Daming talker

Chapter 530 What else do you want from me? (Monthly ticket requested!)

Watching Lin Tailai enter the county government office, the local people who followed behind him talked a lot.

Everyone felt that this Jiuyuan Zhenxian had no style at all, and his performance was not much different from that of a low-end disciple. It was better to meet him in person than to hear about him.

Such a person can win both the first place and the second place, but they were shaved bald in the county's provincial examination last year. God must be blind.

Only Feng Shike sighed: "My county will surely be in great trouble!"

He knew very well that the worse Lin Jiuyuan's performance was, the bigger the consequences would be.

Then Feng Shike said to the other scholars: "I will stay here. If any of you are familiar with Lin Taigong's family, go and persuade them to leave and avoid disaster!"

The crowd didn't take it seriously and dispersed with a sneer. This Mr. Feng was exaggerating too much!
The Lin family was also a prominent family with tens of thousands of tenants and two generations of scholars. Who could touch the Lin family in Songjiang Prefecture?
The magistrate of Huating County, the capital of Songjiang Prefecture, is named Nie. He is currently going through the most stressful time of the year.

Because after the autumn harvest it was time to collect taxes, Songjiang Prefecture, like Suzhou Prefecture, made money and grain their top priority.

If an official fails to complete the financial and grain tasks in these two places, it is equivalent to a veto!
Although the total tax amount of Songjiang Prefecture is only half of that of Suzhou Prefecture, ranking second in the country, Suzhou Prefecture has seven prefectures and counties, while Songjiang Prefecture only has two or three.

Huating County is the largest county in Songjiang Prefecture, so one can imagine how heavy the tax burden is.

The phenomenon of land annexation in Songjiang Prefecture is much more serious than in Suzhou Prefecture, where the proportion of official land is extremely high, and the power of large households is even stronger.

Rather than collecting taxes, it is more about the repeated tug-of-war between the government and the wealthy families who own fields stretching across the country. This is what gives County Magistrate Nie the most headache.

Thinking of this, County Magistrate Nie couldn't help but feel emotional and a little envious of the two counties in the neighboring Suzhou Prefecture.

In the eyes of outsiders, if there is a bully like Lin Tailai with strong ruling power in the local area, it will greatly undermine the authority of the government.

But in the eyes of County Magistrate Nie, the above statements are all nonsense made by people who don’t know the business!

Look at the county magistrate Xiao Yuan next door who does nothing but drink and party. Whether he was in Changzhou or Wu County, did he ever worry about the money and grain problem?

Next door, all you have to do is serve the bully Lin well and negotiate the amount of positive items and losses for this year, and then you don't have to worry about anything else!

If there was such a bully in Huating County, I would save myself a lot of worries!

Just as Magistrate Nie was thinking about this, a yamen runner suddenly stood outside the door and reported: "Master! Lin Jiuyuan, who came from Suzhou Prefecture, just entered the county government office!"

Magistrate Nie was full of doubts. What was going on? Speak of the devil and he will appear? Could it be that Lin Jiuyuan wanted to come to Huating County to develop business?

I have never had any friendship with Lin Jiuyuan, and given Lin Jiuyuan's status, he probably doesn't think highly of me.

"He came to surrender himself!" The yamen runner continued to report: "He said he beat Mr. Lin and caused him to lose eight teeth, so he came to the county yamen to surrender himself!"

County Magistrate Nie was stunned. What kind of sudden disaster was this?
The bailiff urged, "The gentlemen in the prison can't handle this case. Please come out quickly, sir!"

Magistrate Nie came to his senses and spoke as if he, as magistrate, could handle it.
On one side is the Jiuyuan True Immortal, needless to say, he has the power to reach the ears of heaven.

Just to say one thing, how many people could swindle two hundred thousand taels of silver from the increasingly tight national treasury to carry out a inexplicable dredging project?

Even his immediate superior, the prefect in the same city, was arranged by Lin Jiuyuan!

On the other side, Lin Taigong is the local big boss. If the latest version of the local official protection talisman is compiled, the first row of families will definitely be Xu, Gu, Lin, and Feng, and Lin Taigong is the Lin among them!
But the magistrate is the most powerful person in the county government, and Magistrate Nie has to show up, unless he quits.

So Magistrate Nie could only reluctantly go to the court temporarily. When the drum sounded, he ordered the officers to drive out the bystanders who wanted to watch the fun.

There was not even a squad of yamen runners to carry out the executions or to show off their authority in the court; there were only Magistrate Nie himself and the clerks.

There was also a chair placed next to the desk, and after Lin Tailai entered the court, he sat down next to it.

Magistrate Nie asked as amiably as possible, "Why did you have a conflict with the old servant?"

Because Lin Jingyang served as the Minister of the Imperial Household, he was respectfully called the Old Imperial Household in the county government.

Lin Tailai replied: "I had a quarrel with Lin Taifu, and then I started beating him up, and many people at the scene saw it.

The physical evidence also includes eight teeth that were knocked out. Please make a fair judgment according to the law!"

Magistrate Nie: “.”

How is this fair? According to the law, if eight teeth are knocked out, the compensation is 56 dan of rice?

Is that fair? Will the local Lin family agree to it?
If Lin Jiuyuan was an ordinary person in politics, he could be punished more severely on the pretext of "using the inferior to bully the superior", but Lin Jiuyuan's political status was no lower than that of Lin Taipu.

The clerk nearby came to the rescue and asked, "Where is the plaintiff's servant?"

Mr. Lin replied, "They carried him away by their servants. They must have taken him home!"

The clerk advised Magistrate Nie: "We cannot just listen to the defendant's one-sided statement. The plaintiff is not here and has not spoken, so we don't need to rush to make a judgment."

Magistrate Nie said to Lin Tai, "Why don't you go back first and wait for further notice."

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "You, the county magistrate, have violated the principles by doing this, and you are suspected of favoritism!
Even if it is difficult to make a judgment due to procedural reasons, I, the accused murderer, should be detained in jail first!"

County Magistrate Nie looked at Lin Tailai in disbelief. Could it be that Lin Jiuyuan came here just to go to jail?
If you want to go to jail, you should go to the Imperial Prison! That is the promised land for people like you! What is there to be interested in in a shabby county jail?
Lin Tailai threatened: "If the county magistrate intends to indulge the criminals for personal gain, then I will file a complaint! Anyway, the government office is not far away, and it's the same to go to jail!" Magistrate Nie knew that as long as Lin Tailai filed a complaint, he would definitely be punished! Since he became an official, he has never experienced such a painful thing.

Finally, Magistrate Nie said helplessly to the clerk in the prison, "Go and tell the county jail to clear out a room in the front hall for Jiuyuan to stay in temporarily!"

Mr. Lin quickly interrupted and said, “One room is not enough. I want to bring dozens of followers to protect myself.

If something happens to me in there, I'm afraid it will implicate the county lord."

Dozens of followers? The clerk looked at Magistrate Nie in embarrassment, but Magistrate Nie said expressionlessly, "Do as you say!"

Feng Shike didn't leave and sat in the torture room waiting for the result.

After hearing about Lin Jiuyuan being in jail, he immediately left the county government office and headed straight for Grand Tutor Xu's residence in the south of the city.

At this time, we can only ask Xu Fan, the head of the Xu family, to come forward and see if the situation can be turned around.

"What exactly does Lin Jiuyuan want to do?" Xu Fan, who is extremely experienced in life, was extremely confused after listening to Feng Shike's report on the situation.

It can be said that Old Man Xu Fan’s life experience far exceeds that of others, and there are few people in the world who can compare to him.

His mother died when he was young, and his father Xu Jie was exiled to another place to serve as an official, so he grew up alone.

After becoming an adult, Xu Fan went to the capital to join his father, and then helped his father Xu Jie to fight wits and courage with Yan Song and his son. He also had to build a palace for Emperor Jiajing and was promoted to Shaoqing of Taichang Temple by Emperor Jiajing himself.

In his old age, Xu Fan returned to his hometown and annexed land on a large scale. However, he was dealt with by Hai Rui again, sentenced to exile for political reasons, and then pardoned.

In short, he had served top-notch human beings like Jiajing, Yan Song, and his own father Xu Jie throughout his life. He was retaliated by Gao Gong, rescued by Zhang Juzheng, and also suffered several beatings from Hai Qingtian.

It can be said that old man Xu Fan has seen all kinds of people in his life.

But at this time he was also confused and could not understand Lin Tailai's behavior at all.

"You are more familiar with the situation in all aspects. What do you think?" Xu Fan asked Feng Shike.

Feng Shike replied: "I can only imagine that if the news of Lin Jiuyuan being imprisoned in Huating County spreads back to Suzhou, it will definitely cause a huge shock!"

Xu Fan sighed and said, "Perhaps this time, Lin Taifu was greedy. I will go to Suyuan to visit first!"

Suyuan is the Lin family's garden and is also the current residence of Lin Jingyang.

Xu Fan and Lin Jingyang are engaged in marriage, and their children are in-laws, so it is reasonable for them to visit their parents.

When Xu Fan and Feng Shike arrived at Su Garden, they saw Lin Jingyang lying on his back on the couch in the inner room. His mouth was no longer guarded and he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.

The person is still conscious and has not developed any mental problems from the beating.

The twelve-year-old only son Lin Youlin was standing nearby, wiping away tears. He was also the fiancé of Xu Fan's youngest daughter.

Mr. Lin had a hard time having children. He was nearly fifty years old when he had a son, so the son is only twelve years old now and is not yet able to set up his own household.

Lin Jingyang didn't want to talk, but just looked at his relative Xu Fan with expectant eyes.

Xu Fan had no choice but to answer, "I will do my best to help you get the compensation back.

But you may have made a mistake. The 200,000 gold coins were not from the imperial court, but from Lin Tailai. "

After visiting his relatives, Xu Fan went to the Huating County government office and went into the county prison to visit Lin Jiuyuan.

After passing through the heavily guarded county prison gate and going through a gloomy and narrow corridor, we finally entered the county prison.

Then he saw dozens of big men standing outside the front hall of the prison. The other clerks and jailers had been driven out and could only squat in the corner to work.

The windows of the three front halls were all open, and through the windows one could hear the mixed laughter of men and women inside.

Old man Xu Fan, who is worldly-wise and experienced, is indifferent to this, as if this is what being in jail is like.

He just shouted towards the window: "Lin Jiuyuan! I'm here to visit you!"

Lin Tailai, holding a beautiful woman in his arms, appeared through the window and said, "How dare I trouble Lord Taichang!"

Xu Fan once served as an official in the Taichang Temple, so he could be respectfully addressed as Taichang Gong.

Xu Fan smiled bitterly and said, "Let's be frank. Lin Jingyang was beaten badly. How about Jiu Yuanjun paying some compensation?"

Mr. Lin sneered and said, "I, the great Hanyuan Qinghua, the Nine Yuan Zhenxian, and the first deputy leader of the literary world, have been tricked into jail in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture! I have confessed my crime and accepted the punishment! What else do you want from me?"

Xu Fan was suddenly choked and speechless for a moment.

He suddenly felt that Lin Tailai's imprisonment seemed to be a retreat in some way.

Although there is a large element of performance, from a nominal point of view, it is indeed a great injustice for Lin Tailai to go to jail with his identity.

But I still can't understand, what can you, Lin Tailai, do by pretending to be wronged? What benefit can you get?
(End of this chapter)