Chapter 221 Confusing Contrast(2/2)
This means that Second Master Shen, relying on his status as the first assistant master, will rush forward to confront Magistrate Zhu first.
One is to suppress Magistrate Zhu's momentum, and the other is to take this opportunity to find out the details of Magistrate Zhu.
Anyway, Mr. Shen's identity has an aura of invincibility. No matter what he does, he can't die. If he doesn't use it, he won't use it.
Just like the last time when Mr. Shen confronted Governor Wei, nothing happened after the confrontation. Governor Wei also had nothing to do with Mr. Shen.
But something even more shocking to Official Lin happened: Second Master Shen actually remained indifferent to the provocation from Magistrate Zhu!
I don't know if it's because I'm scared or for some other reason.
If anyone in Suzhou City dares to be more arrogant than Lin Jieyuan, it can only be Mr. Shen.
But the Second Master Shen in front of me, who doesn't even dare to be arrogant, is he still the Second Master Shen?
Lin Tailai couldn't help but mutter in his heart, Second Master Shen wouldn't have been taken away too, right?
Or is it that during his absence, something happened in Suzhou City that he didn't know about?
Just when Lin Tailai was deeply confused and puzzled, Zhao Zhigao suddenly remembered something and whispered to Lin Tailai:
“I heard that Zhang Fengpan’s rule in Hedong has ended and will be restored soon. He will definitely return to Beijing before the end of the year!
Before coming to Suzhou, I collected the resumes of officials from various prefectures and counties, and found out that Governor Zhu and Zhang Fengpan were of the same year."
Lin Tailai: "."
Damn it! I was confused for a long time, what a shame!
The Hedong Zhang Fengpan mentioned by Zhao Zhigao was the original chief assistant Zhang Siwei.
After Zhang Juzheng passed away, it was Zhang Siwei who took over the position of chief assistant.
For this political tycoon who comes from a wealthy businessman family in Shanxi, he has received an unusual amount of negative criticism.
From personal qualities to political character to family ethics, Mr. Zhang Siwei is full of countless shortcomings.
To put it simply, the combined smuggling business done by Huang Xiaomei and Mrs. Fan is no more than 1% of the Zhang family's.
But these criticisms could not affect Zhang Siwei's decision to become the first assistant, because he was very determined to stab the late Zhang Juzheng in the back.
But not long after, because of Ding You, Zhang Siwei had to return to his hometown to live in mourning, so Shen Shixing was able to become the chief minister.
Calculating the time, Zhang Siwei's defense system is about to expire now, and he can start to recover soon.
According to common practice, after the mourning period ends, officials must be appointed to posts of the same level even if they cannot be reinstated.
But how can the chief assistant have a position of the same level? So Zhang Siwei probably can only resume his original position and continue to be the chief assistant.
Moreover, Cilin officials are very particular about the order of their seniors. As the current first assistant, Shen Shixing, as a junior of Cilin, in terms of officialdom ethics, he can only give way to Zhang Siwei and retire to the rank of second assistant.
After understanding this, Senior Official Lin could finally understand why Magistrate Zhu suddenly became tough and why Second Master Shen was not arrogant.
But Lin Tailai really wanted to laugh, not because he was laughing at anyone, but simply because it was so funny.
History played a big joke on Zhang Siwei. When he was about to return to the political arena after the end of his rule, and when he was about to regain his position as a minister, he suddenly fell ill and died.
In Lin Daguan's subconscious mind, the original chief assistant Zhang Siwei was automatically considered dead and had completely withdrawn from the Ming Dynasty's political arena, and could not have any impact on him.
So when he made his calculations, he never considered Zhang Siwei's influence and factors.
So there was a little blind spot in my thinking just now, and I didn't think about Zhang Siwei at all.
But Lin Tailai knew that Zhang Siwei had rushed to the street, but others didn't know it yet.
Think about Zhang Siwei who rushes to the street, and then look at the tough Magistrate Zhu in front of him, and the cowardly Second Master Shen, how can we not make people laugh?
If Lin Daguan remembers correctly, Zhang Siwei died either early or late, in mid-October.
Zhang Siwei has probably died of illness for a few days now, but the news has not yet reached Suzhou City.
Official Lin sighed helplessly. He, Lin Tailai, really didn't like to show off, but opportunities always came to him. If he didn't pretend, it would be wasted. It was a pity.
Chapter completed!