Daming: I help my wife be the empress

At the end of May, as the weather gradually became hotter, Li Dingguo finally brought the Fourth Town of the Border Guards to the outside of Guangzhou.

Prior to this, he and the soldiers of the Fourth Town had recuperated in Nanjing for nearly a month before setting off.

It is worth mentioning that they did not take the sea route, but traveled up the Yangtze River to Jiangxi.From Ganzhou Prefecture, via Nan'an Prefecture, into Guangdong, Nanxiong, and Shaozhou to Guangzhou.

Basically, there is also a main river along this road. Although it is not possible to drive large naval ships, it is enough for Fourth Town to use boats to transport logistics supplies, which is also convenient and quick.

The reason for this is that banditry in the southern Jiangxi area is still one of the persistent diseases of the Ming Dynasty.There are too many mountains here, and the local landlords, gentry and bandits are often in collusion, and there are also ethnic minorities involved, so the bandits are in trouble.

Naturally, the Fourth Town did not waste time in suppressing the bandits in Nanjiang, but just took the opportunity to attack the most stubborn group of bandits.

Its main purpose is to use this to demonstrate the powerful military strength of the imperial court to various local forces in the southern Jiangxi region, so as to deter Xiaoxiao.

Although the Nangan mountain bandits are difficult to deal with and the terrain is complex, for Dubiao Town, which is close to the Imperial Guard in terms of equipment and quality, exterminating them is like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, and it is easy to catch.

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Today's Guangzhou city is very different from later generations. It is a real coastal city, only a few miles away from the sea.

In a narrow sense, the Pearl River only began to appear in the Southern Song Dynasty, and barely took shape until the middle and late Ming Dynasty (it is said that the name of the Pearl River was only known during the Jiajing period), and it was only a few miles away.

However, the Pearl River near Guangzhou in the late Ming Dynasty was very wide, about three or four miles long.Shunde, Zhongshan and other places in later generations are all by the sea, and most of their areas are islands formed by the erosion of rivers.

Panyu in later generations was just a small fishing village, and Panyu County in the late Ming Dynasty was attached to Nanhai County in Guangzhou City.

Guangzhou City has a long history, dating back to the Qin and Han Dynasties.In Daming, it belonged to the prefectural city, and it was also an important place for coastal defense, so the city was naturally built quite strong and tall.

Outside the city, Ding Kuichu is leading a group of Guangdong civil and military personnel to welcome the new governor Li Yutian and Guangxi admiral Li Dingguo.

Speaking of it, Li Dingguo, the admiral of Guangxi, seems to have nothing to do with Guanxi.

But this time Li Dingguo not only shouldered the task of supervising the reorganization of the old Guangzhou army, but also a new nobleman of the imperial court. He was previously named a male in Ziyang County, and after the Northern Expedition, he was named Jingxibo after his hard work.

As a veteran minister who has been in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for many years, Ding Kuichu is very aware of how rare it is to be granted a title beginning with the word Jing.

Far away is Jingyuan Bo Wangji, a famous general from Yongle to Tianshun, who was later named Jingyuanhou.The closest one is Huang Degong, who was first granted the title of Jingnanbo and later Jin Jingnanhou.

Therefore, in Ding Kuichu's view, Li Dingguo is not only a military upstart, but also has a great future. Of course, he has to show his old face to curry favor.

In addition, in the past, the governor of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty was concurrently served by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. That is to say, the governor of Guangdong was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the administrative office was generally located in Zhaoqing.When His Majesty succeeded to the throne today, he ordered the abolition of the policy that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi concurrently served as governor, and changed the governor's office of Guangdong to Guangzhou.

Although Ding Kuichu has been in office for a short time, he has also been the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for a period of time. He has some understanding of the situation in Guangxi. Maybe Li Dingguo should ask him a few words?

As for Li Yutian, although he was the one who came to replace him as governor, Ding Kuichu was also ready to curry favor.

As far as he knew, although Li Yutian had the experience of being descended from Wu Sangui, he could barely be regarded as Yuan Cong, who had risen in Sichuan and was now appointed as the governor of Guangdong, which obviously had a bright future.

"Hanzhong, Jingxibo, you have worked hard all the way. I have prepared thin wine in the city, and please come to the city to have a feast to cleanse the dust, and then stay in the bed to rest." Ding Kuichu said to Li Yutian and Li Dingguo with a smile on his face.

Both Li Yutian and Li Dingguo knew that the court had found many evidences of Ding Kuichu's crimes, but they were not aware of it.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Kuichu resigned from the governor of Guangdong this time. After meeting the emperor in Nanjing, he would either serve as a governor in other places or be promoted to a senior official of the Central Ministry.

So it's no wonder that Ding Kuichu still has the heart to clean up the dust for them, and his face is full of joy.

Before the reorganization of the old Guangdong army, the imperial court would not do anything to Ding Kuichu.What's more, before they left, the Holy Majesty also ordered that the evil gentry, local tyrants and clan forces in Guangdong who colluded with Ding Kuichu should be uprooted.

Therefore, the two of them are not planning to take Ding Kuichu at this time, and it will take a while before they make false claims.

Li Dingguo won't pretend to be false, or say that he thinks his acting skills are not good, so he simply put on a normal indifferent expression and said: "I came here with the task of supervising and rectifying the Guangdong army, and Guangxi's military is urgent. I can't delay in Guangdong." too long.

Previously, the imperial court had ordered most of the officers and soldiers in Guangdong to gather near the city of Guangzhou. Ding Futai must have done this, right? "

Seeing that Li Dingguo came and asked about business, he didn't accept the kindness to go to the banquet. Ding Kuichu felt that he couldn't keep his face and was very upset.

But as an old man in the officialdom, his smile remained unchanged, and he said: "That's natural—presumably when Li Junmen came, he should have seen the nearby military camps, and that was just one of them.

Now eight large camps have been set up around the city of Guangzhou, bringing together 6 or [-] recruits and guards from all the prefectures in Guangdong except Qiongzhou.

To be honest, thanks to the fact that there was no major disaster in Guangdong last year and the grain harvest was bumper, otherwise it would have been really difficult to support so many soldiers and horses outside the city of Guangzhou. "

Li Dingguo scoffed at Ding Kuichu's words.

How much would it cost for the old officers and soldiers to pay for their salaries, and they were only stationed in camps, not marching and fighting?
He didn't expose Ding Kuichu's scene, but said: "Since that's the case, I will first take the supervisor to inspect the barracks and settle down the soldiers and horses under my command. You can go to the reception desk and leave alone, don't worry about me."

After speaking, he left with his own soldiers, leaving only a group of people to follow and protect Li Yutian.Only the troops of the Fourth Town Brigade are still behind, and it is impossible to drive straight to the Guangdong officials in the city of Guangzhou like in the film and television drama.

However, even if it is only a thousand soldiers, it has already shocked the officials and gentry in Guangdong.

At this time, although Li Dingguo left without politeness, a group of Guangdong officials and gentry were still talking about his troops.

"Is this the imperial court's new army? It looks quite different from the guards and enlisted soldiers."

"Isn't that right? Not to mention the excellent armor of these new soldiers, riding and walking are all in one piece, as if they were one body, and there is a terrifying aura of killing from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. They are indeed the elite of the elite."

"I heard that the imperial court now has a million new troops. Even if only one or two percent are so elite, there are still one or two million elite troops."

"These just now seem to be Li Dingguo's personal soldiers, the border guards. In the new military system, there are even more elite Imperial Guards and Imperial Forest Army on top of the border guards."

"Hiss~ The imperial guards and imperial forest army are even more elite than those soldiers and horses just now? It's hard to imagine what kind of elite soldiers they are."

"Such soldiers and horses, one town may be enough to sweep away all my officers and soldiers in Guangdong."

"That is, otherwise, why did the imperial court only send a town of soldiers and horses as a deterrent to the reorganization of the official army?"

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Hearing the discussions of officials and gentry behind him, and seeing the back of Li Dingguo and his soldiers leaving, Ding Kuichu couldn't help but look ugly.

'The mud-legged son who was born as a thief, he was lucky to be promoted by His Majesty, and he dared not give the old man face in the public.

Hmph, this time I will be promoted to a ministry when the old man goes to Nanjing to meet the empress, and I will let you know the consequences of not giving the old man face today! '

After muttering a few words viciously in his heart, Ding Kuichu said to Li Yutian with a smile on his face: "Brother Hanzhong, shall we go to the city?"