[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Lin Hong's eyes dimmed: "During that time, the Holy Majesty entrusted all the affairs of Lingnan to his ministers, the Holy Majesty trusted his ministers, and allowed the ministers to handle the affairs of Lingnan with full authority. Most of the minister's memorials and military newspapers were reviewed and disposed of by the Ministry of Education. Only some important decisions were reviewed by the Holy Majesty. The personnel changes in Lingnan at that time, relegation and promotion were nothing compared to the things that bothered the Holy Majesty at that time. It is reasonable for the Holy One to be unclear about the festival."

Lin Hong glanced at Emperor Chengsheng, and seeing that Emperor Chengsheng didn't seem to understand the deep meaning of his words, he couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the chopsticks, and then said in a slightly heavier tone, "Prime Minister Yu is in charge of Zhongshu Provinces, prefectures, counties, townships, and even military newspapers in various places, the prime minister and all the scholars in the cabinet are all for the purpose. The Holy Majesty does not know these things, but the prime minister must be clear."

After Lin Hongyan finished speaking, he slightly lifted his eyelids and looked at Emperor Chengsheng. He wanted to see Emperor Chengsheng's reaction, but from the surface, Emperor Chengsheng still seemed to be unable to hear his implication.

Seeing that Emperor Chengsheng's expression remained unchanged, and hearing Lin Hong talking about Yu Tingjun, Emperor Chengsheng pondered for a moment, and seemed to be very emotional: "I was really devastated at that time, and if it wasn't for the prime minister to share my worries, I really couldn't take care of it." .”

The Tai/Zu emperor conferred the four princes and eight princes to reward meritorious families, but after several years of development, the four princes and eight princes have gradually become unstoppable.

What's more, they are a family of meritorious service conferred by the founding emperor, so the later emperor can only pay respects first, but the masters of the world are the Xiao family, so how can they allow others to dictate and interfere in political affairs?

Gradually, the desire to get rid of the influence of the four kings and eight princes gradually took root in the hearts of the later emperors.

However, doing this is not something that can be done overnight.

The first emperor just had this idea, but he couldn't put it into action at all.That is to say, at Emperor Chengsheng's place, to be precise, after having Lin Hong, there are more people who can rely on in the army, so that Emperor Chengsheng can slowly cut off the attachment forces around the four kings and eight princes. with wings.

In the past 20 years, the court and China have not been peaceful, and various forces have stuck together to exert pressure. The life of Emperor Chengsheng is actually really difficult.He has too many things to deal with, and he has to bear a lot of pressure. If it wasn't for the Secretary of the Central Committee, the capable Yu Tingjun to help him, and Lin Hong to assist him in dealing with Lingnan affairs, he could concentrate on dealing with other things. .

For that period of time, Emperor Chengsheng is actually reluctant to recall.After all, which king who is determined to be a wise and decisive emperor is willing to recall the time when he was controlled and constrained by others and could not show his ambitions according to his own wishes?

When Emperor Chengsheng thought of Yu Tingjun, he couldn't help but think of that period of time. Emperor Chengsheng fell silent, his expression changed a little, and even the smile on his brows and eyes became much lighter.

Lin Hong didn't want to make Emperor Chengsheng unhappy. Looking at Emperor Chengsheng's expression, he was not sure whether Emperor Chengsheng understood what he said, and he was afraid that he had said too much. Annoying Emperor Chengsheng, and even more afraid that Emperor Chengsheng would be alert.

After all, today was just a test. If Emperor Chengsheng really did it, he couldn't let Emperor Chengsheng realize that he already knew about these things.

Lin Hong hurriedly laughed and talked about other things: "I was feeling emotional about the old things for a while, and there was no end to talking about the past with the Holy Majesty, which made the Holy Majesty sad. These are old things, and it is not interesting to always bring them up now. Don't you Having said that, the Holy Majesty does not need to think too much."

Lin Hong respected Emperor Chengsheng with a glass of wine, and after putting down the wine cup, he heard Emperor Chengsheng laughed and said nothing was wrong, so he said again, "I actually have another idea in my heart, and I want to ask the emperor for permission."

For so many years, Lin Hong had never asked Chengsheng Emperor for anything, Chengsheng Emperor couldn't help raising his eyebrows, put down the wine cup, looked at Lin Hong and asked with a smile: "Meng Zhuo, what do you want from me? "

Lin Hongdao: "Your Majesty, I want to live in the General's Mansion that Your Majesty built for me."

Emperor Chengsheng laughed when he heard this: "What kind of request is this? That is the general's mansion I built for you, and that is your mansion. It has been yours since the beginning of construction, and you are the one who refused to live in it. , I must come here to build a garden to live in seclusion. Now you want to live back, why do you need my permission? If you want to live back, you just need to tell Yunxi to move your family there. "

Emperor Chengsheng was actually quite happy in his heart.

When he built the General's Mansion for Lin Hong at the beginning, he hoped that Lin Hong could live in it. Lin Hong refused to move in because of a knot in his heart. Emperor Chengsheng was quite disappointed in his heart, but he couldn't force him.Now that Lin Hong himself said that he wanted to live in, how could Emperor Chengsheng obstruct it?

Lin Hongdao: "Your Majesty, I was disheartened by the leg injury back then. After returning to the capital, I only wanted to live in seclusion and escape from the world, and refused to contact people easily. The Holy Majesty treated me leniently and tolerated the waywardness of the minister. I am grateful to this day. However, now that the government and the public are calling themselves generals, I really can't afford to be a minister."

"I don't have an official title, but I'm just a white body. Today, almost all the ministers of the court came to attend the birthday banquet of the minister. I know in my heart that this is because the Holy Majesty and His Royal Highness are coming. If the Holy Majesty does not value it, I will be in a bad position." Old man, he doesn't have any official errands in the court, so this birthday banquet will definitely not be able to be held."

"Your Majesty, the status of a subject should not be called so in front of the Holy Majesty, but I have become used to it over the years. I have never given up on the Holy Majesty, and I have never punished my minister even if I violated the rules. I will keep it in mind. However, the general's mansion regulations Put it there, what kind of person is it for? I am very clear in my heart. With such an identity, I would never dare to live in violation of the regulations. But I do not want to let down the love of the Holy One, so I invite the Holy One to live in it. A little private thought of Cheng Quanchen."

What Lin Hong said was the truth, he had no official title, even if Emperor Chengsheng built the General's Mansion specially for him, he couldn't live in it with his current status, Emperor Chengsheng didn't care, and officials who admired him didn't care, but those Discord with the Lin family, or the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not compromise easily.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if Lin Hong lived in the General's Mansion with such an identity, it would be an overreach.

Unless he has an identity that can match the regulations of the General's Mansion, he can live in it justifiably.

Lin Hong begged Emperor Chengsheng to fulfill his private thoughts. What is this private thought?

It is nothing more than giving Lin Hong an identity that can match the regulations of the General's Mansion.

Emperor Chengsheng looked at Lin Hong quietly, with a slight smile in his eyes: "Ten years ago, I wanted to reward you for your military achievements, but you were disheartened and refused to ask for anything. Here, I have no choice but to go with you."

"Now, have you changed your mind? Do you want to get back those things that belonged to you from me?"

Lin Hong lowered his eyes silently. After a long silence, he slowly got up, walked to Emperor Chengsheng, and knelt down in front of Emperor Chengsheng.

Lin Hong was able to move by himself even standing and walking, but it was not easy to kneel down. At this time, without Lin Jian's support, Lin Hong could only grit his teeth and kneel down by himself. Even because it was too difficult, Lin Hong's forehead A little sweat oozes.

Emperor Chengsheng just looked at Lin Hong silently from the beginning to the end, and didn't say anything.

Lin Hong knelt down and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, let me tell you. I am indeed doing this for my own private thoughts. My selfishness means that it doesn't matter if I listen to the Holy Majesty. I am doing this for the soldiers who have followed me to fight everywhere. Those lieutenants who followed me in the past are not in a good situation now. With my current status, I really can't take care of them. Now that I can stand up and walk, I want to do something for them."

"At the beginning, I left Lingnan in a hurry, and I didn't settle them properly. For my affairs, they were repeatedly relegated, and their official careers were bumpy. I wanted to help them a little bit, and I didn't want them to be bullied. So I I want to live in the General's Mansion again, and when the time comes, I will be able to protect them, so that they don't have to be bullied just because they used to be my deputy generals."

Lin Hong paused for a moment, then continued, "The Holy Majesty knows that Yunxi is now conspicuous in the court. I love my son, and I hope to protect Yunxi, and I don't want to be his burden." , I'm staying in the General's Mansion, which can be regarded as a warning to those people. I can't avoid it, and I ask the Holy One to complete it."

Emperor Chengsheng looked at Lin Hong quietly for a while, and his eyes accidentally passed over the shore, and there were many people in the garden over there looking towards the waterside pavilion. In such a scene, Emperor Chengsheng still raised his hand, and the gentle voice told Lin Hong to get up.

Emperor Chengsheng also asked Lin Hong to sit down and talk to him.

Emperor Chengsheng said: "Meng Zhuo, I originally wanted to reward you, but you don't want it, but in my heart, it belongs to you long ago, but it's just stored here for the time being, now you ask me to fulfill you, I think You have worked so hard, is there any reason not to allow it?"

"Don't worry, there will be an imperial decree issued by the Ministry of Education in a short time. When the imperial decree comes down, you and your family can move to the General's Mansion to live. This will be your other courtyard, and you can come and relax for a few days in your free time." .”

Lin Hong hurriedly kowtowed to Shengen, and Emperor Chengsheng thought that he was inconvenient to move, so he spared him from kneeling.

Emperor Chengsheng heard Lin Hong repeatedly mentioning his former ministry in Lingnan twice, and also heard Lin Hong say that those lieutenants had been relegated repeatedly, his heart couldn't help being moved, and he also remembered some things, so he wanted to ask carefully Lin Hong said a few words.

But the stage outside became lively, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras penetrated the lake and entered the water pavilion, making the music even more melodious and pleasant. Emperor Chengsheng was attracted by the sound, and followed him to look there a few more times.

Seeing Emperor Chengsheng looking outside, Lin Hong thought that Emperor Chengsheng was interested in foreign theaters, so he smiled and told Emperor Chengsheng about the program arrangement for Lin Jian's birthday banquet today.

There was music and dancing outside to add to the fun, and there was also a program carefully prepared by Lin Jian on the waterside pavilion. Lin Hongyi introduced it to Emperor Chengsheng. Seeing the joy in Lin Hong's eyebrows, Emperor Chengsheng secretly swallowed back the words in his throat .

Forget it, Emperor Chengsheng thought, on this day of great joy, he'd better stop asking.

Lin Hong fought for the Great Zhou half his life and contributed to his pacification of the world. He should let him celebrate his birthday properly.