That night, many Chu officers and soldiers drank high.

In fact, it is not only them, the whole city of Nanjing is drinking victory wine, the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, all kinds of ringing instruments and guys do not stop all night, the troupe sings a series of dramas, and all kinds of celebrations continue until dawn, sleepless all night.

In addition to attending the celebration banquet within the Chu army, he also went to the Forbidden City in Nanjing with Zhu Yuqing, Guo Weijing and others to worship the altar of the shrine, the Taimiao, etc., and then set down the banquet to celebrate the achievements of other Ming troops who participated in the Eastern Expedition, and entertained the local gentry and former Ming officials in Nanjing.

Zhu Ji immediately got up and prepared to cook in person and make a bowl of sobering sour noodle soup, but was stopped by Wang Kefan.

"Li Yushi, you go to the gang and find some food to eat, as long as you can satisfy your hunger." He turned to Seal Ji and said, "I'm going to go to the wounded barracks again, you go and change your clothes and go with me." ”

"The concubine is a woman's family, and she goes out with the lord to show her face, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" Zhu Ji glanced at him, knocked off Wang Kefan's restless hand, and deliberately made an awe-inspiring and inviolable look, with another touching style: "The paperwork sent from everywhere today is a big stack, thirty percent more than usual, I'll read it roughly first, lest the old man have to stay up until the second watch." ”

"Let's come back and watch it together, it's okay to stay up until the third watch. There are several places to run tonight, so it's more convenient for us to go with my husband and wife. ”

After recruiting Li Yuncong, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and others to his command. Wang Kefan has established a set of his own staff team, and the General Staff Department can also help him share some military management work. But from the perspective of the power structure of the entire Chu army and the Chu Xun system, all the military and political power is highly concentrated here in Wang Kefan. Many things have to be decided by him in the end, and there are a lot of various things after the recovery of Nanjing, which is why he is so busy...... In the past half a year, Seal Ji has become his personal secretary, specializing in dealing with official business, for Wang Kefan, his own woman is more at ease after all, Chu Jun and Chu Xun almost all the core secrets of the system Seal Ji knows, which is a level higher than Li Yuncong and others who manage one aspect respectively. It's just that I've been confined to being an invisible person behind the scenes.

"It's hard for you to go out for a walk, so come with me tonight." Wang Kefan hugged Zhu Ji's waist again: "Well, I've been busy all day, I owe you too much, and I've worked hard for you these days." ”

"Wang Dajunmen, Grandpa Wang, what's wrong with you today? He spoke sourly, as if he was coaxing me to do something like that! Otherwise, we'll be back early tonight. The concubine will definitely serve the master comfortably. Zhan Ji stretched out a finger and drew circles on Wang Kefan's chest, smiling between her eyebrows.

"yes, we haven't done anything for at least two months, right? No wonder you look like you're in spring. It looks like we're going to have to do coolies tonight, plough first, and then water. Have a good 'job'. Wang Kefan bit the word "dry" very hard.

"What do you mean? In a few days, Sister Runniang is here, you can go and talk to her about these bastard things. Tsujifei blushed. Gave him a bite and turned to go into the inner room to change clothes. Through the door, he said: "I have been with you for most of the year, I am already very content, I really want to say that I owe it, you owe Sister Shihua and Sister Runniang a lot, this time Sister Runniang came to Nanjing, I have to accompany her." ”

"This is indeed what I did badly, obviously it was a hard life, but my wife married one after another, and none of them did their best. Wait, when you're done for a while, I'll concentrate on having a son with a few of you, and I won't care about anything else......"

Halfway through Wang Kefan's speech, Li Yushi came back from the gang, holding a food box in his hand, and took out two large pieces of hot stacked meat, a bowl of dried plum vegetables, and a bowl of rice. Wang Kefan ate the wind and clouds, and immediately felt rejuvenated. Although he has been busy with military affairs in recent years, he has been training with the soldiers, and he has never been contaminated with all kinds of vices, and his body has become stronger and stronger.

Putting down the rice bowl, Zhu Ji also happened to come out, and Li Yushi followed the two of them out and went to the wounded barracks of the field hospital.

Wounded soldiers are the precious wealth of the Chu army, as long as they can survive the cruel war, even if they are disabled due to injuries and can no longer fight, they will be sent to the rear for proper settlement. The Chu army and the Chu Xun group were in a stage of rapid expansion, and the wounded soldiers could easily find a job and integrate into all corners of society, which invisibly enhanced the control and influence of the Chu army.

The Battle of Ningzhen produced thousands of seriously wounded, most of them were sent back to the rear for resettlement, there were only more than a thousand wounded left in the wounded barracks, many of them had broken hands and feet and had become crippled, in this night of celebration of the whole army, the atmosphere in the wounded barracks was a little heavy, no one expected that Wang Kefan and Zhu Ji suddenly appeared in front of everyone......

After coming out of the wounded barracks, Wang Kefan took Seal Ji to visit the families of the fallen soldiers. In recent days, more and more martyrs from Jiangxi and Huguang have come to collect the bodies of their relatives and are uniformly placed in a military camp outside the city......

After late at night, Wang Kefan and Zhu Ji left, and until they returned to their residence, the two of them were still immersed in that tragic and dignified atmosphere, and they were silent all the way.

"This kind of thing is too hard, don't do it yourself in the future." Seal Ji took off his coat for Wang Kefan, sat down with him, and rubbed his shoulders and neck distressedly: "Seven emotions and six desires hurt the body the most, when a soldier eats food, you have to fight for your life, those people are already dead and disabled, and it is useless for the master to be sad." ”

"People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves. No matter how hard this kind of thing is, I have to do it, I bring their sons and husbands out to fight, but I can't bring them back completely, and it is the least to be guilty of a crime in person, if I don't even have this heart. I'm really sorry for the families of the fallen soldiers...... "As a commander, you have to be in charge of the overall situation. It's also impossible to ignore the details, especially the corners that are most easily overlooked. Wang Kefan visited the wounded soldiers and the families of the martyrs this evening. Although there is an element of showmanship in it, it is also a task that must be completed. People are in the rivers and lakes, they can't help themselves, everyone plays a variety of roles in society, and when it comes to Wang Kefan's current status and identity, the role he plays is even more complicated, and he must play it well, so he is very involved all night, and his emotions fluctuate very much.

"My lord is tired tonight. Go to bed early, I'll read the paperwork myself. "Seal Ji and Wang Kefan are like glue, but this time is too tired and busy, the bed is always pushed again and again, and it will be pushed to the back, and Seal Ji has long been used to it...... This wild ox of his own family pulled a big cart, and it was really unbearable for him to share his strength to plow and water the land.

"No, today is a big day for the recovery of Nanjing. Ignore the paperwork for now. Wang Kefan's love had not yet completely calmed down, so he called Li Yushi in again and asked him to go to the gang to find some wine and food, and prepare to talk to Zhu Ji about wine. Relax.

Li Yushi answered, turned around and went out, and the footsteps just disappeared and turned back. reported to Wang Kefan, and the minister Guo Weijing suddenly came to visit......

If you want to be lazy now, you can't be lazy. Seal Ji went to read the official document by herself, and Wang Kefan changed into clothes. Come to the living room.

Guo Weijing knew that he was rude, and apologized again and again, Wang Kefan asked him to sit down, Li Yushi sent tea, knowing that the two of them must have confidential matters to discuss, and closed the door tightly after going out, and stayed ten steps away.

This guard is an hour, and when Guo Weijing said goodbye and left, it was already midnight. He said goodbye to Wang Kefan outside the gate, got on the horse and left, the cabinet boss who was usually calm and calm, but at this moment he showed a relaxed expression as if he had been released.

Wang Kefan looked at his back thoughtfully.

Guo Weijing made an uninvited guest tonight, because Emperor Longwu had already sent a secret decree, and there was no need for Ma Jixiang to pass the word in the middle, and he could directly have a showdown.

The Longwu court agreed to set up the Northern Expedition Governor, and Wang Kefan served as the governor, in the short term, the military and political affairs of the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were presided over by him, as for the reopening of the metropolitan governor's office, Emperor Longwu also agreed in principle in the secret decree, but the specific institutional setting and management scope still need to be discussed, and the time for listing and opening the government also needs to be pushed back, after Emperor Longwu returned to Nanjing.

In addition to the showdown negotiation with Wang Kefan, Guo Weijing also focused on discussing the relevant matters related to the return of Nanjing, which was clearly instructed by Emperor Longwu. When he entered the city today, Wang Kefan planned to write a letter, asking Emperor Longwu to consider whether to return the capital to Nanjing, but he didn't expect Emperor Longwu's will to come so quickly, indicating that he had already taken precautions, and he was considering this issue after the victory of the battle of Ningzhen, and took the initiative to attack and seize the front of Wang Kefan.

The return of the Longwu Imperial Court to Nanjing is a major event involving all aspects, which has both advantages and disadvantages for Wang Kefan.

Let's start with the cheats.

From the specific military strategic considerations, Nanjing is still on the front line, and the Longwu Imperial Court hurriedly returned here, which is a heavy burden for the Chu army, the so-called defending the river must defend the Huai, the Ming army has not yet controlled the Jianghuai, in case the Qing army goes south, Wang Kefan must consider the safety of Nanjing, and it is inevitable that he will be tied up when commanding the operation...... From the political aspect, the return of the Longwu Imperial Court to Nanjing will definitely hinder Wang Kefan everywhere, the gold content of the Northern Expedition Admiral has been greatly reduced, the center of the court is in Nanzhili, and the emperor is staying in Nanjing, so it is inevitable that he will have to fight with Wang Kefan in the open and secret.

Let's talk about profit.

Emperor Longwu also returned to Nanjing, and entering could promote the Northern Expedition, and retreating could allow the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and come to the front line as the king of a country, instead of Guilin, which has been hiding in the rear, has a boosting effect on the hearts of the people and the army. For Wang Kefan, as long as he can suppress the counterattack of the imperial power and the civil official group, he can form an imitation of Cao Cao's "coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes" and gradually control the entire country.

There is a risk in this, it is impossible for Emperor Longwu and the civil official group not to know, the Chu army won the Battle of Ningzhen, Jiangnan has just gone through a controversy, Wang Kefan is at the strongest in the limelight, and Emperor Longwu is now returning to Nanjing, and if he doesn't do it, he will become another Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty...... He offered to return the capital to Nanjing, whether it was true or false, whether it was shirk, whether it was a temptation, or whether he planned to fight again shirtless, Wang Kefan couldn't judge for a while.

Guo Weijing's hurried showdown was also a little weird.

Wang Kefan's request to reopen the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was just a sky-high asking price, and he didn't expect Emperor Longwu to agree immediately, but he agreed, although there was a feeling of prevarication and smokescreen, but after all, he opened an opening, and made light concessions on such a principled issue, which made Wang Kefan even more difficult to understand.

Guilin, what the hell is going on?

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When Kong Youde went east along the river, the pressure on Hunan was greatly reduced, and the Yuezhou battalion and the Tongshan battalion were both transferred to Jiangxi, and Li Runniang also followed their baggage troops to Raozhou Mansion together.

The land march was too slow, and it was easy to reach Pengze County in Raozhou Prefecture, but Kong Youde had already rescued Tan Tai and chased Li Laiheng's twisted army all the way north to Luzhou Mansion. Wang Kefan quickly sent an order, the Yuezhou Battalion and the Tongshan Battalion two units rested on the spot, Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and some other civil and military officials immediately rushed to Nanjing to attend the meeting, and Li Runniang also went together.

Without bringing troops, the speed of the journey was much faster, and everyone traveled together, and within a few days they arrived at the city of Nanjing. Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong failed to participate in the Battle of Ningzhen, or even participated in the Eastern Crusade, and basically sat and watched the play for most of the year, and they couldn't hold it back for a long time. Although Jierharang was eliminated, Shang Kexi was still in Hubei, Tunbur was still in Anhui, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong were discussing all the way how to persuade Wang Kefan to launch an attack on Hubei and Anhui as soon as possible.

Li Runniang was a little entangled.

That man, that rival, since he married him, has been together less and more often, this time I haven't seen each other for another year, and I don't even have a few letters on weekdays, and the figure left in my mind is even a little blurred...... Now that she is married, of course Li Runniang wants to be with her own man, but that man is in charge of 100,000 Chu troops and millions of people, and obviously does not belong to her alone, and Li Runniang is not willing to be like Fu Shihua, who is not out of the door, and what will happen to her life after going to Nanjing, Li Runniang is a little worried.

Fortunately, after seeing Wang Kefan, she quickly regained the feeling of being newly married, Xiao Bie is better than being newly married, but after a long absence, it is like another newlywed, only a crazy night, the initial little rustiness and embarrassment have become full of affection.

When the rooster crowed, Li Runniang woke up from her sleep and found that she was sleeping naked in Wang Kefan's arms, full of laziness and pleasure, so she arched it again, pillowed on the man's warm and broad chest, and fell asleep again with a smile. (To be continued......) R1292