Seeing Zhu Zhanji enter the house, Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing stood up and respectfully clasped their fists and saluted. "Minister Jigang, Zhuang Jing, I have seen His Highness."

"No need to be polite, but are you ready to go to Dongying? Sit......"

There was no one else in the house, so Ji Gang didn't sell it, and when Zhu Zhanji sat on the chair, he also sat down and said: "This time I went with the merchant ship of the internal supervisor, but the minister didn't have to bother. The minister came today, just for the dozens of Dongying students and diplomatic envoys who are now rebelling against Jinyiwei. Now that Dongying's internal affairs have been cleared, except for more than ten people who are left to lead the way, how should the rest of the people be handled? ”

Today's Ming Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and there are countless traitors who have admired the culture of the Celestial Empire for a long time. After many Dongying students arrived in Daming, they wore Daming clothes, spoke Daming words, and were ashamed of being Dongying people.

According to incomplete statistics, there are now more than 5,000 Dongying people living in Yingtianfu, most of them are nobles of Dongying, and some even settle in Yingtianfu with their families and no longer return to Dongying for various reasons.

So it's very easy to find some Japanese traitors from these people and lead the party out.

Many Dongying aristocrats even cried and shouted that the Ming Dynasty would "liberate" Dongying, and they were more enthusiastic than the Ming people.

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a while and said: "No, these people can't be killed, when the big thing in Dongying has been completed, they still need to stand at the south gate, and the bones of the gold city." Let all Dongying people know that as long as they take refuge in my Daming, they will enjoy endless glory and wealth. ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji revealed a little more information to Ji Gang. "In addition to the abundance of minerals, the land is barren, and the people live in misery. However, the population of Dongying is what I am in short supply of today. In the future, I will develop overseas desert islands in Daming, and I will need a large number of people, and every Dongying person will be useful to Daming. ”

Ji Gang understood a little, and said: "The minister understands, when His Highness's major affairs have been accomplished, you can be driven by Dongying people for my Ming Dynasty and conquer overseas." Then, these Dongying students and envoys will be very useful. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "You sneaked into Dongying this time, and you can't be in a hurry, the important thing is to promote the disturbance of my Ming Dynasty by the Dongying Japanese gang." In addition, it is necessary to contact the native people of Ezo and surrender to my Daming. ”

Ji Gang bowed and said, "The minister will not live up to the trust." ”

Ezo is later known as Hokkaido, and today this large island has nothing to do with Toei, and the population on it is very small, with only a few Ainu people living on the island.

The Ainu are quite different from the Oriental race, but they are sparsely populated, so it is not difficult to assimilate.

Zhu Zhanji has no interest in Dongying, because except for the Kanto Plain, Dongying is almost all mountainous. The land is barren and the population is large, and even if it is knocked down, it will be a burden.

But he is well versed in history and knows very well that he must not take this country lightly. Officially, because of the harsh living environment, they all have a strong yearning for the mainland.

As long as it grows up, it is a vicious wolf.

Although he didn't want to fight down, he thought that the population over there was a burden, but Zhu Zhanji also wanted to use these people to help Daming, so it was really beneficial to Daming to carry out conditional containment and utilization.

Occupy Hokkaido, leaving only the three islands of Honshu to Dongying, and then Hokkaido from the north, Ryukyu, the most loyal little brother of the Ming Dynasty from the south, and the Ming Dynasty to the west, surround them on three sides, and they will not be able to turn the sky.

The impoverished life will allow their young people to work for the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation, earning their demographic dividend, without having to accept their burdens.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty can also open a channel and naturalize the Dongying people who have made great contributions, so that they will not have the slightest heart to resist.

Hokkaido was very important in Zhu Zhanji's plan, because in addition to the small number of people and the vast land, there was also the sulfur that was currently in short supply in the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is burning cement to build roads, including the development of the Beimingshan copper mine, as well as the expanding Shenji Battalion, all of which require a large amount of gunpowder.

Sulfur will be one of the most important military supplies of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

Zhu Zhanji was about to tell Ji Gang about Dongying again, but saw the little eunuch Wei Ming enter the reception room under the leadership of Li Liang.

Wei Ming was a little eunuch on duty in Xingqing Palace, and he came out to find Zhu Zhanji at this time, obviously because something had happened. However, his face was normal, so Zhu Zhanji had nothing to worry about.

These eunuchs have lived in the palace since they were children, and they are absolutely incomparable to no one. They often have a single expression, the way they walk, can directly reveal a lot of information.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, Wei Ming bowed down and reported: "Your Royal Highness, Jin Shangshu went, Your Majesty remembered that there was no one to preside over his family, so he ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to preside over the funeral. ”

"Okay, Lone knows, did you bring plain clothes?"

"The slave and maid have brought, as well as the rituals of the Taimiao."

Jin Zhong is also a strange person. This person was born in the Ningbo Wang family, but his family fell into the middle of the road and experienced hardships when he was young. He has studied the I Ching divination deeply since he was a child, and only at the age of thirty-three did he get the news that he had become a second brother in the military, and left home with his wife to join the second brother.

But his second brother died soon, and he was made up by Zhu Di for his eldest brother's military household, and later became the chief of Yanwang's mansion.

Later, together with the recommender Yao Guangxiao, he was also the main planner of Zhu Di's "Jingjing". Later, he followed the army to conquer, praised military affairs, and strategized, and was Zhu Di's right-hand man, and the official was the chief of the palace.

Later, he assisted Zhu Gaochi, and when Zhu Zhanji was ten years old, he specially taught Zhu Zhanji for two years.

He disagreed with Confucianism, admired Taoism, and had a good relationship with Yao Guangxiao of Buddhism.

And this person can be said to be a rare Qing official in the early Ming Dynasty, he was more than 50 years old when he was the secretary of the military department, no children and no daughters, there is a male servant at home, maids, concubines, usually the old lady takes care of the housework herself, lived, lived very simply, and used the surplus money to help the poor.

Until last year, Zhu Di took pity on him for having no children and forced him to take a concubine by issuing a holy decree.

Jin Zhong had no choice but to obey the order and find a virtuous Zhao family who is very good at running a family to make a partial house. Until a few months ago, Zhao gave birth to a son Jinda for him. Zhu Zhanji also came to congratulate him at that time, but he never thought that he heard the news of his death today.

At this time, the weather was hot, and Zhu Zhanji changed into a plain cyan robe with the help of two little eunuchs, except that the golden crown on his head could represent his identity, which was not much different from ordinary students.

He explained to Ji Gang and said: "Today, you go back first, take you to set off for a thousand days, and then I will practice it for you." Other...... You choose a few reliable Dongying students, and I will meet them by the way, so that they can work more hard for you. ”

Ji Gang originally had this intention, but he didn't dare to mention it to Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji is the grandson, and although those Dongying students and envoys are nobles, they are inferior as foreigners, and the identity of Zhu Zhanji's grandson is too far away.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji took the initiative to mention it, he hurriedly thanked him, as long as Zhu Zhanji showed his face, those Dongying people were afraid that they would not want to pay their hearts and lungs to help him.

"The minister also has a lot of dealings with Jin Shangshu, so I should go and put a stick of incense on him today."

Together, they left the naval headquarters and rode to the Golden Mansion not far from the Drum Tower. This place is close to Guozijian, and it is also a lively place in Yingtianfu, and the guards dare not be sloppy, and the cordon is far away.

The golden house is not big, it looks a little shabby, and it doesn't look like the residence of a second-class master at all.

Because the Jin family has no one in charge, Zhu Di has already ordered Yousi to be responsible for the funeral. Although Zhu Gaochi has a name, he is the prince of a country, of course, he will not be in charge of everything personally, not to mention, his body can't stand this.

Seeing that the Jin family is so shabby, the family is old and small, and it is sad. Jinda, who was only a few months old, had no idea that he had lost his father, and slept soundly in the chanting of Taoist priests.

Jin Zhong's old wife is also in her sixties, but her body looks fine. Zhu Zhanji comforted her and said, "I wonder if Master Shangshu arranged family affairs before he went?" ”

Mrs. Jin cried: "I don't dare to care about His Royal Highness, my grandson suddenly fell ill, and he didn't leave a word." However, with his own Da'er and a little savings at home, he can still survive Da'er's adulthood. ”

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a moment and glanced at Zhao. Zhao is not very old and does not know much, so he only cries at this time when he hugs Jinda.

Zhu Zhanji looked at her like a proper person, so he said: "Jin Shangshu has been a public servant all his life, and he is a model for hundreds of officials. He passed away, but the Jin family could not decline because of this. If there is a lonely day, you can take care of the Jin family for a day, and after the funeral is over, I will leave a small courtyard with your family in the farm outside the city, so that you can raise the gold for a year with peace of mind. When he grows up, whether he wants to study or practice martial arts, Lone will take care of him. ”

This promise is not light, although Jinda is still young, but as long as he does not die young, he will definitely soar in the future.

A room full of people knelt down like Zhu Zhanji to thank him, and Zhu Zhanji said to Zhao again: "You can raise Jinda with peace of mind, and when he is weaned, whether you want to keep Jin Shangshu or want to have another husband, as long as you take care of Jinda, Lone will not leave you alone." ”

Zhao also thanked again and again, unable to speak.

In this era, it is not easy for a young daughter-in-law like Zhao to remarry, and it is not easy to be widowed.

In ordinary peasant households, a woman must remarry if her husband dies, and widowhood is not allowed. He is a concubine of Shangshu, not a wife, if there is no one to support him, anything may appear.

Mrs. Jin may be okay, if Mrs. Jin dies, she doesn't want to remarry, and she may be forced to remarry, or she wants to remarry, and some people don't allow her to remarry.

gave them a reassuring pill, and some officials who came to pay their respects also praised Zhu Zhanji for his benevolence and remembrance of the old feelings.

He also instructed the officials of the Ministry of Rites to work hard and take care of the Kim family. When Zhu Zhanji was about to leave, several officials in official uniforms came in from outside the house.

Today is not a day off, and it is not time to go to the next hall now, so Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but look at it twice.

The appearance of the leading person is somewhat familiar, but Zhu Zhanji is not too impressed. On the contrary, when this person saw Zhu Zhanji, he paused for a moment, and took the lead in saluting Zhu Zhanji: "Chen Cheng, a member of the ministry, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Taisun. ”