After get off work, Lin Tailai went to the palace again, but Wang Situ had already left and refused to stay for a moment longer.
At this time, the only people left in the mansion were Wang Xiangmeng and Wang Zhidu, who had arrived in Beijing after the exam and were ready to be elected. These two people did not need to return to their hometown to guard the system.
Looking at the much empty mansion, Wang Xiangmeng was very sad and sighed to Lin Tailai:
"In the past, when my two uncles, my little aunt and I were all here, it was so fulfilling and lively, but now I'm the only one left."
Then he pointed to the capital of kings and said, "How about letting my uncle stay in Beijing?"
Lin Tailai replied: "There are too many places that need to employ people. I'll think about it again."
Wang Xiangmeng added: "I have a hunch that when my second uncle returns home this time, he may not be willing to return to the capital again in the future.
After all, the second uncle will be sixty-eight when he completes the rule. The second uncle himself is not a very competitive person, so he may not bother with it if he feels that his life is perfect."
Although Lin Tailai was depressed about losing a minister of household affairs in vain, there was nothing he could do about it.
Probably when you are hanging out in the court, you will always encounter this kind of thing. Maybe the party member you are trying to cultivate will be worried.
For example, if Shen Yiguan was not supported by Shen Yiguan and Ding You was at home, Zhao Zhigao might not have been able to join the cabinet last year.
At that time, Lin Tailai was still gloating about his misfortune, but this year it was his turn to be depressed.
At this time, Shen Yongmao was at home trying to persuade his old father who suddenly became irritable.
"Father should have heard about Wang Situ Dingyou's incident, so he should stop as soon as possible and don't really beat Lin Tailai to death!"
Uncle Shen also understood clearly that Lin Tailai could still withstand a few punches from his father with the help of the iron triangle of Zhao Zhigao, Wang Tianguan and Wang Situ.
After carrying it, let the grumpy dad calm down and repair it again, which can be regarded as a fight to make peace.
But Wang Situ, the most stable and reliable man with real power, suddenly resigned, which left Lin Tailai passive.
The Household Department is in charge of financial rights, and its influence is everywhere on a daily basis, and all yamen cannot avoid it.
Losing the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance will definitely make Lin Tailai's strength greatly weakened, and he may be broken if he receives two punches from the first assistant with all his strength.
Shen Shoufu responded: "No need to say more, I know it in my heart."
Shen Yongmao said again: "Li Guan's memorial is nonsense. I just hope that my father will not fall into the trap of alienation, otherwise it will only make the relatives angry and the enemies happy!"
Shen Shoufu then scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! I have no plan to alienate you. Could it be that I can't even see this little trick?"
How could the wise and powerful chief minister fall into the trap? Doesn’t falling in the trap mean that he cares about the rhetoric of the memorial?
Shen Yongmao asked: "Then why did father get angry?"
Shen Shoufu replied: "I just think that Lin Tailai's gifts have been much less generous recently and he needs to be punished."
Shen Yongmao: "."
Shen Shoufu, you are so insincere to your own son.
In the current imperial court, there are three first-line official positions at the Jiuqing level, namely, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Industry, and the Minister of Dali Temple.
There are also the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who are in turmoil, and the minister of Taipusi, a relatively good second-tier official position, who is vacant.
The last time such a grand occasion occurred was seven or eight years ago when the influence of Zhang Juzheng was liquidated.
This means that many promotion channels suddenly appeared in the imperial court, which seemed to arouse the enthusiasm of all third- and fourth-rank officials.
Everyone no longer even wants to talk about national issues, they are all thinking about their own possibilities.
Those of the third rank can have the extravagant hope of becoming a minister, and even if they can't afford to be transferred to the minister of Dali Temple, they will still make a profit.
Although those in the fourth rank will not expect to be ministers, but after the third rank is promoted, won't there be vacancies in the third rank position again?
Just when all the senior officials in the imperial court were getting agitated, this year's literary conference was "quietly" held in the capital.
This is the first literary conference held in the capital in more than 20 years, and it should have become a small hot spot.
But it is a pity that in the recent heated atmosphere of pursuing upgrades and salary increases, literary conferences are not so eye-catching.
Not to mention that this was a hastily held literary conference, and it was not located in an important literary area. Most of the big names in the literary world from various places were absent, resulting in the conference itself being inherently deficient and lacking in star power.
In the Lingji Palace, the main venue, Lin Tailai looked at the more than 30 people present with an ugly face.
"It's almost time, and these are the only people?" Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly to Wang Shizhen, the leader of the New Wen League and the Minister of Personnel.
Wang Shizhen glanced at the situation and said calmly: "That's probably all we have. Eighty people are scheduled, so it's okay if we can come as many as we can."
Lin Tailai couldn't help but ask again: "Where is Young Sima Shixing? Why is there no one there?"
Wang Shizhen still said calmly: "It seems he didn't come? He said he was sick before."
Lin Tailai really didn't know what to say. He didn't know whether this was "Chameleon" or "The Reveal of Officialdom".
At the beginning, it was Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War, who was most active in the literary conference and even took the initiative to organize it.
As a result, on the day of the conference, not even the main organizer Shi Xing showed up?
In addition to Shi Xing, Li Chun, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhong Zhenji, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, two ministers with certain talents and reputations, were originally scheduled to attend the literary conference, but they did not show up today.
Lin Tailai said sarcastically: "Jiu Qing has three vacancies at once. There are too many opportunities. Faced with such a huge temptation, who doesn't want to give it a try?"
Recently, the chief minister is fighting the Qingliu Party and the Lin Party together. This is not a joke, he is really suppressing the fight.
Candidates nominated by the Lin Party are frequently obstructed and sabotaged by the chief minister. How can we not make others wary?
Therefore, if you get too close to Lin Tailai, you will probably be unlucky immediately and completely lose the current opportunity, let alone the future.
Although Lin Tailai may represent the future, the future is too far away, so we should focus on the present first.
No matter what, life still has to go on, and literary conferences have to be held, although they look more and more like a grass-roots team.
Anyone who dares not come is qualified to be afraid of being targeted by Chief Minister Shen. But the more than 30 people who dare to come are all characters who are not worthy of being cared about by Chief Minister Shen. The quality of the personnel can be imagined.
At the meeting, facing more than 30 novices, leader Wang always smiled and spoke freely, but the first deputy leader had a dark face the whole time.
The participants had to admire that the leader of the alliance is the leader of the alliance, and he is indeed very magnanimous.
Leader Wang reminded the first deputy leader: "Don't be like this, show some professional qualities."
The first deputy alliance leader whispered: "Shi Xing is damned! Such a shabby and shabby place has simply lowered our grade. Don't you feel embarrassed and ashamed?"
Without literary bigwigs and officials with sufficient weight, wouldn’t this literary convention become a copycat convention that overestimates its capabilities?
Leader Wang thought, where are we now? People can't do anything without going through setbacks and education.
This Lin Tailai is really used to smooth sailing, he has never experienced setbacks at all, and he lacks adverse business intelligence.
How is it like me? I haven't seen any embarrassing scenes in recent years? Today's situation can only be regarded as a waste of time.
Then Leader Wang Laomeng said earnestly: "For those of us who are leaders in the literary world, even if we are in a shabby situation, we must pretend to be a shining stage.
In the future, the literary career will have to rely on you to support it. If you can't fool yourself, how can you fool others?
Today’s theme is Song of Victory, and others have to offer poems. If you, the hero, don’t act happier, are you worthy of today’s theme?”
The first deputy leader seemed to be forced to start business, and gradually showed a fake smile.
Immediately, others began to present poems. Lin Tailai watched with his smile getting stiffer and stiffer.
What is the quality of the poems? "The Western Qiang finally collapsed, and the whole army returned with triumphant songs."
"Yaha Tenrou" and the like.
Seeing this kind of sentence, Lin Tailai, as the person being touted, felt not only embarrassed, but also embarrassed in capital letters.
He felt uncomfortable every time he thought that his great achievements could only be associated with such poems.
In the end, Lin Tailai stood up unbearably and announced, "On my way back to the teacher, I composed "Twelve Victory Songs of the Northwest", and I will enjoy it with you all!"
The rookies were in an uproar. They had heard that First Deputy Leader Lin liked to publish poems in groups. Poems were often published in groups, but twelve poems in one breath was still very rare.
"The Lin Pavilion was newly opened to reward the Yuan Dynasty. Po Mu Zhong saw that it was forbidden. The Westerners must be brave to go here. The supervisor army went to Kongtong yesterday."
"The Yellow River is coming thousands of miles from the sky, and giant spirits are holding the cloud platform in their high palms. Watching the prime minister pass by in the distance, the sun shines on the four doors of Yuguan."
"The Gong's clothes illuminate the road with a glow, and the squad's swords are as majestic as Shang Fang's. The general's arrogant soldiers greet the left side of the road, and thousands of people encourage them to enter Pingliang."
"Re-opening the imperial palace to test the swordsmanship, and the seven battles were successful and the song was triumphant. May I ask Ling Yan who is the best? The sword and shoes of the Han family are given to Xiao He."
"There is a unicorn in the painting, and I am rewarded with favor and life. Xiong is not allowed to return to the forbidden garden, and he is the first person to be awarded the three seals."
The rookies at the meeting looked at each other in confusion. How could the first deputy leader be so open to self-praising?
Could it be that the first deputy alliance leader was dissatisfied with the lack of enthusiasm in their praise just now, so he ended up personally?
But if you have finished blowing it yourself, how can others still blow it?
Leader Wang was the first to react, taking the lead in applauding a few times and speaking passionately:
"Lin Jiuyuan's triumphant song set off the first climax of this literary conference! It laid the foundation for the successful conclusion of this literary conference!
I hereby propose to use Lin Tailai's "Twelve Triumph Songs" as the base, and then synthesize your best verses to synthesize a new cymbal song to be used at the upcoming prisoner presentation ceremony. Your names will be commemorated.
In the court rituals and music!"
"Okay!" The courtyard suddenly erupted in cheers, with more than 30 people shouting loudly to the effect of more than 300 people.
Lin Tailai had to admit that leader Wang Lao could stir up the atmosphere, provided there were no strongmen to cause trouble.
At the end of the literary conference, leader Wang smiled and handed a petition signed by more than thirty people to Lin Tailai.
"It doesn't matter what the process is, as long as you can achieve the goal you envisioned, right?
This is a petition signed by everyone to the imperial court to replace the cymbals used as prisoner gifts - isn't this the purpose of holding a literary conference?"
Lin Tailai said with a bit of disdain: "Just these thirty people?"
Alliance leader Wang Lao replied: "Don't care about the number of people or the level of the people, just say, does it represent the Literary Circle Conference? To be honest, it could also represent the New Literary League!
So on the surface it is signed by more than thirty minor characters, but they acted at a literary conference, so the title is that we, the literary world, jointly petitioned the court."
Lin Tailai thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. As long as it could be packaged as a petition for the literary world, it would be enough.
The next day, Lin Tailai went out to work and went to the Ministry of Etiquette as his first stop. However, he did not enter the Host and Guest Department. Instead, he went straight to the main hall where the Minister was.
Because he did not have the habit of asking for instructions and reporting, Lin Tailai rarely set foot here.
"What a rare visitor." Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, couldn't help but sarcastically said when he saw Lin Tai coming.
You, Lin Tailai, the host and guest doctor, actually know where the main hall of the Ministry of Etiquette is?
Lin Tailai pretended not to hear the sarcasm and replied: "The lower officials are not keen on flattering their superiors, so it is not wrong to be a rare guest."
Yu Shangshu wanted to make it clear. Ignoring your boss and not flattering your boss are two different things!
Lin Tailai didn't want to get entangled in minutiae, so he quickly got down to business: "All the participants at yesterday's Literary Forum jointly requested the court to change the cymbals in the name of the Literary Forum."
While speaking, Lin Tailai handed the petition to Yu Shangshu.
Regarding the preparations for the ceremony, the Minister of Rites is the highest person in charge of the outer dynasty.
Yu Shenxing briefly glanced at the pile of signatures on the petition and almost laughed out loud, "Aren't you just entertaining yourself?"
This is all a bunch of crooked signings that I have never heard of. Could it be that Lin Tailai hired extras to make up the numbers?
Lin Tailai asked: "Uncle Zong has been aloof for a long time, so he looks down on the scholars at the bottom?"
Yu Shenxing didn't answer, and said a little impatiently: "The prisoner gift is almost ready, why bother?"
Lin Tailai retorted: "How can this be called tossing? This is clearly called striving for excellence."
Yu Shangshu said in disgust: "Don't use those words that fool a three-year-old child in my place."
Lin Tailai said: "Uncle Da Zong! Do you only know why you can't sit still in the position of Minister of Rites?
The main reason is that you are someone who doesn't take things very seriously.
Since you don’t bother with things, others will bother you!”
Yu Shangshu: "."
Although Lin Tailai is a bastard, his words are often very subtle.
Just like me, the Minister of Rites, who does nothing, the country’s fundamental issues hit me on the head!
It's better to stir up some troubles and make some noise, maybe it can dilute the "national problem".
Lin Tailai also advised: "Uncle Da Zong, you really need to do something special and create a new topic.
In this regard, you and I can cooperate sincerely. I, Lin Tailai, am called Jinbu, and Bu is Jibu with a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold."
Yu Shangshu didn't believe in this kind of "a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold", "For Bachelor Chen of Hanlin Academy? Qing Zhao of Taipu Temple? Where is your promise?"
Lin Tailai asked back: "Uncle Da Zong! You don't want others to know that you made up the story in private that the emperor admired your calligraphy the most and gave you calligraphy more than ten years ago, right?"
Yu Shangshu was stunned and a little at a loss.
You bad guy! You drank too much and you were bragging. How did you let Lin Tailai know about it?
After coming back to his senses, Yu Shangshu asked again: "Did you just say sincere cooperation?"
Lin Tailai responded: "That was just now, now it is no longer cooperation."