As long as Lin Daguan wanted to, he had eighteen ways to attract Emperor Wanli's interest, but now he was completely unwilling to provoke Emperor Wanli too much.
First, the upper limit of Wu Jinshi's reputation in politics is too low. No matter how powerful he is, he will not get much direct benefit.
It’s better to wait until I go back to finish reading, and then jump on it next time the liberal arts competition comes back.
Lin Daguan is still very confident in this. If he can't even pass the examination, will Shen Shixing, the chief minister, still have the nerve to continue to be a minister?
Secondly, Emperor Wanli is probably swaying people all over the world to support his third son. Lin Daguan does not want to be favored by the emperor at this time.
Third, the foundation of the South is not yet stable, and we still have to go back and clean it up.
So for Mr. Lin, just go through the formalities honestly and get the vanity of being number one.
With the end of the trouble-free palace examination, the martial arts examination in Wanli's fourteenth year has come to an end.
Zhang Jiayin, the chief commander of the Ministry of War, also breathed a sigh of relief. The horse riding was over safely. He had been an official for forty years and had never seen such a tiring martial arts test.
It turns out that the martial arts test didn't attract much attention, and you could just do it casually. Why, when it was your turn to be the minister of the Ministry of War, the martial arts test actually had the effect of intrigue, and it was always mixed with the situation in the temple.
In fact, there is one last step for this year's martial arts course, which is to hang up the martial arts imperial list outside the gate of the Ministry of War!
Since time traveling, after more than a year of hard work, Lin Daguan has stepped on thousands of injured people, punched the north and south, and stepped on both sides of the capital, and finally became the officially certified most powerful man in the world!
After the newly-minted No. 1 Scholar Lin attended the ceremony of hanging the royal list, he mounted a high horse at the gate of the Ministry of War, and a group of sergeants escorted the newly-minted No. 1 Scholar back to his residence.
There were speakers, suonas, gongs and drums along the way, so it was quite lively anyway.
Obviously, this is also an imitation of the parade ceremony of the liberal arts champion, which is the beating of horses in the streets and praise of officials in the novel.
Even the dignity of Wu Zhuangyuan is not even the slightest bit worse than that of Wen Zhuangyuan.
That night at Shen Mansion, Senior Official Lin accompanied Chief Assistant Shen Shixing to have dinner.
Shen Shoufu ate half a bowl of rice, put down his chopsticks and said, "Today in the Wenhua Hall, I saved your life once. Don't forget this kindness."
Official Lin recalled that Shen Shoufu only appeared once today. When the emperor wanted him to practice with the fifty eunuchs, the chief minister spoke out to stop him.
"Does this count as saving me?" Senior Officer Lin was a little dissatisfied, "It obviously blocked my chance to perform in front of His Majesty."
Shen Shoufu asked rhetorically: "What happens after the performance is over? After the martial arts performance, the emperor may choose you to be a member of the Royal Guards and serve as a weapon in front of the emperor. Can you bear the restraint?"
Official Lin said decisively: "No!"
The imperial weapon that the chief assistant mentioned was probably the imperial guard in the novel. With Lin Tailai's temperament, he certainly couldn't bear such a boring and powerless job.
Immediately, Lin Daguan changed the subject and said: "Now that the exam is over, I don't want to stay in the capital for a long time. I will be returning to the south in a few days. There are still many careers for me to work hard over there."
Now the chief assistant also understands that the "hard work" in Lin Daguan's words is not only a noun or adjective, but also a verb.
Shen Shixing said subconsciously: "You are leaving so soon?"
Lin Daguan said with great foresight: "The war over the country has begun. In the early days, the emperor and his ministers were very angry, and the intensity will not be low.
As someone who is deeply entangled with Zheng Guotai, how long will it take for me not to leave? Am I waiting to be used as a weapon by others or by the emperor?"
Shen Shixing was speechless. Lin Tailai's sense of smell was better than that of a dog. He frowned and asked, "Did you forget the most important thing?"
After thinking twice, Senior Official Lin was still confused. "Now that the number one scholar is in hand, what else is the most important thing to do? Is there anything?"
Or is Prime Minister Shen planning to give me a font name? This is not impossible."
As the defender of the imperial system, the old chief minister almost vomited blood, "Have you forgotten that you still have to select officials?"
"Ah, can I not choose this? I will go back to Jiangnan to study and prepare to take a further step in the literary world."
Mr. Lin is not very interested in military attachés at the moment. All he needs is reputation and prestige.
He has hundreds or even thousands of assistants under his command to do anything that a military attache can do; he can also do things that a military attache cannot do, such as collecting protection taxes.
Moreover, if the official selection is not good, he will be restrained, which will affect his ability to dominate Jiangnan.
Shen Shoufu slapped the case and yelled: "You, the top military scholar, don't choose officials, you just don't give honor to the emperor, and you break the court rules.
You can choose and then resign, but you can’t not choose, that’s the rule!”
Lin Tailai was a little surprised. Is it appropriate for you, an old chief minister in your early fifties, to speak a gangster accent? Who did you learn it from?
"I choose! I choose! I will go to the Ministry of War to take up a post tomorrow!" Lin Daguan could only be forced to accept the constraints of the rules of the world.
As the saying goes, people in the world cannot help themselves.
The next day, Mr. Shen Yongmao of the Shen Mansion went to work at the Ministry of War, and Mr. Lin followed Shen Yongmao.
Uncle Shen works in the Vehicle and Driving Department, but it is the Military Selection Department that is responsible for selecting military attachés.
After arriving at the Ministry of War, Shen Yongmao personally led Lin Tailai to the Military Selection Department.
Theoretically speaking, ordinary people can only wait for appointments outside and cannot go to the Military Selection Department in person to run for office. If they are too ostentatious, they will definitely be reported and impeached.
However, as the first martial arts champion in the Ming Dynasty, Lin Daguan was still eligible for preferential treatment.
On the way, Shen Yongmao introduced the situation to Lin Tailai and said: "The martial arts doctor's surname is Yu, and he was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing."
Lin Daguan was immediately surprised, "How can he still be in such an important position when he was Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing's reign?"
The Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War is responsible for the promotion and selection of military attachés, and its responsibilities and powers are among the highest among the six ministries.
The master of Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing was Zhang Juzheng. In today's political arena, this wave of politically incorrect Jinshi did worse, and it was difficult to obtain key positions.
For example, Mr. Feng Er, who was still striving for fame in the literary world, was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing and retired in his prime.
Therefore, Lin Daguan was a little surprised to hear that the doctor in the martial arts department was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing.
"He is over fifty years old." Shen Yongmao explained briefly and comprehensively.
In his fifties, he is still only a fifth-grade doctor, and he seems to be not very good. Others, Shen Shoufu, is only fifty-two this year.
Official Lin couldn't help but think of the seventy-year-old official Yang Wei, and couldn't help but complain:
"Is this Mr. Yu related to Prime Minister Shen? Does Prime Minister Shen like to arrange for old men to occupy important positions?"
While talking, the two of them walked to the main hall of the courtyard of the Martial Arts Department.
Shen Yongmao walked straight in and took Yu Liangshu, the doctor of the martial arts department, to the side hall to sit down and talk.
Official Lin took a look and found that Lang Zhong was indeed quite old. He was considered older among the six officials.
Shen Yongmao leaned on the Taishi chair, holding a tea cup and said, "You guys go ahead, I, an outsider, won't talk too much."
Mr. Yu was speechless. You, the eldest son of the First Assistant, just sit here and have an attitude. Is there any difference between talking too much and not talking too much?
But he still said to Lin Tai with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Lin Tai is indeed a young talent."
Official Lin also said politely: "I would like to ask Yu Xuanwu to take care of me today."
Doctor Yu stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point: "In previous years, when Wu Jinshi was selected as an official, he could choose between staying in the capital or returning to his hometown to show the court's preferential treatment.
More preferential treatment is given to those who are first in the martial arts test and are from civilian backgrounds. They must be at least fifth-level and have actual duties. Their positions are generally voluntary.
On this basis, I can give you more preferential treatment for Lin Zhuangyuan, after all, you are the first number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty."
"What positions are there and how to choose?" Lin Daguan asked curiously.
Langzhong Yu responded: "First of all, do you want to stay in the capital, or return to your place of origin? Or should you develop your style and serve in the border towns?
If you stay in the capital and there is no other appointment by the emperor, you will usually enter the capital camp as a martial arts coach in the first year.
After one year, after getting familiar with the situation of the Beijing Camp, I will be awarded the Commander-in-Chief of the Beijing Camp."
Before Dr. Yu could finish the introduction, Lin Daguan shouted: "Don't stay in Beijing! Don't stay in Beijing! Go back to your hometown!"
I heard that in the first year of staying in Beijing, I will be a martial arts coach in the Beijing camp. Isn't this the "800,000 forbidden army instructor" in the novel?
Is it auspicious for Mr. Lin to become Coach Lin?
Seeing that Lin Tailai refused to stay in Beijing, Langzhong Yu didn't take it seriously and expressed his understanding, so he continued to introduce:
"If you choose to return to your place of origin, it is usually sent back to the province. The governor of the province, together with the capital commander, the general garrison officer, etc., will select them according to the needs of the position and report to the court.
However, the situation of direct administration in the north and south is different from that of provinces, towns, and capital departments, and they can be directly appointed by the Military Selection Department."
Lin Tailai nodded, this is good, it can be done directly at once, and there is no need to go to the province to run for an official position.
The special thing about the North and South Zhili is that many affairs are directly arranged by the court, which is different from other provinces.
I also heard Yu Langzhong say: "South Zhili Armed Forces has three major sections, the Jiangbei section, the Jiangnan section, and the Nanjing and Jiangfang section."
Lin Daguan felt like he was playing a strategy game, choosing opportunities step by step.
To be continued...