When Xia Xun and the King of Han were fighting for the right to command the army, Zhang Fu already felt in a dilemma.【】
He did not want to get involved in political disputes. During the struggle between the princes and the heir apparent, he had been trying to maintain his position. Since the King of Han had expressed his willingness to lead the army, no matter what his true purpose was, Zhang Fu could not compete with the King of Han. But now Xia Xun tried his best to
He advocated the benefits of having him lead the army, but if he didn't take a stand, wouldn't it make the emperor feel that he didn't want to go to Annan and suffer anymore?
In desperation, Zhang Fu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "As long as the emperor gives the order, I am willing to lead the troops immediately to pacify Annan."
Zhu Di said "Huh" noncommittally, and then asked Xu Jingchang and Jin Zhong: "What...what are you doing?"
Xu Jingchang and Jin Zhong looked at each other and said in unison: "I believe that a fight must be fought. As for who to send out, it is up to His Majesty's Holy Judgment."
Xu Jingchang was determined to follow Xia Xun. As for Jin Zhong, Jin Zhong was a guard commander in Tongzhou. When the King of Yan was in trouble, he joined the King of Yan and helped the crown prince Zhu Gaochi defend Beiping. He was part of the prince's party, and of course he agreed with Xia Xun.
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But they are not stupid. They have been serving the Holy Emperor for so long, and they still don’t know what the emperor is like? If everyone unanimously agrees with Duke Fu, Zhu Gaoxu will most likely be the one to lead the army. This matter must be done
It had to go through a close battle to make the emperor feel that the candidate was decided by him instead of being influenced by the courtiers.
Zhu Di hummed, turned over slightly, and lay on his back on the couch, looking at the tent ceiling in trance.
Everyone in the study did not dare to say anything anymore, but just waited quietly. After a long while, Zhu Di said: "You all please step aside, I will think about it carefully. If Yang Xu stays, it is rare for you to come to the palace and chat with me."
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"I obey the order." Everyone stood up one after another, saluted and stepped back. Zhu Gaoxu hesitated when he was about to speak. When he turned around and walked to Xia Xun, he gave him a fierce look, shook his robe sleeves heavily, and walked away. Xia Xun
Xun lightly dusted the sleeves of his robe and smiled gently.
After everyone had retreated, Zhu Di called Xia Xun to sit next to him. He also turned over and sat up. He asked solemnly: "Xuan, what do you think is the most appropriate policy for me to take against Annan?"
Xia Xun said seriously: "I still believe that we should support puppets, use barbarians to rule barbarians, directly annex them, accept them and rule them, the gains outweigh the losses."
Zhu Di frowned slightly, and Xia Xun asked: "Your Majesty, during the Northern Expedition, forced Benya to lose his position, made an forced landing in Arutai, and won a great victory. Why didn't you just take over the Saibei grassland and rule it, establish counties and counties, and instead support him?"
Arutai, please treat me with kindness and care?"
Zhu Di said: "Is there any need to ask? If there are state officials on the prairie, who will they govern? But Annan is not a grassland desert. According to me, if we compare it, we can compare it with Liaodong.
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Xia Xun shook his head and said: "Although Annan does not have desert grasslands, it does have deep mountains and swamps. From what I can see, it is comparable to the grasslands of Northern Xinjiang, not Liaodong."
He thought quietly for a while and said: "Annan has been independent for nearly five hundred years. Five hundred years ago, there were rebellions and rebellions, and there was never a moment of peace. When the Yuan Dynasty was rampant in all countries and was invincible, it could only break through it repeatedly.
It is a country that is ruled rather than based on territory. If the Yuan Dynasty had to occupy Annan and station officials, could it have done it? Of course it could, but why didn't it do so? Because the gain outweighs the loss. If it was our original prosperous land, would they be willing to give it up?
Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the King of Han just said is right. The people of Annan think they are different and their minds are not here with the court. They often think about their old customs. When they hear that thieves are rising, they incite them to join forces. Wherever the thieves and chieftains come, they always provide supplies and concealment.
, the imperial court could not take root there. Emperor Taizu Gao said: "The land is not enough to provide supplies, and the people are not enough to make orders."
Now, Your Majesty is very tolerant to the people of Annan, and does not pay taxes or collect services from them. This is no longer a problem of insufficient supplies or orders, but that he does not want them to perform their duties as subjects at all.
During the flood disaster, the imperial court allocated countless rice grains for disaster relief. As a result, they still rebelled whenever they had the opportunity. The emperor thought that everyone in the world was innocent, but they were a bunch of white-eyed wolves who couldn't be fed."
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "I am on the back of a tiger, can I still retreat?"
Xia Xun said decisively: "If you cannot retreat, your dignity will be lost. The only way is to fight."
Zhu Di was silent.
Xia Xun pondered for a long time, thinking about some policies of later generations and what slight changes could be used. After thinking for a long time, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, we must fight now. We can follow the situation of the war.
It will be determined by the development and changes. If it can be suppressed, the system of counties and counties can be implemented. After three generations and five generations, they will be able to be educated.
If it is not available, wait until the time is right to choose a person in Annan, make him king, and govern the area. The official system should follow the system of our Ming Dynasty, but officials can be appointed and dismissed at their own discretion, and local affairs should be handled by themselves.
Forgive me, Your Majesty, you can take care of it if you want. If you don't want to, it's their own business, so as not to increase the burden on our country. In the future, if the situation can develop in a direction that is beneficial to our country, and we follow the trend, wouldn't it be better than now?
Do you get twice the result with half the effort?"
Xia Xun didn't know if anyone else could think of a more appropriate way. This was the way he came up with in response to the current situation: fight first, conquer if you can, and when you can't conquer, take a step back and make him the king of the land.
He governs his own territory, is half independent and half unified, and has local autonomy. However, this king is not a king of a country, but a vassal king, similar to the feudal vassals of the Zhou Dynasty.
This level of control will not arouse a strong backlash from them, because except for one name, everything else is governed by themselves. The rights are their own, and the obligations are also their own. If they rebel in this case, they will be the ones to do it.
The gains outweigh the losses. Anyone who is not too stupid can figure this out.
And the Ming Dynasty is still their monarch. Compared with the original history, the war lasted for more than 20 years, cost countless lives, and emptied the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, they were forced to sign the "Alliance under the City". As a result, this
After the alliance under the city was signed, even before it was announced and the troops were voluntarily withdrawn in a dignified manner, the entire Jiaozhi was taken back by force.
At the same time, the key to this plan is that, legally speaking, it is not an independent country, but a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. The initiative is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. This is exactly what the current Annan rulers don't care about.
Then when the time comes in the future, it is completely reasonable and legal to turn the land into an inner county. Or maybe the Ming Empire has come to an end by then, and the original dynasty that inherited its mantle will still be the legal owner of Annan.
Zhu Di pondered for a long time and then said: "What will happen in the future and how the current situation changes, let's take corresponding countermeasures. I have just recovered from my illness and get tired easily. Now I have been thinking about it for a long time and I feel a little sleepy. You should go back first. I want to take a rest."
Well, take my royal chariot back."
Xia Xun was startled for a moment. Riding the royal chariot? This is a great honor. Only the emperor's master or the old and virtuous ministers can enjoy this kind of treatment once in a while. In the era of feudal etiquette between father and son, this can be written into the history books.
How could Xia Xun dare to agree to such a grand and important event? He hurriedly said humbly: "Your Majesty, I am so kind to you. I am afraid that I came on horseback, so I'd better go back on horseback."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "You have made great contributions to the court, but I cannot reward you. I deeply regret it. Why don't you ask me to express my feelings?"
Timur was assassinated by the Duke of Ming Dynasty. This matter is absolutely a secret. It is more important than the important files that can be authorized to be declassified fifty or one hundred years later. As long as Timur's empire survives,
This secret will never be made public, so Xia Xun's great achievement cannot be rewarded. Although there is no reward, Zhu Di did this to express his gratitude to Xia Xun.
Under the feudal etiquette of father and son, a minister should do anything for the king. Even if he takes his own life for the king and dies for his master, it is only natural and right. Zhu Di can do this, which is an extremely rare thing. Xia Xunlue
After a moment of hesitation, he had no choice but to bow and say: "The king bestows this gift on me, and I feel ashamed to accept it."
Riding on the extremely smooth imperial chariot, he left the royal road and turned into the alley under the plane trees. The light passed through the leaves and cast colorful shadows. The curtains were bright and dark, as if dyed with broken flowers. Xia Xun leaned against the wall of the chariot and fell into
Meditate on it.
At present, the situation in Annan is just as he expected. Ming Dynasty is stuck in a quagmire, and it cannot pull out even if it wants to pull it out. He is not God, cannot take over everything, and cannot let everything in the world develop according to his wishes. At the moment, he can only
Try to deal with the aftermath as much as possible, and try to avoid the historical war that lasted for decades with hundreds of thousands of troops in Annan, thus causing irreparable heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty.
As for the future, try your best to pave the way now and leave a foreshadowing. If the descendants live up to their expectations, they will be able to get it back when the time comes. If the children and grandchildren fail to live up to their expectations, even the current family property will be wiped out by them, not even the ancestors.
How much money can he earn from vomiting blood when he is tired? Isn’t it still making wedding clothes for others?
The car passed through a puddle. Although the car was built by a famous craftsman and the horses and drivers were well-trained, the car still bumped a bit. Xia Xun, who was resting his head in deep thought, was knocked.
The development of history is very much like the car I am riding in.
People are charioteers, horses are institutions, and chariots are productive forces. The rulers of an era, these big figures who can influence the direction of government, if they can become an excellent charioteer, under the same historical conditions, this chariot can outperform others.
Walking faster and more steadily. But this does not last long. Governments follow people. If you want to go long-term, you still have to rely on the horse.
The fundamental system and direction of the country is the horse. If the system is wrong and rotten, and when it is time to change it, then it will not matter no matter how good the driver is. And this car is the material conditions under the objective conditions of history. No matter how good the driver is, it will not matter.
Excellent, no matter how powerful the horse is, the car will have its own limit. If you do the Great Leap Forward, the car will fall apart.
Just like Zhu Di defeated the Tatars and chose to establish Arutai as the Lord of the Tatars to play against Wala. If the Ming Dynasty had the strike range of the weapons of his era, the transportation conditions, and the convenience of communication facilities...
Is this necessary? Zhu Di can completely rule the Tatar territory directly. The same is true for Annan. We have to think about how much this vehicle can carry and how fast it can run.
Xia Xun took a long breath, put aside the bad problems that only future people like him would struggle with, and began to seriously think about the current predicament. Without the present, there is no future: "I must think about this matter.
The only way to stop it is to not let the King of Han control this carp. The only problem is that the dragon gate jumps. If he jumps over, he will be the second King of Yan."
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