Daming talker

Chapter 614 We also have values!

The Taichang Temple was nicknamed "Little Ministry of Rites". Its main job was to be responsible for the specific organization and implementation of various sacrifices and ceremonies throughout the year under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites.

For example, for the prisoner presentation ceremony to be held in early August, the Taichang Temple was responsible for the on-site organization work.

If it weren't for this matter, Lin Tailai, who loved hard work and was pragmatic, might not have been interested in going to Taichang Temple.

Arriving at the Baihu Street District opposite, Lin Tailai and his entourage arrogantly passed by the gate of Jinyiwei, then arrogantly passed by the Houjun Governor's Mansion, and finally arrived at the gate of Taichang Temple.

After looking at the door for a while, Lin Tailai said to his attendants, "The position of Junior Secretary of the Taichang Temple is still very meaningful to me."

Right Guardian Zhang Wu was silent for a moment: "Because you can get more salary?"

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people who can laugh with Lin Tai. He is not dissatisfied with Zhang Wu, but just sighs:
"No matter how many part-time jobs they had, they were all officials in the government office, subordinate to a certain government office. However, the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple was a hall official of a government office, which of course made sense."

Although Lin Tailai recognized the significance of this official position, he still did not show more respect for the yamen.

I saw a group of servants from the Lin Mansion rushing forward, driving away the gatekeepers and guards, and occupying the gate.

Then Lin Tailai entered the Taichang Temple office, and a clerk named Yang hurriedly came up to greet him.

Lin Tailai asked, "Is Zheng Qing here?"

Yang Dianbu answered cautiously, "Not here."

Lin Tailai frowned, glared, and shouted, "It's only afternoon now, why are you not in the government office? Are you deliberately avoiding me?"

Yang Dianbu shouted, "I dare not lie to my superior! He is definitely not here!"

Lin Tailai asked again: "Where is the Shaoqing who is in charge?"

His position as Shaoqing of Taichang Temple was a nominal one and he did not take charge of any affairs, so the person he was asking about must be the Shaoqing who sat in the court in the yamen.

Yang Dianbu replied, "Wang Shaoqing is here."

Then Yang Dianbu led the way and took Lin Tailai to the left hall.

This Shaoqing named Wang Jiguang was promoted from the position of Jieshi Zhong. His greatest political achievement and hobby at the time was to criticize Prime Minister Shen.

After Lin Tailai sat down, he asked, "Should the Taichang Temple accept the leadership of the Ministry of Rites?"

Wang Shaoqing replied very politically correctly: "The affairs of this office are naturally under the control of the Ministry of Rites."

Lin Tailai said as a matter of course: "Very good, then I will represent the Ministry of Rites."

Wang Shaoqing was too tired to complain. The only three officials who could represent the Ministry of Rites outside were the Shangshu and the left and right vice ministers, right?
At the very least, you should be in a core department like the Ceremonial Department, but you, Lin Tailai, are only a Langzhong in the Chief Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites.

Even if we take a step back, the Ministry of Rites has no control over the Taichang Temple.

However, Wang Shaoqing also understood that there was no point in arguing with Lin Tailai, so he asked directly: "What exactly do you want?"

Lin Tailai sighed first, "We should play drums and cymbals at the prisoner presentation ceremony, right? But the lyrics are a bit too old. I'm thinking of changing them and adding a chorus recitation segment."

The Taichang Temple had hundreds of musicians and dancers, all of whom were handsome sons of military guards.

The main task is to play music and dance at the ceremony. After all, there were no electronic equipment in that era, so the only way was to rely on manual music.

Gongge is military music, and can also refer to a victory song. Gongge must be played at the prisoner presentation ceremony.

If nothing unexpected happens, the music used will still be the ancestral cymbals and songs from the early Ming Dynasty.

The lyrics excerpt is roughly like this: "The Great Ming Emperor, with his fierce tiger army, pulls out the dragon and flies, holding the yellow axe in his hand to signal his troops.

The Yuan Dynasty was over, what could Mi do? He built Jingguan, at the junction of Yan and Jing.

Put order to chaos, the holy and mighty are glorious, the great Ming is vigorous, the foundation of Kaihuang is laid. "

The content is all about punching Chen Youliang, kicking Zhang Shicheng, etc. These things are from 200 years ago, so damn old!

Wang Jiguang asked again: "What do you want to change it to?"

"I have written some cymbals that can be used." Lin Tailai expressed his feelings bluntly.

Then he chanted a few lines: "The emperor uses tiger ministers, and the four barbarians are all afraid of him. The generals command and return to the temple. The king is mighty and gives banners.

"In the autumn, he set out from Wuwei, and saw the victory letter flying seven times. The courtiers sang birthday songs to the ibis, and the generals accepted the grace and paid tribute to him."

Wang Shaoqing: “.”

Are you complaining that the lyrics are too old? Are you complaining that the lyrics from 200 years ago cannot boast about your own martial arts!
Then Wang Shaoqing said without hesitation: "Your request is really unreasonable, let's just follow the existing rules!"

If I agree to change the cymbals like this, then will I still be a member of the gang? I will be criticized to death by my fellow gentlemen!
Lin Tailai snorted coldly, "Wang Shaoqing doesn't want to give face to our Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War?"

As the main attack force of the Qingliu Party against the Prime Minister for many years, Wang Shaoqing was still eloquent and asked directly: "Are you trying to create your own rituals and music?"

The sage said: "Rites, music, wars and conquests are decided by the emperor."

Wang Shaoqing's rhetorical question made it difficult for Lin Tailai to refute.

Lin Tailai failed to find a breakthrough and had to come out from the left hall of Taichang Temple first.

He grabbed Yang Dianbu again and asked, "Where is Zhengqing? I'll go find him!"

Since Wang Shaoqing couldn't convince me, I had to ask Zhengqing to do it.

Yang Dianbu pointed in the direction of the gate and replied with a bitter face: "Tang Taichang Huihe Zheng has just arrived!"

Lin Tailai turned his head and saw an old man, supported by servants, staggering into the courtyard, drunk.

It was obvious that he had just gotten drunk outside and ran back to the government office to rest.

Although discipline among officials in the capital was lax after the emperor stopped attending court, it was still rare to see someone drunk and openly return to the government office in the middle of the day.

Lin Tailai was also surprised by this, and subconsciously said to himself: "Is there anyone in the court who is more unruly than me?"

Then he strode forward and blocked the old lady Chang Qing, whose surname was Tang.

"Tang Taichang! You don't want the censor to know that you came to the yamen drunk at noon, do you?"

If you don't use the handle that is delivered to your door, you will lose it!

Some things are not even four taels if they are not weighed, but when they are weighed by Lin Tailai, they weigh more than a thousand pounds!
Tang Taichang squatted at the side of the corridor and vomited a few times before looking up at Lin Tailai with drunken eyes, "Who are you? Lin Jiuyuan?"

Lin Tailai said proudly: "It is me. I really cannot stand your illegal behavior!"

Tang Taichang cursed angrily, "What a grandson!"

Before Lin Tailai could get angry, the guards on both sides became angry first, and stepped forward together to hold down Tang Taichang, waiting for the order from the seat.

Although the old man was a high-ranking official of the third rank, they were willing to fight him even if it meant exile. Tang Taichang shouted, "My father's name is Shunzhi! What do you want, your disciple?"

Lin Tailai: "."

Holy shit! This old man is actually Tang Shunzhi's son!
Although Tang Shunzhi had no political influence, he still had some connection with Lin Tailai.

For the sake of appearance and prestige, Lin Tailai has always been claiming that his martial arts and marksmanship were inherited from Qi Shaobao.

Qi Shaobao also learned the Tang family Liuhe spear and military tactics from Tang Shunzhi, and then passed the Tang family Liuhe spear to Lin Tailai.

To round it off, isn't Lin Tailai, who boasts of being the successor of Qi Shaobao, apparently a disciple of the Tang family's martial arts?

It is said that the waters in the capital are very complicated. It does not just mean that there are many powerful people, but it can also be understood that the interpersonal relationships are extremely complicated.

In an environment where respecting teachers is politically correct, what else can Lin Tailai do to Tang Taichang?

Helpless and speechless, Lin Tailai turned around and left.

Tang Taichang, whose legs and feet were weak, simply sat on the flower bed and shouted to Lin Tailai's back:

"If I am impeached by the censors, my nephew, you must defend me!"

Walking out of the gate of Taichang Temple, Lin Tailai was unhappy.

He had fought his way through dragon's den, entered tiger's lair, swept through all the academies and conquered all the departments, but he did not expect to return empty-handed in this small Taichang Temple!

I just want to replace the outdated cymbal song with one that keeps up with the times. What's wrong with that?

Don’t you think it’s strange that during the ceremony of surrendering prisoners, the music played shows Emperor Gaozu punching Chen Youliang, kicking Zhang Shicheng, and sweeping across the Yuan Dynasty?

The left and right guardians could not help but sigh and said, "How come we have encountered the Qingliu Party again? There are so many of them, but why are they not afraid of death?

The boss has been killing people like crazy recently, and the one he met today even dared to confront him in person."

Lin Tailai answered casually: "Because they have no way out. If they openly give in to me, they will be regarded as traitors and killed by their peers in a blink of an eye!"

It would be fine if this kind of diode thinking was just idle chatter, but if it was used as a code of conduct in the court, the consequences would be terrible.

Seeing that the seat master was in a bad mood, the Left Protector Zhang Wen consoled him by saying, "It's the Qingliu Party member who is causing trouble again. The seat master will deal with him later!"

Lin Tailai sighed, "What's the point of dealing with one, two, or three of them? How can we fundamentally solve the problem?"

And suddenly I felt a little alone and powerless. I couldn't fight the Qingliu Party alone, right?
We should focus on organizational construction. Using organizations to fight against organizations is the long-term solution.

In the past two years, we have indeed focused too much on individual performance and neglected the construction of organizational systems.

After realizing this, the decisive Lin Tailai immediately sent his servants to spread the message everywhere.

An emergency meeting of the Renewal Society will be held at the Lin Mansion tonight. All members must attend. No leave is allowed! No overtime pay!
After the evening, when everyone arrived at the Lin Mansion one after another, they were shocked to find that the fourth elder Zhao Zhigao was also there, and they immediately realized the importance of tonight's meeting.

Generally speaking, Zhao Zhigao, who has a special status, rarely attends internal meetings of the Renewal Society.

"The current system of the Renewal Society is very imperfect and its development is seriously lagging behind. This is all my fault." Lin Tailai first carried out self-criticism.

Then Lin Tailai began to reorganize the organization, "Appointing Senior Zhao as the first deputy leader, and presiding over the affairs of the society when I am not in Beijing.

Appoint Shen Yongmao and Wang Xiangmeng as deputy leaders to assist me and Senior Zhao."

There was no controversy about these appointments. After all, most of the members were very young, and Shen Yongmao and Wang Xiangmeng were both senior officials in the imperial examinations.

Besides, one is in the Military Selection Department and the other is in the Civil Selection Department, both of which are powerful departments.

A community is generally very united in the early stages of its development.

Before others could react, Zhao Zhigao asked, "Jiuyuan should have something more important?"

Lin Tailai nodded and said to everyone, "I have decided to start increasing the recruitment efforts. You can all start recruiting new members!"

It was the first time that everyone heard Lin Tailai express it so clearly. It seemed that tonight's meeting was indeed very important.

Then Lin Tailai added: "Of course we don't accept just anyone. In addition to complying with confidentiality and other rules, you must agree with our philosophy before you can join the Renewal Society."

Hearing this, everyone was confused.

Our Renewal Society has something as lofty as an ideal? Isn't it just an association formed around your social circle, Lin Tailai?

Lin Tailai, like a mentor, further elaborated: "Any society has its own ideals. For example, the ideals of the Qingliu Party are to be upright and moral!
This value is still very confusing and attractive, so there are always people who continue to join the Qingliu forces and pursue the vanity of moral superiority!

We at Renewal Club also have a philosophy, as you can tell from the name, which is to renew the world!"

Zhou Yingqiu asked in confusion: "Why do we need to emphasize the renewal of the world's atmosphere? What is the meaning of renewal?"

This incisive question is simply not something that Zhou Yingqiu, who is unrivaled in his flattery skills, would ask.

"Good question!" Lin Tailai replied: "You are all people who are familiar with history books, and you should also know that the national fortune of the dynasties after the Three Dynasties did not last more than a few hundred years!
As for the times of order and chaos, rise and fall, the misery and misery of the common people are even more unspeakable.

Our Ming Dynasty has been established for more than two hundred years. It is now a time of inheriting the past and ushering in the future. How can an official not have long-term concerns and immediate worries?

So what I mean by updating the atmosphere is to actively seek change, break through old conventions and customs, and compete with heaven for the destiny of the country!
"If I can serve the country and bring peace to the people, my life in this world will not be in vain!"

The room was completely silent, and everyone was stunned!
These words don't seem like something you, Lin Jiuyuan, would say, but they still make my blood boil.

Fighting against the will of heaven for the fate of the nation! How big a vision does one have to have to say such shocking words?
Somehow, I suddenly thought of Zhuge Wuhou, although it was not a good omen.

Lin Tailai maintained his dignity and did not talk endlessly. He slammed the table and said to everyone in shock: "I have finished speaking, and the meeting is adjourned!"

Amidst everyone's shocked and admiring gazes, Lin Tailai left with his hands behind his back.

Only Zhao Zhigao caught up and whispered to Lin Tailai: "I happen to have two candidates here. I have been investigating them for a long time. Since you want to expand the Renewal Society, I can recommend them now."

The 24-year-old Lin Jiuyuan looked at the 68-year-old Zhao Zhigao and said with satisfaction: "The old senior has really grown up and knows how to actively support his followers."

Zhao Zhigao smiled bitterly and explained, "In fact, these two people are the Prime Minister's cronies."

It sounds incredible that the Prime Minister's followers actually want to join forces with a young man of the fourth rank.

Two years ago, no one would have believed it, but this year it’s hard to say.

Lin Tailai was even more pleased, "Senior Zhao has actually learned how to poach people, which really surprises me!

One or two people are not important. What is important is that the senior senior is willing to take the initiative to share the mundane chores with me!
Not bad, not bad, keep working hard, I still believe in you!"

Zhao Zhigao: "."

To be honest, only I can tolerate Lin Jiuyuan's tone of voice. If it were someone else, they would have turned hostile long ago!

Even Wang Tianguan had fallen out many times in the past before he was able to become so resilient!
(End of this chapter)