Thang Long City, Annam Palace.

Mo Dengyong was leading a group of Annan Wenchen generals to lie respectfully on the square in front of the Taihe Palace, while Yang Cong was standing straight in front of him, holding the holy decree in his hand, and reciting it aloud.

This holy decree is quite long, roughly meaning that Emperor Jiajing accepted Mo Dengyong's surrender, and the Ming Dynasty reduced Annan's subordinate state to a dependent territory, renamed Annan Metropolitan Envoy Division, changed Annan Thirteen Dao to Thirteen Xuanfu Division, and named Mo Dengyong as Annan Metropolitan Envoy, and his descendants were hereditary.

In addition, there are also the establishment of officials such as Xuanfu envoys, Tongzhi, deputy envoys, and ministers, as well as jurisdictional authority, etc., which are sprinkled with thousands of words.

This means that the country of Annan has since become history, and the entire Annan has become a direct territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Mo Dengyong didn't have much reaction, because the holy decree had already clarified his jurisdiction over Annan, although there was still a gap between this power and the king of Annan, but he was also a Turkish emperor, and he could have hereditary descendants, which was very close to the power he hoped for, so what opinion could he have.

However, other officials are different, especially those former ministers of the Later Li Dynasty, all of them are like mourning and heartbroken.

It's really sad that Annan died like this.

Why did Yang Cong personally go to Thang Long City to read the holy decree?

Of course, he is for private affairs, if it is for official business, he doesn't have to come, and letting Hu Zongxian come will give Mo Dengyong a lot of face.

After reading the holy decree, Mo Dengyong took the lead in shouting long live, respectfully accepted the holy decree, and the official matter was almost completed.

Yang Cong kindly stepped forward to help Mo Dengyong up, and said with a smile: "Master Mo, we will be ministers with the court in the future, and I hope to take care of you." ”

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he was flattered and said: "The governor is polite, it is the lower officials who want to ask the adults to take more care." ”

Yang Cong smiled: "The same, the same, by the way, how are you preparing for the surrender table?" ”

When he said this, there was obviously a hint of suggestion in his eyes, and Mo Dengyong immediately said: "Oh, it just so happens that there is still some unclear place in this matter, Lord Governor, I don't know if you can give me some guidance?" ”

Yang Cong nodded and said: "No problem, no problem, the emperor is probably waiting for you to surrender the table, without further ado, why don't we go and see it now." ”

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, and then took the lead and walked to the imperial study.

After the two entered the imperial study, he respectfully gave Yang Cong to the main seat, and then stood aside and asked, "My lord, but what is the important matter?" ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly and said, "Yes, have you ever thought about what to do with the more than 100,000 people under your command?" ”

There are more than 100,000 horses, but it is a lot of expenses, even if he only gives people half a full meal, and the military salary is not much, but he has to pay a million taels a year, which is a huge burden for Mo Dengyong, after all, Annan's taxes are not so much in a year.

He said without hesitation: "Most of these more than 100,000 horses are naturally going to be dismantled, and the lower officials are ready to start disarmament tomorrow, leaving only 30,000 or 40,000 elites." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he shook his head and said lightly: "Why are you leaving so many people for, with the protection of our Daming, who are you afraid of bullying you?" ”

What does this mean?

Mo Dengyong replied cautiously: "With the protection of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Guan naturally doesn't worry about someone daring to bully him, but after this, the remnants of the Li Dynasty have not been cleaned up, and Annan is still a little unpeaceful. ”

Yang Cong still shook his head and said: "How much combat power can your subordinates have, otherwise, this official will send you 20,000 horses, 10,000 in Shenglong and 10,000 in Qinghua, so that you don't have to worry about the remnants of the Houli Dynasty making trouble for you." ”

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

What does this mean, Lord Governor, that you want to hold him in your hands?

This can't be done, he thought about it, and then politely refused: "My lord, don't bother, don't bother, don't bother, those Hou Li Dynasty remnants can still deal with it." ”

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong said seriously: "This is not a troublesome problem, but a kind of deterrence, do you know, the folk customs of this Annan territory are very strong, if the imperial court does not garrison here, there will always be some people who want to rebel and stand on their own, this is not good, your subordinates should be sent to the Xuanfu Division to maintain local stability, and Thang Long and Thanh Hoa will be handed over to the imperial court to garrison." ”

This!

Mo Dengyong hesitated, but still gritted his teeth and nodded: "Xiaguan understands." ”

Yang Cong then said: "By the way, you will be responsible for the food and salary of the 20,000 army, after all, it is not very convenient to transfer grain and grass from the inland of Daming." ”

Yes!

The 20,000 elite salaries of the Ming army are not a small amount, and most of Annan's taxes will probably have to be paid in it.

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he could only bite the bullet and say: "My lord, you also know that Annan is not as big as other provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and the taxes are not much, and I am afraid that the 20,000 elite officials of the imperial court will not be able to support them." ”

Hehe, if you don't follow me in business, you can't afford it.

Yang Cong pretended to be mysterious and said: "This official has a way, not only can you feed the 20,000 army, but also earn a lot of wealth, but I don't know if you are interested." ”

And this kind of thing?

Mo Dengyong couldn't help but be curious: "My lord, what way?" ”

Yang Cong said lightly: "It's very simple, this official will supply you with goods, and you will sell the cloth, porcelain, and silk silk produced by the Ming Dynasty to Ailao, Siam, Donghu and other places, of course, Annan can also be local." ”

He wanted Mo Dengyong to be his agent and occupy the market in the Southeast Peninsula.

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, isn't this just doing business?

He was originally a fisherman, so he had no prejudice against the vendors, but he was worried that something would happen if he did so.

He thought about it for a while, and then carefully reminded: "My lord, if the lower officials are not mistaken, the imperial court strictly prohibits doing business with foreign countries without permission, and for this reason, aren't the southeastern provinces all implementing the maritime ban, is it against the laws of the imperial court for us to do this?" ”

Yang Cong didn't answer and asked, "Master Mo, do you know how much money you can make from doing these businesses?" ”

Mo Dengyong was curious: "How much?" ”

Yang Cong stretched out a finger and said temptingly: "As long as you can do it with your heart, you can earn at least one million taels a year!" ”

Yes!

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he originally thought that Yang Cong said that the wealth of a lot of money was at most three or four hundred thousand taels, in that case, he would be able to support 20,000 Ming soldiers by working hard to do business, if it was one million taels, it would be different, and in a year, he could earn at least five or six hundred thousand taels!

Who hates a lot of money, he couldn't help but be excited: "My lord, can you really make so much money?" ”

Yang Cong said disdainfully: "This is just the beginning, if you can do the business thoroughly, you know that you can develop profitable points and make more money." ”

What is the self-development of profit points, Mo Dengyong can't understand it at all.

He hurriedly asked, "My lord, what does this profit point mean?" ”

Yang Cong patiently explained: "The so-called profit point is the way to make money, for example, Donghu is rich in gems, and Donghu itself is not rich, over there, gems simply can't afford to sell at a price, if you can buy it, hand it over to me, and transport it to Daming to sell, the value can be at least hundreds of times higher, just this one, as long as you do it, you can earn hundreds of thousands of taels more a year." ”

When Mo Dengyong heard this, he couldn't help rubbing his hands excitedly and said, "I see, Xia Guan understands." ”

Yang Cong then asked, "Then do you want to do it?" ”

Mo Dengyong hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, of course!" ”

Just kidding, what violates the laws of the imperial court depends on whether it is worth it, he dares to seek the usurpation of the throne, what else dare not do, you must know that Annan's annual tax is less than one million taels!