While Su Yonglin was integrating all forces in Hebei, he was expanding his army, training and preparing for war. At the same time, he was making various judgments on the current world situation and preparing to face various challenges in the next stage.
At this time, all his energy was focused on military expansion and war preparations, preparing for the decisive battle with Wan Yanliang, driving the Jin Ting forces out of Han in one fell swoop, and changing the world situation in one fell swoop.
He did not expect that the uprising would achieve the expected goal so quickly at the beginning, so that he wiped out Jin Ting's strategic force to fight the rebellion southward. After a great victory, the situation in Hebei was reversed.
Shandong and Hebei, the two important strategic support points of Jinting, were captured. Jinting had one arm cut off in the Central Plains and suffered heavy bleeding.
After this wave of hemorrhage, the strategic power that Jin Ting can mobilize has also been greatly reduced. The strategic power that Su Yonglin has obtained has greatly increased. When conducting strategic decisive battles in the future, the probability of success will be higher.
With this goal in mind, Su Yonglin made rapid progress.
But he did not expect that due to the growth of his status and power, as well as the huge possibilities in the future, his own personal life problems would also become a huge problem.
It’s helpless to say the least.
When he was still in the Southern Song Dynasty, his grandfather arranged a marriage for him.
The woman was a young lady, only thirteen years old at the time. It was said that she was gentle, virtuous, knowledgeable and courteous. The two parties agreed that they would get married when the woman turned fifteen.
She is said to be gentle, virtuous, knowledgeable, courteous, and good-looking, but Su Yonglin has never seen her before, and has no impression or feeling of this woman. I don't know what everyone means by being knowledgeable, courteous, gentle, virtuous, and so on.
However, Su Yonglin didn't have any resistance to arranged marriages at the time, and even thought it would be quite easy to have someone help arrange the marriage, which would save him the trouble of having to worry about it.
Anyway, he doesn't have any women he likes, and he even feels that love is an obstacle on his way forward. Falling in love will only affect the speed at which he draws his sword and the progress of the revolution.
Wouldn't it be nice to have someone help resolve major marriage issues, get it right in one step, feel relaxed and at ease, and save your family members from nagging?
So he happily accepted it and waited for marriage.
But before the marriage could take place, the woman fell ill and died.
It is said that she contracted a cold on the way back to her hometown with her parents to worship her ancestors. After she came back, she fell ill and died. Then the woman's mother also passed away due to excessive sadness. Before the happy event could come, it became a funeral.
Su Yonglin was quite regretful at that time.
But then, Su Yonglin had no time to feel sorry for others.
Not long after, his grandfather passed away, and the Su family, the "young master of the country", also encountered drastic changes.
Under Sun Yuanqi's instigation, his grandfather's two right-hand men prepared to divide the Su family's private salt share, turning it from the Su family's into their own, making the Su family an abandoned son.
In their plan, Su Yonglin, who had lost his family business, was of course allowed to let them do whatever they wanted, and the Su family's human, financial and material resources and many years of personal connections would become theirs.
However, after Su Yonglin learned about this through channels, he decisively decided to flip the table.
He quickly led his cronies to kill these two bastards, and without stopping, he wiped out both families. He seized the real power in the family at lightning speed, forced Sun Yuanqi to admit the established facts, and frightened other people with evil intentions. , able to continue the business of selling smuggled salt.
A bloody career.
At the same time, he also embarked on a revolutionary path from which he would never look back and put his own affairs on hold.
It really wasn't a problem at the time.
Su Yonglin was only sixteen years old at the time, and had to adopt the adult name early only because of the death of his grandfather. However, men of some status in the family usually got married at the age of twenty, so there was no problem if he didn't get married.
Moreover, there were no other elders in his family, and no one urged him to make arrangements. He was happy to be alone, which made it easier for him to embark on the road of revolution without looking back. He did not want to have anything to do with the love between his children and his children.
And then there is now.
In the new year, Su Yonglin is one year older and is already twenty-one years old.
Because of his busy government affairs and military affairs, he did not celebrate his birthday in a big way. A few of his close subordinates gathered together to have a simple meal and it was considered a birthday.
Then at the birthday party, Guo Jingshun, the oldest member of the team, raised this question.
He said that Su Yonglin was already in his twenties and still alone with no family or son. This was not good. Should he consider getting married?
Su Yonglin was eating big gulps of rice at that time, preparing to finish the meal and continue busy with military affairs. Hearing this, he was stunned and his mouth stopped chewing quickly.
"marry?"
"Well, get married, Ah Lang. You are already twenty-one years old. It's time to think about a life-long event. And this time it really scared me. You said that you are the only one in the Su family. If you have three advantages and two disadvantages, we will what to do?"
Old Guo Tou looked at Su Yonglin with a bitter look on his face: "It sounds unlucky to say this, but Ah Lang, don't blame me for speaking bluntly. I'm really afraid. We are rebelling. This is precarious. No one dares to say that he can survive." In the end, do you think so?"
What he said was true. A group of close subordinates all nodded their heads in agreement.
Su Yonglin chewed the food in his mouth and swallowed it, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and thought about the matter seriously.
In fact, what they said is correct.
In this precarious era, who dares to say that he will survive to the end?
Speaking of which, even if they did not rebel in this era, even if they were born into a wealthy family and lived a good life, it would be difficult to say that they would be able to live a smooth life without illness or disaster.
In an era when medical and health conditions were very underdeveloped, people actually lived day by day.
At this time, children generally did not have names until a certain age.
There is only a nickname, no big name, and no nickname.
The reason is actually very simple and cruel.
That is, the family is not sure that this child will live to adulthood or into his seventies or eighties.
Before he reaches a certain age, the family is really not sure that he will survive, so the child is only given a nickname, not a big name, and is not included in the family tree.
When a person reaches a certain age and proves his vitality and ability to survive, he will be given a name, a cousin, and a family tree. He will be treated as a member of the family and enjoy the normal rights of an adult member of the family.
In an era when diseases are rampant and there is no cure, people are really in danger of losing their lives.
Regardless of whether you are a commoner or an emperor, are you familiar with viruses?
The ancients said that having more children means you will be blessed, so they worked hard to have children. This is actually because of this.
They can't guarantee that the child will survive. In order to continue the family life, they have to work hard to give birth. If they have more children, one of them will survive and continue the family life. The battle is just a probability.
Therefore, Su Yonglin, a single seedling, really belongs to the high-risk group in everyone's eyes.
And now everyone's wealth, life, and future well-being depend on him alone, yet he wanders around all day without having a family or leaving any descendants. This...
No matter how you look at it, this is very irresponsible behavior.
If he disappears one day, everyone will not be able to find someone who can continue to be loyal as the leader if they want to continue fighting.
No one would be at ease unless they gave birth to five, six, seven or eight children.
Su Yonglin thought about this for a while, and felt that the worries of his subordinates were indeed understandable. It was indeed a problem, and it was an urgent problem that needed to be solved.
His power is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people are following him, and more and more people need him to protect their own interests. Therefore, no matter what angle you look at it, getting married and having children is an important task for Su Yonglin.
The fact that he got married and had children shows that he has perseverance in this rebellion and will continue to do so, which is also an important political statement.
It is difficult for a single man without a family or children to be widely recognized by society in this era.
No matter the superiors or subordinates, it is difficult for them to agree with a man who has reached the age of getting married and having children but has not yet married and had children.
Not only that, Su Yonglin soon realized that under the current military situation, the idea of announcing marriage was more of a test for his followers.
After thinking for a while, Su Yonglin nodded slowly.
"It's not that I don't want to get married and have children, it's just that I was too busy before and just wanted to survive, so I didn't have time to think about these things. Now, although I am interested, there are really good people who are willing to marry my daughter to the army before defeating the army of donors. me?"
Xin Qiji stood up and expressed his stance.
"If Su Shuai has really defeated the army of financial backers and is able to aspire to the Central Plains, then who will be the one who is willing to marry their daughter to Su Shuai at that time compared to the family who is willing to marry their daughter to Su Shuai at this moment?" Are they from a good family?"
Xin Qiji's words were quite level, and Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui praised them highly.
"As expected of a scholar, he just knows how to talk."
"Insightful! Hit the nail on the head! Alang, You'an is right. Can the families who marry their daughters at this time compare with the families who marry their daughters at that time?"
Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui supported Xin Qiji's views, and then others nodded and praised Xin Qiji, saying that Xin Qiji could speak and could see the problem very accurately.
Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji approvingly.
"What You An said makes sense, but speaking of it, my marriage should not only be my personal matter. What do you think of it? What kind of family is more suitable for me?"
