Early the next morning, before Zhu Xu could go to the cabinet, Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong came together and blocked Zhu Xu in the imperial study room.

Zhu Xu was drinking porridge and looked at the two of them in surprise. This was the first time these two people came here early in the morning.

He put down the spoon and subconsciously said, "What happened?"

Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu's Qingzhu. He was extremely anxious, but he spoke very gently, saying: "The emperor, Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi at the same time, and major earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above occurred in all three provinces, and aftershocks continued, making the losses difficult to estimate. Also, the monitoring of the Imperial Heaven Supervision has caused the ground instability in the south of North and Zhili recently, which seems to be a precursor to the earthquake."

Zhu Xu frowned and wiped his mouth with a towel, his expression slightly calmed.

He remembered that there were many earthquake zones in the north, and there seemed to be many earthquakes in history. There seemed to be no good solution to earthquakes except to prepare in advance and leave the shelter.

But how accurate is this prediction? Time, location, and scope are hard to say, and there is no evidence to convince others.

"What was the cabinet planning?" Zhu Xu thought for a moment, then looked at Bi Ziyan and said.

Bi Ziyan also knew the uncertainty of this prediction, and even more understood the terrible destructiveness of the earthquake. He raised his hand solemnly: "I plan to prepare for the fortunes in various places to minimize the losses as much as possible."

Bi Ziyan's simple sentence conceals the irreproducible severity behind this plan.

Zhu Xu thought for a while and said, "Don't say too much, let the Imperial Heaven Supervision strictly keep it confidential. In this way, by taking advantage of the earthquake in Shaanxi and Sichuan, we will make a booklet, so that all localities can send people to every household to explain the methods of evading earthquakes. Be careful not to mention the possible earthquake in Northern Zhili..."

Bi Ziyan was stunned and immediately said, "I understand."

If everyone is told that the earthquake may be caused by Northern Zhili, it will be a big chaos and the court will not be spared.

Holding down this matter, Zhu Xu said again, "The earthquake in the Shaanxi-Sichuan land, let Mr. Fu go and do a good job of the aftermath, and comfort it...what else?"

Bi Ziyan came for this matter. He listened to Zhu Xu's words and said carefully: "The emperor, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Tianjin Wei reported that there are more than 1,800 ships going to sea this year, with more than 5,000 people, and the number is continuing to expand. I plan to take some control over this..."

Sometimes there are not so many complicated excuses and reasons for the "sea ban", that is, overseas is beyond the ability of the court, and they are all dark. Since this is the case, then just ban it and end it all.

Bi Ziyan's worries are basically the same.

The approval authority of sea trade, that is, the right to ships go to sea, is in the hands of the Foreign Affairs Bureau. The Foreign Affairs Bureau is divided into two parts: government and business. Some of the people of the "Zheng" are in the capital, Gong Yonggu is the main business and belongs to the cabinet. The part of the "Zheng" mainly involves maritime transportation, maritime trade, foreign trade, etc. The location is in Shenlong Mansion, and the Duke of Guo Zhang Guoji is responsible. In fact, the power is in the hands of Bumubutai.

Although Bumubutai has no status, everyone knows that the third prince in the palace was born by her. On the surface, Bumubutai is responsible for the Shenlong Mansion, and the real person behind it is Zhu Xu.

Therefore, Bi Ziyan did not act without action and came to ask for instructions.

Zhu Xu listened, picked up the porridge again and started eating slowly.

The sea ban has actually been lifted, and the people along the coast went to sea to fish, sea transportation, and trade were increasing. The ships Bi Ziyan mentioned refer to "oceans", ships going to Ryukyu, Annan, Luzon, old ports, and even further away. These ships are approved by the Shenlong Mansion and can be equipped with weapons according to the situation, including firearms. Many of the crew members on them are retired soldiers, with 5,000 people, which is already a considerable scale.

Zhu Xu could understand Bi Ziyan's concerns, and he disagreed. He smiled and said, "Well, I will consider this matter. Bumubutai will come to Beijing in June. I will hear what she said."

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan didn't say anything. He wanted to mention the matter in Jiangxi, but King Jing had already left the capital, so he stopped talking.

Zhu Xu looked at Sun Chengzong again and said, "Georgie Sun?"

Sun Chengzong raised his hand and said, "Emperor, something happened in the southeast. Feige of the Military Intelligence Department sent a letter. Siam suddenly sent troops, captured Nanzhang and other countries, annexed many places. The army directly pointed to Nan'an. Dorgon had already written an urgent letter. Although the memorial was on the way, it meant that he hoped to obtain full power to deal with invasions that could occur at any time. In addition, the situation in Myanmar is also suddenly changing, and the split situation has changed drastically, as if it is not far from unification. In this way, there will be only three forces left in the southeast Peninsula. The situation in Ming Dynasty, Siam, and Myanmar is not optimistic. The war between Myanmar and Ming Dynasty has not yet ended, and the border is still not calm... "

Zhu Xu thought it was a matter of Japan, but he didn't expect it to be the Southeast Peninsula.

This change surprised him a little. He thought that the surroundings were stable and he could concentrate on internal affairs, but something happened to the Southeast Peninsula.

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Xu's expression and said, "Emperor, I have made a deduction. Although Siam annexed the countries such as Nanzhang, they are unable to continue to expand in a short period of time. They have many conflicts in their country and there is still the possibility of falling apart. Although Myanmar has a tendency to accelerate unification, natural disasters are continuous and its forces are complex. I expect that within ten years, they will not be able to invade externally."

Zhu Xu slowly tapped his fingers on the table, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Chengzong and said, "No need to worry about anything. Dorgon... I originally planned to make him more stable, but now I am about to move."

Sun Chengzong knew that Dorgon was a knife that Zhu Xu had long buried in the Southeast Peninsula. Now that an unexpected situation in the southeast is happening, it is time to take it out.

"Dorgon has not stopped in recent years. In addition to the 20,000 cavalry of the Jurchens, there are also various other miscellaneous soldiers, with more than 50,000 people in total. Nan'annan has a fertile land and a dense population. I'm afraid there are still many people, money and food." Sun Chengzong pointed out directly.

Zhu Xu nodded, without any surprise, and smiled, "Don't he want to be fully in power? Give him the cannons he cast privately, the quality is too poor. Give him another fifty gunpowder, gunpowder, and some powerful ones. I have been raising this wolf for so long, it's time to see his fangs."

Sun Chengzong meant this, and it would be better to prevent the domestic and curb potential threats. However, he said, "Yes, I will arrange it. Also, the Japanese mission requested to leave Beijing today. They hoped to take Tokugawa Akihide, Tanaka Ichiro and others away."

Zhu Xu put down the porridge in his hand and said, "It's useless for me to keep it all. Isn't Tokugawa Imitsu to keep a low profile? I'm giving him this time, how are you preparing on Kyuko Island?"

Sun Chengzong said, "I have ordered the Satsuma clan to transport a lot of firearms to Yuancheng. Huashan Jiugao has quietly sent the two thousand people they trained in. It should be worry-free. Zuo Liangyu is still collecting Luo samurai from all over Japan and expanding his army. In three or five years, it should be no problem to expand to 20,000 or 30,000 people..."

"Okay, as long as Tokugawa Iemitsu admits his defeat, he will return it to him. The construction of the Takama Island is the main focus, so don't station many troops first. Suppress the conflicts on Kyuko Island first, let's wait with them..." Zhu Xu said.

Sun Chengzong said: "Yes. Then I will let the Japanese mission go back and authorize Cao Bianjiao to conduct final negotiations with the Japanese on Ma Island. Once they confirm the signing, they will submit it to the emperor as soon as possible."

Zhu Xu said 'yes' and said: "The pace of the cabinet's 'new policy' must be accelerated, and the 'military reform' of the General Office must continue to deepen. Now is a rare time of peace. We concentrate our energy and do our best to deal with the internal affairs, and we cannot be distracted..."

"Abide by the order!" Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong raised their hands together.

Zhu Xu's statement made them happy. Whether it was Sun Chengzong or Bi Ziyan, they always wanted to focus on internal affairs, but Zhu Xu has been planning to eliminate external threats. After nine years, the threats around him have been basically eliminated and he can concentrate on resting in the internal affairs.

Not long after, Tadatsutsu Aoyama, Nobuzumatsu and others left the capital, which was still extremely prosperous under the disaster. The two of them had the same expressionless face and the same thoughts.

Sitting in the carriage, feeling the ground was flat, Tadatsushi Aoyama, who was silent all the way, suddenly spoke, saying, "Izumo, what do you think the public side wants to do?"

Matsuhira Nobutsu was stunned. This was not obvious, and he looked at Tadatsu Aoyama for some unknown reason.

This time, the Ming Dynasty was just the right time to get stuck. The Tokugawa Izumi couldn't get up and down, and could only humiliate peace. This time, I agreed so happily, and it was nothing more than enduring for two or three years and going back on it.

But immediately, Matsupita Nobuka realized something and said, "Zhongjun Palace, are you saying that the public has other purposes?"

Tadsuke Aoyama nodded silently and said nothing more.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is different from his father, and even more so from his grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu. This man has no legacy, ability, means, and character in the Warring States Period. He is merciless to the daimyo in various places. With the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate, he is constantly reforming Japan. The most important one is to weaken the local areas and strengthen the shogunate, which is already very effective. In Japan, although the various vassals complained about the shogunate, no one has the ability to rebel.

How could such a person bow his head so easily?

Nobutsu Matsuhira was shocked and puzzled. Although he did not understand the military situation of the Ming Dynasty clearly, the size of the seven thousand people was definitely not the whole of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Japan was an island country and could not defend itself everywhere.

"Are you a navy?" Matsuhira Nobuzu whispered to himself. But he felt something was wrong. Matsuhira Nobuzu and Tokugawa Iemitsu had known each other for decades. He did not think that Tokugawa Iemitsu was the kind of ambitious person who was as ambitious as Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

‘What is that?’ Nobuzu Matsuhira was puzzled and planned to go back to Tokugawa Iemitsu for some discussion.

Japan is as calm as a pool of stagnant water, with calm surfaces and no one can see the situation inside. Even on Jiuguo Island and Guanmen Strait, it is silent and quiet and terrible.
Chapter completed!