Chapter 357 The plan cannot keep up with the changes
Yangzhou City is a very important, very special, and irreplaceable city, otherwise Lin Daguan would not have worked so hard to lay out the layout in Yangzhou, and personally conquered it again and again.
Originally, Lin Daguan planned to spend two months this time to completely establish his power in Yangzhou.
It must at least reach the level in Suzhou after the initial reorganization of the Lin Group in June and July of the previous year.
The situation was originally very good. We successfully robbed 5,000 Yin nests, subdued the Yangzhou Weiwan command, surrounded Shugang with troops, and at the same time patrolled the Salt Inspectorate and the Salt Transportation Department. We were almost done.
Unexpectedly, the plan still failed to keep up with the changes. At the critical moment when there was only one final finishing step, there was an accident such as the first assistant being messed up.
According to the official rules of the Ming Dynasty, cabinet ministers should resign after being impeached. When the situation is more serious, they have to thank guests behind closed doors. This is a very common political behavior.
In many cases, thanking guests behind closed doors at home means that the official position is unstable, and is often a prelude to dismissal from office. Of course, it may also be a sign of being comforted.
No matter how hard officials Lin worked at the local level, it would eventually need to be "legalized" through additional certification from the court.
Once the cabinet fails to apply for approval, who can help Mr. Lin complete this procedure?
So Mr. Lin really wants to question Shen Shoufu, can't you wait until you have sorted out the affairs in Yangzhou and mess it up a few days later?
But living in this era, there is no way to communicate instantly even though we are two thousand miles apart.
In fact, the fact that Chief Fu Shen Shixing thanked guests behind closed doors at his home in the capital had nothing to do with Yangzhou City, but it aroused the attention of many people in Yangzhou City.
Because there is an official named Lin who dares to do whatever he wants with the support of his chief minister, and he is currently operating in Yangzhou City.
If we follow the standard villain script, the bully who has lost his protective umbrella should be liquidated.
For example, should Lin Daguan vomit out the five thousand xinyinwo that he ate?
Therefore, many citizens began to pay attention to Lin Daguan again and were curious about what Lin Daguan would do.
But after the literary conference, Lin Daguan did not appear in public again, and moved from Lin's house in the city to Shuicicang outside the city, and then stopped coming out.
This kind of unwillingness and guilty behavior is really like a bully who has lost his protective umbrella.
Now the other person who is most annoying is Commander Wei Wan of Yangzhou. He has been following Lin Tailai for a few days, but why is it that he suddenly goes against the wind again?
Now he has the biggest problem in his hand: how should he write the memorial to the mutiny?
Now, with the appeasement of Nanjing's Minister of War Wang Shizhen and a group of literary figures, the mutiny has been "quelled".
Therefore, it was time to write a summary memorial to the court. According to Lin Tailai's instructions, of course, the responsibility for the mutiny must be entirely transferred to the Salt Affairs Yamen.
But yesterday, Master Qian, the censor of Yancai, came to visit and told him that he could not write a memorial like this.
Commander Wan mainly couldn't figure it out. Even Cai Yushi knew it, so he quickly sent his master over to win over himself, a key figure.
But why is there no movement at all from Lin Tailai? Does it mean that in Lin Tailai's eyes, he is not worth winning over?
If Lin Tailai doesn't win over him, how can he raise the price?
This feeling made Commander Wan a little unhappy, but he didn't want to ask Lin Tailai directly, so he went to Lu Junbi, the boss of Lin's Salt Industry, to inquire.
"What is the situation now? Do you, Lin, have any new arrangements?" Commander Wan asked.
Lu Junbi replied: "He didn't say anything while sitting in the hall, and he didn't make any new arrangements."
Commander Wan was a little unconvinced: "How could it be possible to do nothing?"
Lu Junbi said with certainty: "There is indeed no instruction, and there is no need for me to lie to you."
Commander Wan asked again tentatively: "Then what should I do now? How should I write the memorial about the mutiny now?"
Lu Junbi still said: "I still haven't said anything since I was sitting in the restaurant."
Commander Wan took advantage of the situation and complained: "Isn't this too contemptuous of me? Yesterday, Cai Yushi's master came to me to discuss how to characterize the mutiny, but he ignored me while sitting in the palace."
Lu Junbi glanced at Commander Wan and said, "I once heard something from brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu.
When Lin Zuiguan first started, he opened a restaurant on Nanhao Street outside Suzhou City and had more than a dozen employees under him. This was the earliest team.
At that time, the wealthy and powerful Xu family in Huqiu wanted to send people to smash the entrance of the hall, and Lin Zuituan's dozen or so clerks were panicked.
Faced with this situation, Lin Zuotuan did not win over anyone, and just watched most of the waiters leave.
In the end, only the Zhang brothers and four other guys remained, who were later called the Left and Right Protectors and the Four Vajras, and all of them became backbone leaders."
Commander Wan said: "Are you trying to persuade me to follow the example of those guys who stayed behind?"
Lu Junbi laughed, "No, I'm not trying to persuade you, I'm just telling you about this.
The Zhang brothers once said to me that when faced with headwinds, Lin Ziguan would never try to win over people, but would just look on and on.
Sometimes, Lin would even pretend to be in a headwind situation, just to test other people's reactions.
So don’t say that I don’t pay attention to you, maybe I am quietly observing you.”
Commander Wan suddenly felt a chill on his back. Was he trying to scare himself?
Then I heard Lu Junbi continue: "The Zhang brothers also said that those who waver in the face of headwinds will mostly have no good results in the end."
Commander Wan asked: "So regarding this mutiny, should I still write it according to the agreed content?
But if there is no one in the court, the same memorial may not have the same effect, right?"
Lu Junbi said nonchalantly: "Write it as you wish. I believe that according to the customs of sitting in a library, you will definitely have a backup plan for important matters.
In other words, even if you violate the previous agreement, there will definitely be ways to make amends."
"That can't be done! Am I a treacherous person?" Commander Wan quickly expressed his stance.
After chatting with Lu Junbi for a while, Commander Wan stood up and left.
But when he walked outside the door and mounted his horse, Commander Wan suddenly came to his senses.
The words Lu Junbi said to him today must have been taught by Lin Tailai in advance! He was just waiting to say them after he came to the door!
But even if you see it, what can you do? Do you have the courage to bet that Lin Tailai has no back-up plan against him?
At this time, the usefulness of Lin Daguan's use of Yangzhou Shuicicang as a base suddenly became apparent.
Lin Daguan and related personnel all moved into the official residence of Shuicicang, and the things belonging to Lin's Salt Industry were also moved to Shuicicang for storage.
Shuicicang was guarded by Suzhou Guardsmen who were completely obedient to Lin Daguan's orders, so ordinary outsiders could not enter at all.
Some people wanted to make some small moves, but found that they had no choice but to curse Lin Tailai like a turtle hiding in a turtle shell.
In fact, the reason why there was no movement from Official Lin was not because he was really a coward, but because he was no longer in Yangzhou.
After entering Shuicicang with great fanfare, he quietly boarded the ship through Houshui Gate and hurried back to Suzhou.
Only Shuicicang Commander-in-Chief Zhao Dawu still used the Lin banner and pretended that Lin Daguan was still here.
Returning to Suzhou this time, Lin Daguan traveled day and night on the boat and arrived in Suzhou City in just a few days.
The appearance of Mr. Lin was so recognizable that in order not to alarm anyone, he did not enter the city through the city gate.
They just sent a man to the city to call Mr. Shen, who was causing trouble, to the residence of Gengxin Academy outside Xumen.
Before Lin Tai came to ask, Shen Yongjia took the initiative to tell what happened.
"We had planned to build a garden in Taohuawu before, but there were many wealthy families living there. So I asked my family member Shen Bing to go there to purchase houses and prepare the land.
At that time, someone took the land deed and said he wanted to sell the house to our Shen Mansion. After the transaction was completed, Shen Bing went to collect the house.
But I never thought that the owner of the house said that he had not sold it, but that the slave had stolen the title deed.
Later, during a dispute, Shen Bing beat someone to death. Later, the government arrested Shen Bing and sentenced us, the Shen family, for bullying others, seizing land and houses, and killing people.
The dog magistrate also said that if he allowed his slaves to break the law, the master is equally guilty, and he will also hold me accountable."
Official Lin didn't ask what was right or wrong, and didn't care whether it was the Shen family who was deceived in the transaction or whether they were using means to rob other people's real estate. He just listened first.
Second Master Shen continued: "Of course I was not convinced, so I made a big fuss in the government office and brought Shen Bing back.
You probably know what happened next.
In order to help our Shen family, Governor Li accused Magistrate Shi of embezzling 5,000 taels, which caused public outrage and caused a huge commotion."
Now the governor of Jiangnan is no longer Zhao Zhigao, the new governor Li Lai has taken office.
Official Lin still felt that this matter was very strange. It was not that the gardening or the deaths were strange, but that the governor falsely accused the prefect of embezzling five thousand taels was very strange.
But first I complained a few words and said: "I told you before I left that you need to be careful when doing things recently.
I was really not sure, so I suspended the demolition and garden construction project first, how come you didn’t even listen to me?"
Second Master Shen asked, "Did you expect something would happen? Did you deliberately wait to see my joke?"
Of course Lin Daguan couldn't admit it, "I said the people who came here are not good. If you don't want to listen, who will blame me?"
Second Master Shen sighed, who would have thought that building a garden in the first assistant's family could cause such troubles.
And he just couldn't figure it out. Even if he was impeached, would his father resign and stay at home?
His biggest magic trick is to summon his father. As long as his father is still in the cabinet, he can always suppress all matters, big and small.
Now that my father is not in the cabinet and is being targeted by the "selfless" prefect, he is a little bit blind.
Official Lin defended Shen Shoufu, saying: "The situation in the capital is unpredictable, and Prime Minister Shen may encounter something, so he can only protect himself behind closed doors at home."
Mr. Shen blinked, but still couldn't understand.
If you temporarily leave the center of the cabinet, isn't that giving up power? How can you protect yourself?
In Mr. Shen's opinion, even if he is impeached, he should hold on to his cabinet position and then find a way to fight back.
Just like Mr. Shen, no matter how others ridicule him, he still insists on occupying the position of honorary leader of the Update Society.
In order to prevent Mr. Shen from continuing to tease Lou Zi, Mr. Lin had to explain a few more words:
"The emperor has the intention of establishing the third son of the emperor as the Eastern Palace. What if he happens to have a whim recently and forces Prime Minister Shen to make a public statement for this purpose?
If you refuse the emperor, you may lose your favor; if you agree to the emperor, you will be cut off from all officials.
If you really encounter this kind of dilemma, you can only find any reason to stay at home and stay at home. Compared with the emperor, what are other things?"
Shen Yongjia said doubtfully: "Is this the truth? How did you know?"
Lin Daguanren replied: "The above are all my pure guesses, but they can be used as examples to illustrate the complexity of court issues.
Therefore, Prime Minister Shen is staying away from the cabinet for the time being. He must have his considerations and concerns, so there is no need to complain."
Mr. Shen can complain about his father, but Mr. Lin cannot complain about Mr. Shen.
After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Lin Daguan said: "Second Master, please go back to your home and sit down. I will handle foreign affairs!"
Shen Yongjia quickly said: "Don't misunderstand me, I called you back because I didn't need you to solve trouble for me.
But because after this incident, rumors were flying all over the sky, and people were panicked for a while. I was worried that the foundation of the Update Society would be unstable, so I asked you to come back and take charge."
Lin Daguan thought to himself that the foundation of Suzhou would probably not collapse without applying for prime ministers. Basically, it did not start by applying for prime ministers.
But he only asked: "The governor accused the prefect of corruption and caused a big disturbance. The court should not just listen to it. It should send people to Suzhou to investigate, right?"
Mr. Shen said: "I received news that the imperial court sent a magistrate from Nanjing to Suzhou to investigate whether the prefect is corrupt. He will arrive in about a day or two."
Official Lin sneered: "You don't have to think about it to know that the investigation result must be that there is no corruption in Prefect Shi, and Governor Li maliciously framed it, and it is suspected that it was instigated by Prime Minister Shen!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Daguan fell into deep thought again.
After a while, Mr. Shen asked curiously: "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Daguan came to his senses and replied: "If I can't make up my mind, should I lower my bottom line this time?"
Second Master Shen almost blurted out, "Do you still have a bottom line?"
Lin Tailai continued: "First of all, I think the incident between Governor Li and Magistrate Shi this time is an extremely bad thing.
The bad thing is not that they want to deal with Shen Xiang, but that their methods are too clumsy.
First, if people have different political opinions, they will not be resolved according to political opinions. They will only punish people for the sake of punishing them, and they will even resort to fabrication to criticize them.
Secondly, does it break some rules to go to someone else's hometown to mess with someone else's stupid son?
Third, they dare to use clumsy tricks like this in Suzhou. Do they think we are fools? Do they look down on us too much?
If we don't kill him this time as a warning to others, any cat or dog will dare to come to Suzhou to cause trouble in the future!
So since they have given up their bottom line and dared to come to Suzhou to jump on the bandwagon, then I don’t have to worry about the bottom line anymore!
If necessary, it is not impossible for them to commit suicide with a rope!"
Second Master Shen said in surprise: "No!"
"Anyway, this matter cannot be delayed. We must use thunderous means to cut through the mess quickly!" Lin Daguan said with murderous intent.