Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 265
Gao Pragmatic's three strategies are indeed arranged in the order of "top, middle and bottom" in his mind, but at the same time, he has also considered the degree of concern for some issues in Ming's mind.

First of all, Gao Shishi put Han Naji and "Ren" in favor of each other, and then put it first.He said that accepting Han Naji wholeheartedly is a manifestation of "the kindness of the world in mind". "Benevolence from all over the world" is obviously "political correctness" for the high-level officials of Ming Dynasty who have been influenced by Confucianism for a long time. A famous saying of "I will die from the people", but the end is basically "accused by thousands of people, and I will die without a disease".

As for the middle strategy, it is built according to the thinking of ordinary people who "want benefits but are unwilling to pay corresponding benefits or efforts". From the beginning to the end, they are using others, while they hide behind to control the overall situation.Speaking of which, this one is also very much in line with the mentality of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty: they always feel that they are so intelligent that they don’t need to end up in person, and that they can control the overall situation and achieve their goals by “doing a little trick”.As for why this is still the middle policy, it is not the best policy, because the traditional Chinese virtues are benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, and benevolence lies in wisdom.

Generally speaking, the bad policy is used by planners to make up the numbers, or to set off the good policy, but the low policy of high pragmatism is not so bad.His "bad strategy" was mainly used to cover the bottom line, or to put it more bluntly, to reassure the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.Gao Pragmatic's worst strategy is to tell them that as long as Han Naji is accepted, no matter how bad the situation is, at worst, we will have a hostage of sufficient status in our hands, and we will never dare to be violent when the opponent throws a mouse.

This is easy to handle, and it is very in line with the personality of civil servants who "talk with their mouths but don't do their hands".However, Gao Yushi can actually understand the mentality of these people. After all, he has been suppressed and beaten by Aldak for so many years. Whoever is in this situation will feel a little bit embarrassed when faced with Aldakhan who may come out of anger.In particular, they are all decision-makers, and they are all "participating in maintenance" at the moment. If it turns out to be a decision-making error in the future, if one fails, they will all be liquidated in the future.

After Gao Yushi put forward the three strategies tailor-made for Daming, it really caused a repercussions. Although there are still people who are still worried about Gao Yushi's "untimely intervention", everyone still has to admit: at least the three proposed by this kid The method is still a bit of a theory, and it is not just talking about it.

To the surprise of many people, Zhang Juzheng was the first to stand up and express his support this time.

Zhang Juzheng first praised these three strategies as "reasonable and feasible", and then said: "There is one more thing, I think your Majesty can make a request: once Hannaji is in my hands, it is impossible for me to answer. Different from hostages, if I insist on releasing people from the court and threatening to raise troops, don't worry too much."

"Oh?" Long Qing focused slightly, and asked, "What's your opinion, Mr. Zhang?"

"I think that I Da has invaded the south twice this year, and neither has achieved any results. It is impossible for there to be no complaints inside. Otherwise, why did I Da want to go to Qinghai this time? In the eyes of these thieves, how can I be rich in Ming Dynasty? Comparable to Qinghai? It is nothing more than the fact that although Ming is rich, the strong cannot be bullied; Qinghai is poor, but the weak can take it lightly. Therefore, I have no choice but to turn my attention to Qinghai. Right now, once Han Naji is accepted by me, it is just like Gao Shidu said There are at least three functions. Even in the most dangerous situation, even when I Da is furious, I will attack desperately. As long as I wait for the defense to be sufficient, I will be helpless, and I will have to send someone to negotiate in the end... ...As long as we negotiate, we will have a chance to solve Bailian's remnants."

The remnants of Bailian?

Everyone's heart trembled.

The remnants of the White Lotus have always been a thorn in the throat of the Ming court, and they are not at ease if they are not completely wiped out. No matter what generation of emperors of the Ming Dynasty, their mentality on this matter is exactly the same, absolutely the same.Zhang Juzheng mentioned this very well, and immediately attracted everyone's attention, including Emperor Longqing.

I could only hear Zhang Juzheng continuing to talk eloquently: "As Gao Shidu said just now, that Hanaji is Yikehatun's heart, and Yikehatun has a detached status in the various tribes of Monan, so I can't even answer it." Dare to refute her opinion easily. Then, if the imperial court asks to exchange Bailian's remnants such as Zhao Quan, Li Zixin and others for Han Naji, I will definitely accept it!"

This statement can stir up a thousand waves with just one stone.The high-level decision makers in Ming Dynasty are different from Gao Pragmatic. They don't think it is a good thing for the Mongols to learn to farm.

Their thinking is: if the Mongols recruit enough Han people to open up wasteland and farm, then the impact of natural disasters such as "white disasters" and "black disasters" that the Mongols are afraid of will be greatly weakened.In this case, the strength of the Mongols will be strengthened, and their dependence on Ming will also be weakened.If things go on like this, they not only have farming and food to maintain their livelihoods, but also grasslands and pastures to gain cavalry advantages. Wouldn't they be in an invincible position where they can attack and retreat?That's worth it!
As for whether there are so many areas suitable for farming on the grasslands, whether the Mongols can recruit enough Han people, and even the problems that may arise after the farming and nomadic systems are mixed, it is difficult for them to understand. This is not wisdom. The limitation is really the limitation of the times.

In fact, the mixed system of farming and nomadic pastoralism has existed before: the Liao Kingdom is a typical example.But in fact, what has the Liao Kingdom done since it discovered that the Song Dynasty could not be easily conquered?It was content to extort a little tribute, and then honestly made peace with the Song Dynasty for a hundred years... In the end, the Daliao, which controlled thousands of miles, was actually wiped out by the Jin Kingdom, which seemed to be quite "weak" at the time.

Why did Liao lose to Jin?There may be many reasons, but one point must not be ignored: the Liao Kingdom, which became self-sufficient, suddenly lost the motivation to expand, and even envied the "Southern Dynasty" in many ways, especially its culture.Thus, barbarism became civilized, but unfortunately, in the process of change, it was destroyed by a new, more barbaric regime.

The means Gao Yushi wants to use is actually to smooth out the barbarism of the Mongols, so that they have to use them for himself, but his means, at least for now, are difficult to convince the high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not Take Zhao Quan and Bai Lian's remnants to speak out.

Who knew that if he didn't speak up, there would naturally be wise people who would speak up for him.

Gao Wushi sighed in his heart, the group of White Lotus Sect actually played a lot of role in the Sinicization of the Mongols, for example, Han Najibu bought a house in Dabansheng City, and created a small building with a combination of Han and Mongolia ?
But Gao Wushi immediately thought again: Forget it, without people like Zhao Quan, I can also find a way to guide the Mongolian nobles and let them speed up their Sinicization—for example, Han Naji is a good breakthrough!
(End of this chapter)