Lin Tailai doesn't think his worries are unfounded. The main reason is that Shen Shoufu's "loyalty" to him is not pure enough and he always has his own independent ideas.
Shen Shoufu's original idea was that Xuan Mansion was a good, relaxed place, suitable for a newcomer like Lin Tailai who loved to cause trouble, no, no, inexperienced, to go gilding.
But now that the situation has changed suddenly, Xuanfu Town has become the focus of the game between the major forces. I am afraid that in the minds of many people, Lin Tailai is not qualified to inspect Xuanfu, right?
Lin Tailai was not sure that Shen Shoufu would be able to hold on in this situation.
Therefore, after Lin Tailai came out of Gongyuan in the morning, he did not go home first, but went straight to Shen Mansion.
Thanks to the emperor not going to court in the morning, the ministers have to go to work late, so they don't have to go to court in the early morning.
Lin Tai arrived at the gate of Shen Mansion and blocked Shen Shoufu who was about to go to work.
When Shen Shoufu suddenly saw Lin Tailai, he subconsciously said: "Is the writing section of the martial arts exam finished now?"
Time does go by a bit fast, how many days have you been quiet now?
Lin Tailai said sincerely: "I have just come out of Gongyuan. I am very grateful to the elders for their gift, which allowed me to experience the feeling of being an examiner."
"Then go back and rest first!" Shen Shoufu also said with concern.
But Lin Tailai did not leave, and said: "This junior is still responsible for patrolling Xuanfu Town, and is ready to leave immediately. I came here to say goodbye to my senior."
Shen Shixing hesitated for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, there is no need to worry. You can continue to wait at home for the new imperial edict. When the time comes, hand over the edict, certificates, and guards first."
As expected, Lin Tailai sighed secretly, it was really helpless to meet such a tool man who could not be completely loyal to him.
Lin Tailai also understood why many ambitious people in history had to find new people to support them and were unwilling to make do with old people.
He also understood why it is said that once the emperor is the emperor, there are always ministers.
Shen Shoufu explained: "I have a man of the same age as Wang Taicang, named Cai Kexian. This man once served as the deputy envoy of the Datong Army and is familiar with border affairs and captive affairs. Now he is idle at home.
Wang Taicang mentioned that now that the situation in Xuanfu has changed, Cai Kexian may be more suitable to go.
I need Wang Taicang's support for other things, so it's hard to refuse him."
Wang Taicang is Wang Xijue, the old man of the Three Pavilions, who is the same age as Shen Shixing. If he wants to recommend another one of the same age, it is really difficult for the chief minister to find a reason to refuse.
However, when Lin Tailai heard the name Cai Kexian, he remembered that this person was recorded in a famous gossip notebook of the Ming Dynasty.
The notes said that Cai Kexian was fair-skinned and beautiful. After being seen by Sanniangzi in the border town, she named Cai Kexian as an envoy, and then took Cai Kexian away and slept with him for a few days.
After sending Cai Kexian back, Sanniang never forgot about it.
Thinking of this, Lin Tailai subconsciously snorted: "My gun is not bad at all!"
Shen Shoufu's expression changed drastically and he shouted, "What do you mean?"
Don't think that he hasn't read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This is clearly a reuse of what Yuan Shao said when he contradicted Dong Zhuo!
Are you thinking of changing your "adopted father" again, or do you think that Shen Shixing looks like Dong Zhuo?
Lin Tailai quickly explained: "I mean, I can do what Cai Kexian can do!
Isn’t it just to sacrifice one’s life for the country? I, Lin Tailai, still have this consciousness!”
Shen Shoufu was confused: "What has he done? Why did he die for the country? Now he is not fighting."
Lin Tailai asked: "Didn't he and the heroine from Beilu live together for a few days?"
Shen Shoufu's face turned dark. What is all this mess? Do you young people only think about things in your crotch?
He scolded: "How can this happen? Stop talking nonsense!"
Lin Tailai was not sure whether it had happened yet or whether the butterfly effect was gone?
So he replied: "I am also feeling tired from judging papers in Gongyuan. I will go home and rest today."
Returning to his home two blocks away, Lin Tailai washed up a little and then met with the servants of the Xuanfu martial arts candidates.
It is said that a retainer is actually a personal soldier or a domestic soldier. Anyone who is familiar with the market in the late Ming Dynasty knows that the most effective people around the military attache, especially the military attache in Bianzhen, are servants. Lin Tailai also has this trend.
These people have been waiting in Lin's house for several days, and they just met their master for the first time today.
A servant named Hei Dazhuang expressed his position on behalf of other servants from the Xuanfu family: "The heads of the family have all ordered that during this period, the younger ones are at the mercy of Master Lin!"
His name, Hei Dazhuang, is not a nickname, but his real name is Hei Dazhuang. His master is named Hei, and he comes from the Xuanfu avant-garde, one of the three guards of the Xuanfu.
Lin Tailai smiled and said: "We will leave for Xuanfu tomorrow! But today I will open your eyes first."
Hei Dazhuang is confused. There is such a big difference in status between their servant and the double number one scholar. They can't play together, right?
After that, Hei Dazhuang and others followed Lin Tailai, left home and rode northward until they arrived at the North City of the capital.
Standing outside the Jixian Gate of the Imperial College, Lin Tailai saw a few people walking out, and exclaimed in surprise: "What a good luck! They just showed up without going in for a search!"
Immediately, Lin Tailai and his servants rushed forward and surrounded a young scholar.
Hei Dazhuang, who was working together, suddenly realized that he was actually blocking someone. He was very familiar with this!
It turns out that these rough guys and Mr. Hanlin can play together!
But this isn’t really eye-opening, is it?
"Who is the person blocked?" Hei Dazhuang asked in a low voice to his colleague from the Lin family next to him.
The Lin family colleague replied: "The one I met in Suzhou should be Wang San's eldest son."
Hei Dazhuang continued to be curious: "Who is Wang San?"
The Lin family colleague said calmly: "Old Wang Xijue of the Three Pavilions."
Hei Dazhuang: "..."
Did Mr. Lin mean to open his eyes to the eldest son of the current great scholar?
He then observed his colleagues in the Lin family and found that everyone seemed to be indifferent and didn't take it seriously at all.
Wang Heng was going crazy. He had already given in to the Imperial Academy, and you, Lin Tailai, came to block people. Do you still have any humanity left?
But Lin Tailai calmed down Wang Heng with just one sentence: "Go home quickly and tell your father, I already know that Wang Shiqi was not selected as a Shujishi. The reason is that you, Wang Heng, don't want to see your friends doing too much
good!"
Wang Heng was furious! Did the people in the cabinet have any secrets? It had only been a few days, and even Lin Tailai knew about it!
Lin Tailai added: "No one told me, I guessed it! It seems I guessed it right?
Anyway, that’s what you said to your father after you return home! You must go back today!”
After saying that, Lin Tailai walked away in a big way.
Seeing Lin Tailai's back about to disappear on Chengxian Street, Wang Heng's friend rushed out, took a strong sip at Lin Tailai who was walking away, and cursed:
"He's also a coward without eggs. He doesn't have the guts to go to the Prime Minister. He only dares to show off his power to the prince!"
Wang Heng glanced at his friends, why are all Lin Tailai's friends talented, while his own friends are all such idiots?
In the cabinet, today's information about Beilu has almost been compiled. The bachelors each have a copy, and each of them will consider it and discuss it at a meeting tomorrow.
After returning home from get off work, when Shen Shoufu's mind relaxed from the busy work, he recalled Lin Tailai's attitude this morning and suddenly felt a little abnormal.
Because after Lin Tailai heard that he was hesitating again as a candidate for the imperial envoy of the Xuanfu, he didn't mess around and left calmly.
This kind of submissive style is very unkind to Lin Tailai!
The chief assistant immediately called the good eldest son Shen Yongmao and said, "Go to Lin Tailai's place tomorrow and see what he is doing."
The next day, Shen Shixing went to the cabinet.
The elders held a meeting to discuss the issue of the northern captives. The information they have received so far is that Sanniang Zi entered the Xuanfu border wall alone and peacefully, while her son Butashri led his troops outside the border wall of Baoma City, Zhangjiakou.
The other side's force is outside the Datong side wall and is moving eastward.
The two sides had completely different demands, but both wanted to gain the support of the Ming court.
Since the Xuanfu was mentioned, Shen Shixing said: "The imperial court has sent Lin Tailai, editor of the Hanlin Academy, to inspect the Xuanfu."
Then Shen Shoufu looked at Wang Xijue and asked, "Don't you have other ideas? Please tell me first."
After Wang Xijue hesitated for a moment, he said: "How can the imperial edict be like child's play? If the order is changed overnight, it will inevitably become a laughing stock.
Since Lin Tailai has been appointed, there is no need to make last-minute substitutions."
Shen Shixing: "..."
Who said the day before yesterday that he would take care of someone of the same age?
Did your son, Wang San, get kidnapped, or did your concubine get stolen?
Such a small-minded person has no political credibility! If he had known this, why would he have acted like a bad guy in front of Lin Tailai?
But Wang Xijue was also in trouble, almost as if his son had been kidnapped.
What Lin Tailai said about not allowing Wang Shiqi to be selected as a Shujishi actually had little impact on Wang Sange himself.
In his position, who doesn't have similar "dirty information"? What does it mean to trick someone?
Besides, he is already an old man and his immunity to black material is greater than that of normal people. This kind of black material will not affect his status. As the saying goes, successful people are not condemned.
However, his eldest son Wang Heng has not yet succeeded in life, and still needs to develop steadily, or in other words, needs to raise his family in Shilin.
This kind of dirty information of "being jealous of friends and secretly doing evil things" is something that my son cannot mess with at the moment.
After twenty or thirty years, it will be more like just gossiping after dinner, at least until Wang Shiqi's father is gone.
Therefore, Mr. Wang Sange's mentality is that it doesn't matter if he is being smeared at present, but his fledgling son cannot be smeared yet.
Lin Tailai obviously knew this, so he did not go to Wang Xijue directly yesterday, but instead made a large circle (also a large circle in the physical sense) to find Wang Heng.
Shen Shixing felt like he had been shot falsely by Wang Xijue. He cursed in his heart and went home in the afternoon.
When he entered the door, he saw Shen Yongmao and asked dissatisfiedly: "I asked you to go see Lin Tailai today, why are you so slack?"
Shen Yongmao replied lazily: "When I arrived at the Lin Mansion this morning, Lin Jiuyuan had already left!"
Shen Shoufu said in astonishment: "So fast?"
Shen Yongmao continued to answer: "He only took four local guides from Xuanfu and eight servants who were good at riding, each with two horses, and set off at high speed!
All the customs, edicts, and certificates have been taken away!
As for the other servants and subordinates, just rush over slowly from behind!"
Then Shen Yongmao thought of something again and advised: "In my opinion, father, you'd better not think about sending someone else to recover and replace Lin Jiuyuan."
"Why?" Shen Shoufu said in confusion.
Shen Yongmao said quietly: "Why do you think Lin Jiuyuan only brought a dozen people on the road and left dozens of servants behind?
To go to Xuanfu, you must pass through Juyong Pass. With these dozens of people guarding the mountains outside Juyong Pass, it is very easy to rob and kill a few targets.
Father shouldn’t doubt their fighting prowess, right?”
Shen Shixing was speechless. Can't you tell that this big boy has a big brain? Do you think this is a novel about Green Forest Heroes?
Shen Yongmao said seriously: "What I mean is that Lin Jiuyuan is serious this time, and whoever stops him is the enemy.
I don’t want you, father, to break up with Lin Jiuyuan over a trivial matter."
Shen Shixing sighed: "I'm just worried that he is inexperienced and will ruin national affairs!"
Shen Yongmao said very objectively: "State affairs belong to the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship with Lin Jiuyuan is the interest of our Shen family, and it is a very big interest.
It is not worth sacrificing the deep friendship with Lin Jiuyuan for the sake of the Zhu family's national affairs.
To put it another way, even if Lin Jiuyuan messes up in the Xuan Mansion, what will happen? Will our Shen family suffer any losses?"
Shen Shoufu asked suspiciously: "Who taught you to say this?"
He knows his son better than his father, and he doesn't think that such an older son can have such a profound understanding.
Shen Yongmao took out a letter and said, "These principles are all said by my little brother.
He wrote from Suzhou and asked me to remind my father more about how to deal with Lin Tailai correctly."
Shen Shixing didn't know how he felt. Lin Tailai was just rebelling against Tiangang, but his sons actually dared to teach his father how to do things!
Shen Yongmao was afraid that his father would be rebellious, so he quickly added: "I think what I said makes sense!
He said that no one knows how to be Lin Jiuyuan's boss better than him!
In Suzhou, all the big guys who couldn't correct their mentality eventually broke up with Lin Jiuyuan. He is the only one who is stable to this day.
But he is afraid that his father cannot see through it and it will bring bad luck to him in the future!"
Shen Shixing: "..."
Why does it feel like it wasn't Wang Xijue's son who was kidnapped, but his own son?
Lin Tailai hurriedly ran out of the capital, fearing that the court would chase him back, so he ran to Juyongguan in one breath and felt a little relieved.
After leaving Juyongguan, we arrived at the jurisdiction of Wandu Town. Of course, after the garrison system matured, Wandu Town no longer had much real power. Nowadays, it is generally called Xuanfu Town.
In addition, in folk names, areas outside Juyongguan are also called Koubei. Wang Xiangqian’s official title of Fenshou Koubei Road comes from this.
After entering Koubei, Lin Tailai began to keep a low profile and quietly arrived at Xuanfu City without any fanfare.
He did not notify the local officials to greet him, and entered the city mixed in with the caravan.
Fortunately, Xuanfu City has been at peace for more than 20 years, so entering the city is not that troublesome now.
This is a large city with a side length of six miles and thirty paces and a circumference of twenty-four miles.
Wang Xiangqian had already gone to Baoma City, Zhangjiakou, but Lin Tailai did not go to the political office.
Instead, under the leadership of Hei Dazhuang, they are preparing to move into the home of Hei Dazhuang's master, who is the avant-garde commander of the Xuan Mansion.