Hearing Sima De's words, Yang Youji and the other officers were stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Youji asked puzzledly: "Didn't we help the imperial court win a big battle?" Why do you still have to embarrass us? ”

Sima De sneered: "What does it have to do with the people below who helped the old Zhu family win the battle, especially these old men who are vegetarian in Nanjing City." What's more, the general once offended a person, and he was one of the three giants in Nanjing, so ......"

Yang Youji was not stupid, and immediately thought of the Chang Wei who he beat himself in Suzhou, and he blurted out: "Nanjing town guard eunuch? ”

"It's him."

"But how big is it to beat his godson, a dignified eunuch guarding the town, he won't use military affairs to worry about such trivial matters, right?" Yang Youji was puzzled.

Xia Nan spoke: "Yuji, you are still too simple, on the surface, I beat his godson and swept his face, but in fact, the most ruthless thing that offended him was to cut off his financial route." If it weren't for me inserting a pole, he could use Chang Wei as a puppet to force Suzhou Silk Company to provide raw silk at a low price or even for free, and make a lot of money from it, this is a million silver deal, can he not hate me to the bone? ”

Sima De continued: "The eunuch has no words, he can't marry a wife and have children, and he can't pass on the lineage, the only thing that interests him is the silver in vain, so the successive eunuchs have all tried every means to make money." As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, ordinary people are still like this, and for eunuchs, this hatred must be remembered in the coffin. ”

Only then did Yang Youji figure out the truth, shook his head, and retreated behind Xia Nan.

Xia Nan asked Sima De: "Mr. Sima, just now you said that there are three giants in Nanjing City, I know that there is a town guard eunuch with great power, which are the other two?" ”

Sima De was a native of Nanjing, or a minor official in the Ministry of War, so he was naturally familiar with the road, explaining: "After Yongle moved the capital to Beijing in the nineteenth year, he set up a Nanjing garrison to control the Nanjing guards, as well as Nanjing's left-behind and protective affairs. In the first year of Hongxi, another eunuch was added to the garrison, which was nominally equivalent to the garrison status, that is, the current town guard eunuch, which was the second of the giants; In addition, Nanjing retains six departments, and does not set up three divisions, namely, the administrative department, the judicial department, and the capital command department, and the functions and powers performed by the original three divisions are responsible for the six departments in Nanjing, among which the power of the Nanjing household department and the Nanjing military department is the heaviest, and the military department is still the secretary of the "counselor and machine service" title, and together with the town guard eunuch and the Nanjing garrison lords, he jointly manages Nanjing's left-behind and protective affairs, which is the third giant. In fact, Jingtai also added a coordinated garrison in the third year, with Hou, Bo, and Du Governors as the governors, and also in charge of the affairs of the Governor's Office of the front, rear, left, right, and middle five armies. ”

"I see." In the summer, Nan is a long insight, I thought that Nanjing was the nursing home of the Ming officialdom, and everyone who was mixed up and down came to Nanjing to "take a back seat", everyone was just messing around, but I didn't expect the management system to be so complicated.

Sima De continued: "Among these three, the military department Shangshu is responsible for the garrison of the surrounding areas of Nanjing, and the 49 guards of the southern Zhili are all under the command of the military department Shangshu, which seems to be in charge of a wider place, but in fact has the lowest status in Nanjing; The garrison has always been hereditary of the Duke of Wei, and the Tianzi No. 1 in Nanjing City is noble and respectable, but when it is not time to fight, it will not interfere too much in the daily affairs of Nanjing; And except for the six eunuchs, they can't take care of anything, and they can intervene in everything......"

"I see." Xia Nan figured out the status and power of the Big Three, and he muttered, "So, if we want to enter Nanjing City, we have to look at the face of this eunuch?" ”

"Exactly." Sima De persuaded, "If the general doesn't want to make too much trouble in Nanjing, we will suffer a loss, bypass Nanjing, go to other surrounding state capitals, and go down the river, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Yangzhou, where the government will never dare to prevent us from entering the city, and the prefect of Suzhou is our old acquaintance......"

"Nope." Xia Nan did not push the boat down the river to accept this step, "Our wounded soldiers need medical treatment and recuperation, and they can no longer run around, Nanjing City is in front of me, why should I go to Suzhou and Hangzhou?" Besides, the Joan Navy won the battle, and it is not a shameful thing, so it has become our fault for such a walk? If he chooses to flee in the face of the magnates, it will not only damage his prestige, but also a great blow to the morale of the troops who have just won the battle.

He turned to the officers and said: "Listen, everyone, we have won the battle, not to mention Nanjing City, even Beijing can enter, and besides, your comrades-in-arms are injured and need to enter the city to recuperate, so this Nanjing City must be entered." If that Niu Dusi brings good news, forget it, if we are still not allowed to enter the city, we will rush in directly, and see who dares to stop it? ”

The officers were all straight, and when they heard the general being so tough, they were very relieved, and they shouted one after another: "Yes, rush in, whoever dares to block will be beaten!" ”

Xia Nan instructed Yang Youji again: "Send someone to the riverside to give orders, so that the fleet is ready to be deployed and ready to be on call at any time." "This time I came to Anhui to suppress the Kou, although the Yongle-class battleships did not enter the Yangtze River, but the Wuyi-class battleships came in with the transport fleet to escort the fleet.

Although he did not explicitly say what he was going to do, Yang Youji understood what he meant: Nanjing is on the Yangtze River, and Nanjing Port is one of the largest inland ports in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Yes, my subordinates will send someone to give the order immediately."

Sima De was a little worried, and whispered to Xia Nan: "General, is there something wrong with this?" After all, Nanjing is the capital of Liudu, not Guangzhou, and it is not the county seat of Lingao......"

Xia Nan smiled coldly: "Don't worry about it, the Qiong Navy is no longer the escort force of the year, the world is so big, you can go anywhere." In the future, we will enter the capital, what is the point of staying in the capital? ”

At this time, Niu Dusi turned back again, and he said to Xia Nan: "As mentioned above, the army is temporarily stationed outside the city, and the main general can take two people into the city and ask the Nanjing garrison and the town guard eunuch for instructions on relevant matters......"

Xia Nan replied coldly: "Please show a fart!" "Turn around and order," "Do it, disarm the defenders of the city gate, tie them all up, and let's enter the city openly!" ”