say something casually, and the subordinates have to figure out what his words mean.

The so-called "what is good at the top, will be worse at the bottom".If inside Jinghua, or even just within the Gao family, think that Gao Yushi's goal is to proclaim himself emperor, then I am afraid that it will not be long before a huge force will appear in Jinghua, and will use various means to promote Gao Yushi's proclaiming emperor.

It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic's focus of attention today is not here at all, and he didn't realize that there was something wrong with what he said just now.

The words "imperial power has no eternity" were perfectly normal in his previous life, and it could even be said to be one of his basic worldviews, so when he didn't focus on this, he didn't notice the expressions of his three relatives at all. Continue talking about the topic just now.

"Back to the Mughal Empire, why did Akbar engage in sectarian tolerance? Because the problem he faced in India and I in southern Xinjiang was the same: too few people. It can even be said that my situation in southern Xinjiang is actually Easier than him.

After all, compared with China, the civilizations of the countries in southern Xinjiang are neither advanced nor strong. Therefore, they have been influenced by our Chinese civilization for thousands of years, and many people in their localities often have ancestors from China.In this way, when it comes to discussing naturalization, many people can claim to have Chinese blood—whether it is true or not, as long as there is such a reason.Because you can convince others as well as yourself.

However, Akbar was different.His family, to put it bluntly, is actually a mixed blood of Mongolians and Central Asians, and the culture is Persian, the whole is a hodgepodge.

In contrast, the India he wants to rule is a region with a long civilization tradition. On the one hand, they have never been truly unified, and on the other hand, they have had a splendid civilization.

In this way, it is almost a luxury for him to assimilate the local civilization with the condescending civilization of his home country like me, because his so-called "home country civilization" cannot form a condescending trend towards the Indian native civilization.

Then he can choose very few options, either to suppress by force, kill all dissatisfied people, and force the locals to accept his so-called "mother country civilization"; The eight surnames of Xianbei were changed to Chinese surnames, and Chinese characters were used, and Han clothes were worn, etc.

Akbar should have seriously weighed it. Judging from the total number of subordinates his grandfather brought into India, it is almost impossible to kill all Indians by relying on these people.Therefore, his actual choice is only the fusion of civilizations.

In other words, his religious tolerance does not mean that he likes Hinduism in his heart and is willing to treat them equally, but only because he can't kill Hinduism. "
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PS: M is a tyrant, and the change made me dizzy, and I have to explain things clearly, and there are a bunch of words that I can't touch, forget it and let's do this first.

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