Zhu Cilang firmly believes that only by stress can one have motivation, and this is the same for both old ministers and young people.

Although Gao Hongtu is older, most of the young and middle-aged people are working below.

Appropriate burden on young people will help improve their abilities.

Of course, Zhu Cilang is not just about making demands.

These people will receive corresponding rewards when completing tasks well.

After Zhu Cilang explained these things, he returned to the palace, and there were still many memorials waiting for him to review and process.

This is not good to be an emperor. There is no time to rest at all, even during the Chinese New Year.

After returning to the bedroom, Zhu Cilang began to review the memorials.

When he saw a memorial from Fujian General Zheng Zhilong, he looked stunned.

The Dutch attacked the coast of Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong led his troops to attack the sea.

The Ming army or the Zheng navy defeated the Dutch and sunk three Dutch ships.

Of course, this memorial is not over yet. Zheng Zhilong made a concerted effort to eliminate several Dutch strongholds near Penghu, leaving the Dutch without a single place to settle in except Taiwan.

Zhu Cilang felt a little excited when he wrote the whole report of the victory.

But after he calmed down, he felt a little confused.

If he remembered correctly, in the original history, the Dutch were basically driven away from the coast of Fujian after the Battle of Liaoluo Bay.

Under such circumstances, the Zheng family's control over the entire Fujian coast, including Penghu, was very stable.

The Dutch also withdrew from this sea area with great tact, and operated Taiwan with peace of mind. At this stage, Taiwan is equivalent to a trade transfer station for the Dutch, and its importance is much higher than that of the coastal areas of Penghu and Fujian.

Zhu Cixuan's time travel has brought about earth-shaking changes in the historical trend, but this is mainly concentrated in the north of the Yangtze River, and its impact on the coast of Fujian and even Penghu is minimal.

According to this logical analysis, the Dutch people in this time and space should not take the initiative to harass the coast of Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong's memorial is suspected of fabricating facts.

Of course, it is difficult to determine how big the proportion of this fabrication is.

Perhaps Zheng Zhilong did have a battle with a small group of Dutch pirates, or perhaps all of this was fabricated by Zheng Zhilong.

No matter which one it is, it is a crime of deceiving the king.

It was a very common phenomenon that military generals exaggerated the fabrication of military achievements in the late Ming Dynasty, and it accompanied the entire Chongzhen Dynasty.

But the widespread existence does not mean reasonable.

If this unhealthy trend is not suppressed and cured properly, it will be like a piece of abscess that will sting and may break the sore at any time.

But it is obviously unrealistic to use Zheng Zhilong to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. With Zheng Zhilong's personal ethics, if Zhu Cilang issued an order to scold him, he would probably raise the flag of anti-blade immediately.

Although he has accepted Zhao'an for many years, Zheng Zhilong is still a pirate in his bones, and this will not change with the passage of time.

How to deal with this is a headache enough.

The Zheng family navy was indispensable to the current Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cilang could not push Zheng Zhilong to the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty, nor could he be used by the Qing Dynasty.

Although the Denglai Navy has been established, its scale is still small and cannot be compared with the Zheng Navy.

Zhu Cilang initially estimated that it would take at least two or three years for the Denglai Navy to reach the scale of the Zheng family Navy.

During this period, Zhu Cilang probably had to maintain a harmonious relationship with Zheng Zhilong.

"Your Majesty, Minister of War Lu Zhenfei is looking for a meeting!"

While he was thinking, the eunuch recited.

"Please give him an audience."

Zhu Cixuan put down the memorial in his hand and restored his majestic sitting posture.

After Lu Zhenfei entered the palace to pay tribute, Zhu Cilang gave him a seat.

"I am going to see you when I am going to the palace for the New Year, but Is there something important?"

Zhu Cilang said word by word.

"Your Majesty, it's an urgent report from Sichuan!"

Lu Zhenfei's eyebrows were filled with sadness.

Zhu Cixuan heard the words Sichuan, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly for a moment.

The situation in Sichuan today is too complicated.

Zhang Xianzhong led the Western Army to occupy the vicinity of Chengdu, while the rest were divided by large and small chieftains and scattered small Ming troops.

Three forces are coming and going, today you take advantage of me, tomorrow I will kick you behind your back.

In short, no party has the strength to occupy Sichuan.

In other words, the imperial court's prestige in Sichuan was almost zero, which was not much better than Fujian in Zheng Zhilong's general town.

At this time, there will be urgent reports from Sichuan?

"Speak."

"The person who wrote the urgent report was a general named Zeng Ying."

Lu Zhenfei is very loud.

If it were an indigenous emperor, of course he would be unfamiliar with the name Zeng Ying. But Zhu Cilang was the son of the plane and he specialized in studying the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life.

He knew Zeng Ying's resume very well. This man had defeated Zhang Xianzhong many times and recovered Chongqing for a while. This formed a three-legged situation where northwest Sichuan was controlled by the Western Army, south of Sichuan was controlled by the chieftains, and east of Sichuan was controlled by the Ming Army.

Chongqing was also part of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, and its geographical location was extremely important.

Zeng Ying's outstanding mark in Chongqing's history is enough to prove that this person has outstanding abilities.

Zhu Cixuan had already developed a love for talent at this time.

Seeing Zhu Cilang falling into silence, Lu Zhenfei quickly explained: "Your Majesty, although Zeng Ying reported this far beyond the level, he is still very loyal to the court."

It turned out that Lu Zhenfei was worried that Zhu Ciyang thought that Zeng Ying was inappropriate to report the matter beyond the level.

Under normal circumstances, the Ministry of War should be reported step by step, and the general will summarize and hand it over to the governor to issue it.

Under the theoretical circumstances, generals below the general have no power to report directly.

But in this era of rituals and music, all order has become chaotic.

The status of military officers has expanded rapidly, even surpassing the civil servants.

The general may have only a few thousand men under his command, and a general may also have tens of thousands of soldiers.

The more soldiers and horses you have in troubled times, the tougher you are.

This is how Zeng Ying is.

Although he was just a general, he had more than 15,000 people under him. Even the governor of Sichuan Chen Shiqi relied on him very much and took it as his right-hand man.

"Well, I naturally understand this."

Zhu Ciyang paused for a moment and said, "What did Zeng Ying write in the emergency report?"

Since it is the Ministry of War Tangbao, Lu Zhenfei, as the Minister of War, should have read it in advance, otherwise it would be a sign of dereliction of duty.

"Your Majesty, it's about the Western thieves. Zeng Ying said in an urgent report that the Western thieves were interested in capturing Chongqing."

What Lu Zhenfei said is very similar to the original historical situation.

Chongqing has always been the key to the struggle between the Ming and Western Army. After several changes of hands, no one can guarantee that Chongqing will always be under its control.

After Lu Zhenfei's explanation, Zhu Cilang probably understood the whole story.

It turned out that Zeng Ying took advantage of Zhang Xianzhong's opportunity to attack southern Sichuan and seize Chongqing.

After learning about this incident, Zhang Xianzhong was furious and gathered to count the troops. He was afraid that when the weather was a little warmer, he would return to Chongqing.

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