"What reward do you want?" After laughing, Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked Zhang Shize.

On this expedition to Hetao, Zhang Shize first forced Huang Taiji to retreat with Sun Chuanting, and then made a detour to take Guihua City, cutting off the back road of the Chahar Mongol army, and creating conditions for forcing the surrender of various Taiji, which can be said to have made a great contribution.

Meritorious service should naturally be rewarded, but Zhang Shize is the son of the country, and the British government is the first noble in the world, and he became the chief soldier of the important town as a noble, which can be described as extremely rich, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't know how to reward him.

"Your Majesty, Weichen can be regarded as a meritorious contribution to expanding the land this time, right?" Zhang Shize had already planned and asked with a smile.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and nodded: "Of course." ”

Although the coach of this battle is Sun Chuanting, Zhang Shize's contribution is equally great.

"As the saying goes, 'the job is conferred with ability, and the knight is rewarded with merit', some time ago, Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Shujiao were knighted because of Liaodong's contribution to Jiannu. In the battle of Liaodong, Weichen boasted that his contributions were no less than Cao Zhao's, coupled with this expedition to Hetao, expelled Jiannu to pacify Mongolia, and opened thousands of miles for the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Shize said with a smile.

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, "You are the prince of England, the next Duke of England, and the first Duke of the Ming Dynasty, what more title do you need?" ”

Zhang Shize sighed: "The title of the Duke of England was earned by the ancestors, what does it have to do with Weichen." Besides, my old man is as strong as an ox, and I don't know when I will inherit the dukedom of the country? ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Otherwise, I will make a will and let the British Duke give you the title?" ”

Zhang Shize hurriedly shook his head: "Absolutely not." If that were the case, I would have become a disobedient and unfilial person, and I would laugh for the whole world.

Your Majesty, in fact, from the time I first joined the Xiyuan Guard, I often wondered if with my Zhang Shize's ability, could I earn a meritorious title by myself, instead of lying on the merit book of my ancestors and waiting for death. Now it seems that I am doing well, at least no worse than my ancestors.

So if possible, please give Weichen a title, even if it is a small earl, as for the title of the Duke of England, whoever loves to inherit it, but I am not rare, what is better than a title earned by himself? ”

Zhang Shize's words came from the bottom of his heart, and Zhu You was also very moved when he heard it. Thinking about the situation in the past few years, Zhang Shize has transformed from a prince of a country to the present, he has indeed suffered too much, and he has indeed done a very good job. With Zhang Shize's credit, he is completely worthy of a knighthood.

"Okay, I'll give you a knighthood!" Zhu Youzhen said generously, "Don't be an earl, just give you a marquis, and you will be crowned the Marquis of Pingbei." ”

The merit of pacifying Southern Mongolia is enough to seal the marquis!

Zhang Shize was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

From now on, the Zhang family will be a duke and a marquis, which is enough to laugh at the entire Ming Dynasty. Some time ago, the Duke of Dingguo's Xu family was copied, and the title of Duke of Dingguo was also deposed, and the descendants of Xu Da ceased to exist in one family, and now only the Duke of Wei in Nanjing City remains. And now, the Xu family, which has been surpassed by the British Gongzhang family, is the first noble of the Ming Dynasty in the true sense!

Of course, this is only a verbal promise from Zhu Youzhen, and the formal canonization must be discussed and approved by the cabinet, and the proposed decree can be sealed. Zhang Shize was originally the prince of England, and it was actually a little inappropriate to give up the inheritance of the prince and then be knighted, but the work of pacifying Mongolia was too great, and there was no problem in the final pass.

In fact, during this period of time, the court has been discussing the issue of rewards.

Lu Xiangsheng captured Shenyang to recover the entire Liaodong, and Sun Chuanting forced Jiannu to pacify Southern Mongolia.

After many days of discussion and deliberation, the imperial court finally made a decision and reported to Zhu Youzhen for approval to issue a holy decree.

Liaodong through the strategy of Lu Xiangsheng captured Shenyang to recover the old land of Liaodong, meritorious service, named it Shaobao, Shangzhu country, plus the military department of the title of supervisor Ji Liao, his father as Guangluqing, chasing his mother as Mrs. Yipin, his wife as Mrs. Cong Yipin, Yin a son for the Jinyi Wei thousand households, the rest of the sons are all Jinyi Wei 100 households, give bullfighting clothes, give 100 gold, 500 silver and silver, 10,000 treasure money, 100 horses of all kinds of silk and satin.

Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Yuji, and Huang Degong also made contributions in this Pingliao, all of them added the number of generals, and Yin Yizi was a hundred households in Jinyi, and he was given flying fish clothes and a number of gold and silver.

Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, expelled Jiannu to pacify southern Mongolia, made a special contribution to the expansion of the territory, named him as a young master, Shangzhu country, and added the military department to supervise the three sides, posthumously named his father as Taichang, posthumously named his mother as Mrs. Yipin, his wife as Mrs. Yipin, Yin Yizi as the commander of Jinyiwei, and the remaining son as Jinyiwei Qianhu, gave python robes, gave 100 gold, 500 silver, 10,000 treasure banknotes, and 100 horses of various silks.

Zhang Shize, the chief soldier of Yansui, led the army to assist the governor of the three sides to repel Jiannu, ran thousands of miles to capture the city of Guihua, and made the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, which previously broke the Mongolian army of 20,000 in Jizhou, and led the army to rescue Sun Chuanting's army, and won more than 1,000 of the first level of Jiannu before and after.

Xu Ze, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, led his troops to pacify Mongolia with the governor of the three sides, promoted him to the general of Pingyu and the general of naturalization, and moved the town to the city of naturalization.

The guerrilla general Li Hongji, first undercover Montenegrin bandits, made contributions to the pacification of Montenegrin bandits, and then led troops to defend Montenegro and cooperated with Zhang Shize to take the naturalization city, made great contributions, and was promoted to deputy general of Montenegro.

As for the other soldiers, they will be rewarded according to the size of their merits, or promoted, or rewarded with silver, so I will not repeat them one by one.

After rewarding the meritorious soldiers, the next step was to canonize Mongolia.

Unlike rewarding meritorious soldiers, the canonization of Mongolian kings means that the Ming Kingdom is powerful and powerful, and it is natural to hold a ceremony.

On December 22 of the third year of Chongzhen, Taihe Palace, canonization ceremony.

After the hundred officials bowed three times and bowed nine times, the civil and military forces were lined up on both sides.

Then the envoys of the Korean vassal state, the land department of the southwest domain, and the Ryukyu envoy successively met with the Ming Emperor.

The Ryukyu envoy was the Ming Dynasty who came in the autumn, landed in Fujian now, and then traveled to Beijing, the purpose of which was to ask the Ming for help, and asked the Ming to send troops to help the Ryukyu Shang clan expel the invading Satsuma Satsuma Domain's army. The Ming Dynasty is now worried about internal and external troubles, where does it have the energy to pay attention to the overseas vassal countries, the request of the Ryukyu envoy, the imperial court has been perfunctory, and there is no reply, and the Ryukyu envoy has to stay in Beijing.

Later, Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought of some of the pictures he saw, and suddenly realized the importance of Ryukyu to the Chinese mainland, so he issued an order to Li Yanzhi, the general of Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong, the general of coastal defense, waiting for the opportunity to send troops to Ryukyu to help expel the Japanese invaders. Since Ryukyu is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to peep in.

However, the Ryukyu envoy did not leave for a while, and stayed in Beijing, and did not return to his homeland until next year.

To tell the truth, there are actually few vassal states in the Ming Dynasty, and they can't be compared with the coming of all countries when they became ancestors. At present, there are only a few envoys who can insist on paying tribute, such as Korea and Burma, and there are only a few of them.

Looking at the situation in the court, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh, when will he be able to restore the grand scene of all countries coming to the dynasty when he became an ancestor, and then it will be the real Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Dan Khan slowly walked into the main hall with a group of tribal princes and bowed three times and nine bows to the Ming Emperor.

Now Lin Danhan is much haggard, and he has already accepted his fate, and under the low guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he kowtows step by step.

"There is Hutuketu Khan, named Lindan Batur, the son of the Jin family, the descendant of the Mongolian golden family, is the thirty-fifth Great Khan of Mongolia, because of admiration for the style of the Ming Dynasty, willing to join the Ming Dynasty, the great comfort, the concession, so he was named the king of Shunyi County, built the Shunyi palace in Beijing, and gave the king 10,000 acres of land, so that he will always enjoy the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

"There are 36 Mongolians such as Chahar, Ordos, Karaqin, and Uliangha, all of whom admire the virtue of the Ming Dynasty, and are willing to raise their troops into the Ming Dynasty, and they are very comforted and promise to seal the kings......

After this time, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia will always be a family, and there will be no more attacks on each other, which is really a blessing from God. ”

Listening to the sound of the official decree of the Ministry of Rites, the envoys of the vassal states were shocked. The North Korean envoy was even more drenched in cold sweat, and his body was like a sifting chaff.

are not fools, what admiration for the Ming Dynasty is willing to join, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty annexed the entire Monan Mongolia. Now even the Mongol Khan has been captured in the city of Beijing, and the entire Monan has been divided into 36 divisions, and can only be slaughtered by the Ming Dynasty. The shock caused by this situation to the DPRK envoys was too great.

The extremely powerful Mongols were beaten like this by the Ming Dynasty, which is hard to believe. The military might of the Ming Dynasty is too great! This reminds the North Korean envoy of the situation of a few years ago when North Korea turned its back on the Ming Dynasty and returned to Houjin, although the whole country of Korea was not reluctant at that time, and it was really for the sake of building slaves and had to give in, but once betrayed is once betrayed, and North Korea has been stained. If the Ming Dynasty investigates, the consequences ......

The North Korean envoys no longer dared to imagine.

If the Ming Dynasty had treated Korea as well as the Mongols, then the Korean state would cease to exist, and it would not even have the slightest ability to resist.

The Korean envoy was very frightened, and the Ryukyu envoy felt extremely excited, the Ming Dynasty was so powerful that even the powerful Mongols were conquered, and what was the difficulty of expelling the Japanese to help recover the Ryukyus?

In the ceremony, watching Lin Dan Khan and a group of Mongolian princes kneeling in the ceremony, from Zhu Youzhen to all the officials, they all felt extremely comfortable.

Mongolia, which has ravaged and threatened the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, finally possessed the feet of the Ming Dynasty.

Many officials' lips trembled, and their hearts were filled with excitement.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" After the ceremony, all the officials knelt down and shouted sincerely to the emperor.

Although the young emperor was stubborn, although the young emperor was nepotistic, although the young emperor was greedy and cruel to the officials and gentry very badly, and the nobles were also very cruel, making it difficult for the court officials to have a good impression, but at this moment, the voices of the court officials were sincere and heartfelt.

Pacify Mongolia, such a feat is destined to go down in history, Emperor Chongzhen will be destined to surpass most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, can be compared with Taizu Chengzu, through thousands of years of history, Emperor Chongzhen's reputation can even be juxtaposed with the Han Wu Tang Sect, if it is not for the Ming Dynasty now has too many internal troubles, maybe it can surpass the Han Wu Tang Sect, after all, the Han Wu Tang Sect did not completely solve the Hu people on the grassland.

However, when kneeling, there were also many officials with very complicated expressions, and they all knew that Emperor Chongzhen would establish supreme authority by virtue of his efforts to pacify Monan, and he would inevitably be more unscrupulous in his next actions. In the future, I am afraid that the life of the court officials will be even more sad.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care what the officials thought, he just enjoyed all this. I enjoyed the feeling of the Mongolian Great Khan kneeling at his feet, the trembling expressions of the envoys of the vassal state, and the awe of the civil and military officials.

After being the emperor for two generations, his mood has never been so comfortable and relaxed.

In the last life, in addition to eradicating the eunuchs, he was in high spirits for a while, and the next sixteen years were not as good as one day, and his mood was not as good as one day. In the last life, he did a lot and made a lot of mistakes, so that the Ming dynasty became worse and worse, so that the thieves were ruined, and the Ming dynasty finally perished.

Although when he hanged himself in the previous life, Zhu Youzhen kept saying that I was not the king of the dead country, and all the ministers were mistaken. However, when he asked himself, he knew that at least half of the reason for the loss of his country was on him, but he just didn't want to admit it.

And in this life, from the moment he ascended the throne, he was even more trembling. Although the Xiyuan Guard, pacified the northwest thieves, and recovered Liaodong, everything seemed to be going well, and it only took more than three years to recover Liaodong and pacify Monan.

But no one knows how he has spent the past three years, and he can say that he has not slept well for more than three years. Many nights were sleepless, thinking and deducing the situation. Many of his actions in this life are learned from the picture, but the picture is a picture after all, even Zhu Youzhen can't believe that what is in the picture is true, and he can't believe that what he sees in the next four hundred years is real. The reason why he did it according to the picture was also because there was no way.

Thankfully, everything went well. He successfully saved Daming from fire and water, and turned the tide in the past.

By now, Zhu Youzhen can say with certainty that Daming will never die in his hands again.

Although there are still many problems to be solved in the Ming Dynasty, and there are still hundreds of people living in dire straits, at least, the Ming Dynasty will not easily lose the country. Da Ming's qi has been saved by himself.

From now on, even if he doesn't do anything, Daming should be able to support it for a long time.

With a strong Praetorian Guard, there will be no worries about external enemies in the future, and naturally there will be no fear of internal strife.

So there's no need for you to continue to innovate?

Suddenly, Zhu Youzhen laughed, his eyes becoming more and more determined.