There were so many things that happened in this day. When Gao Pingshi came out of the palace, he still felt inexplicable and felt a little unreal.
Obviously he only came back in the name of debriefing to confirm the relevant matters surrounding North Korea and discuss how to continue the attack on Japan. Who would have known that suddenly the empress gave birth to the emperor's legitimate son, and suddenly Burihatu led the army to invade Gansu? All of a sudden, the chief assistant and the second assistant planned to beg for their bodies, and the position of chief assistant was handed over to them.
This time, God's calculations were really inferior to those of man. None of the three major events could have been known or predicted in advance by his pragmatic nature.
But now, three major events suddenly came together. To say that he can still handle this situation calmly and respond appropriately would be too high for someone else's state of mind.
Therefore, although Gao Pragmatic tried his best to control his emotions and demeanor, he only stayed in the cabinet for only half an hour, and then he left the palace almost as if he was fleeing on the pretext that he needed to rest because his horse was tired.
He planned to calm down after returning home and carefully organize his thoughts so that he could make a rational decision on what to do next.
However, maybe God thinks that he has been too smooth sailing these years, and even some dangers have been resolved one by one by him, so this time he really saved up a few big moves, and insisted on releasing them all in one day to see what he would do.
He had just returned home and met with his wives and concubines, and said a few words to his children respectively. When he sat down at the dining table, his buttocks were not even hot yet, Huang Zhiting spoke.
"Sir, the war between Southern Xinjiang and the Mughals may be imminent and unavoidable." Gao Pingshi was stunned. He stared at Huang Zhiting for a long time, and finally let out a long breath. He put his hand on his forehead and said, "Tell me, what's going on." Huang Zhiting opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
She could tell from Gao's pragmatic demeanor that her husband was obviously tired. In addition, it was his previous policy not to have direct conflict with the Mughal Empire for the time being, so she was worried that it would be a bad time to speak out now.
"Tell me, I'm fine." Gao Pingshi sighed softly: "I just have something going on in the palace and the court today, but it has nothing to do with you, so just tell me."
"Okay, let me talk briefly first." Huang Zhiting knew Gao's pragmatic habits, so he no longer hesitated and said: "In the middle of this year, there was civil strife in the Arakan Kingdom. One of the factions contacted us and hoped that we could help As soon as they found me, they sent the Bago Guard Army to the Second and Third Towns to garrison the border and wait for the opportunity."
"Wait a minute." Gao pragmatic frowned and interrupted: "What's going on with the civil strife in the Arakan Kingdom? Does it have anything to do with our Jinghua?" Huang Zhiting hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, there is, but the civil strife itself is not We took the initiative.”
"Tell me the whole story."
"Yes, sir." Huang Zhiting had always been very polite in front of the concubines and answered according to high pragmatic requirements: "Over the years, Jinghua has more or less penetrated various forces in the surrounding areas of southern Xinjiang. The same is naturally true for Arakan. Especially after the construction of Dingnancheng was basically completed, while we increased our penetration into Arakan, we also established contact with some of the country's upper-level rights holders through trade and other means to better safeguard Beijing. interests. But in this way, we have some conflicts of interest with the Portuguese. As you know, the Portuguese have many strongholds in the so-called Indian region east of southern Xinjiang, and they also have many large and small kingdoms. There are various connections, some of which are cooperation and some of which are conflicts. The Portuguese also have forces in Arakan, and the most critical force is a mercenary group whose leader is named Philippe de Brito Nicot. This man is in Arakan. He was trusted by the country's leader Minyesus, but he himself was actually very ambitious. Beijing once discovered some letters between this man and the Portuguese Governor of Goa, in which he even made proposals such as conquering Arakan." Philip?
There is an impression of De Brito Nicot as a highly pragmatic person. He has done some great things in history.
In 1595 in the original history, Emperor Naresuan of Siam attacked Bago, and King Mingyesaki of Arakan sent Philip de Brito and reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lanna and Marquis Toungoo to rescue Mangyingli. , successfully repelled Narixuan.
But in 1599, Philippe de Brito, together with Mingyesaki, still formed a coalition with Toungoo Marquis and captured Bago City, captured Mangyingli, and divided its remaining territory.
In the same year, Naresuan sent troops to attack the Marquis of Toungoo. Philippe de Brito followed Mingyesaki to attack Naresuan's supply route and once again forced him to withdraw his troops.
The following year, in 1600, Philip was appointed governor of Salian by Minyesusaki. As a result, just three years later, in 1603, he raised the flag of rebellion and stood on his own initiative, and repeatedly defeated the conquests of the Kingdom of Arakan.
In 1605, Arakan launched the Battle of Salian but was defeated. After that, the Arakan Kingdom was forced to negotiate peace with it.
After that, Philip did not stop. In 1612, Philip and some surrounding feudal lords led their troops northward and sent troops to invade the territory of Anabilong of the Toungoo Dynasty.
However, this time he was not so lucky. In 1613, Anabilon went south to attack Salian, and Philip was captured and killed, ending his ambitious life.
Of course, this is all in the original history. Nowadays, Arakan naturally does not have the courage to send troops to Myanmar. There are four towns of the Bago Garrison and an army of about 50,000 firearms, which is obviously not something they can provoke.
Sure enough, Huang Zhiting's next words were obviously full of disdain: "Actually, this Philip is not very strong. He has less than five thousand troops in total, and most of them are servants cobbled together from the local area. , there are only more than 200 Portuguese mercenaries." No wonder Huang Zhiting looked disdainful, Gao pragmatically said that the Portuguese's combat effectiveness was not ranked first in Europe, and now Philip only has more than 200 people in his hands. , how can this get into Huang Zhiting's eyes?
As for the four to five thousand servant army, it is basically a joke. If the local army had combat effectiveness, the Kingdom of Arakan would not have failed in consecutive conquests in its original history. What can more than 200 Portuguese do?
An officer, of course, or
"Supervise the Army", and without these people, the Arakan Army moved relatively naturally. But what happened to Jinghua and Philip?
What about "some conflicts of interest arise"? Gao pragmatic raised this question to Huang Zhiting. Huang Zhiting said: "Because Ming Ye Suoji appointed Philip to manage Guya, as soon as he took office, Philip began to cause trouble for Jinghua and other Ming merchants in Guya, overtly and covertly. At the same time, he also quietly bribed some people to investigate Bo Solid information." After the Yunnan-Burma War, Myanmar was actually divided into two. The southern Bago Kingdom became independent from Myanmar and was completely controlled by Beijing.
Therefore, Philip's inquiry into Pegu's information was naturally not allowed by Jinghua, and a conflict arose. Of course, the first half of Huang Zhiting's sentence was not in vain. Philip's suppression of Jinghua and other Ming businessmen cannot be tolerated and will definitely lead to consequences.
"Conflict of interest." The question now is, where is this Guya? Huang Zhiting told Gao Pragmatic that Guya was a small place, a small port closest to Bago in the southern part of the Kingdom of Arakan. Minye Saki sent Philip to manage this place, which was to some extent a way to drive away tigers and devour wolves. Of course, Jinghua is not a wolf, and Philip is not a tiger at all in front of Jinghua. If his power is like a cat, the cat will probably be dissatisfied.
In any case, Gao pragmatically figured out the root cause of the matter, and he had no doubt that this was the basic situation at that time.
Because Philip was named governor in original history
The "Shalian" area is in the south of Arakan but not this ancient Asia. In fact, Sha Lian was in Burma, or more specifically in the present Kingdom of Bago.
The location is easy to understand: Shalian is opposite Yangon. The two places face each other across the river, and the distance is very close.
The reason why Sha Lian is actually on the edge of Yangon will be clear when you look back at what is said above: In 1599, Philip formed a coalition with Mingyesoji and Dongyuhou to capture Bago City and captured Mangyingli. , divided its remaining territory, Shalian, which was occupied by Arakan at that time.
This scene did not happen in this time and space, and it could not happen, but the King of Arakan did not change his thinking significantly. He still sent Philip to the southernmost part of his country, which led to a conflict between him and Jinghua.
Gao Pragmatic thought that things would be over at this point, but who knew it wasn't. Huang Zhiting continued to introduce the situation at that time.
It turned out that when conflicts arose, Jinghua first relied on its strong financial advantage to find high-level officials of the kingdom who had already been bribed in Chittagong, the capital of Arakan, to intercede. At the same time, he also had people secretly report that Philip had separatist intentions, which made Mingyesaki suspicious. , ordered Philip to be recalled to Chittagong to explain the situation.
Philip knew that he could not withstand the investigation, so he contacted the Governor of Goa while stalling for time, hoping that the Governor of Goa would reconsider his previous plan and come to conquer Arakan. At that time, he could be in Arakan
"Strong cooperation". However, the Governor of Goa had no time or strength to intervene at this time. As I said a long time ago, Spain and Portugal currently share the same monarch, and the Anglo-Spanish War is still going on. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, has even been the starting point for Spain’s expedition to England, which means that the Kingdom of Portugal has also been dragged into Spain. A pirate ship, caught in the struggle for European hegemony.
At this time, Spain was still like an octopus. Not only was it at war with Britain, the Netherlands, and the Ottomans, but it also intervened in France's domestic religious wars from time to time. It was attacking on all sides and facing enemies on all sides.
Portugal's national power is not that strong in Europe. How can it still have the energy to do anything after boarding this pirate ship?
The Governor of Goa must burn high incense if he can stabilize the existing situation in India. However, for some unknown reason, the Governor of Goa came up with a magical idea and revealed the affairs of Arakan to the Mughal Empire.
At this time, the Mughal Empire was basically at the peak of its dynasty, and it immediately became interested after receiving the news.
The imperial governor of Bengal quickly intervened: He made a random excuse, saying that a Mughal merchant ship disappeared during a transaction in the Kingdom of Arakan, and asked the Kingdom of Arakan to find the murderer, and the king personally went to Bengal to apologize to him. Otherwise, he would let Mingyesaki feel the wrath of the empire.
This excuse was nonsense at first sight, and Mingyesa Ji naturally knew it, but the Mughal Empire was obviously not here to reason with him, and Mingyesaji did not dare to go to Bengal, so he could only think of ways to resist.
The reason why Arakan was able to avoid being annexed by Myanmar during its most powerful period was not because its own army was really strong enough, but because of the super terrain advantages of the Arakan Mountains.
But this advantage is only useful for the Burmese side. When facing the Mughal Empire, the terrain is plain to plain, and everyone is on the same level.
Since it is on the same level, and it is still on the plains, as an empire established by the descendants of the Timur family, the Mughal cavalry can obviously completely crush the Arakan Kingdom.
At this moment, relying on one's own strength is definitely not enough, so Mingyesaki thought of using the power of Jinghua. In other words, he hoped that the Bago garrison would be dispatched to help Arakan.
This is exactly what Huang Zhiting was talking about. However, because the Bago Garrison did not receive orders from Gao Pragmatic, and because Huang Zhiting did not dare to go to war directly with the Mughal Empire now due to Gao Pragmatic's instructions in the early years, he did not allow the Bago Garrison to go to war. The two towns run directly from Arakan in the south to the capital Chittagong in the north.
In fact, it was the Nanyang Fleet with greater autonomy that finally came to help. They assembled 21 armed transport ships docked in Chittagong, relying on the river and sea. Chittagong is a seaport at the mouth of the river to force the Mughal Empire The Governor of Bengal could not advance further and finally withdrew his troops after a period of stalemate.
However, although this battle was successfully averted through the intervention of the fleet, it resulted in Jinghua's power in Arakan greatly increasing.
To a certain extent, Arakan became a protectorate in the name of Beijing. No one would be willing to give up such a good thing, and Huang Zhiting immediately further increased his control over Arakan, which in turn stimulated the Mughal Empire, especially the Governor of Bengal.
As a result, the relationship between the two sides deteriorated rapidly, and now, signs of a large-scale war have begun to appear.
Huang Zhiting told Gao Pragmatic that he had received news that the Governor of Bengal was not only gathering troops and hoarding food and grass, but also building warships. This was obviously to take revenge.
At the same time, Huang Zhiting also implicitly stated that since southern Xinjiang, especially the garrison, had not fought any wars for some years, they all had a strong desire to go to war with the Mughal Empire.
This is not difficult to understand. Why not fight?
What about "promotion"? You can only rely on mixed qualifications, and fighting is the best way to get promoted. For the first time, Gao Pragmatic felt that although his power was growing, people from all walks of life within Jinghua inevitably had their own interests and demands, and began to force him to make corresponding compromises.
The problem now is very clear: if we don’t fight, the Arakan region will definitely be out of control and even controlled by the Mughal Empire. In the future, the Mughal Empire’s guns will be pressed against the head of southern Xinjiang; if we fight, we will have to fight with the Mughal Empire. The empire has officially started war, and there is no turning back. It is unlikely that trade will resume with it soon in the future, so this decision must be made with caution.
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