Father can be an enemy to the country

It was Hongwu twenty years ago.

In this first month, Zhu Zhen can finally take a good rest, enjoy family happiness, and relax his exhausted body and mind.

Unfortunately, the second and third children in his family are still young, and Miaoqing and Liu Li dare not take them on a long journey, so they have not met yet. However, Zhu Zhen had already killed the old thief, and as soon as the army arrived in the capital, he would immediately let him go back to Yunnan.

This time he was so determined that he didn't care about anything, and Zhu Yuanzhang was too embarrassed to give him any more work. He could finally be like an ordinary man, spending time with his wife and taking care of the children, chatting with his mother in the palace, and drinking with her. Then go to the eldest brother's house for a meal. When I passed by Dazong Temple on my way back, I brought a meal to my fourth brother. It was a simple but fulfilling life.

Good times always come quickly, and at the end of the first year in a blink of an eye, Lan Yu and King Qin King Jin finally led the army back to Nanjing.

On the day when the army was reorganized, Boss Zhu personally went outside the city to greet his invincible army, and personally took off Lan Yu's shirt. Lan Yu once again led the generals to kowtow to the emperor and shouted long live the mountain.

Then there are the prisoner presentation ceremonies that have been held many times. They have been described before and there is no need to elaborate.

At the end of the prisoner presentation ceremony, the eunuch read out Boss Zhu’s awards to the meritorious soldiers——

"The general of the Jin Dynasty, the Duke of Wei, and the Taifu Xu Da will be appointed as the Grand Master. They will be given a salary of two thousand dan and are allowed to return to the capital to be raised."

"The deputy general of the left side of the Jin Dynasty, the Duke of Ying, and the prince's tutor Fu Youde are the Taibao. They will change the iron coupons, make the title hereditary, and increase the salary by two thousand dan."

"The right deputy general of the Jin Dynasty, the Marquis of Yongchang, and the prince Shaobao Lanyu are the Duke of Liang and the prince Taifu, with a salary of five thousand dan."

"Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan in Jin Dynasty, is the Duke of Dingguo, the crown prince and the young master, and his salary is four thousand dan."

"Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding in Jin Dynasty, is the Duke of Yingguo, the crown prince is Shaobao, and his salary is four thousand dan..."

Three dukes were conferred at once. Although none of them were hereditary, it was enough to show how happy Boss Zhu was.

The other marquises also have titles, so there is no need to list them in details. For ordinary sergeants, Boss Zhu is generous with rewards. Now that the country is rich, the rewards and pensions given this time have set a new record.

Those who join the army to Daning will receive rewards and pensions in full accordance with the standards for soldiers in the Southern Expedition; those who join the army to Yuerhai will receive twice the rewards and pensions; those who join the army to Langjuxu Mountain will receive rewards and pensions as high as three times. .

Even the civilians who participated in the expedition received half of the rewards, and everyone was happy.

In this big wave of money-spending alone, Boss Zhu paid 40 million yuan and 6 million pieces of cloth. If it weren't for the efforts of a certain double-door highness who ate camel meat and squeezed gold and silver, he would have paid I can't afford it either... Since last year, the Prime Minister's Office has officially paid profits and taxes to the court. Boss Zhu suddenly has an additional annual income of 20 million taels of silver, so he can spend money so arrogantly.

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In addition to rewarding meritorious ministers, Boss Zhu also conferred the title of King of Anle on Tuogusi Timur, the Marquis of Haixi on Nahachu, and the title of Shunyi Bo on Guantong. The rest of them also had their own awards, no need to go into details.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the prince to the Ancestral Temple to announce the good news to his ancestors. Finally, he held a celebration banquet in Fengtian Hall to entertain all the meritorious officials.

The celebration banquet was fine at first. With Boss Zhu and the prince in charge, no one dared to make any mistakes. They all sat there in a proper manner. They didn't dare to drink too much or talk too much.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he and his ministers had become farther and farther apart over the years, and it would not look good if he forcibly blended in with them, so he called Li Shanchang, Tang He, and Zhou Dexing and said: "We old guys are here, and they don't feel comfortable either." , let’s go back to Qianqing Palace to open another table and let them drink freely.”

"This last drink is for all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition!" He stood up with the wine glass and smiled at Lan Yu: "Liang Guogong, drink this glass as a representative."

"Yes!" Lan Yu stood up excitedly, ran to Zhu Yuanzhang, knelt down on one knee, took the wine glass with both hands, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Hahaha, okay! Let's drink today!" Zhu Yuanzhang happily patted his shoulder and said: "Today we have asked all the officials to avoid it. Just drink to your heart's content and don't be afraid of losing your temper!"

After saying that, he took a few old brothers and left the table.

"I will respectfully see you off to your Majesty." All the ministers also hurriedly left the table.

"You don't have to move, just let the prince take us back." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, motioning for everyone to stay, and took the opportunity to pull the prince away.

In the hearts of the ministers, the majesty of the deputy emperor was no less than that of the emperor.

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As soon as the emperor and the prince left, the noise in the golden palace suddenly started.

All the distinguished ministers left the table one after another and started looking for people to toast and share the wine. The three newly promoted princes, especially Lan Yu, who has taken the limelight, have naturally become the focus of everyone's pursuit. You have a cup and I have a cup, taking turns to toast this newly minted Liang Guogong. When I felt drunk, my face turned red and my ears turned red, and I started to act wildly.

Surrounded by Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heshou, Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Shunshuo, and others, he was boasting as if no one else was around. It was so noisy in the golden palace that his voice could be heard from a distance.

At this time, Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, also came to toast him and congratulate him on his promotion to Duke.

"What's there to congratulate?" Lan Yu said in a rough voice:

"The Battle of Yuerhai... hiccup... I have the most merit in the past five hundred years. It is not an exaggeration to give me a hereditary and irreplaceable duke, but I only got a first-term duke. It's really boring!"

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this, and they coughed hurriedly, indicating that it would be better for him to say less.

Lan Yu didn't know whether he was too angry or had been holding it in for too long, and ignored the warnings of others, and continued to complain loudly: "I know the emperor blames me for not keeping an eye on the fourth brother, but I didn't know at all that he had sneaked into my army! Otherwise, I would have tied him to my belt and didn't even untie him when I took a shit or slept."

Many people turned pale and involuntarily stayed away from this drunkard who spoke without restraint, but there were also those who just wanted to watch the fun, and those who had a grudge against the fourth brother, such as Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng, all laughed and praised Lan Yu for what he said.

Zhu Zhen and his brothers sat at a table in the corner of the hall, and they originally planned to drink a few glasses quietly and leave, but they didn't expect to see this farce.

"This Lan Yu is really a dog that can't change its eating habits." Zhu Zhen cursed.

"Here he comes again..." The third brother slapped his forehead and was about to have a headache, but suddenly laughed and said, "I just remembered that I am no longer a military supervisor."

"Why, he caused you a lot of trouble along the way?" Zhu Zhen asked softly.

"Not only trouble, but he almost killed me." Zhu Gang lowered his voice and said, "I will tell you two things. One is that he almost raped Toghon Temur's concubine. Fortunately, I sent someone to keep an eye on him all the time, so he didn't make a big mistake. Later, Toghon Temur gave him eight beauties, and he stopped coveting other people's wives."

"Damn it!" Zhu Zhen cursed.