When they heard that Zhu Youjian was going to discuss the Qing Dynasty, everyone's expressions turned solemn.
Only Qian Qianyi had an ambitious look on his face.
"Your Majesty! This Slave Jian is just a barbarian barbarian. Once the Great Ming Heavenly Army arrives, he will be invincible!
Your Majesty is wise and General Guan is mighty. The Ming army will definitely repeat the scene of iron horses trampling over the alliance!”
Zhu Youjian sneered and said,"Chief Qian, do you still remember Sa Er Hu?
Your words remind me of someone who suggested to the Shenzong Emperor that he should sweep through the enemy's nest and complete the task in one go.
The more they fought, the stronger this woman became. Now, the Qing Dynasty has won Mongolia, and the Ming Dynasty has lost North Korea. Qian Shou, tell me, how do you want to fight this war?”
"Your Majesty, although there are difficulties, this humble subject still believes that Great Ming will definitely eliminate Slave Jian!”
"Haha, Qian Qing is indeed loyal and heroic! Then let me ask you, even if we destroy the Qing Dynasty, who will rule Liaodong?
When Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire attacked the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom only killed a few hundred families.
In just a few hundred years, the Jurchen had risen again. I know that I am not as good as Genghis Khan, as good as Ogodai, as good as Qian Aiqing.
How do you think the Qing Dynasty can be completely wiped out?”
Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Qian Qianyi blushed and lowered his head in silence.
Qian Qianyi finally realized the real problem. This Chongzhen was a completely different person from the previous Chongzhen.
How could this Chongzhen see the problem so clearly and sharply?
Seeing that Qian Qianyi had become obedient, Zhu Youjian continued,""Now, the Qing Dynasty must be stabilized.
How could this civil strife be settled? I can't let the situation of being surrounded by bandits and having no choice but to transfer troops to save Liaodong happen again.”
The ministers immediately thought of Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and others.
Over the years, how many times had the intruders been surrounded and were about to be exterminated?
However, the war in Liaodong broke out. The imperial court could only send troops to Liaodong to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall.
In the end, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong found a hole and crawled out to surround them.
How could they not sigh when they had not won a great victory?
"Could it be that Your Majesty wants to sue for peace?" Qian Qianyi asked.
"Peace?" Zhu Youjian sneered,"If this Jurchen had only been a king before, I might have considered asking for peace."
Now, this Qing Dynasty is already a yellow-robed emperor. To compete with the Ming Dynasty for the world is intolerable!”
Upon hearing Zhu Youjian's determination, some of the officials were relieved of their worries.
Letting these officials sue for peace was not justifiable in terms of dignity and emotions.
"However, we can't take the initiative to send troops like before. Liaodong suffered from cold weather. In the Battle of Saerhu, the main force of the Ming army was lost.
My Great Ming didn't lose to Nurhachi, it was the cold winter and the supply of rations. So..."
Zhu Youjian looked at Yu Bao and Guan Shou.
Guan Shou closed his eyes and stroked his long beard."Imperial brother ordered me and Lord Yu to send troops to announce the great event.
They wanted to fight a war with the Mongolians and the Qing Dynasty in the Central Plains so that the Qing Dynasty wouldn't dare to send troops to attack.”
"Brother Yu is right."
Yu Bao also smiled and nodded. It seemed that the Emperor wanted to use a great victory to let the warriors of the Qing Dynasty slow down their pace of attack when they saw the Great Ming flag.
"Yu Qing, how many firearms and soldiers did General Zhou gather?”
"Your Majesty, the Divine Arms Battalion and the manufacturing office still have 100,000 long and short firearms. Among them, there are 30,000 that can be used.
In addition, there were 60 Hong Yi Cannons, 40 of which were stationed in the capital and 20 of which were available.
The Divine Arms Battalion still had ten thousand soldiers that could be mobilized.”
"Good, Yu Qing, you can take these people with you. Adding on General Guan's ten thousand cavalry, you are now the main force of my Great Ming!”
At this moment, Zhu Youjian still had more than 20 million taels of silver, which he had obtained from selling bonds and seizing Chen Yan and other officials.
However, he did not want to spend all his money on summoning yet. There were still many places where he needed money.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. General Guan and I will definitely not let Your Majesty down. We will protect the people and expel the North bandits.”
Zhu Youjian revealed a knowing smile. Two loyal officials, one wise and one brave. Such a golden partner would ensure that wherever they went, they would be invincible.
"Alright, now, we still need to deal with these refugees.”
"Your Majesty, these refugees are caused by a lack of food," said Qian Qianyi.
Now, even Taicang only had some military rations. It was difficult to maintain the food supply for disaster relief.”
What he said was true.
Zhu Youjian already had an idea and said confidently.
"Do you know about corn and sweet potatoes?"
Everyone looked at each other as if they did not know about these two things.
"When I was in Guangdong and Guangxi, I heard of these two things.
However, it was said that these corn and sweet potatoes were poisonous. If one ate them often, one would get sick.”
Zhu Youjian smiled and said," Alright, then I'll have to trouble Minister Chen to get some corn and sweet potatoes from Guangdong and Guangxi to share with the ministers."”
"Your Majesty, this thing is poisonous!" Chen Mingyu said in surprise.
The reason why the corn and sweet potato were said to be poisonous was because the corn and sweet potato had just been introduced to China not long ago. People were always suspicious of new things.
The widespread introduction of corn and sweet potatoes in China would only happen in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
And corn, especially sweet potatoes, was the most effective way to solve Great Ming's food problem within a few years.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty planted rice in the south and millet, millet, wheat, and beans in the north.
In a good year, one mu of land could produce a few hundred catties of grain.
One Mu of corn could easily produce 1,000 catties of corn, and one Mu of sweet potatoes could produce 6,000 to 7,000 catties of sweet potatoes. In a good year, one Mu of sweet potatoes could easily produce 10,000 catties of sweet potatoes.
Moreover, it was very easy to grow these sweet potatoes. They could grow on barren sand hills.
With corn and sweet potatoes, would the people still lack food?
He could even make some roasted sweet potatoes. However, at this time, he had to think of a way to promote the introduction of corn and sweet potatoes.
"Your Majesty, this corn and sweet potato are indeed not suitable for consumption!" Chen Mingyu said hesitantly.”
"Haha, Minister Chen, don't worry. Actually, I have eaten it. Look, isn't it like this?”
As he spoke, Zhu Youjian drew the appearance of corn and sweet potatoes.
"Your Majesty's painting is indeed corn and sweet potatoes! Did His Majesty really eat it?"
Chen Mingyu was very surprised. When had His Majesty ever seen such a thing?
"Minister Chen, not only have I seen and eaten it, I have also written a poem about corn and sweet potatoes.”
As he spoke, Zhu Youjian rolled his eyes and recited a limerick.
Red hearts and green vines spread all over the hills,
Osmanthus firewood and corn are sweet and paste the seedlings,
I'm proud of the spring and summer songs that wind blows,
diligent in weeding, busy in farming, wealth is comparable to merchants.
"Good poem!"
"Good poem!"
The ministers clapped their hands and cheered. They were not trying to flatter him, but they had not expected this.
The current Chongzhen was not only calmer, but he also had a lot of knowledge.
Such an imperial poem praised the corn and sweet potato. The people would definitely be at ease and boldly plant these two crops.
How could the food that even the emperor loved be bad?
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