Chapter 51: Offering Prisoners
The imperial court has focused on military affairs over the years, and has twice made northern expeditions and traveled around the West.
For one thing, no matter how much pressure it brings to the court's taxes, no matter how much psychological pressure it puts on the gray-haired adults of the Ministry of Revenue.
But if these things are accomplished one by one, it is a symbol of the prestige of the country. It is the unique pride of the people of the Ming Dynasty as a central country.
And the people in this Nanjing city naturally feel the most intuitive!
It was time to speak out, and then the people at the city gate had already burst into trembling cheers.
Zhu Zhanji chuckled: "Here you come! Is this time offering prisoners, has that Arutai come in person?"
This is a question about the eunuch who left the palace.
The eunuch glanced at the huge team with the horizon in the distance behind Zhu Zhanji, and then answered: "This barbarian tribe admires the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and captures some thieves, so naturally they will come to offer prisoners in person."
Zhu Zhanji looked at the eunuch, but he didn't expect that even such a small eunuch had such a strong sense of national pride. Even the King Hening, who was granted by the court, was just a barbarian tribe in his eyes.
Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but speak: "Not bad!"
The eunuch was a little confused and didn't know what Taisun meant.
Seeing that the grandson had not yet entered the city, he couldn't help but ask: "Dao Sun, are you entering the city now?"
Zhu Zhanji shook his head, pulled the reins in his hand, and drove the horse to the side of the city gate. Behind him, Yan Nanfei, Luo Xiangyang and others immediately followed the side and gave up the official road.
A wolf flag rose from the horizon.
Majestic war horses approached with majestic momentum.
On the horse's back, a longbow and scimitar.
Behind, in prison vans, ragged aliens were tied together by heavy iron chains.
The officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate immediately separated the crowded people at the city gate under the command of the lieutenants.
Offering prisoners on the frontier is the top priority, and it is also the focus of promoting national prestige. No one dares to make mistakes, and the people also know this and obediently retreat to both sides of the road.
But the cheers continued.
The eunuch who went out of the city to welcome Zhu Zhanji stood aside with his hands in his sleeves, and his face was filled with a strong smile. If he hadn't been given the job of going out of the city to welcome the grandson today, he would probably have not seen such a grand occasion in the palace.
He was also a native of the Ming Dynasty and would be proud of the offering of prisoners.
However, there was not much joy on Zhu Zhanji's face, and even those close to him could see that he was holding his anger at the moment.
Like red clothes, like Yan Nanfei and Luo Xiangyang.
Although they didn't know why Zhu Zhanji was displeased, they could vaguely feel that Nanjing City is probably not so easy to buy today.
The team of prisoners finally walked to the city gate.
The wolf flag was waving, and the warriors on the grassland were so majestic that the people of Nanjing were shocked.
The ferocity emitted by these grassland warriors can be felt by individuals.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites had long been accompanied by the prisoners. According to the court's intention, these officials of the Ministry of Rites naturally wanted to teach these people how to offer prisoners in accordance with the rules.
Zhu Zhanji rode on the horse, and was a huge crowd above the city gate. In addition to the surrounding Jinyiwei, it was very conspicuous.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites in the prisoner-official team saw His Royal Highness riding on a horse at a glance.
These people immediately left the team of prisoners and came to Zhu Zhanji.
"Your Highness, you are back from it!"
Zhu Zhanji had a calm face, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
Several officials of the Ministry of Rites were stunned. They never expected that His Royal Highness, who used to be greeted by everyone in the palace, would now be so cold.
They immediately asked: "Your Highness is this..."
Zhu Zhanji still had a calm face. After looking at them deeply, he spoke lightly: "Your officials of the Ministry of Rites are so ignorant!"
His Royal Highness the Grand Prince said the heaviest words in the plainest tone.
Chapter completed!