On the evening of the 14th, the First Fleet of the returning division arrived at the camp of the Xinjiang Estuary Naval Division outside Yingtianfu.

The army rested for one night in the Sailor Dazhai, and even Zhu Zhanji did not get off the boat, but only waited for the dawn of the next day to return to the Yuejianglou Wharf for a welcome ceremony.

In order to welcome the great victory of the sailors led by Taisun, the entire court was mobilized both inside and outside.

The outer dynasty was headed by Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the inner dynasty was headed by Wang Yan, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and the military commander and the military governor of the army, headed by Mu Sheng, the prince of Qianguo, went to the dock to welcome the grandson back to the dynasty.

Although the people were still in the camp of the Xinjiang Estuary Naval Division, the envoys of Zhu Gaochi and the crown princess Zhang had already arrived at the Naval Division first, and they were the younger brother Zhu Zhanyong and the younger brother Zhu Zhanjun who came forward for the first time on behalf of their relatives.

One of them was born in the second year of Yongle and the other was born in Yongle for three years, and they are only 14 years old and 13 years old this year.

Welcoming Zhu Zhanji for the first time on behalf of his relatives, both of them were a little trembling, for fear that something would go wrong.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, who is becoming more and more majestic, his younger brother Zhu Zhanyong will not talk about it, that Zhu Zhanjun is known as the little overlord in the palace, and now he is very honest.

Seeing that they were obedient and well-behaved, Zhu Zhanji also had the right not to know the bad things they did, and one of them was rewarded with a finely cast sword, which made the two of them happy.

For these relatives, no matter whether Zhu Zhanji loves or hates them, there can be no behavior that violates the rules.

Relatives are the closest relationship in this era, unless they rebel, Zhu Zhanji can't be beaten or hurt, and this relationship must be maintained at any time.

asked the two younger brothers to arrange for them to rest in their luxurious bedrooms, but Zhu Zhanji didn't have time to sleep.

Tonight, he will discuss the procedure for tomorrow's celebration with many officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Inner Court.

When you come back from a great victory, you must not only record the merits of all departments in the imperial court. It is also necessary to sacrifice heaven and earth, worship ancestors, and no procedure can make a mistake.

As soon as the second day dawned, the sailor Dazhai served hot broth and soft steamed buns, and all the sailor heroes deliberately wore the old military uniforms that were red with blood when they went into battle to kill the enemy, and dressed themselves as fierce and vicious.

Today, not only will the ministers of the imperial court come to greet them, but they will also escort the captives to the noon gate to perform their merits, where they will be inspected by Zhu Di.

This is a supreme honor for any soldier, and it is worth bragging about for a lifetime.

Zhu Zhanji had only rested for less than an hour at this time, and he was called again. He didn't have to change into a blood-stained robe, if he really wanted to kill the enemy as the commander-in-chief, I am afraid that such an opportunity would not be available in the future.

Although he only rested for an hour, Zhu Zhanji was young, and as soon as he washed his face with cold water, he recovered his spirit after a while.

He was even more pitiful than those soldiers, except for a few white-flour steamed buns, and even a small bowl of broth.

Today he is the main character, the whole ritual revolves around him, drinking too much soup, if you go to the toilet, you don't have time.

The two little guys watched Zhu Zhanji only eat steamed buns, deliberately drank the broth, and kept snickering.

Zhu Zhanji deliberately said: "You two are not too young, you will go on the expedition next year, you will follow me on the expedition." Look at your little ribs, you have to go to the army to temper it. ”

Zhu Zhanjun was dumbfounded, Zhu Zhanyong kissed Zhu Zhanji a little, and he didn't have too many worries, and said when he heard the words: "Brother Taisun, my mother just asked my father to arrange Song Li as a teacher for me, I'm afraid I can't join the army." ”

"Song Li?" Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment and asked, "It was arranged by the concubine?" ”

Song Li, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, would be justified if he was arranged to be a teacher for Zhu Zhanji. Arranging for an ordinary prince to be a teacher is really a bit overkill.

Zhu Zhanjun said disdainfully: "Big brother, don't listen to his boasting, Song Shangshu has learned and applied it, and he has the talent of the world." Now he goes to Xiamaqiao every ten days to teach water conservancy and geoscience, so my mother specially arranged for us to attend the lecture that day. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Geoscience, water conservancy is not comparable to Confucianism, you can apply what you have learned and benefit the world." You should study hard, and when you go to the fiefdom in the future, you can also solve problems for the local people. ”

This is not a joke, Zhu Zhanji taught. The two younger brothers immediately stood up with their hands tied, and said to Zhu Zhanji, "Follow the teachings of the eldest brother. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "You and I are brothers, but because of many affairs, we rarely get along. When these days are over, I will teach you what I have learned. I don't hope you can all be outstanding, but you can't fall into the style of my Zhu family. ”

The two of them responded again, and Zhu Zhanyong said cautiously: "Big brother, we all envy that you have two masters with superb martial arts skills by your side, can you arrange for the two masters to also teach us the knowledge of physical fitness." ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at Yiqingzi and Xuanzhen behind him and asked, "What do you two think?" ”

Yiqingzi said: "Your Highness, the old man is now accustomed to this kind of life, and I want to see the world outside of the Ming Dynasty with His Highness." ”

Zhu Zhanji knew that his utilitarian heart was stronger. He now has a young and beautiful wife, has two children, and his family has a large family in Sichuan and Shaanxi, all of whom are counting on him, a celebrity in front of his grandson.

Therefore, he is definitely unwilling to leave his side to cultivate a group of powerless princes.

But Xuan Zhen was a little moved, and said: "Your Highness, since the last northern expedition, the minister has not been used to killing, and prefers to stay in Beijing and enjoy some peaceful time. However, the minister has a junior brother, this person is strong in martial arts, has an innocent background, and also has the heart to serve His Royal Highness, so he can take over my position. ”

Xuan Zhen, as the Taisun guard, is also the liaison between Wudang Mountain and the imperial court, although he is personally afraid of killing, he can't break the connection with Zhu Zhanji.

So although he wanted to leave, he also had to continue to arrange a Wudang master to protect Zhu Zhanji.

Nowadays, there are several projects in Daming that cost a lot of money, one of which is the construction of Wudang Dao Palace, the golden roof. In the past few years, more than three million taels of silver have been spent.

In this era of naturalization, there was no cost of building the Great Wall, no cost of building New Beiping, Zheng He never lost money when he went to the West, and the finances of the Ming Dynasty were still very healthy, so he didn't care about these costs.

However, the construction of Wudang Mountain is very important to Wudang, and they do not want to stop the project now.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Since this is the case, then the Xuanzhen Dao Elder will put more thought in front of them in the future." As for your junior brother, let him come over and let me try his skills. ”

Zhu Zhanji was also a little disappointed in Xuan Zhen, last year in the grassland, because he vomited when he saw murder, it was really not in line with his positioning as a master.

A master who doesn't dare to kill, no matter how high his skills are, what's the use!

The two little guys are very happy, Xuan Zhen's name is well-known all over the world, and no one in the world knows that Zhu Zhanji has two big masters by his side. Being able to be taught by a famous teacher, not to mention becoming a big master, as long as they can be better than others, it is enough for them to be happy.

As soon as the hour came, the garrison army slowly moved out and went upstream.

The thirty or so ships carrying the captives in the middle also gave a full meal to the captives who had been hungry for four or five days.

In order to facilitate management, these people are all held in a blackened cabin. There was no food supply, only a sink that provided a constant supply of cool water every day.

After starving for a few days, everyone had no power to resist. If they don't have something to eat now, they simply don't have the strength to endure today's exertion.

Although it was only a short twenty miles, it was not until the end of the day that the fleet arrived at the Yuejianglou wharf.

The boat Zhu Zhanji was riding on was too big to dock, and more than a dozen flat-bottomed sand boats were strung together to form a pontoon bridge.

Zhu Zhanji was the first to get off the boat and walked towards the welcoming crowd.

As soon as he came ashore, all the civil and military ministers who greeted him knelt down to greet Zhu Zhanji, and put up a regular imperial guard of honor behind Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Di sent his own imperial guard of honor to greet Zhu Zhanji, which was also to determine Zhu Zhanji's orthodox identity. Although Zhu Zhanji felt a little excessive, of course he would not say it at this time.

Fortunately, Zhu Di thought of this and did not let Zhu Gaochi come to greet him. The father greets his son, and the emperor puts up a guard of honor behind the son, and the father still has to salute his son, which is not in line with human ethics.

Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally recited the text of the class teacher, and in the text, he criticized the intrusion of the Japanese Kou on the Ming Dynasty, and criticized the Japanese Kou verbally and penually, highlighting the justice of the Ming Dynasty, and then praised the merits of the water master.

After reading the text, all the ministers of civil and military affairs got up and saluted again, this time only bowing for a long time, and worshipping Zhu Zhanji, the grandson, the commander of the navy.

Then, it was the part that showed the prisoners, all the prisoners were expelled from the ship, and everyone was told that only by being obedient could they have the possibility of survival, otherwise the Ming soldiers would definitely not mind a few more souls under the sword.

In order to survive, the captives had to disembark one by one, in groups of five, in a phalanx of fifty, and were tied with ropes.

They will wait for the appreciation of the people of Daming in the capital, and maybe there will be attacks from rotten eggs and feces.

The people of the Ming Dynasty who were watching were boiling one by one, and many of them came from the coastal area, and they all had relatives who died under the knife of the Japanese invaders, so now they came to "take revenge".

Zhu Zhanji did not have a chance to enjoy this scene, he was arranged on a royal chariot pulled by eight white horses, surrounded by ministers, and was the first to return to the palace.

He now reported the good news to Zhu Di outside the Chengtian Gate, and then did not enter the palace, but went directly to worship the Temple of Heaven and Earth, and then went to the Taimiao and Sheji Altar to worship, and he could not return to the palace until the evening.

Sitting on the ventilated chariot on all sides, the taste is actually not pleasant. It's the end of the year, and the December cold wind blows people with chills all over their bodies.

Zhu Zhanji kept waving to the onlookers along the way, so that he could move his body and maintain his body temperature.

On the imperial chariot, in addition to Zhu Zhanji, there are also Wang Yan and Lu Zhen, Fang Bin and Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo.

Mu Sheng is Mu Ying's youngest son, 47 years old this year, he was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was a child, and he got along well with Zhu Di.

In the original history, he would accompany the British Gong Zhang Fu to fight in Jiaozhi, but in this life, he did not pass.

Sitting on the royal chariot, they enjoyed this rare honor, but they did not feel good at all. Because they could only sit under the steps around the imperial chariot, they couldn't move except to talk to Zhu Zhanji.

Wang Yan and Lu Zhen are also old acquaintances with Zhu Zhanji, and they accompanied Zhu Zhanji along the way to talk about some recent events in the capital, but they didn't feel bored.

Zhu Zhanji was most concerned about the epidemic situation in Jiaozhi, and talked with Mu Sheng about some Jiaozhi affairs. I heard that the epidemic over there has basically been controlled, and the few people he cares about are fine. Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but sigh and put his mind at ease.

In this age of no vaccines and no antibiotics, the plague is the most feared incurable disease.

"Now that the epidemic has been controlled, and the British Duke has controlled the situation in Jiaozhi, when will Huang Fu come back?"

"Huang Bu's political envoy is a rare talent, and the British Duke stayed for another half a year to assist him in pacifying Jiaozhi." Mu Sheng asked with some curiosity: "His Royal Highness seems to have a different view of this Huang Fu?" ”

Zhu Zhanji was shocked in his heart, he was so concerned about Wenchen's whereabouts, it was a bit out of the rules.

So when he heard Mu Sheng ask, he said with a smile: "I'm just familiar with Huang Fu's eldest son, Huang Yuan, who is a young garrison of my navy, and he can be called outstanding in military management. So I also pay attention to this Huang Fucai. ”

Mu Sheng nodded and said with relief: "Huang Qianjiu is also Xiao's father, both of them are quite talented. ”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it, he will attack Dongying in the first half of next year, and prepare to go to sea in the second half of the year. No matter how talented Huang Fu is, he has served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and is a political envoy, not someone he can use now, and he is still a little anxious.

Immediately following the emperor's imperial chariot were Yi Xin, Zhu Zhen, and a group of meritorious naval generals.

The few of them were in the chariot, but the atmosphere was much warmer than Zhu Zhanji's.

Along the way, they enjoyed the cheers of the people, especially Zhu Zhen also saw his long-lost old wife, holding his granddaughter and standing on the side of the road.

Hearing his granddaughter's immature voice calling for her grandfather, and then seeing the affectionate eyes of his old wife and children, he, a tough guy, couldn't help but feel a little tearful.

The convoy drove past the position of the family members, Zhu Zhencai couldn't help but put down his arms, looked back and said: "There is today's glory, although there is no regret in death!" ”

Yi Xin nodded and said, "With His Royal Highness the Taisun greeting and enterprising, our sailor ...... No, the Navy will not have fewer opportunities for meritorious service in the future than the border army. ”

Although Huang Yuan's position is not high, this time he is the coordinator of the Navy Headquarters and the assistant of Liu Jiang, the Governor of the Navy.

He said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Taisun puts the globe in the bedroom, the study, and always puts the whole world in his heart. After solving the hidden danger of Dongying, we will definitely have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the future! ”

Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Huang Garrison is young and promising, and he has made great contributions this time, if you want to decentralize the army, my Third Fleet is indispensable for you to be a commander." ”

Yi Xin said: "What is a commander, the element Huang Garrison is willing to come to my second fleet, I dare not promise a general, a guerrilla is absolutely indispensable!" ”

The other generals couldn't help but show envy on their faces as they watched the commanders of the two fleets compete for this red man of the navy.

(I'm sorry everyone, at least two shifts a day from day after tomorrow.) ）