The accident in Suzhou City was actually expected by Lin Daguan. To say it was an accident mainly refers to the time of occurrence.
Originally, according to Lin Daguan's prediction, it would take a few months for this kind of thing to happen again before it seemed more reasonable.
After all, as soon as the prefect and governor took office, they immediately gave eye drops to the chief minister. This was a bit unsightly, and no fig leaf was needed.
But Lin Daguan didn't expect that they would start the performance within two months. The bottom line was so low that even Lin Daguan was amazed.
Finally, Lin Daguan said to Mr. Shen: "You will stay at home these few days, and don't worry about anything else."
After seeing off Mr. Shen, Senior Official Lin urgently summoned his subordinates to make task arrangements.
More than a dozen people stood in the front yard of Xinxin Academy and entered the study one after another to meet Lin.
The first one was Gao Changjiang, who took the initiative to ask: "Do our projects, especially those involving demolition, need to be suspended?"
"Don't stop the project, continue!" After the official Lin ordered, he asked: "How is the reputation of the new prefect Shi? It should be very good, right?"
Gao Changjiang replied: "After the prefect took office, he arrested more than two hundred street gangs in the city, closed four gambling houses, and burned a lot of bonds.
At the same time, we also cleaned up the backlog of prison cases and released many people who were stranded in prison. This has established the image of an upright official."
Lin Daguan then instructed: "Then you send a message and let the storytellers talk about the new magistrate seriously!"
Most of the industries and commerce have their own trade offices in the city, but the storyteller profession does not. Because this profession relies entirely on the audience's appreciation of the food, there is no need for industry organizations to coordinate prices and divide the market.
But Lin Daguan originally asked Gao Changjiang to set up a storyteller office, and he didn't have to manage anything. He just contacted him when nothing happened, organized gatherings of colleagues, or helped someone when he was bullied.
If Lin Daguan hadn't mentioned it today, Gao Changjiang, who has been busy with engineering and building a new college recently, would have almost forgotten that he also holds the social position of general manager of the Storytelling Agency.
"It's not easy to discredit the prefect now, it's a bit difficult." Gao Changjiang told the truth, "Prefect Shi has a good reputation in the city, so it's not easy to be embarrassed."
Official Lin sneered and said: "We are all good citizens, how can we do something like that to smear an upright official?
On the contrary, we should vigorously praise Magistrate Shi, praise Magistrate Shi, and give him the title of Qingtian!
Within three days, I want the name Shi Qingtian to be spread throughout the city!"
Gao Changjiang didn't quite understand the decision to sit down. He just vaguely felt that he wanted to "praise and kill" him. But at the moment, he could only see "praising" and couldn't see how to "kill".
The first iron rule of the Lin Group: Regarding the instructions regarding sitting in the hall, those who understand must be implemented, and those who do not understand must also be implemented.
After Gao Changjiang exited the study, the second person who came in was Yu Gongjing, the leader of the Four King Kongs. The law enforcement team of the Lin Group was put in charge of Gongjing.
There are currently more than 100 people in the law enforcement team, most of whom have followed Lin Daguan to Yangzhou, participated in the mutiny, and arrested the governors.
For respect, Lin Daguan only asked one sentence: "Do you dare to do what you did in Yangzhou City again?"
Yu Gongjing had never read a book and didn't even know a few words. Naturally, he couldn't say something nice. He simply responded with one word: "Dare!"
After meeting Gao Changjiang and Yu Gongjing, Lin Daguan's instructions to the other leaders were largely the same.
"If the order goes down, each clerk must summon at least five relatives and friends, and then arrive at the designated place at the designated time! I don't want any excuses, I just want to see people!"
The prefect Shi of Suzhou caught the crimes committed by the chief minister Shen's family and wanted to convict the chief minister's son. In the blink of an eye, Governor Li directly accused the prefect of embezzling five thousand taels. This official farce in Suzhou City caused an uproar in the court.
Most people believe that Magistrate Shi was framed by slander, and that Governor Li must have been influenced by his chief assistant for doing what he did.
Governor Li's behavior aroused public outrage in the officialdom, and most middle- and low-level officials hated this behavior.
Therefore, the imperial court quickly sent Li Shida, a heavyweight minister of Nanjing Zuodu Censor, as an imperial envoy to Suzhou to investigate whether Magistrate Shi had embezzled five thousand taels.
The imperial envoy arrived from Nanjing very quickly. Lin Daguan had just returned to Suzhou, and the two sides had only handed over public rations once before the imperial envoy arrived in Suzhou City.
Following the old rules, officials from various government offices in the city went out of the city to Fengqiao to welcome the arrival of the imperial envoy Li Shida.
On the shore, Governor Li and Magistrate Shi were in the same situation, each standing on one side, while most of the county officials stood slightly towards Magistrate Shi.
At this time, the atmosphere in the scene was very depressing. No one was even chatting, and everyone kept their mouths shut.
"I'm late!" Suddenly, someone shouted from behind, breaking the tranquility on the shore.
Lin Tailai, the official of Qianhu of Suzhou Guard, once again represented Suzhou Guard and came to the shore to participate in the welcoming ceremony.
Most of the officials from the prefecture and county government seemed to have found a backbone, and they immediately gathered around Mr. Lin, talking in all directions.
But there was still no one around Governor Li and Magistrate Shi.
Looking at this scene from a distance, one would have thought that Lin Daguan was the governor or prefect.
After a few words of greeting from Official Lin, he walked through the crowd and stepped forward to greet the two largest officials.
First, he said to Magistrate Shi: "I personally supervise the transportation of grain to Yangzhou. I just came back from Yangzhou the day before yesterday and I heard that the people have already called the governor Shi Qingtian!
The Lord of the Palace deserves to be called Xiao Hai Rui, and he is truly worthy of his name, and I admire you very much."
Magistrate Shi didn't want to talk to Lin Tailai, and just said: "I heard that you and Shen Er are friendly, and it is only right to persuade Shen Er to surrender and plead guilty as soon as possible."
We just chatted to death and couldn’t say anything further.
Official Lin turned to Governor Li again and said politely: "I'm going to be the governor of Suzhou, Yun Qianhu Lin Tailai. I have admired the name of the army for a long time, and I hope the army will take care of you!"
Governor Li's attitude became much better and he said with a smile: "I heard that you are a disciple of Prime Minister Shen. Our court and Prime Minister Shen have always been on good terms with each other. You and I are not outsiders."
What the governor means implicitly is that you and I, Lin Tailai, are on the same team!
But Lin Tailai completely disagreed with this, and he did not dare to join Governor Li.
In this official farce in Suzhou City, the magistrate's punishment of the Shen family was actually a trivial matter and could not sway the chief minister.
Governor Li, a member of the chief minister's party in the eyes of others, obviously had many ways to smooth things over, but he directly accused Governor Shi of embezzling five thousand taels without following any rules, which directly put Shen Chief Minister into a huge passive position.
Although there is no evidence and no supporting evidence in historical materials, Governor Li's actual behavior is completely like an undercover agent who dragged Shen Shoufu to commit suicide.
So no matter what Governor Li was thinking, no matter whether Governor Li was a scumbag teammate or an undercover agent, Lin Daguan and others could only treat him according to the principle of "discussing the deeds but not the intentions".
Even though Official Lin's attitude was so cold, Governor Li was still enthusiastic.
He kept taking the initiative to find topics to chat about, and he almost shouted in public: I, Mr. Li, and Lin Tailai are both candidates for the Party!
It wasn't until Imperial Envoy Li Shida's boat appeared on the water in the distance that Governor Li became quiet.
Li Shida has a very good reputation as a person and has done a lot of practical things. At present, he does not seem to have an obvious political tendency.
However, in front of the sharp-eyed Lin Daguan, what kind of background did Li Shida have? He could hide it from others, but he could not hide it from Lin Daguan.
All etiquette procedures were carried out step by step, until it was Lin Daguan's turn to come forward to see Li Shida, the imperial envoy of the second rank.
Then I heard the imperial envoy asking Lin Tailai: "I heard that this place is very evil. In the past two years, various accidents have always happened at the welcoming ceremony here, and they are often related to you, Lin Qianhu, right?"
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"Rumors are all rumors!" Lin Daguan denied it and gave an example: "When Yuan Xianzun of Changzhou County took office, there were no accidents, and when the former governor Mr. Zhao took office, there were no accidents!
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Li Shida looked around and said, "I hope everything will be safe today."
After hearing these words of conversation, Magistrate Shi suddenly shook his body and became nervous.
He realized that he might have been careless today and did not arrange at least a few hundred strong men to protect him when traveling!
After all, Lin Tailai's best trick is "solving with force"!
If Lin Tailai decided to take action today and bring out hundreds or even thousands of rioting soldiers or civilians, he would have no ability to resist now and would have no place to hide!
Just when I thought of this, I suddenly heard noises coming from the other side of the river. Magistrate Shi looked up and found that a large crowd had gathered on the other side!
Magistrate Shi's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously approached the Imperial Envoy Li Shida, as if this would give him a sense of security.
The rest of the people looked at each other in confusion. Could it be that they would be able to see a big show again today? They would not suffer the same fate as a fish in a pond, would they?
At this time, the crowd on the opposite side suddenly shouted uniformly and repeatedly: "Shi Qingtian! Shi Qingtian! Shi Qingtian!"
There are many unruly people in Suzhou, and there are many people making troubles. The officials who were frightened by the civil uprisings over the years were a little confused for a while. Doesn't this style of painting look like a civil uprising?
Only Lin, the official, laughed and said: "Shifu Zun is indeed so popular among the people! He has only been in office for two months, but he has been so loved!"
Governor Li promptly expressed his hostility towards Magistrate Shi and said, "Did you do it on purpose to show the imperial envoy?"
Lin Tailai came forward to defend Magistrate Shi again and said: "This is public opinion. The people have a strong balance in their hearts!"
Governor Li glanced at Mr. Lin, where are you from?
The others did not dare to speak at all, only feeling that there was something strange going on among Governor Li, Magistrate Shi, and Official Lin.
It was as if these three people were wearing a thick veil, and their true faces could not be seen clearly.
At this moment, another row of people suddenly appeared on Fengqiao, and someone shouted loudly:
To be continued...