There are indeed "new ideas", but this idea is actually just an advance of some of Gao Pragmatic's original plans.
Long before the "Anda Tribute" incident occurred, Gao Pragmatic had already determined a plan to gradually control right-wing Mongolia by means of economic penetration. In this plan, Gao Pragmatic decomposed the entire control process into several stages, planning to slowly assimilate right-wing Mongolia over 20 to 30 years, while also strengthening control over right-wing Mongolia step by step.
This kind of political method is different from military conquest. What is important is not to plow the court and clear the holes in one step, but to "sneak into the night with the wind and moisten things silently". It is to advance gradually without the other party being easily aware or not thinking that there is a major harm.
This method has been called "cannibalization" in China throughout the ages, and in the Western discourse system of later generations, it is called "salami tactics" or "sausage cutting tactics." Of course, there is also a saying called "boil the frog in warm water".
If you want to give an example of this tactic, it's like going to a deli and asking the boss to cut you sausage slices that cost ten dollars. The boss has finished cutting and is waiting for you to pay. At this time you say, cut it into another piece, boss, what does it matter if you cut it into another piece?
The boss thought for a while and decided that it really didn't matter, so he cut an extra slice for you. But you said, boss, cut it into another piece. What does it matter if you cut it into another piece?
Of course the boss is not happy, but now he is in a bit of trouble because you haven't paid yet. At this time, he is locked in the transaction with you. If he cuts more pieces, the transaction can still be completed; if he doesn't cut more pieces, what will happen if you don't buy it? The sliced sausage cannot be sold to others. So he bit the bullet and cut another piece for you.
However, you actually said, boss, cut it into another piece. What does it matter if you cut it into another piece? Good guy, of course it does matter. Will my business make money or lose money if this continues?
However, the boss is already in deep trouble and cannot extricate himself. He may even think that although he may lose money after completing this business, he may get a regular customer in the future because he is "easy to talk to". In terms of long-term benefits, he may make money? So, cut the meat piece by piece like this until the entire sausage is cut off - this is called the sausage cutting tactic.
From a psychological perspective, it is the most effective and irresistible of all tactics to take advantage of others. It first locks the other party into the deal, and then ruthlessly and bit by bit takes away all the benefits.
"Lock" and "a little bit" are the two key words of this tactic: if you don't lock in the opponent, of course it is impossible to succeed, because the opponent can choose to refuse at the beginning; if you make it clear from the beginning that you intend to put forward the maximum asking price, obviously It's also impossible, because the other party can weigh the pros and cons of the transaction at once and find that the cons outweigh the pros, and of course they will reject it immediately.
The highly pragmatic plan to assimilate right-wing Mongolia is a typical sausage-slicing and cannibalization tactic. At the beginning, he only relied on Anda's tribute to carry out border trade with Tumut in a reasonable and legal manner. The trade categories were limited and could only meet the basic needs of Tumut.
After the Tumut people benefited, Gao Pragmatic began to gradually expand the types of export products, starting from basic living necessities and upgrading them to cover all mid- to high-end daily necessities. In addition to "travel", the first three items of food, clothing, housing and transportation were almost taken care of by the Ming Dynasty. Even in "Xing", Ming Dynasty is exporting saddles to Tumote - mainly high-end saddles.
What followed was the promotion of the full spread of Lamaism [Note: Due to policy restrictions, we will not go into details here]. In short, because the Mongols canceled shamanistic animal sacrifices, sacrifices and other activities, they made significant progress in terms of productivity loss and gained more benefits. Most of them can be used to sell goods to Ming Dynasty.
As a result, the northern part of the Ming Dynasty obtained a large amount of cheap meat, and Tumut and Ordos obtained various daily necessities to ensure life. The people on both sides have improved their living standards, and the degree of interdependence between the regimes has also become higher. .
However, the degree of dependence itself is not at the same level. To put it simply, Tumed and Ordos were the icing on the cake for the Ming Dynasty, while the Ming Dynasty was a timely help for Tumed and Ordos. The economic foundations of Tumut and Ordos began to be strongly bound to the Ming Dynasty - this is the "locked transaction" mentioned above.
"Lockdown" is completed, how to reflect "a little bit"?
In the first stage, Gao Pragmatic only relied on Jinghua Trading Company for trade. Later, he made a small trial: through trading, Tumut sent Qataiji's troops to protect the supply line between Daning City and the pass - this already involved the military. But Tumut accepted it, which meant that he acquiesced to cutting the sausage for the first time.
So in the second stage of the Liaonan War, Tumut sent troops eastward to threaten Chahar; in the third stage of the Northwest Rebellion, Gao Pragmatic's first step in sending troops to the northwest was to punish Ordos, and Tumut The side once again accepted the responsibility of cutting sausages and sent a large number of troops to assist in countering the rebellion; not to mention the fourth phase, first of all, it sent troops to march eastward last year but was beaten by Chahar. This year, it once again obeyed Gao Pragmatic's orders and cooperated with him to complete the Chahar and Waikahar missions. Erkha conquered.
By this time, the sausage of Tumut had been almost cut. Not only was the economy bound and locked up, it could even be said that it objectively offered its own military independence to the Ming Dynasty, and became a true vassal of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, are there any aspects worth continuing to "cut"? Yes, of course there is, and that is the political structure.
Although the Ming Dynasty has strong control over Tumut, in the final analysis it is still a typical restraint system in terms of political structure. That is to say, the Ming Dynasty is responsible for canonizing the supreme ruler of the other party, along with at most a few of the most important core personnel. Moreover, this kind of canonization is first done after the other party has determined the "candidate", and then the Ming Dynasty canonize it.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's canonization was not essentially a proactive canonization, that is, "I can use whoever I want," but a ratification. After a compromise was reached within Tumote, the Ming Dynasty gave it final legitimacy in the form of a final decision.
This means that the Ming Dynasty's "suzerainty" is limited. It is nominally supreme, but in fact it must rely on Tumut's internal struggle to determine the outcome. At most, it can only exert influence in the "fight" process.
Now that Zhongjin Hatun has played this trick, Gao Pragmatism is really in trouble, so he plans to take advantage of the current military power to cut a piece of sausage and let the Ming court directly intervene in the internal power structure of Tumut.
Assume that the internal governance structure of the "Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom" will be changed by the orders of the Ming Dynasty, and the power of important figures will also be adjusted by the orders of the Ming Dynasty. In such a situation where all aspects of economy, military, and politics are deeply controlled by the Ming Dynasty, should the status of the "Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom" as a foreign vassal be considered changed? For example, directly included.
However, this cut is quite sensitive, and Gao Pragmatism cannot but foreshadow it. Han Naji was about to go south to join him, so the negotiation with him did not need to be too urgent, but for Zhongjin Hatun, Gao Pragmatic had to find a way to communicate.
So after discussing with Qi Jiguang for a while, he agreed to Butashri's visit, and at the same time, he read the autograph letter from his mother Zhongjin Hatun in front of him.
Gao Pragmatic seemed a little hesitant, but more cautious. He stood up and walked around for a while before saying: "I will personally prepare a letter for Mrs. Zhongshun later and discuss the matter with her. Until the discussion is completed, you stay at the main hall... Oh, by the way, the main hall All the rules of conduct here, including eating habits, are Han-made, I hope you can get used to them."
"Everything for students is arranged by the teacher." Butashri's answer was unclear whether someone had given him guidance in advance. There was no choice in his movements, manners, and tone of voice.
Gao pragmatically just said calmly: "The etiquette between teachers and students has not yet been decided, Taiji does not have to be like this." Then he stood up and pretended to see off the guests, and said: "Taiji, go slowly."
It was hard to say what Butashri was thinking, but he remained respectful and bowed: "Teacher, please stay." Then he walked back to the door with a courtesy that was almost as if he were meeting an emperor, and walked out of the threshold with his back on his back. Turn around and leave.
Gao Pingshi saw that he still called himself "teacher", but he didn't remind him again. He just looked at his leaving back and smiled, saying: "As long as the benefits are big enough, I would be willing to call him "teacher" even if I call him dad. Right? Haha... As expected, the most shameless people in the world are people, and the most shameless people are also people."
At this time, a figure suddenly appeared at the door of the courtyard where Butashri disappeared and hurriedly walked in. Gao Pingshi took a closer look and found that it was his "eldest disciple" and the current Beijing Business Secretary Cao Ke. Gao Yingshi was not in a hurry, but sat back in his seat.
Cao Ke's expression was quite serious. He walked quickly to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Teacher, the student has something important to report."
"Come in." Gao Pingshi held the tea cup, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Mrs. Narita sent her retainer Masaki Tanba to say that there is an emergency situation related to Japan and she must report it to the teacher personally immediately." Cao Ke's tone was still serious.
"Japan?" Gao Pingshi felt a little nervous and asked, "Where are the Masaki Tanba people?"
"Has been taken outside the courtyard gate." Cao Ke said, paused slightly, and added: "Has been searched."
Gao Pingshi was noncommittal about the second half of the sentence and said, "Let him come in."
Cao Ke hesitated for a moment and said: "This man is said to be good at both civil and military skills. From the student's perspective, he is not as short as ordinary Japanese people. He is also strong in stature and has sharp eyes. I am afraid that he is indeed skilled in martial arts. I don't know about the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"Just let him in." Gao pragmatically said calmly, but his tone was slightly aggravated.
"Yes, the student understands." Cao Ke did not dare to hesitate. After all, it was inconvenient for him to ask more questions about the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He quickly agreed and left to ask someone to come in to see him.
Tanba Masaki is a retainer of Kafihime, and he made great contributions in the battle of Ninja Castle. Wen, who is both civil and military, will not talk about it for now. He only said that at that time, Masaki Tanba personally asked for the Yamada belt sword against the Nagasuke Masaikan army. This shows that he must be good at "martial arts".
He walked in from the door, and he was indeed a talented man. He was indeed much taller than the average Japanese. Although he was not as good as a typical northern Chinese man like Gao Pragmatic, but by visual inspection he should be over 1.7 meters in later generations. This is definitely true in Japan. It's the "tall and mighty" type.
"Masaki Tanba has seen the main hall." Masaki Tanba came in and bowed politely, then presented a letter with both hands and said: "This is the princess's personal letter. Please review it at the main hall."
In Japan during the Warring States Period, the word daiden was a term for "the lord's lord". However, it was only when Gao Pingshi heard him call him that that he realized that he was actually not a retainer of Narita Kai, but a retainer of the Narita clan chief. In other words, he is just a retainer of the Narita family, and may not be "directly subordinate" to Kabihime.
Gao Wugong didn't bother to study this kind of "feudal" rule in detail now, and just said: "Bring it here." Masaki Tanba did not hesitate, walked a few steps forward on his knees, and delivered the letter to Gao Wugong. After taking it, he kneeled back again.
Gao Pingshi kept paying attention to his expression, and when he saw him doing this set of actions, he looked calm and completely natural. He couldn't help but secretly thought: The Japanese really have a tradition of surrendering to the strong, so that they feel that no matter what, Humility is a given.
But since Masaki Tanba's performance was normal, Gao Pragmatic stopped looking at him and focused his attention on Kaiji's letter - anyway, there were at least four hand crossbows hidden in the dark around him, pointing at him. , there will be no problem with your own safety.
Gao pragmatically looked at the paint, which was intact. After opening it, I took out the letter and frowned after just looking at it for a few times. He thought for a while and asked Masaki Danba: "The letter said that this news was sent back by Ryuzawa Sanyo. Secretary-General Liu has also read it and knows about the existence of this letter, right?"
Masaki Tanba bowed his head and replied: "If you go back to the main hall, yes."
"What can the secretary-general do to explain?" Gao pragmatically asked again.
Masaki Tanbo replied: "The villain was not present when the secretary-general and the princess were discussing. The villain only knew that the two of them discussed for a full hour. However, before the villain set off, His Highness the Secretary-General told the villain to report to the main hall. She said that she had immediately sent someone to verify the authenticity of the news with the North Korean side, and she would surely receive the exact news when the palace returns to Beijing."
Gao pragmatic nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Do you have anything else to report?"
"This..." Masaki Danba was "very un-Japanese" this time. He paused for a moment when asked by the "main hall", and then said resolutely: "The main hall forgives me, the princess did not have anything else to tell me, but I People themselves don’t know whether to say something or not…”
Although Gao Pingshi was a little surprised, he still said: "Go ahead."
"Yes, thank you so much for the main hall." Masaki Danba was refreshed, and for some reason he bowed deeply again, and then said: "I have always heard of the prestige of the main hall, and I am deeply proud that the Narita family is a vassal of the main hall, but now Japan may have Big changes, once something happens suddenly, the Narita family may be the first to bear the brunt.
Nowadays, the Narita family is weak. Although the capital of the main palace is extremely powerful and spans the four seas, the Kanto fleet cannot go ashore after all, and the land division of Misaki Castle is only a few thousand. If... I am afraid that the help will not be enough, it will be a serious problem.
The Narita family is not only the only vassal of the main hall in Kanto, but also actually related to the main hall by marriage. If they were to seize the foundation in a fight, the damage would not only stop Narita, but also the majesty of the main hall. At this critical moment, the villain is bold and asks the main hall to send more subordinates to Kanto to intimidate Xiaoxiao. The main hall protects Narita and preserves the famous name of the main hall. "
Finally, Masaki Tanba made a special concluding sentence: "With the stupidity of a villain, I would not dare to predict the wisdom of the main hall, but I am so eager to protect the Lord that I make ridiculous statements. I have insulted the respected ears of the main hall. Please be punished by the main hall!"
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