When Shi Yiwen met Zhang Juzheng again, his mood was complicated. After all, he...at least in fact, he was his father-in-law.

As he muttered in his heart, Shi Yiwen saluted respectfully.

"The official has met the chief minister."

"sit!"

Putting down the book in his hand, Zhang Juzheng did not immediately mention the important matter, but said with a smile.

"There is no need to see the outside like this in the future. Ziqi is the niece of the inner child. Since you have already been married, you are your own family."

Although he was talking about his family, Zhang Juzheng did not say that he should be called "uncle". Obviously... he did not regard him as his "father".

“Yes, yes.”

With a smile on his lips, Shi Yiwen went straight to the topic.

"I wonder if my uncle is asking my nephew to return to Beijing, but what are the instructions?"

Even if Zhang Juzheng did not regard him as his "family", it would not prevent Shi Yiwen from treating him as his "family". After all, who made him be with his daughter? His daughter is not famous, and this matter... I am not responsible for the fault.

"Nothing can be said to give me any instructions."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Zhang Juzheng's heart was filled with a miscellaneous array. Naturally, he thought of his daughter again. If it weren't for him, why would his daughter have hidden her name? How could she have... Forget it, even if her miserable daughter, even without him, was her life already so miserable. After all, wasn't it all her own harm?

Women are afraid of marrying the wrong man!

If he could return to the Ming Dynasty a few years earlier, maybe...

Alas, my heart sighed. When I was thinking about Ziqi finding a good match, Zhang Juzheng's heart suddenly jumped. He immediately thought that his daughter was hiding in the Tang family. What if... they had already met, would they have...

His face suddenly changed. Although he realized that possibility in his heart, Zhang Juzheng looked at him and said calmly.

"I already know the suggestion you made to Fu Zuozhou in Nanjing."

After saying that, he stared at Shi Yiwen and asked back.

"It seems that you still want to go back to the old port!"

Although he didn't know what Zhang Juzheng was thinking, Shi Yiwen was sure that he was testing himself when he asked this.

"People are bound to be nostalgic. Besides, the old port is also the homeland of the Ming Dynasty. The Shi family was ordered by Chengzu to be the comfort envoy of the old port of the Ming Dynasty. They have been defending the land for generations, but now they have lost their land for a hundred years. Whenever they think about the pain of losing their land, their nephew will always feel ashamed of the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty..."

Shi Yiwen's words were so impressive that even if anyone heard these words, he could not say that he had a different ambition.

"Well, it's not in vain that your Majesty can trust you so much!"

Nodding slightly, Zhang Juzheng said again.

"Then you also need to know that in the current situation, the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than the Mongolian border troubles, as for the West..."

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said in a helpless tone.

"At this time, the Ming Dynasty could not spare any energy to use it on the West, so it was impossible for the court to send troops to help you take back the old port."

This is why Zhang Juzheng invited Shi Yiwen to come. It was not for anything else, because he knew that all the officials of the court would never agree to the court's use of military force in the West. As for agreeing to regaining the old port, it was even more astronomy and night talk. If you want to solve the problem of exile, you must first have a suitable place to exile those people there, otherwise everything would be just a castle in the air.

Although Fu Zuozhou's letter mentioned the difference between overseas and the Ming Dynasty, for Zhang Juzheng, what he needed was not just empty talk. It was because of this that he brought up the old things and specially recruited Shi Yiwen from Nanjing.

"No need for one soldier or one soldier in the court!"

Shi Yiwen, who knew why the other party asked this, explained in response to Zhang Juzheng's gaze.

"My uncle doesn't know, South and West, in fact, compared to the Ming Dynasty, it should be called Nanyang. It is different from the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many small countries, the small countries have only a hundred miles of land. Most of the other areas are barren, the Western countries... They are Europa Ferlangji, the Netherlands, Spain and other Western countries. They set up cities and ports in various parts of the South China Sea, all of which are looking for a suitable place and then directly build cities and ports. The local natives ignore this. Even if there is a local chief asking, it is nothing more than using both soft and hard. Most of them give hundreds of taels of silver to rent for a long time, and then show their strength appropriately. In this way, they can gain a foothold in the local area."

Because people in this era have not yet formed the concept of "South Ocean", Shi Yiwen still needs to explain it before he can lead to European countries. Thinking that those foreign monks took over Nanyang so easily, he couldn't help but feel a pity. China operated earlier in Nanyang, but what is the point? In the end, it was not a disadvantage for Westerners, and even the British, Netherlands, and Spaniards to gain a foothold there because of the help of the Ming people - a large number of Ming immigrants promoted the development of the city, and in the end, what ended up with those Ming immigrants?

Thinking of this, Shi Yiwen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he also thought to himself that the same thing must not be played out again in this world!

As his words fell, Zhang Juzheng said in confusion.

"This, is there such a thing in the world?"

"How can we not have it? Just like Macau, the Folang Ji people can rent Macau from my Ming Dynasty, let alone those natives who don't know what family, country and world are?"

The natives of South China in this era did not have the view of family, country and world. Even a hundred years later, many people still had no concept of state. This concept was brought to them by Westerners. This view was formed in those areas through the spread of Western culture. This primitive ideology is the fundamental reason why Westerners were able to open up colonies there without encountering much resistance.

"This..." Shi Yiwen's explanation made Zhang Juzheng believe it a little. After all, Macau was indeed rented to Folang Ji by the Ming Dynasty, even if it was the decision of the local officials. But it is still the fact now. But Macau is always Macau, and what he needs is not Macau, but a place far away from overseas and can be obtained without paying a soldier from Daming. Only in this way can those people be placed and those annoying guys are thrown away!

"If it's that simple, then things will be easier, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Juzheng looked at Shi Yiwen and asked.
Chapter completed!