Lin Ruxian is now a high-ranking power, one of the most powerful people in the Great Cloud Dynasty other than His Majesty the Emperor. And anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as there are no major accidents, the career of the Lin family and his son has not come to an end, and Lin Ruxian may not be able to sit in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet in the future. And Lin Fan is not only the son of Lin Ruxian, but also valued by His Majesty, and in the future, he will also be the commander of the army on one side, and his future is even above his father.

The Lin father and son are powerful and have a great future, and the people in the court are like cats that smell fishy, and there are not a few people who come to visit the Lin Mansion on weekdays. Now that the New Year is approaching, there are more people who want to have a relationship with Lin Ruxian.

But those people are all coming for Lin Ruxian, Lin Fan is not very old, and his qualifications are not enough, in the eyes of those real bigwigs in the court, the current self is nothing. Besides, they can't go past Lin Ruxian and come directly to Lin Fan, that would be inconsistent, and let them slap Lin Fan, a junior, and lose their own face in vain, and don't think about raising their heads from outsiders in the future.

Of course, if Lin Fan can go to a real high position, then these so-called faces are nothing. These people have been in the officialdom for so many years, although their careers are bleak, otherwise they would not think of finding a backer, but they can gain a foothold in the officialdom, and they still have a little bit of the ability to do it themselves.

It's just that with Lin Fan's current official position and status, they can't reach that point, even if they are shameless, they still have their own bottom line.

Therefore, except for Li Qingshan and Yu Zicheng and others who have dealt with them, this is the first time that someone has said that they want to see themselves.

Lin Fan was a little curious and asked, "Do you know who is coming, and has the name of the person who came?"

The man's face was strange, and he said, "That man claims to be the prince of Pingguo, and says that he has come to ask to see the young master."

Lin Fan was taken aback, this prince of Pingguo was not an ordinary person, how could he come to see him

If you want to say that this prince of Pingguo, everyone in the world knows and everyone knows.

Where this dynasty was founded, Dugu Yingxiong, the first Pingguo Gong, followed Taizu to fight in the south and the north, and made many military exploits.

After the interior of the Central Plains was generally pacified, he was ordered by Taizu to lead an army to conquer the Western Regions, and dozens of countries in the Western Regions bowed down to Dayun and had to become a vassal of Dayun.

After incorporating the vast Western Regions into his territory, Dayun began to set up official offices and garrison troops in Shazhou, and appointed a group of officials led by the first Pingguo Gong to govern the Western Regions.

The first Pingguo Gong guarded the Western Regions for many years, and the people of the Western Regions were all respectful.

Later, he died of illness in the Taizong Dynasty, Taizong remembered his merits, and in order to better manage the Western Regions for the imperial court, he specially ordered his eldest son Dugu to continue to guard the Western Regions after the Emperor, and since then the tradition of the Western Regions has been formed in the Pingguo Gongfu Shizhen Western Regions.

After the peace of the world, in order to prevent the nobles from sitting big, the imperial court gathered most of the nobles and their descendants in the capital and granted them the positions with no power.

Therefore, since the founding of the country, most of the descendants of the founding fathers have gradually declined after several generations.

If there are no outstanding descendants who can revive the family business, then the descendants of the nobles who have not made many achievements can only gradually stay away from the center of the court and live empty of the ancestral title.

Compared with ordinary people, they are of course big people who seem to live in a heavenly fairyland, with endless delicacies of the mountains and seas every day, fresh clothes and angry horses when they go out, and groups of slaves. Being able to be born in such a public waiting home is a blessing that the vast majority of poor people may not be able to cultivate in a hundred lifetimes.

But for those who stand in the center of the court, they are just some rich idlers, but they rely on the shadow of their ancestors to leave a wealth in vain.

For example, many of them were higher than the cabinet chiefs at the time of the court meeting, but in fact they were just a group of echoes of His Majesty and the ministers

Basically, they don't have the right to speak.

This is the status quo of many descendants of Dayun, but the Pingguo Mansion is definitely not among them.

For more than 200 years, although the Pingguo Mansion is far away from the Central Plains and the imperial court, it has always ruled the Western Regions on behalf of the imperial court.

Many people in the Western Regions only know the Pingguo Mansion but do not know that there is a court, so the Pingguo Mansion is secretly called the Western Wangfu by some people, and they have given His Majesty eye medicine.

The Pingguo Mansion is like an emperor in the Western Regions, just like another country. The emperors of the previous dynasties of Dayun may not have the intention of changing this situation, but the Western Regions are far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the people of the Western Regions are barbaric and fierce, and they only recognize the Pingguo Mansion and not the imperial court.

Therefore, the imperial court was also beyond the reach of the whip and could not interfere too much in the affairs of the Western Regions. In addition, the status of the Pingguo Mansion is too important, once the Pingguo Mansion is moved, I am afraid that the Western Regions will immediately be in chaos, and the court has no choice but to turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye.

However, although the Pingguo Mansion was far away in the Western Regions, the imperial court did not care much about them except for the selection of officials to the Western Regions. However, the successive generations of Pingguo Gong were loyal to the imperial court, never had two hearts, and did their best to guard the land of the Western Regions for the imperial court.

Whenever the imperial court was recruited, the Pingguo Mansion also did its best to contribute, never pushing and pulling blockages.

In Lin Fan's opinion, this is also the reason why the Pingguo Mansion can be inherited to this day and is still a very popular minister, otherwise no matter how magnanimous the previous emperors of the Dayun Dynasty were, they would not have allowed the Pingguo Mansion to survive in the world, and they would have sent troops to exterminate it long ago.

For this prince of Pingguo, even if the Western Regions and Jiangzhou are thousands of miles apart, Lin Fan has also heard of it.

This person is the eldest son of the contemporary Pingguo Gongdugu Changxun, who is not too old, but he is already known as a virtuous person, and is quite loved by the people of Shazhou and the Western Regions.

And this person is not only good at governance, but also took over the affairs of the Pingguo Mansion at a young age, and took care of Shazhou in an orderly manner. In addition, he is quite brave, and he personally led more than 100 cavalry to smash the lair of several sand bandits, killing countless thieves.

He carried a silver spear in his hand, and killed the large and small sand bandits in the Western Regions, and as long as they heard his name, they would flee from the wind and flee away.

After that, the trade routes in the Western Regions, which had always been full of bandits, were much calmer, and the bandits no longer dared to blatantly loot the past merchants.

If there were really merchants who were robbed on the way, he would not only send soldiers and horses to help them recover their belongings, but also exempt the robbers from a certain amount of business taxes to reduce the losses of the merchants.

Therefore, the merchants who have been running around this trade route all the year round are grateful to this prince and the prince of peace, and this trade route, which has been gradually declining for hundreds of years, has also seen a revival.

As the reputation of the prince of Pingguo became bigger and bigger, and the world slowly knew that the prince of Pingguo had produced a son who was more virtuous than his father. Even Lin Fan, who was far away in Jiangnan and Huainan, had heard of him, which showed that this person was so famous.

Lin Fan felt that since this person was visiting, no matter what his purpose was, he should go and meet him.

What's more, Lin Fan is also curious about such a heroic figure, and he also wants to see if he is really as extraordinary as the legend, or if he is just an image made up by someone who flatters him, and then is made up by the world with false rumors.

He asked the passer, "Where is the prince of Pingguo now, and has he entered the palace now?"

The subordinate replied, "Back to the young master, the prince of Pingguo said that it was inconvenient to enter without the permission of the master, so he just handed over the name sticker, and he is still waiting outside the gate."

"This person is polite, and he doesn't have the arrogance of ordinary noble children, no wonder he has today's fame," Lin Fan thought secretly.

"Then you lead the way quickly, and I'll go to greet you in person" A character like the prince of Pingguo could wait at the door, and for Lin Fan, that person had already lowered his profile. Lin Fan naturally couldn't make people wait for a long time, so he hurriedly said.

When he came to the door, Lin Fan really saw a person waiting at the door.

I saw that this person was wearing a fox fur, standing straight, looking at the distance of the long street, his eyes were misty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

This person's posture is extraordinary, and just by standing there, he has his own majesty, and he is not to be underestimated.

This kind of bearing made Lin Fan feel a little broken. He hurriedly greeted him and said to his people, "It is rude to let the prince wait for a long time."

This person came back to his senses, smiled heartily, and said indifferently, "Haha, I think this is Lord Kobayashi, who has been praised by everyone in the capital recently."

"Lord Kobayashi, don't be polite, take the liberty to visit, it's me who is rude."

Lin Fan then remembered that he had forgotten to report himself, and he laughed at himself in his heart, "It seems that I have been recuperating from my injuries during this time, and I have been confused by my brain."

He hurriedly said, "It's Lin Fan below, the prince of the world is please."

The two came to the living room, and after sitting down, Lin Fan had the opportunity to quietly look at the prince of Pingguo.

This person has a square face, tough and upright facial features, and a short beard under his chin.

Probably because he had been in the western frontier for a long time and had been exposed to wind and sand, his exposed skin looked a little rough and not fair enough. This makes him not like a noble-born and pampered son, but more like a general on the battlefield.

But this roughness not only does not look vulgar on him, but adds a bit of heroism to him.

The prince of Pingguo is named Dugu Junyang, and as soon as he sat down, he said heartily, "As soon as I entered the capital, I heard that there was a young hero recently, who was like a divine soldier descending from heaven in this battle with the Manzhen army, and killed the Manzhen people crying for their fathers and mothers, and had to withdraw in disgrace." ”

"Heroes like Lord Kobayashi are really fascinating, how can I not see them when I come to the capital. Therefore, I just arrived in the capital at night yesterday, and I came to visit today, and I acted in a hurry, and I failed to inform the government in advance.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "The prince is serious, if the prince can come to the cold house, it will already make the cold house shine, how can there be anything inappropriate." ”

"As for the so-called young heroes, they are just false praise from the people, and they can't be true. Even if there is no me, Man Zhen will still retire from the army, and this credit cannot be counted on me. ”

He pointed at himself helplessly and laughed at himself, "Just look at my miserable appearance now, how can I be half like the young hero in the mouth of the prince."

Dugu Junyang smiled softly, "Lord Xiaolin is modest, and you can't say that, if it weren't for Lord Xiaolin leading the army to fight to the death and hurt Manzhen, the Manzhen army would not have withdrawn so early, and more people would have died on Dayun's side." ”

"Besides, Lord Xiaolin and the soldiers under his command have indeed saved the last bit of face for the imperial court, and the words of young Yingjie are not too much to use on you."

"Actually, when I first heard about Lord Kobayashi, I only heard rumors, and I thought Lord Kobayashi had three heads and six arms, and he was a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist."

"I didn't expect to see such a handsome son. With such a handsome appearance, he is a big hero in everyone's minds, I don't know how many girls will secretly like Lord Kobayashi in their hearts."

Lin Fan said, "Don't make fun of me, if you really want to talk about Yingjie, the prince is the real hero, but I have heard of the deeds of the son, compared with the son, I am far behind"