The best little eunuch

Chapter 74 Destroying the Enemy
Chapter 74 Destroying the Enemy
Looking up at Lin Feng, Li Wenyuan asked, "I don't know if your lord is asking for power or money?"

"How about seeking power? How about seeking money?" Lin Feng asked.

"If your lord seeks the right, then Jinling City is the place to fight for. The status of Jinling City is slightly lower than that of the capital. The governor of Jinling City is the third rank, which is almost the level of the governors of various places. It is only half a level lower than Jingyin. Moreover, Jinling City, as the political center of the south, has a complete administrative system. There are not only six ministries, but also the Political Affairs Hall and the Military Affairs Academy." Li Wenyuan said, looked at Lin Feng, and continued: " To put it bluntly, once the capital falls, Jinling City will inevitably become the new capital. Therefore, if Your Excellency seeks power, then Jinling City must be in your own hands. Your Excellency should know that Jinling City also has a left-behind yamen. "

Lin Feng naturally knew about the Left Behind Division.This left-behind department can be regarded as a small imperial court.The Sizheng of the left-behind department basically has the same authority as the emperor.This is why Si Zhengduo of the left-behind department was taken over by the crown prince.More generally speaking, the Sizheng of the left-behind department is more of a bridge for the crown prince to be familiar with government affairs and transition to the emperor.Because in essence, there is not much difference between the left-behind department and the imperial palace in the capital.

"However, even if the general controls Jinling City, so what? The Left Guard Division will definitely not be the general's turn, and the general does not have such great ambitions. The court is still that huge court." Lin Feng said .He didn't intend to go to officialdom, but he knew that he would inevitably go to officialdom in the future.

Therefore, he needs an assistant who will do all the preliminary work for him.And the assistant that Lin Feng valued was Li Wenyuan.Now it is not so much that Lin Feng is choosing the position, but rather that Lin Feng is helping Li Wenyuan choose the position.

"If my lord wants to go further, this is the inevitable way. Now that my lord is so young, has he stopped at a small counter-insurgency general?" Li Wenyuan said pointedly.

"You also said that the general is a general, and the governor of Jinling City is a civil servant. I can't sit in this position. Moreover, I don't like to deal with those trivial matters." Lin Feng said.If he was allowed to sit in that position, then what he would have to do all day would probably be to fight wits and courage with those officials.And if you're not careful, you could be doomed.

"Many times, you don't need to do this kind of thing yourself." Li Wenyuan said with a smile.

"Then who should do it?" Lin Feng asked.

"Let those who are willing to do it do it." Li Wenyuan and Lin Feng said riddles.

"Haha, Master Li's words are interesting. If I'm not only asking for money, what should I do?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect Lin Feng to change so quickly, Li Wenyuan said: "If you are looking for money, then Yangzhou is indispensable. Yangzhou can be said to be a gathering of merchants, and nine out of ten of the world's trade comes from Yangzhou. Yangzhou is also the world One of the few rich places."

"But, the status of Yangzhou Prefecture is not that high?" Lin Feng asked.It stands to reason that Yangzhou is such a wealthy place, and the magistrate of Yangzhou is only from the fourth rank, which can be regarded as an upper-middle status, which is far worse than Jinling City.

"Sometimes, status doesn't determine everything. The lower officials have heard a phrase that describes the Yangzhou magistrate's three-year clean magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver." From this, we can see how fat the position of Yangzhou magistrate is." Li Wenyuan Explained to Lin Feng.Although the rank of the prefect of Yangzhou is not high, many fourth-rank and even third-rank officials in the court are willing to lower their ranks to become the prefect. The reason is nothing more than this is a fat vacancy.Moreover, according to the unspoken rules that have always been in the court, whoever is the prime minister will belong to the magistrate of Yangzhou.

"It seems that Yangzhou is much more affordable than Jinling City." Lin Feng said with some emotion.Jinling Chengkong has a high status, but the actual benefits obtained are not as much as the prefect of Yangzhou, who does not seem to have a high status.

"This mainly depends on how adults choose." Li Wenyuan said.The prefect of Jinling City can at least achieve the position of deputy prime minister in the future, but it is unknown how high the prefect of Yangzhou can achieve.

"Is this the legendary saying that you can't have both?" Lin Feng said to himself.If he wants to occupy these two positions, it means he has to bargain with Liu Rufeng.But, what would he trade with Liu Rufeng?
Of course, the best outcome of the matter is that Liu Rufeng claimed to voluntarily give up these two positions, but is this possible?
Seeing Lin Feng thinking there, Li Wenyuan sat silently on the side without speaking.He was also taking a gamble today, betting his fate on Lin Feng.Therefore, the decision made by Lin Feng now is crucial.

Standing up abruptly, Lin Feng said, "Who said you can't have your cake and eat it. I'm going to try it. This is your cake and eat it."

"Your Excellency has made a decision?" Li Wenyuan looked at Lin Feng and asked.

Nodding his head, Lin Feng said, "I've made a decision." Even if Lin Feng himself didn't choose that way, the final development of this matter would still be like this.After all, with the fullness of Lin Feng's wings and Liu Rufeng's control of power, they will inevitably turn their faces.

As the saying goes, there are no permanent allies, only permanent interests.Now he and Liu Rufeng have common interests, if there is no common interest between them, then the alliance between them will inevitably break down.Since we all know this will happen, why not take advantage of Liu Rufeng's complete control of power and make arrangements first, so that he will not be very passive by then.

Lifting up the hem of his clothes, Li Wenyuan knelt down and said to Lin Feng: "I'm not an official, but I'm willing to do my best for my lord. Please help me."

"Master Li, please get up quickly." Lin Feng quickly helped Li Wenyuan up, and said, "I have always wanted to make friends with Mr. Li, but I was just worried that Mr. Li felt that my qualifications were not enough, so I didn't say it for a long time."

"My lord is a talented person. At such an age, he has already become a general to suppress the rebellion, and this time he quelled the rebellion of the king of Wu. Your future future is limitless." Li Wenyuan did not hide it, and told Lin Feng clearly , I am willing to follow you because I see your future.

"No matter what the future holds for me, Mr. Li must be my most capable right-hand man." Lin Feng made his promise.

The conversation with Li Wenyuan in Xing'an County also made Lin Feng's ambitions suddenly swell.That's right, it's hard to travel through time, if you are still as ordinary as in the previous life, then you will be sorry for your hard-won chance to time travel.Thinking of this, Lin Feng felt as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, full of fighting spirit.

However, for Lin Feng, it is unnecessary to seek to usurp the throne.For one thing, he doesn't think he can govern a country well. If he can't bring happiness to the people of the country, why would he want to occupy the country by force?Secondly, Lin Feng also doesn't like to be bound by the trivial matters of governing the country. After all, it is Lin Feng's pursuit to be free and easy.And the premise of being at ease is that you have enough capital, otherwise, it would be very difficult to be at ease.

After only staying in Xing'an County for one night, Lin Feng rushed towards the capital with a large army.Now it is approaching the end of the new year, no matter whether it is Lin Feng or these generals, no one wants to be able to celebrate the new year at home.There is another reason, that is, it has been a while since King Wu was escorted back to the capital. I am afraid that the court is now arguing about King Wu's punishment.Lin Feng also wanted to get involved as soon as possible.He didn't want the Queen Mother to face the pressure of the courtiers alone.Although King Wu was escorted back to the capital, Li Henian was still alive.Everything changes.

Since Lin Feng and the others are all cavalry now, there is absolutely nothing to say about the speed of the march.And whether it is Lin Feng or those generals, they are all eager to return.Therefore, they kept urging the soldiers to move forward quickly.In just three days, the army had already reached the border of the capital.

"My lord, we have reached the boundary of the capital, should we send someone back to the capital to report to the Military Affairs Council?" He Wei, who had been following Lin Feng all this time, said to Lin Feng.

Looking at He Wei with some doubts, Lin Feng asked: "We have all arrived in the capital, why should we report to the Military Affairs Academy? Besides, when we return to the capital, wouldn't it be better to report directly to the Military Affairs Academy?" What did Lin Feng think? The report Wei mentioned refers to the counterinsurgency.

Glancing at Lin Feng, He Wei remembered that Lin Feng was a general who became a monk halfway through, and basically knew nothing about marching and fighting.Therefore, He Wei explained to Lin Feng: "My lord, according to the regulations of the imperial court, no matter where the army is, it must obtain the consent of the Military Affairs Council before approaching the capital. If we rush back so hastily, Li Henian will definitely send out the Beijing army to attack us."

"What else is there?" Lin Feng broke out in a cold sweat.If no one reminded him, he would be in Li Henian's hands if he rushed back with someone so recklessly.He can take this opportunity to get rid of himself, and let others find no excuse to attack him.At that time, I am afraid that the situation of the court will be another situation.

Seeing He Wei nodded seriously, Lin Feng immediately ordered the army to set up camp on the spot, and then said to He Wei: "This matter is of great importance. It is better for General Lao He to go to the capital to report in person."

"Yes, my lord." He Wei almost didn't shirk, and immediately agreed.

Originally, the matter of returning to the capital to ask the Military Council for instructions should have been sent by the army when it was still some distance away from the capital.But Lin Feng was not surprised. He Wei and the others were so focused on going home that they forgot about it.If He Wei hadn't suddenly thought of it, there would have been a big mess.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng had to lament once again that his experience in the officialdom was too little, and he knew very little about this era.There is no one around who can give me advice.Originally, Lin Feng thought that Li Wenyuan was good, but Li Wenyuan had other tasks. At least in a short period of time, it was impossible for Lin Feng to bring Li Wenyuan with him as a staff officer.

Patting his head, Lin Feng felt a headache in his heart, his foundation is still too shallow.If I stay in this era long enough, I will naturally know many more people, and I won't have a headache about talent.

Because it was very close to the capital, Lin Feng and the others could only camp on the spot and wait for the order from the Military Affairs Council before returning to Beijing.Therefore, now they can only look in the direction of the capital, but cannot move forward.

"My lord, the soldiers are a little flustered now. Everyone's mood is a little unstable." Xin Hong walked to Lin Feng's side and said softly.They had already seen that they were about to reach the capital, but they didn't expect to stop at this location.

The most important thing is that they didn't have any extra food at all. They thought they could reach the capital today, so they basically ate all the food at noon, and they didn't take what they couldn't finish with them. After all, they would return immediately The capital is gone.After eating dry food for so many days, who wouldn't feel nauseated!

"Let the generals come forward, we must appease the emotions of the soldiers. I can also understand their feelings." Lin Feng said to Xin Hong.Not only the soldiers, but Lin Feng is also a little restless in his heart now.I was almost in the capital, but I didn't expect it to come out like this.It completely caught him off guard.

Nodding his head, Xin Hong went to summon the generals below and conveyed Lin Feng's order to them.

Although the soldiers began to calm down under the patient comfort of the generals, it is an indisputable fact that they have nothing to eat now.In addition, it is winter now, and there have been several snowfalls around the capital, and they are now stepping on the snow.

Fortunately, they were fully prepared when they left Jinling.The soldiers were also allotted cotton coats, so that the soldiers would not be frozen.But in this world of ice and snow, the soldiers have nothing to eat, and that is also very uncomfortable.

The days in winter are very short, and it gets dark very quickly.Only the bonfires here and there were still burning.The soldiers gathered around the campfire, and apart from the occasional sound of burning wood, the entire camp was dead silent.The soldiers just stretched out their hands and roasted on the fire, and some sleepy soldiers leaned against their companions and fell asleep.

Looking at these soldiers, Lin Feng did not rest.Inexplicably, Lin Feng felt a little sorry for these soldiers.These soldiers followed Zhao Polu from the northwest to help him put down the rebellion, but he let them starve in this ice and snow.Although the soldiers didn't say anything, Lin Feng felt uncomfortable.

"My lord, why haven't you slept yet?" As the captain of Lin Feng's personal army, Lu Shuai was responsible for Lin Feng's daily life.Seeing that most of the soldiers had fallen asleep while Lin Feng was still standing there, Lu Shuai couldn't help asking.

Looking back at Lu Shuai, Lin Feng said: "I can't sleep. You said that the soldiers followed me, but I let them go to bed hungry in the ice and snow..."

(End of this chapter)