Chapter 513 The literary conference is about to come
As a leader, Lin Daguanren's main task is top-level design, selecting and employing people, and supervising and encouraging at the same time.
When most of the people involved in the process from top to bottom were taken care of, the preparations for the dredging project of the old Wusong River suddenly accelerated and entered the fast lane.
At this time, Lin Daguan felt relaxed and only needed to supervise the progress according to the time points.
The first half of August passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.
As one of the most important festivals of the year, Suzhou people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with many activities and customs.
During the festival, the emerging wealthy Lin family opened their famous garden, Canglang Pavilion, and held a grand gathering, inviting celebrities from Suzhou's local literary circles to participate.
At this time, Wang Zhideng, the world's best civilian poet, was still regarded by many as the leader of Suzhou's local literary circle.
So when Wang Zhideng appeared in Canglang Pavilion, holding "Ten Mid-Autumn Ci Poems" published by Lin Jiuyuan three years ago, and touting Lin Jiuyuan as the first person to write Mid-Autumn Ci poems since the Song Dynasty, many people who were not well-informed were shocked.
Many people remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago, Zhang Fengyi strongly promoted the "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems", but Wang Zhideng and Zhang Fengyi did not hesitate to break up, and the Suzhou literary world also split into two mountains.
How come it has only been two years before Wang Zhideng, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also rebelled?
"Today's poem, let's take the title of "Ten Mid-Autumn Festival" written by He Lin Xueshi!" Wang Zhideng proposed, holding up a collection of poems, just like Zhang Fengyi proposed two years ago.
Someone asked: "Wang Baigu, don't you write poems to show others?"
According to the general routine, leaders in the literary world should also publish poems at this time, and then others will sing and ask for comments and support. This is the prerogative of the leaders in the literary world.
When someone asked, Wang Zhideng sighed: "Lin Jiuyuan is so talented that I can't match him! From now on, the Wuzhong literary world will look to Lin Jiuyuan!"
So in the eyes of everyone, local literary leader Wang Zhideng quickly degenerated into Wang Laodeng
Wang Zhideng felt the strange looks from others and felt that he could not be the only one to be "embarrassed", so he immediately said:
"In addition, Mr. Wen Hengshan's great-grandson Wen Zhenmeng has already worshiped Lin Jiuyuan as his teacher, and Lin Jiuyuan is no longer an outsider now."
Only then did everyone fully understand that the Suzhou literary world was about to "change hands"!
Wen Zhenmeng is very famous now. He is going to school at the age of sixteen this year. He is the future hope that the Wen family is trying their best to cultivate.
If even Wen Zhen and Meng were worshiped by Lin Jiuyuan, that would explain the problem quite a bit.
It seems that Wang Laoden really can only be Wang Laoden, after all, even the writer behind him is like that.
After everyone in the literary circles who attended the meeting digested these heavy rumors, Lin Daguan appeared at the scene with a smile on his face, bringing Sun Lianlian, the former No. 11 on the Suzhou Flower List and now the female manager of the school book office.
Facing the crowd, Lin Daguan said loudly: "I only want to say two things. First, there is no limit to the drinks in Canglang Pavilion today. You can drink as much as you want!
Secondly, thirty beauties are about to arrive, I have paid all the expenses, all you have to do is rely on your abilities!"
Immediately the whole garden was filled with cheers, and the leadership position of Suzhou literary circle has achieved a smooth transition.
Zhang Wu, the right protector, muttered behind him: "Why are you spending this money? We all surrounded him and forced him to express his position. Who dares to disobey?"
Protector Zuo Zhang Wen scolded: "What do you know? Lao Gao said the day before yesterday that you can conquer the world immediately by sitting in the palace, but you cannot rule the world immediately."
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, time continues to flow forward in an orderly manner.
After the news that Lin Jiuyuan had formed an alliance with the Suzhou literary scene gradually spread to various places, it aroused considerable attention.
At this time, the hero posters for the Literary World Conference sent by Mr. Wang, the leader of the alliance, were also sent to the hands of literary celebrities from all over the world.
In the hero post, Alliance Leader Wang Lao almost blatantly expressed his intention to "abdicate".
However, under this background, Lin Jiuyuan suddenly seized the position of the leader of Suzhou's literary world. How could it not arouse the imagination of celebrities from all over the world?
If you are not a representative figure in the mountains, it will be difficult to become a leader in the literary world.
For example, back then, Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen were first the leaders of the retro faction, and then they became leaders of the literary world as leaders of the retro faction.
Therefore, anyone with a little bit of political literacy can realize that Lin Jiuyuan wants to use the leader of Suzhou literary circle as a springboard to seize the position of leader of the world literary circle!
This kind of ambition is no longer concealed, it can be said that it is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it!
The time has come to mid-September, and there is only half a month left before the literary conference is scheduled to be held. Some impatient people have already arrived in Suzhou.
In this most refreshing time of autumn, Feng Shike, a representative figure in the literary world of Songjiang Prefecture, the right-hand man of Mr. Wang and a die-hard retro fan, also came to Suzhou.
This time, he nominally followed the orders of the leader Wang Lao and came over in advance to discuss matters related to the Literary Forum.
Official Lin received Feng Shike at Canglang Pavilion and entered into in-depth talks.
The two of them were sitting on the rockery, and they heard Lin Daguan say: "Thank you, Brother Feng, for explaining the two hundred thousand taels of silver to the Yunjian gentry for me.
In fact, it’s not difficult to understand, right? First, borrow money from the court using land taxes as collateral, and when the time comes to repay the money, you just have to rely on it.
After all, it is public money. Who else in the court would be serious about it for the sake of public money?
If you really can’t afford it, you’ll just put it off and ask for repayment in installments, such as ten years. After ten years, this little money won’t be a problem at all!”
The Ming Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty. If you can't collect taxes, you will be beheaded. No matter what, get the court funds first.
The Feng family is also a wealthy family in Songjiang Prefecture and has many marriages with other wealthy families. Moreover, Feng Shike himself has a generous personality, has a wide circle of friends, and has many connections.
Therefore, after Lin Daguan had secured Governor Zhou, he entrusted Mr. Feng Er to help launch lobbying work in Songjiang Mansion.
Feng Shike added: "Many people are really interested in the four Wusong River commercial navigation routes you proposed. They all ask if they can join the Xinwu Club and how much money do they need to pay?"
Lin Daguan replied: "I don't accept money, only land. If you have confidence in me, Mr. Lin, and want to join the Xinwu Club, you can exchange for land."
"What kind of regulations?" Feng Shike asked again.
Lin Daguan explained: "The planned route of the project has been roughly told to you. The area used by the Eighty Mile Project is calculated as 10,000 acres.
Xinwuhui Society took out 50% of the shares and converted it into these 10,000 acres.
In other words, every 200 acres of land along the way can be exchanged for 1% of the Xinwu Club's shares.
If you are interested in this matter and have confidence in me, you might as well give it a try.
The property of you big households is all in the land. Isn’t it too monotonous? You might as well add another form of property.
For you big-time households in Songjiang Prefecture, a few hundred acres of land is not too much, right? You can definitely afford it."
Lin Daguanren's core idea is to recruit as many local gentry in Songjiang Prefecture as possible to board the pirate ship to form a common interest group to reduce project resistance and jointly resist risks from all aspects in the later stage.
Feng Shike did not make any comments, but only said: "I will pass these words back to Songjiang Mansion. I believe some people will be tempted."
Speaking of this, Master Feng suddenly laughed.
Because he found that Lin Tailai's method was a bit like being a wolf with nothing and eating from both ends.
On the one hand, they are trying to seduce the local wealthy gentry with four trade and navigation plans on the Wusong River. If those four plans come true, who wouldn’t be greedy?
On the other hand, later on, Lin Tailai could rely on the power of the local gentry to force the governor or the government to implement these four articles.
Of course, the premise of all this is based on Lin Tailai's personal credibility. Only when others believe that Lin Tailai can achieve something, will they join.
From this perspective, we have to admit that Lin Tailai has been making troubles in the past few years, always doing big things. The key is always success, and he has finally built up his personal credit.
There will always be people who believe that Lin Tailai will succeed this time. This is also a kind of luck.
After the conversation, Lin Tailai began to persuade him to stay, saying: "Over the years, I have been a literary enemy of the retro school. Are you a diehard fan of the retro school? You and I have always been secretive when we met.
It’s rare that we can meet openly today, so don’t leave and stay in our Lin Mansion!”
Feng Shike said: "Wait a minute, let's not talk about this for now, we haven't finished talking yet."
"Is there anything else?" Lin Daguan asked doubtfully.
Feng Shike replied: "The business is a literary conference, and we haven't talked about a word yet!"
Lin Tailai said nonchalantly: "There is nothing to talk about at the Literary Forum. If you have the skills, everything can be done well! Just ask Mr. Wang Yanzhou to come over!"
Feng Shike sighed and said: "Although I came to contact you on the order of Duke Yanzhou, the problem I want to talk about is really not on Duke Yanzhou's side.
As far as I know, there are probably more celebrities participating in this literary conference than in the past few years, and it can be said to be unprecedentedly organized."
Official Lin nodded and said, "It's all expected, so what's going on?"
You know, the hero message he sent out on behalf of Alliance Leader Wang Lao clearly hinted at "abdicating".
The result of this is that some people who originally didn't want to travel all the way to attend literary conferences also became very interested.
If there is a possibility that the literary world will "change hands", there will be many people who want to watch the excitement or join in the fun.
Feng Shike reminded: "The more people come, the more complicated the situation will be and the more difficult things will be. This is common sense.
Not to mention the people who came this time, many of whom are not insignificant, will only make the situation more out of control."
Official Lin nodded, "Everything you said is right, so what's going on?"
Feng Shike said angrily: "It's already this time, why are you still pretending to be stupid?
Don’t you understand that your recent performance has been too high-profile, blatantly seizing the leadership of the Suzhou literary world, and posting hero posts on behalf of Yanzhou, which has led to you becoming the target of public criticism!
You have many enemies to begin with, and your time in the literary world is too short, so the more complicated the situation is, the more disadvantageous it will be to you. You must not be careless."
Official Lin didn't seem to take the unfavorable situation seriously at all. He just had "carelessness and lost Jingzhou" written all over his face.
Then he asked with a smile: "Who will come?"
Although Lin Tailai was the person handling the GF hero posts, everyone's replies were still sent to the leader Wang Lao.
Therefore, Lin Tailai really doesn't know who will attend the literary conference. Only people close to the old alliance leader know the details.
Feng Shike first mentioned two important names: "Shen Li, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites of Henan, and Zhao Yongxian, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing and the sacrificial wine minister of the Imperial Academy of Nanjing."
Lin Daguan was really surprised, "Needless to say, Zhao Yongxian became famous because he opposed Zhang Juzheng and became the fifth son of the retro faction. He wanted to be the next leader of the alliance back then.
But this old Shen actually refuses to be lonely and retires? Does he also want to cross over and become the leader of the alliance?"
Feng Shike said: "Mr. Shen probably didn't mean this. He might have been specially invited."
Official Lin asked again: "Who else is there? Let's pick the heavyweight."
Feng Shike continued the introduction with a thorough introduction: "Brothers Wang from Huizhou, you know them, and I don't need to tell you locals from Suzhou.
The representatives from Nanjing were Gu Qiyuan, a rising star in local literary circles, and Tang Xianzu, director of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, but this person was from Jiangxi.
The representative from Shandong was Gong Nai, one of the three great masters of Shanzuo. He was not an ordinary person. Together with him, he was also known as the three great masters. Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, and Feng Qi, a senior Hanlin scholar.
People from Zhejiang include Shen Mingchen, one of the three great civilian poets in the world, whose nephew is Shen Yiguan, Tu Long, who has not heard much about the world for a long time, and Hu Yinglin, who has inherited the mantle of Yanzhou public literary critic."
Hearing this, Lin Daguan suddenly interrupted and asked: Are there any people from Zhejiang who are from the Xiang family in Jiaxing? I heard that his family has piles of famous paintings, and I have long wanted to get to know him."
Feng Shike: ""
Don't go off topic! The Xiang family is famous for its wealth, collections, calligraphy and painting, and its wide network of friends, but it doesn't have the qualifications to be invited to participate in literary conferences.
Of course, it is normal to come and join in the fun at your own expense. There are many such people every time, but they usually cannot enter the core main venue.
Then Feng Shike continued: "Senior Wu Guolun, a famous figure in the retro sect and one of the last seven sons, probably couldn't bear to see the Duke of Yanzhou abdicate, so he only sent his disciples to the scene, which can be regarded as representing Hubei.
In addition, Yuan Hongdao from the Hubei Public Security Bureau happens to be the magistrate of your Wu County, so he can also participate this time."
Lin Daguan couldn't help but sigh, considering the current era, the lineup participating in this literary conference is a gathering of stars.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to assemble such a lineup. This shows that the "abdication" of leader Wang has shocked the literary world.
For some reason, Lin Daguan was reminded of the plot of "the leader of the martial arts alliance or the boss washes his hands in a golden basin" that often appears in martial arts novels, and there must be a lot of supporting characters watching the ceremony, and there is a 80% chance of bloodshed.
Of course, this does not mean that all the elites and celebrities from the literary world are here. There are still many literary celebrities who are in official circles.
It is impossible for this group of people to miss work for a month or two without reason to attend literary conferences, unless they are officials in Nanjing or happen to be in Suzhou.
Lin Tailai suddenly remembered something and asked again: "Your Songjiang Prefecture is known as the second most powerful county in the world. Who is its representative? Why haven't you mentioned it?"
Second Master Feng sighed deeply and whispered: "Me, Chen Jiru."
Lin Daguan was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah? What's this? This is really a waste of time."
The second master Feng said angrily: "Our Songjiang Prefecture literary world has suffered many misfortunes. It's not Ruzhong, it's not Long and his son who have passed away in the past two years, otherwise why would this happen!"
Lin Daguan quickly comforted him and said: "It doesn't matter. In the future, I will choose a son with the best literary talent and let him move to Songjiang Prefecture. I will definitely bring up the literary and artistic level of Songjiang Prefecture!"
Mr. Feng's face was dark, and he said the same thing, if you don't know how to comfort people, don't comfort them by force!
Finally Lin Daguan asked: "By the way, there is one more thing, why did the Duke of Yanzhou send you to contact us instead of Zou Diguang?
Is it because Duke Yanzhou feels that he can't live without Zou Diguang?"
Lin Daguan, who is as meticulous as his hair and likes to be suspicious, will not let go of every suspicious detail.
Mr. Feng Er replied casually: "Because Zou Diguang has returned to Wuxi County temporarily, and it seems that there is an organization to rebuild the ancient Donglin Academy, so it is not a big deal.
But you still have to be careful about Zou Diguang, he has been campaigning to promote Gu Xiancheng."
Mr. Lin: ""
Damn it! Is this the butterfly effect? The Qingliu forces rebuilt Donglin Academy several years earlier than in history!
So, was it because Shen Li traveled all the way south to attend a literary conference? Maybe he was going to Wuxi County in the first place?
