At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 258

Ever since Zhu Qiyu left, Zhu Qizhen was very troubled.

He didn't want to review memorials every day besides eating and sleeping, but he couldn't find anyone to replace him.

He even tried to discuss with Cao Nai and Zhang Yi that the matter of reviewing memorials should be handed over to the cabinet.

In the end, Cao Nai said, if you don't approve, we both won't do it either!
What a joke, as the emperor and the king of a country, you don't even read the memorials, but you still govern the country, so lonely!

When conquering Mobei, leaving King Tan to supervise the country, it was reasonable to do this job.

Even if you went to Nanjing, even though you sneaked out, after all, you have defeated the Japanese pirates and wiped out Bailian.

As a result, now that King Qi has led his troops to fight, do you still want to put down the pick?
Faced with the strike threat from the cabinet, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to temporarily put away his small calculations.

On this day, Wynn sent a message that Shi Heng asked to see him.

Zhu Qizhen was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Xuan!"

Shi Heng has been to the country of Wo since the suppression of the Japanese invasion. The last time he sent a memorial to Beijing, he said that a large silver mine was discovered in the southern part of the country, near Ryukyu, which made Zhu Qizhen very excited.

At the beginning, the Japanese envoy Toyama Xiong came to Daming to ask for help, and it was agreed that the Japanese country would provide military expenses of 30 taels per month.

However, since it is a tiny country after all, it couldn't afford that much money, so it reached an agreement to exchange ports.

In recent years, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has expanded extremely rapidly, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. Although it has got a few ports, it has no manpower to go there for construction, so this matter has been put on hold for the time being.

Now that silver mines are discovered, it is different.

No matter how scarce manpower is, we still have to take part of it, and then hire workers from Japan, Ryukyu and other places. In any case, dig the mine first!

Shi Heng went to the hall, saluted and kowtowed: "Minister Shi Heng, salute the saint!"

"I'm safe!"

Zhu Qizhen threw away his pen and said: "The Qing family come forward and give me a seat!"

Wynn was more discerning, moved a Jindun early, Shi Heng got up and said: "I obey the order!"

"I've read the memorial sent by the Qing family, and it's a good job!"

Shi Heng bowed and said: "It's all arranged by the emperor. The emperor sits in the capital, planning strategies, decisive victory, decisive victory...what's the matter?"

Wynn whispered from the side: "The decisive victory is thousands of miles away!"

"Oh, yes, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, the emperor..."

"Okay, okay!"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly waved his hand to signal, and said: "It's not your strong point to read and chew words, let's talk about the Japanese country. I have already decided to recruit [-] households immediately, and go to the Japanese country with you to dig silver mines!"

Shi Heng asked with some doubts: "As far as I know, construction is going on everywhere now, where does the emperor plan to transfer people from?"

"This is easy to handle. I have decreed to abolish the household registration and change the original military households to recruit soldiers. In the past, a large number of military households were vacant. I am planning to arrange these people to go to Mobei, Annan and other places for construction. First, I will transfer some of them to you. Wan Hu, go find Yu Qian later and ask him to arrange it for you."

"Yes!"

Shi Heng agreed, and then said weakly: "Your Majesty, actually...that..."

"Just say something, why are you still hesitating?"

"What I mean, those silver mines...are in the territory of Wa after all..."

"Yeah, I didn't say it belonged to someone else."

"Then we..."

"We are going to help them open mines. Besides, it has been half a year since we promised to provide 30 yuan a month for military expenses. They only paid 60 yuan, and they used a few nasty seaports to fool me. They Is it appropriate to do this?"

"No, it's not appropriate!"

"Also, do they have the ability to develop such a large silver mine? I'm helping them open the mine now. As for the distribution of the proceeds...you can talk about it. I'll leave the matter over there to you. I trust you! "

Shi Heng was flattered immediately, and hurriedly knelt down to salute: "I will definitely live up to the grace of God!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hands and said, "Get up and talk back!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Shi Heng was shocked. The Japanese country was isolated overseas, and he had a dark history of rebellion. It stands to reason that the emperor should limit himself as much as possible, and at the same time send some people to watch him every day.

However, the power given to him by the emperor is almost comparable to that of a vassal king!

The lord of the Wa Kingdom is the lord of a country. Whenever he sees himself, he must be cautious and submissive. Even if he is the vassal king of Ming Dynasty, he is nothing more than that!

He considers himself a warrior, and now he can only do his best to repay the king's kindness.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do."

"What's the matter?"

"I'm going back to Beijing this time, and I'm bringing a person with me."

"Oh, who?"

"Ezo King Ainu!"

"Ezo Kingdom..."

Zhu Qizhen frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly realized, isn't it Hokkaido!
It seems that in this era, the Ezo Kingdom has not been annexed by the Wa Kingdom, and is an independent island country.

In fact, the Wa Kingdom originally had only three islands, the Ezo Kingdom in the north, and the Ryukyu Kingdom in the south, which coexisted with the Wa Kingdom.

Even if there are only three islands, they are not united. The situation is similar to that of the vassal states in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Just like a village.

On the surface, these commanding countries obeyed the orders of the Japanese monarch, but in fact they fought on their own, and even conquered each other.

The so-called Warring States Period in later generations is the village-level chaos between these sixty ruling countries.

It's just that it's not clear what the current situation in this Ezo country is.

"What happened to the Ezo country?"

Shi Heng replied: "Your Majesty, there is a daimyo in the northernmost part of the country of Wa. In recent days, he has frequently sent troops to attack the country of Yezo. Book, claiming to be willing to belong to Daming, and hope to get asylum from Daming."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, it turned out that it was a younger brother looking for his thigh.

"Wynn!"

Wynn hurried forward: "Please order, Your Majesty."

"Go to the Hanlin Academy and ask, who knows the Yeyi Kingdom, let him come here quickly, I have something to ask!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, an old Hanlin really came and started talking.

According to historical records, Ezo Island has a large area, but most of the island is in an extremely cold place, and only the narrow strip in the south is inhabited.

The residents on the island are still in the era of tribal alliances. They have their own language and religious beliefs, and their various living customs are obviously different from those of the Wa country. Even the Wa country is called a barbarian.

So far, the Ainu people have never paid tribute to the Central Plains, and Daming has no time to contact them in detail, because they look down on them.

That old Hanlin knew only so much, because there were really too few records about the Yeyi Kingdom.

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen shook his head secretly, although there was no one there, but there were mines!
(End of this chapter)