Chapter 18 The future of the Lin family is upon us
Lin Feng's heart should have been full of resentment towards the royal family. It was only because of the education he received since childhood and the influence of Lin Tianxiao that he worked hard to suppress it. What Lin Zhan has to do now is to use the cruel reality to completely detonate Lin Feng's resentment.
"Big brother, you should know better than me what the situation of the Lin family has been in these years?" Lin Zhan continued: "In recent years, the Celestial Star Empire has fought many battles with the Yantang, Holy Light, Divine Dragon, Amitya, and Barbarian Empires. The Lin family has won great victories on several expeditions, and their prestige is so great that even the enemy has to say a word to the Lin family. The prestige of the Lin family in the army has already completely overwhelmed the Situ family and the Ma family. Of the more than five million regular troops in the empire, nearly seventy percent of them can be directly commanded by the Lin family. Of the five main legions of the empire, three are recognized as the Lin family's faction. Although Situ Wei was the generalissimo of the imperial army, he had the power to mobilize the army of the whole country. But his military orders must be approved by the Lin family before they can be truly implemented, otherwise the military orders will not work at all within the Lin family's army. As for the Ma family, he is simply a clown who jumps off the beam. If it weren't for the identity of a relative of the royal family, it would be impossible for the royal family to support the Ma family so hard to balance the power of the Lin family. But even so, the Ma family can only control about thirty percent of the empire's army now, and it is not the elite. ”
"Big brother, you can think about it, the Lin family has such a big power. The original military triumvirate checked and balanced each other, and now the Lin family is the de facto dominance. Whether it was the Lin family's deliberate actions or the imperial situation that pushed the Lin family to this position. As the true controller of the empire, can His Majesty the Emperor tolerate the Lin family continuing like this. If it's just a simple suppression, I'm afraid it's already very cheap for the Lin family. ”
Since ancient times, in any empire, as long as you have military power, you have mastered everything. And the emperor of every empire is far more afraid and defensive of military generals than of civil servants.
The reason why the Tianxing Empire let the Ma family, the Lin family, and the Situ family jointly take charge of the army, and even placed the Lin family, which had the greatest credit, under the Situ family, was to prevent the military power from being monopolized by the Lin family, which would then threaten the royal family.
It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, although the royal family took great pains to do this, but the development of things still deviated from the predetermined track of the royal family.
The Lin family finally reached a point where the royal family had to be cautious. Naturally, some necessary repression is also indispensable.
"The Lin family has produced many generations of talents. Needless to say, grandfather Lin Tianxiao's prestige, father Lin Kecheng already has the demeanor of a generation of famous handsomes. The second uncle and the third uncle are also rare good generals in the world. You are now a leader of the younger generation. If this continues, the Lin family has been prosperous for a hundred years, and there is no problem at all. This is certainly a good thing for the Lin family, but it is not so good for the royal family. ”
"The current Lin family is already difficult to control. If it is allowed to develop on this basis for another hundred years, I am afraid that the Celestial Star Empire will really change the sky. How could the royal family allow such a thing to happen. ”
The once-prosperous Lin family is far less dangerous than the long-lasting Lin family.
If there is no successor to the Lin family, or the descendants are all mediocre, the royal family may not have to worry about it. Because the Lin family has no hope in the future, there is no hope, and there is no ambition if there is no hope.
But the descendants of the Lin family are all rare geniuses, and even the young Lin Feng is not to be underestimated now. With such a Lin family, it is difficult for the royal family not to pay attention to it.
Now Lin Tianxiao is still a loyal gentleman. No matter what the royal family does, as long as it does not directly wipe out the Lin family, Lin Tianxiao will not make a big move. But an important reason why Lin Tianxiao is doing this now is because the Lin family still has him, and Lin Tianxiao himself can't die in a short time.
As long as he Lin Tianxiao is in charge, the Lin family will not decay.
But if one day Lin Tianxiao gets old, or if something happens and he feels that he is about to die, will Lin Tianxiao change his mind and think more about his family. You must know that for an old man who is dying, the future of the family is often overwhelming. And ambition is not something that has existed from the beginning, but more of a long-term position, which is imperceptibly generated.
With him Lin Tianxiao here, no one in the Tianxing Empire dared to really move the Lin family. But in case Lin Tianxiao is not there one day, it is difficult to say whether those who are eyeing the Lin family can still bear it. In addition, Lin Kecheng and several of them are indeed good talents, and those people will be more jealous and defensive of the Lin family. As long as Lin Tianxiao died, they might do it immediately.
The Lin family is not afraid of real battles, but how many of those people will be stupid enough to clash with the Lin family face to face. Especially the one who holds the highest power in the empire. As long as Lin Tianxiao dies, he can use any means to tear the Lin family's forces to pieces, turning the originally united Lin family into a plate of scattered sand. If you are a little more vicious, it is not impossible to wipe out the Lin family.
Lin Tianxiao doesn't need to think too much, he only needs to have such a little hint, which is extremely dangerous for the royal family. In order to prevent this from happening, the royal family had to take some action. And these actions will more or less give Lin Tianxiao some touch, but will promote Lin Tianxiao's worries in this regard.
As a result, a vicious circle fell between the Lin family and the royal family.
Lin Feng has always been proud of the Lin family, believing that the Lin family is the patron saint of the Celestial Star Empire and the unshakable pillar of the Celestial Star Empire. And in fact, it is true, it is precisely because of the Lin family's successive victories for the Celestial Star Empire that the prosperity and stability within the Celestial Star Empire for more than twenty years have been ensured. As a result, the Lin family also gained great prestige in the Celestial Star Empire. Not only in the army, but even the ordinary people of the Celestial Star Empire had great respect for the Lin family.
This is certainly the capital that the Lin family is proud of, but it is also the source of disaster. Unparalleled prestige and meritorious service became the fundamental reason for the royal family's targeting of the Lin family. When there is no one in the major families who can compete with the Lin family, then only the royal family itself will deal with the Lin family.
Lin Jiagong is high.
Lin Feng lowered his head in some pain. It's not that he can't think of these things, but he didn't want to think about them before. But today, Lin Zhan has already raised this question, and Lin Feng has to think about it even if he doesn't want to think about it anymore.
Lin Zhan wouldn't simply spend so much time just to say these words. After this period of contact, Lin Feng was sure that Lin Zhan had his purpose in doing this. Thinking about what Lin Zhan said before, Lin Feng had a general idea in his heart.
This problem has been avoided by himself for several years, and Lin Feng also feels very aggrieved. Seeing that his family is being suppressed step by step, is he really indifferent and let others slaughter him?
But with Lin Tianxiao pressing on it, what can he do now?
Lin Zhan was right, the arrogant Lin Feng had long been dissatisfied with what the royal family had done over the years. But he could only suppress these dissatisfaction in his heart before, and he didn't dare to say some words even in the face of his grandfather and father.
But today, Lin Zhan suddenly completely detonated the resentment that he had been hiding in his heart. gave Lin Feng a chance to vomit. And Lin Zhan's performance just now also alluded to some of Lin Feng's previous thoughts. So in addition to letting himself say the words that he was holding in his heart, Lin Feng also had another thought.
At this time, Lin Feng finally spoke: "Brother, I know everything you said. I also understand the situation of the Lin family now. But what can I do now? Although I have a good reputation now, I am just a white body with no long job. Everything I have now comes from the Lin family, grandpa and they don't move, what can I do?"
Lin Feng said this as both a helplessness and a temptation.
Lin Feng wanted to see what Lin Zhan wanted, and what did Lin Zhan do?
As soon as Lin Zhan heard this, he immediately understood that Lin Feng had taken the bait, so he immediately said, "Who said we can't do anything." Big brother, you have to understand. We are the third generation of the Lin family, and the future of the Lin family will fall on us after all. ”
Lin Feng asked "what can I do", but Lin Zhan said "we".
Lin Feng, who heard this gap, immediately became nervous, and looked at Lin Zhan with some excitement.
Lin Zhan is different from him, what he has received since he was a child is Lin Tianxiao's set of thoughts. Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied he was with the royal family in his heart, he could only endure it first, and he couldn't do anything without Lin Tianxiao's support.
But Lin Zhan is different. From the very beginning, he was dismissive of the things that the Lin family had instilled in him, and he was almost never influenced by the Lin family. Therefore, there is a huge gap between his thinking and Lin Feng. Lin Feng thought that there were some things that he didn't dare to do, and when he came to Lin Zhan, he didn't have the slightest concern.
Lin Zhan also made this intention clear just now. This made Lin Feng, who was in a dilemma, see a glimmer of hope.
Lin Zhan had already given him a lot of surprises today, and maybe he would give himself some surprises.
"Big brother, you just said something right. Even now, grandpa, they won't move. On the one hand, they don't want to move, and on the other hand, they don't dare to move. After all, their influence in the Celestial Star Empire is too great, and their goals are too big. As soon as they moved, the movement was not small, not to mention it, and it would be even more troublesome to cause a greater backlash from the royal family. ”
"Grandpa, they understand this, so they can't move on the surface. But big brother, this scruple is not so big for us. ”
Lin Feng's eyes lit up, and he said with a slight groan: "You mean, we can bypass Grandpa and do some things by themselves." ”
Lin Zhan nodded approvingly: "I just said that the future of the Lin family is in us, because we are the descendants of the Lin family." But this is only in the future, and we are still two children who have not grown up in the eyes of outsiders. What do the children do below, and how much will the adults care? Big brother, you have caused a lot of trouble outside over the years, and it is not once or twice that you have injured or disabled people, but which time did the adults in the family come forward to solve it? As long as the sons and ladies of their respective families are okay, what will happen if they get a few lives?"
Lin Zhan's words made Lin Feng nod frequently. Indeed, conflicts between juniors, as long as they do not hurt each other's lives, the elders of the family generally do not care.
But Lin Zhan's sentence "provoked a lot of right and wrong" made Lin Feng have a black line, and he almost didn't scold.
Do you dare to say that ninety percent of the rights and wrongs I provoked were to defend you. There is no one in the imperial capital who dares to say that you are a waste, who has not been treated well by himself. Even the prince I beat me twice.
Lin Zhan actually blushed and didn't beat his heart, and he attributed all these things to Lin Feng's head. This made Lin Feng jump to his feet in anger.
Lin Zhan didn't care about Lin Feng's reaction at all, and continued: "In addition to our age, there is one more important point. The injustice of the royal family to the Lin family over the years is real. Grandpa and Dad have been at home for years. As soon as the second uncle destroyed the enemy's momentum this time, he was transferred back and asked the Ma family to pick up this ready-made bargain. The list goes on and on. Even no matter how good your temper is, it will be ignited by these. Not to mention that the Lin family is a bloody soldier. ”
Grandpa can control what he does and doesn't do, but he can't eliminate this resentment in his heart. Father and second uncle and third uncle are the same, the longer they hold back, the calmer they look, and the greater the anger in their hearts. At this time, if we really do something, as long as it is not so over-the-top on the surface, how likely are you that they will really oppose us. ”
Lin Feng's heart was shocked, and a stunned look appeared on his face, and then he pondered.
What Lin Zhan said was exactly what he hadn't considered before. Because Lin Feng has never really made up his mind to do something, he is more entangled in his beliefs and the swaying between his family. So he rarely thinks about what his family will do if he does something.
Lin Feng always subconsciously thought that Lin Tianxiao, who was silent about the actions of the royal family, would also not allow himself to do anything, let alone agree to what he did. Therefore, it is impossible for me to get support from my family.
But now follow Lin Zhan's train of thought and think about it. If he didn't ask Lin Tianxiao's opinion to do things first, what would Lin Tianxiao's reaction be?