Wang Dong's return to Beijing this time is a great return. He not only expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea, but only defeated Spain, gave the Emperor Xinming a blow to the emperor and saved the Ming people overseas from the fire and fire. This contribution was great enough.

What's more, Wang Dong led the fleet to take over Johor, raising the power of the Ming Dynasty in all directions, occupying Johor to control the South China Sea. Although his achievements are not as good as those of the champion Hou Fenglang Juxu, they are not far from that.

Therefore, when Wang Dong arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, the court made preparations. On the second day, the chief military minister Liao Huanzhi led all officials to come out of the city to greet Zhu Yicheng. After entering the capital, the emperor Zhu Yicheng was already waiting outside the gate of the imperial city. When he saw Wang Dong, Zhu Yicheng greeted him with a smile. Seeing this, Wang Dong naturally hurried forward and greeted the emperor with military salutes.

All of this was seen by Zhu Yigui. Seeing Wang Dong's majestic scene, Zhu Yigui was even more envious. However, although he was shameless and returned to Beijing with Wang Dong, he did not dare to walk with Wang Dong in such an occasion. He quietly stole the ranks of officials who were welcomed by Wang Dong as early as outside the city, and then entered the city together.

Regarding Wang Dong's return to Beijing, Zhu Yicheng showed a rare high-standard treatment. This was not only to commend Wang Dong's military achievements, but also to express the Ming Dynasty's attitude of expanding outwardly and attaching importance to the ocean to the world.

Later, in the court, Zhu Yicheng gave Wang Dong a high praise and rewarded countless times. He also told everyone in public that the Ming Dynasty would soon make another title, and this time the title of Wang Dong would be the Duke.

After saying this, everyone was surprised. In fact, when Zhu Yicheng first won the title, everyone knew that this was just the beginning, not the end.

After all, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was restored at the beginning, and its territory and strength were far less powerful than it is today. In addition, the Qing Dynasty still occupied most of the Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty's primary goal was to regain the orthodox Chinese, so the title of title was only the first title, so Liao Huanzhi, Dong Dashan, Wang Dong, Ma Gongcheng and others were just marquises, and Yang Xu, who had always made many outstanding achievements, was just a second-class nephew.

It is precisely this reason that the position of the Duke of the Ming Dynasty has always been empty, let alone the title of king. Zhu Yicheng had a long time ago that he would not be granted a king unless he was the surname Zhu. As for the so-called Zhao Hongcan and the Song Dynasty later, that was a special reason. This is like the King of Ryukyu. This kind of title is very different from the official meritorious lords of the court, and it is just a nominal title.

Now, Zhu Yicheng officially announced the title of another title next year for the first time, which is naturally what everyone expects. And some people with agility immediately thought of something, because by the next year, the bosses of the Military Affairs Office will retreat. Zhu Yicheng chose to win the title again before they withdrew from the Military Affairs Office, which was also an explanation to these heroes and veterans.

Seeing the happy expressions of everyone, Zhu Yicheng also smiled, and then held a banquet in the palace to welcome Wang Dong.

After the banquet, Zhu Yicheng asked Wang Dong to discuss matters separately. Everyone showed extremely envious expressions when they saw this. Wang Dong could be said to be the first person in such a holy family, but Wang Dong looked ordinary. After saluting everyone, the eunuch led him to the side hall.

"The Emperor..."

Zhu Yicheng had been there in the side hall. The previous banquets were usually in the form of the palace. No matter whether it was the emperor himself or the ministers who attended the banquet, they could eat so casually as usual? So in order to avoid being there and not having enough for the ministers, Zhu Yicheng just sat for a while and left first, and waited until he was about the same thing as Wang Dong used it before he sent someone to call him.

"No need to be polite, come and sit down." Zhu Yicheng, who was watching the memorial, looked up and put the memorial aside.

"Thank you, Emperor." Wang Dong bowed again and then sat down under Zhu Yicheng.

"Thank you for your hard work in the South China Sea this time."

"This is my duty. It is the Emperor Tianwei and the great Ming Dynasty. This is why I have a little bit of skill..."

Seeing Wang Dong say this, Zhu Yicheng smiled and said without waiting for him to finish his words: "Making me is credit, no one can erase this. First fight against Luzon and then taking Johor, Wang Qing's achievements are no less than those of the champion Marquis of that year. When the news came, whether it was me or the people of the Ming Dynasty, they were all happy and smiling."

Wang Dong also smiled. Faced with Zhu Yicheng's praise, Wang Dong was naturally happy, but he did not show his joy.

Zhu Yicheng first talked about Wang Dong's contributions, and then asked about the details of Wang Dong's battles in the South China Sea. In this regard, although Wang Dong had military newspapers before, some details were not as clear as the ones. Immediately, Wang Dong started from the fleet that went south from Taiwan to attack Luzon, and then talked about the battle of Luzon and the subsequent series of measures to take over Luzon, and also talked about the special situation in Luzon, including humanities and geography.

As Wang Dong's story was told, the most real side began to appear in front of Zhu Yicheng. Zhu Yicheng listened with interest, but spoke and asked a few questions in some unclear places, and Wang Dong also patiently explained and explained to Zhu Yicheng.

After talking about Luzon, we talked about the situation in Johor. Compared with Luzon, Johor is not strong in terms of military strength, but the Johor Kingdom has a deep-rooted foundation in the local area. If the Ming Dynasty had not relied on orthodoxy and at the same time, it was broken up in the name of Johor's original royal family, resulting in the betrayal of the Johor King under internal and external troubles, and thus was able to occupy Johor. Otherwise, even if it was forcibly occupied there, it would have been rebelled endlessly by the local area.

"Now the emperor uses the story of Ryukyu to govern Johor. I think this is a good thing. Besides, there are quite a few Han people in Johor. After a few years, immigrate from the local area to the best place. In addition, it is subtle. I think that in less than ten years, the entire Johor will be the land of the Ming Dynasty." Wang Dong ended in the end, and at the same time, he flattered Zhu Yicheng without any trace.

Although Zhu Yicheng knew it was a flatterer, he also enjoyed it and laughed a few times. Then he looked at Wang Dong: "Wang Qing, you commanded the navy. You have been in the South China Sea for many years and have had a lot of dealings with European countries. From what you see, what is the difference between the world now and before?"

Zhu Yicheng's question made Wang Dong a little stunned, but he quickly reacted and replied after a little thought: "Go back to the emperor, the world is indeed very different from the previous world. In the past, the so-called world was only Jiuzhou, and except for Jiuzhou, they were all barbarians. I also thought about this before. However, since the emperor ordered me to start the navy, I have seen a lot in recent years and understood what the real world is..."
Chapter completed!