The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

When the emperor was too lazy to experience and do everything himself, an important task of the Sili Supervision Bureau was to "screen" the memorials every day.

The big men believed that things that the emperor needed to know and handled in person would be sent directly to the imperial front. For example, Lin Tailai's resignation memorial today belongs to this category.

Emperor Wanli was also surprised by this and said in surprise: "In recent years, the court and all sides have had a lot of trouble. Fortunately, Lin Tai came to suppress it, so why did this happen?"

In the mind of Emperor Wanli, Lin Tailai had many benefits, mainly three points.

First, he is very good at all times and can accomplish things at critical moments, which is very satisfying to the vanity of the emperor as the common ruler of the world.

Second, Lin Tailai is not nervous about talking about making money, and he can also actively make money, and has a common topic with the emperor.

Third, Lin Tailai and the Qingliu Party members are mortal enemies, and in recent years, they have been able to firmly suppress the Qingliu Party members, making the emperor's ears much clearer.

For example, the Qingliu Party members have been exhausted from protecting themselves in the past year and even dare not provoke the issue of the country-based base.

In short, although Lin Tailai is arrogant and domineering, although Lin Tailai always surpasses the rules, and although Lin Tailai cannot get along with the Zheng family, Lin Tailai is still a good minister.

At this time, the eunuch Zhang Cheng, the chief sealer, expressed his opinion: "Lin Tailai is so unaware of this matter! I am afraid that he thinks in his heart that the emperor is narrow-minded and unable to tolerate the meritorious officials, so he made such a gesture of retreating and protecting himself."

The other bigwigs looked at Zhang Cheng in surprise. Did the eunuch, the seal-handed eunuch, take the wrong medicine today?

These big men learned from their predecessors and were basically neutral to foreign figures. In the past, Zhang Cheng was nothing more than that.

However, today Zhang Cheng maliciously slandered Lin Tailai, arousing the emperor's dissatisfaction.

In the eyes of civil officials, this kind of behavior can be called "slander".

Eunuch Chen Ju was particularly puzzled. He couldn't help but remember that when he went to Tongzhou to reward Lin Tai, Lin Tai said, "Your opportunity is coming."

Today, Zhang Cheng suddenly became so abnormal. It must be for no reason. Could it be related to what Lin Tailai called "opportunity"?

Emperor Wanli looked at his old partner Zhang Cheng and said in confusion: "Lin Tailai has always served Chicheng, not a person who is always sympathetic.

Perhaps because of success and fame, I became lazy and lost the spirit of enterprising, and wanted to enjoy wealth and honor. ”

What else Zhang Cheng wanted to say, Emperor Wanli asked again: "How does the cabinet report on this?"

Another eunuch, Tian Yi, reported: "The chief minister Zhao Zhigao proposed that Lin Tailai's position could be retained and appointed as the Jiangnan Department of Communications Department of the Ministry of War, so as to avoid the suspicion that the court could not tolerate others."

When talking about the Communications Department of the Ministry of War, Emperor Wanli thought of Lin Tailai's previous idea, and under the framework of the Communications Department of the Ministry of War, he used merchants to collect overseas intelligence.

So what should a businessman with espionage responsibility do? Of course, it is necessary to use smuggling, no, trafficking of goods is used as a cover.

So Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "Mr. Zhao is a very good person! Lin Tailai's position in the library is still retained and promoted to a bachelor's degree, which is another kind of reward.

He was lazy and wanted to enjoy wealth and honor. I was not unkind, but he couldn't be too leisurely, so he took up the burden of the Jiangnan Branch of the Communications Department. ”

In fact, for Lin Tailai, who has been granted the title of marquis, the grade is no longer important. Whether it is promoted or not is the matter. What is important is the position and identity qualifications.

The Jiangnan Department of Communications Department is the position of the position, and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is the status qualification.

After the big sacreds dispersed, Tian Yi went to the cabinet to pass an imperial edict, and Chen Ju intended to walk with Zhang Cheng.

Then he said with concern: "Mr. Zhang shouldn't speak like this today, there is no need to distort Lin Tailai."

Zhang Cheng sighed helplessly, not wanting to defend his low-level performance, so he just smiled bitterly and said three words: "It's a last resort."

Chen Ju fell into deep thought, what does it mean to be "unnecessary"?

As the eunuch in charge of seals, Zhang Cheng had no need to say much about the power. Who else could make him "unnecessarily" besides the emperor?

After returning to the outside house, Chen Ju called all his closest "adopted son" over and ordered:

"It's not far from the end of the year, and there are many gatherings. You guys are careful to find out the news, especially about the Wuqing Hou family."

The biological mother of Emperor Wanli is Empress Dowager Li, and Empress Dowager Li's father Li Wei was named Wu Qing Bo and later promoted to Wu Qing Hou.

After Li Wei's death, the eldest son Li Wenquan inherited the title, which was also the younger brother of Empress Dowager Li.

The adopted sons of the trusted sons accepted the order of Eunuch Chen to "inquire about the news related to Wuqing Hou" and did not have any doubts. They naturally believed that their adoptive father Eunuch Chen was preparing to please Empress Li's mother's house.

It is not worth it to be surprising that an eunuch wants to curry favor with the emperor's mother.

Within a few days, news came into Eunuch Chen's ears.

It is said that the Wuqing Hou family has always made money by doing business. Last year, when the army was launched in the east, the Wuqing Hou took over a large order of 50,000 cotton coats.

No mistakes, one song, one post, one content, one reading!

However, when the first batch of 10,000 cotton coats were sent to Liaodong, all of them were returned by the Minister of Management Lin Tailai because of the poor quality of cutting corners.

In the end, Lin Jingluo directly canceled the order for 50,000 cotton coats obtained by Wu Qinghou.

However, many inferior cotton coats have been made. Wu Qinghou wanted to deal with these inferior cotton coats nearby and let the border troops of Xuanfu Town eat them, and then was rejected by the governor of Xuanfu Town Wang Xiangqian.

Therefore, Wuqing Hou 80% of the resentment of Lin Tailai, but he has nothing to do at the moment.

However, this matter is not a glorious matter, and it involves sensitive figures like the Empress Dowager's family and Lin Tailai, so it has not been spread with great fanfare and has only been circulated in some small circles of insiders.

If Eunuch Chen had some understanding, it would be said that something abnormal will happen, and something happened behind it.

But Eunuch Chen was still confused. What did this have to do with Zhang Cheng, the chief inspector of Sili?

With Zhang Cheng's status that he could not be promoted, he would not be able to make up for the slander of Wuqing Hou or to join Lin Tailai for the sake of the empress dowager.

So Eunuch Chen instructed his adopted sons to continue to inquire about the new news carefully.

However, it took several months to hear the news that Zhang Cheng's younger brother Zhang Xun was about to become a relative of Wu Qinghou.

After hearing this news, Eunuch Chen was irritated, and he felt like he was so vigilant that he was so smart that he was confused. It was difficult to understand how Zhang Cheng, who had been smart all his life, would have such a slutty operation?

Marquis Wuqing is the emperor's elder uncle. Zhang Cheng asked his younger brother to marry Marquis Wuqing. From the perspective of relative ethics, did he also become the emperor's elder?

But your Zhang Cheng’s essential identity is the emperor’s slave. The slave quietly becomes a relative and elder. Have you ever considered the emperor’s mood?

So Eunuch Chen finally understood what the "opportunity" Lin Tai said. If this is not an opportunity for his own progress, then what is the opportunity?

But Eunuch Chen felt the terribleness of Lin Tailai even more!

Before he knew it, he, the eunuch in charge of the Sili, seemed to have become a chess piece set up by Lin Tailai!

Of course, the above are all later stories. When Eunuch Chen suddenly realized, Lin Tailai had already returned to Suzhou.