The discussion of the Western Expedition has come to an end for now.
The two of them were silent for a while. Liu Xin sighed and asked, "It's almost time to go south after I finish writing this letter. Do you have anything else to explain to Yuan'er?"
Gao Pangshi was silent for a moment and said calmly: "I have nothing to explain to him. You know my intention of letting him go to southern Xinjiang, so at least I will not interfere too much with his behavior. I just want to observe Give him a break. As for letting him raise his family in southern Xinjiang, haha, this is just Zhiting's idea, and I have no attitude towards it.
As for this battle, it is essentially just a way for me to appease the military radicals in southern Xinjiang. Of course, there is a group of people behind these people who also advocate heading west. I know that, but I have no intention of getting entangled in this matter. "
Liu Xin pondered: "Besides the military, is there anyone pushing for the westward expansion of southern Xinjiang?"
"Of course, otherwise it's just the military, and they wouldn't dare to express such expectations to me." Gao pragmatically adjusted his sitting posture, leaned comfortably in the depths of the Taishi chair, and sneered: "Remember what I just said? , 'The root of all problems is economic problems'.
Southern Xinjiang is a testing ground. The current political, economic, and military systems there are unprecedented, and the social level is also extremely complex. Therefore, some of the problems it faces are naturally unprecedented, and they require me to skillfully maintain and slowly change them.
Let’s talk about politics first. The current political system in southern Xinjiang can be said to be the most special. I retained the original kingdoms, but took away their real power and handed it over to the Jinghua Group. This has now formed a federal system in name only in southern Xinjiang - of course, it is a strong central government and a weak government. Local federation.
Under such a federation, political power is essentially highly centralized, but since I myself cannot be in southern Xinjiang all the time, I can only let Zhiting take charge on my behalf. However, Zhiting's presence in this era will lead to the weakening of her power, which means that she is afraid or unwilling to make decisions on the spot for many things, and has to write to Beijing to ask for my permission... You said , what results will this lead to? "
Liu Xin had not thought much about this kind of problem before, but she was keenly aware that Gao Pragmatic seemed to mean to say these words to her today. I don’t know why, but it’s definitely important.
Liu Xin replied cautiously: "I'm not sure, but...maybe it's because the power center in Southern Xinjiang, although powerful, is somewhat weakened?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "You don't need to be so cautious. Actually, what you want to say is that although the political power in southern Xinjiang is powerful, it leaves the highest power at the executive level undetermined."
"It's about Sister Zhiting. Even I can't be too straightforward." Liu Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Since you want to break this point, I have to ask clearly, do you still have doubts about her? Or Do you still have any reservations?
Hey, let me state in advance that I don’t think this is necessary, because no matter how I look at it, I don’t think she has such a need, and in fact, she has been extremely cautious not to touch things that may lead to misunderstandings. red line. "
"I have no doubt." Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty, and Neo-Confucianism has been imprisoned for too long. From an ideological perspective, there is no soil for the emergence of martial arts. And from an interest perspective, it can maintain the entire southern Xinjiang Among all the powerful people, I am the only one.
You think, the economic circle in Southern Xinjiang needs the Ming Dynasty’s domestic economy that I control to complement them. Without me, the economic cycle in Southern Xinjiang will be broken immediately, and no one knows what the consequences will be;
The top military officials are either my servants or generals I conquered, and some are my clan members. They are inseparable from me personally, and the basis of their power is their relationship with me. At the same time, the military's biggest reliance is the army, but the two armies in southern Xinjiang, regardless of sea or land, are inseparable from the supply system I have built, and they can only insist on being loyal to me;
As for the political circles, almost all of them come from my Gao family clan members or their sons or servants, and as far as I know, they have now formed several factions... This is very interesting, but it is not a bad thing to me.
Over at the main house, my elder brother Wu Zi was ineffective, but his second brother Meng Nan was a prudent man and was highly valued by me. He has served as the Prime Minister of Siam for so many years and is very prestigious in the political circles of Dingnan. Of course, if he hadn't been the adopted son of my uncle, I wouldn't have let him stay in this position for a long time without rotating his duties.
Although he has talent and qualifications, he does not have enough status, so Rui Chu, the eldest son of Dafang, becomes the key person of Dafang to train. I am quite optimistic about this nephew, so I asked him to be the first patrol envoy of the Dragon Tooth Trusteeship to watch over the Dragon Tooth Strait, a traffic artery, for me.
The second brother is a bit pitiful. Although the second brother Guoyan has always controlled the Jinghua Bank system, it is a pity that he is the only one in the second family. One of his two sons died young and the other had just grown up and had not had time to form any influence. Of course, he is in charge of Jinghua's financial power, so the various factions don't dare to offend him.
The third brother is the heir of my second brother Wu Guan. Currently he is only an idle official in the capital, but he has the least influence at all. However, after all, Wu Guan is the heir to my third uncle, and there is a memorial tablet of Wen Zhenggong at home, so no one dares to disrespect him.
His children are not yet old, but he has already told me that if they fail to do well in the exams in the future, they will still have to ask me to arrange them in Beijing... But that is all for the future, and there is nothing to say for the time being.
The fourth brother died young, so I won’t talk about it. The fifth brother, Wu Ben, originally did a good job in Jinyiwei, but it was a pity that I asked the fifth brother to quit his job last time for the sake of the emperor's peace. He is an honest man and feels that since he has served as a royal guard, it is not good for him to come to Beijing to work again, so he only allows his children to follow me.
His eldest son is Gao Qi, and he has done a good job as intelligence secretary. Uncle Mo has told me several times that he hopes Gao Qi will succeed him, and I plan to wait another year or two to do this. Gao Qi is a smart man. He knows that his position is sensitive, but he never forms cliques. However, his younger brothers are quite interesting...
His second brother Gao Chun and third brother Gao Pu are currently following Wuqin [Note: Gao Pragmatic's compatriot third brother. ] Hanging out in Nanyang. It is said that Gao Chun is more honest and has good administrative skills, while Gao Pu is a Tai Sui and killed many people when suppressing the local natives... I haven't seen these two nephews for several years. I will visit them next time when they return to Beijing. I need to take a closer look.
Gao Qi also has a fourth younger brother, Gao Zhang, who is underage, so I won’t talk about it for now. In short, the Wufang family is very smart. They do not form a faction of their own, but are close to Wuqin... We will see in the future. "
Gao Pingshi didn't know why, but when he said this, he smiled suddenly and said: "Then there are my younger brothers. The second brother Wu Guan just said it, no need to say it again. The third brother Wu Qin was once in charge of Jingang, and later in Nan Jiang has been on duty twice, and now he is the Boni Patrol Envoy [Note: Jinghua's Boni Patrol Envoy has jurisdiction over the entire Kalimantan Island.].
Wu Qin is a kid with a relatively stable personality. I always like to use him to colonize new territories, but in the past he was a little too kind, and he was a little slow in doing many things. It's good now that Gao Pu has come under his command and has taken over many things that needed to be tough. This has accelerated the progress of Boni's immigration and development work, and the "San Ye Faction" has begun to form.
However, the overall development level of Boni is still too low. He, the patrol envoy, has few soldiers, and a colonization regiment with ten thousand soldiers and many people is nothing in southern Xinjiang. The Nanyang Guard Army, which he had been talking about building up before, was going to allocate a division (town) to him. Once these people are obtained, his "Sanye Sect" will be worth seeing.
The fourth brother, Wu Jian, is a killer. When he went to Taiwan to colonize, he killed some uncivilized natives too harshly. I gave him strict instructions several times. But looking back, maybe what he did was not entirely a bad thing. At least the immigration resettlement work in Taiwan went very smoothly after that... How many Han and naturalized Han people are there in Taiwan now? "
Liu Xin said without hesitation: "According to the report at the end of last year, there are now about 540,000 Han people and naturalized Han people in Taiwan."
"Well, you did a good job. I remember that during the Ming and Zheng Dynasties, Taiwan's population was only 200,000. Now it's almost three times that number." Gao Jingshi nodded with satisfaction and said, "But this guy Now that he is no longer in Taiwan, he transferred him to be the patrol envoy to the Philippines, which is a way to continue to use his expertise."
"You performed well." Liu Xin flattened his mouth and said: "In the middle of last year, when you were still fighting in Korea, a rebellion broke out in Mindanao. Gao Wujian did not wait for the army to gather, and only took Fubo City [Note: That is Manila, Gao Pragmatic Reform] His name was.] His three thousand soldiers immediately sailed south and landed on Mindanao. Because they went so fast, it was like a divine force descending from the sky. The rebels were not expecting it. He defeated the 40,000 rebels in one fell swoop, and his performance was outstanding."
Gao Pragmatic nodded, but still said with some dissatisfaction: "The battle was good, but his tribe wiped out three leading indigenous tribes and killed almost 100,000 people. This is too much.
Originally, as long as Jinghua handled them well, they could all become naturalized Han Chinese after a period of time. Now that he has done this, Mindanao has hidden dangers. It may take at least two generations to heal the war memories of the local indigenous people. "
Liu Xin said: "There are good and bad things. The Luzon Islands originally had a large population, but the degree of Chineseization was far less than that of the countries in southern Xinjiang. It was relatively difficult to assimilate. Now being killed by Gao Wujian has shocked many tribes. Now they all act obediently according to Jinghua's rules. Those who should learn Chinese learn Chinese, and no one dares to refuse those who should send hostages to Fubo City. This has accelerated the process of Chineseization to a certain extent... I think the merit is greater than the merit. Passed."
Gao pragmatic changed the topic back and said: "In short, he is considered a force now, so just think of him as the 'Fourth Master Party'... But the people who have joined his sect are generally more murderous. I have to find him." Take some time out of it and send it to other places."
Liu Xin couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said to herself that you just criticized Gao Wujian for killing too harshly, and then later said that you would take people from his subordinates and use them elsewhere. Doesn't this still mean that you also think that some places must kill a group of people? ?
Originally, some tribes in remote areas in Southeast Asia had such a low level of civilization that they were almost still in the cannibal stage. As long as you dare to go to these "people", they will either kill you or you will kill them. How can it make sense? Do we all kill each other together and then share the flesh and eat it?
At this time, Gao pragmatic continued: "Then there is fifth brother Wuzhong. This boy is a bit withdrawn. He is neither willing to serve as an official nor go to Beijing to start a business. He has been staying in Xinzheng. He said that all the brothers in the family have come out. No, it’s better to leave him alone to fulfill his filial piety... How much do you think his words are true?"
Liu Xin shook his head and said: "How can I comment on this kind of thing? But these years he has stayed in Xinzheng, and every time he worships ancestors, he represents Liufang. I look at him and he is about to become a sect leader... ...Well, this shouldn’t be a bad thing, after all, if he doesn’t do things, he won’t have real power.”
"That's true." Gao pragmatic nodded, and said: "Then there are the sixth and seventh brothers. I have kept them by my side for many years. They are both intern secretaries and confidential secretaries. This time Shen has always been a mastermind, so I asked them both to take charge of their own affairs. As long as they can complete the work properly, it will be time to let them go.
However, after all, he is still a secretary, and he has not formed any influence. It is not even a faction. Well, where do you think it would be more appropriate to put them two at that time? "
Liu Xin frowned and said: "Why do you sound like you are deliberately asking your cousins and brothers to form a group of people and form several factions? I thought you just said this to mean that you know this The situation, I just don’t want to solve it for the time being...Why does it sound like you are pushing it deliberately now?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said, "I'm pushing it, otherwise why are there these arrangements?"
Liu Xin looked surprised and said in confusion: "That's strange. What's the purpose of doing this? Don't say you want to be 'Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan'? I don't think it's wrong at all. Regardless of your respective personalities, you brothers, But at least no one is stupid enough to think that they can fight you, there is no point in doing so."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and smiled: "Of course it doesn't make sense now, but maybe it will make sense in a few years?"
"In a few years?" Liu Xin said with disbelief written all over her face: "In a few years, Jinghua will become more powerful and your status within the Ming Dynasty will be higher. Even if they have their heads full of water, they will never dare to covet you. .”
"Why do you have to do it to me?" Gao Pingshi blinked and said, "The Buddha arranged so many demons and ghosts on the way to obtain the scriptures. Is it to wait for them to grow bigger and overthrow the Lingshan Mountain in the future?"
"Oh... I understand!" Liu Xin suddenly realized: "No matter how powerful the demons and monsters on the road are, it is impossible to overthrow Lingshan. Their mission is to cause trouble for the Buddhist scripture seekers, and they will make up for it. This proves that this Buddhist scripture seeker is destined by destiny...
Haha, we’ve been making trouble for a long time, are all your brothers arranged by you to cause trouble for Yuan’er in the future? Interesting, interesting, but this move... tsk tsk. "
"Of course I'm not arranging so many people just to cause trouble for Yuan'er." Gao pragmatically pursed his lips, squinting at Liu Xin and said: "In the future, Chun'er will also face some of these people, so don't do it then. Come to me to beg for mercy..."
Liu Xin's eyes widened and she was about to speak, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"I don't know how! Well, it sounds fun. Now I'm a little anxious to watch the show."
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