Last time, Lin Tailai caused trouble in Yangzhou, the important town of Huizhou merchants, and cheated Zheng Zhiyan, the leader of Huizhou merchants, a lot of money.
Things developed so fast at that time that Zheng Zhiyan didn't even have time to ask Xu Cifu for help, which made Xu Cifu a little bit upset.
At this moment, Xu Guo pointed to the chapter on the table and said to Shen Shixing: "Lin Tailai has sent all the memorials here. How should we approve them?"
Shen Shixing asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Xu Guo directly expressed his attitude: "Let Lin Tailai lead the people back to Suzhou and suspend the errand test. This will naturally eliminate the so-called potential mutiny."
Shen Shixing's expression remained unchanged and he continued: "The law of water transportation is the law established by the imperial court, and the mobilization of the Weicang Army in Suzhou is the mobilization of the imperial court.
If Yang Junmin, the governor, issues temporary orders and allows the court to change laws at will, is this appropriate?"
Xu Guo said unhappily: "What else can we do? Order Yang Junmin to open the ship lock and let Lin Tailai lead a thousand people into Yangzhou?"
I am sure that by then there will be chaos in Yangzhou, whether it is instigated by people or spontaneous, there will be chaos anyway.
And the public officials outside are watching the cabinet, and they will definitely take the opportunity to criticize the cabinet for its mistakes in making decisions!"
Shen Shixing said calmly: "So we can't let Yang Junmin give in. The best way is to do nothing. If you don't do anything, there is nothing wrong.
By the way, we can't do nothing completely. We can just send a nearby Nanjing official to act as an imperial envoy and go to the scene to deal with it."
Xu Guo was speechless. The things revealed in the memorial before him happened three or four days ago. It's hard to say where the situation on the scene has reached now.
Instead of issuing an order directly to the person concerned, the order was given to Nanjing. The Nanjing officials would wait for a few more days, and wait for another day or two on the road. By the time the "imperial envoy" arrived at the scene, it would still be many days!
Who knows how far things have evolved by then? How different is this way of handling it from doing nothing?
Shen Shixing said indifferently: "If we let it go, the worst consequence would be a mutiny among the Suzhou guards, but so what? Was it forced by the cabinet?"
Xu Guo felt that the chief minister was quite looking forward to a mutiny? Could it be that if a mutiny occurs, Yang Junmin can pass the blame?
He couldn't help but say: "Fengyang Governor Yang Junmin may have selfish motives, but he is also exercising his power within the scope of his authority."
Shen Shixing said unceremoniously: "Since you are exercising power, you must bear the consequences; if you cannot bear the consequences, you are guilty!"
Besides, isn't Lin Tailai exercising his authority? As a supervising transport officer in Suzhou, he shouldn't supervise the transport of Cao and Cang armies across the river?"
Xu Guo retorted: "Yang Junmin is the governor, and Lin Tailai is just a department commander. There must be a distinction between superiority and inferiority."
Just because Yang Junmin is Zhang Siwei's in-law from the same hometown, we can't just not take Yang Junmin seriously.
Shen Shoufu replied: "They are all court officials who work for the emperor. There may be differences in status, but how can they be superior in matters of affairs?
In the Ming Dynasty, when did we start to judge the dignity of official affairs based on rank?"
If everything was based on rank, then the seventh-rank censor would have to sweep the streets, and most governors would have to listen to the chief envoy.
Xu Cifu finally understood that Shen Shoufu didn't care at all if Lin Tai came to touch Yang Junmin.
If you lose, you will lose a thousand households who also serve as commanders. What's the pity?
Finally, Shen Shixing added: "My words are not just for Yang Junmin, but also for Lin Tailai! Since everyone dares to play with fire, the one who can't afford it will be eliminated in the end!"
Although Shen Shoufu is not known for his strength, it depends on who he is compared with. It is indeed a bit boring to compare with Zhang Juzheng and other predecessors, but he is still a chief assistant who can walk his talk.
For this reason, Xu Guo, the second assistant, had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
I think Yang Junmin, a dignified governor of the border area, can mobilize the resources of the whole Jiangbei. Even the military attachés at the rank of general have to bow their heads, so they can't even deal with the affairs of a guard station with thousands of households and commanding officers.
Is there any monthly ticket for Source of Life? I haven’t figured out the details yet, so I’ll go over it first.
Chapter completed!