Gao Yuan has a separate living and working area in Rixin Building, with a total of more than 20 large and small rooms. It includes two bedrooms, two studies, a reception room, a study room, a maid's room, a recreation room, a music room, a painting studio, etc.
The reason why there are two bedrooms and a study room is an arrangement made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is said to prevent the eldest young master from always sleeping in the same bedroom and improve the security level. Jokingly speaking, this is better than Gao Jingshi's treatment as a father, because Gao Jingshi has only one bedroom shared by him and Huang Zhiting.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
However, Gao Pragmatic may not necessarily rest in this bedroom. After all, several concubines have their own rooms, and they are also equipped with maid rooms, study rooms, music rooms, painting studios, etc.
Before Gao Jingshi built the Rixin Building, there was the Baiyu Building in the Jianxinzhai Courtyard. It was a building complex very similar to the French royal family's Palace of Fontainebleau, with a large building scale and a large area.
Later, when the Rixin Building was built, it was based on his original residence in the capital. Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Chengguo, sold the two houses that originally belonged to him to the north of Shangshu Gaofu to Gao Jingshi.
Although the three houses together cover a considerable area in the capital city, they are still not comparable to the White Jade Building complex in Xiangshan outside the city. Therefore, the square in front of the building and the surrounding gardens are also smaller. A lot.
However, the main body of the building still looks a bit like a European palace, but many elements of the Ming Dynasty have been added to the details, while many religious overtones of Catholic architecture have been removed.
In short, the "corner" where Gao Yuan lives can be regarded as a self-contained entity to a large extent. It is neither completely separated from the main body of the Rixin Building nor fully embedded in it. It is more like a separate part extending from the main building.
When Gao Pangshi passed by, walking from the main building to the "auxiliary building", there were two maids standing on the left and right of the aisle. They were obviously surprised to see the master coming, and they immediately knelt down and were about to say something. Words like "I've met the master".
Gao pragmatic immediately stretched out his hand to stop him and asked in a low voice: "The young master hasn't gone to bed yet?"
"Yes, sir." The two maids replied softly at the same time, and the maid on the left added: "The eldest young master brought a lot of documents back to the room tonight."
Documents? Gao Pingshi's heart moved, he nodded and said, "I understand." Then he walked towards Gao Yuan's room.
Judging from the lights Gao Mingzhi saw outside just now, Gao Yuan was sleeping in his south room at the moment. This bedroom is connected to a study room. Gao Pragmatic estimated that he might have gone to the study room with documents earlier and then returned to the bedroom.
Walking to the bedroom door, Gao pragmatically knocked on the door. Gao Yuan's voice came from inside: "I'm not sleepy yet, don't rush me."
Gao pragmatic smiled unconsciously, but for some unknown reason, he didn't speak, but knocked on the door again.
"What's going on?" Gao Yuan's voice revealed a little dissatisfaction and a little doubt: "Didn't you say stop urging me?"
But while he was talking, there was a light footsteps inside, and the door soon opened. A young maid who was about the same age as Gao Yuan opened the door with some doubts. The person who came into the room was Gao Pragmatic. She was startled. She took two steps back and knelt on the ground. She said with a slight panic: "I have seen the master before." .”
Gao pragmatic glanced at her and saw that she was neatly dressed. He nodded: "No courtesy." Then he walked into the room.
At this time, Gao Yuan had heard that his father was coming in person and was getting up in a hurry. Seeing that he really had a booklet in his hand, Gao Pingshi asked, "You're still up so late. What are you reading?"
To Gao Jingshi's surprise, Gao Yuan seemed a little nervous and hesitated: "This, these are... some files from southern Xinjiang."
His expression made Gao Pragmatic even more confused. He frowned and stretched out his hand: "Bring it to my father and see."
Gao Yuan's throat tightened, and he obviously swallowed a mouthful of spit, but he did not dare to disobey his father's order, so he had to hand over the booklet in his hand.
Gao pragmatic took it and turned it over, glanced at it, and said with some confusion: "Registration briefing of the Kingdom of Bago? Why are you nervous about reading this?"
Now it was Gao Yuan's turn to be stunned. He hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "This...this is the household register." "Shang Jun Shu" said: Those who can control the world must first control their people. Those who can win A strong enemy must first defeat its people. Therefore, the foundation of victory over the people lies in controlling the people, which is like smelting metal and potting earth..."
Now Gao Pragmatic knew why his son was nervous - the household registration in ancient Chinese society always had the symbolic meaning of state power and could not be checked at will without the emperor's approval [Note: the Ministry of Household Affairs or relevant officials are not counted because they hold their positions It means that the emperor entrusts it to take charge].
Gao pragmatic understood, but found it quite funny. However, he still held back his laughter and deliberately asked with a straight face: "Why do you peek at the household registration board?"
These words were like a question. Gao Yuan's voice was trembling a little. In addition, he was almost in the stage of changing his voice, and his voice sounded a little weird: "My child... My child is just because I want to conquer Arakan in this trip to southern Xinjiang. The deployment of troops comes from Bago, so I want to know how powerful the Bago Kingdom is... I have no other intentions, please father."
"Hmm." Gao Pingshi didn't comment. He sat on the rosewood chair in front of Gao Yuan's bookcase. He threw the Bago household registration briefing in his hand onto Gao Yuan's desk and asked, "What else did you bring?"
Gao Yuan became even more nervous, and even his body could be seen trembling slightly, and finally he said resignedly: "There are also detailed maps of Bago, Arakan and other regions, Jinghua's briefings on various companies in Bago, Bago security Briefings on military establishment, briefings on past competitions and drills of the six major garrison forces, Bago garrison counterinsurgency and bandit suppression strategies, Nanyang Fleet..."
"It's quite comprehensive." Gao Pingshi interrupted before he could finish: "Since they are all briefings, how many have you read now?"
"Father, I'm sorry, I've... almost finished reading it." Gao Yuan finally couldn't help but knelt on the ground, looking like he was pleading guilty.
"It's pretty fast." Gao Pingshi nodded and said, "Then let me test you."
"Ah?" Gao Yuan had already planned to listen to his father's "judgment", but who knew it was not the case at all. He raised his head in shock and said, "Take a test, kid?"
Gao pragmatic did not answer, but asked directly: "How many troops does the Bago garrison have? How many reserves? How has the performance been in the competition in the past five years? Who is the name of the two town commanders assigned to you this time? Can the logistics of this war be done? Is it all supplied locally in Bago? How long can the current national strength of the Bago Kingdom support the Arakan War?"
Gao Yuan did not answer immediately, as if his brain had not recovered from the shock. He tentatively asked: "Father... you are not angry?"
"Why are you angry? Are you angry that you know you should do some homework before the war? Don't think about the things that are there or not." Gao Pragmatic glanced sideways at him and waved his hand: "However, if you can't answer these simple questions after reading these, question, then my father might be really angry."
"Yes, father!" Seeing that his father didn't seem to be joking, Gao Yuan immediately perked up. He recalled the question Gao Pragmatic raised just now and said in deep thought: "The Bago garrison has four towns, and the total strength should be five. Ten thousand and eight hundred. Since the northwest of the kingdom must be on guard against Arakan and the north must be on guard against the resurgence of Burma, the Gubegu garrison has always been maintained at full strength.
However, compared with the three armies of Dingnan, Thanglong, and Jingang, the number of reservists of the Bago Garrison is significantly smaller, with only more than 34,000, and almost all of them are naturalized Han nationality, with only more than 2,000 immigrant Han nationality.
This is because Bago is the farthest among the countries in southern Xinjiang from the perspective of maritime immigrants and absorbs relatively few immigrants. This may result in the combat effectiveness of the Bago Garrison Army Reserve being weaker than that of the Dingnan, Thanglong, and Golden Port armies.
However, the performance of the Bago Guard Army in the competition in the past five years has been pretty good, especially in the last two years. It won the runner-up title both times, beating Thanglong and Jinggang, and second only to the Dingnan Guard Army. reliable. The child thought that this might...maybe because the mother had already prepared for the Arakan conquest, so she placed strict demands on the Bago garrison. "
When he said this, Gao Pragmatic's eyebrows twitched slightly, scaring Gao Yuan so much that he didn't dare to continue. But Gao Pingshi didn't say anything. Seeing him stop, he waved his hand and said, "Continue talking."
"Yes, father." Gao Yuan sorted out his thoughts and continued: "The two towns of the garrison assigned to fight against Arakan are the second and third towns of the Bago garrison. These two towns are currently under the control of mother. They were destined to head to the border, but the mother had told the child that they would stay in Pathein until the child arrived."
Pathein was an important port city in Myanmar in later generations and the capital of Inrawaddy Province. It is located in the southwest of Myanmar, on the left bank of the Pathein River in the Yinrawaddy River Delta, 120 kilometers south of the river mouth, and about 150 kilometers east of Yangon.
Gao Yuan originally planned to continue answering follow-up questions, but at this time Gao Pingshi intervened and asked: "From what you see, why did your mother let the two towns stay in Pathein?"
This question slightly disrupted Gao Yuan's thinking. He paused for a moment before saying, "My child thinks this is because Pathein has several advantages suitable for garrisoning a large army."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said, "Let's talk about it."
"Yes, father." Gao Yuan said, then walked to the bookcase and found a map. He spread it out and pointed at the location of Pasen and said: "Father, please see, Pasen is more than 200 meters away from the Arakan border. Here, it is difficult for the Arakanese to notice the changes in our troops stationed here, but it is not far from the port of Pathein, and there is a relatively wide river that can be used to transport troops..."
"Ship to Hekou Port?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"Yes, transport it to Hekou Port." Gao Yuan nodded and said: "My child, I have thought about it carefully before you came. Mother's intention of transferring these two towns to Pathein is actually that she does not intend to do what the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar did in the past. Attack by force from the center of the Arakan Mountains, that is, we do not intend to attack by land.
Otherwise, mother should transfer her troops to the west of Myanmar, such as Pyay or Linhan further north... Those two places are the closest to the canyon in the middle of the Arakan Mountains that can be stormed. "
Gao Pingshi finally showed a smile and nodded: "So, your mother transferred these two towns to Pathein. What considerations do you think she took?"
"Haier thought that since he was being transferred to the port, he was naturally planning to abandon the land and go to the sea, and take advantage of the sea superiority of our Nanyang Fleet to attack Arakan by sea. As for the advantages of Bose, what Boyer has seen so far is at least the following:
First, although Pathein has not built a shipyard in recent years, because there is a lot of high-quality teak here and nearby, two relatively large sawmills and an important ship repair shop were built.
This will be very convenient for emergency repair of normal losses and wartime losses of the Nanyang Fleet, and therefore also facilitate the support of this operation. The child even thinks that these two sawmills and a ship repair yard may have had such a purpose when they were first built. "
When Gao Yuan said this last sentence, he kept paying attention to his father's expression. Gao Pragmatic did not hide anything. He nodded and simply replied: "Yes."
"Father is far-sighted." Gao Yuan showed an expression of "Sure enough," and continued: "Secondly, Pasen is surrounded by a large delta area, which is one of the main grain-producing areas of Bago, and its rice output is quite large. for sufficient.
However, since the distance to transport grain from Pathein to the Ming Dynasty or Korea or Japan is relatively long and requires bypassing the Aralia Strait (Strait of Malacca), it is far inferior to transporting grain from Annan and Cambodia, so this has not been done in these years.
This makes Bago's current rice reserves very sufficient. It can be said that the warehouse is full of millet. It is completely possible to launch a war from here and ensure transportation through the Nanyang Fleet... It can be seen that father and mother have already planned this. "
"My father knows about this, but the specific arrangements are all handled by your mother." Gao pragmatically replied casually, and then asked: "Besides maritime advantages and food reserves, have you seen anything else?"
"Others..." Gao Yuan scratched his head. He felt that since his father asked this, it meant that there must be other aspects, but he really couldn't tell for a while. Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Although Gao Pingshi didn't rush him, it only took a short while before Gao Yuan's forehead even started to show some sweat.
It can be seen that he cares about his father's evaluation of him.
Gao Pragmatic did not blame anything. Instead, he reminded: "War is not just a war. Do you remember that sentence: 'War is the continuation of politics.' There’s no obvious intention, so why not think about the political aspect?”
"Political aspect?" Gao Yuan didn't understand. After all, he is only thirteen years old, and military issues are relatively intuitive to him. Through the words and deeds of Gao Pragmatic, Huang Zhiting, and even Liu Xin, he can learn faster, but political issues... This thing is an exaggeration, but it can Having studied all his life, how much deep understanding does he have now?
After waiting for a while, Gao pragmatically saw that his son really didn't expect it, so he asked again: "What is the current political situation in Bago? Myanmar has been defeated for so many years, and the compensation has basically been paid off. What is the situation now?
The two parties can maintain a certain delicate balance under the current situation, so what will happen once the security forces of the two towns leave Bago? If there will be any changes, then where will the two towns send troops from, and is there any connection between this change? "
Gao Pingshi didn't wait for his answer, but stood up and finally said: "Let's come here tonight and rest first. You can think about it carefully tomorrow, and then come and tell me your thoughts tomorrow night. "
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