Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 721 Zheng Song's Decision
Gao Wushi’s residence in Shenglong City was arranged in the original Qianwang Mansion. Originally, Mo Maoqia planned to give up the palace by himself, but obviously Gao Wushi would not accept living in a building surrounded by dragon-shaped decorations. Therefore, Mo Maoqia declined Mo Maoqia's kindness and asked to live outside the "Dutong Envoy's Mansion", so Mo Maoqia ordered the former Qian Wang Mansion to be given up as a high-level and pragmatic Annan Xingyuan.

As for the dunhou Wang Mo Jinggong, the successor of Prince Qian's Mansion, it's too late for him to curry favor with Gao Pragmatic, so why would he have any objections?Not only happily helped Gao Wushi introduce the layout of Qian Wang's Mansion and some ingenious aspects of the design, but even kept all the original servants and maids in Qian Wang's Mansion.

However, Gao Yushi drove most of them away, because these servants could not speak Chinese, and the rest who could speak Chinese stayed temporarily.Of course, Gao Yushi's personal guards were still his last remaining [-] or so servants, and the guards on the outside were wolf soldiers - five hundred from Cen and Huang's families, divided into two shifts to guard Qian Wangfu in turn.

In fact, the area of ​​Shenglong City at this time is also limited. Although King Qian’s Mansion was the mansion of Mo Jingdian, the most powerful official in Annan, it is not large in terms of area, let alone it is not as high and pragmatic as Longwen Yayuan outside Xinzheng County. It's also not as good as his Jianxinzhai other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing—even if you don't count the part of the school that Jianxinzhai expanded later.

The area of ​​this Prince Qian’s Mansion is about a little smaller than Zhang Juzheng’s Dashi Mansion in the capital, and the decoration is even more incomparable. But fortunately, there is more water in Annan, and the palace is complete with pavilions, trees and ponds. The creek does not have a different view.

After Gao Yushi sent away all the people from Annan's side under the pretext of being tired, Gao Yu came to see him.

Gao Yu has been with him for nearly ten years, and there is no need to talk about some nonsense, and he started to get to the point after saying a few casual words.

"Master, I checked Annan's 'Household Department' before. This place is also very poor, but it still raises a hundred thousand troops. It's a tight life. I thought the master would let them lay off some soldiers and horses— —For example, the part that was damaged in this war is to save money and avoid civil unrest. Unexpectedly, the master actually used this money on the wolf soldiers... The master is not afraid that the Annan people will make troubles like the Yongle and Xuande years up?"

"It's not impossible to cut troops, but that will have to wait until the Zheng family is settled." Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "Mo's North Annan is only the size of West Guangxi and South Guangxi. It is really hard to raise [-] soldiers Search, but don’t forget, this place is not more dominated by mountains than western Guangxi and southern Guangxi. Except for the northern border and the northwest, the other areas of Bei’annan are large plains, and there are much more fertile land than the whole of Guangxi. , it is estimated... maybe it can be compared with Guangdong, so even with such a search, ordinary people can still barely survive."

"As for the transfer of the [-] war-damaged Mo army's military supplies and supplies to the Cen and Huang families, firstly, it can save us a lot of expenses, and secondly, it is also to see how obedient the Annan people are to us. As for the people in Annan No rebellion...Gao Yu, let me ask you, will the imperial court take care of the rebellion of the natives of the Cen and Huang families?"

Gao Yu suddenly realized.

Here I have to talk about Annan's status in Daming.Roughly speaking, the Annan Metropolitan Division area is somewhat similar to the highly autonomous regions of later generations.

But what is the difference between the Annan Capital Commander and the Annan State?Why did Gao Yushi finally use the phrase "may restore Annan's national title" to make Mo Maoqia suddenly lose his "principle"?
Because King Annan belongs to the vassal king, which is analogous to the prince of the Ming Dynasty.However, Annan's official rank was the second rank, and there was a big difference.

The local administration of the Annan Dutongsi was changed to the "Xuanfusi", which meant that it was similar to the establishment of Jimi prefectures around the Ming Dynasty, such as the Xuanfu envoy of Bozhou in Guizhou.Of course, the status of the Annan Commander-in-Chief may be regarded as a little higher than that of the Banzhou Consolation Envoy, so he can still "promote and depose himself", but he needs to pay tribute every three years to "report the total number of promoted and dismissed officials".

What's more, when Annan succeeded King Annan, Daming often sent angels to read out the imperial edict and canonize the title of king; while Annan's commander-in-chief did not need Daming to appoint a special envoy to canonize, but the appointed relevant edicts and seals were trusted. Fu Guangxi magistrate, Annan's commander-in-chief personally went to Zhennan Pass to go through the inspection before taking the edict back on the spot.

Guangxi Fuyan and the two courts grant Annan a thousand volumes of the Da Ming Datong Calendar every year, allowing it to be promulgated and circulated in Annan to show that it is a member of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, although Annan still maintained a three-year tribute, Annan's envoys did not receive the treatment of accompanying ministers in the Ming court.

For example, in the 22nd year of Jiajing, when Annan's envoys paid tribute, the Ministry of Rites believed that "Annan was abolished and not a king, so the officials who paid tribute should not be compared with the accompanying ministers at the same time, and their rewards should be cut."Last year, Gao Yushi actually presided over the compilation of the "Daming Huidian", which also included the Annan Dutongsi in the list of Tuyi replacements.

In the original history, in the 20th year of Wanli, Annan was able to rejuvenate after the restoration of the South Li Dynasty, entered Tokyo, and destroyed the Mo Dynasty.The Ming court used the Mo Dynasty as China's "inner minister" as an excuse, and once again prepared to "prosper and perish" and crusade against the Houli Dynasty.

At that time, the Hou Li Dynasty was terrified, and Li Shizong hurriedly sent envoys to the court to report the situation in Annan to Emperor Wanli, and then sincerely asked Emperor Wanli to restore the previous title of "King of Annan".

However, Da Ming's father directly ignored him, and refused his request on the grounds that the situation had not yet been settled, and still granted him the post of "Annan Metropolitan Envoy", and ordered him to set aside Gaoping and Taiyuan for Mo's descendants to show that he was the Mo's ancestral temple. endlessly.

The Le Dynasty had no choice but to follow suit-this situation lasted until the end of the seventeenth century.

Therefore, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, Annan is now actually an "autonomous region" within Daming in terms of legal principles, and its status is equivalent to that of the chieftain, but with greater autonomy.

This is a matter of nature, and Daming attaches great importance to this kind of thing.

Gao Wuzhen's army marched south just to give Annan a feeling: We are really going to become internal subordinates, not only in name, but also like the chieftains in Guangxi and other places to listen to the propaganda!
Gao Wuzhen now wants to make the people in Annan have such an awareness—as for how to arrange it in the end, it depends on Gao's pragmatic means, and it is not the time to tell them.

Gao Pragmatically did this deliberately to decide with one word the authority of the "prince" in charge of the soldiers, and to decide with one word the expenditure of his "domestic" wealth.
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Ningping, the camp of Zheng Jun in the Houli Dynasty.

While Gao Yushi was talking with Gao Yu, the 31-year-old Hou Li Chaoyou Prime Minister and Liang Guogong Zheng Song looked at the pile of memorials in his hand with deep eyes.

Huang Tingai, Ruan Youliao, and Zheng Du, the three most trusted generals under Zheng Song's command, also stood in front of his case with serious expressions, and none of them would take the initiative to speak.

After a long while, Zheng Song sighed, and said: "Although Li Guanghua and the others have done their job well, who would have expected that the people of Ming Dynasty would react so strongly that they would actually send troops to the south... Stealing chickens is not enough to lose money. Maybe it’s the Duke of the country.”

Huang Ting'ai said dissatisfiedly: "Wu Thief is treacherous, maybe this time he dispatched troops just to take advantage of the fire, not necessarily because of what Li Guanghua and the others did."

Wu thief is talking about the Ming people, because when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, Nanjing was the capital, and he called himself the king of Wu before he proclaimed himself emperor. Therefore, once the Later Li Dynasty pretended to be self-confident, he liked to call the Ming people and the Ming army "" Wu thief".

Zheng Song frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Another member, Ruan Youliao, said: "Now the general thinks it's pointless to pester the reason why the Ming people sent troops. Instead of wasting time thinking about it, it's better to find a way to take Henan as soon as possible—to be exact, to eliminate Mo in Henan." The main force of the army."

He paused for a moment, then immediately continued: "I am afraid that the strength of the troops sent by the Ming people is not very accurate at the moment. These military reports and detailed reports have their own opinions. Some say that the army sent 15 troops, and some say that the army sent [-] troops. There is even a statement stating that the army sent [-] troops...the difference is too much, and it is not accurate at all.

However, we can't wait for the Ming army to rectify Mo's family, and take advantage of Mo's power to attack me in the south.The last general thinks that we have to act quickly, and get rid of the [-] remnants of the Mo family in Henan before we can have the strength to compete with the Ming army... Although the enemy army in Henan is newly defeated and their morale is low, there is no guarantee They will not be cheered up by the aid of the Ming army, so this time the troops are dispatched too quickly. "

Zheng Song nodded slightly, and asked again: "How do you think you should fight?"

When it comes to fighting, Huang Ting'ai's interest is up, and he said quickly: "Your Excellency, the general thinks that this battle should not use any tricks, just go up and attack, and beat Morton to another big defeat. "

Zheng Song asked: "What's the reason? To show strength?"

"That's right, it's just to show strength." Huang Ting'ai said: "In terms of national strength, we definitely can't compare with Wu Thief, but the army of Wu Thieves came to Annan, after all, the journey is far away, transportation is inconvenient, and the loss of national power is quite large... That being the case, our army must do everything possible to let them know that although our army is not as numerous as theirs, we are powerful and united, and if they insist on fighting forcefully, they will definitely suffer a big loss, so that they can face our court squarely."

Zheng Song nodded slightly, then asked Ruan Youliao: "What do you think?"

"The last general seconded the proposal." Ruan Youliao said: "That's why the last general said that this battle can't wait, and we must send troops immediately when the Ming people have just captured Shenglong and probably haven't fully controlled Mo's power. , and completely wiped out the Modun Rang Department, only in this way can the Ming people face up to the power of our dynasty, and know that our dynasty is not a place where they can calm down with one blow."

Zheng Song looked at Zheng Du again, and said, "Third brother, what do you think?"

Zheng Du is Zheng Song's younger brother, Xing San, he seems to be a person who doesn't like to talk too much, he just nodded when he heard the words, and simply said: "I think so too."

Zheng Song stood up, pressed his hands on the table, looked around the three of them, raised his head slightly: "In that case, send troops to Henan!"
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