A rush of footsteps sounded, and then the voice of Wu Ruzheng, the right-hand political envoy, came from outside the door: "Emperor, the recital of the king of Yunnan and the recital of He Tengjiao, the governor of Liangguang, have been delivered together." ”

Then there was the voice of the military advisor Li Yan: "Emperor, the two recitals are in a hurry...... Something is wrong! ”

In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City of Nanjing, Zhu Cihong was playing chess with Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong's veteran is being chased by Emperor Zhu, and there is no way out. Hearing the voices of Wu Ruzheng and Li Yan outside, Zheng Zhilong took the chess pieces and said with a smile: "No, no...... There's a rush to the book. Your Majesty, look at the notebook, and the old minister will go back to the household department to settle the accounts. ”

These days, the burden of the household department has been on Zheng Zhilong's shoulders...... Not to mention, Lao Zheng still has the ability, and not long after he came to power, he proposed several reforms.

First, the land endowment in Sijiang Province is all levied in silver - Sijiang Province is not Huguang, it is a province with high rice prices and easy to sell. Moreover, there are many cash crops in these four provinces, and farmers have no surplus rice to pay taxes. If they still have to collect rice, then they can only buy rice...... It will not only increase the burden on farmers, but will also further raise the price of rice.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong proposed to levy silver directly, but the amount of silver levied should be converted according to the average rice price of the previous year, and it should be adjusted every year.

The second is to propose to transfer the canals and rivers under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Household Affairs - the Ministry of Household is responsible for repairing, dredging, and charging!

How can a canal not be charged?

Isn't it stupid that the Ming government spends so much money on various canals every year, which makes it convenient for merchants to sell and operate, but they don't charge for it?

Moreover, there are many canals that can be dug and renovated in the south - the cost of water transportation is very low, which is conducive to promoting the development of industry and commerce, and the imperial court can also charge fees, killing two birds with one stone!

The third is to prepare for the construction of the Huaiyang Water Conservancy and Irrigation Project! Because of the flooding of the Huai River, most of the water conservancy projects in the Huaiyang Second Mansion have been destroyed, and now it is just taking advantage of the opportunity to control the Yellow River and the Huaiyang River to renovate them, and it is best to make unified plans to repair the water conservancy projects in the Huaiyang Second Mansion.

Fourth, promote the development of coastal fisheries, exempt from fishing taxes, and provide salt directly to fishermen at wholesale prices to facilitate their salted fish - this has two advantages: one is to increase fishery output, which can solve a little food shortage; The second is to train more sailors to facilitate the recruitment of manpower by the Navy.

Fifth, the implementation of the monopoly of liquor, the introduction of liquor tax - liquor brewing needs to consume a lot of grain, for the shortage of food is not a good thing, so the monopoly and liquor tax method to reduce the output of liquor, while obtaining a large amount of taxes, is also a good thing.

Sixth, the laws restricting the free movement of people will be gradually abolished, and people will be allowed to move freely within the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This would facilitate the flow of commerce and at the same time avoid large clusters of hungry people who would be displaced in large numbers.

Seventh, it is necessary to strengthen the management of government-owned real estate and land in cities, and set up special institutions to operate real estate and land for profit.

Eighth, the Ministry of Household Affairs was dispatched to inspect the progress of the abolition of slavery and the reform of household registration in the localities -- these two things had already been carried out. However, the progress of various places is different, some places are doing well, but some places are slow, and the imperial court needs to send personnel to supervise.

Others are three fires when the new official takes office, and his old Zheng is eight fires, and he burns well...... It seems that it is completely correct to choose him as the head of the household department!

Zhu Cihong looked at him and was leaving, smiled and said, "Old Taishan will leave later, and listen to what the King of Yunnan and He Tengjiao are playing?" ”

Zhu Cizhao played something, Zhu Cihong has a bit of a number, most of it is related to things in Yunnan!

Ma Shiying, the governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, had already played the impeachment of Zhu Cizhao, the king of Yunnan, who fled without a fight.

Due to Zhu Cizhao's escape, the current battle situation in Yunnan is very passive, Mu Tianbo retreated to Dali in February, and the current situation is unknown. And Ma Shiying mobilized the army to fight Qujing once, but was also repelled by Li Dingguo.

In order to prevent the fall of Guizhou, Ma Shiying had to transfer part of the Western Sichuan Army and the Eastern Sichuan Army into Guizhou and deploy defenses in the Chishui, Bijie, and Shuixi areas.

The Southern Route Army of the Three-Way Plan into Sichuan was completely dissolved by the Dashun Army in this way!

.......

"Emperor, this is ...... The recital of the king of Yunnan pleading. ”

When Li Yan handed the book of the King of Yunnan to Zhu Cihong, he looked like he couldn't cry or laugh.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Cihong's face was flat, "Is Zhu Cizhao shirking the responsibility for losing Yunnan?" ”

"Your Majesty, he is not guilty of Yunnan affairs." Wu Ruzheng said, "He pleaded guilty for the matter of Annan." ”

"Annan?" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, "He let the Annan people fight again?" ”

"No," Li Yan said, "he was careless...... accidentally scared away Li Weiqi, the commander of Annan, from Thang Long, and then he saw that Thang Long was a good city, and it was a waste to be empty, so he led his troops to live in. ”

"Huh?" Emperor Zhu was stunned and stunned, "He, he knocked down the capital of Annan?" How is this possible? He's not talking nonsense, is he? ”

Wu Ruzheng took out He Tengjiao's recital, "Emperor, this matter is also reported in the recital of the Liangguang General System...... Now Gao Ping Mo and Xuanguang Wu have sent people to Guangdong to inquire! While Zheng Zhu and Lê Clan both retreated to Thanh Hoa Province. There are also rumors that the Zheng clan wants to negotiate peace with the Nguyen clan and start a war with us together. ”

Zhu Cihong felt that he had also taken over He Tengjiao's recital, first looking at He Tengjiao's, and then Zhu Cizhao's. After reading the two cantatas, he was also a little dumbfounded.

I thought that Annan Zheng was very powerful, but I didn't expect that he had just beaten Ruan's family all over the ground to find teeth, and before he could recover from it, he was attacked by Zhu Cizhao...... Even the old nest of Thang Long Mansion is gone.

This Zhu Cizhao turned out to be deeply hidden!

"What do you think?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Your Majesty," Li Yan said, "the king of Yunnan has merit...... It's a breakthrough! ”

Wu Ruzheng also said: "Your Majesty, the matter of Annan will not be so easy to understand, right?" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Zheng Zhilong again, and Zheng Zhilong said: "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”

"Once in a lifetime?" Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Old Taishan doesn't think that we can take Annan Kingdom here, right?" ”

"It is impossible to take the country of Annan," Zheng Zhilong said, "but there is still a good hope that the country of Zhancheng can be taken!" ”

"You mean ......"

"It is easy to occupy the city with Thang Long," said Zheng Zhilong, "Thang Long Mansion is the best place in Annam, and it is difficult to occupy it for a long time with the power of the king of Yunnan...... Unless the imperial court sent a large army, it was only a matter of time before the king of Yunnan was defeated. But who the Thang Long Mansion is handed over to, it is the Ming Dynasty who can call the shots! If Thang Long Mansion is handed over to Nam Nguyen, then the pattern of Zheng Qiang and Nguyen's weakness can be completely reversed.

After the Nguyen lord entered the north and south of Annam, he could not continue to expand in the direction of Champa. We can just let the king of Yunnan go south and seize the city of Zhancheng. In this way, Zhancheng and our territory in Jiulongjiang and Jinoujiao can be connected. ”

The state of Cham was encroached upon by Annam and Quang Nam Nguyen for hundreds of years, and now only a small piece of territory remains, about the area from Nha Trang to Binh Thuan. Relying on the support of a few excellent ports and the Heavenly Sect, if it is attacked by tens of thousands of troops of the King of Yunnan, most of them can only be subdued.

"Let the king of Yunnan take the waterway to occupy the city?" Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Can it work?" There are more than 30,000 of them! ”

"There should be no problem," Zheng Zhilong said, "just run a few more round-trips...... Moreover, there were many ships in Nanruan, which were enough for the army of the king of Yunnan to move south to the territory of the Champa state. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Then after Nan Ruan takes Thang Long Mansion, is it possible to unify Annam?" ”

"It's not easy," Zheng Zhilong said, "Lord Zheng's old nest is Thanh Hoa Mansion and Yi'an Mansion, where the Zheng family has been operating for a long time and has deep roots. And these two provinces have a large population, several times more than the entire Quang Nam, which can support the Zheng family to continue to maintain the situation. In addition, King Li had a high reputation in the kingdom of Annam and was considered orthodox. Now that King Li is still in the hands of the Zheng clan, even if the Nguyen clan occupies Thang Long, it will be difficult for him to make great achievements, at least in the short term, it will be difficult to unify Annam. ”