Chapter 579 A slight distinction between liver and gallbladder and branches
Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou, known as the first stop in Jingdong, is the place where water and land meet.
Except for special water boats, most people come here along the canal, and the waterway ends here.
So they would exchange their boats for horse-drawn carriages, and then go to the capital.
The leader of the new Tianguan Wang Lao who came to Beijing to take office is a person who pays great attention to his personal image and has a huge idol baggage.
Although he was traveling day and night, as he was approaching the capital, he was worried that his poor condition and poor complexion would affect the effect of his debut.
So I deliberately stopped for a day and night in Tongzhou to adjust my mental outlook.
In the early morning of that day, when it was still dark, Alliance Leader Wang got up to wash up and have a meal. He waited for the sky to get dark and then set off immediately.
In this hot summer season, early morning to morning is definitely the most comfortable time to travel, and it is also comfortable to be greeted by others.
As for the specific details, Alliance Leader Wang only needs to set a time, and there is no need to worry about anything.
Just like everywhere he passed along the way, there were top-notch offerings of delicious food and drink, and all the benefits were immediately filled.
Even if you take a boat in the middle of the night, you can still arrange enough people to pull the boat.
Although his treatment was good in the past, it was all in exchange for his old face as the leader of the literary world. Even if he accidentally encountered someone who was not considerate, he would not be able to say anything.
Unlike this trip, you don't have to say anything wherever you go, and others will automatically be frightened for fear of being a little careless.
The smug old leader Wang stood in the courtyard, watching the servants packing the carriage, imagining the capital city so close at hand, and couldn't help but feel excited.
I originally thought that my life and career were about to come to an end, and I could just lie down and die. Who would have thought that there would be a red sunset?
This official position is the No. 1 Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the outer dynasty. He is a heavenly official who can challenge the chief minister if he is fierce.
I have held power in the literary world in my life, but I have never enjoyed the power in the political world.
Suddenly, when he caught a glimpse of his second son, Wang Shisu, who had accompanied him to Beijing, he was wearing an outfit that looked very much like a soldier's red fat coat. Leader Wang couldn't help scolding him: "You are also a student after all. How can you be dressed like this?"
Wang Shisu replied calmly: "I heard that Lin Jiuyuan always dressed like this in March and April. This is the fashionable style of clothing!"
Leader Wang was helpless. Every family had its own sutras that were difficult to recite. The second son had a rebellious mentality.
Originally, Wang Shisu was a wanderer in the countryside on weekdays and liked to fight, horse and kick, so he was unwilling to follow his father to the capital.
He thought about establishing a Tangkou in his hometown in Taicang, making it bigger and stronger, and then joining New Wulian - I heard that New Wulian has started recruiting Tangkou franchises again.
As a result, the old alliance leader Wang was afraid that his second son would cause trouble in his hometown and affect his career, so he forcibly took Wang Shisu to Beijing.
Then Wang Shisu deliberately wore clothes that imitated the red fat coat of a soldier and showed off to his father.
Don't ask why, ask just to imitate Lin Jiuyuan!
Wang Shizhen saw that the sky in the east had turned slightly white, and then ordered: "Let's set off for Beijing!"
Today is a great day and cannot be wasted on getting angry with my son.
In the morning, dozens of literature-loving officials, large and small, had gathered at the Jieguan Pavilion in the eastern suburbs of the capital.
Thanks to Emperor Wanli who is not in court, otherwise everyone might not have time to come here to pick him up.
Everyone present also secretly rejoiced that they had not forgotten their original aspirations, never gave up on their literary dreams, and persisted in making a name for themselves in the literary world.
So at this time, we have a reasonable excuse to welcome the old leader of the literary world.
Otherwise, what reason would there be to welcome the old leader of the literary world?
Being in officialdom is not just about being thick-skinned, but also about appearances and skills.
If you do it without a reasonable reason, you will only be despised and disliked by others.
The leader of the lineup to welcome the old leader of the literary world was Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War.
Of course, Shi Shilang is now even more proud of another identity. He is the fifth son of the second generation of the retro sect, that is, one of the five successors.
This is the title he was honorably awarded twenty years ago when he followed the leader Wang Lao in the literary world!
I originally thought that the retro school had declined, and the name "Five Sons" had lost its value.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, "Five Sons" became a golden sign again. Things are really unpredictable.
Thinking of this, Shi Shilang couldn't help but feel proud. As long as the old alliance leader could endure it, he would be a stable minister!
Shi Lang looked up and saw a motorcade coming along the official road. The leader of the motorcade was holding several official badges.
Not long after, the largest carriage in the motorcade stopped at the roadside outside the reception pavilion.
But before the old leader got out of the car, everyone immediately stepped forward to salute, so old leader Wang quickly got out of the car and returned the salute.
Shi Shilang from the Ministry of War took another step forward and said affectionately: "We haven't seen you for many years, but the old gentleman's style remains the same. Shi Sheng of Wei County has always missed him very much!"
After Wang Shizhen looked at Shi Lang for a moment, she couldn't help but sigh: "When I don't want to see you again, even you are over fifty and have freckles on your temples."
Shi Lang suddenly took out a piece of manuscript from his sleeve and replied with a slightly choked voice: "But the old man's teachings from twenty years ago have always been vivid in my mind."
This manuscript is a poem written by the old leader Wang to Shi Xing when he was selecting the five successors of the retro sect twenty years ago.
The poem goes: "The stone is born with the chapter of resistance, the stars are climbing up to the sky, and the fragrance is all over the world. Who can not see relatives?"
Damn it! Everyone around was shocked. Can you, Shi Xing, find a manuscript from twenty years ago?
Alliance leader Wang Lao also fell into a brief confusion. Is this an original manuscript or a high imitation?
Twenty years have passed, and I can’t tell the difference now.
This capital is indeed the best place in the world, and there are really many masters.
It stands to reason that in today's scene, everyone came to welcome the old leader of the literary world in the name of literature lovers.
But after the old alliance leader Wang reminisced about the past, he did not talk about literature and art. Instead, he asked Shi Lang: "I heard that the court situation in the first half of the year was quite chaotic?"
The leader of the poor alliance is driving ahead and does not ask about the literary world or the political situation.
Shi Lang didn't care, the purpose of gaining impression points had been achieved, and he could talk about any topic.
He answered truthfully: "Two or three months ago, it was really chaotic. Fortunately, it has stabilized recently."
Alliance leader Wang Lao sighed slightly, looked around and said, "I also heard about it when I was far away in Nanjing.
I heard that in March and April, the government was in turmoil, and disasters occurred frequently in the north. Wumen, Taicang, and Shanyin all went to the country for a time.
Fortunately, after the Wu clan returned to the temple, the chaos was calmed down, and the situation in the court gradually became stable, and everyone above and below shared peace."
Everyone was a little surprised, but they didn't expect the old leader to praise Shen Shoufu after getting out of the car.
It seems that Alliance Leader Wang has a strong awareness of the overall political situation. Who said that Alliance Leader Wang's strength can only influence the literary world, but not the political arena?
Today, whatever the old alliance leader says is whatever it is. Shi Lang still understands this principle of life, so he echoed:
"Fortunately, the country has the Shen Wu clan in the middle to mediate the situation. If the Shen Wu clan had not returned to the dynasty, would the country be as stable as it is today?"
But Wang Shizhen asked in surprise: "Why did you suddenly talk about Shen Wumen?"
Shi Lang: "?"
What do you mean, old man? It was obviously you who praised Shen Shoufu first, and then he followed suit.
Alliance leader Wang Lao suddenly realized it, raised his hand to his forehead, and said repeatedly: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! I didn't express it clearly!"
Shi Lang asked doubtfully: "What's the misunderstanding?"
Alliance leader Wang Lao replied calmly: "The Wu clan I am talking about refers to Lin Tailai from Wu, not the prime minister!"
Damn it! Everyone was shocked and speechless!
A master, definitely a master! Your leader, Mr. Wang, turns out to be such a master!
In this era, people like to refer to the top bosses by their place of origin, so there are many conventional names.
Wumen refers to Shen Shixing, Taicang refers to Wang Xijue, Shanyin refers to Wang Jiaping. Moving forward, Jiangling refers to Zhang Juzheng, Huating refers to Xu Jie, and Fenyi refers to Yan Song.
But this is a treatment only given to the top political figures, but Mr. Wang directly used it to promote Lin Tailai!
Moreover, Shen Tong also used the background of being a Wu person to play with some literary narrative techniques, which is even more impressive.
Is this the skill that has been used in the literary world for decades to praise people? It is really terrible, who can catch it?
Shi Lang was a little ashamed, but the old gentleman still had profound skills, and the old alliance leader will always be the old alliance leader.
The way I reproduce old manuscripts from twenty years ago is really childish.
Just when everyone was unable to cope with the old alliance leader's power, a group of people suddenly appeared from the direction of the city gate.
I saw four servants carrying a big sedan, running all the way over. There were people on the left and right of the sedan, shouting: "Master Jiuyuan is here!"
Wang Shizhen frowned slightly. Didn't he tell Lin Jiuyuan that he didn't need to come to greet him? Why did he come anyway?
The reason why Lin Tailai was not allowed to come out to greet him was to show his goodwill. After all, going out of the city to greet him was a courtesy between subordinates and superiors, and not having to greet him meant treating him with courtesy.
The second is that he is afraid that, like in the past, Lin Tailai's presence will affect his performance. After all, Lin Tailai's interference ability is too powerful.
Others found it strange that, thanks to Lu Guangzu's "five black categories" remarks made by the Minister of Punishment, everyone in the capital now knew that Lin Tailai usually rode his horse and whipped his horse in a rampage when traveling, and did not sit in a sedan chair.
Why did a few people come here with a sedan chair today?
When they got closer, someone recognized the two people beside the sedan. One was Lin Tailai's retainer Gu Bingqian, and the other was Zuo Dharma Protector Zhang Wen.
Gu Bingqian bowed his hands to the old alliance leader Wang and said loudly: "Master Jiuyuan is very busy and has specially ordered me, Gu Bingqian, a disciple of the Lin Mansion!"
Zhang Wen also cupped his fists and saluted, and then said: "Zhang Wen, the left captain of the Lin Mansion Guard!"
Then Gu Bingqian lifted the curtain of the sedan, and saw no one in the sedan except a crown in official uniform.
Everyone was confused, what kind of trick is this?
Then Gu Bingqian and Zhang Wen shouted together: "Top hat! Politeness! Welcome to the Heavenly Official!"
Everyone: "."
Still not finished yet, Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector, said loudly: "Congratulations to the leader of the alliance, Duke Yanzhou, for being crowned Heavenly Official!
Duke Yanzhou joined the New Cultural League eight months ago, and through his own efforts, he was honored to be promoted to Heavenly Official!
The New Literati of the Literary and Art League, the literary world is on the left, the political world is on the right, and the literary world and the political world are both correct!"
Everyone: "."
It sounds quite festive. Is this a new way to suppress the explosion of power of the leader Wang and Lao?
Before anyone could react, Gu Bingqian continued: "Master Jiuyuan also has poems to offer!
Pretrial disease cypress trees are sparse,
There were frightened gulls outside the door.
After listening to the sound of the river for ten years,
Come and look for traces of the past.
Sitting in desolation and cherishing the old man,
Wang Lukong lamented that he was alone.
Thanks to the persistence of Shengtian,
Slightly separate the liver and gallbladder from the branches."
Everyone finally heard some human words, and the poems were easier to guess than those things that didn't sound like human words just now.
You don't need to think deeply to know that the poem Lin Tailai sent should be to point out the old leader Wang.
Originally it was "pretrial disease caused the cypress tree to become sparse", then "it depends on Shengtian Jian Nian", and now it is "a little bit different between the liver and gallbladder and the branches". Isn't it obvious enough?
Only Alliance Leader Wang himself vaguely remembered that he had heard the first half of this poem five years ago.
It was during the Suzhou Literary Forum in the thirteenth year of Wanli's reign. Lin Tailai had only recited half of the poem before he fainted from anger.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t expect that after five years, Lin Tailai still sent the entire article.
There have been many changes in the past five years, but it seems like fifty years have passed.
After coming back to his senses, the old alliance leader Wang greeted everyone in a carefree manner: "Lin Jiuyuan is still interesting! The days are long, so all of you, please march into the city together!"
Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War, also got on the carriage and drove with the old leader Wang.
There was no one else here, so Shi Shilang spoke more privately: "In the capital court, there are still many people who are jealous of the old gentleman, and feel that the old gentleman has picked up a heavenly official for nothing."
Alliance leader Wang Lao snorted disdainfully and replied: "In the past few decades, there have been more people in the literary world who are jealous of me as the alliance leader."
Those people only saw thieves eating meat but not being beaten, and they did not think about how much virtue they had accumulated and how many good deeds they had done in their previous lives before they met a person like Lin Tailai.
Then he endured many more severe beatings before he attained the right level of cultivation, which was as difficult as the Eighty-one Difficulties of Pursuing Buddhist Scriptures in the West.
Shi Xing also reminded: "It can be foreseen that after the old gentleman takes office, he will be subject to crazy criticism from the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The characteristic of these officials is to surround and suppress whoever is on stage. This is the trend in temples today.
In the six years since his predecessor Yang Tianguan was in office, he was attacked almost all the time.
Yang Tianguan's sudden and resolute resignation may not mean that he has reached the limit of his patience. He really couldn't bear it anymore and quit.
And this time, old man, you defeated Qingliu Party member Lu Guangzu, and the Qingliu Party members will definitely not give up."
Regarding this situation, the leader of the alliance, Wang Lao, still dismissed it, "I regard it as a chicken and a dog!"
The arrogant attitude of Alliance Leader Wang made Shi Xing very worried, and he urged: "Mr. Wang has never set foot in the capital in the past twenty years, and has never experienced such a custom firsthand. You must not underestimate the enemy!"
Alliance leader Wang Lao then asked a question: "Compared with Lin Jiuyuan, among these officials, which one is stronger and which one is weaker?"
Shi Xing replied without thinking: "Of course Lin Jiuyuan is more tyrannical."
The leader of the alliance, Mr. Wang, went crazy and said arrogantly: "I have been beaten by Lin Jiuyuan for four and a half years! These junior officials are nothing!
Can they be sharper than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more fierce than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more insidious than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more cunning than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be richer than Lin Jiuyuan? Can they be more powerful than Lin Jiuyuan?
I have seen Lin Jiuyuan’s methods countless times and experienced purgatory countless times, so why should I be afraid of these Qingliu Party members?”
Shi Xing: "."
For a moment, I couldn't refute it. What has the old gentleman experienced in these years?