Chapter 280 The Sword Points at Japan (88) Resolved
"Resisting and disobeying the decree is a traitor. Quan Li is like this, and Liu Chenglong is like this."
As soon as Li Shanhai said this, Zhang Wanbang immediately understood what he meant. It seems that in Li Shanhai's eyes, he still insists on politics over military affairs. Although it is Quan Li who is making trouble openly, Li Shanhai immediately determines what is behind it.
There is no doubt that the instigator of the incident must be Liu Chenglong, so even though Quan Li wants to fight, Liu Chenglong must not let him go.
As for whether his judgment was correct or not, Zhang Wanbang naturally had to think carefully. He had received face-to-face instructions from Ma Gui before taking over Hanyang Defense, and most of what Ma Gui told him came from Gao Pragmatic's letter.
, so the key to Zhang Wanbang's analysis now is whether Li Shanhai's plan is in line with the wishes of the Marquis.
Gao Pragmatic is not a god, nor does he really know things well. Naturally, it is impossible for him to write down all the plans on what to do under any circumstances and tell Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang before the incident. In other words, he can only come up with a "spirit"
"Let Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang understand.
What are the main requirements in Gao Pragmatic's letter to Ma Gui? In fact, there are only three points:
First, ensure that the Hanyang and Joseon royal families are completely under the protection of the Ming army, and this comprehensive protection must not be shaken no matter what happens;
Secondly, to ensure that the North Korean Party, which has surrendered to itself, controls the North Korean government, that is, it has the right to speak in the North Korean court. The most basic point is to ensure that Ri Shanhae's leadership and political status is unshakable;
Third, without arousing large-scale public dissatisfaction, we must resolutely crack down on other factions that oppose North Korea's attachment to the Ming Dynasty, gradually promote the penetration of the Northern People's Party in the North Korean court, and quickly and orderly replace opposition officials.
In fact, as long as Gao Pragmatic mentions this idea, even if Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang are two generals, he can understand it. If we use the analogy of Cao Wei in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", then Gao Pragmatic's first principle is to "coerce the emperor."
"To order the princes", no matter what, if the emperor is in my capital, Cao, then the orthodoxy of the world is with me.
The second principle is like I, Cao, can't just be a military commander and a general of chariots and cavalry. I must support General Yuan, and then make him a prime minister, who will always serve as the emperor. In this way, not only is the world's orthodoxy
Here, I have the final say on how to actually govern.
The third principle is like filling the court with Cao's cronies. Why is this important? Because the problems solved by the previous two are who makes the top-level decisions, but no matter how good the decision is, you must have the ability to implement it before it falls.
In reality, Li Shanhai must be able to bring people from the Northern People's Party into the court on a large scale and replace the positions of the Southern People's Party and the Western People's Party, so that the next thing can be handled easily.
In fact, the example here is to cite the Cao family rather than the Sima family. Everyone is familiar with Sima Yi's life. To put it simply, Cao Pi and his son Cao Rui were relatively short-lived, so after the death of Cao Rui, they were left to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang. Sima Yi eventually died in the cruel politics
During the struggle, in the first year of Jiaping, he killed Cao Shuang and personally took control of the government of Wei.
If Cao Piquan knew anything, he would probably regret it even in his intestines at this time. It was precisely because of his brotherly dispute with Cao Zhi that Cao Wei had an extremely harsh attitude towards the clan in the future, and always strictly guarded the Cao clan. Such a situation
Later, after the Sima family took power, especially after the death of Cao Shuang, the Cao clan, who had no soldiers and no power, could only watch as the Sima family controlled the government and went further and further on the road of seeking to usurp the throne.
"(Sima Yi) recorded that all the princes of the Wei Dynasty were placed in Ye, and they were ordered to be supervised by supervisors and not allowed to pass on." - "Book of Jin: Records of Emperor Xuan".
However, usurping the throne does not just mean usurping the throne. You have to talk about the legitimacy of governance, right? Cao Cao was able to reach the throne of Wei because the Han Dynasty had basically become an empty frame when he took over the throne.
It was Cao Cao who personally went to battle and restored nine of the thirteen states in the world within a few decades.
Therefore, when the Cao family seized power, even if everyone was dissatisfied, they had to hold their noses and admit that they did have this strength. And what did you, Sima Yi, do? Is it just pretending to be sick and playing tricks?
Therefore, after the Sima family takes control of the government, the first thing to do is to eliminate dissidents - usurping the throne is impossible for the time being. Don't even think about it within ten years, but at least let everyone in the Cao Wei court listen to the orders of our Sima family.
There is still drama in this matter.
After Sima Yi died in 251 AD, his eldest son Sima Shi became the new helmsman of the Sima family and began the purge of the Cao Wei court. Of course the young emperor Cao Fang was very dissatisfied with this - when Cao Shuang was in power, at least it was us
Lao Cao's family was controlling the government, but they drove Cao Shuang away, and a foreigner actually controlled the government! This big man only died a few days ago? Do you really think I don't know anything?
So the little emperor who secretly gritted his teeth began to look for a suitable opportunity to realize his great cause of counterattack. Facts have proved that in such troubled times as the Three Kingdoms, it is too easy to find an opportunity to cause trouble.
In 254 AD, Jiang Wei inherited Zhuge Liang's legacy and counterattacked the Central Plains. Everyone in the Wei state was completely accustomed to Jiang Wei's daily Northern Expedition, and it didn't matter - Zhuge Liang couldn't do it back then, but you, Jiang Wei, can? Who gave you the courage?
?
Therefore, as usual, Sima Division's younger brother Sima Zhao was sent out to fight Jiang Wei. Before going on an expedition, Cao Fang always inspected the troops and said a few words to boost morale.
Cao Fang felt that his opportunity had come. Because the two brothers Sima Shi and Sima Zhao usually did not stay together. One of them controlled the government at the center, and the other controlled the military power outside, ensuring that the eggs would not be put in the same basket. But this time
Cao Fang planned to take the opportunity of reviewing the troops to kill Sima Zhao by surprise, then seize the military power, and then kill Sima Division again - perfect!
Cao Fang felt that he had planned all the steps, but there was one thing that he never expected. That was when the moment of trouble came, Cao Fang gave up.
"In the ninth month, Zhao led his troops to the meeting. The emperor was optimistic and hoped that the troops would pass by. The emperor was urged to kill him because of Zhao's resignation, and to rein in the troops to retreat the general. He wrote an edict in front of him, but the emperor was afraid and did not dare to issue it." -
— "Zizhi Tongjian·Volume 76"
However, you have been planning it for so long, even writing the edict of "Destroy the traitors from the country", and finally gave up! Is this something you can get away with just by making a haha or joking? Obviously not! Therefore, when you react,
The Sima Master turned around and deposed Cao Fang - this emperor is not good, let's replace him.
"Zhao led his troops into the city, and the generals and divisions planned to dethrone the emperor. In Jiaxu, the division summoned a meeting of ministers with the order of the empress dowager, saying that the emperor was licentious, disrespectful of those close to him and promoted superiority, and could not inherit the order of heaven. None of the ministers dared to disobey.
I am here to accept the imperial seal and ribbon and return it to the vassal state of Qi." - "Zi Zhi Tong Jian·Volume 76"
The question now is who to replace? At the strong request of the Queen Mother, they finally replaced Cao Mao, the son of Cao Lin, the king of the East China Sea, Gaogui Xianggong.
Master Sima was quite satisfied with this matter - this child is only fourteen years old. How can a fourteen-year-old know how to play football? It is just convenient for him to control the government.
At this time, the Three Kingdoms are no longer the former Three Kingdoms era when the land was full of wars and heroes emerged in large numbers. Shooting halberds at the gate, borrowing arrows from straw boats, shocking the Central Plains, and bloody battles at Nagasaka all ended with the death of a group of heroes and villains.
The rain was blown away by the wind.
At this time, the Wu State was busy with daily conflicts and the national power was internally depleted; while the leader of the Shu State was Adou, a famous person throughout the ages, and his governance skills needless to say, he was just messing around. Only the Wei State, after years of development, has far advanced in terms of national strength.
There are more than two opponents, but Sima Shi has been busy cleaning up the remaining small group of counterrevolutionaries in the country, and has not been able to spare his hand to teach Shu and Wu a lesson.
The specific matter of countering the rebellion was not that easy to handle. Sima Yi and Sima Shi successively died during this period, and the power finally returned to Sima Zhao.
Through several previous counter-rebellions, the local loyalists and remaining forces of the Cao family were basically eliminated, and the national power of Shu and Wu had long been left behind by Wei. Therefore, Sima Zhao repeatedly
Having been sealed once, he now only needs one reason, a very sufficient reason, to carry out his plan to usurp the throne.
Cao Mao knew Sima Zhao's ambition. Not only Cao Mao knew it, but everyone in the Wei Dynasty knew it. As time passed, Cao Mao became more and more desperate.
Finally, in 260 AD, Cao Mao, who was on the verge of collapse, shouted "Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart" and led the remaining guards and slaves in the palace who were loyal to him to launch a ridiculous suicide attack on Sima Zhao. Cao Mao even
He died on the way without seeing Sima Zhao's face. He used his own blood to witness the dignity of the last royal family of the Wei Dynasty.
However, after Cao Mao's death, Sima Zhao was still in a very embarrassing position. On the one hand, the conditions for him to usurp the throne were still insufficient, and on the other hand, everyone in the world now knew that he was going to usurp the throne!
Sima Zhao, who was suffering, had no choice but to support a new puppet and at the same time stepped up the pace of attacking Shu. Finally, in 263 AD, Wei State succeeded in conquering Shu, and Sima Zhao finally achieved the peerless achievement he had dreamed of!
The rest of the matter is quite simple. In 264 AD, Sima Zhao was named King of Jin, and his son Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor after his father's death the following year, ending the Wei Kingdom. In 280 AD,
Sima Yan destroyed Soochow again and unified the world, and the legitimacy was no longer controversial.
The reason why I say so much is mainly to explain two things: if you just want to usurp the throne, then you only need to have strong military power; if you want to ensure that the world is peaceful after usurping the throne, then military power and political power must be in place.
Under control.
Military power is relatively simple. Under the feudal system, all major generals listen to you, and you basically have military power.
The political power is much more complicated. After all, the civil and military forces in Manchuria have different demands. Who should win over, who should suppress, and who should eradicate the roots? These are all prerequisites that must be thought out and absolutely fulfilled. Otherwise, you will rashly usurp the throne.
, you will get a result that will turn the world against you, and you still can’t tell who will win in the end, so why bother? You might as well be the emperor behind the scenes.
Of course what Gao Jingzai wants in North Korea is not to usurp the throne, but it is not easy to annex the Ming Dynasty to North Korea. It is not something that can be done with just one word from Li Huo without any future troubles. The fact is that according to the degree of division within the North Korean court, if there are internal problems
If it is not solved properly, it will still be full of chaos after it is included.
Of course, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty at the moment, even if North Korea is full of chaos, it does not mean that it cannot be suppressed. It is just that after all, Gao Pragmatic asks himself that he is a civil servant. If a political solution can be solved without using knives and guns, then why must he kill people?
A river of blood?
What, does it cost nothing to fight? Does it cost no time? Not to mention that the Ming army will also suffer unnecessary losses, which will affect the layout in other directions - to put it more closely, if North Korea is unstable, how can we send troops to Japan? To put it further,
, If the Western Regions do not return to the Han Dynasty, how can he, Gao, be happy in this life?
Of course Zhang Wanbang doesn't know about Gao's pragmatic long-term plan, but at least he has some experience in understanding the spirit of Mr. Hou. Since Mr. Hou wants to support Li Shanhai and his Northerners Party, then Liu Chenglong who attacks the Southerners Party belongs to
Political correctness.
In fact, Zhang Wanbang's impression of Liu Chenglong was quite good. In his opinion, Liu Chenglong was at least the kind of North Korean minister who was willing to do something, far better than many mediocre people who were just waiting to die. However, this good impression did not matter to Zhang Wanbang.
Wanbang's actions did not have any actual impact. At most, before he decided to agree to Li Shanhai, he only felt a little regretful about Liu Chenglong's possible end.
"I generally agree with Mr. Exi's plan, but I would like to ask, Sir, what will the general need to do?" Zhang Wanbang asked, and then he was afraid that Li Shanhai would not understand what he meant, so he added: "
I mean, once they really join forces and disobey orders, does Mr. Goose Xi want Ben to go out of the city to crusade against the rebels?"
Li Shanhai didn't know if Zhang Wanbang really dared to go out of the city and kill 30,000 with 6,000. He was worried that his words were too harsh, so he said: "As long as both the civil and military leaders of the Southern People's Party are beaten as traitors, then the next step will naturally be the unity of the Eight Paths."
, Heaven punishes the traitors of the country... As for whether Shen Rong should send out troops to attack immediately, this is a military matter, and it is better for Shen Rong to make his own decision. Shanhai dare not make any arbitrariness. "
Zhang Wanbang was very pleased with what he heard and thought to himself: This Li Shanhai is indeed an old fox. He is very measured. At least he is very self-aware and knows what things he can do and what things he must not interfere with. Okay, since you
If you are so wise, it will be easier for me to talk.
"Since Ling Yinzheng said this, why should I hesitate? Please ask Ling Yinzheng to meet with your king and ask for an order to send Liu Chenglong to Luyuan Ridge to remove Quan Li from his post pending investigation. As for whether to send troops, I will
We will make a decision based on the performance of Liu Chenglong and Quan Li."
Li Shanhai was completely relieved and thanked him. Zhang Wanbang returned the gift, but smiled and said: "To be honest, I actually hope that Quan Li will take the initiative to lead troops to attack Hanyang."
"If this can be done, it would be the best." Obviously, Li Shanhai also knew that Zhang Wanbang was famous for his good defense, and he also knew that defending the city was far more beneficial to the weaker side than fighting in the field.
Zhang Wanbang stood up to see the guests off and said: "Since the war is approaching, I have to make arrangements in advance, so I won't leave Mr. Exi alone. Please go slowly."
"Don't dare. Join the army and stay behind. Stay behind."
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