"I'm not a great king. I'm even just a guest general. I don't dare to live in this palace."
Liu Xin rejected Musali's kindness with a smile, glanced at Gita I, who was less than forty years old, and asked, "Can he speak Chinese?"
Musali was startled for a moment and shook his head: "I'm afraid not."
"Oh, okay." Liu Xin said casually: "Tell him, just say that the palace will be his residence for the time being, but our army will take over the defense, and he cannot leave the palace until Gao Gongbao or Mrs. Gao passes on the news. New instructions coming.”
Musali was stunned when he heard this and said hesitantly: "Jinghua Group wants to retain the Kingdom of Cambodia?"
Liu Xin looked at him, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "This matter is neither for me to decide nor for you to hear."
Musali was shocked, and Liu Xin continued: "General Musali, since you and General Ruan Huang have met before, you should know that he also took the initiative to surrender in the past, and you can also see his current status. You can tell the whole story at a glance, so I don’t think you will doubt Gao Gongbao’s magnanimity. The only thing I can remind you at the moment is... if you give up, you will get something."
Musali's heart moved, and he bowed and said: "Thank you, General Liu, for your kindness. I am deeply grateful. It's just that Mu is a foreigner and is stupid and vulgar. I wonder if General Liu can give you more detailed advice?"
Liu Xin smiled and said noncommittally: "General Mu is too modest." Then after a pause, the conversation changed: "I think it's time to discuss the arrangements for the garrison in Phnom Penh. Can General Mu be convenient for us to talk at this moment?"
Musali felt relieved after hearing this, because although these words were definitely polite, at least they did treat him as "surrender" rather than "surrender".
People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. Musali's father's lineage is Han after all, and he also knows this truth. Hearing this, he immediately raised his hands and said: "How dare you, how dare you, I am willing to listen to General Liu's orders."
Liu Xin didn't take him as a "junior general" seriously. After all, she was only a guest general. She was neither a general of the Ming Dynasty nor a member of Beijing.
She was able to command this battle. On the one hand, Liu Jiajun was a servant of her family, and she commanded it as the eldest lady; on the other hand, the Jinggang garrison was dispatched by Gao Pragmatic Token, and the specific authority was granted by Huang Zhiting—— In the final analysis, this power comes from Gao Pragmatic, the owner.
As for Mousali, before he surrendered, he was the northwest general of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the de facto most powerful figure in the Cambodian army. Although he has surrendered now, how to arrange him is a decision that only the highly pragmatic couple can make, and Liu Xin does not. Intended to exceed authority.
Of course, the actual situation is before us, and the two sides have "exchanged host and guest." As the chief general of the Beijing Expeditionary Army, Liu Xin certainly has the power to arrange the defense of Phnom Penh City. What she said just now was indeed just polite - maybe she didn't want to be criticized for her words. Failure to do so may lead to accidents.
"Okay, General Mu is indeed reasonable and understands justice. In that case, Liu will speak frankly."
Musali smiled and bowed slightly, but secretly thought in his heart: This General Liu really talks like a man, even calling himself the same. I heard from Xizuo that her family is one of the top generals in the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid this girl has not been there since she was a child. Growing up in the military? Otherwise, instead of saying "slave", it should be "my girl".
Liu Xin didn't care about Imusali's thoughts, and really said directly: "I want the palace to be guarded by my own soldiers. My headquarters will be located in the big house next to the palace, and the inner city will be handed over to the Golden Port Guards." . As for the outer city, the four city gates are guarded by garrison troops. General Mu’s subordinates, including the Royal Forest Army, are temporarily stationed in the main camp inside the city, waiting for further instructions from Deputy Commander Huang... What does General Mu think? "
Musali had expected this, but he was not too disgusted. He just hesitated for a moment, frowned and said: "The 20,000 people under the general's command can ensure that they are safe, but the Imperial Forest Army...this army was not led by the general. The superiors and subordinates may not necessarily obey the general. If we arrange it this way, I'm afraid..."
Liu Xin's pupils shrank, but her tone was calm, and she said: "General Mu means that this Imperial Forest Army is difficult to control, and may even be a source of chaos?"
Musali smiled bitterly and said: "I dare not hide it from General Liu. The general is indeed worried about this."
Liu Xin thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, in that case, it is better to prepare for a rainy day than to make up for it before it is too late. It seems that although the battle in Phnom Penh went smoothly, there will still be blood..."
Musali hesitated for a moment, but finally asked: "Do you need the general's help at this time?"
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "It's not necessary for this matter. There is another matter that requires General Mu's assistance. Of course...General Mu will be happy to help with that matter."
Musali's heart was moved, but his tone did not change. He just smiled and said, "Oh? But I don't know what General Liu is referring to?"
Liu Xin looked at Gita I and others who were tied aside, and said calmly: "Screen out the enemy from ourselves."
A big stone fell in Musali's heart, and he felt a little grateful to Liu Xin. He quickly bowed and said: "Thank you General Liu for your kindness. I will be very grateful. I will do my best to help the general and distinguish the good from the bad as soon as possible. "
The reason why he was grateful was that Liu Xin's move was equivalent to helping him clean up his political opponents. Although it is still unclear what will happen to the Kingdom of Cambodia in the future, if he betrayed the king and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty like this today, his reputation in Cambodia will be completely bad.
In this way, if there is no severe purge, if Jinghua copies the Annan model in Cambodia in the future, he will have too many political opponents. Even under the Annan model, these people may not really have any power, but if the ants kill the elephant, they will definitely cause him a lot of trouble.
What's more, if a crowd of words makes a fortune, three people can become a tiger. If these people keep telling Jinghua about him in the future, even if it's all slander, they may cause trouble sooner or later. In this way, purging some of the die-hards in advance not only eliminates hidden dangers first, but also serves as a warning to the monkeys.
Seeing that he had understood, Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and said: "I will let the three commanders of the garrison and General Mu explain the specific matters in detail. Liu also needs to prepare a military report to be submitted to Dingnan, so he must first Farewell."
Musali hurriedly said: "I will send you off to the general."
Liu Xin waved her hand as she walked and said, "No, you stay here to make arrangements for the Cambodian monarch and his ministers. The three captains of the security army can't even find the palace of your Majesty the King."
Musali immediately stopped, bowed and said: "Yes, the general will take your orders."
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Five days later, we arrived in Dingnan City.
At this time, it is difficult to define whether Dingnan can be regarded as a "city", because it is more like a huge construction site at this time.
There are probably only two places that have actually been built to some extent. One is the port and the other is Gaofu.
The port is called Dingnan Port, but Gaofu has other names, and there are quite a lot of them.
Many people privately nickname the Dingnancheng Palace as the "Siam Regent's Palace", or simply the "Regent's Palace"; some people who have read a little said that this palace is actually the "Tai'an Palace".
Tai'an Palace, actually Da'an Palace, was a palace in the Tang Dynasty. It was originally named Hongyi Palace. After the Xuanwumen Incident on June 4, the ninth year of Takeori, Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, passed the throne to his son Li Shimin and called him the Supreme Emperor. In the third year of Zhenguan, Emperor Li Yuan moved from Taiji Palace to Hongyi Palace and changed its name to Tai'an Palace.
Originally, this palace was built in the fifth year of Wude, when it was a villa built by Li Yuan for King Li Shimin of Qin. "On July 5, the fifth year of Wude, we camped at Hongyi Palace. By July of the ninth year, Emperor Gaozu thought that Hongyi Palace had beautiful scenery of mountains and forests, and he liked it..."
Those who have read some books in Dingnancheng call Gaofu "Tai'an Palace", which probably comes from the meaning of "the residence of the Supreme Emperor". However, later there were rumors that there was a metaphor for "King Qin's departure from the palace in his early years", but the meaning was different, and there were different opinions.
However, whether it is "the Supreme Emperor" or the "King of Qin", they are just talk among the people anyway. The Gao Gongbao who can hope to be the "Great Emperor" or the "King of Qin" is thousands of miles away at this time, and has never even been here. at.
All he has here is his wife, Huang Zhiting, the deputy commander of Annan's envoy.
Huang Zhiting's belly is already very big. Judging from the time, she may give birth in about ten days and a half.
Her morning sickness was really bad before, and she would vomit frequently. Sometimes she felt like she was about to vomit out the gall, and she was in a very bad mood. But after Gao pragmatic sent several famous teachers and apprentices from the Department of Medicine of the Artisan School, her condition improved a lot. Mainly because she adjusted her diet based on their suggestions, changing from three meals a day to smaller meals and more meals a day. For eight or nine meals, I only eat a little bit each time, supplemented by adjustments to the recipes.
According to Gao's pragmatic understanding, the adjustment is to increase protein supplementation, add a lot of light soups, and nuts such as walnuts. These adjustments are pragmatic and make sense to Gao, because in his impression, pregnant women in later generations will generally be advised this way by doctors.
Huang Zhiting's health is really good. After getting through the lethargy period in the early stages of pregnancy, the next three or four months are almost the same as normal people - except for the pointed belly.
According to her own tongue-in-cheek complaint to those around her, "Give me a ride and I can even lead an army."
Most of the dignitaries in Dingnan City are either pragmatic servants or slaves of her Huang family. Of course, it is impossible to lead troops on an expedition. No one dares to let her do this - who can afford it if something goes wrong?
Therefore, although Huang Zhiting felt very good about herself, she was still restricted to Gaofu and could not go out. Even if she really couldn't stay any longer, she was only allowed to take a walk in the harbor.
This "power" was given by Gao Pragmatic to those female doctors.
However, the doctors only limited her scope of activities and time. Apart from this, Huang Zhiting still dealt with various affairs in southern Xinjiang normally, making many decisions pragmatically on behalf of Gao, or referring certain issues to Bai Yulou.
On this day, Huang Zhiting, who had recently been asked by doctors to take a rest and was not allowed to summon her subordinates more often, took the rare step of summoning several important figures in Dingnan City to come to the High Court to discuss matters.
In order not to affect Huang Zhiting's rest as much as possible, senior officials of Dingnanjinghua, including Gao Mengnan, the former general commander of the three Annan towns, made an appointment to come together and see her at the "Jin'ao Pavilion" of Gaofu.
Although Gao Mengnan is the adopted son of Gao's eldest family member, the rise of the sixth family of the Gao family has become a trend today. Gao Mengnan himself has worked under the name of Gao Pingshi for many years. Therefore, although he is the "uncle", he also acts as a subordinate. Meet the mistress.
However, Huang Zhiting treated him particularly favorably, not only giving him a seat alone, but also making a slight gesture of standing up to greet her - of course Gao Mengnan must have dared not ask her to sit down.
This discussion is actually more of a "procedure". After all, in this vast southern Xinjiang, Huang Zhiting is the only person who is entrusted by Gao Pragmatic to be responsible for the overall situation. Others, including Gao Mengnan, have their own responsibilities. , and what Huang Zhiting wants to talk about today is exactly about Cambodia. Theoretically speaking, no one present at the meeting has the right to interfere.
The reason why we say "following the procedures" is because everything in southern Xinjiang is now based on Annan and Siam as the center. Huang Zhiting also needs these people who once served in Annan and are now transferred to Siam. An important person from Beijing University gave her a reference.
Today’s issue boils down to one thing: Cambodia’s post-war resettlement.
The breakdown of this issue is of course very complicated, but the most important ones are just a few, and the most basic of them is whether to retain the Kingdom of Cambodia.
When this question was raised, Gao Mengnan was stunned for a moment.
Because according to his understanding, Gao Pragmatic had made plans a long time ago. The Kingdom of Cambodia is no different from Annam, Siam, Nanzhang and other countries. It must be preserved. Then Jinghua will use the Annan model to set aside the royal family and exercise governance rights on its behalf.
But one of the topics Huang Zhiting brought up today was "whether to retain the Kingdom of Cambodia." This was so unexpected - did Qiuzhen change her view, or did the sister-in-law known as Mulan in Southern Xinjiang suddenly have new ideas? ?
Gao Mengnan looked around. Apart from him, the others were either the chief and deputy commanders of the Dingnan Guard Army, or Huang Hu, the commander of the "Annan Assisted Defense Force". In short, they were all members of the military, and he was the only one who could be considered " Civil servant".
It is estimated that several military figures would not express any opinions on this matter. In other words, Huang Zhiting came almost specifically to ask for his opinion. No wonder the courtesy just now was different.
Gao Mengnan thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "As far as I know, Qiu Zhen's plan for Cambodia in the past did not intend to erase the intentions of the Cambodian royal family. This is the question today... Forgive me, but because of other reasons? Variety?"
"Uncle, don't worry too much. It's not that something happened. On the contrary, the news from Cambodia is very good, even exceeding my previous expectations." She said, waving slightly, and a maid came to deliver the military report. Not only Gao Mengnan, but everyone else also received copies of military reports.
Gao Mengnan read it quickly and was a little surprised: "This is really unexpected. Before the war, we thought that the two cities of Kampong Chhnang and Phnom Penh would be the most difficult to defeat, but they were actually won without a single blow? This Miss Liu? Sure enough, I have some skills, this is a great achievement..."
Huang Zhiting smiled slightly: "I don't dare to judge Miss Liu's merits. I have to ask my humble husband to make a decision. But what I want to say is, since Cambodia is in such a situation, is it necessary to maintain this kingdom?"
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