Tai Lai clapped his hands and laughed and said, "What kind of mediocre people are there to care about?"
Shi Xing said: "Other than this, who else can be called prime minister?"
Tai Lai said: "The prime minister is one who has great ambitions, a good plan, the opportunity to hide the universe, and the ambition to change the world."
Shi Xing said: "Who can be worthy of it?"
Tai Lai pointed to himself with his hand, then pointed back to Shi Xing, and said: "Today, the prime minister's posture is only me and my predecessors!"
When Shi Xing heard this, he was shocked. This man was so arrogant! The tea cup he held in his hand fell to the ground without realizing it.
It was about to rain and there was a loud thunder.
Shi Xing calmly lowered his head and looked at the fragments of the tea cup, saying: "The power of a shock can reach this."
Tailai said with a smile: "Senior, you are the chief assistant, are you afraid of thunder?"
Shi Xing said: "The sage is bound to change with thunder and wind, how can he not be afraid of it?"
Shen Shixing called the servant and came in to clean up the broken pieces of the tea cup.
Then he asked: "Why do you say that Xu Guo is impatient, impulsive, and lacks measure?"
Lin Tailai replied: "He can make himself faint, and you can see it from Xu Guo's attitude towards me.
Although there are rumors in the world that Xu Guo was forced by you, the chief minister, to appoint me as the Huiyuan, but if it were a person with great wisdom, he would definitely use the name of teacher and student to win over me and pressure me with the ethics and morals of teacher and student.
On the other hand, Xu Guozheng was extremely indifferent to me. Maybe he couldn't even get through the test in his own mind.
Looking at it from this perspective, wouldn’t it mean that he is impatient, driven by his own impulses, and lacks measure?”
Shen Shixing continued to ask: "What about Wang Xijue?"
Lin Tailai replied: "First, look at his response to Wang Heng's imperial examination. After I was kicked out of the imperial examination the year before last, he still had the opportunity to enter the Imperial College that year.
Then find a way to get a quota from the Imperial College to participate in this year's examination.
But Wang Xijue insisted on pretending to avoid suspicion, and only recently allowed his son to enter the Imperial College. In the end, didn't he want to pass the Imperial College to participate in the examination three years later?
Second, how did Wang Xijue treat Li Zhi, Yang Keli, and Jiangdong?
It was these three people who strongly recommended Wang Xijue to the emperor. However, after Wang Xijue returned to the court and joined the cabinet, he always wanted to pretend that he entered the cabinet based on public popularity and drew a clear line with those three people.
Then Wang Xijue abused Gu Xiancheng and other Qingliu forces who were friendly with those three people, and at the same time did not benefit from you, the chief assistant.
Politically speaking, isn't this self-destructive? So I say that he has a good reputation but also wants to lose face, and he always wants to use small cleverness to benefit the overall situation, but his methods are not clever."
Shen Shoufu could no longer suppress the shock in his heart. He asked with the last of his composure: "Wang Jiaping?"
Lin Tailai replied: "I heard that at the court meeting before the palace examination, Shen Li of the Ministry of Rites proposed to test the eight-part essay, but Wang Jiaping actually took the initiative to support Shen Li?
Perhaps Wang Jiaping did appreciate the style of the Qing gossip officials and was inclined to support their approach.
Perhaps Wang Jiaping wanted to win over the power of Qing gossip officials to strengthen his weight in the cabinet.
But he forgot one thing. What His Majesty dislikes the most is the combination of the cabinet and the staff, as well as science and education! The last person to do this was Zhang Juzheng!
So I say that if Wang Jiaping doesn’t know the time and goes against the will, what’s the use of winning a reputation?”
Shen Shixing was silent for a long time, his face calm on the surface, but there was already a turmoil in his heart.
Is this analysis that a twenty-two-year-old young man can make?
He now understood why Lin Tailai, a mere sixth-grade rookie, dared to look down on the other three pavilion elders.
This has nothing to do with level, it is a pure level of crushing.
Shen Shoufu took a few deep breaths, suppressed his curiosity, and did not ask Lin Tailai what he thought of him.
He was afraid that after hearing this, his Taoist heart, which he had cultivated for decades, would be shattered.
Lin Tai came and looked out the window, then saluted and said: "It's getting late, I'll take my leave.
As for matters being obstructed by other pavilion elders, if seniors find it difficult to handle, then don't do it.
I can just do it myself, and the old man will hear the good news tomorrow."
Shen Shixing was still in a daze and didn't pay attention to what Lin Tai said, so he subconsciously waved his hand as a farewell.
Shen Yongmao sent Lin Tailai away for his father. When he came back, he saw that his father was still absent-minded and couldn't help but ask:
"What did Lin Jiuyuan say to his father, and why did he end up like this?"
After Shen Shoufu came to his senses, he replied: "He is really a capable minister in governing the world and a hero in troubled times!"
Shen Yongmao: ""
Father, who are you talking about? There isn’t even a subject. It can’t be Lin Tailai, right?
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Chapter completed!