While the two were talking, the guards outside reported that Lin Fantai had come to say hello.
"Let him come in." Lao Liu was finally willing to see someone.
After a while, the guard opened the door and Lin Zhongmo came in to pay homage.
"Lin Fantai, please get up." Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "I and the magistrate are both injured. Let's lie down, one lying down, and the other sitting down to talk."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Lin Zhongmo stood up to express his gratitude and asked worriedly: "I wonder where Your Highness's injury is. Is it serious?"
"It's not serious, it's just polished by riding a horse," Lao Liu said with a smile: "The position is a bit complicated, so I won't show it to you."
"Your Highness is really eager for justice and a wise king." Lin Zhongmo said with emotion.
"It's quite free. There's nothing I don't care about, right?" Lao Liu laughed.
"That's not what I mean. What I mean is a virtuous person. I would never dare to speak to His Highness Yin Yang." Lin Zhongmo said quickly and fearfully.
"Hahaha, don't be nervous, I'm just teasing you." Lao Liu said in a good mood: "The Daozhi County mentioned in the letter to me that if something unexpected happens to him and I want to investigate the truth, first, I can ask his staff
Mr. Hu asked me what happened; one more thing, I can trust you, Mr. Lin Fang..."
"Ashamed." Lin Zhongmo unexpectedly looked at Dao Tong who looked like a rice dumpling, and said with shame on his face: "I am incompetent and can only sit back and watch Dao Xian brother be tortured like this. I am really ashamed to be a leader."
"Uncle Fang's words are serious," Dao Tongxin said. I didn't mention Lin Zhongmo in my letter, but he understood His Highness's intention, which was to win over Lin Zhongmo and to make Lin Fantai owe him a personal favor in vain.
He quickly continued in a low voice: "The Chief Secretary has no control over the affairs of the Chasi Division, not to mention that there is Marquis Yongjia standing behind Xu Zengtai."
"Brother, I've made Brother Yu even more ashamed." Lin Zhongmo said with increasing gratitude: "Anyway, I'm still too rigid, but I didn't expect that they would be so cruel. The emperor dared to touch you even before he was dismissed from his position.
A severe punishment."
"They are eager to get my confession. Only if I admit that I am a group with Dao Yuan, will I not be afraid of overturning the case in the future." Dao Tong laughed sadly and said: "Especially Zhu Xian, I am very close to Liang Zi, and he fell into his trap.
Can I have a good one in my hand?"
"Yes." Lin Zhongmo nodded, half in agreement and half on behalf of the Taoists: "The Yongjia Marquis son beat up officials in the street, led people into the Panyu County government prison, and even urinated on the screen in the lobby, leaving Taoist
My virtuous brother threw his official hat into the river, he is really arrogant and domineering to the extreme."
"It is your Guangdong government's dereliction of duty to allow such a madman to go unpunished!" Lao Liu had already read these things in Daotong's letter, but when Lin Zhongmo talked about it, he still felt itching with hatred.
Damn it, no prince would dare to be so arrogant!
"Yes, that's what His Highness said." Lin Zhongmo hurriedly stood up to plead guilty. "The power of the Guangdong government is too weak. If you don't join forces with them, you will have to live alone. I chose the latter before, and I also neglected my duty. Please punish me."
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"You are indeed guilty. As a high-ranking official, it is a crime to eat without a corpse!" Zhu Zhen nodded heavily and said: "Isn't the lesson of your predecessor's predecessor painful enough?"
"What your Highness taught you is..." Lin Zhongmo was sweating on his forehead, his face was red, and he hurriedly apologized.
He knew that the King of Chu was referring to Wang Guangyang, who had been demoted to participate in the politics of Guangdong Province. This right-wing prime minister, who was known for lying down and doing nothing, was reprimanded by Boss Zhu after the Hu Weiyong case, saying that he was cheating and could not serve the country with loyalty and sit back and watch the prosperity. ' , banished him to Hainan.
When Wang Guangyang sailed to Taipei, Zhu Yuanzhang, who became more and more angry as he thought about it, began to dig into his old accounts and issued an edict:
'Prime Minister Guangyang has been with me for a long time. When he was in the army, he said no when asked repeatedly, but in the end he said nothing. I have been with him for a long time, but I have never been able to bear to supervise him. When I lived in Taiwan Province, I never offered any plans. The diseases of the subjects of the Kuang country are unknown. I ordered you to send envoys to conduct reconnaissance, but they returned without saying a word. You were tired of serving the gods and governing the people.'
'In the past few decades, I have not had a single talented person around me. I once ordered Erzuo Wenzheng to govern Jiangxi, but Wenzheng did evil and did not correct him. He asked me for advice, but he went to the front. He and Yang Xian were together in Zhongshu, and the constitution was unruly. You know it and don't say anything. Nowadays, people are busy with their affairs and do nothing.'
'You are well versed in scriptures and able to write, and you are not an ignorant person. I watch your emotions and watch the ups and downs. I wish not to say anything, but I am afraid that those who do not know will think that I am unkind. I have given you this edict so that you can save it.'
After Wang Guangyang saw the edict, he became even more frightened. The emperor even said this to make him reflect. There are only five words in the whole article - Why don't you die?!
So he hanged himself to death.
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Seeing Lin Zhongmo sweating profusely, King Chu sighed softly and said in a slower tone:
"Actually, I sympathize with Wang Xiang from the bottom of my heart. As a scholar, what I say is that when the water is clear, the tassels are washed, and when the water is turbid, the feet are washed. When the world is governed, it will emerge, and in troubled times, it will be hidden. But the problem is that the water is turbid now? Is it troubled times? "
"No." Lin Zhongmo shook his head and said: "Even among the dynasties that founded the country, this dynasty can be said to have political clarity and peace for the country and the people."
"How did the country achieve peace and prosperity? It was because the officials were restless and the gentry were not at peace. It was the emperor who controlled these two groups that led to today's situation." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "As the chief minister, you protect yourself wisely. Indulging them means inaction, so who will do the work and protect the people?"
"What your Highness taught you is that I should have stood up and not let Daozhi County fight alone." Lin Zhongmo reflected sadly: "You shouldn't always stand back and watch on the grounds that power is divided into three divisions and cannot be overcome."
"You can improve a lot by recognizing your mistakes, but you can still be a good official if you correct them." Lao Liu's tone became softer. Lin Fantai was the person he had planned to win over early in the morning.
However, it was not what Daotong mentioned in the letter, but someone from the Guangzhou Municipal Shipping Department. The report submitted to him said that Lin Zhongmo, the chief envoy, was a famous official in Neo-Confucianism and cherished his feathers. He had never been in cahoots with Yongjia Hou and others, and had never been with the local government. The local tyrants do not interact with each other. Although they have made no achievements, they can take care of themselves.
Even if Shibosi misjudges Lin Zhongmo, he is an actor, and Lao Liu will still pull him over. As long as he can act to the end... In political struggle, one will always fight against one another, and make many friends. , the only way to win is to defeat the enemy with fewer enemies.
Sure enough, Lin Zhongmo was extremely smart and immediately leaned over and kowtowed:
"Thank you for waking me up in my dream with your Highness. I realize that I was wrong. I am willing to stand up for the common people and live up to the expectations of the Emperor and His Highness."
"Okay, okay." Lao Liu happily patted the bed and said, "I know that Uncle Lin Fang is a good official. You see that I am inconvenient to sit down right now, so I entrust you to retrial the Daozhi County case!
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"Yes." Lin Zhongmo agreed without hesitation. With the support of King Chu, he had nothing to worry about.
