The next day, Wang Tianguan continued to go to the official office, setting a personal record of consecutive office visits in the past ten years.
Previously, when he was still the leader of the alliance, Mr. Wang, he had been serving as an official in Nanjing. While Hai Rui was rectifying his style in Nanjing, he was unable to get Mr. Wang to go to the Yamen for two consecutive days.
Yesterday there was a meeting after the new officials reported in, and today they had private conversations with officials from the Ministry of Personnel.
The order of conversation, of course, starts with the second department, the examination department, Langzhong, then the left and right chamberlains, the literary selection department, the seal inspection department, and the honors inspection department.
"What? The Kao Gong Lang is not in the ministry?" Wang Tianguan may not be used to Lin Tailai's work style, "Where is he?"
The secretary replied: "He usually goes to the Hanlin Academy in the morning to give lectures, and then appears in the Hanlin Academy, the Department of Officials, and the Department of Rites as he pleases."
Wang Tianguan then ordered: "Send someone to invite him back. We must talk to him first."
Although Wang Danzhou is an old bastard in the officialdom, it does not mean that he does not know the skills of being an official.
If you don't know this kind of technology, how can you stay at the top of the literary world for thirty years? It's just that you can't do it in your previous position and there's no room for improvement.
The first person a new official chooses to talk to after taking office is mainly for others to see.
The person you talk to must be Lin Tailai, and it can only be Lin Tailai. Even if Lin Tailai is not here, you must invite him back.
So the Secretary sent troops to divide into two groups, and went to the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites respectively to find people.
At this time, Lin Tailai was in the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites, getting angry and scolding his subordinate officials.
Recently, the North Korean mission has come again. This is the third time that the Host and Guest Department has received a North Korean mission since Lin Tailai took office one year ago.
Because of Lin Tailai's insensitive "generosity", the North Korean mission took advantage of the hospitality opportunity to take away hundreds of watermelons from Gwangrok Temple.
Guanglu Temple directly calculated this bill of dozens of taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites, and the small treasury of the Ministry of Rites was stretched and unexpectedly suffered losses again.
This made Lin Tailai very embarrassed, and he vented his anger on other officials in the Host and Guest Department.
Fortunately, the official department called Lin Tailai away, and everyone in the host and guests were relieved.
Lin Tailai still had to give him the face of "the first conversation", otherwise Lin Tailai would definitely "not listen to the instructions nor the propaganda."
If there is really something big going on in the Ministry of Personnel, Lin Tailai will come back automatically even if he is not summoned.
Although the conversation is in the form of showing others, there is still something to say.
Wang Tianguan asked Lin Tailai: "As for the doctor of literary selection department, do you have anyone in mind?"
This may be the biggest event in the next stage of the officialdom.
Lin Tailai shook his head and said, "No."
Wang Tianguan was extremely surprised by this answer. Did you, Lin Tailai, change your gender overnight? How could you not care about such an important matter?
"No more fighting?" Wang Tianguan asked again.
Lin Tailai added: "Of course I have to fight! But I guess it will be difficult for the court to let me get my wish.
Therefore, competing for Wen Xuanlang is just a means, not an end, and is used in exchange for other benefits."
It is still necessary to explain everything to the Minister of Civil Affairs, lest the Minister make a misjudgment and affect cooperation.
Wang Tianguan said curiously: "How to fight? If there is not enough pressure, then there is no way to force others to exchange benefits."
Lin Tailai replied: "According to the general rules, there are two main sources for the Wenxuan Department. One is the transfer of the doctor from the Examination Department, and the other is the promotion of the Wenxuan Department member Wailang.
If others want to circumvent this rule, they have to pay some price, right?"
Lin Tailai, the doctor in the exam department; Wang Xiangmeng, Lin Tailai's wife and nephew, the foreign doctor in the literary selection department.
This personnel arrangement is simply a moat surrounding Wen Xuanlang.
Wang Tianguan was a little suspicious. When Lin Tailai entered the examination department with force, had he already planned it to this day?
The two of them were talking when suddenly a member of the Jinyiwei Military Academy rushed to the door and shouted:
"The pirates invaded the Taohe River in Gansu Province! The emperor sent an order to visit the Wenhua Palace today! He summoned civil servants above the third rank, military ministers above the governor, chief ministers, Hanlin bachelors, and military-related ministers to come to court urgently!"
Upon hearing the sudden order, Wang Tianguan and Lin Kaogong stood up suddenly, feeling extremely shocked!
The ruined emperor actually left the inner palace and went to court urgently. How angry was this? The emperor's wrath, with millions of corpses buried in it?
Wang Tianguan, who has only been the "head of the outer dynasty" for a day, is a little excited. He can go to the pilgrimage to see Tianyan as soon as he takes office. Could it be that he is also the "chosen one"?
At this time, Lin Tailai frowned and muttered: "How come a fifth-grade or above Ci official became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy?"
Lin Tailai was very angry about this. Who was so shameless and blocked this loophole?
Although I am a "civilian of the fifth rank and above", I am not a "bachelor of the Hanlin Academy"!
The situation was urgent. Wang Tianguan simply tidied up his clothes and hurried out.
As he walked, he said to Lin Tai: "The conversation is suspended. I'm going to court. You should go back first!"
But the tall and young Lin Tailai was more agile and had already rushed ahead. He said to Wang Tianguan without looking back: "I will go to court too!"
It was not that Lin Tailai was worried about state affairs, but he wanted to see with his own eyes what Emperor Wanli looked like, who was so angry that he left the palace to go to court.
The old Wang Tianguan looked at Lin Tailai's back in astonishment.
What does this court meeting have to do with you, Lin Tailai? Are you qualified to go to the palace?
When Wang Tianguan rushed outside, Lin Tailai was not the only official taking to the streets.
A group of big men in red robes appeared on Qinglong Street and Yudao, and then gathered at the left gate of Chang'an.
Immediately, the Gonggun princes poured into the imperial city from the left gate of Chang'an and rushed into the inner court.
Then he passed Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, Meridian Gate, and Huiji Gate, and stood in front of Wenhua Hall, waiting to go up to the hall.
The cabinet bachelors were much more relaxed. Wenyuan Pavilion was opposite the Wenhua Hall, and they could walk a few steps to get there.
Among the middle-aged and elderly civil servants, the young, tall and majestic Hanlin Academy compiler and examiner, Lin Tailai, the host and guest doctor, stood out the most, standing like a mountain in the crowd.
Originally, in an occasion like a court meeting, as long as you are not the key person in the first three rows, it is not a big deal if there is one more person or one less person in the back.
Most of the emperors turned a blind eye, and few were truly serious. How could they be furious because of the absence of two censors or the presence of an extra doctor?
The last emperor who was more serious was Jiajing. To be specific, it was Jiajing who had not yet cultivated immortality in the first seventeen years. The formalist dynasty with thousands of people would have an attack if there were too many absent officials.
So under normal circumstances, if there is a doctor who is thick-skinned enough, and he is like a fool, when he is among the big guys, others usually don't care about him, and they can only make a few complaints in their hearts.
This is not a secret meeting, we are ministers of the same court, so there is really no need to break up over this matter.
But again, the popularity of Lin Tailai, the Nine-Yuan True Lord of the Dynasty, is really great.
After all, he has helped too many people mentally and physically, and has received heartfelt gratitude from too many people.
After the four bachelors came out, the first assistant, Shen Shixing, frowned and kept thinking, not paying too much attention to the outside world.
After all, he is the chief assistant and the first responsible person in the eyes of the emperor, so he must be indispensable.
The second assistant, Wang Xijue, kept looking left and right, not knowing what he was thinking about.
As for the fourth assistant, Zhao Zhigao, he was still a junior in the cabinet and stood quietly at the foot of the steps.
Only Wang Jiaping, the third auxiliary, immediately set his sights on the pseudo-boss named Lin who stood among the crowd of bosses.
"Lin Tailai! Why are you here?" Lu Guangzu, the Minister of Punishment, asked loudly across a dozen ministers.
Lin Tailai asked: "What advice does Da Sikou have?"
Lu Guangzu shouted bluntly: "What qualifications do you have to go to the palace? The Wenhua Palace court meeting is a place with rules, and there is no room for unruly people who want to get in!"
During the last election, Lu Guangzu, as a candidate, was unable to speak to avoid suspicion.
So I could only watch Lin Tailai jump up and down, not to mention how uncomfortable I felt.
Today, I took the opportunity to blast Lin Tailai a few words, which can be regarded as making my thoughts clear.
The dozen or so officials standing between Lu Guangzu and Lin Tailai dispersed silently.
Lin Tailai retorted: "I am the host and guest, so why can't I go to the palace?"
The Jinyiwei officer on duty breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that between literary and martial arts, Lin Tailai chose literary martial arts.
Otherwise, if a fight breaks out, the official schools on duty will be the biggest ones.
Lu Guangzu sneered a few times and said sarcastically: "The host and guest department is only responsible for tribute, foreign affairs etiquette, and reception affairs! What does the border police war against the pirates this time have to do with you?"
Just when everyone thought that Lin Tailai was going to argue to the end, they saw Lin Tailai pointing at Lu Guangzu and saying:
"This is what you, Da Sikou, have determined with your eloquent words, and it has nothing to do with me!"
Then Lin Tailai shouted to the academicians: "The elders also bear witness! Today in the Wenhua Hall, if there is me, there will be no Lu Guangzu, and if there is Lu Guangzu, there will be no me!"
Wang Sange's hometown, who has always been paying attention to the news here, scolded: "Then let's go! Why are you so long-winded?"
In the eyes of neutral officials, this matter cannot be said to be right or wrong.
From a logical point of view, it cannot be said that it is wrong for Mr. Wang Sange and Lu Guangzu to expel the idle people.
However, it is a bit humiliating to drive people away in such a public way. After all, in the eyes of most people, it is not a matter of principle.
There are a lot of gangsters in the military attache team, and there are just one or two more gangsters in the civilian army.
Lin Tailai, who seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, angrily asked Wang Tianguan for leave and said, "I'm going home to recuperate!"
Acquaintances always felt that something was wrong with Lin Tailai's performance today, but they couldn't say what was wrong.
But after Lin Tailai left, the officials waiting for the court inexplicably became quiet.
After a while, Emperor Wanli came to the palace and ministers went to the palace to see him.
After shouting "Long Live the Mountain", the eunuch and eunuch in charge of rituals read the urgent newspaper loudly. Only then did the ministers who were summoned urgently learn more about the situation.
The Beilu tribe is mainly distributed north of the border wall, but due to historical reasons, there are also some tribes that live in the West Sea (also known as Qinghai Lake) on the western plateau and are called Hailu.
Anda, the old king of the northern barbarians on the right wing, went on several expeditions to the west and finally conquered the sea barbarians. He left his second son, Bintu, to live in the west sea.
In the past few decades, the Western Fanhuang Sect was introduced to the Northern Lu and flourished in the Northern Lu.
After the Longqing Peace Conference, northern barbarians often took advantage of the Gansu Hexi Corridor to go to the West Sea to welcome Buddha or make pilgrimages.
However, after the deaths of King Anda and Xinai Huang Taiji, the Shunyi king's lineage's control over the Hailu tribe became loose.
The ethnic situation in Gansu's border areas is extremely complicated, and there are deep conflicts between the Hailu and the Fan people who are attached to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty generally favors the Fan people when dealing with them.
In recent years, a restless chief Huo Luochi has been captured from the sea, and he often plunders the Fan tribes on the border of Gansu.
This year, after completing the spring tribute ceremony, Mrs. Sanniang Zhongshun of the Northern Capricorns and King Bu Shitu led a so-called 100,000 tribesmen to escort the ashes of the third Holy Buddha of the Yellow Sect back to the west and entered the West Sea, making the situation in Xifan complicated again.
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When Huo Luochi, the leader of the Hailu tribe, saw a large number of tribesmen coming to the West Sea, he thought that his power was greatly expanded and it was time for an uprising.
Therefore, Huo Luochi recently led more than 4,000 cavalry to besiege Taozhou, Hezhou and other places in Gansu Province, killing and plundering the surrounding Panyi tribes.
Lintao Chief Military Officer Liu Chengsi and Deputy Chief Military Officer Li Lianfang successively led their armies into battle, but suffered successive defeats due to various reasons.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Lianfang, Staff General Li Ruyu, guerrilla Meng Xiaochen, Li Fang, Commander-in-Chief Wei Chengxun and many other generals were killed in the battle, and the army lost thousands of people.
When the ministers heard the details of the military report from the three governors, they were all shocked. No wonder Emperor Wanli was furious!
This is the most disastrous defeat in side affairs since I took the throne today!
Although I am currently living in the palace and do not come out, I still have a shameless temper.
Emperor Wanli on the throne cursed angrily: "Trash! The governors of the border towns are all trash! They only know how to blame minor officials when things happen, which leads to the failure of the border preparations!"
Maybe I am too kind! I want you to think more about how to deal with the governor and minister who missed the opportunity during the reign of King Sejong."
The peak period of the Jiajing Dynasty's military use was only thirty or forty years ago. Naturally, the ministers remember that Emperor Jiajing would really kill ministers to vent his anger when he suffered a defeat. He even killed the minister of the Ministry of War.
Chief Assistant Shen Shixing had no choice but to think of ways to persuade the emperor to calm down. Otherwise, how could the emperor discuss matters if he kept swearing like this?
Then he went forward and said: "The people outside the Tao River are all of the Fan tribe. In the past years, the captives could not ride on them. The border troops were only on guard against the Fan rebels, so their weapons were weak and they could not stop them hastily.
Nowadays, when Huo Luochi invades, most of them want to plunder the Fan tribe, and they are afraid that China will save the Fan tribe, so they claim to be bluffing."
This means that Your Majesty, please calm down. Those who were robbed by the pirates over there are also barbarians, so don't be so angry and anxious.
Emperor Wanli said angrily: "The Fan people are also my pure sons, and the places where the Fan people are are also feudal territories developed by our ancestors!
The governor has an edict and is entrusted by the imperial court to guard the city. If he is unable to defend against the invaders in an emergency, what does he do on a daily basis?"
Shen Shixing could only follow the emperor's instructions first: "The emperor scolded the governor for not being able to improve the border affairs. Seeing the sage and wise judgment, the border ministers should also be convinced. Now we must immediately instruct them to select generals and train troops, and organize the border affairs in a timely manner."
Emperor Wanli was very disappointed and said with great dissatisfaction: "In ancient times, civil servants like Du Yu could not straddle a saddle, could not shoot through a trap, and Zhuge Lun, wearing a feather fan, could make great achievements with his troops!"
Shen Shixing said helplessly: "Both of them are famous ministers. They have been rare since ancient times. Talents are rare."
Suddenly someone came out and said: "If there are talents who can study both literature and martial arts, we also have Lin Tailai in this dynasty."
Emperor Wanli looked up and didn't recognize the old man who was speaking, so he asked, "Who are you?"
The man replied: "Wang Shizhen of the Ministry of Officials."
All the officials in the palace were speechless, but you, Old Leader Wang, dared to speak. The emperor was still in a state of rage!
But that’s normal. Generally, newbies are very willing to perform actively!
