The great victory in Myanmar and the arrival in the southwest, such a meritorious person, it is naturally the proper meaning of the title for the meritorious person to receive the reward, but this reward is really a bit unusual.

There is no problem with the first people to be rewarded, but they are the elders of the cabinet, the officials of the military department, the household department, and even the ministry of industry, because they are "strategizing", but most of them are rewarded with some false names, such as Zhang Siwei from the young master to the prince, Enyin's son Jinyi Wei Qianhu and so on.

Then there was the reward of Liu Shizeng and other local officials: Liu Shizeng was promoted from the right to the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and still raised Yunnan, giving the big red silk flying fish suit; guarding the Yunnan Commander-in-Chief Soldier, Qianguo Gong Mu Changzuo, plus the Prince Taibao; The military garrison roads in the border areas have been increased (too many, omitted).

Then it was the turn of the generals who really fought the war, among them: Deng Zilong was added to the rank of deputy general by Yongchang and still guarded Yongchang; Liu Wei was promoted from Tengyue guerrilla to deputy commander-in-chief, and Meng Mi was newly appointed as a general to guard northern Burma; Huang Zhiting was not rewarded for the time being, and ordered Myanmar to return to Beijing to receive the reward......

When it came to this article, the officials were a little stunned, although the subordinate envoys were a little special, but ...... What is the operation of not awarding rewards for the time being, but asking people to return to Beijing to receive rewards?

Could it be that the emperor wants to promote her to a commander and give Mo Maoqia a stroke? Isn't that good? Mo Maoqia doesn't say anything else, at least he's very honest, and he can't find a suitable reason to masturbate him.

However, hundreds of officials wanted to be hundreds of officials, but Chen Ju continued to read the following, and the next reward was actually high pragmatism.

At first, everyone was a little surprised, Gao Pragmatic, the Liaodong Governor of Guan, Yunnan, and Burma? One northeast and one southwest, separated by thousands of miles.

But of course, the emperor said that according to the holy decree, Gao pragmatic proposed and properly handled the relevant matters of the Yunnan War Treasure Bank, which made the front-line logistics support effective, which was already a great achievement.

Then he broke his family and used more than 100 ships to send the expeditionary force to southern Burma to open up a second battlefield, so that the reckless thieves could not care about each other. First in northern Burma was eager to retreat, was defeated by Liu Wei, and then was defeated by Huang Zhiting outside the city of Donghu under the exhaustion of running for his life, the main force was lost, so he could not fight again.

All in all, there are at least two major credits to this big victory that must be credited to Gao Shishi, and the reward is a matter of course - De Mao Mao Guan, merit Mao Mao reward.

However, Gao Pragmatic is already the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and the service has reached the python robe, so this reward can only be found in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the final result is that the right Du Yushi is promoted to the right deputy Du Yushi, plus the prince Shaobao, and the remaining officials are still the same.

That is to say, in the future, the full position of high pragmatism will become "the prince and the young guard, the right attendant of the military department and the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, and the governor of Liaodong to praise military affairs".

Everything else is easy to say, but the main thing is that the crown prince Taibao is more interesting. The so-called three dukes, three orphans, and three young are all called "palace titles", among which Taibao, Prince Taibao, and Prince Shaobao are the most interesting, and they all have another name, called "Gong Bao".

The palace protector of Yuan Gongbao.

Of course, at the beginning, only the Taibao was called "Gong Bao", and later according to the characteristic custom of "the deputy position is called according to the official title", the Prince Taibao was slowly called "Gong Bao", and finally even the Prince Shaobao became "Gong Bao".

Therefore, from now on, Gao Pragmatic can also be called "Gao Gong Bao" - because the title of Prince Shaobao is the second rank, which is higher than his right squire (Zheng Sanpin) and right deputy Du Yushi (Zheng Sanpin) of the main officer and soldier department.

Of course, to say that, although Daming already has the title of "Gong Bao", there are many people who directly call it "Shaobao", or even more, mainly depending on personal habits. (Note: I'll probably write it as Takamiya Bao for the rest of the while.) )

It was easy to be jealous if he was not born in the noble family but became a prince in his early twenties, but now that everyone has just received the benefits of high pragmatism, this objection is really a bit unspeakable.

Originally, some officials who had not bought the treasure money of the Yunnan War were still unhappy, but thinking that Gao Pragmatic would have to "sponsor" a sum of money every year for the yamen in Beijing for the next 20 years, he might be sprayed if he said this dissatisfaction. So many people opened their mouths, but finally swallowed the words back.

The holy decree was not finished, Gao Pragmatic naturally couldn't say anything, and when the next large list of rewards was all recited, he stepped forward with Zhang Siwei and other elders, ministries and others to ask for resignation.

This was a routine move, and of course the emperor did not allow it. So one of the two sides said that they did not dare to accept favors when they enjoyed their success, and the other said that they could not be rewarded for their outstanding achievements, which was a harmonious scene of happiness.

After the three resignations were completed, Gao Pragmatic followed the elders and the ministers to "reluctantly accept" and started his palace guard career, and he was just a chicken.

Maybe after returning to Baiyulou later, I should talk to the chefs and teach them how to use kung pao chicken, the only flaw is that there are no chili peppers now, and it always seems that something is missing.

Thinking of chili peppers, Gao Shishi remembered Huang Zhiting and Gao Jing's previous reports, the Spaniards attach great importance to the protection of special plants in the Americas, so that Jinghua has only gotten sweet potatoes and corn so far, when will potatoes and chili peppers be available?

Peppers are okay, you can't die if you don't eat them, it can only be said to be a icing on the cake, but potatoes are a good thing, especially for the north.

Although after taking southern Myanmar and Siam this time, the grain production areas are greatly abundant, and there is also the "big problem" Mekong River valley in Cambodia waiting to be collected by itself.

But after all, transporting grain from the Indochina Peninsula to the north of the Ming Dynasty itself costs a lot of money, and it also wastes the amount of transportation - these ships are much more profitable to do sea trade than to transport grain, and transporting grain without sea trade is equivalent to losing money.

Therefore, this kind of thing can still be considered in emergencies, and it is really similar to doing charity for a long time, although it is not really a loss, but ...... Less profit is a loss.

The best way is to hurry up and introduce potatoes to Daming. You must know that in history, Ireland, Germany and other countries have relied on potatoes to survive the Great Famine many times. Even the situation in Tsarist Russia, which has a lot of land and resources, is similar, and even in the Soviet Union, there is a stalk of "growing potatoes in Siberia" that has been passed down to future generations.

Thinking of the Spaniards, Gao Pragmatic was a little distracted: Although the Portuguese governor of Malacca admitted it on his face last time, Huang Zhiting and Gao Jing both mentioned that a Portuguese adventurer who mixed up in the Kingdom of Arakan was fighting the idea of Burma, and now that the battle of Burma has been fought, why hasn't this guy moved?

Didn't that President Alfaro change his mind and help lure that DeBrito into falling for it?

Although De Brito is a pirate, it is still very beneficial to fight him, not to peek at the combat level of the Western navy and army - this has already been tested, the Battle of Xisha and the Battle of Donghu, Gao Jing and Huang Zhiting have already seen the combat methods of the Spanish fleet and the Portuguese mercenaries.

Of course, the scale of these two battles was too small: there were less than ten ships involved in the Battle of Xisha, not to mention the Battle of Donghu, where hundreds of Portuguese mercenaries were mixed in with an army of 60,000, and nothing could be done except follow the rout, so it was impossible to see the high and low.

But anyway, after the two battles, Huang Zhiting's department and Gao Jing's fleet didn't think that the Westerners were really strong, if it weren't for Gao Shiji's always attached great importance to it, maybe they just mentioned it casually when they reported.

In fact, this is really pragmatic, in view of the situation in the original history is too worried, the Western army at this time did not really open up much gap with the Eastern army, especially compared with the Ming army, which has a relatively high degree of firearms, their advantage is not obvious.

In fact, it was not until the degree of firearms in the West became higher and higher, and the Taqing Dynasty fooled himself because of the sentence "This dynasty takes the world with bows and horses", and the gap between the two sides became wider and wider.

In the same period in history, the Ming Dynasty, except for heavy artillery, did not lag much behind the West in military technology, and what really lagged behind was the military quality system and the professionalism of the army.

On the issue of professionalism, Gao Pragmatism can't help much for the time being, because in his opinion, this problem has to start with the military system, and he can't exert too much strength in this area for the time being, so it's better to put it aside for the time being.

However, in the area of the military quality system, Gao Pragmatic has made great efforts in the past ten years, since the military industry is private, almost half of the northern soldiers have changed their clothes, and the Qi Jiguang Department (even if the Qi family army is in Jizhen, its military status has always been subordinate to Zhejiang), Liu Lingbu and other troops who are closer to Gao Pragmatic are also relatively high.

In addition, most of the costumes have been completed due to the relationship between the two Guangxi Governors, Yingtian Fubiao, Fujian Fubiao, Guangxi Fubiao, etc., due to the relationship between the army and the high party or the allies of the high party.

Of course, in general, the troops that completed the first step of the Ming Dynasty are probably only about two-fifths of the current main force of the Ming Dynasty (because the southern army has a low rate of redressing, there are only a few superintendents and standards), and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

It's not that the imperial court doesn't know about this situation, but the imperial court's financial resources are limited, and it really can't speed it up - now the so-called completion of the redress, from the musket alone, there is also more than half of the Longqing II style, rather than the more advanced bayonet Wanli one.

To get back to the point, the reason why Gao pragmatic wanted Debrito to take the initiative to attack Burma was actually to find a pretext for war - not against Portugal, but against the Kingdom of Arakan.

The main body of the Arakan Kingdom is the later Rakhine State of Myanmar, in the southwesternmost part of Myanmar, close to the Indian Ocean "a long strip", this country also occupies a part of Bengal, according to the famous Chittagong in later generations, by the "Bangladesh Twelve States Tribute", has always been known for its many excellent sailors.

With a large number of sailors and Chittagong, these two alone do not allow for high pragmatism to be taken to heart.

During the Jiajing period, the greatly strengthened Mangruiti once attacked the kingdom of Arakan, but unexpectedly failed, so that Arakan is still outside Burma.

Gao pragmatic originally thought that this defeat was just a simple battle accident, but later learned that it may not be the case, and the real reason may be a terrain problem.

Entering Arakan from central Myanmar is actually difficult to traverse due to the blockage of the north-south Longerang Mountains. There is only one easy way to walk, which is to walk northwest from southern Myanmar and along the coastal plain.

However, in this way, the marching road was restricted, and Arakan could completely hold on to the main transportation routes, forming a situation of "one man is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open", and even if the Burmese army is stronger than Arakan, it can only stare at the fortified city of Xiongguan.

And the reason why Gao pragmatic dared to set his sights on the Arakan region was because he was not afraid of naval challenges! In a way, he wanted to train his fleet right now, so that they could really fight people at sea!

Arakan's navy is not just a simple Eastern navy, it has dealt with the Portuguese for many years, and has become a special navy that combines the styles of Eastern and Western navies, and in many ways, it is even more like the Western navy.

In addition, Gao Shishi's interest in Arakane is also very crucial, that is, once he takes Arakan, it is equivalent to entering the Bengal region, in other words, stepping into the edge of India.

Of course, for the time being, even if he can take Arakan, Gao Pragmatic will not go to war with the Sultanate of Bangladesh immediately. Because if Bengal is really occupied, it will have to face the Mughal Empire, which is in the rising period of national power...... Well, single-handedly taking on a great empire that has taken on a place in the history of the world is a bit beyond his current plans.

Even if it will be considered in the future, it will be in the future, and now even the South Seas strategy has not been completed, and the Philippines controlled by Spain is still on its back, so it is better not to make too many enemies at this time.

The road has to be walked step by step, the meal has to be eaten in one bite, and it is always easy to pull the egg when the steps are big.

At the moment, his strategy is in the direction of "going west", basically as far as Arakan, and the specific goal is to take Chittagong.

According to his idea, it would be best if Debrito attacked Burma now, because the Burmese side should have a high chance of winning now because the Burmese side is now large and morale is high.

If Huang Zhiting was ordered to go north to Beijing to receive a reward, then at least the wolf soldiers and Annan troops would withdraw, and the Burmese army and Siamese army that Huang Zhiting had surrendered before would also withdraw, leaving only 30,000 Bago garrisons, at most plus the 7,000 former Jingang garrisons that Gao pragmatic temporarily dispatched to Gao Lian.

In this case, it will be much more difficult to take down Arakan.

As for the fleet, this time it has been delayed for more than two months, although the fleet belongs to the master who is not bad for money, but it is not a matter in the long run, it is impossible to wait in Myanmar all the time, and those who should come back and continue to run the sea trade have to continue to run.

After walking for a while, Gao Shishi found that they were all scattered. As soon as he was about to leave, he went out of the temple door and down the steps, when a celebrant and eunuch came over with two little eunuchs with a smile on his face and stopped him.

"Gao Gong Bao, congratulations."

"It turned out to be Zhang Bingbi, thank you." Gao pragmatic smiled slightly and thanked him.

Zhang Bingbi is naturally the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, his name is Zhang Cheng, and he is from Zhang Hong's disciple like Zhang Whale. However, the relationship between him and Zhang Whale is not good, and the two have been in a state of competition for a long time.

This time, Zhang Whale was planted, but he benefited from the fisherman, and was promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, after Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju.

Zhang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, and the two little eunuchs behind him came out with two large trays, and clothes were placed on both trays.

"Our family really didn't know before, Gao Gongbao is not only a saint, but even King Lu admires the palace to protect the palace tightly - look, the two sets of python robes in winter and summer were specially given to Gao Gongbao by His Royal Highness King Lu."

"Oh? His Royal Highness King Lu? Gao Shishi's heart suddenly moved.

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PS: Suddenly a little idea popped up.,It's about another idea to wear clearly.,Hmm...... The kind at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so this chapter was sent in advance, I went to study the history of the late Ming Dynasty and the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and checked a few things that were a little doubtful in my memory.