Li Guodong, who won a great victory, returned to Beijing in triumphantly. Ten thousand cavalry and 20,000 infantry, boarded a ship from Guazhou. Thousands of ships crossed the Yangtze River, went upstream and headed to Nanjing. The fleet went upstream and arrived at the Nanjing Riverside in one day and night.

The news of the Huai Army returning triumphantly had long been spreading to the capital, and the entire capital was filled with joy. Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to order the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the Chief Minister of the Cabinet Shi Kefa to lead all the civil and military officials of the court to the Guanyin Gate outside the city to welcome the victory and triumphant success of the Huai Army.

There are thousands of people in Nanjing city, and there are crowds outside Guanyin Gate in the outer city. Countless people are waiting for the hero's triumph. The Yingtian Mansion's servants and the Jinyiwei are all dispatched to maintain order inside and outside the city.

Everyone faced the east river, looking forward to the newest Duke of the Ming Dynasty and his most powerful army in the world. When Beijing fell and the country was overthrown, he led his army to rescue the emperor and escort the emperor southward, and then defeated King Fu's conspiracy, killed Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing, drove away Liu Liangzuo, and tried to protect the Ming Dynasty. When the Jiannu army attacked and the Ming army was defeated, the Duke of Chu guarded Yangzhou, annihilated the 600,000 Qing army, killed more than ten Qing generals, scared away Ajige. Anyway, Jiangxi made half of the remaining Ming Dynasty safe.

"Here is here! Come!" The crowds surging by the river and cheered loudly.

On the river surface in the east in the distance, a forest-like mast appeared, and a huge fleet of ships rushed upstream and headed towards Nanjing.

Li Guodong stood on the helm of the flagship. The city of Nanjing in the distance gradually became clear. The military and civilian officials were greeted on the river bank. When the fleet was approaching, you could see clearly the situation on the shore. The cabinet, the officials from the six ministries, nine temples and five prisons were dispatched in full swing. In front of the shore were high-ranking officials wearing crimson robes, behind were officials wearing various colors of official robes, behind were mighty Beijing soldiers and Jinyiwei, and farther were people.

However, seeing such a high-standard welcoming ceremony, Li Guodong also understood a problem in his heart: his achievements are so great that he will shock the master!

He was the first person to save the Ming Dynasty. He rescued the emperor, saved the throne of Chongzhen, and saved half of the remaining Ming Dynasty. He was so powerful that he had great achievements and had a heavy army and a great minister. Any emperor would be afraid of it. He didn't know whether he would wait for him after the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and pacify the capital in the future. If he didn't want to end up like that, he might have to be Cao Cao Sima.

In fact, Li Guodong had no ambition to be king and emperor at all. Everything he did was to drive away the Manchus and not to put China in the darkness of three hundred years, nor did he want China to lag behind the West in the future, leading to the 21st century. The mainstream voices in the world were dominated by the United States, and the space of the Han people was repeatedly suppressed by white skin.

The nearly three hundred years of rule of the Qing Dynasty was the darkest and most depressing dynasty in Chinese history. The Qing rulers not only enslaved the Han people, but also destroyed the clothes and clothes of the Han people, breaking the backbone of the Han people, and turning the Han people into slaves kneeling on the ground. However, the contributions they made were getting bigger and bigger. When the contributions were so great that the emperor could not reward him, he could only enjoy a glass of poisoned wine.

But now I won’t consider those issues for the time being. How to develop in the future? Let everything go with the flow. Perhaps it is to become Cao Cao Sima, or perhaps it is to be in a yellow robe.

The fleet stopped at the riverside pier. Li Guodong, wearing a python robe and a seven-rail crown, walked down from the boat. Shi Kefa immediately brought a group of officials to greet him.

The soldiers of the Huai Army walked down from the ship one after another. According to regulations, Li Guodong could only lead a team of personal soldiers into the city, and the army stationed outside the city. However, because the prisoner offering ceremony was held, Li Guodong obtained the emperor's concession and led 3,000 soldiers who made great contributions to escort the prisoners and drove vehicles full of their heads into the city.

"The Duke of Chu is mighty!" When Li Guodong walked into the city, some people in the crowd shouted.

"The Duke of Chu is mighty!" The voices are rising and falling, and the people cheer at the same time, and the voices are resounding throughout the sky.

"The Huai Army is mighty!" When a group of elite soldiers who made great contributions rushed into the city with large chariots loaded with prisoners and heads, the people's calls were even more shocking.

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!" The soldiers riding on the horse shouted in unison.

Li Guodong entered the palace directly, and Emperor Chongzhen was waiting for him in the Ganqing Palace.

When he met Chongzhen, who had not seen him for several months, Li Guodong found that Chongzhen's face was still haggard and had a lot more white hair on his head.

"Give a seat!" Chongzhen shouted.

After Li Guodong thanked him, he sat down and looked at him. Li Guodong suddenly said, "Your Majesty's diligence is beyond Emperor Taizu Gao, no one has ever been able to compare with the emperor since ancient times! But please take care of your health."

Chongzhen sighed: "The state affairs are heavy, and I dare not relax for a moment! Jiannu's 800,000 army went south, and Li Aiqing wiped out 600,000 enemies in one fell swoop, trying to protect the only half of the country in the Ming Dynasty. Such great achievements are comparable to Xie Xuan and Chen Qingzhi!"

"Your Majesty praised it. It is the merit of our Ming soldiers fighting bloody battles. What kind of virtue can I do? In the battle of Yangzhou, many loyal souls and blood sprinkled on the battlefield, and I will let you have the record of annihilation of the Tartars." Li Guodong said.

Chongzhen said: "I received a report from the Jinyiwei, saying that the gentry of Huguang and Guangdong supported the rebellion of King Gui. King Huan of Jinsheng, Jiangxi, has returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Only Gao Jinku of Ganzhou refused to abandon the secret and turned to Ming Dynasty, just because King Gui and the gentry supported this thief behind their backs! Ganzhou's terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I hope Li Aiqing can send troops to Jiangxi to solve this major problem for me."

"If your Majesty asks me to hit, I will hit anyone."

"Li Aiqing has just returned from triumphantly and is going to fight on the battlefield again. Let's do this. Go and meet Kunxing, she wants to see you." Chongzhen nodded.

Chongzhen also knew his daughter's thoughts, and it was hard to reward Li Guodong. At this time, Li Guodong was already a Duke. If he rewarded him again, wouldn't he be granted the title of king? After he was granted great contributions, what else could he be granted?

Since the unmarried princess Zhou Shixian and his family joined the Manchus, the princess naturally could not marry Zhou Shixian. Chongzhen naturally knew about Princess Kunxing's idea. However, Li Guodong was about the same age as himself, and that was nothing, but Li Guodong already had a wife, so the princess would definitely not be a young man. But if she really couldn't give her a reward, she might have to marry Li Guodong, which could be considered a wish to settle her daughter.

When she heard that Li Guodong had won a great victory, her daughter was happier than herself; when she heard that Duke Chu was going back to Beijing to offer prisoners, her daughter was as happy as if she had become a different person; every time she talked about Li Guodong with her daughter, she blushed. Using her daughter to exchange her loyalty for this person can make her daughter wish. This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, but the princess is a little embarrassed to be a young man.

I met Princess Kunxing again, and the princess grew up a little longer. Although she did not grow taller (she was already very tall, and she would be taller than later models), but she developed more perfectly. Her originally thin and weak figure also became delicate and elegant. She was truly a woman, and she was just a little girl.

"Duke of Chu!" Princess Kunxing screamed in surprise when she saw Li Guodong, and then felt her loss of composure and her face turned red.

"I will see Your Highness the Princess." Li Guodong quickly saluted.

"The Duke of Chu has won again, and his father is very happy. His father is happy, and his husband is also happy." Princess Kunxing said with a red face.

Li Guodong deliberately teased Princess Kunxing: "Your Highness is the most beautiful princess in my Ming Dynasty. The beautiful princess will become more and more beautiful when she is happy every day. If a person is unhappy every day, she will become ugly. I hope she can bring good news to the princess every day."
Chapter completed!