Madam Hou

Chapter 102

Lin Fengqi hugged Yinniang, buried his head on her neck, sighed softly, and after a while, he said: "Do you know who the emperor sent again to fight the Fusang people in the south?"

"Aren't they the two generals of the Xue family?"

Lin Fengqi shook his head and said: "No. General Yunhui from the third rank Song Qing was promoted to General Huaihua from the third rank, with General Song as the commander-in-chief, general Dong Ning Shu from the fourth rank as the deputy commander, and the Gua master went out to fight."

In Dayan's military officer system, only generals who have been promoted to the third rank can lead an army and go out as a commander.Therefore, for many military officers, their lifelong wish is to be promoted to the third rank and to command an army.The same goes for Lin Fengqi.

Song Qing was about the same age as General Su. When he was the first emperor, he and General Su went out to conquer Miaojiang. At that time, General Su was the commander in chief and he was the deputy commander.He is very talented in land warfare, but because he follows the golden mean and lacks promotion in the court, he has been unable to rise from the position of the third rank.

But this time the emperor didn't win the favor and let General Su and Lin Fengqi go out, nor did he follow the wishes of the two generals of Xue's family.

Yin Niang didn't know much about General Song, but she did know Uncle Dong Ning, the deputy commander.The reason she knew him was because he was the younger brother of Mrs. Dong.During the Battle of Goguryeo, Dong's father and husband were killed, and his elder brother also injured his legs in that battle, and he is still unable to walk on the ground.

As a result, the Dong family's vitality was greatly injured. During the entire period of the first emperor, the Dong family was not reused again.When Emperor Jinghui came to the throne, did the battle happen during the reign of Emperor Jinghui? His resentment towards the Dong family was not as deep as that of the previous emperor.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dong's younger brother entered the army relying on some of his father's connections in the army.Afterwards, he slowly accumulated some military merits, and was promoted to a fourth-rank general of martial arts.

Yinniang knew that Lin Fengqi had always had irresolvable regret and hatred for her missed opportunity to go to war, so she gently patted him on the back and comforted him: "Although we missed this opportunity, we are still young. There will be more opportunities in the future. Besides, didn’t they not fulfill the wish of the two generals of the Xue family? They have done so much and still put on wedding dresses for others.”

Lin Fengqi shook his head and said: "How do you know that they didn't get what they wanted? The people in that house are not all stupid people, don't they know that the emperor forbids them to take over the military power in the south again. Their original plan is that they won't let us Going to the south, if they win the chance to go to Fusang in the end, it will be an unexpected gain, if not, they will also earn it."

On the eve of the expedition, the commander-in-chief and deputy general died at the same time. Even if there is no evidence, the emperor really has no doubts.He was afraid that he was well aware of the actions of Duke Ning's government, so after the accident, Emperor Jinghui would be furious in Concubine Xue's palace because a cup of tea was too hot, restrained Concubine Xue's feet, and even the eldest prince reprimanded her , Said that he didn't pay attention to his studies.

On the one hand, the emperor's behavior was because he was afraid of chilling the hearts of his subjects, so he deliberately showed it to the Su family and the Lin family. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would really annoy the Ningguo government.If not, he could just punish Concubine Xue Gui. You must know that the eldest prince is the first child of Emperor Jinghui, and there have been no children in the palace for several years since his birth. Emperor Jinghui still treats the eldest prince quite Valuable.

But even so, Emperor Jinghui did not take his feelings away. It has to be said that Duke Ning's mansion must have seen clearly that the emperor was not so reassuring about people from Duke Kang's mansion.At the beginning, there was a dispute between the two factions in the court over who should go to Fusang. Although the emperor didn't want to use the two factions, the generals of the Moderate faction couldn't come up with one.But compared to Ningguo Palace, the emperor is naturally more at ease with Kang Guogong's people. There is no other reason.And for the water fight, General Su and Lin Fengqi have experience, and the chance of winning is higher.The two factions chose one, and Emperor Jinghui finally accepted the invitation of General Su and Lin Fengqi.

But it turned out that something went wrong before the expedition, and the chief and deputy generals had to keep their filial piety.Emperor Jinghui felt that this might be God's will, and God's will prevented him from choosing either faction, so he finally promoted a third-rank general from the moderate faction.

Emperor Jinghui never thought that Dayan would be invincible. Fusang is just a small island country, and the combined military strength of the whole country is only 15 to [-]. What he gave was the military strength of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. The number of [-], two to one, is an overwhelming victory.Before the Fusang people could occupy Ryukyu, it was because they were immoral and engaged in sneak attacks. We were not prepared, which allowed them to succeed.But now they are prepared. The army is the best, the equipment is the best, and the warships are also the best. It is impossible not to win.

Of course, Emperor Jinghui was also mentally prepared. General Song had never fought water battles and was inexperienced. Compared with General Su and Lin Fengqi, he might fight longer and sacrifice more soldiers.Although he feels distressed, as long as he can win, he is ready to bear these sacrifices.

Yin Niang played with Lin Fengqi's fingers, and asked again: "What about General Su, what does he think?"

Compared with Lin Fengqi, General Su should be more regretful about losing the opportunity to go out this time.

The Marquis worships the Prime Minister, the Marquis worships the Prime Minister, the civil servants look to worship the Prime Minister, and the military officials look to the Marquis.General Su has already been a first-rank general, and he has fought all battles, big and small. Even if he is promoted to a first-rank general, he doesn't have much sense of accomplishment.What he is thinking now is probably that he wants to rely on a big military exploit to help his descendants earn a title back.The title should also be the reason why General Su joined the Queen's camp so early.

After all, there is a big difference between having a title and not having a title. Not to mention the closure of households and eunuchs, as well as the improvement of status brought about by the title, and if the descendants are not successful, it can also ensure that the family will not fall down so quickly.Even if the children and grandchildren are promising, no one can guarantee that their children and grandchildren will be successful.

If it is an ordinary family, one generation of descendants will be ineffective, and there will be a gap in the family's talents, and it may soon fall into decline.When promising children and grandchildren appear in the next generation, they have to slowly rise from the bottom like their ancestors did, even if they didn't start from the bottom, it would be much more difficult.

But it's different with titles. If one or two generations of descendants are useless, but as long as the titles are not defeated, when capable descendants appear, it will be much smoother than others to recover the lintel.Just like Lin Fengqi, although Old Master Lin's failure made the Yongninghou Mansion once a second- and third-class family in the capital, but when Lin Fengqi grew up, no matter whether it was his official career or his restoration of the family, he didn't need to start from the bottom.There is no other reason. With his status as the son of the Hou family, it is easier than others to make friends with powerful people and expand his contacts.Moreover, the Marquis's seal of residence and food can guarantee that you will have money to use when making contacts.

If not, with Lin Fengqi's age, he has become a fourth-rank general, naturally he has his own ability, but isn't there anyone who is better than him, of course not.Many people who are better than him are still struggling at the bottom. He was able to reach this point faster than others only because of the convenience brought by his status as the son of the Hou Mansion.Even when General Su accepted him as his apprentice back then, there was probably a reason why he was the son of the Hou family.

But now General Su's position as a general is almost at the top, and his influence in the army is too great. Even if the emperor considers his own imperial power, he will not use him too much in the future.Even as long as the emperor has another choice, the emperor will exclude him.But this time, it was a rare opportunity. As long as he won, if the emperor didn't want to be promoted to the rank of general again, he might be rewarded with a title.

Lin Fengqi said: "Master is calmer than me. He told me not to be impatient, and said that what should be mine is mine, and no one can take it away. It is useless if it is not my insistence. It is too radical, but it is easy to give it away." Your majesty left the impression of being power-hungry, so it is better to calm down and cultivate one's morality. He also asked me to practice martial arts diligently, so as not to fail in martial arts when the opportunity comes."

Yin Niang said: "General Su is a person who has experienced great things. He has eaten more salt than we have eaten rice. We will do what he says."

Lin Fengqi smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "This is the only way to go, what else can I do."

Yin Niang inserted her fingers into Lin Fengqi's, intersected her fingers, and held them tightly.Yin Niang said softly: "In short, I don't expect you to make great achievements. No matter what you are, I like you. If you are a general, I like generals. If you are an ordinary person, I like ordinary people."

Lin Fengqi's chest felt hot, and he couldn't help being moved. He kissed Yinniang's cheek, and asked with a light smile, "Really?"

Yin Niang blushed a little, but she still nodded firmly and said, "Yes."

Lin Fengqi swept away the haze just now, feeling relieved to be moved by Yinniang, his brows stretched, and he responded intentionally, "If you are like this, what can I ask for?" But before he could say anything, Yinniang said again: "But if you It's the general, I'd like it better."

Lin Fengqi closed his opened mouth, thinking, there is still a difference in treatment!

Lin Fengqi turned Yinniang's body around, pretending to be angry and said, "Do you like me or the general?"

"I like you, and I like the general. It would be even better if you were the general."

"You can't choose both, you can only choose one."

"Well, I choose...the general."

"Well, you heartless girl, I love you for nothing. See how I deal with you."

"Oh, don't, don't scratch the itch, it's very itchy, ahaha..."

After the two quarreled on the couch for a while, Yin Niang pushed Lin Fengqi lying on her body, and said: "Get up quickly, we are still in Rexiao, if a maid comes in and sees it, it will have a bad influence. If it is If you make a fire, the one who suffers is yourself."

Lin Fengqi did get a little angry.Although the three-year period of filial piety may not be completely observed, the one-hundred-day filial piety requires proper observance.Obediently turned over and lay down on the side, thinking of a place where he wanted to raise his head, he calmed down and scolded himself in his heart: I have brought it on myself.

Yinniang got up and tidied her clothes. She and Lin Fengqi were both wearing white filial piety clothes during the filial piety period.Lin Fengqi looked at Yinniang, thinking that if the two of them stayed together like this alone, he would only want to eat more and more.So she sat up, put on her shoes, pulled Yinniang up, and said, "Forget it, let's go eat."

(End of this chapter)