The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Return of the God of War

Attendant of Hanlin Academy, Shaoqing of Shaanxi Xingtaipu Temple, Doctor of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Official Affairs, Doctor of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites, Doctor of the Communications Department of the Ministry of War (under preparation), Counselor of Shaanxi Military Affairs, and Rebellious Supervisor Lin Tailai returned to the capital. It's mid-July.

It was almost exactly one year since he left Beijing for the northwest last year.

The army escorted more than a dozen named rebel generals, and entered the city through Desheng Gate in a splendid manner, receiving cheers from the people.

Lin Jianjun stayed at Desheng Gate for a while, checked the city gate, and found that his poems were well preserved, and then left with satisfaction.

Our Ming Dynasty is a country governed by the rule of law. Before a traitor general is presented with a prisoner gift or beheaded, the Ministry of Punishment must show that his punishment is upright.

After supervising Li Rusong to hand over the captured rebel generals to the Ministry of Punishment, Lin Tailai completely completed his task of supervising the army.

Then he went home and rested with Secretary Bai.

This night, the capital was very peaceful.

After getting off work, Shen Yongmao, a member of the Ministry of War, ran to the Lin Mansion and said a little worriedly:

"You have made too many contributions this time. What should we do? Someone in the court even suggested that you should be knighted."

The other party was obviously here to deliver a message on behalf of Shen Shoufu. Lin Tailai smiled and said, "A civil servant can be ennobled? Are you trying to put me on the fire?"

Application: "."

There is nothing wrong with this meaning, but the grammar is too easy for people to misunderstand. Can you change the grammar to express it?

"Since ancient times, great achievements have been difficult to reward. Let's take one step at a time." Lin Tailai sighed, "By the way, what is the title you propose? Does it sound good?"

Application: "."

how? If the title sounds good, do you want to accept it?

Including Shen Yongmao, Lin Tailai only met with the members of the Update Society tonight, and refused to see anyone else. The difference between closeness and distance was clear at a glance.

Lin Tailai asked about the current situation of the members and found that most of them were doing well.

There are only two people who are censors, Wang Yusheng and Pan Shizhang. Ever since Lu Guangzu went to the Duchayuan to serve as the censor of Zuodu, life has been relatively depressed.

Originally, the two of them, who were members of Lin Tailai's circle, were outliers in the group of public prosecutors. Now that the chief officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had been replaced by an enemy, they were even more easily manipulated.

Originally, Zhao Huan, the censor of Zuoqiandu, was considered one of his own and could still take care of him. However, last year Zhao Huan was promoted to the governor of Fengyang and the governor of water transportation.

Therefore, Wang Yusheng and Pan Shizhang were in an increasingly difficult situation because they had power but no influence in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and had backstage but no backstage.

Lin Tailai comforted him and said, "Please be patient for a few more days until I finish treating Lu Guangzu."

Early the next morning, the diligent Lin Tai came to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to practice his big gun. After all, it's close to home and the space is spacious, making it perfect for morning exercise.

It was during morning exercises that Lin Tailai accidentally had a conflict with the Yi Cong of Zuodu Censor Lu Guangzu, and then accidentally injured dozens of people in Zuodu Censor Lu Guangzu's Yi Cong.

Later, in order to express his apology, Lin Tailai said very sincerely to Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu in the sedan chair:

"As a hero who has achieved seven battles and seven victories, and who conquered the city first, let's use one meritorious service to offset today's mistakes."

After the demonstration, Lin Tailai, who went to work for the first time after returning to Beijing, chose the Hanlin Academy.

No matter how many part-time jobs there are, the identity of a Hanlin official is the real core.

Just like many Hanlins, the nominal rank has been promoted to the rank of Minister, but the core level is still from the fifth rank to the Bachelor of Teaching, the Bachelor of Reading, and so on.

The hero who had won seven battles and seven victories and conquered the city first took bold steps and crossed the Yingmen Gate of the Hanlin Academy.

But as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy, Lin Tailai felt that the atmosphere here was not right.

He grabbed a Hanlin colleague and asked, "What happened recently? Why do everyone look sad?"

Nahanlin replied sadly: "Senior Tian Yijun, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, a bachelor's degree scholar, and a scholar of Shuji, has passed away."

"Ah, this." Lin Tailai was stunned, and sighed: "It's really fate that makes people, suddenly there is a separation between yin and yang."

Lin Tailai was indeed very sorry. Xueshi Tian was a good man, very indifferent to fame and fortune, open-minded, and a little afraid of society.

Even though he always grabbed the microphone and lectured the newcomer Shujishi without authorization, Xueshi Tian did not get too hasty with him or blame himself.

Such a good man died of illness like this.

With a little sadness, Lin Tailai walked to the No. 1 Scholar Hall.

The layout of the Zhuangyuan Hall is as follows. Lin Zhuangyuan in the 17th year of Wanli occupied the left half of the hall alone because he was busy with official duties and often needed to meet with officials.

Zhu Guozuo, the number one scholar in the eleventh year of Wanli, and Tang Wenxu, the number one scholar in the fourteenth year of Wanli, did not have so many official duties, so they carried forward their style and crowded together in the right half of the hall, leaving the left half completely to their junior Lin Zhuangyuan.

Lin Tailai, who had returned from the northwest, walked into the No. 1 Scholar Hall. He habitually turned to the left half of the hall, but suddenly realized that something was wrong and stopped.

The koan placed in the left half of the hall is not my koan!

There are still unfinished manuscripts on the koan, indicating that someone has been working here recently!

And the owner of the left half of the hall has not been to the Number One Scholar Hall in the past year!

So someone took advantage of his absence to occupy the left half of the hall that belonged to him?

Lin Tailai snorted coldly, a murderous look flashed across his face.

What plot is this? The God of War returns and finds his kennel occupied? !

Or is it that the veterans of the Courtyard are retired and the Jia family has occupied my room?

Lin Tailai glanced at the right half of the hall again and found that his rosewood koan had been moved to the right half of the hall, crowded together with the koans of Zhu Guozuo and Tang Wenxian.

"Who is this?" Lin Tailai pointed to the left half of the hall and asked Tang Wenxian.

Tang Wenwen answered truthfully: "One of our predecessors, Sun Jigao, ended his stay and returned to the Hanlin Academy, where he continued to work as a young man and serve as a bachelor."

"It turns out it's him!" Lin Tailai understood and said sarcastically: "How come I've been away from Beijing for a year, and all kinds of monsters, cats and dogs have popped up?"

This Sun Jigao was the number one scholar in the second year of Wanli. In theory, he was indeed qualified to work in the number one scholar's office.

Although Lin Tailai has never dealt with Sun Jigao directly, they have discussed each other remotely.

At the Suzhou Literary Forum the year before last, the "Literary Anti-Legacy Group" attempted to elect Sun Jigao, a Wuxi tycoon, as the leader of the literary world. However, the plot was crushed by Lin Tailai.

If Gu Xiancheng is the core figure of today's Wuxi Gang and even the greater Changzhou Gang, then Sun Jigao is equivalent to the "ancestral master".

During the annual examination in the eighth year of Wanli, Sun Jigao, as a fellow examiner, personally made the decision to select Gu Xiancheng and was Gu Xiancheng's house master. This shows Sun Jigao's status in the world.

It's just that Sun Jigao and Ding You returned to his hometown a few years ago, so Lin Tailai has never seen Sun Jigao in the capital.

So Lin Tailai asked Tang Wenwen again: "Senior Sun returned to the Hanlin Academy and worked in the Zhuangyuan Hall, which is what he should have done.

But didn't you tell him the rules of the No. 1 Scholar Hall? "

Tang Wenwen said in embarrassment: "He is an old man after all, how dare we be disrespectful?"

In the Hanlin Academy, the relationship between juniors and seniors is very important, and the relationship between seniors and juniors is paid more attention to than other yamen.

When a senior like Sun Jigao, who had mixed up enough to be called a bachelor, worked, what could Tang Wenxian dare to say?

Lin Tailai suddenly thought of something and said, "I just heard outside that Academician Tian is gone?"

A smart man like Tang Wenxian, who could win the first prize in the examination, certainly knew what Lin Tailai wanted to ask.

So he answered to the point: "Senior Sun has taken over Master Tian's affairs and taught Master Shuji."

Lin Tai said to himself with emotion: "I didn't expect that not only the situation in various ministries would be rebounded, but also the Hanlin Academy would be stolen."

Teaching newcomers is not a meaningless retreat. From now on, I will be half the teacher of this group of newcomers.

Letting a Qingliu Party member serve as a newbie to teach, isn't this the same as letting a bad wolf shepherd the sheep?

Lin Tailai then continued to ask Tang Wenwen, "Has Sun Jigao come today? Where is he?"

Tang Wenwen replied: "Senior Sun did not come today."

He suspected that Sun Jigao knew that Lin Tailai was returning today, so he deliberately did not show up.

"Since you don't come today, don't come again!" Lin Tailai turned to the guardians on the left and right and told him, "Pass on my words! From today on, fifty people will be stationed at Dengyingmen, only responsible for stopping Sun Jigao. Sun Jigao is prohibited from entering the Hanlin Academy!"

Tang Wenwen advised: "This is impossible! Don't make a big mistake!"

Lin Tailai said disdainfully: "I am the hero of seven battles and seven victories, and I conquered the city first. I have many merits to compensate for my sins. It doesn't matter if I make some mistakes for an unruly person like Sun Jigao."

Then he said to the guardians on the left and right: "Call a few more people to come. There is a lot of garbage in this No. 1 Scholar Hall. It will all be cleared out today.

When I come back tomorrow, I will see that the layout of the No. 1 Scholar Hall has returned to what it was a year ago! "

After explaining everything clearly, Lin Tailai was ready to leave the Hanlin Academy.

He has too many yamen part-time jobs, and he has to go through them all today, so how can he just spend time in the Hanlin Academy?

At this time, a handyman ran over and shouted to Lin Tailai from a distance: "Chen Zhangyuan invites you!"

Lin Tailai scolded the handyman contemptuously: "Get out!"

Then he left without saying a word or looking back.

Knowing that he, Lin Tailai, had been highly wary of Qingliu Party members infiltrating the Hanlin Academy, he still dared to arrange for Sun Jigao to be in charge of teaching newcomers?

If I give you face, Master Chen, you will be the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. If I don’t give you face, you will be nothing!

After that, Lin Tailai left the Hanlin Academy gate again. If you meet someone who has difficulty choosing, faced with the options of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and perhaps the Taipus Temple, you will probably be confused until noon.

But Lin Tailai was still more decisive. He raised his legs to cross the Ministry of War and walked first to the Ministry of Officials a little further away.

After entering the official department, Lin Tailai went directly to the courtyard of the examination department without going to see the officials.

But Lin Tailai did not enter the court hall. He stood at the door of the court and ordered: "Now hold a general meeting of the court! All officials come out!"

After a while, dozens of people stood in the courtyard, waiting for Lin Tai to come and lecture.

Lin Tailai didn't rush to say anything, and first slowly glanced around at the officials of the Examination Department.

Then he said: "I remember that last year, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Lu Guangzu, passed the exam. Who handled the matter? Stand up for yourself."

After all the officials looked at each other, two people stood out and stood in front of the crowd.

Lin Tailai asked: "I remember that before I went to Northwest, I said that Lu Guangzu was not good and he should be treated strictly after passing the exam.

But while I was away, you guys actually assigned Lu Guangzu a competent position. Who gave you the courage? "

The two officials looked confused and stunned.

The so-called completion of the examination can be understood as the examination of the completion of the term, and one term is three years.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the more senior officials were, the easier and more relaxed they were after passing the exam, while the lower the rank, the more complicated and strict the exam was.

For example, the elder only needs to submit a self-summary report to the emperor, while a minister like Lu Guangzu only needs to go through the formalities in the Ministry of Personnel.

So you Lin Bulang blames others for judging Lu Guangzu as competent for his job. You are just trying to incriminate him, so there is no excuse for it!

Lin Tailai disdained reasoning and ordered his attendants: "These two people did not obey the orders of the chief officer. Drag them away, give each of them 20 strokes of the cane, and remove them from the Ministry of Examination!"

The servant of the Lin Mansion beside him subconsciously asked: "Hit for real? Hit with all your heart?"

Lin Tailai: "."

The two clerks struggled and shouted: "We are also appointed by the court and serve the court!

How dare you publicly impose private punishment on innocent clerks? You are committing the great crime of setting up a private court!"

Lin Tailai said proudly: "I am a meritorious official who won seven battles and broke the city first. I have a lot of merits and beheaded four figures!

What's the big deal about beating you two petty clerks? As long as you can't kill me, I will use one merit to atone for my crime!"

The clerks were silent and realized again who was the real master of the Ministry of Examination.

Then Lin Tailai said to Yu Zan, the deputy director of the Ministry of Examination, "When I am not here, you will be in charge of the Ministry of Examination.

But you actually protected Lu Guangzu when the examination was completed. Wait for me to impeach you!

I don't want any merit, but I want to punish you who are forming cliques and pursuing personal interests!"

Yu Zan: "."

Damn it! No wonder Lin Tailai did not stop me, an outsider, from presiding over the Ministry of Examination when he went to the northwest last year. Was I being cheated?

Finally, Lin Tailai instructed Chen Yunjian, the head of the Ministry of Personnel's Ministry of Examination, his fellow countryman and friend, "You are responsible for supervising the execution. No medical treatment is allowed after the beating. Put it at the gate of the Ministry of Personnel for public display!"

After saying that, Lin Tailai did not enter the judgement hall, but turned around and left.

When Lin Tailai walked into the Ministry of Rites again, his deeds this morning and in the morning had been spread wildly in various government offices.

"I am a meritorious official who won seven battles and was the first to break the city. I have made a lot of merits" and "use merits to atone for sins" are like a sword hanging over many people's heads.

There is really a sense of déjà vu of the return of the god of war and his strong appearance.

In the Ministry of Guests, Lin Tailai ordered other officials: "Hurry up and start preparing for the prisoner offering ceremony!"

Yuanwailang Zhong Huamin hesitated and said: "According to the regulations, the prisoner offering ceremony should be hosted by the Ministry of Rites and specifically organized by the Ministry of Ceremonies."

Lin Tailai said bluntly: "The credit is mine, Lin Tailai's credit, and it has nothing to do with them! Don't worry about what they do!

This time, our Ministry of Guests will take care of the prisoner offering ceremony. Everyone in our department will get some achievements. I, Lin Tailai, said so!"

Shen Yan, a fellow villager and head of the Ministry of Guests, advised: "Jiuyuan, you should restrain yourself. You will definitely be impeached for being arrogant, self-reliant, arrogant and lawless."

Lin Tailai asked back: "Even if I keep my tail between my legs and restrain myself, won't I be impeached?

The result is the same anyway, so why should I restrain myself?"

This statement makes so much sense that Shen Yan was speechless.