Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2190 The young prince (twenty) follows his father’s example
At night, the entire fleet was wearing huge hurricane lanterns, carefully maintaining a distance from each other at sea, and maintaining a good formation to prevent any ship from getting lost.The night wind in the Indian Ocean is not cold, especially within the equator. It can even be said to be quite comfortable.

Gao Yuan was lying on the bed in the commander's room, obviously sleepy but still unable to fall asleep.He reviewed in his mind what had happened in the past few days and what every important person had said, and he remembered a truth that his father often mentioned when he taught him: the so-called predicting things is like a god, in fact, it is often a matter of predicting people like a god.Only by judging the other party's situation, position, and interests can we further analyze what the other party's words and deeds represent, and finally predict the other party's next move.

This is not an easy task, especially for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.It is easy for older people to judge the thoughts of young people because they were once young; it is often not easy for young people to judge the thoughts of older people, because there are some experiences that you have not experienced, and you cannot simulate them in your mind.

But there have always been many young talents in history who accomplished many great things when ordinary people were still ignorant.

For example, the famous second generation Li Shimin went to rescue Sui Yang Emperor who was trapped in Yanmen when he was 16 years old and offered advice to Yun Dingxing; he led troops to rescue Li Yuan who was besieged by peasant soldiers in Queshu Valley; when he was 19 years old, he encouraged Li Yuan to raise troops to "side Qing Dynasty" "He was granted the title of Duke of Dunhuang and the general who led the army on the right. In August, he defeated Huoyi and killed the famous general Song Laosheng. In December, he defeated Xue Rengao. At the age of 20, he became Shangshu Ling and King of Qin. He defeated Xue Rengao again, pacified Longyou, added Taiwei, and Li Tang. All outside Guanzhong were controlled by him; at the age of 21, Li Tang was defeated in Hedong, and Li Yuan wanted to abandon it, but Li Shimin insisted on asking for a war, so he attacked Liu Wuzhou. In April of the following year, he made peace, and in July he supervised the army to attack Wang Shichong; at the age of 23, the battle of Hulao Pass , captured two kings in one battle, shocked the world, returned to Chang'an and was appointed general of Tiance, his achievements are near the peak...

After thinking about Li Shimin, Gao Yuan then thought of his father, Gao Pragmatic.At the age of seven, my father founded Jinghua, manufactured soap, honeycomb briquettes, and opened the Kailuan Coal Mine. From then on, he had no worries about expenses. When he was eight years old, the late emperor used his father as a "fake bachelor" to accompany the prince. He was nicknamed Xiao Ge Lao by both the government and the public. At the age of ten, he returned to Henan Province to take the lead in the case, and was awarded the honor of being a student. At the age of 16, he was Jieyuan of Henan Province.

While serving in the Imperial Academy, he was convicted for some reason and was demoted to the rank of censor. He was soon sent to Guangxi as patrol inspector. At the age of 19, he assumed the duties of governor of Guangxi and put down the civil strife in Siming Prefecture and Sicheng Prefecture. Later, he used the troops of servants and chieftains to conquer Annan. , surrendered the Mo Dynasty, wiped out the Li Dynasty and the Zheng family, and became powerful in the south; at the age of 20, he returned to Beijing to continue to serve as an imperial scholar, entered the palace as a Japanese lecturer, and established the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance; at the age of 21, he served as an imperial envoy to inspect the Propaganda University, because I answered After his death, Tumote changed his mind and led the army to fight in Monan, resulting in a great victory in Monan, which shocked the northern Xinjiang.

At the age of 22, he served as the Minister of Yuanmasi and Jin Fuhai in Liaodong. He prepared troops and prepared troops. He fought with Tumen and Chaohua in the southern Liaoning war and defeated it. At the age of 23, he was promoted to governor of Liaodong. He designed Nurhaci to kill Yehe and Beile to balance the various tribes in Liaodong. When the Ming-Myanmar War broke out at the age of 24, he was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his duties and donate loans to prepare military expenditures. The following year, the Yunnan-Myanmar War escalated and expanded, causing his fiancée Huang Zhiting to lead his army from Annan to South Myanmar by sea.Huang Zhiting defeated Mangyingli in the battle of Dongyu City, and Myanmar surrendered.In the same year, he joined forces with Liu Xin to defeat Naresuan, and Siam and Nanzhang surrendered;
He got married at the age of 25. Due to his achievements in planning the Yunnan-Burma War, he was promoted to Minister of Rongzheng in the Ministry of War, changed the old system of the Beijing camp, and organized and trained the Imperial Guard.Soon, Shangshu asked to open the vassal ban.In the same year, he supervised the military affairs in the northwest with the title of Youdu Yushi, quelled the rebellion in the northwest, and was promoted to be the Minister of the Household Department. At the age of 26, he was published in "Qiyongshu". The system of the Household Department was changed to four ministers, and two departments and eleven departments were newly established. The big Household Department was formed. , all the financial power.In the same year, the Beiyang Fleet expedition to Luzon, expelled the Spanish colonists, and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the new dynasty of Luzon;
At the age of 27, he signed a treaty with the Portuguese and obtained Malacca and the Aralia Peninsula.In the same year, he reformed the post system and established the Ming Dynasty United Post Station; at the age of 30, he used the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty's economic strategy to attack the Can Yuan Dynasty in the north, defeated it, pacified the northern border, and the Can Yuan puppet emperor Tumen and others fled to the Western Regions.He was granted the title of Marquis of Nanning due to his meritorious service, and was granted the title of Marquis by civil servants.In the same year he entered the cabinet, it happened that the Japanese invaders invaded Korea and Yang Yinglong of Bozhou rebelled, and he was in charge of the central government to deal with it; at the age of 31, he defeated Yang Yinglong; at the age of 32, he became a bachelor of Jin Wenhua Palace; at the age of 35, he aided Korea to defeat the Japanese and defeated them, but the Japanese invaders returned to their homeland and returned to China. Chao; 36 years old, a bachelor of Jinzhong Jidian, and the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet.

By comparison, my father became famous no later than Li Shimin. However, due to different circumstances and different identities, the highlight of his life came much later - but he still shocked the world.

In comparison, at the age of fourteen this year, I was able to be entrusted with important tasks by my father. If I could gain meritorious service in this battle, why would I not be able to compare with my father's good deeds back then?It's just that fighting is easier now, but not as big as the internal troubles in southern Xinjiang.But according to the guidance of his mother and aunt, what his father seemed to care more about was not the result of the battle - in his view, winning this battle was a matter of course, it was just about whether he could win better.

What my father really cares about is whether he can handle the complicated situation in southern Xinjiang and subdue the various factions one by one.However, my identity seems to be extremely valuable, but because of my special status, I am inconvenient to do many things.So it can be seen that the father actually wanted to test his ability to clarify his identity and use his identity.

As my mother said, my father wanted to see whether he had the ability to control his subordinates, and at the same time, he had to be just right in all aspects, without losing his power or sense of proportion.

The more Gao Yuan thought about it, the more he felt a headache.What can be seen now is that there must be a gap between the elders of the Gao family like Gao Jue and Gao Jing and the upstarts like Gao Musan. In addition, the clan headed by the second uncle Gao Mengnan is also a faction, but among these three factions There seems to be a connection that I haven't figured out... Well, I also need to add relatives, or more broadly, Guangxi chieftains headed by Huang's relatives.

Relatives, relatives, the elderly, and the nouveau riche, these four groups have different interests, but they also overlap.How can I figure out the connection and conflict of interests between them, and then cook and untie the cow, and firmly hold the thread that leads them in my own hands, without causing my father to misunderstand?
This is too complicated. I really don’t know how my father managed to manipulate so many important officials in the court when he was a boy!There must be some trick here that I haven't mastered yet... What is it?

Gao Jingshi had been thinking wildly for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought to himself: His father once said that when there are so many things that are difficult to deal with, you must first find the source, and then determine the breakthrough point. Just like the eight-part essay, you must have a high-level view and an overview of the whole story. .

What can be done now to "overwhelm" the four factions?The merits of the Western Expedition!

No matter which faction he belongs to, he must be hoping to gain greater credit in this Western Expedition, because only credit can make their power stronger... Yes, my father asked me to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Expedition. Will the power of reporting merits after the triumphant Western Expedition be handed over to me?I don’t even have to wait to report the merit, now I have the power to assign tasks to each faction, which also determines how much credit they can get in this battle!

No wonder, no wonder that after I handed over the Battle of the Ancient Island to Takagi San, Gao Jing later took the initiative to talk to me... It didn't matter what he talked to me about, I'm afraid "taking the initiative to talk to me" was what he meant! ——
This chapter was posted more than an hour late because it took me five hours to write it. Mainly because I finally reorganized the chronology of Gao Pragmatic's major events in his half-life.After all, it is a book with several million words, and some of the written time points are different from the plans in the earlier outline, so now I need to go through the saved manuscripts myself, searching chapter by chapter, bit by bit. Got to go on the schedule.

(End of this chapter)