Chapter 191 Striving to Become the Dog King Mo Maoqia
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 stationed 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 call it an order - saying
In order to express gratitude to Ko An-Tai for his outstanding contribution to the unification of Annam, the famous Hoan Kiem Lake in Thang Long City and the nearby ground were given to Ko Pang-sin, 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 really big in Thang Long City, which is not very big at the moment.
It is not a small place. Apart from the original Mo Chao Palace and the current Dutong Palace, there is no other house larger than Gao Pangshi's annex that is still under planning. Even the former Prince Qian's Palace cannot compete with it.
Compared to.
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 governor's mansion was
The estimated value of the mission is more than 80,000 taels of silver.
However, this cost is incomparable with that in the Ming Dynasty, especially with the price of goods and craftsmen's wages in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. The labor of the Mo family's imperial embassy is almost not money, but a kind of corvee. The material cost is the highest.
Those precious woods, but there is no shortage of wood in Annan - Xinghua, Xuanguang and Xuanfu divisions in the upper reaches of the Red River have a lot of precious woods, including rosewood, pineapple, etc., it can be said that everything is available. If Gao is pragmatic and interested, teak
They can get it too.
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, you 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 one 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 "big internal manager", and his words were smooth and impeccable.
Of course, Mo Maoqia's move was not because he was born to be a dog, but because he felt a huge threat from the highly pragmatic reorganization of the new army!
According to this reorganization plan, most of the Mo Dynasty's military strength was taken away by Gao Pangshi himself, but the remaining small part was not returned to the Imperial Envoy's Office, but was given to Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan - what does this mean?
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On behalf of Gao Yuntai, he doesn't trust him. This is artificially creating two powerful ministers for the Mo family to suppress him.
In this way, Mo Maoqia has nothing but the title of Commander-in-Chief. In the past, he could have kept a low profile and accumulated strength, and later suppressed Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan, but now he can't even do this
There's nothing he can do - military, political, and financial power have all been taken away by Jinghua. As a puppet in name only, what can he do 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 predicament clearly. The key is still to be pragmatic. As long as Gao pragmatism is willing to relax some of his suppression, he can still breathe.
On the contrary, if Gao Pragmatic insists on treating himself in this way, then it won't be long before his position as the commander-in-chief will completely turn into a carrot seal, and he will become completely synonymous with incompetence in the eyes of the Annan people.
He was deposed at that time.
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 I can't resist, I can just enjoy it... Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan can be dogs, why 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 my great fortune to the Ming Dynasty, I will not give it to you two with the surname Ruan! (Mo Yulin is the son of Ruan Jing, the Duke of Xijun...I think I said that?)
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 great scholars, and a genius who is highly praised by Baiyun layman (Ruan Bingqian). Thinking about it, it is still barely acceptable. It is better than being beaten by you
It’s better to have two rebellious ministers riding on your head!
Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan didn't know that they had become rebellious ministers inexplicably. 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 country of Dai Viet only has a total of 30,000 soldiers left...
Will Mo Mau Chia be relieved or even excited after receiving Gao Pingshi's answer? I won't talk about it for the moment. It is also a bit funny to say that Gao Pragmatic got the land 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. It would be a waste not to take a look...
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.
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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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