Gao Pragmatic didn't know whether Princess Yongning had expected it or if she just thought it would happen. The situation in Liaodong is very different from that in the capital. That place is a "military-controlled area" and even the administrative system is different from that of the two capitals and thirteen provinces. This school is built there. If there is any unexpected situation, it can almost only be reported directly to the governor or the governor. Local troops prepared the road.
If it's built in Liaoyang, you'll have to go directly to the governor if something goes wrong; if it's built in other places, if something goes wrong, you'll have to go directly to the military. If these two guys don't want to take care of it, things will get stuck there - you're a girls' school. , when you go to the commander of the local health station to do something, even if he is kind and helpful, he is really a mixed bag of good and bad. Can you rest assured?
Gao pragmatically served in three stages of foreign service: he was a patrol officer, a military commander, and a governor. He was always the superior officer of the guard station. He himself had never encountered any guard soldier who did not know how to live or die in front of him. But that does not mean that the discipline of the guardsmen is good. "The bandits are as good as a comb, the soldiers are as good as a grate" is the best description of the military discipline of the guardsmen.
In a girls' school, the students are all young girls. I am afraid that even if I am fine, I may be targeted by the guards and force them to "help" even if they don't need help.
Therefore, when Gao Jingshi was serving as the Minister of Yuanmasi in Liaodong and Deputy Envoy of Jin Fuhai's Military Preparation in Southern Liaoning, he used a very shocking security method when he ordered the establishment of the "Tsus Women's Work Camp" in the name of the Military Military Yamen.
According to his regulations, the Bingxian Yamen was responsible for the safety and security of the Tussi Women's Work Camp, ensuring that there were only women in the camp. Not only were the specialized guards not allowed to enter, but even the guards were not allowed to enter without the request of the supervisor of the women's work camp, the workshop director, and other appropriate persons. At that time, Gao Bingxian himself was not allowed to enter.
Moreover, any male who is allowed to enter the female worker camp must always be under the supervision of the female worker guards sent by the female worker camp and must not wander around at will. Violators will be severely punished. The punishments were severe, ranging from twenty lashes to being beheaded in public. There is even a unique punishment called "eye killing" - gouging out the eyes. [Note: See Chapter 152 of this volume, “One Small Step, One Big Step”. ]
All these regulations are not only out of concern for the current situation of this era, but also a declaration of helplessness. Otherwise, it would be easy to be criticized. Moreover, if something really happened, Gao Pragmatic also felt that he felt sorry for the women who were murdered, so he could only think carefully in advance and treat it seriously.
Fortunately, there was no pastoral women's right at this time, and they would not accuse Gao Bingxian of discriminating against women because of such "special care." In fact, after Gao Bingxian's policies were introduced at that time, the female workers were very grateful to him.
Gao pragmatically explained these situations to Princess Yongning, including the relevant situation of the Tussi Women's Work Camp. He also told her about it.
Princess Yongning was very happy after hearing this and thought that this arrangement was very reasonable. She said that the school should be built in Liaoyang. It could be regarded as a pilot project. If it was implemented properly, she would consider continuing to build it in other places in the future.
Proper implementation means adapting measures to local conditions. In addition to "basic subjects" such as nvhong, women's schools in Liaodong can focus on the parts of the tussah silk industry that are suitable for women to study, so that they will not worry about their livelihood in the future. In the future, the promotion of girls' schools will also be arranged according to local conditions. This can be investigated slowly and there is no need to rush.
The word "pilot" has become more and more common since Gao pragmatism appeared in Ming Dynasty. Various "pilots" have been launched frequently since the Gao Gong era, and now even people like Princess Yongning know that if there are any new measures, it is best to "pilot" them first.
Even though the matter was settled in this way, Princess Yongning expressed her interest in Gao Pragmatic's battle between Annan and Dingbei, and insisted that Gao Pragmatic tell her the first-hand situation.
Gao Pangshi actually felt that it was meaningless to tell these things to a widowed princess in the palace, but he couldn't stand it. Although the princess didn't have much power, her status was there, and he couldn't refuse, so he could only tell the story after being ordered. .
According to Princess Yongning, she used to have to tell these "stories" to her brother the emperor. Now that the emperor has taken charge of the government himself, he is getting busier and busier, and there is no chance to tell her anymore. Since it happened by chance today, it is obviously more interesting to hear the person’s self-report.
The two battles between Annan and Dingbei are actually not the focus of the real "war story". The focus is on the background. They are two battles in which "politics is greater than military". To be very pragmatic, it will naturally not be in the style of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is always "killing a general from a diagonal stab", but to explain in detail the thinking before making each decision, focusing on "why this is so".
It may be the first time for Princess Yongning to hear such a clear analysis that strips away the enemy's thoughts, but she talks about her battle experience in one sentence. She is in a state of "Oh...that's it" almost the whole time. After listening to it, After that, he admired Gao Jingshi and said excitedly: "There are rumors outside that the high school prime minister, who is both civil and military, killed Zheng Song with his own hands and captured Xin Ai with three moves. It turns out that is not the case at all! However, I see you Using strategies to win like this is actually more powerful than doing it yourself. You are truly worthy of being the 'true leader of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years.' This sentence of the Emperor's brother is very true."
Gao Jingshi was a little stunned: "How come there are rumors that I personally killed Zheng Song and captured Xin Ai? This is really... too outrageous."
Seeing the astonishment on his face, Princess Yongning couldn't help but smile and said: "I didn't know that the tea doctors in the capital can talk about you, Prime Minister Gao, as if you are a descendant of Xingjun."
Gao Pragmatic could only respond with a wry smile.
Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up to leave, fearing that the lonely princess would find some reason to delay his time.
Princess Yongning indeed looked like she still had unfinished business, but Gao Jingshi had already left, and she couldn't force her to stay, so she just asked the high school prime minister to check after he got back to see how much money she had left in Beijing before, and whether it was enough to run the school. , if it’s not enough, you can think of another way.
Gao Wuzhen really doesn't know much about this matter now. He doesn't know how much her charity fund is now, nor how much it will cost to set up a girls' school in Liaoyang. He has to go back and calculate it slowly, so he didn't say much and just agreed to go back. Send someone to understand and calculate, and then report back after you figure it out.
It was getting late when we left the palace, and the palace guards had even begun to prepare to lock the palace. When Gao pragmatic saw that it was already this time, it was too late to see Xinzhai, so he simply went to his residence on the Shicha seaside. In fact, this residence is his official residence in Beijing. There is a plaque of Gao Mansion hanging on the outside, and the area inside is not small, no worse than Zhang Juzheng's Zhang University Scholar's Mansion.
Back at the house, it’s time for dinner again, but if you’re eating at your own house, there’s no need to say more, just explain it.
But before the food was served, Gao Mo arrived first.
Gao Mo usually lives here, and the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Jinghua is actually here, which fully proves that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the east factory of Jinghua.
Gao Mo came to report on the situation in the south and handed Gao Pangshi a letter.
Gao pragmatically opened the letter. Inside was a long letter, six or seven pages densely written in small regular script.
"The expedition fleet first had a small battle with the Spanish treasure fleet, and then they actually joined forces to bully the Portuguese, forcing the Portuguese Governor of Malacca to allow them to stay in Malacca for replenishment, and even... even invited the Portuguese to visit their Combined Fleet'?"
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, and shook his head and said: "If I were the governor of Malacca, I'm afraid I would have to write a letter to Philip II immediately to complain. After all, we are all ministers of the same king. What's wrong with you Castilians? Turn your elbows outward?"
Since Gao Mo is also the head of intelligence, he is of course very aware of these discords within the Spanish-Portuguese Empire. Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "They are just different bedfellows. Although Philip II cannot be said to be corrupt in Portugal, he can still There are indeed many opponents. Especially the Portuguese colonists as mentioned by these gentlemen. They only want to take advantage of Spain. They rely on this big tree and are unwilling to transfer some of their benefits. How can the Spanish fleet give them good treatment? His face? If he didn’t attack Malacca a few times, it would be enough to give his Majesty Philip II face.”
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "No matter what, the ending is good. With the attitude of the Spaniards, Portugal will most likely not dare to make any bad ideas about the expedition fleet's return."
Gao Mo also thought so, but out of duty, he still reminded: "Master, please also note that the letter mentioned that the Portuguese are very interested in Myanmar. Not only some colonists have already set their sights on Myanmar, such as the one named De. Guys, and the scale of Portuguese mercenaries in Myanmar is far larger than we previously estimated."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "The number of Portuguese mercenaries in Myanmar actually exceeds a thousand, which is indeed far beyond my expectation... As far as I know, the Spanish regular soldiers left in Luzon only have 600 to 800 people." .”
This is a fact. The Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines really relies on those 600 to 800 people to maintain its rule. Of course, this only counts the army, not the navy. But even so, it is enough to show that the cost of maintaining colonial rule by Western colonists is actually relatively low, because a comparison shows that even the highly pragmatic development of Taiwan, which is almost a "terrain", requires more than this number of people.
Of course, the development speed and governance models of the two sides are not comparable. The Spanish only ruled in the Philippines and were not even interested in "colonization". They had no immigration plan at all. They just stood on the head of the tribal kings and regarded themselves as conquerors and only needed to rule.
Gao Pragmatic's development of Taiwan is mainly based on immigration. As long as the local natives don't jump out of the way, Gao Pragmatic doesn't bother to take care of it. Even if he wants to take care of it, it's not now.
This also leads to the biggest difference, which is the ruling population.
Forty years have passed since R. Lopez de Villalobo arrived in Luzon in 1543 and named the Philippines after Philip, the then Crown Prince of Castile (later Philip II). Years ago, but at that time it could only be regarded as a discovery, and it was still early to rule.
In 1565, Legazpi's army occupied Cebu Island in the Philippines. This was the beginning of Spain's conquest of the Philippines. It was not until they occupied Manila in 1571 and successively occupied most of the land in the Philippines that colonial rule was truly established.
In fact, the Spanish have not yet fully occupied and ruled the entire Philippines, they can only "claim the entire territory", and the total number of Castilians living in the Philippines is less than 3,000 - including the 800 soldiers.
This number of people is not even as many as the sailors on the Treasure Fleet.
Gao pragmatism is a different style in Taiwan. After the collapse of the Minhai pirate coalition, Gao Pragmatic immigrated to Taiwan through Jinghua in just two years or so, with more than 50,000 people!
Geographically speaking, Tainan, Taichung, and Taipei are in full bloom. Initially, Tainan, which has the best geography and surrounding environment, has the largest number of people, followed by Taichung, the hometown of "Xingang", and Taipei has been developed more slowly.
Later, Gao pragmatically began to prepare for war, using Taiwan's sulfur mines as a backup for Japanese sulfur, so he increased immigration to Taipei. The number of immigrants gradually caught up, surpassing Taichung, and almost catching up with Taichung, reaching a population of 20,000.
20,000 people living in the interior can do nothing. In the days when Gao Xiang was a candidate, the number of refugees who fled from Shandong to Henan was at least several hundred thousand, maybe even over one million. Anyway, there are statistics. I don’t have a real number, but it’s a lot.
However, in comparison, the population of Ming Dynasty is not the same as that of the Philippines, and the city size of Ming Dynasty is far from that of the Philippines.
Today, Manila is the seat of the Governor-General of the Philippines. There are only more than 30,000 people in the entire city. Even so, it was quite good in the eyes of the Spaniards, because at this time in Europe, even the developed Milan region had an urban population of only more than 50,000 people.
Is a city of 50,000 people considered a piece of cake in the Ming Dynasty? Suzhou has a population of over one million, with at least 200,000 to 300,000 urban residents alone.
Of course, Suzhou is a wealthy country, so it seems a bit weak compared to it. But even Xinzheng County, Gao’s hometown, has more than 20,000 people in the county. This is just a middle county in the Ming Dynasty, and it is almost catching up with Manila. .
So looking at it this way, it can be said that Gao Pragmatic spent two years to create two middle counties and one lower county in Taiwan through pure immigration.
And the key thing is that he did not do this on behalf of the country, but only relied on Jinghua, or to be precise, Jinghua Quanzhou Port and the corresponding fleet.
Ye Xianggao, Li Tingji and others told Gao Pingshi that there were rumors of human trafficking in Jinghua among Fujian people, and this was also the source - of course, it was stigmatized, and the specific situation was still under investigation.
"Zhiting did a pretty good job with this matter." Gao pragmatically said: "I only told her before that the interests of Spain and Portugal are in conflict and are not easy to reconcile, but I didn't tell her clearly what she should do. Now. I think her handling of the matter is pretty good, but the thing she agreed to is a little troublesome..."
He pondered for a moment and said: "Prepare paper and pen. I will write a letter to Zhang Zhijun first to learn about the situation in Macau and see if I can forward it to the Spanish."
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