Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1127 Your Majesty, Cut the Cake

Ever since the news of Myanmar's great victory spread to the capital, the Baiyulou of Jianxinzhai, where Gao Wushi lived away, became more and more popular. Especially when Liu Shizeng entered Myanmar as a border minister and a negotiating envoy, the excitement became more and more uncontrollable, and Baiyulou was full of traffic. , The huge garden is often overcrowded.

The charm of Dian Zhan Baochao has been boasted for so long, and now it's time to see the truth, and the fact that Liu Shizeng's Chen Party has completely surrendered to the Real School obviously cannot be hidden from the well-informed people in the capital, so they report to Baiyulou every day.

No matter how varied the reasons for coming, in the final analysis, it is for the benefit of the war treasure.

Gao Yushi never refuses anyone who comes, but no matter who comes, he will only say what he said when he issued the Yunnan War Treasure Banknote. As for the others... sorry, no comment.

In fact, doing so is not in line with Gao Pragmatic's consistent style, but this matter is more complicated, and he is at the center of the storm, and a big incident may happen if he moves around.

The negotiation with Myanmar was indeed led by Gao Wu in the dark. There is nothing to hide about this. Who doesn't know?I don't know this, but if I'm still playing around in the capital, why don't I go home as soon as possible and guard the few acres of land?

The trouble for Gao Pragmatic is that since he is the leader, he must coordinate the balance of all interested parties, which is the difficulty.

On Zhu Yijun’s side, the attitude is relatively clear. There are three main points: first, Myanmar may not be annexed, but Myanmar must restore the tribute, and must recognize the effectiveness of the system of three declarations and six comforts as before; second, the annexation or encroachment of Myanmar In the end, Myanmar must pay compensation according to Gao Yushi's previous plan. The larger the amount, the better, but there is no clear limit.

The cabinet's request was similar to this, but Zhang Siwei privately gave Gao Yushi a "task", asking him to try to weaken Myanmar's ability to fight again.

This article does not conflict with high-level pragmatic ideas, and what is more tolerant is that there are also no clear requirements, such as how many troops Myanmar can maintain.In fact, from Gao Yushi's point of view, the uncle is still too "shameful", and making unequal treaties is not his specialty.

These official requirements are not very troublesome, but the real trouble is the distribution of interests among the holders of the Yunnan war banknotes.This time, the treasure banknotes of the Yunnan War were sold for as much as 10 taels. According to the pre-war flicker of high-level practicality, the profit can be doubled no matter what, but it is obvious that the poor place in Myanmar is expected to pay several times the money. It is difficult, so it is almost certain that the compensation is mostly in installments, and it is impossible to only collect money.

If there is no silver, it has to use the output to offset the debt. However, once Myanmar really returns northern Myanmar to the propaganda department, his repayment ability will be even worse, because the mountainous areas in northern Myanmar are the main production of Myanmar jade. out.Not only jade, rubies and sapphires are also strong specialties of Myanmar. If northern Myanmar is lost, it will take decades for Myanmar to repay the huge sum of money by growing grain?
Moreover, growing food is not very reliable, because Huang Zhiting changed the plan to pacify Myanmar, and now the old Bago land has fallen into her hands. This land accounts for almost one-third of Myanmar's agricultural output, and it is obviously impossible to restore it. It was given to Myanmar, so even Myanmar's grain production is facing a sharp drop.

Moreover, Gao Yushi not only intends to cut off the southern part of Myanmar, nor does he only intend to let Myanmar return only northern Myanmar to the public, he also wants to cut off the eight hundred Dadian and other places in the east of Myanmar, so that " The line of Bago-Siam and Babaidadian-Nanzhang-Annan" has been completely opened up.

In this way, only his basic plate is left in Myanmar, which is equivalent to the one centered on the Taungoo-Bagan line.In this case, Myanmar has almost completely lost its ability to repay.

If this is really done, Zhang Siwei's request will definitely be fulfilled, but the interests of "investors" will be completely ruined, and high pragmatism is especially needed to balance here.

On this day, Gao Wushi finally did not become an otaku, but went back to his mansion in Jinggongfang, Zhaohui, Jingshi under the guard of a group of servants, and then took a rest, changed his clothes, and went to see Zhu Yijun .

He never had to wait long to see the emperor, and soon the emperor called him to the Wenhua Hall—the emperor was in a good mood today, and he was giving lectures in the Wenhua Hall.

The Wenhua Palace was the place Gao Wu was most familiar with in the palace. He waited here for a while, and after the emperor had finished his speech and retired from the lecture, he summoned him immediately.

It was said that he was summoned, but in fact Zhu Yijun really had nothing to say to him, so he went out and stood on the steps to wait for him. When he saw Gao Wushi coming, he even went down the steps and walked in with his arms.Gao Wushi didn't even pay attention to the etiquette, so he was forcefully dragged into it.

The two of them were not on the study side, but went to the side hall Benren Hall. Once they entered, Zhu Yijun sat down by himself, and at the same time let Gao Yushi sit down at will, just like a few years ago.

The emperor can do this to show his holy family, but the high pragmatism can't really suffer like this. After all, his status is different from that of the past, so he still thanked him politely, and then took his seat.

After taking his seat, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "How, are you going to be annoyed to death by the creditors?"

Gao Wushi put on an exhausted look, and sighed, "Your Majesty is wise, I really have a big head right now."

"What did Liu Shizeng and the others say, how much money is estimated to be repaid in Myanmar in a year?"

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "Myanmar is such a bad place. The money, food, cloth and other things in their treasury are only worth more than 20 taels."

Zhu Yijun's smile froze immediately, and he asked anxiously, "Then what should we do? How much food can they collect every year?"

Gao Wushi's smile was even more bitter: "To tell you the truth, if converted into silver, normally Myanmar can only levy 17 taels a year."

Zhu Yijun said in amazement: "Myanmar has been fighting against the southwest for decades, but it is far inferior to Suzhou?"

This... Your Majesty, people in Suzhou will probably roll their eyes when they hear your analogy.You must know that Suzhou, in the research of later generations, was a "super-regional central city" in the history of the Ming Dynasty. The economic status that can be compared with it in Europe is not only Constantinople—or Istanbul?Even Venice, Genoa and Florence are not enough to look at.

But Gao Wushi still wanted to continue to attack the emperor. He sighed: "This is still Burma right now. If Burma is dismembered, I suspect that it can levy at most 5 taels of silver a year."

"5 taels!" Zhu Yijun stood up in shock, widened his eyes and said, "Then according to the huge interest you promised before, even if Myanmar doesn't eat or drink, it will have to pay back for almost 30 years?"

"It's almost like this." Gao Wushi sighed, "And after the dismemberment of Myanmar, they lost a lot of valuable specialties. I suspect that their finances can at most break even. It would be terrible to squeeze out 1 taels a year."

"Then what should we do?" Zhu Yijun was very anxious: "We have to lose this money? It was pooled together by a large group of people." Then he suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively: "I heard that there are two A royal palace... can it be demolished?"

Gao Wushi had expected this, and replied: "I haven't seen the palace in Dongyu City yet, but the palace in Bago City is more famous in Myanmar, and now it happens to be in the hands of Huang Zhiting. I have got her before." The report of the evaluation."

"How to say, how many things can be dismantled and how much can be sold?"

Gao Wushi sighed: "The palace looks resplendent and resplendent, like a golden palace, but firstly, it does not occupy a large area, and secondly, the splendor is actually fake. The so-called gold is only plated with a thin layer of cooked copper. The people who saw it did calculations, and it was probably worth less than 1 taels of silver when peeled off."

Zhu Yijun was greatly disappointed, put his hand on his forehead and said, "Is there any treasure inside?"

"I found a batch of treasures, packed them up and checked them out, and prepared to ship them to the emperor at a convenient time. However, your majesty, Bagu Palace is not a place where reckless thieves often live. It is a bit like our Nanjing palace, so there are not many things in it." , there may be some novelties, but the overall number is very limited."

Zhu Yijun originally wanted to say, "I don't want these things anymore", but after thinking about it, he was unwilling to reconcile, and finally didn't mention it at all. Instead, he changed the subject and said: "Should we take down Dongyu City and see the palace in Dongyu City?" How's it going inside?"

"I think it doesn't make much sense, and it's a bit unreasonable for us to rob the Burmese palace of the Ming dynasty... There is still a difference between that place and the Bagu palace."

Of course there is a difference, one is a royal palace, and the other can only be regarded as a palace. Political symbolic meanings are completely different things, and Zhu Yijun understands it.

"Then what should we do? Do you have any ideas?" Zhu Yijun asked helplessly, and added: "This Myanmar is really a backcountry where there are troublesome people, and they are all so aggressive."

Good question, I'll be waiting for this one.

Gao Wushi pretended to be pondering, and said, "After much deliberation, there is only one way -- don't divide Myanmar so hard, you have to leave some territory for him."

Zhu Yijun said in astonishment: "But what the cabinet means..."

"Of course I know what the cabinet means." Gao Wushi said seriously, "But your majesty, do you think Myanmar can be turned around by keeping a little more territory?"

This time Zhu Yijun didn't answer right away, but after thinking for a while, he asked, "Where do you think it would be better to leave it?"

Gao Wushi didn't hesitate, and replied directly: "Northern Myanmar."

Zhu Yijun didn't seem to find it strange, but asked, "What's the reason?"

"The reason is that it's actually useless to return northern Burma to those Xuanweisi. It's better to leave it to Burma. It will not only make blood for him, but also replenish blood for me."

Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by that?"

Gao Wushi smiled, and said: "Return northern Burma to a few consolation officers. Is there any use for them besides singing the emperor's wiseness in the memorial? Will they pay taxes? Will they pay compensation? Or will they pay taxes? Increase the tribute without asking me for a reward from Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yijun's eyes rolled, and he realized that the truth here is true. North Burma will be returned to the Xuanwei Division. As long as the Xuanwei Division thank you verbally, there will be no more. Daming will at most gain a reputation, but this time Even if the military salary expenditure is abruptly lost.

On the contrary, it is practical to leave northern Myanmar to Myanmar so that Myanmar can pay back more money.The only trouble is that Myanmar took a breather in this way, will it continue to make trouble after it recuperates...

After Zhu Yijun raised this question, Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "I feel that this kind of thing is meaningless just by dismembering it. Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if it makes trouble or not. The ability to strike a thunderbolt against it."

Zhu Yijun nodded slightly and asked, "Then how do you plan to keep it?"

"My idea is to encircle it." Gao Yushi got up by himself, found a map of southern Xinjiang on the desk and opened it, gestured and said: "I think that eight hundred Dadian can be assigned to Siam to block the east of Myanmar The way out; then separate the old Bagu land, restore the country for the Mon people, continue the rise and fall, rebuild the Dagula Xuanweisi, and block the southern part of Myanmar; and even if the northern part of Myanmar continues to be kept in the hands of Myanmar, we still have to be in Meng Yang, Meng Mi, Gan Ya, Mubang, Meng Ding established a line of defense..."

"Why this line?" Zhu Yijun asked inexplicably: "Since it was left to Myanmar and you occupied this line, wouldn't it just keep more than half of it in northern Myanmar, and almost all the big cities were returned to us? Besides, this Several places are also Departments of Propaganda and Consolation, we want to garrison there, what should we do if the Department of Propaganda and Consolation disagrees?"

Gao Yushi said mercilessly: "It doesn't matter if they agree or not. These people have already betrayed before. How can they convince the public without some punishment? Don't let Liu Shizeng talk to them about this matter, just let Liu Ting and Deng Zilong do it." Talk, I want to see who dares to refuse."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and coughed dryly: "This...is just a garrison? I mean, it seems too harsh to directly remove the name. After all, they are not too slow to set things right this time."

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes and sighed: "The emperor wants to be benevolent and righteous, and I have nothing to say. In fact, I plan to take the opportunity to withdraw these Xuanwei families."

Zhu Yijun was a little embarrassed, and explained: "I'm also afraid that there will be some monster moths in the backcountry, and it won't work if I don't fight, and it won't be worthwhile to fight."

Gao Wushi pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said: "It's also possible...but the garrison must be maintained, and there is another more important thing, that is, the Xuanwei Division in these places must also hand over military power, and I will let you know. Unified command—well, another military post can be set up, or Yongchang General can also be in charge.”

Zhu Yijun thought for a while, seemed to agree with this statement, nodded and said: "The area that Yongchang General will manage is big enough, and if it is not easy and easy to be distracted, it is better to set up another general or guerrilla."

It doesn't matter, Gao Wushi didn't go into details, but just continued the previous topic: "In this way, Myanmar will be surrounded on three sides, like a rope around its neck. As long as I, Da Ming, don't doze off, it will It is impossible to have any more serious threats. In addition, we also have an excuse to limit its strength..."

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun asked, "Where does this rhetoric come from?" It seems that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like the word "excuse" very much.

Gao Wushi didn't care, and explained: "It's easy, just say that it owes us so much money, and now that the surrounding area is under the control of our Da Ming, no one will fight it. What do we need so many soldiers and horses? How about less?" Raise some soldiers, save more money to pay off debts."

Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing, but with a smile, he remembered something again, and asked with a frown: "No, although Siam paid tribute to Ming Dynasty, they have owed tribute for a long time. Bai Dadian was given to them, what if they refuse to obey the order?"

Gao Wushi coughed lightly, and said, "This matter... something unexpected happened."

"Huh? What accident?"

"Annan has another expedition this time, does the emperor remember?"

"Remember, what happened to them?"

Gao Wushi rubbed his nose: "The leader of the army, Ruan Huang, was afraid that the Siamese would not cooperate, so he simply put the King of Siam under house arrest. Now Siam has 3 people in the hands of Crown Prince Na Lixuan whose position is still undecided. The rest is already under Annan's control."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, but soon he couldn't help laughing out loud, shaking his head and saying: "Even your defeated generals can easily subdue them? What a bunch of idiots."
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