Gao Pragmatic's point of view to persuade Huang Mengyu is to put it bluntly: if there is a war, you have to worry about the losses of the frontier army all the time. Once the war situation goes bad, you have to take the blame for the frontier army; if there is a peace, you can sit back and relax and be safe and sound. He is serving as a guard, and when he has enough qualifications, he will naturally return to Beijing and be re-employed.
Huang Zhenshou was obviously not a great man and would not consider serving the country and the people. After hearing Gao Pragmatic's analysis, he immediately made the right choice: peace!
Is there any good choice? Of course, it is the last word that one's own position is secure. Why should we men take the blame for the border army? Those battles are not for us men to fight!
Not only that, Huang Dazheng, who is smart and draws inferences from one instance to another, also "figured out" the reasons why the cabinet bosses and border ministers such as Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi wanted to make peace with each other: If the war doesn't go well, I, the Datong Guard, will certainly They can't run away, but they are also responsible! After suffering a defeat, the local governor certainly had improper command, but the senior minister in the imperial court also neglected the hiring of people!
Since this is the case, then the so-called late emperor's decree should just be ignored. As for Long Live Grandpa, he doesn't need to worry about Huang Dazhen. The elders can naturally convince him - as evidenced by the fact that Han Naji surrendered and was granted the title.
Since Huang Mengyu had no objections, Desheng Fort had unified their thoughts. Ma Wei and others had no say anyway, so Gao Pragmatic's report was immediately forwarded to Datong. Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi and the imperial envoy who had already rushed back to Datong were stationed in Datong. Cheng and Wen immediately wrote memorials and sent them to the capital together with Gao Pragmatic's memorial.
At the same time, Ma Fang personally led the army to escort Han Naji to Desheng Fort.
A few days later, Gao Pragmatic's "Request for Tribute to the Northern Captives" arrived in Beijing, in which he said: "After reviewing the proposal to open the market in the 29th year of Jiajing, it was because the chiefs of the Northern Captives invaded Jizhen. Ninety-two people, including Yang Huai, the minister of the stable, petitioned to open the market, and they were released alive. Then they gathered at the border and made repeated threats. If they were not allowed to move, they would be robbed. The words were very contradictory. When the border officials heard about it.
The late emperor did not allow it at first, so he spent 300,000 yuan to repair war equipment, promoted Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, to the rank of general, and declared his defiance. Luan went out with heavy troops to attack the nest, but was defeated by the captives. Fearing that the captors would invade again, he sent his family, Shi Yi, and others far away from Mobei. He promised to open the market with generous gold coins... The late emperor had already killed Qiu Luan, and had strictly enforced the ban on the captors, so as to restore the people who opened the market. To kill, it is a big mistake to be deceived by the evil Luan's charming captors.
For more than 20 years now, the invaders have been invaded by the invaders, and the border officials are always on guard. How dare you repeat the same mistake, flatter the captives and invite them to the market, violate the prohibition, and set yourself up for reconstruction? Therefore, those who can control the captives and obey them also rely on my ears that can control them. Moreover, the captives are not as strong as before, and our soldiers are not as timid as before. Although we cannot pursue the captives to destroy them, we can go out to suppress them from time to time to show our power. Even if a prisoner tries to trick the crowd and goes deep into the country to act wildly, God will immediately punish him, and both humans and animals will die..."
What this paragraph talks about is that the situation back then was different from this time, which is what Gao Pragmatic and Huang Mengyu said between the former emperor and today. During the former emperor's time, the enemy was strong and we were weak. If we agreed to trade with each other, it would weaken the name of the Chinese dynasty; but now the enemy is weak. I am strong. Agreeing to trade with each other is the magnanimity of my heavenly kingdom...
This statement was certainly not Gao Pragmatic's innermost thoughts, but he knew he had to say it this way, because he couldn't excuse Jiajing. If he didn't excuse Jiajing, then Longqing would not be able to agree to the tribute, otherwise it would be unfilial.
But just saying this was certainly not enough, so Gao Pragmatic went on to talk about the benefits of mutual trade in tribute, for example, Mongolia was in short supply of materials, and if there was no mutual trade, it would not be able to survive, and if it could not survive, it would have to go south to plunder, etc.
Is this enough? It was still not enough, so Gao pragmatically looked for a precedent next.
He continued in the memorial: "In the early days of the Chade Kingdom, there were cases of tribute payments to the Northern captives. In the early years of Zhengtong, they also used the method of reducing the price of horses to call troops, which can be found in the Tianshun Rilu. There were also cases of barbarians. The system of granting kings is like the loyal and obedient king of Hami. It was originally based on Yuanzhong. The Holy Ancestor granted Hami as our vassal. Later, it was held by Tulufan. He still took his son and raised him in Suzhou, collected his seal and stored it in the Ganzhou treasury. The memorial of Wang Qiong, the former minister, regarding the disposal of Tulupan has been preserved. In the early years of his rule, Yao, the young prince from the northern part of the country, made three tributes in the second year of Datong. . The system of examination was not created today. The majestic heavenly dynasty allowed the barbarians to come to the king, and showed the prudent virtues of the sage kings, so as to pass on the world to future generations. , to realize the great achievements of the emperor..."
This is to find historical basis: Your Majesty, look, our ancestors were so wise, didn't they also make "barbarians" kings? What you are doing now is within the rules... In short, it is extremely wise and wise to do so.
Gao Jingshi has been the prince's companion for more than half a year, and often talks about these things with Gao Gong. Of course, he knows that Long Qing is different from his father Jiajing. This is a very pragmatic emperor, but it is difficult for him to change the ancestral system at will, so Gao Jingshi Only then did I find these histories to prove that my memorial was not a tampering with the ancestral system. On the contrary, it was following the ancestral system...
Of course, this memorial was not so much about persuading the emperor as it was about persuading the warring factions, creating conditions for the emperor to agree to pay tribute, and seizing the commanding heights of public opinion.
This is Gao Pragmatic's first essay since he became an official. He has never had any previous essays. Of course, he was originally of no rank. Even the blue official robe was worn only by the emperor's special order. It was normal for him not to be in a shabby state. But this time, he was an imperial envoy because he had the emperor's order, and he happened to catch up with Anda's army to press the border, and experienced it first-hand. Therefore, even if someone in the court was dissatisfied, it would be hard to say anything - you You can't say that the Holy Emperor's imperial envoys can't even communicate with the emperor, right?
Along with Gao Pragmatic Shang Shu, Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi arrived in Beijing together. Their two Shang Shus were similar in content. However, compared to Gao Pragmatic Shang Shu, they were different because they were They were officials, so they spoke more carefully. The main focus of their writings was on "how to pay tribute" - after all, they first received the essay that Gao pragmatic asked them to forward before mentioning it. Since Gao pragmatic Pragmatism has clearly stated "why the tribute should be paid". As "predecessors", it is natural for them to not be able to criticize others.
On the contrary, Cheng Wen, the imperial envoy, felt that his trip was mainly to inspect defense rather than deal with such "foreign-related affairs", so he did not submit a separate petition, but only signed it after Gao, Wang and Fang. Just name it to show your agreement.
On the ninth day of October in the fourth year of Longqing, Xin Ai's report of Ma Fang's defeat and Sanshu, who had requested permission to pay tribute at the time, including Gao Pragmatic, Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi, arrived in the capital at the same time. The capital was immediately shocked.
Regardless of the peace faction or the war faction, they had only roughly guessed that after Han Naji's reward was removed, Anda might propose tribute again, but no one guessed that Anda would be so decisive, not only requesting mutual trade again, but even Invite yourself to be the king!
The capital suddenly became a mess again.
