Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1160 Pointing or Hinting
"Brother, my younger brother is really convinced by my sister-in-law's tricks." According to the new internal regulations of Jinghua, Gao Wuqin, the chief of the six Annan towns who "take turns to report on his work", is talking about Huang Zhiting's performance in Siam in front of his elder brother with a sigh. ability to come out.

"I don't know if my brother has read the "Jinghua Nineteen Articles" carefully. It is really more ruthless than the "Jinghua Sixteen Articles". In your words, brother, it is an 'enhanced version'! To tell you the truth, at that time The little brother was in Jingang, and he was shocked when he got the treaty text—do you think the Kingdom of Siam still exists?"

Gao Wushi still had no airs in front of his own third brother, and said with a smile, "I have left the matter in southern Xinjiang to your sister-in-law, and I sent a copy of the text, but your sister-in-law still wants to deal with it." There is no official letter explaining it, so I didn't read it carefully. Since you have seen it, you are still so shocked, why don't you analyze it for Brother Yu and see what is so great?"

"Success!" Gao Wuqin was really excited, took out a strip of paper from his bosom and opened it, walked to Gao Yushi's side, bowed his waist to show the strip to Gao Yushi, and pointed to the words on it to explain.

"The "Nineteen Articles" must be based on the "Sixteen Articles". Needless to say, you can tell from the beginning that it is almost not easy to say a single word."

Gao Wushi nodded lightly: "Yes."

"However, the first article has already shown the power of the 'enhanced version'. The first article of the original "Sixteen Articles" reads, "Annan Metropolitan Commander promises that from the date of signing this treaty, Jinghua Group will become an The Policy Advisory Group of the Metropolitan Government and the Annan Metropolitan Government have responded to the military and civilian affairs, and both allow Jinghua Group to send personnel to participate and provide guidance.'

The sister-in-law's "Nineteen Articles" copied this sentence as a whole except that the Annan Metropolitan Government was changed to the Kingdom of Siam, but the sister-in-law added a sentence after this sentence: The Kingdom of Siam proposed to Jinghua Group Guiding opinions will be fully respected and implemented. "

Gao Wuqin stretched out his hand and flicked the message, and said excitedly: "This is amazing, because in Annan, Jinghua's 'guidance' could theoretically be rejected by the Governor, but there will be no such thing in Siam in the future." This is the case."

Gao Wushi smiled and nodded: "It seems to mean that."

The first explanation won the affirmation of the eldest brother, Gao Wuqin became more interested, but his face became more serious, and said: "The next second, third, and fourth, I think, are the finishing touches of this new treaty." Pen."

"Oh? How to add eye contact?"

Gao Wuqin said: "Brother, please see, these three articles are actually talking about the same thing, that is, the appointment of the vice king of Siam—that is, the crown prince."

His face became more and more serious, and he said: "Brother also knows that the root cause of the troubles in Siam this time is Na Lixuan who was defeated and killed before. Nalixuan is the vice king of Siam. His death directly caused the The political situation in Siam was unstable, and then there was a rebellion without the direct threat of the army, but now my sister-in-law simply blocked this door!"

"Brother, look at the second article, 'The Kingdom of Siam promises that the King of the Kingdom must inform the Jinghua Group and agree with the Jinghua Group before appointing a deputy king (crown prince)' - then we don't have to worry about another Na Lixuan , a vice king of Siam who is against us.

But this alone is still not safe enough, because what if there is no consensus?So the sister-in-law added in the next article: "The Kingdom of Siam promised that if the appointment of the deputy king is not understood and approved in writing by Jinghua Group, the appointment will be invalid."The Kingdom of Siam can choose to make a statement to Jinghua Group, and Jinghua Group must send a special investigation team or negotiation team to negotiate and negotiate with the king or the object designated by the king within one year of accepting the appeal. '—that's what's interesting. "

Gao Wushi smiled: "Why is it interesting?"

"This 'interesting' has two levels. First, my brother thinks that according to this regulation, the King of Siam has actually lost the right to appoint a deputy king, because as long as his appointment does not get the consent of my Jinghua, he will It is invalid. Second, this investigation and negotiation is also very interesting. It seems that we have given the King of Siam a chance, but in fact... Well, you can see from the fourth article of the treaty that if the King of Siam really He must be a fool to think there is a chance to appeal."

Gao Wushi slightly raised his eyebrows: "Really?"

"Of course, brother, what do you think about this third article?" The Kingdom of Siam promised that if the deputy king's designation appeal was not finally understood by Jinghua Group, in order to ensure the unbreakable friendship between the two parties, His Majesty the King voluntarily relinquished the right to appoint a deputy king. Transition to Jinghua Group, and promise to give full support to the vice king candidate designated by Jinghua Group.'

Ha, this one is just a fool's errand. It's a circle around the boss. The final decision is still in Jinghua's hands. Once Jinghua insists on not recognizing the deputy king appointed by the King of Siam, the King of Siam will automatically give up the appointment. Gave it to Jinghua!In other words, these three rules are actually just one sentence: the future vice king of Siam will be appointed by me, Jinghua!
If the king of Siam is sensible and appoints the deputy king according to our intentions, then everyone can also be carried in a sedan chair, hello, hello, everyone; but if the king of Siam is not sensible, then sorry, this matter will always be I, Jinghua, have the final say. It's just the face of the King of Siam. It will be ugly at that time. "

Gao Wushi nodded with a smile, and asked again: "Then, why do you think your sister-in-law specially used three clauses to stipulate this authority? Or, why do you think your sister-in-law insisted on obtaining this authority?"

Gao Wuqin was taken aback by the question, and said in astonishment: "Didn't the younger brother just say that? In order to avoid another Na Lixuan in the future, a vice king of Siam who is not good with our Jinghua."

"That's all?" Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly.

Look at what big brother means, it seems that sister-in-law must not only consider this point when she does this?

Gao Wuqin rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Is it to ensure that we can firmly control the next King of Siam?"

Gao Yushi still said indifferently: "Maybe there is such a meaning, but let me ask you, even if the next Siamese king has countless ideas of his own, after the signing of this treaty, the Siamese royal family has lost control of the national army. Next, can he really threaten Jinghua's authority?"

"Uh, it seems impossible." Gao Wuqin frowned deeply, and murmured: "Without an army in hand, who would listen to him?... To rebel against Jinghua, this time the Siam Three-way Rebels It can be said to be a lesson learned from the past. Brother should have received a report. At that time, the three-way rebels had a total of more than 50 people, and the combined strength of each family was [-], and there were many behind them. Siamese aristocratic families and even Theravada Buddhist monks supported it, and even Cambodians participated in it.

But even with such strength, the sister-in-law easily defeated them one by one.That being the case, who can the future King of Siam appeal to just by virtue of face? "

Gao Yushi didn't say a word, just picked up the teacup quietly and took a sip.

"Brother." Gao Wuqin thought for a while, but still didn't quite understand what was the purpose of this, so he couldn't help asking for advice: "I can't figure it out, brother, please give me advice."

Who knew that the elder brother who was willing to give advice to his younger siblings would not give advice this time. Gao Wushi shook his head slightly: "If you can't think of it, think about it slowly. If you still can't think of it, then you don't have to think about it."

These words seemed a bit inexplicable, Gao Wuqin was confused when he heard it, and thought to himself: Then do I really want to or not?
He was about to continue to question, but Gao Yushi half-jokingly said: "You have just arrived in the capital today, and you must be tired. You might as well take a bath and take a nap. Brother Yu has already prepared for you At the dinner party, some of your elder brothers and younger brothers in Beijing will come, so don’t let your spirits slump, and make people think that my elder brother has made you a fool.”

Although the words were kind, Gao Wuqin knew that elder brother's words could not be rejected, let alone his current status and financial resources, even if the elder brother was just an ordinary person, since his father was not around, he would not refuse what the elder brother said I had no choice but to stand up and say thanks, and leave.

Gao Mo, who stood beside him like a wooden stake and listened to their brothers talking for a long time, said at this time: "Master, can you go and show the third master the way?"

Gao Wushi didn't speak, got up and went upstairs.

Gao Mo smiled silently, then sighed and shook his head slightly, then turned to look for Gao Wuqin.

Of course Gao Wuqin outside the door didn't wander around by himself, of course he was guided by the Gao family member to take him to take a bath and take a rest. When he saw Gao Mo chasing him, he was a little surprised and said, "Why is Uncle Mo here?"

Strictly speaking, Gao Mo is just Gao Yushi's accompanying servant Ding butler, but he is obviously also the most important servant around Gao Yushi, so his status in the Gao family is very special, so special that even Gao Yushi's third brother, who is a direct relative, met him. , I have to honorably call him "Uncle Mo", and I dare not be slight.

"Third Master, you're being polite." Gao Mo waved his hand, telling the two servants who were leading the way to step back first, and then stepped forward to lead the way himself.

"This, how does this make..." Gao Wuqin was a little caught off guard, flattered on his face—he really wasn't lying, because Gao Mo controlled the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Jinghua, and this Ministry of Internal Affairs was regarded as a factory by many people in the Jinghua system. The combination of , Wei, maybe it also includes the function of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It can be said that apart from Gao Yushi himself, anyone in Jinghua who sees Gao Mo, even a person with a clear conscience, can't help being a little nervous-if someone "makes a mistake in the investigation" and gives you the whole suspicion, it will be a lot of trouble.

Although Gao Wuqin is Gao Yushi's younger brother and is not very old, he also knows that his position is very important in the Jinghua system.I don't know how many people think that his qualifications, prestige and even ability may not be qualified for such an important chief of the six towns.Therefore, when Gao Mo came, he thought it was because he didn't do well, and his eldest brother asked Uncle Mo to come to him to "talk" in person, and he was quite disturbed.

"The master said that the third master did a good job in Annan, better than he expected, at least he didn't make any mistakes." Gao Mo also saw his uneasiness, so he explained it first, and said half-jokingly: " The master said that he originally thought that the third master would cause some minor disasters for him, and he was even ready to help the third master deal with the aftermath, haha... But the facts have proved that the third master's performance has exceeded expectations , the master is quite satisfied."

Gao Mo's words are mostly true, because Gao Wushi's expectations for Gao Wuqin were indeed very low before, and Gao Wuqin's performance... In Gao Mo's words, "at least he didn't make any mistakes", which is probably not bad.

As for "relatively satisfied", that was Gao Mo's comforting words, but Gao Yushi never said such words.Gao Pragmatism's original words are: "No merit, no fault, let's make do."

Hearing this, Gao Wuqin breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Thank you, Uncle Mo, for speaking well in front of my elder brother. I can stay for about ten and a half days when I return to Beijing to report on my work. If I have time, I will definitely invite Uncle Mo to drink. "

He doesn't know if there are any good words, but he knows that he must say so.Gao Wuqin's two or three years in Annan, it seems that he was not in vain, and he really made a lot of progress.

Gao Mo didn't respond to his polite words, but directly cut to the point, saying: "By the way, third master, have you really thought about why Madam spends so much time on appointing the vice king of Siam? "

Gao Wuqin was full of astonishment, and secretly said: I only care about Siam's situation because I feel that my sister-in-law's methods are not like a woman at all.But in the final analysis, I am the commander-in-chief of Annan's six towns, and I don't care about Siam's affairs. Why am I thinking about this so carefully?Wait... What is the mystery of this matter, that Uncle Mo can ask me in person?

He was a little confused, and he said in surprise: It is impossible for me to be the vice king of Siam, right?
But thinking about it carefully, he himself denied it first: Impossible. Looking at the plan that the elder brother made for Nancheng, he knew that this Siam should be a place that the elder brother valued very much.Otherwise, that small dilapidated fishing village doesn’t have such a good large-scale natural safe haven like Jingang, it’s just an ordinary estuary port, what is the old-fashioned effort to build a city and a port?
I was slandered by countless people for being the chief of the six towns. If I was asked to be the vice king of Siam, even if my elder brother was willing, I would not dare to go. Why should I be pointed at the spine and laughed at?Besides, the elder brother is not the only younger brother of mine, how could he greet me with all the good things?
He pondered for a while, but he didn't even realize that he had reached the guest building that Gao Wushi had arranged for him. He stood at the door in a daze for a while, still puzzled, so he had to smile wryly, "Uncle Mo, to tell you the truth, The matter of the six towns alone has already made me very anxious. Especially the newly won three towns of Huaying, Longpan and Champa, there are really a lot of mess... I really didn't think carefully about the Vice King of Siam This matter. If you always have any advice, you might as well say it clearly, and I will definitely listen to it."

Gao Mo sighed slightly in his heart, but it is very necessary to tell Gao Wuqin, the nominal second master of the sixth house (the actual second master is Gao Wuguan, but he has been adopted by Gao Gong), but this cannot be said. Said clearly.

He coughed lightly, squeezed out a smile, and said, "I don't have any advice for this old slave, but I suddenly remembered something."

Gao Wuqin asked hurriedly, "What's the matter?"

Gao Mo smiled kindly and said, "I heard that Madam is already married."

"Huh?" Gao Wuqin was taken aback.

But Gao Mo suddenly looked at the sky and patted his forehead: "Oh, it's easy to forget things when you get older. I'm afraid the master will rush back to the Ministry of War again now... This old slave is going to prepare the car for the master first. Lord, please rest well, and this old slave will leave."

"Ah, ah, good, good... Uncle Mo, you should do your work first, you will do your work first." Gao Wuqin, who was confused, replied hastily.
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