Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 513 The situation in Burma

After talking about business, Gao Wushi chatted with the Liu brothers and sisters about their respective experiences after their separation in the past.

Regarding his own experience, Gao Wushi spoke quite briefly, especially the downfall of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng. some.

Liu Ting was very interested in the battle between Xuanda Sanzhen and Alda's army, and asked many details very carefully. He even applauded Ma Fang for taking the opportunity to severely damage Xin Ai's troops.

However, Liu Ting seemed a little dissatisfied with the performance of Ma Gui and Gao Yu, and muttered: "This is a missed opportunity. If they can defeat Chataiji, they will have a chance to capture me alive that night! Unfortunately, too Pity!"

The implication is that it was as if he was the one who led the army that day and could defeat Chataiji.Sure enough, after finishing this sentence, he muttered again: "But this Chataiji sounds quite capable. If there is a chance, I would like to meet him for a while."

Gao Wushi ignored him, and turned the topic back to the northern army's firearms, and then talked about the issue of the northern army's refitting after the private military industry, Liu Ting interjected: "When will the northern army complete the refitting of these firearms? None of our Southern Army units have even gotten a Longqing Type [-] Cannon, let alone the Bingzi Type [-] Tiger Crouching Cannon. I heard that Yunnan has become unstable again. That Burmese king named Mang Yinglong has been I have been unwilling to live in peace, and I was just playing small things earlier, and I have become more and more courageous since the fourth year of Wanli..."

Liu Ting sighed, and said again: "I have asked the Nanjing Ministry of War several times in the past few years, but the Nanjing side has not responded... Oh, it's not that there is no response, there are still responses, and I was transferred from Eastern Sichuan to Nanjing to get rusty .”

Gao Yushi was speechless for a while, but he was clear about this matter.Because when the dispute between Yunnan and Myanmar first broke out, Gao Gong was still in power, and of course Gao Wushi knew why the court did not respond at that time.

In fact, both the Yunnan local government and the Nanjing Ministry of War are indeed suppressing this matter. The news reported to the court is to minimize the war in Yunnan. Basically, judging from the news received by Beijing, it is nothing more than the Burmese king making trouble out of nothing. , Attacking various places in the Xuanfu Division near Yunnan, but the situation is completely controllable, and Yunnan Province can handle it.

Gao Yushi actually knew the truth because he had read various historical materials in later generations, but after listening to his "analysis", Gao Gong still decided to suppress this matter in advance.

There are two main reasons why Gao Gong made such a decision: various domestic reforms were being implemented to a critical moment, and Gao Gong was going all out for several major events such as Kaihai and Qingzhang Tianmu, while Kaihai and Qingzhang Tianmu, the government and the opposition There are not all voices of support, in fact, there are many opponents, so Gao Gong needs to concentrate on suppressing these opposing forces, and does not want the war in Yunnan to affect the national layout-especially in Yunnan. Under the premise that they can handle it themselves.

Another consideration is that at the time, the king of Myanmar said that he was fighting Xuanfu divisions around Yunnan, such as Mengyang division, Cheli division, and Menggen division.These places are of course chieftains of the Ming Dynasty in name, obeying the orders of Yunnan, but in fact they rebel from time to time, and they will also plunder the interior of Yunnan during rebellion.So Gao Gong's meaning is also very simple, let Burma beat them up first, as long as King Burma beats them hard, they will naturally think of Da Ming's father.

Later, Gao Gong passed away. Although Guo Pu was old, he was too inclined to be a lonely minister before, so that many of his former disciples did not have much contact with them, and he did not take care of them. Lack of their own lineage power.

Gao Yushi, as Gao Gong's "legacy successor" and Guo Pu's student, naturally supported his teacher.But Gao Yushi was young after all, even though he wrote countless letters to Gao Gong's disciples and old officials to explain the whole story, after the Gao Party suddenly lost its core, it still inevitably dispersed its forces-for example, some people voted for Zhang Siwei.

Although voting for Zhang Siwei does not weaken the overall strength of the Gao Party, it will definitely lead to the emergence of a kind of "dual politics" in the Gao Party. Guo Pu is more foot-an important ally of the Gao Party, and the Jin Party has already been headed by Zhang Siwei after Yang Bo died in the second year of Wanli and Wang Chonggu took office in the fifth year of Wanli.

As a result, although the overall strength of the Gao Party is still strong, the centripetal force has inevitably declined severely.Neither Guo Pu nor Zhang Siwei can decide with one word within the Gao Party, and Gao Pragmatic's position is a bit embarrassing-one of these two is his teacher, the other is his uncle, and they don't favor either side. great.

Under such circumstances, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei can only restrain each other and strive not to spoil the overall situation of the reform, but that's it. It's hard for them to have the spare energy to pay attention to a "local war" on the border of Yunnan. of.

However, Gao Yushi himself is still very concerned about the Ming-Myanmar War. Historically, this war has become a tug-of-war. It has been fought back and forth for decades, and both sides fought and rested.

In Burma, the Toungoo dynasty was on the rise at that time, and they hoped to dominate Tiannan, so that the Ming Dynasty ceded territory for peace or at least acquiesced that they dominated the southwest. "It has always maintained a psychological advantage. Although its strength has been limited, whenever the Ming army decides to fight, it can always defeat the Burmese army, making it impossible for Burma to do its best.

As for the Ming army, they never intended to abolish Burma in one fell swoop. As a result, the Ming army advanced and the Burmese army retreated, and the Ming army retreated and the Burmese army advanced again. They fought back and forth on the sites of several Xuanfu divisions. At that time, Liu Ting, as the chief general (just leading the main force, with several layers of superiors), submitted a bunch of memorials asking the court to mobilize manpower and material resources to wipe out Burma in one fell swoop, but the court and Yunnan did not agree.

Originally, this may have the purpose of weakening the chieftain by means of war, but who knows that something happened later-the three major Wanli campaigns started in succession!

Fortunately, the Ming army had no choice but to shrink in the Burmese battlefield, and the Burmese army won the victory. Although Ming did not lose its homeland, it also lost part of the Xuanfu Division's territory.However, Myanmar didn't do anything good. It fought with Daming for decades, wasting all the human, material and financial resources of the local people, and finally weakened.

Of course Gao Yushi doesn’t want to see this kind of situation, but he is no better than he was back then. After all, without Gao Gong, his influence on Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei will inevitably decline. Although he can still do what he persuades, but the effect is not there So obvious to the high arch?
So he didn't dare to give any guarantee, so he had no choice but to say to Liu Ting: "I will talk to my teacher and uncle when I see the matter in Myanmar, but it's hard to say what their attitude will be. In addition, if the emperor I can see it, and I will mention it a little bit... But the emperor has not yet been in power, so he may not pay too much attention to this matter. As for you, Brother Shengwu, I suggest that you return to Nanjing early after you finish the martial arts exam, regardless of whether you fight or not , it’s justified to train your subordinates well—your headquarters was transferred to Nanjing with you, right?”

　Thanks to the book friend "Sha Mang" for the support of the monthly ticket, and to all the friends who voted for the recommendation for their support, thank you!In other words, after Gao Gong's death, Gao Pragmatic's strength finally has no "supermodel".

　　
　
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