As soon as he heard this, the courtiers began to talk in a low voice among themselves.

"After a big war, food consumption has increased dramatically, which is indeed a problem!"

"No, there is also a shortage of food over there in the Hetao, and I have a headache!"

"And the Hanmin of Liaodong who withdrew to my Ming Dynasty last time, so many mouths, they also want food, and this part is unplanned."

“……”

Among these discussants, only the eunuchs who were in charge of ceremonies were silent, and no one spoke. It's just that those eunuchs who hold the pen will secretly look at the palm print eunuch Cao Huachun and observe their faces.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to the discussion below, and also understood that this was indeed a difficult problem. He suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help asking: "Nanyang countries, are there any replyes?" ”

Hearing this, Wen Tiren knew that the emperor was asking for tribute and grain from various countries in the South Seas, and as the first assistant, he stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen a reply!" ”

After finishing speaking, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be angry, so he hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, the road to Nanyang is far away, and maybe my Ming envoy has not yet reached it and I don't know." It's not necessarily that the Nanyang countries don't want to pay tribute! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he did not deny that this situation might exist. But it's hard to say how!

At this moment, Wang Chengen spoke: "Lu Zhongcheng said that Zheng Zhilongshen was by his side, saying that there are many pirates in the Nanyang, and there are Xiyi activities, and my Ming envoy may not be able to reach the Nanyang countries safely. And even if the countries of the South Seas want to pay tribute, I am afraid that they will encounter plunder. ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered that Zheng Zhilong had said before that at the southernmost tip of the Annam Peninsula, the rebel generals of the Li Dynasty had colluded with the Francophiles. Calculate the time, at this time, European countries have also begun to colonize the South Seas!

It's a pity, now the Ming Dynasty has not yet smoothed out, and can only watch those European colonists grab territory!

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen's thinking jumped again. One of the most important reasons why these European colonists came from thousands of miles is to seek money! In this case, if the Ming Dynasty wants to open the sea ban again, wouldn't it be mutually beneficial and win-win?

Thinking about it like this, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it a little more, and suddenly felt that there was a play, so he immediately entered the chat group and chatted privately with Sun Chuanting: "The holy decree of opening the sea ban is about to be announced to the world, and an important duty of Sun Qing is to let overseas countries transport grain to the Ming Dynasty." Among them, you can contact the Netherlands...... It was Hongyi, as well as the Franc machine people, who asked them to transport grain to Daming in exchange for the silk, tea, ceramics and other things they wanted. ”

Speaking of this, he was afraid that Sun Chuanting would not understand enough, so he emphatically emphasized: "Daming urgently needs food, and needs a large amount of food, understand?" ”

Sun Chuanting was immediately aware of the group leader's private chat, so he replied as soon as possible: "Wechen understands, Wechen will handle this matter immediately!" ”

However, Emperor Chongzhen was still anxious about food, so he simply issued an order: "In this way, Hongyi's side, the people of the Zheng family are familiar, you let the people of the Zheng family contact and let them send people to Fujian to talk." In addition, if they don't agree, or want to bargain, and try to eat meat from Daming, they will command the local government, drive them into the sea, and prohibit them from going to Daming! ”

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect the emperor to let him personally go to Guangdong and Macao to supervise the matter.

Just thinking like this, he heard Emperor Chongzhen tell him again: "There should be missionaries in these Xiyi." The missionaries who had asked for it had not been granted had been expelled by me. Their influence is great in Xiyi. But no matter how big it is, it can't beat the attraction of wealth. At this point, Qing must grasp the size. In addition, I can tell Qing that if the specialties of the Ming Dynasty are transported to the country of Xiyi, it will be a huge profit, and for Xiyi, as long as the quantity is large, it is attractive enough! ”

In Europe at this time, the relationship between church and state should be one that uses each other. As long as there are enough benefits, it is not a problem for them to turn against each other. What's more, those colonists are mostly outlaws who are greedy for money.

For the emperor's personal orders, Sun Chuanting did not dare to slack off, immediately agreed, and began to arrange this matter.

At this time, in the Wenhua Palace, because Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be in a daze, for a while, the ministers who had been talking for a while had gradually reached an agreement. It seems a bit difficult to get Jianyu not to send troops in winter.

No, Liu Xingzuo said: "Governor Hong said that he will try to send as many Mongolian people as possible to patrol the eastern grasslands at night, and try to prevent Jianyu from hearing the truth of the Naturalization City!" ”

The meaning of these words is actually nothing more than Hong Chengchou also understands that the imperial court cannot drag the prisoners of Jian, so he can only hope to isolate the prisoners. But the grassland is boundless, how can it be truly isolated from the horses. What's more, Huang Taiji's determination is very great, and those probe horses must have done everything possible to investigate.

Everyone listened, some were silent, some nodded slightly, and that's all. After Wen Tiren thought about it for a while, he wanted to play it right and asked to reduce the migration of Qin and Jin disaster victims to the Hetao area.

But at this moment, I saw Emperor Chongzhen suddenly speak: "I know that food is the most scarce material in my Ming Dynasty. But the battle of Liaodong must be fought, and the main force of Jianyu must be dragged in Liaodong. That's good......"

Hearing him say this, the ministers in the Wenhua Hall paid attention. Especially Bi Ziyan, he was even more distressed, the emperor was determined to fight, and his own household secretary was about to lose his hair.

"The Jianlu also had no food, and if they were to go on an expedition to the Hetao, they would also need a lot of military supplies, especially food. For this reason, the slave chief also issued an order to let the North Korean side collect as much grain and grass as possible and send it over. When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he smiled slightly, and suddenly said in a resolute tone: "If we intercept these grains, it will not only alleviate the supply of military food in Liaodong, but also exacerbate the food crisis in Jianyu, what do you think?" ”

The ministers below didn't expect the emperor to say this, and they couldn't help but nod when they heard it. If the grain can be intercepted, the benefits will be obvious.

Wang Chengen immediately spoke: "Lu Zhongcheng said that he must do his best, set off immediately, and lead the hussar battalion to the Dongjiang River!" ”

Hearing this, Shang Shushen Yongmao of the Ministry of War couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't Jianyu leave people in North Korea, or used it to guard against the Dongjiang Army?" Moreover, Lu Zhongcheng had intercepted their grain before, and now if he goes again, Jianyu will be defenseless, can he defeat Jianyu and intercept food? ”

Obviously, Jianyu is not a fool, how can he make the same mistake again and again. Besides, these grains are very important to Jianyu, and they must be guarding against the Ming army of Dongjiang!