The signing of the Jinghua Sixteen Articles was not troublesome, but it is hard to say whether the follow-up will be as stable as it is now.
After all, the Annan New Army and the 50,000 Cen Huang Lang soldiers adapted by Gao Pragmatic are now placed near Shenglong. Even if Mo Chao has any objections, they can only remain silent now.
There are people who do not remain silent. For example, Mo Maoqia was very active. Not only did he sign the "Sixteen Articles of Beijing" without saying a word, but he also specifically issued an order - no, now we can only order - saying In order to express gratitude to Ko An-tai for his outstanding contribution to the reunification of Annan, the famous Hoan Kiem Lake in Thang Long City and the nearby ground were given to Ko Pang-shit, and the Department of Dutong funded the construction of a separate courtyard for Ko Pang-shit.
Hoan Kiem Lake is a famous tourist attraction in Vietnam in later generations. The lake covers an area of about 180 acres, and including the nearby ground, it exceeds 300 acres. This is not a very big city at the moment, but it is really not a small place. Except for the original Mo Chao Palace and the current Dutong Palace, there is no other place that is still under planning than Gao Pragmatic. The other courtyard is a bigger mansion, and even the previous Prince Qian's mansion cannot compare with it.
It is reported that the extremely poor Mo family even took out the treasures stored in the past dynasties and sold them on the market in order to raise enough funds for Gao Jingshi to build a villa in the mansion. In fact, the money was not much, and the capital was The estimated value of the mission is more than 80,000 taels of silver.
However, this cost cannot be compared with that in the Ming Dynasty, especially with the prices of goods and craftsmen's wages in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. The labor of the Mo family's imperial embassy is hardly considered money, but a kind of corvee. The materials with the highest cost are those precious woods, but there is no shortage of wood in Annan - the Xinghua and Xuanguang Xuanfu divisions in the upper reaches of the Red River have a lot of precious woods, including rosewood, yellow pear wood, etc., it can be said that everything is available. If you are highly pragmatic, If you are interested, they can also get teak wood.
Therefore, according to Cao Ke's analysis to Gao Jingshi, Mo Maoqia planned to give Gao Jingshi this mansion. Even if the value of Hoan Kiem Lake and the surrounding ground was not calculated, the construction cost alone would be worth less if it were placed in Yanjing. It costs three to four hundred thousand taels!
Facing the Annan Xuanfu Secretary's eunuch who came to report to him, Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly and said calmly: "If you go back to Mo Dutong, just say that you accept his kindness and let him feel at ease."
The eunuch knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Gao pragmatic smiled again and said: "Also, tell Mo Dutong that he might as well set up a business. I, Jinghua, have some businesses and I am willing to cooperate with him. These businesses...how should I say, are quite profitable. Yes, the cost of his mansion can be repaid in about a year."
This was certainly not something that an eunuch would dare to agree to casually, but he still thanked Gao Yuntai repeatedly for his "support" to Mo Dutong. He was worthy of being a "general manager", and his words were smooth and impeccable.
Of course, Mo Maoqia's actions were not because he was born to be a dog, but because he felt a huge threat from the highly pragmatic new army reorganization!
According to this reorganization plan, most of the Mo Dynasty's military strength was taken away by Gao Pangshi himself, and the remaining small part was not returned to the Governor's Office, but was given to Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan - what does this mean? ?
Representative Gao Antai is worried about him. This is artificially creating two powerful ministers for the Mo family to suppress him.
As a result, he, Mo Maoqia, had nothing but the title of Commander-in-Chief. In the past, he could have kept a low profile and accumulated strength, and then suppressed Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan later, but now he can't even do this - the military, political, and financial power have all been taken away by Jinghua, and he is a person in name only. Puppet, what can you use to accumulate strength?
Moreover, since Mo Yulin and Ruan Jian were supported by Gao Jianshi, how could I dare to suppress them as long as Gao Jianshi didn't nod or acquiesce? Even if you beat a dog, it depends on the owner!
Therefore, Mo Maoqia quickly analyzed the current dilemma clearly. The key is to be pragmatic. As long as Gao Pragmatic is willing to relax some of the pressure on himself, he can still breathe.
On the contrary, if Gao Pragmatic insists on treating himself in this way, then it won't be long before he, the commander-in-chief, will completely turn into a carrot seal, and will become completely synonymous with incompetence in the eyes of the Annan people. Then he was deposed.
The misery of being deposed is completely conceivable. Mo Maoqia will never watch this scene happen, but he really has no countermeasures - he can't think of any way to counteract this situation now. Take the high ground and be pragmatic.
Since you can't resist, you can just enjoy it... Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan can be dogs, can't I? As long as I am willing to be a dog, I will be a dog king after all!
I would rather give it to a friendly country than to a domestic slave. Even if I give it to the Ming Dynasty, I, the Mo family, will not give it to you two with the surname Ruan!
Being a dog to Gao Pragmatic, after all, he is the sixth number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, a future leader in the eyes of the world's practical celebrities, and a genius who is highly praised by Baiyun laymen. Thinking about it, it is still barely acceptable. It is better than being betrayed by you two. It’s better to ride on your head!
Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan didn't know that they had become rebellious ministers for no reason. In fact, Mo Yulin had this idea, and he preferred to push Mo Jinggong to replace Mo Maoqia.
But Ruan Juan was really wronged. He didn't care much about politics at all. The current situation was entirely caused by Gao Pragmatic. He didn't know why Gao Pragmatic was willing to leave 10,000 troops for himself. However, he couldn't give it to others. After gaining military power, why don’t you push it out? Our Dai Viet Kingdom only has a total of 30,000 soldiers left...
Will Mo Maoqia be relieved or even excited after receiving Gao Pingshi's answer? Let's not talk about it for now. It is also a bit funny to say that Gao Pingshi got the land grant in Hoan Kiem Lake inexplicably.
Although he regarded Annan as the springboard for his Nanyang strategy, he also knew that according to his status, he could not stay in Annan for a long time. This Hoan Kiem Lake Villa must have been destroyed before he finished repairing it. Now that I'm gone, I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to see him again.
After all, Hoan Kiem Lake was also a famous attraction in Hanoi, Vietnam in later generations, and now it has become its own territory in name. If you don’t take a look, it seems a bit wasteful...
After thinking about it, Gao pragmatically made arrangements to go to Hoan Kiem Lake and meet the pair of princes and princesses from the Nanzhang Kingdom to see what they wanted from him and whether he could take the opportunity to do anything. …
After all, Myanmar's Toungoo Dynasty is now at its peak moment. It will pose a great threat to Ming Dynasty's southern frontier in the next twenty or thirty years. It has also caused a lot of trouble to Ming Dynasty in history. If it can take the opportunity to clean up, it will be a big problem. It's also a good thing.
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