Now that there is an opportunity to eradicate the remnants of the White Lotus who fled north to the south in one fell swoop, even if this major matter is finally finalized, none of the important ministers present jumped out and said stupid things like "the remnants of the White Lotus are not to be feared" - if you don't have any political consciousness at all, it is better to take the initiative to resign as soon as possible.

After the meeting was dismissed, Gao Pragmatic quietly approached Gao Gong, first apologized to the third uncle for his "self-assertion" without asking for instructions, Gao Gong was slightly silent, sighed and said: "I know that you are different from ordinary children, but this kind of big thing, I must be informed of this kind of major event in the future, and don't do this kind of surprise attack again." He glanced around, lowered his voice and said, "You must know that our uncle and nephew are a thorn in the eye and flesh of many people right now. ”

Gao pragmatic promised again and again, saying that he understood his mistake, and then changed his words and said: "Third uncle, has the Shuwen that the cabinet wants to present to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" If not, can you use Wang Jianchuangong's tune? ”

Gao Gong's face suddenly became serious, stared at Gao Pragmatic and asked, "How are you doing?" What's the hell going on again? ”

Gao Shishi coughed dryly, pretended to be hesitant, and said, "This...... Nephew wants to ...... I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask for a will for me, so that I can go to the side of Fort Defeat. ”

Gao Gong was taken aback, glared at him and asked, "Are you going to defeat Hu Fort?" Do what? To meet Hannaji? ”

"It's not just going to see Hannaji ......," Gao pragmatically explained: "Third uncle, I expect that there will be a follow-up to this incident of Hannaji's surrender, which may give us a good opportunity to stabilize the northern Xinjiang." ”

Gao Gong suddenly looked at it, thought for a while, and said, "You go to the cabinet with me and talk to my room." ”

"Huh? Yes, Sambo. ”

I can't help but be pragmatic and not surprised, after all, this is the first time that the two of them are "working" in the palace, and they meet in Gao Gong's cabinet room - Gao Gong usually pays more attention to the influence, and will not be like Yan Song and Yan Shifan back then.

Fortunately, there was a Gao Pragmatic robbery incident today, and others saw Gao Gong take Gao Pragmatic to the cabinet room with an expressionless face, just thinking that he was going to teach his nephew a lesson, so there are those who snicker and those who are secretly cool, but no one thinks that Gao Pragmatic has other moths, and no one thinks that Gao Gong is a public and private distinction - after all, the thoughts in some people's hearts are: Scold that kid for me!

When the two uncles and nephews arrived at the cabinet room, Gao Gong sat down in his place, and Gao Pragmatic did not get approval, so he had to stand.

Gao Gong took a sip of tea before asking, "You just said that the matter of inviting Hannaji to surrender may give me a good opportunity to stabilize the northern frontier...... Why? ”

Gao Pragmatic had already prepared, and instead of answering, he asked: "Third uncle, my nephew wants to ask first: What do you think of my frequent attacks on Daming over the years?" I mean, why do you think I'm doing that? What did he want? ”

When some other officials who were stupid at reading heard this, their answers were probably nothing more than this:

I replied to the ambition of the wolf, wanting to invade the Central Plains and restore the Great Yuan; I am hungry for profit, envy China's wealth, and take pleasure in plundering; I am aggressive, and I feel uncomfortable when I don't fight......

But Gao Gong's answer was different, he snorted lightly, and said, "Don't you think that the third uncle is a nerd, and the truth in this is not as clear as you can see?" ”

He glanced at Gao Pragmatic and said lightly: "My answer to the southern invasion, in the final analysis, is nothing more than being trapped in my livelihood. He sneered: "Otherwise, why does every time he raises troops, it almost happens after my Ming Dynasty refuses his tribute?" ”

Gao arched his body and leaned lightly on the back of the Taishi chair, and said leisurely: "The northern captives sent envoys to ask for tribute, but they were greedy for rewards and mutual markets, and the border ministers did not know what to do, and the ministers in the temple were afraid of the master's plan, so they refused to ask for it, and cut it off." As a result, the captives were resentful, and since then, they have supported a large number of people to invade, either in Shanxi, or in Jizhen, or directly to Gyeonggi, and there has been no peace for more than 30 years. As a result, the people on the border were smeared with liver and brains, fathers and sons and husbands could not protect each other, the anointed land was abandoned and not cultivated, the tuntian fields were barren, the salt law was not stopped, the ministers on the border were hard, and the reserves were exhausted to supply 100 million, the horses were tired of dispatching, and the Central Plains was also open. This is a clear test of the past years. ”

This is a bit heavy, because this is tantamount to saying that "the imperial court's previous policies were seriously wrong", and the main reason for the mistake was "fear of the master", that is to say, Gao Gong thought that the fault was Jiajing! [Wufeng Note: These words are the original words of the high arch in history, and they are not made up by the author.] ]

Although the words are very heavy, Gao Pragmatic knows that these words are definitely to the point.

Because after the rise of Alta, in addition to the "heroic and happy soldiers" side, this steppe lord also has a different side from other Mongolian nobles, that is, he clearly realized that in order to maintain his own strength, he must have sufficient material guarantees, and he needs to maintain a tribute exchange relationship with the Ming court.

Therefore, he repeatedly took the initiative to ask the Ming court for tribute. In the twenty-first, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth years of Jiajing, he asked for tribute many times, but was rejected by the Ming court.

In particular, in the 26th year of Jiajing, even though the Ming court had killed his envoys twice, he still asked the Ming court to "clear the ploughing tools and plough seeds, because they will return to farming", and also ordered his subordinates, "If you wait for the plug, those who dare to commit the plug will listen to the wait to take away their dome, horses, cattle and sheep." At the same time, he also repeatedly claimed that if he did not allow tribute, he would lead the southern criminals.

Obviously, it is difficult to achieve the goal of using such a threatening method to ask for tribute from the Ming court, which regards itself as the "Celestial Empire." Therefore, whenever the request for tribute was refused, I answered the attack on a large scale, and each time the lives and property of the people along the Great Wall suffered great losses.

Therefore, from this point of view, it can be seen that I will commit a large-scale internal offense if I refuse to ask for tribute, and it should be said that the main responsibility is still on the side of the Ming court. The Ming court stubbornly refused to pay tribute, and even beheaded the envoys sent by Alta to ask for tribute, but it was unable to stop Alta's attack, which was the main reason for the long-term conflict between the two sides.

Since Gao Gong had already seen the problem, Gao Cheng was much more relieved, and immediately laughed and said: "Third uncle, my nephew thinks that according to my habits, as well as the situation in Mo Nan in the past few years, I will definitely ask for tribute again this time!" ”

Gao Gong's heart moved, but he was not in a hurry to answer, but asked, "What has Mo Nan been like in the past few years?" What's the situation? ”

"Disaster!" Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, and said that these situations were obvious, Cao Gan mentioned it several times in his report to me, saying that if it weren't for the disasters that Mo Nan has suffered year after year in recent years, he would not have been able to get so many horses from Mo Nan.

But he saw that Gao Gong didn't seem to know, so he had to explain the situation.

Only then did Gao Gong know why I had invaded the south twice in a row this year, and it turned out that the root was here?

"Smack!" He slapped the table and said angrily: "What are Jinyiwei and Dongchang doing to eat, such important information has not been reported at all, just some useless things!" What I answered, how many troops were mobilized to hunt where, and married a concubine, etc., I know what the use of these is, send someone to assassinate him! ”

After his anger was over, he calmed down and thought about Gao Shicai's words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You mean that you want to dominate nearby...... Or to guide the tribute with me this time? ”