Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 762
"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to treat Annan... like this."

In the small pavilion in the backyard of Yuanqian Wangfu, Gao Mengnan was filled with emotion: "Did you plan to put Annan under Jinghua's control from the very beginning?"

Gao Wushi smiled slightly, and said: "Putting Annan under Jinghua's control is the best scenario I expected. In fact, the lowest standard in my mind at the beginning was to control Mo's, and then maintain a tug-of-war with Zheng's." In this case, the Mo family will have to rely on Jinghua's strength to protect themselves because of the threat of the Zheng family.

It's just that the progress was too smooth later. I found that the Annan people were not very strong, and the timing was very coincidental. It would be better to solve them once and for all, and it would be convenient for the next plan to be implemented. "

When Gao Mengnan heard the "plan for the next step", he immediately became serious, and asked: "You said this, so I have to ask, what do you want to do next? I heard from Gao Yu that you seem to be interested in people further south. Are Champa and even Chenla interested?"

Whether it is called Chenla, Khmer, or Cambodia, it actually corresponds to the Phnom Penh Dynasty in Cambodia.For this country, the Song Dynasty called it Zhenla, also known as Zhenlifu; the Yuan Dynasty called it "Gan Bozhi"; "Ming History" called it "Gan Wu Zhe".

In fact, in the fifth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1430), Siam invaded the Khmer Empire, surrounded Angkor City for seven months, and finally broke through Angkor.Because Angkor was too close to the border of Siam, the Khmer Empire abandoned Angkor and moved its capital to Phnom Penh.Since then, Chinese historical documents began to refer to this country as Cambodia.

After Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Chinese documents basically all called it "Cambodia".

"Jubushi", "Ganbozhi", "Ganwuzhe", and "Cambodia" are actually Camboja dialects, while Chenla and Zhenlifu come from Siem Reap, "Siem Reap".

Of course, the literature belongs to the literature, and some folks are more accustomed to calling it Chenla, and Gao Mengnan is obviously one of them.

Gao Wushi's complexion suddenly darkened, and there was even a lingering worry, he was silent for a while before he said: "Second brother, younger brother can observe the sky and the atmosphere of the earth, do you know this?"

Gao Mengnan was slightly taken aback, hesitantly said: "I didn't hear you say it, but I heard rumors from many outsiders... Is this really true?"

Of course it's false, but that's all for now.

Gao Yushi said: "Astronomical phenomena and earth's atmosphere have their own laws, but it's hard for the world to fully understand. There is a saying that goes, 'If you don't go out in the morning glow, the evening glow can travel thousands of miles' and so on. In fact, it can be regarded as a kind of sky observation, but it's just superficial. "

The implication is that it is not superficial for him to be higher than someone else.

Although Gao Pragmatism is pure bragging, Gao Mengnan obviously believed it, and there is nothing he can do if he doesn't believe it. Some things cannot be explained.

"So, what celestial phenomenon did you see?" Gao Mengnan asked nervously.

Later generations have a clear saying: Fear stems from ignorance.The same is true of Gao Mengnan's nervousness now, he doesn't understand astronomical phenomena, but his younger brother who is the champion of the six poems probably understands, and the magical ability of "predicting celestial phenomena" will make people nervous.

Gao Wushi looked up at the distant sky, and said faintly: "I see that in the next few decades, there will be an abnormal number of natural disasters in Ming Dynasty, especially in the north, where drought, flood, locust plague, ice disaster and even earthquakes will continue one after another. .In many places, grain production has been reduced, or even no crops have been harvested, thousands of miles of desolate land, and millions of refugees..."

Gao Mengnan's face was a little dull, and he swallowed: "So serious?"

Gao Wushi nodded heavily, and continued: "If I can't see it or calculate it, then it's fine, but since I can see it and calculate it, I have to find a way to solve it, or at least alleviate it a little bit, so it's not a problem. Carrying what you have learned in your chest, does the second brother think so?"

Gao Mengnan nodded: "Yes, that's true." After a pause, he asked: "So, you want to let those good fields in Chenla be used by you, so that you can produce more rice in the future for the people of Ming Dynasty?"

"Brother, do you think it's feasible?" Gao Wushi asked.

"Whether it is feasible or not, I don't know now, but..." Gao Mengnan frowned slightly: "Although the imperial court has always supported the gentry from all over the country to take the initiative to help the local area and alleviate the disaster, but you said that there are serious and continuous disasters in the whole north. The scale of your disaster relief is too large, this... will the court misunderstand it by then?"

"Second brother is really worried." Gao Wushi said calmly, "So, at that time, I won't be able to talk about helping the people. I can only use the food to negotiate business with the imperial court, and try to weaken the sense of relief."

"Doing business with the imperial court?" In fact, it is not a strange thing to do business with the imperial court. The imperial court often buys various materials from the people. Gao Mengnan is worried about another aspect: "If disasters continue in the north, the imperial court will have extra financial resources to use Do you want to buy these grains?"

"In the beginning, the imperial court might still be able to get the money out, but as time goes on, the imperial court will be unable to get the money out. I'm sure of that." Gao Wushi looked worried, but his tone was calm: "So At that time, I will need to reach another agreement with the imperial court."

"Another agreement?" Gao Mengnan frowned slightly: "For example?"

"For example, allow Jinghua to send troops south to Cambodia and other places to raise cheap food for the country, and at the same time... allow Jinghua to transfer domestic refugees to Annan, Champa, Cambodia and other places to 'real borders'."

Needless to say Annan, Champa, Cambodia and other countries are theoretically all vassal states of Ming Dynasty, and "real borders" are not nonsense in name.

Gao Mengnan thought carefully: At first glance, this method is indeed the best of both worlds, but... will the court doubt the intention of seeking truth?
When he raised this question, Gao Yushi tilted his head slightly, and said, "Because of such worries, Jinghua's asking price cannot be too low, and it must be 'business is business'."

He sighed, and said: "At that time, I will propose to implement the practices that Jinghua is doing in Annan in Champa, Cambodia and other places, that is to say... In addition to ensuring that the place is still a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, Jinghua will control All the power in these countries and regions will be fully under the control of Jinghua."

Gao Mengnan's face became tense, he carefully glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will suspect that you want to establish another country?"

"To be honest, brother, this is what I have been worrying about recently." Gao Wushi sighed: "The emperor has great trust in me, but if I am in Annan...or the strength of the southern border countries is getting stronger and stronger. Big, but it's hard to keep the emperor from thinking too much."

"Then what should we do?" Gao Mengnan became nervous: "It's easy to talk about other things. With the prestige and status of our Gao family, no matter how rich we are in the country, it's not a problem, but if we are in the southern border countries... even surpass the royal families of other countries. Above all, isn’t that a country within a country? Besides, you now control an army of [-] in Annan. If you add servants or even wolf soldiers, that’s an army of more than [-]. Expansion, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be hundreds of thousands of troops in hand... It is no wonder that the emperor is not worried!"

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "So, right now, I may still have a chance to take a foreign job. From now on... I may have to stay obediently in the capital and never go out."

"Oh...you mean, take yourself as a hostage, so that the emperor can rest assured?" Gao Mengnan felt relieved a little, then hesitated and said: "It sounds like it's not impossible, but...you must be careful, don't be serious. It has caused suspicion, when the time comes you will be in the capital, and if the emperor is persuaded by a traitor, you will be too dangerous."

"Probably not. There are a few points here that can guarantee my safety." Gao Wushi thought for a while and said, "First, I am a civil servant after all. As long as I don't seize the military power of the imperial court, generally speaking, the imperial court It is unlikely to attack me, and all the civil officials in the world will not agree, even the officials of the school of mind and learning cannot tolerate this situation."

"Secondly, the countries in southern Xinjiang will provide continuous support to Daming at that time. The more frequent and severe disasters the court faces, the more inseparable this support will be. If you kill me in that situation, the southern Do you want Xinjiang's support? Not to mention whether the emperor is such a ruthless person, even if it is true, he has to consider the consequences... Is it because my power in southern Xinjiang is more serious, or is it that there are thousands of miles in the country and hundreds of refugees? Wan’s harm is more serious? I think, the emperor will have an account in his heart.”

"Thirdly, he also needs to consider, since I will be so powerful in Southern Border by then, if he suddenly kills me and creates a 'Southern Border Rebellion', can Daming afford it?"

Gao Mengnan swallowed, a little panicked, and sighed: "This... If the situation really reaches that point, you will be walking on the edge of a cliff. I always feel that it is very dangerous."

Gao Wushi also nodded, and said: "So I have been thinking recently, can I have a good talk with the emperor at that time, after all, he and I were classmates when we were young, and we have been classmates for ten years. Perhaps in his view, Nanjiang The countries are nothing more than some barbaric lands, no matter how powerful I am here, as long as I am not allowed to go south, there will be no serious problems at all?"

Gao Mengnan thought for a while, and felt that this was not impossible. After all, Da Ming did not pay much attention to these barbarians in southern Xinjiang. Even though many of them were from thousand-year-old countries, in fact, in Da Ming's eyes, they were just bigger chieftains——Da Ming Really so confident, I don't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Well, I don't think anyone can compare to you in understanding the emperor. Since you think so, you should be a little bit sure. Brother Yu won't ask more questions..." Gao Mengnan frowned: "Then you let me know this time. Come, are you going to let me be a 'logistics supervisor' again, to prepare for future wars against Champa and other places?"

Gao Wushi said: "Actually, it may not only be Champa and Cambodia, but you may also be in charge of another matter - supporting a pair of lost princes and princesses in the Nanzhang Kingdom, helping them fight against Burma, and even helping them recover. In addition, we must win over the anti-Myanmar forces in Siam... It is best to let them join hands with the Nanzhang Kingdom to cause some troubles for Myanmar."

"Your plan is really big enough." Gao Mengnan said with a wry smile, "I think there are a lot of these things, and I don't know if I can handle them."

Gao Wushi nodded, and said sincerely: "It's quite complicated, but I will give the second brother enough authority... Nhean, Hue, and Guangnan towns are all 'lease lands' of Jinghua, and I plan to let the second brother come As the commander-in-chief of the three towns, Gao Zhang's Jingang garrison will also be led by the second brother during the war."
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