amaotonovel Chapter 330: Man is the key to success
Chapter 330: Man is the key to success
"Okay, okay, this general is only concerned about the war situation, but he is misunderstood like this."
"In that case, this general will not be bothered by this. I will leave everything to the Duke to handle."
"I just hope that when the Chen soldiers launch an attack, you can defeat them with your tough attitude." General Lin said angrily.
"Of course." The Duke of Zhenguo said quietly, looking at General Lin with anger hidden in his eyes. "General Lin, there's no need to be so angry. Prince Rui is missing, and what we say about his fate has nothing to do with you."
"Three days ago, the Duke of this country sent someone to deliver the battle report and the news of Prince Rui's disappearance to the capital with great urgency. It should have been presented to the Emperor today."
"Regarding Prince Rui's disappearance, I believe the Emperor will make his own decision."
"But before the emperor's order arrives, no one is allowed to give up looking for Prince Rui!" The Duke of Zhenguo said in a deep voice, his sharp eyes sweeping over the deputy generals, especially the deputy generals under General Lin.
When General Lin heard that he had to wait for the emperor's order, his face suddenly turned ugly.
The emperor has always doted on Prince Rui, so naturally he would do everything he could to find Prince Rui.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the emperor was far away and use moral principles to put pressure on the Duke of Zhenguo to prevent him from sending a large number of people to look for Prince Rui.
It is freezing cold today, and today is already the fifth day. As long as we can hold off the Duke of Zhenguo for another two or three days, even if Prince Rui is very capable, he won't be able to hold on.
Even if the emperor's decree arrived, what they would find would probably be a corpse. However...
General Lin clenched his fists. Now Prince Rui is the commander-in-chief and the Duke of Zhenguo is the deputy commander-in-chief.
Since the commander-in-chief is not here, everything will naturally be under the command of the deputy commander-in-chief, and he has no influence on the decision of the Duke of Zhenguo.
General Lin sneered and said, "As the deputy commander, the Duke is in charge of all military affairs. Since the Duke has said so, what else can this general say?"
"I can only hope that the Duke can find the Prince as soon as possible to avoid delaying the battle."
"Then I'll take advantage of General Lin's good wishes." The Duke of Zhenguo looked at General Lin with a cold expression.
"This general has things to attend to, so I won't bother you any more." Without waiting for the Duke to speak, General Lin glanced at his lieutenants and said, "Let's go!"
A group of people walked outside.
After leaving the tent, General Lin could hear Lin Ze's roar from inside the tent, "What a bunch of ruthless beasts, they still want to..."
Next came the soothing voice of the Duke of Zhenguo.
After General Lin separated from his deputy general and returned to the tent, when he lifted the curtain, he caught a glimpse of Lin Ze and Ji Bei leading a group of soldiers out of the camp.
within the account.
The charcoal fire is burning brightly.
General Lin strode to the desk and sat down.
The confidant immediately poured him a cup of hot tea and handed it to him, "General, don't be angry. Now that Prince Rui is missing, the Duke of Zhenguo and his entourage are naturally anxious and outspoken. You don't have to get angry with them."
General Lin took the hot tea, tested the temperature, and drank it all in one gulp. Then he raised the corner of his lips and sneered, "Angry? This general is not angry."
What we did today was just to test the Duke of Zhenguo and his entourage.
Judging from the Duke of Zhenguo's toughness and Linze's anger just now, Prince Rui really hasn't found the person yet, otherwise he wouldn't have been so angry when he said to stop looking for him.
It’s good that I didn’t find it.
It is now the fifth day. King Rui is seriously injured and has no medical treatment, food or bedding. Even if he is still alive, he is almost at the limit of his life.
This is good news, why would he be angry?
General Lin looked at his confidant and asked, "Did the prince bring any news today?"
This prince naturally refers to Prince An.
The confidant shook his head and said, "Not really. The timing is sensitive right now, and perhaps the prince has some concerns."
General Lin hummed calmly, "If the prince has any news, please inform me immediately."
The confidant agreed, poured General Lin another cup of hot tea, and then retreated.
Under the dim candlelight, General Lin held the teacup, feeling the warmth at his fingertips, his eyes dim and unclear.
It took him decades to climb from an ordinary soldier to the position of a second-rank general.
But even so, in the eyes of those aristocratic families, the Lin family is nothing more than a bunch of mud-legged people who have not yet washed the mud off their legs.
On the surface, they were afraid of the military power in his hands and smiled at him, but in private they were plotting against him. He knew all of this very well.
But there is nothing I can do.
I've been holding back a fire in my heart for a long time.
If the Lin family wants to truly gain a foothold in the capital, it will take at least ten years.
The rise of a generation does not mean anything. The difficult part is to stand firm and not fall. This requires outstanding descendants to maintain its current glory.
But here's where the problem lies.
Although he had three sons, they were all mediocre. Now, with his support, his most outstanding eldest son was only a small lieutenant.
He is not even as good as Lin Ze who is beside Prince Rui.
Although Linze is only one grade higher than the eldest son, he is five or six years younger than the eldest son.
Not to mention the other two sons.
It is obvious that none of these three sons were enough to continue his glory.
He has no successor.
Once he dies, the Lin family will decline.
He went through life and death many times before crawling out of the mud, which brought the Lin family to its current prosperity. If a hundred years later, the Lin family fell back into the quagmire, he would not be able to rest in peace even in his death.
Just at this time, King An extended an olive branch to him.
This gave him hope.
Everyone in the capital knows how the Yongning Marquis's Mansion was revived, and anyone can find out with a little inquiry.
At the beginning, it was thanks to the contribution of Earl Yongning in saving the current emperor.
Then, there was Concubine Zhou, the most favored concubine in the palace.
Concubine Zhou was a follower and relied on the second prince, Prince An.
A marquis's mansion that was so impoverished that it had to sell things to make a living could still recover to this day, let alone his Lin Mansion?
His Lin family is now at its peak. Although his three sons are not capable, it will take many years for them to decline.
When Prince An proposed marriage to him, it opened his eyes to another possibility.
While the Lin family is still prosperous, if Yan'er can marry Prince An, he will support Prince An to ascend the throne.
Then in the future Yan'er will be the queen of Dai Viet, and he will be the father-in-law of the king.
If he relied on Yan'er's connections and his meritorious service in following the emperor to ask for a title from Prince An, who had already become the emperor, Prince An would surely agree.
In this way, with the hereditary title, the Lin family completely got rid of their peasant origin and joined the ranks of aristocratic families.
Moreover, the Lin family has a queen. When Prince An dies in the future, Yan'er will be the queen mother. Maybe the person sitting on the throne in the future will have the blood of his Lin family flowing in his veins.
In this way, even if the three sons are not outstanding, the Lin family will not be too poor.
As long as the old capital remains and the hereditary title remains, the Lin family still has hope for the future.
As long as one of the descendants is outstanding, the Lin family will be able to return to the top.
This was the best way out he could think of for the Lin family.
As for why Prince An was chosen instead of Prince Rui, the emperor's favorite.
Firstly, Prince Rui has a cold personality and is difficult to approach. Secondly, Prince Rui has the support of the Duke of Zhenguo, whose mansion is powerful. If he surrenders to Prince Rui, Prince Rui may not take him seriously. Even if he ascends the throne in the future, he will not get much benefit.
But Prince An was different. He had no military merits. Even though he had jurisdiction over part of the military forces in the capital as the Earl of Yongning, he lacked prestige and could not win the support of the people.
Moreover, the Earl of Yongning made a mistake and even had his title demoted. It could be said that King An was facing internal and external troubles at that time.
He took refuge with King An at this time, and only then would King An remember his kindness.
His efforts will be valued and he will receive the greatest reward in the future.
As for the fact that the Emperor prefers Prince Rui, does Prince Rui have a greater chance of becoming the crown prince than Prince An?
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk, so if you're going to gamble, take a big one.
If they win, the Lin family won’t have to worry about anything for the rest of their lives.
Lost... No, how could he lose!
God is kind to him. Wasn't it a gamble when he ran away from the quagmire to join the army?
Everything depends on human effort, and man can conquer nature. Even if the emperor likes Prince Rui very much, if Prince Rui is gone, can the emperor still insist on giving the throne to a dead man?
General Lin sneered and raised his head to drink the hot tea in the cup.