On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen, who was busy with a bag a year ago, finally got free, and saw this dialogue between Huang Taiji when he was celebrating the New Year.

Seriously, this made him a little skeptical, could it be the luck that came from the crossing?

I only received Lu Xiangsheng's secret recital yesterday, and I wonder if the imperial court can find out where Master Manshui is. No, Huang Taiji has already said that the Manshui Master is in Jinzhou.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that knowing the news of the Manshui Master is actually inevitable.

The Jin merchants were wiped out, separated by Shanhaiguan, and when there were no ships before, it was normal for the Manchus to have no ideas. But now that they have ships, it is natural to think of trading by sea.

And if trade is made by sea, there must be ships. In this way, sooner or later, Huang Taiji will talk about his sailor.

For the first time, Emperor Chongzhen's idea was to tell Lu Xiangsheng the news, and he didn't care how many Manqing Shui Divisions there were, anyway, it was impossible to have more ships than Zheng Zhilong, and it was impossible to fight better than Zheng Zhilong.

However, he stood up, and before he could say that he wanted pen and ink to serve, he was suddenly stunned.

Empress Zhou, Tian Guifei and other concubines who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen, as well as the crown prince, saw his move, and couldn't help but stop their movements and turned their heads to look at him.

It can be seen that the emperor is definitely thinking about something, his expression is very focused, and there is even a frown for a while, and a happy look for a while.

This made them all curious, not knowing what the emperor was thinking?

"Hey, what are you doing looking at me like this?" Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses, suddenly a little strange, and said to them with a smile, "Chinese New Year's Eve, you have fun and don't have to look at Yuan like this!" ”

Hearing this, Empress Zhou knew that the emperor should have figured out something, and it was a good thing, so she smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if there is anything happy, say it and let everyone be happy, right?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen knew why they were looking at him, thought about it, and sat back, while looking at a pair of curious eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't look at Jianyu who seems to be very powerful, I just thought of a way, I can't eat and walk around, and it won't take a few years to be crushed by Daming." ”

As soon as they heard this, whether they were concubines or princes, they all immediately showed joy and complimented the emperor.

However, Queen Zhou, who is the head of the harem, frowned, although she didn't speak, it may be seen that she is actually a little worried.

Emperor Chongzhen was in the right mood, saw Empress Zhou's expression, and couldn't help but smile and said: "This is not the court, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, our family keeps the New Year, what is in our hearts, just say it, talk freely!" ”

After finishing speaking, he pointed at Queen Zhou and said with a smile: "How about it, my queen, just say anything you want, I still know the truth of loyalty!" ”

When the others heard this, they couldn't help but immediately turn their heads to look at Queen Zhou, a little surprised in their hearts. But looking back, it seems that the queen seems to be such a person, and in this harem, she is the only one who has the qualifications to remind the emperor.

When Empress Zhou heard the emperor's words, her heart moved, probably knowing that the emperor had a good idea in her heart, and she really wanted to take this opportunity to talk about it in front of everyone.

So, she satisfied Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, although my Ming Dynasty won Jianyu once in the Battle of Tianjin, Jianyu still plundered countless people and animals from the Guannei, and my Ming Dynasty was helpless. And over the years, Jianyu has won an unknown number of battles. It can be seen from this that the strength of Jianyu is not something to be said casually, and I hope that Your Majesty will not underestimate the enemy! ”

Hearing this, everyone else couldn't help but nod. The prestige of Jianyu has been heard even by the women and children who are in the deep palace. In particular, Jianyu entered the customs several times, but in the end, it was actually Jianyu who plundered and withdrew by himself.

Therefore, they were all very curious, did the emperor underestimate the enemy, or did he really come up with some good way to defeat Jianyu?

Thinking so, after listening to Empress Zhou's advice, they turned their heads to look at the emperor again to see what he said?

After Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was really not annoyed, he just smiled, and then glanced at the gazes in front of him who were staring at him, and said slowly: "I didn't just say anything. One of the most important factors in the future is that I will wipe out all the captured Jin merchants. At least for a short period of time, it is basically impossible for Jianyu to buy what they want from Daming again. In this way, Jianyu's daily consumption cannot be replenished from the outside, and it can only consume the materials produced in Liaodong. And Liaodong is barren, so it can be seen that the days of Jianyu will become more and more difficult. ”

When he heard him say this, the crown prince seemed to want to speak, but he was still afraid of the emperor's majesty, and he didn't dare a little, so he looked at his mother.

Queen Zhou saw it and guessed her son's thoughts, so she encouraged him with her eyes.

When the prince saw it, he opened his mouth and said: "Father, what should I do if Jianyu enters the customs again to rob it?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at it when he heard the sound, but he didn't expect him to ask like this, but he changed his opinion of him a little, so he nodded and replied to him: "That's a good question, after all, before Jianyu was built to plunder by entering the customs, and he obtained a lot of supplies......

When the prince heard this, he couldn't help but smile and was very happy. After all, he was only a ten-year-old child, and he was much happier to be praised by his father, who had always been fearful, than all the times he had been praised by his mother before.

However, Emperor Chongzhen then changed his words, but said: "But when the army fights, there is never a saying that it will definitely win. If Jianyu wants to detour through Mongolia from Liaodong to enter the customs, it will also have to pay a great price. If you can't loot the supplies, or you can't enter the pass at all, or even lose the battle, the impact on the morale and strength of the prisoners will be very great. No matter what, the slave chieftain will definitely weigh the gains and losses before sending out the troops......"

He spoke in a simple and understandable manner, and the women and children listened attentively.

“…… In the past, there were Jin merchants as their internal response, knowing the reality of the pass, the slave chieftain had a great certainty, and he could enter the pass and loot enough materials, and the captives would enter the pass. But now, the Jin merchants have been wiped out by me, and Jianyu has become deaf and blind, not knowing the reality of the pass, and there are many uncertain factors, and the slave chieftain will definitely not dare to enter the pass again at will. This is one of them! ”

"Second, in the previous battle of Tianjin, regardless of whether Jianlu was careless or not, in short, Jianyu lost the battle, which also gave them a warning. It shows that my Ming Dynasty is not without a fighting army, of course, the matter of the imperial conquest and extermination of the Hetao Tartars before me will also put pressure on the slave chieftain. These things add up to make the slave chief dare not act rashly. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the crown prince and said, "In this way, it is impossible for the slave chief to take risks unless he has to do so. After all, although my Ming Dynasty lost Liaodong, it had little impact, but if the slave chieftain suffered a big loss, it was likely to be a catastrophe. Therefore, what I just thought of was boiling frogs in warm water. Let Jianyu feel that I am powerful, but I can still deal with it. Then, unconsciously, it consumed Jianyu's strength. When Jianyu found out, he found that his strength had been greatly damaged, and he was unable to take the initiative to launch a major attack. ”

"So that's the case, Erchen understands, my father is really powerful!" When the prince heard this, he replied with admiration.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, but shook his head in his heart, in fact, he just said a rough idea, if it was just like that, it was just talking on paper. This prince, I don't know if he doesn't know how to pretend to understand, or if he is too young to understand more?

However, on the surface, he did not show what he thought in his heart, Chinese New Year's Eve, just be happy. After talking to his wife and children for a while, Emperor Chongzhen still left, took a few personal attendants, carefully sorted out what he had just thought, and then asked people to send it to Lu Xiangsheng the next day.

After doing this, Emperor Chongzhen returned to his wife and children and continued to observe the New Year, but in fact, he was checking his eavesdropping seeds.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen has a total of six Class A eavesdropping seeds, which are on the body of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, Wu Zhong, the hundred households of Jinyi Wei, the white flag Gushan Ezhen Turge, and the southward patrol of the imperial history Zhang Pu. Among them, the Grade A eavesdropping seed on Zhang Pu's body was recovered from Liu Yue, a thousand households in Jinyiwei.

There were two B-level eavesdropping seeds, respectively on Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao, and Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei.

There are more C-level eavesdropping seeds, and they are mostly placed on the side of Jingshi.

After checking this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied with the system, he was too stingy, and he only gave such a little bit of eavesdropping seeds!

At this time, he had already tasted the benefits of eavesdropping seeds, so he wished that the more eavesdropping seeds there were, the better!

He was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard his concubines and children cheering, it turned out that the thirteenth year of Chongzhen had arrived!

At this moment, he saw Emperor Chongzhen's eyes, and lines of words that only he could see were slowly displayed.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the host expelled the Jianyu in the Guannei, set up the Ming Royal Bank, confiscated the Jin Shang Group, seized the resources of the Hetao, exterminated the thieves, and laid a solid foundation for the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty. After systematic evaluation, the host performs well, and a Grade A eavesdropping seed will be rewarded! ”

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, forgetting that he had complained about the system before, and he couldn't wait to kiss the system. Whatever you want, don't be too good!

After being happy for a while, Emperor Chongzhen fell into the trouble of happiness again: who is this Grade A eavesdropping seed more useful for?

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, which has come, what are the major things to do? Emperor Chongzhen secretly analyzed it in his heart.

First, the promotion of silver tickets must be continued. There is no doubt about this, mainly because the provincial branches should speed up the progress;

Second, the establishment of the local metropolitan procuratorate must also continue, not only quickly, but also the selection of local imperial history is also very important, rather than excessive! This is related to the rule of local officials, and it must not be sloppy!

Third, we must always persist in disaster relief, disaster fighting, water conservancy construction, and so on, and pay sufficient attention to them.

Fourth, the verification of the preferential and exemption limits of the official gentry and the collection of arrears have been the focus of Chongzhen's thirteen years. This one, in fact, is related to the third point, the most important thing is to see the progress of Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi in the Jiangnan area. If it goes well, it will be able to spread to the whole country. If it doesn't go well, then it needs to go well. When necessary, don't mind killing chickens and monkeys!

When he thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen made a note of this, and then continued to think about the next thing.

Fifth, the reconstruction of Dongjiang Town was the biggest military goal of Chongzhen in the thirteenth year. In order for the Dongjiang army to firmly hold on Phi Dao, it is best to attack the neighboring islands and land, threaten the Manchu flank, and nail the Manchus to death in Liaodong. This is also a very important matter and must be focused on.

Sixth, the war in the northwest cannot be taken lightly. The rebel general Chai Shihua used the Urad Department as the base, and borrowed troops from other tribes, and he didn't know how much impact it would have on the southwest region.

Seventh, the war in the southwest, although Qin Liangyu and the White Pole Army were sent over, it may not be able to suppress the Tusi Rebellion, it is still unknown. If it can't be eradicated, it can't be allowed to expand.

……

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen probably figured out the seven major events in Chongzhen's thirteenth year. Of course, whether there will be something unexpected when you turn back, Emperor Chongzhen himself can't know, and he can't predict it, so he won't say it.

On these seven things, after Emperor Chongzhen thought about them for a long time, he instructed Lan Tianbao, who was waiting by his side: "Early tomorrow morning, I will bring my message to Dengzhou, saying that Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to bring grain to the north last year and solved a lot of trouble." I was very happy, and specially approved him to come to Beijing to reunite with his son for half a month. ”

Others naturally don't know that these are actually excuses, and the real reason is that Emperor Chongzhen decided to reward Zheng Zhilong with the newly obtained Grade A eavesdropping seeds. Therefore, this Zheng Zhilong will be a very key figure in the future, and it is also related to the strategy he wants to implement against Jianyu.

Fifteen days later, the angels hurried to Dengzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng went to the secret music before, but he didn't have much hope, but he just wanted to try it. He didn't expect that the emperor would really know where the Jianyu Water Master was.

In this regard, he was overjoyed and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Now that it is known that the Jianyu Sailor is in Jinzhou, there is no need to spend too much effort to investigate. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng's face showed a strange look again, and he said suspiciously: "It's just that the emperor asked in his will that you can't go all out, and you can't destroy all the Jianyu Sailors at once." Don't know what that means? ”

Zheng Zhilong also didn't know, although it was not difficult for him to do what was required in the holy decree. But why did the emperor do this? Isn't it troublesome?

He was thinking about it, when he heard Lu Xiangsheng ask him: "Since you are going to Jingshi, then go and meet Your Majesty and ask what is going on, right?" ”