When he heard this, the ministers below began to whisper again.

"As soon as the war comes, food consumption has increased dramatically, which is indeed a problem!"

"No, Hetao is also short of food, and it's a headache!"

"There are also the Liaodong Han people who withdrew from our Ming Dynasty last time. They opened their mouths and wanted food. This part was unplanned."

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Among these people discussing, only the eunuchs in the Silijian were silently and no one spoke. But those eunuchs with pens would secretly look at the eunuch Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was on the palm and seal, and observe their expressions.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to the discussion below and understood that this was indeed a difficult problem. He suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask: "Are there any reply from all countries in Southeast Asia?"

Hearing this, Wen Tiren knew that the emperor was asking the Nanyang countries to pay tribute to food. As the chief minister, he made a speech: "Your Majesty, no reply is seen!"

After saying that, seeing that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have signs of getting angry, he quickly added: "Your Majesty, the journey of Nanyang is long, maybe my envoy of the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached it. It is not necessarily that the countries in Nanyang do not want to pay tribute!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned slightly. He did not deny that this situation might exist. But it is hard to say what exactly is!

At this moment, Wang Chengen said, "Lu Zhongcheng said that Zheng Zhilong Ginseng was by his side, and said that there were many pirates in the South China Sea and the activities of Western barbarians. My Ming envoy may not be able to safely reach the South China Sea countries. And even if the South China Sea countries want to pay tribute, they may encounter robbery."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately remembered that Zheng Zhilong had said before that the southernmost part of the Annan Peninsula, the rebel generals of the Li Dynasty colluded with the Flangji people. Calculate the time, at this time, European countries had also begun to colonize Nanyang!

What a pity that the Ming Dynasty has not yet been sorted out, so I can only watch those European colonists occupying territory!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's thinking jumped again. The most important reason for these European colonists came from thousands of miles to seek wealth! Since this is the case, the Ming Dynasty wanted to open a ban on sea, wouldn't it be mutually beneficial and win-win?

After thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it a little more, and immediately felt that there was a chance. He immediately entered the chat group and chatted with Sun Chuanting privately and said: "The imperial edict for the sea ban will be announced to the world. One of Sun Qing's important responsibilities is to allow overseas countries to transport grain to the Ming Dynasty. Among them, you can contact the Netherlands... the Red Barbarians, and the Folang Ji people, let them transport grain to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the silk, tea, ceramics and other things they want."

Speaking of this, he was afraid that Sun Chuanting would not understand enough, so he emphasized: "The Ming Dynasty urgently needed food and needed a large amount of food. Do you understand?"

Sun Chuanting immediately learned about the group leader’s private chat, so he replied immediately: “I understand, I will do this immediately!”

However, Emperor Chongzhen was still anxious about food, so he issued an order directly: "In this way, the people of the Zheng family are familiar with the Hongyi side. If you ask the people of the Zheng family to contact them and ask them to send people to Fujian to negotiate. In addition, the people of the Folang Ji are staying in Macau, so you will go there in person. If they do not agree, or want to bargain and try to eat meat from the Ming Dynasty, they will lead the local government, drive them into the sea, and prohibit them from going to the Ming Dynasty again!"

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was a little surprised. He did not expect that the emperor would ask him to go to Guangdong and Macau to supervise the matter.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Emperor Chongzhen remind him again: "There should be missionaries among these Western barbarians. My previous request, those missionaries have been expelled from me to agree. Their influence is great among Western barbarians. However, no matter how big it is, it cannot defeat the attractiveness of wealth. You must grasp the size of this. In addition, I can tell you that if the specialties of the Ming Dynasty are transported to the Western barbarians, it will be huge profits. As long as the quantity is large, it will be attractive enough for Western barbarians!"

At this time, in Europe, politics and religion should be mutually exploited. As long as there are enough interests, it is not a problem to make them turn against each other. What's more, those colonists are mostly greedy for money.

Sun Chuanting did not dare to neglect the emperor's personal instructions, so he immediately agreed and began to arrange the matter.

At this time, in the Wenhua Hall, because Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be stunned, the ministers who had been talking for a while had gradually reached an agreement. It seemed a bit difficult to make Jianlu not send troops in winter.

Then Liu Xingzuo said, "Governor Hong said that he would try his best to send Mongolians to patrol the eastern grasslands at night, and try to prevent Jianlu from exploring the virtual and realities of Guihua City!"

The meaning of this is actually nothing more than Hong Chengchou also understood that the court could not hold Jianlu, so he could only hope to isolate Jianlu's horses. But the grassland was boundless, so how could it be possible to truly isolate Jianlu's horses? What's more, Huang Taiji's determination was very great, and those horses must have tried every means to investigate.

After hearing this, some were silent, some nodded slightly, and that was the only way. Wen Tiren even thought about it and wanted to report it correctly, demanding that the Qin and Jin disaster victims be reduced to the Hetao area.

But at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly spoke, "I know that food is the most scarce material in my Ming Dynasty. But in the battle of Liaodong, we must fight, and the main force of Jianlu must be dragged in Liaodong. That's better..."

Hearing what he said, the ministers in Wenhua Hall were all paying attention. Especially Bi Ziyan, he looked even more distressed. The emperor was determined to beat him, and he, the Minister of Revenue, would be worried about losing his hair.

"The Jianlu has no food either. If they want to go on an expedition to Hetao, they will also need a large amount of military supplies, especially food. For this reason, the slave chief also issued an order to ask North Korea to collect food and grass as much as possible to send it." Emperor Chongzhen said this, smiled slightly, and suddenly said firmly: "If we cut off these foods, it will not only alleviate the supply of Liaodong military food, but also aggravate the food crisis of Jianlu. What do you think?"

The ministers below did not expect that the emperor was talking about this, and they could not help but nodded when they heard it. If they could really cut off these foods, the benefits would definitely be obvious.

Wang Chengen immediately spoke, "Lu Zhongcheng said that he must do his best and set off immediately and lead the cavalry camp to Dongjiang!"

Hearing this, Minister of War Shen Yongmao couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't Jianlu keep his troops in North Korea, just to guard against the Dongjiang Army? Moreover, Lu Zhongcheng had intercepted their food before. Now, Jianlu would be unprepared and could he defeat Jianlu and intercept the food?"

It is obvious that Jianlu is not a fool, so how could he make the same mistake again and again? Besides, these foods are very important to Jianlu, and they must be guarded against the Ming army in Dongjiang!
Chapter completed!