When the two of them sat down, Zhao Huan smiled and said to Lin Fan: "Xiao Lin Aiqing's heroic appearance on the battlefield a few days ago, I and the civil and military officials can see it clearly in the city. Your father is a big family in the literary world, although your Jiangzhou Lin family is a century-old family, but it has always been good at literary style, not focusing on martial arts, even you look handsome in appearance, a little delicate, and those legendary fierce generals are not at all like them. It's really unexpected, you are a rare battlefield general, and you are really unseemly. A heroic boy like you, to be able to appear in my big cloud, I am very happy in my heart! ”

"You have made such a great contribution this time, I want to reward you heavily. Whatever you say, as long as you ask, I can promise you! ”

Although His Majesty seemed to be in high spirits and his love for Lin Fan was not like a fake, Lin Ruxian was still worried that Lin Fan, who was entering the palace for the first time, would accidentally say the wrong thing.

He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has an overreputation, Fan'er is still young, and he deserves such praise from His Majesty." ”

"As for the reward, this victory mainly depends on His Majesty's heavenly virtue and the soldiers' lives. Although Fan'er has made some small contributions, but the size of the merit is not enough, and His Majesty has already rewarded it in his will today, if it is an additional reward, I am afraid that some people will be dissatisfied and feel that His Majesty's reward is too much, so it should not be rewarded again. ”

"And he is still young, if His Majesty exalts too much love, I am afraid that it will make him lazy, but he will not be able to do things for the court wholeheartedly!"

The emperor saw through Lin Ruxian's thoughts, he raised his hand indifferently and said: "Lin Aiqing is too worried, the earlier reward was discussed by the cabinet, and now I want to give Xiao Lin Aiqing something to reward, it is my intention, there is no conflict between the two, you don't have to worry." ”

"And the lazy heart you mentioned, Kobayashi Aiqing is loyal and patriotic, and has killed countless enemies in this battle, and even almost martyred, these people in the whole city see it. I don't believe that a loyal and patriotic person like Kobayashi Aiqing will be lazy to the court and the people. Besides, since I treat him with sincerity, I don't believe that he will return to me with sincerity! ”

"As for the others, if anyone else is dissatisfied, then let him come to me himself, if he can make such a contribution as Kobayashi Aiqing, I will naturally not be stingy with rewards; If not, then such a waste is better to shut up obediently, incompetent people, what will they do when they come out and be jealous of their abilities, what qualifications does such a person have to question me. ”

"So I know that Lin Aiqing loves him, and I don't want him to be too much of a showman in the court too early, but the edge of the sword can't be blindly blocked, it's too clumsy and not beautiful, so you're not afraid of the sword rusting?"

Therefore, there is no need to excuse Kobayashi Aiqing, let him say what he wants. Kobayashi Aiqing, what do you want to say, just say it! ”

Lin Fan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty raises love, as a courtier of Your Majesty, it is said that the minister should not refuse." It's just that His Majesty's current grace has made the ministers panic, and if there is another reward, it will only make the ministers more uncomfortable. Therefore, please ask Your Majesty to take back your order, and don't make it difficult for your minister! ”

Zhao Huan said a little helplessly when he heard this: "That's right, if I seem to be too kind to Xiaolin Aiqing, it will inevitably attract people's attention and make some people target you." ”

"Now these people in the DPRK are all wine bags and rice bags when they do things, and letting them go to the front line to fight is like asking for their lives. But if you want to talk about the nest and the officialdom fight, they are all experts, and they are extremely skilled in secretly stabbing and stumbling. ”

"If I reward Xiaolin too much, I'm afraid that it will really attract people's jealousy, and I will provoke a lot of enemies for you. These people will secretly plot against you, even attack you, sow discord between me and you, and even put you to death. ”

Seeing that Lin Fan's face was not good, the emperor stopped talking, and he continued: "Don't think that I am scaring you, let alone that I am smelling

Sensational. I know what you're thinking, you want to say you didn't do anything, you don't want to be an enemy or against other people, they don't have to do this to you! ”

"It's not wrong for you to think this way, but it doesn't mean that everyone else thinks the same way. Although you haven't done anything, and you don't want to be their enemy, there are many things in this world that you can't say clearly if you don't want to, and they don't deal with you because you want to be their enemy, or because you have done anything against them, just because you are in their way, that's all. ”

"It's just that in this way, although I have good intentions, I have also added a big enemy to Kobayashi Aiqing, so I have lost my original intention."

Zhao Huan smiled bitterly: "Okay, since Xiaolin Aiqing has said so, it is also that I love Xiaolin Aiqing too much, and I am a little ill-considered, so this matter will be put aside for the time being." In the future, Kobayashi Aiqing has made other contributions, and I will reward them again! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Ruxian and Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts at the same time, His Majesty is notoriously stingy today, and rarely rewards his subordinates, the emperor's benefits are not easy to take, the holy grace is like the sky and the sea, he is so generous today, tomorrow may ask you to pay it back with your life, so this reward can be or not.

And the emperor's words just now made Lin Fan frightened, he had just arrived in the capital, and some of his mentality had not yet changed, and now he still had the same thoughts and concepts in the local area as before.

At the local level, he can not care about the attitude of those local officials, because they can't do anything about themselves, even if they don't like themselves, they can't do anything to themselves. If someone really plays tricks on themselves, they may not be afraid of them, and if they have an identity and background, they must not be the ones who suffer in the end.

But when you get to the capital, everything is different, just pull someone out here, and your identity background will not be worse than your own, either a dignitary or a certain great person.

If nothing else, let's just say that the person sitting on the throne really wants to kill himself, he doesn't need to speak, maybe as long as he looks at him, there are countless people vying to cut off his head to please him.

So if you have the same mentality as before, I'm afraid that in the end, you won't even know how you died.

Lin Fan secretly wrote down these in his heart and alerted himself.

"By the way, Xiaolin Aiqing, I heard that you are Fang Ping's disciple?" The Emperor put aside the fold in his hand and asked suddenly, as if inadvertently.

Lin Ruxian's forehead kept oozing sweat, the emperor's words were secretly murderous, if he answered carelessly, he would inevitably incur the emperor's dissatisfaction.

Don't look at the emperor's current affection for Lin Fan, but people's hearts are fickle, especially the emperor's heart is even more difficult to guess. Once the Sacred Heart is lost, no matter how great Lin Fan is, he is destined to have no future in the future.

And the reason why His Majesty met with Lin Fan today was only because he was afraid to test the thoughts of his father and son on this matter, which was his real purpose today.

Lin Fan replied respectfully: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the minister is a disciple of Mr., who has been under Mr. for many years, and the art of war and skills he has learned are also taught by Mr. by words and deeds!" ”

"Oh, then what do you think of the imprisonment of General Fang Ping?" Zhao Huan asked again.

Lin Fan said: "In this battle, Mr. blindly avoided the war and repeatedly delayed the fighters, causing the Manchu Zhen army to cause disaster to Gyeonggi, the Beijing division was besieged, and the people were slaughtered. ”

"Although Mr. can't blame all of this, Mr. does have to bear some responsibility. If Mr. could lead the Liaodong Frontier Army to have one or two major battles with the enemy, this time the Manzhen army might have withdrawn ahead of schedule, and it would not have caused such a big loss to Gyeonggi. ”

"A mistake is a mistake, although I am a disciple of Mr., I will not shy away from Master's mistakes."

The emperor looked at Lin Fan: "That means you think I'm right to punish Fang Ping!" ”

Lin Fan lowered his head: "If you are wrong, you will be punished, and you will bear the corresponding price for your choice, there is nothing to say, Your Majesty's handling is naturally wise!" ”

After saying this, Lin Fan said again: "Mr. is at fault, and he should be punished accordingly by His Majesty." However, if you want to say that Mr. has other thoughts, supports the army and even plots against him, the minister is the first to believe it! ”

"Mr. didn't think about it and put the Jingshi in danger, but it was actually to protect the Liaodong Frontier Army. Although the minister was in Huainan, he also had some understanding of the situation in Liaodong, and knew how difficult it was for the Liaodong border army to keep the Manzhen army out of the pass. ”

"If the Liaodong Frontier Army suffers too much damage in this battle, and the Manzhen army comes again next year, who should stop it?"

"Therefore, Mr. also has his own unavoidable hardships to avoid war, please be aware of Your Majesty!"

Zhao Huan's face was gloomy: "I also know that he is trying to protect the eastern Liaodong border army, but when Manzhen was besieging the city, I gave orders to urge the war several times, but he ignored them. In today's Liaodong Army, I only know the military orders of Governor Fang but do not know my will. You say, is the Liaodong Frontier Army mine, or is it his Pingping? Did he do this, did he ever take me in the slightest? ”

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and the father of the world, and the Liaodong Border Army is naturally Your Majesty's. But Mr. Liaodong Governor was also personally promoted by His Majesty, with His Majesty's wisdom and wisdom, if Mr. was not loyal to His Majesty and the imperial court, how could His Majesty let him sit in that position? Lin Fan said in a deep voice.

Listening to the quarrel between the two, Lin Ruxian's sweat couldn't stop flowing. He didn't expect Lin Fan to dare to contradict His Majesty in front of His Majesty, which made him very worried, in case he angered His Majesty, he was afraid that two more people would be added to the edict today.

It's just that although he was worried, he couldn't stop Lin Fan directly, so he could only keep tugging at the corner of Lin Fan's clothes and let him say a few words.

He pulled this to stop Lin Fan, who was about to continue speaking.

Zhao Huan is a high-minded and arrogant person, where would he admit that he had seen the wrong person, seeing Lin Fan move out to defend Fang Ping, the emperor was a little speechless.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Loyalty is not an excuse for his reckless behavior, if all the governors of the world do not listen to orders like him, then where will I be placed?" ”

"You also said that I am the Son of Heaven and the Father of the World, but everyone doesn't take me seriously, at that time, will I still be the Son of Heaven?"

"Also, you said that Fang Ping avoided the war in order to protect the Liaodong border army. But if the Liaodong border army is preserved, and the rest of the imperial court is all finished or disabled, and the most elite soldiers and horses in the world are in his hands at that time, who of you can guarantee that he will not have other thoughts? ”

"Since you keep saying that he is faithful, then let him be counted as faithful, but so what? With that pitiful loyalty, how can you reassure me? ”

The more the emperor spoke, the more angry he became, and in the end, his anger was hard to suppress, and the words were almost squeezed out of his teeth.

Angering His Majesty like this, Lin Ruxian and Lin Fan dared to sit there, the two of them could only kneel on the ground in unison and ask for guilt: "The minister offended His Majesty, the crime deserves death, please condemn Your Majesty!" ”

Since ascending the throne, Zhao Huan has rarely lost his honor like this, but fortunately, in addition to Lin Ruxian's father and son, there are also several palace maids and eunuchs waiting on the side, so that more people will not see it.

And those palace maids and eunuchs thought about their own lives, and they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground as early as the beginning of the emperor's anger, where did they dare to look up at His Majesty's gaffe!

Zhao Huan suppressed his anger and adjusted his mood: "Okay, let's get up!" ”