Daming talker

Chapter 555: Get out of the capital! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

The Ministry of Works carriage that was pierced was carrying materials for the Martyrs' Shrine project.

The guards escorting the carriage did not resist. They just left the carriage and walked away silently.

After returning and discussing with the clerk, the officer reported the loss of two carts, saying that they were damaged by Lin, a gatekeeper at Xizhimen.

While Lin Tailai was talking to Uncle Shen, General Pang, who was serving beside him, was frightened again!
Because he had seen and heard it with his own eyes, Grandpa Lin was going to get angry again!
The last time he got mad, Liu Menguan became the Liu Zhonglie who caused a sensation in the court!

Is he going to transform himself, General Pang, into Pang Zhongyi this time?
But I haven’t had the chance to say a heartfelt farewell to my wife, children and elders at home!
Lin Tailai sent Shen Yongmao away, and when he saw General Pang's miserable appearance, he sneered, "Why are you panicking?"

Pang Bazong replied: "The arrow is on the string, how can we not panic?"

Lin Tailai was kind enough to comfort him, saying, "You are a strategic deterrent weapon. Your function is to be displayed in public to deter others, or to show it to others, not to be used for real!

So you can rest assured that I won't let you become another Liu Zhonglie!"

Two days later, the officialdom in the capital continued to calm down with the tacit understanding of several major players.

But the next day, the peace was broken again.

Dozens of scholars, including a large number of students from the Imperial Academy, suddenly gathered outside the gate of the residence of Sifu Wang Jiaping.

They all cursed Wang Jiaping for taking the lead in betraying loyal officials, flattering the emperor, and occupying a position that harmed the country.

Lord Wang Si was a man who cared a lot about his reputation and dignity. He was immediately filled with shame and closed the door tightly, forbidding his family members to go out.

At the same time, he had to write a new letter of resignation and submit it to the palace.

After cursing for more than an hour, these dozens of people moved their position and came to the gate of the residence of Sanfu Wang Xijue.

They all cursed Wang Xijue for framing his fellow villagers, betraying loyal officials, flattering the emperor, and occupying a position that harmed the country.

Wang Xijue, who was also at home, was confused. Didn't he pass the test and was just waiting to return to the cabinet? Who came here to block the door and scold him?

At the same time, he had to write a new letter of resignation and submit it to the palace.

More than an hour later, these people moved their position again and arrived at the gate of the residence of Prime Minister Shen Shixing.

Prime Minister Shen is still working in the cabinet and is definitely not at home.

But these scholars still blocked the door, accusing Prime Minister Shen of sitting idly by and watching loyal officials being punished, and of being indifferent as the top scholar was turned into a gatekeeper, which was really cowardice and dereliction of duty.

When Prime Minister Shen in the cabinet heard the news, he was actually very uncomfortable.

I have been laughing at other people's jokes for some time, but unexpectedly, when the situation was about to calm down, someone suddenly came to scold me today.

The next day, this group of scholars came again and cursed everyone one by one, including the family of the fourth cabinet minister Wang, the family of the third cabinet minister Wang, and the family of Prime Minister Shen.

The key point is that according to the rules of scholars, the bureaucratic behavior of the ministers is indeed wrong, and they cannot fight back at all. If they are blocked at the door and scolded, they can only swallow the spit in their faces.

As for seeking revenge in private, that is something for the future.

Officials in the capital were talking about this, and there were indeed a lot of strange things happening this year.

Seeing that the stable and peaceful situation could no longer be maintained, Prime Minister Shen hurriedly wrote a secret memorial to the emperor!
It's impossible that even he, the Prime Minister, would be scolded to the point of resigning. If that happens, there would be no one left to work in the cabinet!
Your Majesty, you don't want to personally review hundreds of memorials in detail every day throughout the year, do you?
Emperor Wanli ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate, and the officers and soldiers of the Northern Pacification Office were dispatched.

The next day, this group of scholars came again to curse, and more than a dozen of them were pinned down on the spot by the officers.

After interrogation, these poor scholars confessed everything readily.

It was said that someone in the Imperial College offered an extremely high price of one tael of silver per day, hiring down-and-out scholars to gather outside the gate of the cabinet to curse in the streets and help Lin Tailai vent his anger.

People from Suzhou are given priority and can receive preferential treatment from the Lin Group when they return to their hometown. If people from other places want to make money, they will not be stopped.

After further investigation, it was found that the person who distributed the silver was a servant of the Lin family.
After the news spread, officials in the capital were collectively stunned. Could such an idiotic action really be organized by the tycoon Lin Tailai?

If it were half a month ago, organizing such an action would be understandable, as it would be equivalent to putting pressure on the court.

But the current situation has obviously changed. Peace, stability and development are the mainstream today.

So everyone doesn't know how to describe this behavior of organizing scholars to block the door and curse, it is simply to create chaos in the world!
It seems particularly childish, low-level and ridiculous, a bit like a mad dog biting randomly.

This is totally inconsistent with Lin Jiuyuan's usual level of struggle and is incomprehensible.

Could it be that as the horse may stumble, so may people make mistakes? Did Lin Tailai also have a bad performance?
Or is this an outburst of impotent rage?

Many people who advocate peace, stability and development can no longer tolerate Lin Tai's coming!
Peace-loving people called for Lin Tailai to stop staying in the capital, especially in Xizhimen, where many loyal and brave people lived!
Lin Tailai's existence is the biggest obstacle to peace talks in the capital's officialdom!
Under this kind of public opinion, the Ministry of Rites, which was full of upright people, finally took out its trump card!

Every spring, a tribute ceremony was held to reward the northern barbarians.

Because of the special nature of the Northern Barbarians, the imperial court has never allowed the Northern Barbarian delegation to enter the border wall, so the tribute ceremony was held outside the border wall, and this year is no exception.

However, the former Queen Mother and current Queen of the Northern Tartars, Zhong Jinhatun, specifically requested Lin Tailai to attend this year's tribute ceremony.

This request is a bit disgraceful and against principles. People say that the great Ming Dynasty has three "no's" - no marriage alliances, no tribute, and no cession of territory.

The first rule is that if there is no marriage alliance, how can one use male beauty to conduct diplomacy! Therefore, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites have not responded to Zhong Jinhatun's request.

But now, I agreed immediately!

Lin Tailai, who only knows how to destroy peace, should get out of the capital and go outside the border to sacrifice his life for the country!

When the memorial reached the cabinet, Prime Minister Shen sighed and voted to approve it.

People sitting in his position must be rational and not emotional.

Lin Tailai, you are messing around like this, going against the theme of peaceful development and making everyone annoyed. How can we keep you?
After returning home, Prime Minister Shen said to Hao Daer, "Go and explain to Lin Jiuyuan and ask him to go out for a while. When this storm is over, let him come back."

Shen Yongmao replied: "No need to explain, Lin Jiuyuan said that you don't need to care, which means he doesn't expect you to do anything.

So no matter what you do, your father won't care, because you will be the one who suffers in the end anyway."

Prime Minister Shen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but complain: "You are not blindly believing, but superstitious."

Shen Yongmao said: "That's because you, father, have too little direct contact with Lin Jiuyuan."

The next day, a transfer order broke the tranquility of Xizhimen.

Lin Tailai, who was sentenced to serve as a gatekeeper, was ordered to go to the outside of Desheng Gate two days later to escort the imperial envoys to the border wall of Xuanfu Town, and to provide his own horse.

Lin Tailai didn't know what he was feeling, and cursed out of habit. "Zong Sang! You'll do anything to get me away!"

Pang Bazong didn't know what he felt. If Master Lin left, what would he do in the future? Would he return to his ordinary life?
"I'll arrange for you to go to Chongwenmen when I come back!" Lin Tailai promised, "Stand your last shift during this period. I'll leave a few servants to protect you. Don't get me wrong, this is not surveillance!"

General Pang really wants to ask, can you come back?
Under the tense attention of countless people, Lin Tailai did not resist stubbornly or make a scene in the capital. He simply packed his bags and prepared to set off.

Moreover, it will be much easier to go out this time. I don't need to bring multiple kinds of clothes. Anyway, my identity as a criminal is here, so I just need to wear the soldier's clothes.

Originally, Lin Tailai just wanted to stir up trouble to delay time and provoke others to target him.

I guess the opportunity I’ve been looking forward to is coming soon. In April, my fate will be in my own hands!
As a result, in order to get rid of her, the imperial court actually sent her to marry outside the border.

This is simply outrageous. I can only bear with it for the time being.

By that time, everyone in the court would be crying and begging me, Lin Tailai, to come back!
The departure day arrived in a flash, and Lin Tailai was finally able to leave Xizhimen and turned a corner to the outside of Deshengmen.

However, he saw that the envoy's carriage had already stopped here early, waiting for the entourage to arrive before setting off.

Lin Tailai, a criminal wearing a red coat and holding a spear, walked over lazily and shouted, "Who is the envoy?"

Then an official jumped off the carriage. He was someone Lin Tailai knew, Li Tingji, the compiler of the Hanlin Academy and the runner-up in the imperial examination in the 11th year of Wanli.

Going on business trips as envoys was also part of the Hanlin Academy’s job, so Lin Tailai was not surprised at all to meet his former colleagues from the Hanlin Academy.

"It's you." Lin Tailai greeted him and threw the bag on his back into the envoy's carriage. "Put it in your carriage first."

Li Tingji didn't mind at all and said with a smile: "I am grateful to you for being able to go on this mission and gain merit for free!"

"Why are you thanking me?" Lin Tailai asked puzzledly.

Li Tingji explained: "The envoys sent to the tribute ceremony of the Northern Barbarians every year are usually the governors and governors of the border areas.

It is said that this year they sent an envoy from the capital specifically to send you outside the border wall, so that you can follow them as a guard."

Lin Tailai: "."

Certain people in the court were really deliberately targeting me in order to "reasonably" target me!
Then Li Tingji said: "Prime Minister Shen told me that you and I should take care of each other on the road and not be so formal."

What this means is that I was sent by Prime Minister Shen to gild myself and brush up my qualifications, and you and I are both Prime Minister Shen's family members.

Lin Tailai said unhappily: "I don't know Shin Sang well!"

Li Tingji didn't care and was in a good mood with a smile on his face.

Lin Tailai slapped his forehead and shouted, "I almost forgot one thing!"

He turned around and strode to the outside of the Deshengmen city gate, picked up a pen and wrote a poem beside the gate.

"I am the old chicken and dog of King Huai,

I will not follow the immortals and fall into the mortal world!
All that life lacks is death.
There is no way in this world to know Jiu Huan! "

After finishing writing, Lin Tailai admired himself again. Wasn’t he the Nine Yuan True Immortal who was banished to the mortal world?

This poem feels quite appropriate, and it will be even more appropriate when I return!

However, exposed to wind and sun, I don’t know how long the writing can last in its natural state.

Thinking of this, Lin Tailai shouted to the captain of Deshengmen: "When I come back, if this handwriting disappears, I will make you a loyal hero too!"

(End of this chapter)