It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Lin Daguan, who had been dilly-dallying, had to start thinking about going north.
Then came the more arduous preparations. First of all, there was the issue of money. This time I had to bring more money.
We will never allow the dilemma of having to borrow money from someone when you need money but you are short of money.
The next thing to consider is the personnel issue. Secretary Bai must bring him with him. Mr. Lin does not want to waste his energy with a large number of letters and various posts.
Another person to bring along is one of the newly recruited disciples last year, "White Beard Chief Assistant" Gu Bingqian. After half a year of running in and testing, Gu Bingqian's comprehensive ability has been recognized by Lin Daguan.
In the future, in the Lin Mansion of the Capital, a large number of useless social activities can be thrown to Gu Bingqian.
Or when Mr. Lin goes out to commit a crime, there can be someone at home who comes out to support the scene.
But the most important preparation work is not money, secretaries, and retainers, but servants. This is the core competitiveness of Lin Mansion.
The last time he went to Beijing, he only brought fifty servants with him. Later, he felt that they were more and more insufficient, so Lin Tailai would definitely increase the number of servants this time.
The fifty servants I brought with me last time have all been tested for a long time, and their knowledge and combat effectiveness have been greatly improved.
More than 20 of the fifty people still followed Lin Zuiguan to the north this time, but they were all promoted to squad leaders or team captains.
Ten people make up a small team, and five small teams make up a large team. A total of four teams are 200 people.
In addition to the 20 people directly under the protection of the Zhang family brothers, Lin Tailai led a total of 220 servants when he went north this time.
Worried that the team would be too ostentatious, Lin Tailai decided to only let the left and right guardians and the first brigade follow him directly on the road.
The other three brigades rushed to Beijing separately to exercise the abilities of each brigades.
After all preparations were completed, Lin Daguan left Suzhou City again amid the reluctance of his family members.
The next time I come back, it may be time to complete the Wusong River dredging project, if I can successfully apply for leave.
After traveling to Yangzhou, it took another ten days before continuing northward along the canal.
This section of waterway is already quite familiar, and Lin Tailai has no interest in playing along it.
There was no conversation all the way. In March, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, Lin Tailai saw the east gate of the city outside the capital.
Naturally, his identity and role also changed from a powerful bully to a Hanyuan fairy.
At Jieguanting in the eastern suburbs, more than a dozen friends of Ji Chou Ke who were in Beijing during the 17th year of Wanli's reign met here today to welcome the leading figure Lin Tailai back to Beijing after his vacation.
Originally, there were not so many people who could be called Lin Tailai's friends in the same year.
But after Lin Tailai became the first deputy leader of the literary world last year, the number of his friends inexplicably doubled in the same year.
Lin Tailai turned over and dismounted, met Dong Qichang, Zhou Yingqiu, Chen Yunjian, Shen Jue, Wang Yusheng and more than ten people of the same year one by one, and then glanced back and forth a few times.
Dong Qichang asked curiously: "Who are you looking for?"
Lin Tailai replied: "I'm not looking for anyone, I just want to remember who didn't come."
Everyone: ""
Shouldn't we be thankful that we are here today?
The journey was dusty, so after Lin Tailai entered the city from Chongwenmen today, he had no activities planned and went directly back to the Lin Mansion in the capital to rest.
Lin Tailai's appearance was too recognizable to "sneak into the city", and he was known to all kinds of interested people on the day he returned to the capital.
Everyone wants to know what Lin Tailai will do tomorrow?
For someone like Lin Tailai who is keen to make a difference in politics, how he appears is often an expression of his political attitude.
The next day, just as it was getting dark, fifty or sixty uninvited guests suddenly appeared outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the west city of the capital.
All of them were strong men, holding big sticks or wooden sticks. The atmosphere outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate instantly became tense.
But the officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood and watched without making any rash move, because they recognized the leader of this group of big men.
Immediately, these big men formed a fighting group of five people outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, practicing dancing with sticks.
One after another, officials and censors came to work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but they were all separated from the outside and could not get close to the gate.
So another twenty or thirty censors stood not far away, silently watching these big men holding instruments while doing morning exercises. The scene was very harmonious for a time.
Finally, someone stood up. Zhao Huan, the censor of Zuoqiandu, shouted: "Lin Jiuyuan! What are you doing here?"
In the early morning, I brought dozens of big men to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for morning exercises. Could it be that I have a serious brain problem?
As a Shandong native and a friend of Wang Situ from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhao Qianxian was verbally very brave when facing Lin Tailai.
Lin Tailai, who was directing his servants to practice group fights, heard the sound, turned around and replied:
“Although in recent years, due to the tribute and peace negotiations, there are much fewer border police than a few decades ago, but we must be prepared for danger in times of peace, and our armaments cannot be weakened!
As the number one martial artist of the Ming Dynasty, I, Lin Tailai, should set an example and be ready at all times! Once the country needs it, I can immediately go into battle to kill the enemy!"
Zhao Huan asked again: "Can't you change places?"
Lin Tailai patiently explained: "Going east from our courtiers' residential area is the imperial city. I can't shake the palace, right?
So we could only look for a place to the west. Looking around, only the open space outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was relatively large.
There is a public street outside the gate, which pedestrians can pass through. There is no rule saying that morning exercise is not allowed, right?
We will come here often for morning exercises in the future, please forgive me if I disturb you."
All the censors: ""
You, Lin Tailai, have gone too far. You have gone too far even worse.
After Lin Tailai finished explaining, he suddenly remembered something and asked loudly to the censors: "Which two are Wan Ce, censor of Yunnan Province, and Lin Kecheng, censor of Jiangxi Province? Can you please meet them?"
Although these two people didn't want to take the initiative to reveal their identities at this time, they couldn't help but everyone else's eyes were focused on them.
So Lin Tailai quickly found the target person, took a few steps closer and said:
"I heard that when I was away from the capital last year, you two were so powerful that you impeached my fellow countryman Xu Xianqing, the Minister of Rites, to the point of dismissal."
The two of them replied: "Xu Xianqing deserves his punishment. He deserves it for himself, not because he was impeached!"
Lin Tailai applauded: "Well said! The two imperial guards are not afraid of the powerful, and they are worth learning from!"
Words that are very good in the literal sense, when spoken from Lin Tailai's mouth, seem to have a scary special effect.
How to learn without fear of the powerful? How to learn? Who to learn from?
After finishing his morning exercises outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lin Tai returned home. After washing, he went out again and headed to the government office area in the southeast of the imperial city.
In the court hall of the Hanlin Academy, Chen Yubi, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu, who is also in charge of the Hanlin Academy, was looking through the sample manuscript of "Lei Chao Xun Lu".
Since the emperor issued an edict to compile the "Lei Chao Xun Lu" the year before last, as long as the emperor is alive, this has been the most important book compilation work of the Hanlin Academy.
According to the work plan, almost two thousand volumes of "Lei Chao Xun Lu" will be completed in the second half of this year.
A year's plan begins in spring, so now is a very important node. Chen Zhangyuan must check the progress of the project and make adjustments according to the situation.
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But after checking and checking, I discovered a very magical phenomenon. Newcomer Lin Tailai actually completed the work of transcribing fifty volumes!
Although copying fifty volumes is not an outstanding achievement and is not worth making a fuss about under normal circumstances, who of the Hanlin who participated in the revision of the book has not copied dozens of volumes?
But for most of last year, Lin Tailai was not in the Hanlin Academy at all!
Where did the fifty volumes he submitted come from? Were they copied in the air in Suzhou, more than two thousand miles away?
At this time, the executive deputy director of the academy, the newcomer Shuji Shijiao Xi Tian Yijun, walked in.
Scholar Chen couldn't help but ask "How did Lin Tailai copy fifty volumes?"
Tian Xueshi said helplessly: "Lin Tailai should come over today to cancel the holiday. Just ask him directly."
Bachelor Chen said a little suspiciously: "How did you know he was back? He only reported to you?"
Academician Tian quickly explained: "I accidentally heard what Dong Qichang said during morning class today!"
Bachelor Chen then sent an order to the gate officials, "If you see Lin Tai coming to the Hanlin Academy, come and report it as soon as possible!"
Tian Yijun next to him was confused, and he didn't know why Chen Xueshi was so anxious to see Lin Tailai?
When Lin Tailai asked for leave and left, didn't Bachelor Chen celebrate a lot?
The Hanlin Academy gatekeeper looked outside the Dengying Gate. After an unknown amount of time, he saw a large number of thugs. No, the servants appeared on the imperial street.
The strongest fighting force in Yujie, which had disappeared for eight or nine months, appears again!
The gate officer was about to go in and report to Master Chen, but he saw that the dozens of thugs did not come towards the Hanlin Academy, but instead entered the staff department at the same gate as the Royal Street.
"What? Lin Tailai went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first?" Bachelor Chen was a little unhappy.
After you returned to the capital as a Hanlin scholar, you didn't report to the Hanlin Academy first, but instead went to other yamen first. What's the point?
In the Ministry of Personnel, Lin Tailai cordially met with Zhao Zhigao, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
After returning to Beijing, the first person Lin Tailai formally met was Zhao Zhigao. This was probably a gesture to show off to others.
Zhao Zhigao said to Lin Tai: "You gave me a list at the beginning, which included Yu Shenxing, Zhao Yongxian, Luo Wanhua, Huang Fengxiang, Zhu Geng, Chen Yubi, Zhang Wei, and Deng Yishan."
Lin Tailai asked: "Is there any problem?"
This list is the list of Zhao Zhigao's competitors in the future, and they are all targets of priority suppression or elimination.
To use Lin Tailai's original words, if everyone on the list is killed, then Zhao Zhigao will definitely be able to join the cabinet.
Zhao Zhigao continued: "In this list, Zhao Yongxian ranked second, but I didn't think so at first.
Last year I saw that Xu Xianqing was suddenly dismissed from office, and Zhao Yongxian joined forces with the Qingliu forces and returned to the capital to replace Xu Xianqing as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, so I believed in your foresight.
I feel that Zhao Yongxian is now a greater threat than Yu Shenxing."
Lin Tailai heard the song and knew its elegant meaning: "I know, I know!"
After leaving the official department, Lin Tailai turned around and went to the Hubu next door.
After spying on it from a distance, the Imperial Academy's gate officer inquired about the news and flew back to the Imperial Academy to report.
Chen Zhangyuan's mood escalated from unhappy to a little angry: "Went to the Ministry of Finance again? You don't take the Hanlin Academy seriously, right?"
The gate officer reported again: "I went to inquire. I heard that when Shaozhong Chief Minister Zhao Shilang sent Lin Xiuzuan out, Lin Xiuzhuan publicly shouted that within ten days, Zhao Yongxian, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, would be deposed!"
Bachelor Chen: ""
Even if you really think so in your heart, you can't say it publicly. Do you, Lin Tailai, want to turn the conspiracy into a conspiracy?
At the same time, in the Ministry of Hubu, Lin Tailai cordially met with Wang Situ, Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu.
Wang Situ warned: "At the end of last year, the Qingliu forces exerted their strength, and the court promoted Sun Qin, the former minister of Dali Temple, as the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the governor of Taicang, who was in charge of the treasury.
You borrowed 100,000 taels from the treasury for the Wusong River dredging project and have not yet disbursed it. I'm afraid there will be some obstacles in his hands.
And the biggest problem is that if the treasury is in the hands of Sun Qin, if you want to default on the debt and fail to repay the loan in the future, I am afraid that Sun Qin will catch you."
Lin Tailai sighed and said, "Why is it so difficult to do something practical?"
After leaving the Ministry of Finance, Lin Tailai plunged into the Ministry of War.
After the Imperial Academy gate officer spied on the movement, he flew back to the Imperial Academy to report it.
Chen Xueshi was a little suspicious. Did Lin Tailai forget which yamen official he was?
"It's really outrageous! The third one didn't even get to attend the Hanlin Academy? He went to the Ministry of War first and refused to come to the Hanlin Academy?"
The official reported again: "I heard that when Wang Situ sent Lin Xiuzhuan out, Lin Xiuzhuan openly shouted that within ten days, Sun Qin, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the governor of Taicang, would be deposed!"
Bachelor Chen: ""
Whose general is this, so brave? Does the Imperial Academy have such a strong general?
At the same time, at the Ministry of War, Lin Tailai cordially met with Shen Yongmao, a member of the Vehicle and Driving Department of the Ministry of War.
Uncle Shen, who entered his thirtieth year after the New Year, said very sincerely: "There is a vacancy in the Military Selection Department of our Ministry of War. I want to transfer to the Military Selection Department."
The Military Selection Department is responsible for the personnel work of military attachés. It is the first department of the Ministry of War and has great power.
Lin Tailai said subconsciously: "I'm not your father!"
Uncle Shen's face suddenly turned dark. Even if you, Lin Tailai, don't want to help, how can you curse?
Lin Tailai could only explain quickly: "I mean, you should go find your father! How can I compare to your father!"
Shen Yongmao shook his head and said: "My father probably doesn't want me to go to a department that is too sensitive and prone to accidents. I just need to hang around in a place like the driving department where I have no responsibility."
The driver's office is only in charge of inns, express delivery shops, and transportation. It's just expansion or reduction, so what can happen?"
Lin Tailai: ""
Damn it! Uncle Shen, please stop setting flags randomly! In another time and space, your driving department wiped out the entire Ming Dynasty!
"I don't care about personnel appointments, so what can I do?" Lin Tailai said helplessly.
Uncle Shen said with great expectation: "Although you don't care about the appointment, you can get rid of whoever is nominated for the Military Selection Department!"
Lin Tailai: "?"
Why do the people you meet, whether they speak openly or covertly, want you to kill your opponent?
Do you have any misunderstandings about the responsibilities of a doctor who is an editor of the Hanlin Academy and also serves as host and guest?
After leaving the Ministry of War, Lin Tailai stopped by the Ministry of Works next door to talk about the project.
After hearing this report, Bachelor Chen had already begun to doubt his life.
Is it possible that the Hanlin Academy is worse than the Ministry of Industry, which ranks at the bottom of the Six Ministries?
But the gate official reported again: "Master, have you noticed? Except for the Criminal Department far away in Xicheng, among the five departments here, Lin Xiuzhuan directly skipped the Rites Department and did not go to the Rites Department at all!"
Only then did Chen Xueshi remember that Lin Tailai also held the official position of Master and Guest Director of the Ministry of Etiquette, but he also did not go to the Ministry of Rites.
I wandered around all the big yamen, except the two yamen where I worked. Could it be that I have a serious mental illness?
But somehow, Bachelor Chen suddenly felt balanced.