An hour later, Lin Jiuyuan Tailai, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, the Imperial Academy's Attendant, and a doctor in the Third Department, successfully entered the Wuxi County Mansion.
Sitting in the hall, Lin Tailai frowned and sighed, without any joy.
The purpose of his provocation was not to occupy the county mansion at all.
This feels like the overlords of the Near East hundreds of years later beating Ba and Ha with such and such. Although they scored military victory points, they lost points politically.
At this time, he was accompanied by two semi-literate people drinking tea, Gu Bingqian, a guest, Li Zhi, a visiting professor at Hengtang College, and Gao Changjiang, vice president of Hengtang College.
Lin Tailai specially introduced Gao Changjiang and Li Zhi to get to know each other first, after all, the two would have to deal with each other frequently in the future.
After chatting for a few words, Gao Changjiang felt really shocked. No wonder he would find this person to give lectures.
There are still such scholars in this world who are extremely anti-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Wang Yangming back then was not so exaggerated!
After Li Zhi carefully inquired about the current situation of Hengtang College, he asserted: "Someone will definitely open a private school near the college to teach the Four Books and Five Classics. This must be the way the world's people think."
Although Li Zhi was ideologically opposed to traditional Confucianism, he was also a promiscuous person. In Hubei, he was engaged in business to make money and lectured at the same time. He was not the kind of scholar who did not like the fireworks of the world.
Gao Changjiang replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhuo Wu, our association will carry out two to three operations every year to strictly investigate and crack down on private schools in Hengtang Town!
They are Operation Spring Ting at the beginning of the year, Operation Sharp Knife at the middle of the year, and Operation Peace at the end of the year to ensure that no blind spots are missed!"
Li Zhi couldn't help but yearn for it leisurely: "Tang Liuru's poem says, 'The paradise of the world is Wuzhong', Nobufu!"
Lin Tailai was talking to his guest Gu Bingqian here, and ordered: "Arrange people to keep an eye on the governor's side, and they will take turns at twelve o'clock every day!
In addition, try your best to bribe internal agents, you don’t need to do anything else, you just need to know the governor’s movements as early as possible.”
This is obviously unwilling to give in and will continue to cause quarrels and troubles.
Gu Bingqian advised: "It is expected that the governor will stay in Wuxi for a short time and will definitely go to Suzhou. It will be more convenient for him to do anything when he arrives in Suzhou."
Although Wuxi County is a very prosperous and prosperous place today, its administrative status is not high. It is not even a prefecture. It is just a county under Changzhou Prefecture.
Therefore, there are not many high-end government buildings in Wuxi County, so the governor had to borrow the county mansion before.
Now that the governor has withdrawn from the mansion, where else is there a suitable place for the governor's long-term office use?
Not to mention that the governor also brought a thousand pacesetters with him, so settling in would be even more troublesome.
All in all, it's okay for a few days, but it won't be easy if it takes a long time.
Therefore, Gu Bingqian expected that the governor would stay in Wuxi for a short time.
Lin Tailai slapped the case and said: "Then it is even more important to keep an eye on the governor's movements! Otherwise, how will he win the position!"
Gu Bingqian was puzzled, what is "tearing the position"?
Lin Tailai really had no interest in the county mansion and quickly left again.
After all, he came to the city in the name of offering incense to his mother's temple property, so he still had to do some cosmetic work.
Perhaps most people don't know where the temple property of Jiuyuan Zhenxian's mother is, but scholars in the local traditional Neo-Confucian circles know it.
Just in the northeast corner of the ruins of their spiritual totem, the old Donglin Academy, is called Donglin Temple!
What's even more annoying is that the local Confucian scholars planned to bulldoze the nunnery and rebuild Donglin Academy two years ago, but they later learned that Lin Tailai's mother had bought this place five years ago.
Then there will be no more. Who dares to act rashly when it comes to other people's parents' matters?
For the sake of his own reputation, of course Lin Tailai could not enter Donglin Nunnery in person. He just went outside and asked Secretary Bai to deliver incense and silver.
Then I visited the ruins of the old Donglin Academy with three and a half scholars, which was also the place where Yang Guishan, a great scholar of the Song Dynasty, once fought.
Li Zhi had a sudden idea and said to Lin Tai: "You are not short of money anyway. How about rebuilding Donglin Academy and I give lectures here? I don't mind if there is a nunnery next to it!"
Lin Tailai: "."
You are really not afraid of death. No wonder you were imprisoned and committed suicide in history!
If you talk about anti-Cheng and Zhu studies in the territory of Yang Guishan, a disciple of the Cheng family, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by scholars from the local traditional Neo-Confucian circle?
Wuxi is the headquarters of the Donglin Party. The current Qingliu forces and the future Donglin Party both extremely uphold the traditional Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism academically.
While we were chatting, a servant suddenly came to report that the governor's camp was all set off, and the governor's boat at the Xishanyi pier outside the south gate was ready to go, and it was suspected that he was preparing to leave Wuxi!
Suddenly hearing the news that the governor had left, Lin Tailai did not panic and ordered: "Let my Shenwei Lieshui prepare to set off!"
Xishan Station outside the South Gate is the main station in Wuxi County and is also a water transportation hub. Lin Tailai's ship Shenwei Lieshui also stopped here a few days ago to greet its owner.
At this time, at the Xishanyi dock, local scholar leader Gu Xiancheng was bidding farewell to Governor Zhao.
"Brother, if you have been in Wuxi for a long time, the official office of the Suzhou Procuratorate is vacant, and you may be impeached by traitors for laziness and dereliction of duty.
But when you go to a dangerous place, you must be careful and patient, and take care of yourself!"
Governor Zhao: "."
Those who knew knew that they were going to Suzhou, which was less than a hundred miles away; those who didn't know thought that they were rushing to a border town where there was enemy territory.
Finally, Governor Zhao responded with great enthusiasm: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs!"
The two of them were saying goodbye, and before they could remember to compose a poem, a loud noise suddenly came from the river.
The two men turned around and saw several ships lined up in a row, blocking the intended channel of the governor's ship.
The crowd on the shore was also in an uproar. Who was so bold as to let the governor's ship avoid it? Who could have a higher rank than the governor?
Then there were a few big men on the bow of the boat, shouting loudly: "Official Lin Jiuyuan is going to board the ship and set sail. Please stay away from the ship and wait for the time being!"
Then there was no sound on the shore. Since it was Lin Jiuyuan, a high-ranking official, it was not surprising.
Although this is not Suzhou, it is only eighty or ninety miles away from Suzhou city, and everyone is still very aware of the style of Lin Daguan next door.
Legend has it that in recent years, two prefectural and county halls fell from power because they overran Lin Daguan's boat, the Shenwei Lieshui, on the Xujiang River.
"You bastard! You're going too far!" When Governor Zhao heard the big man's cry, he became furious and cursed!
Gu Xiancheng quickly pressed Governor Zhao's shoulders and said repeatedly: "Patience! Please be patient!"
Governor Zhao pointed to the river and said, "Do you have to be patient in front of so many people?"
Gu Xiancheng advised: "If it happens at this time, all the previous efforts will be wasted!
Just tolerate him, let him, let him, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more days and see him."
Governor Zhao took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Then Governor Zhao boarded the ship, but did not give the order to set sail. He sat in the cockpit and stared coldly at the several ships blocking the road.
An hour later, the situation was still the same. The governor's ship and the ships of the officers and soldiers of the standard camp were motionless.
The big guys on the bows of each ship here sighed regretfully, it seemed that there was no chance of making great achievements.
Sitting in the pavilion, he made a speech. If he can provoke the governor to take action, each person will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver and will be promoted to one level!
If unfortunately he dies, he will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver, and his son will be taken into the Lin Mansion to be raised!
It wasn't until the Kamui Fiery Water not far away slowly left the shore that the big men blocking the governor's ship reluctantly gave way to the channel.
Governor Zhao originally wanted to follow suit, but was persuaded by his staff.
Since you don't want to conflict with Lin Tailai over "rank", then don't follow him to avoid any accidents.
So after waiting for another two hours, it was already dark before the governor's ship set sail.
There are also a lot of night sailing ships in this era. If you sail slowly all night, you can arrive in Suzhou City at dawn tomorrow!
When it was dark and bright the next day, we were still twenty or thirty miles away from Suzhou City and arrived at Hushu Customs.
Governor Zhao was wondering whether he should go ashore and rest at the customs for a while, so that he could arrive in Suzhou City in a better mental state.
But in the morning mist, I saw a row of ships parked on the Xushuguan Pier, and among them was the Shenwei Lieshui!
Lin Tailai stood on the bow of the Shenwei Lieshui, stretched out, and greeted Governor Zhao across the water: "Good morning! What a coincidence?"
Governor Zhao looked grim, canceled the idea of docking to rest, and ordered the ship to continue moving forward.
The ship traveled another dozen miles and arrived at the famous Fengqiao Town in less than an hour.
At this time, I saw a sea of people on both sides of the river, flags fluttering, and gongs and drums roaring!
Even on the Maple Bridge in the distance, a huge banner was hung, but the words on it were still unclear.
Governor Zhao was in a daze for a while. The people in Suzhou were so enthusiastic? Isn't it possible? He didn't have any reputation in Suzhou?
Suddenly, several more ships came out and blocked the front of the governor's fleet!
There were still those familiar big men on the bow, shouting at the top of their lungs: "To the east, from the direction of Fengqiao, we will welcome the official Lin Jiuyuan today, and we will not accept other official ships!
Therefore, please ask Futai to take a detour from the west branch into the city, and we will guide you!"
The canal waterway reaches here and branches into two branches below Hanshan Temple.
A waterway turns to the east, that is, towards Suzhou City. Maple Bridge is at the fork in the road, and then you can go directly to Changmen, the most important gate in the city.
This side is equivalent to the gateway to Suzhou. All official welcome and send-off ceremonies are held here, which can be regarded as the welcome road on the facade.
Another waterway to the west continues south until it reaches Hengtang Town and intersects with Xujiang River.
Therefore, what the big men who stopped the governor's fleet meant was that today's "Yingbin Road" in Suzhou City would only receive people from Lin Daguan.
Therefore, the governor is asked to avoid the detour and turn from Hengtang Town to Xujiang River, and then to the secondary Xumen.
There was silence in the governor's ship, and all the staff and disciples did not dare to speak. At this time, there was no way to make any suggestions, and the governor could only speak for himself.
Rumors are never as good as seeing them with your own eyes. This is Suzhou where Lin Tailai is located? His boss, Governor Yingtian, is really in hell mode.
But Governor Zhao pressed his hands firmly on the window edge of the cockpit, his eyes were red, as if he was about to spit fire!
Two beliefs in my heart are fighting fiercely and struggling!
