Chongzhen chat group

Chapter 932 Assessment Index
This person is obviously familiar with the court, and the countermeasures he said are very practical.However, he guessed wrong on one point.

Even if it is true as he said, pirates are raging everywhere, and Zheng Zhilong is exhausted because of insufficient troops.With Emperor Chongzhen as his backer, he would not be convicted of it.It will only mobilize the power of the court, solve the problem of insufficient troops for Zheng Zhilong, and create sufficient conditions for Zheng Zhilong to defeat the pirates, just like this war.

Although Zheng Zhilong is indeed the most authoritative and wise among the pirates, and he is prepared against Liu Xiang and the others, but if he alone fights, it is really hard to say how this battle will end.

Thanks to Dongchang's intervention, Liu Guoneng's call from the army, and the secret report from the people in the chat group, Liu Xiang and other pirates made a wrong decision, luring them into a trap, and dealt a heavy blow to this pirate The alliance, in addition to further enhancing the prestige of the imperial court and giving confidence to the maritime merchants, also forced the disbandment of the Zheng Pirate Alliance, and many pirates became a mess again.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy after receiving the battle report of the Battle of Taipinggang in the chat group.The scale of this battle, although compared with the tens of thousands of people in the north, seems a bit small.But its significance in Daming maritime affairs cannot be ignored.

This battle was the biggest battle at sea after the opening of the sea. The corpses of the pirates proved that the court decided to open the sea. No matter how many pirates there were, the determination of the court could not be stopped.The seemingly rampant pirates, once the court really puts their heart into it, will be like a mast and scull flying into ashes, blocking a car with a mantis arm, vulnerable to a single blow under the general trend of the court opening up the sea.

One thing, in fact, that person's guess was right. After Sun Chuanting obeyed the law and strictly enforced the law to collect commercial taxes, although Emperor Chongzhen had already expressed the court's attitude in the form of fined salaries, there were still many people who impeached Sun Chuanting. The memorials, even the memorials demanding the punishment of Zheng Zhilong, were constantly passed into the palace, with the excuse that the waves were difficult to settle.There are even some radical memorials that call for the sea to be banned again, on the grounds that the pirates will not be given living space and they will be starved to death.

Regarding these memorials, Emperor Chongzhen's original handling method was to keep them in the middle and not publish them.But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony, and said to him with a smile: "This morning in Taiping Port, Fujian, Sun Zhongcheng severely damaged the pirates in one fell swoop. For the specific results of the battle, my companion can ask Wang Chengen for details. Those memorials left in the middle can be approved and made known to the world."

As soon as Cao Huachun heard it, he knew it was a big victory, and he was very happy, so he quickly bowed to accept the order.

Watching him retreat, Emperor Chongzhen remained in a good mood.Sun Chuanting has already reported the sea tax income for the past six months. If the pirates are wiped out and the sea trade is prosperous, the annual income goal of tens of millions can be achieved as soon as possible.This started a steady stream of silver income, which can effectively solve the financial difficulties of the imperial court.

However, to achieve such a goal, the Daming Navy will sail to the South Seas to escort the ships of the Daming Maritime Trade, and even in the future, they will sail to Europe, America and other places.And this is in conflict with the interests of those European countries, and sooner or later there will be war between the two sides.

In this case, let's start with the Dutch and destroy or expel the Dutch fleet in Taiwan.In the original history, the Ming army gained experience in dealing with these Xiyi guns and artillery after many bloody lessons, but now, this process can be omitted.Besides, now that the imperial court attaches great importance to the research and development of firearms, the firearms in the hands of the Ming army may not be inferior to theirs.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Zhiqi about the location of the Denglai Navy, clicked on the icon of Sun Chuanting, and chatted with him privately: "Inform the people of Macau Folangji about the Taiping Port war, and ask the missionary Tang Ruowang to They gave explanations, purpose, and forced them to assist our Daming Navy to attack Hongyi in Taiwan and transport food from Nanyang!"

What Liang Xiaozhen said earlier about sending a navy to capture Tang Ruowang is indeed true.It's just that most of the sailors who went out shot back.

When Sun Chuanting received the private chat, he immediately agreed, passed on the opportunity to Hong Yunzheng, and sent him to Macau.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't worry about these details.What he cares about now is still the food problem.At present, some provinces have given feedback on the food crops that Xu Guangqi inspected and promoted last year.

I have to say that it was useful for Xu Guangqi to run out last year.The sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other crops he promoted did not occupy the original farmland, so no matter how much they were, they were supplements to the original grain.

In the first year, although Xu Guangqi introduced the experience of the old farmers, but because it was the first planting, it was somewhat affected, and the output was not large.However, as an imperial envoy, Xu Guangqi asked someone to be responsible for planting wherever he went.Moreover, it was clearly stated last year that the planting of these crops will be an important aspect of the evaluation of local officials.

Adding these factors together, although this year's income can basically only be used as seeds or new products cultivated in the province, what can be eaten by the common people is only a small part of Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang.

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that after a few years of persistence, the food problem of Ming Dynasty would definitely be solved.As for the past few years, let's live frugally and get food from other countries!

Thinking about these things, he issued an order to the Ministry of Officials, emphasizing the promotion of high-yield crops by local officials.It was not enough to think about it, and the cabinet also issued a decree to raise this matter to a higher level. The big officials in the border areas, such as governors and governors, should also be responsible for this as an assessment indicator.

As a result, the promotion of high-yield crops in the early [-]th century was given countless levels of attention compared to the original history.

After finishing this matter, Emperor Chongzhen was concerned about whether Eqiertu and the others had arrived in Guihua City, so he joined the chat group again, intending to ask Hong Chengchou about the situation.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I joined the chat group, I received a private chat from Li Deming.It was the news from the North Korean side, and the Yeburei sent out finally got the news back.It is said that the situation in North Korea is very bad now, ten rooms are empty, farmland is deserted, and there are no chickens crowing for thousands of miles.

The activities of Jianlu are mainly around the big city, and most places have been abandoned.In Seoul, there are rumors that Jianlu got food from the country of Wa.From the rebels in North Korea, it seems that Jianlu went to Wa country by boat.

Seeing this private chat, for some reason, Emperor Chongzhen's spirit was lifted, did Wa Kingdom also participate?
Thinking of this, he immediately replied to Li Deming, asking the Dongjiang Army to send more troops to investigate the situation in North Korea.

(End of this chapter)