"Alas!" Lin Fan sighed and said: "The Liaodong Border Army is the most elite army of the imperial court, gathering the power of the world to support, although the Dayun army is numerous, but there is no one who is unsurpassed, and its status is too important." ”

"Although there is wolf smoke everywhere now, no matter what the world is rotting into, the imperial court has such an elite army in hand, then the imperial court has the confidence to clean up the mess and reorganize the mountains and rivers."

"But if this army is gone, not to mention the smoke everywhere in the mainland, how can the Manzhen army resist it next time?"

Counting on the soldiers and horses of King Qin everywhere? Don't be kidding, the battle a few days ago is enough to prove that the combat strength of these soldiers and horses in the mainland is too far from the Manzhen army, and it is okay for them to fight bandits and thieves in peacetime.

It's just that if these words are said, it will seem that it will be too long for others to be ambitious and destroy their own prestige, so although Lin Fan thought so in his heart, he didn't say it.

He continued: "Your Majesty intends to go on a northern expedition, and the original intention is naturally good, trying to kill the enemy outside the country, and calm the external troubles for the country. ”

"However, Your Majesty underestimated the Manzhen army and overestimated the strength of the Great Cloud State. The current big clouds are undetermined and full of beacons. Since the crackdown on thieves and rebellions in various places, there have been repeated crackdowns, and how serious has the loss of national strength been in the past few years? In addition, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are separated, the party is the same and the party is different, and it is difficult to implement government decrees. Dayun is now in such a situation, and the defense is no longer able to support, how can it withstand a protracted war? ”

"In case Your Majesty really buries the Liaodong border army outside the Northern Xinjiang Pass, I am afraid that the situation in the world will develop to the point of being out of control, and then I am only afraid that the imperial court will be shaken, and the clouds and mountains will be in danger!"

Lin Ruxian also said: "If Your Majesty is really like this, as a courtier, I will definitely do my best to stop it, even if it is not a pity to blame Your Majesty for this!" ”

His words were resolute, but it made Lin Fan's heart beat a drum, because he heard a resolute taste in it.

Lin Fan was afraid that his father would be willful, his tone was no longer the same as just now, but persuaded: "Father, do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, if Your Majesty really insists on going his own way, if you really can't stop it, your father should not fight with his life, my father should think more for my mother and me, and I must not be willful." Since you can't do anything, you can't change Your Majesty's mind, so why lose your life in vain! ”

"Besides, the imperial court's northern expedition may not necessarily lose the war, and it is not necessary to win a big battle, maybe it can solve the border troubles in the north in one fell swoop, and then the imperial court can free up its hands to clean up those rebellions in the interior, pacify the world, and return peace to the people in the world. What I just said may just be my unfounded worries, and it won't happen at all, so there's no need for my father to worry too much! ”

If other people had such a resolute attitude, Lin Fan would only feel admiration, and he would respect the choices of others, and he would not say anything else.

But this is no one else, it's my father, it's my father who watched him grow up!

He can't watch his father choose a path of no return that can't be turned back, even if it's for the sake of the world!

If he wanted to say that Lin Fan's own life could be exchanged for peace in the world, then he would agree without even blinking his eyes. But if Lin Fan was asked to exchange his parents' lives, Lin Fan wouldn't be able to do it!

Everyone in the world has their own considerations about the lives of their parents and relatives, and Lin Fan is no exception. He is not afraid of death, let alone death on the battlefield, from the day he left his hometown to join the army, he was ready to die on the battlefield and shroud in horse leather.

He thought he might be

is a fool in the eyes of the world, he will not benefit himself as an official, he only knows how to fight. But it doesn't matter if he is stupid, he doesn't care about the eyes of the world, but he can't accept that his parents and relatives are also fools like him, stupid to die for the so-called world.

Some people may say that he is selfish, that he does not care about the general righteousness and does not care about the situation. But if you can't do it, you can't do it, and no matter where he goes, he won't shy away from it.

Father and son are of the same heart, Lin Fan's worries can't be hidden from Lin Ruxian, he let out a long breath, and said with a seemingly relaxed smile: "Don't worry, I'm not so stupid, just for you and your mother, I won't do stupid things!" ”

Lin Fan couldn't help but worry, he knew his father too well, although he promised himself on the surface, but if he had the opportunity to stop the emperor's plan, his father would definitely do it even if he gave up his life, because his father had his own insistence.

Father has his own choice, Lin Fan can't do more, and he can't force his father to do what he thinks. The only thing he could do was to make his mother and himself a little heavier in his father's heart.

I don't want the mother and son to be more important than the world in my father's place, as long as my father can weigh it a little more when he faces a choice in the future. After that, regardless of his father's final choice, he felt that his father had done what he thought was right.

If you want to say that you don't have support, but Lin Fan is a son of man, he will accept his father's decision, and he can only accept it.

"Daddy!" Lin Fan choked. "You can't lie to me!"

Lin Fan's "Daddy" exited, Lin Ruxian's body shook, and then relaxed again.

He stroked Lin Fan's head, as if he had returned to more than ten years ago, and then laughed softly in a doting tone: "Of course, I am your father, how could I lie to you!" ”

It's just that in his eyes, the expression is not as firm as he says.

No matter what, Lin Fan still got a word of accuracy from his father. In the future, how to ignore it for the time being, whether the agreement with his father can be counted in the end Lin Fan doesn't want to think about it, all he wants now is peace of mind.

After saying this, there was an eerie silence in the carriage, and the father and son had their own thoughts along the way, and they were not in the mood to speak.

In this way, until they returned home, neither of them spoke again.

However, before getting off the train, both father and son invariably swept away the dullness in the carriage, put a smile on their faces again, and faced their families in the best state.

In the next few days, although many things happened, most of them were within Lin Fan's expectations, and there were no more waves.

Wang Shihe was imprisoned for capital crimes, and the position of the first assistant of the cabinet was vacant, and Li Ruoxi, the second assistant who followed Wang Shihe's ass and stared at this position for a long time, finally got his wish and was promoted to the first assistant. Lin Ruxian also officially entered the cabinet to govern, which can be regarded as entering the power center of the Dayun Dynasty and becoming a real important minister of the court.

Because Fang Ping, the former governor of Liaodong, was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, at a meeting of the imperial cabinet to agree on the new candidates for the governor of Liaodong, Lin Ruxian recommended to the emperor that Shi Qiuming, the governor of Huainan Province, be the governor of Liaodong and the prime minister of Liaodong's military and political affairs.

After deliberation by the cabinet, Zhao Huan finally made the decision and decided the matter. At this point, the candidates for the governor of Liaodong were finalized.

And as Lin Ruxian expected, although Fang Ping was imprisoned, his life was worry-free for the time being. However, with such a big crime, the officials of the DPRK and the people of Gyeonggi hated him to death, so he must not be able to get out of prison for a while, so he could only stay in the edict prison honestly.

can only wait for the situation to change in the future, when the court must employ people, to see if His Majesty will remember that there is such a person and revive it.

As for the vacant position of governor of Huainan Province, Zhou Chang, the governor of Zhongyuan Province, has made meritorious contributions to quelling the chaos and needs to be rewarded, and many remnants of the Xingwang army have also fled into Huainan Province in batches, and they must also be eliminated.

In order to facilitate scheduling, the governor of Huainan Province was temporarily appointed by Zhou Chang, and he was appointed again when there was a suitable candidate in the future.

Zhou Chang also became the only official in the imperial court who served as two governors, which was unprecedented since the founding of the country. Therefore, as soon as the appointment came out, it shook the government and the opposition, although Zhou Chang and his people were not in the capital, they were in the limelight for a while.

In addition to these major events, the imperial court's military merit rewards for the officials and soldiers of Huainan Daoqin have also come down.

An Ning, Chen Fangshu and Wang Hu were all promoted to the third rank and became the general of Wulu from the fifth rank.

Li Qingshan finally got the official position he had in mind, and because of his talent status, he was awarded a civil official. Although he is only a general of the ninth grade, he finally entered the stream, which can be regarded as allowing him to completely get rid of the hat of the former thief and embark on a career as an official.

He Fang made a contribution in the last battle of Yongyang, but it was not enough to give the official body, and this time he also achieved a positive result and became the general Zhaoxin of the sixth grade.

Although it is not as good as calming them, for him, who has never been able to obtain an official body in his life, this can already make him wake up with a smile in his dreams.

Even Zhou Yuanzhi, who was still young, was also brave enough to fight, and he had been guarding Lin Fan in this battle, killing several enemies, and performing brilliantly, and was awarded the Zhongxian Lieutenant from the sixth rank by the imperial court.

In contrast, Deng Wentong and Zeng Liang, the two fifth-rank generals, have not been promoted so much, but General Mingwei, who has been promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth grade, is only promoted by two levels. You must know that except for Li Qingshan and others, who have just been awarded the grade, everyone else, including Lin Fan, has been promoted several levels in a row.

But they also understand that the higher the official position, the worse it is to be promoted, so there are no complaints.

It's just that from Lin Fan to them, without exception, all of them are awarded the rank of Loose Rank.

The intention of the imperial court is obvious, that is, they will all follow Lin Fan in the future, and only when Lin Fan's official position comes down, will they be appointed to the corresponding positions according to their ranks.

In addition to the above-mentioned people, there are many people in the army who have been given or posthumously awarded official positions by the imperial court. For example, He Lu, who died in the battle of Qiling Town, was posthumously awarded the rank of seven-rank official.

Even if the merit is not enough and the official status is not obtained, all the soldiers who survived this battle have gone up more or less.

After this battle, most of the original ordinary soldiers have now become captains and team leaders, and team leaders have become standard commanders.

However, the casualties of the officers and soldiers of Huainan Province in this battle were too heavy, and there were no personnel in the empty establishment, and their so-called official ranks were just empty names. They can only be considered worthy of their name when the battalions are re-replenished.

In addition to the official position, in order to show the grace of the imperial court, there were other rewards, which were also sent to the camp where the officials and soldiers were temporarily stationed along with the official documents of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

These rewards included food, grass and bedding for the winter, as well as a large amount of medicinal herbs, to prevent the soldiers from the south from adapting to the cold of the north and developing a large area of typhoid fever.

These are actually all fine, even if the soldiers are not grateful, they can still feel the kindness of the court.

However, there is one thing that is difficult for everyone to accept, and it has caused a lot of criticism in the army!