If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 183
After about ten days of bumpy seas, the fleet finally returned to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, sailed up the Yangtze River, and docked at the dock in Nanjing.

The return of the vassal king to the capital was nothing new, and it was not worth watching with great fanfare. However, Zhu Zhanjuan, Zhu Gaosui and Prince Ning brought back a million taels of silver. This matter had already happened when they arrived in the Ming Dynasty and encountered maritime patrols. When the Clippers arrived, this matter had already been reported to the court by Kuai Ma Tong.

Everyone in the court was stunned by the huge sum of 100 million taels of silver, especially now that the new year was approaching. Only Xia Yuanji kept a few thousand taels of silver in the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts for good looks, indicating that he would have surplus every year. .

Now that 100 million taels of cash were suddenly deposited into the treasury, Xia Yuanji was so happy that he could fly.

Not to mention anything else, the imperial court spent almost the entire year's fiscal revenue on the Japanese expedition this year. The six vassal kings were in the Japanese country, and there would have been various criticisms in the imperial court. If it weren't for Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi suppressing the imperial court , suppressed the opposition voices, I am afraid someone would have jumped out and called for a stop.

Even Xia Yuanji himself was worried about whether the conquest of Japan was reliable, and whether the land of Japan really produced a million taels of silver a year as Zhu Zhankun said.

Although the imperial court has been able to receive news from the Japanese country that large gold mines have been found in the fiefdoms of Zhu Zhanjuan and Zhu Gaosui, King Liao, King Shen and King Han also discovered it although they were less successful in conquering the area. There are scattered small gold mines, but the court has never received confirmation of how many mines have been mined.

Fortunately, now that everything has settled, the conquest of Japan has really brought benefits, which are far more than the expected million taels of silver. This undoubtedly gives reassurance to everyone in the court.

Although there was a fortune compass display before, indicating that the conquest of Japan did not affect the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, the fact that it has been unresolved is still very uneasy.

After all, seeing the shiploads of food being transported to Japan without seeing anything in return, the conservatives in the court who had not yet changed their minds still had some objections.

Now that this matter can be confirmed and the money has actually been brought back, this will naturally suppress the noise in the court.

So in order to publicize this matter in a big way, almost all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue came to the dock, so that they could count the money brought back by Zhu Zhanjuan and the others in time, so as to feel proud and proud for the Ministry of Revenue.

You must know that this time, although the six vassal princes were fighting in the front, their household ministry fully supported the rear. Xia Yuanji fought many lawsuits and quarreled with the other six tribes in the court for the purpose of conquering Japan. My voice became hoarse a lot.

Now this 100 million taels of cash is the best encouragement to Xia Yuanji.

Since the Ministry of Revenue had brought in all the officials they could to support the scene, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi naturally did not miss anything. They directly called in Zhu Di's most trusted Yanshan Guards to act as a guard of honor and surrounded the entire dock.

On the one hand, this is naturally to show the majesty of the imperial court. They won a great victory against the Japanese and brought back 100 million taels of silver. Even the female Japanese king of the Japanese country became a trophy and brought it back to marry the Ming Dynasty. This scene Naturally, the bigger the better, so that the people can feel the strong national power of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, money naturally attracts people's hearts. One million taels of silver is by no means a small amount. If it were given to an ordinary person, it would be enough for him to eat and drink for a lifetime.

Therefore, in order to prevent someone who is really not very smart and wants to take risks, it is natural to have the necessary defense and security.As a result, the people in Nanjing city had a rare opportunity to see the Western scenery today. Yanshan Guards dispatched thousands of soldiers and horses to isolate the road from the dock where the fleet docked to the Hubu Treasury, and no pedestrians were allowed to walk on this road. The purpose of traveling on the road is to ensure that there are no problems on the way to the Treasury after the money is sent off the ship.

As for Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, they also displayed the full set of honors of emperors and princes, and brought all the civil and military officials in the court who were either ecstatic or unwilling to come to the dock to welcome Zhu Zhanquan's triumphant return.

Yes, in the eyes of the emperor and the prince, the success of this conquest was all due to Zhu Zhanqun. Naturally, they came to welcome their good grandson and son.

As for Zhu Gaosui and Prince Ning?Ha, they are just two people who got rich by following Zhu Zhanjuan. They should be credited when showing off their merits. Being able to enjoy the same level of treatment as Zhu Zhanjuan is considered a favor from the court. How do you expect the court to specially welcome them? hetui!

And Zhu Zhanjuan did not lose the face of his father and grandfather. Qingyuwei directly carried boxes of opened silver ingots off the ship and piled a mountain of silver directly on the dock.

Not to mention the ordinary people watching on the pier, even Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi had never seen such a rare scene.

And what's even more exaggerated is that in addition to silver, there is also gold.

Although the Jinshan Mountain is not as spectacular as the Silver Mountain, Zhu Di secretly swallowed his saliva when he saw the Jinshan Mountain shining golden in the sun. He couldn't help but think about how great it would be if this money was put into the internal coffers.

"A grandson meets his grandfather, and a son meets his father!" After getting off the boat, Zhu Zhanyu came directly to Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi and saluted them.

When Zhu Di saw this, he directly helped Zhu Zhanquan up with his own hands and smiled at him: "You don't need so many gifts with grandpa. You have made such a great contribution to the court this time. Grandpa doesn't know how to reward you." , these common etiquette will be dispensed with from now on, grandpa will first give you the privilege of not bowing to the king before you meet him."

"You just did some small things for the country. It's not worth making an exception like this for grandpa. Everything has its own laws and regulations. How can my grandson be an exception?" Zhu Zhanqi didn't want this privilege that was not beneficial. It would be better if he had this. It would be more practical to give him a few guard posts.

Zhu Gaochi on the side saw that Zhu Zhanjuan didn't seem to care much about these false gifts, so he said from the side: "Zhanjuan, since the court knew that you brought back one million taels of silver this time, it has been thinking hard about how to reward you. ! Tell dad, what do you want? Dad will discuss it with the Sixth Department later, and we will do what we can, and what we can’t do, we will try our best to do for you."

"Your father is right. If you want anything, just ask, and I will give you whatever grandpa can give you." Zhu Di also looked at Zhu Zhanchen with encouragement at this time, but his eyes showed some other meaning.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Zhanju felt a little confused, but he suddenly felt a little wary in his heart, especially when a long-lost female voice whispered in his ear: "There is no title, no reward, only the great position." You can be rewarded with great merit, but you can’t accept it!”

(End of this chapter)