"Truth-seeking, I really didn't expect you to put Annan ...... Dispose of it like this. ”

In the small pavilion in the backyard of King Yuanqian's mansion, Gao Mengnan was full of emotion: "Did you plan to put Annan under Jinghua's control from the beginning?" ”

Gao Shishi smiled slightly, and said: "Putting Annan under the control of Jinghua is the best situation I expected, in fact, the minimum standard in my mind at the beginning is to control the Mo family, and then maintain a tug-of-war with the Zheng family, in this way, the Mo family will have to rely on the power of Jinghua to protect itself because of the threat of the Zheng family."

It's just that it went too smoothly later, and I found that the Annanites didn't have a strong strength, and the timing was very good at that time, so it was better to solve them once and for all, and it would be convenient for the next plan to be implemented. ”

As soon as Gao Mengnan heard the "next plan", he suddenly became serious and asked: "When you talk about this, I can't help but ask, what do you want to do next?" I heard Gao Jue say, you seem to be interested in Champa and even Chenla further south? ”

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

In fact, in the fifth year of Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, Siam invaded the Khmer Empire, besieged Angkor for seven months, and finally broke Angkor. Because Angkor was too close to the Siamese border, the Khmer Empire abandoned Angkor and moved its capital to Phnom Penh. After that, the country began to be referred to as Cambodia in Chinese historical documents.

After the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese literature basically called it "Cambodia".

"Investigate the matter", "Gan Bozhi", "Gan Wu", and "Cambodia" are actually Camboja antiphons, while Zhenla and Zhenli Fu come from "Siem Reap".

Of course, literature belongs to literature, and there are still people who are more accustomed to calling it Zhenla, and Gao Mengnan is obviously one of them.

Gao Shishi's face suddenly deepened, and there was even a lingering worry, and he was silent for a while before he said: "Second brother, the younger brother can observe the heavens and the earth, do you know this?" ”

Gao Mengnan was slightly stunned, and hesitated: "I haven't heard you say it, but I heard that many outsiders have this rumor...... Is this true? ”

Of course it's false, but I have to say it now.

Gao pragmatic said: "The celestial phenomena, the earth, their own laws in the meantime, but the world is difficult to know, there is a saying that 'the morning glow does not go out, the sunset travels thousands of miles' and so on, in fact, it is also a kind of observation of the sky, but it is shallow." ”

The implication is that he is not shallow above someone's level.

Although Gao Pragmatism is pure bragging, Gao Mengnan obviously believes it, and there is no way to believe it, and some things can't be explained.

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

Later generations have made it clear that fear stems from ignorance. Now Gao Mengnan's nervousness is the same, he doesn't understand celestial phenomena, but his younger brother who is the champion of the six heads is only afraid that he understands, and the magical ability of "predicting celestial phenomena" will make people nervous.

Gao Pragmatic looked up at the sky in the distance and said faintly: "I see that in the next few decades, there will be an unusually large number of natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the north, droughts, floods, locust plagues, ice disasters and even earthquakes, which can be described as one after another. As a result, grain production has been reduced in many places, and even no grain has been harvested, leaving millions of people displaced for thousands ......of miles."

Gao Mengnan's face was a little sluggish, and he swallowed his saliva: "So serious? ”

Gao pragmatically nodded heavily, and continued: "If I can't see or calculate, then that's fine, but since I can see and calculate, I always have to think of a solution, or at least alleviate one or two, so as to live up to what I have learned, does the second brother think so?" ”

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

"Does my brother think it's possible?" Gao asked pragmatically.

"Whether it is feasible or not, where do I know now, but ......" Gao Mengnan frowned slightly: "Although the imperial court has always supported the local squires 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 entire north, if the scale of your disaster relief is too large, this is ...... Will there be any misunderstanding in the imperial court at that time? ”

"The second brother is worried." Gao said calmly: "Therefore, when the time comes, I can't say that I can help the people, so I can only use those grains to negotiate business with the imperial court, and try to weaken the sense of relief in it." ”

"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, and Gao Mengnan is worried about the other side: "If the disasters in the north continue, will the imperial court have the surplus financial resources to buy these grains at that time?" ”

"At the beginning, the imperial court may still be able to take it, but the further it goes, the more the imperial court will not be able to take out this money, I am sure of this." Gao Shishi's face was worried, but his tone was calm: "So, I need to reach another agreement with the imperial court at that time." ”

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

"For example, Jinghua was allowed to send troops south to Cambodia and other places to raise cheap food for the country, and at the same time, ...... Jinghua was allowed to transfer internally displaced people to Annam, Champang, Cambodia and other places to 'Shibian'. ”

Needless to say, Annan, Champong, Cambodia and other countries are all subject countries of the Ming Dynasty in theory, and "real borders" or something are not nonsense in name.

Gao Mengnan thought about it carefully: At first glance, this method is indeed the best of both worlds, but it is ...... Will the imperial court doubt the intention of seeking truth?

He raised this question, Gao pragmatic tilted his head slightly, and said: "It is precisely because of such worries that Jinghua's asking price cannot be too low, and it must be 'in business'." ”

He sighed and said, "When the time comes, I will propose to implement these practices of Jinghua in Annam in Champa and Cambodia, that is...... In addition to ensuring that the place remains a subject state of the Ming Dynasty, Jinghua will control all the powers of these countries and regions, and put them under the control of Jinghua. ”

Gao Mengnan's face became nervous, he cautiously 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?" ”

"Don't hide it from my brother, this is also something I've been worrying about lately." Gao Pragmatic sighed: "The emperor has great faith in me, but if I am in Annan...... In other words, the strength of the southern Xinjiang countries is getting bigger and bigger, but it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not think much about it. ”

"What then?" Gao Mengnan became nervous: "Everything else is easy to say, with the prestige and status of our Gao family, no matter how rich we are in the country, it is not a problem, but if it is in the southern Xinjiang countries, it is ...... is above the royal family, isn't that a country within a country? Besides, you now control 80,000 troops in Annam, if you add the family or something, or even add wolf soldiers, it will be more than 100,000 troops, and if the territory expands in the future, I am afraid that sooner or later you will have hundreds of thousands of troops in hand...... It's no wonder that the emperor won't worry! ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and said, "So, I may still have the opportunity to serve abroad at the moment, and I will ...... in the future may have to stay in Beijing obediently all the time and not go out. ”

"Oh...... You mean, take yourself as a hostage in exchange for the emperor's peace of mind? Gao Mengnan was a little relieved, and then hesitated: "It doesn't sound impossible, but ...... You must be careful, don't really arouse suspicion, when the time comes, you will be in Beijing, and if the emperor is moved by a traitor, you will be too dangerous. ”

"Probably not, there are a few points here that can keep me safe." Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "First, I am a civil official after all, as long as I don't take the military power of the imperial court, generally speaking, the imperial court is unlikely to attack me, and the officials in the world will not agree, even the officials of the Xinxue faction cannot tolerate this situation." ”

"Second, the southern Xinjiang countries will provide a steady stream of support to the Ming Dynasty at that time, and the more frequent and serious the disasters faced by the imperial court, the more inseparable this support will be. If you kill me in that situation, will you still need the support of southern Xinjiang? Not to mention whether the emperor is such a ruthless person, even if it is, he has to consider the consequences...... Is it because my power in southern Xinjiang is greater and the harm is more serious, or is it that the harm is more serious because of the thousands of miles of red land and millions of displaced people in China? I think the emperor will have an account in his heart. ”

"Third, he also has to take into account that since my power in Southern Xinjiang is so great at that time, if he suddenly kills me and makes a 'Southern Xinjiang Rebellion', will Da Ming Cheng be able to afford it?"

Gao Mengnan swallowed his saliva, a little panicked, and sighed: "This ...... If it does, you'll be in a situation like a walk on the edge of a cliff, and I always think it's dangerous. ”

Gao Pragmatic also nodded, and said: "So I've been thinking recently, can I have a good talk with the emperor when the time comes, after all, he and I were young and ten years of classmates, maybe in his opinion, the countries of southern Xinjiang are nothing more than some barbarian lands, even if I have a lot of power here, as long as I don't let me go south, it won't be a big deal at all?" ”

Gao Mengnan thought about it and felt that this was not impossible, after all, Daming really didn't pay attention to these barbarians in southern Xinjiang, don't look at them as thousand-year-old countries, in fact, in Daming's eyes, they are just a big toast - Daming is really so confident, and he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Okay, I don't think anyone can compare to you when I understand the emperor, since you think so, you should always be a little sure, and the foolish brother won't ask much......" Gao Mengnan frowned: "Then you asked me to come this time, are you planning to let me be the 'logistics director' again, ready to deal with the future war against Champa and other places?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "In fact, it may not only be Champa and Cambodia, maybe you will have to preside over another thing - support a pair of lost princes and princesses in the southern state, help them fight against Burma, and even help them restore the country, in addition to winning over the anti-Burmese forces in Siam...... It would be better for them to join forces with the southern state and make some trouble for Myanmar. ”

"You've got a big plan." Gao Mengnan smiled bitterly: "I think these things are a bit much, and I don't know if I should deal with them." ”

Gao pragmatically nodded, and said sincerely: "It's quite complicated, but I will give the second brother enough authority...... The three towns of Nghe An, Hue, and Quang Nam are now all 'leased land' in Jinghua, and I plan to let the second brother be the commander of the three towns, and then Gao Zhang's Jingang garrison will also be led by the second brother in wartime. ”

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