Volume 5: The height of the temple, the distance of the rivers and lakes Chapter 4: The minister is guilty
When Du Ning was hesitating, he suddenly heard Emperor Qi Yuan say: "By the way, I heard that this time, your Feiling Guards also had some heroes. It only takes 3 seconds." Du Ning said Hearing this, he quickly bowed and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, in addition to spreading the news throughout the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the rebellion, there were indeed several capable men on the battlefield. I also want to give them some promotions according to their merit"
As Du Ning answered, he kept thinking in his mind. Previously, I thought that these things would not reach the ears of the emperor. Now, this idea is really a bit wishful thinking. Not many people would know about Chang Hu, Qiu Biao and their subordinates. Du Ning would believe it, but this "Qiao Shanhu" who he installed there was not a fuel-efficient lamp! Not only did he kill many generals in front of the battle several times, but he also made a great contribution that is widely recognized by the public. Even if there is a commanding officer Zhang Zhong next to him, it is difficult to block his sharp edge and take away all the credit! For such a young man, with such great achievements, he still wants to handle the matter in a low-key manner, which is indeed a bit negligent and taken for granted.
Since the emperor knew about this, Lin Nan should have been in Dingyou in the western suburbs after Lin Wu passed away. Now that the time limit has not expired, why did he suddenly go to the south and become a subordinate of Feiling Guard? Come on, my dirty tricks are in danger of being exposed
"Oh?" Emperor Qiyuan raised his eyes at Du Ning: "You haven't been promoted yet? Then how come it wasn't mentioned in the memorials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War a few days ago? It's fine with other things. According to it, there are more than fifty people. Even Zhang Zhong admires the young man who defeated thousands of King Huai's soldiers. If such a person is only promoted within your Feiling Guard, I'm afraid he has some talent, right?" Emperor Qiyuan pondered for a moment and said : "Let's see, the left and right are individuals. This time, we will single out this young man and reward him heavily. Didn't it turn out that he was just a flag? For your sake, give him a promotion and let your Feiling Guards be greatly improved. A return to glory! However, before that, I would like to meet this young man first, so please take the time to make arrangements."
"Uh" Du Ning's head was sweating. He looked around and couldn't hide. He knelt down with a thud and said, "Your Majesty, the humble minister is guilty!"
"Huh? What are you doing?" Emperor Qiyuan was startled by Du Ning's move, and said in a daze: "Could it be that this credit is fake?"
"No! The credit is 100%, and there is no adulteration at all. Even if I want to cover up such a great achievement, I will naturally not be able to cover it up. I don't have the guts to deceive and refuse to repay it. It's just it's just the emperor's clear warning. , Chenis guilty!"
Du Ning was so incoherent that Emperor Qiyuan became bored and looked at Du Ning suspiciously: "What's going on? Since it's not taking credit, what does it have to do with you? Come quickly, don't let me be upset anymore "
Du Ning responded bravely and said: "Yes, the emperor doesn't know something. Among the several subordinates who made great contributions this time, the rest are just paying it forward. Only that Qiao Shanhu is but it's empty." There are people"
"Ah?" Emperor Qiyuan's eyes suddenly widened. "Didn't you just repay it and pretend to take the credit? Why now"
"Well, Your Majesty, I don't know this person. There is indeed such a person. It's just that I used the name Qiao Shanhu in vain and" Du Ning raised his eyelids and said with a heartbeat. : "And this young man, the emperor has also seen it"
"Huh?" Emperor Qiyuan was surprised. Du Ning hesitated and made several twists and turns with his words. In the end, instead of solving Emperor Qi Yuan's doubts, he only whetted his appetite. It turns out that Emperor Qi Yuan wanted to meet this young man, not only as a matter of routine to encourage his descendants, but also to give a stimulus to those who were secretly trying to do something. But after Du Ning's troubles, Emperor Qiyuan now really wanted to meet this person. In his impression, apart from a few of his own emperors, he had never seen many young people. Which brother from a noble family could this be, with such a promising future? With doubts, Emperor Qi Yuan looked at Du Ning. Now Du Ning really couldn't run away
Now that the matter has come to an end, Du Ning no longer hides it, and says painfully: "This person is the former attendant in the palace, who passed the imperial examination high school half a year ago, a child of the Lin family in the capital, named Lin Nan" After finishing , Du Ning lowered his head and never raised it again.
"The child of the Lin familyah! The one I personally appointed as the third flower!" Emperor Qiyuan let out a long and soothing sound, touching the table with his hand, and tapping the surface slowly with his index finger and middle finger. He remembered that this young man had never been a stranger to Emperor Qi Yuan. He had accidentally rescued Mingde from the Qingzhou Prefecture, and later served as a companion in the palace. He was surprised by the archery in the Hongwu Palace, and was beaten by the Queen Mother when he abducted the princess and played with her out of the palace. On the board, I jumped out of the window in the middle of winter and entered the house where the late emperor died. I set up a dragon gate array with Mingde and wrote poems to the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival nightScene after scene, Emperor Qi Yuan flashed through his mind in an instant. His last impression of this young man was that he was selected to win the third prize during the imperial examination
"Haha, it turns out to be that one" Emperor Qiyuan said with a smile as he was in a trance: "This is really a tiger. Among the younger brothers of the Lin family, there is finally someone who will succeed him. In this way, this Lin Nan not only inherited his father's Lin Wu's writing seems to have inherited that guy Lin Wen's work! Being able to be both literary and martial is just the same material. If you polish it, you will become a minister of my great-grand dynasty in the future Haha,!!"
Emperor Qiyuan was talking to himself there, while Du Ning was sweating underneath, thinking: Your Majesty, this is not what I care about Where is all this? However, if you really can't remember this problem, I will pass this test. But thinking about it, Du Ning felt like a mirror in his heart, knowing that this matter could not be fooled, so he accepted the words with a heart: "Your Majesty, according to my investigation, it seems that Jingbei Bolinwen has not been taught What to give him"
"Oh?" Before Du Ning could finish, Emperor Qiyuan interrupted him again.
"If I am right, there is a file in the past that involves the Lin family. At that time, before Lin Nan returned home, his father Lin Wu was still the magistrate of Changning Prefecture, and the whole family was in Changning. According to previous secret reports, when he arrived in Changning Later, due to a chance, Lin Nan, who was still a child at the time, actually had a relationship with the old prince of Changning Mansion, and the old man liked him"
Emperor Qiyuan¡¯s eyes widened again: ¡°Ah¡this is actually happening? Is this¡true?¡±
"Everything is true! It's just that it was inconvenient to report it at the time, so"
"Du Ning was playing and almost slapped himself in the mouth. This is not what he wanted. Why did he end up like this!"
"Oh, I know." Emperor Qiyuan didn't expect it at all. It was just an accidental thought. He casually mentioned the rewards and punishments, and actually heard several things one after another that surprised him. And these things are inseparable from Lin Nan. What surprised and delighted him was that the martial arts skills of Du Ning and Lin Nan were passed down from the old prince of Changning Mansion, that is, the famous Eighth Prince Zhang Han! This news shocked and delighted Emperor Qiyuan more than anything else!
Back then, Zhang Han chased south and north and made countless military exploits. Not only is he personally brave and outstanding in art, but he also has great experience in troop formation and military strategy! The current emperors, Mingyi, Mingzhong, and Mingyong, are all extremely brave. Emperor Qiyuan is quite proud of these emperors. However, if they are compared with Zhang Han back then, they are far inferior to this prince. The majesty of youth!
¡°In addition to personal factors, the prince¡¯s artistic career also has a lot to do with it. When Zhang Han was young, he couldn't bear to stay in the palace. He often loved to travel in the mountains and dabble in the affairs of knights in private. Later, he met a strange man from the Jianghu and fell in love with him. After spending three days with him, he passed on some of Zhang Han's experiences, which shaped Zhang Han's future achievements. . Zhang Hanwu's art was not passed down to his family until he faked his death and retired to seclusion, taking everything he had with him, leaving nothing behind for the Zhang family. This matter has always been a regret in the hearts of the late emperor and Emperor Qiyuan, but they did not expect that this child of the Lin family, at the age of a mere child, would actually be liked by the old man and teach him his skills.
Except for a few people in the royal family who knew about Zhang Han's seclusion in Changning Mansion, only Du Ning of Feiling Guard knew about it. At that time, all news was handled coldly. Du Ning wanted to inform him at first, but later he saw that Lin Wu's family did not know the identity of the old prince Zhang Han, so he did not come forward. It is not easy for an old man to live in seclusion. It is not easy for him to find some fun, so let him do it. Therefore, the news was suppressed until now, before it was presented to Emperor Qiyuan.
"So that's it" Emperor Qiyuan recalled Zhang Han's majestic power back then, and his heart surged. "In this case, this person can no longer stay in your Feiling Guards. I have to come here! He is so heroic at such a young age, but he cannot be kept in the yamen. He must have a broad vision and a big vision. The world of heaven and earth, this will do Well, that¡¯s it!¡±
Du Ning felt aggrieved for a long time, and couldn't help but raise his head to Emperor Qiyuan, muttering in his heart: Your Majesty, this is not what I want No Your Majesty, what's wrong with you today? Why is the drumming always off point I must have made a mistake, why didn't you show up? How to deal with it, give me pain!
"Haha, in this case, the relationship between Lin Nan and my royal family is really the same!" Emperor Qiyuan was in a good mood, and there were more smiles on his face. Du Ning thought for a moment following the words, right? When they first met in Qingzhou, there was a Sixteenth Prince beside him. Later, when he arrived at Changning Mansion, he met the Eighth Prince again. In addition to that well, there is another person who can't do it, and his relationship with the emperor is also unusual Come on, it doesn't look like he is surrounded by royal people
"Your Majesty" Du Ning hesitated for a moment, but finally had to surrender voluntarily, so he lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty"My lordis guilty! "
"Ah?" Emperor Qiyuan was in the mood. Hearing this, he was startled again. He remembered what Du Ning had said before, and couldn't help asking: "By the way, what did you get into? What did you do? Yes, always kneel, come and listen!"
Du Ning said cautiously: "Your Majesty, according to the organizational structure, the imperial court has the system of Ding You"
Emperor Qiyuan said smoothly: "Well, Ding You's system, yes, there is!" Then he suddenly reacted, "Ding You? Oh - Lin Wu died, this Lin Nan should be Ding You Why Humph! " Emperor Qi Yuan went through the matter in his mind in an instant, and immediately understood what Du Ning meant. He snorted coldly: "You did it, right? How brave!"
"Yes, I am guilty!"
Now that the matter came out, Du Ning no longer had to hold back his worries. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and admitted it openly.
"You violate the law and appoint officials to the court without authorization. How brave are you! If you follow the law, I can punish you for the crime of bullying the emperor! What do you have to say?" Emperor Qiyuan was right, but Du Ning was just doing it in private Lin Nan was appointed here, but it turns out that Lin Nan was the most popular person in the dynasty. Even though Ding You was at home, the editor of the Hanlin Academy was still part of the imperial staff and could not be appointed by Du Ning. Emperor Qiyuan didn't know the inside story, so there was no problem. And this matter can be dealt with easily. If the situation is used as a pretext, it is possible to wipe out the commander Du Ning and send the army to exile.
"My lord, I have nothing to say"
"Humph!" Emperor Qiyuan stared at Du Ning, hesitated a little, and said, "Did this matter come from your idea or Lin Wen's?"
"Du Ning hesitated for a moment and said, "Back to the Emperor, this matter was actually brought up by the kid himself"
"Oh?" Emperor Qiyuan was stunned, silent for a while, and said slowly: "No, this is a somewhat bloody man. He must have known that his father had been wronged, and felt unfair, so he wanted to go south to investigate. Let's get to the bottom of it But by doing this, doesn't it mean that you don't trust the court? You are still helping in the middle, and now that the truth is revealed, where do you want to put me? "
Du Ning was startled and quickly lowered his head, saying he didn't dare. Regardless of whether Wu King Zhang Xiu personally issued the order, Lin Wu's death was inseparable from him. Lin Nan went to the south to investigate, and inevitably his final target was Zhang Xiu. Emperor Qiyuan is more sensitive and will definitely feel implicated. But this question could only be answered by himself, after all.
There was silence for a while, and just when Du Ning was trembling, Emperor Qiyuan changed his subject and continued: "Let's stop this matter" Du Ning was about to kowtow to thank him, but heard Emperor Qiyuan say sternly: "But You won¡¯t do it again!¡±
"As for this merit, it still needs to be rewarded. If I don't reward it, wouldn't it look like I'm ignorant and incompetent? It's just that this kid has made such a great contribution at such a young age. If the reward is really generous, it will inevitably increase his arrogance. If it is because of this, Letting this tree grow crookedly will inevitably make it unattractive." Emperor Qiyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Let's do this for now, let me think about it again, and you can think about it when you get back."
Ning got up from the ground, not caring about wiping his sweat, and asked quickly: "Then, the emperorif he explicitly ordered the reward to be awarded, this Ding You matterI am afraid of those in the outer court"
"Oh, what's the problem! If anyone pursues the case, I have already issued a secret order to seize the favor and order them to go on business in Jiangnan! As for what they are going to do in Jiangnan, let them decide what they want to do!"
"Wei Chen obey the order!"
Du Ning took a long breath, turned around and walked out of meditation.
Walking to a deserted place, Du Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead and murmured in his heart: "Lin Wen, Lin Wen, I almost put this hundred and ten kilograms in this time, I think I have done my best to you, the Lin family, right?" !Next time this fucking thing happens again, don¡¯t keep being sorry to you, there¡¯s no way!¡±
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On a watchtower in the northwest frontier fortress, Lin Wen, who was watching from afar, suddenly sneezed a few times. Facing the sandy north wind, Lin Wen turned around and laughed loudly at the generals beside him and cursed: "This damn place, it's early autumn." The weather here is fucking freezing!"