Daming talker

Chapter 610 I want to fight ten!
Lin Tailai stood next to Wang Tianguan and said impatiently, "No one came out to confront us. What should we do? How should we report to the emperor?"

"It doesn't matter. I have already made plans, so I will be able to respond to your orders." Wang Tianguan said calmly, with a very calm demeanor.

In the eyes of everyone, one can only say that Lao Wang is worthy of being the leader of the literary world for decades.

Having hosted countless literary conferences, he never gets nervous or stage fright at big events. No matter what his ability is, he will always be good at it.

Then I heard Wang Tianguan continue to say: "In literary gatherings, there is an old rule that poems are composed according to rhymes. Each person draws a rhyme and writes a poem based on it."

As he spoke, Wang Tianguan took out a dozen short wooden sticks and said, "So today we might as well use Fengya and draw lots to make it easier to determine the order.

It's a pity that the conditions of the Jinshui River are not suitable, otherwise the people who are confronting each other could stand on the river bank and then drink wine from the winding stream, which would be more elegant. "

Everyone: "."

Old Wang, are you serious? Drawing lots in the court is a little too fresh and refined, isn't it?
Wang Tianguan held a short wooden stick and gestured to Prime Minister Shen, "Want one?"

Prime Minister Shen clenched his hands tightly, forcibly restraining the damn urge to reach out.

Although drawing lots seems to be fun, as the Prime Minister, one still has to consider decency.

Wang Tianguan gestured to Lin Tailai and said, "How about you come in person?"

Lin Tailai is a bohemian person and does not have much image baggage.

Hearing this, he reached out his hand and took out a short stick at random. After taking another look, he said loudly, "Left Censor-in-Chief Lu Pinghu!"

There was a burst of surprise. Among the dozen or so lots, Lin Tailai drew the biggest one right away. I wonder if this is good luck or bad luck?

Since he was directly called out, Lu Guangzu had no way to avoid it and could only stand up with a stern face.

Lin Tailai spoke first, "Last year, while I was away from the capital, you took the exam and cheated your way through, then you were promoted from Minister of Justice to Left Censor-in-Chief.

When I come back, I must correct the atmosphere. As a doctor of the Ministry of Examination, I will impeach you for being incompetent as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Is there any problem with that?"

Lu Guangzu replied, "This court believes that I have been impartial and selfless in my position as the Minister of Justice and have never handled any unjust, false or wrong cases. How can I say that I am incompetent? I hope Lin Wumen can speak with facts."

Hearing this title, everyone subconsciously looked at Prime Minister Shen.

In the current court, the honorific title "Wumen" is tacitly used to refer to the Prime Minister Shen Shixing, and then was extended to Lin Tailai by Wang Tianguan, but it has never been popular.

As for his political opponents, this was the first time they called Lin Tailai "Wumen".

Therefore, Lu Guangzu may have done it on purpose to sow discord between Shen Shixing and Lin Tailai.

But putting aside Lu Guangzu's little thoughts, discussing how to address Lin Tailai in official circles seems to be a real problem.

Generally speaking, elegant titles of official titles are more commonly used. For example, the Minister of Personnel is called Tianguan, Zongzai, or Taizai, and the Minister of Revenue is called Dasitu.

But Lin Tailai has so many part-time jobs that it is difficult to come up with a name for him. It is really a difficult problem. Most of the time, he can only use "nine yuan".

However, Lin Tailai did not dwell on this issue and continued with Lu Guangzu's words: "Since you want the facts, then I will give you the facts.

As far as I know, during your tenure, the number of backlogged cases and inmates in the Ministry of Justice increased by 5% per year."

Lu Guangzu argued sharply: "A small number like 5% is just a fluctuation within the normal range and is not worth paying too much attention to!

If you judge that this court is incompetent just because of a 5% increase, you are nitpicking, which is no different from finding faults in eggs!"

Lin Tailai refuted bluntly: "What I said is that during your tenure, the number of cases in the Ministry of Justice and the number of prisoners detained increased by an average of 5% each year!
A 5% increase in one year is not terrible, what is terrible is a 5% increase every year, and this is the trend when you are in office!"

Lu Guangzu was stunned for a moment. Lin Tailai's approach was rather novel, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.

But to be honest, the trend of increasing case files and prisoners really cannot be blamed on Lu Guangzu.

Because it happened that during the years when he served as the Minister of Justice, the emperor began to become corrupt. Although major issues could still be decided in a timely manner, the efficiency of daily administration inevitably began to decline.

When it comes to the Ministry of Justice, this is the trend that Lin Tailai mentioned. After all, most of the prisoners in the Ministry of Justice are serious prisoners, and in theory the emperor needs to make the final judgment.

At this moment, Lin Tailai's voice suddenly increased, as if he was speaking to other people around him.

"If we increase by 5 percent every year, how much will we accumulate in five years? How much will we accumulate in ten years?

I know that after calculation, it will increase by nearly 30% in five years and more than 60% in ten years!"

The ministers were a little confused. They didn't expect Lin Tailai to use data models to debate government affairs.

This method of using data models for argumentation has been used before, but it is generally used in areas such as financial expenditures, and few people use it in the work of the Ministry of Justice.

Lin Tailai then shouted at Lu Guangzu, "Do you still dare to say that a 5% annual increase is a small matter?

It was during your tenure that the trend saw an average annual increase of 5%. What makes you think you are competent?
You asked me to speak with facts, and this is the fact!"

Lu Guangzu responded subconsciously: "Putting aside the facts, this matter."

Puff! Lin Tailai couldn't help laughing, leaving everyone puzzled. Was Lu Guangzu's words so funny?

But Lu Guangzu only said half of it and couldn't go on.

Although he believed that the responsibility was all on the emperor, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues were there, and the ruler and father were the ruler and father, and a son should not speak of his father's faults. How could he publicly express his opinion and put the blame on the emperor?

How could he say in public that even if the increase was 30% in five years and 60% in ten years, it was all the emperor's responsibility?
Lin Tailai suddenly left the speechless Lu Guangzu behind and turned to Sun Piyang, who took over as the Minister of Justice last year, and said maliciously:

“During the three years when Lu Guangzu was the Minister of Justice, problems in the Ministry of Justice had been accumulating but had not yet exploded, which was equivalent to leaving potential disasters to his successor.

If the annual growth rate continues to maintain at 5 percent, it may explode during your tenure.

Sun Dasikou, take care of yourself. I will keep a close eye on you."

Sun Piyang: “.”

I had been watching Lu Guangzu getting beaten, but I didn't expect to get hit by a punch myself! His boxing skills were too erratic!

Is this a warning to myself because I have been getting close to the Qingliu Party recently?
Then Sun Piyang heard Lin Tai say: "Don't blame me, it was Lu Guangzu who implicated you. Since you were tricked by Lu Guangzu, I won't confront you today!"

At this time, Lu Guangzu stretched out his hands and took off his official hat on his own initiative.

Everyone knows what this action symbolizes, and it generally means resigning from office.

As expected, Lu Guangzu said, "I will ask the emperor for my remains later." Lin Tailai laughed and said, "Retreat to advance?"

Lu Guangzu did not respond to Lin Tailai and turned and left.

Anyway, if the emperor has any brains, he won't accept this resignation, right?
Lin Tailai shouted to Lu Guangzu's back, "I will use my contribution to offset the kindness I showed you by injuring more than 20 of your followers!"

Many people couldn't help but sigh that a senior Left Censor-in-Chief during the 26th year of Jiajing was forced to resign.

Lin Jiuyuan took the initiative to launch an offensive and submitted a memorial to the emperor, saying that he could defeat a dozen people alone. Perhaps this was not arrogance, but was it really possible?

After all, even Lu Guangzu, one of the most powerful leaders in the Qingliu Party, couldn't last more than a few rounds.

Lin Tailai stared at Yu Zhan, the deputy director of the Ministry of Personnel, and said bluntly, "Lu Guangzu has admitted that he is incompetent and wants to resign!
Then I impeached you for intentionally shielding Lu Guangzu when he completed his exam last year. Am I wrong?
He is obviously an incompetent Minister of Justice, but you rated him as competent. You are committing favoritism and abuse of power!

Lu Guangzu has already confessed his guilt and resigned from his post, how dare you continue to work in the Ministry of Personnel?"

Yu Zan was speechless, but in his heart he had already cursed his senior Lu Guangzu dozens of times.

You, Lu Guangzu, are taking a step back to advance. You pretend to admit your mistake, resign from your post, and then leave. What about Yu Zan?
Since you, Lu Guangzu, have admitted that you are incompetent, shouldn't he, the person in charge of last year's assessment, also be held responsible?
Lin Tailai did not give Yu Zan much time and asked aggressively: "Do you want to resign voluntarily, or do you want the court to dismiss you?"

Yu Zan sighed. He felt that although he could still hold on for a while, it was a customary thing to be assessed as competent by the Shangshu, so how could he be blamed entirely? But he didn't want to hold on any longer.

I'm tired and don't want to work with Lin Tailai anymore. I'd rather get rid of him as soon as possible!
So Yu Zan also took off his official hat on his own initiative and left with brisk steps.

The scene fell silent again. Lin Jiuyuan's condition was a bit scary.

So far, in just over an hour, he had dismissed a fourth-rank Hanlin, forced out a Left Censor-in-Chief and a Deputy Director of the Ministry of Examination, and, by the way, had also dealt a severe blow to the Minister of Justice.

And they are all well-founded. The unreasonable Lin Tailai is scary, and the reasonable Lin Tailai seems even scarier!
Only Wang Tianguan secretly sighed that these ministers had too little knowledge and experience, and then he took the short wooden stick and gestured to Lin Tailai dutifully.

Lin Tailai pulled out another cigarette, took a look at it, and sighed, "I'm really lucky, it's another big one."

When others heard this, they roughly guessed that the person drawn was most likely the Minister of Works, Song Xun.

This is the only heavyweight who has not yet confronted Lin Tailai.

Sure enough, Lin Tailai called out to Song Xun, "Grand Minister! Excuse me, please let me have a word with you!"

The Minister of Works Song Xun came forward expressionlessly, "What else can I teach you?"

Lin Tailai replied, "You have been the Minister of Works since the spring of the 14th year of the Wanli reign. It has been five years now, right?

It is not too long before the six-year exam is over. I heard that Shangshu Song has a very good reputation and is well-known in the court for his integrity and ability."

Song Xun responded cautiously, "I dare not. The little reputation is just a rumor."

Given the current situation, don't even think about a counterattack. Just hold on firmly without revealing any flaws.

Lin Tailai asked loudly to the crowd: "Please tell me, what is the most important task of the Ministry of Works in recent years? What is the most famous achievement of Minister Song?"

Someone answered: "The most important task of the Ministry of Works is naturally to build the Shou Palace. There is nothing more important than this.

It is well known that Song Shangshu's most famous achievement was probably that he saved 300,000 taels of silver by supervising the construction of Shou Palace over the years.

Lin Tailai seemed to be talking to himself: "What a great way to save three hundred thousand taels!"

Song Xun asked back: "Is this also wrong?"

Lin Tailai sneered: "There is nothing wrong with saving costs, but it should not be publicized!
If people all over the world hear this, they will think that the emperor was extravagant in building the longevity palace, so he gave you room to save money!"

Damn it! Song Xun was shocked. Lin Tailai's words were too cruel!

He immediately denied it categorically, "We have absolutely no such intention!"

Lin Tailai added: "I believe you don't have this subjective intention, but it can't stop others from misunderstanding the emperor!

In my opinion, saving costs is your job as the Minister of Industry. It is what you should do and it is not worthy of being considered a virtue at all!

But in order to gain fame and reputation, you made saving three hundred thousand taels a proof of your reputation for honesty and integrity, and then allowed these rumors to spread widely!"

Song Xun was so angry that he was shaking all over. "Stop slandering me, little thief! When has our department ever spread such a reputation?"

Lin Tailai angrily rebuked: "Don't quibble! I just asked casually, and someone knew that Minister Song saved 300,000 taels in the construction of Shou Palace. This shows that this statement is deeply rooted in people's hearts!
But with a reputation like yours, where does that put the emperor and father? Whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, it is possible that people in the world will misunderstand that the emperor was squandering money to build a longevity palace!

For the sake of your own reputation, you completely disregard the slander against your king and father. You are truly a person who has no king and no father!
So I impeached you for being selfish and seeking fame, is that wrong?"

After Lin Tailai's fierce criticism, Song Xun was speechless for a moment.

What the Qingliu Party members are most accustomed to doing is managing their reputation, and in Song Xun's subconscious mind, he didn't think it was a big problem before.

This is a bit hard to explain! Using the emperor to gain fame is ultimately an unspoken rule, and it cannot be manifested in public and become an open reason!

Song Xun was so angry that his body was about to fall. Zeng Tongheng, the Minister of Works next to him, hurriedly supported Song Xun.

"Our department has committed a grave crime, so I shall resign and wait for punishment!" Song Xun took off his official hat and said through gritted teeth.

Then he shook off the support and left here trembling.

Another heavyweight was expelled after confronting Lin Tailai!

Wang Tianguan raised the wooden stick in his hand and asked Lin Tailai, "Continue?"

Lin Tailai looked at the wooden sticks, sighed and said, "There are still so many left? Just attack them all at once, I want to hit ten!"

"Stop here!" Prime Minister Shen Shixing suddenly called for a halt.

He also didn't expect that Lin Tailai was as good at chopping melons and vegetables as cutting melons. If Lin Tailai continued to chop, the situation would be out of control.

It's another day that Lin Tailai forces me to consider the overall situation. Being the Prime Minister is really tiring.

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "There are still eight officials who have not been criticized, such as Yang Junmin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who is a figurehead, Ai Mu, the Minister of the Imperial Household, who is incompetent and has no talent, and Feng Congwu, who betrayed his country and surrendered to the enemy. How can it end here?"

Shen Shixing pointed in the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion, stared at Lin Tai and said, "Why don't you go sit there?"

Lin Tailai said helplessly, "Since today's public discussion is not possible, I will visit the remaining people one by one!"

(End of this chapter)