Zheng Xunrui's letters to Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo were all sent, and Zheng Jinhong did not return to Nanjing, but waited for Zheng Xunrui's orders in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, while training the surrendered prisoners.

More than half a month has passed, Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo have no reaction, Zheng Xunrui faintly understands something in his heart, it is no wonder, why did he hand over the glory and wealth in his hands for no reason, besides, he is an official appointed by the imperial court, and the hat on his head is sealed by the emperor, what does it have to do with Nanjing.

I have to focus on one point that Fujian and Yunnan are two places, far away from the capital, and they don't know much about the outside world, especially in Yunnan, where the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the roads are very difficult to walk, the people here are self-sufficient, and they basically don't care much about the outside world, including Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, the focus of energy is on the sea, and the focus of making money is obtained in maritime trade.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo's courage towards Zheng Jiajun is not particularly clear.

In the final analysis, the letter written by Zheng Xunrui did not have the slightest effect.

Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua and others analyzed this, and they reluctantly found that if they wanted to truly subdue Zheng Zhilong and Mu Tianbo and others, they still had to rely on the conquest of the Zheng family's army, otherwise the south would never be completely pacified.

Just when Zheng Xunrui was about to give an order to Zheng Jinhong, and at the same time give an order to the sailors stationed in Shandong to conquer Zheng Zhilong, the emperor's decree and Huang Taiji's letter were sent to Nanjing at the same time.

The emperor's decree only said one thing, that is, urging the Caoyun Governor's Mansion to start transporting grain.

Huang Taiji's letter was meaningful, and while expressing his admiration for Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, he signaled that the Eight Banners Army and Zheng Jiajun lived in peace in southern Liaoning. Neither of them took the initiative to attack, admitting the territory they currently owned.

The emperor's decree and the letter from the emperor Taiji quickly drew Zheng Xunrui's attention.

Zhou Yanru, Xu Wanghua, Yang Tingshu, Wen Zhenheng, Gan Xuekuo, Chen Yutai, Liang Xingli and others all came to the military department.

The renovation project of the Grand Canal has basically come to an end, thanks to the fact that Zheng Jinhong escorted a large number of people, and the final assault had enough manpower, and finally there were some small things left. Cao Chi, the governor of Caoyun, can handle it completely.

Everyone gathered at the military headquarters to discuss one thing, that is, whether the Cao Yun could be restored.

Zheng Xunrui originally thought that Gan Xuekuo, Chen Yutai and others must be in favor of resuming the Cao Yun, and even Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu and others may also have this opinion.

Everyone understands the special significance of Caoyun. The grain in the north can not be self-sufficient, a large number of shortages need to be maintained by grain, the difference in grain output in the Ming Dynasty is very large, the grain output in the north is low, the grain output in the south is high, and since the Chongzhen years, the north has suffered too many famines, and the grain is almost no harvest in many years. It is all dependent on grain, although the past two years have been slightly better. Nor is it self-sufficient.

After the harassment of the Jin Tartars, Li Zicheng captured most of Henan and Shanxi, making the gap of grain in Beizhili even greater, and it can be said that without the maintenance of grain, the capital will soon be in a situation of complete collapse.

It is no wonder that the emperor issued an edict and asked the Caoyun Governor's Mansion to transport grain.

Of course, Zhou Yanru and the others knew Zheng Xunrui's purpose. also knows what position Zheng Xunrui will ascend in the future, in their opinion, Zheng Xunrui has the ability and strength, and everyone is satisfied with all the measures taken by Zheng Xunrui, and does not take the initiative to attack the north. After the north has fallen into a situation of complete paralysis, and then send troops to the north to seize the world, those scholars and scholars will not be able to say much at that time.

The most important premise for this is the complete paralysis of the north, and the most important means to promote the complete paralysis of the north is to stop the transportation of water and not provide grain to the north.

In this way, it is not only Beizhili that has been affected, but also Henan and Shanxi, and even Liaodong and other places, have to suffer heavy losses, and stopping Cao Yun can weaken the power of Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng at the same time.

If you don't do such a thing, will the people become fools?

Zheng Xunrui listened to everyone's analysis and the reasoning they said, and he didn't open his mouth all the time, he thought more.

After so many years, Zheng Xunrui's heart has long been extremely hard, he used to see the people in the north suffering, he would feel uncomfortable in his heart, and he did what he could to make the people's lives better, but now he won't do it, sometimes, in order to achieve the ultimate goal, even if the decision is made that causes bad consequences, it must be adhered to.

It is precisely because of this idea that Zheng Xunrui issued an order to stop the transportation and renovate the Grand Canal on a large scale.

Everyone was in favor of stopping the transportation and not transporting grain to the north, which also surprised Zheng Xunrui, and it seemed that the senior officials around him had thoroughly seen the situation and made their own choice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I still decided to resume Cao Yun and transport Cao grain to Beizhili."

Zheng Xunrui said this decision, which shocked everyone, and Zhou Yanru even thought that he had heard it wrong, so he couldn't help but speak.

"Lord, don't ......"

After Zhou Yanru spoke, the rest of the people followed to dissuade him, but Xu Wanghua did not speak for the time being.

Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua, took out Huang Taiji's letter, and handed it to Xu Wanghua.

"Lord Xu, read to everyone the letter from Huang Taiji."

This is another bombshell, Huang Taiji's letter was sent to southern Liaoning, Yang He felt that the matter was important, and quickly sent the letter to Nanjing, without letting anyone else know.

Xu Wanghua soon began to read Huang Taiji's letter.

After Xu Wanghua finished reading, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

"Huang Taiji asked Zheng Jiajun and the Eight Banners Army to coexist peacefully in southern Liaoning, without interfering with each other, Li Zicheng wrote a letter to the imperial court, asking to be canonized as the king of Dashun, as long as you take a serious look, you can find a strange situation, that is, Huang Taiji and Li Zicheng do not want to make a big fight at this time, why is this."

Zheng Xunrui's inquiry made everyone start to ponder.

A quarter of an hour later, it was Zhou Yanru who spoke first.

"The subordinates understand what the prince means, the prince wants to let the court have the ability to attack the rogues......"

Although Zhou Yanru is highly respected and his identity is not ordinary, but after saying this, he still stopped, and he couldn't say what he said later, and it would affect Zheng Xunrui's image.

Zheng Xunrui smiled, everyone understands people, they should know the meaning inside, and he won't hide it.

"What Lord Zhou said is that the imperial court must maintain it at present, there are still many things waiting for the imperial court to do, the imperial army must have the ability to attack Li Zicheng, and the imperial court must think of being able to recover Henan and Shanxi and other places, to put it bluntly, the imperial court must be separated from Li Zicheng, and now the imperial court is short of money and food, and it is impossible to fight with the Liukou, at this time, we will resume Caoyun and provide food to the imperial court, and the imperial army will be able to fight with the Liukou."

"We still need time to stabilize the situation in the south, and the one who can buy us time is the imperial court, if we don't provide the imperial court with grain, the imperial court will not be able to maintain it, and it will soon collapse, then we will have to go north."

At this point, everyone understands.

Now that Zheng Xunrui has said it clearly, Xu Wanghua can also speak.

"Lord Wang, his subordinates think that Huang Taiji also thinks like this, he wrote a letter, asking for peaceful coexistence with Zheng Jiajun in southern Liaoning, and his subordinates concluded that Huang Taiji must have written a letter to the imperial court, the content is roughly the same, it is also peaceful coexistence and other words, Huang Taiji also wants to sit back and enjoy the success, and even hopes that the imperial army and Zheng Jiajun will start a fight...... "......

"Okay, order Cao Chi, the governor of Caoyun, to restore Caoyun and transport grain to the north, but the quantity must be limited, it is enough to transport one million stones of grain throughout the year, and there is another point, the court must take out the silver, which is a special requirement, if the court can't take out the silver, then there will only be a batch of grain."

Everyone looked at Zheng Xunrui, they couldn't imagine that at this time, Zheng Xunrui had not forgotten the silver of the imperial court.

After arranging the affairs of Caoyun, Zhou Yanru, Xu Wanghua, Yang Tingshu, Wen Zhenheng and Gan Xuekuo stayed.

Mu Tianbo in Yunnan and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian have become the most important problems for Zheng Jiajun, and these two problems must be solved cleanly.

This time, the opinions of everyone were very unanimous, that is, Zheng Zhilong, who first conquered Fujian.

Fujian is close to the sea, close to Zhejiang in the north, Guangdong in the south, and Jiangxi in the west, its geographical location is very important, Zheng Zhilong is by virtue of Fujian's special geographical location, firmly control the trade at sea, once Zheng Zhilong messes around, then the first thing that affects is Zhejiang.

Yunnan is different, located in the most remote place, even if it is chaotic, it will affect parts of Guizhou, Guangxi and Sichuan, plus Yunnan's terrain is special, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and it is not so easy to have a significant impact on the nearby provinces.

Zheng Xunrui agreed with everyone's opinions and gave orders to the sailors of Shandong and Zheng Jinhong of Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

The way of this battle is different, with the naval division as the mainstay, supplemented by the battle on land, Zheng Zhilong's main combat force, or the most elite force, is the naval division, once Zheng Zhilong's naval division is defeated, it will lose all its support.

After discussing the conquest of Zheng Zhilong, Zhou Yanru and others began to draft a reply letter to Huang Taiji.

Zheng Xunrui generally does not participate in these specific things, he controls the general direction, and the specific things are done below.

All parties are fighting wits and courage, since this is the case, it depends on who is the most powerful, to be honest, no matter which aspect is compared, Zheng Jiajun is the most powerful. (To be continued.) )