This man was obviously familiar with the court, and his countermeasures were very practical. But there was one thing he guessed wrong.

Even if it was really as he said, pirates were raging everywhere, and Zheng Zhilong was exhausted because of the lack of troops. With Emperor Chongzhen as his backstage, he will not be convicted for this. It will only mobilize the forces of the imperial court to solve the problem of insufficient troops for Zheng Zhilong, and create enough conditions for Zheng Zhilong to win the pirates, just like this war.

Although Zheng Zhilong is indeed the most authoritative and intelligent among the pirates, and he is also wary of Liu Xiang and them, if he only fights alone, it is really difficult to say how this battle will end.

Thanks to the intervention of Dongchang, the call of Liu Guoneng's army, and the secret report of the people in the chat group, Liu Xiang and other pirates made a wrong decision, lured them into a trap, and dealt a heavy blow to this pirate alliance.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy after receiving the battle report of the Battle of Taiping Port in the chat group. The scale of this war, although it is a bit small compared to the great war in the north, which often involves tens of thousands of people. But the significance of the Ming maritime industry cannot be ignored.

This battle was the largest battle on the sea after the opening of the sea, and the corpses of pirates proved that the imperial court decided to open the sea, even if there were more pirates, it could not stop the determination of the imperial court. The seemingly rampant pirates, once the court really cares, will be like a canopy in ashes, and the mantis arm will block the car, and it will be vulnerable under the general trend of the court opening the sea.

One thing, in fact, the person guessed correctly, after Sun Chuanting had laws to follow and strictly enforced the law to collect commercial taxes, although Emperor Chongzhen had already expressed the attitude of the imperial court in the form of fines, there were still many recitals of impeachment of Sun Chuanting, and even recitals calling for the punishment of Zheng Zhilong, which were constantly coming into the palace, under the pretext that the sea was difficult to peace. There are even some radical recitals calling for the re-exclusion of the sea, on the grounds that pirates will not be given room to live and that they will starve to death.

For these recitals, Emperor Chongzhen's original way of dealing with them was to stay in the middle and not send them. At this time, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen summoned Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and said to him with a smile: "This morning in Taiping Port, Fujian, Sun Zhongcheng hit the pirates in one fell swoop. The specific results of the battle, the companion can learn from Wang Chengen. Those recitals that remain in the middle can be approved and clearly indicated to the world. “

As soon as Cao Huachun heard this, he knew that it was a big victory, and he rejoiced in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

Watching him retreat, Emperor Chongzhen's good mood has been maintained. Sun Chuanting's side has already reported half a year's sea tax revenue, if the pirates are all exterminated and the maritime trade is prosperous, the goal of earning 10 million a year can be achieved as soon as possible. This began to generate a steady stream of silver income, which could effectively solve the financial difficulties of the imperial court.

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

In this case, let's start with the Dutch and wipe out or expel the Dutch fleet in Taiwan. In the original history, for these muskets and artillery of Xiyi, the Ming army only gained the experience of dealing with them 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 worse than them.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Zhiqi again about the location of the Denglai Naval Division, then clicked on Sun Chuanting's icon, and chatted with him privately: "Inform the Macao Franc Robot of the Taiping Harbor War, and ask them to give an explanation about the matter of the missionary John Tang, the purpose of which is to force them to assist our Daming Naval Division in attacking Hongyi in Taiwan and transporting grain from Nanyang!"

What Liang Xiaozhen said before about sending a water master to arrest John Tang is indeed true. It's just that most of the sailors who went out killed a horse pistol.

When Sun Chuanting received the private chat, he immediately agreed, passed on Hong Yunsteam's face-to-face teaching, and sent him to Macau.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't worry about these details. His concern now is still the food issue. At present, some provinces have already given feedback on the food crops promoted by Xu Guangqi during his inspection of the world last year.

I have to say that Xu Guangqi ran out last year, which is still useful. The sweet potato, corn, potatoes and other crops he promoted did not occupy the original farmland, so no matter how much, they were all supplements to the original grain.

In the first year, although there were old farmers led by Xu Guangqi to introduce their experience, because it was the first time to plant, it had some impact and the yield was not large. However, Xu Guangqi, as a messenger, asked a special person to be responsible for planting every place he went. And last year, it was made clear that the cultivation of these crops will be an important aspect of the magistrate's evaluation.

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

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that after persisting so much for a few years, he would definitely be able to solve the food problem of the Ming Dynasty. As for the past few years, let's save money and get food from other countries!

Thinking of these things, he issued another decree to the officials, emphasizing the promotion of high-yield crops by the magistrates. It is not enough to think about it, and I also gave a decree to the cabinet to raise this matter to a higher level, and the officials of the local feudal territories, such as governors and governors, should also be responsible for this, as an indicator of assessment.

As a result, the promotion of high-yielding crops in the early years of the seventeenth century was an innumerable increase in importance compared to the original history.

After finishing this matter, Emperor Chongzhen was concerned about whether the Ozirtu had arrived in Guihua City, so he went to the chat group again, ready to ask Hong Chengchou how the situation was.

As soon as he got on the chat group, he received a private chat from Li Deming. It was news from the North Korean side, and the news finally came back after the night that was sent out. It is said that the situation in North Korea is very bad now, ten rooms and nine empty, farmland is deserted, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

The activities of the Jianyu, mainly around Ayutthaya, have been abandoned in most places. On the Seoul side, there were rumors that Jianyu had brought food from the Wa Kingdom. From the rebels on the Korean side, it seems that there are still Jianjiao who went to the Japanese country by boat.

Seeing this private chat, for some reason, Emperor Chongzhen's spirit was lifted, and the Wa Kingdom also participated?

Thinking so, he immediately replied to Li Deming and asked the Dongjiang Army to send more troops to investigate the situation in North Korea.