In Sichuan, the Japanese classics were leveled.
"The emperor hopes that the Jurchens will move south to Xianjing Road?" Gao Jingshi touched his chin, frowned slightly, and asked the fair-faced and beardless Dongchang Dajue in front of him: "Is this the emperor's intention, or is it the cabinet's suggestion? "
Daxuan said respectfully: "Return to the Marquis, it is the cabinet's suggestion, but the Emperor seems to be quite interested in it. Of course, what the Emperor cares about most is your opinion, so don't you think so? Just let me be careful Hurry up and catch up with this grain ship and come to ask for your instructions face to face."
"Well..." Gao Pragmatic pondered for a moment and said: "When you go back, tell the emperor that northern Korea has the vast majority of minerals in the entire peninsula, and the reserves are huge. They must be firmly in the hands of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I think it is salty The three northern roads of Korea, Jingdao, Ping'an Road and Huanghaidao, should not be handed over to the Jurchens under any circumstances.
If the emperor believes that moving the Jurchens southward will help consolidate Liaodong, or even use it as an opportunity to rebuild Nuergandusi, then I suggest that the three major Jurchens simply move further south, and move them south to Gangwon Province and Gyeongsang Province, or even It wouldn't be a bad idea to give them the Jeolla Road as well. "
Dongchang Dajun was shocked and stammered: "Hou, Mr. Hou, this is the three southern roads of Korea. It is said that the climate is mild and the water source is sufficient. Although Gangwon Road and Gyeongsang Road are mainly mountainous, most of their mountains are hills. There are many fertile fields.
Not to mention the Jeolla Province, it was one of the granaries of Korea. How could such a prosperous place be so advantageous to the Jurchen barbarians? The Jurchens are nesting in the old forests of Manchuria. It is quite troublesome for us to suppress them. Once we give them such money and food, it will be difficult to handle if something unexpected happens in the future! "
"Hahahaha!" Gao Pingshi laughed and shook his head: "Do you think letting them nest in the deep mountains and old forests is the best way to suppress them? You are absolutely wrong! Let me tell you, the Jurchens nesting in the deep mountains and old forests are the most difficult to deal with. Yes, but let them go to the so-called wealthy land in your mouth. In less than twenty years, the Jurchens will no longer pose a threat to our Ming Dynasty."
Da Xun was stunned and puzzled, and hesitated: "What the Marquis said... I forgive my ignorance, it is really difficult to understand. I would like to ask the Marquis to give me the reason, so that I can reply to the Emperor after I return to the capital."
"Renwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes." Gao Pingshi smiled faintly, but sighed softly for some reason, and said: "Go and talk to the emperor, and ask the emperor to recall my views on the decline of the Jin Kingdom when we discussed the history of the Jin Dynasty with him. I think the emperor will understand my intention."
"Is that just one sentence?" Da Jue was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Do you want to add something more and be more detailed?"
"No need, the emperor will understand." Gao pragmatically waved his hand.
"Yes, Lord Marquis, I understand." Daxuan did not dare to ask any more questions. After a pause, he asked again: "Master Marquis, is there anything else you want to tell the emperor?"
Gao pragmatic pondered slightly and said: "Well... you tell the emperor that no matter how big the changes are in North Korea's political arena, and no matter how many accusations the court receives from North Korea, you only need to answer one sentence: 'North Korea affairs have been settled by the Japanese Economic Strategy. Just preside over it with full authority.”
"Ah, this, this..." Da Ju couldn't help swallowing, as if his throat was dry, and he hesitated: "Master Marquis, if you say this, I'm afraid the cabinet and the government and the public will inevitably criticize..."
"I know." Gao Pragmatic nodded solemnly, but still insisted: "If you tell the emperor, you will do a lot of things in the future. Someone will inevitably bear the infamy in the history, but the emperor is the master of the Ming Dynasty and the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty, and is destined to be glorious for generations to come. There must never be such a stigma attached to it.
I was already prepared to take responsibility before I came to North Korea. If someone will inevitably have to take responsibility for this infamy, then let me be pragmatic and take the responsibility. After all... for such a big reputation, even if it were passed on to others, it would be useless. "
Dongchang Dajue was greatly shocked when he heard this. He looked at Gao Pragmatic with an inexplicable expression for a while. Finally, he took a deep breath, bowed to the ground respectfully, and kowtowed: "No one is more loyal than the Marquis in the world! What the Marquis said I will convey the message to the Emperor verbatim, please rest assured."
Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, gently helped Da Jue up, and said, "By the way, say hello to Duke Lingang for me."
Daxuan said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I understand."
The so-called Linggang Gong is Chen Ju, and Linggang is his title. Although he is no longer directly in charge of Dongchang, since the fall of Zhang Jing and others, Dongchang has almost no "hostile forces" - at least not on the surface.
In addition, he has maintained a good alliance with Gao Pragmatic, the emperor's first confidant, for many years. Therefore, although he does not care about Dongchang, Dongchang has to actually obey his orders. Therefore, his old department in Dongchang is now also Everyone is prospering, and today this Dajue is also a close confidant of Chen Ju - a close confidant who calls Chen Ju his godfather.
After Da Jui left, Gao Wushi ordered Gao Qi, Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo to come to see him. Not long after, the three of them came together to meet him. Gao Pragmatic didn't waste any words. He directly informed them of the news he had just received, and then let the three of them express their opinions.
The younger brother Gao Wuzheng was the first to speak this time, but he did not express his opinions immediately. Instead, he asked: "Brother, when you were discussing the history of the Jin Dynasty with the emperor, what exactly did you say?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Of course we are talking about the Kingdom of Jin - especially why the Jin army declined so quickly."
Gao Wuzheng said in surprise: "Isn't it because the Mongols are too powerful?"
"Don't read on the surface without seeking a deeper understanding." Gao Pragmatic said in a lesson-oriented tone: "In the last years of King Hailing, envoys from the Jin and Song Dynasties interacted with each other, and there were often ceremonial archery banquets between exchanges and banquets. During these archery banquets, During the bow banquet, the Jurchens who were originally said to be 'invincible if not more than ten thousand' were often no match for the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty. Do you think this has anything to do with the Mongols?"
Gao Wuzheng really didn't know that there was such a thing, so Hao Ran couldn't help but bowed and said: "Brother taught me a lesson, but I know I was wrong."
"Yeah." Gao Pragmatic didn't blame him harshly, but said: "Since you want to know, let me briefly explain the reason." So Gao Pragmatic analyzed it for Gao Wuzheng and the other three. What does it mean to say "Renwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes"?
In 1125 AD, the Jin generals led the Jurchen soldiers to attack Nanjing City of the Liao Dynasty (now Beijing) and captured Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty. The 210-year-old Liao Dynasty was destroyed by this barbarian tribe that originated from the White Mountains and Black Waters.
In 1127 AD, the Jin soldiers continued to attack the Northern Song Dynasty from the south with the power of destroying the Liao Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty court was so incompetent that it inexplicably lost a defensive battle that should have been won, and suddenly lost the capital Kaifeng. After that, the north fell, and the Song Dynasty moved south. This was known as the "Shame of Jingkang" in history, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
Later, if Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others did not resist bravely in the Jianghuai area in the later period, and the Jin soldiers could not adapt to the Jianghuai terrain with dense river networks, even the Southern Song Dynasty might have been in vain.
Within three years, the two major powers in East Asia were destroyed. This powerful emerging force was the Jin Dynasty. The Jurchens who established the Jin Dynasty were originally a subordinate tribe of the Liao Dynasty. Starting from the 12th century, the Liao Dynasty declined and increased its oppression of the Jurchen tribe. The Jurchens, led by Wanyan Aguda, finally chose to rise up and resist.
Soon, Wanyan Aguda unified the Jurchen tribes and established the Jin Dynasty in 1115. However, at this time, the Jin Dynasty was actually just a loose tribal alliance, which was far behind the Liao and Song Dynasties. However, it took such a new force less than 15 years to unify northern China. The combat effectiveness of the Jin Dynasty army at that time was evident!
However, what is quite paradoxical is that just 100 years later, the combat effectiveness of this great army that once traversed East Asia has experienced a cliff-like decline.
When facing the Mongolian cavalry, the Jin army performed in a mess and was completely unable to parry. They even came up with a way to build the Great Wall to deal with it - no, although you started out as a fisher and hunter, after defeating the Liao Kingdom, you can be regarded as half fisher and half hunter. You are nomadic, so why are you still using the national defense strategy of a farming nation?
The Battle of Yehuling was even more speechless. All 450,000 Jin troops were lost in one battle, which really shocked the world. Anyone who hears the news cannot help but ask, where have the once powerful Jurchen warriors gone? In fact, the answer is simple: no more.
At first, the Jurchens were almost in a primitive society, living in the harsh white mountains and black waters. The Jurchen warriors were naturally fierce and ferocious. The "Dajin Chronicle" recorded that they were "good at riding and shooting, and good at fishing and hunting." Hungry and thirsty, hard work, good at riding, going up and down cliffs like flying, crossing rivers without boats, just floating horses to cross." This is what it means.
It can be seen that they were very brave warriors at that time, but this bravery was mostly forced by the harsh environment of white mountains and black waters. Before the industrial age, without the addition of modern technology, the ferocious barbarian army with certain organizational capabilities was extremely terrifying. It was precisely for this reason that the Jin army destroyed the Liao and Song Dynasties with overwhelming force.
But after the Jingkang Incident, the Jin Kingdom sought to enrich the Central Plains, and the situation immediately changed. Since the two puppet regimes of Chu and Qi they supported were no match for the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty decided to abandon this buffering strategy and directly rule the Central Plains. This also caused the Jurchens to move to the Central Plains in large numbers.
Obviously, they naturally became the ruling class of this land. At this time, the production capacity of the Central Plains was quite high, and the environment was far more comfortable than that of the Northeast with its white mountains and black waters. There is a large amount of land here and a large amount of Han labor force. These people naturally became the property of Jurchen warriors.
With land and slaves, you can live a stable life just lying down, so who would want to live a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife? The Jurchens slowly deteriorated in this "gentle country". Even if the imperial court ordered the Jurchens to work on their own, this trend could not be stopped. Next, naturally, the trend of extravagance and laziness continues to prevail.
There is a record in 1183: On average, each Moukemengan household owned 275 acres of land and 2.2 slaves. It can be said that the Jurchen warriors of the Jin Kingdom have completely turned into landlords and slave owners. These people have lived comfortably for too long, can they still fight a war?
Moreover, as time passes in the mainland, the Hanization of the Jurchens is inevitable. After one or two generations, these Jurchen descendants live like young masters and are exposed to Han culture. They enjoyed land rent and had servants to serve them. As a result, they "didn't know how to farm, drank and gambled in groups, and became lazy." Not to mention that they could not inherit the bravery of their fathers and ancestors, and even their physical fitness was declining day by day.
As Gao Pingshi said just now, only in the last years of King Hailing, the individual combat effectiveness of Jin Dynasty soldiers could not even compare with that of the Southern Song Dynasty. By the time of Jin Xuanzong, the Jurchens were completely "untrained in riding and shooting, and were not in charge of military service." A complete military waste!
For the country, if the army is not strong, it can only rely on the right time and place. However, the geopolitical situation of the Jin Dynasty is not good. The Mongols in the north are watching with eager eyes, and the Song Dynasty in the south has been preparing to avenge the country and the family, while the domestic Jurchens and The conflicts between the Han people continued to intensify. Thus, the death knell of the Jin Dynasty gradually sounded.
In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty rejected the Jin Dynasty's request for alliance and united with Mongolia to avenge it. In 1234, the Jin Dynasty, which had existed for 120 years, fell. Although this was actually a stupid move in the Southern Song Dynasty, as stupid as the alliance with the Jin Kingdom to attack the Liao Kingdom, no matter what, this was always the worst news for the Jin Kingdom at that time, and it determined that the Jin Kingdom could not continue to exist.
As for why Gao Pragmatic is so sure that "Wenwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes", it is not only because the Jin Dynasty and the "Houjin Dynasty" are both composed of Jurchens, but the original period of history has proved that the Eight Banners Soldiers of the Manchus are the same as their ancestors. As soon as he entered the colorful world of the Central Plains, his fall came as expected.
Some people in later generations have calculated the speed of this decline. The most exaggerated statement is that just ten years after the Eight Banners of Manchuria entered the customs, their combat effectiveness dropped by more than one level. By the time of the San Francisco Rebellion, the so-called Eight Banners of Manchuria could only play soy sauce. The real battle depends on the green camp.
Although the Central Plains is a world of flowers, the conditions in North Korea are naturally not as good as those in the Central Plains, but according to what Gao Pragmatic just said, the southern 2-3 roads of North Korea that are planned to be allocated to the three major Jurchen parts will be colder than the current Little Ice Age. Life in Northeast China is so terrible!
Considering that the Jurchen population at this time was much smaller than when they entered the customs in history, and although the North Korean population has lost a lot due to the wars in recent years, it is still enough for the Jurchens to enslave. In addition, due to the war, they were Much of the land in southern Korea that the Japanese army has long controlled has become "unclaimed land." Once the Jurchens move south, will there be a wave of "land encirclement"?
What after this? As long as the Ming Dynasty can frighten them for ten or twenty years, can the Jurchens, who are still relatively strong now, not degenerate into the same parasites in history?
At that time, whether the Ming Dynasty took action directly or secretly caused the local Koreans to rebel, there were many ways to deal with the so-called Jurchen threat.
At that time, what else was worth relying on in the three major Jurchen books? Population, technology, and combat effectiveness are all probably sparse. If the Ming Dynasty is still willing to let them govern the local area, then they may be able to be monks and ring the bell for a day. Once the Ming Dynasty is too lazy to pretend and shows off, then they can only disappear and disappear completely.
As for whether this disappearance was a direct physical disappearance, or whether the independent national consciousness disappeared, was disrupted and sent to various parts of the Central Plains, and assimilated into the Han people, it depends on how the Ming Dynasty considered it. In short, everything is no longer up to them.
A dull knife kills, but a sharp knife is the sharpest.
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