Chapter 81: News from the South China Sea

It turns out that He Xi is a straight man, and it is difficult to find a wife in the future.

Maybe at another time, it's a bit of a problem. But at this moment, he really provoked the meek, quiet, and understanding Princess Anqing. However, Princess Anqing has received a lady's education since she was a child, and no matter how angry she is, she can't lose her identity.

Therefore, Princess Anqing could only look at He Xi coldly, and a word erupted from her mouth: "Get out." ”

This is already a rare gaffe for her.

He Xi didn't want to roll. What else do you want to say? It's just that today's He family is big, and Princess Anqing is the biggest. It can only be that he obediently get out.

However, as soon as he got out for a while, 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 back to the palace is the proper meaning of the question.

The queen is a queen after all, not an ordinary woman. can't be like a mother-in-law, waiting for confinement. And there is no shortage of people around Princess Anqing. Now that Princess Anqing has nothing to do. Queen Ma stays here, and there is no use for it.

It's just that 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 risen step by step, he is still not the kind of key person who cannot function without him. There is no need for Zhu Yuanzhang to summon him at this time.

Unless something happens.

It's big, it's tricky.

He Xi thought about it carefully and felt that although there were some minor troubles in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions of the Ming Dynasty, there were no major problems. Even if it is the remnant yuan of Mobei, it can now be classified as a small problem, after all, Xu Da has gained a firm foothold in Monan. The remnant yuan's attack on the Ming Dynasty was lighter and lighter each time.

It seems that he has lost the courage to fight Daming to the end. also lost the courage to attack the Ming Dynasty.

So the remnant element is also a minor problem.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "Perhaps, it's just that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to ask Princess Anqing about the birth." ”

It's just that He Xi overestimated Zhu Yuanzhang's love for his daughter, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't love his daughter, but he loved Jiangshan Sheji more.

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"What?" In the Qianqing Palace, He Xi saw a report about Fang Guan. I was amazed for a while.

Fangguan drifted for several months in the waters east of Luzon before finally reaching Ryukyu and transferring from the port of Ryukyu to Ningbo. before the news was delivered. Now Fangguan is still being detained and examined by Tang He in Ningbo Port. The news arrived at the palace in advance.

However, thinking of such news, Tang He couldn't suppress it for a few days.

In a few days, the news will spread in Beijing.

He Xi was shocked by this news.

He never thought that such a thing would happen. He Xi knew the ruthlessness of nature, and even made the possibility of the total annihilation of the expedition fleet. However, in He Xi's view, the biggest enemy is the unpredictable ocean and nature.

It's just that I never thought that the most dangerous thing in the world is always people. If there is anything more dangerous than people, it is the human heart.

He Xi blurted out and said, "It's just Java, how dare he do this?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Why doesn't he dare? Then he pulled out a stack of seniority from the side and put it in front of He Xi.

He Xi looked at it, but it was what King Wulu, the fourth monarch of the Majapahit Dynasty, had done all these years.

He Xi looked at it carefully, turned the page again and again, and for a while, for a while, he felt that he had made a mistake. And now the Majapahit dynasty on the island of Java is so powerful? It simply made He Xi feel like he was out of order.

After all, when Zheng He went to the West and dealt with Java, it was also easy. It's handy. But with the timeline set aside for decades, there is actually such a huge Majapahit Empire?

This made He Xi a little incredulous.

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, was arrogant, insulted the envoys, and made an expedition to the Srivijaya in Sumatra. It's just that during his expedition, the generals sitting in the rear rebelled. This monarch. You can only retreat to a place called Majapahit. This was also the beginning of Majapahit.

Kublai Khan was furious when he learned that Java had insulted his envoys, and sent Shi Bi and other generals to expedition to Java. I don't know how the king of Majapahit fooled. In short, he borrowed the power of the Yuan army and killed his rebel generals.

Then the riot operation came, and he attacked the Yuan army with his backhand and defeated the Yuan army. drove the Yuan army out of Java, and then wrote tribute. The posture was put very low, giving the Yuan Dynasty a face.

At that time, the expansion of the Yuan Dynasty had reached its limit. Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty was also ashamed to admit this subject state.

Now the Majapahit has passed into the hands of the fourth king.

This King of Wulu is a powerful character. His greatest contribution was the centralization of power. As mentioned earlier, most of the so-called empires in Southeast Asia were city-states. There was a large city-state that gained strength and went around conquering and taking other city-states into its hands. But most of them are given to the powerful.

Although as a core city, the strength will be greatly strengthened. But originally geopolitics did not change. Unable to change from a strange city lord to a familiar nobleman.

But once the native royal family weakened. Elsewhere will rise and new dynasties will be formed.

Many historians, archaeologists, believe that Xia and Shang existed at the same time. It's also the same logic.

And King Wulu was unwilling to do this, and he also saw the hidden worries behind this matter. With the support of Gacha Mada, a powerful prime minister, he conquered the east and west, centralized power internally, suppressed the aristocracy, and repeatedly conquered the outside world, and almost all of the territory of Indo-Nesia in later generations was unified by him.

However, although he centralized power on the island of Java, he still maintained the separation of the core and the frontier. Except for a few core locations such as Java, other places are also controlled by local magnates.

It does not rule directly, similar to the feudal system.

But even so, Majapahit at this moment is a big country that cannot be underestimated.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at He Xi with a look of disbelief, and he said lightly: "I'm very disappointed in you." Wouldn't you gather some information before you sent someone on a long voyage? ”

He Xi slandered in his heart, of course he collected intelligence, although it was not as accurate as Zhu Yuanzhang's. He didn't know how strong Java, or Majapahit, was, but he knew that Java was the number one power in Southeast Asia.

But what about knowing?

He Xi just sent a fleet to pass through harmlessly. Moreover, the sea is vast, and many times, if you want to find a fleet, you can't find it, and Java may not meet with the fleet. And even if you take a picture, what about it? The two countries are still at war. Not to mention that this sea is not opened by Java. In He Xi, he thought that at most he would make a little toll, where would he have thought that such a situation would be created.

A fleet of hundreds of people, seven or eight ships, only one ship with less than a hundred people returned.

Thinking of this, He Xi was both ashamed and angry.

In any case, this matter was arranged overnight. It's also ill-conceived. Even if he had a million reasons, it wasn't a reason at the moment. And for Java, He Xi was only angry, killing so many people in the Ming Dynasty. That's not going to be the case.

He Xi took a deep breath and said, "The child knows his mistakes. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also knows that it is a bit far-fetched to blame He Xi for everything. But there is no doubt that He Xi bears a certain responsibility. He saw He Xi admit his mistake. I didn't continue to hold on. Instead, he asked, "What do you think should be done about this matter?" ”

He Xi fell into deep thought.

If you follow He Xi's thoughts, you will definitely send troops to Java at this moment to destroy this eclipse. But He Xi had to take the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty. to think about it.

Now the maritime strength of the Ming Dynasty surpasses that of Kublai Khan?

And now there are generals in the Ming Dynasty who are proficient in naval warfare? Can it defeat Kublai Khan's generals back then?

Is Java today, no, Jajapahit stronger or weaker than the Yuan Dynasty at that time?

In short, a thousand words and a sentence, if you fight, can you win? How much does it cost to win? How much armor do I need? How many centaurs will be lost? Will it affect the actions of the Ming Dynasty in other strategic directions, especially in the north, especially in the eastern Liaodong region?

All these problems rolled in front of He Xi, fused, and separated.

After thinking about it, He Xi already had the answer in his heart.