My Daming New Empire

His two hundred young troops have now become the backbone of the army, which is highly valued.It only takes a few more years, even if Zhu Di dies and the crown prince ascends the throne, the power of the grandson cannot be shaken.

Now the Zhang family has formed an alliance with the grandson, the greater the power of the grandson, the greater the benefits for their Zhang family.

The two of them are complementary to each other.

But Crown Princess Zhang's mind is much more pure. The child born in her womb has grown from a crying baby to the heir recognized by the whole country. She is only sincerely happy and proud.

After the worship, the brigade did not stop, and escorted Zhu Zhanji to the Heaven and Earth Altar to worship.

When they returned from worshiping at the Heaven and Earth Altar, the army escorting the captives walked outside the Chengtian Gate.

More than 1 captives, in terms of numbers alone, do not seem to be many.But when [-] people are gathered together, it is extremely shocking to anyone.

Many people in Yingtian Mansion have already started to choose among the female relatives, write down the favorite candidates, and wait for the government to sell them, they will buy them or become concubines, or ration servants as wives.

They were forced to bow down in front of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi. For an emperor who conquered the world by force, this kind of scene was Zhu Di's favorite.

The return of Zhu Zhanji and the others did not destroy Zhu Di's interest in appreciating the captives' kneeling and worshiping. Instead, they waited until those people were taken away, and then they lined up and entered the imperial city in an orderly manner.

This time, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi personally greeted Zhu Zhanji and his party inside the city gate.

Without waiting for the chariot to approach, Zhu Zhanji quickly led the generals to get off the chariot, and bowed down to the two of them again.

"Grandfather is above, grandson lived up to his mission and returned triumphantly."

Zhu Di personally stepped forward and supported Zhu Zhanji's arm to stand up, and said with a smile: "My grandson is powerful all over the world, I am very happy. In this battle, I played out the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, and I won the victory. It is worthy of my goodness." Grandson, come, join me in offering sacrifices to the Sheji Altar and the ancestral family temple, and let the ancestors know that I have a successor to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Zhanji took advantage of the opportunity to stand up, bowed deeply to Zhu Gaochi and said: "The grandson has a little credit, and it is inseparable from the teachings of the father. The father is not in good health. The grandson respectfully invites the grandfather and the father to get on the car." chariot."

According to Zhu Di's personality, he would basically not take a car at this time.But after listening to Zhu Zhanji's pleading, and looking at Zhu Gaochi who was unable to move, he nodded and said, "Then get in the car!"

Zhu Zhanji personally helped Zhu Gaochi board the chariot, looking like a perfect son.This scene also made the civil and military ministers who followed behind him nod their heads one by one, and each of them had a better impression of him as the grandson.

Whether it is Zhu Di, or Zhu Gaochi, including Zhu Zhanji, they are all willing to show this picture of father, son, filial piety, harmony and closeness in front of the ministers, and the three of them have played their respective roles in harmony.

But when he got on the chariot, the cart was driving, and when the ministers followed, Zhu Gaochi asked a little out of place: "Ji'er, this time I captured Jeju Island, it was the place that Gaozu returned to North Korea with his own hands, and what else?" Then Tsushima Island has been a territory of Dongying since the Tang Dynasty, won these two places, will it be a hindrance to my Ming Dynasty's reputation?"

Zhu Zhanji bowed and replied: "Father, although these two places belong to North Korea and Dongying, the two countries have no ability to govern, and now they have become the base camp of Japanese pirates. My Ming Dynasty's move is to deal with Japanese pirates, not against the two countries. .When I eradicate the Japanese pirates in Ming Dynasty, whether to return these two islands to them or jointly manage them is up to Ming Dynasty.”

Zhu Di asked with a sullen face: "But someone went to Zhan Shi's mansion to cry again?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "Yesterday, the students of the Korean Li family did cry in front of their children in the name of learning, saying that my Ming fleet blocked the sea area, and they couldn't even go to pick up the Koreans on the island."

Zhu Di asked: "If they cry again, then you can ask them why the island was full of Japanese pirates when my Ming fleet arrived? Since they can't control it, occupying Jeju Island is equivalent to leaving it to the Japanese pirates, why can't they leave it to the Japanese pirates?" My Daming?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Grandpa Huang, why don't we pay a sum of money to buy this island, so that the name will be more justified."

Zhu Gaochi asked: "The land on Jeju Island is barren. What else is there to do besides raising horses? What's the benefit to my Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Zhanji replied: "Father, although Jeju Island does not produce much, its location is very important. I, the Nuer Gandu of the Ming Dynasty, is located in the northern region, and it is more convenient to travel by sea than by land. Therefore, in order to maintain this waterway, My Ming Dynasty must station troops on Jeju Island and Tsushima Island to ensure the safety of our routes."

This time, Zhu Gaochi stopped talking.He is already very familiar with the globe, and he knows that there is still a large area of ​​land in the north. Although the local food production is not much, there are many trees, and there is wood that Ming needs.

The imperial court is already discussing the formation of a special logging team and the establishment of a private merchant fleet to bring the forests from the Northern Territory to Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji's plan and the current imperial court's policy not only do not conflict, but also complement each other.

Only then did Zhu Di smile and said, "I want face, but I also can't lose the lining. It's also a good way to spend money to buy it. I will contact the Ministry of Household Affairs and the North Korean side, and hope they don't want to talk too much."

In a few words, the future ownership of Jeju Island was confirmed, and Zhu Zhanji was relieved.Although Zhu Di's career is not as broad as his, he is better than him in terms of execution.

As long as he intends to stay on Jeju Island and not return it, Zhu Zhanji is not afraid of his half-heartedness.Unlike Zhu Gaochi, he may be fooled by others, and he will change his mind after others cry.

As long as Jeju Island can legitimately belong to Ming Dynasty now, even hundreds of years later, there is no fear that the two countries will have another dispute over this place.

However, Jeju Island can do this, but Tsushima Island does not.As the base camp of Japanese pirates, Da Ming forcibly occupied it there, and Dongpu had nothing to say. Now they are probably even more worried that Da Ming will use it as an excuse to attack them!

According to the information sent back from Dongying, Dongying is now in a state of panic, Ashikaga Yoshichi has sent [-] troops to Kyushu Island to garrison, and he is still putting pressure on the big names, hoping that they can send more soldiers.

However, they have no advantage at sea. No matter how many people there are, they will not move as fast as the Ming army. In a real fight, Zhu Zhanji will definitely not stare at Kyushu Island and Nagasaki to fight.

Zhu Di took the lead and led the civil and military ministers to worship first the Sheji Altar and then the family temple, and then ordered a meal to be served to the meritorious soldiers.

After eating half of it, Zhu Zhanji slipped away.

But at this time, even Zhu Di couldn't bear to blame him, so he just smiled.

A young man who just got married led the army to go to war. It would be too fake if he didn't miss his wives and concubines in the palace.

In fact, if Zhu Di hadn't presided over the palace banquet in person, the soldiers whose families were in the capital would have been unable to sit still.

Returning home is the greatest honor since ancient times.

Sun Xian had actually sent several groups of maids and eunuchs to inquire about the situation, but she didn't dare to disturb Zhu Zhanji without permission.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was the first to leave the table, they all came up one by one to show their welcome.

"Your Highness, all the concubines of Xingqing Palace are gathered in the main hall today, waiting for His Highness to return to the palace."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "I won't go back to Xingqing Palace yet, I'm going to pay my respects to my concubine first."

Sun Lin said with a smile: "The Crown Princess is considerate of Your Highness, and is now waiting for His Highness in Xingqing Palace."

Zhu Zhanji was moved in his heart: "Then go back to the palace!"

Although today's Xingqing Palace is not decorated with lights and festoons, none of the lights should be missed, and all of them are lit.

Every little eunuch and court lady knelt down to greet Zhu Zhanji and congratulated him repeatedly.

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said: "I am very happy today, and all the people in Xingqing Palace will be rewarded."

Arriving at the main hall of Xingqing Palace, although the weather was cold, Mrs. Zhang was notified and could not wait to welcome her out. "My son went on an expedition and suffered a lot."

Zhu Zhanji knelt down and kowtowed: "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the child is not afraid of hardship. It is just that the child cannot serve in front of the mother, and the child feels guilty."

Mrs. Zhang supported Zhu Zhanji's arm to let him stand up. With tears in his eyes, he said, "It is the greatest comfort to me that my son can return safely. Please get up quickly, and I have good news to tell you today."

Zhu Zhanji's gaze swept across the concubines, and he saw that Sun Xian's face was a little unnatural, but Hu Shanxiang's dignified face was full of joy, and the other women were also a little envious. "But Di Liang is happy?"

Hu Shanxiang nodded slightly, and said a little shyly: "The concubine was anorexic and vomited a few days ago. The concubine mother invited the imperial physician to confirm the good news."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "This is great joy! Sun Lin, hold my warrant and transfer [-] silver dollars from the Banking Bureau. Everyone in the palace will be rewarded!"

Zhu Zhanji's wife and concubine are pregnant. In the feudal family era, this is even greater good news than a big victory.

Because this proves that Zhu Zhanji's body is fine and he can give birth to an heir.

Passing on the family line is important to a family, and even more important to a country.