Daming talker

Chapter 538: Rapid Double Kill! (Seeking monthly votes!)

After Lin Tailai finished listening to the work report, the sun was setting and it was time to get off work as usual.

As soon as I walked to the front yard of the Ministry of Rites, I ran into Zhao Yongxian, the Left Vice Minister of Rites who had just returned from outside. It was truly a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road.

This is the first meeting between the first vice-leader and the second-in-command of the literary traitor group since last year's literary conference.

Zhao Yongxian can be said to have been unsuccessful in the literary world but successful in the political arena recently. As the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he became the first person in the Xinwei examination in the fifth year of Longqing.

Among his peers who were wailing all over the place, this was a very difficult achievement. After all, the chief examiner of the Xinwei Examination in the fifth year of Longqing was Zhang Juzheng.

Under the current political situation, this is the generation least trusted by the emperor, with only three or four exceptions such as Zhao Yongxian.

Originally, Zhao Yongxian thought that he could remain calm when facing Lin Tailai again, and the "rebel group in the literary world" was a thing of the past.

But today, when Lin Tailai really appeared in his sight, his anger rose uncontrollably to the top of his head.

Who made Lin Tailai publicly clamor yesterday to depose himself within ten days? How is this extremely contemptuous attitude different from "destroying this breakfast"?
You, Lin Tailai, may not respect Zhao Yongxian, but you must respect the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yongxian shouted, "Lin Tailai! I heard that you said something ridiculous yesterday?"

Lin Tailai pointed at Chen Yunjian and Shen Yan, the heads of the Guest and Guest Department, and said indifferently, "Yes, yes, I said I would destroy you within ten days.

But I have already handed it over to these rookies, so I will not accompany you any more. Goodbye!"

After saying this, Lin Tailai walked away in a swagger, as if Zhao Yongxian was already dead, and he was too lazy to even take a second look at him.

Zhao Yongxian swore that if there weren't dozens of big men from the Lin Mansion standing inside and outside the gate, he would never let Lin Tailai walk out of the Ministry of Rites safely!
An official passing by and seeing this scene had to admit that Lin Tailai's talent for sarcasm was top-notch.

Zuo Shilang Zhao Yongxian was suddenly filled with anger, and he didn't know how many days it would take him to digest it.

The next day, a wedding procession suddenly arrived at the door of Zhao Yongxian, the Left Vice Minister of Rites, with music and dance.

Wu Zhen, a student at the Imperial College, stood outside the Zhao family's door and claimed that he had been engaged to Zhao Yongxian's daughter eighteen years ago and that he had come today to fulfill the engagement.

Zhao Yongxian was a hot-tempered person, and he directly told the shameless Wu Zhen to "get out"!
Although she had been engaged to the Wu family eighteen years ago, the engagement was cancelled twelve years ago, and the Wu family also returned the betrothal gifts!
Wu Zhen turned around and went to the Censorate, and filed a complaint against Zhao Yongxian.

The censors Pan Shizhang and Wang Yusheng quickly accepted the case and submitted a memorial to impeach Zhao Yongxian for "expelling his son-in-law based on money" on the same day.

The inner court sent the matter to the Ministry of Rites for discussion, after all, it involved issues of etiquette, law and morality.

However, Chen Yunjian and Shen Yan, the heads of the Ministry of Rites, jointly protested, saying, "Zhao Yongxian is an official of the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are afraid of his power. How can he speak the truth?"

So the inner court sent the matter to the Hanlin Academy for discussion. After all, the only ideological office besides the Ministry of Rites was the Hanlin Academy.

After deliberation, the Hanlin Academy classified Zhao Yongxian's decision to break off the marriage as "contempt for the law and abandoning moral ethics."

The situation developed extremely quickly, as if every link was connected very precisely and smoothly, and entered the next link without any delay.

In just five or six days, like a violent storm, Zhao Yongxian, the Left Vice Minister of Rites, was in a precarious situation.

For a person who bases his political career on morality, if he is labeled as "chasing a son-in-law for money and disregarding the law and ethics", then what's the point of him?
With the efficiency of communication and media in this era, most people seemed to have no time to react before they saw Zhao Yongxian’s house collapse!

The end was so quick! At this time, many people remembered that someone had said twice that "it will be destroyed within ten days".

One of them, Zhao Yongxian, is about to meet his end, but what about the other one?
Sun Yu, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Governor-General of Taicang, who had only been in office for a few months and had withheld a loan of 100,000 taels for the Wusong River dredging project this year, slowly walked into the Ministry of Revenue compound.

As expected, Sun Yu found that everyone was looking at him, and their eyes were a bit like they were looking at a dead person.

Sun Yu, who was over sixty and in poor health, was very sensitive to this kind of look and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

Damn it! Damn it! Wooden pillar! Damn it! What are you looking at!

A familiar clerk asked, "Young Master looks unwell. Did you not sleep well last night?"

Sun Yu was not afraid, but he was reflecting on himself last night, wondering if there was any possibility that someone could catch him.

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Situ, invited Sun Yu to come over, which aroused Sun Yu's vigilance again.

Everyone knows that Lin Tailai is Wang Situ’s brother-in-law!
At such a sensitive moment, it would not be too much for Wang Situ to be alert!
"Recently, some people have accused our treasury of having been in deficit for three consecutive years," said Wang Situ.

Sun Yu subconsciously responded by saying, "This is not my responsibility!"

He has only been the governor of Taicang for a few months? He is not responsible for the deficit of the national treasury!

Wang Situ looked at Sun Yu in surprise and asked, "Why are you so excited?"
Then he continued, "No one says it's your responsibility. The court has sent it to the Ministry of Revenue for discussion. You should write a petition and report back, stating on paper how you want to resolve the issue." It sounded like a completely normal work arrangement, and Sun Yu couldn't see any problems with it. Was he being too suspicious?
Since he is in charge of the national treasury, of course he should write the reply himself, there is nothing wrong with that.

Sun Yu returned to Zuotang and began to draft a proposal.

The imperial court asked about the treasury deficit, and the proposal was of course written around how to solve the problem of the treasury deficit.

It is impossible to open source, so I can only focus on "saving money".

"Today, the profit channels have been exhausted and there is no source to be opened. The annual revenue is decreasing and the annual expenditure is increasing. We should strictly cut down on redundant staff and save money.

For example, the paid officials of the Jinyiwei, the vacancies in the Beijing camp, the craftsmen in the inner court, the translators, interpreters, and dancers in the Ministry of Rites, and the kitchen staff of the Guanglu Temple should be gradually reduced according to their urgency, so as to make money by saving money.

After Sun Yu finished writing the proposal, he checked it several times and found no risks, so he submitted it.

After that, for two days, everything seemed calm and peaceful! Nothing happened!
However, outside the field of vision of the civil officials, a piece of news spread rapidly among the middle and lower-level military officers - Sun Yu, the left vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the governor of Taicang, reported that in order to enrich the national treasury, the rice salary of the officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp should be reduced!

Coincidentally, the Dongcheng Rice Warehouse issued an announcement to delay the distribution of that month's rice.

Then hundreds of military officers gathered outside the left gate of Chang'an and made loud noises!
When Sun Yu, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Governor-General of Taicang, came out of the left gate of Chang'an, he was recognized and besieged by hundreds of angry military officers!

The sedan chair of Sun Shaositu was overturned on the spot, his official robe was torn to pieces, and his black gauze hat was knocked off. He looked extremely miserable.

Fortunately, Lin Tailai, the editor of the Hanlin Academy and the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, got off work early and passed by here and met the meeting.

Afterwards, Lin Tailai led his servants to attack the rebellious military officers, and a bloody battle ensued along the long street!
After injuring more than 200 military officers on the spot, he rescued Sun Shao Situ!

Everything happened so suddenly and violently! Before anyone could react, Sun Yu was also in trouble!
After receiving this result, the Qingliu forces immediately collapsed. The words of "they will be eliminated within ten days" were still ringing in their ears, but the two people had already been killed!
The little bit of momentum that we had worked so hard to recover in the second half of last year was completely destroyed within a few days!
The key is that it happened too fast, too suddenly and too unexpectedly, leaving them no time to fight back or save themselves!
The entire officialdom of the capital was also shaken! We have all seen political struggles, but we have never seen such efficient and swift ones!

These were two heavyweight assistant ministers at the quasi-first-line level, not two middle or low-level officials, but they seemed to be mowed by a sickle.

Jinbu, Jibu’s cloth, Jibu’s cloth that is worth a thousand gold!

Although Lin Tailai did not appear in any link except for "rescuing" Sun Yu, and his presence on the surface was almost non-existent, he still became the focus of attention in the officialdom of the entire capital.

At this time, this star appeared outside the gate of the Ministry of War and greeted Shen Yongmao, who also got off work early, saying:
"I would like to visit your house tonight, I hope you won't turn me away!"

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You are afraid that others don't know this. Was it the Prime Minister who instructed you to do this?
When you don't need it, you throw it aside, but when you need it, you are so attentive? This is the Prime Minister, not a rag!
"How could you think like that?" On the way, Lin Tailai defended himself, "Last year, your father wrote to me, saying that the situation was not good and hinted that I should do something.

Therefore, when I came to Beijing this time, I first completed your father's mission and tried my best to turn the situation around before I could go to see your father."

Thinking of this "rapid double kill", Shen Yongmao sighed from the bottom of his heart, "Your talent for political struggle is really overflowing."

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "You look down on me, don't you? My only talent is political fighting? Don't my literary talent, martial arts talent, examination talent, military talent, economic talent, etc. overflow?

After a few decades, I will let you know what a perfect old man is! "

Shen Yongmao remembered something again, "My father reminded me last night that the Qingliu forces will definitely stir up a debate about the country's foundation again, so I have to be careful and watch out."

After a little thought, Lin Tailai understood why Prime Minister Shen made such a judgment.

It's nothing more than that the Qingliu forces were caught off guard and wanted to use the dispute over the national foundation to divert conflicts and attention. It's nothing new if you see through it.

Maybe he wants to take advantage of the dispute over the country's foundation to drag himself into it and bring down thunder from the sky to bomb him.

Lin Tailai said to himself, "It seems that the hatred between us and the Zheng family, relatives of the emperor, will be deepened again."

Shen Yongmao was speechless and suddenly felt a little sympathy for the Zheng family.

"Has anything happened in the Zheng family recently?" Lin Tailai asked Shen Yongmao.

Shen Yongmao replied, "The father-in-law Zheng Chengxian, who was appointed as the deputy governor last year, passed away. Recently, the uncle-in-law Zheng Guotai submitted a petition to inherit the post of deputy governor.

However, the position of Vice Governor-General was a temporary official among the military officers and was not an inherited official position, so Zheng Guotai's request was simply a fantasy.

Besides, with Zheng Guotai's status, he is not worthy of being appointed as the deputy governor of the first rank."

Lin Tailai said happily: "Isn't this a living thing?"

(End of this chapter)