Looking at Li Zicheng's distant back, Li Guo was embarrassed, and he didn't know what the future would be! x. Now, it is impossible for Li Guo to follow Li Zicheng, and it is impossible for Li Zicheng to follow him. Both of them are now not just for themselves, but also for a large number of subordinates.

Li Guo hopes that because of the change of history, Li Zicheng's fate will also change. It doesn't end tragically. Li Guo could only sigh now and continue his journey.

In the blink of an eye, Zhenjiang has arrived. Zhenjiang was an important hub on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal at that time, and to the south it would reach Hangzhou, the southern end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, to the east was the mouth of the Yangtze River, and to the west was to go to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which was also the route that Li Guo took.

Xu Guocheng, the prefect of Zhenjiang, came to greet Li Guo, in addition to supplying enough grain and grass to Li Guo, he also said to Li Guo very excitedly, "The fame of Buzhi (Li Guo) has spread all over the world, and it is this thousands of miles away in the south of the Yangtze River, and I admire you for defeating Houjin, and when you arrive in Nanjing tomorrow, I am afraid that you will not be able to leave for a while." ”

Li Guoqi said: "Why can't you go?" ”

"No, I heard that you are about to pass through Nanjing, and the people of Nanjing are vying to see you as a hero today. Not only that, Nanjing's three ministries and six courtyards, and Nanjing's town guard eunuch Chen Zude will personally invite you. Xu Guocheng explained.

"Oh, a little merit, so much so that everyone values it!" Li Guo smiled and didn't care.

"Where is this a little merit? Since Li Chengliang, Yuan Chonghuan has been able to fight against Houjin, but unfortunately he died. If I can make up for this, it will be my great luck. It's a pity that there are traitors in the court, and the elder brother was sent to the remote Taiping Mansion, which is really embarrassing. The various yamen in Nanjing greeted the supplement exceptionally. It is not only an affirmation of your merits, but also an indication of the attitude of the imperial court towards you like this. Xu Guocheng said.

Li Guo nodded: "This is flattering." I was born in the countryside, and I have also heard of the six departments in Nanjing, I don't know what the specific situation is, and I asked Brother Xu to tell me about it. ”

"Of course, I have to talk about it." Xu Guocheng took a sip of wine and spoke.

It turned out that after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing. There are still six departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers that are still retained in Nanjing.

Of course, most of the six ministries in Nanjing have nominal jurisdiction without actual powers, and they are used for the ministers' pensions or to provide a place for the ministers who have been demoted and excluded. Although the power of the Nanjing Sixth Division is far inferior to that of the Beijing Sixth Division. However, the Nanjing Sixth Department also has certain powers. The main reason is that the Nanzhili region, where Nanjing is located, has jurisdiction over 15 prefectures and three Zhili prefectures, which is equivalent to the two provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui and Shanghai, but there are no three divisions, namely, the administrative department, the judicial department, and the command department, and the functions and powers performed by the original three divisions are in charge of the six departments of Nanjing. Among them, the Nanjing Household Department and the Nanjing Military Department have the heaviest power.

The Nanjing Household Department was responsible for collecting taxes and grain from Nanzhili and the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang (these four places accounted for almost half of the Ming Empire). At the same time, he is also responsible for the collection and management of Cao Yun, the national salt introduction survey and the national yellow book. As a result, Nanjing's household servant often served as the prime minister's grain reserve.

Hearing this, Li Guo nodded, this household is very rich.

The Nanjing Military Department was responsible for the garrison of the Nanjing area, and the 49 guards in the Nanjing area were all under the command of Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department. The secretary of the Nanjing Military Department generally holds the title of "Counselor and Aircraft Maintenance", and manages all the affairs of Nanjing together with the eunuchs of the town guard and the lords of the Nanjing garrison.

Li Guo nodded again, this military department is very powerful.

In addition, Chen Zude, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, was also powerful. Not only is he in charge of the military department, but also in taxation and so on.

Li Guo knows. This Chen Zude is very useful.

If Li Guo wanted to develop trade routes in the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, he could not be separated from these individuals.

So, after thanking Xu Guocheng, the prefect of Zhenjiang, for retaining him, Li Guo sailed to Nanjing by boat.

Li Guo's original intention was to visit these officials of the three courts and six departments in Nanjing, but when he arrived at the port of Nanjing, Li Guo was startled. Because there are so many people who come to welcome.

The entire ferry port was crowded with people, and the people spontaneously came to greet him.

Even Ying Tianfu Yin specially sent officials to maintain order. This kind of pomp and circumstance has never been seen before.

Everyone wants to see what Li Guo, who defeated 100,000 Jin soldiers with a weak brigade, looks like. Because it is spread in the city of Nanjing, it is said that Li Guo has a red beard and green eyes, is eight feet tall, has a full beard, and his eyes are like copper bells, and he shouts that the Yangtze River can flow backwards!

Looking at the noisy crowd outside, Li Guo was also refreshed by Nie Xin and the others. He deliberately put on a military uniform, a bright silver white helmet and white armor, a thick waist knife on his waist, and walked out of the cabin in good spirits.

The people who watched were shocked and discussed, and no one expected that it was this young and elegant young general who defeated Houjin. But public opinion is created by people, so people who watched it praised Li Guo as the contemporary Zhao Zilong.

Someone said, "Only people with this style can be called heroes, and it seems that they are both civil and military." ”

Someone next to him said, "What is said is very true, and those who look vicious are only worthy of being a pioneer, and people like Li Guo are handsome." ”

In the crowd, the two seventeen or eighteen women looked at Li Guo intently, and thought in their hearts, this Li Guo is really a hero in his dreams! How to meet each other? The two of them are no one else, Liu Ru and Gu Hengbo in Qin Huai Bayan.

Li Guo didn't know this, because the officials of the six ministries who came to greet him in Nanjing had already stepped forward. Someone introduced Li Guo, and Li Guo was shocked again, because the Shangshu officials of the six departments of the Third Academy were all here.

Li Guo met one by one, but there were three people in the middle. On the left is Wang Yongguang, the secretary of Nanjing's military department, and on the right hand is Qiu Weizhen, the secretary of Nanjing's household department, and in the middle is Chen Zude, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison.

Li Guo was almost speechless, although Li Guo looked down on the officials of the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, but the standard of Nanjing's welcome to him was too high, which was completely different from the deserted scene when he set off by boat in Sanbian and Tianjin.

So Li Guo was also happy, Li Guo hurriedly stepped forward to call thousands, "The lowly status is low, and I am so loving to all the adults, I am really ashamed!" ”

Qiu Weizhen, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, had an upright temperament, and said, "You don't have to make up for it, I already know about your defeat of Houjin, and the framing you received, since ancient times, Heaven has blessed the upright, you must not be discouraged, how can gold be buried in the sand." ”

Li Guoyi arched his hand, "Thank you for your teachings." ”

Wang Yongguang, the secretary of Nanjing's military department, also said: "You can also be regarded as fighting for my Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Guolian said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Chen Zude, the eunuch of Nanjing, smiled, "Let's go, we have prepared a banquet for you, just waiting to welcome you!" ”

So, Li Guo took people to eat and drink with such officials.

During the banquet, Li Guo already had a plan in his heart, so he deliberately flattered Chen Zude, Qiu Weizhen, Wang Yongguang and others.

After the banquet, Li Guo took advantage of no one, took out a letter, handed it to the great eunuch Chen Zude, and said, "I am in the northwest, and I have always received the guidance of Lord Lu Jiuming, the trilateral supervisor, and I will ask Gonggong Chen to teach me more in the future." ”

Chen Zude took the letter and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Xiao Lu We have been separated for many years, and we haven't seen each other for a long time, but his people are also my people." Besides, Cao Huachun and Cao's father-in-law of Dongchang also praise you. ”

Li Guo also smiled. (To be continued......)