Cruise may not fully understand what His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty means.

He didn't have the final say that he performed well enough.

Besides, those five hundred soldiers cannot go back, their destiny must be to do volunteer work for the Ming Dynasty for the rest of their life.

After taking Cruise away, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help it anymore, so he stepped forward to salute:

"Your Majesty, I have something unknown. I hope your Majesty will make it clear that although the Netherlands has completely defeated this time, it has also caused dozens of casualties among the Ming soldiers. They should be rectified immediately and avenged the soldiers..."

Zhu Youjian shook his head:

"Your dear, don't be impatient. If you want to win the world in the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to kill all the people opposed in the world. Sometimes it also requires strategy.

I know that the lives of the Ming army soldiers are the most precious, and they are far from being able to kill a few Dutch people. I want to make the soldiers die more valuable, and you will understand in the future.

Now I announce that all soldiers participating in the war will be rewarded with twenty dragon coins, and the non-commissioned officers will be given ten dragon coins.

The commander of the battle will be rewarded with two hundred dragon coins, and will also be awarded a first-class merit to the soldiers once.

Except for the rewards for injured soldiers, the pension for one hundred dragon coins will be added, and the rewards for dead soldiers will be subsidized for five hundred dragon coins.

In addition, the parents of soldiers and minor children died in battle were raised and arranged for work by the Ming Dynasty.

For the captain who performed outstandingly in command operations, he was promoted to another level and was awarded the title of Baron.

As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Aiqing should be very clear about the captain of the warship, which was more outstanding."

In terms of handling prisoners, although Zheng Chenggong did not fully understand the emperor's meaning.

But he was very pleased with the rewards to the soldiers and hurriedly thanked the soldiers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! My Emperor's wiseness!"

"In this naval battle, our fleet killed more than 20,000 soldiers of the combined fleet and sunk more than 100 warships.

It can be said that from ordinary soldiers to non-commissioned officers to the chief generals, they all performed very bravely, and they deserved the reward of His Majesty.

If the most outstanding performance was the captain of the Wendi and the entire ship's military soldiers. They started to fight bloody battles with more than a dozen Dutch warships alone.

Even after all the shells were exhausted, he drove the warship fearlessly and rushed directly to the Dutch warship to fight hand-to-hand combat.

In this battle, they sank four Dutch warships and six Dutch warships, making great contributions to the complete annihilation of the Combined Fleet.

Your Majesty, most of the casualties of the Ming Dynasty were from the Emperor Wen. I think the captain of the Emperor Wen is qualified to be named a baron."

Zheng Chenggong was very satisfied with the battle, especially the performance of Haijiao, which made him look at him differently.

Of course, other soldiers performed very well, including Shi Lang, Zheng Zhihu and others.

He himself is already a first-class official and has a very high status. If he wants to go further, his achievements are far from enough.

However, the other captains were still in the positions of fifth-rank and sixth-rank military generals, and even the deputy governor Shi Lang was only in the fourth-rank, but they did not have a title.

The division of title hierarchy in the Ming Dynasty was quite troublesome.

In other dynasties, the establishment of titles is often divided into titles as Duke, Marquis, Bozi and Barons.

However, because of the shortcomings of this enfeoffment, there have been many bad effects. In order to avoid repeating the responsibility of the previous dynasty, the Ming Dynasty absorbed progress and made great reforms to its titles.

First, the identities of the heirs of the title were divided into the title of Zong clan and the title of foreign relatives.

These two ways of division are obtained by surnames and by making contributions.

The ancients paid special attention to surnames, believing that brothers are reliable, while loyalty is unreliable.

Therefore, many kings of the same surname are often granted.

However, in order to check and balance these kings of the same surname, such titles generally have no power and only have a false name.

The title setting for Zong clan is different from ordinary titles.

For Zong, the eldest son was appointed as the crown prince and the heir to the throne.

Other princes are princes, and their position can be inherited.

Therefore, a prince and various generals were established under the prince.

The methods used are to inherit the eldest son, and then the other sons choose to demote the title.

And so on, but although these princes and kings have many, they have no power. They are all decorations and have only a name.

For the title setting of the relatives of the foreigners, the original setting of the Duke, Marquis, Bo Zinan was retained, and they were all obtained through military merits and combat to be enthroned.

This type of title is often very important, but it is not hereditary.

Later, the previous viscount and baron were abolished, and only the title of Duke and Maggie were retained.

After the Battle of Defense of the Capital, Zhu Youjian restored the viscount and the baron in order to inspire the soldiers to fight bravely.

Later, all titles were abolished, including Duke and Marquis, and Barons, who were not viscounts and barons, and could not be hereditary.

Although the viscount and the baron cannot be hereditary, as ordinary generals of the Ming Dynasty, they still valued it very much if they could be granted the baron of Viscount.

No matter what, they are titles of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they cannot be hereditary, they will bring unlimited honor to them and even their families.

Seeing Zheng Chenggong so excited, Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:

"Okay, the Ming Dynasty needs such a passionate man now. I will be granted the captains of Cape Shi Lang, Zheng Zhihu and other captains as barons, and all their official positions will be promoted to fourth-rank generals.

I hope that under the leadership of my beloved, they will expand their territory for the Ming Dynasty and make new contributions."

This time, Zheng Chenggong did not salute, but knelt in front of Zhu Youjian and bowed three times:

"According to the order, I am Zheng Chenggong thanking His Majesty for the soldiers. Long live my emperor!"

Zhu Youjian raised his hand slightly:

"Your dear is free from courtesy, and you will be calm! After I lead the soldiers back to the capital, I will officially enthrone them."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Zheng Chenggong took the order and stepped down, Zhu Youjian looked at Yu Qian and said:

"Yu Aiqing ordered people to print out Cruise's confessions and send them to offices in Luzon.

The Ming Dynasty wanted all countries around the world to see how the Netherlands, Spain, England and Portugal oppressed our Ming Dynasty, and occupied and invaded our Ming Dynasty territory and vassal states.

My China is a country of etiquette and has always won people with virtue. However, if people do not offend me, I will not offend others. If people violate me, I will offend others.

In order to protect the territory and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, the battle with the joint fleet of the four countries caused casualties to 5,000 Ming soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

The above four countries must be responsible for their robbery behavior, and the Ming Dynasty strongly demanded that the four countries compensate for the losses in the war.

The Netherlands compensated 20 million taels, Spanish silver 10 million taels, England compensated 5 million taels, and Portugal compensated 2 million taels.

The compensation is limited to three months, and there is no room for negotiation, so our Ming soldiers will not bleed in vain.

If the above four countries fail to send compensation to the Ming Dynasty within the deadline, the Ming Dynasty will not only stop all trade and trade with the four countries, but also reserve the right to take stricter measures."

Zhu Youjian's words only made the generals present and Yu Qian stunned.

Zheng Chenggong finally understood why the emperor asked the Netherlands Colonel Cruise to write his confession and why he did not rectify the Dharma.

It is almost impossible for a small country to take out ten million taels of silver.

"Your Majesty, what should the Ming Dynasty do if they don't have that much silver?"

Hearing Zheng Chenggong say this, Zhu Youjian sneered at the corner of his mouth:

"It doesn't matter if the money is not enough, they can cede land as compensation."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!