Zhu Zhen and Xu Da came back and received a grand welcome.
Even Xu Da felt flattered.
He has never seen such a grand welcoming ceremony.
Especially since all the civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty came, the situation was even more different.
At this time, the soldiers behind Xu Da could no longer contain their excitement.
Xu Da has never experienced such a scene, and they have never experienced such a scene.
"General, are you here to welcome us?"
"Does that need to be said? Didn't you see that His Majesty showed up in person??"
"It's such an honor. I feel like I'm so honored that even His Majesty showed up to greet me. I've been able to honor my ancestors all my life!!"
"Hahaha! It's true. We have honored our ancestors and we can show off this for the rest of our lives!!"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not greet them alone.
The civil and military ministers in the court came to greet their entire army.
But for these people, enough is enough.
Many of them are just ordinary people, and this one thing is enough to make ordinary people like them happy for a lifetime.
Even among them, most of them are Xu Da's personal soldiers.
But even Xu Da had never experienced the scene of being greeted by Zhu Yuanzhang in person, let alone ordinary soldiers like them.
Xu Da also knew this.
Therefore, he took a deep breath and then said:
"This time, we have benefited from His Highness King Chu. If it hadn't been for His Highness King Chu, we probably wouldn't have been welcomed by His Majesty and the people!!"
“Therefore, we should all keep in mind the merits and favors of His Royal Highness King Chu!!”
"Yes! We all sincerely thank His Highness King Chu!!"
After seeing Zhu Zhen take action, Xu Da already had a feeling in his heart.
The hope of the future generation of Ming Dynasty falls on Zhu Zhen.
In the future, Zhu Zhen will definitely become a leading figure in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, he wanted to publicize the merits of Chu King Zhu Zhen and the kindness of Chu King Zhu Zhen to the soldiers.
This kind of publicity is also a way for him to show his goodwill to Zhu Zhen.
Although Zhu Zhen will not become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely become a person who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, and who truly holds great power.
Under such circumstances, it is inevitable for Xu Da to make good friends with Zhu Zhen.
Zhu Zhen didn't know what Xu Da was thinking.
Zhu Zhen was very happy to see Zhu Yuanzhang and others coming to greet him.
After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Zhen even took the initiative to salute.
"Father, my son, I have fulfilled my mission this time!!"
"Okay, okay, okay! You did really well this time! Your mother and concubine and we are all happy for you!"
"The people of our Ming Dynasty are all grateful to you. You are all the heroes of our Ming Dynasty!!"
"This time, we will reward you well. Everyone will receive a big reward!!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the soldiers under Xu Da's command immediately showed heartfelt smiles.
Why are they working so hard outside, other than to establish military merit and get rewards?
Now, Zhu Yuanzhang has personally said that he will reward them well. This is definitely great news for them.
Every one of them was extremely happy.
Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace with his ministers and began to hold a banquet.
Such a happy event was really important to the Ming Dynasty, and because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to hold a banquet for three days.
Even the soldiers in other military camps can enjoy this treatment.
This is a kind of universal celebration.
At the same time, he also awarded rewards to those soldiers who had great military achievements one by one.
Everyone was very satisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's reward, even Xu Da.
However, after seeing Zhu Zhen's reward, many people stopped talking.
Many of them felt that the reward given to Zhu Zhen was too little.
He was awarded a reward of ten thousand taels of gold, a hundred bolts of silk, and ten boxes of jewelry. Such rewards were completely inconsistent with Zhu Zhen's military exploits this time!
They even felt that such a reward was inferior to that of Xu Da's deputy general.
However, they saw that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have nothing wrong on his face, and Zhu Zhen didn't seem to care at all, which made many people shut their mouths.
They felt that there seemed to be some secret between the two parties.
However, no one else knows what the secret is.
When Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, they chose to acquiesce in this matter.
But one person did not choose the default.
When others did not speak for Zhu Zhen, he chose to speak for Zhu Zhen.
This person is none other than Prince Zhu Biao.
"Father, I feel that such a reward for my sixth brother is inappropriate!!"
"Such a reward is too light for Sixth Brother!!"
"Of course we know that this kind of reward is too light for Lao Liu, so we have another reward for Lao Liu!!"
"I don't know what the reward is. Can Father please explain it on the spot??"
"Can't!!"
When it came to making the statement on the spot, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened on the spot.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang's reward was related to his own face.
Such things can be done in private, and only Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yuanzhang know about it.
If he said it, the emperor would lose face.
Prince Zhu Biao obviously didn't know about Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.
When he heard Zhu Yuanzhang said no, Prince Zhu Biao opened his mouth wide on the spot.
"ah??"
He didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to say no.
In his opinion, there is no reward that cannot be spoken out openly.
Unless the reward Zhu Yuanzhang gave Zhu Zhen was a bad reward, or in other words, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of giving Zhu Zhen a reward at all.
At this time, Prince Zhu Biao immediately complained about Zhu Zhen.
"No, father, you cannot miss out on the reward from the sixth brother. Father, you must reveal the reward from the sixth brother, otherwise, everyone in the world will be dissatisfied!!"
"People in the world are dissatisfied? Why are people in the world dissatisfied? It's not like we won't reward Lao Liu. If Lao Liu is dissatisfied, Lao Liu himself will say it!!"
"Furthermore, have the people in the world told you that they are dissatisfied? Are you the only one who can do it? See what you can do!!"
Hearing what Prince Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously very angry.
In normal times, Prince Zhu Biao would definitely have been beaten.
But today is a happy day and it is not the right time to hit anyone.
Therefore, Xu Da could only vent Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction by scolding Zhu Biao.
At the same time, he is also telling others not to delve into this matter. He can arrange this matter freely.
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