Zhao Shizhen, who was deeply brainwashed by Chen Mu in Nanyang, was very uncomfortable with life in the hinterland of the capital. He knew what Chen Mu wanted to do, and he also knew better how impossible Chen Mu's vision was.

The administrative center of the Ming Dynasty seemed to never regard overseas as the starting point for development. People care more about where disasters and where harvests are encountered, which brings a deeper sense of frustration to Zhao Shizhen.

Even if the chief minister and the emperor were eager to learn overseas affairs, they were just to understand more and there was no intention of paying attention to it.

The imperial court's emphasis on foreign countries was only temporarily suspended during the years when Emperor Longqing was reigning. The treasury was unable to make ends meet and urgently needed a breakthrough to increase revenue and reduce expenditure to survive that period. Chen Mu and the Nanyang Military Office took on this breakthrough well.

In return, the Nanyang Military Office has all the power overseas and is still retained to this day.

But that attention is gone. Since Zhang Juzheng took over the power, the implementation of the law of examination and the implementation of the tax law, the administration has become clearer and clearer, and the court has made up for the military expenses arrears in the northern border, and the entire empire has regained vitality.

In comparison, where does maritime income get?

When each tax revenue is 29 million and the expenditure is 30 million, the shipping of the Nanyang Military Office is the top priority.

But when spending 30 million taels and earning 33 million taels, is that one million taels overseas still important?

It is also difficult for mountains of gold and silver to have an impact on the Ming Dynasty.

However, Emperor Wanli, who was forced by the real imperial teacher Zhang Juzheng to study, brought a glimmer of hope to Zhao Shizhen, and the emperor was full of curiosity about overseas.

"Your Majesty, the people of Shanxi are suffering from disasters. The old master ordered the ministers to go and follow the governor to provide disaster relief. As soon as the Ministry of Revenue arrives, I will set off."

After the lecture at Wenhua Palace, the Grand Secretary withdrew, and Zhao Shizhen asked Zhang Juzheng for instructions and got a moment to say goodbye to the emperor.

The empty hall was in the bachelor's hall. After the guests retreated, only the palace guards and eunuchs were studied in the eunuch. Emperor Wanli, who was only 11 years old, stood up from the seat below, bowed to Zhao Shizhen, and said, "Changji will tell me about Huntianqiu again."

The so-called Huntian Ball is a globe. As the Nanyang Military Office knew at the beginning of the year, it first covered the copper ball, then painted the map, and painted it in different paint colors.

The Huntian Ball in the palace was not made by the Nanyang Military Palace. No one in the world knew the style of Chen Mu's production. After seeing it, Zhang Juzheng sent it to the Ministry of Works and asked the officials of the Ministry of Works to do it again as it was. It was much more exquisite and then sent it to the palace.

Now the map has been circulated among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants and landlords from both sides, but it is not the shape of Huntian Ball. It is mostly found in porcelain and furnaces, forming the pattern characteristics of the Longwan period.

Zhao Shizhen was extremely happy that the emperor liked foreign affairs. He nodded and walked quickly to the huge Huntian Ball, and turned and said, "Where does Your Majesty want me to start?"

"Where is Shanxi?"

Zhao Shizhen turned the hollow bronze ball half a man high and said, "This is Shanxi, with the Great Wall in the north separated from Mongolia. Xuan and Datong are the frontiers. Xuanfu has a military weapon bureau that produces guns, cannons and armor; the martial arts hall will produce His Majesty's disciples and good generals."

"General Zhenshuo's cannon!"

Emperor Wanli quickly answered the conversation and recited: "The Military Weapon Bureau was established when Chen Mu was appointed as General Zhenshuo during the Longqing period. He eliminated the ills of Wanquandu, reorganized military weapons, built bird guns, and heavy artillery. The former emperor gave the title of General Zhenshuo. General Zhenshuo loaded a car, weighing 476 kilograms and 4 taels, I know it!"

It is written in the Tao Te Ching that the little emperor was at the time when he was most interested in weapons. Zhang Juzheng was forced to learn the skills of Kings like a strict father. He felt sleepy when he heard it, but he was very interested in learning Chen Mu's things.

Wanli was born in Prince Yu's Mansion. It was already the time to enter the Forbidden City to be the crown prince. In those years, the world was in chaos. Either the people in various places were in chaos or the northern enemy invaded the border. The war report flew into the capital like snowflakes, and even the Forbidden City could not stop the news of the war.

The emperor was interested, Zhao Shizhen was willing to teach, and Chen Mu wrote clearly in the textbook. The eleven-year-old Emperor Wanli clearly showed several steps between loading the cannon and reloading it again.

"Your Majesty is intelligent."

Zhao Shizhen bowed and said, "However, only knowing that military equipment is not enough. Graduates from the North-South Military Academy are all children of Your Majesty's disciples. Chen Shuai said that weapons are important, and those who use weapons are even more important."

"I know! The 762 students of the first session of the North and South Military Academy are all my students!" The little emperor responded very proudly, walked to the Huntianqiu and looked carefully, and asked, "Where is Guangdong? Is this? No, this is Nanzhi, Nanzhi, Zhili."

"Go back to Your Majesty, Guangdong is here, facing the sea in the south, and is the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Shizhen finished speaking, Xiao Wanli looked at the bronze ball, frowned and said with a tiger's face: "No, the southernmost part of the world is Xinming, there is no easternmost part or westernmost part. It is connected together. The Lion Kingdom, the westernmost part of the land of the Ming Dynasty, was just sent to the letter of the country a few days ago."

Zhao Shizhen nodded quickly and said yes, thinking that the emperor remembers this matter very clearly, and you will know it after listening to it.

To be honest, it is not easy to study in the Pope Emperor. If he is Zhang Juzheng's identity, it will be fine. Qi Jiguang, Chen Mu, and Li Chengliang's identity is OK, but it is too difficult for him to be like him. The guards in the hall were afraid of coughing.

"The ball is so big, why is it called Daming? It's clearly Xiaoming."

Emperor Wanli stretched his little arms and legs, wishing he could hold the big sleeves of the dragon robe to his shoulders and the sun and the moon. His thin arms pointed at the border on the Huntian Ball and said, "The blue one is the brightness of the sea and the pink one is the tribute country. Oh my, why are there any remaining colors?"

The northern Mongolia, Jurchens, the Indochina Peninsula countries, the Mughals, Ottomans, and even the distant Spain all have vast and huge territory. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, although it is large, it is not too large.

"Go back to your Majesty, Yu Se is for other countries."

The little emperor curled his lips unhappily when he heard Zhao Shizhen say this, and muttered in a low voice: "If you want to fill it all in red, how long will it take to fill it?"

"Your Majesty, you may not need to fight in battle." Telling these to the little emperor made Zhao Shizhen laugh a little. Even if he was the emperor, how could the eleven-year-old emperor start a war? He said: "It is not that we cannot turn all countries into our own, but that it is not easy to manage."

"Whether you lie beside the bed, can you allow others to snore!"

The little emperor said loudly, and he said with a deep grudge and smiled awkwardly, asking, "Yes, is it that I said?"

Zhao Shizhen could only nod and said, "Your Majesty is right. Chen Shuai is now planning a piece of land to sleep on the side of Spain's bed. However, the treaty has not been reached yet and he may be in this place soon."

He turned the Huntian Ball, and the copper ball made a slow and dull sound, fixed on the Spanish side, saying: "Seville is about here, and the Ming Dynasty may be able to rent here for a hundred years in the future, and this will also turn red."

The little emperor looked at the bronze balls carved and painted the map and sighed as if he was an adult.
Chapter completed!