Daming Yuanfu

The reason why Gao Yuan thought that Gao Jing took the initiative to find him was because of his military exploits - the size of his military exploits meant the amount of benefits distributed after the war.The greater the military exploits, the greater the rewards you will receive after the war. The greater the awards, the greater the power of your faction.

Gao Yuan knew that any politician must consider the issue of power. Otherwise, why would his father have united so many allies?He obviously had the recognition of the upstart school of thought in the court at that time, so why did he want to win over the nobles from the Jingnan clan while training eunuchs from the Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju factions in the palace?They even roped in Chen Yiqin, Zhang Juzheng and others' disciples, former officials, and their own children?
My father said that politics is to make your own people more and more and your enemies' people less and less.Everyone in politics must have similar thoughts, so the imperial court has factions, and Southern Xinjiang... what is the difference between it and the imperial court?
So, how to expand your power?My father himself is the best example - make meritorious deeds and continue to make meritorious deeds.

Virtue is rewarded by officials, and merit is rewarded.Those with high moral standards should be given official titles, and those with outstanding merits should be rewarded.The former can guide social atmosphere and purify bad thoughts; the latter can encourage the spread of talents and achieve civil and military achievements.

My father wants to test my understanding and utilization of my identity. So first of all, how is my identity defined?It would be better to first look at how his father defines his identity.

What is his definition of himself in this half of his life?At least from the court's point of view, or from the emperor's point of view, he defined his identity as a capable minister.No matter whether the emperor wants civility or martial arts, my father is the best assistant the emperor can choose!
With this accurate positioning, and because he has encouraged the emperor to pursue civil and martial arts in various ways since he was a child, the final situation must be like this: the emperor finds that he cannot live without his father's assistance no matter what!

So under such a premise, my father will always be invincible in the officialdom, and he will remain strong despite the winds of east, west, north and south.At the same time, when the court faces major challenges, the first person the emperor thinks of must be his father.

This formed a virtuous cycle: every time something big happened, his father had to be there to solve it - the problem was solved, his father received a reward, which continued to strengthen the emperor's dependence on him - someone was jealous of his father and conspired to frame him, and the emperor was worried about what would happen next. If there is a big problem, it cannot be done without my father, so I don't allow it - and sure enough, I encounter a big problem again, and I continue to let my father solve it.

This means that my father has become an irreplaceable person in the emperor's mind. Whenever there is a problem, he must be asked to solve it, because only he can ensure that no matter how difficult the problem is, it can definitely be solved, and the emperor changed his mind. It may not be resolved - for example, in North Korea, my father did not go there before. Although the war was basically in the upper hand, it still could not be completely resolved after several years of delay. In the end, my father had to personally take action to completely resolve the matter.

Well, it was so thorough that the whole of North Korea was fucked to the core.

So looking back, although my father's success is very complicated when spread out, in short, he can always make achievements.Comparing this to today's southern Xinjiang, isn't the situation somewhat similar?
Do old people like Gao Jue and Gao Jing want to make meritorious deeds?If they don't make meritorious deeds, how long can they sustain their original capital? Will they be surpassed by those upstarts?Do they think, do you juniors talk about first-come, first-serve? Do you know that I have been the Marquis’ confidants for many years?

Does an upstart like Takagi San want to make meritorious deeds?If they don't make meritorious deeds, will they always be one head shorter than those old people?Do they think that you old people are just relying on your time to follow the Marquis earlier? We are all shot out one by one based on our ability, unlike you who can live a lifetime on the merits of your early years!

Where are the clan members?If the clan members don't make meritorious deeds and want to be always superior to everyone just because they have the blood of the Gao family, wouldn't they feel guilty?Think about the princes of the Ming Dynasty. How majestic they were in the early days of the founding of the country, and what kind of virtue they were after two generations?In addition to having a nominally high status, he was kept in a palace and raised as a pig all his life. He could not even see the emperor's face, let alone have any real power!

As for the relatives... Haha, this is the Ming Dynasty, who doesn't know how the relatives are treated?The biggest relative can only give you a clan order, and the title given to you is not hereditary, at least it is a favor.As for real power... Since Yongle, which relative has obtained real power?
Although the relatives in southern Xinjiang seem to have real power now, this is because the situation in southern Xinjiang is different. These Guangxi chieftains themselves are the original shareholders of the "Southern Xinjiang Group". They were the main force in the army when my father pacified Annan!Not only was it the main force of the army at the beginning, but the Tusi Group was also married to the Gao Family Group, forming a community of interests.This situation is the same as the Lu family when Liu Bang launched his army. It seems that the Liu family is respected, but in fact, the strength of the Lu family is a thigh that supports the Liu family.If you dare to cut off this thigh, you may become disabled, and then your enemy will gain the upper hand and chop you into pieces.

Of course, his father's family background was much richer than that of Liu Bang, and his mother's selfishness towards her natal family was far less selfish than that of Empress Lu. Therefore, after the Yunnan-Burma War, almost all of the newly expanded power of the "Southern Xinjiang Group" was captured by his father. Among them, the Guangxi Tusi Group was only rewarded with part of it later - which also included the father's intention to redistribute the gathered Tusi fiefdoms.

In short, no matter how many factions there are in southern Xinjiang now, the breakthrough of the "Overview of the Whole Chapter" must be the credit of this Western Expedition.As long as I can grasp the right to distribute the credit this time, I don't believe they will be tempted.As long as their hearts are moved, I will have a way to manipulate them, so that they will eventually have to admit that I, the Nanning Marquis, can manipulate them.

As for my father, as long as I follow his example in everything and don't reach out too far and touch the power he has not given me, there should be nothing to worry about.At least for now, I should be the only heir that my father is trying to cultivate.

Thinking of this, two younger brothers appeared in Gao Yuan's mind, one was Gao Luo and the other was Gao Yan.

These two younger brothers are not legitimate sons - of course, Gao Luo was originally [Note: Gao Yuan did not know the inside story], but now he was given to Princess Yongning because of the emperor's order, so he is not - but these two The younger brother seems to be the child who is currently the most valued by his father, besides himself.

The former was given to Princess Yongning as his heir, but he didn't even change his surname, and he didn't know if there was any possibility of returning to his family.If possible, I don't know if it will affect me?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. After all, his current mother has become the eldest princess of Yongning, and the eldest princess is a widow. It is impossible for her son to turn around and inherit the Gao family's inheritance. Otherwise, the emperor will definitely be scolded by the civil servants for being autistic - what? Hey, your Tian family is now starting to blatantly steal the family property of your ministers?

So, what about Gao Yan?It shouldn't be so. Judging from his father's current intentions, he is probably planning to give Japan to him.But this is understandable. After all, Aunt Narita is Japanese, and it is appropriate for her son to go to guard Japan.But, this Japan should also be part of my southern Xinjiang, right?If my father intends to let Japan withdraw from southern Xinjiang, then... I will not agree to it in the future.

After thinking wildly for a long time, Gao Yuan finally fell asleep.
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PS: I was arrested last night and didn’t get home until almost midnight.Today I paid a lot of attention to the Kazakh-Israeli conflict, and I was very angry about the attack on the hospital.This chapter will be released first, and I will see if I can catch up on another chapter in the middle of the night to make up for the debt. However, this can only be said to be a best effort, and it is not guaranteed.