Mo Maocha, the commander of Annam, is destined to go down in history. But apparently it was not because he "led the just battle to pacify the rebellion of the Lai rebellion", but because he signed a treaty of cooperation yesterday that was deeply righteous.

Of course, "deep understanding of righteousness" is only Gao Shishi's assessment, in fact, for Annam - or "Da Viet", this treaty can be reduced to two words: traitor.

Gao pragmatic named the treaty "Treaty of Friendship, Mutual Assistance and Comprehensive Cooperation between the Jinghua Group and the Annan Metropolitan Administration."

The wording seems to be quite polite, and it is "friendship and mutual assistance" and "comprehensive cooperation", which seems to be true.

However, this can't change the essence - even the "Jinghua Group" has been blatantly placed in front of the "Annan Metropolitan Division" - may I ask how many products the Jinghua Group is in Daming, and it is actually placed in front of my second-class capital division?

Of course, Mo Maoqia definitely didn't have the courage to ask, and since he surrendered, no one in Annan dared to ask.

Since Mo Maoqia was forced to sign this "Comprehensive Cooperation Treaty" yesterday, it was quickly known by officials of all sizes in Thang Long City, and even many people among the people heard about it.

They simply called this "Comprehensive Cooperation Treaty" the "Jinghua 16 Articles," and they secretly hated and were full of indignation, but no one dared to declare it.

The clause of this "Jinghua Sixteen Articles" is as follows:

Jinghua Group and the Annam Metropolitan Commander's Department are willing to maintain peace in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty and further consolidate the existing friendly relations between the two sides, and hereby propose to sign the following treaties:

Article 1: The Annan Metropolitan Government promises that from the date of the signing of this treaty, the Jinghua Group will become the policy advisory group of the Annan Metropolitan Administration, and the Annan Metropolitan Government will send personnel to participate in and provide guidance in response to the military and civilian affairs.

Article 2: The Annan Metropolitan Government promised that no land or other force outside the Ming Empire would be transferred or leased to any other country or other force outside the Ming Empire without the consent of the Jinghua Empire, regardless of the name.

Article 3 With the permission of the Annam Metropolitan Division, Jinghua Group undertook the construction of the port and city of Golden Harbor 150 miles southeast of Hue, and in order to ensure the smooth construction, the land of the three Xuan Fu Divisions of Nghe An, Hue and Quang Nam will be leased to Jinghua Group for a period of 99 years from now on.

Article 4: The Annan Metropolitan Government promises that in order to develop the economy and people's livelihood of the Metropolitan Division, Jinghua Group can open commercial banks, factories, ports, etc. in any area under the jurisdiction of the Division, and the tax rate levied by the Annam Metropolitan Administration will be set at 1%.

Article 5 The Annan Metropolitan Government promises that Jinghua Group has the right to freely purchase fields, forests and other land within its jurisdiction, and its land attachments such as rice, forests, minerals, etc., are all enjoyed by Jinghua Group, and the taxes required for production shall be calculated at 1%.

Article 6 The Annam Metropolitan Administration has granted that as a result of the lease agreement, all the land, forests, and mines in the areas of Nghe An, Hue, Quang Nam, etc., which are ownerless, shall be owned or occupied by the Jinghua Group at its own discretion, and without the consent of the Jinghua Group, it is not allowed to allow outsiders to occupy, use, or exploit in the name of the Metropolitan Administration.

Article 7 The main administrative body of the Annam Metropolitan Administration shall employ strong and wise men to serve as advisers to the political, financial, and military affairs.

Article 8 The hospitals, commercial banks and schools set up by Jinghua Group within the jurisdiction of the Annan Metropolitan Government shall be allowed to own their land, which shall be the same as that of the Annan people and will never be limited in duration.

Article 9 All the personnel of the Jinghua Group in the jurisdiction of the Annan Metropolitan Administration shall be exempted from the criminal punishment of Annan, and if they are indeed involved in vicious cases such as homicide, robbery, and adultery, the Metropolitan Administration may collect evidence and request the establishment of a joint investigation team and a joint trial court with the Jinghua Group to deal with it, and the Annan Metropolitan Administration shall not arrest, detain, or try them on their own.

Article 10 Annan procured a certain amount of ordnance from the Jinghua Group and allowed the Jinghua Group to set up an ordnance factory at any location within the jurisdiction of the Annan Metropolitan Administration.

Article 11, in order to ensure the tranquility of Annan, the Annan Metropolitan Department promised that the wolf soldiers of the Huang Tusi of Guangxi of the Ming Empire could be stationed at will in the four Xuanfu Divisions of Anbang, Jingbei, Shannan, and Waiqinghua.

Article 12, in order to ensure the tranquility of Annam, the Commander of Annam promised that the wolf soldiers of the Cen Tusi of Guangxi of the Ming Empire could be stationed at will in the places of Taiyuan, Shanxi, Xuanhua, Xinghua, and Qinghua.

Article 13: In order to ensure the tranquility of Annam, the Annam Metropolitan Commander's Division has promised that the Jinghua Group may arbitrarily station armed forces in Thang Long City and the Xuanfu Division in Hai Duong.

Article 14 In order to ensure the tranquility of Annam, the Annam Metropolitan Government has promised that the Jinghua Group may be navigable in any sea or river in the jurisdiction of the Annam Metropolitan Government, and that the fleet may be stationed in any seaport or river port.

Article 15: In order to thank Jinghua Group and Guangxi Tusi for their great contributions in the counterinsurgency war, all the confiscated property of Li Shun, Zheng Shun and any rebel personnel shall be unconditionally donated to Jinghua Group and Guangxi Tusi, and Jinghua Group shall be entrusted with full authority to distribute and dispose of them.

Article 16 In any case involving Li Rebellion, Zheng Rebellion and the rebels, if the case has not been decided or even discovered at the time of the signing of this treaty, after the discovery and trial is completed, all the thieves and stolen goods shall be confiscated as in the above case, and Jinghua Group shall have the full authority to dispose of them.

Along with the signing of the "Jinghua Sixteen Articles", there is also a long detailed rule of law, which stipulates in detail the rights and responsibilities of both parties under each article.

There is no need to say more about the detailed rules, in short, just one sentence: Mo Maoqia can be "ruled by the arch" from now on, because the political affairs have been decided in Jinghua!

Gao Pragmatic didn't decide such a big thing by talking to himself, he had Zhu Yijun's endorsement.

Previously, Zhu Yijun, under the urging of the cabinet, asked Gao Pragmatic to quickly report the actual situation of Annan and express his opinions on the disposal of Annan, and Gao Pragmatic put forward a plan of "unchanged in name and secretly controlled", this plan is simply to make the Jinghua Group into an organization similar to the various "East India Company" of Westerners, and then the Ming Dynasty indirectly controls Annan through the Jinghua Group.

Moreover, this control is not only to control its military and political affairs, but also to control its economic lifeline - whether it is the economic foundation or the distribution of wealth, it is all in the hands of Jinghua.

Does Zhu Yijun want to worry about Jinghua getting out of control?

The key to this question actually lies in whether Zhu Yijun will worry about Gao Pragmatism getting out of control.

And Zhu Yijun is not very worried about this, because according to his mind, even if the entire Annan is added together, there is no high pragmatism that is important to him, and the foundation of high pragmatism is obviously in Daming, no matter his background, prestige, connections and even industrial foundation, all of them are in Daming.

Could it be that Gao Pragmatic would abandon all these foundations and then go to Annam to be the "Southern Barbarian King"?

Are you kidding.

Zhu Yijun didn't believe that this kind of thing would happen at all, after all, he had already made it clear to Gao Pragmatic that he would use him as an auxiliary minister in the future - wouldn't the elder of the Ming Dynasty be more powerful than a barbarian king of southern Xinjiang?

Moreover, in Zhu Yijun's view, since Pragmatism can come to a war that is actually expanding the territory so smoothly this time, then after he has more power in the future, he will definitely be able to make greater achievements, and what if he is given the reward of the marquis at that time?

As long as the merit is great, isn't it more cost-effective to be a prince of the world or even a prince of the country than to be a barbarian king of Annan?

He believes that Gao Pragmatic will definitely be able to figure out the truth in this.

Therefore, the holy decree was issued: Annan should be disposed of after the war, and handed over to the Guangxi Governor to handle it according to the pragmatic discretion of Yu Shigao.

And Gao pragmatic was also very anxious, and the day after receiving the holy decree, the "Jinghua Sixteen Articles" came out.

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