After lunch and a little rest, Zhou Yuji and his wife rushed down the canal to Nanjing with a lot of things.

At this time, the general soldiers of Zhou Da, who had eaten, were also driving comfortably in the canal, which was the exit of the canal in Guazhou and Yangzhou, and there were constantly clippers in the canal reporting something to Zhou Huchen's boat. Soon, Zhou Huchen sat in the shipbuilding and watched Zhou Yuji's fleet row past in front of his eyes.

When a clipper ship responsible for guiding Zhou Yuji's fleet passed through the exit, one of the sailors on board neatly raised a black flying tiger flag.

Finally relaxed, Zhou Huchen shouted outside: "It's back!" ”

The little beauty who was in the same boat building with Zhou Huchen was very puzzled, why did she have to go back before she arrived in Zhenjiang?

Pleasing to the eye, there are four people in the shipbuilding, one is Zhou Huchen, and the other three are all little beauties, Zhou Huchen feels too happy: "Grandmother sent someone to inform you that there is a shortage of people in Yangzhou and the army, so you won't let me go back!" ”

Lying with your eyes open!

The three little beauties almost said it, you have been in the ship all the time, why haven't we seen the person who came to inform? Besides, the old lady is thinking about her prospective granddaughter-in-law, what does it have to do with you?

What is it called staring and lying, this is it!

However, Young Master Zhou didn't care, not only didn't care, but was also very proud: "Yangzhou is good!" I have the final say in the famous city of the ages, and I will see my grandmother go back to Yangzhou another day! ”

Zhenjiang belongs to you more than Yangzhou, there are almost all your people, are there anyone who dare not obey you? The three little beauties were disdainful.

Nanking.

Zhou Yuji arrived, the boat just docked, the nearby gongs and drums immediately noisy, looking up, except for the area near the dock, there are soldiers circled a vacant lot, all eyes are full of people, crowds, as if the entire Nanjing City people have run here.

When Zhou Yuji appeared in the bow of the ship. It immediately caused a tsunami of mountains and mountains.

This is the treatment of heroes, this is the enthusiasm of the people! Although he knew that this might be a pre-arranged haode, Zhou Yuji also knew that these people who came to cheer were absolutely sincere, and loyalty to the country was not for these people and for the country? What more could he ask for?

These officials who came to greet them were waiting in the circled area, and none of these officials Zhou Huchen knew him, but he knew the official uniform, and many of them were high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

Zhou Yuji is now wearing a military attaché uniform, which is relatively light compared to armor, but there is one person who is not light. Mrs. Hou's wife, Liu.

On this hot day, Liu still has to wear a xia veil, and this xia curtain is as awkward as it is on Mrs. Liu's body. The main thing is the heat, and then it's not adaptable, this super marquise is the first time to officially wear this complicated clothes to travel, and she has to travel with a heavy phoenix crown on her head, she used to be used to short dresses and strong clothes, and she is undoubtedly suffering from wearing this clothes.

Zhou Yuji walked forward to exchange greetings with the officials, but at this moment. Hula, dozens of soldiers quickly stepped forward, startling the family members on Zhou Yuji's boat. If it weren't for the fact that these soldiers in the uniforms of the forbidden army were carrying planks, these sturdy men would immediately draw their weapons from their waists. In addition to hanging waist knives around their waists, these family members also carried a leather bag, which was naturally a short fire gun.

The Marquise couldn't do it casually, she wanted to take a special sedan chair for her into Beijing. The planks were quickly laid, and a gorgeous, smack-smacking palanquin was lifted onto the ship.

The most incredible thing is that when Liu got on the sedan chair. Several of her sturdy maids were directly taken from their jobs. A few female officials in gorgeous clothes followed closely behind the sedan chair, and they quickly stepped forward to support them. The movements of these female officers are elegant and gentle, as if they are a deliberate and gorgeous performance, making people look like they are performing some kind of grand ceremony.

What kind of treatment is this?

The Liu family has completely fainted, and the imperial court still has this rule?

Wearing this dress to cover the sedan chair, it's still that word, hot! It's going to be a hot mess!

As soon as he entered the sedan chair, Liu felt that he was about to faint, but what could he do? This is called treatment, the treatment of a super lady! Even if the heat dies, this gorgeous sedan chair will also sit down.

In the deafening cheers, Zhou Yuji began to get on the horse, in front of the forbidden army to open the way, surrounded by a large number of civil and military officials around and behind him, Liu's sedan chair was following behind, and around the sedan chair were dozens of Zhou Yuji's family members and hundreds of forbidden army guards. Zuihou is a carriage, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers from Zhou Yuji, and the things on the carriage must be the items of Xianjie.

It was a pity for the officials and the people who followed closely along the road that they did not see what they had expected—that is, the enemy chieftain, that is, Dodor, swaggering through the market in a prisoner's cart.

Hugging each other, high-ranking officials greeting each other, and shouting tsunamis along the road, this process made Zhou Yuji very excited, and the most exciting scene was still waiting for him.

According to the etiquette system, if the emperor orders the emperor to go out to triumph, sometimes the emperor will personally lead hundreds of officials out of the city to the suburbs to greet him as a sign of consolation; Sometimes, ministers were sent out of the city to meet them, which was called "suburban labor".

Emperor Hongguang did not welcome the suburbs, but he sent officials from the "suburbs", and he appeared in the Taimiao, and he stood in front of the Taimiao to greet him, this favor has been shown enough, and the glory of Zhou Yuji is enough.

The welcome ceremony was very grand, and it can be said that this was the most solemn welcome ceremony since the establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty.

After the triumph of the army, they should pay tribute to the ancestors of heaven and earth in Taimiao and Taishe, and have the gift of offering prisoners, that is, reporting victory and offering the spoils of war. The ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was to be held in the noon gate tower, and the firing of cannons was also carried out. Now, there were no captives, but there were many captives, especially the head of Dordor and the golden helmet.

After various ceremonies, the Son of Heaven will feast on the meritorious heroes and reward them for their deeds. In ancient times, this kind of ritual of "enjoying the credit of the ancestral temple and the shejue ceun" was called "drinking to".

The Ming Dynasty meritorious service reward ceremony was held in Fengtian Temple. The rewarded officers and officials were neatly arranged outside the noon gate, and the internal officials were guided to the Danqi to stand in order, and all the civil and military officials were served. The emperor was seated, the officials bowed four times, the undertaker read the emperor's order, the officials bowed down, and then awarded the reward.

Zhou Yuji is now a marquis, this title is already very high, and there is very little room for promotion, only the title of duke and king and hereditary remains.

Emperor Hongguang is not a stingy person, and the reward is naturally not too stingy, but he also did not reward Zhou Yuji excessively. Because the northern land needs to be recovered, and the other road Jiannu needs to be annihilated, the northern capital is still in the enemy's hands. Many great achievements are still waiting for Zhou Yuji, so this reward for Zhou Yuji is a kind of encouragement coordinated by the court.

The title is good, given a pillar country, into the Guanglu doctor, only one step away from the highest title of the right pillar country, the title has added a hereditary, promoted to the prince and the prince, given the python to serve the jade belt, as for the scope of the leading troops has also made a huge adjustment, Zhou Yuji led Huaiyang, Henan, Shandong, and Beizhi military affairs. The title and hereditary title are glorious, but the scope of leading troops is the real power, and Zhou Yuji's military range has reached before the northern capital, that is, the imperial court has been eyeing the recovery of the northern capital and territory. The intention is obvious, Zhou Yuji, the military governor of several provinces, can't do it without working hard.

Zhou Huchen was also promoted, and he was added a prince Taibao, awarded the Henan General Army, from the first product of Jianwei General, the hereditary Jinyi Guard Commander (fictitious). In this regard, Zhou Huchen's "missed" punishment and demotion have become a joke.

As for the other rewards, there is no need to go into detail, Zhou Yuji's generals have their own rewards, especially Liu Qi, Liu Zhuzi and Guo Ziqing, Liu Qi was promoted to the general soldier and commanded the cavalry, and Liu Zhuzi and Guo Ziqing were promoted to deputy generals. Xu Ziqiang, who saw the water war, once again restored his title as the chief soldier, he was arranged near Gaoyou Lake, and he was also the commander of the water army, Yu Dahu was promoted to a general, and the others were rewarded.

The geographical location of the army after this meritorious service reward revealed some information, and the deployment of troops pointed to the northern land, which also showed the confidence of the imperial court in recovering the country.

The reward of the great victory did not forget another person, although Jingnan Hou Huang Degong did not move a soldier, but his title also became hereditary, the eldest son Huang Zitai gave the command of the capital, Wuhu Fu General. Huang Degong's leadership included Jiujiang, and this appointment pointed directly to another road of Jiannu. Although this was an obvious appeasement measure, it also showed the determination of the imperial court to defeat the other way of Jiannu. (To be continued......)