When He Zhuo and Qian Yiyi came to Huijimen to deliver the joint bullets with their joint names, they shocked Eunuch Sun, the young supervisor in the clerk's room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
In the eyes of technocrats, offensive bullets are not fired casually with one's eyes closed. Timing is also important.
For example, Hai Rui's "Public Security Shu", which was directed at the emperor, unintentionally chose a very good time. Jiajing died after Hai Rui was imprisoned, so he was able to escape unscathed in the end.
A few months earlier, or before Yan Song fell, Hai Rui might have lost his head or died of illness in prison.
Impeaching Lin Tailai at this time is going against the wind and is a very poor choice from a technical perspective.
Anyway, if Eunuch Sun were asked to do the multiple-choice question, he would definitely not impeach Lin Tailai at this time.
However, Eunuch Sun is just a tool for sending and receiving memorials. How others choose has nothing to do with Eunuch Sun.
As soon as I accepted this memorial to impeach Lin Tailai, I saw Lin Tailai strolling over in the blink of an eye.
"Are you going to the throne again?" Eunuch Sun said in astonishment, are you, Lin Tailai, really afraid that the world will not be in chaos?
Lin Tailai replied: "It's not me who sent the memorial. I helped Uncle Zheng Guo bring the memorial here! You can keep it!"
Eunuch Sun had nothing to say. No matter how magical things happened to Lin Tailai, they seemed normal.
On the same day, Emperor Wanli received Zheng Guotai in Yikun Palace, with Concubine Zheng accompanying him.
Zheng Guotai knelt on the ground and angrily said: "Yesterday I went to Chaotian Palace to offer incense, but I was intercepted by Lin Tailai. Dozens of my attendants were beaten and injured.
Lin Tailai was extremely violent and rude, but no one dared to take care of this matter! He didn't even take the emperor's relatives seriously, which was also disrespectful to the emperor!
I have no way to appeal to you outside, so I can only go into the palace and ask Your Majesty to make the decision!"
Emperor Wanli was uncertain, and he kept thinking about yesterday's memorial signed by several people to invite him to the East Palace.
As an emperor, his professional sensitivity told him that this was a very bad sign, and the ministers were about to start making trouble with the country again.
How to fool this wave is really a headache.
As for what Zheng Guotai said specifically, most of it went in one ear and out the other.
Seeing that the emperor was distracted, Concubine Zheng made a gesture of wiping her tears and said in a tearful tone: "Your Majesty! I only have this one brother, but I have been humiliated many times. How can I not feel sad in the palace?"
Emperor Wanli withdrew his thoughts, looked at Uncle Zheng and said, "Lin Tailai is here for your own good!"
Zheng Guotai: "."
Is this still my dearest brother-in-law? Is this still the emperor who dotes on his sister the most?
Emperor Wanli said again: "Lin Tailai asked you to go to the official list and appoint the eldest brother, which can reduce the criticism of your Zheng family from foreign ministers!"
Zheng Guotai said to him: "Lin Tailai was obviously being squeezed out, so he used our Zheng family as a shield."
Emperor Wanli asked in return: "Then what do you want Lin Tailai to do? After Lin Tailai was squeezed out, like other ministers, he publicly submitted a petition to appoint the eldest brother and scolded your Zheng family?
Why doesn't Lin Tailai dare to support the third brother for the East Palace? It's not all your fault, the Zheng family!"
Zheng Guotai was trembling, brother-in-law, why are you so sympathetic to Lin Tailai? It's obviously Lin Tailai who has been stepping on the Zheng family's face!
Emperor Wanli just felt tired. The Zheng family really couldn't help at all!
What's wrong with Lin Tailai who keeps stepping on your Zheng family? This shows that he didn't want to publicly support the eldest son of the emperor!
Hearing this, Concubine Zheng wiped her tears tenderly beside her again.
Emperor Wanli sighed, this woman has a lot of cleverness and is an interesting and good companion, but she doesn't have much wisdom.
First he instigated the eunuchs to beat Lin Tailai in the palace, and then instigated the third prince to openly say that Lin Tailai was the "evil number one scholar".
Well, Lin Tailai is different from other ministers. He should have been a neutral faction, and he should have been indifferent to who would be the prince. But in the end, he was forced to "rebel" by you, a stupid woman.
The experience of these five years can't explain the problem? Looking at the entire court, how difficult is it to find a true neutral?
The biggest problem now is that no minister dares to support the third son of the emperor, and the emperor himself can only deal with it passively.
It is necessary to consider using some small means to induce or force some ministers to support the third son of the emperor.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli ordered to his left and right again: "I have a secret letter to ask, and ask the clerk's office to send someone to pass it on to Lin Tailai!
No, let’s see which Bingbi or eunuch is on duty in Yangxin Hall, let him go!”
What kind of minister matches what kind of eunuch?
Lin Tailai was one of the loudest people in the court, so Emperor Wanli decided to improve Lin Tailai's treatment.
The final result was that eunuch No. 4 Bingbi Chen Ju accepted the order, held the secret letter, and left the palace.
When he walked to the Meridian Gate, Chen Ju happened to meet the chief assistant Shen Shixing.
Chen Ju looked at the sun and saw that it was not yet time to get off work. If Shen Shoufu got off work now, it would be too early. If he went to work, it would be too late.
This doesn't quite resemble your style of work, Shen Shixing, or are you also prepared to follow the example and follow the emperor's example?
Shen Shoufu explained: "Today I received a memorial regarding the arrangements for the prisoner dedication ceremony. This is a grand ceremony that has not been seen in the country for decades. It should not be ignored and hasty. I went to the Meridian Gate to conduct on-site inspection."
Chen Ju suddenly understood, nodded and said: "I am determined to govern."
Shen Shoufu also asked casually: "Is Da Ju going out of the palace to run an errand?"
Chen Ju thought for a while and said with a bit of humor: "The Emperor seems to have a problem. We are ordered to leave the palace and ask Lin Tai for questioning."
Shen Shoufu was startled and speechless.
I sent Eunuch Bingbi, the Chief of Ceremonies, to ask questions. Isn't this the treatment given to me by the pavilion elders? Why did I arrange it for Lin Tailai?
Or is it that Lin Tailai is on the same level as the cabinet in the emperor's heart?
In the past, most of the emperor's secret inquiries came to him for consultation, but this time he actually consulted Lin Tailai.
After chatting with Shen Shixing, Chen Ju continued to walk out.
After leaving the left gate of Chang'an, Eunuch Chen swaggered to the Hanlin Academy first, but Lin Tailai was not here.
Then Eunuch Chen swaggered to the Ministry of Personnel, and Lin Tailai was not here either.
Then Eunuch Chen went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites in a swaggering manner, but Lin Tailai was still not there.
After walking around the Qinglong neighborhood, which is densely populated with government offices, Eunuch Chen suddenly felt that he had become a conspicuous person.
"Where is Lin Tailai? Is it possible that he is blatantly lazy and derelict in his duties?" Eunuch Chen stood in the courtyard of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette and asked Shen Jue, the head of the Host and Guest Department.
Eunuch Chen, who had always been in a calm mood, became angry when he found out that he had become a conspicuous person.
Chief Shen replied weakly: "He always wanders back and forth between various yamen. He just left a quarter of an hour before Dajuan arrived.
I heard him say that the next stop is Taipu Temple."
Eunuch Chen: "."
The Taipu Temple Government Office is different from other offices in that it is not located in the Qinglong Street area in the southeast corner outside the Imperial City, but is located alone in the West City.
If I had known earlier, I might as well have left through Xi'an Gate! There has never been such a disturbing announcement!
But the matter had to be done, and Eunuch Chen had to bypass the imperial city and come to the west city from the east city.
Fortunately, this time at the gate of Taipu Temple, Lin Tailai was finally blocked, otherwise Eunuch Chen would have really lost his temper.
So he found a court in Taipu Temple and expelled all the other idle people.
Immediately, Eunuch Chen said to Lin Tailai: "This is the emperor's secret letter. There are questions in it. You can answer them in a secret letter."
Lin Tailai did not open it to read, but first said to Eunuch Chen: "I will give the answer orally, and I will ask Da Jue to explain it."
Eunuch Chen asked curiously: "Why?"
Lin Tailai replied: "I'm afraid the written document will be leaked."
Eunuch Chen thought he was talking about himself and couldn't help but said angrily: "Who do you think I am?"
Lin Tailai added: "What I'm worried about is not Dajue!"
Historical experience shows that in the Wanli Dynasty, one could never trust the confidentiality of the secrets and could not write down words on paper that were not suitable for disclosure!
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue both suffered huge losses and even stepped down because of it!
Eunuch Chen took a deep look at Lin Tailai. He had never seen anyone so cautious.
Lin Tailai made another excuse: "Besides, I am not a cabinet minister, I don't have a silver medal, and I have no right to write secrets!"
So Eunuch Chen took the secret letter and asked Lin Tailai: "Your Majesty is asking you. It seems that you are not ignorant. Are you really unable to support the third prince?"
Lin Tailai responded: "I have a deep hatred for the Zheng family. If I support the third son of the emperor, I will incur the hostility of all the ministers. If I am among tigers and wolves, I will definitely die without a burial place!"
To be continued...