Daming talker

Chapter 611 Who is the hero?

With the strong interference of Prime Minister Shen, there was no more drama for the Dongchaofang side, and the other ministers also dispersed.

Prime Minister Shen did not move, and Lin Tailai also did not move tacitly. In the end, these two people were the only ones left in the open space outside the Dongchao room door.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Prime Minister Shen said, "Stop it, Jiuyuan. There are factory guards and officers here. Too much is as bad as too little."

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "I wanted to finish it all in one go, but you interrupted me again."

Shen Shixing wondered, "Why are you so anxious? Logically, you should be the least anxious person. You are so young and have more time than us, yet you act so hastily."

Lin Tailai replied helplessly: "There are too many things to do, and time is running out."

We are now entering the second half of the 19th year of the Wanli reign. If nothing unexpected happens, Japan will attack Korea in the first half of next year.

It is estimated that by then, Emperor Wanli will still employ the civil and military combination of Lin Tailai and Li Rusong.

After all, people are superstitious, and winners don't need to change. This combination won the last battle, so they will probably continue to use it habitually next time.

Before that, he had to find time to go back to his hometown to arrange the new work after the dredging project of the lower reaches of the Wusong River.

It can be said that time is very tight. How can we have too much time to waste on trivial matters?

Prime Minister Shen could not understand Lin Tailai's situation and mentality. He just felt that Lin Tailai had been too rude to others recently and lacked patience.

As the hot summer passed, Emperor Wanli resumed his outdoor activities. While relaxing in the Western Garden, he heard the report about today's confrontation.

For some reason, the emperor suddenly burst into laughter and said to the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department, "It seems that Lin Tailai really doesn't want the title."

Zhang Cheng, the seal holder, said: "If Lin Tailai is already over fifty years old, or has already reached a high position in a ministry, he might want a title."

Unlike others, the issue that Emperor Wanli cared about most was whether to confer a title.

If he was not conferred a title, people might accuse the royal family of mistreating their meritorious official; but if he was conferred a title, it would be like hanging Lin Tailai up in the air, which would be a pity.

After all, from the emperor's perspective, Lin Tailai is still a very useful person, and it would be a waste if he became a retired lord.

The eunuch Chen Ju suggested, "Lin Tailai has been breaking the law a lot recently, so we can wait a few more days.

If anyone dares to impeach Lin Tailai, his reward for the title will be cancelled as a punishment.

If no one dares to impeach Lin Tailai again, then please ask the Emperor to grant Lin Tailai the title of nobility. "

Emperor Wanli praised: "Very good! Let's follow this proposal!"

In the evening of that day, Lin Tailai took two hundred servants and strolled outside the gate of the Censorate.

As long as the emperor does not express his opinion, this illegal and disorderly behavior will not stop.

Don’t ask the reason, the only thing you’ll find is that the hero is defaming himself!

The only Left Censor-in-Chief who could come forward, Lu Guangzu, had been staying at home because he had submitted a petition for resignation. The other people in the Censorate were even less able to stop Lin Tai from coming.

However, Lin Tailai was unusually particular today and did not make things difficult for most of the censors. He only blocked a few censors who had impeached him.

Lin Tailai smiled and said to the leading censor Feng Congwu, "Censor Feng, nice to meet you again so soon. Now, what are you doing about betraying your country and surrendering to the enemy?"

Feng Congwu and his companions were unable to move forward or backward, and could only respond: "Such slander is really ridiculous, and we have no intention of refuting it!"

Lin Tailai asked again: "If the court believed your impeachment and demoted me or recalled me to the court, would it be possible to have two great victories in Xining and Gansu and quickly relieve the pressure on Shaanxi and Gansu?
Can we quickly put down the Haibai Rebellion in just three months?
So your actions are equivalent to assisting the bandits and the enemy. If not treason, what else could it be?"

After throwing dirty water, Lin Tailai expected that the other party would start talking about old clichés such as "rumor can be heard" and "free channels for speech".

Alas, even after traveling through time, we still have to debate the issue of "freedom of speech".

But Feng Congwu took a step back, took out a memorial, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Tailai, you are looking for an excuse to stop me here. Are you trying to stop me from submitting a memorial?"

Lin Tailai was very confused and for a moment he didn't understand what Feng Congwu was trying to do.

Feng Congwu held up the memorial and continued loudly, "Foreign enemies are nothing but minor troubles. The foundation of the country is the fundamental issue of the country. As the saying goes, a solid foundation means a peaceful country!

Last year, the emperor issued an edict to establish the crown prince on the winter solstice this year, but there has been no movement so far. We are planning to submit a joint petition to persuade the emperor to start preparations for the crown prince ceremony in advance!
Lin Tailai, you intercepted me for no reason with a poor excuse. Could it be that you came here for this memorial?"

Lin Tailai: "."

What the hell is this? Why does this routine seem so familiar?
Could it be that in the battle of wits and courage with me, the enemy has also begun to evolve?

Some imperial censors who were watching nearby began to make a noise, shouting, "Lin Jiuyuan! No matter what grudge you have with Feng Congwu, let him submit the imperial memorial first, okay?"

What bad luck! Lin Tailai turned around and left without saying anything.

Things can't always go smoothly for people. Just think of it as if you didn't check the almanac before going out and stepped on dog shit!
At this time, Feng Congwu, who was holding the memorial, spoke again: "Lin Jiuyuan, wait a minute, listen to me!

Last year, the emperor summoned the cabinet ministers and you. You were the one who first proposed to establish the Crown Prince's Palace in front of the emperor. You have truly made a great contribution to the country!

Now that the time for the Emperor's edict is getting closer, why do you remain silent and do nothing about the country's affairs? "

Lin Tailai sighed inwardly, why don’t you, the good members of the Qingliu Party, learn from your mistakes?
If you use this trick of moral kidnapping, go get the cabinet ministers, go get the minister of rites, why bother with him, a middle-level official of the fourth rank!

Thinking of this, Lin Tailai gritted his teeth and said, "Who said I did nothing? I'll show you what it means to do something in the next few days!"

I am the invincible Lin Jiuyuan, and I cannot lose the upper hand in any situation!

Feng Congwu shouted at Lin Tailai's back: "I'm waiting for your actions!"

Cheers broke out outside the gate of the Censorate. This seemed to be the first time that the Censorate had directly repelled Lin Tailai.

Today, Censor Feng Congwu has become a hero of the Censorate!

In the crowd, the two imperial censors He Zhuo and Qian Yiben, who had visited the Lin residence in the middle of the night, looked at each other, both with bitter expressions.

According to the assumption, it should be the two of them who confronted Lin Tailai and became heroes of the Censorate, so how come they were snatched away by someone else?

If I can't become the most beautiful person in the Censorate, wouldn't the two famous paintings be given away in vain?
Qian Yiben murmured to himself, "What should I do?"

He Zhuo replied: "We can only believe that Lin Tai is here."

The next day, Lin Tailai resumed his work and went to the Hanlin Academy first. Jiuyuan Zhenxian, who was in a bad mood, met the editor Ye Xianggao as soon as he arrived at Dengying Gate, and he knocked on his desk when he had nothing to do.

"Some time ago, Sun Jigao returned to the Hanlin Academy and took charge of the important task of teaching the Shujishi.

Are you dancing with joy, as if you have found your backbone, and you are prostrating yourself to it?"

Ye Xianggao was confused, "I was on a business trip to another province a while ago, and I wasn't in the Hanlin Academy at all!"

Lin Tailai scolded: "Even if you are not in the Hanlin Academy, you must be yearning for Sun Jigao and wish you could come back soon!

People like you must pay close attention to your thoughts and never relax!"

Ye Xianggao: “.”

Fuck! This Imperial Academy is in a state of darkness. There is no point in continuing to be an Imperial Academy member. I might as well quit and go home!

After entering the Champion Hall, Lin Tailai called Wu Daonan, the third place winner of the same year, over and asked suspiciously:
"Old Wu, regarding the Records of Successive Dynasties, the task I entrusted you with was to copy thirty to fifty volumes, but how come you only handed over two hundred volumes in the end?
Are you being a high-level black? If I wasn't so powerful, I would have almost collapsed!"

Wu Daonan complained, "I wanted to stop after copying 50 volumes, but some enthusiastic people also wanted to write for me. I couldn't refuse their enthusiasm, so I ended up compiling 200 volumes."

Lin Tailai sighed and said, "This won't happen again. This time, tell me the name of the enthusiastic person."

After seeing Wu Daonan off, Dong Qichang and Zhou Yingqiu came over and chatted with Lin Tailai. The three of them had not chatted like this for a long time.

Seeing that it was noon, the three were preparing to go to the dining hall to eat, when suddenly the left protector Zhang Wen stood at the door and reported, "The target has been found! It just so happens that we are going to the temple to burn incense today!"

Dong Qichang asked curiously: "What is the goal?"

Lin Tailai replied: "It's the uncle of the emperor, Zheng Guotai."

Dong Qichang couldn't understand why you, Lin Jiuyuan, were still picking on the Zheng family?
Lin Tailai then explained: "Yesterday, the Qingliu Party used the matter of the country's foundation to squeeze me. I had no other choice but to find a way out from the Zheng family."

Dong Qichang was speechless. It has been so many years, and you, Lin Jiuyuan, are still not done with the Zheng family?
As an old friend, he is very familiar with Lin Tailai's dark history.

Over the years, whenever the country encountered trouble, you, Lin Jiuyuan, would maliciously step on the Zheng family! Uncle Zheng Guotai is so unlucky to have run into you!

It's just a fat sheep, but its wool is almost plucked out!

"How can you defame someone's innocence?" Lin Tailai retorted to Dong Qichang, "Who said I want to step on the Zheng family again? I am helping them this time!"

Then Lin Tailai didn't even have lunch, and quickly took his servants and rushed straight to Chaotian Palace in Xicheng!

The next morning, the censor of the Censorate discovered that the 200 servants of the Lin family were blocking the gate of the Censorate again.

Under the expectation of everyone, Feng Congwu, the heroic censor from the previous day, was forced to appear again.

Censor Feng didn't want to come out at all. He just hoped that if he could succeed once by chance when facing Lin Tailai, it would be enough. How could he be lucky every time?
But everyone pushed him out as a "hero", and he had no choice.

"Lin Jiuyuan, you've come just in time!" Feng Yushi, pretending to be calm, greeted him and said, "For the sake of the country's fundamental affairs, we would like to invite you to submit a joint petition. As the first person to propose it in front of the emperor, I believe that you will not refuse, right?"

Lin Tailai declined, saying, "For this kind of memorial, the important thing is to have substance, not the number of people who sign it. Besides, I am not a censor, so I will not join your petition."

Censor Feng added: "Lin Jiuyuan, you are an important official and are deeply favored by the emperor. Shouldn't you show some appreciation?"

Lin Tailai also took out a memorial and said, "I came here today to show you my performance!"

Censor Feng asked in surprise, "Are you going to submit a memorial alone?"

No way? No way? Would Lin Tailai do something that would directly anger the emperor?
Lin Tailai replied proudly: "Yesterday I took my servants to find the emperor's uncle Zheng Guotai himself, and persuaded him with emotion and reason, and urged him to submit a petition to make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince!

And the one in my hand is Zheng Guotai's memorial!"

All the imperial censors who were blocked at the gate were confused. What was the meaning of "persuading with emotion and appealing with reason"? Only "persuading with all strength" was the truth, right?

Counting from the 14th year of the Wanli reign, we have been engaged in a five-year struggle for the foundation of the country, and we have never seen anything like this!
Forcing the Zheng family to submit a petition requesting that the eldest son be made emperor, what kind of new trick is this?

Although Lin Tailai is an enemy, one has to admit that he is very creative and surprising!
Lin Tailai asked Feng Yushi in return: "Don't you want to see my performance? Don't you want me to do something?
Now, according to your request, I have done my best for the country, so let's continue to talk about your treasonous behavior!"

Feng Congwu was stunned for a moment, then said in anger, "You are a complete scoundrel!"

Lin Tailai shouted: "Anyone can submit a memorial to the emperor to discuss state affairs. It won't be of much use if I am included!

It is difficult to persuade the Zheng family to petition to establish the eldest son as the emperor. Who among you can do it?
I am different from you speculators. I only do difficult things. What do you think?
If your contribution to national affairs is not as good as mine, what use is there for you censors in the court?"

Censor Feng felt like he was standing in the coldest days of winter, his entire body frozen.

The other imperial censors covered their faces and could not bear to watch any longer. It was too sad that a hero ended up so worthlessly.

Lin Tailai still did not let go, "Don't talk about other things, just explain why you collaborated with the enemy and sold out your country.

Tell me! Are you joining the bandits or Haibai?"

At this time, two more imperial censors came out, holding up the memorial, and said loudly:

"Lin Tailai! We jointly impeach you for being arrogant and taking credit for yourself, bullying ministers, and being a tyrant and traitor in this world!
We are going to Huiji Gate to submit a petition now. Do you dare to stop us?"

When everyone looked over, they found that they were two senior censors, He Zhuo and Qian Yiben, who had been in disgrace for two years.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Tailai was at his most rampant, they bravely stood up and impeached Lin Tailai face to face.

Everyone knows that Lin Tailai, who has made great contributions but has not received any rewards, is now at his most domineering and powerful.

It is no exaggeration to say that impeaching Lin Tailai, who is in such a state, is a life-or-death struggle!
So these two people were like a ray of light in the darkness, making all the imperial censors burst into tears.

There is never a shortage of heroes in the world. It is because there are continuous heroes coming forward that the world will become bright.

Lin Tailai stared at the two imperial censors, He and Qian, for a while, and finally waved his hand and asked the servants to make way.

He was still muttering, "I, Lin Tailai, have always been law-abiding. How dare I commit the crime of intercepting memorials?"

The two censors held the memorials in their hands and walked towards the imperial city with their heads held high.

At the same time, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. That was great. It turned out that Lin Tailai was a trustworthy man. It was okay to call him a corrupt official.

After all, the two most beautiful people in the Censorate are still them!
(End of this chapter)