Lin Jue's voice echoed softly on the lake, and Lin Boyong frowned, with a look of pain on his face. It would be fine if he was not touched, but in fact, this month of meditation behind closed doors has made him think clearly.
Many things had happened. Although he hated Lin Jue and Lin Bonian for inserting knives in the back, he also realized that his previous actions had indeed lost justice and had been blinded by selfishness.
Lin Boyong is indeed aware of Lin Ke's behavior in the past ten years. After all, Lin Boyong has been in charge of all the internal and external affairs of the family for more than ten years. How could he know nothing about his actions? The money and materials at home
He was not unaware of the shortage. But precisely because of his doting and selfishness, he thought that Lin Ke had secretly annexed the silver and supplies, but in Lin Boyong's view, this was actually nothing.
Lin Ke was going to be the head of the family in the future, so he couldn't expose this matter, and he couldn't let his only decent son lose face. So Lin Boyong only occasionally gave a vague reminder or two, but didn't really realize the problem.
The seriousness of the incident. It was precisely because of the idea of being the eldest son in his mind that he ignored Lin Ke's abnormal behavior. Therefore, when Lin Ke's incident happened that day, Lin Boyong was not only shocked, but also felt deep self-blame.
It was not that Lin Boyong never thought about fighting back after taking over the position of the head of the family, but it was precisely because he realized his mistake and did not take any further action after calming down. And the more he calmed down, the more he understood that he was the head of the family.
The series of mistakes he made in this position made him more aware of his failure in this position. However, he refused to speak out because of his face. In addition, the methods used by Lin Bonian and Lin Jue were a bit despicable, so he felt guilty in his heart.
Still angry. In fact, he didn't feel that strong hatred towards Lin Jue, but towards Lin Bonian, he felt deeply the feeling of being deeply betrayed by a knife in the back.
Therefore, in the past month, Lin Boyong has actually fallen into a complex emotion of self-blame but unwillingness to give in, anger but regret. In order to relieve these emotions, he can only focus on the mountains and rivers and dress himself up.
Become a fisherman and go boating on the lake every day without thinking too much.
He heard every word of what Lin Jue said just now. Although it was a commonplace, these things were things that he had been thinking over and over in his mind for the past month. It had to be said that he acknowledged Lin Jue's confession, and even
I somewhat understand what Lin Jue and Lin Bonian did.
Lin Jue continued softly: "Uncle, I know you can't let go of what happened this time. What I just want to tell you is that Lin Jue is open-minded and has no selfish motives. Everything I do has only one purpose, which is
For the sake of the future of the Lin family, even if one day I have to pay the price of my life for the Lin family, I will not back down. This is the fate of being a descendant of the Lin family. I came to see my uncle to confess my feelings and let you know my true feelings.
My inner thoughts. I never hope that this matter will cause the Lin family to be torn apart and there will be resentment among each other. If the Lin family wants to move forward, it will not be for one person or one house, but for everyone to move forward together, and no one can be left behind.
And the Lin family is the one who should move forward with the Lin family, so I came here today to ask the uncle to let go of the resentment in his heart. If there is any way to make the uncle feel relieved, I am willing to do it."
Lin Boyong slowly raised his head and stared into Lin Jue's eyes. He saw the earnest look in Lin Jue's eyes and the sincerity in his eyes. Lin Boyong sighed in his heart, this three-bedroom concubine has really changed.
Too fast. Once upon a time, I did not have this person in my eyes, but now, the world has been turned upside down. His words, deeds, and actions are no longer something that others can ignore. The words he said today, whether they are true or false, are not ordinary people.
I can say what I can. If he is not magnanimous and magnanimous, he is as traitorous as loyal, and the city is like the sea.
"Lin Jue!" Lin Boyong finally said: "I'm not so stupid that I don't have the Lin family in my heart. The reason why I choose to shut up and think about my mistakes is to make big things trivial. We can't let outsiders see our jokes. Although I
There are a lot of things that are wrong, but the overall picture can still be seen clearly."
"I knew that the uncle was very aware of justice and would definitely think about these things clearly. I don't ask the uncle to forgive me for this matter. Just hearing the uncle's words made Lin Jue's trip worthwhile." Lin Jue said happily.
Lin Boyong shook his head and said: "You don't need to say such things now to please me. During this period of time behind closed doors and meditating, I also realized my mistakes. Maybe I should have stepped down from the position of the head of the family long ago. You guys helped.
I'll give it a try, that's good. I'll be happy and relaxed. From now on, I'll just go fishing, raise birds, and enjoy my old age."
Lin Jue said: "Uncle, don't you plan to go out? Uncle, do you know why I came here today? Today is exactly one month since I have been the chief manager. I said at the beginning that I would only act temporarily for one month. I came here this time also to ask my uncle to come out and take charge of the business.
of."
Lin Boyong looked at Lin Jue in surprise, then waved his hand and said: "Lin Jue, I will never agree to this matter. I have finally lived a quiet life, how can I get involved in family affairs again? I am determined not to do it."
Lin Jue said: "Do you think it's hard to save face?"
Lin Boyong sneered and said: "What a joke, do you think I still care about face now? It's just that I don't want to make things more complicated. Don't mention this matter again."
Lin Jue had actually known for a long time that Lin Boyong would not agree to come out to take care of the business again. The head of the family has been taken away. What does it mean for him to come out and be the boss now? Although he said he didn't care about face, in fact he cares about face the most. If he becomes the boss again,
, dealing with people in the Lin family's business, and being asked about what happened to the Lin family, he would be ashamed and speechless. So he would rather hide at home and retire than go out. Lin Bonian also expressed that he could not go out before leaving.
Lin Jue understood that the intention of letting Lin Boyong come out was due to Lin Bonian's selfish motives. Lin Jue himself also had some selfish motives. If Lin Jue had looked down upon this big manager before and thought it didn't matter, after putting in a lot of effort
After that, Lin Jue really wanted to see the results. But once it changed hands to someone else, there would be some changes, and he couldn't interfere. Then all the previous efforts would be in vain.
"Since the uncle's attitude is like this, the nephew will not force the uncle. In fact, the nephew does not have this ambition, but for now I am afraid I can only reluctantly take over for a while. But there is something that the uncle must promise me. Recently, the two eldest brothers have
My brother... they are angry and haunt the streets every day, drinking and getting drunk, and they also say some disrespectful things in the house. I think my uncle must have heard about it. "
Lin Boyong became alert and stared: "What do you want to do to them? Drive them out of Hangzhou? Clear out all my eldest son's house?"
Lin Jue hurriedly said: "Where did my uncle think? Where did I think like this? What I mean is that it is not possible for the two brothers to be so decadent. Can uncle persuade them to come back and work."
"Doing things? Are you willing to let them come back to do things?" Lin Boyong said in surprise.
"Why don't you want to? As long as the two brothers stop making trouble, it's fine. After all, seeing the decadent appearance of the two brothers, I am also very anxious. The uncle must also be extremely anxious. The eldest son is the eldest son after all.
No, the second and third young masters will also hold on to the lintel in the future. Will the uncle just watch them sink like this? That can't be done. I plan to let them take charge of the two docks of the East River and the West River again. The two brothers actually
There is nothing wrong with what they did, but... they were too arrogant. If the uncle can convince him to obey the overall situation, I would naturally like them to come back. After all, the Lin family's business is ultimately managed by the Lin family, and the two brothers will also take on important responsibilities in the future.
Yes, but this is not my intention. When everything calms down, I will definitely resign from the position of chief manager. Again, I have no other ideas. I just hope that the Lin family will move forward together and no one will be left behind.
"
Lin Boyong looked at Lin Jue quietly for a while and said in a deep voice: "If you really want to do this, aren't you afraid that your second uncle will be unhappy?"
Lin Jue said softly: "Uncle, my feelings for my second uncle are no different from my feelings for you. I only do what I think I should do, but I am definitely not forming a clique with anyone. I am not interested in the matter but the person.
This is my insistence."
Lin Boyong nodded slowly, put on his hat and said in a deep voice: "Go back, it's a little cold here."
…
No one knew about the conversation in the lotus pond. Although Lin Boyong did not give a clear reply at the time, two days later, Lin Song and Lin Run took advantage of the night to come to Lin Jue's courtyard and meet in front of Lin Jue.
He made some soul-deep self-criticism. This is enough to prove that the conversation that day had convinced Lin Boyong.
Although it does not mean that Lin Boyong has eliminated his anger towards himself, at least Dafang is willing to cooperate, which is the best result. What Lin Jue is most worried about is that something will happen to Dafang. If it really causes an earth-shaking commotion, Lin Jue
However, I don’t know how to deal with it. Therefore, the best result is for everyone to take a step back and calm down this dispute.
The starting point of the conversation between Lin Jue and Lin Boyong was well chosen. Lin Jue felt that since Lin Boyong was a defensive person, starting from the arrangements of the two eldest sons and taking a step back, Lin Jue might be able to hit Lin Boyong's target.
Weakness. This is the fact. Lin Boyong himself will never give up his face again, but the two sons of the eldest family are idle all day long and are excluded. This is not the way to go on. He wants to force a quarrel, but he is unwilling to expose the family scandal.
The overall situation of the Lin family, and Lin Jue took the initiative to ask Lin Song and Lin Run to go back to work, which solved a problem in his heart.
On the third day after Lin Song and Lin Run went to Lin Jue's courtyard, Lin Jue announced the return of the two eldest sons in the boat hall. The prime minister positions at the East River and Xihe docks were already vacant.
The positions that had been vacant since the two eldest sons left, Lin Song and Lin Run resumed their original positions.
This move caused a lot of discussion among everyone. They never expected that the two young masters from Lin's family room would be invited back to serve, and they were filled with doubts. There were various opinions in private.
Some people say that Lin Jue's move is a clever one, which is called magnanimity and disregarding past grudges. No matter how much trouble there is, the Lin family will always be the Lin family.
Some people also said that Lin Jue had no courage, and that the eldest brother might be going to attack, so Lin Jue had no choice but to compromise and invite the two eldest sons back. Maybe Lin Jue himself would be forced to give up his position as the chief executive soon.
Others say that when Lin Song and Lin Run came back, the eldest family and the second and third bedrooms reached a compromise. It was impossible for the second and third bedrooms to completely exclude the eldest family, so in the end they had to let the two eldest sons come back to take charge.
It is necessary to supervise the behavior of Lin Jue, the chief steward, to prevent the chief steward from enriching his own pockets and taking over the family property.
In addition, there are all kinds of comments, which are endless, inconsistent, and really noisy. Lin Jue is also aware of these comments, but he doesn't care about them, or he doesn't care about them at all. Because he doesn't have time to care.
After finally calming things down in the Lin family, Lin felt that he could sort out some of his own affairs.
In September, Fang Dunru was about to resign from his post as mountain chief and leave Hangzhou. During this period, I didn't even visit him once, which was already very rude. Before he left, Lin Jue had to wait on him for a few days.
, as a disciple.
Also, the Qiuwei exam will be held in late September, and it only takes more than a month to complete the test. He has decided to pass the Qiuwei exam through his own ability, but this is not just a word. Lin Jue knows how difficult Qiuwei is.
, he is just confident that he can pass the exam. But if he does not make some preparations because of this, he is afraid that he will be blinded when the time comes, so he must concentrate on cultivating his nature and do some systematic review. Calculating that time is already very tight.
However, just when Lin Jue was about to calm down, recuperate, touch books, and do what he should do, on August 12, Lin Jue received two invitations from the prefect's Yamen and Prince Liang's Mansion at the same time.
.And both invitations actually asked Lin Jue to participate in the upcoming Oiran Competition.
Lin Jue is not unaware that this year's Oiran Competition is coming, but because Wangyue Tower has left the flower world, he will not participate in the Oiran Competition this year. Lin Jue also feels that there is nothing to participate in, and has decided not to join in the fun. However, at this moment, he also accepted
When two invitation letters arrived, Lin Jue was scratching his head.
Yan Zhengsheng's invitation stated that this year's Oiran Competition is different. Several famous brothels from Yangzhou and Jiangning are coming to Hangzhou to participate in the Oiran Competition. The Oiran Competition that originally only belonged to Hangzhou has been upgraded to the Southeast Oiran Competition. He may be
This is the last time I host such a grand event as the prefect of Hangzhou, and I don’t want to end in an anticlimactic manner. And I can’t let brothels elsewhere overshadow Hangzhou’s limelight. To put it bluntly, if others come to ruin the event, I must not lose. So I would like to ask Lin Jue to help with suggestions.
, after all, last year Lin Jue single-handedly promoted the underappreciated Wangyue Tower to the throne of Oiran, so he might be able to do his part.
The invitation letter from Prince Liang's Mansion was even more direct. Last year, Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion were disgraced because of Lin Jue's troubles. This year's Oiran Competition will be upgraded to the Southeast Oiran Competition, and Prince Guo Bing of Liang wants Lin Jue to do it no matter what.
Guo Bing even asked Shen Tan, the commander of the palace guards who sent the letter, to tell Lin Jue bluntly: "Last year you made trouble, this year you must make up for it. Several major brothels in Yangzhou and Jiangning have already ordered the famous brothels in the capital and even around the Zhou Dynasty."
All the celebrities and talented people have been sold out. There is no one in Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion to help, so it is your duty to do so.'.
Lin Jue's head was buzzing. He wanted to study quietly, but he was entangled by these things. It was really troublesome. But think about it, since this year's Oiran Competition is so grand and the standards are so high, I'm afraid it's something he has never seen before.
It’s a grand occasion. Thinking of this, it’s hard to calm down the lively heart.
Besides, this time it is a three-city confrontation. Jiangning Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, and Hangzhou Prefecture are the places with the most spectacular fireworks on New Year's Day. The name of Hangzhou Prefecture, the first prefecture in the southeast, has long aroused the dissatisfaction of many state governments.
, especially in Yangzhou and Jiangning. I am afraid that this time they are really here to cause trouble. As a Hangzhou native, I would be shameless if I watched other state capitals seize the oiran and leave. Yan Zhifu and the prince
They are also competitive people, and they are unwilling to admit defeat. Maybe I should lend a helping hand.
…
In order to find out the whole story, Lin Jue made a special trip to the prefect's Yamen to find out the whole story. Yan Zhengshen also told Lin Jue the whole story.
Speaking of which, the reason why this year's Oiran Competition was upgraded this year actually came from an official gathering. After the victory of Hangzhou Prefecture's troops in suppressing the pirates, Hai Dongqing led the remaining troops to go north along the coast and disappeared. In order to prevent Hai Dongqing from
The remnants of the pirates were a disaster, causing losses all over the southeast. Liang Zhejiang Road, Jiangnan East Road, and Huainan Road carried out official linkage, and held a meeting of military and government officials from the coastal states in Jiangning Mansion. The purpose was to prevent the remnants of the pirates from attacking.
Along the coast, or penetrating into the interior.
As the initiator of the suppression of pirates, Hangzhou Prefecture has a duty to introduce the details of the suppression of bandits to various state governments, explain the remaining number of pirates in combat strength, and some news about pirates. Although Yangzhou and Jiangning Prefectures are not
It is close to the coast, but they are close to the Yangtze River, distributed in the south and north of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River leads directly to the sea, and Haidong Qingruo penetrates into the inland from the Yangtze River. These two southeastern capitals obviously need to be on guard. This time ten
The linkage between the military and government of several state governments is to cooperate with each other. The purpose is to promptly report the movements of the discovered pirate remnants, so that when they are infiltrated by pirates, they can rescue each other and avoid unexpected attacks.
It can be said that this meeting is very necessary. After all, the remaining pirates led by Hai Dongqing still have a thousand people. It is still very easy to capture one or two prefectures and counties and harass villages and towns. If he infiltrates along the river
Inland, no matter which state capital you settle in, it will be a serious problem here. No one wants to see the territory under the jurisdiction of their state capital being invaded by Haidong Qingliu. In fact, this meeting is also in response to the Huainan Road Jiangnan
Several magistrates from the East Road jointly submitted a petition, which was an official meeting approved by the imperial court. In fact, the two prefectures also sent officials to preside over the meeting. It can be said to be a meeting of high standards.
Naturally, the content of the meeting was nothing to talk about. It was just to establish a strict prevention linkage mechanism to prevent pirates from disturbing their settlement. In fact, there was not much time for serious business in such a meeting. Instead, a large group of prefects and commanders gathered here, all officials.
The characters on the page will inevitably have banquets and travel around the mountains and rivers.
As the host of this meeting, Jiangning Prefecture made great efforts to demonstrate the strength of Jiangning Prefecture. It is said that before the arrival of the prefectural commanders, Jiangning Prefecture Shen Fang specially ordered a large-scale cleanup of the entire city, cleaning the main streets and alleys.
He kept everything clean and tried to show his governance. What's more, it is said that Shen Fang also arrested some vagrants and beggars on the streets of Jiangning and imprisoned them in one place to avoid being caught by the prefect who attended the meeting.
The commanders saw it.
The meeting lasted for two days, and all the officials had to go back to their respective territories early the next morning. The night before leaving, Jiangning Magistrate Shen Fang naturally wanted to show the best of Jiangning Prefecture, so he kindly invited all officials to go to the Qinhuai River to experience it. The romantic charm of Jiangning Mansion.
