The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

"How high is this deputy commander?"

"From the sixth grade."

"what?"

Dai Quan said dissatisfiedly: "Boy Yun, don't think you are too young. The commander of the Five Cities Army and Horses Division is a third-rank official. You, the deputy commander, are more majestic than a general below the third rank."

Lin Yun pretended to be pleasantly surprised and took out a bank note, handed it to Dai Quan and said, "Then I would like to thank the old inner minister."

"You are Welcome."

After Lin Yun bowed down, Dai Quan took the imperial decree from the servant and began to read it out.

Lin Yun thought to himself, "What did Zhong Jinghou ask me to go to Wucheng Bingmasi? Could it be that he wanted me to help him as a thug? Wucheng Bingmasi faced the powerful all day long, didn't he It's so messy. You have to be careful."

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2Chapter 16: New official takes office

The Army and Horse Division of the Five Cities is divided into five yamen, namely, the central, eastern, southern, western, and northern yamen, and each yamen has a commander.The five cities each perform their own responsibilities, do not interfere with each other, and are directly controlled by the Ministry of War.

Dai Quan said that Wucheng Bingmasi saw the third rank of the official, and he was clearly fooling Lin Yun. In the capital where officials and dignitaries are everywhere, Wucheng Bingmasi is a Qingshui Yamen who specializes in scapegoating.There are no big things, just a bunch of trivial things.

Lin Yun was appointed as the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Military and Horse Division, specializing in public security.

Hearing Dai Quan's introduction, the commander of the East City Army and Horse Division was Qiu Liang, and Lin Yun suddenly had a headache.Qiu Liang was involved in the conflict with Niu Jizong at Jinxiangyuan, and now he is his subordinate, which is not a good thing.

After sending Dai Quan away, Lin Yun returned to the inner house and saw Qin Keqing happily leading a few girls out to greet him. They all knew that Lin Yun had been appointed as the deputy commander of the East City Military Division. What is happy is that Lin Yun will not have to go to the military camp outside the city to garrison in the future, and he can go home and rest every day.

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After breakfast, Lin Yun went to the inner study alone and wrote letters to Qin Rong and Ding Yuannan respectively, intending to second [-] soldiers from Zuo Wuwei to take them to Dongcheng Bingma Division.

As soon as he finished writing the letter, he saw Xiaoya walking in with a tea tray, and saluted him: "My servant congratulates the third master on his promotion."

Lin Yun collected the letter and asked Xiaoya, "Aren't you anxious if you stay here every day?"

Xiaoya: "It's safe and secure here, and no one will disturb me. It would be great if we could live like this forever."

"You're such a weirdo."

Xiaoya handed the poured teacup to Lin Yun, and then asked with a smile, "Master, do you know why the emperor transferred you to serve in the Army and Horse Division of the Five Cities?"

"According to my guess, His Majesty should want to see if I dare to offend those powerful children."

Xiaoya: "I'm afraid the third master is thinking about it. The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, so how can he spend his time on such trivial matters."

"Then what do you think His Majesty's move means?"

"My servant guesses that His Majesty let the third master take up the second job to tell the court ministers that he still trusts Mr. Lin."

With Xiaoya's touch, Lin Yun's eyes suddenly brightened, all the fog dissipated instantly, and everything became clear.

Xiaoya smiled proudly: "Third Master, you also believe that the servant girl's guess is right, right?"

"It seems to make sense."

Xiaoya snorted dissatisfiedly, "Humph! The third master has obviously believed the slave's guess, why don't you admit it?"

Lin Yun stretched out his hand to hug Xiaoya into his arms, touched her cheek and smiled: "I always think it is good to be modest. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Xiaoya smiled sweetly: "Everything belongs to the third master, you can reward the slaves with anything."

"is it?"

Lin Yun lowered his head and kissed Xiaoya's lips, then asked with a smile, "How about this reward?"

"That's the way to go."

Xiaoya put her arms around Lin Yun's neck and kissed him passionately.

"Damn! I used a beauty trick on me again. Seeing that I will accept the kiss, I will throw the trick back to you."

When Lin Yun was feeling complacent, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

He hurried to push Xiaoya, but the other party hugged his neck tightly and refused to let go.

"It's broken, this girl must have done it on purpose."

Lin Yun turned around and saw Xiang Ling standing at the door, staring at the two of them with wide eyes.

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At midnight in the morning, Lin Yun brought Xiao Mo and Zhong Yi to the Dongcheng Army and Horses Division station.

This place is very close to Fireworks Lane. It is a large courtyard with three entrances, covering an area of ​​more than ten acres.

Under the guidance of an official, Lin Yun walked into a side room in the back hall of the commander's office, and saw Qiu Liang sitting behind a desk, discussing matters with several officials.

Lin Yun stepped forward quickly, cupped his fists and saluted Qiu Liang, "The last general, Lin Yun, pays his respects to your lord."

Qiu Liang stood up and said with a smile, "General Lin, you are welcome to serve in the Dongcheng Military Division."

"Please take care of me, adults."

"You are welcome. Come, let me introduce these colleagues to you."

Dongcheng Bingma Division has three deputy commanders, besides Lin Yun, there are two others, namely Lu Dajiang and Zhang Yunshan.

Lu Dajiang is responsible for maintaining order, Zhang Yunshan is responsible for providing relief to the poor, and Lin Yun is responsible for public security management.

There are also two officials and officials named Tang Geng and Qian Chang.

After Qiu Liang introduced a few people to Lin Yun, he told the official, Tang Geng, "Tang official, take General Lin to his office to rest first, and then introduce the situation in Dongcheng to him."

Tang Geng hurriedly said, "I respect my orders."

Qiu Liang smiled at Lin Yun again: "General Lin, go meet some of your subordinates first, and I will hold a banquet at Xinghualou to welcome you at noon."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "It's better for the last general to entertain a few adults."

Qiu Liang: "I must invite you today. If you want to invite everyone, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Then the general will be ashamed."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he said goodbye to several people and followed Tang Geng out the door.

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As soon as the two of them left, Lu Dajiang smiled at Qiu Liang and said, "I have long heard that Deputy Commander Lin is young. When I see him today, it is true."

Qiu Liang: "Don't look at Deputy Commander Lin's young age. He is a fourth-grade general, and his official position is still above mine."

Zhang Yunshan curled his lips and said: "So what if he is a fourth-rank official? When he meets the children of those princes, nobles and ministers, he will know that in this world of the capital, fourth-rank officials are nothing."

Qiu Liang laughed and said, "Maybe Deputy Commander Lin has a way to deal with those dudes."

Lu Dajiang said cheerfully, "Let's wait and see."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an official walking in quickly and reported to Qiu Liang: "Master Commander, there are people making trouble at the Guanyin Temple in the outer city, and the master sent someone to ask for help."

Lu Dajiang said dissatisfiedly: "It's a big deal, you also came to disturb the Commander."

Qiu Liang raised his hand to stop him and said, "Master Ciyun is a master of Taoism, so don't be lazy."

After finishing speaking, he told the official: "Deputy Commander Lin has arrived, you can go and report to him."

Zao official: "Your subordinate respects your life."

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Here, Lin Yun and the others, accompanied by Tang Geng, came to an official room on the right.

When I went in, I saw three middle-aged officials sitting in the room.

Tang Geng introduced the three of them: "Everyone, this is General Lin Yunlin. He is the newly appointed deputy commander of the court."

The three of them were stunned for a moment when they heard the words, then they clasped their fists at Lin Yun, bowed to each other, and began to introduce themselves.

That civil official was Song Xian, the only pawn under Lin Yun, responsible for handling official documents.

The two military officers, one named Chu Mingshao and the other named Cao Jianxiong, both had the official position of the capital.

Several people were introducing each other, when the official hurried in and asked, "Which one is Deputy Commander Lin?"

Lin Yun: "I am."

Zao Li: "Deputy Commander Lin, Master Ciyun of the Guanyin Academy in the outer city sent someone to report that someone is making trouble in the Guanyin Academy."

Lin Yun rushed to Chu and Cao and asked, "Which one of you would like to take someone for a walk?"

Chu and Cao both lowered their heads when they heard the words, pretending not to hear what he said.

Lin Yun said with a dark face: "What do you mean? You see that I am young and easy to bully, don't you?"

Chu Mingshao hurriedly said: "My lord, it's not because of a lowly position that you don't want to go, but those who dare to go to the Guanyin Temple to make trouble are definitely not idle people, we can't afford to provoke you."

"Really? What you said really aroused my curiosity, let's go and have a look together."

Cao Jianxiong: "My lord, how many soldiers do you want to take?"

"Just bring 50 people."

Chu Mingshao: "I'm afraid 50 people are not enough, they all have servants to follow, it's very difficult."

"Our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Department specializes in dealing with lawless people. It's strange that we are afraid of a group of gangsters."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Just take 50 people there, I want to see who dares to fight against our Dongcheng soldiers and horses."

Chu Mingshao: "Humble your position and respect your destiny."

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Lin Yun and the others left the government office, and after waiting for about half a cup of tea, Chu Mingshao ran over with fifty sluggish soldiers.

When Lin Yun saw the fifty soldiers, he immediately lost his temper.

He held back his breath, and ordered to Chu Mingshao: "You lead the way ahead, aiming at the Guanyin Temple. Run forward, and those who can't keep up, go back and punish the ten boards."

A few disheveled soldiers heard this and immediately made a loud noise.

Chu Mingshao just wanted to persuade a few words, but he saw Lin Yun's face stern and said: "Follow the order."

"Yes."

Chu Mingshao immediately took the lead and ran out, and Cao Jianxiong also quickly chased after him.