Naturally, Yunxi on November 15th did not know that the Fusang King received 180,000 taels of gold on the same day, nor did he know that North Korea and Yongfan had reached an agreement to sell their labor force, nor did he know that Xu Zengshou and Qin Sen led troops to eliminate those who disobeyed Wang Hua. The Jurchens suffered heavy losses and Yongfan's spread of Taoism began to bear fruit. He still followed his plan and summoned He Rong, Zhang Xiaodong and other generals of the Nanyang Expeditionary Army who had finally returned after lunch and a nap.
In fact, the war in Su Fan (Sumatra) was over at the beginning of this year. In the first month of the year, Yunxi accepted the Majapahit envoy's request to surrender and pay tribute again. After the Majapahit envoy returned to the country, his monarch ordered him to remain in Su Fan. The domain's troops surrendered and were sent back to Java after collecting their weapons.
But the sea was not calm. Southeast Asia was too chaotic. For some reason, Yunxi was unwilling to let the navy clean up pirates far away from the Ming Dynasty coastline. Therefore, in order to ensure that the coasts of Pu Fan and Su Fan were not disturbed, these four The personal naval forces had to wait until the naval forces transferred from Guangdong and Fujian provinces and who did not resist Nanyang came over before returning to the mainland.
Yunxi looked at the memorials of Zhu Di and others these days, while waiting for them to pay their respects. When he saw Zhu Di's memorial to recruit Chen Zuyi to surrender, he sighed: "What a good idea."
Of course Chen Zuyi did not want to go against the Ming Dynasty and become a rebel, but since he became a pirate instead of choosing to join the Ming Dynasty as a naval general, and in history he also tried to defraud Zheng He and seize the navy fleet, it is obvious that he was not a kind person.
However, Zhu Di was also not a good person. Yunxi looked at him and wrote, "It is planned to allow Chen Zuyi to continue to take charge of the original troops and appoint officials and pay them, but he is not allowed to disturb Su Fan and the people of Pu Fan. When Su Fan sends troops to fight, he must send troops to follow him," etc. , gave Chen Zuyi great autonomy, knowing that Zhu Di would deal with him sooner or later.
Yunxi then approved: "Brother Wang (Zhu Gaoxu) can just do it on his own, and there is no need to report it to the court."
This kind of thing depends on the methods of Zhu Di and his son, he doesn't care.
Just after writing this sentence, Huang Futong reported: "Your Majesty, Dongguan Bo He Rong and Jinshan Guard Commander Zhang Xiaodong have arrived outside the Qianqing Gate with the three generals who made great contributions to the Battle of Majapayi. It’s on.”
"Quick, let them in." Yunxi put down his pen and said.
As soon as he 'packed' the memorials on another table, He Rong and others came in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, He Rong has met." Others also said.
After the salute was completed, Yunxi first said to He Rong: "I heard that you contracted an illness in Old Port? Have you recovered now?"
He Rong was a little touched that Yunxi first cared about his condition: Under normal circumstances, the emperor would ask about the health of the generals after asking about business matters. He was not a minor official, but he had only seen Zhu Yuanzhang treat Xu Da and Chang before. When Yuchun came back from the war, he first asked about his welfare, so he was a little touched - his status was far inferior to that of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun back then.
He said: "After your Majesty's inquiry, the disease has been cured long ago and there are no root causes left."
"That's good." Yunxi said.
After a few more words, we started to get down to business.
But he had already learned the entire battle through memorials and batches of messengers. Now he only asked about a few key points. There was nothing more to ask about their dealings with the Fan Kingdom in Nanyang.
Yunxi therefore said directly: "He Rong listens to the decree."
He Rong knelt down and listened to Yunxi continue to say: "Dongguan Bo He Rong, overcame thorns and thorns,..., made great achievements, and was granted the title of Marquis of Jiugang. He was hereditary and received two thousand dan."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." He Rong kowtowed a little excitedly and said. Everyone generally believed that fighting in Nanyang was not dangerous at all, so he was not sure whether he could be promoted to a knight. Maybe it would just increase his salary. Now he knows that he will be promoted to a marquis.
"Zhang Xiaodong, the commander of Jinshan Guard..., has commanded Ruoding and made outstanding contributions. He was granted the title of hereditary commander and was promoted to the governor and magistrate of Caojiang Dusi."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Zhang Xiaodong said.
Yunxi made He Rong a marquis in order to show that he attached great importance to Nanyang, so he was promoted to a noble title; but the title should not be excessively rewarded, otherwise it would be worthless, so Zhang Xiaodong and Hua Ying were both made hereditary commanders.
Of course, Zhu Gaoxu asked the court to allow him to make Huaying an earl of Su Fan. But Yunxi still had some scruples about adding titles to the vassal state. Although they had agreed that they had this right, they still rejected it and stated that they could only grant titles to local people.
that power.
Then Yunxi smiled and said: "He Qing, these young talents following you, I already know their merits and names in the report, but they don't match me. Why doesn't He Qing tell me?"
Introduce?"
He Rong did not expect Yunxi to switch to other topics so quickly, and said hurriedly: "I will introduce it to your Majesty right now."
He first pointed to the person behind him and said: "This person's name is Ma Zhong. He was formerly the deputy Qianhu of the East China Sea Guard. This time he serves as a guerrilla general in the army."
"In the naval battle against Majapahit, he commanded a medium-sized ship with hundreds of materials to overturn many enemy boats, sank three medium-sized ships, and captured one medium-sized ship. He was bleeding through his armor and almost died. Fortunately, he was rescued.
Return."
"That's right." Yunxi said, "You performed very well. If the generals of the Ming Dynasty were like you, how could the Ming Dynasty not win the battle?"
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to do this." Ma Zhong said: "However, this time the soldiers of the Nanyang Expeditionary Army fought bravely, and the last general only achieved military exploits by luck, and it is not worthy of your Majesty's praise."
"No matter how you don't deserve it, I say you deserve it, so you deserve it." Yunxi said. And when he was happy, he wrote four words on the spot, "loyal and brave man", and wanted to reward Ma Zhong.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Ma Zhong said. Then he took the calligraphy treasure from Yun Xi's hand with trembling hands.
Zhang Xiaodong's eyes turned red when he looked at this calligraphy painting. Your Majesty gave it to you. As long as the Ming Dynasty lasts, this will be a family heirloom that can be passed down from generation to generation. Even if future generations made mistakes, the emperor at that time saw these few gifts given by the late emperor.
For the sake of character, the penalty will be reduced as appropriate, which is more effective than hereditary positions.
He Rong performed well. He turned out to be an earl and had calligraphy works by Zhu Yuanzhang and Yunxi at home, but he was also a little jealous: although he had Yunxi's calligraphy, it was just a couplet, not as good as these few words.
He Rong waited for the scene to calm down, then pointed to a person and continued to introduce: "Your Majesty, this person's name is Huang Guangyang, the flag of Dinghaiwei. He is very skilled in operating artillery and has sunk many ships. After the Majapayi people jumped into the gang, they joined him again.
He killed more than a dozen people in a bloody battle, but was seriously injured and was lucky enough to be rescued."
Yunxi also praised him a few words, but did not reward him with calligraphy treasures. Calligraphy treasures, like titles, cannot be rewarded more.
After that, the last person who was personally met by Yunxi this time was Li Jiqian.