Chapter 81 South China Sea News
Facts have proved that He Xi is a straight man and it will be difficult to find a wife in the future.
Maybe at another time, the situation would be a little different. But at this moment, he really pissed off the gentle, quiet, and considerate Princess Anqing. However, Princess Anqing has received a ladylike education since she was a child. No matter how angry she is, she cannot lose her status.
Therefore, Princess Anqing could only look at He Xi coldly and spit out one word: "Get out."
This was a rare gaffe on her part.
He Xi didn't want to leave. Anything else you want to say? It's just that today's He family is huge, and Princess Anqing is the biggest. All he could do was get out obediently.
However, just after he got out, news came from the palace, asking Queen Ma to return to the palace, and at the same time summoning He Xi into the palace.
Inviting Queen Ma to return to the palace is the proper meaning of the title.
After all, the queen is a queen, not an ordinary woman. You can't be like a mother-in-law, serving the confinement child. And there is no shortage of people to serve Princess Anqing. Since Princess Anqing is fine. There is no use for Queen Ma to stay here.
But He Xi didn't understand why he was recruited into the palace.
After all, Princess Anqing had just given birth, and He Xi was about to accompany the princess. Although He Xi has been promoted step by step, he is still not the kind of key figure without whom the entire court cannot function. There was no need for Zhu Yuanzhang to summon him at this time.
Unless something happens.
It's very important and very difficult.
He Xi thought about it carefully and felt that although there were some minor problems in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the Ming Dynasty, there were no major problems. Even the residual Yuan in Mobei can now be classified as a minor problem. After all, Xu Da has established a foothold in Monan. Can Yuan's attacks on Daming became lighter each time.
It seems that he has lost the courage to fight Ming to the end. He also lost the courage to attack the Ming Dynasty.
So the remaining yuan is also a small problem.
He Xi secretly thought: "Perhaps, Zhu Yuanzhang just wants to ask Princess Anqing about the birth."
It's just that He Xi overestimated Zhu Yuanzhang's love for his daughter. It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't love his daughter, but that he loved the country and the country more.
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"What?" In the Qianqing Palace, He Xi saw the report about Fang Guan. I was extremely surprised for a moment.
Fang Guan drifted in the sea east of Luzon for several months before finally reaching Ryukyu and transferring from Ryukyu Port to Ningbo. Just sent the news. Now Fang Guan is still being detained by Tang He at Ningbo Port for review. The news came to the palace in advance.
However, thinking about such news, Tang He couldn't bear it for a few days.
In a few days, the news will spread throughout Beijing.
He Xi was extremely shocked by the news.
He never thought that something like this would happen. He Xi knew the ruthlessness of nature, and had even considered the possibility of the entire expedition fleet being wiped out. However, in He Xi's view, the biggest enemy is the unpredictable ocean and nature.
I just never imagined that the most dangerous people in this world are always people. If there's anything more dangerous than people, it's the human heart.
He Xi blurted out, "It's just Java, how dare he do this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Why doesn't he dare?" Then he took out a stack of qualifications from one side and placed them in front of He Xi.
He Xi took a look and saw that it was what King Wulu, the fourth generation monarch of the Majapahit Dynasty, had done in recent years.
He Xi looked at it carefully and turned the pages repeatedly. It took a long time before he realized whether he had made a mistake. Is the Majapahit dynasty on the island of Java so powerful today? It simply gave He Xi a feeling of confusion in time and space.
After all, it was easy for Zheng He to deal with Java when he went to the West. It's literally at your fingertips. But if the timeline is moved forward a few decades, there is actually such a huge Majapahit empire?
This made He Xi a little unbelievable.
First of all, let’s talk about the origin of the Majapahit Empire. During the reign of Kublai Khan, the first king of Majapahit unified Java. He was arrogant and arrogant, insulted the Yuan envoys, and went on an expedition to Srivijaya in Sumatra. However, during his expedition, the generals in the rear rebelled. This king. They could only retreat to a place called Majapahit. This was also the beginning of Majapahit.
When Kublai Khan learned that Java had insulted his envoys, he was furious and sent Shi Bi and other generals to expedition to Java. I don’t know how the Majapahit king deceived him. In short, he borrowed the power of the Yuan army to kill his rebel general.
Then came the showmanship. He attacked the Yuan army with a backhand and defeated the Yuan army. After driving the Yuan army out of Java, he immediately submitted a letter of tribute. He kept his posture very low to give face to the Yuan Dynasty.
At that time, the expansion of the Yuan Dynasty had reached its limit. Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty also shyly recognized this vassal state.
Now Majago Boyi has passed to the fourth generation of kings.
This King Wulu is a powerful character. His greatest contribution was centralization of power. As mentioned earlier, most of the so-called empires in Southeast Asia are city-state alliances. There was a big city-state that gained strength and conquered everywhere, taking other city-states into its hands. But most of them are given to powerful people.
Although as a core city, its strength will be greatly strengthened. But the original geopolitics have not changed. Unable to change from a strange city lord to a familiar noble.
But once the local royal family weakened. Other places will rise and form new dynasties.
Many historians and archaeologists believe that Xia and Shang existed at the same time. This is the same logic.
King Wulu was not willing to do this, and he also saw the hidden worries behind this matter. With the support of the powerful Prime Minister Gaja Mada, he conquered the east and west, centralized power internally, suppressed the nobles, and conquered many foreign countries. Almost most of the territory of Indonesia in later generations was unified by him. .
However, although he centralized power on the island of Java, he still maintained the distinction between the core area and the border area. Except for a few core locations such as Java Island, other places are also controlled by local powerful people.
Not direct rule, similar to the feudal system.
But even so, Majapahit at this moment is a big country that cannot be underestimated.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw He Xi's look of disbelief, and he said calmly: "I am very disappointed in you. Before you send people to carry out the voyage, don't you collect some intelligence first?"
He Xi secretly complained that of course he had collected information, although it was not as accurate as Zhu Yuanzhang. He didn't know how powerful Java, that is, Majapahit was, but he knew that Java was the most powerful country in Southeast Asia.
But so what if you know?
He Xi just sent a fleet of ships to pass harmlessly. Moreover, the sea is vast, and many times, even if you want to find a fleet, you can't find it, and Java may not be able to see the fleet. And what if we meet face to face? The two countries are at war and they are not going to kill the envoys. Not to mention just borrowing a road, this sea is not opened by Java. When He Xi thought about it, he could at most collect some tolls. How could he have imagined that such a situation would arise.
A fleet of hundreds of people, seven or eight ships, only one ship with less than a hundred people came back.
When he thought of this, He Xi felt both ashamed and angry.
In any case, He Xi arranged this matter. It was also poorly thought out. Even if he had thousands of reasons, it was not a reason at this moment. As for Java, He Xi was only angry and killed so many people in the Ming Dynasty. This matter will not be settled like this.
He Xi took a deep breath and said, "I know I was wrong, kid."
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that it was a bit far-fetched to blame He Xi for everything. But there is no doubt that He Xi bears certain responsibilities. He saw that He Xi had admitted his mistake. So he didn’t continue to hold on to it. Instead, he asked: "How do you think this matter should be handled?"
He Xi fell into deep thought.
If He Xi thinks according to what he thinks, he will definitely send troops to Java at this moment to destroy this imperial eclipse. But He Xi had to learn from the Yuan Dynasty's mistakes. Come and think about it again and again.
Does the Ming Dynasty's maritime strength now exceed that of Kublai Khan?
Now the Ming Dynasty has generals who are proficient in naval warfare? Can he defeat Kublai Khan's former generals?
Is Java today, no, Majapahit, stronger or weaker than it was during the Yuan Dynasty?
In short, a thousand words are worth a thousand words. If we fight, can we win? How much will it cost to win? How many soldiers and armor are needed? How many men and horses will be lost? Will it affect Ming Dynasty's actions in other strategic directions, especially the north, especially the Liaodong region?
All these problems rolled over, merged, and separated in front of He Xi.
After some thinking, He Xi already had the answer in his mind.
