The sky was cold and clear, the sea water was blue, and the sentry boats were flying around. There were fast paddle boats on both sides passing by for inspection. Lin Fu leaned against the side of the boat and looked at the sentry boat approaching to ask to board the Dongyang. When he saw clearly the man in the bow wearing a short robe, mandarin jacket and melon skin hat.
The middle-aged man looked slightly startled.
Lin Mengde was extremely surprised when he saw the appearance of the visitor and said, "Why is he here?"
Lin Tingxun's eldest son, Lin Xuwen, passed the Jinshi examination during the late emperor's reign and then stayed in Beijing as an official. After more than ten years of service, he became a doctor in the Ministry of Industry. He was thirty-nine years old and was ranked in the fifth rank. He was considered a middle-aged and powerful official.
Since then, Lin Xuwen has occasionally returned to his hometown to visit relatives. As a member of the clan who is not valued much, Lin Fu has almost no chance to interact with him and has a very weak impression of him. However, Lin Xuwen and his father Lin Tingxun seem to be exactly the same.
He has narrow eyes, a thin face and a pointed chin, and like Lin Tingxun, he has a short beard under his chin.
Lin Fu and Lin Mengde never expected that Lin Xuwen would come to Jinhai.
Lin Xuwen climbed up from the rope ladder. Lin Fu reached out to help him, and was still thinking about how to deal with it. Lin Xuwen grabbed the side of the boat with one hand and said with a smile: "My old father said when he was still alive that this generation of the Lin clan will definitely make a big difference."
A glorious man, Lao Shiqi, you fought well in the two battles in Cangnan!"
"Compared to the eldest brother, Seventeen's achievements are far from enough." Lin Fu laughed, took Lin Xuwen's arm, and pulled him to stand on the deck.
Lin Mengde saw that the thirty-year-old young man who came on the boat behind Lin Xuwen was quite extraordinary and did not look like a follower brought by Lin Xuwen. He stretched out his hand to help him up and asked with a smile: "Sir, how are you doing?
call?"
"I don't dare to take it, Yang Zhishan, the head of the Ministry of War's Staff Department..." The young man was a little uncomfortable with the bumps on the ship. He stood still and then said with his hands, and then turned around to look at the middle-aged man behind him who had a feminine appearance, a beardless lips, and a face as white as a woman.
The man helped him up and said, "This is Mr. Liu Zhiliu, the minister of the Provincial Bureau of Internal Affairs..."
The one who should come has finally arrived, Lin Fu thought to himself, and hurriedly met with Yang Zhishan, the head of the Ministry of War, and Liu Zhi, the eunuch's chamberlain and minister of the provincial bureau.
After defeating the enemy twice and achieving great victories over a thousand people, Lin Fudu sent a messenger to sneak into the capital to report the victory.
The messenger reporting the first victory has already rushed back from Yanjing, bringing back some rewards from the imperial court.
Lin Fu was not promoted again, but was given a scarlet official robe, a green armor suit, and more than a hundred gold and silver coins. Lin Fu was now the seventh-grade governor, and the official uniform was blue.
Fei color is the color of official uniforms for officials of the fifth rank and above. Granting Fei to officials of the seventh rank is an honor and a spiritual encouragement, not a substantial promotion. But if Lin Fu was martyred in the war or became an official after the war,
, but you can enjoy the political treatment of a fifth-grade official.
The commanders of the fourth battalion, Zhao Qingshan, Ning Zechen, Cao Ziang, and Zhou Pu, were all promoted to the rank of eighth-grade Xiaoqi deputy lieutenant. Lin Mengde was also specially awarded the title of Scholar for accompanying the army as counselor of military affairs, and officially obtained the status of an official.
These were just rewards for leading the army north to Yannan. The military merits of the great victory in Cangnan will be inspected by someone from the Military Requirement Department before further discussion.
Regardless of whether the undercurrent surging behind the scenes is a main battle or a peace, especially when Lin Fu led the Jiangdong Left Army to march north to Yannan, it did not seem to affect the overall situation of a main battle or a peace. This brave and enterprising spirit
It must be encouraged, otherwise it will not be justified to both the government and the opposition.
Even the Chu Party needed Lin Xu to resist the attacks from the government and the opposition on their secret support for the peace talks.
After the Yannan three mansions were completely devastated by the invading Dongqi, although those in power still wanted to negotiate for peace, they could not stop the public opinion of both the government and the opposition from turning towards war.
The procedures for merit review by the Ministry of War are rather cumbersome. The channel from Gyeongsang Province to Cangnan is blocked. It is inconvenient for the Ministry of War to send officials to verify the achievements. This is a completely justified excuse, but it is somewhat postponed to discuss later and is not meant to be publicized. Tang Haoxin
In the private letter brought by the messenger, although he was very positive about Lin Fu's approach of leading the army to the north, he also specifically ordered Lin Fu to "do not waste the battle, and do not let the victory of Cangnan be lost by one piece."
At least in late December, just after the victory of Cangnan, it was clear that the people in charge of the DPRK were still thinking about peace negotiations.
If Lin Fu was a qualified politician, he should have retreated south to Linzi Prefecture to defend the city after the Cangnan victory, and just wait for the war to end and enjoy the military success brought by the Cangnan victory.
After Xiaobotou Village achieved another great victory, wiping out thousands of people, Lin Mengde, Cao Ziang and others suggested to postpone reporting the victory and suggested that they attack them. Anyway, they were not subject to the control of the DPRK, but there was no need to follow the undercurrent of the DPRK's peace talks.
Conflict, not to mention the undercurrent of peace talks between the DPRK and China was directly promoted by the Chu Party. Besides, repeated victories not only conflict with the undercurrent of peace talks between the DPRK and China, but also make other Lu Qin Wang divisions lose face. It is good that they can continue to win, but once they lose,
It is possible for these incompetent people to jointly attack.
Lin Fu still resisted all opinions and continued to send messengers to Beijing to report victory. Although there were great political risks, with the risks came equally huge opportunities. Lin Fu hoped that there would be fewer Qinwangshi from all walks of life.
With some sense of shame, no matter whether it is war or peace in the end, at least I can be a little more positive during the ongoing stage of the war.
Lin Fu not only sent a messenger to Beijing to report the victory, but also firmly lured Nahe Xiongqi's tribe to come to Jinhai for a battle.
Lin Xuwen, Yang Zhishan, and Liu Zhi rushed to Jinhai together, and Lin Fu knew that the wind in the court had finally changed.
This battle continues to this day, and the situation is becoming more and more obvious. The Donglu invaders intend to plunder this time, and their continuous combat capabilities in the hinterland of Yan and Hebei are also due to their continuous loss of casualties and increasingly large amounts of property and people.
Ding plundered and weakened, and it will definitely exit the pass before the weather gets warmer.
The three prefectures in Yannan have been crippled, most of Shandong Pingyuan Prefecture has fallen, and the captive cavalry is about to retreat. It is the greatest political immaturity for the Chu party to openly stand up and advocate peace at this time.
Yang Zhishan is the head of the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of War, and is of the sixth rank. He is here to inspect the military merits on behalf of the Ministry of War. Liu Zhi, the chamberlain, is the bureau official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now the emperor has appointed Hao Zongcheng, the chamberlain's young eunuch, to supervise the Tianxia Qinwang Division. Liu Zhi is afraid that he is coming here.
Lin Fu, who serves as the supervisor of the army, just couldn't figure out what Lin Xuwen was doing here to join in the fun.
Lin Fu held Lin Xuwen's arm and asked with a smile: "Coming from Gyeonggi, my eldest brother, Mr. Yang, and Mr. Liu must have suffered a lot. Come into the cabin and take a rest..."
"Master Hao was afraid of sending troops to cover our passage through Tongzhou, so he disguised himself and followed the messenger you sent to the capital at night to the north of Jinhai. He met your army's scouts in the north and came over by sentinel boat. It was a bit hard work, but it was worse than
You fighting against the captives in Yannan are not worth mentioning..." Lin Xuwen said happily.
Yang Zhishan stood on the deck, looked around at the military appearance of the Jiangdong Zuo Army, and asked with a cold face: "May I ask Mr. Lin, are all the Jiangdong Zuo Army here? The victory report said that the Jiangdong Zuo Army had five battalions with 3,000 soldiers. These ships
There seems to be a slight shortage of people on board."
Falsifying military merit is something that all military generals will do.
When the Cangnan victory was reported to the capital, Jiangdong's left army used 3,000 new soldiers to annihilate more than 1,000 of the enemy's elite soldiers in the field. The officers of the Ministry of War unanimously believed that it was absolutely impossible and that Lin Fu was falsely claiming military merit.
Lin Fu was a new leader of the Chu Party, and Gu Wuchen made him lead an army alone. He marched north to Yannan as if a bright flag was raised in the deserted wilderness. Zhang Xie and Tang Haoxin also used the Jiangdong Left Army as an example.
As an excuse to refute other factions' attacks on them for secretly promoting peace talks, the Ministry of War was unable to publicly refute it, and also suppressed the military merits of the Cangnan victory to avoid causing a big joke after the war.
The Chu party also prioritized stability. They needed Lin Fu to lead the army north to relieve political pressure. They were also afraid that Lin Fu would be too aggressive and become a handle for future attacks. They were also afraid that the military achievements of the Cangnan victory would be overshadowed.
Publicity of important events would irritate other generals, so when he was appointed to the Ministry of War, he did not discuss the military merits of the Cangnan victory.
It was already the ninth day of the first lunar month when Lin Fu sent a messenger to the capital to report his victory. At that time, most of the officials in the court and the emperor realized that the cavalry did not threaten the capital. Even the timid officials were not worried.
It was a blessing to be able to defeat the Donglu, especially when the situation gradually became clearer, and the Donglu were determined to attack Jinan Prefecture. It was not because of peace that they could retreat, so the Chu party gave up their efforts to negotiate peace.
As a result, the Chu Party needed the banner of Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Left Army even more to completely reverse the image of advocating peace in the early stage. Even Hao Shoucheng, the actual commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi garrison and the various Qinwang divisions, was also cautiously looking for opportunities to attack.
The main force on the northern line of Donglu Yeji Luorong formed pressure.
In this context, Zhang Xie, Tang Haoxin and others, and even the emperor personally consulted the Ministry of War and urged the Ministry of War to send personnel to Jinhai to contact the Jiangdong Left Army to discuss the military achievements of the two great victories in order to boost the morale of the entire army.
Yang Zhishan had always had great doubts about the combat capabilities of the Jiangdong Left Army. At this time, he only saw a few hundred generals arrayed on the shore. Although the ships on the left and right were huge, there were very few soldiers on the deck, not even three thousand soldiers.
Far from it, it made him even more suspicious that Lin Fu's two victories were all false claims of military merit. Although the Chu Party was powerful in the court, Lin Fu's bold and reckless false claim of military merit also made Yang Zhishan very unhappy and couldn't help but question it on the spot.
"Master Yang, Master Liu arrived at the right time. If you don't feel it's hard, please follow Lin Fu to the top of the cabin to watch the battle!" Lin Fu looked solemn and stretched out his hand to invite Lin Xuwen, Yang Zhishan and Liu to the top deck of the stern cabin to watch the battle.
p: Today the red ticket can exceed 6,000, and I stayed up late to code three chapters. This is the first update!