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According to the Dalin ancestor system, all descendants of the royal family were mourned for two years. During the filial period, the joys were prohibited, and entertainment was prohibited in the capital, and the people were mourned together.
The New Year was not long after the Queen Mother's funeral. The palace canceled the annual banquet and the reunion banquet. This was the most deserted New Year that Lin Feilu had after coming here.
The marriage of the second prince Lin Jiwen was originally scheduled to be in the beginning of spring, but now it can only be postponed. Lin Feilu and Lin Wei, who have not yet been engaged, were naturally put on hold. Emperor Lin finally did not force her to choose a prince consort, which made Lin Feilu much easier.
After Lin Feilu's comfort, Lin Zhanyuan believed that after death, he would turn into a star in the sky. He did not cry anymore. Every night, he sat on the threshold and held his cheek to look at the stars, wanting to find which one was the emperor's grandmother.
After the empress dowager was buried in the imperial tomb, Lin Ting petitioned to go to the imperial tomb to guard for a year. Emperor Lin felt guilty that he did not fulfill his duties as a child and grandchild in his later years and agreed to his request.
After the snow melted, the silent capital city finally ushered in spring. Although it was still in the mourning period, it was not a pain for the whole people. Apart from the funeral, everyone should do whatever they should do and live their own lives.
Compared to the death of the empress dowager, what attracted Emperor Lin and the court officials to pay more attention to was the actions of the Song State in the past two years.
Since the battle last year to fight for Liberty City, Song and Lin have never had a clash. They both stationed on the border to train soldiers, and are wary of everything about each other.
When the generals entered the spring, an urgent report came from the frontier, saying that the border defense of the State of Song seemed to be mobilized, and the troops stationed were added. The court was ready for battle. Emperor Lin dispatched military generals to wait for the State of Song to declare war. As a result, after waiting, the news came that the State of Song sent troops to attack the State of Wei, which was hiding in the southern border.
For example, today the situation is in Dalin, Song and Yong countries, but there are many small countries around it that exploited the loopholes of melee and proclaimed themselves kings.
Small countries around Dalin have long been annexed, and now there are only a few vassal states left, paying tribute every year.
However, the Song State was weak for many years, and the king had no energy or the heart to deal with these small countries around him. He had allowed them to develop for many years and did not interfere with each other.
Dalin coveted those small countries and wanted to swallow them together, but because they wanted to send troops to those small countries across the Huai River, they had to pass through the territory of Song. Without gaining geographical advantages, they had to give up.
Now that Song Jinglan succeeds to the throne, these small countries have become thorns in his eyes. After rectifying the internal affairs, it is natural to fight against foreign countries.
When Emperor Lin received the news, he immediately announced the discussions of the generals and wanted to take the opportunity to send troops to the Song Dynasty. However, he found that the mobilization of the Song State not long ago increased the border by twice the strength of Dalin. If he wanted to send troops at this time, Emperor Lin had to dispatch troops from other places.
But the troops and horses everywhere have their own tasks to guard. Take Shanyongguan as an example. The Yong Kingdom on the other side is eyeing it and is a warlike nomadic people. I wish there were fewer forest troops in Shanyongguan so that they could break through in one fell swoop.
Emperor Lin was speechless: "This Song Dynasty child sent so many troops to guard the border, where did he come from to attack Weiguo?"
The general replied: "This time, the Emperor of Song personally sent troops to defend the country, and only brought 30,000 troops."
Emperor Lin sneered: "Although this man has some conviction, he has a high opinion of himself and tries to capture the Wei State with 30,000 troops. The old man of the Wei family was also a brave man back then, and the child of Song State was really overestimated."
As a result, before the spring was over, the military probe heard the news that the Song Kingdom had won the surrender of the Wei Kingdom.
Lin Di who was slapped in the face: "?"
However, this was not the end. After annexing the Wei Kingdom, in the next year, Song Jinglan personally led the iron cavalry to fight east and west, and rushed thousands of miles to break through the surrounding small countries one by one, and gradually recover Huainan.
According to the military inquirer, among the soldiers who followed him to fight, there was a group of evil people who had committed evil in the world. These people occupied the mountains and became kings, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. They also established the Thirteen Chixiao Villages, and even the upright people in the world could not do anything to them.
Since when, this group of bandits gradually disappeared, and the once majestic Thirteen Villages of Chixiao gradually disappeared, and they have never appeared in the world again. Someone dared to go up the mountain to investigate, but found that the mountain village was empty.
At first, everyone thought it was the internal strife of Thirteen Villages, which led to the collapse of the counterfeit village. Some people also said that Ji Liang, the world's number one swordsman, drove this bandit village. No matter what, everyone breathed a sigh of relief that such a evil counterfeit village could disappear.
Unexpectedly, this group of people was actually incorporated into the army by Emperor Song and became his capable personnel for siege cities and plundering land.
No minister does not want to be loyal to a powerful king.
Although Song Jinglan killed his father and seized the throne, his methods were cruel and his throne was not justified, since he ascended the throne, he changed his previous arrogance and extravagance, and his corrupt officials were killed, weak officials were cut off, strong training of troops, and fighting against foreign countries to stabilize the country. The national strength of the Song State became increasingly powerful, and finally showed a bit of the temperament of the overlord of the Central Plains back then.
The people who once denied him were speechless, and those who once opposed him were willing to surrender. Those corpse-slaughtering worms have been killed by him, and now all the rest are ambition-oriented and powerful people.
In just a few years, the State of Song became stronger at an astonishing speed, revealing the wolf's fangs.
Dalin could only watch all this happen through the Huaihe River, and could do nothing except for the strong army to train troops.
Emperor Lin wanted to do something, but Yong Guo, the shit-making stick, came to harass him from time to time, and he could not deal with Song Jinglan with all his heart.
It is even more impossible to join forces with Yong State to deal with Song State. Yong State killed two generations of kings, and their bodies hung at the city gate for half a month to demonstrate. Dalin also slaughtered an entire tribe of Yong State after defeating him, but the elderly, weak, women and children were not spared. The feud between the two countries was difficult to resolve.
What's more, with the cruel and greedy national style of Yong Kingdom, once Song is destroyed, he will turn his head and bite you.
The best situation is to stand up in the Three Kingdoms and restrain each other.
Fortunately, all the actions of the State of Song are currently at the south of the Huai River. As long as Song Jinglan's hand does not extend across the Huai River, nothing he does has to do with Dalin.
But as he watched the opponent become stronger, Emperor Lin still couldn't stand up. He had looked old two years ago, and his health was getting worse and worse. He relied on pills to maintain his condition. Now the pills are unable to support his physical condition.
It would be fine if Emperor Lin obeyed the old age, but he was indignant and missed his youthful and strong state. Long live after hearing too much, and after sitting in the dragon position for a long time, he really thought that he was the true dragon emperor who could live forever and could not accept his old look.
When Lin Feilu came to the palace to pay tribute, he heard about Emperor Lin's increase in the dosage of elixirs.
She was helpless and worried, and after thinking about it, she could only go to Lin Qing.
After entering the summer of this year, Si Miaoran was pregnant and basically kept her baby in the East Palace. Lin Feilu entered the palace to accompany her more times. When she heard that Princess Yong'an entered the palace, Si Miaoran would be much happier. Every time she sent someone to wait outside the palace, and once she had invited An, she would invite her to the East Palace.
Lin Feilu: “…”
What did I say?
Lin Jingyuan put his pen on: "Who is it? Since you have someone you like, what else should you choose? Setting it up early is the main thing."
Chapter completed!