When Li Yan's words were said here, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Bi Jiucheng, a scholar from Hanlin, had already arrived together and were waiting outside the lobby.

"Mr. Qian, Master Bi, come in." Zhu Cihong had sharp eyes, and before the eunuch on duty outside came in to report, he saw the two of them and beckoned them to enter with a smile.

Qian Qianyi and Bi Jiucheng had come to report to Zhu Cihong on the cabinet meeting, which had to be maintained by the cabinet officials who stayed in Nanjing during Zhu Cihong's expedition, so the cabinet meeting continued as usual. The decisions made at the meeting will be sent to Zhu Cihong's army.

In addition, one or two cabinet ministers and Hanlin scholars will follow Zhu Cihong on the expedition, and they will be responsible for handling the cabinet reports sent to the front of the army.

After Qian Qianyi and Bi Jiucheng saluted Zhu Cihong, they sat down separately and began to report routinely.

Before the report began, a box containing the folds had been brought in by the eunuch and placed on the table in front of Zhu Cihong. And Bi Jiucheng also set up a small table in front of him, on which were also placed the four treasures of the study room and a stack of blank folds.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Qian Qianyi said first, "Shandong Governor Gao Hongtu played, saying that Dongyu placed tens of thousands of so-called Zhenglu Banner soldiers on the ground of Dongchang, Yanzhou, and Jinan, and occupied hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land...... Except for the south of the Tuhe River in Jinan Prefecture, the east of Qufu in Yanzhou Prefecture and the Taiyi Mountains, they have all been owned by the so-called Zhenglu Banner soldiers!

In addition, above the boundaries of North Zhili and Henan, Dongyu is planning to dictate the law of Tian! Ten acres are granted for one mouth, and a household of five can get fifty acres of land. After the land is granted, the annual rent of one acre is four liters......"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand: "I already know...... This Dorgon is quite fast, and he is very vigorous! ”

When Jin Zhijun secretly visited Fengyang last time, he had already told him about the establishment of the Green Flag and the dictation of the field. I thought it would be delayed for a while, but I didn't expect that under Dolgon's supervision, the progress was actually fast and smooth.

Li Yan said: "The Dongyu don't need scholars now, and the northern gentry also go and die...... Naturally, it can't stop Dolgon from enclosing the land. ”

Zhu Cihong's brows furrowed, this matter is indeed a bit unexpected - it turns out that the Qing Dynasty doesn't have to be helped by a group of traitors and doctors!

With their help, it is easier for the Qing soldiers to go south, and there is a leading party. But the other side also restrained Dolgon's hands and feet. So that he could not occupy more land, and he could not engage in dictation of land.

Qian Qianyi sighed, and then reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Jingzhou prefect blocked Yinxi and said that the thieves in Xiangyang also had an abnormal movement a few days ago, and it seems that they have plans to go south to Jingchu. A few days ago, in all the large and small cities in Jingzhou Prefecture, there were thieves who carried out detailed activities, put up notices, and also announced that they would take Huguang and then 'divide the land equally'......"

"What?" Zhu Cihong was taken aback, "Li Zicheng also wants to count Juntian?" Why did they all come together? Discussed or what? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Li Yan interjected, "Li Zicheng has always had this idea, but no one has done anything for him in the past, and he doesn't know how to start." Now that he has circled the land of Xiangyang, Shenyang, and Nanyang, he is finally satisfied, and he is willing to help with the poor work of dictating the field. ”

It turns out that the dictation field is such a method, first you have to have enough of your own circle, and then you can dictate the field to the little people! Otherwise, no one will help implement it, and nothing can be done!

Dolgon can do this now, firstly, because of the "Thanos mode" in the Northlands, and the population is eighty percent less! The second is that he has circled the land twice, and now there are almost 200,000 households with eight flags and green flags (excluding inlaid green), which can be regarded as someone who can help with things. And Li Zicheng's situation is similar, with the same reliable feudal cadre team.

"When will Li Zicheng send troops?" Zhu Cihong's brows furrowed.

Li Yan thought for a while, "Autumn Queen...... He is also short of food! Before the autumn, it was impossible for him to gather the military rations for the south. In addition, the soldiers who have just divided the land will have a good life for a few days, right? ”

Zhu Cihong sighed: "Then there are still some days...... It's a big deal to send troops before the New Year's Day, as long as you take Wuchang Mansion before Li Zicheng! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Qian Qianyi, "Mr. Qian, what's the matter?" ”

If there is nothing to do, Zhu Cihong wants to discuss with Li Yan and Wu Xiang how to beat Li Zicheng!

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is one more matter," Qian Qianyi said again, "Luo Dagong, the magistrate of Shanghai, said that recently, Fan Damen, the governor of Hongyi State, led a total of hundreds of envoys and merchant groups to arrive in Hong Kong on two Hongyi ships, accompanied by Chen Ding, a member of the army of the Quanguo Mansion. ”

"Fan Gate?" Wu Xiang couldn't help but laugh when he heard Qian Qianyi's report, "What kind of name is this?" ”

Qian Qianyi said with a smile: "Grand Duke Luo's excerpt said that the surname of this Hongyi governor is Damen, and his name is Edongni, and Fan is the meaning of Mr. Hongyi Guowen. If you want to paraphrase, it's Mr. Daimon. ”

"Mr. Damen......" Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, "Okay, this Grand Duke Luo is good, I can inquire about this matter quite clearly." ”

Qian Qianyi said again: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister heard that these Hongyi people do not obey the king, and are afraid of authority but not virtue, should we show their authority first, and then treat them with virtue?" ”

"Show it with authority," Zhu Cihong looked at Qian Qianyi, "What does it mean to treat him with virtue?" ”

"It's ......" Qian Qianyi frowned, and said in his heart: This treatment of virtue is a cliché, written on the history. Besides, we are dignified, the state of etiquette, of course, we have to be Huairou Yuanbang. It's not easy for Mr. Gate of Hongyi Country to come so far away, so naturally he has to entertain him well...... In addition, if the Yiren sent tribute, Daming also had to look at the price to give a back, and it had to be thin!

Zhu Cihong said: "Give an order to Grand Duke Luo, let him hurry up and accompany Mr. Damen and his entourage to enter Nanjing by land, and be sure to be in ...... Arrive before the first day of August! ”

"Before the first day of August?" Qian Qianyi didn't quite understand, "Why is it the first day of August?" ”

Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "Because the palace will return to the court on the first day of August, a grand military parade will be held on that day!"

This palace wants to let the people of Hongyi see with their own eyes the grand appearance of my new army! ”

The Red Empire is the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the Dutch Republic, which is the most powerful maritime power in this era, and it is also a land power! Although in the coastal waters of China, the Zheng family's sailors were not afraid of the Dutch, and won many naval battles in history.

But that was in the offshore waters, where the hydrology and wind direction are very complicated, and the Liaoluo Bay, where Zheng Zhilong became famous, is a bay located in the southern part of Kinmen Island. If you really want to go to the open sea, the Zheng family's sailors are still not enough.

Otherwise, Zheng Ming in history would not have been trapped on the island of Taiwan......

And Zhu Cihong now very much wants to expand to the south along the sea route, and now there are 80 million to 100 million people crowded on the territory southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and the food supply and living space are tight, and it is inevitable to go to Southeast Asia to find some food - now Vietnam can play the "Four-Power War" and fight happily with its own people, while a large part of the Mekong River basin is almost "ownerless".

If Daming can pass by sea, even if he cultivates millions of acres of paddy fields and transports one or two million stones back to Fujian by sea every year (Fujian is very short of grain), he can feed hundreds of thousands of more people!

In addition, there is an Australian continent desert thousands of miles away, where no one wants!

Prince Zhu really wants to circle down and get an "Aoming" or something, he has to run so far, and the Zheng family's navigation skills are not enough, so he doesn't want to tear his face with the Dutch now.

But he also had to let the Dutch know that he was awesome! Knowing that the current Ming Dynasty could take the two Dutch strongholds on the island of Taiwan at any time, and that it had a strong enough army to protect itself from enemy invasions from the sea or from the north.

Only in this way will it be possible to reach an equal and mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic agreement between the Ming and the Netherlands.