So far, in just over an hour, a fourth-rank Hanlin was abolished, a Zuodu censor and a member of the imperial examination department were forced away, and by the way, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was severely beaten.
And they are all well-founded. The unreasonable Lin Tailai is scary, and the reasonable Lin Tailai seems to be even scarier!
Only Wang Tianguan secretly lamented that the knowledge and experience of these ministers were still too little, and then he dutifully held a short wooden pick and signaled to Lin Tailai.
Lin Tailai took out one again, looked at it, and sighed: "My luck is really amazing, and it's a big one."
When others heard this, they roughly guessed that the person who was drawn out was probably Song Hu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
This is the only heavyweight who has not yet confronted Lin Tailai.
Sure enough, Lin Tailai shouted to Song Hao: "Da Sikong! Lend me a step to speak!"
Song Qi, Minister of Industry, walked up to him expressionlessly, "Any further advice?"
Lin Tailai replied: "Your Excellency has been the Minister of the Ministry of Industry since the spring of the 14th year of Wanli. It has been five years now, right?
It seems that we are not far away from completing the exam in six years. I heard that Song Shangshu has an excellent reputation and is known in the court for his integrity."
Song Qi responded cautiously: "I don't dare, the reputation is just false rumors."
In this situation, don't think about counterattack. Just hold on firmly without exposing any flaws.
Lin Tailai asked everyone loudly: "Please tell me, gentlemen, what is the most important task of the Ministry of Works in recent years? What is the most famous achievement of Song Shangshu?"
Someone replied: "The most important task of the Ministry of Industry is naturally to build the Longevity Palace. There is nothing more important than this.
The most famous performance of the Song Dynasty Minister is probably known to everyone. He oversaw the construction of the Shougong Palace for several years and saved 300,000 taels of expenses."
Lin Tailai seemed to be saying to himself: "What a saving of 300,000 taels!"
Song Qi asked: "Is this also wrong?"
Lin Tailai sneered: "There is nothing wrong with saving costs, but it should not be publicized!
When people in the world heard this, they thought it was because the emperor was extravagant in order to build the Longevity Palace, so you had room to save money!"
Damn it! Song Hao was shocked. Lin Tailai's words were so heartbreaking!
He immediately denied it categorically and said: "This department has absolutely no intention!"
Lin Tailai added: "I believe you don't mean this subjectively, but you can't stop others from misunderstanding the emperor!
In my opinion, saving costs is your job as the Minister of Industry. It is what you should do, and it is not worthy of being regarded as a virtue!
But for the sake of fame and reputation, you made saving 300,000 taels proof of your reputation for integrity, and then allowed these claims to spread wildly!"
Song He was trembling with anger, "You little thief, don't talk nonsense! How has this reputation ever been widely spread in this department?"
Lin Tailai scolded sternly: "Don't quibble! I just asked casually, and someone knew that Song Shangshu saved 300,000 taels in building the Longevity Palace. This shows that this statement is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!"
But where does your reputation put the emperor and his father? Whether you do it intentionally or not, you may make the world misunderstand that the emperor spent extravagantly to build the Longevity Palace!
For the sake of your own good reputation, you completely ignore the slander of your father. You are truly a man without a king and a father!
So I impeach you for being selfish and seeking fame, is this wrong?"
Under Lin Tailai's violent spray, Song Hao was speechless for a moment.
The thing that the Qingliu Party members are most used to doing is managing their reputation. In Song Qi's subconscious, he didn't think there was much of a problem before.
Now it’s a bit unclear! Using the emperor to gain fame is ultimately an unspoken rule and cannot be manifested into an explicit reason.
Song Hui was so angry that his body was about to collapse. Zeng Tongheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was next to him, quickly supported Song Hui.
"The crime committed by this department is extremely serious, so I should resign and wait for the punishment!" Song Qi took off his official hat and said through gritted teeth.
Then he threw away the support and left here tremblingly.
Another heavyweight was expelled after confronting Lin Tailai!
Wang Tianguan raised the wooden sign in his hand and asked Lin Tailai: "Continue?"
Lin Tailai looked at a handful of wooden picks and sighed: "There are so many left? Why don't we all join together? I want to hit ten!"
"That's it!" Chief Assistant Shen Shixing suddenly stopped.
He also didn't expect that if Lin Tailai was chopping melons and vegetables, and if Lin Tailai was allowed to chop again, the situation would be out of control.
It was another day when Lin Tailai was forcing him to take care of the overall situation. This assistant was really exhausted.
Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "There are also the minister of household affairs Yang Junmin who is sitting on a plain diet, the ignorant and talentless minister Aimu of the Taipusi Temple, Feng Congwu who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, and other eight-character officials who have not been criticized. How can it end here?"
Shen Shixing pointed in the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion, glared at Lin Tai and said, "Why don't you go sit there?"
Lin Tailai said helplessly: "Since public discussion is not possible today, I will visit the remaining people individually one by one!"
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Chapter completed!