Chapter 6: The Future of the Lu Family

At the beginning, when the imperial court had just gained a foothold in Nanyang, the Lu family, as the executor of the central policy, had to rely on the center to suppress the Nanyang countries. At that time, the biggest contradiction in Nanyang was the contradiction between the Ming court and the Nanyang countries.

This contradiction is directly represented by the war between the Ming Dynasty and Java.

And He Xi, as the representative of the center, is the executor of Zhu Yuanzhang's will.

He Xi was in a trench with the Lu family. At that time, the two sides could deliver their backs to support the friendship of life and death.

This friendship is not fake.

He Xi, with the support of Lu Zhongheng, opened up a good situation in Nanyang. And the Lu family, with the help of He Xi, got a new life. Thus there is the name of the Nanyang Lu family.

Now after He Xi was transferred back to Beijing, He Xi became the Lu family's ally in the center. The two sides also get along well.

But at this time, the identity of the Lu family is already a local powerhouse. And He Xi, as the central minister, is the backstage of the Lu family. He Xi needs the help and support of the Lu family, and the Lu family also needs He Xi's endorsement in the center.

There is no contradiction between the two sides.

In the war between the north and the south, the Lu family served as the source and market of raw materials. As an industrial production area, the two sides complement each other economically, and the two sides are also separated by a Nanjing.

Not that there are no contradictions. But contradictions can be suppressed.

It doesn't matter.

But now, after the fall of the Nanjing regime. That's all changed.

The Lu family has been entrenched in Nanyang for many years. And He Xi's important purpose of this national determination meeting is to revitalize the center. The problem is simple.

What does the center think of Nanyang?

Lu Zhongheng is well aware that this cannot be ignored.

Originally, in the Song and Yuan dynasties, there were many Han people in Nanyang. Now, if nothing else, the total number of migrants has exceeded one million. In addition, for more than ten years, people who have been going south one after another to beg for a living. After all, the population density of Jiangxi, Fujian and other places cannot make people live well at all, and it is not as good as Nanyang.

Plus the population naturally reproduces. and the local natives who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

The population of the entire Nanyang under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is likely to exceed 10 million.

Of course, these 10 million people are not completely in the hands of Lu Zhongheng, but in the hands of several vassal kings.

But in any case, tens of millions of people are not a small number. At the beginning of He Xi and Zhu Xiongying's army in Beijing, the population under their jurisdiction was only about 10 million.

It is impossible for the imperial court to ignore Nanyang.

But what if you attack Nanyang? Where to start.

It is impossible to attack the kings of the South Seas.

Without him, the status is different. The status of the kings of Nanyang was determined during the Taizu period. It was impossible for the court to touch them. Especially when a major war is first decided, moving them is tantamount to starting another war.

And in the war in Nanyang, it is really hard to say whether the Ming court has an absolute advantage.

It is not a question of whether there is an advantage or not, it is a question of whether it is necessary or not. It is necessary to consider not only military issues, but also political ones.

Not necessarily, with the Lu family.

Lu Zhongheng has been in Xinzhou for so long, and many Lu family members regard Xinzhou as the fief of the Lu family. But it's not. Lu Zhongheng was the first governor of Nanyang and has been in office for more than ten years.

However, the Governor of Nanyang was not hereditary.

Maybe the court is gracious and can make him hereditary. But the imperial court doesn't want him to be hereditary, and that's okay.

Moreover, if the imperial court sends someone to take over as the governor of Nanyang, does he Lu Zhongheng really dare to oppose the imperial court?

Lu Zhongheng knew that he didn't dare.

It's not just because the strength of the Ming court is strong. In fact, He Xi himself didn't know how much shock the battle between the north and south of the Ming Dynasty had brought to the surrounding forces.

And how can a person like Lu Zhongheng have no connections in the army, he may not know what the new tactics are all about at the time, but how can he not know now.

He reviewed it privately, and he was in the south

The army controlled by the foreign also has tens of thousands. But the foundation is still the guard. I don't dare to say that I can't fight, but in the battle between the north and the south, I can't even count as elite cannon fodder.

At most, you can defend the city.

Don't forget the role He Xi played in the Battle of Nanyang. In the Nanyang Governor's Palace, there are many people who are He Xi's deceased.

In other words, even if he doesn't use force, He Xi has many ways to win people's hearts and go down without a fight.

This frightened Lu Zhongheng very much.

But he was also very unwilling.

His unwillingness is simple.

That is, he has been operating in Nanyang for so many years, and what he wants is not to lay a foundation in Nanyang and let the Lu family be passed on locally for a long time. This is no longer the case.

How can he be willing?

It's just that he really can't do anything else.

On the one hand, he is worried about the future of the Lu family, and on the other hand, he is worried about his body and bones, and it will be difficult to persevere in the future. The more this is the case, the worse Lu Zhongheng's physical condition becomes.

also made Lu Zhongheng make up his mind that he must go to Jingshi.

Even if it is to die in Jingshi.

Although it is said that Lu Zhongheng has long explored the cemetery in Nanyang. In the future, it will be the ancestral tomb of the Lu family in Nanyang. Feng Shui magicians say that it is the cave of generations of princes. At this time, Lu Zhongheng is looking forward to the future of the Lu family.

Because none of his children and grandchildren feel the crisis of the future.

As a minister in charge of the center, he wants to assert the power of the imperial court, and now the Nanyang Lu family, as one of the largest powerful factions in the Ming Dynasty, will also be impacted.

These descendants still thought one by one that after his Uncle He took office, he would open the door to the Lu family.

How stupid.

Most of Lu Zhongheng's sons are the same age as He Xi, but Lu Zhongheng insists on being the same age as He Xi, so they can only be nephews.

His children and grandchildren are all of this kind of virtue, and he doesn't do things well until he dies. Let the future of the Lu family be determined, and I am afraid that he will not be able to close his eyes when he dies.

When Lu Zhongheng went to Beijing, he naturally had to take the kings of Nanyang with him.

Compared with Lu Zhongheng, the kings of Nanyang don't have so many thoughts. After all, there are not without contradictions between them and the center. It's that a lot of people see it. For a long time, the Damin court would not move the vassal king.

After all, more than a dozen vassal kings, from the Western Regions to the Eastern Oceans, and from the Eastern Ocean to the South Seas, have formed a huge force that affects the whole body. Don't say that the Ming War has just passed, and it is good or bad to immediately make a big move.

To put it simply, even if the Ming Dynasty is recuperating for a long time, it is necessary to consider the chain reaction caused by the movement of troops against any feudal king. with political influence.

Geographically, the kings of the South Seas are the least to worry about.

Especially far enough away from Daming.

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In a plum courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Jiangnan Rebellion last year still leaves a lot of traces.

The three-year Jiangnan Rebellion in Longwu is destined to leave a strong mark in history. There are too many details to write about here.

For example, the resistance and destruction of machines by yeoman farmers.

For example, the process of the disintegration of the smallholder economy in the midst of industrialization.

For example, the awakening of the proletariat.

For example, the decline of the old scholarly class.

For example, the different turns of people's fate, the love of talented and beautiful women, and the tragedy in the great era. Wait a minute.

For Gu Wangsun Lai, it was like an old dream. Still a nightmare.

This dream was too cruel.

Originally, the family background was superior, and his father and ancestors served in the court, so he could be the son of a rich idler. became a spy who destroyed his family and destroyed his family, changed his name and surname, hid in the dark, and set off a storm.

The identity that he never looked at was originally a must-do for the rest of his life.

It's like this plum courtyard.

This plum courtyard. Gu Wangsun remembered coming in a trance. It was when I was very young, and it wasn't like this at that time. Although it is between square inches, the courtyards are layered on top of each other, and various wall partitions are visible

Although there are only a few acres of land, it seems that between heaven and earth, there are plum blossoms.

Every view is meticulously polished. Every door opening and window is ingenious.

And plum blossoms are not to mention.

I don't know how many gardeners work hard, but they are obviously carefully cared for, but they must show wild interest, so that they can be regarded as excellent masterpieces. This is the intention, otherwise no matter how good this plum blossom is, it will also be reduced to craftsmanship, but it will be reduced to inferiority.

And this kind of wild fun cannot be done by non-master craftsmen.

Generally, it will be just a follow-up.

However, this is no longer the case.

After a great chaos, this place is already in ruins, and there is no one to take care of these plum blossoms. On the contrary, it is more emotional.