Seeing Lin Ruhai sighing, Jia Yucun guessed that Rongguo Mansion had little hope.
It seems that this is also the case. Lin Ruhai has now been promoted to the fourth rank. If he is transferred from his current position, he will have to be promoted.
Officials from the third rank are already serving as chief envoys and envoys in the local area, and can be regarded as frontier officials.
If you were transferred directly to the capital, you would have to be promoted two levels in a row, become a deputy censor in the Inspectorate, or serve as a minister in a certain ministry, which would be considered a central official.
Changes in officials at this level are no longer decided by the Ministry of Personnel, and must be carefully considered by the emperor.
It is normal for the Jia family to be speechless.
After all...the Jia family only has a real job as a member of the Ministry of Industry, which is even two levels lower than Jia Yucun.
Therefore, Jia Yucun is not that grateful to the Jia family. He was born in the right way in Kejia, and it was natural for the imperial court to reinstate him as an official.
"Brother Lin, why don't you ask someone else for help?" Jia Yucun still didn't give up.
After all, Lin Ruhai has become a high-ranking official, and Jia Yucun has great benefits.
"Who can I ask for help?" Lin Ruhai was full of curiosity.
He doesn't want to be promoted, as long as he can be transferred out of this position, there is nothing else he can ask for.
"Isn't the prince in Jinling?"
"You want me to beg the prince? Isn't that right? If the Holy One finds out, it means that I am a party-affiliated prince!"
"This is not only bad for the prince, but also bad for me!"
Lin Ruhai is a real person. This does not mean that he has no political wisdom. He can still handle these important matters clearly.
Jia Yucun nodded, and then said: "Maybe... we can also ask Master Thirteen for help!"
"Looking for Master Thirteen?"
From Lin Ruhai's surprised tone, it can be seen that he is not optimistic about this. After all, Zhu Jinghong sounds unreliable.
As a member of the semi-honored circle, although Lin Ruhai didn't have much contact with Zhu Jinghong, he had heard some anecdotes about him.
It is known that he is a martial artist who likes to dance with guns and sticks. Compared with other princes, his reputation is not good, or even very bad.
After all, no prince would be scolded by the emperor for being ineffective all the time, and no one would be beaten with a stick from time to time.
"Brother Lin, don't underestimate the Thirteenth Master. If he really agrees to this matter... this matter can really be done!"
In Jia Yucun's heart, or in Jinling Wenwu's heart, Zhu Jinghong is really a person who can handle things.
If I say I'm exempting everyone, I'm really exempting everyone. Although I got a slap in the face, I made His Majesty the Emperor no longer pursue the matter of shortfalls, and he will do what he says.
Therefore, the civil and military officials in Jinling remembered his love. As for the prince who seemed to have accomplished this, everyone was not very grateful to him.
"Forget it……"
"Brother Lin, you..."
"Brother Jia, after finishing this errand, I plan to go home and rest!"
"Go home and rest?"
Looking at the top of the bed, Lin Ruhai sighed: "Yes... my body is broken!"
In fact, since his wife died of illness a year ago, Lin Ruhai has lost hope in his career.
"Brother Lin, why do you have such a great future... Oh!"
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Not to mention the trivial matters in Jinling, a fierce battle was breaking out on the border of Changzhou hundreds of miles away.
After a month of suppression and siege, although many Japanese pirates had been annihilated, the Japanese pirates hiding on coastal islands continued to come ashore, causing the number of Japanese pirates to be suppressed instead of reduced.
The current situation is that more than 20,000 officers and soldiers surround the Japanese pirates in the mountains south of Yixing.
There are also mountainous areas to the south and the waters of Taihu Lake to the east. They are all directions where Japanese pirates can escape, so the officers and soldiers have stepped up their vigilance in these two directions.
Around Jingnan Mountain, the imperial army has been fortified for more than ten days, and fighting breaks out between the two sides almost every day.
In Zhu Jingyuan's mentality of seeking stability, all the officers and soldiers did not take the initiative to attack, and they did not dare to expand the results after winning. They could only slowly lock the Japanese pirates in the mountains.
But on the third day of July, the situation changed a little.
Unexpectedly, a Japanese pirate army appeared from the direction of Huzhou and launched an attack on the government troops defending the south side.
There were only a thousand Japanese pirates in this sneak attack, and their attack was extremely fierce and fearless, leaving the guards defending here at a loss.
Just when the defense line was about to be breached, Qiu Hong, the commander of the Beijing camp, led his troops to support and stabilized the defense line.
However, only then did they discover that the purpose of these thousands of Japanese pirates was to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers.
The Japanese pirates who were surrounded in the encirclement were actually heading north, attacking the weakest part of the official defense.
At this moment, in Yixing County, Zhu Jingyuan was standing anxiously on the tower, waiting for the latest battle report from the front line.
"Sir, the commander of Chuzhou Guards has asked for help twice. Are you really not going to send troops for reinforcements?" Zhu Jingyuan asked again.
"Your Highness, judging from the recent situation in the suppression of Japanese invaders, this group of Japanese bandits have been trying to escape east or south. Their purpose is to escape to the sea, so how can they break out to the north..."
"The north side must be a cover-up. It is most important to stabilize the defensive line on the south side. At the same time, we must also take into account the east side..."
Speaking of this, Gao Shuyan became more and more sure: "As long as we guard the east and south, these Japanese pirates will have no chance of escaping. As long as our army is tightly surrounded, we can defeat them without fighting!"
Hearing Gao Shuyan talk eloquently, Zhu Jingyuan felt a little relieved, but if Zhu Jinghong were here, he would definitely scold Gao Shuyan for talking on paper.
No, Zhao Kuo is at least still on the front line, and his talks on paper are well-founded, unlike the two of them who are hiding in the county.
It was enough to hide in the city. At this moment, except for a bunch of civil servants around Zhu Jingyuan, there were no military generals to help him.
Jinling capital commander Wang Quanyi and capital commander Kong Jinshan were both sent by Zhu Jingyuan to supervise the battle.
Although he felt more at ease, today was different from the past, and Zhu Jingyuan still felt a little worried.
Everyone waited anxiously for a few more minutes, but then they heard a fast horse approaching in the distance. When it got closer, they knew it was a scout delivering a message.
"Great victory, great victory... General Qiu Hongqiu, defeated the invading enemy!"
Hearing the sound of the scout reporting victory, Zhu Jingyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gao Shu: "The enemies in the south have been defeated. Representative Qiu Hong can go north for reinforcements!"
Qiu Hong's cavalry was a mobile force and was mainly responsible for reinforcements, so Zhu Jingyuan immediately thought of them.
As for whether the army was tired after the battle and how to deal with the wounded, Zhu Jingyuan had never thought about it.
This was completely a layman commanding an expert, so Zhu Jingyuan and his staff made the generals below very uncomfortable, and they just suppressed their grievances.
"I think it's feasible!" Gao Shuyan replied.
"Then send someone to deliver the order immediately!"
The manpower was quickly arranged. Just when Zhu Jingyuan was about to drink water to relieve his fatigue, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard in the distance.
What is worrying is that this person did not shout for help, which made everyone on the tower think that he was coming to ask for help again.
The prince was of high status, so of course the scouts could not meet him. After a few breaths, the guards came up to report the matter, and then the bachelor conveyed it to Zhu Jinghong.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the Chuzhou defense line in the north was..."
"What happened?"
"It was broken through..." The bachelor said this result with great difficulty.
"Breaked through? Broken through?" Zhu Jinghong asked twice, his tone was unbelievable.
After being surrounded for more than a month, seeing victory just ahead, his iron barrel-like encirclement was actually broken through like this?
"How could it be? How could it be?"
With the roar, Zhu Jingyuan overturned the coffee table, and the cups and plates hit the ground with a crisp cracking sound.
After all, he is the prince, the heir apparent of such a huge empire. No matter how good his character is on weekdays, it is really scary if he gets really angry this time.
All the scholars bowed their heads and did not dare to make any move.
"Mr. Gao, why? Why is this?"
With the yelling, Zhu Jingyuan's mood collapsed. Such a failure made him unable to face the emperor.
Even the reckless Thirteenth Brother was able to defeat the White Lotus Sect in Yingtian when he was idle. What did Zhu Jingyuan do?
He came to Jinling with great power, but has accomplished nothing so far. How can he face the emperor's father?
"Heaven helps the thief...not me!"
Zhu Jingyuan shouted this sentence with grief and anger, and Zhu Jingyuan was so angry that he vomited blood, and then fell directly to the ground.
(End of chapter)
