Chapter 77: Jinling

On May 20, the fifth year of Tiansheng, news came from Jinling that the camp had been repaired.

At this time, it was the eighteenth day of Jia Hui and others in Yangzhou.

As when he came, the east gate of Yangzhou was crowded with Yangzhou officials and ordinary people who came to see the excitement.

Jia Min's mother and daughter also came to the city gate in a carriage, wiping tears to bid farewell to their mother's family.

The family of six mothers was not very happy.

Jia Hui was unhappy that she was about to be separated from Jia Min's mother and daughter, and she didn't know when she would meet again.

The remaining five, in addition to this, also have the trouble of going back to school soon.

Especially the three members of the Jia family, when they thought of going back, they would be locked up in the barracks and be drilled hard, even Jia Zhu couldn't help but shudder.

Old lady Jiao, he's really fighting!

They didn't dare to play the master's majesty, especially Jia Rong, who had already understood the power of Old Lady Jiao.

"Brother, don't make the master sexual in front of me. Don't say that you are like this, even your father and grandfather don't dare to play prestige with me! If I am not alone, you will be officials, enjoy glory, and receive wealth?

Your ancestors have earned this business all their lives, and now, instead of repaying my kindness, they have made a difference with me!

If you don't tell me anything else, if you say anything else, let's go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife! ”

Jia Rong immediately lost her temper.

Jia Lian and Jia Rong thought that they would see that old thing again in a few days, and they looked like their dead fathers.

After greeting Yangzhou officials, Jia Hui and Lin Ruhai got on their horses and came to Jia Min's carriage.

Jia Min opened the curtain with red eyes, looking at the six younger generations of his mother's family, with mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know when he would see each other again.

"Auntie, don't worry too much, the five of them are gone, I still have to stay in Jinling for a while, I'll come to see you when I'm free!" Jia Hui comforted.

"I don't have to condescend to see my eccentric Mrs. Yushi..."Jia Min wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and said angrily to Jia Hui.

"This..."Bad words have been heard by others...

"Poof!" Daiyu, who was also following her mother to shed tears, laughed when she saw her eldest cousin's embarrassed appearance.

Hmph, I can't cure you, but my mother can cure you!

It's worthy of a mother!

"Huh? What are you laughing at? Jia Hui saw that Lin Daiyu was covering her mouth and snickering, so she raised her horsewhip and wanted to reach into the carriage to poke her, but Daiyu hurriedly threw herself on Jia Min's leg.

"Go and go, how old are you, still playing these!"

Jia Min used the fan in his hand to fan the whip away, and the phoenix stared, and Jia Hui took back the whip in a daze.

Daiyu raised her head and looked at Jia Hui with an unhappy look on her face.

"Heh, don't be complacent, see you next time, a certain family hopes that your archery skills can improve to my satisfaction!"

"Oh, what do you look like?"

"Well, I can draw a stone bow..."

Daiyu's little face collapsed suddenly.

Two days ago, she was very curious about Jia Hui's big bow, so she asked Jia Hui to come over and wanted to pull it to try.

I couldn't pull it away with my pedals!

"Hehe, let's practice hard!"

Jia Hui saw that Daiyu buried her face in Jia Min's arms again, so she stopped teasing her.

"Auntie, take care!" Jia Hui rode on the horse, clasped his fists and saluted Jia Min, turned the horse's head, and looked at Jia Zhu.

"I'll leave a few small ones to you, and you have to watch them all the way!"

"Big brother, just put your heart in your stomach, I will definitely bring them back with all your beards and tails!" Jia Zhu also patted his chest and assured.

"Uncle, let the salt merchant mess up for a while, drive!"

Jia Hui whipped his horse whip and ran towards the south, and Lin Chong and Guan Sheng, who had been waiting for a long time, also followed with three thousand cavalry.

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Crossing the river to Zhenjiang in the south, and then traveling west for a day, bypassing Zhongshan, a big city appeared in front of Jia Hui and others.

Zhongshan hugged Jinling, domineering in the past.

Outside the Chaoyang Gate, Jinling stayed behind, and Guo Biao, Marquis of Wuning, Jinling garrison eunuchs, Jinling prefects and other Jinling civil and military officials were all waiting here for the arrival of Jia Hui, the governor of the left army.

After all, he was the descendant of the Metropolitan Governor, and Yang Zhi also stood in front of the team with a few personal soldiers.

As early as more than half a month ago, Jia Hui sent Yang Zhi to Jinling in advance with five hundred men and horses to repair Zijinwei's... Ruin.

Zijinwei's condition is not as good as that of Jiangbei in Yangzhou. Zijinwei was abolished nearly seventy years ago and merged into the Jiangnan camp, while the Jiangbei camp was abolished for less than a few years, and the situation of the camp was naturally different.

Jia Hui is crazy and won't live in the Jiangnan camp, after all, he is here to cut their flesh.

No matter how weak the combat power of the Jiangnan battalion is, it is also a regular army of 90,000 Daqi, the kind that is fully armed, surround Jia Hui's more than 3,500 cavalry and fight, and most of it can be lost in a few rounds of arrow rain, and the horses can't run away, let alone break through.

Therefore, Jia Hui decided to camp in the old place of Zijinwei at the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain.

Soon, a cavalry appeared in front of Jinling Wenwu.

Although he did not wear armor, he had all the weapons in his hands, and he held a spear and lance and other weapons in a marching posture, and slowly walked towards Chaoyangmen.

First, two big flags rushed out of the horizon, smoke and dust were flying, and the garrison eunuchs led the team, leading Jinling Wenwu to hurriedly meet them.

"The lower officials and others are seeing the Metropolitan Governor!"

"The miscellaneous family has seen the Grand Duke!"

The crowd bowed down to the young man on the tall horse.

"Hahaha, no need to be polite, please get up!"

Jia Hui also jumped off his horse and walked towards the crowd.

Still wearing the red vermilion bird pattern gold narrow-sleeved round neck, with a gauze hat on his head, he strode to the front of Guo Biao, who stayed behind in Jinling.

"Hahaha, after many years, Uncle Shi still has the same demeanor!" Jia Hui laughed and stretched out his hand towards Guo Biao.

Guo Biao also laughed and stretched out his hands, grabbing the other party's arms at the same time as Jia Hui.

"Yes, I haven't seen the Metropolitan Governor for many years, but I'm becoming more and more heroic, hahaha!"

Guo Biao was actually quite surprised by Jia Hui's achievements, this straightforward young man back then finally grew up to become the first class of Daqi.

"Uncle Shi's voice is unfamiliar! You are an old brother who grew up with my father, call me Jinyu! ”

"That's not good, the rules are the rules, I, the Jinling guard, am an official under the command of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, so it is naturally your subordinate official, if you call the Metropolitan Governor a Jinyu, wouldn't it be a mess of humility!"

Guo Biao refused again and again.

"Where is Uncle Shi, my father often talks about the days when he studied and practiced martial arts with you in the palace, if I let my father know that Uncle Shi you call me a big governor, I will definitely complain that I only know how to be respectful and humble, but I ignore the elders and children!" Jia Hui still insisted on letting Guo Biao call himself the eldest and youngest.

"It's... Alas, the old man will ask the big man to call you Jinyu! Come, Jinyu, Uncle Shi is here to introduce you, this is the Jinling garrison eunuch Xia Mingxia's father-in-law! ”

"It turned out to be Eunuch Xia in person, the matter of the military camp, thank you Eunuch Xia for your help, Jia Hui is polite!" Jia Hui smiled and saluted him with a fist.

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all what our family should do, and our family has given a gift to the Governor of the Metropolis!" Xia Ming returned the salute to Jia Hui with a close look.

The one in front of him is now the most valued and favored general of the emperor and the emperor, and the biggest difference between the favored and the prince is that Jia Hui is not surnamed Chen, but surnamed Jia.

According to today's form, one of the favorites, the four princes who sit on the Northwest Frontier Army, are even more incompatible with Jia Hui.

Such characters can only be friends, not evil.

Xia Ming is the godbrother of Xia Shouzhong, the great eunuch next to the emperor, and he worshiped the same godfather in the palace back then, so he has a surname.

The relationship between the two has always been very good, and when Jia Hui went to see the emperor before leaving, Xia Shouzhong introduced this to him, saying that he could find him if he had something.

Before, Yang Zhi found Xia Ming with Jia Hui's handwritten letter and the token given by Xia Shouzhong, Xia Ming was also very happy, although the materials provided were not the best, but they were definitely the most inexpensive.

The most important thing is that because of Xia Shouzhong's relationship, this can be regarded as a hardcore imperial party and the emperor's henchman.

In Xia Ming's view, the throne is His Majesty's now, and the throne will be passed on to today's son in the future, and the next emperor should be born among several princes. It has nothing to do with the king of righteousness, loyalty, and faithfulness.

Therefore, at least in dealing with the matter of the Faithful King, Jia Hui and Xia Ming are unbreakable allies.

Jinling is the center of the entire south of the Yangtze River, and the various forces are intertwined, and the situation is complicated, and it will be much more convenient to have such a local snake who has been sitting in the position of Jinling garrison eunuch for eight years to assist.

"Come, Jinyu, this is ......" and Xia Ming complimented each other, Guo Biao took Jia Hui's hand and introduced him to other civil and military officials in Jinling City.

"Jinyu, this is the Jiangnan Chief Soldier Deng Yuan Deng!" In the end, Guo Biao was introduced to the top commander of the Jiangnan battalion, the chief military officer Deng Yuan.

"The last general will see the Grand Governor!" Deng Yuan saluted solemnly towards Jia Hui.

"Excuse me, Mr. Deng is a general of the imperial court, and he has worked hard to guard the south of the Yangtze River, and last time I heard the emperor say that he wanted to transfer you to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!"

Jia Hui grabbed Deng Yuan's arm, helped him up, and said with a smile.

"It's... How can Deng be so virtuous! When Deng Yuan heard this, he immediately put on a look of being greatly moved, and paid homage to Luoyang.

The civil and military men of Jinling congratulated Deng Yuan one after another.

Fortunately, there are very few Jinling officials who can talk to Jia Hui directly, and the rest of them are just introducing their official positions, and the person saluted Jia Hui, Jia Hui nodded and it was the next turn.

After about a quarter of an hour's work, Jia Hui also had a basic understanding of the officialdom in Jinling.

Because it was still early, everyone agreed to set up a banquet on the best painting boat on the Qinhuai River in the evening, and then returned to their respective yamen, the whole Jiangnan Province is too big, it is really busy, and it is already very good to have time to meet Jia Hui.

"Lao Yang, you're doing a good job!"

When Jia Hui passed by Zhongshan with people, he glanced at Zijinwei's camp by the way, it looked very well repaired, and all kinds of fortifications were also well arranged, and it could be seen that Yang Zhi was attentive.

"General, this is what subordinates should do!" Yang Zhi hurriedly leaned down and bowed.

"Okay, don't shirk, you did a really beautiful job, a certain family has to worship ancestors and visit the old lady Fengsheng in the past two days, temporarily live in the city, you are familiar with the camp, I am not there for a few days, the things of the camp will be handed over to you, I really can't get an idea, so I will go into the city to look for me in the old house of the Jia family."

By the way, here are three thousand taels, you take them and buy them, and give them a good meal today! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Yang Zhi was overjoyed and half-knelt down and saluted Jia Hui.

Seeing Yang Zhi walk in the direction of Zijinwei in the east with three thousand cavalry, Jia Hui also entered Jinling City with his own soldiers.

Jinling City, as the ancestral land of the Jia family, still has 12 rooms of clansmen living on Rongning Street.

Yes, there is also a Rongning Street in Jinling.

This is the former Jinling small family, the old place of the Jia family, and Mrs. Jia and his wife used to live in this place. This is also where Jia Yan and Jia Yuan's brothers grew up.

After the establishment of the title of Guogong in Daqi, Mrs. Jia and his wife were unwilling to follow the two brothers to live in Luoyang, so they had no choice but to build two mansions of the Guogong ceremonial system for the father and mother to live in.

Although it is a bit arrogant to live in Mrs. Jia and his wife, the two brothers also come back to live occasionally, which is barely reasonable.

The 12-room people who stayed in Jinling surrounded these two mansions, forming the famous Ningrong Street in Jinling City, which echoed with the Ningrong Street in the rest of the capitals.

Two years ago, after Jia Hui was knighted, he also sent people to Jinling to build his own mansion, which was east of Ningguo Mansion at the east end of Ningrong Street.

But when I bought it at that time, I bought it according to the marquis's ceremony, just such a large piece of land, and it was still the house of the family next to it, so I couldn't change it, at most, I changed the decoration inside to the duke's ceremony, but I could only do so much.

So compared with the other two mansions, Jia Hui's mansion is obviously smaller.

But it doesn't matter, Jia Hui hasn't come here to live here for several years, this mansion is enough.

As soon as they entered the house, Jin Cai and his wife greeted him.

As Jia Hui's roommate, the parents of Aunt Jin Mandarin Duck, Jia Hui asked them to be responsible for guarding his mansion.

Jin Cai and his wife have no opinion on this, and they are even very happy, looking at Rongguo Mansion is also looking at Jia Hui's mansion.

However, because their daughter is already from Jia Hui's house, the two of them are even more comfortable in Jia Hui's house, and they regard themselves as half masters.

In this regard, Jia Hui thought about it for a while, and then ignored it.

According to the information, since the couple lived in their own house, they had to go into the treasury every day to count their property, and the one who kept the money was more concerned than Jia Hui himself, and no copper plate or utensils were taken by the servants.

Of course, the two of them secretly took some silver to spend themselves, but they would never touch the utensils.

After all, they are the parents of the mandarin ducks, and a little money is just a little money, so it should be regarded as pension money.

There's nothing else, at most, it's just to pretend to be the master in your own house, and the family management is not bad, so let them go.

As for why he didn't let his own soldiers be stewards.

are all twenty or thirty years old at the right age, when the back of the general is planning to make a career, what kind of housekeeper is it!

The main hall, in the bedroom of the Intarsian Hall.

Jia Hui leaned on a few pillows, combing the composition of the military power of Jiangnan Province.

Although Guo Biao, the so-called Nanjing garrison, is nominally the highest military attache in Jiangnan Province, he has the right to mobilize the entire Jiangnan army.

But in fact, the garrison eunuch Xia Ming divided his authority to transfer troops, and without Xia Ming's approval, Guo Biao would not be able to mobilize every soldier except for his own direct troops.

Similarly, Xia Ming could not command troops in various places.

It's kind of a palm... A quarter tiger talisman bar.

The other half is in the hands of the imperial court.

Half of the Tiger Talisman can allow local troops to carry out actions such as quelling chaos and suppressing bandits without reporting to the imperial court, as long as they do not leave the jurisdiction.

Guo Biao's direct subordinate troops actually only had more than 6,000 people in charge of Jinling's city defense, and they were restrained by the Jiangnan battalion outside the city.

The local military power has also been further subdivided by people like Deng Yuan, who are all commanders and commanders.

Similarly, without Xia Ming's approval, they would not be able to mobilize more than two hundred troops.

As for Deng Yuan, although his name is the chief military officer of Jinling, he is actually responsible for commanding the field army of Jiangnan Daying, and the number of men and horses far exceeds that of the rest of the local troops.

Especially as the only field army in Jiangnan Province, Deng Yuan has half a tiger talisman on his body!

Therefore, Deng Yuan is the actual military attache in Jiangnan Province, and he is also the most feared by Jinling officialdom.

In Jinling City, his enemy is him Deng Yuan, and as for the Zhen family, he can't make any waves.

This chapter is a transitional chapter.,It's mainly to introduce the power composition of the local army.,It's more boring to write.,There's no progress in the plot.,But it's hard not to write it...

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