Chapter 871: Returning in Victory.

Two days later, on a sunny day, Zhu Di led his army to return to the court.

The people of Jinling welcomed them, they were proud of having such an emperor who would be able to settle down immediately, for them, the emperor who could protect them was a good emperor, and Zhu Di was just such a person.

An emperor who can drive the royal expedition is not comparable to ordinary people.

The noise resounded throughout the streets of Jinling, Zhu Di sat on the dragon chariot, and entered Jinling through the middle gate, and behind the team, there were more than a dozen Mongolian leaders.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi led the ministers of the court to greet him, and Zhu Di was quite satisfied with Zhu Gaochi's performance, so he only nodded slightly, and then led people to the palace.

Entering the palace, Zhu Di immediately went to court, in the civil and military officials long live, Zhu Di suddenly felt unprecedented satisfaction, he bowed slightly, said: "Push the Mongolian Tatars we captured back from the border pass to the noon gate and behead them, I want the whole world to know that those who offend me will never end well." ”

As soon as Zhu Di came back, he opened the killing ring, although the ministers were a little scared in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say anything, after all, those Mongolian Tatars deceived him and should have been killed.

Ye Xing saw Zhu Di like this, and secretly admired in his heart, although the Mongolian Tatars were beaten by Zhu Di now, there are still many Mongolian nobles running around on the Mongolian border, and they may all be resurrected, but after Zhu Di's killing this time, it can have the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, so that those remnants of Mongolian nobles dare not come to attack him again.

After killing those Mongols, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi wrote the major events that happened during his imprisonment and presented them, Zhu Di nodded slightly after reading it to express his satisfaction, and after dealing with these things, the next thing is to reward the generals.

Rewarding is a big deal, and if the generals who follow their birth and death are not satisfied, I am afraid that it will also cause chaos.

In this matter, Zhu Di obviously has a lot of experience, so he rewarded those generals very well, so that they got what they deserved, but when Zhu Di was crowned to Zhu Gaoxi, the king of Han, he was faintly uneasy in his heart, and he thought of what Ye Xing had said to him, if he really wanted Zhu Gaochi to be the emperor, then don't give hope to Zhu Gaoxi, the king of Han, give him hope, and give him the opportunity to rebel.

Zhu Di's hesitation made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military very puzzled, and what was even more incomprehensible was the Han King Zhu Gaoxi, the Marquis of Yongchun, and the concubine Wang Ning.

Wang Ning is Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law, is the concubine of Princess Huaiqing, and has done things for Zhu Di in the Battle of Jingjing, so after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he made him the Marquis of Yongchun, and this Wang Ning is very respectful of Zhu Gaoxi, the king of Han, and thinks that the king of Han is brave and good at fighting, and he is very good at Zhu Di's legacy, and he will definitely be able to become the emperor of the next generation like Zhu Di.

Therefore, Wang Ning is loyal to Zhu Gaoxi, the king of Han, and in this Zhu Di's personal expedition, he also saw the kingly demeanor of the king of Han, and he often saved Zhu Di in danger several times, so it stands to reason that when rewarding the king of Han, Zhu Di should be very painful, but now it seems that this is not the case.

After a long time, Zhu Di looked at the King of Han and smiled slightly, and said: "The King of Han played a great role in this battle against the Mongol Tatars. ”

When all the ministers heard that the emperor actually asked the king of Han what reward he wanted, they all became excited, they wanted to be much more convenient than the emperor's reward, and they wanted what they wanted, how cool.

But those ministers think so, Han King Zhu Gaoxi is a little embarrassed, he is not only good at fighting, but also scheming, now the emperor Zhu Di asked him this question, undoubtedly to see if he has the heart to compete for the throne, I am afraid that if he shows this kind of mind a little, in order to keep Zhu Gaochi's throne, maybe his father how to suppress himself, a few years ago he wanted to send himself to Yunnan, he didn't make it to his dead face, if Zhu Di saw his bad intentions, I'm afraid he really wants to go to the kind of place where birds don't.

After thinking about it like this, Zhu Gaoxi hurriedly knelt down and said: "It is my duty as a prince to protect the land of my Ming Dynasty and the safety of the people with my father, so the child does not dare to ask for any reward." ”

When the ministers heard Zhu Gaoxi, the king of the Han Dynasty, say this, they all felt unfair for him, fighting on the battlefield, and making such a great contribution, how can they do it without rewarding, if they don't reward it, how can the soldiers in the future be willing to follow and serve?

Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaoxi say such words, his heart was faintly relieved, and then said: "The emperor has the heart of loyalty to the monarch to serve the country, I am very relieved, but how can you do it if you don't want to be rewarded, I think it's better to do this, I will reward you with a mansion in Jinling, how to reward you with ten thousand taels of gold!" ”

This reward is not small at all, but after listening to Zhu Di's reward, the Han King Zhu Gaoxi's heart ached, what he wanted was not money, what he wanted was power, as long as he had power, these money were not a problem at all, he thought that the emperor would make him an official, but no, he was still the king of Han, and he had that pitiful guard in his hand.

The dissatisfaction in his heart made Zhu Gaoxi want to shout loudly to vent, but he didn't, he knew his situation very well, he had to endure it, so after the emperor Zhu Di finished rewarding, Zhu Gaoxi hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and his face was full of joy.

He must be happy, Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaoxi like this, and thought in his heart that these two princes were always at peace.

But even if all the ministers felt that the second prince Zhu Gaoxi was divided, Ye Xing would not think that he was divided, because Ye Xing knew history very well, Zhu Gaoxi would not settle down at all, he must be waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to rebel.

The reward took two hours, and when the reward was completed, all the ministers were sleepy, and Zhu Di was also a little sleepy, so he announced his retirement from the court, and then let the eunuch lead him into his bedroom.

This time only those generals were rewarded, Zhu Gaoxi led the ministers to supervise the country and deal with large and small affairs, but none of them were rewarded, so after retiring from the dynasty, those ministers were dissatisfied in their hearts, and they all wanted to go to the prince to judge, but after they saw the prince and the country, they didn't know what to say.

But if they said it, they were afraid of offending the emperor, and finally after some thought, those ministers had no choice but to throw off their sleeves, shake their heads and sigh, and leave the palace with a shake, and go to the sulking of themselves.