[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Lin Jian raised his eyes to look at Lin Hong. He never concealed his red eyes, and even showed Lin Hong openly the appearance of hot tears gushing/flowing from his eye sockets due to slight fever and soreness.

This is his father, whether he is rational and calm, or he is sad and wants to cry, there is nothing that cannot be shown to his father.

But after looking at Lin Hong for a while, the redness in Lin Jian's eyes gradually faded, and the hot tears hovering in his eyes gradually disappeared. He pulled the corners of his lips at Lin Hong, and then laughed softly: "Brother, if you know me Wanting Dad to stand up, and making Dad suffer so much, even though he has a good temper, he is afraid that he will catch me and beat me up when he comes back."

Lin Hong smiled and said: "Your elder brother has loved you since you were a child. When you got into trouble when you were young, he didn't clean up the mess for you? You brat is so rampant that even the prince dares to attack you. Even the emperor's concubine is lenient and benevolent, but you Didn't eldest brother apologize to His Highness the Crown Prince for you?"

"Even if he wants to whip you, he won't do it. At most, he will call you out of place. Now you are hiding it from him, and you don't let him know anything. If he has resentment at that time, you can just bear it."

After Lin Jian took care of Lin Hong's wounds, he tidied up the medicine box and put it away again: "It's natural. It's not easy to talk about this matter with elder brother now. The less people know, the more natural it will be." Well, with the eldest brother’s temperament, even if he found out, he would definitely not want to, and maybe he would stop us from doing so. Instead of making him worry in Lingnan, it’s better to hide it from him. Even if the eldest brother found out when he came back, that’s It's a done deal, and the eldest brother has nothing to say."

Lin Hong laughed that Lin Jian was playing tricks on his elder brother. After a while, Lin Jian came back and squatted down in front of Lin Hong's wheelchair. , so he asked questions to divert Lin Jian's attention.

"Yunxi, does your second brother really know everything you have agreed to with me?"

Seeing that the bleeding from the wound between Lin Hong's legs had stopped, Lin Jian replied softly, "Second Brother didn't ask about the specifics, so I never talked about it."

"Second brother is as careful as a hair, and he is the magistrate in Lingnan. No matter how careful my people are, the things to be investigated will not bypass the people who worked with my father before. Some of those people are in Lingnan and elder brother. Brother works together. The second brother still noticed it. He must have guessed a lot, but Dad knows the second brother's temper. If I didn't tell him, he wouldn't ask. He just said that if there is any embarrassment, you can find someone. He helps, don't have to do it quietly."

Speaking of his second son, Lin Hong is actually very satisfied.He loves the three sons very much, but for the second son, he loves and appreciates it.

Although he, Lin Hong, came from a lonely background, he himself has never read any books, and he is a rough old man.But seeing that there is still a war in Dazhou, there is always a passion in my heart, and I always want to do something for these Limin people caught in the flames of war by myself.

Lin Hong didn't know that a person like him who was born in a market place had such a great sentiment for the country and the people. It was also after he was appointed a general. When chatting with Emperor Chengsheng, Lin Hong talked about how he was like this when he was young. After thinking about it, Emperor Chengsheng praised him for being born with the courage to be a general, and he was a general sent to him by God.

In fact, who is a born general?

He lost his parents since he was a child, and lived in a difficult life in the streets and alleys. He was used to seeing all kinds of loneliness in life since he was a child. He grew up working hard by himself, but in these years, he did not rely entirely on himself. In the past few years, there will always be some people who have given him help.

When he is favored by others, he naturally always wants to repay those who have helped him.Later, when he grew up, it was only natural that he wanted to do something for the common people by himself.

He didn't have any knowledge of literature and ink in his stomach, and the imperial court recruited soldiers, so he went.Slowly starting as a soldier, it took several years, and finally became a general appointed by the emperor.In the past few years, he is no longer the big old man with different writing styles, but he doesn't like the articles of those literati. He doesn't put down the books. .

There are three sons in the Lin family, the one who resembles him most is Lin Jian.

After the leg injury happened, even though he had many doubts in his heart, he couldn't investigate it clearly, so he had no choice but to choose to retire and be content with being ordinary.

The eldest son, Lin Yuan, is honest and honest, his writing is ordinary, and his martial arts are not outstanding, but only his temperament is the most desirable.

After Lin Hongyin retired, Emperor Chengsheng mentioned that Lin Yuan should come to Lin Hong's errand, but Lin Hong refused.He knew that Lin Yuan couldn't do this, and he didn't want Lin Yuan to follow in his footsteps, so he tactfully rejected Emperor Chengsheng's proposal, and sent Lin Yuan to the Lingnan Army to serve as a civilian in the Lingnan Army.

Although since he retired, the Lingnan Army is not what it was when he was there, and most of the old colleagues have wandered around without a trace, but the Lingnan Army was established by him, after all, it has his foundation, and put Lin Yuan in the same place. In Lingnan, Lin Hong felt more at ease.

Moreover, Lingnan is far away from Duzhong, the distance is too far, a civilian clerk in the army will not attract people's eyes, and the people in Duzhong will not bother to deal with Lin Yuan.

Lin Hong never felt that he had no talent for reading and writing, so when he saw the extremely high talent for writing from his second son Lin Liang, Lin Hong focused on cultivating Lin Liang in this aspect.

Later, after his leg injury happened, he even rejoiced in his heart that although Lin Liang's martial arts skills were not bad, his literary skills were even better, and he would definitely be a civil servant in the future.If Lin Liang doesn't follow his path, maybe he won't make the same mistakes again.

But Lin Liang didn't go his way, and he couldn't help Lin Liang. In order to avoid suspicion, he had never had any friendship with court officials. I can rely on Lin Liang herself.

But after Lin Liangdian passed the exam, he slowly reached his current official position step by step. Lin Hong actually didn't help much. But Lin Liang had to be really capable, otherwise, how could he be a big official in the frontier, and how could he manage Lingnan in a good and colorful way?

His appreciation for his second son comes from this.

It's just that Lin Hongyin retreated to the West Garden to be mediocre, and he didn't live in the general's mansion. He lost all his titles and official positions. This is nothing in the eyes of ordinary people. After all, he was a general. The treatment of the general, the common people still respect him very much.

But in the eyes of officials in the court, especially the forces of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, Lin Hong seemed to have lost power like this.He has no power and status in his hands, but the little treatment and respect given by Emperor Chengsheng, what is this in the eyes of the four princes and eight princes?

The rise of Lin Hong was not what the four kings and eight lords wanted to see. Previously, Lin Hong had the support of Emperor Chengsheng, and he had military power in his hands. He was able to command and mobilize all the soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The foundation of Lingnan was very solid, and they could not move. Lin Hong.

Lin Hong later retired and was willing to live a mediocre life in the West Garden. Although he no longer had power and status in his hands, his methods were not weak. The four kings and eight princes could not find a chance to get rid of him, nor could they take advantage of him. , not to hurt Lin Hong in the slightest, he finally cast his gaze on Lin Liang and Lin Yuan.

The guards of the Lin family were loyal, they could protect Lin Yuan and Lin Liang's safety, but they couldn't protect their future.

Lin Hong took care of the errands for Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan did a great job in the Lingnan Army, and Lin Liang himself did a great job in Lingnan's errands.But it is naturally impossible to say that Lin Liang went to Lingnan to be the magistrate without Lin Hong at all.

Lin Hong has already retired, but he is still hated by many people in the court.They couldn't touch Lin Hong, and they couldn't get rid of anyone in the Lin family, so they started to mess with Lin Yuan and Lin Liang's future.

Emperor Chengsheng was not a faint king. They had no way to relegate Lin Hong's son, so they used methods to suppress Lin Yuan and Lin Liang, so that in the past few years, even Lin Yuan and Lin Liang had done a lot of work. Well, there is still no way to get promoted.

Lin Hong also had the heart to protect his son. Zongcheng Shengdi noticed this and wanted to personally support Lin Yuan and Lin Liang, but Lin Hong was afraid that his two sons would not be able to concentrate on running errands for the court after their two sons were involved in disputes. The bigger trouble, after all, is that Emperor Tong Chengsheng made it clear that he hoped that Lin Yuan and Lin Liang would maintain the status quo and do their own errands well in Lingnan.

After thinking about all this, Lin Hong said: "Your second brother is a smart man, he will understand you and me if he doesn't ask. When he comes back, he will naturally know everything when things come out in the future. But on this matter, He and your eldest brother will not have the same idea, I think he should support us."

Lin Hong thought about the result after the incident, and smiled lightly, "Yunxi, if things can be achieved as you wish, it may not be certain that your elder brother's future will be loosened in the future. He has done a good job in Lingnan. Excellent, I should have been promoted and even transferred back to Duzhong. It was only because those people hindered him and I didn’t want him to be too deeply involved in the dispute, so I delayed it. If this happens, Duzhong The situation has changed drastically, and he should be able to come back."

After Lin Hong rested for a while, the abrasions on his thighs were slowly healed under the action of the medicine. Seeing that the bleeding had stopped, Lin Hong asked Lin Jian to help him up, and he continued to practice.

Lin Jian pursed his lips and brought over the kit that was put aside, carefully put it on for Lin Hong, and said in a low voice: "Even if the second brother is transferred back, he will also enter six departments, and now some of the ministers are old enough to retire. There may be vacancies in a year or two. When the matter comes out in the future, there may be turmoil in the court. Maybe there will be vacancies in the Ministry of Education. With the qualifications of the second brother, even if he is younger, it is not right to enter the cabinet. impossible."

He said in a very low voice, "The Holy Majesty used to want Mr. Lin to take over the errand of Prime Minister Yu, but after Mr. Lin left, I saw that there is no one in the court who is capable of taking over the burden of Prime Minister Yu, but if the second brother Come back, with the character and ability of the second brother, he is completely competent."