This man was obviously familiar with the court, and the countermeasures he gave were very practical. However, he guessed something wrong.

Even if he really did as he said, the pirates were rampant everywhere, and Zheng Zhilong was exhausted because of insufficient troops. With Emperor Chongzhen as his backstage, he would not be punished. He would only mobilize the power of the court to solve the problem of insufficient troops for Zheng Zhilong and create sufficient conditions for Zheng Zhilong to win the pirates, just like this war.

Although Zheng Zhilong is indeed the most authoritative and wise among pirates, he is also prepared for Liu Xiang and the others, but if he only fights alone, the outcome of this war is really hard to say.

Thanks to the intervention of Dongchang, the call of Liu Guoneng's army and the secret reports from people in the chat group, Liu Xiang and other pirates made a wrong decision, luring them into the trap, and severely hit the pirate alliance. In addition to further increasing the prestige of the court and giving confidence to the maritime merchants, it also forced the pirate alliance to dissolve, and many pirates became a mess again.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy after receiving the report of the Battle of Taiping Port in the chat group. Although the scale of this war seemed a little smaller than the battle of tens of thousands of people in the north. However, its significance in the maritime affairs of the Ming Dynasty cannot be ignored.

This battle was the biggest battle at sea after the opening of the sea. It was proved by the pirates' corpses that the court decided to open the sea. No matter how many pirates there were, it could not stop the court's determination. The seemingly rampant pirates, once the court really put their heart into ashes, it would be like a mantised mantis blocking the chariot, and under the general trend of the court's opening of the sea, it would be vulnerable.

One thing is, in fact, the man guessed correctly. After Sun Chuanting had to follow the law and strictly enforce the law, although Emperor Chongzhen had already expressed the attitude of the court in the form of a fine of salary, there were still many memorials impeaching Sun Chuanting, and even demanding the punishment of Zheng Zhilong, which were constantly passed into the palace, with the excuse that the sea was in ease. There were even some radical memorials that demanded the rebate of the sea ban on the sea, on the grounds that the pirates would not be given room for survival and starve them to death.

Emperor Chongzhen's original handling of these memorials was to stay at Zhongzhong and not send it. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen sent an order to summon the eunuch Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the seal, and said to him with a smile: "This morning at Taiping Port, Fujian, Sun Zhongcheng severely injured the pirates. The specific results of the war can be learned from Wang Chengen. Those memorials that stay at Zhongzhong can be approved and clearly stated to the world."

When Cao Huachun heard this, he knew it was a big victory. He was happy and hurriedly bowed to receive the order.

Seeing him retreat, Emperor Chongzhen's good mood remained. Sun Chuanting had reported the income from sea tax for half a year. If all the pirates were wiped out and the maritime trade was strong, the goal of earning tens of millions per year would be achieved as soon as possible. This began to be a steady stream of silver income, which could effectively solve the financial difficulties of the court.

However, to achieve such a goal, the Ming Navy will surely sail to the Southeast Ocean to escort the Ming sea trade ships, and will even sail to Europe, America and other places in the future. This is a conflict of interests with the interests of those European countries, and sooner or later war will occur on both sides.

In this case, we will first start the operation of the Dutch and eliminate the Dutch fleet in Taiwan. In the original history, the Ming army gained experience in dealing with these Western muskets and artillery after many bloody lessons, but now, this process can be saved. Besides, the imperial court now attaches importance to the development of firearms, and the firearms in the hands of the Ming army may not be worse than them.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Zhiqi the location of the naval commander, then clicked the icon of Sun Chuanting, and chatted with him privately: "I informed the people of Folang, Macau about the war in Taiping Port, and asked them to give an explanation about the missionary Joshua Tsang, the purpose of forcing them to assist our Ming Navy in attacking the Red Barbarians in Taiwan and transporting grain from Nanyang!"

The incident of sending a navy to capture Johnson Chan before was indeed true. Most of the navy who went out killed a shot.

When Sun Chuanting received a private chat, he immediately agreed and sent Hong Yunzheng to a face-to-face teaching method and sent him to Macau.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally would not worry about these details. What he is concerned about now is the issue of food. Some provinces have already reported the grain crops that Xu Guangqi inspected the world last year.

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

In the first year, although Xu Guangqi introduced his experience with the old farmers, the first planting was somewhat affected and the yield was not large. However, as an imperial envoy, Xu Guangqi asked a dedicated person to be responsible for planting every time he went to the place. And last year it was clearly stated that the planting of these crops will be an important aspect of the assessment of local officials.

Adding up these factors, although the income this year can basically be used as seeds or cultivated new products for the people to eat, only in Fujian, Guangdong and small areas of Zhejiang.

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

Thinking of these things, he issued an order to the Ministry of Personnel, emphasizing the promotion of high-yield crops by local officials. It was not enough to think about it, and he also issued an order to the cabinet to raise this matter to a higher level. Major officials from all over the country, such as governors and governors, must also be responsible for this as an indicator of assessment.

As a result, the promotion of high-yield crops increased countless levels of attention in the early 17th century than in the original history.

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

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the chat group, I received a private chat from Li Deming. It was news from North Korea. Yebucheng sent out. Finally, the news came back. It was said that the situation in North Korea is very bad now, nine out of ten rooms are empty, the farmland is abandoned, and there is no rooster crowing thousands of miles away.

Jianlu's activities were mainly around the big city, and most places had given up. In Seoul, there were rumors that Jianlu had brought food from Japan. From the rebels in North Korea, it seemed that Jianlu had taken a boat to Japan.

After seeing this private chat, for some reason, Emperor Chongzhen was revived and did Japan participate?

Thinking of this, he immediately replied to Li Deming, asking the Dongjiang Army to send additional troops to the night and investigate the situation in North Korea.
Chapter completed!