The news was quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen through a chat group.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already used up his New Year's Eve dinner and was watching the snow scene with his queen and concubines.

Whether inside and outside the palace, life is getting better and better every year, which makes the inside and outside the palace full of laughter and joy. Listening to this harmonious voice, Emperor Chongzhen felt very satisfied, and felt that all efforts were worth it.

After watching for a while, he began to close his eyes and rest again. At this time, he saw Qian Fugui's private chat.

OK, let the Kenlu make such a struggle in Japan. At least for now, although the Tokugawa Shogunate lost Kyushu Island, its strength is still very strong. The rebel troops on Kyushu Island will not exceed 100,000, and the quality is still mixed. However, there are at least 300,000 troops on the Tokugawa Shogunate, which is not considered the total mobilization force. However, one thing is that there are also multiple daimyo departments on the Tokugawa Shogunate, and not so many directly under the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Let them fight first. If the strength of both sides needs to reverse, then reveal the news about the Qing Dynasty and Toyotomi, so that both sides can try to maintain balance. Let's waste it first. The Ming Dynasty will focus on rebuilding Liaodong and North Korean provinces.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this and then clicked on the message sent by Governor Zhu Xieyuan.

"Your Majesty, now the rebel chieftain in Yunnan is only two places, Amizhou and Tulanshan. The ten guards surrounded by various legions and sent troops as planned have already fought in seven of them, losing one-tenth of their troops, but the rest have all seen blood and know how to fight. In the eyes of Weichen, they can be considered elite, and they will not be very weak if they fight with the White Peak Army."

Seeing this news, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very happy. In ancient times, cold weapons were impossible to kill people. After eliminating the weak and keeping the strong, the army of the garrison experienced the test of blood and fire. It should be good to be able to fight with the Baigang Army. As long as we continue training in the future, it should be fine.

At this time, the two rebels in Kunming had been destroyed, and the territory was directly owned by the court, and officials were sent to manage. However, there were three guards in Amizhou and Tunongshan that had not yet taken turns to fight, so the chieftains in these two places were surviving. It's okay, just wait until the training of the troops was completed after the New Year.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen clicked on the next private chat and started watching.

It was sent by Zhu Xieyuan, but the content of the report was about Annan.

"Your Majesty, there are eight guards entering Annan, advancing together to fight the Shenglong Mansion with the Ruan army. At present, each army has already had round battles. The method of dealing with firearms learned from Jianlu is indeed useful. Although the guns and cannons of the Folang Ji people caused damage to our army, they did not expect to be large. Now the coalition forces of the Ruan army and the Folang Ji people have been consumed by our army by about three-tenths. Under the morale of the enemy, if they launch a general attack, they can also be destroyed."

Zhu Xieyuan's words implicitly meant that he wanted to end the war in Annan. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree. After thinking for a while, he replied to Zhu Xieyuan: "After Yunnan destroys the chieftains of Amizhou and Tulanshan, all the guards will enter Annan to participate in the battle against the Ruan tribe and the Folang Jiren coalition. I want all the troops to experience the firearms of the Western Yi. Our main opponent in the future will be the Western Yi. This opportunity for training troops cannot be missed!"

After saying that, he thought about it and was afraid that Annan's Folang Ji people would die quickly, so he reminded Zhu Xieyuan again: "On Annan, just maintain enough pressure. Don't destroy it, and don't beat them to surrender without fighting spirit."

Zhu Xieyuan was slightly surprised by Emperor Chongzhen's reply. He could hear that according to the emperor's intention, he seemed to be going to march towards Nanyang. It seems that the emperor has great ambitions!

There is such a monarch. Generally speaking, it is not good for the country to be powerful. But now the Ming Dynasty is booming. The money in the Ming Dynasty treasury is getting more and more years, and the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty are getting better and better every year. Zhu Xieyuan also has a letter from his family. He heard that because of the opening of the sea in Jiangnan, the family made money this year, which has exceeded the sum of the previous two years. From this, the economy of the Ming Dynasty is better than before.

Thinking of this, he suddenly came to the conclusion that the wars the emperor fought seemed to be profitable, not to make ends meet. For example, Donggo, the place closest to him and experienced the most.

The money that the court had paid for Dongwu was paid by the King of Tang, rather than from the treasury. Yunnan was originally a barren province, with refugees, fleeing people, and many people in poverty. But now, those poor people who were strong and strong have become part of the Tang King's army. They took their families to Dongwu, but they went to the Tang Kingdom, which greatly reduced the pressure on the court.

After the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, everything was in trouble. The Tang King used various things in the Tang Kingdom as collateral to borrow from the Yunnan Branch of the Ming Construction Bank, and private loans were also indispensable. At least the private money in Yunnan was mobilized, or in other words, the reconstruction of the Tang Kingdom directly led to the economy in Yunnan. The benefit was that it was a steady stream, not to mention that the court also controlled the valuable minerals in Mengmi and others.

According to the emperor's plan, after Annan conquered and granted it to King Fu, another Tang Kingdom would definitely drive the economy of the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zhu Xieyuan thought about it this way and felt that the future of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be infinitely bright. He even thought about it. The emperor was interested in Southeast Asia. Was he just thinking about enfeoffing more hungry vassal kings and then driving the Ming Dynasty's economy through the situation of the Tang Dynasty?

From then on, there will be no royal family in the Ming Dynasty to support it. All overseas countries are closely connected with the Ming Dynasty and drive the Ming Dynasty's economy. The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty seems to be far beyond all dynasties...

Thinking of this, Zhu Xieyuan was a little stunned. He was a little unimaginable in the future. The emperor's grand layout was even more amazing.

After a while, he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Old minister obeys the order!"

Emperor Chongzhen was also thinking about things. After seeing his reply, he chatted with him privately: "Now the quality of the flintlock gun of the Ming Dynasty and the quality of artillery cannons, I believe that it has surpassed the Xiyi in the East. However, the output is not high enough to be equipped with the entire army. By the end of the year, I decided to start building firearms in Yingtian Prefecture and equip the southern armies at that time. In this way, in terms of weapons, our Ming army will be more advanced and more useful than the Xiyi!"

As he said this, this matter was also set for one of the purposes of the southern tour. The range of the rifled flintlock rifle has been proven, and the rifled cannon has been put on the agenda. Even if it is not easy to do it, it will be done slowly. When fighting at sea, the ability to command generals is one aspect, and ships and cannons are also one of the most important reasons. In the future, this cannot be worse than others in fighting with Western barbarians.

After chatting with Zhu Xieyuan, Emperor Chongzhen began to think of the construction of internal affairs again.

The new Salt Law has been promulgated, but has not been implemented yet. After all, it was the Chinese New Year when it was promulgated. By the next year, the original salt government office will be reorganized and the salt farm will be reorganized, and there will be many things.

For example, the salt field is only collected taxes in the salt field, so the control of the salt field must be cautious. Not everyone can open a salt field, and they can give priority to taking care of the original salt field. The court needs to control several salt fields, and private capital can also open more salt fields, and then the two sides will compete. At that time, they must spend time on the production and quality of salt, and drive private capital to work hard in this regard.

In this way, the prospects that we will see will be seen. From then on, the salt that affects thousands of households will no longer be a burden on the people's expenses, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will no longer have to pay more salt and make careful calculations.

If the salt merchants in Jiangnan are more settled, then forget it. They can let them open a salt farm and use the money they have in their hands. They are still doing their jobs and will not change much. But if anyone only looks at the immediate interests, regardless of the intention to block the new salt law, don’t blame me for being rude!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, but he was already doing it. Originally, he had already divided the labor of the East Factory and the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei was mainly responsible for the military, while the Dongchang was the people's sentiment. But for this new salt administration, not only did the Dongchang send a large amount of manpower to the Lianghuai and Jiangnan, but even the Jinyiwei participated in the operation together. Wang Chengen, the Admiral of the East Factory, even went to Jiangnan with an imperial edict. Once a salt merchant broke the law, he had the right to mobilize the reformed army of the local garrison station to use it.

I hope everyone is in harmony and no one is trying to commit suicide! Emperor Chongzhen thought so and then left the chat group and listened to the queen and concubine talking happily. When he saw his eldest son Zhu Cilang, he suddenly began to think divergently again.

My son, in later generations, was at the age of kindergarten. He should have his teaching. He should learn new lessons, that is, scientific and technological knowledge. If the people in the world know this, they should be a role model and can accelerate the popularization of scientific and technological knowledge.

Besides, from another perspective, this eldest son is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but in this life, it is probably only the prince's life. It doesn't matter if he doesn't learn anything. He has studied in the ocean of science and technology knowledge in this life, which is a good destination. Well, then that's what he has arranged!

Poor Zhu Cilang didn't know that his fate was decided like this. However, this fate is much better than the original history!

Unlike the celebration atmosphere of the Forbidden City for the New Year, at this time, people were in panic on Tunangshan and had no intention of celebrating the New Year at all.

If it were in the past, Wan Cailian was the daughter of the Han Shang Dynasty. In order to show her power, the New Year was also very lively. But at this time, she looked at Shadingzhou with a frown, sighed, and asked with a little hope: "Young Master, you said that you would waste them to death by taking the Ming army around the mountains. But now, Amizhou is lost, and the Ming army is still following her in a dim spirit, without any hope of consuming death. You... do you have any other way to do it?"

At this time, Shadingzhou was no longer as calm as before. He looked tired and sighed, "Who would have thought that so many Ming troops would come. They had many soldiers and were blocked on important traffic roads, which restricted our transfer. What I didn't expect was that there were so many unruly people who were willing to lead the way for the Ming army, so that the Ming army was unfamiliar with the ability to follow us closely and bite us from time to time, alas..."

At this time, he felt a sense of powerlessness. In his heart, there was actually a sense of despair. The wife of Wan Cailian did not see it, but he saw that the troops that the Ming army bit was divided into different garrisons and did not fight to the death. They took a bite and retreated after seeing blood. He could feel that this was not a war, but was simply accompanying the Ming army to train troops.

The army in Amizhou had lost half of it, and many soldiers secretly lost their weapons and ran away. Even though the Tu Nongshan army on his side was under strict supervision, his morale was extremely low. He believed that no Ming army would attack again, as long as he kept biting, he could destroy his coalition.

What should I do in the future?

Thinking of this, Sha Dingzhou's eyes looked at Wancai Lian, and suddenly a hint of ruthlessness flashed through another. If he was desperate, he would dedicate her to the Ming army to make a punishment! Anyway, this woman was too troubled, and Amizhou's rebellion was instigated by her.

But he didn't know that after hearing his words, Wan Cailian saw that he couldn't come up with any way, and she also had an idea in her heart. Although she seemed to look at Sha Dingzhou gently, she was also thinking in her heart: It seems that there is no hope. Then he dedicated his head to Zhu Laopinfu, and he was just a weak woman, so he should be fine, right?

Thinking of this, she stood up and smiled and said, "Young Master, look at me, I haven't dressed up well on New Year's Eve. It's really rude. It's time to be happy, but we should be happy. Please wait, I will dress up soon."

"Haha, it's okay." Sha Dingzhou also smiled, nodded and said, "Go, it's time to have fun!"

However, when he saw Wan Cailian leaving, his face immediately became cold. He immediately called his own guard, arranged some confidants, hid behind the tent, and waited for his signal.

Not long after, Wan Cailian came back dressed up in a colorful manner. She never saw her frowning again. She smiled and seemed to have forgotten the situation in front of her. She was very enthusiastic and had a smile on her face. She even brought a glass of wine in person and insisted on having a glass of wine with Shadingzhou.

These two men and women have already been together as they did in history. Sha Dingzhou looked at Wan Cailian, who was as beautiful as a flower, and after a little hesitation in his heart, he agreed, and at the same time said to himself: "This is the last glass of wine, which is a gift for you!"

So, he followed the mercy of Wan Cailian and finished drinking the glass of wine. When he was about to put down the cup, he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach. He immediately said in shock: "You... are you poisoning?"

While speaking, he could no longer hold the wine glass and fell to the ground, making a "pop" sound, falling to pieces.
Chapter completed!