On the same night, Mr. Shen came out of Canglang Pavilion Lin Mansion and returned to Shen Mansion. His brother-in-law Li Hong was still waiting here.
Second Master Shen frowned and pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "I now feel that what Lin Tai said actually makes sense.
Before you transferred your student status to a provincial school, you did not say hello to Lin Tailai. Before you enrolled in school, you did not say anything to Lin Tailai in advance.
From this point of view, it is indeed rude and lacks respect for Lin Tailai.
It's just like when a person from this church goes to do business on another church's territory, he should say hello in advance, otherwise it will be offensive."
"But this is a school, not a classroom." Li Hong argued.
Second Master Shen replied: "It doesn't matter where it is. What's important is that Lin Tailai thinks that there is his territory, so you'd better think so too."
Now, in the direct line of the Shen family, only Mr. Shen is in Suzhou and can speak on behalf of the Shen family, while the other two are far away in the capital, so their thirst cannot be quenched by water far away.
So after hearing Mr. Shen's statement like this, Li Hong immediately became anxious and said without hesitation: "Whose side are you talking about?
Just because you can always get benefits from Lin Tailai, you can't even stop helping your own family!"
Mr. Shen's face turned cold and he said again: "I am more sure now that Lin Tailai is indeed very reasonable."
Li Hongye said angrily: "I am Prime Minister Shen's son-in-law and your brother-in-law, and Lin Tailai is just your future in-law.
Can't you tell the difference between closeness and distance here?"
Mr. Shen responded unceremoniously: "If we only talk about distance and distance, the relationship between my father and Lin Tailai may be closer than yours.
No wonder Lin Tailai refuses to accept you. If you face Lin Tailai with this attitude, it is normal."
Vision determines knowledge. If you don't have a deep understanding of the internal affairs of the court in the past two years, it will be difficult to understand why the relationship between Lin Tailai and the chief minister is closer than that of Weng's son-in-law.
Li Hong stood up angrily and said: "After all, the government school is a school of the imperial court, not Lin Tailai's private school!
From tomorrow onwards, I will continue to go to the government school to listen to lectures and learn literary skills. Is it possible that Lin Tailai can beat me out?"
Second Master Shen said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I don't know what will happen. You can experience it for yourself tomorrow."
The next day, Li Hong arrived at Fuxue and saw dozens of people gathering at the gate of Fuxue from a distance.
There are only so many people who can come to Fu Xue every day, so it can be understood that all the students who came to Fu Xue today are blocked at the gate.
I saw a table next to the door, and there was a document on the table.
Lin Daguan stood there and said calmly to everyone: "Before the scientific examination, two people suddenly transferred to the government school from outside to compete for the original quota for the provincial examination.
This behavior is illegal and I would like to lodge a protest with the Grand Master. I would like to ask my colleagues to sign here."
Just these few words blocked all the students who arrived at the school today at the gate.
In fact, Mr. Lin did not physically stop others from forcing them to sign, nor did he draw a line on the ground to prevent others from passing by.
But everyone is thinking, if he enters the school without signing his name today, will Lin Tailai regard him as disrespectful and cause trouble in the future?
Therefore, the most difficult thing for a person is to overcome his inner fear.
But the signature is not so easy to sign. After all, the ones who want to protest are the son-in-law of the chief minister and the son of the bachelor!
Lin Tailai can ignore him, but others can't.
As a result, in a dilemma, everyone hesitated outside the gate, watching the situation.
Although Li Honglai came with great momentum, he was a little timid at this time. He looked around and found Wang Heng standing outside.
So Li Hong quickly approached and asked, "What do you think?"
Wang Heng said with a sullen face, "It's nothing, this method is just to manipulate the issue and create antagonistic emotions!
The purpose is to incite the students to stand against us."
Li Hong quickly asked: "What should we do?"
Next Wang Heng said only four words: "Just wait and see what happens."
At this time, someone suddenly walked out of the crowd, picked up a pen and signed the document.
Everyone looked at it and couldn't help being surprised. This person turned out to be Lin Tailai's old enemy Wang Yusheng, Wang Yusheng, the noble son of the Wang family in Dongshan!
During the county and government examinations, the two of them competed for the top spot! The year before last, Lin Daguan's men built a new city gate and demolished half of the Wang family's Yi Lao Garden!
Lin Tailai was also surprised. He didn't expect that the first person to sign was Wang Yusheng.
After being shocked, Lin Daguan couldn't help but joked: "Are you worried that after Wang Heng and Li Hong enter the school, your status as the most noble son in the imperial school will not be guaranteed?"
Wang Yu replied coldly: "First of all, it's inappropriate for them to jump in and transfer to a government school like this. It's unfair to others and I don't agree with it.
Second, you, Lin Tailai, are very strong now, and our Wang family will not deliberately antagonize the strong."
Lin Tailai can only say that the Dongshan Wang family is indeed a century-old half-Confucian and half-business family, and its principles are indeed relatively flexible.
After finishing speaking, Wang Yusheng walked into the mansion without looking back.
Then the young man Feng Menglong moved over, and after struggling for a while, he also signed his name, and then wanted to chase Wang Yusheng.
Senior Officer Lin couldn't gain any popularity, so he lifted Xiao Feng Menglong up and shouted:
"I know you earlier, right? I have a better relationship with your father, right?
Even your fame was obtained by me! How many people can enroll in school at the age of thirteen?
But you only follow Wang Yusheng all day long, and you also check Wang Yusheng’s movements before signing, which really disappoints me!"
Xiao Feng Menglong kicked his legs randomly and shouted: "My father is afraid that I will learn bad things from you!"
"Bah!" Lin Daguan said in disdain, "Last time I invited your dad to have a drink with us after he was discharged from the hospital. Your dad was having more fun than anyone else!"
Behind Xiao Feng Menglong, Jin Shiheng and Chen Yunjian, two classmates who were usually close to Lin Daguan, also came forward to sign in support.
There is nothing we can do about it. It can be said that the two of them must sign today.
Maybe it doesn't matter if others don't sign. After all, I don't know Lin Daguan well, so I have no obligation to support Lin Daguan.
But two friends, Jin Shiheng and Chen Yunjian, have no choice but to sign. If they don't sign today, they will become enemies, so they have no choice.
Several people who were close to Lin Daguan came up one after another to sign their names. They probably had the same mentality as Jin Shiheng and Chen Yunjian.
In fact, these people were expected. Lin Daguan wanted to see who else would sign.
Then I saw a young scholar who I didn't pay much attention to, slowly walked to the table, read the document slowly, and then signed his name.
Official Lin glanced at it and saw that the name written on it was Shen Jue, so he subconsciously said: "That's almost it. The last piece of the puzzle is complete!"
Shen Jue felt baffled, what are these words?
Official Lin asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of offending the current government by participating in protests like this?"
Shen Jue replied sincerely: "I have a clan brother who is an official in the capital and has a good relationship with Shen. I believe Prime Minister Shen will not blame me for this trivial matter."
Lin Daguan was speechless. In fact, this was the confidence of a wealthy family. This Shen Jue should come from the Songling Shen family, a prominent family in Wujiang County. In recent years, there have been many talented people.
The most important thing is that the Wusong River originates from Taihu Lake and then flows through Wujiang County. If you want to connect to the sea from the Wusong River, you cannot bypass Wujiang County.
After waiting for a while, Lin Daguan asked loudly: "Is there anyone else willing to sign?"
No one responded, and most of the remaining people still stood there and watched, definitely not trying to stand out.
Then Officer Lin stopped waiting and put away the documents neatly.
Some people saw Mr. Lin put away the documents and vaguely felt that some opportunity had been lost.
At this time, I heard Lin Daguan announce again: "That's it!"
This surprised everyone present again. Is this the end?
Prefectural schools are no better than county schools, and the number of students is not that large. Currently, the total number of students is only a hundred or so.
If you, Mr. Lin, wanted to launch a joint protest and build momentum, you would have to organize dozens of people to sign, right?
But the number of people who signed just now, starting from Wang Yusheng and including you, Lin Tailai, is only nine in total.
It can be said that this is not widely representative at all, and it looks like a few people running amok.
Are you, Mr. Lin, planning to go to the Grand Master to protest with a document signed by nine people?
But Officer Lin didn't seem to care. He was talking to a few people around him with a smile on his face.
"Thank you for supporting me, Lin Tailai. Within this year, I will visit your father one by one and look forward to the future together!"
Everyone: "???"
To be continued...