Li Zicheng was not allowed to think deeply, Xu Xiake's answer had already followed.

"Emperor Qiqi, Emperor Zhu Yujian of Longwu is fine, according to the marching speed reported by Lieutenant Colonel Niu, if there are no accidents, they should arrive in Fuzhou City tomorrow."

However, hearing that Zhu Yujian was okay and was about to be escorted to Fuzhou, Li Zicheng did not look happy at all, but looked a little pity, sighed, and muttered quietly: "Hey... It seems that Zhu Yujian will not live for a few days, and it is time for me to return to Beijing. ”

"Your Majesty, what did you say? The voice was a little small, and the old minister really didn't hear it clearly. ”

Seeing Li Zicheng's strange expression, Xu Xiake's heart was very puzzled and full of doubts, especially the vague words of self-talk, which aroused the curiosity in Xu Xiake's body, and he couldn't help but ask like this.

"Oh... Belch... Mr. Xu, it's nothing, I just remembered something. ”

Li Zicheng dealt with it casually, and did not want to solve Xu Xiake's doubts, but turned the conversation again, and said abruptly: "Mr. Xu, you immediately draft a holy decree, expedite it for eight hundred miles, and send it to Fuzhou ......."

Li Zicheng's words suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and specially explained: "You must tell Tian Jianxiu and Ma Xin, urge Zheng Zhilong to hurry up as much as possible, and rush to the capital as soon as possible to take up his post, I can wait for him in the capital~!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, when the holy decree is sent, the old minister will also repair a secret letter to tell Marshal Tian what the purpose of this matter is......"

Xu Xiake's voice stopped abruptly, and only then did he react, looking at Li Zicheng with some surprise, and then asked with a little hesitation: "Your Majesty... What do you mean... If you want to return to Beijing ahead of schedule, you will go back after Marshal Li Jin comes back and arrange the affairs of Zhejiang? ”

"Yes, Mr. Xu, I'm going to go back in a few days." Li Zicheng blurted out, and after answering, he paused for a moment, and said with some embarrassed smiles: "Uh... Mr. Xu, if you don't say it, I will forget about this stubble. ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng stroked his forehead, pondered for a while, thought about it, and finally said firmly: "Don't change it, three days later, I will set off to return to the capital, as for Li Jin's matter, immediately fly the pigeon to pass the book, two days is enough for him to hurry back to Nanjing City." As for Zhejiang's affairs, it is enough to leave it to others, he only needs to sit in Nanjing and grasp the overall situation. ”

"Well, well, the old minister obeys."

Xu Xiake gave a long salute and agreed, with a puzzled look on his face, he just wanted to leave, but he still couldn't stand the drive of curiosity, and finally asked: "Your Majesty, seeing that the war in the south is about to end, and the marshals will collect troops to come to the court, although there are many matters in the court, you don't care about the past few days, why are you in such a hurry to return to Beijing?" ”

Li Zicheng did not answer immediately, but glanced at Xu Xiake, and saw the strong incomprehension revealed by the other party, although he didn't want to explain too much, but when he saw that the other party's temples were white, and he had worked hard and complained for several years, he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, and pointed out the reason.

"At this time, the land of Guannei, the Central Plains has been determined, and the Dashun Dynasty sits on the world. However, what the previous dynasty left us was a tattered world, the world was in ruins, natural disasters continued, and the people were still in dire straits. ”

"There are droughts and locust plagues raging in the Central Plains, Zhili in the north, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and strong enemies around the outside, the Tartars in Liaodong, Mongolia in the north, Wusizang in the west, and the Japanese and Westerners on the southeast coast."

"In order to alleviate the most urgent natural disasters in Guannai and relieve the pressure of the imperial court for disaster relief, Mr. Song has already made a suggestion to me, the only way to move the people of Guannai to Liaodong, which has a vast territory and fertile land, and according to Mr. Song, although the soil is black, it is extremely fertile and can feed many people."

Although there are not many words, but the amount of information contained is extremely huge, hearing these words, Xu Xiake's heart was shocked, his heart jumped up, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, are you ready to wave Liaodong and exterminate the Tartars?" ”

Li Zicheng's face was full of solemnity, nodded heavily, and at the same time spit out two words without the slightest hesitation: "Yes!" ”

After receiving an affirmative and resolute reply, Xu Xiake was not happy at all, but looked worried, anxious, but still patiently persuaded and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, all the use of soldiers is a major matter of the country, whether it is won or lost, it is to kill a thousand enemies and lose three hundred ......."

Without waiting for Xu Xiake to finish speaking, Li Zicheng waved his hand to stop it: "Mr. Xu, you don't know how serious today's natural disasters are, drought and natural disasters, Henan, Shandong, Beizhili and other places, can be described as thousands of miles of red land, everywhere people are struggling to make a living, if you don't transfer, I'm afraid there will be another phenomenon of cannibalism, the people riot again, and there will be an incident of looting the imperial court warehouse." ”

Xu Xiake's mouth opened wide, his expression had already changed, his face was full of disbelief, hearing Li Zicheng say this, Xu Xiake immediately reacted, knowing in his heart that the situation was far more serious than what the emperor said, and it had reached the level of non-immigration.

However, Li Zicheng's words did not stop, and once again threw a bombshell, which made Xu Xiake's heart turn up shockingly, and the expression on his face could no longer be described by the words "unbelievable".

"Not only that, but after taking Guangdong, I am also preparing to recover Taiwan and Macao, drive the British warships out of Hong Kong Island, and completely open up the waterways to the countries of the South Seas, so that we can buy rice and grain from the countries of the South Seas."

It is the most unwise move to fight on two fronts when there is a natural disaster in the country, and it is extremely risky, and the slightest carelessness may cause the newly established court to collapse and repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty!

Despite thinking of this, however, Xu Xiake did not say anything to stop it, and it was regarded as acquiescence, because he knew that the disaster in the customs was far more serious than he imagined, and now he urgently needed to buy food from all parties and store it for emergency response.

Otherwise, the world will be unstable again!

When Xu Xiake's thoughts turned a thousand times, Li Zicheng's words paused, his expression was solemn, and he said seriously: "Mr. Xu, Jiangnan will be handed over to you and Li Jin, you not only have the responsibility of maintaining the stability of Jiangnan, but also to be optimistic about this huge granary, open up trade channels on the sea, and buy grain from Nanyang countries. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister understands."

Xu Xiake nodded heavily, replied heavily, and then added: "As the saying goes, distant water can't quench the thirst of the near, and immigrating to Liaodong can only alleviate part of the disaster in Shandong, Beizhili and Shanxi, mainly relying on the grain in the south of the Yangtze River to ensure the food supply in the Central Plains in order to maintain stability." ”

"Yes, Mr. Xu, that's what I mean, through immigration, we will first alleviate the food consumption in the natural disaster areas, and we will mainly rely on the food supply in Jiangnan and Sichuan."