The news was soon reported to Emperor Chongzhen through the chat group.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had finished his Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and he and the empress concubine were watching the snow scene.

Regardless of inside and outside the palace, life is getting better and better year by year, which makes all the inside and outside of the palace full of laughter, listening to this harmonious voice, Emperor Chongzhen also feels very satisfied, and there is a feeling that the effort is worth it.

After watching it for a while, he began to close his eyes again. At this time, he saw Qian Fugui's private chat.

Okay, let's let Jianyu toss around in the Wa Kingdom like this. At least for now, the Tokugawa shogunate was strong despite the loss of Kyushu. The rebel armies on Kyushu Island will not add up to more than 100,000, which is still mixed. On the side of the Tokugawa shogunate, there were at least 300,000 troops, not counting the strength of the general mobilization. However, there is one point, on the side of the Tokugawa shogunate, there are also many daimyos, and there are not so many directly under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Let them fight first, if the strength of the two sides is to be reversed, and then reveal the news of the Manchu Qing and Toyotomi, so that the two sides can maintain a balance as much as possible, and consume it first, the Ming Dynasty is still mainly to rebuild Liaodong and Korea Province.

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he clicked on the message sent by Governor Zhu Xieyuan again.

"Your Majesty, now that Yunnan is rebellious Tusi, there are only two places left: Amizhou and Tulong Mountain. Surrounded by various legions, seven of the ten guards who had been sent out according to the predetermined plan had already fought in turns, and had lost a tenth of their troops, but the rest had already seen blood and knew how to fight. In Weichen's opinion, it can be regarded as an elite, and if he fights with the white pole army, he will not be much weaker. ”

Seeing this news, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very happy. In ancient times, it was impossible to fight with cold weapons without dying. The garrison army, after eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, has experienced the test of blood and fire, and it should be good to be able to fight with the white pole army. As long as you continue to train later, it shouldn't be bad.

At this time, the two Tusi who rebelled in the north of Kunming had been destroyed, and the territory was directly taken into the possession of the imperial court, and the liuguan was dispatched to manage it. And on the side of Amizhou and Tulong Mountain, the main reason is that there are still three guards who have not yet gone to the round battle, so the Tusi in these two places are still breathing. It's okay, just wait for the end of the training in the next year before destroying it.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen clicked on the next private chat and read it.

It was sent by Zhu Xieyuan, but the content of the notice was about Annan.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of eight garrison armies that have entered the territory of Annam, and they are marching together to fight a decisive battle with the Nguyen army in Thang Long Province. At the moment, all armies have already fought in turns. The methods of dealing with firearms that I learned from Jianyu are indeed useful. Although the guns of the Franco-robot caused damage to our troops, they were not as large as expected. Now the combined forces of the Nguyen army and the Phrang machine people have been consumed by our army about three-tenths, and the morale of the enemy army is low, and if a general attack is launched, they can be destroyed. ”

Zhu Xieyuan's words implied a meaning, that is, he wanted to end the war in Annan. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree. After thinking for a while, he replied to Zhu Xieyuan: "After the Yunnan side has destroyed the Tusi of Amiszhou and Tulong Mountain, all the Weisuo troops will enter Annam and participate in the battle against the combined forces of Ruan and Franco. I want all the troops to experience Xiyi's firearms warfare. In the future, our main opponent will also be Xiyi, this opportunity to train troops cannot be missed! ”

After finishing speaking, he thought about it, and was afraid that Annan's Franc machine man would die quickly, so he reminded Zhu Xieyuan again: "On Annan's side, just keep enough pressure, don't extinguish, and don't fight them so that they surrender without fighting spirit." ”

Regarding Emperor Chongzhen's reply, Zhu Xieyuan was slightly surprised. He could hear that, according to the emperor's intentions, it seemed that he was about to march to the South Seas. It seems that the emperor's ambitions are great!

There is such a monarch, in general, who is reckless in military force, which is not good for the country. But today's Daming is booming, the money in the Ming treasury is increasing year by year, and the life of the people of Daming is getting better and better year by year. Zhu Xieyuan also has a family letter, and I heard that over there in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the opening of the sea, the money earned by the family this year has already exceeded that of the previous two years. From this point of view, the Ming economy is better than before.

Thinking so, he suddenly came to a conclusion that the war fought by the emperor seemed to be earned, not beyond his means. For example, Dongwu, this is the closest place to him and the most experienced.

The money that the imperial court laid down Dongwu was paid by the Tang king, not from the treasury. Yunnan was originally a barren province, with many displaced people, fugitives, and poor people. But now, those poor people who were strong and strong had become part of the Tang King's army, and they took their families to Dongwu, no, to the Tang Kingdom, which greatly reduced the pressure on the imperial court.

After the establishment of the Tang State, the Tang Dynasty used all kinds of things in the Tang Kingdom as collateral to borrow from the Yunnan Branch of the Ming Construction Bank, as well as private loans. At least the money of the people in Yunnan has been mobilized, or in other words, the reconstruction of the Tang State has directly driven the economy of Yunnan, and the benefits are endless, not to mention that the imperial court has also mastered the valuable minerals in Mengmi and other places.

According to the emperor's plan, after Annan is defeated and divided into the Fu kings, it will be another Tang state, which will definitely be able to drive the economy of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zhu Xieyuan just thought about it, and felt that the future of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be infinitely bright. He even thought about it one more layer, the emperor is interested in Nanyang, is he thinking about sealing more hungry vassal kings, and then driving the economy of the Ming Dynasty through the situation of the Tang Kingdom?

From then on, there will be no vassal royal clan to support in the Ming Dynasty, and all overseas countries are closely connected with the Ming Dynasty, driving the economy of the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty seems to be far beyond the previous dynasties......

Thinking of this, Zhu Xieyuan was a little stunned. The future prospect is a little unimaginable for him. The grandeur of the emperor's layout is even more breathtaking.

After a long while, he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "The old minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was also thinking about things here, and after seeing his reply, he chatted with him privately: "Now the quality of my Ming flintlock pistol and artillery, I believe that it has surpassed Xiyi in the east." However, now the production is not high enough to equip the whole army. After the year, I decided to start building firearms in Yingtianfu, and then equip them with the southern armies, so that in terms of weapons, my Ming army should be more advanced and easy to use than Xiyi! ”

When he said this, this matter was also set to be one of the purposes of the southern tour. The firing range of rifled flintlock pistols has been proven, and the matter of rifled artillery has also been put on the agenda, even if it is not easy to get out, then it will be done slowly. In a war at sea, the talent of commanding generals is one aspect, and ships and artillery are also one of the most important reasons. In the future, he will fight with Xiyi, and this will not be worse than others.

After chatting with Zhu Xieyuan, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about the construction of internal affairs again.

The new salt law has been enacted, but it has not yet been implemented. After all, when it was promulgated, it was already the Chinese New Year. In the coming year, the original salt administration yamen will be reorganized, and the salt works will also be reorganized, and there will be many things.

For example, in the case of the salt farm, because only taxes are collected in the salt farm, the control of the salt farm should be cautious. Not everyone can open a salt farm, you can give priority to the original salt ding, the imperial court has to control a few salt farms, and private capital can also open more salt farms, and then the two sides compete. At that time, it is necessary to pay attention to the output and quality of salt, and drive private capital to work hard in this regard.

In this way, it is the prospect that I want to see. From now on, this salt, which affects thousands of households, will no longer be a burden on the people's expenditure, so that the people of Daming will no longer need salt and be careful in their calculations.

Those salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, if they are a little safer, then forget it, they can let them open a salt farm, take out the money in their hands and use it, even if they are still doing their jobs, it will not change too much. But if anyone only looks at the immediate interests and doesn't care about those who want to obstruct the new salt law, then don't blame me for being polite!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, but he was actually already doing it. Originally, he already had a division of labor between Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei is mainly responsible for the army, while Dongchang is the people's feelings. But for the sake of this new salt policy, not only did Dongchang send a large number of manpower to Lianghuai and Jiangnan, but even Jinyiwei's side also participated in the action. Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, even went to Jiangnan with a holy decree, and once there was a salt merchant who was illegal, he had the right to mobilize the army after the reform of the local guard station.

I hope everyone will live in harmony and no one will die! Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he withdrew from the chat group and listened to the queen concubine talking happily. When he saw his eldest son, Zhu Cihong, he suddenly began to diverge his thinking again.

His son, in the next generation, has also reached the age of kindergarten. His teachings should also be there. Look, he should be given new learning, that is, scientific and technological knowledge, so that the people of the world know, it should also be an example, which can speed up the popularization of scientific and technological knowledge.

Besides, from another aspect, this eldest son is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, but in this life, it is estimated that only the life of the prince is the prince. When it comes to governing political affairs, it doesn't matter if you don't learn. In his life, he has studied in the ocean of scientific and technological knowledge, which is a good destination. Well, that's how it was arranged!

Poor Zhu Cihong didn't know that his fate was decided like this. But this fate is much better than the original history!

is different from the celebratory atmosphere of the New Year in the Forbidden City, at this time, on the side of Tulong Mountain, people are panicked, and they have no thoughts of the New Year at all.

If it was in the past, Wan Cailian was the daughter of a Han merchant, and in order to show her power, this New Year was also very lively. But at this time, she looked at Sha Dingzhou with a sad face, sighed, and asked with a little hope: "Childe, you said that if you take the Ming army around the mountains, you will kill them." But now, Amizhou is lost, and the Ming army is still following in the shadows, and there is no hope of dying at all, you ...... Is there anything else you can do? ”

At this time, Sha Dingzhou no longer had the same calm and calm as before, his face was tired, and he sighed and said: "Who would have thought that so many Ming troops would come." They were numerous, and they were blocked on the main traffic routes, which restricted our movement. What I didn't expect was that there were so many Diao people who were willing to lead the way for the Ming army, so that the Ming army, who was not familiar with life, could have the ability to follow us closely and bite us from time to time, alas......"

At this time, he had a sense of powerlessness. In his heart, there is actually a kind of despair. Wan Cailian, the lady, didn't see it, but he saw it, every time the Ming army bit up, the army belonged to different guards, and there was no fight to the death, more of a bite, and after seeing the blood, he retreated and came instead. He could feel that this was a war, and he was simply accompanying the Ming army to train troops.

Half of the army in Amizhou has been lost, and many soldiers have secretly lost their weapons and fled. Even the Tulang Mountain army on his side, although he is strictly guarded by himself, his morale is extremely low. He believed that there was no need for the Ming army to attack again, as long as he kept biting, he could bring down his coalition army.

What to do in the future?

Thinking so, Sha Dingzhou's eyes looked at Wan Cailian, and suddenly, a trace of ruthlessness flashed. If she is really desperate, then sacrifice her to the Ming army, so as to atone for the crime! Anyway, this mother-in-law is too tormented, and the rebellion of Amizhou was instigated by her.

He didn't know that after Wan Cailian heard his words, he saw that he couldn't come out with a way, and he also had an idea in his heart, although he seemed to look at Sha Dingzhou gently, he was also thinking in his heart: It seems that there is no hope, then he dedicates his head to Zhu Lao Pifu, plus he is just a weak woman, he should be fine, right?

Thinking so, she stood up and said with a smile: "Gongzi, look at the slave family, this Chinese New Year's Eve, it is really rude to not dress up well, we should be happy, we still have to be happy." Please wait a minute, the slave family will dress up, and will come soon. ”

"Hehe, it's okay." Sha Dingzhou also smiled, nodded and said, "Go ahead, it's time to be happy!" ”

However, when he saw Wan Cailian leaving, his face immediately turned cold, and he immediately called his personal guards, arranged some henchmen, and hid behind the tent, waiting for his signal.

Not long after, Wan Cailian came back dressed up in a show, and she didn't see her sad face again, and she seemed to forget the situation in front of her with a smile, she was very enthusiastic, and even served a glass of wine in person, and she had to drink a glass of wine with Sha Dingzhou.

These two men and women have long been together as in their original history. Sha Dingzhou looked at Wan Cailian, who was as beautiful as a flower, and after a little hesitation in his heart, he agreed, and at the same time said to himself in his heart: "This is the last glass of wine, which can be regarded as a ride for you!" ”

So, he was at the mercy of Wan Cailian, drank a glass of wine, and was about to put down the cup when he suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, and immediately said in shock: "You...... Are you poisoned? ”

While speaking, he could no longer hold the wine glass, fell to the ground, made a "pop" sound, and fell to pieces.