[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

After King Beirong led his army to retreat to Tongcheng, Duke Li also asked the soldiers to retreat temporarily to recuperate.

Tongcheng is just like its name, it is an important throat leading to Beirong, and there are Jedi on both sides.

This place was occupied by the Beirong. As long as it can be defended, the Beirong will be able to obtain the supply of troops from the Beibei Royal Court behind it.Unless Dazhou thinks of a safe way to win in one fell swoop, it is useless to use any tactics here to attack the city again and again.

Because of the important geographical location, the gates and towers of the whole city were built according to the highest war standard.

If the spies from Bei Rong hadn't been infiltrated into the city that day, and the city gates were closed from the inside out, with the level of military defense hardware in Tongcheng, the king of Xining County would not have been defeated even if he rushed to the battle.

Speaking of this matter, Li Guogong couldn't help cursing in his heart: the king of Xining County is really ineffective (can't defend the city), an ineffective blind spirit, and often repairs and reinforces when he has nothing to do. The whole city built is really impenetrable.

You said that if you don't have the ability to defend, don't build it so indestructible, even the city walls are polished so smooth that it is difficult to climb.

Now it's all right, the offense and defense have changed hands, and this has become Beirong's fortress.

Not to mention the stalemate in the northwest.

It is only said that this first big victory is passed back to the capital, and the emperor is of course very happy when it is passed back to the capital.

He still had to put on the emperor's wise airs to outsiders, and he couldn't help but proudly said to Father-in-law Thrush in private: "It seems that the child I taught is indeed right. In fact, when I ordered him to go to Beirong at the beginning, I was still worried that he would rely on his good martial arts skills. If you want to be brave, you must fight to the death with the King of Beirong. Now I am relieved, he is not a dead-brained child, and he can come up with such a narrow way."

Eunuch Thrush also had a rare smile on his face: "Your Majesty taught me well, and General Wei has made such great achievements."

"It's a great achievement, but it's a pity that he is not here, and I can't reward him like before."

These years Wei Ren has been by the emperor's side, and the emperor often sent him out to do errands, but he usually came back within a few months at most, and he would personally report the results to the emperor, and then accept the reward himself.

This time, he can only get his good news through the book, and the emperor is still not used to it.

Eunuch Huamei said: "General Wei is not in Beijing, but Lin Yuanzheng is in the palace right now."

The emperor nodded: "Very well. I have to think about how to reward their husband and wife."

Just as the whole country was jubilant and the emperor rewarded him generously, Lin Jiang returned to the Lin family.

Lin Ruhai was waiting to see her in the study - her niece specially delivered a letter in advance saying that she had something to discuss with him, so it must be because of her parents' faults.

It was already May at this time, and the Dragon Boat Festival had just passed, and it was very hot and dry in the past two days in Beijing, and Lin Ruhai had put an ice basin in Lin Ruhai's study early.

Lin Jiang entered the door to say hello, he still checked Lin Ruhai's pulse first, and then told him to move around more in his spare time and pay attention to maintenance: "Uncle always stays at his desk, and people often say fifty shoulders, which means that the shoulders and necks are old. Very error-prone."

Lin Ruhai moved a bit when he heard the words: "There is a nun at home who you have taught to press the shoulders, and there are medicines." Then he looked at Lin Jiang, his eyes were full of concern: "Besides, these are trivial matters, I will take care of them by myself." Just pay attention to recuperating in your free time. What you want to talk about when you come back must be the most important thing."

Under such concerned eyes, Lin Jiang only felt warm and sore in his heart, so he lowered his head and said, "Uncle, I'm very worried."

Lin Ruhai nodded when he heard the words: "You are not only worried about Wei Ren's safety."

He had already ordered someone to prepare herbal tea for his niece. At this moment, Lin Jiang picked it up and took a sip. The fragrance and bitterness of the tea became more intense, and she regained her senses.

"Yes, what I'm worried about is not his situation in the northwest, but the scene like a raging fire in the capital." There is no guarantee that you will win or lose in a war.

Da Zhou needs a victory to boost his spirits, and Wei Ren did win this battle beautifully. It is because of the advantage of scaring off the king of Beirong, but he mounted his sword and chopped down the bravery of the king of Beirong. The lieutenant general, however, was a move that both armies saw together.

When the news came back, it was natural for the imperial court to be excited, but in just three or four days, the excitement and adulation intensified, and now even the words 'Wei Xianfeng alone can reach ten thousand armies' came out, really..." There is some meaning of flattery in it."

Lin Ruhai had never heard of the word "praise and kill" before, but now he tasted it carefully and felt that these two words were wonderful.

He nodded to his niece unavoidably and said, "I'm still worried. You blindfolded him with his statement of merit. Now it seems that I am worrying too much."

The fan in Lin Ruhai's hand tapped his palm slightly: "I have also paid attention to this matter. Behind this, people like Xining Palace are indispensable to fuel the flames."

"They were defeated and returned to the capital. They were wearing the body of guilt. Seeing Wei Ren's limelight, they were naturally dissatisfied. They deliberately added fire to this, trying to praise him over his head and throw him down."

Lin Jiang nodded: "In addition to these two prefectures, I'm afraid there are some people with a heart to fish in troubled waters."

But what people say are all good things, they are all compliments, not curses, so they can't openly block people's mouths.If it takes a few more days, these words will be spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and spread among the people, just like boiling water, it will not be easy to cool down.

And everyone has such expectations for him, especially if the emperor expects too much from him, then his normal performance will become a kind of dereliction of duty and mistakes.

Once the king is dissatisfied, those who want to impeach him will naturally jump out.

"So I came home this time to ask my uncle. My uncle has many colleagues and old friends in the court. If someone spreads some exaggerated words and praises him for something, please ask my uncle to distinguish for him."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Don't worry, I'm already doing this."

Not only did he go back to the mansion to ask his uncle for advice, Lin Jiang also asked Zhou Liheng about it that day.

As for the boudoir, she didn't underestimate it. She deliberately went to Princess Qiyang's mansion, and then went to Prince Xiang's mansion, Mrs. Wu's place and other places.

So in the past two days, the upward trend has gradually changed.The respected and respected Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Wang, stood up first and began to slam on the brakes: After all, Wei Ren is only 20 years old and weak, and he can't bear too much praise.

Moreover, he was only a vanguard general, but it was just a matter of confrontation and charge before the formation. The real formation of troops to besiege the city, and the decision of the army's advance and retreat were also the great admiral of Li Guogong's mansion and the leader general of the two teams from the east and the west.

Wei Ren, the vanguard, will only be ranked third in the ranks of this big expedition, and there are three other generals in front of him who say they are better than him.

What is it like to praise him, and where are these generals placed?

Mr. Wang had just expressed some meaning euphemistically, and a censor surnamed Huang jumped out and accused Mr. Wang of not looking down on young talents.

But to many people's surprise, Prince Shao's Mansion and Lin's family agreed with Mr. Wang's idea, only that Wei Ren is young and only a novice on the battlefield, so he should not be praised too much.

When the news reached Jia's family, Jia Amnesty was still in a hurry: he really wanted to do good deeds, and to spread the word to Wei Ren, which was also regarded as repayment when Sun Shaozu bit him, his brother-in-law and Wei's family quickly responded to him, so that he would be spared. He couldn't swallow the torment.

But why did the Minister of the Ministry of Officials not allow Wei Jian to be praised?

Jia Amnesty also called Jia Lian and told Jia Lian not to cherish the money, so he took the money and went out to the streets to promote General Wei. After hesitating for a moment, he finally said with great distress: "I will pay the money."

Jia Lian: ... He heard from Sister Feng that the cooling down was the intention of the Lin family.

It's just that he was afraid of being beaten and didn't dare to confront his father directly, so he turned around and told Jia Mu.

When Jia's mother heard the words, she immediately called Jia She over and scolded him. Only then did Jia She understand, and then reluctantly spent the same money to spread the correct ideas.

After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials spoke at the court, the emperor called Lin Jiang to Mingzheng Palace.

When Lin Jiang arrived, she pretended not to know what the emperor asked her to do, and just took the emperor's pulse as usual.

Since the beginning of the war, the emperor's half-month rest before last year has all gone backwards.Entering the stage of night clothes and food again, every day is endless meetings with the six departments, endless notes, and endless meetings with ministers.Occasionally, I have to ask Lin Jiang for some medicine to boost my spirits and relieve fatigue headaches.

What Lin Jiang can do is to provide high-quality sleeping pills as much as possible, so that the emperor can sleep better during those limited hours.

After waiting for the diagnosis, Lin Jiang took the meal list handed over by Thrush's father-in-law: this is a new item since the emperor's illness.

Lin Jiang wants to kick out the food that is not suitable for the emperor.

For example, the emperor has been very angry these few days, and the spicy stimulation and mutton hair that are easy to get angry will say goodbye to him.

Just for the emperor's food safety, Lin Jiang never suggested which specific dish the emperor should eat, and the imperial dining room still made the rest of the dishes and served them as usual.

The emperor saw her draw out his own menu, took it over and looked at it, and was quite heartbroken. He coughed for a while last night, and sure enough, there were no spicy dishes today.

After the emperor put down the list, he asked her: "You imperial doctor, why do you only look at others and not yourself?"

Lin Jiang couldn't help being startled.

The emperor turned his head and asked the thrush father-in-law: "Is she thinner than the year before?"

Eunuch Huamei nodded sharply at the side, and then sighed: "Your Majesty's eyes are as bright as a torch, just thinking about General Wei being a vanguard at the border, and thinking about coming to Lin Yuanzheng is naturally restless."

The emperor also sighed, compared to the past few years, no matter how busy Lin Jiang was in the Tai Hospital, he still looked leisurely. Now Lin Jiang, for no reason, makes people feel that he is carrying a lot of things on his body. Although his smile is still bright, but always With a different weight.

Hearing what the emperor said, Lin Jiang suddenly felt sore.

She can actually bear the concern of all relatives.For example, in front of Lin Ruhai and Daiyu, she still looked like she was in control of everything, and she was very logical when discussing the court situation with Lin Ruhai.

And in front of the Tai Hospital and the Wei family, she stood on a wall, and she was the pillar in their eyes.

After Wei Ren left, Lin Jiang knew more clearly how much burden he had shouldered for himself: when he was in the capital before, even during the most tense period of the corruption case in the capital, Lin Jiang's name All the shops in the manor house and the arrangement of the family in the mansion have never made Lin Jiang worry about it.

But now, she's about to grab it with one hand.

Now, facing the gentleness of the emperor, Lin Jiangcai suddenly felt tired and sad, so she simply used this emotion to say directly: "Your Majesty, I am not only worried that something will happen to him at the border, but also worried that something will happen to him in this court. .”

"Your Majesty's holy candle, can't you see that those people are very bad-hearted, boasting like a god descending from the earth, but in their hearts they wish that he would fall from the sky, or hit the ground face-first and bleed his head."

This metaphor directly made the emperor laugh.

Now that Lin Jiang had spoken, he got up and performed the official ceremony, and explained to the emperor: "Your majesty must be aware of some of my small actions. I am afraid that this reputation like cooking oil will burn him to death, so I beg Uncle also begged Prince Shao's Mansion to help him figure out a way to prevent him from being held up against the wall and unable to get down."

The emperor also accepted the smile just now: "It's rare for me to see you lose your composure like this."

"Rumors are fiercer than tigers." The emperor knocked on the table; "I will pay attention to this matter. Originally, I sent him to be a pioneer award to frustrate King Beirong. He has already done this. Very good, I will remember."

Originally letting Wei Ren go, it wasn't for him to become a master of war, line up troops and defeat Bei Rong.

It was the first time for Lin Jiang to show his emotions in front of the emperor, and he felt a little embarrassed afterwards.

Coincidentally, during these two days, Wei Ren's booklet also arrived in the capital.

He was very earnest in his notes, saying that the deployment of soldiers to encircle the city was all arranged by Duke Li, and that the leading troops to chase the enemy back and take back the two towns was the result of two generals encircling the city with armies from the east and the west.

He didn't covet the credit of others, and said that he was just doing his job as a vanguard, and it was Admiral Liu and others who really controlled the overall situation in the Northwest.

As soon as this note was published, the old Li Guogong who stayed in the capital thought that this child was good and could be treated.

And he did not live up to his title of duke of the state, and the censor surnamed Huang said strangely: "Lord Wei is really too humble. He is the one who scared the king of Beirong and fled in the face of the wind. How can he give credit Push it on others. With General Wei here, the peace of the Northwest must be just around the corner, and Tongcheng is at your fingertips."

Old General Liu became furious: "You said it so simple, so how about you go to the northwest? Xiaowei also risked his life, facing the Beirong knife at the forefront of the battlefield, and had the tip of the knife put on his nose to fight." The merits that came out."

"How many soldiers died in the Northwest? Let me put it this way, since it was easy to get, then all the soldiers died in vain? The current generals are all fools and didn't take back the city?"

"In this way, you are a legacy on the battlefield."

Then ask the emperor for orders, this Huang Yushi will go to the front line.

The emperor nodded his approval.

Huang Yushi fainted easily.

Speaking of which, Lin Jiang is still very grateful to Huang Yushi for jumping out this time, sacrificing himself for others, and sharing the pressure for the Northwest Army.

Because after this big victory, the battle situation in the northwest fell into a stalemate.

It's not a question of winning or losing, it's just that you can't touch people at all.

The King of Beirong stood firm in Tongcheng, and the army of Da Zhou gave up fearless casualties after two unsuccessful attempts to attack the city, and compared its endurance with the Northwest Army.

Li Guogong's combat style can be retracted or released, Bei Rong is not in a hurry, and he is even less in a hurry: Compared with whose national power can afford it, even if all the tribes of Bei Rong use their tents, they can't afford to spend a year.

It should be known that when the war started, it was the end of spring, and the grain in the northwest had not been confiscated at that time, which was the so-called lean time.

It wasn't like in the past during the autumn harvest, Bei Rong came to rob and plunder: this time Bei Rong deliberately attacked the city by surprise in Chun Ri. Although it caught the king of Xining by surprise and threw away his helmet and armor, it also put Bei Rong into an embarrassing situation. .

In the Tongcheng they robbed, there was not much food left over.Although it is possible to transport food and grass from Bei Rong to Tongcheng, the problem is that if Bei Rong has abundant food and grass, they will not always think about robbery.

If the two armies continue to confront each other, it must be Bei Rong who is exhausted.

On the Da Zhou army's side, on their own land, the masses have a solid foundation.In order to reduce the consumption of the country's money and food, Li Guogong has even begun to arrange soldiers to help the local people with infrastructure construction, and by the way, he has started to cultivate wasteland-anyway, there are a large number of troops, and most of them are idle when they are idle.

A small number of soldiers with special skills were arranged to dig tunnels outside Tongcheng, build high platforms, and prepare various kinds of wood and rocks, chariots, cattle and horses, creating a tense and terrifying atmosphere for the Beirong soldiers in the city.

In the military campaign, Wei Ren entered the emperor's private business, and he also deeply believed in Li Guogong's actions.If Bei Rong was so impetuous that he insisted on forcibly attacking the city, he would suffer heavy losses.

That's why Lin Jiangcai was even more grateful to Huang Yushi, and tried his best to stop the rumors.

Otherwise, according to the ups and downs of the ruling and opposition parties some time ago, it seems that the army will be able to hit the Beirong royal court tomorrow and completely wipe out the Beirong. The leadership is incompetent, why fear of war and death.

Numerous histories have proved that there is a reason why the general will not accept the orders of the foreign emperor.

In many cases, the defeat of a famous general is not lost to the opponent, but to the distrust of the court, and to his own people.

This meeting showed the benefits of picking things up. There were a few people like him who were pushed down by the emperor, so there was less gossip.

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The army stood still, and Wei Ren, the vanguard general, was much more idle.

In the army, besides following Li Guogong and others to learn how to form troops, he often wrote letters to Lin Jiang.Anyway, as the emperor's confidant, he often has a fast horse to send his memorials back.

The booklet is also given away, and the letter from home is also given away.

Lin Jiang received many letters from Wei Ren one after another.

When she returned to Lin's house that day, she happened to meet Zhou Liheng and Daiyu who also came back to visit Lin Ruhai.As soon as Lin Jiang saw the two of them, he said, "Isn't it a coincidence?"

Lin Ruhai sat behind the desk and said with a smile: "I heard that you're here, so I asked someone to call Heng'er and Yu'er over so that they can talk in the study—but Wei Ren returned with a new family letter from the northwest?"

Lin Jiang is actually a layman on military affairs and government affairs. She also knows that there is a reason to specialize in art, and she doesn't think about it at home. Anyway, no one at home cares about her. She often goes back to Lin's house after getting in the car.

"Uncle, it's convenient for me, so I don't have to say twice." Otherwise, she would tell Daiyu again when she returned to the backyard.

After serving tea, the maids all retreated.

Lin Jiang said: "Mr. Li fought steadily, and set up a camp outside Tongcheng. He only went out to beat buildings every day, and did not attack the city again. Sure enough, after two months, Beirong was in a hurry first."

She said one by one: "Wei Rendao, these days there are always Bei Rong soldiers standing on the top of the city shouting and declaring war. It's a man who came to attack the city and avenge your dead people in Da Zhou."

After hearing these words, Daiyu frowned first. Lin Ruhai had taught her that it was the common people who suffered in wars.

Now hearing that the Beirong people invaded the Great Zhou, massacred the people of the Great Zhou, and still clamored and arrogantly shouted like this, I was not happy.

But when he looked up, his father and husband seemed to be relieved at the same time.

Daiyu is so smart, she understood when she turned her thoughts: Yes, Bei Rong is in a hurry, which means that what the Great Zhou Army did was right.

They will only jump if their actions are correct and they hurt the enemy.

Lin Jiang thought the same way: "It can be seen that Li Guogong has grasped Bei Rong's painful feet and weaknesses. It's just uncle, the Zhou army has no record in two months, I'm afraid some people in the court will start to mutter again, I'm afraid I still have to trouble my uncle..." Turning to Zhou Liheng again: "He Shizi, when you can help me, please say a few words."

This is not only for Wei Ren, but actually more for Li Guogong.

After all, Wei Ren is just a forward general, and Li Guogong is the general who commands the overall situation.

He seems to be leisurely engaged in infrastructure construction, and even opened up wasteland and plowed land for the local people, but the pressure on his heart must be unknown.If it really drags on for a year and a half, the army is empty of food and wages, but there is no war, some civil servants in the court will definitely blah blah.

The reason why Li Guogong dared to do this is actually Wei Ren also accounted for a large part: First, Wei Ren, as a striker, had already contributed a very brilliant battle when he first came, and he could shut up the mouths of others ; Secondly, Wei Ren is the emperor's confidant, he can communicate directly with the emperor, and can transfer the painstaking efforts of Duke Li to His Majesty.

Only with these two conditions did Li Guoan settle his mind, that is, stand still, and a "stable" Bei Rong cry for his father and mother.

Both Lin Ruhai and Zhou Liheng responded.

Zhou Liheng further said: "Your Majesty praised Duke Li for his actions, saying that he does not seek meritorious deeds." As a calm emperor, he felt that the general's prudence is not a bad thing.

Lin Jiang smiled: "Yes, fortunately, Your Majesty is wise."

Usually, she also thinks that the emperor is a good emperor, but when it comes to wartime, she realizes how important it is to have a calm and trustworthy emperor.

At this time, even if the emperor urged him to say a word, Duke Li couldn't be so sure.

Seeing that the business was finished, Daiyu was very interested in Bei Rong's call for war, so she couldn't help asking: "Brother-in-law, what happens after you write it? Could it be that my Da Zhou army is just outside the city and let Bei Rong insult you?"

Then Daiyu was in a hurry, if they wouldn't talk back, Daiyu would like to help write the call to action and let them go back to Beirong.

Lin Jiang smiled when he thought of this.

"Mr. Li originally didn't want to pay attention to the Bei Rong army. The more annoyed they are, the more incompetent and furious they are. Our soldiers of the Great Zhou just happily forged iron outside and continued to build the platform."

"It's General Zuo, the general of the Eastern Route Army, who doesn't want to be scolded in vain. He picked a soldier with an extremely loud voice from the army, and asked him to go to the city to scold him too."

The Bei Rong army shouted: "If you have the guts to be a man, come and attack the city."

The soldier from Da Zhou shouted back: "If you are men, open the door if you have the ability, don't shrink back like a turtle."

The two sides have been fighting for many years. They are old enemies for several dynasties. There are many soldiers on both sides who can speak the official language of the other side, so they appeared. The city attacked personally with the words of the Beirong Dynasty.

The above "open the door as long as you are a man" are words that have been beautified by Wei Ren a lot.When the soldier scolded people, it could be said that his mouth was fragrant, and the scolding was irritating and unpleasant, and he launched personal attacks in many ways.

Later, both sides got tired of scolding, and gradually simplified it.

Bei Rongjun: "Come here!"

Da Zhou Jun: "You open the door!"

Just like that, Che Rulu scolded each other all day long.It fell into the ears of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty who were constantly engaged in infrastructure construction, and the noise was endless, refreshing and saving sleepiness.