Li Xiangjun may not be the best among Qin Huai Bayan in terms of talent and appearance, but in terms of appearance alone, she is definitely the most lovable and cutest one, and Zhu Youxiao also dotes on her very much, and likes to pinch her pink face the most. However, in history, she was infatuated with Hou Fangyu, but she did not get a good ending.

In this time and space, Zhu Youxiao came out halfway and brought Li Xiangjun into the palace before his love was opened. has been with Zhu Youxiao for a long time, and Li Xiangjun also has a very thorough understanding of Zhu Youxiao's character.

"Your Majesty's plan is really far away, and now it has been planned for a hundred years." For Zhu Youxiao pinching her face, Li Xiangjun was still a little shy at first, but now she is used to it, anyway, Zhu Youxiao wants to pinch her face, she can't hide, now just let him pinch it. She knew that when Zhu Youxiao pinched her face, she showed that she was in a good mood now, and she could say anything, of course, she couldn't go too far, after all, she still knew the truth that a companion is like a tiger.

"Those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a time, and those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain." Zhu Youxiao said proudly.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid has a request." Li Xiangjun said.

"What's the request? Tell me about it. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, can you not touch the slave's head in the future? The slave is sixteen years old this year. Li Xiangjun said softly.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "In the blink of an eye, you are sixteen, okay, I won't touch your head in the future." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Li Xiangjun said happily.

……

Zhu Youxiao ushered in the twenty-first year of the Apocalypse in the comfortable life of the harem, in history, the twenty-first year of the Apocalypse is also a disaster year, drought, locust plague everywhere, due to successive disasters, in the history of this year broke out of the great plague, resulting in the northern corpses of the Ming Dynasty everywhere.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Youxiao held a banquet to entertain hundreds of civil and military officials, and this time Zhu Youxiao put two dishes made of locusts at the banquet. Outside the palace, the habit of eating locusts can only be said to have just begun to rise, and in the palace, because Zhu Youxiao often goes to locusts, now eating locusts has become a habit, and many princes and princesses in the palace also like to eat locusts.

"I said that locusts would be an indispensable dish for the feast in the future. I hope that you will get used to eating locusts. Have you ever thought that if there are three adults in the empire who like to eat locusts, then the problem of locust plague in the empire will be solved. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The crowd shouted together.

"This year will be the year of voting for the Cabinet members, the ten candidates for the Cabinet have been confirmed by the Cabinet and the Cabinet, and the second Cabinet election will be held in the House of Lords in March this year, and whoever is elected will be elected next, I ask this Cabinet to put the improvement of the lives of the Empire first." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Without further ado, let's start the feast!" Zhu Youxiao said.

At this moment, Zhang Yan was also entertaining the officials and wives of the empire in the harem, and there was also a dish with locusts as the main ingredient.

……

And at this moment, Zheng Zhilong, the king of Kyushu, was also entertaining his ministers in the palace.

"The king is preparing to go to war with the shogunate in the late spring and early summer of this year, what do you think?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"What does the prince mean to go on a northern expedition? However, there is still a big gap between the strength of our army and the shogunate, in recent years, natural disasters have continued in Kyushu, and the harvest has failed in various parts of Kyushu, and the people can only barely make ends meet at most. Zheng Zhifeng said.

"I've been thinking recently, Kyushu and the shogunate, the disadvantage is obvious, Kyushu has few poor people, in terms of development, Kyushu has never been able to catch up with the shogunate, and the shogunate since the last naval defeat, although the naval army has completely lost its combat power, but the shogunate has been vigorously developing land forces, Kyushu and Honshu are too close to each other, if you don't pay attention that day, the shogunate may enter Kyushu, when Kyushu is in danger, I decided to use troops in Shikoku and cut off the shogunate's arm, in this case, Not only can it change the balance of power between us, but it can also solve the problem of food. Zheng Zhilong said.

"I agree with the prince's plan, now the shogunate's army is concentrated in Honshu, and Shikoku is relatively much easier, our army only needs to mobilize a maximum of 50,000 troops to pacify Shikoku, and after seizing Shikoku, our army can also take the opportunity to take Ezo, and then our army can surround the shogunate." Wang Yingshen agreed.

"Lord Wang, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, where will our army raise the grain and grass for the Northern Expedition to the Four Kingdoms?" Zheng Zhifeng asked.

"I think we can attack the Tokushima Domain of Awa Province first, although the Tokushima Domain of Awa Province is only 250,000 koku high on the surface, but the Tokushima Domain's Tateingo can provide a lot of income for the Tokushima Domain every year, and once the Tokushima Domain is captured, our army will be able to solve the problem of food." Wang Yingshen said.

"The Tokushima Domain of Awa Province is a good target, and the Tokushima Domain has just had a 'Sea Riot' incident that is enough to shake the foundation of the Tokushima Domain, and Tadaei Wasuka has paid a great price to stabilize the Tokushima Domain, so it is the right time to use troops at this time." Zheng Zhifeng nodded.

"Once Shikoku is captured, I am going to build one or two bastions in Shikoku to prepare for a future standoff with the shogunate." Zheng Zhilong said.

Zheng Zhilong's army in Kyushu is definitely unjustifiable for Dongying, and more importantly, his identity is still a Ming person, which makes him have almost no people who support him in the entire Dongying, which is why he has been very passive and unable to directly compete with the shogunate, which is also the reason why he has been recruiting troops from the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong also understands his disadvantages, and he is ready to fight a long-term war with the shogunate and gradually encroach on the territory of the shogunate.

"It's not difficult to build a fortress, it's not a secret in Daming, craftsmen can be recruited from Daming, but our army's naval power is enough to control the sea, even if there is no fortress, the shogunate is not enough to threaten us." Zheng Zhibao said.

"Places that are closely connected to Honshu, such as Kokura Castle, must have a fortress so that I can rest assured." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Leave this matter to me, and I'll take care of the fortress." Yang Tiansheng said. Now the internal affairs of Kyushu are in charge of Yang Tiansheng.

"Hmm. I'm relieved that you're in charge. Zheng Zhilong nodded.

"Lord Wang, leave the matter of attacking the four kingdoms to me." Zheng Zhiguan said.

"You are still in charge of the naval army, cut off the connection between Shikoku and Honshu, and at the same time send the army to the Tokushima Domain safely, the battle of Shikoku is in charge of Shi Daxuan and Wang Yingshen, Shi Daxuan is the commander-in-chief, Wang Yingshen is the deputy marshal, the time of the Northern Expedition is tentatively set for the end of March and the beginning of April, Kyushu is now short of materials, and it will take a while to prepare war materials." Zheng Zhilong said.

(End of chapter)