Gao Pingshi, who saw off Todo Takatora, held the "Battle of Zhenling" battle report that was more than ten pages long and let out two contemptuous sneers from his nostrils.
In fact, not only was he surprised by the overestimation of the North Korean army controlled by the Southern People's Party, but Zhang Wanbang's audacity also left him speechless.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't understand. The North Koreans should have been deeply aware of the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the past few years. But now the Ming army in power has more than 100,000 people. How dare the Southern People's Party dare to take only three Wan North Korean army gambled so much?
Why, when a father has such a good temper that he is reluctant to beat his son when he is being ridiculed, right?
But in any case, since such an incident has happened, it means that my previous calculations are still inaccurate. For example, I may have underestimated the intensity of the internal party struggle in North Korea.
In order to resist the Northern Party, which had suddenly grown in strength by fully surrendering to the Ming army, the Southern Party actually did not hesitate to use force? This was obviously because he did not accurately judge the Southern Party's thoughts at this time. Perhaps in their view, if they don't resist now, they won't even have the chance to resist in the future.
Hmm... Okay, this idea is actually not bad. After all, if North Korea is merged into the Ming Dynasty in the future, then it doesn't matter who the southerner, the northerner, or the westerner is, it's not worth mentioning.
But there are two ends of the story. If the Ming Dynasty is unstoppable, then which faction is in power at the time of the internal annexation is still very influential. The faction in power will definitely receive the greatest rewards and preferential treatment, while the opposition faction will not.
Therefore, from this perspective, it makes sense for the Southern People's Party to feel that they are being forced into a desperate situation. However, this is only part of the reason for the greater motivation and determination. There is another point that must be explained clearly.
That is, if there is a battle with the Ming army, aren't they afraid that the angry Ming army will directly launch a violent purge?
Gao pragmatic first asked himself: If Zhang Wanbang's result this time was not a complete victory but a defeat, would I kill North Korea in a rage and bleed it into a river of blood?
He thought about it seriously and felt that it was possible, but after all, he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. The final result might be to completely wipe out the 30,000 North Korean troops without leaving any one behind, and at the same time completely wipe out the Southerners in the North Korean court. Press to death. Especially the leader, even Liu Chenglong, who has such great influence, may have to be exiled to the border of Gansu. As for Quan Li... he must die.
But this is just Gao Pragmatic's understanding of himself. If the South Korean People's Party also has the same judgment, then things will not make sense.
The consequences are too serious. If they think Gao Pragmatic would do this, there is no reason to do such a thing. Therefore, the reason why this matter really developed into a military confrontation between the two sides, I am afraid that the greater responsibility is that the Southern People's Party made a huge mistake in judging Gao Pragmatic's possible judgment.
Gao Pragmatic thought about it and finally guessed the problem: the problem lies in the title of Gao Pragmatic's article.
He is not only the Marquis of Nanning in the Ming Dynasty, he is the only officially recognized Sixth Number One Scholar in the Ming Dynasty, a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace, and the leader of the Practical School - he can also be called a generation of Confucianism!
Confucianism, then no matter what you do, you should also pay attention to the principle of benevolence and forgiveness, right? How could he be like Qiu Ba and others who were so quick to kill people? Besides, the Southerners you want to kill are also noble Korean Yangban and Confucian Miao descendants!
You see, everyone is a Confucian civil servant. You should not look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. Hold it high and put it down gently!
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic almost laughed out of anger.
Okay,? Okay, you North Korea really think of yourself as a little China. You haven’t learned much from the good ones, but you haven’t learned much from the bad ones.
Who told you that it is an absolute law for civil servants to avoid death? Even when the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were at the highest status, they were never spared from death in a real sense!
Needless to say, in the early days, father and son Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di killed civil servants like dogs. In the middle and late period, the power of civil servants was at its peak, but were the civil servants who were beaten to death with imperial sticks not civil servants? On the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen killed civil servants just like his ancestors killed dogs - what kind of illusion would lead to thinking that civil servants would definitely avoid death?
There are several major prerequisites for civil servants to avoid death. Generally speaking, firstly, the country is basically at peace, secondly, the emperor is still respectable, and thirdly, the civil servant himself has no tendency to rebel or deceive the emperor. If there is one more thing to add, it can be said that this civil servant's best status is still relatively high.
If you are just an unknown official of the sixth or seventh rank, you can be killed with a soft knife - "Twenty with the rod, but with real beatings" is a sentence of death.
Most people in later generations think that playing twenty boards is nothing trivial, but this is actually a big misunderstanding. If you don't add the words "fight hard" after it, usually nothing will happen. It may look like the skin is bruised, but just go back and apply some medicine and rest for a few days.
However, if you add the phrase "fight hard", many people will be killed on the spot. Even if you rarely encounter a few strong-bodied civil servants, you will probably lose most of your life. The possibility of surviving the fight after you return is very low. .
The imperial stick does not necessarily only spank the buttocks, it can also spank the back and waist. After twenty "real spankings", many people's internal organs will be rotten. How can they survive? There are many records in history books about people who were hit with a cane and died on the spot after vomiting blood. Is this the effect of spanking?
But the strange thing is that it is obvious that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty do not have a real gold medal to avoid death, but the North Korean Yangban has a kind of honeyed self-confidence, thinking that he is noble and extraordinary, and he will not die no matter how he behaves.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that South Koreans in later generations did many weird things because they inherited the arrogant and insane ideas of North Korean Yangban?
Gao Wuzheng pondered here for a long time, but did not speak for a long time, which actually made Gao Wuzheng next to him anxious. Gao Wuzheng waited for a long time but did not receive instructions from his elder brother. He couldn't help but said: "Brother, I feel that since this matter has developed to this point, there is nothing to hesitate about. It should be severely punished! Those who deserve to be killed must be killed, and those who deserve to be evacuated should be evacuated." All!"
Gao Pangshi raised his head and glanced at him, frowning and said: "You sound like a butcher... Then let me ask you, who should be killed and who should be evacuated?"
Gao Wuzheng was unambiguous. He raised his chin slightly and said, "Quan Li and his generals should be killed one by one! Liu Chenglong and the Southern People's Party disciples and civil servants should all be withdrawn!"
"Then what?" Gao Pragmatic asked: "We have driven out the Southerners and wiped them out. Will the Northerners feel that they have a rare commodity to live in and raise the price?"
Gao Wuzheng was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be possible, right? Isn't there still a Westerner Party?"
Gao Pangshi sneered and said: "The Southerners Party can be forced to rebel, but the Westerners Party can't? Even if the Westerners Party is determined to be a coward, but at that time North Korea and China were all Northerners, isn't this still the case? Can you use it to bargain with us?”
Gao Wuzheng was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "Then...if the Northerners don't obey, we will kill them all and withdraw!"
"Then who should we find to rule North Korea?" Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "The upper class in North Korea are proud to speak Chinese, but the lower class people are not. They may not even understand Chinese. If we all rely on people sent from the Ming Dynasty, Let the officials govern North Korea. The local low-level officials can trick our officials to death and then help them take the blame!
What about going one step further? That is, local officials shield and harbor certain people with ulterior motives, and even directly provide various assistance for their rebellion. Under such circumstances, do you think the Ming Dynasty's rule in Korea will become the same as Annan's during the Xuanmiao period? What should I do then? Should I not return to Beijing and stay in North Korea? "
It is definitely impossible for Gao Wuzheng to stay in North Korea all the time. Even if the emperor hands North Korea to Gao Pangshi, the marquis, "Yongzhen", Gao Wuzheng, as a member of the Gao family, will not be too happy.
The reason is simple. His brother Gao Pingshi's status in the Ming Dynasty is already high enough, and his power is extremely huge. Why should he give up his national influence and come to a place as big as North Korea called "Yongzhen"?
What's more, if you want to talk about Yongzhen, how can North Korea be as good as Southern Xinjiang and Nanyang! If brother wants to conquer one place in Yongzhen, it must be in the southern border of Yongzhen!
Southern Xinjiang has been under very strong control for a long time. It is a large area, produces sufficient grain, is rich in minerals and facilitates trade. Now there are many Han people who have immigrated there, and there are also many naturalized Han people. How wonderful!
As for North Korea, whoever wants it wants it. Anyway, our Gao family doesn't want to be trapped in such a palm-sized place.
It has to be said that with the rise of Gao Jingshi, the vision of the entire Gao family has become higher, and they may even feel that the mere North Korea is not enough to accommodate Gao Jingshi, the true Buddha.
Of course, Gao Wuzheng would not say this explicitly. He just frowned and said: "If this is the case, then we need local North Korean officials anyway? Doesn't this mean he has become a toast?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "That's not the case. There is no soil for chieftains to survive in North Korea, because it is impossible for me to retain an army for them."
"Then how to rule?" Gao Wuzheng wondered: "If you don't even understand the language, I'm afraid it won't be easy for anyone to use it."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink. We must ensure that there are always three monks in North Korea, because if this happens, they can only count on Daming to give them water to drink. "
Gao Wuzheng had never heard the story about three monks drinking water, so he had to ask, and Gao Wuzheng explained.
In this way, everyone figured it out. Gao Qi was the first to say: "Uncle Gao Ming, there are three factions of North Korean officials. If only one faction remains, it will definitely dominate the family. If two factions remain, they must guard against the two factions joining forces to deceive the court. But if there are three faction, the situation is different. There must always be some irreconcilable conflicts between them, so they have to rely on the court.
In this way, the imperial court can always choose a faction that is willing to cooperate with our forces to the maximum extent. In this way, in order not to be marginalized, the other two factions can only increase their efforts to join us, which forms a mutual conflict between them. Competition, and our Ming court can benefit.
Over time, the level of Hanization in North Korea will inevitably become higher and higher. After two or three generations, they may not remember the North Korean royal family. They only remember that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. "
Seeing that they understood what he meant, Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, put the report in his hand on the table, pushed it out with his index finger, and said to Gao Qi: "Yu Fu, come and summarize the battle report."
Gao Qi himself, as the intelligence secretary, had read the battle report. Now Gao Pragmatic handed it to him because he was afraid that he would not be able to remember the specific figures. Gao Qi took it over and flipped it over twice, then said: "To put it simply, the Korean army originally had 31,467 people, and a total of 1,672 people were killed and 200 were seriously injured. Seven people, minor injuries not included.
Two people from Zhang Wanbang's unit of our army were killed in the battle and four were seriously injured. One of them was seriously injured when he slipped on a corpse and was stabbed into the left abdomen by a broken spear on the ground. Forty-three other people under Zhang Wanbang were slightly injured, all of whom were not seriously injured.
Most of the remaining enemies of the Korean army were captured. About 300 people are missing and are currently being searched. Furthermore, the captured Quan Li and more than 30 of his cronies have been escorted back to Hanyang, but this matter is now a bit troublesome. "
Gao Wuzheng asked: "What's the trouble?"
Gao Qi said: "The Korean court believed that they were Korean traitors and wanted to send them over and let the Korean court deal with them. However, Zhang Wanbang did not agree. He believed that they dared to go to war with the heavenly soldiers and committed a heinous crime. The governor should decide how to deal with them. Or report it to the Emperor's Holy Judgment... In short, it is not the North Koreans' turn to deal with it."
Gao Wuruo interjected at this time: "Hey, after listening to my brother's advice just now, I now suspect that the North Korean court has ulterior motives for asking Zhang Wanbang to recruit people. For example, Li Shanhai may want to kill Quan Li directly, and then Before killing him, try to find a way to implicate him, it is best to kill Liu Chenglong as well."
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "There is some progress."
Gao Wuruo deliberately smiled apologetically and said, "It's all my brother who taught me well."
"Go away, don't do this." Gao Pingshi glared at his younger brother, turned the topic back, and said: "Whether Quan Li wants to kill or not, it is best to report to the emperor's sage. After all, he is the marshal of the Joseon Dynasty. There is an emperor." Only with the approval of the emperor can we be confident.
However, Liu Chenglong definitely cannot be killed. At least he is still useful now. His head must be placed on his neck for a while, but he must also be given some color to see - well, in fact, it is not just for him to see, Even more so for others to see. "
Killing chickens to scare monkeys, oh...killing monkeys to scare chickens, the uncle and nephew of the Gao family all understand this principle and agree with it.
Gao Qi said: "Then how should we reply to Zhang Canrong now?"
"Tell him, just say that such a big matter requires a holy judgment, and just let the North Korean court wait." Gao pragmatically snorted: "After this battle, I think the North Korean court should recognize the reality and not dare to Will you jump out and object?"
All three laughed.
It is certain that the Korean court did not dare to object. Think about it, the 30,000 troops they regarded as the last elite were defeated by less than 6,000 Ming troops and were completely annihilated. Even Zhang Wanbang's losses were only single digits. This The gap between them is a real judgment of cloud and mud, and anyone with a right mind would know that they can't afford to offend it.
Gao Qi wrote it down, and then asked, "Uncle, is there anything else you want to explain?"
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Tell Zhang Wanbang that I plan to recommend him as the chief military officer guarding Pyongyang."
The three uncles and nephews of the Gao family were stunned and asked in unison: "Pyongyang?"
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This time I really didn’t have a pigeon, I said one or two hours, just one or two hours, I won’t be in debt.
