Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 266
Since there is an opportunity to eradicate the remnants of Bailian who fled to Monan in one fell swoop, this major event will be finally finalized. None of the important ministers present will jump out and say stupid things like "the remnants of Bailian are not to be feared"—there is no political consciousness at all If so, it is better to take the initiative to resign as soon as possible.

After the meeting, Gao Wushi approached Gao Gong quietly, and first apologized to Sanbo for "self-assessment" without asking for instructions. Gao Gong was silent for a while, and sighed: "I know you are different from ordinary children, but this kind of Important matter, you must let me know in the future, and don’t engage in such sudden attacks again.” He glanced around and said in a low voice: “You must know that our uncle and nephew are the thorn in the side of many people right now. .”

Gao Wushi promised again and again, expressing that he understood that he was wrong, and then changed the tone, saying: "Sanbo, have you ever selected the essay that the cabinet intends to present to His Royal Highness today? If not, can you adjust the memorial of Lord Wang Jianchuan?" Come and use it?"

Gao Gong's face suddenly became serious, staring at Gao Wushi and asked, "How are you doing? What's up with you?"

Gao Wushi coughed dryly, pretended to be hesitant, and said, "This...nephew wants...to persuade His Highness the Crown Prince to ask for a decree for me to go to Baihu Castle."

Gao Gong was taken aback, stared at him and asked, "Are you going to Fort Baihu? What are you doing? Going to see Bahanaji?"

"It's not just to see Han Naji..." Gao Wushi explained: "Sanbo, I expect that there will be a follow-up to the incident of asking Han Naji to surrender this time, and it may give our Ming Dynasty a good chance to stabilize northern Xinjiang." .”

Gao Gong suddenly looked straight up, thought for a while, and said, "You go to the cabinet with me, and talk to me in the room."

"Ah? Yes, Uncle San."

Gao Gong couldn’t help but be pragmatic, after all, this was the first time they met at Gao Gong’s cabinet office as they were both “working” in the palace—Gao Gong usually pays more attention to influence, and is not like Yan Song back then. Like Yan Shifan, there is no distinction between public and private.

Fortunately, there was an incident of Gao Yushi stealing the conversation today. When others saw Gao Gong take Gao Yushi to the cabinet to watch the house with a blank face, they only thought he was going to teach his nephew a lesson, so there were some people who laughed and those who were secretly happy What's more, no one thinks that Gao Gongshi has other moths, and no one thinks that Gao Gong doesn't distinguish between public and private—after all, some people's thoughts are: scold that kid severely !
When the uncle and nephew arrived at the cabinet, Gao Gong sat down in his seat, but Gao Wushi was not approved, so he had to stand.

Gao Gong took a sip of tea before asking: "You said just now that asking Han Naji to surrender may give me a good chance to stabilize northern Xinjiang... What's the reason?"

Gao Wushi was already prepared, so he asked instead: "Sanbo, my nephew would like to ask first: what do you think of Ida's frequent harassment of Daming these years? I mean, why do you think Ida did this? He wanted Yes, what exactly is it?"

If it were some other officials who were stupid in reading and reading, when they heard this, their answers would probably be nothing more than the following:

I said that the wolf was ambitious, and wanted to invade the Central Plains and restore the Great Yuan;

But Gao Gong's answer was different, he snorted softly, and said: "Don't you think Sanbo is a bookworm, the reason behind this is not as clear as you can see?"

He squinted at Gao Yushi, and said indifferently: "I answered that the southward invasion, in the final analysis, is nothing more than being trapped in livelihood." He sneered: "Otherwise, why every time he raises troops, it almost always happens when I, Da Ming, refuses to communicate with him." After the tribute?"

Gao Gong's body leaned lightly on the back of the Grand Master's chair, and said leisurely: "The northern captives sent envoys to ask for tribute, but they were only greedy for rewards and the benefits of mutual exchanges, and the frontier ministers were in a hurry and didn't know what to do, and the ministers in charge of the temple were afraid. In the master plan, he directly rejected his request and beheaded him. As a result, the cunning captives resented and resented. Since then, they have mobilized many people to invade, either in Shanxi, or in Jizhen, or directly to Gyeonggi. There has been no peace for more than [-] years. The people on the frontier are devastated, father and son husbands and wives can't protect each other, the fertile land is abandoned and not plowed, the farmland is barren, and the salt law keeps destroying it. Dispatch, the Central Plains is also open. This is a clear test of the miscalculation in the past."

This remark is a bit heavy, because it is tantamount to saying that "the imperial court made serious mistakes in its policies in the past", and the main reason for the mistakes was "fear of master plan", that is to say, Gao Gong believed that the mistake was in Jiajing! [Wufeng Note: These words are the original words of Gao Gong in history, not fabricated by the author. ]
Although the words were heavy, Gao Yushi knew that these words definitely hit the nail on the head.

Because after the rise of Alta, besides being "majestic and happy to fight", this prairie hero also has a different side from other Mongolian nobles, that is, he clearly understands that in order to maintain his strength, he must have sufficient resources. To ensure the material guarantee, it is necessary to maintain a mutual tribute and market relationship with the Ming court.

Therefore, he took the initiative to ask the Ming court for tribute many times.In the 21st, 25th, and 26th years of Jiajing's reign, he asked for tribute many times, but was rejected by the Ming court.

Especially in the 26th year of Jiajing, even though the Ming court had killed his envoy twice, I still told the Ming court to "take off the plow tools and plow columbine seeds in the Qing Dynasty, and return them to farming", and ordered his subordinates, "If After passing the Fortress, those who dare to offend the Fortress will be treated as if they were waiting to seize the dome, horses, cattle and sheep."At the same time, he also repeatedly stated that if he refused to pay tribute, he would lead the cavalry to commit crimes in the south.

Obviously, it is difficult to achieve the goal of using this threat to seek tribute from the Ming court, which calls itself the "celestial dynasty".Therefore, whenever the request for tribute was rejected, I Da committed crimes on a large scale, causing great losses to the lives and properties of the people along the Great Wall every time.

So from this point of view, it can be seen that if I asked for tribute and refused to agree, I committed a large-scale internal crime. It should be said that the main responsibility lies with the Ming court.The Ming court stubbornly refused to pay tribute, and even beheaded the envoy sent by Alta to ask for tribute at every turn, but it was unable to stop Alta's attack and plunder. This was the main reason for the long-term conflict between the two sides.

Since Gao Gong had already seen the problem, Gao Yushi felt more at ease, and immediately laughed, and said, "Sanbo, my nephew thinks that according to my old habits and the situation in Monan in recent years, , I promise that this time I will definitely ask for tribute again!"

Gao Gong's heart moved, but he was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he asked: "The situation of Monan in the past few years? What's the situation?"

"It's a disaster!" Gao Wushi was a little surprised, thinking that these situations are obvious, Cao Gan mentioned it several times in his report to me, and said that if Monan hadn't suffered disasters in recent years, he would not have been able to Get so many horses from Monan.

But seeing that Gao Gong seemed to be really ignorant, he had no choice but to explain the situation.

Only then did Gao Gong know why An Da had invaded the south twice in a row this year. So the root cause is here?

"Crack!" He slapped the table and said angrily, "What the hell are Jinyiwei and Dongchang doing? They didn't report such important information at all. They just reported some useless things! Why did I ask how many troops were mobilized to go there?" Where did he go hunting, married a concubine, etc., I know what's the use of these, send someone to assassinate him!"

After venting his anger, he calmed down to think about Gao Yushi's words just now, pondered for a moment, and then said, "You mean, you want to lead the nearby...or guide the tribute matter that I answered this time?"

　Thanks to the book friend "fengjiyue" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)