The Emperor's Palace was in the middle of the early dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the minister has found out," the official Shangshu Zhuang Qinlin ran up to the court panting with a copy of the song and shouted.

"How?" Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly asked.

"This Zhu Hao is about twenty years old, born in Yangzhou, last year by the governor of Fengyang Ma Shiying Baoju as a general in Xuzhou, is my Ming clan, belongs to the Lu royal line, is the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu." Zhuang Qinlin replied.

"In this way, this Zhu Hao is still my imperial uncle, haha, interesting." When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Zhu Hao was a member of the royal family, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"In addition, the minister just passed through the cabinet and received an 800-mile express report from Ma Shiying, asking the emperor to take a look." Zhuang Qinlin handed over the fold in his hand.

Emperor Chongzhen took the fold suspiciously and looked at it quickly, suddenly slapped the dragon chair, and shouted: "Okay, good, haha, it's really true, it's very happy!" You all see. After speaking, he excitedly handed down the recital.

"Fengyang Ma Shiying came to report, the good news I received yesterday is really true, and I didn't exaggerate the results, it's really an exciting victory." The doubts in Emperor Chongzhen's heart were solved, and he danced happily.

The ministers circulated and read all the folds, and they were all relieved, with these two folds, this great victory is true! While the emperor is happy, when will you stay if you don't pat yourself? The ministers, including Hong Chengchou and others, immediately sang praises of virtue.

"Wang Chengen intends to quickly recruit Zhu Hao, a general of Xuzhou, to enter Beijing to meet him! That, all Aiqing also worked hard, tonight I held a banquet in the Qianqing Palace, and all the secretaries came to celebrate. ”

"The ministers obey."

On the royal road outside the Imperial Palace, Hong Chengchou was walking with Sun Chuanting.

"Brother Boya, what do you think of this Zhu Hao?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"I think it's true, you and I have been fighting bandits in the west for the past two years, and we really don't hear anything outside the window, besides, the world is so big, there are countless capable people, how can we know it?" Sun Chuanting said with a smile.

"Why is Brother Boya so sure? You must know that you and I have led troops for decades, and we still dare not fight with the Qing soldiers in the field like this. Hong Chengchou pouted.

"Yan Yan, you are a fan of the authorities, I have been thinking about it for the past few years, although you and I are talents, firstly, we are subject to the imperial court system, and secondly, we are all past the year of confusion, the pattern has been formed, how do the Manchurians not know? You think that this Zhu Hao is only in his twenties, and the young man has a flexible mind, and if he acts in an eclectic manner, it is not surprising that he can win the Qing army. Sun Chuanting explained.

"Brother Boya is still knowledgeable, but the younger brother is stupid. What do you think we should do? ”

"Sure! Having such a young talent is the blessing of the emperor and the blessing of the Ming Dynasty! You and I are both young, it's time to find a successor! Sun Chuanting was a little emotional.

"You're right, then let's wait until we enter Beijing this time."

The two sighed and walked away.

Of course, Zhu Hao, who was in Teng County, didn't know what the bigwigs in the Beijing Division thought, he was now busy appeasing the people of the two counties, opening a warehouse for relief, appeasing the displaced people, distributing wasteland, and cleaning up the results of the war.

He also ordered Wang Boda to lead his troops to escort King Lu back to Yanzhou, and took out 10,000 taels of silver from his hands.

On the first day of February, Zhu Hao officially withdrew his troops from Teng County, and the army returned to Xuzhou along the way through Pei County to gather the reserves.

When he returned to Xuzhou City four days later, Chen Xiyao led the people who stayed behind and a group of people from Wang Yinzu and other government officials were already waiting outside the city, and hundreds of people also came with wine and food to welcome the victorious army.

When the banner of the army appeared in front of everyone, the crowd immediately erupted in a tsunami-like cheer!

Zhu Hao, Luo Yunqu and other officers rode on horses in a straight posture, constantly saluting the people around them.

The young and handsome officers, the handsome and mighty military salute, the uniform pace and the full spirit of the soldiers all stimulate people's nerves, and some old people are excited to burst into tears, such an army has not been seen for many years! Countless big girls and little daughters-in-law have intoxicated looks in their eyes, and even screaming unwillingly! Zhu Hao laughed and laughed: It's about to catch up with the star chasers of later generations.

Coming to Chen Xiyao, Zhu Hao turned over and dismounted, looking at the infinite tenderness exuded by his wife's red eyes, his heart hurt fiercely, no matter how many people were around, he took Chen Xiyao into his arms! This ignited the surrounding atmosphere even more, and attracted countless screams from countless people, which shook the ears and made their ears hurt.

"Xi Yao, you've lost weight!" Zhu Hao looked at his beloved wife's haggard face and said distressedly.

"Husband, you've lost weight too!" Chen Xiyao stared at Zhu Hao's face as if no one was around, and said in a daze.

"This is not the place to talk, wait for the husband to serve the lady well tonight." Seeing that everyone was looking at him mockingly, Zhu Hao's old face turned red, and he whispered in Chen Xiyao's ear.

One sentence made Chen Xiyao blush to the root of his ears, of course he knew what his husband meant, and hurriedly left Zhu Hao's arms.

Next, he exchanged pleasantries with Wang Yinzu and others, and then entered the city surrounded by everyone.

Under Wang Yinzu's arrangement, Xuzhou City was lit up that night, and the flowers were bloomed, which was the same as the New Year, which made Zhu Hao feel really distressed for a long time, how much money did it have to spend! Fortunately, in the end, I was relieved to find out that it was Wang Yinzu and a few squires who paid their own money. Looks like the old man is quite intellectual.

The dinner was held in the General's Mansion, and everyone knew that the General and his wife had been separated for nearly a month, and they were not too embarrassed for him, and after drinking three glasses, they left the table and returned to Chen Xiyao's room.

Although there are beautiful women by her side, Liu Ru is very smart, and she has not had sex with him for a few days before returning to Xuzhou, just to fulfill the couple.

Zhu Hao, who couldn't hold back, also lived up to his high hopes, and turned the world upside down, bringing Chen Xiyao back to life!

In the next few days, some post-war affairs were arranged, first of all, the soldiers who went out on the expedition were rewarded with ten taels of silver, each of the soldiers who died in battle was given a pension of one hundred taels, and the wounded were thirty taels, and most of the money looted was spent.

He had already made a rule that the soldiers' monthly fixed salary was not much, and only after winning the battle could they have a rich reward, for example, the reward silver obtained in this battle was equivalent to a year's fixed salary, which also stimulated the soldiers' belligerent spirit.

In order to take care of the families of the fallen soldiers, Zhu Hao also stipulated that the families of martyrs who have no other sons will be raised by the army until they are old, and the orphans of martyrs will be raised by the army until they are 18 years old. The orphanage was set up by Zhu Hao in order to cultivate new thinking talents, specifically recruiting orphans under the age of 15. Later, many national pillars also came out among the orphans, which is a later story.

As for the captured Qing soldiers, the Han army had no other use except for a few people, and the rest were all sent to the mines to open mines, and dozens of Manchu captives did not want to let go of Zhu Hao regardless of whether they had bad deeds or not, and during this period of time at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national contradictions between the Manchus and the Han were irreconcilable, and either you died or I died, so he decided to hold a public trial and then execute them all.

After he announced the decision, most people, especially the soldiers, agreed very much, and only a few people who read the books of sages jumped out and shouted what to repay grievances with virtue, and the dignified Heavenly Dynasty wanted to influence Yi Di with benevolence and virtue, and other nonsense, Zhu Hao directly ignored it. Inviting these old pedants to the cemetery of the fallen soldiers outside the city gave them a good lesson, which made the gang in a dilemma, extremely embarrassed, and the voice of opposition almost disappeared.