Lin Tailai replied: "Your Majesty has never treated me badly, and I am grateful to you. It's just that I have been discouraged recently and have long wanted to resign and return home.
Also thinking that there was still a prisoner presentation ceremony, I did not dare to spoil His Majesty's interest, so I kept waiting.
Now that the sacrifice of prisoners has been completed, it is time for me to resign."
Emperor Wanli did not listen to these nonsense and shouted: "Tell me more, how can you explain why you are so frustrated!"
Lin Tailai reported: "I went on an expedition last year, but people in the court repeatedly slandered, slandered, and made groundless accusations against me.
At first, I didn't go out in Xining, so I was accused of cowardice; later, I sent troops to achieve two great victories, and I was accused of advancing rashly.
I was on guard against Kuai Bai and was accused of cruelty; I predicted that Kuai Bai would rebel and was accused of setting up a trap; when Kuai Bai rebelled, I was accused of being forced to rebel by him.
All kinds of criticisms have been heard all year round!”
Chief Assistant Shen Shixing stood up and said: "Although there are many discussions in the court, the emperor has made a clear decision and is not gullible. Why do you still have dissatisfaction? This is not the reason for your resignation!"
Lin Tailai continued: "I am not dissatisfied, but I am really angry at the behavior of some people in the court.
In my opinion, speaking out loud and irresponsibly without knowing the truth, and only aiming to criticize the ministers who went on the expedition, is tantamount to collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
When I returned to the capital earlier, I impeached more than ten people in one go, just to punish this person!
At that time, I only thought about giving up the credit for my merits and giving up rewards such as titles, but also to rectify the atmosphere so as to reduce the constraints on doing things in the future!"
Until now, everyone present still didn't understand what Lin Tailai wanted to express?
It seems like he is just repeating what happened in the past year?
But everything has been overturned, so what’s the point of repeating it again?
Out of caution, even Shen Shixing stopped talking. He thought that if he didn't understand the situation, he would avoid making mistakes if he spoke too much.
There were either eunuchs or cabinet ministers around him, and there were no officials or other officials present, so Emperor Wanli spoke more straightforwardly.
"Didn't I vent my anger for you? Didn't I remove Song Qi from the Ministry of Industry? Didn't I remove Ai Mu, the Minister of Taipu Temple? Didn't I transfer a few public officials? Didn't I transfer Sun Xueshi to the Nanjing Imperial College?"
Lin Tailai said sadly and angrily: "Your Majesty's caring heart is deeply touched by me!
However, in the end, all my efforts were in vain! That’s why I became disheartened and gave up my life!”
Still didn't understand, Emperor Wanli couldn't bear it anymore and said impatiently: "What's the point of wasting your efforts? If you don't understand clearly, I'll drag you out and fight! I'll talk to you when you understand!"
As a result, Lin Tailai became even more sad and angry, and shouted a little rudely: "It's not that I don't want to explain it clearly, it's because reality has choked me!
Your Majesty may wish to take another look at the recent nominations for vacant official positions!
If you ask any courtier at random, you will know that those people on the list are either my enemies or have ill intentions towards me!
In order to rectify the situation, I sacrificed a title in exchange for removing those evil officials!
But what happens after the removal? The re-nominated officials are all people who are hostile to the minister!
It can be said that all those ministers dismissed by His Majesty were in vain! Nothing has changed!"
Damn it! The great bachelors, the ceremonial supervisors, and the eunuchs were all shocked. Can this be explained?
This angle is a bit strange, I never thought of this before!
Anyway, after hearing this, everyone finally understood Lin Tailai's core logic today.
At first, Lin Tailai wanted to trade his merits for a "head", and the emperor agreed.
But if the person who replaces him is still Lin Tailai's enemy, wouldn't it be in vain?
From Lin Tailai's point of view, it is equivalent to receiving nothing after giving the credit, which is a huge injustice.
Don't say that being promoted from the fourth rank Taipu Temple Shaoqing to the fourth rank Taichang Temple Shaoqing is a reward. It is an insult to seven battles and seven victories, and to conquer the city first.
While others were stunned by shock, Lin Tailai took the opportunity to express his emotions to the emperor.
"So what I said just now is that in the end, all your efforts are in vain!
The rewards I should have received are all in vain!
I have made great achievements, but in the end I didn’t get the gift!”
Emperor Wanli was immediately furious. This made him sound like an emperor who was stingy with rewards and mistreated his meritorious officials.
Lin Tailai quickly adjusted his direction and complained passionately: "Of course it has nothing to do with Your Majesty when this happens! It's because there are too many treacherous ministers in the court, which ruins His Majesty's goodwill toward ministers!"
Emperor Wanli asked angrily: "Who is the traitor?"
Lin Tailai answered loudly and firmly: "I don't know if others are traitors, but those who have recently been nominated as Minister of Household Affairs, Minister of Industry, Minister of Dali Temple, and Minister of Taipu Temple must be traitors!"
He must be a treacherous official who deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates, greedy for rewards from meritorious officials in disguise, and ruined His Majesty's reputation!
To rectify the atmosphere of the imperial court, the first thing to rectify is this kind of people!"
There was a sound of thunder, and the picture was clear!
The bachelors were shocked and angry. The lethality and scope of this list of traitors were astonishing!
The people who were pushed out to compete for the four official positions were all key figures after careful consideration by all the forces!
If you, Lin Tailai, beat them all into traitors with a stick, are there any good people in the court?
How dare you, Lin Tailai? Do you want to resign? No, do you really want to resign?
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Chapter completed!