Chen Kan led the fleet to hurry up and finally returned to Liujiagang the day before Chinese New Year's Eve.

One warship after another drove into the dock, and every soldier who stepped off the battleship had a look of emotion on his face.

It's hard to imagine that their trip to the South Seas took a whole year.

The army was encamped on the wharf, and at the gate of the wharf, it was already a sea of people.

They are the envoys sent by Zhu Di to welcome Chen Kan's triumph, and they are also the envoys sent by Zhu Di to reward the three armies.

Led by Song Xin, the governor of Dongchang, Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally drove the horse.

After setting up the fleet, Chen Kan slowly walked out of the shipyard with a group of senior generals in the army.

Looking at Chen Kan in armor and with a knife, a group of people suddenly whispered.

Song Qing glanced back at the whispering crowd in the envoy group, and those who were swept hurriedly lowered their heads.

Chen Kan walked to stand in front of the envoys with his personal guards and a senior general in the army, looking at Song Qing, who was already quite powerful, and Song Li, who was willing to be in second place, with a hearty smile on his face.

"Lord Song, Lord Song, it's been a long time."

Chen Kan was the first to speak, and Song Xin and Song Li, who were greeted by Chen Kan, also smiled.

Song Xin took a step forward and arched his hand: "The general led the troops on an expedition to the South Seas, and raised the prestige of my Ming country outside the territory, and our family would like to congratulate the general." ”

Song Li also returned the salute and said with a smile: "The general's expedition is hard, Your Majesty has placed a celebration wine in the Fengtian Palace, just waiting for the general's triumphant return." ”

The three of them exchanged polite words, Song Xin cleared his throat, and suddenly pulled his neck and shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree, the three guards are in chief, Beijing stays behind to command Tongzhiwei, and Jinghai Marquis Chen Kan takes the order." ”

Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, looking at Song Xin, who was standing in the distance and shouting at his neck, but didn't take out the holy decree for a long time, his face couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

But Zhu Di has a will, and Chen Kan still has to take it.

Of course, now that he is in armor, he only needs to kneel half-way.

Quickly gave a military salute to Song Xin, Chen Kan took a group of generals to kneel on one knee and said respectfully: "Chen Kan accepts the order." ”

"The edict said: Jinghai Marquis Chen Kan, expedition thousands of miles, Wei Daming's sea frontier, great merit, now triumphantly returned, specially given to the palace gate to ride a horse, in order to be honored. In addition, give a thousand silk horses, a hundred gold, a set of python clothes, and then give the king not to worship, to meet the emperor not to tend, in order to show honor, admiration. ”

Hearing Song Xin's mouth spit out a long list of rewards, Chen Kan couldn't help frowning.

Obviously, this is Zhu Di's dictation, but theoretically these rewards should be reserved for things that will be given after he returns to Beijing to pay orders to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and then goes to worship the Taimiao Temple to announce his meritorious deeds.

Zhu Di will reward it now, what will he reward when he goes to Taimiao to praise his merits?

Not to mention that Chen Kan couldn't understand it, even Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who was standing on the side, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.

Obviously, he couldn't understand what Zhu Di's messy and rude reward was for.

Such a situation usually only occurs at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Like when the great grandfather was in power, he would give whatever he thought of to his courtiers.

But now that the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 40 years, and various etiquette systems have clear terms, Zhu Di will do this again, it will be unruly.

All in all, after a specious reward, everyone was quite confused.

Oh, Song Xin is an exception.

After Song Xin finished reading the message, he beckoned behind him, and waited for a fan of Dongchang to pull out a war horse.

He looked at Chen Kan with a smile and said with a light smile: "Marquis Jinghai, let's help you get on the horse, don't let the Long Live Lord wait." ”

Chen Kan came back to his senses, bowed his hand to Song Xinyi, and said indifferently: "Minister, thank Your Majesty for your favor." ”

No matter what Zhu Di wants to express, Chen Kan plans to respond to all changes with no change, and he will always return from winning the battle, although Zhu Di's reward is outrageous, it is not unacceptable.

Seeing that the emperor is not tending, this is very good, Chen Kan has long been enough of kowtowing worms.

Without hesitation, he turned over and got on the horse, and Song Qing also got on a war horse.

The generals under his command were all entertained, and Chen Kan was too lazy to meddle in his affairs.

Song Li took a carriage, after all, he was a civil official, and riding a horse on a cold day was not in line with his style of a civil official.

The music sounded, and the procession began to set off, neither fast nor slow.

After a morning of blowing and blowing all the way, Chen Kan finally saw the city wall of Jingshi, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, looked at the mottled city wall of Jingshi in front of him, and then looked at the people watching on both sides, Chen Kan couldn't help but think about it.

After entering the city gate, I went all the way to the imperial city in the southeast direction, and just walked to the tribute courtyard, the team was stopped by a group of people.

Chen Kan turned his head to look at Song Xin, wanting him to give a reasonable explanation, but Song Xin just looked at the cheering people in front of him with a smile, and had no intention of opening his mouth at all.

A trembling old man walked out of the crowd, came to the front of Chen Kan's war horse, and said loudly: "Hou Ye expedition thousands of miles, raise the prestige of my Ming country outside the territory, we and other small people heard this news for the first time, all of them played the crown to celebrate, and now Hou Ye has returned triumphantly, and please accept our and other small people." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he bowed down to Chen Kan tremblingly, and the people behind him also leaned down and saluted Chen Kan.

"The general has returned triumphantly, and please accept our and other small people."

A deafening voice sounded, catching Chen Kan off guard.

Song Qing, Tan Cong, Dou Xing and other generals who followed behind Chen Kan also looked at each other.

Although they had expected that the Ming fleet's attack on the capitals of the two countries in Nanyang would definitely cause an uproar in the Ming Dynasty, the fact that the people blocked the road and sang praises still made them a little stunned.

Has the prestige of the general among the people reached such a high level?

Chen Kan frowned, and after taking a deep breath, he still chose to dismount and help the old man who was kneeling on the ground.

No matter who arranged today's big drama, Chen Kan couldn't bear to let an old man over eighty kneel on the cold stone slab in the winter.

"The old man, please get up, Chen is just a little bit of a merit, and he doesn't deserve such a big gift from the old man."

The old man got up tremblingly and said with a smile: "Worthy of it, the general can afford it, I have a peerless famous general like the general, which is the blessing of the community." ”

Song Xin also smiled and said: "The general first champion Hou Lao, the master of the barbarians across the grassland, and then the general Fubo went south to conquer the country, sailed thousands of miles, and raised the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and the people welcomed it, which is reasonable." ”

After listening to Song Qing's, Chen Kan's mind raced, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

This posture reminded him of two words - killing.

Could it be Zhu Di?

Unlikely, with Zhu Di's means, he wants to get rid of himself.

Moreover, Zhu Di has no reason to get rid of himself, he is his son-in-law, and his position will only be more stable.

Even if his ability makes him jealous, just find a reason to exile himself.

There's no need to go through such a fuss.

At this time, the crowd parted ways, and another team of angels came into Chen Kan's eyes.

"Jinghai Hou Chen Kan received the order~"

The old eunuch at the head shouted loudly, and Chen Kan was stunned again.

But now in full view, he can only choose to accept the order.

"Minister, Chen Kan takes the order."

"The edict said: Chen Kan, Marquis of Jinghai, conquered extraterritorial, overshadowed the generals, destroyed the two countries in a row, made great contributions, and entered the Wuyingdian University Scholar, admirable."

It was another oracle to reward Chen Kan.

And the three words of Wu Yingdian University Scholar made Chen Kan's brows furrow even deeper.

If the previous rewards were all false, then this Wuyingdian scholar can be said to have directly pushed Chen Kan to the cusp.

The Ming Dynasty is not like the previous dynasty, there are a lot of bachelors in such halls and halls, but only the middle pole (Huacani), Jianji (cautious), Wenhua, and Wuying four halls.

As for the so-called scholar of the East Pavilion of the Bunyuan Pavilion, that was after the development of the cabinet.

Therefore, this Wuyingdian scholar suddenly raised Chen Kan's position to a terrifying position among the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that Qiu Fu, the only remaining veteran of the Ming Dynasty, has not been mixed with the false title of a university scholar until now.

Of course, this is not the most important, the main thing is that Chen Kan is a military general.

The martial artist was named a university scholar, which made the second monk a little confused.

"Minister, Chen Kan takes the order."

After Chen Kan took the order, Song Xin immediately sent someone to open the way.

After passing over the people who stood in the way, the road was cleared.

In the evening, Hongwumen was finally close at hand.

What made Chen Kan incomprehensible was that there was another old eunuch standing in front of Hongwu Gate.

There was no need for the old eunuch to speak, Chen Kan honestly dismounted and prepared to receive the order.

"Jinghai Hou Chen Kan received the order~"

As expected, when Chen Kan dismounted, the old eunuch immediately spoke.

"Jinghai Marquis Chen Kan, teaching the emperor and grandson to be meritorious, and specially entering the Zhan Mansion Zhan Shi, admiration."

"Minister, Commander."

It is another civil official reward, Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, as an institution to counsel the prince, is one of the six secretaries of the Ming Dynasty, and Taichang Siqing, Taifu Siqing, Guanglu Siqing and so on.

However, this will, Chen Kan tasted a little meaning.

A great general, two civil posts in a row. I'm afraid I'm involved in some unwarranted disaster.

But what the specific situation is, you have to see Zhu Di to know.

Chen Kan couldn't laugh or cry, he felt that he might be a disaster-inducing physique, and as soon as he returned to Daming, this disaster came to the door one after another.

The matter of the Dao Gate and the Buddha Gate over there has not yet been sorted out, and the court hall here has been involved in the whirlpool again.

Of course, in other words, it is also possible that Jingshi's Feng Shui Ke Ta.

Seeing that Chen Kan stood still after receiving the will, the old eunuch said with a smile: "Master Hou, Your Majesty is waiting for you in Fengtian Palace." ”

Chen Kan came back to his senses, bowed his head slightly to the old eunuch, and led the generals into Hongwumen.

Along the way, along the way, there were little eunuchs who stepped forward to sort out the appearance of the generals, shed their armor for the generals, and put on winter clothes.

By the time they arrived at the gate of the Mukden Palace, the group had changed from murderous generals to well-mannered scribes.

Armor, swords, muskets, and even boots were taken away and replaced with clogs.