Nanning wears Cantonese embroidery, Yanjing wears mink brocade, and the capital of Ming Dynasty is shrouded in snow.
Zhu Yijun had just ordered the Supervisor of Ceremonies to give the assistant ministers and Japanese officials some supplies for making porridge during the Laba Festival, such as bacon, walnuts, dates, persimmons, chestnuts, dried water chestnuts, etc. After returning to the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, he had not had time to sit down. Next, Chen Ju followed, holding a memorial in his hand, and bowed: "Your Majesty, there is a secret memorial from Guangxi Gao Zhizhi."
"Secret music?" Zhu Yijun was slightly startled, then immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it here."
Chen Ju hurriedly handed over the secret report, and Zhu Yijun took it over. While inspecting the paint, he asked: "Last time I heard Huang Mengyu say that he pragmatically transferred thousands of servants to Qinzhou. Is that place so badly disrupted by Japanese pirates? Build a port Do you need so many people to guard two factories?"
Chen Ju said: "I heard that it was badly ruined. It was said that there was no human trace for twenty miles along the port."
"Oh, it seems that the pragmatic investment is not small." Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I don't know if he can build Qinzhou Port with his little gold. If it can be done, Guangxi will have an extra income. This saves me from having to reduce my taxes every year... I remember that this year they only had a total of more than 158,000 taels in actual income. However, the cabinet later calculated and reduced their taxes by another 17,000 taels. Isn't this the case? ?”
"Yes, yes. Your Majesty has a very good memory." Chen Ju responded with a smile.
"That's good, so someone told me that I always remember money in my heart." Zhu Yijun snorted and said angrily.
"Hehehe, why should the emperor pay attention to these gossips? Didn't Gao Wenzhenggong say it at the beginning? Hong Fan's eight political affairs, the first are all food goods; Yu Mo's three things, finally prosperous. This shows that the ancient sages are extremely eloquent; later generations are pedantic and have a good reputation. People advocate the theory of not talking about benefits, which makes the vulgar and Confucian people who do not understand the state system turn to pass on their habits, and they are very wrong about state affairs, so that they are not able to manage the country's finances."
"Mr. Gao can say this, but you should say less." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "Mr. Gao, no matter how pragmatic or practical, if they say this, they will not be scolded, but if you say this vulgar 'Two words... Hehe, if the outer court finds out, tomorrow there will be a pile of papers taller than yours in the General Administration Department asking me to chop off your head, do you believe it?"
"Of course I believe it, so I only dare to quote Mr. Gao's original words." Chen Ju looked frightened, making Zhu Yijun laugh.
After opening Gao Pragmatic's Secret Music, Zhu Yijun was smiling at first, but as he watched it, his face turned serious.
Chen Ju naturally did not dare to take the initiative to ask, but not long after, Zhu Yijun spoke to him and said: "Pragmatic was assassinated in Guangxi."
Chen Ju was shocked: "Assassinated?" His face turned pale for a moment.
Zhu Yijun frowned and waved his hand: "I didn't make it clear. He was assassinated, but he is fine...maybe he was a little frightened."
Chen Ju breathed a sigh of relief and asked with some fear: "Who is so bold as to dare to attack Gao Zhizhi?"
"That's the strange thing here." Zhu Yijun thought thoughtfully: "He said it was done by Mo Maoqia's people in Annan, and not only did they attack him, but there were a lot of toasts around him at the time, and Mo Maoqia's people actually wanted to kill him. They caught them all in one fell swoop, not only using poisonous fire hand cannons, but also using poisonous poison."
"Mo Maoqia?" Chen Ju said dumbfounded: "Is this guy crazy?"
"Crazy? You're not crazy. You're very sober." Zhu Yijun snorted and said: "Pragmatically speaking, since Mo Maoqia took office, the military power and political power have been in the hands of his two uncles. One is named Mo Maoqia. Jingdian, one named Mo Dunrang. Not long ago, Mo Jingdian, who was in charge of the military, died, and the Annan South Dynasty was about to move toward the Li Dynasty. Mo Maoqia was worried that the Ming Dynasty would take the opportunity to take his North Annan, so he came up with this plan to take the water of Guangxi. Stir it up and wait until they win a battle against Li Chao and stabilize the situation."
Chen Ju still looked puzzled and said in surprise: "But we didn't want to attack Annan, did we? I remember that no one in the court even mentioned Annan recently." He was also one of the officials of the Chief of Ceremonies, so of course he knew the trends in the court. .
"We don't have it, but we speculate that Mo Maoqia must have misjudged the situation." Zhu Yijun was also a little speechless. He rolled his eyes in a very un-imperial manner and said, "After arriving in Guangxi, he successively pacified Simingzhou and There was civil strife in the two places of Sicheng Prefecture, and its prestige was at its peak. Coincidentally, because he wanted to open a port and build a factory in Qinzhou, he transferred thousands of servants there. In addition, he needed to transport various materials by sea. Now, thousands of sails are competing in Zhuchi, Hundreds of armies are vying for power. In Mo Maoqia's view, this is the so-called gathering of land and water armies. It seems that we want to use troops against him, so that's why we did such a stupid thing."
Chen Ju didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Hey, I really don't know if Mo Maoqia is timid or bold. Let's call him bold. This is just Gao Zhizhi pointing out that some of his servants were transferred, and he actually scared him like this; but Call him coward, but he dared to assassinate a provincial patrol! If he committed such a serious crime, wouldn't he force the imperial court to send troops to beat him? "
Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "That's the truth, but pragmatism advises me not to send out an army. He has a better way."
Chen Ju was stunned: "What's a better way? Could it be that Gao wants to imitate Zhang Yue's story?"
The so-called Zhang Yue story he told was this: When Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, the political situation in Annan was turbulent, and no one came to congratulate him. When the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to the border, no one responded. Because Annan had not paid tribute for a long time, and the envoys could not go to Annan to declare the imperial edict, Emperor Jiajing decided to raise an army to question Annan about his crime of not paying tribute.
In the fifteenth year of Jiajing's reign, the Ming Dynasty sent Tao Fengyi and others from thousands of households to investigate the reason why Annan had not paid tribute for a long time. At the beginning of the 16th century, the Ming Dynasty directed its conquest of Annan at the usurper Mo Dengyong, and appointed Qiu Luan and Mao Bowen as commanders to concentrate its troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border in Guangdong, Guangdong, and Yunnan.
However, at that time, most local officials in Guangdong and Guangxi did not advocate the use of troops against Annan, so in May of the 16th year, Pan Dan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi who opposed the use of troops, was transferred and replaced by Cai Jing, the former governor of Shandong.
After Cai Jing took office, Zhang Yue, the prefect of Lianzhou, went to Shu again to oppose the use of troops. Cai Jing asked Zhang Yue: "With empty words to stop the troops, there is no way to prove the imperial edict. How can I guarantee that I will surrender without using troops?"
Zhang Yue replied: "If you want to surrender, you must accept the land, demote the title, and kneel down in the palace, and present the country's books. If you hear the punishment, the country's body must not be disrespected." He also called this "a warning." The strength is enough."
Afterwards, Mao Bowen met Zhang Yue. Yue "spoke in Japanese" and stated that "the plan is to complete the plan without conquest". Bowen and Cai Jing were persuaded by him and both recognized Zhang Yue's plan. Therefore, when Mo Dengyong and Zhang Yue communicated privately, "Yue used the preface to the scriptures and asked for it." Dengyong "was still stubborn at the beginning" and Yue "was afraid of disaster and had already made plans for himself, so Dengyong obeyed his orders." ".
Later, in February of the 18th year of Jiajing's reign, Mo Fangying's letter of surrender did not put forward the above conditions. The Ming Dynasty's court meeting and Emperor Jiajing's own opinion requested local governors and military leaders to investigate the actual situation in Annan. If Mo's family "had a hidden plot, then they would march into the army to correct the court's law"; "He is interested in others", then "the court will wait for him to die".
Mao Bowen and others who led the troops on the front line commanded the army to gather at the border with "great authority"; at the same time they sent Wang Liangfu and others to warn Mo Dengyong: "Please don't ask for a title or a tribute, just tie yourself up and plead guilty, return to the land to accept the seal, and go to the king." If the number is Zhengshuo, then the army can be stopped, and Deng Yong can survive." He also expressed his sincerity in making him believe in the Ming Dynasty with a handwritten letter.
Later, Mo Dengyongna sent a letter and went to Nanguan in person to plead guilty. In the "Book of Annan Elders" submitted by Mo, he wrote, "Although it is a heavy crime to miss Mo, it is really due to barbarian sentiments... Your Majesty, I hope you will show pity to the creatures far away, obey the customs of the barbarians, and give you new life." , according to the stories of past dynasties, he was either the general manager or the protector, so that he could take charge of state affairs and be called a vassal from generation to generation."
As Zhang Yue suggested, he made a request to demote his name. When Qiu Luan and Mao Bowen reported this matter, they suggested, "If you are embarrassed, you may not use the title of Protector General, etc., as in the stories of the Han and Tang Dynasties, this is the so-called use of barbarians to rule barbarians."
Finally, Emperor Jiajing ordered the Annan Kingdom to be the commander-in-chief of the Annan capital, and appointed Mo Dengyong as the commander-in-chief of the Annan capital. He also pointed out that "for the sake of making friends with Yongtu, we have removed the king's title so that the common people can avoid rebellion and rebellion." go".
The Mo family was guilty of usurping the throne and not paying tribute. The Ming Dynasty should have sent troops to conquer, but out of pity for the distant creatures, they demoted their titles as punishment.
The surrender of Annan this time was due to Zhang Yue's plan. In the end, he only used a large army to suppress the territory without attacking. Even though the court was able to overwhelm Annan, it did not waste military, material or financial resources. This shows its success. Chen Ju brought up Zhang Yue's story because he thought Gao pragmatic plans to do the same.
After all, in Chen Ju's eyes, Gao Pragmatic's "persuasion" ability is also very strong.
But surprisingly, Zhu Yijun laughed loudly and then said: "Zhang Yue did a good job back then, but pragmatism has a better appetite than him - pragmatism has to be fought, but he doesn't intend to cost me anything."
Chen Ju was stunned for a moment, wondering what he meant by not letting the emperor spend money?
Zhu Yijun said proudly: "Pragmatically, let me settle the accounts. Take the pacification of the Bazhai Rebellion last year as an example. Ignore all other human and material resources. Just financial resources. Do you know how much the court spent? That's equivalent to 570,000. Two more taels of silver! There are only so many Yao people in Bazhai, and we have spent so much money. If we go to fight against Annan, which is more than ten times stronger than Bazhai, how much money will the court spend? "
Zhu Yijun sighed: "In the Yongle Dynasty, the imperial treasury was rich, and it was necessary to go to Annan again and again, and spent an unknown amount of money, so Xuan Temple later decided not to let this place go. If we go there again now Not to mention anything else, the Ministry of Household Affairs must start a fight with me.
So Pragmatic came up with an idea. Since Mo Maoqia not only attacked him this time, but also attacked a large number of chieftains in western and southern Guangxi, then let the chieftains send troops to teach Mo Maoqia a lesson. ! And pragmatically couldn't swallow this breath, so he planned to send some of Qinzhou's servants to follow him, and at the same time support some money and supplies to the chieftains... In this way, I don't have to spend money. "
Chen Ju was a little stunned and said hesitantly: "Gao Zhizhi's idea is good, but there are two things I didn't understand."
"Oh?" Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows: "What didn't you understand?"
Chen Ju said: "First, if the imperial court does not send troops, will the chieftains obey Gao Zhizhi's arrangement and send troops south? Even if they listen, will they be able to defeat Annan? Second, Gao Zhi pointed out that although Qian's contribution was due to Mo Maoqiu He was angered, but in this case, wouldn’t he have suffered a great loss?”
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