Chapter 559: Real gold is not afraid of fire (please vote for me!)
Faced with the two memorials "Lin Tailai stabbed him in the back" and "Xizhimen general reported Lin Tailai as a deserter", Emperor Wanli also fell into confusion.
It is certainly no coincidence that these two memorials were submitted at the same time.
After getting off the imperial boat, Emperor Wanli thought about it all day and night, but could not figure it out.
When the eunuch, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, came to deliver today's memorial, Emperor Wanli said to Zhang Cheng, the chief seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies:
"Should we first interrogate Lin Tailai, who was rude and slanderous to you, and then expose Lin Tailai for deserting the army when others started to boo him in the name of rescuing Lin Tailai?
In this way, others will have nothing to say, and the momentum of making noises and slandering you will be suppressed."
Zhang Cheng secretly smiled bitterly, he shouldn't be so naive, right?
Then he reminded me: "These two memorials were submitted from the General Affairs Department."
This means that there are no confidentiality measures in the two memorials, and they involve such a high-profile star figure as Lin Tailai. I am afraid that all interested people outside should know.
Today, there are two channels for the process of memorials. One is the most common. The General Affairs Department is responsible for collecting memorials from inside and outside the capital, and then transfers them to the scribe's office of the Secretary of Ceremony in the inner court every day.
Most memorials follow this process. As long as someone is paying attention, the contents of the memorials will be difficult to keep secret.
The other is that the minister personally goes to Huiji Gate, which is also the original Zuoshun Gate, and directly delivers the memorial to the eunuch in the clerk's room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Compared with the first method, this method is slightly more confidential. Only the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the Cabinet, and the Emperor can see the content.
The two memorials of General Lin Tailai and Pang Ba were submitted through the first channel of the General Affairs Department, so high confidentiality cannot be expected.
Others, especially courtiers, are not fools
"Then what does it mean that these two memorials appeared at the same time?" Emperor Wanli asked.
Zhang Cheng hesitated for a while and then replied: "I can only think of two possibilities.
First, Lin Tailai was resentful because he was not reinstated, so whether he slandered you or was reported deliberately, he was just venting his dissatisfaction.
Secondly, Lin Tailai was afraid that His Majesty would misunderstand him, so he deliberately left an excuse for deserting the army to show his magnanimity."
Emperor Wanli asked others again: "What do you think?"
The eunuch Chen Juzuo said to him: "No matter what Lin Tailai thinks, real gold is not afraid of fire."
"How to be refined by fire?" Emperor Wanli continued to ask.
Chen Ju said: "With reference to Luo Yuren's old story, let the ministers try Lin Tailai."
Emperor Wanli imagined this scene. It should be interesting, right? Will the ministers beat up Lin Tailai in a group, or will Lin Tailai beat up the ministers in a group?
Subconsciously he said: "The minister of the Zhaoge Ministry is in the Wenhua Hall."
The eunuchs on the left and right were all shocked. The sun was setting in the west. Did the emperor want to look at the emperor?
Emperor Wanli suddenly realized that the rule of not going to court must not be broken! We must not develop the bad habit of going to court in case of trouble!
Let alone let the ministers know that they still have the subconscious desire to go to court, otherwise they will only make more noise in the future!
"Forget it, let them interrogate Lin Tailai in the Eastern Chao Fang!" Emperor Wanli changed his order and told Chen Ju: "In my place, go to the Eastern Chao Fang to preside over the trial!"
After the explanation, Emperor Wanli was surprised and said: "There are so few memorials today?"
In recent days, there have been dozens of memorials every day, claiming that the emperor was immoral due to disasters. Today, there were only six or seven here and there, which made Emperor Wanli quite uncomfortable for a while.
Zhang Cheng speculated: "Perhaps others saw Lin Tailai personally slandering the emperor yesterday, and were afraid of being implicated by Lin Tailai. Perhaps they were unwilling to join forces with Lin Tailai, so they stopped temporarily."
Emperor Wanli was quite surprised by this, "Lin Tailai actually has such a calming effect?"
As Zhang Cheng speculated, the General Administration Department could not keep secrets at all, and the contents of the memorial of a sensitive person like Lin Tailai would definitely be noticed and spread by interested people.
Immediately, it caused an uproar in various government offices.
Many people even thought it was a rumor and simply did not believe that Lin Tailai would write such a memorial criticizing Dragon Scale.
Although everyone is engaged in speculation, the direction and track of speculation are completely different. How could a traitor like you, Lin Tailai, take the initiative to violate Tianyan's remonstrance at the expense of yourself?
Also, don’t you, Lin Tailai, have any idea about how to characterize this disaster?
Only if the disaster happens to you, Lin Tailai, who is expelled, can you benefit. As a result, you also follow the trend and criticize the emperor for his lack of morality. Isn't this a self-destructive act?
Therefore, no one could understand Lin Tailai's motives. Everyone who heard the news wanted to rush to Xizhimen and find Lin Tailai in person to find out.
However, Xizhimen is now the center of attention, and Lin Tailai is the center of attention. I don’t know how many people are paying attention silently.
Anyone who goes to find Lin Tailai will be put under the spotlight and will immediately be scrutinized by all forces.
Under normal rules, this is obviously a taboo in official circles and is very inconsistent with the principle of keeping a low profile.
At this moment, the considerate emperor issued an order to let the courtiers put Lin Tailai on trial.
This gives everyone an opportunity to get in touch with Lin Tailai, without having to be itchy because of excessive curiosity.
In the early morning of this day, when the sky was just getting dark, Lin Tai, who was standing in front of the gate under the city wall, said: "Today is a good day."
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Mr. Pang looked up at the sky, which was still half dark. Can you tell whether the weather is good or bad?
At this time, a large group of figures moved over from the direction of Xizhimen Inner Street.
Even closer, the leader shouted: "Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Official School is doing something!"
Lin Tailai raised his eyes and laughed dumbly, "It turns out to be you."
It turned out that this person was none other than Liu Xi and Liu Qianhu, who were known as the "Shame of Jinyiwei".
Originally, this person was ordered by the original factory official Zhang Jing to go out to Beijing with the edict to capture Lin Tailai. As a result, he was tied up in a car and returned to Beijing, and was sent back to Jinyiwei.
Later, Zhang Jing was framed and removed from office by a certain Hanlin official, becoming "the shame of the factory owner", and Liu Qianhu also became the "shame of the Jin Yiwei".
Lin Tailai said again: "Did no one else in your Jinyi Guard want to come, so they pushed you out again?"
Liu Qianhu ignored Lin Tailai's teasing and shouted sternly: "I have been ordered to arrest Lin Tailai and go to the East Chamber for trial!"
After Lin Tailai made some observations, he turned to President Pang and said, "He doesn't seem to respect me very much. What should I do?"
Boss Pang took a few steps forward and said politely: "Little brother, I am a few years older than you, and my rank is one level higher than yours. Please listen to my advice.
We are all on official business, but public affairs are public and private affairs are private. We cannot offend others for the sake of official business, right?
Otherwise, for example now, if you can’t bear to see Zhongliang being humiliated and commit suicide by jumping off the Xizhi Gate, who can you ask to reason with?”
Liu Qianhu snorted coldly, are you making harsh words and threats to a royal guard?
Mr. Pang continued: "For another example, if Mr. Lin beats you up and then runs away, wouldn't your job be completely ruined? Aren't you the one who will be punished?
And Mr. Lin is already accused of deserting the army, so it doesn't matter if he escapes again.
In comparison, do you think you have suffered a loss? So when you are on business, you are on business, and don't get into personal grudges for official business."
Lin Tailai nodded secretly, children can be taught! This great master has finally been trained.
Liu Qianhu couldn't help but scolded Mr. Pang: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Then Liu Qianhu waved his hand, and other official schools surrounded him.
In order to learn from the lessons learned from capturing Lin Tailai last time, this time we brought three teams of 50 people each, for a total of 150 people!
With so many people here, you still want to force yourself to jump off the city wall? Still want to escape? This is all a dream!
At this time, there was a sudden whistle, and countless big men emerged one after another from the surrounding rows of watch shops.
Lin Tailai finally stopped pretending and said with a ferocious smile: "I have two hundred servants here, which side has the most people?"
Liu Qianhu: ""
A moment later, Liu Qianhu was lying on the ground in Xizhimen Inner Street. He remained motionless and allowed several big men to tie him up.
Only a few tears shed from the corners of his eyes, because it was more than ten miles from Xizhimen to the palace, and for him, it was going to be another large social journey.
This time, Mr. Pang was no longer frightened. I don’t know if his courage was developed or expanded. He felt that beating more than a hundred Jinyiwei officers was not a big deal.
After all, his old Pang had even reported Lin Tailai. Who else could be more vicious than Lin Tailai?
Lin Tailai commended Mr. Pangba and said, "Congratulations on passing the test. I will make arrangements for you when I come out of the palace this time."
Less than an hour later, outside the right gate of Chang'an, the gatekeepers saw an ordinary civilian carriage.
Sitting on the carriage was a tall and majestic soldier in a fat red coat, and a guard in brocade clothes was tied to the carriage board.
The soldier in the red fat coat explained to the gate officer: "I am Lin Tailai, the criminal of Xizhimen, and Liu Qianhu, the guard in golden clothes, was ordered to escort me to the east room outside the Meridian Gate for hearing the trial."
The gate officer pointed at Liu Qianhu, who was tightly tied up, and confirmed, "Is he the one escorting you?"
Lin Tailai nodded, "That's right."
After thinking for a while, the gate official said strictly: "The carriage is not allowed to enter the right gate of Chang'an!"
Lin Tailai lifted Liu Qianhu from the carriage, followed the rules and said, "Then let's walk in."
Immediately, Lin Tailai carried Liu Qianhu into the right gate of Chang'an, then passed through Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, and arrived at the East Chamber outside the Meridian Gate.
Luo Sigong, the commander of Fusi in Jinyiwei North Town, is personally in charge and is waiting here.
If the outcome of the court trial in the Dongchaofang fails, they will directly arrest Lin Tailai and send him to prison! This is also the emperor's will!
Lin Tailai threw Liu Qianhu at Luo Sigong's feet and said loudly: "I, Lin Tailai, were escorted here by Liu Qianhu, your Jinyi guard, and I am waiting to be dealt with!"
Luo Sigong: ""
I wish I could take out the elephant raised by Jin Yiwei and hit Lin Tailai to death! I don’t believe that Lin Tailai can even beat an elephant!
Anyway, now that we are not going to court, the elephant is useless!
Forget it, before the elephant kills Lin Tailai, let Lin Tailai go in and be interrogated by the court.
Lin Tailai bypassed Luo Sigong and walked into the Dongchao Room.