Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 378 Born divine, a saint descended to the world! Go straight to the capital and commit the heinous act of changing the dynasty!
It was precisely because of this understanding that Lin Ruhai knew that any one of the more than 16,000 hundred-man enemies under Luofu's command, if placed in the current Daqing army, would at least be a good warrior in charging into battle. If they knew a little bit about the art of war, each of them could be considered a thousand-man commander or even a general.

Even if he fights alone, he can still be considered as being able to defeat a hundred people.

In a head-on confrontation, if fully armed, they could even fight against an army of one million.

Let me ask, can Daqing, which has only been established for a hundred years and whose various ills have gradually become apparent, withstand such an opponent?
Thoughts came and went, but Lin Ruhai had only one answer in his mind.

The celebration is over.

Now it all depends on what Lin Ruhai chooses.

In the back house of the prefectural government office.

Lin Daiyu, who was forced to stay by the maids and old women under Luofu's command, was worried when she suddenly saw her father walking towards her with a conflicted look on his face.

She was delighted at first, but then she discovered a bigger surprise.

The father in front of him at this moment was no longer the ghost he had been before, but a real body of flesh and blood.

"Daddy."

Lin Daiyu's voice came to my ears.

Lin Ruhai forced a smile and glanced at the maids and servants around him.

The next moment, the maids and old women understood and left the backyard, leaving the space to Lin Ruhai and his daughter.

"My dear." Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly, as if he couldn't understand something. He said, "How can this be possible? Daqing has only been established for a hundred years. How come a great leader like Luo Tiandao appeared?"

Lin Daiyu was stunned at first, but then she quickly realized that Luo Fu's father, who had been trying hard to persuade him, had suddenly changed so much. It must be that Luo Fu let him know something.

To the extent that my father, who originally wanted to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, actually began to have a pessimistic view of the imperial court.

Lin Daiyu was indeed smart. Her lively eyes flickered slightly as she asked, "Dad, do you think the court is doomed?"

Looking at Lin Daiyu worriedly, Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "The soldiers under the command of Taoist Luo Tian are all capable of defeating a hundred enemies with one of them. Who in the world dares to fight against such a mighty army?"

"Could it be the magic of Xuanmen Taoism?" Like Lin Ruhai, Lin Daiyu subconsciously linked the power under Luofu's command with the magic of Xuanmen Taoism.

As we all know, no matter how magical the Taoist magic is, it is vulnerable to the real evil spirit of the military formation.

Shaking his head with a bitter smile, Lin Ruhai said, "My dear, I was a ghost before, and I saw clearly that every soldier under the command of Luo Tiandao was full of blazing masculine energy and blood, and even like little suns, emitting a burning and terrifying aura. If it weren't for the protection of Luo Tiandao before, I, as a ghost, would have been killed in an instant by the terrifying masculine energy and blood."

Lin Daiyu was just like Lin Ruhai before. She was shocked and blurted out, "Daddy, how many soldiers does Luo Tiandao have?"

"According to Taoist Luo Tian, ​​he has 16,000 enemies under his command. From my perspective, they are not far away from him, even if they are a million strong army, they may not be able to stop him at all."

"Dad, do you want to be a martyr for your country, or do you want to make contributions to the new dynasty?" Lin Daiyu asked the key question that Lin Ruhai was worried about at the moment.

"Father..." Even in front of his daughter, Lin Ruhai felt a little embarrassed at this moment.

Being a martyr for one's country would indeed make one's name go down in history and be revered as a sage by civil officials. However, if Lin Ruhai really became a martyr for his country, what would happen to his beloved daughter?
But if he makes great contributions to the new dynasty, let alone other things, just based on Luofu's reaction to Lin Daiyu before, at the very least he could become a relative of the new dynasty.

As for Luofu, even Lingyou Hou would have to call him an emperor. Plus, he is only a few years older than his daughter, so he might become the youngest founding lord in history. At the same time, his reign would probably be the longest in ancient and modern times.

Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand why Lin Ruhai had such a conflicted mentality.

You have to know that Lin Ruhai is not an orphan. Not to mention his distant relatives, the fact that his ancestors were marquises for five generations alone is enough to make him a giant.

For the sake of his daughter, his family, and himself, he couldn't simply become a martyr for his country; after all, dying was easy, but surviving and making the right choice was the real dilemma.

"Daddy, do you think that this Taoist Luo Tian can really become the founder?" Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes, looking a little conflicted.

Mentioning this, Lin Ruhai frowned and said, "This is also what I can't understand. Although this Taoist Luo Tian is not very old, he is so... so..."

Unable to think of the right words to describe Luo Fu, Lin Ruhai simply sighed and said, "If he is not a congenitally divine saint, then he must be a demon in troubled times, a demon that brings disaster to the country."

Both father and daughter fell silent.

After a moment, Lin Daiyu suddenly seemed to react and reminded him, "Dad, Taoist Luo Tian easily captured Yangzhou and got the wealth of Yangzhou. He will definitely act vigorously and forge ahead. Dad, you need to make a decision early."

How could Lin Ruhai not know this?
Just when he was in a dilemma, Lin Daiyu immediately said, "Second Brother Lian seems to know the background of this Taoist Luo Tian. Since father is having a hard time making a decision, why not ask Second Brother Lian first?"

His eyes suddenly lit up, and Lin Ruhai stood up immediately, saying, "If it weren't for your reminder, I would have almost forgotten that there is Lian Er."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai couldn't wait to find Jia Lian, Lin Daiyu suddenly asked: "Daddy, if you come back to life again, how long can you accompany your daughter?"

Lin Ruhai was struck by lightning.

Just now, Lin Ruhai had been struggling over whether he should become a martyr who would go down in history as a loyal martyr, or just take a gamble and follow Luo Fu to become a founding hero of a new dynasty.

But Lin Daiyu's sudden reminder made Lin Ruhai react suddenly.

The option of dying for his country was not among his options from the very beginning.

We must never forget why Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu traveled thousands of miles from Rongguo Mansion in the capital to Yangzhou City.

It was simply because Lin Ruhai was already terminally ill and would not live long.

Even if Luofu had not suddenly appeared, Lin Ruhai would probably have died as the Imperial Salt Inspector.

In an instant, I realized that I only had one choice.

But Lin Ruhai turned around and nodded to Lin Daiyu, then went straight to Jia Lian's residence.

Although he had lost the option of dying a martyr for his country, Lin Ruhai still wanted to go to Jia Lian to ask about Luofu's background, so as to find out what Luofu's origins were.

Although I have learned from Jia Lian that Luo Fu once had the title of scholar, to be honest, Luo Fu cannot be considered a minister of Daqing.

Don't underestimate this point. This is why there is a saying that only the Han and Ming dynasties were able to gain power in a righteous way.

That’s because in other dynasties, almost all the officials were former ministers.

As for the Han and Ming dynasties, although Liu Bang was a Tingzhang of the Qin Dynasty before him, the position of Tingzhang was just a small official, or even not an official at all. After that, the so-called Tingzhang was at best a clerk.

It can be said that the Han Dynasty hardly enjoyed any of the welfare benefits of the Qin Dynasty.

The same was true for the Ming Dynasty. After the uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang had the right to pledge allegiance to the Yuan Dynasty under pressure from the situation, and even wrote some disgusting memorials to the emperor, but that was only a stopgap measure.

Just like the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty earned his wealth through his own hard work rather than being given by the Yuan Dynasty.

From this point of view, only the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty can be said to have conquered the world in a fair and just manner.

Most other dynasties were suspected of being ungrateful.

And if Luofu was able to conquer the world merely for the fame of being a scholar, from the perspective of Lin Ruhai, a scholar-official, his conquest of the country was in no way inferior to that of the Han and Ming dynasties.

When he went to find Jia Lian in person, he learned from Jia Lian that Luo Fu was indeed just a scholar before, and that his Luo family was even an old minister of the previous dynasty. Because of the oppression of the four major families, his family was broken up and even his parents died suddenly.

For a moment, Lin Ruhai felt mixed emotions.

On the one hand, because of his wife, Lin Ruhai has deep roots with the four major families.

But on the other hand, looking at Luofu's previous experience, if he could really conquer the world, his reputation would almost have the potential to surpass the Han and Ming dynasties.

A scholar, due to the oppression of the imperial court, eventually raised the flag of rebellion and overthrew the old dynasty. More importantly, their family was an old official of the previous dynasty several generations ago.

This is a perfect fit, even surpassing many principles in Confucian classics.

After learning about Luofu's background, Lin Ruhai's last bit of worry disappeared.

As an official of the previous dynasty, he died in office. Now he has a chance to come back to life. On the one hand, it is because of the entrustment of Yangzhou City God Lingyou Hou, and on the other hand, it is because of Luofu's magical powers.

It can be said that from the moment of his death, Lin Ruhai had fulfilled his duty as a loyal minister.

Assisting Luofu and establishing a new dynasty requires almost no psychological burden.

Of course, as a scholar, Lin Ruhai only needed a reason that could justify himself on this issue. The more logically self-consistent the reason was, the more acceptable it would be.

After leaving Jia Lian, Lin Ruhai could hardly wait to find Luofu and chose to follow Luofu.

Not only that, he even started to give advice to Luo Fu in front of him.

Lin Ruhai's ancestor also became the Marquis of Daqing as a counselor.

Today's Lin Ruhai is merely following the example of his ancestors.

Even while giving advice to Luofu, Lin Ruhai also began to contact the Lin family, intending to pull the entire Lin family onto Luofu's chariot.

As for the Jia family and the four major families, after learning about Luofu's experience from Jia Lian, Lin Ruhai realized that it was completely impossible for the four major families to turn things around. As the third place selected by the emperor and the imperial salt inspector, Lin Ruhai was well aware of the current hatred for the powerful.

The four major families have been caught in the crossfire.

Even though Luofu failed on the verge of success, as the culprits who forced Luofu, a powerful tyrant, to rebel, the four major families were not confiscated and exterminated because the emperor was sentimental.

If Luofu really founded a new dynasty, the four major families would also end up disappearing into thin air.

Perhaps when Luofu establishes a new dynasty, in order to show mercy, one or two of the younger generations of the four major families will be spared, but there is a 99% chance that these people will end up entering the palace as little firemen.

What does it mean to enter the palace as a eunuch? To put it bluntly, it is because of their young age, and killing them directly would be a bit against the emperor's mercy and wisdom, so they are simply castrated and sent to the palace to be eunuchs.

The fate of the Jia family and the four major families was already determined. Even if he became a hero in opening up a new dynasty in Luofu, at most, he would only leave a trace of incense for his in-laws, the Jia family.

As for the others, Lin Ruhai is now eager to board Luofu's ship, so how could he deliberately disgust Luofu with such a thing?
What's more, he wanted to marry his daughter to Luofu.

Faced with Lin Ruhai's tactfulness, Luo Fu naturally didn't mind showing his courtesy to the wise.

Not only did he personally acknowledge Lin Ruhai's status as an advisor in front of the core members of the Cao Gang under his command, he even gave Lin Ruhai the seed of energy that would allow him to truly revive.

After obtaining the seed of Yuan Energy, Lin Ruhai instantly felt his body and blood becoming stronger. While he was surprised, he also became more optimistic that Luofu could succeed.

Of course, Lin Ruhai didn’t know that once people took the Yuan Energy Seed, they would not only gain huge benefits, but would also gradually become loyal followers of Luofu.

The joining of Lin Ruhai not only gave Luofu a good start in seizing the Twelve Golden Hairpins, but more importantly, it made up for the biggest shortcoming of Luofu's subordinates, that is, they had strong military force but no civil officials or strategists.

Although the Lin family had been a family of marquises for five generations before Lin Ruhai, their ancestor was granted the title as a counselor. In other words, the Lin family has always been a family of scholars and officials, and there are quite a few bookish people in the family.

Although there are not many people who have achieved fame, the beginning of a chaotic era is not about flowery articles.

After learning about his plan from Luo Fu, Lin Ruhai felt even more sad, thinking that the current dynasty was indeed very unfortunate.

Luofu, who was born divine and was a sage who came to the world, not only possessed the incredible power of blood energy, but also created an invincible army of more than 16,000 enemies in a short period of time.

He also has a clear understanding of how to conquer the world.

First seize Yangzhou, take Yangzhou's wealth, and then go down to Nanjing.

As a thousand-year-old capital, Jinling has special significance.

Once Nanjing is captured, even if Jiangnan cannot be conquered by a single order in a short period of time, it probably won’t require much effort.

Especially with more than 16,000 enemies, even if they are scattered, they are still invincible.

While governing the north along the river, we can quickly assess the south of the Yangtze River. Once the south of the Yangtze River is stabilized, with the power in Luofu's hands, conquering the world will be as easy as taking something out of a bag.

Although there was nothing wrong with Lin Ruhai's overall strategy, in terms of specific implementation, he had made almost all the patches for Luofu and Luo Tianjun.

With the invincible Luo Tian Army at hand, it is easy to capture cities, but if one wants to stabilize Jiangnan, one needs civil officials like Lin Ruhai to exchange interests to a certain extent.

Lin Ruhai joined Luofu's army.

Not only did he contact those children of the Lin family who might not be good at the imperial examinations but had enough talent to join Luofu's Luotian Army as soon as possible.

At the same time, he chose to marry his daughter to Luofu as soon as possible.

On the one hand, it is to consolidate his own status and position. On the other hand, although Luofu is young, he is a force that wants to seize the world. Therefore, as the founder, he must have a harem to stabilize people's hearts.

The founder is young, so there is no need to worry about the issue of succession in the short term, but a harem is a must. Otherwise, how can people's hearts be stabilized?
Luofu was determined to get the Twelve Golden Hairpins, so of course he would not refuse anything hypocritically.

Although Lin Daiyu is too young to sleep together, Lin Ruhai and Luo Fu have reached a tacit decision that once Nanjing is captured, Luo Fu will need to raise a clear banner while conquering the city and officially become the king and producer, and the wedding will be a natural procedure.

At worst, I could just crown Lin Daiyu as the queen first and postpone their sex life to a later date.

In Luofu, Lin Daiyu, the leader of the Twelve Golden Hairpins, was officially captured.

Outside Yangzhou city.

In an inn.

"It's a disaster, it's a disaster, it's terrible, mother, sister." A young man in a brocade robe and a slightly bloated figure hurried to the backyard of the inn.

"Brother, why are you in such a hurry?" The girl, who had a plump face that showed peace and prosperity, and who, although not very old, had already shown some peerless elegance, greeted the hurried man with a look of surprise.

"Sister, Yangzhou City has been occupied by bandits who came from somewhere." The young man looked panicked.

This brother and sister were actually the Xue family who had to move to Beijing with their entire family because they had killed the juren Feng Yuan in Jinling not long ago.

The young boy is Xue Pan, who is known as the dull bully, and the young girl is Xue Baochai, who is similar to Lin Daiyu.

The girl who was following behind Xue Baochai and turned pale with fright at Xue Pan's words, and had a pretty face and a rouge mole on her forehead, was none other than Xiangling, who caused the conflict between Xue Pan and Feng Yuan!
"You evil creature, stop talking nonsense." Aunt Xue, who came out a step late, tried to dissuade him, "This is a matter of capital punishment. How could Yangzhou, such an important city, be occupied by bandits?"

"Mom." Xue Pan was sweating profusely and said, "How dare I say such nonsense? I only knew the news when I met a few people who escaped from Yangzhou. Now even the canal has been blocked. I heard that the Luo Tian army that occupied Yangzhou is preparing to go north along the river and directly attack the capital to change the dynasty. We must not go north at this time."

"What should we do?" Aunt Xue was frightened by Xue Pan's solemn promise.

Although Xue Baochai was also surprised that such a disaster had occurred in the court, she forced herself to calm down and persuaded Aunt Xue: "Mom, my brother is right. If there really is such a riot, we must set off immediately and return to Jinling. We can make a decision after the situation becomes clear!"

At this moment, Xue Baochai was in a state of confusion. After all, they went to the capital this time, on the one hand to avoid disaster, and on the other hand, to allow Xue Baochai to come to the capital to be selected.

But who could have thought that only a hundred years after the founding of the country, with no signs before, such a powerful person would emerge in the blink of an eye. Not only did he occupy the important city of Yangzhou in an instant, he even planned to take the capital directly and change the dynasty.

Although Xue Baochai is smart, she can't come up with any feasible plan in the face of such a huge change.

The only idea is to return to Jinling first and then make plans.

After hearing both her children say so, Aunt Xue was at a loss as to what to do and could only nod her head helplessly.

The Xue family, who were originally planning to move to Beijing, had not even been to Yangzhou. They had to abandon their previous plan because of the sudden emergence of Luofu.

As for the Xue family, they were slow when entering the capital, but when a warlord like Luofu emerged in Yangzhou, they returned much faster.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Xue family itself is quite worried about entering Beijing.

If they were in Jinling, the Xue family would be the undisputed local tyrants, but once they moved to Beijing, they would be living under someone else's roof.

The mother and her two sons of the Xue family had some concerns, and the servants were even more unbearable.

Now that they knew there was a powerful hero like Luofu in troubled times, these people were rushing back to Jinling as if they were fleeing for their lives, as they had to take the only way to enter the capital.

He didn't know that because of his appearance, Xue Baochai and her family couldn't wait to return to Jinling before even reaching Yangzhou.

In Yangzhou city.

Luofu was integrating Yangzhou's resources and forces.

In the backyard of the prefectural government, Lin Ruhai also informed Lin Daiyu of his decision.

Although it was a matter concerning her life, Lin Daiyu felt embarrassed and worried at the same time.

After all, Luofu had just started the rebellion, and they only occupied Yangzhou. Although it was known that Luofu had strong soldiers and horses and could seize the world and change the dynasty, in Lin Daiyu's eyes, it was just a record in history books.

Now, not only does her father have to personally participate in it, but she is even going to become the queen of the rebel king.

Of course, if Luofu could really conquer the world and change the dynasty, then she would be the mother of a country. Even if she herself did not have much utilitarianism, how could a young girl in the boudoir not enjoy such a supreme and noble position?

"Dad, can he...can he really succeed?" Lin Daiyu asked worriedly.

Lin Ruhai was full of confidence. On the one hand, he understood what it meant for Luofu to have more than 16,000 enemies. You know, among those 16,000 people, there were more than 3,000 armored soldiers who could charge into the battle.

After capturing Yangzhou, they obtained Yangzhou's military equipment, and even the few archers they had before were brought out.

Three thousand armored enemies of a hundred men charging into battle, plus ten thousand elite soldiers, and three thousand sharpshooters who could hit the target from a hundred steps away.

Even if Luofu failed to accomplish the feat of changing the dynasty, it was almost certain that it would split Jiangnan and rule the world with Daqing.

More importantly, Lin Ruhai knew very well that Daqing had already shown signs of decline. If there were no existence like Luofu, who seemed to be born divine and a sage, with the current ambitions, he might be able to become the leader of the revival.

Unfortunately, the emergence of Luofu made Daqing a short-lived dynasty.

After getting Lin Ruhai's affirmative answer, Lin Daiyu's depression instantly disappeared.

As for the naive feelings she had for Jia Baoyu when they were in Rongguo Mansion, Lin Daiyu instantly forgot them after she learned that she was engaged to Luo Fu.

(End of this chapter)