Zhu Youzhen expected it to be good, in the following days, he kept receiving telegrams from the south, Liu Xiang, the Japanese, and Jose were not at peace, and Zheng Zhilong's shape was not good, which was related to the fact that he cut off Zheng Zhilong's supplies, and Zheng Zhilong kept asking for more supplies.

After Zheng Zhilong was appeased by the Ming Dynasty, Liu Xiang, who was originally born and died with him, was unwilling and pulled to Guangdong to continue his sea raids and livelihoods. Liu Xiang's forces colluded with the Dutch and posed a great threat to Zheng Zhilong for a period of time.

After the rise of Liu Xiang's forces in Guangdong, the Taiwan Strait became unstable again.

The newly appointed governor of Fujian, Zou Weilian, announced the reinstatement of the ban on the sea and tried to prevent Zheng Zhilong from making private trade with the Dutch in Taiwan.

Zheng Zhilong is about to sweep away Liu Xiang. Before that, Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin, who were originally Zheng Zhilong's old subordinates, had been swept away by Zheng Zhilong after their defection, and Liu Xiang became the last opponent of the Haikou who he had previously formed together, and it was also the most difficult force to deal with.

The situation along the coast is very chaotic, to evaluate a person, you must not look at it individually, it is true that after the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong maintained the Ming Dynasty overseas for many years, but is it really still the Ming Dynasty? Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's historical positioning of the Ming Dynasty is that if he is gone, the Ming Dynasty will really die.

Zheng Zhilong said that he is now one of the richest people in the Ming Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration, one person can get a Taiwan, all the merchant ships pass through Zheng Zhilong's ground, he can draw one percent, who has his economic shape is good?

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen cut off supplies to Zheng Zhilong, not because he was angry with Zheng Zhilong. It's not that he really can't bear that little supply, he wants to give Zheng Zhilong a signal that he dares to be disobedient. No matter how capable I am, I want you to know who is the master of the Ming Dynasty and who is your master!

This is the majesty that an emperor should have!

"Your Majesty, Zheng Zhilong sent people to urge the court to supply grain, grass, and military salaries." Wang Chengen said.

"Your Majesty, Zou Weilian wanted to mobilize Zheng Zhilong's army to jointly send troops to eliminate Liu Xiang, but Zheng Zhilong did not listen to the order. This is Zou Weilian's recital of the impeachment of Zheng Zhilong. "Cao Huachun is also here.

Looking at the two copies, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought, and there was still a report on his desk that 'the Yellow River broke at Mengjin'. The officials' salaries can be in arrears, and the supplies of the feudal kings in various places can be in arrears, but this disaster is urgent, and saving the people is like fighting a fire.

During the Chongzhen period. The Yellow River has breached several times. There were numerous casualties among military and civilian merchants. The people migrated, begging for food everywhere, and had no way out, but gathered together and rebelled.

Just two months ago, Wang Chengen and Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen saw the dawn of the Ming Dynasty's improvement, but just two months later, the shape took a sharp turn again.

Wang Chengen glanced at the emperor anxiously, and then glanced at Cao Huachun. Neither of them dared to speak, and Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen smoked cigarettes one by one.

Previous life. These things also happened like this, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen had no way at all, and his mood was a little better, because there was nothing, so there was no need to think about how to spend money.

But the problem now is that Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen has money in his hands, and he has just shown off his wealth to the people of the world through Guò Daming Bao.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was not a ruthless person.

"The victims of the disaster must be relieved, and the affected areas of the Yellow River should be immediately instructed, and the local governments should be responsible for organizing the victims and sending them to Shandong." Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and gave his first order.

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten?" The peasant army has gathered in Shanxi again, and the peasant army Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, and others have gathered in Shanxi and attacked in four directions. Successively conquered Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, and Shouyang counties. The imperial court ordered Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, to be stationed in Pingyang, and the governor Xu Dingchen to be stationed in Fenzhou, and to divide the land to guard the palace. Li Zicheng captured Xiuwu County and killed Liu Fengxiang of Zhi County. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen hated Wang Chengen's wry smile the most, and he didn't reprimand him at this time, and said lightly, "Of course I haven't forgotten it, isn't there Hong Chengchou and they are still suppressing bandits?" An edict is an edict, and when an edict is issued, everyone in the world will see it, and as for whether it has actual effect, I can only do my best to obey the mandate of heaven. ”

Cao Huachun nodded slightly, this nod was just right, which made the emperor's heart feel more comfortable, and also made Wang Chengen secretly hate.

"Tong guò Daming Bao will report the current situation in the world, to be truthful, and exaggerate the difficulties of the imperial court, I have silver, but not if I have silver, I can do it immediately! It is necessary to report the process of military training in the imperial court and the grain reserves of the imperial court to the world, so as not to spread rumors, and remember, no matter what time it is, you must pay attention to public opinion, and I don't need to teach you how to do it, right? Cao Huachun, you are responsible for this. Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen continued.

Cao Huachun hurriedly nodded and agreed, "The old slave obeys." ”

"Regardless of whether it is useful or not, the edict will be issued as it should be issued, Wang Chengen, immediately issued a holy decree to the soldiers of the suppression of bandits in various parts of Shaanxi and Shanxi, He Renlong and others went to Guanzhong to encircle and suppress the peasant army, and He Renlong, Li Bei, and Ai Wannian entered the customs to help Zhang Zongheng and Xu Dingchen encircle and suppress the peasant army. At the same time as the decree was issued, the contents of the decree were published in Daming Bao to create public opinion pressure on these government soldiers. Cao Huachun, you go down on an errand first, Wang Chengen, you stay for a while. Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen said calmly while thinking.

Even though the shape once again endangered the safety of the Gyeonggi region, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who had come to the most difficult stage, was no longer as flustered as before, and he was very calm.

After Cao Huachun left, Wang Chengen was nervous, I don't know why, the longer he stayed with the emperor, the more he was now afraid of staying alone with the emperor, this feeling was not there before, Wang Chengen liked to be with the emperor very much before.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen did not mean to blame Wang Chengen, but thought of the use of Zou Weilian, Zou Weilian in his hands, first promoted to Nanjing Tongzheng Senator, and soon promoted to Taifu Temple Shaoqing. At this time, the Dutch Empire (Netherlands), which had occupied the Penghu Islands of the Ming Dynasty and landed in Taiwan, continued to provoke China's coast, and Emperor Chongzhen was very uneasy about this. In order to eradicate this border trouble, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen promoted Zou Weilian to the imperial history of Zuodu, governor Fujian, and ordered him to repel the enemy. As soon as Wei Lian arrived in Fujian, he began to reorganize the army, consolidate coastal defense, and boost morale. On the basis of the gradual consolidation of the coast and the growing strength of the army, Zou Weilian personally set out to fight, and at the same time severely supervised the appeased pirate Zheng Zhilong to send troops to attack the pirate Liu Xiang.

Now, the problem faced by Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is actually very simple, "I either use financial, material and human resources in the Central Plains, but the Central Plains is a bottomless pit, the Central Plains has been plagued for many years, and most of the fields are barren, just relying on the rescue of Beizhili, it is useless to fill in how much silver, I either fight against Liu Xiang, completely get the control of the Ming coast, and open up the Ming Dynasty's foreign economic and trade channels, what do you say I should do?" ”

Facing Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, Wang Chengen couldn't help but smile bitterly, you have finished speaking, what should you do if you still use the old slave to say? Now the emperor is more and more able to reuse and promote army generals, and more and more attention is paid to the use of cadres headed by people like Zhou Yanru, or cool officials, but the emperor's arbitrary style seems to be even worse than before.

"Your Majesty, since you have already thought about it, the old slave has nothing to say, Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it, if you don't pay attention to the pirates in the south, suspend the construction of transportation between the north and the south, put all the manpower and material resources into the Central Plains, and eliminate all the anti-people armies first, isn't this a road? It's okay for you to create public opinion through Daming Pao, but how effective is that public opinion? People who think like Lao Chen should be in the majority, even if people don't dare to express their dissatisfaction with the emperor's approach, this dissatisfaction still exists, the emperor. Wang Chengen complained, except for him and Zheng Yuelin, no one dared to put forward his opinion to the emperor so directly. (To be continued......)