Daming talker

Chapter 566: The War and the Desolate Surrounding Stars

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Amid the commotion all around, Zhao Nanxing, the director of the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Reward Department, was the first to jump up and shout.

The other non-Ministry of Personnel officials who were making a fuss were very surprised. Among so many officials in the Ministry of Personnel, why was it that Zhao Nanxing had the most intense reaction?
The officials of the Ministry of Personnel only then woke up from their dreams. Lin Tailai's invasion of the Ministry of Personnel was not just a nightmare that would go away once they woke up, but a living reality!

Chen Younian, the doctor of the Ministry of Literature, looked at Zhao Nanxing with a bit of dissatisfaction and asked, "Why do you, Zhao Nanxing, jump first?"
If anyone wants to jump, he, the current head of the Ministry of Personnel, should jump first!

Lin Tailai might have talked too much just now and felt a little dry in the mouth, so he took a gourd from the servant and took a few sips of water.

Then he said to Chen Younian: "I have said everything that needs to be said. Let's do it this way! Do it now!"

While Chen Younian was thinking of his refusal, he blurted out subconsciously: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

In recent years, the Ministry of Personnel's Lang Office has only been breached once! That was when Wang Xiangmeng was appointed as the Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Selection!
But the Ministry of Personnel established by leader Shen Li himself is still as solid as a rock overall!
The Holy Fire of Qingliu has been passed down from generation to generation! How could we allow a lowly person like Lin Tailai to pollute this holy land! Especially under the protection of Chen Younian!
When facing a tough guy, Lin Tailai always uses reasoning first and then force.

First you are in the right, then you can feel justified and take action if you can!
Hearing this, he rushed forward a few steps, stretched out his hand to grab Chen Younian's neck, and asked, "Explain to me again what you mean by absolutely impossible?"

Chen Younian grabbed Lin Tailai's arm and struggled desperately, shouting, "Let go, you lunatic! How dare you bully your superiors and damage the dignity of the court!"

Lin Tailai scolded him bluntly: "You are ignorant of the law! I have been ordered to return to my original position. I am the same fifth-rank official as you, and there is no distinction between superiors and inferiors!
You relied on your position to deliberately make things difficult for me, and I fought back in anger. From a logical and emotional point of view, it was at most a fight between peers, and it was definitely not bullying! "

When it comes to how to beat someone up within the legal framework, Lin Tailai is the most professional! You, Chen Younian, are simply showing off your skills before an expert!
Everyone: "."

It's a bit strange that Jiuyuan Zhenxian, who has always been full of martial virtues, suddenly starts to preach the law in a serious manner.

At this time, among the officials watching not far away, someone suddenly shouted in a fair manner:

"Jiuyuanjun! How can you say that you are being bullied? At least they let you speak!

The various experiences that we have encountered when we go to the Ministry of Personnel to do business are truly considered to be being made difficult!"

Lin Tailai pinched Chen Younian and shook him vigorously, then said to everyone: "I, Lin Tailai, am a reasonable person! If you say that they are making things difficult for me, then that is making things difficult for me!

You must know that among the Langzhong officials of the six ministries today, only the Langzhong of the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Reward Department is vacant, and his rank is just right for me, Lin Tailai!

I have just argued that if I am promoted, it can only be a part-time member of the Ministry of Personnel, so isn't this a match made in heaven?
So if we want to handle official business impartially, you should just let me serve as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Examination!
But Chen Younian knew very well that there was the most reasonable arrangement, but he deliberately did not mention it and tried his best to exclude me from joining the Ministry of Personnel!
Isn't this a selfish act, deliberately making things difficult for me?"

Most of the officials watching were from other places who had just completed their terms of office and were not familiar with the situation in Beijing. When they suddenly heard this, they could not help but be shocked.

The faces of all the officials in the Ministry of Personnel suddenly changed. They didn't expect that Lin Tailai would suddenly make such a strong move from here!

It turns out that this is the real truth! Lin Tailai's true intention is revealed!
The only person whose expression remained unchanged was Chen Younian. Because he was still being strangled, his face remained red, so there was no change.

The Examination Office, which is in charge of the assessment of officials throughout the country, is also a core department of the Ministry of Personnel. Although it is not as important as the Selection Office, it is also recognized as the second most important department.

There is a "historical" reason why the Ministry of Examination is currently short of Langzhong.

When the position of Langzhong in the Ministry of Examination became vacant, Zhao Nanxing, a backbone of the current Qingliu forces and the future core leader of the Donglin Party, was still the Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Examination.

Therefore, Chen Younian arranged for Zhao Nanxing to act as Langzhong with the official title of Yuanwailang, thinking that after letting Zhao Nanxing act as Langzhong for a period of time, he could be converted to a regular official.

As a result, the situation in the court was unpredictable. After the Xizhimen Loyalty Incident some time ago, Zhao Nanxing was demoted to the head of the Ministry of Examination.

At that time, the Ministry of Examination also had vacancies for both Yuanwailang and Langzhong.

Therefore, the Qingliu forces hastily promoted Yu Zan, the head of the Ministry of Examination, to the position of Yuanwailang, and then temporarily continued to serve as acting Langzhong.

In other words, the internal situation of the Ministry of Examination has not yet been completely straightened out, and the position of doctor is still vacant.

But for the Qingliu forces, the problem is not that big, it just takes time to work.

But unexpectedly, barbarians appeared at the entrance of the Ministry of Personnel today!

The barbarian at the door was full of malice and had already set his sights on the Examination Office!
At this time, many people suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder Zhao Nanxing was the first to jump up excitedly.

Because Zhao Nanxing was an eyewitness to the Ministry of Examination scam, he was the first to associate it with the Ministry of Examination, and was also the first to discover Lin Tailai's intentions!

After Lin Tailai told everyone about the meaning of "being bullied", his hands may have been sore, and he suddenly threw Chen Younian, the current head of the Ministry of Personnel, to the ground.

Chen Younian, who was lying passively, felt extremely regretful and wanted to slap himself a few times! Why did he leave the position of Doctor of the Ministry of Examination vacant in the first place?
They did dig a big hole, but before they could fill it up, Lin Tailai jumped in!
Who the hell could have thought that the chain reaction of Zhao Nanxing's demotion was not over yet!
The seemingly impregnable office of the Ministry of Personnel had just this one crack and was bitten by a fly!
Lin Tailai asked Chen Younian again, "Can you do it?"

Chen Younian closed his eyes, imagining himself as the historian of the Spring and Autumn Period Qi waiting to be killed, and gritted his teeth and said, "No!"

The servants of the Lin residence immediately rushed forward and surrounded all the officials from the Ministry of Personnel, as if they would not let them go until they got their work done.

Lin Tailai held his head high, raised three fingers, and said to the crowd: "I only do three things when I come to the Ministry of Personnel: fairness, fairness, and fairness!
If the Ministry of Personnel does not give me justice, then I will take it upon myself! If you have the courage, rush into the Ministry of Literature with me!

Seize the seals of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Literature, write the appointment document and submit it myself, and I will persuade the cabinet!"

Everyone: "."

Big brother, you are the Nine Yuan True Immortal, but they are not!
Just as the door of the Ministry of Personnel seemed to have turned into a stage and the scene was getting chaotic, someone suddenly shouted, "How dare you!"

Lin Tailai turned his head and saw a third-rank official with a sick face slowly walking out with the help of several servants.

There is no need to guess, to know that this old man must be the only remaining official in the Ministry of Personnel, the Right Vice Minister Wang Yongji.

One reason is that he is old and sick, and the other is that the real power of the Right Vice Minister is limited, so Wang Yongji usually does not take charge of affairs and may retire at any time.

But this time the Ministry of Personnel was in such a mess that the officials of the Ministry of Personnel were besieged by the servants of the Lin Mansion. Wang Yongji had no choice but to show up.

Although Wang Yongji is a sickly old man now, he was a tough guy in his past.

In the sixth year of the Wanli reign, after the love-stealing incident, Zhang Juzheng returned to his hometown to bury his father. He let himself go even more and acted in a very grand manner.

Wang Yongji fiercely criticized Zhang Juzheng at that time. In his memorial, he said: "Mencius said, 'It is a great sin to meet the dislike of the ruler.' I think it is an even greater sin to meet the dislike of the prime minister."

This result directly broke Zhang Juzheng's defense and almost killed Wang Yongji.

Of course, after Zhang Juzheng was liquidated, Wang Yongji was promoted all the way.

It can be said that most of the court officials promoted after the 11th year of Wanli had a history of "opposing Zhang Juzheng."

When sitting together, they can exchange a lot of experiences and advanced deeds in opposing Zhang Juzheng.

Even the old loser Zhao Zhigao was banished by Zhang Juzheng back then. Otherwise, how could Emperor Wanli be so confident in letting Zhao Zhigao join the cabinet?
But there are exceptions. For example, the Prime Minister Shen Shixing never rebelled against Zhang Juzheng and was even promoted by Zhang Juzheng, so Emperor Wanli may have had some true love for Shen Shixing.

At this moment, looking at the young, energetic and domineering Lin Tailai, Wang Yongji felt a little complicated.

Lin Tailai didn't pay much attention to this minister who usually didn't care about anything and bowed symbolically.

Then he pointed at a group of officials from the Ministry of Personnel who were being held down by the servants of the Lin residence and said sarcastically: "When there is no tiger in the mountain, only monkeys in human form are left."

The old minister didn't even look at the little trash, and said to Lin Tai: "Hai Gangfeng has high hopes for you, so you better take care of yourself."

Lin Tailai: "???"

What's going on? Why are you suddenly talking about Hai Rui?

You are so prone to going off topic, old man. How did you pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi?
Wang Yongji added: "Last year, when I was still in Nanjing Censorate, Hai Gangfeng was critically ill and I had already started preparing for Hai Gangfeng's funeral.

But after the news that you won the Golden Palace and the ninth place in civil and military affairs reached him, Hai Gangfeng sat up suddenly, drank two bowls of rice porridge, and recovered some of his strength.

This shows Hai Gangfeng's expectations of you. I hope you will not disappoint Hai Gangfeng."

Lin Tailai: "."

Even the top scholar in liberal arts couldn't tell for a moment whether the old minister was speaking in a serious or sarcastic way.

Historically, Wang Yongji was in charge of Hai Rui's funeral.

Because Wang Yongji had a very good relationship with Hai Rui and he admired Hai Rui very much, he had complicated feelings when he saw Lin Tailai.

Four years have passed. Is this man Hai Rui's evil star or birthday star?

Suppressing his complicated emotions, Wang Yongji took a deep breath and said despite his sick body:
"You want fairness, I'll give it to you! Disperse the people blocking the gate first!"

Lin Tailai quickly bowed again: "Thank you, Young Master!"

Yu Zan, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Reward Department, Zhao Nanxing, and Jiang Shixin, who were let go by the servants of the Lin residence, burst into tears.

After all the hardships, the stars are dimmed by wars; the mountains and rivers are broken and the wind blows the catkins; my life is up and down like duckweed in the rain.
From the spring of the 14th year of the Wanli reign to the spring of the 18th year of the Wanli reign, he fought with Lin Tailai for four full years, but ended up turning Lin Tailai into a doctor in the Ministry of Examination!
Not only did Lin Tailai directly invade the base camp of the Qingliu forces, he also became their immediate superior!

Chen Younian, who was still lying flat, slammed the ground and shouted angrily, "The censorship department has trapped the thieves! How can I face Mr. Shen?"

Lin Tailai squatted down and said to Chen Younian very sincerely: "Since you are so upset, just resign!
This way I can directly become a doctor in the Ministry of Literature, all in one step!"

(End of this chapter)