Chapter 86 The Heart of the Prince
Liu Sanwu said: "Your Highness, the world belongs to the people of the world. It is not just a property. If it is a property, it can be divided equally among all the sons. However, this is absolutely not the case in the world. Your Majesty passed this property on to Your Highness because you want His Majesty to Take responsibility for all people in the world."
"Today, it is extremely absurd to drive hundreds of soldiers to a foreign land due to unknown reasons. Instead of reflecting on the mistakes, they want to raise troops and march thousands of miles away, repeating the mistakes of the previous dynasty. This is simply an act that is harmful to the country and the people. Your Highness, for Prince, how can you sit back and ignore this?"
In Liu Sanwu's view, the expedition fleet should not have been sent out in the first place. To prove that the earth was round, sending so many people risking their lives on the voyage was not only a waste of the country's wealth, but also disrespectful of the lives of these people.
Not to mention causing such a big disaster, there is no doubt that He Xi is a traitor.
In fact, not many people knew about the expedition fleet before. Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this matter was easily subject to discussion, so when doing it, he did it quietly without publicity. After this incident spread, many people knew that there was such a thing.
The prince actually had some support for Liu Sanwu's idea.
However, it is different from Liu Sanwu criticizing He Xi from the moral high ground. The prince's idea is simple.
First, whether I can win, I calculated my family fortune. Oh, it turns out that it is easy to lose. The Yuan Dynasty has lost once before.
Second, does the impact affect the overall situation? The prince is in charge of general affairs. In fact, since the prince led the secretariat, the prince was the de facto prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. However, the prince kept a low profile and mostly followed Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, and there were some differences between father and son. It won't cause trouble to outsiders.
As an executor, what the prince hates most is changing plans. Continuing the Northern Expedition has always been a national policy, and the military operations of the Ming Dynasty all revolved around this. Now I suddenly tell you that there is one more thing to add here.
The prince was naturally disgusted.
In the heart of the prince, everything remained unchanged in the end. This reduces his workload.
However, the prince also had some troubles in his heart. The prince asked: "The hatred of those hundreds of soldiers? Are you ignoring them?"
Everyone loves face. The more people in high positions, the more they care about face, and nothing else, because they lack nothing. Having been slapped in the face, I was even more unwilling to swallow my anger. As far as the prince's original intention is concerned, if he can now tie the Javanese king to his subordinates. The prince did not hesitate to order the heads to be taken from the heads.
It just can't be done.
The price paid was too great. As a decision-maker, you must handle affairs rationally.
Liu Sanwu also knew that this matter had to be resolved. Said: "I think I should send someone to question Java. I will order Java to hand over the murderer. The imperial court will compensate the soldiers and their families and make good arrangements for them."
The prince was stunned and said: "Ask Java, how can Java ignore it?"
Liu Sanwu said: "Question again." He seemed a little embarrassed. He whispered: "From Ming Dynasty to Java, back and forth, at least more than a year, this one thing is over."
The prince sneered in his heart and said to himself: "No wonder my father likes He Xi and doesn't like you people. This is simply self-deception."
But the prince had to admit that this method of self-deception might actually be a good one. Just like good public relations experts, they don't actually solve problems, but cover them up. There are actually tricks to whitewashing peace.
This answer obviously didn't sit well with the prince. However, reality is reality.
The reality is that the soldiers of heaven cannot fly over and take the head of King Wulu. In this case, it is normal to suffer some losses in this.
Sometimes, the overall situation should come first.
It's like the King of Liang in Yunnan killed the Ming envoy, but this issue was not raised at all at the meeting to decide whether to conquer Yunnan. Because in a major event involving hundreds of thousands of troops, the life or death of a mere person does not matter at all.
The prince also understood this truth, but he was still a little depressed. Said: "I know."
The prince was noncommittal. Liu Sanwu also had some hesitation in his heart, wondering whether his persuasion was effective or ineffective.
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He Xi waited in the study for a long time. Only then did I hear footsteps outside.
It was none other than Song Guogong Feng Sheng.
With He Xi's status, there are not many people who can make him wait. And Song Guogong is one of them. At the same time, Song Guogong is also the person with the greatest power involved in maritime trade. He can be said to be one of the pillars of the Huaixi Group. He is also involved in maritime trade and is referred to as the General Backstage of Kaihai Xungui.
Naturally, He Xi came to see Feng Sheng. Try to get Feng Sheng's support.
It has to be said that the reason why Feng Sheng actively participated in maritime trade was not for money at all. But to comply with the emperor's wishes and reduce the Feng family's influence on the Beijing camp. Allay the emperor's suspicions.
There is a reason for this.
First of all, we must analyze the ins and outs of the army in the Ming Dynasty.
This army was first of all Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-army background. And where did Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-army come from? Part of it was naturally the troops brought out from Haozhou City by Zhu Yuanzhang. The other part is from the Feng family.
When talking about Feng Sheng, we have to talk about his brother Feng Guoyong. Feng Guoyong, who was both civil and military, saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had the ability to achieve great things, so he led the Feng family to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang and Feng Guoyong talked all night and made a strategic decision to cross the river to capture Jinling.
And Zhu Yuanzhang even used Feng Guoyongdian to support the army.
Note that this position does not seem to have existed before this, that is, Feng Guoyong was the first general in charge of Zhu Yuanzhang's personal army.
Feng Guoyong lived up to Zhu Yuanzhang and led his troops to capture Jinling and surrounding counties, laying the first foundation of the Ming Dynasty for Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Feng Guoyong died young. It was precisely because Feng Guoyong died early. When Zhu Yuanzhang was hiring people, he asked his younger brother Feng Sheng to act as his deputy.
That is to say, the army under the Feng brothers is called the Ming army, but many of them are from the Feng family's private soldiers.
Because of this, the Feng family has a strong influence on their subordinates. There are many such situations among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, such as Geng Bingwen, and the nature of the army under his command. Not much different from the Feng family, he immediately inherited his father and brother's army. It was more like the Geng family army than the Ming army.
After the separation and reunification, Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-army became the Beijing Camp. And even if Zhu Yuanzhang starts to clean up, there is still a lot of influence from the Feng family in the Beijing camp.
Historically, Feng Sheng's death is probably not unrelated to this influence.
Feng Sheng, who had come through the ups and downs, actually understood this. Feng Sheng naturally responded positively to the signal given by the emperor. It didn't matter whether he made money or not. The most important thing is that Feng Sheng wants to transfer many people with Feng family background from the Beijing camp and send them all to the sea to express his feelings to Zhu Yuanzhang.
When He Xi saw Feng Sheng coming, he immediately saluted and said, "Meet the Duke of Song."
Feng Sheng and He Xi exchanged a few polite words, and the host and guest settled down.
He Xi said: "I'm really sorry for taking the liberty of visiting you today. I'm just wondering why I'm here. Your Majesty must also understand."
Feng Sheng said: "You know, isn't it a Nanyang thing? I also listened to Tang He's nonsense at the beginning, but now I can't steal the chicken but lose the rice. I heard that Mr. He was also involved. What does this incident teach me?"
He Xi said, "We cannot retreat even one step from this matter. If the court of the small Java country tolerates this, it will be a slap in the face. We will no longer have a foothold in Nanyang. I came here just to ask for the support of Song Guogong. "
Feng Sheng said; "Actually, I also want to support you. It's just that I have been fighting for a lifetime. Just look at where Java is and you will know that this battle is not easy to fight. I will not let the Ming Dynasty generals become disciples because of mere money. The disciples lost their lives. If Lord He just wants to talk about this, then there is no need to say it."
Then Feng Sheng picked up the tea bowl.
The implication is to serve tea to see guests off.
Seeing this, He Xi said: "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty. I have a plan here. Please take a look at it. If the Duke still doesn't want to see me after reading it, I will turn around and leave without pestering you. Please give me a plan." At the next opportunity.”
Feng Sheng didn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, so He Xi was still the consort. Even if you don't like it, you can't offend it.
