When they heard the emperor speak so easily, neither Hong Chengchou nor Lu Xiangsheng could help but feel silent for a while. But the two of them soon came to their senses.

In recent years, there were indeed many rebellions. The rebellion of the chieftains in the northwest and southwest was also very large, affecting many surrounding provinces; there were also the rebellion of bandits, which caused trouble to Qin and Jin, as well as the Central Plains, and even the Fengyang Imperial Tombs were excavated; however, the biggest thing was that the Jianlu rebellion in Liaodong was almost uncontrollable. At the most terrible time, the capital was in danger and had to serve the kings across the country. The territory controlled by Jianlu was not only Liaodong, but also the entire Mongolian grassland and Korea, all surrendered to Jianlu.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty actually attached great importance to the Jianlu in Liaodong, and almost treated Jianlu as an opponent of a country. The whole country's efforts have been busy for twenty or thirty years to destroy the Jianlu in Liaodong.

Therefore, for Hong Chengchou or Lu Xiangsheng, it was quite exciting to not sleep all night and sit and watch Jianlu destruction.

However, for the emperor, the She'an Rebellion in the northwest did not count. Other rebellions, including the thieves that had already sparked a prairie fire, or the Jianlu Rebellion that vaguely competed with the Ming Dynasty and defeated the Ming Dynasty, were all suppressed by him. In a full plan, the emperor took action to calculate it from the 12th year of Chongzhen, which only took six years in total. In the middle, he also wiped out the thieves, resisted disaster relief, rectified the officialdom, punished the unscrupulous businessmen, etc.

By counting this, it seems that destroying Jianlu is not a big deal for the emperor!

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other, both smiled, and then bowed and replied: "Abide by the will!"

After saying that, Hong Chengchou added with a smile: "I will not hide it from your Majesty. It is really a great feeling for me to destroy this Jianlu. I can't sleep for a night and I feel it's worth it to entertain me."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and pointed his finger at him, but did not say anything about him again.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was beside him, became serious and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Water invaded Korea, is his majesty's intention to not only defeat these Japanese troops, but also attack across the sea and conquer Japan?"

At this time, the eunuch with him had already brought a high-backed chair. Emperor Chongzhen sat down. He first looked at Shenyang City, which was still very fire in the distance, and then looked at Lu Xiangsheng, nodded and said, "Water is located in the four major islands, and can still support a lot of people with care, at least more than Jianlu in his heyday."

As he said this, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Shenyang City with his finger. Then he looked at the two confidant ministers in front of him and continued: "Once the country is strong and the population is limited by the sea, he will definitely not be willing to be on the island forever. Their covetousness of the mainland cannot be changed by time. It happened in the Wanli period before, and there will be the same in the future. If one day, when the Japanese country is strong and the Ming Dynasty is in civil turmoil, the Japanese country will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to enter and then seek the Ming Dynasty. Since this is the case, I will destroy the Japanese country while the Ming Dynasty is strong!"

This was the first time that Hong Chengchou heard Emperor Chongzhen be so open and honest, and he couldn't help but be surprised. He felt that the emperor had a great ambition and actually thought of this level and was ready to do it.

Lu Xiangsheng was a little better than Hong Chengchou. Because he had already realized from Emperor Chongzhen's decree that the emperor cared about Japan very much.

At this time, after hearing Emperor Chongzhen's statement so clearly, Lu Xiangsheng immediately replied: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable. In this way, I am willing to be your vanguard and siege the Kingdom of Japan!"

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he saw the emperor's face showing admiration, and he couldn't help but glance at Lu Xiangsheng, and couldn't help but say in his heart: "Jiandou, Jiandou, have you forgotten that you are a civil servant, not a military general!"

Thinking of this, he immediately expressed his opinion and replied: "My martial arts on this battlefield are not as good as him, but your Majesty's will, I will do my best!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this. At this time, the eunuch had already set up a table next to him, poured tea, and the temperature was just right.

Emperor Chongzhen reached out and picked it up, sniffed a little, and after thinking for a while, he said a little serious: "The two beloved ministers are my right-hand men, so I have some ideas, so I can talk to them!"

When they heard this, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng were immediately shocked. They knew that what the emperor said next must be very important, so they immediately focused and listened in a slight manner, throwing the excitement of Chenyang City behind their heads.

"About this, since the end of Wanli, the natural disasters in my Ming Dynasty have been continuous, with floods in the south and droughts in the north, locust plagues and plagues, etc., all of them are endless." Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said seriously, "Why is this happening, do you know?"

This problem immediately stumped Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou. If it were to be said in general, some people would say that the emperor had lost his virtue, which caused the heaven to be angry and caused disasters.

However, now in front of the emperor, and they are not ordinary people, they believe this kind of thing.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Lu Xiangsheng replied: "Your Majesty, this is the cycle of reincarnation in heaven. According to historical records, disasters from heaven are common!"

"I am stupid, please help Your Majesty solve the doubts!" ​​Hong Chengchou was simply guessing what the emperor would say, and replied directly.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said to them: "These natural disasters are all caused by the cold weather. The specific connection between them involves a lot of natural knowledge, so I will not explain it in detail..."

It’s true that Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng were really waiting for the emperor to give them a convincing explanation. Unexpectedly, the emperor said this, as if they were afraid that they would waste the emperor’s verbal talk, so they just skipped over. Suddenly, the two Jinshi couldn’t help but take a look at each other.

But they really didn't doubt it. As for what the emperor said about natural knowledge, the emperor said that he was the second, but who could say that he was the first? This is definitely not about identity issues, but knowledge.

"...I call this kind of natural disaster period the Little Ice Age." Emperor Chongzhen didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. Even if he was facing one of the smartest people in the Ming Dynasty, he believed that if he explained it, it would confuse these two ministers. Therefore, he simply did not say it and directly concluded, "As Lu Qing said, there are historical records, I can assert that together with the Ming Dynasty, there were four Little Ice Ages this time!"

As he said this, he stretched out his left hand and counted: "The end of the Yin and Shang dynasties to the early Western Zhou dynasties were the first Little Ice Age, the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Western Jin Dynasty was the second Little Ice Age, the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the early Northern Song Dynasty was the third Little Ice Age, and now, it is within the fourth Little Ice Age!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's face became very serious and he said seriously: "The weather has dropped sharply in these Little Ice River periods, causing floods in the south and droughts in the north, and a large amount of grain harvests. The consequences caused by this are both well-known to history, so I don't need to say anything about it."

Hearing his explanation, he thought that the emperor attributed the current period to why the period that triggered the change of dynasties was the same. Both Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng became very serious.

"The two beloved ministers have also seen the situation in the Ming Dynasty." Emperor Chongzhen said this and said with emotion, "I am already working hard to save the disaster and barely maintain the current situation. But what's next? If the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the people will be rich and the population will definitely increase. Then what? The demand for food is greater, right?"

Hearing this, although Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng understood this truth, they were pointed out by Emperor Chongzhen at this time that the consequences of the country's peace and stability were speechless. Could it be that there was still a mistake in the country's peace and stability...

Emperor Chongzhen ignored what they were thinking and continued: "I have introduced a lot of new crops, which can be planted outside the grain fields to supplement the shortage of food. I have also purchased a large amount of grain from Nanyang, and have been continuously replenishing domestic needs. But for now, I have tried my best. However, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I must be prepared for danger in times of peace and solve the food problems caused by the increase in the population caused by the health of the people in advance, right?"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou replied sincerely: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and I admire you very much."

"Your Majesty in the Ming Dynasty is actually a blessing for the people!" Lu Xiangsheng also sighed deeply, without any intention of being artificial.

Emperor Chongzhen pretended not to hear the words of the two of them and continued to explain to them: "Therefore, I want to expand my territory and open up the territory of survival for the people of the Ming Dynasty. There are enough grain fields and enough food to produce enough food. In this way, I can survive this Little Ice Age!"

Before they could speak, Emperor Chongzhen immediately continued: "There is this meaning to conquer the Kingdom of Japan, and to the extent that I conquer Japan, I also have this meaning, but to be honest, I don't like the island of Japan. In addition to the reasons I told you and the other two of you before, there is another very important reason!"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng could guess according to Emperor Chongzhen's intentions that they should have expanded territory for the people of Ming Dynasty. However, did the emperor say that they looked down on the island of Japan? What is this very important reason?

Curious, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, why is it so important?"

Hong Chengchou was on the side, and although he didn't say anything, he nodded slightly. He was also curious about the reason the emperor wanted to say.

At this time, the two of them had already forgotten the Jianlu of Shenyang City, and their whole mind was concentrated around the emperor. Even the eunuch serving next to them secretly listened with his ears.

Emperor Chongzhen did not keep it a secret, but pointed his hand at Dongfang and told them.
Chapter completed!