Even if he wants to regain the north, he has no hope of doing so!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen showed a wry smile in his eyes.
The Manchus were much more difficult to deal with than the intruders!
That is to say, Chongzhen has not read the script of the original history. He never expected that in the original history, as soon as the Qing army entered the pass, the intruders quickly collapsed.
He fled to Huguang, but when he was in Hubei, Li Zicheng was killed by farmers, and he was torn apart by the intruders.
After the intruders were torn apart, some of them defected to the Manchus, while others dispersed as birds and beasts.
The southern government was experiencing serious internal strife.
The Qing army basically went south without any effort.
If Zhang Xianzhong hadn't died suddenly, his adopted son Li Dingguo had defected to Nanming and helped Nanming barely maintain the situation for a period of time. Otherwise, Nanming would have been annexed by the entire Qing Dynasty!
Countless Han generals defected to the Manchus one after another.
Within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the number of Han Eight Banners even far exceeded that of the Manchu Eight Banners!
Emperor Chongzhen would never have thought of such a thing.
But these.
Zhu Cixiang knew very well that this was an important reason why Zhu Cixiang had always been very worried about the Manchus.
Emperor Chongzhen sat in front of the royal table, looked at the remaining government affairs in front of him, sighed slightly, and showed a trace of emotion in his eyes.
To be honest, there are some things that he really can't control.
The prince has done a very good job, but now that the situation has deteriorated to this extent, the war has not spread to Jiangnan, thanks to the prince's support from the front.
Otherwise, Li Zicheng would have already started trying to move his army southward!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much about Zhu Cihong's dispatch of troops.
"Tell the prince to let him take care of the military affairs! Then, the money, food and ships in the Jiangnan area have been sent to Shandong! Let him take care of himself!"
Chongzhen hesitated for a moment and said to a Jin Yiwei on the side.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Jin Yiwei slowly retreated.
The people connecting Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang were all the imperial guards under Zhu Cixiang.
Right now, Shandong.
Zhu Cixiang stood on the dock in Dengzhou.
Not far away, rows of huge ships were slowly approaching.
"Your Highness, this sea breeze is hurtful. Would you like to take a rest in the house next to it?"
Eunuch Li next to him hesitated for a moment and then said to Zhu Cixiang.
"No!"
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and looked at the approaching ship not far away.
The sea breeze was blowing, and Zhu Cixiang's thinking was very active at this time.
Since the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty, every step of my strategy has actually had problems, but at least there are no problems in the general direction.
Including the current construction of Shandong, there are no problems, but every step taken is not good enough.
It's not stable enough either.
But sometimes, there is nothing that can be done.
There is too little time, and every time it seems a bit rushed, it feels like rushing a duck to the shelves.
The most important reason is that it was too late when he traveled through time, and the entire Ming Dynasty was basically completely defeated by Chongzhen.
The city of Beijing is basically the same as an undefended city. There are too many young men!
Even Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War at the time, was the same! Not to mention Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo.
If it weren't for the system, Zhu Cixiang would probably be dead by now.
It's really hopeless.
Even if there is a system, this system does not seem to be as awesome as imagined, and its presence does not seem to be too strong.
But at least he helped himself and stabilized the situation.
As time goes by, the gears of history are going to return to their original places again. Is this the general trend?
So how should you break the situation?
Will Li Zicheng suddenly die suddenly like in the original historical plot?
Will these accidental events happen, and where should the gears of history go?
A hint of sigh flashed in Zhu Cixi's eyes.
Just as Zhu Cixiang was thinking about it, the ship not far away was already slowly docking.
"Your Highness! Shen Tingyang and the others have docked!"
The words of Eunuch Li next to him interrupted Zhu Cixiang's thoughts.
He raised his head subconsciously, and there were already ships parked at the port in front of him.
Shen Tingyang and several people quickly came to Zhu Cixiang.
"Admiral Shen Tingyang of the Navy, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Fujian General Soldier, Zheng Zhilong meets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Hearing what the two said, Zhu Cixiang showed a smile on his face. He looked past Shen Tingyang, with a smile in his eyes, and said with a smile to Zheng Zhilong beside him.
"Yiguan, Tingyang, please get back on your feet quickly!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The two people in front of them stood up slowly with respectful expressions on their faces.
Zhu Cixiang looked at Zheng Zhilong in front of him with a smile on his face.
"Yi Guan's achievements at sea can be said to be brilliant. The imperial court has never paid attention to sea power, but it has wronged Yi Guan!"
Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Zheng Zhilong's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
He didn't expect that His Highness the Prince actually knew the word Hai Quan!
At this moment, Zhu Cixiang continued with a look of emotion on his face.
"It's good that Yiguan was able to defeat the Dutch, a maritime power. But has Yiguan ever thought that the Dutch came to us on sea ships that traveled thousands of miles? Such a terrifying army and power projection! Our Ming Dynasty There is simply no way to do it!”
"right!"
Zheng Zhilong nodded, his eyes looking at Zhu Cixiang full of surprise.
When I heard Shen Tingyang say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has seen thousands of miles, I thought it was just a compliment. Although I agreed on the surface, I probably disagreed with it in my heart.
But I didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince in front of me would actually see everything clearly!
“These people send a large number of ships around the world to search for land and local indigenous people, and then use some very cheap items to obtain gold and silver from these indigenous people, take the land alive, and even obtain slaves, and then transport them back to the country for sale. , transport it abroad and sell it, you can get a lot of wealth!"
As he spoke, Zhu Cixiang showed an indifferent look on his face.
Zheng Zhilong and Shen Tingyang on the side were no longer surprised at this time.
Instead, it turned into shock. There was a look of shock in the eyes of the two of them. They looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of them with a look of disbelief in their eyes.
They really couldn't figure it out, His Royal Highness was only fifteen or sixteen years old, how did he know this???
Is there such education in the palace?
But it shouldn’t be! Aren’t His Highness the Prince surrounded by great Confucians?
Which great scholar knows this? Which great scholar can teach this?
The two of them looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of them with disbelief in their eyes.