Emperor Wanli didn't like anyone now, so he personally asked the human form Xiangrui: "Oh, if you are really an honest person, you can honestly explain the matter clearly."
Lin Tailai then reported: "I was ordered to go outside the border wall to canonize Bai Hutai, the chief of the Northern Lu.
During this period, I met another captive chief named Lai Sanwu. He was extremely rude and his words were disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty.
After testing, I learned that this man was like a wolf and ungrateful. He once cooperated with the Tuman Khan and participated in the last year's invasion of the border area, and he had no regrets at all.
An honest person like me is always quick in action but slow in speaking. He doesn't talk nonsense when he can take action.
Therefore, in order to frighten the barbarian tribes and declare the power of the Ming Dynasty, I will not hesitate to risk my own safety and kill Sanwu on the spot in front of the chiefs of the northern barbarians."
Seeing Lin Tailai keep boasting and adding the positive attributive "regardless of his own safety", Zhang Jing interrupted Lin Tailai rudely and asked:
"The imperial court is aware of all the above matters, so there is no need to elaborate on them!
You'd better explain in detail why you concealed the truth and didn't report it! Did you do it deliberately to fish?"
Zhang Jing's strategy is also very obvious. As long as he grasps the point of "deliberate fishing", Lin Tailai has ulterior motives!
Lin Tailai then told Zhang Jing: "Later, the Northern Lady Sanniang, the female chieftain, was worried that the chiefs of various tribes would be dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty because of me, so she pretended to take me away to ease the situation.
I was in the desert at the time, and my situation was comparable to that of Su Wu. It was inconvenient and inconvenient to send real news back to the court, and I didn't have the conditions."
Zhang Jing caught the loophole and said, "It sounds like Sanniang has no ill intentions towards you. You can get away easily, so why don't you come back?"
Lin Tailai replied: "The Northern Barbarians are competing for King Shunyi. As an envoy from the border town of the Ming Dynasty, since I have arrived in the Northern Barbarians, of course I have to bear the responsibility of mediating."
"You're a mess!" Zhang Jing, as the governor of Dongchang, still has some information, "I only heard the news that you and Sanniang are living together!"
This information is relatively outdated. Of course, due to efficiency issues, the latest information has not yet been transmitted.
Lin Tailai said shyly: "I just made a mistake that all men in the world make."
Everyone: ""
Is this what you said is comparable to Su Wu’s life?
Anyway, everyone can understand the reason why Lin Tailai is unwilling to "get away" and has not returned for a long time.
Lin Tailai didn't want to elaborate on the scandal, so he quickly continued: "Those details are not important. Originally, I thought it would be too late to explain to the court after I got away.
In the hearts of us honest people, there is no rush for things like meritorious service and reward. It doesn't matter if we wait for a few more days.
But I didn't expect that from Xuanfu Town to the imperial court, there would be so many clever and cunning people who wanted to convict me!
So it’s not that I want to fish, it’s that there are too many smart-alecks like you in the court, Zhang Jing!”
I've been waiting for you to say this! Zhang Jing questioned again: "But you still returned to the side wall after all, and there was no explanation from you. You deliberately concealed the truth and said you were not fishing?"
Lin Tailai continued to explain: "After I entered the border wall, it was already a situation where everyone was talking about gold, but accumulated bones were destroyed.
An honest person like me can't understand why something like this happens that causes pain to relatives and pleasure to enemies!
I was very angry at the time, and all I could think about was arguing with those smart officials after I got to the capital.
It has been demonstrated just now that an honest person like me, Lin Tailai, will never do anything if I can do it. No, I am quick to act but slow to speak.
I have never been in love with memorials and quarrels in my life. Most of the time, I just go to the door and start a fight. So at that time, all I wanted to do was go back to the capital to argue in person. Is there anything unreasonable about it?"
Everyone: ""
They found that as long as they accepted the persona of "honest man", everything seemed to be reasonable.
Seeing that Lin Tailai could not be restrained by continuous questioning, Zhang Changgong became a little angry and shouted loudly:
"When Beizhen Fu Si was ordered to interrogate you, you directly confessed. Why?
At that time, you were still unwilling to speak openly. Do you still want to be sensitive to your actions but slow to speak to the emperor?"
The old youtiao was sensitive enough to notice that Zhang Jing was getting impatient. Using such a blunt method to apply eye drops was enough to show Zhang Jing's impatience.
Lin Tailai sighed, "After the last sentence, I didn't expect that when I walked to Juyongguan, I met the factory guard who was trying to make an imperial edict."
"It's not an edict!" Zhang Jing clarified very neatly that this scapegoat cannot be recognized.
The reality is not a joke, and the joke is not nonsense. You may be killed if you make an edict!
Lin Tailai continued: "Anyway, I encountered an official school with an edict. Facing the edict, I had no choice but to surrender."
Zhang Jing said aggressively: "Don't ramble on about these useless things. Just tell me why you still refused to tell the truth and plead guilty directly in Beizhen Fusi?"
Lin Tailai asked in surprise: "Why don't I plead guilty?"
Zhang Jing was stunned for a moment and was stunned by these words.
Lin Tailai plausibly said: "An honest person like me doesn't have too many thoughts. Since Your Majesty thinks I am guilty, of course I should confess my crime honestly.
Even if your father was deceived and wronged me for a while, I would confess my sin first to safeguard your father's sanctity, and then I would find a way to defend myself later.
This is what an honest person like me thinks. Is this wrong?
Isn’t this the teaching of the sage? Isn’t it wrong to act according to the teaching of the sage?”
Damn it! Everyone in the hall was shocked. The logic of "an honest person who is quick in action but slow in speech" actually completely worked out!
Again, as long as you accept the "honest person" personality, everything will become reasonable!
As for whether Lin Tailai is true or false, those present are all political bigwigs and they don't care about the authenticity issue at all.
Everyone could see that the young emperor couldn't bear to lose face and was eager to dump the blame. As for who specifically, it probably didn't matter.
And Lin Tailai's deep intention of opening his eyes and talking nonsense was probably to show it to the emperor——
It is a very technically difficult task to pass the blame to this "honest man", so why don't you, Your Majesty the Emperor, find someone more relaxed?
So the biggest question now is not whether the "honest man" is real or fake, but whether the emperor will accept this "honest man" persona?
Zhang Jing was really anxious, "Your Majesty! This is Lin Tailai's clever words to get away with sophistry!"
All the ministers felt that Zhang Jing was beginning to fall into a disadvantage because Lin Tailai had begun to reduce the dimensionality and attack. Are you, Zhang Jing, still repeating the same old routine here?
Lin Tailai replied: "If I was originally an innocent person, but Your Majesty misunderstood me, then there must be a traitor who misled Your Majesty. Who is this person?"
Emperor Wanli said: "This Zhang Jing once said."
He also wanted to see what Lin Tailai would say, this is the art of the emperor.
Zhang Jing was a little confused, Your Majesty, what do you mean? Do you want to say that we are traitors?
At first it was clear that you were the emperor and you wanted to make some headlines, but then Zhang Jing gave you some advice!
Lin Tailai said to the emperor: "I have to think that Zhang Jing is really stupid.
As the admiral of Dongchang, he was unexpectedly deceived by the false information created by several civil servants in the Xuan Mansion and the Ministry of Rites, which led to a major misjudgment by His Majesty.
This is a dereliction of duty caused by lack of ability. Zhang Jing is completely incapable of managing factory guards."
Emperor Wanli felt sad because Zhang Jing had made great contributions to overthrowing Feng Bao and was able to ascend to the throne.
But after a long time, especially during the recent period, I always feel that Zhang Wing is a bit stupid.
In the concept of officialdom, the Dongchang admiral is generally regarded as the emperor's most trusted eunuch. However, if the factory governor is always laughed at by others for being stupid, then the emperor will also lose face.
In desperation, Zhang Jing could only defend himself by saying: "It was not that we didn't find any doubts at the beginning, but because the time was too short, we didn't have time to find out!"
Lin Tailai quickly hit the target twice: "Knowing that there are doubts, you still mislead the emperor. Could it be intentional?"
He didn't even dare to admit this, so Zhang Jing refuted sternly: "That's nonsense! I, Zhang Jing, am loyal to the emperor, how could I deliberately mislead the emperor!"
Lin Tailai went back to the cycle: "Since you didn't intentionally mislead His Majesty, it means you were deceived by the officials of the Ministry of Rites and believed the false news. You are really stupid!"
Zhang Jing said angrily: "I wasn't cheated. How could I be cheated by them?"
Lin Tailai looped back again: "You haven't been deceived? So what you mean is that your Dongchang has discovered fishing, and then you want to deceive others into taking the bait?"
Everyone: ""
It felt like the factory owner Zhang Jing was trapped in a language maze and couldn't get out.
Zhang Jing was tired. He didn't want to quarrel with Lin Tailai anymore.
He kowtowed directly to Emperor Wanli and said: "My heart can be expressed in the sun. I hope your majesty will understand clearly!"
Lin Tailai said unhurriedly: "There is another possibility, that is, you, Zhang Jing, and the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette team up to set up a trap to make His Majesty incriminate me?
You want to use me, Lin Tailai, as bait to make the emperor make mistakes, and then you turn around and frame me for fishing with the emperor!
It turns out that the real person fishing is you, Zhang Jing! In order to take revenge on me, Lin Tailai, you even did not hesitate to trap the emperor into injustice!
To be continued...