When Guo Zhongxiao returned home, he saw his father waiting for him in the yard.

Guo Kui is already in his sixties this year, but he looks like he is seventy years old.

He was slightly hunched, his face was thin, and he looked quite elegant, even with a bookish air.

"Sir..." Guo Zhongxiao stepped forward and asked, "Aren't you recuperating in the back house?"

Guo Kui arrived in Beijing from Luoyang yesterday.

The road was full of dust and wind, so it was naturally very hard.

Guo Zhongxiao was worried that his health would not be able to bear it, so as soon as he returned home, he served his old father and rested in the back house to recuperate his health.

He also paid a lot of money to hire a famous doctor from Bianjing to diagnose his old father's pulse.

Guo Kui snorted and said: "It's only three journeys, I won't tire myself out!"

When Guo Zhongxiao heard what his old father said, he immediately understood and asked, "Sir, have you just seen a guest?"

Guo Kui nodded and said: "Di Ziyi (Di Zhen) just left."

Guo Kui looked at his son and asked, "I heard that Di Zijia has led his army to Chenzhou."

"I arrived five days ago!" Guo Zhongxiao replied: "I have been waiting for orders in Chenzhou!"

"I'm just waiting to return to Beijing on the Holy Day of the Queen Mother..."

This can be regarded as a little trick played by Tutang.

On the Holy Day of the Empress Dowager, the triumphant army of the Song Dynasty entered Beijing.

It can not only add to the celebration, but also let envoys from all over the world know about the martial arts of the Song Dynasty.

Guo Kui snorted and said, "Di Hanchen actually gave birth to two good sons."

Then he added: "And a good granddaughter!"

The envy, jealousy and hatred in the words tend to overflow.

no way!

Guo Kui and Di Qing didn't get along much at that time, and they had some disagreements - although this was mainly because of the imperial court.

Many people in the court hoped to introduce someone to fight against Di Qing.

He, Guo Kui, was chosen to act opposite Di Qing.

After going back and forth, it was inevitable that there would be some anger, and it was not until Di Qing's death that the two families finally stopped.

Then, with the rise of Guo Kui and the decline of the Di family, this public case was forgotten.

But now, the Di family is rising again.

Di Qing's granddaughter was even selected into the palace.

Naturally, the Di family started to tremble again!

Especially Di Qing's eldest son Di Zhen, as soon as he heard that Guo Kui had returned to Beijing, he immediately came to pay him a visit.

What he said was very nice.

But the meaning behind the words is to show off.

What happened to his younger brother Di Yong, and what happened to Di Yong's daughter, the Lord of Linzhen County who had already entered the palace.

When he was saying goodbye, he said, "I'll come back to visit you some other day and ask my uncle for advice."

How could Guo Kui stand this?

This was more uncomfortable for him than suffering a loss on the battlefield!

He is in urgent need of respect now!

So, as soon as Di Shen left, he came out and waited.

So, he looked at Guo Zhongxiao and asked, "Has your Majesty ever mentioned me today?"

Guo Zhongxiao quickly relayed the words of the imperial official to his old father.

After hearing this, Guo Kui's eyes suddenly became hot, and he turned towards the direction of the imperial city and said, "The emperor's kindness is so great that it will be difficult for me to repay it with hundreds of deaths!"

Then he stood up and looked at Guo Zhongxiao: "You should remember that in the future, you should serve officials as you serve an old man."

"Otherwise, how can we repay such kindness?"

Guo Zhongxiao was an honest man. He immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "My son, please remember your teachings."

"Yeah!" Guo Kui nodded.

But those old eyes were shining with wisdom.

…

Chenzhou, the hub on the Huimin River.

It is also the main transportation artery connecting Bianjing to West Beijing, Jinghu North Road, and Jinghu South Road.

At this time, Di Yong was riding a horse, leading the army out of the Chenzhou military camp, and then boarded the watercraft one by one.

With flags waving, the army officially began its journey back to Beijing.

The officers and soldiers of Yulong's First General were all on the deck, stretching their necks and looking into the distance.

The cabin on the ship was filled with large and small bags of loot.

In the southern expedition to Jiaozhi, the first general to control the dragon made a fortune.

Not to mention, just by conquering Guangyuan Prefecture, the Yang family's hundreds of years of accumulated property is enough for them to enjoy.

Afterwards, everyone benefited from the sale of Cochin prisoners of war.

So, he was a small soldier in the army. After this battle, he was rewarded successively, including military pay and various bonuses.

At least they all brought back money worth three to four hundred guan.

Many people even carry gold and silver nuggets in their arms.

Not to mention the generals at the top.

This trip south can be said to have resulted in both wealth and fame.

Everyone's face turned red with excitement!

I'm just waiting to show off and brag in front of my relatives and friends after returning to Beijing, and then put the money I brought back on the table, and then I can quietly appreciate their admiration and envy.

Just thinking about this, everyone feels like they won't be able to sleep tonight.

As the coach, Di Yong was the last one to board the ship.

It's not that he was upright, but before boarding the ship, he received a letter from home in the capital.

The letter was written by his brother Di Zhen.

After reading the letter, Di Yong remained silent for a long time, and then he burned the letter.

"Di Gong, what's wrong with you?" When he boarded the deck, Di Yong's beloved general Xu Kenan walked up to him and asked.

Di Yong was in a daze for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's nothing!"

Xu Kenan groaned and looked thoughtfully in the direction of Bianjing.

Di Yong saw this and said quickly: "Stop thinking nonsense! Nothing happened, just an old friend has returned to Beijing."

"Who?" Xu Kenan became curious.

He already knew that the marshal's daughter had been elected to the palace and made the county king.

In other words, Di Yong may be the father-in-law of the Song Dynasty in the future.

So, who can make the future head of the Song Dynasty frown?

"Old Lieutenant Guo!" Di Yong did not intend to hide anything from Xu Kenan and answered directly.

Xu Ken was stunned for a moment. As a general from the Western Army, he naturally and subconsciously thought of the legendary figure: "Old Lieutenant Guo? Old Xianggong Guo?"

Among the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, there have always been two iconic legendary idols.

One is Di Qing, and the other is Guo Kui.

Because these two people both climbed up from the bottom.

Countless warriors grew up listening to the stories of these two people.

Both of them also served as military ministers and came to power one after another.

It became the swan song of the great Song Dynasty warrior who came to power.

Since the time of Guo Kui, no military minister has been appointed to govern the Xifu in the country for twenty years.

"Yeah!" Di Yong nodded thoughtfully.

Thinking about the contents of my brother's letter, I felt somewhat worried.

But things had to be done!

…

Funing Hall.

Zhao Xu looked at Li Qingchen, the Privy Councilor who was in front of him, and asked: "Li Qing, has the final reward of the Western Government for the ministers who have contributed to the Southern Expedition been decided?"

In this southern expedition, Zhao Xu adhered to the strategy of Qianlong's order Zhaohui to destroy the Junggars that he had read in modern history books - middle- and lower-level generals and soldiers who had military merits should immediately honor them!

As long as Zhang Dun and Di Yong dare to retaliate, he will dare to criticize!

Even before setting off, the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel were asked to give Zhang Dun and Di Yong hundreds of official posts, so that they could easily promote military ministers at the rank of envoys.

Of course, subsequent review and inspection are essential.
To be continued...