Gao Yingshi's residence in Thang Long City was arranged in the original Prince Khim's Palace. Originally, Mok Maoqia planned to make a show of giving up the palace, but obviously Gao Yingshi would not accept living in a building with dragon-shaped decorations. Therefore, he declined Mo Maoqia's kindness and actively asked to live outside the "Dutong Envoy's Mansion", so Mo Maoqia ordered the former Prince Qian's Mansion to be given up as the highly pragmatic Annan trip.
As for the heir to Prince Qian's palace, Prince Dunhou and Prince Mo Jinggong, it's too late for him to curry favor with Gao Jingjing now, so how can he have any objections? Not only did he happily help Gao Pingshi introduce the layout of Prince Qian's Mansion and some of the ingenuities that went into the design, he even kept all the original servants and maids of Prince Qian's Mansion.
However, Gao pragmatic drove most of them away because these servants could not speak Chinese, and the remaining ones who could speak Chinese stayed temporarily. Of course, Gao Pangshi's personal guards around him are still his last remaining fifty or so servants, and those on the outside are wolf soldiers - five hundred from each of the Cen and Huang families, divided into two shifts to take turns guarding Prince Qian's palace.
In fact, the area of Shenglong City at this time was also limited. Although Prince Qian's Palace was the palace of Mo Jingdian, the former most powerful official in Annan, it was not that big in terms of area, not to mention that it was not as good as Longwen Yayuan outside Xinzheng County, or even It was not as good as his Jian Xin Zhai Villa in the suburbs of Beijing - even excluding the school part that Jian Xin Zhai later expanded.
The area of Prince Qian's palace is probably slightly smaller than the former residence of Zhang Juzheng in the capital, and the decoration is incomparable. Fortunately, Annan has plenty of water, and the palace is complete with pavilions, trees, and ponds. The creek has its own unique scenery.
After Gao Jingshi excused himself from being tired and sent everyone from Annan away, Gao Jue came to see him.
Gao Jue has been following him for nearly ten years. There is no need to say more nonsense. He just said a few words and started to get to the point.
"Master, I checked Annan's 'Household Department' before. This place is also very poor, but it also has an army of 100,000 people. Life is tight. I originally thought that the master would let them lay off some of their troops - -For example, the part that was damaged in this battle can be used to save expenses and avoid civil unrest. Unexpectedly, the master actually spent this money on the wolf soldiers... The master is not afraid that the Annan people will cause trouble like the Yongle and Xuande years. Get up?"
"It's not impossible to reduce the army, but that will have to wait until the Zheng clan is pacified." Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said: "The Mo family's Bei Annan is only the size of western Guangxi plus southern Guangxi. It will really take a lot of effort to raise 100,000 soldiers. Search, but don’t forget that this place is no more dominated by mountains than western Guangxi and southern Guangxi. Except for the northern border and the northwest area, the other areas of Bei Annan are large plains, and there are much more fertile fields than the entire Guangxi. , it is estimated that... it may be comparable to Guangdong, so even with such plunder, ordinary people can still barely survive."
"As for transferring the military pay and supplies of the 30,000 Mo troops who lost in the war to the Cen and Huang families, firstly, we can save ourselves some expenses, and secondly, we can see how respectful the Annan people are to us. As for the Annan people's meeting Will not rebel... Gao Jue, let me ask you, if the local people on the ground of Cen and Huang's family rebel, will the court take care of it?"
Gao Jue suddenly realized.
Here we have to talk about Annan’s status in the Ming Dynasty. The Annan Dutongsi area, roughly speaking, is somewhat similar to a highly autonomous region in later generations.
But what is the difference between Annan Dutongsi and Annan Kingdom? Why did Mo Maoqia suddenly lose his "principles" when Gao Pragmatic finally said "possibly restoring Annan's national title" today?
Because King Annan is a vassal king, similar to the prince of the Ming Dynasty. The rank of the Annan Dutong Envoy is the second-rank official rank, which is very different.
The local administration of the Annan Dutong Division was changed to be in charge of the "Xuanfu Division", which meant that it was similar to the establishment of the Jisi Prefecture around the Ming Dynasty, such as the Bozhou Xuanwei Envoy in Guizhou. Of course, the Annan Governor's status may be regarded as a little higher than that of Bozhou's Xuanwei Envoy, so he can still "promote and depose on his own", but he needs to pay tribute every three years and "report according to the total number of officials promoted and deposed."
Also, when Annan succeeded King Annan, the Ming Dynasty often sent angels to read the edict and confer the king's title; as for Annan's envoy, there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to appoint a special envoy to confer the king's title. Instead, the Ming Dynasty would trust the relevant edicts and seals of the appointment. Pay it to the local officials of Guangxi and the commander-in-chief of Annan personally go to Zhennanguan for inspection and receive the order back on the spot.
The two councils of Guangxi Province grant Annan a thousand copies of the Ming Dynasty's Calendar every year, allowing it to be promulgated and passed in Annan's territory to show that it is part of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, although Annan still insisted on paying tribute every three years, Annan's envoys were not treated as accompanying ministers in the Ming court.
For example, in the 22nd year of Jiajing's reign, Annan's envoys paid tribute. The Ministry of Rites believed that "since Annan has been deposed and is no longer king, the tribute officials should not be accompanied by ministers at different times, so it is appropriate to cut off their rewards." In the "Da Ming Huidian" edited by Gao Jingshi last year, the Annan Dutong Division was also included in the Tuyi invasion.
In the original history, in the 20th year of Wanli, after the Li Dynasty was restored to the south of Annan, it was able to revive, enter Tokyo, and destroy the Mo Dynasty. The Ming court used the Mo Dynasty as China's "internal minister" and once again prepared to "continue to rise and fall" to attack the later Li Dynasty.
At that time, the Li Dynasty was greatly frightened, and Li Shizong hurriedly sent envoys to the court to report the situation in Annan to Emperor Wanli, and then fearfully requested Emperor Wanli to restore the previous canonization of "Annan King".
However, Daming's father directly ignored him and refused his request on the grounds that the situation was undecided. He still awarded him the position of "Annan Capital Commander" and ordered him to set aside Gaoping and Taiyuan for the descendants of the Mo family to show that they were the Mo family's ancestral temple. Continuously.
The Le Dynasty had no choice but to comply - this situation lasted until the end of the seventeenth century.
Therefore, to put it bluntly, Annan is actually an "autonomous region" within the Ming Dynasty in legal terms. Its status is the same as that of the chieftain, but it has greater autonomy.
This is a matter of nature, and Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to this kind of thing.
Now that Gao Wuzhi is marching south, he wants to give Annan a feeling: We are really going to become internal subordinates, not only in name, but also to listen to orders and propaganda like the chieftains in Guangxi and other places!
Gao Wuzhen now wants to make the Annan people have this kind of awareness - as for the final arrangement, it depends on Gao's pragmatic methods. Now is not the time to tell them.
Gao pragmatically decided to take away the power of the "prince" who controlled the army with one word, and decided the use of his "domestic" wealth with one word. This was done deliberately by Gao pragmatism.
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Ningping, the camp of Zheng Jun of the Later Li Dynasty. Online mobile terminal:
While Gao Pangshi was talking to Gao Jue, Zheng Song, the right minister of the Hou Li Dynasty and Duke of Liang, who was only 31 years old, looked at a pile of memorials in his hand with a serious look on his face.
Huang Tingai, Ruan Youliao, and Zheng Du, the three most trusted generals under Zheng Song, also stood in front of his case with heavy expressions, and no one was willing to take the initiative to speak.
After a long while, Zheng Song sighed and said: "Although Li Guanghua and the others got the job done, who could have expected that Mingren would react so violently and actually send troops to the south... Stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice, as they say. Maybe he is my father-in-law."
Huang Tingai said dissatisfiedly: "The Wu thieves are treacherous. The troops sent out this time may just be to take advantage of the situation, not necessarily because of what Li Guanghua and the others did."
The Wu thief refers to the Ming people, because Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing when he founded the country, and called himself King of Wu before proclaiming himself emperor. Therefore, when the Li Dynasty later showed off, it liked to call the Ming people and the Ming army " Wu Thief". New Bayi Chinese website first launched
Zheng Song frowned slightly, but said nothing.
Another member, Ruan Youliao, said: "Now, the general thinks that it is meaningless to bother about the reasons why Ming people sent troops. Instead of wasting time thinking about this, it is better to find a way to win Henan as soon as possible - to be precise, to eliminate Mo Mo in Henan. The main force of the army."
He paused for a moment, then immediately continued: "I'm afraid it's not very accurate at the moment about the number of troops sent by the Ming Dynasty. These military reports and detailed reports all agree on one thing. Some say that the army will send 30,000 troops, and some say that the army will send 50,000 troops. There are even reports that the army will send 150,000 troops...the difference is too big to be accurate at all.
However, we cannot wait for the Ming army to rectify the Mo family and then use the power of the Mo family to attack us in the south. The general thought that we had to act quickly to deal with the 30,000 remaining defeated troops of the Mo family in Henan first, and then we could have the strength to compete with the Ming army... Although the enemy forces in Henan were newly defeated and their morale was low, they could not be saved. They will not be cheered up by the help of the Ming army, so this time they send troops too quickly rather than too slowly. "
Zheng Song nodded slightly and asked, "How do you think we should fight?"
Speaking of fighting, Huang Tingai became more interested and said quickly: "Right Prime Minister, I don't think there is any need to use any tricks in this battle, so just go up and attack Mo Dunrang with a devastating blow. "
Zheng Song asked: "What's the reason? To show strength?"
"Yes, it's just to show strength." Huang Tingai said: "In terms of national strength, we can definitely not compare with the Wu thieves, but the Wu thieves' army came to our Annan. After all, the journey was long and the transportation was inconvenient, which caused a considerable loss of national strength... In this case, our army must find ways to let them know that although our army is not as large as theirs, it is powerful and united. If they insist on fighting hard, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. Only in this way can they face our government."
Zheng Song nodded slightly and asked Ruan Youliao: "What do Youliao think?"
"The general seconded the proposal." Ruan Youliao said: "That's why the general said that this battle can't wait. We must take advantage of the fact that Ming people have just captured Shenglong and should not be able to fully control the power of the Mo clan to send troops immediately. , completely destroy Mo Dunjang's troops, only in this way can the people of Ming Dynasty be forced to face up to the power of our dynasty, and know that our dynasty is not a place where they can annihilate it."
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 seems to be a person who doesn't like to talk too much. Hearing this, he just nodded and said simply: "I think so too."
Zheng Song stood up, pressed his hands on the table, looked around the three of them, and raised his head slightly: "In that case, send troops to Henan!"
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