After talking about business, Gao Pragmatic chatted with the Liu brothers and sisters about their respective experiences after parting in the past year.

Regarding his own experience, Gao Pragmatic said quite briefly, especially the fall of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, Gao Pragmatic was completely brushed aside, and did not go deep at all, but on the contrary, Gao Pragmatic gave a detailed introduction to the matter of my answer.

Liu Wei was very interested in the battle between Xuanda Sanzhen and the army of Alda, and asked many details very carefully, and applauded Ma Fang for seizing the opportunity to severely damage Xin Ai's department.

However, Liu Wei seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the performance of Ma Gui and Gao Jue, and muttered, "This is a missed opportunity, if they can defeat Chataiji, there will be a chance to capture me alive that night, it's a pity, it's a pity."

The implication was that he would be able to defeat Chataiji if he led the troops that day. Sure enough, after he finished saying this, he muttered again, "But this Chataiji sounds a bit capable, if there is a chance, I would like to meet him for a while." ”

Gao Pragmatic ignored him, and turned the topic back to the firearms of the Northern Army, and then talked about the problem of the Northern Army's redressing after the military industry is private, Liu Wei interjected: "When will the Northern Army complete the refitting of these firearms, our Southern Army departments have not even obtained a Longqing Type 2, let alone the Bingzi Type 1 Tiger Squat Cannon." I heard that Yunnan has begun to be unstable again, and the Burmese king named Mang Yinglong has been refusing to live in peace all these years, and he was just a small fight earlier, and his courage has become fatter and fatter since the fourth year of Wanli."

Liu Wei sighed, and said, "I have asked the Nanjing Military Department to fight several times in the past few years, but Nanjing has not responded, it is not that there is no response, the response is still there, and I was transferred from eastern Sichuan to Nanjing to rust." ”

Gao was speechless for a while, in fact, he was clear about this matter. Because when the dispute between Yunnan and Burma was just born, Gao Gong was still in power, and Gao Pragmatic certainly knew why the imperial court did not react at that time.

In fact, the local Yunnan and Nanjing military departments are indeed pressing this matter, and the news reported to the imperial court is to make the war in Yunnan trivial, and basically judging from the news received by Beijing, it is nothing more than that the Burmese king has nothing to do and attacked all parts of the Xuanfu Division near Yunnan, but the situation is completely controllable, and Yunnan Province can handle it.

Gao Pragmatic actually knew the truth because he had seen the relationship between various historical materials in later generations, but after listening to his "analysis", Gao Gong still decided to suppress this matter first.

The reason why Gao Gong decided so much, there are two main reasons why the domestic reforms are being implemented to a critical moment, Gao Gong was going all out at that time was to open the sea and Qingzhang Tianmu and other major events, and open the sea and Qingzhang Tianmu, the government and the opposition are not all supportive, in fact, it should be said that there are many opponents, so Gao Gong needs to concentrate on suppressing these opposition forces, and does not want to affect the national layout because of the war in Yunnan, especially in Yunnan, under the premise that they can handle it themselves.

Another consideration is that at that time, the king of Burma was fighting the Xuanfu Division around Yunnan, such as Mengyang Division, Cheli Division, Menggong Division and other places. Of course, these places are nominally the Tusi of the Ming Dynasty and obey the orders of Yunnan, but in fact, they are also attached to the rebellion from time to time, and they will also plunder the interior of Yunnan during the rebellion. Therefore, the meaning of Gao Gong is also very simple, just let Myanmar beat them first, as long as the Burmese king beats them hard, they will naturally think of Daming's father.

Later, Gao Gong died, although Guo Pu was old, but he was too inclined to be a lonely minister before, so that many of his previous protégés did not have much contact, and he did not take much care of his protégés, so he lacked his own lineage strength in the court.

Gao Pragmatic, as Gao Gong's "heir to the mantle", is also Guo Pu's student, of course, he supports his teacher. But Gao Pragmatic is young after all, even though he wrote countless letters to Gao Gong's protégés and former officials to explain the reason, but after Gao Dang suddenly lost its core, it was still inevitable that the forces were scattered, for example, some people voted for Zhang Siwei.

Although the vote for Zhang Siwei does not weaken the overall strength of the Gao Party, it will definitely lead to a kind of "dual politics" similar to the emergence of the Gao Party, that is, although Guo Pu has an advantage in the center of the imperial court, Zhang Siwei's descendants are more important than Guo Pu, and the Jin Party, an important ally of the Gao Party, has been used by Zhang Siwei because Yang Bo died in the second year of Wanli and Wang Chonggu became a minister in the fifth year of Wanli.

As a result, although the strength of the Gao Party is still strong as a whole, the centripetal force has inevitably declined seriously. Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei can't make a decision within the Gao Party, and Gao Shishi's position is a little embarrassing, one of these two is his teacher, the other is his uncle, and it is not good to help either side.

Under these circumstances, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei could only restrain each other and strive not to damage the overall situation of reform, but that was the end of it, and it was very difficult for them to spare the energy to attach importance to a "local war" in the border areas of Yunnan.

However, Gao Shishi himself is still very concerned about the Ming-Burma War, which has been a tug-of-war in history, fought for decades, and both sides have fought a dozen and rested.

In Burma, the Donghu Dynasty was on the rise at that time, and hoped to dominate Tiannan, and fight the Ming Dynasty to cut the land and sue for peace or at least tacitly accept their monopoly on the southwest, but at this time the Ming army was actually not very weak, and it has always maintained a psychological advantage over the "barbarians on all sides", although the strength has been limited, but whenever the Ming army decides to fight, it can always defeat the Burmese army, so that Myanmar has never been able to overcome all the achievements.

As for the Ming army, there was never the intention of abolishing Burma in one fell swoop, and as a result, the Ming army retreated, and the Burmese army retreated, and the Burmese army retreated.

Originally, this may have the purpose of weakening the Tusi by means of war, but who knew that there was a change later, and the three major expeditions of Wanli were fought continuously

This is good, the Ming army had to shrink on the battlefield in Burma, the Burmese army was invincible and won, although the Ming did not lose the territory, but also lost part of the territory of the Xuanfu Division. However, Myanmar did not please much, and fought with the Ming Dynasty for decades, wasting all the local manpower, material and financial resources, and as a result, it went to weakness.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic doesn't want to see this situation, but he is not as good as he was back then, after all, without Gao Gong, his influence on Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei will inevitably decline, although he can still do what he can persuade, but the effect is not as obvious as Gao Gong

So he didn't dare to give any guarantees, so he had to say to Liu Wei, "The matter of Myanmar, when I meet the teacher and uncle, I will talk to them, but it is difficult to say what their attitude will be." In addition, if the emperor can see him, he will mention it slightly, but the emperor is not yet in power, so he may not pay too much attention to this matter. As for you, my brother, I suggest that you go back to Nanjing as soon as possible after the martial arts exam, whether you fight or not, it is only right to train your subordinates well first, and your headquarters will be transferred to Nanjing with you."