Gao Pingshi's words were very calm, as if he were telling a trivial matter that was heard on the roadside and had nothing to do with him, but the amount of information contained in his words was huge.
Huang Zhiting, Liu Xin, and even Gao Mo, who was always ready to retire, couldn't help but think carefully about Gao Pragmatic's words and study them carefully in order to fully understand what he meant.
The meaning of Gao pragmatism seems very straightforward, and it can be regarded as a straightforward expression. However, no one dares to ignore whether there is any hidden intention in Gao Pragmatic's words, especially on such a sensitive issue of power.
After all, Gao Pragmatic has never failed in the power struggle for many years, and he often has his own arrangements overtly or covertly. If you are like this against the enemy, are you really defenseless against your own people?
The first thing everyone thought of was undoubtedly Gao Pragmatic's last sentence: "If I make Yuan'er the commander of the Huben Army, will the Huben Army only obey his orders?"
He can ask this question, and obviously he thinks the answer is no. In other words, he thinks that even if Gao Yuan becomes the commander of the Huben Army, the Huben Army will not be able to completely obey Gao Yuan's orders - or at least, at least under Gao Yuan's orders. When there is a conflict with a high-pragmatic order, the Tiger Army will definitely choose to obey the high-pragmatic order.
why? Is it just because he is pragmatic and confident in his prestige? None of the three would make such short-sighted speculations.
Prestige is of course one of the trump cards of high pragmatism, and this power cannot be measured by any numerical value. Taking the Gaoping Ling Incident launched by Sima Yi and his son mentioned earlier as an example, later generations have various arguments as to why Cao Shuang did not fight back. In fact, sometimes although there are many reasons, the key point is easily overlooked.
Let’s briefly talk about the Gaopingling Incident: After the death of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were both ministers of Tuogu, and jointly assisted the eight-year-old young master Cao Fang. At this time, both of them were in charge of military affairs at home and abroad. They also commanded 3,000 elite soldiers and were in charge of the government.
At this time, Sima Yi was sixty-one years old and had been an official in the Cao family for thirty-one years. In the past thirty-one years, whether in the military or in politics, he had never made a mistake - yes, don't underestimate Sima Yi because of the romance. Apart from Sima Yi, Cao Wei really couldn't find anyone who stabilized the situation in Guanzhong during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
In short, Sima Yi conquered Guanzhong in the west and attacked Gongsun in the east. For thirty-one years, he made great achievements without making any mistakes. His virtue and prestige were already unmatched by anyone in Cao Wei at this time.
And what about Cao Shuang? Don't judge heroes simply by their success or failure. This man is the son of former general Cao Zhen, and his ability and skills can be said to be the top among the three generations of the Cao family.
Judging from the fact that he had been on good terms with the wise Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui since he was a child, and had a close relationship with the Cao Wei Laochen Group, and that in the years before the Gaoping Ling Incident, he was able to pressure Sima Yi to make concessions, it can be seen that It is not easy to explain this person.
At the beginning of the two people's joint administration, the two had already started to compete. Cao Shuang's first step was to express his respect for the elder Sima Yi and believed that he was not equal to Sima Yi, so he respected Sima Yi as the Great Sima and insisted that Sima Yi be one head above him in official position.
But it was not over yet. As soon as this issue was raised, Cao Shuang manipulated public opinion and said that the position of this Great Sima was too unlucky. All the previous Great Sima's died in office, so he promoted Sima Yi by one more and respected him as Tai. Fu.
Because under the political system at that time, the rank of Taifu was too high, and it was always a false position, so you, Senior Sima, should not get involved in specific work. This is really disrespectful to the country. As a result, Sima Yi was squeezed out of the chancellery with high standards, which meant that he lost the decision-making power on specific administrative affairs.
However, Sima Yi still had military power at this time and still commanded half of the forbidden army. What did Cao Shuang do at this time? He gave Sima Yi a series of rights such as not being in court, being praised and worshiped without being named, and going to the palace with swords and shoes like the story of Xiao He of the Han Dynasty. He even included that his family's weddings and funerals should be paid for by the state.
It was not too late, and his eldest son, Sima Shi, was appointed as the regular attendant of the cavalry, three of his sons were appointed as lieutenants, and four were appointed as cavalry captains. Sima Yi was not stupid, so he naturally declined in various ways, but it was useless. In the end, he could only show his low profile by letting his disciple official be ignored, and he suffered the loss of being dumb.
Two years later, Sun Quan launched a four-pronged attack on Wei. This gave the sixty-three-year-old Sima Yi a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. He took the initiative to apply to preside over the war against Wu to ensure that his power to "control the military forces as before" would not be violated. Cao Shuang found trouble and took it away. As a result, before Sima Yi arrived at the battlefield, the Wu army was frightened and ran away when they heard that he was coming.
A few years later, Cao Shuang had gradually placed his two younger brothers in the Zhongling Army (responsible for the defense of the palace) and the Zhonghujun (responsible for the defense of the capital outside the palace). At this point, the defense of the capital was in Cao Shuang's hands.
Recording the affairs of the ministers is the administrative decision-making power; the entire military power of the capital is the basis for protecting the power. Since almost all the senior generals in the country have their heirs in the capital, they also have a great advantage in guaranteeing the loyalty of the generals across the country.
At this time, Sima Yi had actually been defeated in the war at the center of power. What he could still do in the past few years was to send troops to quell the rebellion, send troops to scare off the enemy troops who invaded Wei, and so on.
However, a small problem arose after Cao Shuang took control of the government for four years. Zhao Yan, the veteran minister who succeeded Sima Yi in guarding Guanzhong, insisted on retiring. Cao Shuang had no choice but to send his cousin Xia Houxuan to take over. What was Xia Houxuan's original position? Central Guard Army.
So this time Sima Yi made a decisive move and gave this position to his son Sima Shi.
The question is, how could Cao Shuang agree? There is no record in the history books, but it can be reasonably speculated: Xiahou Xuan was going to be the governor of Guanzhong, and Guanzhong was Sima Yi’s old territory. Almost all the generals in Guanzhong were Sima Yi’s subordinates for many years. Zhao Yan was basically unable to command at that time, and you, Xiahou Xuan, had no hair. Chang Qi also thinks they will give you a good look?
At this time, Cao Shuang was already considering conquering Shu. If it was done in the hands of his cousin Xia Houxuan, then Cao Shuang would definitely be credited first, followed by Xia Houxuan himself. Therefore, there is a high probability that Cao Shuang and Sima Yi reached some kind of compromise, with Sima Yi coming to endorse Xia Houxuan, while Cao Shuang and his family handed over the position of the Central Guard Army to Sima Division.
This compromise of personnel changes was because on the one hand Cao Shuang believed that he had the power and it would be okay to give it up a little. What he wanted was to destroy the country externally; on the other hand, Sima Yi had already determined to fight back.
As a result, Cao Shuang failed in his expedition to Shu, suffering heavy losses and causing widespread resentment in Guanzhong. After returning, Cao Shuang did not become stupid. He became vigilant and assigned one of the three battalions of the Forbidden Army that originally belonged to the Central Guard Army to the Central Leader Army. Sima Yi objected, but the objection was ineffective and Sima Yi had no choice.
These soldiers and horses were actually direct descendants of Sima Yi when he was entrusted with the orphans. Who would have expected that they would not be able to save them at this time. In 247, Sima Yi's wife passed away, and Sima Shi had no choice but to observe mourning. At this time, he also lost the non-direct military power of the Central Guard Army.
So, Cao Shuang took the opportunity to launch the final attack on the Sima family, moving the Queen Mother Guo to Yongning Palace, cutting off the opportunity for her to meet the young emperor - the Guo family and the Sima family were allies, and the Queen Mother Guo was a member of the Sima family after her father. The vanguard, this is a long story, so I won’t mention it.
At this point, Sima Yi's last power in the court was blocked, and he, who had been a model worker all his life, was forced to "get sick" and no longer interfered with all military and political affairs. At this moment, Cao Shuang could be said to have won a great victory. From then on, he specialized in government affairs. At the same time, he was so satisfied that he started all kinds of extravagant and lewd things.
At this time, Cao Shuang checked Sima Yi, his old rival, for the last time and sent someone to visit the veteran cadre. As a result, Sima Yi showed his actor-level acting skills. He could even shake half of his body off even if a servant fed him porridge. Cao Shuang was finally relieved, his arrogance and extravagance doubled again, and the Sima family's opportunity came.
Sima Shi - yes, Sima Shi, not Sima Yi - showed his awesomeness at this time. He worked in the Central Guard Army for three years. In addition to controlling the imperial guards outside the palace, the Central Guard Army also had the power to promote lower-level military attachés.
Sima Shi was different from his two predecessors. His predecessor, Jiang Ji, sold his official positions and titles just to make money. His predecessor, Xia Houxuan, only promoted people in his circle to expand his network and make progress. Only Sima Shi promoted a group of people from ordinary backgrounds but with real talents. Military meritorious subordinates.
Why promote these people? Because they dare to fight but have no basis for status. If they want to complete a class jump in life, they can only rely on Sima Master and the Sima family!
Therefore, there is this sentence in the later "Book of Jin: Chronicles of Emperor Jing": The emperor's Yin raised three thousand dead men and scattered them in the world.
On the eve of the coup, Sima Yi, who knew that the second day was the memorial day for the late emperor, decided to take action and discussed with Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and others to complete the plan and make a good layout. Late at night, Sima Yi sent someone to check what his two sons were doing. It turned out that Sima Zhao was tossing and turning, while Sima Shi was snoring like thunder.
Sima Yi knew that even though he was already seventy years old, the Sima family would not have to worry about his future because Master Sima had such ability! He could quietly raise three thousand dead men, and he could sleep peacefully on the eve of the coup. This is where he should be cautious, and where he should be bold, he would be bold, and great things would surely happen.
The next day, Sima Division's three thousand dead soldiers showed up one by one without alerting any of Cao Shuang's spies. They gathered at Sima's house and Sima Yi felt more at ease.
Then, while Cao Shuang accompanied Cao Fang from Luoyang to Gaopingling to visit the grave, Sima Yi personally led three thousand dead soldiers to capture the arsenal, armed the dead soldiers who had no armor and only light weapons, and then sent Sima Division to capture Sima Gate (the entrance to the palace), and The decree of Queen Mother Guo was immediately obtained, giving the coup at least a nominally reasonable and legal basis.
At this time, Sima Yi ascended the throne and shouted, and many elders of Cao Wei's three and four dynasties immediately stood on his side. However, there are still accidents. For example, the great Sinong Huanfan took the military talisman and escaped from Luoyang. He immediately suggested that Cao Shuang take advantage of the tiger talisman and the emperor in his hands, and issued an edict to order all the troops to attack the traitor Sima Yi. .
However, Cao Shuang accepted the persuasion of Xu Yun and Chen Tai to surrender, but rejected Huan Fan's suggestion. Why didn't Cao Shuang listen to Huan Fan's suggestion to attack Sima Yi, but chose to surrender without mercy?
This is something I never understand when watching novels and TV series: Sima Yi only has three thousand dead soldiers as his base. Even if all the veterans in the city join him because of his rise to power, so what?
The emperor and the military symbols are all here, and he can command the diligent kings in the world. You are just a city of Luoyang, and the total number of forbidden troops does not exceed 6,000 (Cao Shuang must have taken some with him when he went to Gaopingling). If you add the 3,000 dead soldiers, it will never exceed 10,000. He, Cao Shuang, can mobilize the army from all over the world to come to serve the king... Even if Guanzhong is not included, there are still hundreds of thousands of them. There are at least 100,000 just from Luoyang. He can definitely kill Sima Yi in turn.
However, Cao Shuang was scared.
What's his reason? There are two main points: First, Sima Yi has never taken risks in his life. Since he did it this time, he must have a complete plan. Even if he had the military talisman in hand, there was no chance that those troops would really come to fight Sima Yi. Maybe the first person who came to King Qin to kill would be Cao Shuang.
This is entirely possible in Cao Shuang's opinion, because the person standing opposite him is Sima Yi.
Secondly, Sima Yi pointed at Luoshui and promised in front of everyone in the world that he would not kill Cao Shuang.
This is the one that makes future generations think Cao Shuang is a fool the most when they read and watch movies, because how can you believe such a big thing just because of someone's promise? Isn't this something wrong with your brain?
But this question is actually very simple, just because the person who swore the oath was Sima Yi.
What does it take for a coup to succeed? Generally speaking, of course, you need to control the imperial army, control the emperor, and intimidate all the officials, so that they can all endorse your coup, and then you can succeed.
However, one of the most insidious factors is overlooked here: prestige.
Not everyone can launch a coup casually. After launching a coup, everyone will immediately judge two crucial things: Can you succeed? Do you deserve to succeed?
Whether they can or not depends on how you usually feel to them. To put it simply, it depends on whether you are reliable or not.
Whether you are worthy or not depends on the charisma you usually display. Simply put, it means whether you are qualified or not.
If we look at "whether we can" and "whether we are worthy" in a unified way, there are only two words: prestige.
Sima Yi had unparalleled prestige in the world, so once he completed the three major events of occupying the arsenal, capturing the palace, and obtaining Yi's decree in the city, countless veterans immediately came forward to support him. Because the veterans know that Sima Yi is reliable, and once he takes action, his mission will be successful.
Sima Yi had unparalleled prestige in the world, so he swore in front of everyone in the world at the Luoshui River that he would not kill Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang immediately believed it. Because Cao Shuang believed that Sima Yi would not make fun of the prestige he had accumulated throughout his life, nor would he break his promises or break his promises, and he had already received safety guarantees.
So, what would happen if we take the example of the Gaopingling Incident into the present?
Take a look at the current situation in southern Xinjiang: Militarily, all the major garrison forces are controlled by Gao Jingjing's cronies, including the Nanyang Fleet, which currently spends most of its troops stationed in Southeast Asia. Almost all the armed forces are in the hands of Gao Jingjing.
Although Huang Zhiting, who is actually in the position of "supervisor of the country", is Gao Yuan's biological mother, she gives orders solely based on the "heron pattern" authorized by Gao pragmatically. She does not enjoy the power of appointing and removing personnel, nor does she enjoy the power of commanding troops. She can only The "Southern Xinjiang Garrison Military Command" enjoys a certain degree of troop deployment power.
However, the reason why the military headquarters obeyed Huang Zhiting's orders was still because of the "heron pattern". The generals at all levels up and down the Military Command Department are still almost all from Gao Pragmatic's clan members, servants, and generals. If there is a direct order from Gao Pragmatic, the Military Command will only act in accordance with Gao Pragmatic's order.
Gao Pragmatic didn't just say that the Huben Army could not obey the orders of the Military Command Department. That means that even if the Huben Army was separately reorganized into a "Southern Xinjiang Imperial Guard", its superior orders would still come from the Military Command Department.
So, is it possible for Gao Yuan to turn the Huben Army into the three thousand dead soldiers of Sima Division, who would not take orders from the military headquarters but only to himself? We might as well take a look at the personnel arrangements Gao Pragmatic just made for the other three important positions in the Huben Army.
Gao pragmatically said just now that the Huben Army's "commander is Gao Yuan, deputy commander is Gao Jue, chief Xuanzheng is Cao Ke, and chief of staff is Gao Lian."
First let’s look at the deputy commander, who is Gao Jue? Gao pragmatically went south to serve as the "guard captain" who took him with him when he patrolled Guangxi, and was the first commander of the "Tshenglong Garrison", the first garrison established by Beijing after Annan was captured. Because the Jinghua garrison system has job rotation regulations, Gao Jue has served as commander of four of the six garrison corps, and also served as deputy minister of the Military Command Department.
If anyone among the army generals in southern Xinjiang is Gao Pragmatic's oldest confidant, it must be Gao Jue. With his qualifications, he was appointed as the deputy commander of the Huben Army. On the one hand, he was naturally to assist Zuo Gaoyuan, and on the other hand, he was obviously also supervising Gao Yuan not to mess around - messing up at all levels.
Looking at Chief Xuan again, Cao Ke was placed in this position. The Chief Xuan Zheng said earlier that this high and pragmatic position has also been assigned to the Imperial Guard, which is equivalent to a political commissar to a certain extent. There is no need to explain what the political commissar does. Apart from anything else, he is obviously responsible for the ideological work of the entire army.
So, who is Cao Ke? The son of Cao Gan of Jinghua Trading Company, Gao Pragmatic was a book boy in his early years. He once took him to Guangxi and is the current business secretary of the secretariat. There is no doubt that although Cao Ke is young, he is also a veteran confidant and has been with Gao Pangshi for many years.
Let him be responsible for the ideological work of the Huben Army. If the Huben Army still loves the young master more than the master, it can only be said that Cao Ke has regressed more and more over the years, and is a complete waste.
Finally, looking at the chief of staff, Gao Lian is assigned to this position. The name Gao Lian may be unfamiliar, but it was given to him by Gao Pragmatic for the second time in accordance with Jinghua's custom after he made great achievements. His original name was Gao Silian.
Who is Gao Silian? He rose to prominence during the Battle of Bago under the command of Huang Zhiting. Before that, his position was "first-class military staff officer of the Consulate General's Office in the Three Towns of Guangnan and also the Huaying Colonial Envoy".
At that time, the three towns under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Guangnan in Annan were Nie'an, Hue, and Quangnam. Among them, the garrison task of Nie'an in the north was not the responsibility of the Jingang garrison, but was handled by the Congdutongsi " Ruan Juan, who is seconded to garrison, is in charge. Of course, government affairs are under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General.
The remaining two towns of Hue and Quang Nam are the garrison areas of the Jingang Garrison. However, the Jingang Garrison not only guards these two towns, it also undertakes another task, which is to develop southward.
The so-called "exploitation" is of course put it in a nice way. In fact, in accordance with Gao's pragmatic orders, the Consulate General set up a special position called "colonization envoy", which was filled by people in the garrison who were "suitable for both military and political affairs."
The mission of this colonization envoy was to lead a small number of garrison troops and locally trained "colonization regiments" to develop new territories in Huaying and Nanpan in the south. At that time, Huaying and Nanpan both had local independent political powers, but the system was extremely old. In familiar words, it was similar to the "tribal alliance elders' political system."
This makes it very clear that the so-called colonization is actually conquest by force, economic bribery, and political taming. The "colonization group" was actually a semi-civilian militarized group composed of various Ming people such as Han Chinese, Tong people, and Hakkas who immigrated. It was equivalent to a private colonial team in Europe to some extent, but it had an official background.
Gao Silian, the Chinese and British colonial envoy, did an extremely good job. In less than two years, he gathered and trained a colonization regiment of nearly 4,000 people with only a guard force of 300 people as the core. At the same time, he successfully defeated the temporary tribal alliance in Huaying through disintegration and defeat, and actually obtained Huaying for Jinghua.
Huaying is roughly equivalent to the land of a mansion. Considering that Gao Silian only had 300 regular troops in his hands at the time, this credit is certainly very valuable.
After he was transferred to accompany Huang Zhiting in his crusade against Burma, Huang Zhiting temporarily appointed him as the Bago guard because of his rich experience in organizing "semi-military groups" and his ability to communicate with various local natives. The acting commander of the army was responsible for commanding the 30,000 new Mon troops who had defected to Beijing at that time as a bare commander.
Gao Silian was indeed very resourceful. He relied on the fact that he and Gao Sijin, the commander of the Second Division of the Jinggang Guard Army, were both refugees recruited by Gao Pingshi at Wei Hui's rescue. He just "seconded" nearly a hundred low-level and young people from Gao Sijin. The Han officers were used to enrich the command system of the Bago Garrison, and they quickly gained better control over this unit.
Soon after, Gao Silian made great achievements in the Battle of Bago [Note: For details, see Chapter 275 of the Battle of Bago in Volume 4]. Since then, Gao Silian has held this position for a long time until he was rotated according to regulations.
During this period, he trained more than 90% of the Bago garrison students in the local Mon ethnic group into a hard-core Beijing armed force with more than 70% of them becoming "naturalized Han people". This achievement alone is extremely rare - as mentioned before However, there are mandatory requirements for locals in southern Xinjiang to become naturalized Han Chinese. In addition to passing the Chinese language test, various meritorious services are absolutely necessary.
In short, due to various merits, Gao Silian was finally renamed Gao Lian by Gao Pragmatic in accordance with the usual practice. Of course, due to job rotation, Gao Lian is no longer the commander of the Bago Guard Army at this moment.
He was the commander of the Phnom Penh Guard Army at the time, and was also appointed as the "Tonle Sap Military Envoy" by Siamese Prime Minister Kao Mengnan. He was also responsible for the military settlement of more than 20,000 hectares of fertile land around Tonle Sap Lake, the largest lake in Cambodia. I wonder if Gao Mengnan did this because he once served as a colonial envoy?
However, this appointment should be said to be very successful, because he also performed outstandingly in this position. The huge amount of rice that Princess Kafei asked Gao Pangshi to transfer to Japan was transferred directly from Gao Lian, and Gao Lian didn't even frown after receiving the order. Even if there is a glimpse, it can be seen that he has saved a large amount of food for Jinghua in Cambodia.
Such a person, like Gao Jue, is a highly pragmatic servant, and he has climbed to a high position step by step with his own years of hard work. It can be said that he must be capable and loyal. His appointment as the chief of staff of the Huben Army means that all orders related to the mobilization of troops are indispensable without his participation. In this way, wouldn't all Gao Yuan's military orders be as pragmatic as if he had seen them in person?
With this arrangement, Gao Yuan seems to have great power in the Huben Army, but in fact it is just like Xia Houxuan who went to Guanzhong before the battle between Cao Shuang and Sima Yi. He was nominally the number one, but without the "senior" behind him "Nodding, in fact, he can't move anyone, no matter what order he gives, he can't get out of his Central Army Commander's tent and the White Tiger Festival Hall.
Of course, the person behind Gao Yuan is Gao Jingshi, his biological father, and his relationship with Xia Houxuan and Sima Yi is completely different. At least as long as Gao Yuan does not do anything particularly egregious, it is basically impossible for Gao Jingshi to interfere. Gao Jue, Cao Ke, and Gao Lian are all Gao Pragmatic's confidants. They are well aware of Gao Pragmatic's style and habits. For Gao Yuan, they must mainly assist Zuo and observe, and they cannot take the initiative to jump out to find trouble for Gao Yuan. ——Only a fool would do such a stupid thing.
From all these reasons, Gao Pragmatic, no matter in name or in reality, does not have to worry about the so-called sensitive military power issues at all, not to mention that in addition to direct military power control, Gao Pragmatic has other means to control southern Xinjiang, control the garrison and other military forces.
It has been said a long time ago that the garrison does not have its own armed logistics system. All its logistics rely on the centralized deployment of the entire Jinghua Group. No garrison has comprehensive capabilities.
I just said that Gao Lian is now also in charge of the military camps around Tonle Sap Lake. It can be said that if the Phnom Penh garrison rebels, they will have military ration reserves, but this does not hinder the effectiveness of the previous sentence, because they only have military rations. They have no pay, no guns, no swords, no gunpowder, no stomach, no... nothing else anyway.
Another example is the Jinggang Garrison. There are many Jinghua industrial companies near their station. If they rebel, they have guns and even a large amount of steel and projectiles. But so what, they had no gunpowder supplies, and all their guns and guns were just fire sticks, not to mention other war necessities.
In short, no garrison has the material basis for independent rebellion. Even if they completely obtain their own jurisdiction, or even capture a nearby garrison jurisdiction, they still cannot be completely self-sufficient, and there will inevitably be a shortage of certain necessary supplies. Unless someone can change the six major garrison armies in southern Xinjiang at the same time... But this doesn't completely solve everything, because the vital gunpowder is still a problem.
Southern Xinjiang is very lacking in sulfur mines that have been exploited on a large scale. Even in terms of reserves, the area with the most sulfur mines is in Indonesia in later generations, that is, the Nanyang Islands. However, not long after the Nanyang Islands were acquired, Gao Pragmatic had just sent people to explore, and he was not even close to large-scale mining.
Therefore, although the military strength in southern Xinjiang is strong now, it relies heavily on sulfur mines provided by the Ming Dynasty and Japan [currently mainly relying on the Shimadzu family]. Needless to say, these two origins are all determined by high pragmatism, not to mention that transportation must also rely on Jinghua's two ocean fleets.
In other words, it is not enough for the six major garrison forces to change their flags together. Even if it is not about the Ming Dynasty, at least it must control the two ocean fleets and the Shimazu family. If someone is so powerful, then Gao Pragmatic would just buy a piece of tofu and kill him to avoid embarrassment.
Besides, as I mentioned when I talked about the Gao Pingling Incident, you need prestige to do this kind of thing. You need other people who may follow you to think that you can win as soon as you make a move, and they also need to think that you are worthy of this huge foundation.
This kind of prestige, within the Jinghua system, does not matter in the Ming Dynasty or in southern Xinjiang and Nanyang. Who else has this kind of prestige except Gao Pragmatism?
Not really. Not even Huang Zhiting.
Some people may say that during Liu Bang's time, wasn't Queen Lu extremely powerful? But Empress Lu and Huang Zhiting are really different. Even if they don't take into account the differences in their personalities, their situations are also different. Where does Queen Lu's power come from? Is Liu Bang really afraid of her? of course not.
The Lu family was actually an important base for Liu Bang's rebellion. The more power Liu Bang had, the more power the Lu family gained. The word "Zhu Lu" can explain the size of the Lu family, especially Lu Ze, Empress Lu's brother and the eldest son of Lu Gong. He is an outstanding man who has made countless military achievements along the way. The strength of his men is considerable, and he is definitely Liu Bang's The kind of person who would not be stupid enough to push someone against him.
Therefore, the foundation of Queen Lu's huge power is not how powerful she is personally (of course she is also powerful personally), but the key is the overall strength of the Lu family as a descendant!
Huang Zhiting's personal military exploits are of course remarkable, and his prestige in southern Xinjiang is not low, but Huang Zhiting's basic base is completely incomparable to that of Empress Lu. Even if the entire Huang family is included, he is still inferior to Beijing. There won't be much of a splash. What's more... Huang Zhiting took the initiative to limit Huang's expansion early on.
The Ming Dynasty was different from the late Qin and early Han Dynasties. At that time, Empress Lu wanted to keep the Lu family prosperous, so she could only find a way to let the Lu family gain more rights.
Where is Huang Zhiting? She was originally dissatisfied with her mother's family, and because of her background, she always wanted to show that she had the magnanimity to be a good wife of the Gao family. Therefore, she was not only careful about the exercise of power, but also strictly restricted her mother's family's hands.
In her opinion, as long as she is a good wife, Gao Yuan's status will not be in great danger. On this basis, and relying on Gao Yuan to perform well, no matter how big her husband's foundation is, he will eventually be defeated. Being succeeded by Gao Yuan, there is no need to engage in any conspiracy at all.
In the final analysis, she has no ambitions, she just wants to ensure her son's future. This goal itself is far from Empress Lu.
Everyone was silent for a long time. Huang Zhiting, as the most directly related person, took the initiative to stand up and bowed slightly to Gao Pangshi: "Since the master has already considered everything, how can I dare to question it? Naturally, I will follow everything."
As soon as she spoke, Liu Xin relaxed and smiled and said: "What the master said is absolutely true, and what the madam said is absolutely true."
Gao Mo just bowed slightly and said softly: "Old slave, naturally I only obey the master's orders."
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