After sailing for more than half a month, the fleet finally returned to the homeland of the Ming Dynasty.

When the expedition was the time of the autumn harvest, the return had already reached the spring planting, the sea breeze was warm, with the unique saltiness and humidity of the sea, and the mid-spring sun shone on the sea level, and fell on the body, indescribably comfortable.

The sun of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively round.

When the ship docked, everyone hurriedly disembarked and stepped impatiently on the land of Daming.

The land under your feet is not fundamentally different from the land of Korea and the Wa Kingdom, but this is home.

After being away from home for a long time, I miss it, and the closer I get to home, the more anxious I become, and everyone is like an arrow.

Except for Zhu Houzhao, he had a hunch that going back this time would definitely not be good, and he couldn't wait to stay on the ship for a few more days and have a longer route.

Unfortunately, it still arrived.

And it was not Weihai that arrived, but Tianjin Wei, the first thing to do when he returned to Daming was naturally to return to Beijing triumphantly, this time he made a great contribution, and there must be a reward, and compared to Weihai, Tianjin Wei was naturally closer to Beijing.

It is estimated that there will be two or three days before you can reach Jingshi.

After a short rest, tens of thousands of troops began to march to Beijing by land in batches, and the first group at the forefront was naturally Zhang Mao, the commander, and Xia Yuan, the assistant to recruit the Japanese Rongzheng, and Zhu Houzhao, the prince.

Along the way, in addition to hurrying, the speed of the march was very fast, and two days later, in the evening, they finally arrived outside the Jingshi City.

Looking at the majestic and tall city wall of Jingshi, everyone's tired faces showed happy smiles.

Even if he is in the dust, he can't hide the excitement in his eyes, except for Zhu Houzhao, everyone else is cowardly in his hometown, he is afraid of his hometown.

In addition to being excited, Xia Yuan did not forget to say to Zhang Mao: "Zhang Shuai, I will bother you to go to the military department to hand over the military power, and the lower official will go home first." ”

Counting the days, it's March now, and the little camelina at home has been separated for half a year, and now that the Jingshi is about to begin, the thoughts that have been buried have all run out of my heart, and I can't suppress it anymore.

It just so happened to be twilight, and it stands to reason that things like debriefings would have to wait until tomorrow.

When Zhang Mao responded, Xia Yuan flicked the horsewhip and wanted to urge the horse forward, but the reins were pulled by a hand.

Xia Yuan turned his head along the hand, and then saw Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Highness, do you have something?"

Zhu Houzhao coughed, and said with an unnatural face: "This palace has thought about it carefully, but I still won't go back to the palace, go to your house with you, and live in your house." ”

"What's the matter with you living in my house? You live, I can't live anymore, no, you go back to the palace, don't come to disturb my purity. ”

"There is only one person in this palace, how can it disturb your purity?"

"What do you say?"

The army is triumphant, the palace may have known the news a few days earlier, Emperor Hongzhi is waiting for the eldest to go back, Zhu Houzhao went to his house on the front foot, and a bunch of people in the palace have to run over to ask the prince to go back.

Zhu Houzhao also thought of this, so he changed his tone and proposed: "Then you go back to the palace with me, let's go to see my father together, and when we see our father, will you go home again?" ”

Xia Yuan refused without even thinking about it, "No." I finally came back, I didn't go home, I went back to the palace with you, what do you want? ”

"Master." Zhu Houzhao shouted, his tone was almost pleading, "Not to mention our master-apprentice friendship and brotherhood, we are also robes, born and died on the battlefield." ”

"I haven't been on the battlefield, where did I come from birth and death, you haven't been on it either, don't talk about this."

Zhu Houzhao stopped talking, and looked at him with a sad face.

Xia Yuan sighed and patted him on the shoulder, "What about people, you must always be responsible for your own behavior, you are also an adult now, you must know how to take responsibility, when things are done, you should accept your fate, stretching out your head is a knife, shrinking your head is also a knife, I'm afraid it's useless, you can hide from the first day of junior high school, you can't hide from the fifteenth, you can't go back to the palace, why shouldn't it be the case when I go home?" ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned, "Someone in your family is also going to beat you?" ”

"That's not true, but it's definitely not good, I can't sleep comfortably at night, okay, let's not talk about this, in short, let's both ask for more blessings."

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When the army entered the city, there were no tens of thousands of people cheering on the road, and there were no people standing on both sides of the street to celebrate the triumph of the king, and there was no pot pulp to welcome the king.

Maybe the time to enter the city is not right, the sun will stop at this time, and it will be curfew in a short time, most of the people have already gone home, and the streets of the city are somewhat deserted, and there is no one to be seen.

Perhaps it is because in these years the common people's sense of the army is more fear than love, or even no love.

This can be seen from the awe-inspiring eyes that the people who had not yet returned from the streets retreated to the sides of the street after the army entered the city.

The bandit family is not just talking.

Even if the soldiers have made great contributions abroad, for the people of the capital, whether this battle is good or bad, it has nothing to do with them.

After all, it was a war against a Japanese country far overseas, not a defensive war, not by defending against foreign enemies, protecting their personal safety and property.

The people of Beijing would discuss the border of the Tatars, and they would praise the border troops who resisted the Tatars, especially Yu Qian and Yu Shaobao's defense of the Beijing Division, which is still praised by the people of the Beijing division because these battles were related to their vital interests.

The border pass is lost, the Beijing division is in danger, and the Beijing division does not win the defense battle, which is even worse.

However, Xia Yuan still attributed the reason to the fact that he entered the city too late, if he entered the city in the morning or early afternoon, it must be hundreds of people cheering and eating pot pulp to welcome the king.

Thinking about it this way, it feels much better.

He glanced back, and Zhu Houzhao was still riding his horse.

He couldn't help but stop his horse, and when Zhu Houzhao came closer, he frowned and said: "It's all said that you go back to the palace, I'll go home, let's go our own way, ask for more blessings, why are you still following me?" ”

"This palace didn't follow you, I am.. Well, I plan to enter the palace from Dong'anmen, your home is in the east, and we will stop by. ”

Xia Yuan had to admit that there was nothing wrong with what he said, the East Palace was also in the east, and if he walked through Dong'an Gate and then entered Donghua Gate, he would go directly to the East Palace.

And Zhu Houzhao's choice of this route is not a problem at all, it is very reasonable.

The two walked forward for a while, and from a distance they saw a group of men and horses rushing towards here, including guards in armor and eunuchs in splendid costumes, and they knew what they were here for without asking.

Xia Yuan raised his chin, "Now, the person who picked you up is here." ”

Zhu Houzhao naturally saw it, sighed, and his whole face languished.

Soon, the group of people came to the front, and the leader was a eunuch with some faces, he saluted the two, and then knelt down and said: "Slaves and maids, please return to the palace as soon as possible, and the Marquis of Changdehou will also enter the palace." ”

I guessed the beginning, but I didn't guess the end, Xia Yuan didn't expect that there was something about himself here.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and the whole person seemed to be energetic again.

"The palace gate will be locked immediately, what am I going to do when I enter the palace at this time?"

"The emperor commanded, please invite Changdehou into the palace."

Xia Yuan sighed, yes, enter the palace if you enter the palace, it is impossible to beat yourself anyway.

(End of chapter)