A few days ago, Lin Daguan deliberately approached Yuan Zhixian because he took a fancy to Yuan Hongdao's identity as the leader of the public security faction.
This is no ordinary county magistrate, he has a certain status in the literary world.
Today, apart from the retro school, Yuan Hongdao can be regarded as one of the most prestigious people in the literary world.
Even from a political perspective, Yuan Hongdao's identity as a Hubei native is also very important. In recent years, Hubei's literary world has suddenly emerged, and the imperial examination has gradually developed. Politically, it cannot be underestimated.
Anyone familiar with political history knows that when the late Ming Dynasty fell into fierce party struggles, in addition to the Donglin Party, there was the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party, and the Chu Party in it refers to the Huguang Gang.
Why old leader Wang Shizhen wanted to recommend Li Weizhen as the next generation leader also has something to do with Li Weizhen's Hubei background.
Moreover, Yuan Hongdao also has a good personality and has many celebrities who frequently correspond with him.
As long as Yuan Hongdao can mention his name a few times in letters, it will be equivalent to spreading his reputation to scholars all over the country.
Therefore, in the eyes of Lin Daguan, a famous county magistrate like Yuan Hongdao is qualified to be "willful" and can challenge the government government.
He has also been fooling Yuan Zhixian into doing this. How can a celebrity be called a celebrity if he has no temper?
But I didn't expect that the great literary magistrate was such a weakling that he didn't dare to directly fight back after being refuted by the government office.
It's really annoying to have to ask myself, who is already so busy that my feet are barely touching the ground, to ask such a small question.
When Yuan Zhixian saw that Lin Tailai had not responded for a long time, he asked, "Why don't you speak?"
Official Lin replied casually: "I feel tired."
Magistrate Yuan asked again without knowing why: "Why are you feeling tired?"
Official Lin came to his senses and quickly explained: "Ah, I was just thinking about our renewal of the leader of the social alliance, Mr. Shen Er, so I felt tired."
Yuan Zhixian was suddenly enlightened and said with great agreement: "With the temperament of the second master of the Shen family, I'm afraid it's really tiring to have to rely on you for all matters big and small."
Lin Tailai responded: "The county magistrate is so accurate in judging others!"
Then I heard Yuan Zhixian say smoothly: "But when it comes to feeling tired, the person who feels tired the most right now is me!
I had just taken office, but already there was a backlog of nearly 200 files in my hands in the previous two months, which made me extremely annoyed. The position of county magistrate in Wudi was too hard.
I heard from a friend who was a county magistrate in Guizhou that there may not be a hundred case files there in a whole year."
Lin Tailai was stunned, you, the county magistrate, have a backlog of more than 200 cases, you still have time to chat with yourself here?
Yuan Zhixian replied: "It doesn't matter! I asked Li Jixuan and the prison clerk to work overtime for the preliminary trial!"
Lin Tailai observed a few seconds of silence for Li Jixuan, a romantic and famous person nicknamed Li Qinglian.
When this guy defected to the public security faction and followed Yuan Hongdao, he probably never expected that he would be arrested and used as a coolie.
No wonder I didn't see Yuan Zhixian bringing more masters. It turned out that Li Jixuan was used as a staff member.
I also heard Yuan Zhixian say yearningly: "As the saying goes, work and rest should be balanced. I have been dealing with official duties for several days in a row, and it's time to relax.
I heard that Taihu Lake is vast, has infinite scenery, and has seventy-two peaks. There are so many places to visit and play.
I also heard that the former sites of Gusu Terrace and Guanwa Palace are located on the east bank of Taihu Lake, and I don’t know if they can still be found.”
Lin Tailai had to remind: "The scenery over Taihu Lake is all in Wu County, and the county magistrate's duty is to guard Changzhou County.
Without a proper reason and permission from the superior government, blatantly crossing the line is a clear foul."
Yuan Hongdao waved his hand and immediately came up with a plan: "I heard you say a few days ago that Mudu Port is about to be closed?
So send me an invitation and invite me to attend the ceremony, so that I can reach the east bank of Taihu Lake. Wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”
Lin Tailai pretended to be embarrassed and said: "The Mudu Port is on the boundary of Wuxian County, and the county magistrate is the magistrate of Changzhou County. How can it be logically justified to invite the county magistrate to come and watch the ceremony?"
In fact, Lin Daguan didn't really want to invite Magistrate Yuan to come over. After all, he also had to meet at various alliance halls in Mudu Town at the same time.
If Yuan Zhixian witnesses his association behavior, it will affect his image as a literary youth.
Yuan Hongdao asked with great astuteness: "Why doesn't it make sense logically?
Mudu Port is not Mudu Port in a county of Wu County. Like Xushuguan, it is aimed at goods entering Suzhou City!
Suzhou City is half the size of my Changzhou County, so Changzhou County and Mudu Port are also related. There is no problem in inviting me, the magistrate of Changzhou County, to attend the ceremony!
Also, you can ask Xushuguan to send me an invitation! Xushuguan is a customs office directly under the imperial court, and the tax envoy has a higher rank than the county government. Of course, I, the county magistrate, cannot go against the tax envoy's good intentions!
As long as you follow my arrangements, nothing will go wrong! I'll leave everything to you, and I'm sure you won't disappoint me."
Lin Tailai really couldn't find any reason to object, so he was successfully persuaded.
In terms of eating, drinking and having fun, this great writer finally showed his shrewd, capable, well-founded and logical side.
Official Lin could only sigh secretly in his heart, fearing that Yuan Zhixian's talents were all wrong and he was not interested in being an official at all.
At this time, Yuan Zhixian said again: "Okay, let's stop talking about today's business."
Hearing "Let's get down to business," Lin Daguan subconsciously stood up and wanted to leave. Generally, the host meant to see off guests when he said this.
"Wait, don't go!" Yuan Zhixian hurriedly stopped Lin Tailai, "Although we have finished talking about the official business, we have not yet talked about the dredging project of the ancient Sanjiangkou that was rejected by the government!"
Lin Tailai was very confused, is there something wrong with your understanding of "business", Mr. Yuan Xianzun?
Originally, according to today's Ming Dynasty system, the county magistrate's power within the county is theoretically unlimited, provided that the execution capacity is in place.
It really means that the top controls the sky, the bottom controls the ground, and the middle controls the air, as long as the execution is in place.
In other words, when carrying out water conservancy projects within the county, as long as the funding and manpower issues can be solved by oneself, it generally only needs to be reported to the superior, and approval from the superior is not required.
But now the dispatching rights of Jinongcang in all counties in Suzhou Prefecture have been taken away by the government. If Changzhou County wants to use the financial resources of Jinongcang to build water conservancy projects, it has to apply to the government.
Therefore, instead of saying that Changzhou County is applying for government approval for the project, it is better to say that it is applying for the dispatching power of the county's agricultural warehouse, or the financial autonomy at this level.
As long as we get back the dispatching rights of Jinongcang, it means we have funds. Are we worried that the project will not start?
County Magistrate Yuan elaborated: "The government office said that for two consecutive years, all counties in the county have seen more output and less income, and the accumulation has been significantly reduced.
In order to prevent the clearance from completely getting out of control, all county agricultural warehouses were returned to the government for unified dispatch to reduce the overall risk.
If there is no major disaster this year, we will focus on stockpiling to prepare for shortages and no longer open warehouses to sell grain.
Therefore, our application from Changzhou County was rejected and not approved."
Lin Tailai said without thinking: "It is a matter of course for the county government to take back the county's agricultural warehouse. It is unjust for the government government to forcibly withhold it!"
Yuan Zhixian asked: "What can be done?"
Lin Tailai tried his best to cheer him up and said: "Of course you, the county magistrate, must speak up and speak out to accuse the government, and you must argue with reason and fight to the extreme!
Don't worry about the difficulties of the government government. If you understand the difficulties of the government government, who will understand the difficulties of the county government?
Don’t worry about the overall situation of the government. Each county must serve the overall situation. You yourself are the overall situation!”
However, Yuan Hongdao took out a pamphlet from his pocket, flipped through it a few times and said: "But this book "Programs of Prefectures and Counties" says that you must never confront a Zhengyin Shangguan head-on."
Lin Tailai: "."
Then Lin Daguan asked very tiredly: "Did this book tell you how to get Jinongcang back?"
Magistrate Yuan replied: "No."
Lin Tailai lied sincerely and said: "Don't you, the county magistrate, hear that if you believe in the letter, it is worse than having no book at all?
The county magistrate is a well-known person in the country, and the government must treat the county magistrate with courtesy. It doesn't matter if the county magistrate challenges the magistrate.
So this kind of book written for ordinary people is not suitable for prestigious people like the county magistrate."
Faced with Lin Tailai's powerful deception, Yuan Hongdao still said with doubts:
"Will casually conflicting with my boss affect my official reputation? Will I be accused by others of not being a good person and an official?"
Lin Tailai asked again: "Does the county official have the idea of enriching himself through the project?"
Magistrate Yuan immediately denied it and said: "Of course not!"
Lin Tailai then said: "My heart is selfless and the world is wide, so where does the county magistrate's doubts come from?
If the county magistrate has no desires and is strong-willed, contradicting his superior is asking for orders for the people, and he will only be praised for being upright and not flattering!
What's more, given the county's reputation in the literary world, isn't it better to gain official status than to grab something from the bag?"
Yuan Zhixian found that he could not defeat Lin Tailai, and if he continued to be deceived, he was afraid that he would be put on the "altar".
He directly said: "In short, if you don't worry about this matter, who will?
Just tell me directly, what else can you do without me having to contradict the Master?"
Lin Tailai: "."
Daqing wasted a long time talking and encouraged Yuan Zhixian to fight with the government office for the project, but it was all in vain.
There is a big difference between Yuan Zhixian and Mr. Shen. He is a bit wise and foolish, and he is a master at pretending to be confused.
Yuan Zhixian has figured it out very well. As long as you, Lin Tailai, still want to do the project and ask for help from yourself, you have to do your best to find a way, so why bother yourself.
Realizing that he still couldn't escape the fate of doing dirty work, Lin Tailai said feebly:
"In this case, in order to put pressure on the government, we can only spread rumors first.
Rumors can be spread among the people and government officials, saying that someone has embezzled money and embezzled a large amount of grain stored in the farmhouse!
That’s why the government officials tightly control the county agricultural warehouses and dare not let the county government offices open warehouses. They are afraid that the stored grain will be misappropriated and the secret will be exposed!"
Yuan Zhixian frowned and said: "I am afraid it is not the behavior of a gentleman to fabricate something like this out of thin air."
Lin Tai came to add: "Since ancient times, politics has been inseparable from the spread of various prophecies and nursery rhymes. Isn't this lying?
Besides, this rumor is not spread by you, the county minister, and it has nothing to do with you, the county minister!"
Without waiting for Magistrate Yuan to ask questions, Lin Daguan took the initiative and continued: "After the rumors come out, we will see the government's reaction before deciding on the next step.
If the government government avoids suspicion and delegates power, then everyone will be happy. If the government government is still the leader, then the people will be mobilized.
For example, find a large number of people who have suffered a disaster or are widowed and lonely, and go to the government office to ask for relief.
If the number of people is really not enough, just create some artificial victims.”
Yuan Zhixian raised his hand to stop Mr. Lin from continuing: "I am just waiting for the invitation from Xushuguan, and then I will go to Taihu Lake and Hudong for a few days!"
Official Lin made a mental calculation and realized that although he was assigned to do dirty work again, it was not a loss this time.
If the "great righteousness" of Yuan Zhixian County prompts the government to return the dispatching rights of the Jinong Warehouse to the county government, then the project of building a new city gate can also collect wool from the Jinong Warehouse, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
Moreover, this project can actually exchange for local reputation. Generally speaking, good people's good deeds are "building bridges and paving roads." So what kind of super good person does it have to be to build a city gate?
It's quite touching that Lin Daguan has become Lin Dashan.
After leaving the Changzhou County Government Office, Lin Daguan did not dare to waste time, so he left the city and boarded a boat, heading straight for Xushuguan.
As for why you don’t board the boat directly in the city, old Suzhou people all know.
Due to the congestion of rivers in the city, if you get on the boat near the Changzhou County government office in Dongcheng, you may not be able to get out of Changmen for an hour or two.
After arriving at Xushuguan, official Lin submitted the application documents for the opening and closing of Mudu Port and the list of all officials to the capital of the tax envoy king.
After Wang Zhidu read it carefully, he pointed to the list and said: "It was previously discussed that the number of officials at the branch gate should be one-quarter of the number in the Xushu Customs Office. Your list has already exceeded the number!"
Lin Tailai laughed and said: "This is all to strengthen customs services and collect taxes better.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether there are more or less officials at the sub-customs. What matters is how much tax money can be given to the prince’s public transportation, so as to ensure that Xushuguan becomes the number one tax customs in the world during the prince’s term!”
Wang Zhidu asked again: "Also, there are forty people in Hekuai, and more than a dozen of them are from Wutuluziwei, the thirteenth capital.
This is where your home is, right? It’s true that one person has attained enlightenment, and chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven!”
Lin Tailai continued to laugh and said: "Folks, please take care of me. I can't shirk it from a human perspective. Besides, it won't affect the customs affairs if He Kuai lets anyone take it seriously."
Wang Zhidu snorted coldly: "Does even a dog in your village have to be sent to the customs office to be on guard duty and eat a portion of royal food?"
Lin Tailai was a little surprised. The simple and strong Wang Shushi in front of him rarely spoke in such a sarcastic style. What happened today?
So Lin Tailai tried his best and said, "If anything goes wrong, Your Majesty, you might as well tell me. I might be able to help you figure it out."
Wang Zhidu said straightforwardly: "Because some people say that I am jealous of your talent!"
Lin Tailai suddenly pretended to be furious: "Who dares to sow discord like this! You might as well tell me who it is, and I will argue with him!"
Wang Zhidu replied: "My little sister said it in the letter. How do you want to reason?"
Lin Tailai was stunned. Why would the little sister of the Wang family say that Wang Zhidu was jealous of her? Could it be that Wang Zhidu secretly said bad things about her?
This kind of human nature is really scary to think about, and it cannot stand up to scrutiny!
Lin Tailai, who didn't dare to think about it anymore, immediately pretended to be confused, "Ah, let me write a letter to your sister and explain it carefully to the prince!"
Wang Zhidu slapped the table and said: "No way! Don't even think about it! Don't leave in a hurry today. Help me polish a few poems. They will be used during the switching ceremony!"
Lin Tailai took the opportunity to ask for credit and said: "By the way, I have also worked hard to improve the status of the princes in the literary world.
We have tried our best to invite County Magistrate Yuan, one of the Three Yuans sent by the Public Security Bureau, to attend the opening and closing ceremony of Mudu Port."
Wang Zhidu finally nodded with satisfaction and said reservedly: "I can socialize with Mr. Yuan and sing poems to add luster to the sub-switch."