A few more days later, the emperor issued an edict, granting Lin Tailai, a hero of the Eastern Expedition, as the Marquis of Defang, and granted iron vouchers to the alchemy book according to convention.
From then on, there were more nobles who were theoretically "retired with the Ming Dynasty".
Although Lin Tailai had been very low-key before, he could not be too low-key in the few days after accepting the enthronement. He needed to show this excitement, otherwise what would the emperor think?
So the plaque of Lin Mansion was replaced by the Marquis of Defang. After Lin Tailai became the "Monk", he held a three-day banquet and invited guests to celebrate. It was a scene of fire cooking oil and flowers blooming!
Of course, being able to go to Lin’s house to attend a banquet is actually nothing. Those who can still enter the inner courtyard to have tea and party after the banquet are the people in the core circle.
Basically, a group of people from the renewal club sat here, which was also the first time Lin Tailai had convened a meeting after returning to the court.
What’s particularly special this time is that Wang Shizhen, the Minister of Personnel, also sat here. Strictly speaking, Wang Tianguan is not a member of the renewal society.
As a result, Wang Tianguan’s eldest son Wang Shiqi was very uncomfortable. He felt like sitting with his old father for a meeting. Whoever knew who would hold it?
After Lin Tailai, the renewal club, took a few sips of sobering soup, he said, "I have been walking on thin ice in my life, and now it is the most critical moment."
Everyone: ""
Can the word "like walking on thin ice" have anything to do with you in the restaurant?
Who are the people who entered the Taoist world with martial arts, from the literary world to the imperial examination, from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, from the western border to the eastern country?
Lin Tailai said again: "So I decided that after the prisoner ceremony, I would resign from all official positions except Ci Lin!
After all, I have been tiring to fight in the east over the years. I will go back to Suzhou to rest for a few years."
Lin's decision to sit in the hall was like a thunderclap, which made the people in the update community buzz.
I heard Lin Tailai sigh again, "Famousness has reached my level, and every move in the court will definitely be criticized.
Instead of sitting and watching the suspicion accumulate over time, it is better to go back for now.
What's more, the situation in the past one or two years shows that even if I am not in the capital, you can maintain the situation.
This shows that our organizational construction has been very complete and is no longer completely dependent on me.”
Others were still stunned, Zhou Yingqiu asked, "When will you come back?"
Lin Tailai replied confidently: "Wait until I have to."
The court officials may all think that Emperor Wanli has completely ruined himself. But Emperor Wanli can always tell everyone with facts that he can still do more harm. Where is he now?
It is just right to take advantage of the opportunity when the emperor was disguised and go to Suzhou to work hard for a few years to control the lifeline of the economy and build a force that can protect itself in the face of imperial power.
After expressing his future ideas, Lin Tailai said again: "Actually, you may also be wondering why I have always held several positions. In addition to the Ci Lin official, there are also Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and four doctors.
Official position.
Today I will tell you that in fact, I dare not risk all kinds of criticism, and have been repeatedly ridiculed as greedy for power and have to hold multiple positions, all for your own good.”
Everyone didn't understand for a moment, could this be "for your own good"?
Lin Tailai turned to look at Wang Tianguan, "When I resign, I will trouble Tianguan's arrangements."
Wang Tianguan was in poor health, so he only said one word concisely: "Yes."
Then Lin Tailai said to Shen Yongmao: "After I resign, you will be promoted to the fourth-rank Taichang Temple Shaoqing."
He said to Chen Yunjian: "You take over me and be promoted to the Ministry of Personnel Examination and Examination Department."
He said to Chen Ju: "You take over me and be promoted to the doctor of the Ministry of Rites."
He said to Wang Shiqi: "Ke Ting will replace me and be promoted to the Department of Communications Department of the Ministry of War, and you can be promoted to the Minister of State."
After hearing this, everyone seemed to understand that Lin Tailai had always held several positions, and it turned out that he wanted to help them occupy the pit and wait for them to get enough qualifications to take over!
I am moved, so moved, I dare not not be moved! Having such a leader is really a blessing for all members!
Finally, Lin Tai said: "Of course, I have not resigned completely. I will still retain my position as a attendant in the Hanlin Academy and be prepared to serve as a doctor in the Jiangnan Branch of the Communications Department of the Ministry of War."
Wang Tianguan said lightly: "I understand."
Only then did everyone understand why Wang Tianguan attended today. Such a large-scale personnel layout must be fully cooperated.
At the end of October, the weather in the capital was already cold, but a ceremony of prisoner offering was still held.
With the experience of the previous year, the court has become much more skillful and calm this time to prepare for the prisoner ceremony.
Even the protagonist has not changed. If it is Emperor Wanli, no one thinks that the protagonist who offered the prisoner ceremony is Lin Tailai, right?
Amid the triumphant singing of hundreds of musicians, civil and military officials were in the class below the Meridian Gate, and Emperor Wanli climbed the Wufeng Tower of the Morning Gate to receive congratulations.
Two years later, civil and military officials saw the emperor again.
Lin Tailai once again broke the convention and stood at the Meridian Gate and heard the emperor loudly report the results of the war. According to the system, this should have been the job of the Minister of War.
Then a symbolic hundred Japanese prisoners were taken to the Meridian Gate and under the trial of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, these 100 prisoners were not chosen casually. They were all characters such as the head of the Football Team, and were considered the lowest-level generals.
Ordinary Japanese soldiers cannot get on the table, and all the advanced Japanese generals have used them to exchange for money, so they can only choose Japanese pirates of this level of "foot light team leader" to serve as the scene.
Chen Yubi, the Minister of Justice, stepped forward and announced the punishment for the Japanese pirates on behalf of the court - they were "the most vicious and deadly" - they were executed immediately and requested approval from the emperor.
This is how the prisoner offering ceremony is. All these prisoners who were symbolically pulled to the Meridian Gate must be killed to shock the world.
However, Emperor Wanli at the Meridian Gate hesitated for a moment when facing the request for execution this time and did not respond as happily as last time.
Each prisoner sent to Tongshan, and on average, he could create four taels of silver for himself every year, and one hundred people would make four hundred taels a year.
In the end, Emperor Wanli ordered with both toothache and heartache: "Take it!"
The Jinyiwei officials on both sides passed the message one by one, and reached the Meridian Gate, and continued to be called by the Han general who was in the thousands of stations.
Then the hundred Japanese pirates were pushed out of the imperial city, paraded through the Youmen Gate of Chang'an and then taken to the west market, and beheaded and displayed.
After the ceremony of offering prisoners, the court officials began to finish their work this year.
Anyway, the emperor did not attend court or sacrifice, and all the ceremonies at the end of the year and the beginning of the year were greatly simplified, so everyone was relaxed.
In addition, Lin Tailai did not cause trouble after returning to the court this time, and the chaos in the court could be reduced by at least half.
When the court officials thought the court would be peaceful for a while, upstart Lin Tailai suddenly submitted a memorial requesting to resign from all part-time jobs and take leave to return to his hometown to visit relatives.
The court was shocked, and no one expected that Lin Tailai's desire for power suddenly "give up" this time.
In most people, Lin Tailai's move seems to have a sense of "retreat". Could it be that after he achieved great success, he wanted to retreat bravely?