Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 675 Benefits of Shizhen

Wang Shangwen obviously didn't understand the meaning of Gao Yushi's words. He thought that Gao Yushi was like many civil servants who were stupid in reading.

As a general, Wang Shangwen despised this kind of literati mentality, but he didn't dare to show it.Because he has come to the conclusion during these years of military career: For these natives, there is no need to talk about benevolence, and they don’t understand what benevolence is. What they know and recognize is only strength. .

But on this point, Gao Pragmatism is also clear.

In Chinese traditional culture, benevolence is a virtue.But Gao Wushi also knows that benevolence is not everything. When to show your benevolence depends on the object and the timing.

If people in the world are either gentlemen or ladies, then being kinder is naturally a kind of education and kindness, because the other party can understand.

know what?I understand that it’s not that you can’t do it, it’s just that you don’t want to behave too well, because if you behave too well, there will be no room for maneuver, and you will be forced to be too embarrassed, or even forced to nowhere, and you can only fight and resist.

However, there is indeed a kind of person in this world who is fearful of power but not virtuous.

What is Weiwei?Prestige means power and strength, fear of prestige means fear of you using power against him, the more you bully him, the more afraid he will be of you.

What is Wilder?It means that you are kind to him, and he knows how to be grateful and understands your actions, which is a virtue, so he is willing to repay you with loyalty and sincerity.

When you meet a person who is afraid of power but not virtuous, it is useless to treat him well. Only by making him afraid of you will he be honest.

This is like the Japanese in later generations who are most afraid of Americans. Whenever the American father stares at him, Japan will be discouraged, and he will do whatever his father says.What is the reason?It's nothing more than being terrified of being hit by the American atomic bomb, so even if the Americans fart, they will say it's delicious.

Gao Yushi was born in such a snobbish era, so his consistent attitude is that benevolence depends on the situation.

For example, give it prestige first, and then conceive it with virtue.Might and virtue must complement each other, absolutely not just one, otherwise you may become lame.

Speaking of it, Daming is actually different from the previous dynasties of the Central Plains. Daming's treatment of "barbarians" is actually a rare thing to do, and most of the time, it is the mainstream of Daming.It's like Liu Xianping is all palms, and all palms are directly wiped out...

Is it once and for all?Count, but not cost-effective.

Gao Pragmatism feels that this method of governance is "uneconomical".A small population in the area is all in charge of the barbarians. Before and after the Ming Dynasty, the army was launched twelve times, and it went through hundreds of battles, from Taizu, Chengzu, Yingzong, Daizong, Shizong, Muzong to the Wanli Dynasty. Its genocide.

Is it worth it?Is it economical?If the "barbarians" all over the world want to rule like this, why would it be any wonder that Daming grinds himself to death?

What Gao Yushi admired most about Ming's "conquest and rule" was actually the "Yunnan model", while the worst "conquest and rule" was the "Annan model".

From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, in the nearly [-] years, the Yunnan area experienced Nanzhao and Dali, and it seemed to have a tendency to be divided into two countries with the Central Plains.But in the Yuan Dynasty, Dali was flattened, but the actual control area was far less vast than that of Daming.

When the Ming Dynasty attacked and destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, most of the capital had fallen, and the King of Yuanyunnan refused to order.So the Ming army invaded Yunnan, and the Yuan king set himself on fire.At that time, the "South of Colorful Clouds" was probably less than one-fifth of Yunnan in later generations.

The Ming Dynasty was the dynasty that truly established the central control over the entire territory of Yunnan in later generations.

And Daming's gradual strengthening of control over Yunnan was not achieved in one step, but carried out step by step.Daming first established 36 chieftains in Yunnan.Because there are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan and they do not belong to each other, the Great Yunnan Tusi officials in Ming Dynasty are like a small kingdom, even more so than Guangxi.

Among them, they later became the two major chieftains of the country: Laos and Myanmar, which were only one of the 36 chieftains at that time.Among these chieftains, Longchuan chieftains were the strongest, and they often invaded Burma and other chieftains.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, the chieftain of Longchuan rebelled, and Hou Muying of Xiping led an army to crusade.At that time, there were 30 rebels, and they drove hundreds of war elephants to fight.Mu Ying discussed with the generals and believed that the morale of the rebels was the war elephants that had never been seen in the Central Plains, and the firearms that the Central Plains had never seen before were the firearms.

So Muying ordered that when the battle started, the firecrackers and rockets of the Shenji Camp must be like stars in the sky, and they should be thrown at the elephants in an endless stream.He also ordered the army to fight tomorrow, and all those who retreat will be executed by the whole team.

The next day, the Longchuan army came from the field, and the elephant was violently attacked by the Mingshenji Battalion, and it really collapsed, but the chieftain army remained orderly and orderly.Muying was on a high place and saw a chieftain general XX, and fought desperately, and the chieftain army took him for anger.Mu Ying then ordered his elite soldiers to enter, and brought the head of this man to see him.

The chieftain general was attacked and killed, and the rebels were defeated.Muying then besieged the capital and destroyed it, so Baiyi was overwhelmed.Because the Yunnan area was too complicated in the Ming Dynasty, the Mujia town of Yunnan was granted to the world, and finally established effective rule over the entire territory of the present Yunnan area. The Qing dynasty continued to govern, and Yunnan finally became China's inseparable core territory.

Ever since he had an idea about Annan, Gao Yushi has carefully thought about a question more than once: the situation of Yunnan and Annan, it seems that the situation of Yunnan and Annan are not too different, why Yunnan finally became "China", but Annan finally gained and lost What?
It stands to reason that Annan has been a county in China since the Han Dynasty, and the country was not established until the Five Dynasties after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, which is not as early as the founding of Nanzhao in Yunnan.In the Song Dynasty, the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan was far stronger than Annan.During the Yuan Dynasty, both Dali and Annan were conquered.Annan's restoration of the country was a little earlier, and his slogan for the restoration of the country was similar to "expel the Tartars and restore China".

At the beginning of Hongwu, Chen's Annan paid tribute.At the time of Chengzu, the Chen family was in chaos. Chengzu sent Chen Hou to Annan as king, and Annan lured and killed the envoys of Ming Dynasty and the king surnamed Chen.So Ming Dynasty sent 50 troops to attack Annan.Thousands of elders from Annan greeted the military gate: Annan was originally a part of China, why bother to establish a king of Chen, and simply become a Chinese prefecture or county? There is no need to say whether there is a private arrangement, anyway, Cheng Zu readily followed it.

However, Daming did not send people to guard the area like it did with Yunnan when dealing with Annan.After Zhang Fu conquered Annan, he was quickly recalled, and Annan almost rebelled.At that time, Annan's military supervisor and eunuch Ma Lin was also a big corrupt official. He accepted bribes and killed and humiliated innocent people.

When Zhang Fu arrived, the rebellion ended, and when Zhang Fu was recalled, the rebellion resumed.In the end, Cheng Zu passed away, and the Annan Rebellion could no longer be settled.

Gao Wushi thinks that Daming lost Annan, the first reason is that Zhang Fu did not let Zhang Fu imitate Muying in the past and live in Annan. This is also why Chengzu is not as good as Taizu. Taizu adopted son.

The second is that the officials who choose to guard Annan are extremely corrupt and violent. This point does not need to be discussed in detail. In short, it is a mistake in employing people.

The third is that Xuande officials have no foresight at all, and make historical analogies indiscriminately, without seeing the great benefits of keeping Annan.In fact, the Annan family of Li had continuous civil strife within two generations. There were many hills in Annan, the Mo family killed the Li family, and the Zheng family fought against the Mo family under the name of the Li family, creating an Annan version of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

However, Emperor Xuande finally gave up Annan, who he felt was not cost-effective to rule, and recognized Annan's independence.

Since then, Annan has become Vietnam, and will never be separated from China.

But why does Gao Wushi think that sending generals to "Shizhen" is related to "Wei" and "De"?Shouldn't it be "Wei" to send a general to Shizhen? What does this have to do with virtue?

Of course it matters, and it matters a lot.

Because Shizhen means that this land is already your "ancestral property" to some extent!

Since it is an ancestral property, can it not be managed well?Since we want to manage well, can we still kill the local people at every turn?Obviously not, since everyone has been killed, who will pay your taxes and support you?

Which landlord would kill all his tenants!For the sake of their own dominance, they can only fight and pull, and fight and pull.

And this is also the biggest advantage of a hereditary official over a floating official: a floating official does not need to be responsible for the long-term stability of the local area, and he is likely to only look at the immediate; Not only did he have nothing, but his descendants also had nothing.

Using Shizhen to centralize the frontier is the basis for Daming to stabilize Yunnan.But what Gao Pragmatically thinks now is to use another unobvious "Shizhen" to deal with Annan.
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