As a court angel, Cheng Wen could "convey" the holy will to King Shunyi of the "Ming Dynasty" on behalf of the Ming Emperor. However, as we all know, the main part of the Ming court that could really threaten Tumote was the tribute city, and the main force of the tribute city was The Northern Business Alliance, with Jinghua as the main force, is a large alliance of Jinghua, Shanxi merchants, and Shaanxi merchants, and the actual decision-maker of this business alliance is Gao Pragmatism.
If you want to trace the origins of this unofficial business alliance, it was actually formed by the three alliances composed of the Zhang Siwei family, the Wang Chonggu family, and the Ma Ziqiang family, plus Jinghua, which later joined and became the dominant force.
Since it is a major alliance formed by these four alliances, we can find from their origins that in fact this alliance is not so much the Northern Business Alliance, but more definitely changing the two words and becoming the "Practical Learning Business Alliance" .
Yes, today's north is basically ruled by the Real School. Regardless of politics, military or business, the Real School occupies the most important position and has almost decisive power.
Of course, Practical Studies and Xinxue are today's "explicit studies", and the battle between the two sides is more superficial. However, this does not mean that these two political theories or theoretical doctrines are the only ones left in the world today. Both traditional Neo-Confucianism and anti-Neo-Confucian forces exist. There are also some "moral practical studies" that are opposed to both Neo-Confucianism and practical learning to a certain extent. They are bent on improving or replacing mental studies. Yes, this refers to the fact that the Donglin Party has not yet formally formed. Gu Xiancheng's group of people.
All in all, the ideological systems of the Great Tomorrow are actually very diverse. The relationship between various ideological systems and political factions is extremely complex. There are conflicts and compatibility, and there are sects and sects, and there are also digestions and absorptions. If we were to talk about these things in detail, we would not be able to explain them in a hundred thousand words. It is definitely not as described by some people who must say that the Ming Dynasty restricted their thoughts. Everyone's thoughts are restricted. Never make progress.
Of course, there must be other reasons at play between the ideological advancement and the failure to break out of certain vicious circles in the end. In the original history, this was actually mainly because the ideological form was related to the political, military and economic power at hand. The reason why many progressive efforts fail is not that their ideas are not advanced enough, but that the power at hand is not strong enough.
Twenty years of high-pragmatism and hard work have actually been about doing one thing: I am never satisfied with having advanced ideas, I must also have strong power.
Now Gao Pragmatic can basically confidently claim that he is powerful. At least at this moment, Cheng Wen has such confidence that he can rely on "powerful" to force Tumote to submit.
What kind of power can be called powerful enough to make him feel that he is enough to force Tumut to submit?
Before he went on his mission, Gao Pingshi once told him: "To this day, 90% of the annual income of the Tumut Royal Court is related to the tribute market, and 70% is directly related to the Woshi School."
With this sentence as the basis, Cheng Wen felt that unless he went crazy and demanded that Han Naji kill himself, most of the conditions would definitely not be what Han Naji could object to - and certainly not Jong Kim Hatun. able to object.
As Gao Pragmatic often explains to core members of his pragmatic school regarding the effects of economic control: Once people get used to taking the easy road, they will never be able to go back to the narrow path.
This moment is different from that moment. Twenty years later, Tumut today is definitely different from twenty years ago. Although he is clearly proclaimed a minister, he still has a very strong independent ability. It is not like thirty or forty years ago that he could easily enter the pass. It was an era when the capital was forced to impose martial law and all officials were horrified.
Today's Tumut has actually become a part of the Ming Dynasty's economic system. Once the Ming Dynasty wants to attack him economically, the entire country will instantly fall into a serious crisis. There is no doubt that it will be turbulent, and subversion is also possible.
This situation is like the United States in the decade between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. It had almost life-or-death power over any economy within the world's "free trade system" because he had the most power in the entire system. With great strength and absolute domination, the entire system can be mobilized to block any other economy.
He is the core and cornerstone of the entire system, and you are just a link in his system. If you are a small country, you will die if you do not rely on it; if you are a big country, it will be difficult to develop if you do not rely on it. However, if you rely on him, he can give you a piece of the scraps when he is happy. If he is unhappy and wants you to die, you still have to die.
This is the core position of the system, which brings dominance and even absolute hegemony.
The process of "seizing power" by the Red Dynasty was actually very bitter and paid a huge price.
Originally, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Emperor of the United States sensed the rise of the Red Dynasty and was about to suppress it. Unexpectedly, "911" broke out, and the Emperor of the United States was temporarily overwhelmed and was delayed for several years.
A few years later, it seemed that the war was basically won. The freed-up American Emperor began to talk about "returning to the Asia-Pacific" and once again prepared to stifle the rise of the Red Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the subprime mortgage crisis triggered the world economic crisis. The industrial hollowing out of the United States and the vast majority of old Europe urgently needed the industrial capabilities of the Red Dynasty to save the situation. A large number of European and American politicians changed their banners and called the Red Dynasty the savior, while the Red Dynasty He also knew that he could not live without this system, so he had no choice but to shout out, "To save the Emperor of Midi is to save the Red Dynasty," and with tears in his eyes, he bled to save them.
Although this wave of operations caused a lot of impact on the country, from a global macro level, it once again gained valuable time and was able to continue to stay within this "free trade system" and gain momentum for its rise.
Of course, the Emperor's vigilance against the Red Dynasty was now as high as ever, which directly led to a certain president who was particularly reliable and knew everything to simply lift the table and say that I was done with it - I was obviously the one who established the system, so why now? My words are becoming less and less effective, right? Then I'll play with you guys!
What happened shortly afterwards was relatively clear to everyone, so I won’t say more about it. All in all, this comparison with the current Ming Dynasty is just to illustrate one thing: production capacity is really important. It actually determines the real strength of a country. The more comprehensive the production capacity, the more it can make this country more powerful. This force is not only powerful, but also indestructible.
During the Asian financial crisis at the end of the 20th century, countries such as Thailand originally had their own advantageous industries, but as long as the United States wanted to shear sheep, it had no choice but to be slaughtered like a lamb to the slaughter. And if For countries like the Red Dynasty that did not open up certain important industries - especially finance - while using sufficiently comprehensive and powerful production capabilities, the United States had no good solution, at least it would be difficult to do so by force.
This is like Midi being a hyena king with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. When it unites its allies to fight together, it can even kill a lion, but it often cannot do anything to help a hedgehog. And when the size of this hedgehog became larger and larger, and when it reached a qualitative change, the dogs had no choice but to bark.
The current Ming Dynasty is the absolute leader of the East Asian system, and has gradually gained actual dominance through twenty years of high-pragmatic efforts. For Tumut, which has the deepest penetration and the most powerful influence, the Ming Dynasty has been able to do what I say. He would never dare to go east to the west.
Of course, in order to ensure that such a power will not decline like the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty later, Gao Pragmatic also needs to learn the lessons of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and not hollow out the Ming Dynasty's industry - of course, we cannot see such a trend at present, because...
How should I put it? In fact, the Chinese people have an instinctive dislike and rejection of the hollowing out of industries from their traditional thinking. This is a characteristic of farming civilization, that is, the means of production are the most important wealth, so I must firmly grasp them myself. This kind of civilization is essentially and fundamentally different from the maritime commercial civilization (in fact, it is not necessarily a pirate culture).
A big feature of the thinking of farming civilization is that "everything I need must be produced by myself", because self-production is the most guaranteed, and only then can I decide my own destiny - you see, almost all the myths in the world There are great floods in all systems, but the Chinese mythology goes in a different direction. In other myths, when people face a great flood, they run for their lives, accept their fate, and finally reflect on themselves and beg "God" for forgiveness. Only China is different. The response in Chinese mythology is "Dayu controls the floods."
Is the great flood amazing? When the flood comes, I will control the water! If you want me to give in, what the hell are you doing?
This is the best interpretation of "my destiny must be controlled by myself" and the best expression of the thinking of "man can conquer nature".
The Chinese civilization is probably the only civilization that does not pay attention to gods in its bones - as long as you dare to stand in my way, no matter whether you are a god or a demon, I will still take care of you.
Of course, on the other hand, if you can "bless" me, I will still be willing to make a clay sculpture for you and offer you a stick of incense when I remember you. But once you find that your god is useless, then I'm sorry, destroying gods and Buddhas is too common in Chinese history.
Who said that traditional Chinese civilization is metaphysical and unrealistic? What could be more practical than this?
So "practical learning" is simply the renaissance of civilization!
Cheng Wen explains this kind of "practical learning" thinking very well, er, or it can be said to be pragmatism thinking. After listening to the respective statements of Han Naji and Zhongjin Hatun, he said clearly: "The imperial court has always not interfered much in the internal affairs of King Shunyi and his troops. This has been the case in the past, is the case now, and will probably be the case in the future.
However, the imperial court is a imperial court after all, and King Shunyi and his subordinates are also ministers of the imperial court and our Ming Emperor. Therefore, when the imperial court recruits and dispatches orders, King Shunyi's troops must strictly abide by them. No matter how you arrange it, you must not miss important court events, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to say that the emperor is angry and blaming, even if it is just the great Situ who is angry. "
Originally, Han Naji and Zhong Jinhatun were considered to be a couple from the Chongming sect and the Mingming sect. After hearing Cheng Wen's words, they were naturally awestruck and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. But the problem now is that neither of them knows what the court wants, so Han Naji finally has to ask for some clarity, saying: "Xiao Wang naturally understands what Shao Si Nong said. But Xiao Wang The reason why Wang and Hatun mentioned this matter to Shao Sinong was precisely because they understood the court etiquette...
Shao Sinong, although the little king is the king of Shunyi granted by the great emperor, but as Shao Sinong said, ministers are always ministers. Now an angel is coming. Such a difficult matter is difficult to resolve at the moment. With the little king and Hatun It's difficult to decide after hesitating, why not ask Shaosinong, the great emperor, to decide? "
Cheng Wen's heart moved, and he suddenly understood what Han Naji meant. This guy originally wanted to attack Qia Taiji's subordinates, but Qia Taiji's prestige was too high during his lifetime, and now his body is still cold. If he, the king of Shunyi, immediately showed that he wanted to annex his subordinates, it would be too ugly. Some.
But although it was inconvenient for him to do so, if Cheng Wen had requested this - or arranged this on behalf of the emperor, then it would be difficult for Tumut internally to point the finger at him and throw the pot of Han Naji to him. He went to court, but the benefits were still eaten up by Han Naji.
Cheng Wen didn't think that the imperial court couldn't take the blame. The key was that there had to be some benefits after the imperial court took the blame. Otherwise, wouldn't those idle people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate be able to cause trouble for him, Mr. Cheng Si Nong? What's more, this pot was a big pot for Bhannaji, but it was much lighter for the imperial court - not only because the imperial court was strong and could carry it, but also because the imperial court itself could "unload" the pot.
How could the imperial court know about the twists and turns in your Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom? The imperial court is doing this with the overall situation in mind, and it is not deliberately trying to punish you. The imperial court is selfless, okay? Why are you making such a fuss?
Zhongjin Hatun also turned around at this time and immediately spoke out to make amends: "Young Sinong, what the king said is really from the bottom of my heart. I also think that only Young Sinong can decide this matter with one word. I hope to end this as soon as possible." It will also make it easier for our Ming Jin Kingdom troops to send troops to cooperate with the court as soon as possible. I completely agree with this and will definitely cooperate with me fully. I also ask Young Master Si Nong to learn from this."
Cheng Wenxin said: Good guy, this third lady is indeed a person. As soon as I saw Han Naji, I was very likely to be moved by what he said. I immediately put aside my prejudices and joined in. After such a clear expression of support, I was embarrassed to treat her like nothing and distribute the benefits. I had to think more about her part... Hey, it's a bit interesting, but it doesn't matter.
Cheng Wen said "hmm", made a hesitant look like he was carefully weighing and thinking over and over again, and walked around slowly. Han Naji and Zhongjin Hatun looked at each other without saying anything, but there seemed to be some kind of tacit understanding in their eyes.
I don’t know how long it took, but Cheng Wen finally stood still and said: "In my opinion, this may be the case: now that Qataiji has passed away, it is difficult for his four sons to weigh the pros and cons. No matter who inherits the position of Taiji, now This may cause dissatisfaction among others. In this case, it is better to separate four people as deputy first, and use Erdemutu to temporarily lead his troops, and lead the army eastward from Chahar.
In this expedition, Erdemutu was the commander-in-chief, Butashri was the deputy, and the four sons of Chataiji were respectively responsible for the commander-in-chief of the retinue. In the end, the military merits of this battle were highly praised. If there is someone who performs well this time in the East, he may succeed Chataiji in the future... What do you two think of this arrangement? "
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