The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Liu Rushi's eyes were red and she said: "Husband, I don't want to leave this home either. But someone has to take care of our business and leave it to outsiders. Can you rest assured?"

"I was too greedy. I wanted to be an official and get rich at the same time. In the end, I ended up with you running around as a woman."

"Husband, don't say that. I don't know if it's a blessing from several lifetimes that I can marry you as a concubine."

Lin Yun raised his hand and caressed Liu Rushi's cheek, and said softly, "If I can't go to Jiangnan in autumn, you can come back to the capital."

"Okay, I will remember."

Liu Rushi speaks in a soft voice, Wu Nong's soft language with a Jiangnan charm, which is extremely attractive.

Lin Yun lowered his head and kissed her lips, melting the sorrow of parting into his passionate kiss.

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Even though he was reluctant to give up, Lin Yun still sent Liu Rushi and his party away the next morning.

Liu Rushi will go to Jiangnan first this time, and then transfer to southern Guangdong to open up an overseas trade route for Lin Yun in the Guangdong Sea.

Accompanying him were two shopkeepers sent by the Xue family to Nanyue, both of whom were transferred from the capital.

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The competition for the seventh year of Zhide will be announced on the morning of March [-]rd.

In the middle of the night after March [-], some scholars went to a restaurant near Gongyuan and talked loudly while waiting for news from Gongyuan.

Lin Yun originally wanted to stay in the mansion and wait for the news, but Zhao Hongming, Tian Sheng, and Zhao Lin couldn't sit still, so they dragged him to drink at the Drunken Immortal Tower, which was agreed by the scholars in Nanzhili, saying that they were going to make friends with some southern scholars. son.

In the middle of the night, the Zuixian building is very lively, some young scholars from wealthy families bring famous brothel prostitutes here to point out the country and show off their talents and learning.

When Lin Yun and the others walked in, they saw that the downstairs was almost full of guests.

Zhao Hongming complained to Lin Yun: "You didn't listen to me when I asked you to come early. Now you have no place."

Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I never knew they were in such good spirits that they could wait here all night."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting at them from upstairs: "Brother Lin, Brother Zhao, there is a place here."

Lin Yun looked up, and saw a young scholar sitting by the railing and waving at them. That man was Yingtianfu Township Examination Xie Yuan Shangguanjie.

Zhao Lin said happily: "It's Shangguanjie."

Tian Sheng: "It's him. Let's go up and have a look."

The four of them quickly ran up to the second floor and walked to Shangguan Jie. They saw that there were two young scholars sitting with him, one of whom was Zheng Shaoxuan, Lin Yun's roommate when he was studying in the Imperial College.The other one is Wen Yingxing, No. 3 in the Yingtianfu Township Examination.

After a few people chatted and chatted, they each sat down. Shangguanjie called the waiter and added a pot of old Shaoxing wine and some appetizers. Everyone talked and chatted.

It was an early spring night and the weather was slightly cold. Fortunately, there were many people in the restaurant and the atmosphere was lively, so people didn't feel a bit chilly.

On the second floor by the window, a middle-aged scholar was talking about the war in the northwest. In his words, the man dismissed the two generals Yue and Wang as useless, saying that they had 10,000+ troops, But he stayed still, because he wanted to raise the bandits' self-respect, and he deserved to be killed!

Hearing this, Lin Yun secretly admired him. He was so brave to say in public that two important officials of the court supported the bandits and deserved to be killed.

Zhao Lin listened for a while, then whispered to the others: "This person has an air of righteousness, but he is a fool."

Shangguan Jie smiled and asked, "How do you say this?"

Zhao Lin picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the wine and said: "The Mongolian army is erratic. If it rushes to fight, the enemy will only find its weaknesses and fall into a backlash."

Zhao Hongming asked puzzledly, "I have 10,000+ elite soldiers in the Northwest of the Great Chu. Are you afraid of a sneak attack by [-] Mongols?"

Zhao Lin shook his head and said: "10,000+ troops looks like a lot, but most of our army is infantry, which is not suitable for field battles. If the enemy finds a flaw, it is likely to suffer a big loss."

As soon as these words were spoken, a young scholar sitting in front of him turned around, smiled at Zhao Lin and said, "Brother, you are very knowledgeable. May I ask your name?"

Zhao Lin cupped his hands in return and said, "My surname is Zhao Minglin, from Jinling."

"It turned out that it was brother Zhao Yayuan who took the Tianfu Township Examination. Disrespectful, disrespectful. My surname is Xiao and my name is Zhongqi. I am from Xiangtan, Hunan."

After Xiao Zhongqi finished speaking, she pointed to the middle-aged scholar who was sitting with him and introduced: "This is my fellow countryman Yang Mengji."

The scholar named Yang stood up and bowed to several people.

Zhao Lin also introduced Lin Yun and others to each other. When he introduced Lin Yun, Xiao Zhongqi said in surprise: "I have heard of Brother Lin for a long time, but I didn't expect that you are so young."

Lin Yun smiled slightly and just cupped his hands at the other party without saying anything.

However, when Zhao Lin introduced his name, he caught the attention of the onlookers. The scholar who had previously talked so eloquently raised his hand to Lin Yun and asked, "Your Excellency, are you Lin Ruoyu who wrote Pingnan Ce?"

Lin Yun stood up and bowed in return, "That's right."

When the scholar heard this, he said happily: "As I'm sinking Mengzhen, may I ask Brother Lin what you think about the current war in the northwest?"

Lin Yun secretly complained when he heard the words, this is the price of being famous, and he will be arrested wherever he goes to ask for advice.

He thought for a while and then said: "The war in the northwest is too complicated. I have never been to the northwest and I know very little about the situation of the Mongols. I dare not make any comments."

Shen Mengzhen was greatly disappointed when he heard this, "I thought Brother Lin would have some great opinions, but who knew~"

Having said that, he shook his head, sat down and continued drinking.

A fifty-year-old man who was at the same table with him sneered: "The rumors may not be true, so why should you take it seriously, Mengzhen?"

Zhao Hongming jumped up when he heard the words, and angrily said: "Old man, who are you talking about?"

The old man: "I said that someone has a false name, and it has nothing to do with you."

Zhao Hongming retorted, "Aren't you ashamed to come here to take the Jinshi exam at such an old age?"

The old man blushed and reprimanded: "The boy is too rude."

Zhao Hongming replied with a smile: "The old man is too rude."

"You, you~"

The old man pointed at Zhao Hongming and was too angry to speak.

Shen Mengzhen quickly pulled the old man to sit down and comforted him: "Brother Shouchen, you don't have to treat your anger with a reckless man. It's not worth it."

Zhao Hongming exploded when he heard it, "Shen, who do you call a reckless man?"

Shen Mengzhen: "I'm talking about you."

"What a fool, see if I don't beat you to death."

After Zhao Hongming finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to take action.

Tian Sheng hurriedly held him down and advised: "Hong Ming, this is not a place for fighting."

Everyone persuaded Zhao Hongming together, and finally calmed down Zhao Hongming.

Shangguan Jie picked up the wine glass, toasted Lin Yun, and then asked with a smile, "Is it true that Ruoyu doesn't care about the war in the northwest?"

Lin Yun: "It's a bit immature to go down, but I don't know much about the situation in the Northwest, so I don't want to make people laugh when I say it."

Shangguanjie said hurriedly: "We, like you, have never been to the northwest. Why don't you tell us so that we can gain some knowledge?"

"Okay, then I will talk about my own thoughts, and if I am wrong, please advise."

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately became quiet and listened attentively to Lin Yun's opinions.

Lin Yunlue pondered and said: "I have seen the battles of the Han Dynasty against the Huns during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and I concluded that one of the reasons for victory was to use troops against the grassland tribes. The best tactics to use were autumn defense and spring attack. "

Zhao Hongming hurriedly asked: "What is Qiu Shou and Spring Attack?"

Lin Yun: "The prairie cavalry all have one characteristic, that is, the horses are fat and strong in autumn, which is when they are at their strongest. Our army, which is mainly infantry, should not compete with them in autumn."

Zhao Lin raised his finger and praised: "If you are stupid, this is a great kindness."

Shen Mengzhen, who was sitting in front, turned back to Lin Yun and asked, "Then why did you launch an offensive in the spring?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "It's very simple! Spring is the season for mares to conceive, and it is also the season for male horses to lose weight the most. If you can find the enemy's grazing place at this time and send cavalry to attack, it can be said that the enemy must be rescued. The initiative is in my hands."

Shangguan Jie patted the case and praised: "Ruo Yu is indeed a great talent who wrote Ping Nan Ce. I am not as good as Duo Yu."

The surrounding scholars also applauded, praising Lin Yun for his reasonable analysis.

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Shen Mengzhen said in a daze: "Could it be that the two generals, Yue and Wang, are waiting for the spring to start the war?"

Zhao Lin raised his glass and smiled: "It must be so."

Shen Mengzhen stood up, bowed deeply to Lin Yun, and said, "Thank you, Brother Lin, for clearing up my doubts. I almost mistakenly blamed the two generals."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "I'm just talking on paper, I don't know if it's right."

Zhao Hongming smiled at the old man and said, "Old man, do you still dare to say that Ruoyu is in name only?"

The old man bowed his hands to Lin Yun Gong in shame, then lowered his head and drank the wine.

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At this moment, there was a sudden commotion downstairs.

Lin Yun turned his head and looked downstairs, and saw a yamen servant running in to announce the good news, and shouted loudly: "Congratulations to the 365 students in the Bingchen Annual Examination of Nanzhili Hangzhou Master Jiang Yushouchen High School."

"it is good!"

People upstairs and downstairs cheered in unison, which was a good sign and meant that the Southern Zhili scholars had a good start.

Jiang Shouchen was mocking that old man Lin Yun. He was probably a little deaf, he only heard people applaud from upstairs and downstairs, but he didn't hear his own name.

When he was looking around, he saw Shen Mengzhen hugging him and smiling: "Congratulations, Brother Birthday, you have graduated from high school."

The old man stared wide-eyed and said: "Xiang Mengzhen, are you kidding me?"

Shen Mengzhen: "It's not a joke, you are really in high school."

Jiang Shouchen turned his head and took a look. Seeing that everyone was congratulating him, he immediately laughed and said, "I've won! I've won!"

Lin Yun was taken aback when he saw this, and thought to himself, "Isn't this person going to be silly?"

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Chapter 261: Meeting Yuan

Fortunately, Jiang Shouchen was not crazy about it. After he sent away the person who brought the good news, the atmosphere in the restaurant began to become tense.

Zhao Hongming looked at Jiang Shouchen who was drinking happily, and complained to Lin Yun: "That old guy Jiang Shouchen can't use his ears. How can he be an official?"

Shangguan Jie smiled and said: "What is this? I heard that in the last examination, there was an old man in his 60s who was awarded a Jinshi. He passed away before he was awarded an official."

Tian Sheng: "That's not wasting a Jinshi quota for nothing."