Chapter 174: Back then
Zheng Wuji's words evoked a burst of memories of Yu Wuwu, and Yu Wuwu's expression changed slightly.
But Yu Wuwu finally shook his head.
"Nearly twenty years have passed, and whatever the facts are, the pattern of the Celestial Star Empire is a foregone conclusion. Even if you and I join forces, what can we change?"
"If you can't change it, can you just sit idly by?" Zheng Wuji said loudly: "Back then, it could be said that the Lin family single-handedly saved the Celestial Star Empire. If it weren't for Lin Tianxiao, the Celestial Star Empire would have been gone long ago. But as soon as the war was over, how did the Lin family be treated. Even if Lin Tianxiao took the overall situation into account and deliberately tolerated it, the actions of the royal family were too chilling. ”
"Ma family, what kind of thing. Ma Jianfei was just a villain who could sneak around and shoot horses. Now, it has become the Seven Heroes of the Imperial Capital, and thirty percent of the soldiers and horses have been separated from the Lin family. On the contrary, the Lin family, who is the biggest hero, has been suppressed everywhere, and the core figures are now all idle at home, and only one righteous son, Lin Kezhi, is leading the troops outside. You say it's ridiculous. ”
After listening to this, Yu Wuwu said, "What you said is a bit excessive. The existence of any force has its significance. Although Ma Jianfei is a little unbearable, there is nothing wrong with it. The power of the Ma family is also enough to support the status of the Ma family. ”
"Hmph. Zheng Wuji snorted angrily: "Meaning! The meaning of the existence of the Ma family is to weaken the power of the Lin family, I knew that this was the case, I should have killed Ma Jianfei first." ”
Zheng Wuji, who kept saying that he had a dislike for Lin Tianxiao in front of Lin Zhan, is now trying his best to defend the Lin family in front of Yu Wuwu. even hugged the Lin family and expressed his dissatisfaction with the royal family.
This huge contrast before and after has some hidden secrets that Lin Zhan doesn't know.
And the dialogue between Zheng Wuji and Yu Wuwu also unveiled the tip of the iceberg of the past.
Now that the Lin family's power and prestige in the Celestial Star Empire have reached a terrifying position, the Lin family's direct command and influence of the imperial army accounts for seventy percent, and they are all elite divisions. In many places in the Celestial Star Empire, people only offered the tablets of the Lin family and did not worship the royal family. As for the Lin family's army, they only know the Lin family's military orders and don't know what the holy decree is.
Such a terrifying power naturally became a threat to the royal family. But this kind of power is not because the Lin family has any ambitions, but because the situation is compelling.
It all goes back to a catastrophe that the Celestial Star Empire faced twenty years ago.
At that time, Emperor Taizu of the Celestial Star Empire died suddenly, and the crown prince, the current emperor, hurriedly ascended the throne, and the empire fell into chaos. Various hostile forces took the opportunity to attack the Celestial Star Empire. Many rebellious forces within the empire colluded with enemy countries to subvert the Celestial Star Empire.
In such a crisis situation, the three giants of the military, the Situ family, the Lin family, and the Ma family, each led their own troops to resist. But the enemy army is large, and the Situ family can only barely meet the enemy, just defending is already quite difficult, and it is impossible to counterattack at all. As for the Ma family, it was even worse, due to the rebellious strength within the empire, the Ma family's army was defeated one after another, and the defense line was on the verge of collapse.
The entire Celestial Star Empire was in jeopardy at that time, and the only hope was the Lin family.
As the saying goes, the times create heroes, and it is in this situation that the Lin family lives up to expectations and becomes the hero who saves the Celestial Star Empire in times of crisis.
There are four people in the Lin family for two generations, all of whom are rare geniuses. Lin Tianxiao, the head of the family, is an old minister who followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world, and has a very high prestige in the army. The three sons under the knees, the eldest son Lin Kecheng, are calm and calm, and have no last resort. The second son, Lin Crow, is brave and powerful. Yizi Lin Kezhi is wise and domineering, decisive and ruthless.
At that time, the Lin family led more than a million troops of the empire to fight against enemy forces several times their size. Lin Tianxiao sat in the Chinese army and commanded the overall situation. The three sons attacked in three ways, and at the same time defeated the three empires of Yantang, Shenlong, and Holy Light, and resolved the crisis in the north of the empire. After that, Lin Tianxiao and Lin Cro led the army to rescue the Situ family and defeated the Amigia Empire. Lin Kecheng and Lin Kezhi led the army south to rescue the Ma family. Halfway through the march, the Barbarian Empire heard that all the four empires had been defeated, and the Lin family was leading the army south, immediately retreating, and sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Celestial Star Empire.
The Ma family had a chance to breathe, and before the arrival of Lin Kecheng and Lin Kezhi, they quickly suppressed the rebellious forces of the empire and regained the lost territory, which can be regarded as saving a little face of the Ma family.
Just imagine, if the Barbarian Empire hesitates a little, and as soon as the army of Lin Kecheng and Lin Kezhi arrives, and then exterminates the Barbarian Empire, then now the Celestial Star Empire is not the so-called three giants in the army, but only one overlord in the army - the Lin family.
At that time, after calming down the internal and external troubles, the whole Celestial Star Empire celebrated and all the people celebrated, and the prestige of the Lin family was overwhelmed by the apex of the royal family in some aspects.
Lin Tianxiao, as the head of the Lin family and a wise and brave person, immediately saw the crisis lurking behind the surface scenery of the Lin family, and immediately made a decision. Later, when the royal family was crowned a meritorious hero, Lin Tianxiao strongly recommended the merits of the Situ family and the Ma family, and gave up the position of the generalissimo of the imperial soldiers and horses, and he was willing to be under it.
It can be said that it is precisely because of Lin Tianxiao's single-handed promotion that the current situation in which the military of the Celestial Star Empire is jointly controlled by the three giants.
The royal family was originally hurt by the prestige and power of the Lin family, but now seeing Lin Tianxiao's rapid retreat, they are also happy to see this situation.
The Lin family had already become a behemoth at that time, and they were also meritorious ministers. is suppressing the Lin family, which is the next step for the royal family. Since Lin Tianxiao knew how to retreat, the royal family just pushed the boat down the river, pushed the Situ family to the position of generalissimo of the soldiers and horses to suppress the Lin family, and at the same time vigorously supported the Ma family to resist the Lin family.
After twenty years of hard work, the current political situation of the Celestial Star Empire has finally been formed. And although such a political situation was unfair to the Lin family, it ensured the stability of the Celestial Star Empire for twenty years.
This is what Yu Wuwu said, the political situation of Tianxing is a foregone conclusion, and it cannot be changed, nor can it be changed.
Lin Tianxiao also saw the overall situation, so he chose to remain silent in the face of the royal family's pressing steps. Even most of the time, Lin Tianxiao would choose to contribute to the actions of the royal family.
This is the real reason why the current political situation of the Celestial Star Empire has been formed.
As for the grievances between Lin Tianxiao and Zheng Wuji, it's another matter.
At the beginning, Lin Tianxiao was indeed dissatisfied with Zheng Wuji's brutality, and Zheng Wuji's subordinates also complained. Lin Tianxiao's first thought was to engage Zheng Wuji's military law to reassure the army. But at that time, the war was tight, and it was quite inappropriate to kill the generals before the battle. And this Zheng Wuji commanded 600,000 horses and beheaded Zheng Wuji, and there was no one else to replace him for a while. Therefore, under the persuasion of Lin Kecheng and others, Lin Tianxiao exempted Zheng Wuji from the death penalty and punished him with fifty military sticks.
This incident did make Zheng Wuji have great resentment towards Lin Tianxiao, and Zheng Wuji even said afterwards that he must make Lin Tianxiao pay the price.
At that time, the great enemy was current, and few people took Zheng Wuji's words to heart.
A month later, Zheng Wuji led his army to attack, but because of the betrayal of one of his lieutenants, he fell into the siege of the two empires of Yantang and Shenlong. After several days of bloody fighting, he was unable to break through, and his sergeants suffered heavy casualties.
What made Zheng Wuji even more annoyed was that he was surrounded by enemy troops for several days, and none of the several Celestial Star troops around him came to the rescue.
On the one hand, Zheng Wuji offended many people on weekdays, and on the other hand, the two empires of Yan and Tang and Shenlong made sufficient preparations for this ambush. At this time, to save Zheng Wuji, if he can save it, he can't save it, and there is a great possibility that he will be dragged down.
Seeing that the 600,000 troops under his command were about to be wiped out, Zheng Wuji was disheartened.
Just when Zheng Wuji was about to be defeated and killed, it was Lin Tianxiao who galloped with his soldiers and horses for five days and five nights, spanning nearly thousands of miles, and rushed to rescue Zheng Wuji.
In this battle, Zheng Wuji's 600,000 troops were almost wiped out, and only 10,000 people were rescued in the end, and most of the soldiers and horses led by Lin Tianxiao were also damaged, and even Lin Tianxiao himself was accidentally injured by a stray arrow when he was exhausted.
After that, Zheng Wuji ran to ask Lin Tianxiao why he ran to save himself regardless of the danger since he wanted his life before.
At that time, Lin Tianxiao was treating his injuries, naked, half of his body was wrapped in bandages, and he was a little embarrassed, but Lin Tianxiao's momentum did not decrease at all.