Anda Khan, who has dominated Monan for half a century, has entered a life countdown, which means that the north will once again fall into a period of change.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic could no longer stay in Annan with peace of mind. He had to return to Guangxi first, and then immediately resign and return to Beijing when his one-year term was up.
Things in Mongolia are too far away to stay in Henan, let alone Annan, which is thousands of miles away? It is most convenient to sit in the capital. From this, we can see that the Ming Dynasty placed the emperor at the throat of Yanjing, which is very valuable at least from a military perspective, as it can ensure the manpower and material resources of the entire empire. Financial resources are tilted towards the north.
Therefore, Zhu Di's move of the capital was not inexplicably because he was afraid of staying in Nanjing, but rather because in his eyes, Ming's enemies were in the north rather than in the south.
Fear?
Is there an opponent worth fearing in Yongle Dynasty?
Judging from Zhu Di's style as emperor, he was not even afraid of the emperor's mortal enemy, the civil service group, let alone others.
However, he probably didn't expect that boy Zhu Qizhen would destroy the imperial power's restraint on the civil servant group in one battle.
But having said that, even Zhang Fu could die in the Civil War. It is understandable that the Ming Dynasty military merits set the Mongolian head as the highest reward.
On May 26th, Gao Jingshi’s birthday, Annan Metropolitan Commandery held the largest celebration event under Gao Jingshi’s instructions to “not exceed the regulations”, which was no less than the “Da Viet Emperor Longevity Saint” before Gao Jingshi’s southern expedition. Festival" solemnity.
On this day, all the civil and military officials of the Annan Mo Dynasty gathered in Thang Long City. Early in the morning, I went to the Governor's Palace to pay homage to Mo Mau Chia, and then, under the leadership of Mo Mao Chia, I went to the Hoan Kiem Lake Villa, which had been built after more than fifty days of urgent work.
Gao Jingshi met with Annan officials from the capital commander to the prefects in the square outside the main entrance of the courtyard to pay homage, and at the same time accepted the congratulatory gifts from Annan officials.
Then of course he delivered an important speech or something, which was nothing more than clichés like "shoulder to hand" and "one body and one heart", so I won't go into details one by one.
Finally, there is the banquet - in principle, it cannot be called a banquet, and Gao Pragmatic does not use this word, but it seems that the Annan people understand it this way.
Gao Pragmatic is not afraid of being criticized for this, because with his style, all nominal problems are handled properly and there will never be any violations. As for the possibility of someone being involved in bullying his subordinates and wasting people's energy, he has not yet If it happened, he would think of a response first - this was to scare Annan Xiaoxiao.
In short, no matter what, Gao Pangshi celebrated the most solemn birthday in his two lives. The whole Annan was equivalent to "skipping the day off" to celebrate his birthday.
Not to mention that King Qian Mo Jingdian and King Ying Mo Dunrang, who were in power before the Mo Dynasty, did not enjoy such treatment. Even Zheng Jian and Zheng Song, the father and son who actually took control of the Li Dynasty, did not enjoy such a grand ostentation.
However, one can also understand Mo Maoqia's thoughts - Gao Pragmatic has made it clear that he will return north at the end of the month, which means he will leave after his birthday.
In this case, Mo Maoqia, the "Emperor of Dai Viet" and the Commander-in-Chief of Annan, who was quite conscious of "being a dog king", certainly did not hesitate to give an extra face, and regarded it as a farewell to the Supreme Emperor on his return to the north.
Well, saying it was sent to the God of Plague might be more or less the same, but it all means the same thing.
Three days later, Gao pragmatic set out to return north.
The servant guard group, which has been diluted to only 2,000 people, serves as the personal bodyguard of the Chinese army. The Shenglong garrison mobilizes 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Jingxi garrison and Haidong garrison each dispatch 3,000 elite wolf soldiers, all of which are fully charged. Formed a pragmatic escort force to escort Gao Jian back to Taipei and Guangxi.
By the way, Haidong garrison envoy Huang Zhiting also returned north with the army. The reason was to return to Guangxi to arrange for the native people to move south to "move the town."
Of course, she and Cen Ling couldn't both go back. One had to stay in Annan to take charge, so this time she returned to Guangxi first. After she returned to Annan, Cen Ling returned to Sicheng Prefecture to arrange the "move".
Here is a brief aside: The "movement" of the two chieftains Cen and Huang was a major event that the imperial court attached great importance to. In order to ensure the success of the "movement", the imperial court even showed a rare act of generosity and ordered an allocation of 200,000 taels to Cen and Huang. Two families as expenses for moving town.
A major event like moving a town is equivalent to a large-scale relocation of officials, soldiers and civilians. Instead, they have to travel hundreds of miles, or even thousands of miles away. After the 200,000 taels are divided equally between them, it will only be 100,000 taels. Is it enough or not? .
Fortunately, this money is only an allocation from the central government, and the imperial court also ordered the local governments of Guangdong and Guangxi to cooperate closely to "meet what is needed and not to create a shortage."
Guangxi couldn't come up with any spare money, and this money obviously fell on the unlucky Guangdong. Although Guangdong probably had no shortage of this money, one can still imagine Liu Yaojie's anger.
However, those are not matters of high pragmatic concern. With the great success of pacifying Annan, Liu Yaojie would definitely not cause trouble for himself at this moment as long as his brain was not convulsed.
Although Gao Pragmatic is nominally a subordinate of him as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, things like suppressing subordinates also depend on the specific situation of the subordinate. The Inspector Censor had the right to supervise the governor and governor, and his pragmatic background was a rare exception in the world. Now he has actually accomplished the task of actually destroying the country... What can Liu Yao do to suppress him?
On June 6, Gao Xunjian, who had been driving slowly and hurriedly all the way, finally crossed Zhennanguan and entered Guangxi. The local chieftain in Pingxiangzhou hosted a banquet in honor of him, but Gao pragmatically only stayed there for one night. He continued back north the next day and arrived at Mingjiang City, the capital of Simingzhou, two days later.
Since Huang Gongsheng's rebellion was put down, Siming Prefecture has actually been Huang Zhiting's direct descendant. This time when troops were sent south, the performance of Siming Prefecture's wolf soldiers was worthy of the word "direct descendant", especially the ones trained by Huang Gongsheng before. Several hundred elite soldiers were assigned to Huang Hu's command and fought in several tough battles, which won Huang Hu's praise.
When I returned to Guangxi this time, Siming Prefecture was also the first state to move its town, and its location was also the best—Xuanfu Division, Anbang, which is rich in coal mines.
Anbang Xuanfu Division is the origin of the word "Haidong" for Huang Zhiting, the governor of Haidong, and it is also her foundation in Annan.
Just like Cen Ling chose Xinghua Xuanfu Division as his home base, Huang Zhiting's final choice of Anbang was actually not the base place that Gao Pragmatic originally planned for them to choose. Originally, according to Gao's pragmatic thinking, Cen Ling might choose Thanh Hoa, while Huang Zhiting had better choose Shannan and Wai Thanh Hoa - in this case, the land occupied by Jinghua would surround their territories from the north to the south.
Gao Pragmatic didn't think so to control them, but for the purpose of protection, because in this way, their territory would be connected with Jinghua, and they would all be close to the sea, which would help them concentrate their efforts in case something happens in the future. .
But it turned out that all the chieftains in Guangxi were afraid of poverty. As a result, Cen Ling chose Xuanfusi, a large mining town in Xinghua, as the headquarters of the guardian of the west of Beijing, while Huang Zhiting also chose Anbang, located in the northeasternmost part of Annan, as the headquarters.
Later, Gao pragmatic thought about it and did not refuse, because in this way, although it seemed that the power was dispersed a little, the Yuebei Communist Party was only about the size of more than half of Guangxi. Where could it be dispersed further?
What's more, as long as nothing happens to the Thang Long garrison, the center of Vietnam will be under its control, which can effectively connect Xinghua and Anbang, ensuring that power can be concentrated at any time.
As for the three towns of Shannan, Wai Thanh Hoa and Thanh Hoa to the south, they were not handed over to outsiders. They were still occupied by the two surnames Cen and Huang. Even if we take a step back and say that they rebelled for some reason, Thang Long in the north can easily gather the Thang Long garrison and the direct troops of Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting to go south to put down the rebellion.
To the south of Thanh Hoa, it is entirely the territory of Jinghua, with Nie An in the far north and Ha Tinh, Jinghua’s military-industrial town in Annam - this place was renamed by Gao Pangshi, because he felt that Ha Tinh was not only easy to pronounce. , and the meaning is better.
Ha Tinh is the key business part of Beijing. It is an "industrial city" planned for Annam's firearms manufacturing. Not only are all the army's firearms produced here, but even the fleet's artillery is also provided by Ha Tinh, so it is bound to be here. It is the key to gathering heavy troops.
Thanh Hoa, Wai Thanh Hoa and Son Nam are sandwiched between Thang Long and Ha Tinh. How brave do you have to be to dare to rebel?
Now Huang Zhiting has chosen Siming Prefecture as the first Huang-controlled place to move to. This is obviously to set an example. Gao Pragmatic is also very concerned about this matter and plans to stay in Mingjiang City for a few days. He is here to help sit in charge - he is now a well-known person in Gao Press Platform. Regardless of whether he can actually fight, there is no doubt that he is at least famous. With him sitting here, Siming Prefecture may have trouble. The chance of chaos is reduced to a minimum.
However, after some inventory, Gao Pragmatic was secretly worried.
Because the population of the entire Siming Prefecture is less than 400,000, about 378,000, and although Siming Prefecture is the strongest state in Siming Prefecture, its population is only around 80,000.
Although the population of Annam was only about five million at this time, according to Gao Pangshi's understanding, the total population of An Bang Xuan Phu Division was nearly 300,000 - not including the black households near Halong Bay.
This... 80,000 versus 300,000, even if you go, it seems hard to say whether you can gain the upper hand.
Huang Zhiting was very confident and said disdainfully: "The Annan people are afraid of being beaten, and now that Jinghua is in town, they don't dare to do anything. Besides, there are a lot of fields confiscated before, and they are all good land, enough to cover the land of Simingzhou." People are farming. Besides, I personally went to Anbang a few days ago and saw that there are still many places that can be cultivated - the people of Annan are really lazy. If those wastelands were placed in Guangxi, they would all be farmland, but they are too lazy to cultivate them!"
Gao Pragmatic laughed. The Annan natives tended to be lazy. He had known this for a long time. Even in later generations, the more Vietnamese people tended to be of Chinese origin, the more diligent they were. The reason was unknown, maybe it was an education problem - whoever.
"I have an idea that can increase your number of people. Well...this method will also be implemented by the Haiyang Xuanfu Division controlled by Jinghua. Do you want to listen?"
Huang Zhiting asked: "Is this the joint production contract responsibility system?"
"That's one aspect, and there's another aspect related to household registration."
Huang Zhiting was a little surprised and asked: "If you want to listen, tell me quickly!"
