The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Xue Yan interjected from the side: "Sister Furong's uncle and brother just came here today and he was drunk. Butler Qian said that he would be kicked out."

"This~"

Lin Yun suddenly remembered that Furong's aunt and elder brother seemed to be a drunkard, and his daughter-in-law was not a good woman if she had too many girls. Now it is really troublesome to find two troublemakers.

Daiyu asked tentatively: "Brother, can you ask Wu Gui to be your long-term follower?"

Lin Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, he said anxiously: "Sister, what joke are you kidding, you asked me to bring a drunkard to work by my side, aren't you afraid that he will poke me in the basket?"

"Then what should we do? We can't really drive them out, can we? Furong was crying with anger just now."

Liu Ruoxu smiled and said: "Sister Yu'er, do I have a solution here?"

Daiyu hurriedly asked: "Sister Liu, please tell me, what can we do?"

Liu Ruoxu: "Ask Furong to tell her cousin that if he can get rid of his alcohol addiction, I will provide money to help the couple open a restaurant and give them [-]% of the shares."

Daiyu said happily, "That's a good idea! Thank you, Sister Liu."

"Your sister is welcome."

"I'll go back and talk to Furong to see if she's willing."

After Daiyu finished speaking, she got up and left with her two minions.

...

After Daiyu left, Lin Yun sat next to Liu Ruoxu, pointed his finger at her and praised her: "Sister, you are so powerful. You surrendered the little witch so quickly."

Liu Ruoxu scolded, "There's no elder brother who says that about my sister."

Lin Yun chuckled and said, "I'm used to talking, and I haven't changed it for a while."

Liu Ruoxu changed the subject and said, "Third Master, does Grandma have any objections to this concubine?"

Lin Yun deliberately frowned and said, "Yes, there are still big opinions."

Liu Ruoxu hurriedly said, "But what did I do wrong?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "It's because you are so good at earning money."

It was only now that Liu Ruoxu realized that she had been deceived by Lin Yun, and she said with resentful eyes: "The third master knows that I am worried about this matter, so he came to make fun of me."

Lin Yun hugged Liu Ruoxu into his arms and said softly: "Keqing and I have agreed that we will let you in when my uncle and aunt come back."

Liu Ruoxu said in surprise, "Really?"

"Really. I'll stay with you tonight, okay?"

Liu Ruoxu just wanted to nod, but then said shyly: "No, I want to wait until the day we get married, so let's do that again~"

"Uh, okay."

Chapter 245: Deputy Commander

at dusk,

In the imperial study room of the Daming Palace, Emperor Zhide was reviewing memorials.

When he read the excerpt presented by Ning Cheng, the new commander of the armed guards behind the capital camp, his brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan".

Ning Cheng introduced the current situation of the Houwuwei in the booklet. The Houwuwei, which was originally scheduled to have a quota of 4000, now has only more than [-] soldiers, less than half of the young and strong, and only [-] old soldiers. Lack, almost no fighting power at all.

After reading it, Emperor Zhide put down the ink pen in his hand, frowned and thought.

Seeing this, Dai Quan, who was standing by the side, immediately took the teacup from the tray held by the waiter and placed it on the imperial case in front of Emperor Zhide.

Emperor Zhi De stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, drank two sips of warm tea, raised his head and asked Dai Quan, "Dai Quan, is there a serious shortfall in the number of troops in the Beijing camp in Xuanfu?"

Dai Quan: "Reporting to Your Majesty, as far as I know, apart from the Zuo Wuwei, the only remaining You Wuwei in the Beijing camp is full of personnel. The other departments are seriously short of vacancies. The worst is the one commanded by General Liu Fang. The former military guards now only have [-] newly recruited young men, and their combat strength is worrying."

Emperor Zhi De: "Has the Ministry of War ever told you when the additional recruits will arrive at Xuan Mansion?"

Dai Quan: "It is estimated that the full force will not be completed until March next year at the latest."

Emperor Zhide said with a dark face: "We have to wait until March next year, plus a few more months of training time. Does it mean that the Beijing camp will not be able to fight until the year after next?"

Dai Quan had nothing to say now, it was a headache in itself to dispatch people from a remote place to the Xuanfu, and it would be great to be able to gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses within half a year.

Emperor Zhide thought for a while and said: "Dai Quan, I went to Zuowuwei to inspect today. Have you noticed that the soldiers of the fourth battalion are different?"

Dai Quan hurriedly said: "The soldiers of the fourth battalion are especially good at fighting, and their fighting spirit is also very tenacious."

Emperor Zhide: "If I disperse the soldiers of the fourth battalion to the guards of the Beijing camp, will we be able to train more soldiers like this?"

Dai Quan heard this and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of Zuowuwei's fourth battalion must not be used separately."

"Why is this?"

"Your Majesty, you don't know. The soldiers of the fourth battalion have to eat three meals a day. They also need to supplement enough meat for all the soldiers from time to time. It is easier to handle with a small number of people. If all the soldiers in the Beijing camp follow this training, the court will be tens of thousands of people." Can’t afford it.”

Emperor Zhide was immediately discouraged when he heard the words. The court was short of money and food, so naturally it couldn't spend too much on the new Beijing army.

At this moment, a servant came in and reported to Emperor Zhide: "Your Majesty, Prince Xuan is asking to see you outside the palace."

Emperor Zhide hurriedly said: "Please."

Not long after, I saw Prince Xuan walking in with the servant.

"The old minister sees His Majesty."

Emperor Zhide stood up from behind the imperial case, invited Prince Xuan to sit down on the heated kang next to him, and ordered his servants to serve hot tea.

After the greetings, Emperor Zhide asked Prince Xuan, "Uncle Wang is here, is there something wrong?"

Prince Xuan: "Your Majesty, after watching Zuo Wuwei's performance today, I have an idea in my mind, but I don't know if it is feasible."

"Uncle Wang, please tell me."

Prince Xuan: "After watching Zuo Wuwei's training, the old minister feels that there is no need to keep more than [-] soldiers in the Beijing camp, but can reduce them by half, or even keep only [-] soldiers."

Emperor Zhide was startled and said, "Uncle Wang is joking with me, isn't he? With so many soldiers cut down, what should the court do if something happens around?"

Prince Xuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although the number of soldiers has been reduced, the fighting strength will not necessarily become weaker. If all the guards in the Beijing camp have the fighting strength of Zuowu Wei, Your Majesty has nothing to fear."

Emperor Zhide suddenly realized: "Uncle Wang, you mean to use the money and food saved from the cuts to train a team of elite soldiers like the Fourth Battalion of Zuowuwei in the guards of the Beijing camp?"

"That's exactly what I mean."

Emperor Zhide thought for a while and said, "Uncle Wang, you can write a charter first and give it to me for review."

"The old minister respects the decree."

After a pause, Prince Xuan said again: "Your Majesty, can you transfer Lin Yun to the former military guard to help Ning Cheng train soldiers?"

Emperor Zhide laughed and said, "Uncle Wang said it was a step too late. Hou Zhongjing asked earlier to transfer Lin Yun to serve as the deputy commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division."

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Prince Xuan said urgently: "The soldiers and horses of the five cities are to catch thieves and thieves, and put out fires and disasters. Wouldn't it be overkill to let boy Yun go there?"

Emperor Zhide: "Marquis Zhongjing said that the dandies in the palace of the emperor's relatives in the capital fought and molested women in the street all day long. The trouble was really outrageous. None of his deputy commanders dared to come out." For the ruthless rectification, there needs to be a guy who is not afraid of power to sit in the town and fix those dudes who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth."

Prince Xuan smiled wryly and said: "Honor Zhong Jing is going to put Boy Yun on the fire to roast."

Emperor De: "Don't worry, Uncle Wang. Once Zhongjing Hou figures it out, I will transfer Lin Yun to the Xuan Mansion to assist Ning Cheng in training the new army."

Prince Xuan hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

...

After Prince Xuan left, Emperor Zhide asked Dai Quan: "How many days before Lin Ruhai can return to Beijing?"

Dai Quan: "Master Lin and his family are traveling together, and it will take five days to reach the capital."

"Draft the decree for me, and appoint Lin Yun as the deputy commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division."

Dai Quan walked quickly to the table next to him, unfolded a blank imperial edict, held a pen in his hand, and quickly drafted the imperial edict, and handed it to the emperor for review.

After seeing it, Emperor Zhide nodded and said, "Take it and use the seal."

Dai Quan asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to remove Lin Yun from the post of General of Zuowuwei?"

Emperor Zhide: "No need."

...

In the early morning, Lin Yun woke up from his sleep and found himself lying in Parrot's boudoir.It is said that he wandered around last night, with nowhere to go, and in the end Parrot took him in.

Thinking of reporting to Zuo Wuwei today, Lin Yun felt as if the end was coming.

In this cold day, it's so comfortable to sleep with my sister in my arms, why go to the military camp to suffer.

He was thinking about an excuse to take two more days off when he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door outside.

Lin Yun hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Immediately, Ping'er's voice came in, "Third Master, someone from outside came to report that the old minister in the palace has come to deliver the order. Please go and receive the order."

Parrot, who had just been woken up, was startled when she heard the words, she hurriedly sat up and said: "Third Master, hurry up, this servant will help you get dressed."

"You sleep yours, don't worry."

Lin Yun stuffed the parrot back under the quilt, then quickly dressed and went to the outside of the bedroom.

When he opened the door, he saw Ping'er standing outside the door with two little maids, preparing all the washing water.

Lin Yun saw this and smiled: "Sister Ping'er, don't be so anxious, right?"

Ping'er: "Third Master, stop joking, the old inner minister is waiting outside."

"Just wait, he's not~"

Lin Yun stopped talking at this point, some jokes should not be made indiscriminately.

Under Ping'er's personal service, Lin Yun quickly finished washing.

When he came to the front living room, he saw Dai Quan eating tea and pastries leisurely.

Lin Yun stepped forward and joked: "Old Prime Minister, what kind of wind brought you here today?"

Dai Quan cheerfully said: "It's Dongfeng, your kid has been promoted again."

"Oh! Could it be that General Qin was promoted and asked me to take his place?"

Dai Quan said speechlessly: "It is Zhong Jinghou who has taken a fancy to you and suggested to His Majesty that you be transferred to the Wucheng Army and Horse Division as the deputy commander."