Chapter 120: How to get the tiger's cub
In fact, it all boils down to two words: "Courage."
Many things are very complex and it is difficult to make an accurate judgment beforehand.
You won’t know until you do it.
Victory or defeat can even happen in an instant.
But He Xi had never done such a thing before. He subconsciously followed a more prudent path, and with Zhu Yuanzhang's support and the knowledge He Xi brought from modern times, He Xi had enough capital to take this prudent path.
Therefore, facing this matter, He Xi subconsciously objected.
But He Xi suddenly thought, could he really wait until all the preparations were in place before doing it? Do it only when you are absolutely sure?
No, this is not possible.
What does the future look like? Even He Xi didn't know that the history he knew had already undergone major changes. Now he only relies on the knowledge of the future and Zhu Yuanzhang's favor. But these are not permanent.
Nothing stays the same forever.
Faced with so many problems, is there really no solution?
He just lacked the courage to make up his mind. The courage to take risks, or the courage to go to the casino.
He Xi smiled bitterly in her heart and said, "I'm already in the casino."
The power game at the top is more dangerous than a casino. Zhu Yuanzhang only lived for more than ten years. But He Xi didn't want to die in more than ten years.
He Xi took a deep breath. Looking through these materials again, the thinking and perspective are completely different. If you were looking for problems just now. So what I want to do now is to solve these problems. These can happen, will happen. Problems may occur.
Don’t seek a perfect solution. But there is always a direction.
A night of silence.
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The next day, He Xi and Lu Zhongheng met again.
He Xi's eyes were bloodshot, obviously he hadn't slept all night. But Lu Zhongheng's face was also full of exhaustion, and he obviously hadn't slept all night. Lu Zhongheng was even more tired than He Xi, because He Xi was a young man after all. Good health. Can resist things. But Lu Zhongheng started his career following Zhu Yuanzhang. Although he was a few years younger than Zhu Yuanzhang, he was still over fifty. This kind of deep thinking all night was already a bit unbearable.
The two faced each other, and neither one spoke first.
After a while, Lu Zhongheng finally said: "Let's forget about this matter. Let's give King Xi some weapons, cannons and so on. Just participate directly."
He Xi was shocked. He never expected that Lu Zhongheng would make a 180-degree turn in one night.
Little did he know that this was the result of Lu Zhongheng's repeated thinking all night.
If He Xi was repeatedly questioning his courage yesterday, then Lu Zhongheng's weighing all night was all about pros and cons.
Yesterday, Lu Zhongheng was defeated in Java, ushering in twenty years of stable development for Nanyang, which is a generation's time. Twenty years later, Lu Zhongheng estimated that the Ming Dynasty had at least three hundred thousand strong men in Southeast Asia.
First of all, there were probably hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese men in Nanyang. Lu Zhongheng brought tens of thousands of strong men, plus the settlement in Old Port. There is no shortage of food in Nanyang, but the land in Nanyang has problems of one kind or another.
For example, there is too much rain. The soil is washed away over a long period of time. No nutrients can be stored. Somewhat barren. But Nanyang has a warm climate and suitable rain. It even takes forty days, and by forty-five days, the rice will be mature. In a place like this, as long as there is safety. It is impossible for the Han people to starve to death.
And there is no shortage of women in Nanyang.
Although women from Nanyang are darker, shorter, and unruly than women from the Central Plains. Because many Nanyang ethnic groups have no concept of chastity. There are even various ways to play, which have been described one by one here. Because I am afraid of being banned. Those who are interested can check it out.
But the real people at the bottom don't care.
As long as you can have a baby. As long as it is your own seed.
In twenty years, it is natural for hundreds of thousands of men to evolve into 600,000 to 700,000 men.
Even going as small as possible, they overestimated the impact of Nanyang's climate and the infant mortality rate. With so many people, Ming's foundation in Nanyang is almost unshakable. This is still under the condition that Ming Dynasty will no longer increase its power in Nanyang.
However, Lawrence Lu thought about it again and again, and suddenly remembered the idiom of adding superfluous things to the situation.
Lu Zhongheng felt that his achievements in this life were almost over. Maybe he would make some more achievements during his lifetime and be granted the title of Duke, or be given the title of a county king after his death. But has anything changed about his actual power? Of course there is none.
Lu Zhongheng knew very well that he was not that material, not a figure on the central stage. If he really forced himself to go up, he would be harming others and himself.
And this one thing is done. Of course it’s a credit. There are many benefits to Ming Dynasty. It doesn't do him much good. When he looked at King Xi, he knew that King Xi was a character who could bend and stretch. It's a joke that such a character can be easily taken down by King Wulu.
And will this matter end when King Wulu takes over King Xi?
Unlikely.
King Wulu ascended the throne at the age of sixteen and reigned for more than thirty years. In total, he was older than Zhu Yuanzhang. People here in the tropics generally have short lifespans. I don’t know if it’s due to medical treatment or not. There is even a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that there is severe heat all year round and excessive yang, which will shorten your lifespan.
Whether it's true or not, I don't know. But the reality is that there are almost no elderly people in Southeast Asian countries. Although there has been great chaos in the Central Plains, there are still a number of elderly people over sixty years old in various places. But it is difficult to find in Nanyang.
He calculated on his fingers that King Wulu would die within ten years. Even ten years is a long time.
In this case, is King Wulu willing to enmity with Ming Dynasty?
If he goes forward, he will get a lot of credit, but the credit will be useless to him. But what happens when you lose?
First of all, the merits of operating Nanyang are in it. This is nothing. After all, Lu Zhongheng is senior and has made many contributions. Not to mention losing this time, he will lose two or three more times. As long as the whole army is not wiped out. If he goes back, he will just be dismissed.
The important people are. Not the Nanyang army. But the person who leads this army.
He had calculated as much as he could, and he had five thousand people. If he could draw out five thousand people, it would be pretty good. All five thousand people were lost, and it was nothing more than a guardhouse. Nothing. But it is impossible for the people below to be responsible for such a big thing.
There are only two people who can be responsible for this matter, one is He Xi and the other is him.
Lu Zhongheng had really been on the battlefield. He also knows how unpredictable the battlefield is. As the saying goes, the older you get, the less courageous you are. He was impulsive at first, but now he thinks about it carefully. I just feel it’s not worth it.
Yes, not whether it can be done. But not worth it. If this was a matter of life and death, Lu Zhongheng would naturally try his best to do this thing well. Now that Lu Zhongheng is so greedy for money, it can be seen that the ability to lead troops is still there, but the mentality of being reckless and reckless is no longer there.
If he doesn't go, let He Xi go.
First of all, he was worried about He Xi.
After all, He Xi had never led troops to fight in a war. How could he rest assured if He Xi, an inexperienced person, was asked to do such a thing.
Secondly, if something happens to He Xi. Lawrence Lu couldn’t afford it.
Yes. Lu Zhongheng could afford to fail several times and even return to the Central Plains in despair. But he couldn't bear it, how could he be lost?
He Xi is Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law.
If he really wanted to do something like this, Lu Zhongheng couldn't bear Zhu Yuanzhang's anger.
One thing is good for the country and also has some benefits for oneself. But not big. Even if Java is in the hands of King Wulu, Lu Zhongheng asked himself, there is nothing he can do. But once you fail, your wealth, wealth, and wealth will all be gone.
Lawrence Lu thought about it repeatedly and finally decided not to do it.
It’s not about can. But is it worth it? Adding superfluity is to say that a general of Chu State has won consecutive battles and victories. But they had to attack an unplanned city, and ended up losing in one battle, and all previous victories were forgotten.
He Xi said: "Otherwise, this incident is a good opportunity for us to intervene in Java. The core of Nanyang is in Java. If we do not control Java, or at least contain Java, we cannot rule Nanyang. Instead of doing this, it is better to strike first. "
Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but be a little stunned. He looked at the two and even felt that he had seen it wrong. Why, overnight, the two sides were saying completely opposite things. The two people seemed to have switched sides.
