Daming talker

Chapter 634 The momentum cannot be lost!
Lin Tailai is currently in a state of "thirsty seeking for talents", and people like Li Weizhen, who believe in the value of "a gentleman will die for his confidant", are still very worth winning over.

His ability in officialdom may be average, but his character and loyalty are not a problem, and as long as he is placed in a position where he only needs to maintain the status quo, he will be very worry-free.

Therefore, Lin Tailai shouted again: "A real man is born between heaven and earth and seeks fame and honor. Why be so hypocritical!"

Li Weizhen seemed to have been hit hard. He was no longer hesitant and asked, "What should we do?"

Lin Tailai asked directly: "You are in a high position in Henan, and you should be well-informed about the news in the government offices. Do you know what scandals and abuses the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zou Xuezhu has committed?"

Li Weizhen answered truthfully: "Zou Nietai is a clean man, and I have never heard of him doing anything bad."

In the Ming Dynasty, the Censorate was in charge of the criminal justice and supervision of a province. Even the Grand Master who was in charge of education held the title of Deputy Censorate.

These are all businesses that are prone to corruption, so it is quite rare for an inspector to avoid having any bad deeds reported.

Lin Tailai couldn't help but sigh and said, "Those among the Qingliu Party members who know how to pretend are really good at it."

When Li Weizhen thought that Lin Tailai would temporarily release Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zou Xuezhu, he heard Lin Tailai ask:
"So, have the provincial governors and patrol offices had any scandals recently?"

There are so many officials in the government offices from the provincial government to the various district governors and circuit inspectors. It is impossible that there are none at all.

Li Weizhen replied: "In the provincial examination last month, there was a rumor that Dai Guangqi, the Right Marquis, cheated in the examination.

The chief examiner sent from the capital was from Shanxi, and was a fellow townsman of Dai Fangbo.

After the results were announced, some successful candidates, in their ecstasy, told the truth when drunk, relying on Dai Fangbo to get in touch with the examiners.

The so-called Right Marquis refers to the Right Governor. In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Governor was still the highest official in a province.

However, after the governor system became normalized, the status of the provincial governor declined greatly and he actually had to obey the governor's orders.

But even if his rank was lowered further, the governor was still a high-ranking official of the second rank, standing at the top of the pyramid of local officials.

Lin Tailai slammed the table and said, "This bad record can be used!"

Li Weizhen didn't understand. Didn't they say they were going to get Zou Xuezhu, the provincial governor? Why did they want to get Dai Guangqi, the right governor?
The point is, being a provincial governor doesn't mean much to him in terms of participating in politics.

First, according to the rules of officialdom, promotion from a third-rank councilor to a third-rank provincial governor is possible, and there is no such thing as a councilor who can be promoted directly to a governor.

Secondly, the position of provincial governor now symbolizes retirement. If a local official is promoted to provincial governor, it means that he has no room for promotion and is ready to retire.

Being promoted to the position of Censor meant that one could still make some achievements, and many of them were transferred to the position of Governor. However, after being promoted to the position of Governor, it is not uncommon for someone to be demoted to the position of Governor, and this was also a rare and extraordinary event.

Just as he was talking about this, a servant from the posthouse suddenly came running over to report: "Hundreds of people have gathered outside the gate and are making a commotion! They are all slaves from various royal palaces!"

Li Weizhen said quickly: "It must be that Jiuyuan Jun beat up the people from the three royal palaces yesterday, and today they gathered the other royal palaces to take revenge together."

Lin Tailai sneered and said, "You are just a bunch of thugs, you dare to act so rampant here! I will be back soon!"

Then he shouted to his left and right: "Put on my armor!"

Li Weizhen was shocked! Lin Jiuyuan was in such a high position now, but he would still lead the troops in the face of a tough battle!
With such kindness and loyalty, how dare the followers not die for him? How could they not be invincible?
While putting on his leather armor, Lin Tailai said to Li Weizhen, "You may have overthought. I am not personally going into battle to show that I am the first, nor am I worried that my subordinates will not be able to defeat those rubbish."

Li Weizhen didn't understand and asked, "Why did Lord Jiuyuan personally go out to fight?"

Lin Tailai put on his helmet and answered, "I took action mainly to help my subordinates bear the legal risks.

In judicial practice, whether I, Lin Tailai, beat people or a servant of the Lin family beat people are two different concepts.

The former, under extenuating circumstances, can use my noble status and outstanding achievements to offset the other party's punishment, and the punishment can be reduced;

Even if the latter is excusable, the servants may still suffer certain punishments due to their identities."

Li Weizhen: “.”

In this day and age, group fights are not mindless. Is it necessary to study judicial practice in such detail?

It seems that my understanding of Lin Jiuyuan is too shallow. Rumors and initial contact are not enough to fully understand Lin Jiuyuan.

Li Weizhen sat in the hall waiting. Soon, he heard the deafening shouting and screaming outside.

In less than a cup of tea, the noise outside gradually died down until everything returned to silence.

Lin Tailai strode into the hall and said to Li Weizhen, "The riot outside the posthouse gate has subsided. It's best for Li to go out the back door."

"Why?" Li Weizhen could never keep up with Lin Tailai's thinking.

Lin Tailai replied: "There are hundreds of people lying outside the gate. The road is currently blocked! Unless Li Canzheng likes to step on people to get through!"

Then Lin Tailai was heard muttering, "I hope no one from the royal family was hurt. They are just servants and domestic servants."

Li Weizhen: “.”

These clan members had no real political power, but their status was nominally noble, so the government could not punish them by law.

This led to the situation that when the royal family encountered problems, they would gather together to fight and act violently, sometimes just like street thugs.

Unexpectedly, this group of people hit a wall today and met a tough guy who was more ferocious, ruthless and more aggressive.

Kaifeng, the old Song Dynasty city, has the atmosphere of storytelling. Maybe soon there will be a scene where the Nine Yuan True Immortal challenges the eighteen royal palaces with his spear.

Lin Tailai, who had just finished a group fight, said indifferently: "There is no need to waste too much energy on such trivial matters. Let's talk about how to deal with the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zou Xuezhu!"

Li Weizhen just felt that communicating with Lin Tailai was too brain-consuming, and he couldn't find the track because of the repeated jumps.

He said in confusion, "Didn't we just talk about the bad deeds of Right Provincial Governor Dai Guangqi?"

Lin Tailai also felt tired. Li Weizhen was already a 45-year-old official who had been in politics for 24 years, but he still needed his hands-on teaching.

He said helplessly: "If the Right Provincial Governor committed a crime, does that mean the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner who is in charge of supervision has no responsibility?

Specifically, if the governor Dai Guangqi was guilty of cheating in the imperial examination, then the provincial prosecutor Zou Xuezhu's prior supervision was ineffective and he did not investigate afterwards, which is dereliction of duty!"

Li Weizhen was shocked again!
In order to bring down the Censor of the enemy camp, you, Lin Tailai, are going to sacrifice an "innocent" Governor?
What is the difference between this and Cao Mengde's behavior of killing innocent grain officers in order to stabilize the morale of the army?
Lin Tailai did not accept just anyone, he gave his own tests.

"I have provided the idea, and you are responsible for the specific implementation! My personal suggestion is to nail down Dai Guangqi's cheating in the imperial examination first!"

Li Weizhen said a little worriedly: "Isn't this noise too loud?"

Lin Tailai was immediately disappointed and said, "It seems that you haven't adapted to the situation and adjusted your mindset yet!
Your old predecessor, old uncle, and old backstage is now the Ministry of Personnel Tianguan, the number one Ministry of Personnel Tianguan among the six ministries!
So what are you afraid of? Even if you mess up, what serious consequences will there be? It's just a matter of moving to another place!"

Li Weizhen was scolded and left in disgrace. That night, the provincial government jointly held a public banquet to entertain Lin Tailai, the Imperial Academy Reader, the Imperial Academy Junior Secretary, and the Third Ministry Doctor.

The meeting was held in the front hall of the Governor's Office. Officials from the province arrived early and sat in the side hall chatting.

Governor Zhou Shixuan smiled bitterly at the others and said, "This afternoon, several princes jointly sent a letter to this court, suing Lin Jiuyuan."

Left Councillor Li Sancai said very "objectively and impartially": "Lin Jiuyuan is too arrogant in the territory of our Henan government office."

Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zou Xuezhu continued, "If he wasn't so arrogant, would he still be Lin Jiuyuan?
Even when Zhang Juzheng passed through Henan to attend a funeral, I was the prefect of Henan, and I had never heard of Zhang Juzheng seriously injuring hundreds of people.

Li Sancai added: "We are hosting a banquet together to entertain the Nine Yuan True Immortal out of courtesy, but we cannot be suppressed by him in terms of momentum.

So as to avoid being ridiculed by public opinion as being servile and fawning, which would embarrass us.

So although we have to treat each other with courtesy, we must not lose momentum!"

Li Sancai's words implied a certain political correctness, and no matter what everyone thought, they all agreed with him.

Everyone knows that behind you, Li Sancai, are the clean-minded forces that control public opinion. If you were too flattering to Lin Tailai in public today, who knows how public opinion would frame you.

Just at this moment, there was a huge noise and uproar suddenly coming from the direction of the gate.

Then an officer from the governor's camp hurried into the side hall and reported: "Lin Tailai's servants are trying to forcibly take over the defense of the gate and front yard of the Procuratorate!"

All the officials were stunned. They were indeed discussing Lin Tailai's arrogance, even exaggerating it.

But now I suddenly realize that their so-called exaggeration may actually be an underestimate?

After Governor Zhou Shixuan came to his senses, he immediately shouted, "Pass on my military order, do not retreat!"

The middle officer was a little embarrassed and replied, "The gate and front yard have been taken away by the servants of the Lin Mansion."

Zhou Shixuan: “.”

Even if there are a hundred dead pigs blocking the gate, it will take a while to move them, right?
When everyone arrived in the hall, they saw Lin Tailai, who looked like the Kaifeng Iron Tower.

Lin Tailai laughed heartily a few times, saluted to Zhou Shixuan and said, "Don't mind, Zhongcheng, it's just my personal habit to take over the defense wherever I go.

After all, I have made too many enemies, and even suffered an ambush in the palace, so I have to be careful everywhere. "

Zhou Shixuan's face turned black, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure and introduced the provincial officials present to Lin Tailai.

"This is Dai Guangqi, the Right Earl!" Zhou Shixuan said, pointing at an old man in his sixties.

Lin Tailai rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his fist as big as a sand bowl, and said boldly:
“I’ve heard for a long time that Dai Fangbo learned Liuhequan from Tang Jingchuan when he was young, and created his own Dai’s Xinyiquan, making him the best official in the northern officialdom.

I am lucky to meet you today. I hope to make friends through martial arts. It doesn’t matter whether we fight to the end or not, whether we live or die! "

Everyone: "."

This should be a scene from a civil officialdom, right? Why did the atmosphere suddenly become like that of a martial artist?

Dai Guangqi looked at Lin Tailai's arms, which were thicker than an average person's thighs, and thought about his own age of sixty, and fell silent.

Seeing that Dai Guangqi did not accept the challenge, Lin Tailai retracted his fist and said calmly: "I was just joking, don't take it seriously!"

The legend of Xingyiquan, which often appears in the world of traditional Chinese martial arts, originated from Dai's Xinyiquan in Shanxi, and the originator of Dai's Xinyiquan can be traced back to Dai Guangqi.

Then Lin Tailai said to his attendants: "In ancient times, wise ministers were inseparable from the civil and military branches, just as the saying goes: a general can become a prime minister!

I, Lin Tailai, would like to carry forward the traditions of the ancients, but there are so few people who share the same ideals as me!
Dai Fangbo is also a person who follows my ideals, but it’s a pity that he is too old. It’s easy for Feng Tang to grow old, but it’s hard for Li Guang to be promoted! ”

Everyone was speechless. Old Dai was obviously your predecessor, so how could he be considered as following your ideas?
But looking at Lin Tailai's fist as big as a sand bowl, it's really not easy to be too serious about this matter.

Governor Zhou Shixuan had to interrupt Lin Tailai and continued to introduce him: "This is Li Sancai, the left councillor and the supervisor of river works."

This is also a historical celebrity, a very special figure in the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party member who is the least like a Donglin Party member.

In history, the dispute over Li Sancai's entry into the cabinet in the late Wanli period was also one of the famous and iconic party disputes.

Lin Tailai looked at the 40-year-old version of Li Sancai with great interest and asked, "He looks familiar. I think I've seen him before?"

Li Sancai replied with a look of dismay: "In the 14th year of Wanli, the Confucius Temple of the Imperial College in Nanjing."

Lin Tailai suddenly realized, "I was sweeping the floor in the Dacheng Hall when I was debating with Gu Xiancheng. It turns out that you were one of the background people."

Li Sancai: “.”

Then Lin Tailai continued, "But later I heard that you are very capable?"

Li Sancai didn't know how to respond for a moment. What did this sentence "very capable" mean? Was it a compliment to himself?
Lin Tailai pointed at Li Sancai and said loudly to the people around him: "Li Xiuwu is a man who doesn't care about small matters. He is a man of great talent and although he likes to use his power, he is also very extravagant!"

Shit! Li Sancai was confused. Could it be that Lin Tailai was really praising him?

Damn it! He actually felt like he had found a confidant in these words! He really should be such a hero!
Is it true that praise from the enemy camp is the most valuable?

Others were also surprised that Lin Tailai's summary was so insightful.

As an official in Henan, everyone knows what kind of temperament Li Sancai has.

"Thank you, thank you." Li Sancai said a few humble words embarrassedly. After all, one should not hit a smiling person.

Lin Tailai was still pointing at Li Sancai, and added, "In short, he is like me in every aspect!"

Everyone: "."

We have to admit that the evaluation of "not fussy about details, brave enough to meet talented people, likes to use power, but is also extravagant and has big plans" seems to be more appropriate for Lin Tailai.

I am afraid that Senator Li will be known as "Xiao Lin Jiuyuan" or "Lin Jiuyuan's imitation" in the future. I don't know whether this is a comedy or a tragedy.

Li Sancai's eyes went dark and he almost fainted on the spot. How could he live his life from now on?

As long as Lin Tailai does not fall, won't I have to live in Lin Tailai's shadow forever?
Governor Zhou Shixuan glanced at Li Sancai. You kept saying that you couldn’t lose in momentum, but this is the result?

Li Weizhen was completely devoted to her. He thought that even if Lin was a living Cao Cao, she would be worth following, because the consequences of refusing to recruit her might be even more serious.

(End of this chapter)