Chapter 133: Alliance of Three Treasures
Under the bonfires, cries of mourning filled the field.
Ye Wang is no longer as cool as before. He was carrying a Ming-made wild goose-wing knife and was covered in blood. Walking among the wounded, his expression was dull, and he had only one thought in his mind: "This battle cannot continue."
The sacrifice of Ye Wang's troops allowed this army to survive the most severe moment. is very valuable.
But many things cannot be measured by value.
It’s not who has the most credit or who gets the most.
But whoever has the greatest strength will get the most.
Ye Wang has a profound sense of crisis at this moment. Ye King's headquarters only has tens of thousands of troops. It suffered a lot of losses in the naval battle of Old Port, and then suffered some losses in the naval battle of Ye City. I also suffered a lot of losses today. At this moment, the army still numbers tens of thousands. But King Ye felt that the ratio of his own men to horses had dropped to a very dangerous level.
You must know that a large part of this army was recruited by King Ye to surrender and accept rebellion. King Coco has very low trust in these people.
Even Ye Wang suspected that he had clearly arranged strict sentries, why did Majapayi's army suddenly appear outside the camp. He was worried that someone had secretly communicated with Majapayi, which led to the current situation.
Thinking of this, King Ye could only sigh.
Even if he could guess it, he didn't check it.
Because the Majapahit Empire unified Java for nearly a hundred years and united the entire Java into one. Nobles from various places had frequent exchanges. It is normal to have contacts with nobles from various places. And the current situation does not allow him to investigate.
"It's time to talk." Ye Wang couldn't help but think.
Just at this time. The people below suddenly came to report that He Xi was here.
King Ye's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but say, "What a coincidence."
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King Ye could only meet He Xi under a pagoda. Without him, there wouldn't even be a complete tent in the entire battlefield.
He Xi came walking on blood all the way.
The body could be dragged away, but the ground would not have time to be cleaned.
He Xi met King Ye and said, "I didn't expect that King Wulu would do this. Originally, King Wulu asked me to preside over the peace talks. But now it seems that his intentions are not sincere. This is my mistake. I originally I want to turn around and leave. But when I come here, I always want to see the king."
King Ye didn't believe a word of He Xi's words. He even suspected that He Xi had secretly communicated with Dongbian. However, as an outstanding politician, he will never reveal his feelings on this occasion. Because he also wants to negotiate.
King Ye said: "Master He is unaware of something. If there had not been today's battle, I guess His Majesty's intention to negotiate would have been false. But with today's battle, his intention to negotiate is genuine."
Although the Coconut King has rebelled and became the new King of Coconut Country. But he still used to call King Wulu his majesty.
He Xi pretended not to know or understand, and said, "Why is this?"
King Ye said: "As long as His Majesty can eliminate me, he will definitely not talk to me anymore. But now that he can't eliminate me, he will admit the reality. The previous peace talks may have been fake, but the current one is real."
He Xi said: "Then you mean to talk?"
King Ye said: "Let's talk."
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Both sides are interested in negotiating. But in fact, there is still some distance to go before negotiations. Finally negotiated in Sanbao.
Sanbao is He Xi’s name for Semarang.
The reason why Semarang has a "ridge" is that a group of people who died in the service of the Western Ocean are buried here. Not now. Although this trip to Java was not without casualties. But when He Xi asked, almost everyone chose the option of being cremated and taking the ashes back to their hometown. I don’t want to be buried in a foreign country and become a ghost in a foreign land.
And the Three Treasures are not just the Three Treasures eunuchs. Buddhism has the Three Treasures, and Taoism also has the Three Treasures. It's also a good name.
The reason for negotiating in Sanbao is that both parties do not want to negotiate on the other side's territory. So they negotiated on Akito's territory.
Yes, before the negotiation, both parties unanimously decided that the area of Sanbao belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
No matter how the talks went, He Xi's return to Java was not a failure.
The Ming Dynasty also agreed to pay tribute to Beijing. The Ming Dynasty merchant ships had the right to dock anywhere in the two countries, as well as the right to operate spices, and a large sum of money. etc.
Moreover, He Xi did not need to be too involved in this negotiation.
What He Xi needs to ensure is the division of Java. Under this general premise, there is no need to worry too much about the details. On the contrary, the fairer He Xi behaves, the more impartial he appears.
The people who came to negotiate were the King of the East and the King of the West.
The two people can be regarded as old friends, but now that they meet each other, it is difficult for outsiders to understand how they feel in their hearts.
After a month of negotiations, this matter was finally settled.
What we want to talk about specifically is the demarcation between the two sides. Not only the demarcation within the island of Java, but also the distribution of dependent countries. Of course, this is a nominal allocation. After all, the long-term division of Java has now become a foregone conclusion. No one knows how long Java's forces on the outer islands can surrender to Java.
Finally, the three parties signed the Three Treasures Alliance.
As the intermediary, Ming Dynasty stated that it would protect the content of the treaty in the future, and no one would violate the treaty in the future. In the future, Ming Dynasty will cooperate with the other side to jointly attack it.
This is what He Xi wants most.
In fact, everyone knows that this is just an armistice agreement.
Coconut King needs time to straighten out the content and establish a real Coconut Kingdom system. The Majapahit dynasty also needed time to rectify its internal affairs. Alleviating the opposition to King Dong. Determine the throne of the Eastern King and so on. What is more important is to reorganize the troops and prepare for counterattack.
The current situation, both in terms of territory and strength, is that the east is strong and the west is weak.
In fact, He Xi also had some confusion in his heart. Dong Wang was too soft in negotiations.
But before it's all done.
He Xi transferred Shi Jinqing back from Old Port. Become the Lord of Sanbao City. Although it is just a large rural area now. But at least someone needs to stay behind. And here is too far from the old port, and even further from the Ming Dynasty. Officials from the Ming Dynasty even stirred up trouble in Old Port, let alone here.
Therefore, we can only promote the original people of Old Port.
This matter fell on Shi Jinqing.
When He Xi was taking the navy back to Old Port, He Xi suddenly heard a piece of news. There was a movement in his heart, and the doubts in his heart were quickly solved in an instant.
That means King Wulu is dead. King Dong became the fifth king of Majapahit and took over a broken country.
In an instant, He Xi understood everything.
King Wulu is about to die. This is the biggest problem and the biggest insecurity factor for Majapahit. This is also one of the reasons why Dong Wang gave in step by step at the negotiation table.
For the Eastern King, the most important thing was to secure the throne of Majapahit. As for what was lost, I will get it back.
He Xi was not too happy about this news.
He Xi got to know King Wulu better. The more I feel that he is a legend, he ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, stayed dormant under the hands of powerful officials for several years, and finally regained power, integrated internally, expanded externally, and developed the Majapahit dynasty to its most powerful moment. But he encountered such an unexpected situation in his later years. It reminded He Xi of Tang Xuanzong.
More importantly, although this tragedy in his later years was not directed by He Xi. But He Xi added some fire to it after all.
Now that I think about it, I feel a little uncomfortable.
He Xi has no sense of shame. After all, the enemy's hero is my enemy. Although King Wulu is a personal figure, He Xi will naturally not waver in the slightest in terms of national justice. And what really made King Wulu unbearable was not only the defeat, but also the tragic death of his daughter, which had little to do with the Ming Dynasty.
However, He Xi couldn't help but think of herself and Zhu Yuanzhang. I just feel that in life, even if you are young and dominate the world, there are still heroes who will die one day.
What He Xi lamented was not the tragedy of King Wulu alone, but the tragedy of all the heroes in the world.
When time comes, heaven and earth will use their strength to transport heroes without freedom.
He Xi is happy today, but when he reaches his old age, he doesn't know whether he is better than King Wulu or worse than King Wulu.
However, this emotion only lasted for a while, and then He Xi felt a secret desire in his heart that it was time to go back.
Not back to Old Port, but back to Daming and Nanjing.
He Xi felt warm at the thought of seeing his wife and son soon.
