My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 325
Liaodong Jinzhou Guard.

General Liu Jiang led the soldiers of the Jinzhou Guard to wipe out more than 600 Japanese pirates in Wanghaiguo. This victory also boosted Liu Jiang's prestige. Zhu Di also personally issued an award. It is estimated that he will be knighted in the future.

Originally, after this great victory, the Japanese pirates must have been terrified, and they should not dare to invade Liaodong again in a short time.

Therefore, Liu Jiang is also planning to return to Liaodong Capital. After all, he is the general soldier of Liaodong and cannot stay in Jinzhouwei all the time.

But while Zhu Di sent people to commend him, he wanted Liu Jiang to stay in Jinzhouwei, saying that he had other important tasks to entrust to him.

Therefore, Liu Jiang can only stay in Jinzhou temporarily, waiting for the next arrangement of the court.

"Father, why did the imperial court not let you leave Jinzhouwei?"

In the study, Liu Jiang's son Liu An asked his father with a puzzled expression.

"I'm also very surprised. It is said that the battle is over, and I need to guard Liaodong. After all, the Jurchens in the north are not honest. I have been worried that they will cause trouble."

Liu Jiang also frowned and replied.

Speaking of Liu Jiang's experience, it is also quite legendary. His actual name is Liu Rong, and Liu Jiang is his father's name. It's just that his father was old at the time, so he joined the army in his father's name. Because of his repeated military exploits, when Zhu Di was King Yan, he already had a hundred households.

Later, Zhu Di raised his troops to settle the disaster, and Liu Jiangli made mistakes and meritorious deeds. In the end, he was not conferred a knighthood.

"Those Jurchen savages are really annoying, but last time my father taught them a hard lesson, I believe they should be honest for a few years."

Liu An said with a smile.

The Jurchens live in Liaodong, and they are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. However, there are many Jurchen tribes, fighting with each other endlessly, and sometimes invading the territory of the Han people. Therefore, a strong general like Liu Jiang is needed to guard Liaodong.

"The Jurchens are savage by nature. They are afraid of power and not virtuous. They can only be suppressed by force. They must not be relaxed at all. I once wrote to the court, hoping to completely wipe out the Jurchens, but unfortunately the court did not reply."

Liu Jiang said with regret at the end.

Liu Jiang was born in a humble background. He fought all the way from a small soldier to the current general soldier. During the period, he made mistakes and suffered losses. Otherwise, with his military exploits, he could at least be named an earl.

However, after these years of experience, Liu Jiang has also grown up, so Zhu Di let him guard Liaodong at ease, and he also saw the threat of the Jurchen early, and wanted to send troops to wipe it out, but unfortunately the court did not support it.

"Father, don't think about the Jurchens. After all, the Jurchens live in poor mountains and rivers. It is of no benefit to the court to take them down, so the court will definitely not agree."

Liu An said with a smile.

Although Liu An is Liu Jiang's youngest son, he is the most outstanding among several brothers, so Liu Jiang often takes him by his side to teach him personally.

Now Liu An is also a very outstanding young general. When he was looking at the sea crucible, he also led a finger army and captured hundreds of Japanese pirates.

While the father and son were talking, they suddenly saw a soldier stepping in to report: "Soldier Qi, there are people coming from the capital, and you need to come and greet them in person!"

"There are people coming from the capital again!"

Liu Jiang and his son also stood up when they heard the words.

"Father, could it be that His Majesty's imperial edict to entitle you has arrived?"

Liu An's eyes lit up at this moment, and he guessed excitedly.

With Liu Jiang's achievements this time, the title of knight is almost a certainty.

"Don't make random guesses, let's go to meet them first!"

Liu Jiang waved his hand.

Of course, that being said, Liu Jiang was still very excited. After all, he had fought all his life, and many of his old brothers had been made dukes and marquises. It was really shameful that he couldn't even get a title.

Liu Jiang and his son immediately rushed to the port of Jinzhouwei. As one of the coastal guards, Jinzhouwei also has a military port. The port is mainly for warships of the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary people are strictly prohibited from going to sea.

When Liu Jiang and the others came to the port, they saw several huge warships docked at the pier. Just seeing the size of these warships, Liu Jiang was startled, because ordinary officials were definitely not qualified to take such a large warship.

Just as Liu Jiang was guessing who was coming from the capital, he saw a tall young man stepping off the warship and smiled when he saw him.

"Why are you so young?"

Liu An was also taken aback when he saw the young man disembarking, because the other party looked younger than him.

Just when Liu Jiang and his son were in a daze, another middle-aged man came down from the boat.

Liu Jiang was startled when he saw this middle-aged man, and hurried forward to salute: "The last general Liu Jiang pays his respects to the Duke of England!"

The middle-aged man was the British Duke Zhang Fu. Liu Jiang had served under Zhang Fu's father Zhang Yu before, so he naturally knew him.

"You don't need to be polite, Chief Liu, this is His Royal Highness, the son of the King of Han!"

At this time, Zhang Fu pointed at Zhu Zhanhe and introduced.

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

Liu Jiang and his son were shocked when they heard Zhu Zhanhe's identity, and hurriedly saluted again.

"You don't need to be too polite, President Liu. This time you wiped out the Japanese pirates in Wanghaiguo, which is really a great achievement!"

Zhu Zhanhe replied with a smile.

Because of Zhang Zhong's matter, Zhu Zhanhe didn't like to see Zhang Fu, but this time he came here on business, so personal grievances can only be put aside.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's praise, Liu Jiang also hurriedly said a few words of modesty, but he was even more puzzled in his heart. It is definitely not a trivial matter that the Duke of England and the son of the King of Han came to Jinzhou Wei together.

This made Liu Jiang feel a little uneasy, and even wondered if he had done something wrong, which aroused the suspicion of the court, otherwise, why would he send two big figures here?

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Liu Jiang led Zhu Zhanhe and Zhang Fu to Jinzhouwei's mansion. At the same time, he also had someone prepare a banquet to welcome them.

Before the banquet started, Zhu Zhanhe took out the imperial decree and read out the canonization of Liu Jiang in public. Because of Liu Jiang's contribution this time, Zhu Di decreed to canonize him as Uncle Guangning, with a salary of [-] shi, a hereditary certificate, and also restored Liu Jiang's original name Liu Rong. After all, it was not a problem for him to always use his father's name.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After listening to the reward for himself, Liu Jiang... No, Liu Rong, who should be called him, was also very grateful. He brought his son to kneel down to receive the decree, and then Zhu Zhanhe and Zhang Fu also congratulated Liu Jiang.

Finally being knighted, Liu Rong was also very excited, and immediately ordered a banquet, firstly to welcome Zhu Zhanhe and Zhang Fu, and secondly to celebrate himself.

But after drinking for three rounds, Liu Rong asked Zhu Zhanhe with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, I don't know why you and the British Duke came to Jinzhouwei?"

(End of this chapter)