Since the news of the great victory in Myanmar reached Beijing, the Bai Yulou of Jianxinzhai who lived in Gao Shi became more and more popular, especially when Liu Shizeng entered Myanmar as a border minister and a negotiation envoy, this kind of excitement became more and more irrepressible, and the Baiyulou was simply full of traffic, and the huge garden was often overcrowded.

The charm of the Yunnan War Treasure Bank has been boasted for so long, and now it is time to see the real chapter, and the fact that Liu Shizeng's Chen Party has fully surrendered to the Shixue School obviously can't hide from well-informed people like Jingshi, so they all come to Baiyulou every day to report.

No matter how varied the reasons for coming, in the final analysis, they are all for the benefit of the Yunnan War Treasure Banknote.

Gao pragmatic did not refuse to come, but no matter who came, he only said what he said when issuing the Yunnan War Treasure Banknote, as for the rest...... Sorry, no comment.

In fact, this is not in line with Gao Pragmatism's consistent style, but this file is more complicated, and he is at the center of the storm, and a big thing may happen if he moves.

The matter of negotiations with Myanmar is indeed led by Gao Pragmatic in secret, and there is nothing to hide from this, who doesn't know? I don't know this, isn't it okay to be a ghost in Beijing, go home and guard those acres of land as soon as possible?

The trouble with Gao Pragmatism is that since he is the leader, he must coordinate the balance of all stakeholders, and this is the difficulty.

On Zhu Yijun's side, there are three main points whose attitude is relatively clear: first, Myanmar can not annex, but Myanmar must restore tribute, and must recognize the effectiveness of the system of three declarations and six consolations as before; secondly, the northern Burma consolations annexed or encroached upon by Burma will be spit out; Finally, Myanmar must pay as much as possible according to the plan it had previously planned, but there should be no definite amount.

The cabinet's requirements are similar to this, but Zhang Siwei still privately gave Gao a "task", asking him to weaken Myanmar's strength to fight again.

This clause does not contradict Gao pragmatic thinking, and it is more tolerant that there are no clear requirements, such as how many troops Myanmar can maintain. In fact, in Gao Shishi's view, the uncle is still too "face-saving", and it is not his specialty to engage in unequal treaties.

These official requirements are not very troublesome, but the real trouble is the distribution of interests among the holders of the Dian War Treasure Banknote. This time, the treasure banknotes of the Yunnan War were sold back and forth for hundreds of thousands of taels, and according to the flickering before the war, the profit could be doubled, but it was obviously difficult to expect the poor place of Burma to lose several times the amount of silver, so it is almost certain that most of this compensation was paid in installments, and it was impossible to collect only the silver.

If there is no silver, then he has to use the output to offset the account, but once Burma really returns northern Myanmar to the various propaganda divisions, then his ability to repay will be even worse, because the mountainous areas of northern Myanmar are the main output of Burmese jade. Not only jade, rubies and sapphires are also strong specialties of Myanmar, if northern Myanmar is lost, Myanmar relies on growing grain to repay this huge sum, I am afraid it will take decades?

And growing food is not very reliable, because Huang Zhiting changed the plan of Ping-Myanmar, and now the old land of Bago has fallen into her hands, this land accounts for almost one-third of Myanmar's agricultural output, and it is obviously impossible to return it to Myanmar, so Myanmar is facing a sharp decline in grain production.

Moreover, Gao Shishi not only intends to cut off the southern part of Burma, nor does he only intend to let Burma only return northern Myanmar to all sides, but he also wants to cut off the 800 Dadian and other places in eastern Burma, so as to completely open up the line of "Bago-Siam and 800 Dadian-Nanzhang-Annam".

As a result, Myanmar is left with only its basic plate, which is equivalent to the piece centered on the Taungoo-Bagan line. As a result, Myanmar has almost completely lost its solvency.

If this is really done, Zhang Siwei's request will definitely be achieved, but the interests of "investors" will be completely ruined, and high pragmatism is especially needed here to balance.

On this day, Gao Pragmatic finally did not become an otaku, but returned to his mansion in Jinggongfang in Jingshizhao under the escort of a group of family members, and then rested for a while, changed his clothes and asked to see Zhu Yijun.

He always had to wait to see the emperor, and soon the emperor summoned him to the Wenhua Palace, where the emperor was in a good mood today.

The Wenhua Hall is the most familiar place in the palace, he waited here for a while, and immediately summoned him after the emperor finished reading and the lecturer retired.

said that it was a summons, but in fact, Zhu Yijun really had nothing to say to him, so he went out in person and stood on the steps to wait for him. Gao Pragmatic didn't even do the salute, and he was forced into it.

The two of them were not on the side of studying, but went to the Benren Hall of the Matching Palace, and as soon as they entered, Zhu Yijun sat down by himself, and at the same time let Gao Shishi sit down at will, just like a few years ago.

The emperor can do this to show his holy family, but Gao Pragmatic can't really be born like this, after all, now he is different from his original identity, and he still thanked him in a proper manner, so he sat down.

After sitting down, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "What's the matter, I'm about to be annoyed to death by the creditors, right?" ”

Gao Pragmatic made a look of exhaustion, and sighed: "The emperor is Shengming, the minister is really big now. ”

"Liu Shizeng, what do they say, how much silver can be repaid in Myanmar in a year?"

Gao Shishi smiled bitterly: "This shabby place in Myanmar is really powerful, the money, grain, cloth and other things in their treasury are counted together, and they are only worth more than 200,000 taels." ”

Zhu Yijun's smile suddenly froze, and he asked a little anxiously, "What should I do then?" How much food can they levy each year? ”

Gao pragmatic smiled even more bitterly: "Don't hide it from the emperor, if it is converted into silver, Myanmar can only collect about 170,000 taels a year normally." ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned and said: "Myanmar has been fierce in the southwest for decades, but it is far inferior to Suzhou? ”

This...... Your Majesty, for your example, the people of Suzhou are afraid that they will roll their eyes when they hear it. You must know that Suzhou is a "super-regional central city" in the history of the Ming Dynasty in later studies, and Europe can compare its economic status with it, I'm afraid it's not only Constantinople - or Istanbul? Venice, Genoa and Florence are not enough.

But Gao pragmatic still had to continue to fight the emperor, he sighed: "This is still the current Burma, if Burma is dismembered, the minister suspects that it can levy at most 50,000 taels of silver a year." ”

"Fifty thousand taels!" Zhu Yijun was so shocked that he stood up directly, his eyes widened and said: "Then according to the heavy profits you promised before, even if you don't eat or drink, Myanmar will have to pay back for almost thirty years?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Gao Shicheng sighed: "And after the dismemberment of Burma, they have lost a lot of valuable specialties, and the minister suspects that their finances can at most cover the income and expenditure, and it is very fatal to squeeze out 10,000 taels every year." ”

"What then?" Zhu Yijun was very anxious: "We have to lose this money?" It's a lot of people who made it up. Then he suddenly thought of something, and asked tentatively, "I have heard that there are two royal palaces in Burma...... Can it be dismantled? ”

Gao Pragmatic had already expected this, and replied: "I haven't seen the royal palace in Donghu City for the time being, but the royal palace in Bago City is more famous in Burma, and now it happens to be in the hands of Huang Zhiting, and the minister has received a report from her to evaluate." ”

"How can you say that, how many things can be dismantled and how much can be sold?"

Gao Shishi sighed: "That palace looks like a golden palace, but firstly, it does not occupy a large area, and secondly, the splendid palace is actually fake. The so-called gold is just plated with a thin layer of wrought copper, and the people of Jinghua have made calculations after reading it, and it is about worth less than 10,000 taels of silver when it is peeled off. ”

Zhu Yijun was disappointed, and said with his hand on his forehead: "Is there any treasure in it?" ”

"I have found a batch of treasures, which have been packed and counted, and are ready to be shipped to the emperor at a convenient time. However, Your Majesty, the Bago Palace is not a place where reckless thieves live, a bit like our palace in Nanjing, so there are not many things in it, and there may be some novelties, but the number is very limited on the whole. ”

Zhu Yijun wanted to say, "I don't want these things", but after thinking about it, he was unwilling, so he finally didn't mention it at all, but changed the topic: "Do you want to knock down Donghu City and see how it is in the palace of Donghu City?" ”

"The minister thinks it doesn't make much sense, and it's a little unreasonable for us to really rob the Burmese palace in the Ming Dynasty...... There is still a difference between that place and the Bago Palace. ”

Of course, there is a difference, one is the palace, and the other can only be regarded as a palace, and the political symbolism is completely different, Zhu Yijun can see through it at all.

"What then? Do you have any ideas? Zhu Yijun asked helplessly, and added: "This Myanmar is really a poor country with a bad people, and they are still reckless in military force." ”

That's a good question, I'll wait for this sentence.

Gao Pragmatic made a thoughtful look and said: "After thinking about it, there is only one way - don't divide Myanmar so hard, you have to leave him some territory." ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned and said: "But the meaning of the cabinet ......"

"Of course the minister knows what the cabinet means." Gao pragmatic said: "But the emperor, do you think that Myanmar can turn the tables by keeping a little more territory?" ”

This time, Zhu Yijun didn't answer immediately, but thought for a while before asking, "What do you think is better to leave a place for it?" ”

Gao pragmatic did not hesitate and replied directly: "Northern Myanmar." ”

Zhu Yijun didn't seem to be surprised, but asked, "What is the reason?" ”

"The reason is that it is actually useless to return northern Myanmar to those few propaganda divisions, it is better to leave it to Myanmar, not only to make blood for him, but also to replenish the blood of Daming."

Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "Give back northern Myanmar to a few Xuanwei Divisions, is there any use for them except to shout at the emperor's wisdom?" Will they pay taxes? Will there be any compensation? Or will they increase the tribute and not ask me for a reward from the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Yijun's eyes rolled, he found that the truth here is really like this, northern Myanmar also gave the Xuanwei Division, the Xuanwei Division only needs to thank him verbally, there will be no follow-up, Daming has a reputation at most, but this time the military salary cost is a hard loss.

On the contrary, leaving northern Myanmar to Myanmar and allowing Myanmar to have the ability to repay more money is a practical approach. The only trouble is that Myanmar will be able to catch its breath and wait for it to recuperate......

After Zhu Yijun raised this question, Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "The minister thinks that this kind of thing is meaningless just by dismembering it. Your Majesty, whether it makes trouble or not, the key is whether my Daming can maintain the ability to launch a thunderous blow against it at any time. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded slightly and asked, "Then how are you going to keep it?" ”

"The minister's idea is to surround it." Gao Pragmatic got up by himself, found the southern Xinjiang Kanyu map on the bookcase and opened it, and said with a comparison: "The minister thinks that the eight hundred Dadian can be assigned to Siam to control and block the way out from the east of Burma; then independent the old land of Bago, restore the country for the Mon people, rise and fall, rebuild the Dagula Xuanwei Division, and block the southern part of Burma; And even if northern Myanmar continues to remain in the hands of Burma, we still have to establish a defense line on the arc of Mengyang, Mengmi, Ganya, Mubang, and Mengding......"

"Why this line?" Zhu Yijun asked puzzledly: "Since it is left to Myanmar and you occupy this line, doesn't it only retain more than half of northern Burma, and almost all the big cities are returned to us?" Besides, these places themselves are also the Propaganda Division, we want to garrison the troops there, what if the Propaganda Division doesn't agree? ”

Gao Pragmatic said without pity: "It doesn't matter if they agree or not, these people have already rebelled before, how can they convince the public without giving some punishment?" Don't let Liu Shizeng talk to them about this matter, let Liu Wei and Deng Zilong talk about it directly, and the minister wants to see who dares to disagree. ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and coughed dryly: "This ...... It's just a garrison, right? I mean, it seems too harsh to just remove the list, after all, they haven't been slow to get rid of it this time. ”

Gao Shishi rolled his eyes and sighed: "The emperor wants to be benevolent and righteous, and the minister has nothing to say, in fact, the minister plans to take the opportunity to withdraw these families." ”

Zhu Yijun was a little embarrassed and explained: "I'm also afraid that there will be some demon moths in that poor and remote area, and it won't work if you don't fight at that time, and it's not cost-effective to fight." ”

Gao pragmatic pursed his lips and thought about it, and said, "It's okay...... But the garrison must be maintained, and there is a more important one, that is, the Xuanwei Division itself in these places must also hand over the military power, and it will be under the unified command of my Ming Dynasty - well, it can be set up with another military position, or it can be managed by the Yongchang general. ”

Zhu Yijun thought about it, seemed to agree with this statement, and nodded: "The place that Yongchang General has to manage is big enough, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to be distracted, so it is better to set up another general or guerrilla." ”

It doesn't matter, Gao Pragmatic didn't talk about it in detail, but continued the previous topic: "In this way, Myanmar is surrounded on three sides, like a leose around the neck, as long as I don't doze off, it is impossible to have any big threat." Besides, we have an excuse to limit its strength......"

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun asked, "Where does this rhetoric come from?" "It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is not very fond of the word "excuse".

Gao pragmatic didn't care, and explained: "This is easy, let's just say that it owes us so much money, and now the surrounding area is in the hands of our Ming Dynasty, no one will fight it, what do you want so many soldiers and horses to do?" It is better to raise fewer soldiers and save more money to pay off debts. ”

Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing, but with a smile and a smile, he remembered one more thing, frowned and asked: "No, although Siam is paying tribute to my Ming Dynasty, they have been in arrears for a long time, and you have now returned the eight hundred Dadian to them, what if they refuse to obey the order?" ”

Gao Pragmatic coughed lightly and said, "This matter...... Something went wrong. ”

"Huh? What accident? ”

"Annan has another expeditionary force this time, does the emperor remember?"

"Remember, what's wrong with them?"

Gao Pragmatic touched his nose: "The Ruan Huang who led the troops was afraid that the Siamese would not cooperate, so he simply put the King of Siam under house arrest, and now Siam is under the control of Annan except for the 30,000 people in the hands of Crown Prince Na Li Xuan. ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, but soon he couldn't help but laugh out loud, shook his head and said, "Even your defeated subordinates can easily subdue them?" What a bunch of rice buckets. ”

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