Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 860

During the five Northern Expeditions, the Ming army did occupy a city on the grassland without bloodshed, and it can be called the greatest achievement during the Northern Expedition.In particular, the burning of some strategic materials such as food stored by the Mongols effectively delayed the Mongols' chance to recover their strength.

But also because of such operations, the relatively moderate eastern faction, which had grown in power, declined.Even if the Oirats in the west are temporarily prevented from invading eastward, it will not change the situation in Mongolia where the west is strong and the east is weak.

In the future, the Ming army must gradually face those opponents who were cultivated in a harsher environment-later, Oala, who captured Yingzong during the civil engineering change, was Western Mongolia.

The real purpose of Zhu Di's Northern Expedition was internal rather than external.Especially as a usurper, he desperately needs victory in foreign wars to show his martial arts.It is convenient and easy to use to start with the best Mongolian tribe.

Zhu Di's big base, Beiping, will also get a promotion in status because of these expeditions.It facilitated the implementation of the policy of moving the capital he proposed later.As the emperor went north, various military and political management departments had no choice but to stay in Beijing, and in a subtle way, most of the foreshadowing before moving the capital was completed.

The victories of the five Northern Expeditions were also Zhu Di's propaganda to the inside: the threat of Mongolia has been quelled through his own efforts.Moreover, the forces of Bei Yuan have not completely died out. If Zhu Di wants to establish a new capital in Beijing, it is impossible not to consider the possibility of Bei Yuan's recovery.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition also satisfied his other two strategies: one was to establish a relatively safe buffer zone near Beijing; Frontier control.

This is why Zhu Di's five Northern Expeditions all seemed to be "a lot of thunder and a little rain", and in the end it seemed like a busy schedule.

Gao Yushi has never thought about how to rule from the perspective of a usurper, so of course he will slander.According to his habit of thinking, he has always been unprofitable and does not get up early. Even if he loses money temporarily, he must have long-term benefits as his goal.

Moreover, Gao Pragmatism also likes to use two-pronged approach, or even multi-pronged approach.Just like the "Monan Game of Chess" this time, his goals are actually more than what Brihatu analyzed.

The first task is naturally that he has to further grasp Tumed.For this reason, he not only prepared a big stick, but also a carrot. Now that the big stick has basically been revealed, but only part of the carrot has been thrown out. It is very clear, so how much to give must be decided according to the actual situation, but in a word, he still has cards in his hand to play;

The second task is to weaken the Chahar Ministry as much as possible.If everything goes well, it will naturally weaken the Chahar headquarters together, but he is used to thinking about the bad situation first, so his basic attitude is that if the situation changes, at least the peripheral forces of the Chahar department, such as Duo Yan, Taining and other ministries were greatly weakened, leaving Chahar in a situation of isolation and helplessness.

The second level task is to use the hands of Tumed to indirectly control the Ordos Department and the Qinghai Tumed Department. Although Buri Hatu thought of this issue in his heart, he couldn't say it face to face, but there is no need to repeat it.

There are still some small incidental tasks left, such as asking Qi Jiguang to test the actual combat effect of the car camp, so as to judge whether the Wanli Type [-] bayonet musket can use the hollow phalanx tactics after it is installed;

For another example, examine Li Chengliang's attitude towards him, whether he is willing to cooperate, or whether he is conflicted and rebellious, which is related to his future treatment of Li Chengliang——Although Zhu Yijun is a little dissatisfied with Li Chengliang, he actually knows that Li Chengliang has no better ones for the time being. Replacement candidates.

Therefore, high pragmatism needs to judge whether Li Chengliang can continue to use it, if not, who will replace him; if he can use it, to what extent.

Gao Pragmatic For employing people, he may pay more attention to the attribute of loyalty within Jinghua, because Jinghua is a "private company", and he is in charge of all major issues. He can ensure that there will be no serious problems in the overall situation, so the people below need more It's execution, not pioneering spirit.

If you want to create a spirit, you have to wait until he is old, can't control it anymore, or doesn't want to bother with it before thinking about it, but now...not yet.

But for the national level of Ming Dynasty, he doesn't have the idea of ​​"professional ministers and distant villains". Therefore, the national level is too broad. Even if he is highly pragmatic and covered with iron, how many nails can he drive?Therefore, when considering the issue of employing people, the first attribute to consider is ability, followed by controllability-there is no such thing as loyalty.

Loyalty is a very luxurious attribute for a country in this family era, especially because of certain views of Confucius, such as the religious principle of "relatives hide each other" and the idea of ​​​​the family system, the vast majority of people They all put family interests far higher than the so-called national interests—because national interests are nothing more than the family interests of the Zhu family in their view, so why should my own family interests be subordinated to your emperor's family interests?

This problem is quite difficult, because it is actually a problem at the core of spiritual culture. It can almost be said that as long as the family world still exists, this kind of thinking cannot be eradicated.

From a highly pragmatic point of view, under the real monarchy, this contradiction is irreconcilable.If we must keep the monarchy, we must also enter the political system of the virtual monarch, so that people in the world feel that they are also one of the masters of the world, so that they can truly feel that "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world"-this sentence has not yet been established. Appeared, because it was what Gu Yanwu said in the context of the Qing army's entry into the customs.

But the truth is actually very simple: like a company, there is only one boss, and the employees are paid dead wages, and there is no performance reward, no equity capital, let alone dividends, so how can you expect these employees to regard the interests of the company as their own? Got to be important?

He is naturally trying to use his position and power in the company to seek personal gain for himself-how good is self-interest, the company is not mine, and the loss is also the loss of the boss, why should I be so anxious?Even if the company shuts down, at worst, I'll just quit. Where can I not continue to work with all my abilities?
At the national level, traitors are born in this way.

Therefore, there must be performance rewards, otherwise everyone will be living for nothing, and naturally the more they work, the more they will suffer; dividends must also be available, otherwise no one will take the interests of the company seriously without their own interests in it.

There are performance rewards at the national level now-promotions and titles can be counted as performance.

But there is obviously no dividend at the national level. For example, if Daming conquers Mongolia now, can ordinary people have any direct benefits besides saying "I am mighty as Ming" in their hearts?Can the imperial court reward him with a tael of silver?Obviously not, so in the eyes of ordinary people, this has nothing to do with them.

Of course, ordinary people on the border may understand a little deeper. At least once Ming conquers Mongolia, they don't have to worry about the Mongols going south to plunder from time to time, right?

Why have Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places almost become the "basic market" of Gaodang?In addition to the fact that Gao Gong, as the official leader of the Beibang scholar, had attracted a large number of officials in the Jinlong area early on, the fundamental reason was that Gao Gong's Alda tribute policy saved Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places from the suffering of war. , The local economy has been restored and developed, and both officials and civilians have benefited from it.

Do you really think that the leader of the north will be able to stabilize the basic situation in the north?The emperor is from Fengyang, so is it the only people from Fengyang who support him?Innocent.

Why is Gao Wu’s development in the south not as smooth as in the north? After more than ten years, Jinghua’s basic market is still in Gyeonggi, Henan and other places?Nothing but benefits.

His industry in the north has attracted a large number of ministers, and through the advantages of Jinghua's iron and coal supply, Tianjin Port, and even Mongolia's mutual market and business roads, he has established relationships with some bureaucratic capital, so he can run rampant in the north. Don't worry, everyone has to give Gao a little bit of respect.

In the south, it is not as convenient to buy land as it is in the north (high party forces are out of reach), and building factories and opening mines is afraid that there will be no official care (the headquarters of Xinxue), so it is very difficult to advance.

Only when he can lead the southern relatives, nobles, officials, and businessmen to make a fortune together, will his development in the south become smooth, and this can only be hoped for the smooth development of the Nanyang strategy, through maritime trade. I have already won people over, so there is no rush at all now.

It is precisely because everyone considers self-interest, and he is not the emperor, so it is impossible to pay dividends to Li Chengliang on behalf of the emperor, so Li Chengliang's attitude must be investigated. This is actually an act of testing the price: I need you, Li Chengliang, to listen to me, It depends on what price you, Li Chengliang, offer.

Gao Yushi certainly cannot accept that Li Chengliang almost turned the entire Liaodong into his independent kingdom as in history—of course, this "independent kingdom" does not mean that Liaodong belongs to him or his Li family. "Liaodong generals" were created by Li Chengliang, and they are the real rulers of Liaodong.

According to the high-practical thinking, it doesn't matter if you, Li Chengliang, want to build yourself into the Liaodong God of War of Ming Dynasty. I can accept that you want to benefit yourself and your subordinates, but you regard Liaodong as the property of your Li family and your subordinates. In the back garden, no one can touch your interests, so that won't work.

Because once there is a change in Liaodong, you Liaodong can't solve it alone. Why don't you ask the whole of Ming Dynasty to give you blood transfusions?Why are you leading the court by the nose in everything about Liaodong affairs?
Finally, Gao Wushi also has a side task, which is to gain reputation-Mongolia, a 200-year-old disaster, I, Gao, solved more than half of it for Daming as soon as I made a move. Shouldn't there be nothing to say now?Zhu Yijun wants to reuse me again, you have nothing to say, right?

At the same time, this is a major event to stabilize the Gao Party: Gao Gong's death and Guo Pu's resignation does not mean that I am out of the Gao Party!
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Thank you for the support of the monthly ticket of the book friend "Good Mood on a Cloudy Day", thank you!In other words, these two days have been less and more, and I feel that my mind is much clearer!
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