Lin Tailai glanced at the ministers in the living room and asked: "Don't force me to torture you. Please take the initiative to explain. What are you plotting with Governor Yang here?"
Do you want to cause big trouble in Yangzhou City and then put the blame on me?"
Everyone wanted to say that if you, Lin Tai, had come a little later, Governor Yang might have revealed the conspiracy.
But I haven't said it yet, so there is absolutely no such thing.
Faced with the silence of everyone, Lin Daguan was completely unfazed, "It doesn't matter if you don't explain. Anyway, that's what I wrote in the memorial to the court. If the court really believes it, then it has nothing to do with me!"
One of the great ministers yelled angrily: "Lin Tailai! Don't be too arrogant! Although you gained power for a while with the surprise attack, as long as Futai escapes, you will definitely not end well!"
Lin Daguan laughed a few times, pointed to the backyard of the living room and said, "Guess who he will encounter if he climbs over this wall and goes out?
Do you think I only have more than a hundred people in the courtyard under my command? Don’t worry about the governor, just worry about whether you can get out safely!"
Of the seven or eight ministers who were trapped in the sitting room of the Governor's Office, only Mr. Wang could exchange a few words with Lin Tai.
The others either did not know or have any friendship with Lin Tailai, or were enemies.
But now Wang Yuanwai doesn't want to talk anymore, because he realizes that the more he talks, the more he may lose.
Lin Daguan was very dissatisfied and said to Wang Yuanwai: "They say you Hui people are good at dancing, but I saved you, how come you don't even have a word of thanks?"
Wang Yuanwai gritted his teeth and refused to be fooled. If he said the word "thank you", did he also need to talk about the gift of thanks?
Official Lin shook his head and said with emotion: "That day when I was having a banquet with you in the garden, I caught a glimpse of the daughter of the Wang family. There should be a message from me on the wall. Is she okay?"
Wang Yuanwai suddenly felt something in his heart, and hinted: "I have nothing else to do. I'm still waiting for you."
Lin Daguan said helplessly: "I heard that you were interested in getting married, but later you were hesitant, so I went north to take the exam."
There were so many people present, and Wang Yuanwai couldn't help but put things in perspective, "At that time, you were pretending to be a descendant of the Wang family in Dongshan, Suzhou, so I deliberately recruited you!"
Official Lin turned a deaf ear and continued: "Unexpectedly, I met the current King of Household Affairs, Situ, in the capital. He asked his chief assistant to act as a matchmaker and forcibly married his sister to me.
How can I, a small martial arts champion, resist such power? I can only escape and return to the south by accepting the marriage."
All the court said: "."
When has such a good thing happened? They also went to the capital to try their luck?
Lin Daguan lamented sadly: "Although I still miss the daughter of the Wang family in my heart, it's just fate that makes us miserable!
Wang Yuanwai! You don’t want to see lovers not getting married, right?”
Officer Wang was expressionless on the outside, but said with a hint of expectation: "What? Do you want to propose to the Chief Situ of the Household Department to cancel the engagement?"
Lin Daguan said shyly: "Actually, there is no need to be so fierce. Haven't you Hui people invented ways to be accommodating a long time ago?"
Wang Yuanwai suddenly had a very bad premonition, and it came true on the spot.
Lin Daguan showed a longing expression, "I heard that you Hui people have been doing business in foreign lands all year round and invented the term "equal wife?"
That means marrying into a married woman in the place where you do business and treating her as a wife, so she is called an equal wife.
But the official etiquette does not recognize her, and she cannot be taken back to her hometown. The official wife is still the one from her hometown."
Wang's vision went dark and he almost fainted.
Just when Lin Daguan went deep into the city alone and raided the governor's court, his urgent memorial of 600 miles had already been sent to the capital.
This kind of expedited business is not handled randomly. If you use expedited services in a manner that does not comply with regulations, you will be severely punished.
According to the rules of the imperial court, only emergency situations such as enemy situation, disaster, mutiny, civil commotion, etc. are allowed to be sent directly to the capital via the 600-mile expedited mode.
Official Lin's report to the court was that "800 troops of the Suzhou Guard were blocked at Jingkou. If the military situation is unstable, they may mutiny at any time and occupy the gate hub to cause chaos." This kind of thing barely complies with the 600-mile expedited requirement.
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This six-hundred-mile expedited memorial was sent directly to the emperor. After Emperor Wanli took a look at it, he felt that it had nothing to do with him directly, so he was too lazy to think about it and handed it over to the cabinet for processing.
Chief Assistant Shen Shixing looked at this memorial. Although it may be an exaggeration, it is normal. Memorials are like this, for fear that the court will not pay attention to it.
Shen Shoufu could probably understand that it was Lin Tailai who wanted to cause trouble, but what he didn't understand was exactly how Lin Tailai wanted to cause trouble.
If even the chief assistant is not "informed", it may lead to loss of control.
If it were someone else who dared to do this, Shen Shoufu would have put the memorial aside long ago and loved it to death.
While I was thinking about it, memorials from Governor Yingtian and the Magistrate of Zhenjiang also arrived, claiming:
"800 officers and soldiers of the Suzhou Guards and 100 civilians were unable to cross the river to complete their mission due to a new order from Fengyang Fuyuan in the north of the Yangtze River. They are responsible for missing the deadline.
Now nearly a thousand people are stranded at Jingkou, and the situation is fierce, which has spread fear among business travelers across the border, causing a large number of people to flee from the north-south ferry crossing."
As the first assistant who manages everything on a day-to-day basis, my perspective on problems is completely different from that of most people.
When most people see these three memorials, their thoughts are probably: Will something really happen? If something happens, what will be the consequences?
In the eyes of the first assistant, the only conclusion is: the atmosphere has reached this point.
If it was just Lin Tailai beeping on his own, it might still be "alarmist"; but if the governor and the prefect work together to exaggerate the crisis in this way, the atmosphere will be set in place.
At this time, Xu Guo, the second assistant, came over and handed Shen Shixing a document and said: "This is the secret revelation of Yang Junmin, governor of Fengyang."
Shen Shixing unfolded it again, and Yang Junmin said in the secret: "Lin Tailai acted violently in Yangzhou before, and now he has led thousands of people to Yangzhou. The merchants in Jiangbei are especially panicked.
In order to stabilize the local area and reduce panic in the north of the Yangtze River, the Yangzhou Guards were ordered to go to the south bank to pick up the canal ships.
Also, although the imperial court ordered the Suzhou Guards to garrison Shuicicang in Yangzhou, there may be some concerns about the specific arrangements, especially Lin Tailai should not be sent north, please ask the government for consideration."
In today's official discourse, the government often refers to the cabinet, and cabinet ministers are often called the ruling party.
After reading these applications, I felt that I had immediately entered a familiar scene.
Both sides of the conflict have their own opinions, and both sides seem to be justified. Then he, the chief assistant, is needed to mediate or favor the side.
But Xu Cifu snorted coldly: "Lin Tailai doesn't understand the rules at all and simply doesn't take the cabinet seriously. If everyone disrespects the cabinet like him, how can the cabinet control the situation in the court?"
People who don't understand the operating mechanism of the imperial court may find Xu Cifu's words baffling. Why should he accuse Lin Tailai of "not understanding the rules"?
The knowledgeable people have noticed that among the two parties involved, Lin Tailai sent a "memo", while Governor Yang sent a "secret disclosure" to the cabinet.
The difference between the two is huge, they are completely different, and they have particularly different meanings for the cabinet.
This starts with the authority of the cabinet. Originally, the cabinet and other departments of the imperial court were parallel units without any subordinate relationship.
However, after Hongzhi Zhengde, the power of the cabinet gradually expanded, surpassing the six ministries, forming a de facto semi-centralized power.
In this context of cabinet power expansion, ministers and feudal officials often have to disclose the secrets of the cabinet before issuing sensitive memorials.
This kind of secret disclosure is not a memorial and does not require the court to deal with it. It is more like a private explanation of the situation.
Only after the cabinet has seen the secrets and is aware of or even agrees with something, will these ministers submit a formal memorandum and enter the irreversible document process.
Therefore, the emergence of such secret revelations is also one of the symbols of the expansion of cabinet power, allowing the cabinet to gain the ability to take the initiative in government affairs instead of passively watching memorials.
Specific to this incident, Lin Daguanren's approach was to directly file a memorial without informing the cabinet in advance, and pushed the conflict between the two parties into the public process.
Governor Yang's approach was to first send a confidential report to the cabinet explaining the situation and wait for the cabinet's stance on the conflict.
From the perspective of the cabinet, of course I prefer Governor Yang's performance. This is the official rules and order that should exist.
So Xu Cifu knew that Lin Tailai had a close relationship with Shen Shoufu, but he still dared to rebuke Lin Tailai for "not understanding the rules" in front of Shen Shoufu.
And Chief Assistant Shen couldn't say anything. After all, he was the chief assistant of the cabinet and he had to maintain the authority of the cabinet. He couldn't forcefully argue that Lin Tai did the right thing.
Although Shen Shoufu understood Xu Cifu very well, he could not let Xu Cifu play his role here.
Then he said: "You said Lin Tailai didn't respect the cabinet, but there's no reason to get angry about it.
If you think about it carefully, besides the emperor, who did he respect?"
Xu Guo: "."
If you think about it, Lin Tailai spent more than two months in the capital in the first half of the year. He broke a certain earl's leg, ruined the retro school, beat up dozens of Jinyiwei officers' schools, interacted passionately with his uncle to compete for the top prize, and in Ducha
The hospital conducts a physical battle in and out.
Nobles, royal relatives, factory guards, literary circles, and science and education have all caused harm to everyone.
In comparison, Lin Tailai's disrespect for the cabinet seems less unacceptable.
Inadvertently, Shen Shoufu relieved Xu Cifu's emotions, whether the emotions were intentional or not.
Although the political stance of the second assistant Xu Guo is generally consistent with that of the first assistant Shen, especially in terms of the stance of the counter-officer, Xu Guo is the cabinet elder with the strongest desire to fight.
But at the same time, Xu Cifu had great opinions on Lin Tailai. Because Xu Cifu was from Huizhou and his ancestors were also small Huizhou merchants.
Last time, Lin Tailai caused trouble in Yangzhou, the important town of Huizhou merchants, and cheated Zheng Zhiyan, the leader of Huizhou merchants, a lot of money.
Things developed so fast at that time that Zheng Zhiyan didn't even have time to ask Xu Cifu for help, which made Xu Cifu a little bit upset.
At this moment, Xu Guo pointed to the chapter on the table and said to Shen Shixing: "Lin Tailai has sent all the memorials here. How should we approve them?"
Shen Shixing asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Xu Guo directly expressed his attitude: "Let Lin Tailai lead the people back to Suzhou and suspend the errand test. This will naturally eliminate the so-called potential mutiny."
Shen Shixing's expression remained unchanged and he continued: "The law of water transportation is the law established by the imperial court, and the mobilization of the Weicang Army in Suzhou is the mobilization of the imperial court.
If Yang Junmin, the governor, issues temporary orders and allows the court to change laws at will, is this appropriate?"
Xu Guo said unhappily: "What else can we do? Order Yang Junmin to open the ship lock and let Lin Tailai lead a thousand people into Yangzhou?"
I am sure that by then there will be chaos in Yangzhou, whether it is instigated by people or spontaneous, there will be chaos anyway.
And the public officials outside are watching the cabinet, and they will definitely take the opportunity to criticize the cabinet for its mistakes in making decisions!"
Shen Shixing said calmly: "So we can't let Yang Junmin give in. The best way is to do nothing. If you don't do anything, there is nothing wrong.
By the way, we can't do nothing completely. We can just send a nearby Nanjing official to act as an imperial envoy and go to the scene to deal with it."
Xu Guo was speechless. The things revealed in the memorial before him happened three or four days ago. It's hard to say where the situation on the scene has reached now.
Instead of issuing an order directly to the person concerned, the order was given to Nanjing. The Nanjing officials would wait for a few more days, and wait for another day or two on the road. By the time the "imperial envoy" arrived at the scene, it would still be many days!
Who knows how far things have evolved by then? How different is this way of handling it from doing nothing?
Shen Shixing said indifferently: "If we let it go, the worst consequence would be a mutiny among the Suzhou guards, but so what? Was it forced by the cabinet?"
Xu Guo felt that the chief minister was quite looking forward to a mutiny? Could it be that if a mutiny occurs, Yang Junmin can pass the blame?
He couldn't help but say: "Fengyang Governor Yang Junmin may have selfish motives, but he is also exercising his power within the scope of his authority."
Shen Shixing said unceremoniously: "Since you are exercising power, you must bear the consequences; if you cannot bear the consequences, you are guilty!"
Besides, isn't Lin Tailai exercising his authority? As a supervising transport officer in Suzhou, he shouldn't supervise the transport of Cao and Cang armies across the river?"
Xu Guo retorted: "Yang Junmin is the governor, and Lin Tailai is just a department commander. There must be a distinction between superiority and inferiority."
Just because Yang Junmin is Zhang Siwei's in-law from the same hometown, we can't just not take Yang Junmin seriously.
Shen Shoufu replied: "They are all court officials who work for the emperor. There may be differences in status, but how can they be superior in matters of affairs?
In the Ming Dynasty, when did we start to judge the dignity of official affairs based on rank?"
If everything was based on rank, then the seventh-rank censor would have to sweep the streets, and most governors would have to listen to the chief envoy.
Xu Cifu finally understood that Shen Shoufu didn't care at all if Lin Tai came to touch Yang Junmin.
If you lose, you will lose a thousand households who also serve as commanders. What's the pity?
Finally, Shen Shixing added: "My words are not just for Yang Junmin, but also for Lin Tailai! Since everyone dares to play with fire, the one who can't afford it will be eliminated in the end!"
Although Shen Shoufu is not known for his strength, it depends on who he is compared with. It is indeed a bit boring to compare with Zhang Juzheng and other predecessors, but he is still a chief assistant who can walk his talk.
For this reason, Xu Guo, the second assistant, had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
I think Yang Junmin, a dignified governor of the border area, can mobilize the resources of the whole Jiangbei. Even the military attachés at the rank of general have to bow their heads, so they can't even deal with the affairs of a guard station with thousands of households and commanding officers.
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