Good news is good news, but it's not necessarily good news. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAfter being an emperor for many years, Chongzhen has long understood this truth. Fujian, for example, has never been a big deal. For today's imperial court, no major event is the biggest good thing. But now it's starting to be good again. What does this mean? It shows that Fujian is at war. Although the good news reports that the war has been won, fighting in the otherwise peaceful territory of the country is a very, very bad thing in itself.

It's like saying that a certain monkey in our south once defeated the Gallic chicken, and even beat the bald eagle, and won victory after victory. Victory is of course a good thing, but if you ask them if they would like to have a few more such victories, it is estimated that people will be anxious with you.

Emperor Chongzhen opened this good news quite apprehensively, took a cursory look, and first breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that Fujian did not make trouble, but only caught Jianzhen's merchant ship at sea...... Slow, Merchant Ships? Do you have merchant ships and trade with other countries? That's immediately another bad thing. This is a blessing and a curse.

Continuing to look down, Emperor Chongzhen became more and more frightened - Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong both reported that the Manchus were buying siege cannons from Westerners. The good news is that both the ship and the cannon were intercepted by Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian. But there is a lot of bad news, for example, this piece says that they interrogated the captured Koreans, and the Koreans said that although this ship was the first time that Jianshen had sent a ship to buy cannons, before that, there had been Tessie merchants who had sold cannons to Jianshen.

Emperor Chongzhen felt that his head hurt. He continued to look down, and both Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong reported that the North Koreans did not know how many cannons Jian Xi had bought from the Taixi people, only that the Taixi people did sell the cannons to Jian Yan. Well, this is not good news, especially for Emperor Chongzhen.

It was not once or twice that Jianyan's army had been killed under the city of Beijing. Fortunately, the walls of Beijing are tall and strong, and Jianyan is not very good at attacking cities, so ...... But if the next time, Jianshen comes with a lot of cannons, then Beijing will really ......

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen saw more bad news from this good news. Those damn Tessie, well, what kind of French people are said to be this time, the cannons sold to Kengi are very powerful. According to Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong, the cannons that the imperial court originally purchased and homemade were like toys compared to these cannons.

Although he saw so much bad news, Emperor Chongzhen still felt that he should be happy. First of all, there has been no major upheaval in the annex, and this province can still provide taxes to the imperial court, although not much, but at least it is better than those places that require the imperial court to constantly throw money into it.

As for the cannon thing, although it is not good news, it is much better to know that bad news is not bad things have happened, but you don't know anything. So when Chongzhen watched this recital, although his brows were tightly locked, he still had to say this to himself: "This Fujian general soldier Zheng Zhilong is also a person who can do things honestly, but unfortunately he can only fight naval battles. Xiao Yifu is also good, this time Zheng Zhilong was able to discover and destroy Jianyi's conspiracy, and Xiao Yifu also had the ability to plan. Cultivate some well, and you will be a talent in the future. ”

So these two people can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart.

Emperor Chongzhen continued to look down and saw the solution proposed by these two men.

The first plan is, of course, to intensify maritime patrols and inspections and cut off the sea lanes for the purchase of artillery by Jianzhi. It's just that the sea is so big, who can guarantee that there will be no fish that slip through the net? Therefore, seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning.

"However, it is not easy for them to think of so much." And what made Emperor Chongzhen even happier was. On the premise of intensifying patrols, Zheng Zhilong did not propose to increase military salaries. Although with the current financial state of the imperial court, it really can't come up with more military salaries for Zheng Zhilong.

"What a real person who can sympathize with the difficulties of the imperial court!" Although Emperor Chongzhen was said to be mean, he also felt that the court should still give some encouragement to a general like Zheng Zhilong, who had repeatedly performed miraculous feats and did not ask the court for money. Of course, you can't take out the money, but you can give something that benefits you and doesn't cost it.

As for the second plan, Chongzhen is not very happy. Because Zheng Zhilong and Xiao Yifu both said that since Jianshen already has such a cannon, then the imperial court must also immediately equip such a cannon to compete with Jianxuan, at least, some of the most critical positions, there must be such artillery, such as Shanhaiguan, such as Xuanda, such as Beijing, must have such a cannon.

Zheng Zhilong also explained in detail in the recital: The firing range of the cannon is also directly related to the height of the gun position. The same cannon on the head of the city will definitely hit farther than on flat ground. If there were several of these guns at the head of the city at those key points, it would be possible to attack the enemy before the enemy's artillery could effectively bombard the walls. In addition, Zheng Zhilong also said that he heard from some Taixi businessmen that the cannon purchased by Jianxuan was actually not the largest and strongest cannon. If the court needs it, he can help the court contact the Tessie merchants and buy those bigger and better cannons. If such a cannon can be erected on the head of Beijing, then no matter how many people come to Jianzhi, the Beijing division can be as safe as Mount Tai.

Chongzhen also knew that what he said above made sense, and it was also a necessary urgency, but it involved spending a lot of money to do so. And it looks like the money has to be spent. Now the question is just where to find the money.

Chongzhen beat his forehead with his hand, and Wang Chengen hurriedly came over to help Chongzhen massage his temples.

"You can help me see what the cabinet vote says." Chongzhen felt that his head hurt badly, so he closed his eyes and said to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen picked up the fold, looked at it, and then said: "Bachelor Zhang has no other opinions, but he just wants His Majesty to issue an order to reward Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong." He also proposed that His Majesty should quickly send money and buy cannons. At this time, Wen Tiren was dismissed because of the conspiracy of Cao Huachun, who took Donglin's money, in the case of framing Qian Qianyi, and showed the situation of forming a party for personal gain, and the first assistant of the cabinet temporarily became Zhang Zhifa.

"Smack!" Emperor Chongzhen stood up all of a sudden and smashed the inkstone on the bookcase to the ground!

Wang Chengen was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to his knees.

"Inside, inside!" Emperor Chongzhen scolded angrily, "They think there really is a cornucopia in my inner library? You can conjure money out of thin air! I raise these courtiers, and when they encounter problems, they only know that I can take the inner money out, and the inner money and the inner treasury can starve to death mice! I'm so diligent, so frugal, they can't worry about me at all. Wang Chengen, what do you say I am still raising these ministers! ”

When he said this, Chongzhen turned his head and saw that Wang Chengen was kneeling on the ground, and he didn't dare to say a word. He let out a long sigh and said, "What are you doing kneeling, it's not your business, get up." ”

Wang Chengen heard this and got up tremblingly. Before he could stand firmly, he heard Emperor Chongzhen sigh and say, "It was not unreasonable for my eldest brother to use Wei Zhongxian back then. If Wei Zhongxian was still there, how could these Wenchen dare to treat me like this? I really need a Wei Zhongxian now...... Wang Chengen, can you be Wei Zhongxian? ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, his knees weakened, and he suddenly knelt on the ground, and said: "Wei rebelled against the chaos of the government, the crime deserved death, how dare the slave and maid ......?"

Emperor Chongzhen stared at Wang Chengen for a while, and sighed as if disappointed and satisfied: "Get up, don't kneel." You, you can't be Wei Zhongxian, and Cao Daban can't be either. You see that he is now in charge of the East Factory, this East Factory...... Alas...... It's the ability to stab things, and it's ...... than before."

Emperor Chongzhen stopped talking, of course he knew that the reason why Dongchang was like this was caused by him. Back then, he was really young and confused, and after striking Wei Zhongxian, he actually forgot how important the stick of Dongchang was to the king, and actually smashed it to pieces with Wei Zhongxian. Now that Dongchang is powerless, Cao Huachun can't be blamed for this. After a while, he said to Wang Chengen: "Do you know who is in Zheng Zhilong's family? ”

Wang Chengen couldn't answer, so he stretched out his hand and lightly criticized his face: "Slave damn it, I don't even know anything about such a thing." ”

Chongzhen couldn't help laughing and said: "This is really not me, this kind of thing needs to be investigated by Yousi to know, and who can remember who there are so many officials in the world?" Well, if you remember this, just help me find it out tomorrow. Alas...... Money...... Where to get such a large sum of money? ”

"Long live the lord, do you want Xiao Yifu and Zheng Zhilong to send the three captured cannons and those North Koreans into the Beijing division first? Especially those three cannons, they have to be delivered faster. Hooray, too, to see if this cannon is as powerful as they say. If it's really like they say. These three cannons were placed on the wall of the capital division first, and they could be regarded as being able to keep one place first. Wang Chengen said.

"Well, what you said makes sense, it's really hard for you." Emperor Chongzhen said, "You have a lot more ways than the guys in the cabinet!" ”

"Slaves and maids don't deserve such praise as long live, slaves and maids only think of it occasionally." Wang Chengen hurriedly said.

"Occasionally? It also took a lot of thought and effort to think about it. Those in the cabinet...... Forget it. What time is it now? Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Hooray, it's already an ugly moment." After checking the time, Wang Chengen replied.

"It's getting late." Chongzhen stood up and said, "Fortunately, these chapters are finally over." I want to take a little rest, and when it's time to go to court, remember to call me up. Alas...... How can three cannons be enough? Shanhaiguan and Xuanda must have a few doors anyway. Although he was about to rest, Chongzhen couldn't help but think of money.