Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2186 Little Marquis (Seventeen) Influence (Part [-])
This question may seem simple, but it is actually a blessing to the soul.

It stands to reason that as the Chief of Staff of the Western Expedition Fleet, Takagizo's own responsibility is to put forward operational suggestions and formulate the various suggestions that form the resolution into detailed operational plans and issue them to officers at all levels for implementation, so his opinions are inherently It can be mentioned directly to Gao Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition.

Generally speaking, as the commander-in-chief, Gao Yuan should make his own decision directly after receiving his suggestion, either affirmative or negative, whichever is OK.But now, Gao Yuan did not make a judgment immediately, but turned back to ask Gao Jing, which is interesting.

Gao Jing had already expressed his attitude before, and then it was Gao Musan who said "you can be bolder".If Gao Yuan does not question Gao Jing's attitude, but makes his own decision, there is actually no problem, because the situation is equivalent to Gao Jing and Gao Musan each proposing a combat plan, and Gao Yuan, as the commander-in-chief, chooses from it. to execute.This is reasonable in terms of the positions of the three people.

However, Gao Yuan did not make a judgment and turned around to ask Gao Jing for his opinion. This was equivalent to deliberately alienating Takagi San's attitude into being against Gao Jing, and then asking Gao Jing to refute Gao Musan, or give in and admit Gao Musan's opinion. The suggestion is the best solution.

Doing so actually materializes the conflicts between the two factions within the fleet that may not actually exist in the first place. It creates internal divisions and is very harmful.But why is Gao Yuan said that doing this is a blessing to his soul?

Because Gao Yuan guessed right, there were two factions within the Nanyang Fleet.Both factions supported the Western Expedition itself, but they had different views on the specific actions of the Western Expedition.To put it simply, one faction is more conservative and the other is more radical.

Gao Pragmatic even guessed how the internal factions in southern Xinjiang would be formed from as far away as the capital, and then deliberately facilitated the formation of these factions through personnel arrangements.As for the factions within the Nanyang Fleet, he could of course make a close guess and quietly promote them.

In fact, the composition of these two factions can be simply said to be the "Conglong Sect" and the "New Noble Sect", or the "Liufang Sect" and the "Biefang Sect", or even the "Old Military Gong Sect" and "New Military Merit Sect".

How to distinguish?
The "Conglong Sect" were the first group of people to follow Gao Jingjing in conquering Annan in southern Xinjiang.Because when Gao Pragmatic first established Jinghua, Jinghua's scale had not yet rapidly expanded into a giant, so the talents under him were relatively sufficient.At that time, most of his cronies were direct descendants of the sixth family of the Gao family, and were servants and even sons of the sixth family (generations of servants).

These people made great contributions in the process of conquering Annam, and Jinghua’s subsequent expansion of its armed forces all came from Annam, the “southern Xinjiang foundation”—for example, the Thang Long Garrison and the Jingang Garrison were mobilized many times. Become the core of all subsequent security forces.

This is true for the Army, and so is the Navy.The subsequent expansion of the Nanyang Fleet naturally originated from the fleet that Gao Jingshi originally brought to Annan.

As a result, a situation was formed. Regardless of the army or navy, several founders of the "Conglong Sect" occupied the most important positions - such as Gao Jue of the army and Gao Jing of the navy.They are all born in the sixth house, and are the heads of servants who have followed Gao Pragmatic for the longest time. They also have the merit of "victory in the first battle", so of course they will occupy the best ecological niche.

When they become the big bosses in the southern Xinjiang military circles, they will definitely focus on hiring people. For example, they will prefer to promote and reuse people with the same six-bedroom background as them.Over time, the "Conglong Sect", "Biefang Sect", and "Old Military Gong Sect" were formed - in fact, they are all the same, referring to the same group of people.

So, what about the “nouveau riche”?Of course, there are other people who can't get into the "Conglong Sect".It can be said that the Gao family has a total of six rooms. Except for Gao Jingshi's own six rooms, the other five rooms have become "partner rooms" [Note: It is actually the fourth room because Gao Cao, Gao Jingshi's fourth uncle, died young. It has not formed a large scale, but because Gao Cao entered the family tree, the term "the remaining five houses" is still maintained in the article].

Since those born in the sixth house are closest to Gao and pragmatism and can form their own faction, the other people born in the fifth house will naturally form the "other house faction".

Speaking of which, we must first talk about the situation on the surface and some of the influence behind the surface of these five houses.

Gao Pragmatic's peers in Dafang include brothers Gao Wuzi and Gao Mengnan, among whom Gao Wuzi is the eldest son and Gao Mengnan is the adopted son.Because Gao Wuzi was not very successful and had conflicts with Gao Pingshi in his early years, he was confined to his hometown in Xinzheng to "shou ancestral temple". He belonged to a nominally high-status family, but had no real power at all.

Gao Mengnan has said enough in the previous article. He was the real representative of Dafang and was the Prime Minister of Siam at the time.Since Dingnancheng, the highly pragmatic and established core area of ​​Southern Xinjiang's rule, is located in Siam, the status of the Siamese Prime Minister is very special, and Gao Mengnan actually became the head of the civil servants of Southern Xinjiang.

Gao Meng was childless, but Gao Wuzi had two sons, Rui Chu and Rui Long.Gao Ruichu was then the patrol envoy of Longya, which was equivalent to the governor of the Longya Peninsula [Note: Malay Peninsula]; Gao Ruilong also introduced not long ago that he was the garrison envoy of Beiboni at that time, which was equivalent to the military preparation of Beiboni.

The above is the strength of Dafang on the countertop, which can be seen with eyes.But Dafang’s strength goes beyond that, it also has influence under the table.This influence mainly comes from generals who come from great families.

Because Dafang was a big family, before the rise of Gao Pragmatic officialdom, it originally had the largest number of servants in the Gao family, so more people were later transferred to Beijing to serve. With the "population base" here, there will naturally be many people who become famous later on.

Due to space limitations, it is not possible to give examples one by one here. Let me just mention one: Gao Lian, the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army, was born in Dafang earlier.

Gao Lian was originally called Gao Silian when he was in Dafang. The name Gao Lian was given by Gao Jingshi after he made great achievements.So who is Gao Silian and how did he climb up?

He rose to prominence during the Battle of Bago under the command of Huang Zhiting. Before that, his position was "first-class military staff officer of the Consulate General of the Three Towns of Guangnan and also the Huaying Colonial Envoy."

At that time, the three towns under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Guangnan in Annan were Nie'an, Hue, and Quangnam. Among them, the garrison task of Nie'an in the north was not the responsibility of the Jingang garrison, but was handled by the Congdutongsi " Ruan Juan, who was seconded to garrison, was in charge, but government affairs were under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General.The remaining two towns of Hue and Quang Nam are the garrison areas of the Golden Port Garrison.However, the Jinggang Garrison not only guards these two towns, it also undertakes another task, which is to develop southward.

The so-called "pioneering" and so on, of course, is a good way to say it. In fact, the general government has set up a special position called "Taoying envoy" in accordance with Gao Yushi's order, and it will be filled by people who are "suitable for both military and government affairs" in the garrison.

The task of this colonizer is to lead a small amount of garrison troops and the local "colonization regiment" to Huaying and Nanpan in the south to open up new territories.At that time, both Huaying and Nanpan had local independent regimes, but the system was extremely old, similar to the "tribal alliance elders' discussion system" in the familiar words.

Therefore, the so-called colonization is actually conquest by force, economic bribery, and political taming.The "colonization group" was actually a semi-civilian militarized group composed of various Ming people such as Han Chinese, Tong people, and Hakkas who immigrated. It was equivalent to a private colonial team in Europe to some extent, but it had an official background.Gao Silian, the Chinese and British colonial envoy, did an extremely good job. In less than two years, he gathered and trained a colonization regiment of nearly 300 people with only a 4000-person garrison as the core.At the same time, he successfully defeated the temporary tribal alliance in Huaying through disintegration and defeat, and actually obtained Huaying for Jinghua.

Huaying is roughly equivalent to the land of a mansion.Considering that Gao Silian only had [-] regular troops in his hands at the time, this credit is certainly very valuable.This is the credit of Gao Lian or Gao Silian for starting his career, but as mentioned before, he was not a direct descendant of Liufang, so he still needs a little chance if he wants to leap over the dragon's gate.

The opportunity came quickly.With the outbreak of the Yunnan-Burma War, he was transferred to accompany Huang Zhiting in the crusade against Burma.Huang Zhiting saw that he had rich experience in organizing "semi-military groups" and was good at communicating with various local natives, so he temporarily served as the acting commander of the Bago Guard Army, and was responsible for commanding the troops at that time as a bare commander. Beijing's [-] new Mon army.

Gao Silian is indeed very skillful. Relying on his identity as Gao Sijin, the commander of the Second Division of the Jingang Garrison, he and Gao Sijin were refugees recruited by Gao Yu in Weihui's relief, he insisted on "seconding" nearly a hundred low-level and young people from Gao Sijin. Han officers were used to enrich the command system of the Bagu Garrison, and quickly took control of this force.

Soon after, Gao Silian made great contributions in the Battle of Bagu [Note: For details, see Chapter 275 of the Battle of Bagu in Volume [-]].Since then, Gao Silian has held this position for a long time until the required rotation.

During this period, he trained more than [-]% of the local Mon people in the Bagu police cadets into a Jinghua hardcore armed force with more than [-]% of them becoming "naturalized Han people". However, there are strict requirements for locals in southern Xinjiang to become naturalized Han Chinese. In addition to passing the Chinese language test, various meritorious deeds are absolutely indispensable.

In short, due to various contributions, Gao Silian was finally renamed Gao Lian by Gao Pragmatic in accordance with the usual practice.Later, he was rotated to serve as the commander of the Phnom Penh Guard Army. At the same time, he was appointed as the "Tonle Sap Military Envoy" by Siam Prime Minister Kao Mengnan. He was also responsible for the part-time management of more than [-] hectares of fertile land around Tonle Sap Lake, the largest lake in Cambodia. Work in the military camp.Later, he was transferred to the Military Command Department and served as deputy chief of staff of the Military Command Department.

Let’s talk about the second brother, the second brother is Gao Duan, the second uncle who is highly pragmatic.In fact, his family has no direct strength in southern Xinjiang, because Gao Du has passed away long ago, and now the pillar of the second family is Gao Guoyan.Gao Guoyan is the president of Jinghua Bank and also manages the Federal Reserve Bank of China. Therefore, Erfang’s strength and influence lies in the money bag. He basically does not participate in the military. Most of his servants are in the economic and financial fields. I won’t discuss it here. Say more.

The third room is more interesting.There is no doubt that Sanfang came from Wen Zhenggong Gao Gong, but Gao Gong himself had no children, and his daughters also died in infancy. Finally, Gao Wuguan, Gao's second brother Gao Wuguan, inherited Sanfang, and this is how Sanfang became today.

Gao Wuguan is still serving as Shangbao Sicheng, a sinecure who rests on his laurels.His brother Gao Pingshi asked him many times whether he wanted to resign and go to Beijing, but he refused on the grounds of "maintaining his father's honorable name" - the father here refers to Gao Gong.After all, Gao Gong is a rare Wen Zhenggong. It makes sense for Gao Wuguan to say this, but Gao Pragmatism is naturally difficult to persist.

However, to maintain Gao Gongqing's reputation, it is enough for Gao Wuguan to stay in Shangbaosicheng. However, the actual benefits of Sanfang cannot be discarded, so Sanfang spares no effort to provide Gao Jingshi with servants. , and also created many generals who were born in Sanfang.

Unlike the big landlord who operates secretly in the army, because Gao Wuguan is Gao Pragmatic's biological brother by blood, but he was adopted by the third house, it is impossible to seize the "legal authority" of the sixth house, so he can even be confident and bold at the same time. Send people to the land and sea armies.

So let’s name one general from each of the army and navy.On the army side, there is Gao Jin, whom I just mentioned; on the navy side, there is Gao Zhenxin, who previously led the Beiyang Fleet to conquer Luzon.

When I talked about Gao Lian just now, I mentioned that when Gao Silian temporarily served as the acting commander of the Bago Guard Army, Gao Jin was already the commander of the Second Division of the Jingang Guard Army. [Note: The rank of the Guard Army was later changed due to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Guard. Following the reform of the Imperial Guard, the corps commander was changed to commander, the division was changed to town, the division commander was changed to control, etc.]

In other words, Gao Jin made progress faster than Gao Silian before. It was not until Gao Silian shined in the Battle of Dongyu City that he was temporarily surpassed.However, after southern Xinjiang was pacified, rewards were given based on merit. Gao Jin was also given a name for his merits and changed his name to Gao Jing. At the same time, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Dingnan Garrison Army and division commander of the Third Town.Not long after, the Nanzhang Incident occurred. After Huang Zhiting solved the problem of Huang Yinglei and his wife, Gao Jing was promoted to commander of the Vientiane Guard Army.

Of course, compared to Gao Lian who was later promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Command Department, Gao Lian did not enter the Military Command Department sequence. Instead, he was transferred to Luzon after two rotations and was responsible for the training of the Luzon Guard Army. He is still there today. In this position.

Compared with Gao Jing, a representative figure in the army, Sanfang's real focus is actually on the navy, and what he pays more attention to is not the larger Nanyang Fleet, but the Beiyang Fleet, which is mainly responsible for the Northeast Asian waters.Gao Zhenxin, commander of the Beiyang Fleet and former commander of the Southern Expedition Fleet, is one of the representatives.However, his deeds are relatively concentrated, almost all in the period of conquering Luzon. I won’t review it too much here. I will mainly talk about why Sanfang pays attention to the Beiyang Fleet.

Do you still remember Gao Pragmatic’s early experience?At that time, the "Practical School" as a political force had just taken shape, and its core was divided into two parts: Gao Gong as the main one and Zhang Siwei as the supplement.

There is no need to talk much about Gao Gong, but Zhang Siwei needs to look back a little - he represents the Jin Party, and his family runs the Changlu Salt Farm in Beizhili.The Jin Party is mainly engaged in business in the north, not to mention the Changlu Saltworks, and the towns in the north are responsible for supply.

In other words, the interests of the entire Jin Party are basically in the north.The truth is now clear. Gao Gong's allies are rooted in the north, so Gao Wuguan did not just take over Gao Gong's "clear name". The past connections of the third family of the Gao family need to be maintained, and future interests need to be expanded. This requires him to use part of his elder brother's power to maintain his influence in the north.

However, he didn't want to interfere with Jinghua's land power in the north - not to mention he didn't dare, because this matter was relatively sensitive, and it was better to let the eldest brother handle it himself.So he had no choice but to focus on the Beiyang Fleet. After all, the output of the north also needed to be traded abroad, and if he wanted to trade, he had to deal with the Beiyang Fleet.

Many years later, Gao Zhenxin, who was born in Sanfang, became the commander of the Beiyang Fleet. Although he was already Gao's pragmatic servant instead of his Gao Wuguan's servant, the love was always there, not to mention his special status as Gao Wuguan. Woolen cloth?In this way, Sanfang can maintain its influence in the northern sea trade, and also maintain its position in front of the allies of the Jin Party and even the Shaanxi Party.

What is the difference between aristocratic families and humble families?Children from aristocratic families can be high-ranking officials, and children from poor families can also be high-ranking officials. But for the same high-ranking officials, high-ranking officials from aristocratic families can easily respond to requests, but high-ranking officials from poor families often cannot be greeted by anyone - except their own disciples.

This is the difference in background.

Gaowuguan is usually a quiet place, but since I was born here, I still have to do what I have to do, and I do it well.
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In addition, I received an obituary notice backstage, and I bid farewell to the July new show with a heavy heart.I have so many feelings and can't put pen to paper, but I hope his literary spirit will remain in the readers' hands and hearts for a long time.

(End of this chapter)