Daming talker

Chapter 513: The Literary Conference is Coming
As a leader, Mr. Lin’s main task is top-level design, selecting and employing people, and supervising and urging them.

When most of the people in the links from top to bottom were involved, the preparations for dredging the old course of Wusong River accelerated suddenly and entered the fast lane.

At this time, Mr. Lin felt relaxed and only needed to supervise the progress according to the time nodes.

The first half of August passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

As one of the most important festivals of the year, Suzhou people have many activities and customs to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the festival, the emerging wealthy Lin family opened their famous garden Canglang Pavilion, held a grand gathering, and invited many local literary celebrities from Suzhou to attend.

At this time, Wang Zhideng, the world's number one commoner poet, was still regarded by many as the leader of Suzhou's local literary world.

So when Wang Zhideng appeared at Canglang Pavilion, holding Lin Jiuyuan's "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems" published three years ago, and praising Lin Jiuyuan as the best Mid-Autumn Poet since the Song Dynasty, many people who were not so well-informed were shocked.

Many people remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago, Zhang Fengyi strongly promoted the "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems", and Wang Zhideng and Zhang Fengyi broke up, and the Suzhou literary world was split into two major factions.

How come only two years have passed and Wang Zhideng, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also betrayed us?
"Let's write poetry today in response to Mr. Lin's Ten Essays on Mid-Autumn Festival!" Wang Zhideng proposed, holding up the poetry collection, just as Zhang Fengyi had proposed two years ago.

Someone asked, "Wang Baigu, don't you write poems for others?"

According to general practice, the leaders of the literary world should publish poems at this time, and then others would respond in the hope of comments and support. This is the privilege of the leaders of the literary world.

When Wang Zhideng heard someone asking about this, he sighed, "Lin Jiuyuan is a man of natural talent, I cannot compare to him! From now on, the literary world of Wuzhong will depend on Lin Jiuyuan!"

So in everyone's eyes, the local literary leader Wang Zhideng quickly degenerated into Wang Laodeng.
Wang Zhideng felt the strange looks from others and felt that he should not be the only one to be embarrassed, so he immediately said:

"In addition, Mr. Wen Hengshan has a great-grandson named Wen Zhenmeng, who has already become Lin Jiuyuan's disciple. Therefore, Lin Jiuyuan is no longer an outsider."

Only then did everyone understand that the Suzhou literary world was going to change hands!

Wen Zhenmeng is now very famous. He will enter school at the age of sixteen this year. He is the future hope that the Wen family is fully committed to cultivating.

If even Wen Zhenmeng was a disciple of Lin Jiuyuan, that would be quite telling.

It seems that Wang Laodeng can only be Wang Laodeng. After all, even the Wen family behind him is like that.

After the literary attendees had digested these heavy news, Mr. Lin appeared at the scene with a smile, accompanied by Sun Lianlian, the former eleventh place on the Suzhou Flower List and current female manager of the School Book Office.

Facing the crowd, Mr. Lin said loudly: "I only have two things to say. First, there is no limit on the amount of wine and drinks in Canglang Pavilion today. Drink as much as you want!

Second, thirty beauties are about to arrive. I have already paid for them. You just need to show your abilities!"

Suddenly the whole garden was filled with cheers, and the leadership position of Suzhou literary world was smoothly transitioned.

Right Guardian Zhang Wu muttered behind his back, "Why waste this money? If we surround everyone and force them to take a stand, who would dare to disobey?"

The left protector Zhang Wen scolded: "What do you know? Lao Gao said the other day that the leader can conquer the world immediately, but he cannot rule the world immediately."

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, time continues to flow forward in an orderly manner.

As the news that Lin Jiuyuan was the leader of the Suzhou literary world gradually spread to various places, it attracted considerable attention.

At this time, the invitation to the literary conference issued by the old leader Wang was gradually delivered to the hands of literary celebrities from all over the country.

In the heroic post, the old leader Wang almost blatantly expressed his intention to "abdicate".

However, in this context, Lin Jiuyuan suddenly seized the position of leader of Suzhou literary world. How could this not arouse associations among celebrities from all over the country?

If you are not a representative of a big faction, it will be difficult to become the leader of the literary world.

For example, Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen were first leaders of the retro-styled school, and then they became leaders of the literary world as leaders of the retro-styled school.

Therefore, anyone with a little political literacy can realize that Lin Jiuyuan wants to use the leadership of Suzhou's literary world as a springboard to seize the position of leader of the world's literary world!
This kind of ambition has been unconcealed, it is as clear as Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it!
It was mid-September, and there was only half a month left until the scheduled date of the literary conference. Some impatient people had already arrived in Suzhou.

During this most refreshing autumn season, Feng Shike, a representative figure of the literary world of Songjiang Prefecture, the right-hand man of the old leader Wang, and a die-hard fan of the retro style, also came to Suzhou.

Nominally, he came here on orders from old leader Wang to negotiate matters related to the literary conference in advance.

Mr. Lin received Feng Shike at Canglang Pavilion and had an in-depth conversation with him.

The two of them sat on the rockery, and heard Mr. Lin say, "Brother Feng, please help me explain the matter of the two hundred thousand taels of silver to the gentry in Yunjian.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand, right? First, borrow money from the court by using the land tax as collateral, and then when the time comes to pay it back, just refuse to pay it back.

After all, it's public money. Who in the court would be so serious about it?

If you really can’t afford it, just drag it out and say you can pay it back in installments, for example, over a period of ten years. After ten years, this little money won’t be a problem at all!”

The Ming Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty. If you can't collect taxes, you will be beheaded. No matter what, get the court funds first.

The Feng family was also a wealthy family in Songjiang Prefecture, with many intermarriages with other wealthy families. Moreover, Feng Shike himself had a generous personality, a wide range of friends, and a lot of connections.

Therefore, after Mr. Lin had dealt with Governor Zhou, he entrusted Mr. Feng to help with lobbying in Songjiang Prefecture.

Feng Shike continued, "Many people are indeed very interested in the four routes for the Wusong River trade and navigation that you proposed. They all asked if they could join the New Wu Society. How much money would it cost?"

Mr. Lin replied, "I don't accept money, I only accept land. If you have faith in me, Lin, and want to join the Xinwu Society, you can exchange the land for me."

"What's the rule?" Feng Shike asked again.

Mr. Lin explained: "I have roughly told you the planned route of the project. The usable area of ​​the 80-li project is calculated as 10,000 mu.

Xinwu Society will contribute 50% of its shares and convert them into the 10,000 acres.

In other words, every 200 acres of land along the way can be exchanged for 1% of the shares of Xinwu Company.

If you are interested in this matter and have confidence in me, you might as well give it a try by getting the land.

The assets of all of you big families are in the form of land. Isn't that too monotonous? Why not add another form of property?

For you wealthy people in Songjiang Prefecture, a few hundred acres of land is not too much, right? You can definitely afford the gamble."

The core idea of ​​Mr. Lin is to win over as many local gentry from Songjiang Prefecture as possible to join the project and form a common interest group to reduce resistance to the project and jointly resist risks from all sides in the later stage.

Feng Shike did not comment, but only said: "I will pass these words back to Songjiang Prefecture, I believe some people will be tempted."

At this point, Mr. Feng Er suddenly laughed.

Because he found that Lin Tailai's method was a bit like trying to get something for nothing and having the best of both worlds.

On the one hand, the four trade and navigation policies for the Wusong River were used to seduce the local gentry and wealthy families. If those four policies came true, who would not be envious?
On the other hand, in the future, Lin Tailai could rely on the power of local gentry to force the governor or the government to implement these four articles.

Of course, all of this is based on Lin Tailai's personal credit. Only when others believe that Lin Tailai can accomplish something will they join in. From this perspective, we have to admit that Lin Tailai has been constantly doing things in recent years, and he always does big things. The key is that he always succeeds, and finally builds up his personal credit.

There will always be people who believe that Lin Tailai will succeed this time, which is also a kind of luck.

After the conversation, Lin Tailai tried to persuade him to stay, saying, "For so many years, I have been the enemy of the retro style, and you are a die-hard fan of the retro style. We always met in secret.

It's a rare opportunity for us to meet openly today, so don't leave, stay in our Lin Mansion!"

Feng Shike said, "Wait, let's not talk about this yet, we haven't finished talking yet."

"Is there anything else?" Mr. Lin asked puzzledly.

Feng Shike replied: "The real business is the literary conference, and we haven't discussed a single word yet!"

Lin Tailai said nonchalantly: "What's there to discuss at the literary conference? It can be done with hands! Just ask Lord Wang Yanzhou to come over!"

Feng Shike sighed and said, "Although I came here on the orders of the Duke of Yanzhou, the issue I want to discuss is really not on the Duke of Yanzhou's side.

As far as I know, the number of celebrities attending this literary conference is probably greater than in the past few years, and it can be said to be unprecedentedly complete."

Mr. Lin nodded and said, "It's all within expectations. What's the problem?"

You know, the heroic invitation he sent out on behalf of old Alliance Leader Wang clearly hinted at the meaning of "abdication".

The result of this is that some people who originally did not want to travel long distances to attend literary conferences also developed a strong interest.

If there is a possibility of a "change of ownership" in the literary world, there will be a lot of people who want to come and watch the fun or get involved.

Feng Shike reminded: "The more people come, the more complicated the situation will be, and the more difficult it will be to handle. This is common sense.

Not to mention that many of the people who came this time are not insignificant minor characters, which will only make the situation more out of control."

Mr. Lin nodded, "You are right, so what?"

Feng Shike said angrily: "It's already this time, why are you still pretending to be stupid?

Don't you understand that your recent behavior has been too high-profile, openly seizing the leadership of Suzhou's literary world and issuing heroic invitations on behalf of the Duke of Yanzhou. As a result, you have become the target of public criticism!
You already have many enemies, and you have only been in the literary world for a short time, so the more complicated the situation becomes, the more disadvantageous it will be for you, so you must not be careless."

Mr. Lin seemed to not take the unfavorable situation seriously at all, and the expression "carelessness leads to the loss of Jingzhou" was almost written on his face.

Then he asked with a smile: "Who will come?"

Although the person who sent out the heroic invitation was Lin Tailai, everyone's replies were still sent to the old leader Wang.

Therefore, Lin Tailai currently has no idea who will attend the literary conference, and only people around the old leader know the details.

Feng Shike first mentioned two heavyweight names: "Shen Li, the former Minister of Rites of Henan, and Zhao Yongxian, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing and the Chief Academician of the Nanjing Imperial College."

Mr. Lin was indeed quite surprised. "As for Zhao Yongxian, he became famous for his fight against Zhang Juzheng and won the love affair. He was one of the five most famous people in the retro faction for two generations. He wanted to be the leader of the next generation.

But this old Shen is not willing to be lonely and wants to retire? Does he also want to cross over and become the leader? "

Feng Shike said: "Mr. Shen probably didn't mean that. He might have been specially invited."

Mr. Lin asked again, "Who else are there? Pick out the heavyweights."

Feng Shike continued to introduce them like a treasure: "The Wang brothers from Huizhou, these are the ones you know, and I don't need to say much about the locals in Suzhou.

The representatives from Nanjing were the local literary upstart Gu Qiyuan and Tang Xianzu, the head of Nanjing’s Ministry of Rites, but he was from Jiangxi.

The representative from Shandong was Gong Nai, one of the three great masters of Shanzuo. He was also no simple man. The three great masters together with him were the Minister of Rites Yu Shenxing and the senior Hanlin Feng Qi.

The people from Zhejiang included Shen Mingchen, one of the three great commoner poets in the world, whose nephew was Shen Yikuan, Tu Long, who had long been out of touch with the world, and Hu Yinglin, who inherited the literary criticism legacy of Yanzhou Gong.

Hearing this, Mr. Lin suddenly interrupted and asked: "Among the people from Zhejiang, are there any from the Xiang family in Jiaxing? I heard that he has a lot of famous paintings, and I have long wanted to meet him."

Feng Shike: "."

Let’s not go off topic! The Xiang family was famous for their wealth, collections, calligraphy and paintings, and their social circle was wide, but they were not eligible to be invited to literary conferences.

Of course, it is normal to come and join in the fun at your own expense. There are always many such people every time, but they usually cannot enter the core main venue.

Then Feng Shike continued, "The famous old-fashioned master, Senior Wu Guolun, who was ranked among the last seven, probably couldn't bear to see the Duke of Yanzhou abdicate, so he only sent his disciples to the scene, which can be regarded as representing Hubei.

In addition, Yuan Hongdao of the Hubei Gong'an faction happens to be the magistrate of your Wu County, so he can also participate this time."

Mr. Lin couldn't help but sigh that, considering the current era, the lineup of participants in this literary conference is truly a star-studded gathering.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to put together such a lineup, which shows the shock that the "abdication" of the old leader Wang has caused to the literary world.

For some reason, Mr. Lin thought of the frequent plot in martial arts novels of "the leader of the martial arts world or a big boss retires from the underworld", and there must be a lot of supporting characters watching the ceremony, and there is an 80% chance of bloodshed.

Of course, this does not mean that all literary elites and celebrities are here. There are also many literary celebrities in the officialdom.

It is impossible for these people to be absent from work for one or two months without reason to attend a literary conference, unless they are officials in Nanjing or happen to be in Suzhou.

Lin Tailai suddenly remembered something and asked again, "Your Songjiang Prefecture is known as the second most powerful county in the world. Who is the representative? Why didn't you mention it?"

Master Feng sighed deeply and whispered, "Me and Chen Jiru."

Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What is this? This is really a gap between the old and the new."

Master Feng Er said angrily, "Our Songjiang Prefecture's literary world has suffered many misfortunes. Mo Ruzhong and Mo Shilong, father and son, have passed away in the past two years. Otherwise, it would not have come to this!"

Mr. Lin quickly comforted him, saying, "Don't worry. I will select the son with the best literary talent and have him move to Songjiang Prefecture. He will definitely be able to raise the level of literature and art in Songjiang Prefecture!"

Master Feng Er had a gloomy face and said the same thing: if you can't comfort others, don't force yourself to comfort them!
Finally, Mr. Lin asked, "By the way, there is one more thing, why did the Governor of Yanzhou send you to contact them instead of Zou Diguang?

Is it because the Duke of Yanzhou feels that he can’t live without Zou Diguang?”

Mr. Lin, who is meticulous and suspicious, will not let go of any suspicious details.

Master Feng answered casually, "Because Zou Diguang has temporarily returned to Wuxi County, it seems that they are organizing the reconstruction of the ancient Donglin Academy, so it's not a big deal.

But you still have to be careful about Zou Diguang, he has been working to promote Gu Xiancheng."

Lin Daguanren: "."

Holy crap! Is this the butterfly effect? ​​The Qingliu forces rebuilt Donglin Academy several years earlier than in history!
So Shen Li traveled thousands of miles south to attend the literary conference. Was it because it was on his way? Maybe he was originally going to Wuxi County?

(End of this chapter)