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Chapter 559: True Gold is Not Afraid of Fire (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

Faced with the two memorials, "Lin Tailai stabbed in the back" and "Xizhimen Guard General reported Lin Tailai as a deserter", Emperor Wanli was also confused.

It was definitely not a coincidence that these two memorials were submitted at the same time.

After getting off the imperial boat, Emperor Wanli thought about it for a day and a night, but still couldn't figure it out.

When the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department came to deliver today's memorial, Emperor Wanli said to Zhang Cheng, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department:

"Should we first question Lin Tailai, who was rude and slanderous to the emperor, and then expose Lin Tailai's crime of desertion when others join in the petition under the banner of rescuing Lin Tailai?

In this way, others will have nothing to say, and the momentum of this kind of slander will be suppressed. "

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly, he shouldn't be so childish, right?
He reminded him, "These two memorials were submitted by the Ministry of Public Administration."

This means that there were no confidentiality measures in place for the two memorials, and they involved a high-profile celebrity like Lin Tailai, so anyone outside who was interested probably knew everything they should know.

There are two channels for submitting memorials nowadays. One is the most common one. The Tongzhengsi is responsible for receiving memorials from inside and outside the capital, and then transferring them to the Silijian Secretariat of the inner court every day.

Most memorials follow this process, and the content of the memorial is difficult to keep confidential as long as it is noticed by someone with ulterior motives.

Another option is for the minister to personally go to Huijimen, formerly Zuoshunmen, and directly hand the memorial to the eunuch in the secretariat of Silijian.

Compared with the first method, this method is slightly more confidential, and only the Imperial Household Department, the Cabinet, and the Emperor can see the content.

The two memorials of Lin Tailai and Pang Bazong were submitted through the first channel of the Ministry of Public Security, so we cannot expect a high degree of confidentiality.

Others, especially the court officials, are not fools.
"Then what does the appearance of these two memorials at the same time mean?" asked Emperor Wanli.

Zhang Cheng hesitated for a while and then replied, "I can only think of two possibilities.

One reason was that Lin Tailai was not able to resume his post and was resentful, so whether he slandered the emperor or deliberately allowed himself to be reported, it was all to vent his dissatisfaction.

Second, Lin Tailai was afraid that Your Majesty would misunderstand him, so he deliberately left a handle for the crime of desertion to show his openness. "

Emperor Wanli asked others, "What do you think?"

The eunuch Chen Ju, who held the pen, replied: "No matter what Lin Tailai thinks, real gold is not afraid of fire."

"How to refine it with fire?" Emperor Wanli continued to ask.

Chen Ju said: "Refer to the old story of Luo Yuren, let the ministers try Lin Tailai in court."

Emperor Wanli imagined this scene. It should be very interesting, right? Would the ministers beat up Lin Tailai, or would Lin Tailai beat up the ministers?
Subconsciously, he said, "Summon the ministers of the cabinet and the Ministry of Science and Technology to the Wenhua Palace."

The eunuchs on both sides were all shocked. The sun had risen? Was the emperor planning to hold court?
Emperor Wanli suddenly realized that the rule of not attending court should not be broken! We should not develop the bad habit of attending court when something happens!
I must not let the ministers know that I still have the subconscious intention to attend the court, otherwise they will only become more noisy in the future!
"Forget it, let them try Lin Tailai in the East Court Room!" Emperor Wanli changed his mind and ordered Chen Ju, "You will go to the East Court Room to preside over the trial on my behalf!"

After the explanation, Emperor Wanli asked in surprise: "There are so few memorials today?"

In recent days, there have been dozens of memorials submitted every day using disasters to complain about the emperor's misconduct. Today, there were only six or seven scattered memorials, which made Emperor Wanli quite unable to adapt for a while.

Zhang Cheng speculated, "Perhaps others saw Lin Tailai personally slandering the emperor and father yesterday, and were afraid of being implicated by Lin Tailai, or perhaps they did not want to be associated with Lin Tailai, so they stopped for the time being."

Emperor Wanli was quite surprised by this. "Lin Tailai actually has this calming effect?"

Just as Zhang Cheng speculated, the Ministry of Public Security could not keep secrets at all, and the content of the memorial from a sensitive figure like Lin Tailai would definitely be noticed and spread by interested parties.

This immediately caused an uproar in all government offices.

Many people even thought it was a rumor and did not believe that Lin Tailai would submit such a memorial criticizing the emperor.

Although everyone is engaged in speculation, the direction and track of speculation are completely different. How could a treacherous minister like you, Lin Tailai, risk your own life to speak out against the emperor?

Also, as to how to characterize this disaster, don’t you, Lin Tailai, have any idea?

You could only benefit if disasters befall you, Lin Tailai, who was expelled. But you also followed the trend in criticizing the emperor for his immorality. Isn't this a self-destructive behavior?

Therefore, no one could understand Lin Tailai's motives. Everyone who heard the news wanted to rush to Xizhimen and find Lin Tailai in person to find out the truth.

But Xizhimen is now the focus, and Lin Tailai is the focus of the focus. I don’t know how many people are watching silently.

Anyone who goes to see Lin Tailai will be put under the spotlight and will be immediately scrutinized by all forces.

Under normal rules, this is obviously a taboo in officialdom and is very inconsistent with the principle of keeping a low profile.

At this time, the understanding emperor issued an order for the court officials to publicly try Lin Tailai.

This gives everyone an opportunity to get in touch with Lin Tailai without having to worry about him because of excessive curiosity.

That morning, just as the sky was getting light, Lin Tailai, standing in front of the watchtower under the city wall, said, "Today is a good day."

Pang Bazong looked up at the half-dark sky. Can you tell whether the weather is good or bad? At this time, a large group of people moved over from the direction of Xizhimen Inner Street.

When they got closer, the leader shouted, "Jinyiwei Beizhenfusi Officer School is here to do business!"

Lin Tailai looked up and laughed, "So it's you."

It turned out that this person was none other than Captain Liu Xi, who was known as the "shame of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

At the beginning, this man was ordered by the former factory official Zhang Jing to take the imperial edict to leave the capital to capture Lin Tailai. As a result, he was tied to a carriage and brought back to the capital, and then sent back to the Jinyiwei.

Later, Zhang Jing was framed by a certain Hanlin and stepped down, becoming the "shame of the factory", and Liu Qianhu also became the "shame of the Jinyiwei".

Lin Tailai then asked, "Is it because no one else in your Jinyiwei wanted to come, so they pushed you out?"

Captain Liu ignored Lin Tailai's teasing and shouted sternly, "Arrest Lin Tailai according to the imperial decree and send him to the East Court for trial!"

After observing for a while, Lin Tailai turned to Pang Bazong and said, "He doesn't seem to respect me very much. What should I do?"

General Pang stepped forward and said politely, "Little brother, I am a few years older than you and my rank is also higher than yours. Please listen to my advice.

We are all officials, but public matters are public and private matters are private. We don't want to offend others just for the sake of public duties, right?
Otherwise, for example, now, if you can't bear to see Zhongliang being humiliated and jump off Xizhimen to commit suicide, who can you go to for justice?"

Captain Liu snorted coldly, "Are you making harsh remarks and threats against a Jinyiwei officer?"
Pang Bazong continued, "For example, if Master Lin beat you up and then ran away, wouldn't you have completely ruined your job? Wouldn't you be the one being punished?
And Master Lin is already charged with desertion, so it doesn't matter if he escapes again.

In comparison, do you think you are losing out? So, just do your job, don’t let your job cause personal grudges.”

Lin Tailai nodded secretly. This young man is teachable! This General Pang has finally been trained.

Captain Liu was embarrassed and shouted at General Pang, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Then Captain Liu waved his hand and other officers and soldiers gathered around.

In order to learn from the lesson of the last capture of Lin Tailai, this time he brought three teams of people, each team with fifty people, a total of one hundred and fifty people!

With so many people around, you still want to force yourself to jump off the city wall? You still want to escape? You are just dreaming!
At this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded, and countless big men came out from the several rows of watchtowers around.

Lin Tailai finally stopped pretending and said with a grim smile: "I have 200 servants here, which side has more people?"

Captain Liu: “.”

A moment later, Captain Liu was lying on the ground of Xizhimen Inner Street. He did not move, allowing several big men to tie him up.

Just a few tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, because the distance from Xizhimen to the palace was more than ten miles, and for him, it would be another great journey of social death.

This time, Captain Pang was not so nervous. He didn't know whether it was because his courage had been trained or he had become too brave, but he felt that beating up more than a hundred Jinyiwei officers was not a big deal.

After all, Old Pang had even reported Lin Tailai. Who could be more vicious than Lin Tailai?
Lin Tailai praised General Pang and said, "Congratulations on passing the test. I will arrange for you when I come out of the palace this time."

Less than an hour later, outside the right gate of Chang'an, the soldiers guarding the gate saw an ordinary civilian horse-drawn carriage.

Sitting in the car was a tall and strong soldier in a red fat jacket, and a Jinyiwei officer was also tied to the car board.

The fat soldier in the red jacket explained to the gatekeeper, "I am Lin Tailai, a criminal at Xizhimen. This Jinyiwei Liu Qianhu has been ordered to escort me to the East Court Room outside the Meridian Gate for trial."

The gatekeeper pointed at the tightly tied Liu Qianhu and confirmed, "Is he the one who escorted you?"

Lin Tailai nodded and said, "That's right."

The gatekeeper thought for a moment and said sternly, "Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to enter the right gate of Chang'an!"

Lin Tailai lifted Captain Liu from the carriage and said in compliance with the rules: "Then we will go in on foot."

Then Lin Tailai carried Captain Liu and entered the right gate of Chang'an, then passed through Chengtian Gate and Duanmen, and came to the East Courtyard outside the Wumen Gate.

Luo Sigong, the assistant commander of the Northern Pacification Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was in charge and waiting here.

If the result of the court trial in the East Court Room is not good, they will directly arrest Lin Tailai and put him in prison! This is also the emperor's will!

Lin Tailai threw Captain Liu to Luo Sigong's feet and said loudly: "I, Lin Tailai, was escorted here by Captain Liu of your Jinyiwei, and I am waiting for your punishment!"

Luo Sigong: "."

I wish I could bring out the elephant raised by the Jinyiwei and directly hit Lin Tailai to death! I don’t believe that you, Lin Tailai, can even beat an elephant!

Anyway, we are not going to court now, so the elephants are of no use!
Forget it, before the elephant kills Lin Tailai, let Lin Tailai go in and be tried by the court officials.

Lin Tailai walked around Luo Sigong and entered the east court room.

(End of this chapter)