Chapter 678 Be prepared for danger in times of peace (please vote for me!)
Lin Tailai, who originally planned to leave after just two hours at the literary conference, was politely kept with him until the end because of the arrival of his second assistant, Zhu Geng.
Although the first deputy leader Lin did not have any public instructions except to write three poems.
However, the creative trend at the literary conference unknowingly turned into frontier poetry and military poetry.
This is probably called peach and plum without saying anything, making a mistake by itself.
The tired and exhausted leader Wang said to Lin Tai: "When you return from the Eastern Expedition, the position of leader of the literary world should be given to you."
Lin Tailai always felt that Lao Wang was setting up a FLAG for his originally ordinary words.
When it got late and everyone went back, the leader of the alliance, Wang Lao, transformed into the official of the Ministry of Personnel and began to talk about business.
He retreated and whispered to Lin Tai alone: "Lu Guangzu resigned and went to the country, and the imperial court wanted to elect the censor of Zuodu.
At present, the most likely candidate for nomination is Sun Piyang, Minister of Justice, and no one can compare with Sun Piyang in terms of qualifications."
Lin Tailai frowned and asked: "If Sun Piyang becomes the General Constitution, who should be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"
Wang Tianguan replied: "From the perspective of qualifications, Sun Qin, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is the most likely."
Lin Tailai couldn't help but complain: "If Sun Piyang is the censor of Zuodu, and Sun Quan is the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and the main hall positions of these two ministries still belong to the opposite party, then wouldn't Lu Guangzu's departure be in vain?"
Wang Tianguan sighed helplessly: "Both of these two were Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing's reign. Their qualifications in all aspects are so difficult that it is difficult to operate in the election."
Civilian politics has matured over the years and has formed a set of stable rules. Therefore, the election of senior officials must also adhere to the "Basic Law" unless the emperor directly changes the rules.
For example, Sun Piyang himself is a senior official, and he is the earliest Jinshi in the current imperial court.
Moreover, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Censor of Zuodu both belong to the Sanfa Si Zhengtang, so it is logical for the Minister of the Ministry of Justice to take over as the Censor of Zuodu, and the priority of qualifications is extremely high.
If you want to stop Sun Piyang, the rule of the game is to introduce at least one character whose qualifications are comparable to Sun Piyang's.
Just like last time, in order to prevent Lu Guangzu from becoming the Minister of Civil Affairs, Lin Tailai launched Wang Shizhen, the Minister of the same year.
Regardless of whether Wang Shizhen was an official gangster or not, at least in terms of superficial qualifications, he was at the same level as Lu Guangzu and about the same age.
So the biggest problem now is that we can't find someone with the same qualifications as Sun Piyang.
Sun Quan's situation is similar. He is also a Jinshi with thirty-five years of experience in Jiajing. According to the chronological order, he should have been promoted long ago.
Moreover, he had served as Minister of Dali Temple before, so he was very suitable for being promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
After talking secretly with Wang Shizhen, Lin Tailai thought, it seems that leaving Beijing will be postponed for a few days, and some things should be planned in advance.
Lin Tailai returned to the Lin Mansion in Lige Old Hutong with a heavy heart, and then sent someone to inform all members of the Update Society that emergency situation education would be carried out tonight.
Lin Zuoguan feels that people in the update community have been showing off their hair recently, so some warning must be issued.
He attached great importance to this visit to educate Lin, and even summoned the Chief Assistant Zhao Zhigao and the Minister of War Ye Mengxiong.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Tailai would not ask these two people to have a meeting. After all, the goal would be too big and the impact would be bad, and it would not be easy to keep it secret.
After everyone arrived, Lin Tailai first told the story that the possible candidates for Zuodu Yushi and Xingbu Shangshu were Sun Piyang and Sun Quan respectively.
Then he told everyone at the Update Society: "The current situation is not good."
Wang Xiangmeng, a member of the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, replied: "Although Sun Piyang is close to the Qingliu forces, he is actually relatively neutral, and is different from extreme figures like Lu Guangzu.
Therefore, when the court is recommended, those neutral figures should not oppose him, and it is indeed possible to serve as the censor of Zuodu.
But judging from his personal characteristics, even if he becomes the censor of Zuodu, the situation should not be that bad."
Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "You are right-leaning and compromising! Your personal characteristics are not worth mentioning in the context of the overall situation!
I just want to ask one thing, if there is no support from the Qingliu forces, can Sun Piyang be promoted to Zuodu Yushi?
If Sun Piyang becomes the censor of Zuodu with the support of the Qingliu forces, then even if he personally wants to be neutral, can he reject the political views of the Qingliu forces?"
Wang Xiangmeng added: "No matter how you put it, it can't be worse than Lu Guangzu's time, right? Sun Piyang is always gentler than Lu Guangzu."
Lin Tailai immediately reprimanded and said: "I have repeatedly emphasized that we must always be prepared for danger in times of peace and always maintain a cautious style!
You only see this small area in front of you, don't you realize that next year, the 21st year of Wanli, will be the year of Jingcha?
At that time, I will probably not be in the capital, so you can only hope for your own good.
But you are now so careless and have almost lost your due vigilance, which makes me very worried. How can you go to North Korea with peace of mind?"
Hearing the word "Beijing Cha", everyone finally understood the seriousness of the problem.
The so-called Beijing Inspection is a very important assessment system. Every six years, a very thorough assessment is conducted on the imperial officials in the capital.
And based on the eight criteria of "greedy, cruel, careless, weak and incompetent, impetuous, incompetent, old and sick", unqualified personnel will be eliminated.
Anyone who knows a bit about history knows that during the Wanli Dynasty, especially after the mid-term period, the Beijing Chaos almost became a tool of party struggle.
Every Beijing-Cha inspection is a climax of party struggle, and it will definitely be vigorous and stormy.
The most important thing is that the Jingcha was jointly chaired by the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Yushi of Zuodu.
So what Lin Tailai wants to remind everyone is that the selection of the new Zuodu censor will be related to the situation of the Beijing inspection next year.
Even if hard power is not enough to prevent Sun Piyang from ascending to power, he cannot be mentally paralyzed or relax his vigilance.
You must know that the nature of Beijing inspection is "everyone passes the test". If you are careless, you will be really unlucky.
Someone else said: "We still have Tianguan Danzhou Duke here, so next year the Jingcha will not lose control."
Even though the censor of Zuodu is a member of the opponent's family, there is still a minister of the Ministry of official affairs on our side.
Lin Tailai once again shouted unbearably: "I have just said repeatedly that we should be prepared for danger in times of peace! These four words must be firmly engraved in your mind!
I personally attended today's literary conference, and within half a day I saw Wang Tianguan already looking tired and sleepy.
It’s completely different from the days when the Literary Forum was held for three consecutive days and it was still full of energy and could even make beauties cry all night long!
There are no outsiders here, so I'll just be honest - it's hard to say how long Wang Tianguan can last." Only Lin Tailai knew that the original Wang Shizhen in history should have died of old age two years ago.
This time and space has been infused with the power of the Official Book of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it has lasted for two more years, but who knows when it will end?
When everyone in the Update Club heard this, they suddenly glanced at the chief assistant Zhao Zhigao.
There is a chief assistant here who is older than Wang Tianguan. Why aren't you worried about Lao Zhao?
Old man Zhao didn't know what to say, and his mind was filled with what Lin Tai had said several times - working for Daming Health for ten years.
Lin Tailai continued: "If Wang Tianguan has a physical problem and needs to elect a new Minister of Civil Affairs, we will have no advantage.
There are usually two sources of official ministers, one is the most senior minister, the other is the most senior minister.
If Sun Quan is promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the vacancy becomes available for the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, then Sun Quan will be the most senior other minister and the first priority candidate for the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Once this happens in the 21st year of Wanli, then Sun Piyang and Sun Qin, who are in charge of the capital inspection, are both from the same family. How will you deal with it?
And how can I, who is far away on the front line of Korea, command the war with peace of mind?
Do we have to place all our hopes on Wang Tianguan’s health being fine next year?”
Anyway, Lin Tailai doesn't want to gamble. He will mainly be in North Korea next year, and the rear must maintain basic stability.
However, Lin Tailai's "alarmism" immediately confused everyone in the update agency.
I originally thought that with the iron triangle of the Chief Assistant, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Minister of the Ministry of War, the current Lin Party was extremely stable.
How come after listening to what Lin Tai said, it seems that the Lin Party's situation has become extremely dangerous and the entire system is not stable?
Zhao Zhigao looked at the crowd and added: "For foreign affairs such as Beijing and Chakra, the cabinet can only wait for the report and then deal with it according to the report. It is difficult to directly interfere with the process, let alone give direct instructions on how to do it.
Therefore, all those who work in the ministry must cheer up, deeply understand Lin Jiuyuan’s intentions, continue to maintain a cautious style, and never forget the original intention of renewing the society.”
Then Zhao Shoufu said to Lin Tai: "We are still facing an old problem, and there are too few old comrades who can take over.
On the other side of the rival Qingliu forces, the Shanshan-Shaanxi Alliance, the Jinshi during the Jiajing period were not just Sun Piyang and Sun Quan.
There are also Yang Junmin, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Cai Guozhen, the imperial censor of Zuodu in Nanjing, Chen Younian, the governor of Jiangxi, and Shen Li, Li Shida and Xin Zixiu who can be revived in the opposition.
Although many people have been suppressed by you, as long as an opportunity arises, they can still rush to fight for it at any time.
The formation of our party was too short. Only Ye Da Sima was a senior Jinshi in the Jiajing Dynasty, but he could not leave the Ministry of War.
If you can't even push out a senior courtier, how can you compete with the other party for position?
There is an even more serious problem. Lin Jiuyuan has been appointed as the Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy for North Korea. In order to avoid suspicion of internal and external collusion, it is not convenient for you to participate in the court nomination."
Lin Tailai kept sighing, "Last year, I had already realized this problem and started to win over a group of senior courtiers. I invited Shi Xing, Zhong Zhenji and other ministers to attend the literary conference.
But this bunch of losers kept jumping around blindly until tomorrow, and ended up in the Xinhua Society. I am also very helpless!"
You really can't blame Lin Tailai for this. If he had accumulated his wealth slowly over the thirty years he had been in the DPRK, this wouldn't have been a problem.
But he has only been in the DPRK for three years. How many politically reliable old comrades can he discover?
Hearing that the future situation may be pessimistic, everyone felt a little depressed and prepared to live a hard life for one or two years.
If there is a climax of party strife while Lin Tailai is away from the capital, they may not be able to cope with it.
Zhao Shoufu comforted everyone and said: "Comrade Lin Jiuyuan also said that the future is bright, but the road is also tortuous. There is no need to be discouraged because of temporary difficulties."
Feeling that the warning education was almost complete, Lin Tailaicai said: "If we cannot gain the upper hand in terms of human factors, we can only prepare for a rainy day by revising the system in advance."
Then he said to Chen Yunjian, the director of the merit examination department: "While I haven't gone to Liaodong yet and Wang Tianguan is still alive, do what you can do first."
Chen Yunjian asked in confusion: "What to do?"
Lin Tailai ordered: "First of all, I will promote you to the position of Yuanwailang of the examination department. After all, you have been the chief for three years and you are qualified for promotion.
After I go to North Korea, you will be in charge of the work of the Examination Department.
Then, taking advantage of the shortage of left-du censors, Wang Tianguan and deputy censor Zhan Yangpi were asked to join forces to promote the restructuring, and later let the Kao Gong Division take on the heavy responsibility of the capital censorship.
Originally, the contents of the Beijing Examination overlapped with the responsibilities of the Gong Examination Department, so it was enough to use the Gong Examination Department to handle matters.
This is called leaving professional matters to professional people, and you can focus on improving efficiency, avoiding high-level officials shielding officials, or high-level officials arguing with each other.
If the restructuring can be successful, Beijing Cha will not be afraid of accidents next year."
After explaining the affairs of the examination department, Lin Tailai said to Wang Xiangmeng: "Find a way to get rid of the current literary selection department doctor, you sit on it!
If something unexpected happens to Wang Tianguan, we can feel at ease knowing that the most important official among the literary selection department is one of our own."
Then he said to Zhao Shoufu: "While I am going to North Korea, see if you can win over some Nanjing ministers in the name of Shoufu.
There are no reliable candidates for these senior ministers in the capital, and the Nanjing Ministry may still be able to find some senior ministers."
Everyone took note of the latest arrangements, but only Lin Tailai himself could push most of the arrangements forward.
Maybe this can be regarded as a "weakness" of the Update Society, which relies too much on the personal abilities of the leader.
Finally, Lin Tailai set a time point: "Before I set off, it is best to complete everything. It should be said that the probability of success is still very high.
Firstly, those people on my side want me to leave the capital as soon as possible; secondly, their focus must be on the competition between the two ministers, and they will shrink and make concessions in other aspects."
Sitting in the corner, Zhou Yingqiu, who had not spoken all night, suddenly said: "Actually, there is no other way."
Others are quite surprised, why did Zhou Yingqiu not speak until now?
Lin Tailai encouraged: "If you have any ideas, just talk about it! The renewal agency depends on everyone's joint efforts!"
Zhou Yingqiu replied: "There is a strategy in the art of war that attacks the enemy and saves it, no matter whether they favor Sun Piyang or Sun Quan.
As long as we grab someone they must save and beat them to death, they will have to give in.
For example, Han Xu, the new top scholar, was the son-in-law of Zhang Siwei and a relative of Yang Junmin, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was the future hope of the entire Shanshan and Shaanxi forces.
As long as they use the means to abolish Han Xu, the Qingliu forces and the Shanshan-Shaanxi Alliance will not be able to resort to any trap, at least they can disperse their power."
Everyone in the Update Society was speechless. This week Ying Qiu is really becoming more and more vicious, so how can Han Xu be blamed?
Lin Tailai thought about it for a while and then said: "Then let's try it together and you will be responsible."
If the above arrangements are implemented, Lin Tailai, who is about to go to North Korea, will feel a little more at ease.