Gao Pragmatic thought carefully and suddenly felt that the most interesting thing in the world is people. No wonder Hong Taizu said, "Fighting with people is endless fun." However, he thought of this not because of who he wanted to fight, but because of who he wanted to fight. Feeling deeply for Huang Zhiting’s growth and progress.
Han Feizi said, "The prime minister must be appointed from the state headquarters, and the strong generals must be sent from the army." The Ming Dynasty did not follow what he said. As a result, history proved that the Ming Dynasty was wrong. Although there were many "prime ministers" in the Ming Dynasty who were not "from the state", they could still be called good prime ministers; many powerful generals were not "from the army", but they could still be called capable of fighting.
But what about proportions?
Just because a good prime minister like Gao Gong did not "come from the state department" does not mean that the good prime minister does not need to start from the state department, because Gao Gong was originally from a family of officials and moved around many places with his father, and he was a Jinshi in his thirties. Know what the local problems are.
Just because a famous general like Qi Jiguang is hereditary, we can't think that strong generals don't have to be sent to the army, because Qi Jiguang almost lost the first battle in his life. If he hadn't relied on his own sharp shot to explode the enemy general's head on the spot, he would probably have lost the battle. He died before he could get out of the division. It was precisely because of this that he realized that just being capable was not enough. He had to train an elite army in order to display his commanding skills.
Moreover, how many high arches were there in the Ming Dynasty and how many Qi Jiguangs were there?
Although the children of famous officials and generals have the advantage of being nurtured and influenced by them since childhood, if you really think about it, the proportion of outstanding talents among them is actually not high. It may be possible to maintain the situation during times of peace, but once the world changes, problems will arise.
Think about it at the end of the Ming Dynasty, how many people in the families of officials and generals really showed outstanding talents? not much. It's rare that Wu Sangui has a few brushes, and he still surrenders. In the end, it is all a dream to expect someone to turn the tide.
It can be seen that the training of talents in the Ming Dynasty had problems with the system and model.
During the civil service reform, Gao Gong once set up "personnel files" for officials all over the world, and often reused some officials with outstanding local achievements. However, as a typical "royalist", his "pattern" in this matter was actually It's not enough, because the breakthrough of his pattern is the reform made at the level of the Ministry of Personnel, and it also depends on the subsequent Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel to follow his rules, otherwise it will be ineffective.
In Gao's view, this kind of reform must start from the top. The cabinet elders were in the Hanlin Academy in their early years, and they have indeed witnessed how countless senior cabinet ministers handled national affairs, how they drafted votes, discussed them, and how they dealt with the emperor. However, these are only experiences at the central level. Who knows whether they did it right? Who knows to what extent their policies were finally implemented at the local level and what effect they had?
There must be a central structure, and local experience is also indispensable. If such a person can join the cabinet as an assistant minister, I can't say that he will be extraordinary. At least he will definitely be a panacea. At least he will not make stupid mistakes and will consider the problem more comprehensively. ——He will try to balance the center and the place.
Huang Zhiting's progress is a bit like this. When she was more than ten years old, she was forced to take charge of the government affairs of Siming Mansion on behalf of her parents. Although the structure was not big and many things were based on tradition, it was enough to train people. Later, I met Gao Pangshi, and gradually discovered that studying was still useful, so I began to slowly improve myself, and at the same time, I also discovered the chieftain's ability to lead troops.
But the real progress was that after Gao Pragmatic went north and asked her to "stay behind" in Annan, Huang Zhiting's situation obviously became higher step by step, and she began to be able to consider issues from the entire Annan. After taking charge of Southern Xinjiang this time, this level has continued to improve. Today, it is possible to find so many problems in a pragmatic way.
Although this is related to the fact that Gao Qingshi is too far away from southern Xinjiang and some changes cannot be understood intuitively, Huang Zhiting's progress must be affirmed.
Her idea overall makes sense, and Gao Pragmatic also admits this. However, after thinking about it carefully, Gao Pragmatic still sensitively discovered that she might have her own "little abacus."
This little calculation is not to harm him. On the contrary, the source of this little calculation is that Huang Zhiting is still worried that he will be in danger if he continues like this in the Ming Dynasty, so he is very anxious to concentrate the power in southern Xinjiang.
In other words, she actually hopes that Southern Xinjiang will have the power not to be afraid of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, because as long as she has such power, if Gao Jingjing has trouble with the Ming Dynasty, he can retreat to Southern Xinjiang and obtain preservation.
It seemed that the last conversation had a great impact on her. She still wanted to choose the safest path and did not want her husband to put himself in danger. Perhaps in her opinion, as long as Gao Jingshi's foundation in southern Xinjiang is strong enough, so strong that even when the Ming Dynasty wants to use rat weapons, her husband will be safe even if he is in the capital.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but smile, a little bitterly, but more relieved.
After analyzing Huang Zhiting's mentality, her suggestions are easy to understand.
Since Gao Pragmatic decided to regard Dingnan City, which is under construction by Siam, as the core of southern Xinjiang in the future, Siam's power will be strengthened. This is the main reason why Siam wants to take away half of Cambodia's territory in Huang Zhiting's plan.
At the same time, Annan took away the territory on the southeast coast - roughly equivalent to the part captured by Vietnam in later generations. This is understandable, because Annan is the foundation of Beijing in southern Xinjiang, and the southern part of Annan has always been the part directly controlled by Beijing. , this part was allocated to Annan, which was actually allocated directly to Jinghua.
Gao Pragmatic has been thinking about the Mekong Delta for a long time. Of course Huang Zhiting knows it very well, so she plans to let Jinghua directly acquire this part of the area.
What is interesting is that Nanzhang Kingdom was also assigned to the northeast corner, and Huang Zhiting did not explain the reason.
Although judging from the map, the part of land allocated by Nanzhang is not large, no more than one-fifth of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and it is also the land of the Bolofing Plateau in the northeast, which is relatively not very rich and suitable for development. But you must know that Nanzhang Kingdom did not exert any strength at all in the battle against Cambodia. There is obviously something weird here.
Gao pragmatic thought for a long time and finally guessed a possibility: this land was moved to Huang Yinglei.
In other words, she actually hoped that Gao Pragmatic would transfer Huang Yinglei from northern Annan earlier and transfer him to the territory assigned to Nanzhang from Cambodia.
Gao Pragmatic thought about it again and felt that it was not impossible to do so, but it was still 70% beneficial and 30% disadvantageous. The main advantages are two points: first, it can separate Huang Yinglei from the other Guangxi chieftains, cutting off the way to continue to connect; second, Princess Biajue can "return to Nanzhang", which is conducive to the stability and stability of Nanzhang. Containing her brother - although her brother was not a big threat in the original history, this can divide the top power of Nanzhang, which in turn makes Jinghua's position more secure.
But this will also lead to a drawback: Huang Yinglei may also gain a new status improvement. Not only will the ruling area be twice as large, but he will also be able to have some influence over the Nanzhang Kingdom with the help of Princess Biajue's reputation.
This improvement is neither big nor small. If Jinghua only controls one southern kingdom, Gao Pragmatic will definitely not agree to this, but Jinghua already controls almost the entire Indo-China Peninsula, so the situation is not too bad.
Because Gao Pragmatic discovered that according to Huang Zhiting's plan, although Huang Yinglei's strength had strengthened, his geographical location was very unfavorable for him to "make trouble."
In this position, there is the Vientiane Garrison to the north, the Golden Port Garrison to the east, and the Phnom Penh Garrison to the south. Surrounded by the three major garrison forces, even if he, Huang Yinglei, has great abilities, he can't figure it out. Nan's palm.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but dumbfounded, and then felt that Huang Zhiting was really not easy.
As a sister, she would still want to give her brother a higher status and more territory, but as a highly pragmatic wife, she would do everything possible to limit the ambitions of this restless brother.
Gao Jingshi was not angry because he saw through Huang Zhiting's thoughts, but felt a little sorry for her.
What a dilemma this is. Just like in the era before he time traveled, he often saw some news about the breakdown of the relationship between husband and wife because his sister was a "little brother-supporting demon". In the current clan society, it is conceivable that the chieftain of the Huang family was because of Huang Zhiting's behavior. How excited they are to "fly on the branches and become a phoenix", and how much they hope Huang Zhiting will bring them benefits!
This "hope" will definitely turn into pressure on Huang Zhiting, leaving her in a dilemma.
If she had just married into a boudoir like an ordinary woman and had nothing to do, then maybe the situation would have been a little more relaxed, but now it is completely different - Gao Pragmatic has entrusted all the power in southern Xinjiang to her!
In this case, Chieftain Huang must think that this is "God helps me", and must find ways to contact Huang Zhiting to ask her to bring more benefits to his family, and they will also take this as a matter of course.
This kind of mentality cannot simply be regarded as "disloyalty". In fact, their loyalty to Gao Wushi may even be the highest at this moment, because Gao Wushi is now the "son-in-law of the Huang family" and they are a family.
However, also because of the customs and habits of this era, Huang Zhiting must always remind herself: from the moment she gets married, her husband's family is her home, and she must act from her husband's standpoint to be a qualified woman. wife.
One side is blood, the other side is reason, how to choose? After all, she is only a "little girl" about twenty years old.
It seems that her move this time was really done after thinking hard. She spent a lot of time to come up with such a solution that basically has the best of both worlds. No wonder she brought so many people together. Attached.
In fact, she knew in her heart that under a system like Jinghua, no matter how many people signed up, they could not put real pressure on Gao Pragmatic. It was just like how the eunuchs in the palace of the Ming Dynasty danced, and it was only a matter of the emperor's words to kill or behead him. .
The same is true in Jinghua. Gao Pragmatic is the master, and everyone below him is the slave. Moreover, the master Gao Pragmatic not only controls the lifeline of the entire economy, but can also promote and remove anyone at will. Since the people below him have the same identity, he can be replaced by anyone. Others are eager to replace the person above him. How come you are in a high position and if you say a word of pragmatism, the people below you will not listen to you, but will be overjoyed and replace you. How can you rebel?
What's more, the system like Jinghua can actually be regarded as a "modern army" system. As long as your supplies are cut off, your guns and artillery are just like fire sticks, and you have no food or silver on hand. You will start a rebellion. ?
Therefore, Gao Pingshi knew in his heart that Huang Zhiting did this just to hope that he would pay attention to this matter.
This is troublesome, because from his point of view, the Cambodian royal family still needs to be maintained.
why? Because the Ming Dynasty had an inexplicable "sense of responsibility" for its vassals, especially the issue of "the rise and fall of succession", the Ming Dynasty paid special attention to it. When the Ming Dynasty attacked Annan, it was also due to the "continuity of rise and fall".
At that time, the traitors in Annan usurped the throne. The descendants of the old royal family went through all kinds of hardships and went to Nanjing to ask for Zhu Di. Zhu Di became furious when he heard about it. He almost ignored all kinds of opposition and insisted on sending this man back to be the king. At that time, he really had no idea. An important reason for the annexation of Annan was that the unlucky man who was sent back to be the king died, and the dynasty's bloodline was cut off.
Zhu Di was a little dumbfounded when he saw it. My soldiers have already sent out, but your dynasty will never be the last? What should I do? I have to take the calculation ball myself. I can't take advantage of my traitors.
Zhu Di attached great importance to this matter at the time, which of course had something to do with his own improper victory in the country. However, due to the teachings of civil servants, the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty also paid too much attention to the rise and fall of the country. Therefore, if Gao Pragmatic now directly abolishes the Cambodian royal family, If it goes away, this will definitely set off a wave of scoldings in the Ming Dynasty.
And another point is that Zhu Yijun's position must also be considered. Although Zhu Yijun agreed to capture Cambodia at the time, Zhu Yijun was not sure that he would destroy the Cambodian royal family. Judging from the situation the emperor faced at the time and the context of his words, he obviously He said that he could turn Cambodia into the second Annan - and only in this way could he agree, because Annan was now considered a vassal, and the Ming Dynasty had gained face.
Therefore, Huang Zhiting wants to wipe out Cambodia directly. Gao Pragmatic cannot agree to it. This will ruin his entire layout.
However, Huang Zhiting's carve-up plan itself makes sense, and Gao Pragmatic believes that some modifications can be made, dividing this issue into two parts: "apparently" and "actually".
After ordering a cup of strong tea, Gao pragmatically stared at the Kanyu map of southern Xinjiang for a long time, and finally wrote a reply to Huang Zhiting.
"... According to the investigation, the Cambodian ministers have served Siam for many years. Now that they have rebelled and been pacified by me, they should resume their old ways and become the ministers of Siam. In order to reward the capital, Siam can give the eastern part of Cambodia to Cambodia. ...The towns in Beijing are being reorganized. My brother-in-law said that since he is married to the Princess of Nanzhang, he can change the town to Asupo to avoid the princess's suffering from homesickness... All of the above are all handled in detail by my wife."
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