Lin Tailai felt again that Eunuch Liu at this moment looked particularly like a minister trying to cheat the emperor.
After raising his head and looking around, Lin Tailai ordered the servants to spread out a little so that Mr. Pang and the servants could also see the excitement.
Then Lin Tailai said loudly to Eunuch Liu: "I already know what you are thinking! It's not that I, Lin Tailai, am cruel, I beat you for your own good!"
Consider it a cooperation today. As long as you take my beating, you will gain face in front of Concubine Zheng. Concubine Zheng will definitely use you!
I will try my best to be moderate so as not to cause permanent damage! When you become prosperous in the palace in the future, don’t forget my great kindness today!”
Eunuch Liu, who was originally unafraid of death and tough to the end, looked horrified when he heard Lin Tailai's words. He screamed: "No! Stop talking!"
He is not afraid of being beaten or humiliated, even if he is stripped naked by Lin Tailai and hung on the top of the city, it doesn't matter!
The only thing I don’t want to hear is Lin Tailai saying what he just said in public!
Once word like that gets out, the beating you get will be in vain!
Originally, he was working hard to gain a future, but when Lin Tailai said this, he seemed to have become a "double act" of cooperation with ulterior motives.
It may even be suspected that Lin Tailai wants to send himself to Concubine Zheng as an undercover agent!
While thinking about it, Eunuch Liu, who had been held down by the servants of the Lin family for a long time, started to struggle violently, which was in sharp contrast to the look of death just now.
If there is no gain, who wants to be beaten and humiliated?
Lin Tailai gestured to the servant and said with a sinister smile: "I admire your tough and unyielding look just now."
After receiving clear instructions, the servants of the Lin family punched and kicked Eunuch Liu, and they were very well-trained and skillful.
Mr. Pang stood anxiously beside him, hesitating to speak.
If you don't save him, what will you do if you are settled by Eunuch Liu in the future?
People like Lin Tailai may be pardoned and walked away at any time, but Eunuch Liu will always be his boss and supervisor!
This officialdom is too difficult to get along with!
At this moment, someone from the outside suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
Lin Tailai turned around and saw another seventy or eighty people coming from Xizhimen Inner Street. Among them was a figure wearing a three-mountain hat, a white face and no beard, and wearing a pink lining.
You don't need to think about it. You see that this is an internal prison, and it is an internal prison with a high status.
General Pang reminded Lin Tailai: "This is Sun Yongsun, the young eunuch of the inner study who oversees the twenty city gates!"
In this era, the status of the eunuchs who were in charge of the gates of the capital was not low. They were above the eunuchs in the study room of Si Li Jian and below the eunuchs of Bingbi. They were equivalent to the garrison eunuchs of Nanjing and the garrison eunuchs of Tianshou Mountain.
That's why Mr. Pang would respectfully address Sun Yong, the eunuch at the city gate, as "gong".
After the introduction, Mr. Pang came to Eunuch Sun's horse and quickly saluted.
Today, eunuch Chen Ju, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Bingbi, reminded Sun Yong that something might happen at Xizhimen and asked Sun Yong to go and have a look.
Eunuch Sun was baffled by this. What kind of situation could have happened in Xizhimen?
However, after Chen Ju said something, he still came over to take a look. Unexpectedly, something happened.
Eunuch Liu, who was beaten until he pretended to be dead, suddenly came back to life and shouted with his last strength: "Eunuch Sun, help me!"
Eunuch Sun didn't even get off his horse and asked: "Lin Tailai, you, a criminal, dare to beat the gate official. Aren't you afraid of being punished with a higher penalty?"
When he was on duty in the inner study hall, he saw Lin Tailai jumping up and down in the Wenhua Hall, so he got to know him.
Lin Tailai replied: "I, Lin Tailai, have come here to serve as troops, but this official Liu said that he would first hit him with a hundred killing sticks!"
I just want to ask Eunuch Sun, do the city gates under your rule have such rules?"
Eunuch Sun frowned, this gatekeeper named Liu is really looking for trouble!
Why are you provoking him? Aren't you afraid of being bitten to death by crazy dog officials?
"So this caused public outrage, and some righteous people stepped in to help justice!" Lin Tailai said lightly.
Eunuch Sun scolded: "In any case, beating the gate officials is also a serious crime of undermining the city defense."
Lin Tailai quickly explained: "Don't worry, Eunuch Sun, nothing serious will happen!
I have a tacit understanding with Eunuch Liu, and after beating him, he can go to Concubine Zheng to ask for credit!"
Eunuch Sun: ""
What a fool! Don’t mess with this!
The emperor has been upset recently, and he especially hates new troubles. No matter who is right or wrong, if there is a big trouble, they will be in trouble together!
After thinking about it, Eunuch Sun turned around and reprimanded Mr. Pang sternly: "The gate officer broke the rules and punished the gatekeeper with a hundred kills. As the gatekeeper, why didn't you do your duty to stop it?"
Boss Pang: "?"
Eunuch Sun, do you feel sorry for saying this? Can he stop Mr. Liu Menguan by himself?
He doesn’t have two hundred servants or big backers!
Then Eunuch Sun whipped Mr. Pang with a whip and continued to reprimand him: "Later, when someone beat the gate officer, as the chief commander, why didn't you lead troops to protect the gate officer?
You are a vegetarian, fearful of difficulties, and seriously derelict in your duties! What use does the imperial court need from you as a gatekeeper?"
Mr. Pang: ""
Gatekeeper Liu is still being beaten over there. Eunuch Sun, why don't you stop him?
Under the intense gaze of Eunuch Sun, Mr. Pang stood down from his seat and apologized: "It's all my fault for failing to prevent the conflict between the gate officials and the confiscated gatekeepers!"
Eunuch Sun, the twenty-door admiral, severely punished you and said: "Boss Pang, you are not doing your job well. I will fine you three months of lumi and keep you on probation to see the consequences!"
After finishing the treatment, Eunuch Sun took his entourage and soldiers and roared away.
After Lin Tailai, the thief's companion, watched Eunuch Sun go away, he turned to the gate officer, Eunuch Liu, and said, "Why don't you stop calling? Keep calling!"
Gatekeeper Liu Eunuch: ""
If you lose, you will lose completely in the career world of Chengmen.
Protector Zuo Zhang Wen came to ask for instructions: "Should we continue to fight?"
Lin Tailai sighed: "Eunuch Liu's heart is already dead, what's the point of beating him again?
Send him back to the city gate tower, and don't come down without my order."
Mr. Pang had to remind him cautiously: "Eunuch Liu's injury requires us to call in a doctor."
Lin Tailai said confidently: "Don't worry! My servants are more professional than most doctors in treating skin and flesh wounds!"
So it only took half a day for Lin Tailai to let all the officers and soldiers understand who was the person responsible for the news here.
The next day was another sunny spring day. Lin Tailai sat under the city wall, drinking tea and watching the carriages and horses passing through the city gate.
He said casually: "The number of people entering and exiting from Xizhimen is more than I thought."
Mr. Pang explained beside him: “Because March and April are the peak periods, there are more people than in other months.
Of all the city gates in the capital, only the scenery outside Xizhi Gate has the best scenery, and there are still large tracts of water scenery, which is even more unique.
Therefore, there is a custom in the capital that one must go to Xizhimen for an outing in spring, and literati and officials also prefer Xizhimen for outings and gatherings."
Lin Tailai cursed angrily: "What kind of world is this! A loyal and good person like me is sent here to guard the city gate, and is not allowed to leave without permission!"
But those officials in the imperial court who were dawdling around could go out of the city for spring outings at will!
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As the first deputy leader of the world’s literary world, I can only watch these third- and fourth-rate literati showing off, how can’t I be angry!”
Mr. Pang was shocked. You are still the deputy leader of the literary world?
While they were talking, they saw several gorgeous carriages driving over from the direction of Xizhimen Inner Street. They must have been wealthy families out of town for a spring outing.
Lin Tailai seemed to be unbalanced and shouted to Mr. Pang: "Go! Stop him and question him!"
"Isn't it necessary?" Mr. Pang said in embarrassment. If you harass and make things difficult for a team of dignitaries, isn't that asking for trouble?
Lin Tailai snorted coldly, pointed to the city gate and said: "You also want to go up and accompany Eunuch Liu?"
Boss Pang shouted helplessly: "I'm going! I'm going!"
Then, like a young lady who had been forced into prostitution, he walked towards the city gate in aggrieved manner.
Lin Tailai then ordered his surroundings: "Go and keep an eye on him! Otherwise, you won't be able to do your job well!"
Pang stopped the general manager in front of the motorcade and shouted: "Interrogation!"
The knights guiding the convoy in front of the motorcade whipped their whips several times and yelled: "You are blind! How dare you stop Young Sima's carriage!"
Shao Sima, General Pang, the Minister of War, had his legs weak, and he was another standard earth seat!
If the other party engages in military law, he might be able to kill himself!
However, the convoy did not continue to move forward. Mr. Zhou, who was so humble in the dust, was panicked. Could it be that the minister still refused to give up?
He cautiously raised his head secretly, only to see the curtain of the carriage open, and a majestic old man sitting in the carriage, looking behind him.
Behind him were several servants of the Lin Mansion, as well as a leader known as the Right Protector.
Could it be that the boss in the car knows these Lin family servants and right guardians?
When Mr. Pang was in a state of confusion, he suddenly heard the old man shouting to the leading knight: "Don't be rude! The city gate is important for security, and it is appropriate to accept questioning."
Immediately, Mr. Pang saw the old man facing him again and said kindly: "Shi Xing, the left minister of my military department, went out of the city from Xizhimen to do business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
Mr. Pang: ""
I don’t know what to say, so I’d better continue sitting down.
I only heard the Right Protector behind me say, "I was the one who made the mistake, and I respectfully send Young Master Shigong out of the city!"
Shi Shilang nodded and said nothing more. The cars and horses rustled, and the convoy left the city.
After all the dust that had been stirred up had cleared, Mr. Pang stood up in a daze and returned to Lin Tailai in a daze.
Lin Tailai scolded: "What a waste. You can't even do your job well. What's the use of you as a gatekeeper?"
Mr. Pang was once again a skilled Tuxia seater and threw himself into the dust: "Grandpa Lin! I want to go to Chongwenmen!"
Lin Tailai sneered: "It's easy to go to Chongwenmen, but you have to show your performance to impress me."
Mr. Pang said bitterly: "How can we perform here in Xizhimen?"
"Just do as I say!" Lin Tailai said, "I'll let you go to Chongwenmen next month!"
A few days later, Wai Lang Shen Yongmao, a member of the Ministry of War, traveled more than ten miles to Xizhimen to visit Lin Tailai.
At this time, Lin Tailai was sitting on the city gate, carefully instructing a certain beauty from the Western Courtyard of Jiaofang to write poems.
While touching the beauty up and down with his hands, he taught earnestly: "When you are in the capital, you should promote positive energy when writing poems and lyrics.
You might as well learn more about the Guange style that existed more than a hundred years ago, it will definitely make you stand out from many of your peers."
Seeing Uncle Shen coming up, Lin Tailai asked calmly: "How is the situation in the court these days?"
Shen Yongmao looked around, looking like he was about to speak but hesitated.
Lin Tailai patted the beauty and said, "Go down first! Otherwise, you may hear something you shouldn't hear and be killed!"
Pang Ba, who had been brought up by Shen Yong, heard these words and immediately wanted to slip away.
In the eyes of those giants, how much better can you be than the beauty of Jiaofangsi?
Lin Tailai stopped Boss Pang, "You can stay and listen, so that you can broaden your horizons and gain some knowledge!"
Shen Yongmaobian said: "The situation is a little different from what was expected. Among the three elders, Xu Guo, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, the one who is in the most difficult situation now is Wang Xijue, not Xu Guo as expected."
"What a waste." Lin Tailai couldn't help cursing.
Mr. Pang, who had been called a waste by Lin Tailai several times, suddenly felt balanced in his heart. It turned out that he and Ge were treated in the same way.
Among the three "treacherous ministers", who Lin Tailai wants to step down the most is definitely his dearest teacher Xu Guo.
On the one hand, the conflict of interests between Lin Tailai and Mr. Xu is huge and irreconcilable. It is impossible for Lin Tailai to give up his salt industry interests anyway.
On the other hand, Teacher Xu's status as a teacher is a powerful constraint and a potential uncontrollable threat to Lin Tailai.
Lin Tailai did not hope that there would still be such factors that could restrict him in the court, so he definitely hoped that Teacher Xu would leave as soon as possible.
Only teachers who leave officialdom are the best teachers.
But the opportunity to deceive the master and destroy the ancestor and still be safe is really rare. It happened to appear this time, how could you let it go so easily?
Lin Tailai asked again: "How come Wang Xijue can't compete with Xu Guo?"
In terms of upper-level relations, Wang Xijue bowed to Shen Shoufu and gained the support of the chief minister and the support of most of the Suzhou Township Party. However, the township party behind Xu Guo was obviously not as good as Wang Xijue.
Talking about the past of his disciples, Wang Xijue was the examiner of the examination in the 11th year of Wanli, and his disciples have all achieved some success now.
And Xu Guo was just the examiner of last year's examination, and his disciples are still noobs.
So in a context similar to "Battle Royale", normally speaking, Xu Guo's situation must be worse than Wang Xijue's.
Shen Yongmao replied: "Some people criticize Wang Xijue as being from Suzhou, saying that it is inappropriate to have two people from Suzhou in the cabinet.
At the same time, many people from the Qingliu forces jumped out to support Xu Guo, which put Wang Xijue at a disadvantage."
All I can say is that no one is a fool.
In the past few years, Xu State had been fighting against the Qingliu forces in order to maintain the power of the cabinet. Xu State even wanted to ask the emperor to issue an edict prohibiting officials from criticizing cabinet elders at will.
But now, in addition to stabilizing Wang Jiaping, the Qingliu forces have also begun to covertly protect Xu State.
Lin Tailai couldn't help but criticize again: "Is your father okay? You can't even protect Wang Xijue, right?"
Pang Ba, who was forcibly left behind, couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard this!
In front of the chief minister's son, he accuses the chief minister of being useless. Isn't this the beginning of a fight? He won't be silenced, right?
But the chief minister's son seemed to be used to it and didn't take it seriously. He responded: "Probably deep in my father's heart, it doesn't matter who stays. It's impossible to do your best to protect others. It's not cost-effective!"
Lin Tailai sighed: "I didn't expect that I had only been guarding Xizhimen for a few days, and the situation in the court was about to get out of control again.
Please give me a list of the people who have criticized Wang Xijue in the past few days. Most of them should be from the Qingliu forces?"