Yang Yiqing, Xu Tianzuo and other generals also came over at this time, and they all saluted Zhu Houzhao and said: "The ministers and others greet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" ”

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Yang Yiqing and the others, as if he had just noticed a group of people, and his face showed a bit of righteousness and said slightly: "You don't have to be formal, you are all meritorious people of my Ming Dynasty, I thank you here!" ”

Yang Yiqing and the others didn't dare to say anything.

Squeak, a sound came, Zhu Hou followed the reputation, and saw several prisoner carts coming slowly not far away, and there were several figures imprisoned in the prisoner carts.

A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he subconsciously said: "Big companion, they are ......"

Seeing these prisoners dressed in alien costumes, Zhu Houzhao naturally had some guesses in his heart, only to hear Chu Yi speak: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the Tatar Khan who is famous in the grassland, Dayan Khan!" ”

Although Zhu Houzhao said that he had already learned from the military reports submitted by Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing, this time Chu Yi and others captured Tatar nobles such as Dayan Khan.

But reading the military newspaper is obviously different from seeing people, when he heard Chu Yi introduce that it was Dayan Khan who was imprisoned in the first prisoner car, Zhu Houzhao's face turned a little red, which showed Zhu Houzhao's excitement.

Gently pinching the imperial horse under him, Zhu Houzhao drove forward and walked in front of the prisoner car, while Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing were parked next to the prisoner car.

In the prisoner car, Dayan Khan had unkempt hair and looked extremely embarrassed, if it weren't for the fact that he was dressed differently from ordinary people, to be honest, just looking at your embarrassed appearance at the moment, I really couldn't believe that the other party was a generation of heroes across the steppe, Tatar Khan, Dayan.

Although it is said that along the way, Chu Yi and the others did not torture Dayan, but in the end, Dayan is very old in the end, and he is exposed to the wind and sun in this prisoner car, and his condition is naturally not very good.

However, when Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi approached, Dayan Khan suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi.

His eyes swept over Chu Yi, Yang Yiqing, and finally stared at Zhu Houzhao, Dayan Khan couldn't help laughing and said, "Zhengde Xiao'er, are you here to make fun of Ben Khan?" ”

Zhu Hou looked at Dayan Khan, slowly shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and the Dayan Khan came to my Daming Jingshi as a guest, and I am overjoyed, how can I make fun of the Great Khan?" ”

Staring at Zhu Houzhao, Dayan Khan seemed to judge whether Zhu Houzhao's words were true or false, and after a while, Dayan Khan's wide-open eyes converged a lot, and the momentum of the whole person slowed down suddenly.

Obviously, Dayan Khan was out of instinct to defend his dignity, after all, as the king of the grassland, even if he was captured alive by life, he didn't want to be looked down upon, especially when facing the great tomorrow.

There are not many people in this world who can be equivalent to his identity, and Zhu Houzhao is one of them, even when facing Chu Yi, Dayan Khan has a sense of superiority psychologically, so even if he is embarrassed, Dayan Khan doesn't care.

It was only when facing Zhu Houzhao that Dayan Khan would have such a big reaction.

"Ben Khan tasted the benevolence of the great tomorrow, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said with a straight expression: "The Ming Dynasty has always treated each other with courtesy, but the Great Khan should not have violated my Ming border this time, otherwise there would be today's disaster!" ”

Dayan Khan glanced at Zhu Houzhao and shook his head slightly.

Seeing that Dayan Khan didn't seem to have any intention of talking to him, Zhu Houzhao's eyes naturally fell on the second prisoner car, and the second prisoner car was naturally imprisoned by Prince Balsborot.

For Prince Balsborough, the people in the capital are naturally no strangers, even if they have not seen it, they still remember his name deeply.

After all, not long ago, Balsborough led 100,000 troops to the city of Beijing, and even stormed the capital for nearly a month.

In the course of a month, the name of Balsborough spread rapidly in the capital, and almost everyone knew about it.

Zhu Houzhao recognized Balsborough at a glance, although Balsborough was also embarrassed, but among the Tatar captives, there were not many people who could have such momentum, except for Dayan Khan, there was only Balsborot.

"This is the little king of Balsborot!"

Balsborough looked at Zhu Houzhao, a bit of complexity flashed in his eyes, thinking that at the beginning, it was here, in the same position, but the situation was very different.

At the beginning, he had 100,000 soldiers, and he had high-spirited soldiers in the city, showing off his might outside the capital, but he never dreamed that in less than two months, he actually returned to this place again, but as a prisoner.

With a cold snort, Balsborot said to Zhu Houzhao: "The Great Tomorrow is nothing more than that, if it weren't for the eunuch Chu Yi, I'm afraid this king would have already broken through your Forbidden City." ”

Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned, and then laughed and said: "I have a big companion, why be afraid!" ”

Balsborot sneered, glanced at Chu Yi beside Zhu Houzhao with a smile and said, "Zhengde Xiao'er, you are not afraid of eunuchs taking your throne!" ”

The generals on the side, such as Yang Yiqing and Xu Tianzuo, couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard this, and subconsciously looked at Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

Everyone knows that Chu Yi is powerful, it can be said that one person is below ten thousand people, to say something disrespectful, up and down the government and the opposition, Chu Yi's orders are even more useful than the will of the Son of Heaven.

Although this is the case, no one has ever dared to say this in front of Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi.

I saw that Chu Yi's expression was calm, as if Balsborot's words had not been taken to his heart at all.

And Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and then looked at Balsborough with a kind of pity and said: "I don't live up to my companion, why should my companion fail me, if I can't even trust my companion, then in this world, who else can I trust?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Chu Yi with an envious gaze, what a trust this is, even if they knew that Zhu Houzhao believed in Chu Yi, they couldn't imagine that Zhu Houzhao was so trustworthy.

Zhu Houzhao's gaze directly crossed Balsborot and swept the prisoner cars behind, the others were naturally the nobles of the Tatar clan, and Zhu Houzhao was not interested in looking at them one by one.

At this moment, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, it's time to welcome the army into the city!" ”

Zhu Hou glanced at the official of the Ministry of Rites, and said to Chu Yi: "Big companion, and enter the city with me!" ”

The army slowly entered the city, Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi were at the front, behind them were hundreds of civil and military officials, followed by a team of soldiers escorting the prisoner cart.

On both sides of the long street, the soldiers stood solemnly, and as for the people on both sides, their eyes fell on Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao at this time.

The identities of the two can be seen just by looking at the clothes of the two, Chu Yi was rewarded with a python costume by the Son of Heaven, so the embroidery on his clothes is a python with flying scales and claws, and Zhu Houzhao is a dragon robe.

The two of them walked side by side, their temperaments were noble and exuding supreme majesty, if it weren't for the different clothes on their bodies, ordinary people really couldn't tell which one was the Son of Heaven and which one was Chu Yilai.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live the Grand Governor!"

I don't know who shouted, and suddenly all the people shouted.

Among the civil and military officials, many people's faces became a little difficult to look at, and it was okay for these people to shout long live the Son of Heaven, but some people actually shouted Chitose in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Even if Chu Yi is powerful, there is no problem in calling him nine thousand years old in private, as long as it is not in front of the emperor.

This is good, these people don't know that someone arranged it, or they shouted spontaneously, anyway, many officials couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Chu Yi.

If this is remembered by the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that Chu Yi's life will not be easy in the future.

On the other hand, Zhu Houzhao's expression was calm, and his face was even filled with a little joy, and he whispered to Chu Yi.

The army passed slowly, and when the prisoner cart escorting Dayan Khan and Balsborot passed on the long street, although the people could not tell the specific identities of Dayan Khan and others, they could guess that they were the Tatar noble leaders.

All of a sudden, many people threw out rotten leaves and even stones, which had been prepared long ago.

Taihe Temple

The majestic Taihe Hall lies on the ground, and hundreds of civil and military officials are lined up on both sides and slowly enter the main hall, and the meritorious soldiers who have returned from victory are outside the main hall.

As the melodious bell rang, the unique feminine voice of the inner attendant came from the Taihe Palace: "The chief of the ceremonial supervisor, the chief of the imperial horse supervisor, Chu Yi is here!" ”

I saw that Chu Yi, the person at the head, strode towards the Taihe Palace, and when he entered the main hall, all the civil and military officers looked at Chu Yi.

Walking to the front without squinting, Chu Yi saluted Zhu Houzhao and said, "Minister Chu Yi, meet Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in full costume, bowed his head slightly and said: "The Qing family doesn't have to be formal, get up quickly!" ”

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao said to the attendant on the side: "Give a seat to the big companion!" ”

On this hall, even old qualifications such as British Gong Zhang Mao are not qualified to be given a seat, but at this time, Zhu Houzhao wants to give a seat to Chu Yi, but none of the people dare to raise objections at this time.

Not to mention Chu Yi's exploits this time, just relying on the trust and dependence of the Son of Heaven on Chu Yi made people dispel the idea of asking for trouble.

Jumping out at this time not only offended Chu Yi but also offended the Son of Heaven, anyway, they couldn't even stop Zhu Houzhao from making Chu Yi king, and now they were just giving Chu Yi a seat.

The seat is at the bottom of the left side of Zhu Houzhao's dragon chair, which can be said to be the most honorable position in this hall, except for the position of the Son of Heaven.

Chu Yi shook off his back, and slowly sat down, his gaze as plain as water, sweeping over the crowd of civil and military officials.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Jiao Fang took a deep breath, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the general manager Chu Yi pacified the rebellion of King Ning, captured the Tatar Khan, and leveled the Tatar army of nearly 200,000 in a battle. ”

As early as half a month ago, at the Great Dynasty Meeting, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military had already unified their opinions and discussed the reward for this meritorious soldier, but now it is obviously just a formality.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Qing and the others think that I should reward the meritorious soldiers!" ”

Jiao Fang said slowly: "The chief manager Chu Yi, the merit is great, he should be crowned with the position of prince, Yang Yiqing, the governor of the five sides, has meritorious service in guarding the border and helping the chief manager to fight without Tatars, the merit is great, he should be rewarded with the position of prince, and the generals Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu, Sun Qiu, Xu Tianzuo and other generals can be awarded the position of marquis, and the soldiers of the three armies should be rewarded!" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, his eyes fell on Chu Yi, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Great companion, I want to make you my Great Ming Martial King, I don't know what happens to Great Companion?" ”

All of a sudden, the eyes of all the civil and military officers fell on Chu Yi, and everyone saw what choice Chu Yi would make in the face of such a reward from the Son of Heaven.

Chu Yi slowly got up, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Minister Chu Yi, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Originally, Zhu Houzhao was still a little worried that Chu Yi would refuse in court, if Chu Yi really insisted on refusing to accept it, even he would not be able to force Chu Yi.

Now that Chu Yi received the reward in court, Zhu Houzhao was also relieved, it was really Chu Yi's meritorious deeds this time were too great, if Chu Yi refused to accept this reward, Zhu Houzhao really didn't know how to reward Chu Yi.

"Haha, since then, Chu Yi has been my Ming Martial King!"

Zhu Houzhao announced to the civil and military forces with a happy face.

Led by Jiao Fang and Zhang Mao, no matter what they thought in their hearts, all the civil and military officers saluted Chu Yi at this time and said, "We meet His Royal Highness the Martial King!" ”

Chu Yi bowed slightly, and after the whole person sat down, he no longer paid attention to anything else, but his mind sank into the sea of knowledge, and at the same time that Zhu Houzhao opened the golden mouth and sealed him as the king of the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yi felt the altar of luck in the sea of knowledge vibrate slightly.

After some inspection, Chu Yi was surprised to find that at the moment when he was named the Martial King, his luck skyrocketed by 80,000, plus all kinds of luck on weekdays, and now Chu Yi's luck has reached nearly 300,000.

Thinking that he only had more than 100,000 luck at the beginning, Chu Yi would use his luck to practice many times on weekdays, otherwise, Chu Yi would not have been able to have the cultivation he has now in a short period of time.

Now that his luck has skyrocketed, reaching 300,000 all of a sudden, Chu Yi's face couldn't help but be a little happy, and Zhu Houzhao noticed the change in Chu Yi's expression, but he didn't know why Chu Yi was happy, only when Chu Yi was crowned king, he was so happy, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao say to Chu Yi: "Big companion, I want to make Yang Yiqing the Duke of Jin, I don't know what happens to the big companion?" ”

Chu Yi's mind returned to his place, and when he heard this, he bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty's Sacred Heart is dictatorial, if you want to come to Your Majesty's reward, Lord Yang will be grateful." ”

Yang Yiqing, who bowed down on the top of the main hall, was full of excitement at this moment, the Son of Heaven actually wanted to make him the Duke of the Kingdom, you must know that the position of the Duke of the Kingdom can be said to be the most respected title of the Ming Dynasty except for the position of the prince.

Since the Battle of Jingyan, the Ming Dynasty has never been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and now after a hundred years, he Yang Yiqing was once again named the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the glory and wealth, he will be famous in history one day, admired by future generations.

As for the opinion that the Son of Heaven asked Chu Yi, Yang Yiqing was not worried, there was no conflict between him and Chu Yi, and Chu Yi naturally would not give him eye medicine at this juncture.

Sure enough, Chu Yi agreed if he didn't object.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao speak: "Yang Yiqing, the governor of the five sides, has made meritorious contributions in guarding the border, and has made outstanding achievements in the battle to destroy the Tatars. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the emperor's grace is mighty, and the minister will swear to die in retribution!"

Yang Yiqing was able to be named the Duke of the Kingdom, to be honest, it was really stained with Chu Yi's light, if it weren't for Chu Yi's calculations, it would have been good for Yang Yiqing to be able to defend the border town in this battle, how could he have the opportunity to go out of the city and join Chu Yi to take Tatar together.

Even this title is because Chu Yi was crowned king so that he had the opportunity to be crowned a prince, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, since the martyrdom, it is almost impossible to have the possibility of a hereditary prince's reward, and the most people in later generations are Bo is a marquis and earl, as for the duke, it is almost impossible.

For example, Wang Shouren, who quelled the rebellion of King Ning for more than 30 days, was finally only named Xinjian Bo, and was posthumously awarded as Xinjian Marquis until Longqing. It can be seen that the marquis of the Ming Dynasty is rare.

If it weren't for Chu Yi being crowned king, Yang Yiqing's exploits would be the title of marquis, but Chu Yi was named a prince, which made the rewards of a group of meritorious people invisibly raised a lot, so this time there will be dozens of more marquis and uncles in the court at once, as for the viscounts and barons, I am afraid that there are hundreds.

It can be said that this is definitely the Ming Dynasty since the Battle of Jingjing, the most rewarded titles, of course, the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Tatar army of 200,000 in a war, but also captured the Tatar Khan and many other nobles, almost a war broke the bones of the northern alien race, at least to protect the northern frontier for decades of peace, even if this merit is rewarded a few more dukes, marquis, no one can say anything.

In addition to Yang Yiqing, the most eye-catching performance in these months is Wang Shouren, after King Ning raised troops, Jiangnan was empty, Wang Yangming turned the tide with his own strength, it can be said that King Ning's rebellion was quelled, and Wang Yangming's contribution accounted for at least eighty percent.

With Wang Yangming's momentum at that time, as long as the imperial court reinforcements could keep up, even if Chu Yi did not go to Jiangnan to take charge, Wang Yangming was sure to quell King Ning's rebellion.

Of course, there is a very small possibility that King Ning will sit big, but no matter what, Wang Yangming's performance in the process of pacifying King Ning's rebellion is even more dazzling than Yang Yiqing.

It's just that now Wang Yangming did not return to Beijing with the army, but pacified the remnants of King Ning's rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, but the reward for Wang Yangming also came out.

"Wang Yangming has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, breaking Nanchang, plundering Jiujiang, Anqing, recovering Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places, the merit is in Sheji, and now he is named the Duke of Anguo, hereditary replacement."

For Wang Yangming's reward, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were not surprised, but Wang Yangming's performance in the rebellion of King Ning was too amazing, and it was simply blinding the eyes of many people.

Who would have thought that Wang Yangming, who was a famous scribe, would have such a talent in the art of war.

As a secretary of the ministry and an elder of the cabinet, Wang Hua, even if he is good at cultivating his qi and kung fu, he can't help but burst into tears of excitement at this time.

Wang Yangming is the son of Wang Hua, he Wang Hua has worked hard all his life, and what he wants is to be able to get a posthumous title from the imperial court after his death.

But now, his son Wang Shouren was named the Duke of An Guo because of his military exploits, which is a hereditary position of the Duke of Guo, which means that the Ming Dynasty will not die, and the title will be inherited endlessly, and their royal family can also be juxtaposed with the Duke of England and the Duke of Dingguo, which have been inherited for hundreds of years.

I don't know how many officials couldn't help but look at Wang Hua with an envious gaze after Wang Yangming's reward came out.

In addition to Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming, who entrusted Chu Yi with the blessing of the king and were exceptionally named the hereditary and repetitive princes, the rewards of Xu Tianzuo, Cheng Xiangwu and other generals were also announced one by one.

For example, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others led the army and had not yet returned from the grassland, but the reward did not fall, and they were all named marquises.

In addition to these people, Han Kun, the commander of the Tengxiang Four Guards, and Xu Hongye, the commander of the Beijing camp, were all generals who performed well when Balsborough attacked the Beijing Division.

For example, Sun Qiu and Xu Tianzuo were named earls, dozens of generals were named viscounts, and hundreds of middle and lower-level generals were named barons.

For a full morning, almost all of them were rewarding meritorious soldiers, but in just half a day, Daming had one more prince, two princes, several marquis, more than a dozen uncles, and hundreds of viscounts and barons.

If the princes represented by the British Duke Zhang Mao and others are the nobles of the previous generation of the Ming Dynasty, then the newly promoted Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and others are the new members of the Ming Dynasty.

The old generation of nobles had their bones broken as early as the Battle of Tumubao, like mud that couldn't support the wall, and now the new batch of nobles that Chu Yi had spent his time supporting had finally taken shape.

No matter what those Wenchen thought in their hearts, whether it was the Son of Heaven or Chu Yi who spilled so many titles at once, what they did was to launch this new noble class to fight Wenchen in the ring and reconnect the broken leg of the Ming Dynasty.

After the soldiers in the army were rewarded, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and in addition to the rewards and pensions of the imperial court, he issued a decree to allocate three million taels of silver from the inner treasury to reward the meritorious soldiers.

The next step is to sacrifice the prisoners to the Taimiao.

Operated by officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Tatar captives, led by Tatar nobles such as Dayan and Balsborot, were bound and escorted to the Taimiao.

As the Son of Heaven, Zhu Houzhao personally led hundreds of officials to burn incense and pray in front of the Taimiao, and sacrificed to the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in the Taimiao.

Zhu Houzhao was dressed in full costume, after praying, he turned around, his eyes fell on Dayan and the others, and he slowly spoke: "Dayan, do you have anything to say?" ”

Balsborot sneered, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Zhengde Xiao'er, kill if you want to, don't want to humiliate me." ”

Then Balsborot smiled at Chu Yi, who was wearing a black background embroidered gold five-clawed golden dragon robe, and said with a smile: "Chu Yi, I heard that you have been crowned king, don't you know that the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked......"

Chu Yi's expression remained unchanged, while Zhu Houzhao's face immediately became a little gloomy, and he stared coldly at Balsborough.

[More than 6,000 words, not separated, I've been busy to death these days, the update is not strong enough, I feel very embarrassed, I strive to return to normal updates as soon as possible. 】