Just when everyone was unable to cope with the old alliance leader's power, a group of people suddenly appeared from the direction of the city gate.
I saw four servants carrying a big sedan, running all the way over. There were people on the left and right of the sedan, shouting: "Master Jiuyuan is here!"
Wang Shizhen frowned slightly. Didn't he tell Lin Jiuyuan that he didn't need to come to greet him? Why did he come anyway?
The reason why Lin Tailai was not allowed to come out to greet him was to show his goodwill. After all, going out of the city to greet him was a courtesy between subordinates and superiors, and not having to greet him meant treating him with courtesy.
The second is that he is afraid that, like in the past, Lin Tailai's presence will affect his performance. After all, Lin Tailai's interference ability is too powerful.
Others found it strange that, thanks to Lu Guangzu's "five black categories" remarks made by the Minister of Punishment, everyone in the capital now knew that Lin Tailai usually rode his horse and whipped his horse in a rampage when traveling, and did not sit in a sedan chair.
Why did a few people come here with a sedan chair today?
When they got closer, someone recognized the two people beside the sedan. One was Lin Tailai's retainer Gu Bingqian, and the other was Zuo Dharma Protector Zhang Wen.
Gu Bingqian bowed his hands to the old alliance leader Wang and said loudly: "Master Jiuyuan is very busy and has specially ordered me, Gu Bingqian, a disciple of the Lin Mansion!"
Zhang Wen also cupped his fists and saluted, and then said: "Zhang Wen, the left captain of the Lin Mansion Guard!"
Then Gu Bingqian lifted the curtain of the sedan, and saw no one in the sedan except a crown in official uniform.
Everyone was confused, what kind of trick is this?
Then Gu Bingqian and Zhang Wen shouted together: "Top hat! Politeness! Welcome to the Heavenly Official!"
Everyone: "."
Still not finished yet, Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector, said loudly: "Congratulations to the leader of the alliance, Duke Yanzhou, for being crowned Heavenly Official!
Duke Yanzhou joined the New Cultural League eight months ago, and through his own efforts, he was honored to be promoted to Heavenly Official!
The New Literati of the Literary and Art League, the literary world is on the left, the political world is on the right, and the literary world and the political world are both correct!"
Everyone: "."
It sounds quite festive. Is this a new way to suppress the explosion of power of the leader Wang and Lao?
Before anyone could react, Gu Bingqian continued: "Master Jiuyuan also has poems to offer!
Pretrial disease cypress trees are sparse,
There were frightened gulls outside the door.
After listening to the sound of the river for ten years,
Come and look for traces of the past.
Sitting in desolation and cherishing the old man,
Wang Lukong lamented that he was alone.
Thanks to the persistence of Shengtian,
Slightly separate the liver and gallbladder from the branches."
Everyone finally heard some human words, and the poems were easier to guess than those things that didn't sound like human words just now.
You don't need to think deeply to know that the poem Lin Tailai sent should be to point out the old leader Wang.
Originally it was "pretrial disease caused the cypress tree to become sparse", then "it depends on Shengtian Jian Nian", and now it is "a little bit different between the liver and gallbladder and the branches". Isn't it obvious enough?
Only Alliance Leader Wang himself vaguely remembered that he had heard the first half of this poem five years ago.
It was during the Suzhou Literary Forum in the thirteenth year of Wanli's reign. Lin Tailai had only recited half of the poem before he fainted from anger.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t expect that after five years, Lin Tailai still sent the entire article.
There have been many changes in the past five years, but it seems like fifty years have passed.
After coming back to his senses, the old alliance leader Wang greeted everyone in a carefree manner: "Lin Jiuyuan is still interesting! The days are long, so all of you, please march into the city together!"
Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War, also got on the carriage and drove with the old leader Wang.
There was no one else here, so Shi Shilang spoke more privately: "In the capital court, there are still many people who are jealous of the old gentleman, and feel that the old gentleman has picked up a heavenly official for nothing."
Alliance leader Wang Lao snorted disdainfully and replied: "In the past few decades, there have been more people in the literary world who are jealous of me as the alliance leader."
Those people only saw thieves eating meat but not being beaten, and they did not think about how much virtue they had accumulated and how many good deeds they had done in their previous lives before they met a person like Lin Tailai.
Then he endured many more severe beatings before he attained the right level of cultivation, which was as difficult as the Eighty-one Difficulties of Pursuing Buddhist Scriptures in the West.
Shi Xing also reminded: "It can be foreseen that after the old gentleman takes office, he will be subject to crazy criticism from the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The characteristic of these officials is to surround and suppress whoever is on stage. This is the trend in temples today.
In the six years since his predecessor Yang Tianguan was in office, he was attacked almost all the time.
Yang Tianguan's sudden and resolute resignation may not mean that he has reached the limit of his patience. He really couldn't bear it anymore and quit.
And this time, old man, you defeated Qingliu Party member Lu Guangzu, and the Qingliu Party members will definitely not give up."
Regarding this situation, the leader of the alliance, Wang Lao, still dismissed it, "I regard it as a chicken and a dog!"
The arrogant attitude of Alliance Leader Wang made Shi Xing very worried, and he urged: "Mr. Wang has never set foot in the capital in the past twenty years, and has never experienced such a custom firsthand. You must not underestimate the enemy!"
Alliance leader Wang Lao then asked a question: "Compared with Lin Jiuyuan, among these officials, which one is stronger and which one is weaker?"
Shi Xing replied without thinking: "Of course Lin Jiuyuan is more tyrannical."
The leader of the alliance, Mr. Wang, went crazy and said arrogantly: "I have been beaten by Lin Jiuyuan for four and a half years! These junior officials are nothing!
Can they be sharper than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more fierce than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more insidious than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more cunning than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be richer than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more powerful than Lin Jiuyuan?
I have seen Lin Jiuyuan’s methods countless times and experienced purgatory countless times, so why should I be afraid of these Qingliu Party members?”
Shi Xing: "."
For a moment, I couldn't refute it. What has the old gentleman experienced in these years?
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Chapter completed!