After talking about business, Gao pragmatically chatted with the Liu brothers and sisters about their respective experiences after they parted ways in the past.
Regarding his own experience, Gao Jingshi spoke quite briefly, especially the downfall of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng. Gao Jingshi briefly touched on it without going into depth at all. On the contrary, Gao Jingshi gave a detailed introduction to the issue of my answer to the tribute. Ichiban.
Liu Ling was very interested in the battle between Xuan Da San Town and the Anda Army, and asked many details very carefully. He even loudly applauded Ma Fang for seizing the opportunity to severely damage Xin Ai's troops.
However, Liu Wei seemed a little dissatisfied with the performance of Ma Gui and Gao Jue, muttering, "This is a missed opportunity. If they could defeat Qia Taiji, they would have a chance to capture An Da alive that night. It's a pity, what a pity." "
The implication is that if he led the troops that day, he would be able to defeat Chatterjee. Sure enough, after he said this, he muttered, "But this Chatterjee sounds quite capable. If I have a chance, I would like to meet him for a while."
Gao pragmatic ignored him and turned the topic back to the weapons of the Northern Army. Then he talked about the issue of the Northern Army's replacement of weapons after the military industry is now privatized. Liu Wei interrupted and said, "When can the Northern Army replace these firearms and complete the transformation of our Southern Army?" The various military departments have not even received a Longqing II type, let alone the Bingzi type I Tiger Crouching Cannon. I heard that Yunnan has become unstable again, and the Burmese king named Mang Yinglong has not been able to do so in recent years. Ken Ansheng, it was just a small fight earlier, but since the fourth year of Wanli, he has become more and more courageous."
Liu Wei sighed and added, "I have asked the Nanjing Ministry of War to fight several times in the past few years, but Nanjing has not responded. It is not that there is no response. There are still responses. I was transferred from eastern Sichuan to Nanjing to get rusty."
Gao Pragmatic was speechless for a moment, but in fact he was aware of this matter. Because Gao Gong was still in power when the dispute between Yunnan and Burma first broke out, Gao Pragmatic certainly knew why the court did not respond at that time.
In fact, Yunnan locals and the Nanjing Ministry of War are indeed putting pressure on this matter. The news reported to the court downplays the war in Yunnan. Basically, judging from the news received in Beijing, it is nothing more than the Burmese king making trouble out of nothing. , attacking various places in Xuanfu Division near Yunnan, but the situation is completely controllable, and Yunnan itself can handle it.
Gao pragmatically 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 the matter first.
The main reasons why Gao Gong made this decision are two points. Various domestic reforms were being implemented at a critical moment. Gao Gong was going all out for several major events such as the opening of the sea and the clearing of the land. However, the opening of the sea and the clearing of the land were a major issue for both the government and the public. But not all of them are supportive. In fact, it should be said that there are many opponents. Therefore, Gao Gong needs to concentrate on suppressing these opposing forces. He does not want the war in Yunnan to affect the national layout, especially in Yunnan, where he vowed that they Under the premise that you can do it yourself.
Another consideration is that the Burmese king at that time was fighting against the Xuanfu Division around Yunnan, such as Mengyangsi, Chesi, Menggensi and other places. Of course, these places are all Ming chieftains 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 the rebellion. Therefore, Gao Gong's meaning is very simple, just let Burma beat them first. As long as the Burmese king beats them hard, they will naturally think of Daming's father.
Later, Gao Gong passed away. Although Guo Pu was senior, he was too inclined to be a solitary minister before, so he didn't have much contact with many of his former disciples, and he didn't take care of his disciples very much, so he was relatively weak in the court. Lack of own direct line power.
As Gao Gong's "successor" and a student of Guo Pu, Gao pragmatically supported his teacher. But Gao Pragmatic was young after all. Even though he wrote countless letters to Gao Gong's disciples and former officials to explain the whole story, after Gao's party suddenly lost its core, it was still inevitable that its power would be dispersed. For example, some people voted for Zhang Siwei.
Although voting for Zhang Siwei does not weaken the overall strength of Gao Dang, it will definitely lead to the emergence of a phenomenon similar to "dual politics" in Gao Dang. That is, although Guo Pu has an advantage in the center of the court, Zhang Siwei's direct descendants are more powerful than Gao Dang. Guo Pu was an important ally of the Jin Party because Yang Bo died in the second year of Wanli and Wang Chonggu became an official in the fifth year of Wanli. Zhang Siwei was already there.
As a result, although Gao Dang's overall strength is still strong, the centripetal force has inevitably suffered a serious decline. Neither Guo Pu nor Zhang Siwei can make a decisive decision within the Gao Party, and Gao Pragmatic's position is a bit awkward. One of them is his teacher and the other is his uncle. It is not good to side with either side. .
Under this situation, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei could only restrain each other and try not to ruin the overall reform situation, but that was the end of it. It was difficult for them to spare the energy to pay attention to a mere "local war" on the border of Yunnan. of.
However, Gao Pragmatic himself is still very concerned about the Ming-Myanmar War. Historically, this war has been a tug-of-war. It has been fought for decades, with both sides fighting and resting.
In Myanmar, the Taungoo Dynasty was in its ascendancy at the time and hoped to dominate the southern part of the world and force the Ming Dynasty to cede territory and seek peace or at least acquiesce in their dominance of the southwest. However, the Ming army at this time was actually not very weak and was very hostile to the "barbarians from all frontiers". "It has always maintained a psychological advantage. Although its troops have always been limited, whenever the Ming army decided to fight, it could always defeat the Burmese army, making it impossible for Burma to achieve its full success.
As for the Ming army, they never had any intention of destroying 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. There was a tug of war back and forth on the territory of several Xuanfu divisions. Liu Wei, as the commander-in-chief at the time, wrote a lot of memorials asking the imperial court to mobilize manpower and material resources to quell Burma in one fell swoop. Neither the imperial court nor the Yunnan region agreed.
Originally, this might have been for the purpose of weakening the chieftains through war, but who knew that something unexpected happened later and the three major campaigns of Wanli started in succession?
This was good, as the Ming army had to shrink on the Burmese battlefield. The Burmese army was victorious. Although the Ming Dynasty did not lose its homeland, it also lost part of the Xuanfu Division's territory. However, Myanmar didn't get much from it. It fought with the Ming Dynasty for decades, wasting all its human, material and financial resources, and ended up in decline.
Of course Gao Jingshi doesn't want to see this situation, but he is no better now than he was then. After all, without Gao Gong, his influence on Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei will inevitably decline. Although persuasion can still be done, the effect will not be there. So obvious for the high arch
Therefore, he did not dare to give any guarantee, so he had to say to Liu Wei, "I will talk to my teacher and uncle about the Burmese matter, but it is hard to say what their attitude will be. In addition, if the emperor has me If I can see it, I will mention it a little bit, but the emperor has not yet taken charge of the government, so he may not pay too much attention to this matter. As for my brother, I suggest that you return to Nanjing early after you finish the martial arts exam. No matter whether you fight or not, first It is only right that your subordinates are well trained. Your headquarters has been transferred to Nanjing with you, right?"
