If there was no united front value, Shi Lun would have been carried out of the city gate after dawn and thrown into the Han River to take a bath.
The label of Wuxi people is still very valuable, after all, the future headquarters of the Donglin Party will be Wuxi.
At this time, Lin Tailai already had the idea of guarantor, but before making a decision, he must first clarify the matter thoroughly.
The so-called "A Fu powerful person" originally refers to the old Huangli in the Zhang Juzheng era, so what does "corruption and bribery" refer to?
Shi Lun replied: "Since my boss took office, I have gathered various places to atone for my sins and spent more than 10,000 taels of silver on fire. This time I was also reported."
Lin Tailai asked: "Is this the only one?"
Shi Lun replied with certainty: "It's really just these."
For the government, the waste of money and food is often unclear. If it is not taken seriously, it will be fine. If it is taken seriously, it can still be considered a problem.
More than 10,000 taels of stupid money is not a large amount for a feudal official who has been working for several years.
If the crimes for which Qin Zhongcheng was impeached were only the charges of "adhering to Zhang Juzheng" and "confused account of more than 10,000 taels", then he was probably "struggled".
Lin Tailai took the files of officials from various provinces along the way that he had copied from the Ministry of Personnel and looked through them, and he had a rough idea.
Five hundred years later, officials would often not know who was tricked when something happened, but in this era it is relatively simple to judge friends and foes.
Mainly because in the context of acquaintance society, the model of interpersonal relationships is relatively simple, nothing more than blood relationship, fellow villagers, same age, teachers and students, etc.
Especially in environments where information circulation is slow, personnel circulation channels are fixed, and information disclosure is relatively low, the simple model is sufficient.
When you encounter a problem, you can always find some clues by looking from these aspects.
Take the impeachment of Governor Qin Yao as an example. Now he is being insisted on by the Imperial Censor Guo Shi.
Shi Lun also said just now that the Censor of Guo Shiguo is Zhao Nanxing's fellow county fellow and is said to be related by marriage.
Among the officials of Huguang Province, the inspectors Hou Shiqing, Zhao Nanxing, and Guo Shitong happened to be from Zhending Prefecture. Is this a coincidence?
Moreover, the time when Hou Shiqing was promoted to the post of Inspector happened to be when Zhao Nanxing was serving as Yuanwailang of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Is this a coincidence?
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, it is a coincidence that Lin Tai wrote this letter, because he often makes coincidences like this.
So Lin Tailai said meaningfully to Shi Lun: "Qin Zhongcheng's request for help from me seems to have been well thought out."
I guess I have been thoroughly studied by Qin Zhongcheng and know that the anti-Qingliu forces are his "political correctness".
Moreover, it is more practical for him to "take the initiative" to come to the door than to have "powerful people" far away in the capital.
Thinking of this, Lin Tailai felt helpless.
People in high positions will always be carefully studied by others and then catered to in a targeted manner. No one can avoid this.
Shi Lun did not dare to respond directly. The superiors must hate the feeling of having their thoughts guessed, so he could only ask tentatively: "What about the general will of Jiuyuan?"
Lin Tailai thought for a while, and realized that the two crimes of Governor Qin were both fine if someone took care of him, and he was unlucky if no one took care of him.
Then he turned to Shi Lun and said, "Let's wait until we get to Wuchang and meet your boss."
This means that I can agree to it tentatively, but we will see what happens when we get to Wuchang.
The main reason is that it is not a heinous crime or a bad crime, so it is relatively easy to secure a guarantor.
And even if you can't save it, you won't get burned, so there's no danger.
Shi Lun was overjoyed when he heard this and asked, "I would like to follow Duke Jiu Yuan to Wuchang."
I don’t know if it was because I was afraid that Lin Tailai would run away and the life-saving straw would be gone, so I asked to follow him.
It doesn't matter to Lin Tailai. He has more than 200 followers, and one more person will not affect anything.
Setting off again the next day, Lin Tailai sat on the boat, admiring the scenery on both sides of the Han River while chatting with Gu Bingqian and Shi Lun.
As the absolute core figure, Lin Tailai suddenly said with emotion: "Today's Huguang, especially Hubei, is really the most interesting place."
Gu Bingqian felt calm in his heart, because there were so many strange and strange things that suddenly happened in the proprietor's daily life, there was no need to make a fuss at every turn.
But Shi Lun was bent on flattering Lin Tailai, and his mind immediately began to work at high speed.
But everything was running to the point of burning out, and he didn't even want to understand what "the most interesting" meant.
At this time, I heard Lin Tailai continue to add: "Being an official in Hubei in the next ten years will not be boring."
Shi Lun's brain continued to work until it was smoking. He still didn't understand the profound meaning of Jiu Yuan Gong, but he didn't dare to ask casual questions for fear of violating the taboo of prying into the thoughts of superiors.
Fortunately, Gu Bingqian asked: "Why did the proprietor say this?"
Lin Tailai is not making it up. In the middle of Wanli period, Hubei was definitely one of the most fun places.
Then Lin Tailai, who was idle and bored, got into some conversation and said casually: "First of all, literature has flourished in this place in recent years. Didn't the Sanyuan Gong'an sect originate in Hubei?"
Shi Lun thought for a moment, this group of people pays attention to liberating their natures, and they often indulge in drinking and sex. It is not impossible to call them "interesting".
Then Lin Tailai continued: "Secondly, I heard that Li Zhi and Li Zhuowu have been giving lectures in Macheng in recent years, with thousands of people attending the lectures?"
Shi Lun was surprised and said: "Even Duke Jiuyuan has heard of Li Zhuowu?"
Lin Tailai nodded and said, "I have heard about the theory of crazy Zen for a long time."
This Li Zhi is also a famous and extremely unique figure in the intellectual history of the late Ming Dynasty. He can even be said to be unique.
The main characteristic of this person is that he opposes traditional Neo-Confucianism. He once said a famous saying - "You don't need to regard Confucius's right and wrong as right and wrong." This is groundbreaking. Who among other scholars would dare to say this?
Moreover, Li Zhi once publicly criticized Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as pseudo-Taoism, and he was even more of a madman among madmen.
Even though Lin Tailai was famous for being crazy and disapproving of Neo-Confucianism in private, he never said so publicly.
If it weren't for the relaxed folk environment of the late Ming Dynasty, people like Li Zhi would never have been born.
However, in history, Li Zhi's ending was not good. Later, he was repeatedly reported to the emperor by officials who extremely adhered to Neo-Confucianism.
Emperor Wanli ordered Li Zhi to be arrested for questioning, but Li Zhi committed suicide after being imprisoned.
In an environment where thought and speech were loose in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi was even labeled as a thought criminal. You can imagine how shocking his views were.
When Shi Lun saw Lin Tailai mentioning Li Zhi, a controversial celebrity, he carefully observed Lin Tailai's face and replied:
"Jiuyuan Gong is unaware that this year Li Zhuowu was accused of being a heretic and promoting chaos and misleading the public with his monstrous words. He is currently being taken to the feudal government office for refuge by Liu Dongxing, the chief envoy of the left."
The main reason is that Li Zhi is so controversial. Even within the Huguang officialdom, the attitude towards Li Zhi is very divided.
If it hadn't been for the fact that Liu Dongxing, the biggest figure outside the governor, had not sheltered Li Zhi, the leftist governor, Liu Dongxing, who knows what the trouble would have been like.
Without knowing how Lin Tailai viewed Li Zhi, Shi Lun could only explain the situation as objectively as possible.
When Lin Tailai's fame has reached such a level, he is the leader of the literary world with nine yuan on his left and his right hand, and he no longer bothers to hide his cultural views.
So he said to Shi Lun: "So, wouldn't it be interesting to say that there is a person like Li Zhi in Hubei?
If you can't protect Li Zhi, send him to Suzhou! I have built a Hengtang College and you can ask him to give lectures there."
"Hehehehe." Shi Lun laughed a few times and quickly made a note in his mind that Lin Jiuyuan tended to approve of Li Zhi.
When we return to Wuchang Mansion, we should remind the host Qin Zhongcheng not to disagree with Lin Jiuyuan on this controversial issue.
Lin Tailai, who was busy talking, continued: "As for the third interesting place in Hubei, Chu Fan is here. In the clan joke, Chu Fan has two out of three!"
Hearing this, Shi Lun laughed "hehehehe" again, as if he was cheering for the leader's joke.
Chu vassal refers to the king of Chu, who granted vassal status in Huguang, and the royal palace is in Wuchang City.
In the lineage of the Ming Dynasty vassal kings, the size of the Chu vassal clan was relatively large. Although it was not as exaggerated as the Kaifeng Zhou vassal, there were still more than a dozen princes.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Chu Palace is one of the richest palaces, at least much richer than the Zhou Palace.
But when it comes to the Chu vassal, in the eyes of civil servants it is indeed quite enjoyable.
Forty-six years ago, the Crown Prince of Chu ordered his warriors to use a copper hammer to kill the King of Chu on the spot at a banquet.
This was the only case in the history of the Ming Dynasty in which a crown prince killed his father, and it was quite explosive.
Then two consecutive generations of Chu kings succeeded to the throne at an early age and completely lost their prestige and binding force on other Chu clan clans.
Immediately, the Chu vassal clan fell into a state of chaos, and all kinds of messy troubles occurred one after another.
For example, when several clans were fighting over a certain family's wealth, they accidentally beat up King Tongcheng who was passing by.
This King Tongcheng was no ordinary prince. At that time, the King of Chu was young, and King Tongcheng took charge of the affairs of the prince's palace on his behalf, which was equivalent to the regent of the Chu vassal.
The regent was furious after being beaten, and then joined forces with the civil servants to kill the clans and steal the wealth.
Therefore, when he heard Lin Tailai mention Chu Fan, Shi Lun really thought he was telling a cold joke.
After laughing, he added: "Actually, Chu Fan should be fine now. After all, this King of Chu has reached his thirtieth year. He has grown up and is in good health. It doesn't look like he will die young."
In the past, the Chu vassal had a lot of troubles, mainly because in the past few decades, most of the time, the king of Chu was young and weak, and the clan completely lacked control, which was similar to a big family without a patriarch.
Now that the King of Chu has grown up, as long as he re-establishes the prestige of the clan leader, the chaos should be reduced.
At this time, Lin Tailai smiled instead and said cryptically: "The King of Chu's adulthood is not the end, but the beginning."
Where are we now? You all thought the farce was over? In fact, the real fun of Chu Fan is about to begin!
Anyone familiar with history knows that there were three major cases in the Ming Palace in the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, in the middle of Wanli, the Chu vassal also had a vassal version of the three major cases, each of which was more interesting than the last.
The core element of the three major cases of Chu and Fan is centered around the family property of the fat sheep King Chu, which fully illustrates what it means that people die for money and birds die for food.
There was also a governor who was ordered to interrogate the clan members during the three major cases of the Chu vassal dynasty, but was booed and beaten to death by a group of clan members.
If the Ming Dynasty clan had one stone, eight of them were in the Chu vassal. In the middle of Wanli period, working as an official in Hubei, especially Wuchang, would never be lonely.
After chatting more and becoming more familiar with each other, Shi Lun became bolder and asked, "Why did Duke Jiuyuan say that? Is there anything wrong with Chu Fan?"
When it doesn't matter, Lin Tailai doesn't mind showing off his "prejudgment ability."
This is also a kind of character-building technique. When others see that their predictions have been successful many times, they will naturally become convinced of themselves when they encounter things.
So Lin Tailai prophesied: "The king of Chu has been weak for decades, and the clan has not been restrained for a long time, and the unruly and disobedient has been deeply rooted. If the branches are strong and the branches are weak, how can there be no chaos?"
And another key point is that the King of Chu was too wealthy, and the other clans had a difficult life. The gap was too big, and they worried not about scarcity but about inequality.
You see, the civil strife in the Chu vassal will only become more and more intense, and the clan and the king of Chu will become like enemies. As for when it will calm down, only God knows."
Believe it or not, Shi Lun could only say "Jiu Yuan Gong has great respect" at this time!
We go all the way, turn into the river at Hankou, and arrive at the pier outside Hanyang Gate of Wuchang City.
At this time, Wuchang City had nine gates, each with different main features.
Hanyang Gate faces the river and is the west main gate and the most important city gate.
Distinguished guests boarding and disembarking and entering the city all go through Hanyang Gate, and the famous Yellow Crane Tower is right next to Hanyang Gate.
When the boat stopped at the pier and was about to go ashore, Shi Lun, a half-landowner, glanced at the shore and asked Lin Tailai strangely: "Has Jiuyuan Gong notified others?"
Lin Tailai replied: "As long as you are the official official, no one else has been informed. But I have some personal relations with the Yuan family in Jingzhou, so I informed them."
Shi Lun suddenly realized that it was no wonder that there were a large number of half-Confucian and half-business people on the shore.
The Yuan family is currently the largest grain merchant in Hubei. Its strength does not only refer to its scale, but also its ability to trade over large distances and across regions.
The Yuan family can steadily transport tens of thousands of shi or even 100,000 shi of grain to Suzhou every year. This ability is not possessed by other grain merchants of the same scale.
Business spanning thousands of miles is completely different from business in this region.
Now Shi Lun understood why the Yuan family could safely transport large quantities of grain to Suzhou for sale.
After landing on the shore, Lin Tailai said to Shi Lun: "I won't bother you tonight. I will meet with the Yuan family first."
Shi Lun was a little surprised: "Ah, this..."
Lin Tailai said: "Don't worry, it will be the same tomorrow."
Then Lin Tailai turned to the Yuan family, and Shi Lun quickly said: "No matter what, we have to send Mr. Jiu Yuan to his residence."
An elderly scribe from the Yuan family had already come up to him and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Yuan Shiyu, has admired Lord Jiuyuan for a long time, and today I finally get to pay my respects!
Quanzi has been taking photos of Jiuyuan PR for several years, and I am always grateful!"
Lin Tailai sighed: "My son, Yuan Hongdao, is good at everything. He is excellent in literature and has a good character. However, he is too negative in life and always wants to retreat bravely.
He has been promoted to Suzhou Prefecture to manage grain and general affairs, and is still thinking about how to resign and return to the mountains."
Yuan Shiyu replied: "I already admonished him again last month! Tell him to be an official in Suzhou with peace of mind, otherwise the family will have no place for him!"
Lin Tailai nodded with satisfaction: "Now Suzhou has changed its governor again. It needs stability, and your son must not leave."
