Speaking of which, the war on Dongfan Island, in fact, whether it was victory or defeat, had little impact on the Ming Dynasty.

Because they are far away from the heartland of the Ming Dynasty after all.

Although Zheng Zhilong's common opponent with the Dutch, the Spaniards, was generally strong, Emperor Chongzhen was not worried that the victory or defeat on Dongfan Island would change the Spaniards' strategy against the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch can coexist peacefully after the expulsion of the Spaniards, and whether Zheng Zhilong can achieve the same victory as in history in the war against Liu Xiang and other Guangdong pirates, Emperor Chongzhen is not particularly concerned.

Because the southeast coast is not an important strategic direction of the Ming Dynasty at present, Zheng Zhilong has its own advantages and disadvantages after winning, and if he loses, there are also pros and cons after losing.

Including the tribute to the Tsushima domain since September, for Emperor Chongzhen, these are the icing on the cake, it is good to have it, but if there is none, it doesn't matter.

But the drought and migration in the north, and how these migrants will survive the long winter when they arrive at the settlements, is a question that must be dealt with as soon as possible.

At the end of September, Emperor Chongzhen again ordered the Zhili Governor's Office, the Xuanda Governor's Office, the Trilateral Governor's Office, and the Rehe Governor and the Hezhong Governor to use the income from the summer and autumn taxes and other feudal treasury revenues as collateral to borrow money from the branches set up by the World Bank in the northern provinces, and then purchase all kinds of relatively cheap coarse grains.

In addition, the Internal Affairs Office, which was in charge of Emperor Chongzhen's internal affairs, also sent people to various places to purchase and purchase grain from the Nanyang Company, the Dongying Company, and the "Four Great Hengs" who were responsible for the foreign trade of Xuanda, in accordance with the emperor's edict, in case of emergency.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also sent an edict to the envoys of the two envoys in the north and south, namely Su Maoxiang and Wang Jiazhen, asking them to proclaim the five ports open to trade in the north and south:

Before September of the fourth year of Chongzhen, all local and foreign commercial ships that traded to and fro, and those who could carry rice from Japan, Korea, Dongfan, Annam, Siam and other South Sea countries, carried more than 30% of the merchant ships, that is, all tariffs on the entry and docking of commercial ships were exempted.

After all these measures were taken, Emperor Chongzhen could only pray that the grain harvest in the northern provinces in September and October would not be reduced too much.

Of course, since October of the third year of Chongzhen, what worries Emperor Chongzhen is not only the grain destined to be reduced due to the severe drought in the north of the Ming Dynasty, but also how a large number of immigrants who have been ordered to go north to reclaim the famine will survive the winter of food shortage.

Because on the afternoon of the sixth day of October, Emperor Chongzhen had just finished holding an imperial meeting with the cabinet and the household department to deal with the immigrants for the winter, and received a secret report from Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, from the Xizhen Fusi stationed in Xi'an City:

"On the night of September 21, the puppet Lintao commander Ma Guangyu suddenly abandoned the city and marched westward, and rushed to rely on the puppet Hezhou Wei commander Ma Jinzhong!

"On the morning of September 23, the puppet Hezhou commander Ma Jinzhong and the puppet Lintao commander Ma Guangyu, the northern Shaanxi thief Ma Shouying, and the Pingliang thief Tuluntai, each with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, abandoned Hezhou City to the north, around Lanzhou to the west!

"At noon on September 25, the thieves of northern Shaanxi rushed into Hezhou with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, proclaimed themselves the generalissimo of Tianchangyi and swore to divide the false names of each battalion, and looked at their intentions, as if they wanted to attack Lanzhou in the north!

"It is also reported that on September 24, a certain unit of the trilateral officers and armies seems to have been defeated north of Anding, please order the report for details!"

For Gao Shiming, the eunuch who sits in Xi'an, Emperor Chongzhen still trusts him, and knows that he is not a good person who does not report bad news.

And Hu Yikui, the pacification envoy of Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division under Gao Shiming, also won the new appointment of Emperor Chongzhen with his ability and courage.

Obviously, these news did not come from the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen or the Trilateral Governor's Palace, but probably from the detailed reports placed by the Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division in the various camps of the Chuang Army.

After the death of Wang Jiayin, the king of Hengtian, his brother-in-law Zhang Liwei was awarded the Jinyi Weixi Town Fusi Qianhu for his merits, and under the control and command of Hu Yikui, he was responsible for the errands and transactions of the leader of the anti-flow thieves.

If the thief's market is bullish, then his trading is naturally not good.

But now the market on the side of the imperial court is bullish all the way, and the leader of the thieves who was born in northern Shaanxi is now going all the way to the west, and he is seeing the market go all the way down.

In such a situation, Zhang Liwei's trading is naturally very good.

In addition, he is familiar with the way and is familiar with all the bandit camps, since he killed Wang Jiayin in the past two years, I don't know how many small leaders have rebelled in the battalions under Gao Yingxiang.

Especially after Gao Yingxiang's various departments abandoned the city and marched westward, the chaotic people who fled along the way were coerced by many people, and people came and went, and it was impossible to distinguish them.

Therefore, all kinds of news from the command of King Gao Yingxiang continued to enter the hands of Jinyi Weixi Zhenfusi.

After the screening and judgment of Zhang Liwei, Hu Yikui, and Gao Shiming, and then summarized the following, it was reported to the hands of Gong Yonggu, the commander of Jinyiwei.

This approach is much more efficient than that of the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen, the Trilateral Governor's Palace, and the Minister of Military Aircraft, Li Banghua, the Marquis of Dongsheng.

Although there are many errors, after reporting to Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen can judge on his own based on the situation he has mastered.

Regarding the information reported by the Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division this time, although it was only a few words and there was no ins and outs, Emperor Chongzhen believed it.

It's just a few of the first few articles, and these Mu Su barbarian generals led their troops westward in the expectation of Emperor Chongzhen.

Because after the official army marched westward, in the face of increasingly well-equipped officers and soldiers, the thieves could only be forced to flee westward.

And these Musu barbarian generals who live in Taominhe Prefecture and other places, in the face of the army of thieves who go all the way to the west, they have only two choices.

Either choose to be obedient, give money and food, and follow the thieves from then on.

Either they fled westward, taking the money looted from the Han people in the northwest during the previous mutiny and rebellion, and hurried westward.

These situations can be deduced by Emperor Chongzhen himself from all kinds of information reported from all over the northwest.

It's just the last piece of Jinyi Weixi's secret report from Fu Si, but it makes him full of worries while being puzzled.

However, he believed that with such a major change in the war situation in the northwest, Li Banghua, Yuan Chonghuan, and Hong Chengchou would soon report a formal and detailed military report.

In this way, since receiving the information from the Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division, the next day, Emperor Chongzhen was worried, waiting for the military report from the northwest, and thinking about various countermeasures in advance.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's anxiously waiting for the Northwest Military Intelligence Report did not wait, but first waited for another report that also made him feel heavy.

Let's say that in the afternoon of this day, Emperor Chongzhen rarely finished reading the recitals and bullets from all parts of the Ming Dynasty and various departments of the imperial court, packed up his mood, and took Wang Chengen and other chamberlains to Kunning Palace, and at the same time let the military attachés and Zhongshu people who were on duty on duty disperse in advance.

Although this Emperor Chongzhen is a traveler from later generations, he still can't avoid the tragic fate of the Emperor Chongzhen who worked overtime every day in the original history.

Even the military attachés of the imperial chamberlain and the scholars who were on duty with them were not allowed to rest until their old age.

The ministers on duty in the cabinet and the personnel on duty in the Military Aircraft Department remain in office 12 hours a day and evening, and they can only be on call.

The ministers on duty and the internal and external attendants saw that the emperor was so diligent and had nothing to say when he was tired, but as a traveler from later generations, now Emperor Chongzhen's heart is often unhappy.