Since Zhu Qiyu left, Zhu Qizhen has been very troubled.

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

He even tried to discuss with Cao Nai and Zhang Yi, and just leave it to the cabinet to approve such a thing.

As a result, Cao Nai said, if you don't approve it, the two of us won't do it!

What are you kidding, as an emperor and the king of a country, you don't even watch it, you still govern the country and treat loneliness!

When he conquered Mobei, it was reasonable to leave King Yu in charge of the country, and it was reasonable to do this job.

Even if you run to Nanjing, although you sneak out, after all, you can calm the Japanese and destroy the White Lotus, it can be regarded as a serious matter, and it is reasonable.

As a result, now that King Yu has led his troops to fight, do you still want to pick a pick?

Faced with the threat of a strike by the cabinet, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to temporarily put away the small abacus in his heart.

On this day, Huai'en sent a message, and Shi Heng asked to see him.

Zhu Qizhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Xuan!"

Since the pacification of the Wa troubles, Shi Heng went to the Wa Kingdom, and last time he sent the music to Beijing, saying that it was in the south of the Wa Kingdom, near the Ryukyus, that a large silver mine was discovered, which made Zhu Qizhen very excited.

At the beginning, the Japanese envoy Tomiyama Xiong came to Daming to ask for help, and said that the Japanese state would provide military expenses, 300,000 taels per month.

However, after all, it is a small country, and it can't take out so much silver, so it reached an agreement to exchange Hong Kong ***.

In recent years, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has expanded very rapidly, and there is a shortage of people everywhere, although it has obtained a few ports, but there is no manpower to carry out construction in the past, so this matter has been temporarily shelved.

Now that silver is discovered, it's different.

Even if manpower is scarce, some of it will be sucupial, and then workers will be hired from Wakoku, Ryukyu and other places, and in any case, the mines will be dug first!

Shi Heng went to the temple and bowed: "Minister Shi Heng, ask the Holy Bow!"

"I'm safe!"

Zhu Qizhen threw the pen in his hand and said, "The Qing family came forward and gave me a seat!"

Huai En was more discerning, and moved a brocade pier early, Shi Heng got up and said, "The minister obeys the order!"

"I've seen the music sent by the Qing family, and I've done a good job!"

Shi Heng bowed and said, "It's all arranged by the emperor, the emperor sits in the capital, strategizes, decisively, decisively...... What's going on?"

Wynne whispered to the side, "Win a thousand miles away!"

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

"Alright, alright!"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Dragging and chewing words is not your strong point, let's talk about the affairs of the Wa Kingdom, I have already decided, immediately requisition 10,000 households, go to the Wa Kingdom with you, and dig silver mines!"

Shi Heng asked with some confusion, "As far as the minister knows, construction is being carried out everywhere now, where is the emperor going to transfer people from?"

"This is easy to do, I have issued an order to abolish the household registration, and change the original military households to recruit soldiers, in the past, a large number of military households were idle, I am preparing to arrange for these people to go to Mobei, Annan and other places to engage in construction, first transfer 10,000 households to you, and then you go to Yu Qian and let him arrange it for you."

"Yes!"

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

"If you have something to say, why are you still spitting?"

"What do you mean, those silver mines...... After all, it's in the territory of the Japanese country......

"yes, I didn't say it was anyone else's."

"Then we ......."

"We're going to help them open a mine, besides, the 300,000 military expenses we promised every month have been half a year now, and they only paid 600,000 yuan, so they used a few harbors where birds don't to fool me, is it appropriate for them to do this?"

"No, it's not appropriate!"

"And, with such a large silver mine, are they capable of developing it? I'm helping them open a mine now, as for the distribution of profits...... You watch and talk, and the business over there will be left to you, I believe you!"

Shi Heng was immediately flattered, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "The minister will live up to the grace of the saint!"

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

"Yes!"

At this time, Shi Heng's heart was greatly shocked, the Japanese country was lonely overseas, and he had a black 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 keep an eye on it 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 king of a country, whenever he sees himself, he must be cautious and submissive, even if he is the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, it is nothing more than that!

He thinks he is a martial artist, and now he can only do his best to repay the king's kindness.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing for the minister."

"What?"

"The minister returned to the capital this time and brought a person."

"Oh, who?"

"Ezo King Ainu!"

"Ezo Country ......"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and thought about it, and suddenly realized, isn't it Hokkaido!

It seems that in this era, Ezo Province has not yet been annexed by the Wa Kingdom, and is an independent island country.

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

Even if there are only three islands, they are not united, and their situation is similar to that of the vassal states of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which they call the order system, there are more than 60 of them, and the large order system is the size of the states and counties in the Central Plains, and the small ones are about the same as villages and towns.

On the surface, these orders obeyed the orders of the Japanese monarchs, but in fact they fought their own battles, and even fought against each other.

The so-called Warring States Period in later generations was a village-level chaos between these sixty order states.

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

"What's going on in Ezo Country?"

Shi Heng replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there is a Daimyo of Dewa in the northernmost part of the Wa Kingdom, and in recent days, he has frequently sent troops to attack the Ezo Kingdom, and after Weichen came to the Wa Kingdom, the king of the Ezo Kingdom, Ainu, sent an envoy and submitted a credential, claiming that he was willing to belong to the Ming Dynasty and hoped to be protected by the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, it turned out to be a little brother looking for thighs.

"Wynne!"

Wynne hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, please command."

"Go to the Hanlin Academy and ask, who knows Ezo Country, let him come over quickly, I have something to ask!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, an old Hanlin came and began to talk.

According to historical records, Ezo Island is a large island, but most of the island is in extremely cold areas, and only the southern narrow strip is inhabited.

The inhabitants of the island were still in the era of tribal alliances, they had their own language and religious beliefs, and their various living customs were clearly different from those of the Wa Kingdom, which even the Wa Kingdom called barbarians.

So far, the Ezo people have never paid tribute to the Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty has not had time to contact in detail, because they can't look at it.

That's all that old Hanlin knew, because there were so few records about Ezo Country.

After listening to this, Zhu Qizhen shook his head secretly, although there were no people there, but there was a mine!