The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

As long as Lin Daguan wanted to, he had eighteen ways to attract Emperor Wanli's interest, but now he was completely unwilling to provoke Emperor Wanli too much.

First, the upper limit of Wu Jinshi's reputation in politics is too low. No matter how powerful he is, he will not get much direct benefit.

It’s better to wait until I go back to finish reading, and then jump around next time the liberal arts competition comes back.

Lin Daguan is still very confident in this. If he can't even pass the exam, will Shen Shixing, the chief minister, still have the nerve to continue to be a minister?

Secondly, Emperor Wanli is probably swaying people all over the world to support his third son. Lin Daguan does not want to be favored by the emperor at this time.

Third, the foundation of the South is not yet stable, and we still have to go back and clean it up.

So for Lin Daguan, just go through the formalities today and get the vanity of being the top pick.

With the end of the trouble-free palace examination, the martial arts examination in Wanli's fourteenth year has come to an end.

Zhang Jiayin, the chief commander of the Ministry of War, also breathed a sigh of relief. The horse riding was finally over safely. He has been an official for forty years and has never seen such a tiring martial arts test.

It turns out that the martial arts test didn't attract much attention, and you could just do it casually. Why, when it was your turn to be the minister of the Ministry of War, the martial arts test actually had the effect of intrigue, and it was always mixed with the situation in the temple.

In fact, there is one last step for this year's martial arts course, which is to hang up the martial arts imperial list outside the gate of the Ministry of War!

Since time traveling, after more than a year of hard work, Lin Daguan has stepped on thousands of injured people, punched the north and south, and stepped on both sides of the capital, and finally became the officially certified number one hunk in the world!

After the newly-minted No. 1 Scholar Lin attended the ceremony of hanging the royal list, he mounted a high horse at the gate of the Ministry of War, and a group of sergeants escorted the newly-minted No. 1 Scholar back to his residence.

There were speakers, suonas, gongs and drums along the way, so it was quite lively anyway.

Obviously, this is also an imitation of the parade ceremony of the liberal arts champion, which is the beating of horses in the streets and praise of officials in the novel.

Even the dignity of Wu Zhuangyuan is not even the slightest bit worse than that of Wen Zhuangyuan.

That night at Shen's Mansion, Lin Daguan had dinner with Chief Assistant Shen Shixing.

Shen Shoufu ate half a bowl of rice, put down his chopsticks and said, "Today in the Wenhua Hall, I saved your life once. Don't forget this kindness."

Official Lin recalled that Shen Shoufu only appeared once today. Just when the emperor wanted him to practice with fifty eunuchs, the chief minister spoke out to stop him.

"Does this count as saving me?" Lin Daguan was a little dissatisfied, "It obviously blocked my chance to perform in front of His Majesty."

Shen Shoufu asked rhetorically: "What happens after you perform? After the martial arts performance, the emperor may choose you to be a member of the Royal Guards and serve as the imperial weapon bearer. Can you bear the restraint?"

Official Lin said decisively: "No!"

The imperial weapons that the chief assistant mentioned are probably the imperial guards in the novel. With Lin Tailai's temperament, of course he couldn't bear such boring and powerless work.

Immediately, Lin Daguan changed the subject and said: "Now that the exam is over, I don't want to stay in the capital for a long time. I will be returning to the south in a few days. There are still many careers for me to work hard over there."

Now the chief assistant also understands that the "hard work" in Lin Daguan's words is not only a noun or adjective, but also a verb.

Shen Shixing said subconsciously: "Are you leaving so soon?"

Lin Daguan said with great foresight: "The battle over the country has begun. In the early days, the emperor and his ministers were very angry, and the intensity will not be low.

As someone who is deeply entangled with Zheng Guotai, how long will I stay if I don’t leave? Are you waiting to be used as a weapon by others or the emperor? "

Shen Shixing was speechless. Lin Tailai's sense of smell was better than that of a dog. He frowned and asked, "Did you forget the most important thing?"

After thinking about it twice, Officer Lin was still confused. "Now that we have the No. 1 pick, what else is the most important thing to do? Is there any?

Or is Prime Minister Shen planning to give me a font name? This is not impossible. "

As the defender of the imperial system, the old chief minister almost vomited blood, "Have you forgotten that we still need to select officials!"

"Ah, can I not choose this? I will go back to Jiangnan to study and prepare to take a further step in the literary world."

Lin Daguan is currently not very interested in military attachés. All he needs is reputation and prestige.

He has hundreds or even thousands of assistants under his command who can do anything that a military attache can do; he can also do things that a military attaché cannot do, such as collecting protection taxes.

Moreover, if the official selection is not good, he will be restrained, which will affect his ability to dominate Jiangnan.

Shen Shoufu slapped the case and yelled: "You, the top military scholar, don't choose officials, you just don't give honor to the emperor, and you break the court rules.

You can choose and then resign, but you can’t not choose, that’s the rule! "

Lin Tailai was a little surprised. Is it appropriate for you, an old chief minister in your early fifties, to speak in a gangster accent? Who did you learn it from?

"I choose! I choose! I will go to the Ministry of War to join the post tomorrow!" Lin Daguan could only be forced to accept the constraints of the rules of the world.

As the saying goes, people in the world cannot help themselves.

The next day, Mr. Shen Yongmao of the Shen Mansion went to work at the Ministry of War, and Mr. Lin followed Shen Yongmao.

Uncle Shen works in the Vehicle and Driving Department, but it is the Military Selection Department that is responsible for selecting military attachés.

After arriving at the Ministry of War, Shen Yongmao personally led Lin Tailai to the Martial Arts Department.

Theoretically speaking, ordinary people can only wait for appointments outside and cannot go to the Military Selection Department in person to serve as officials. If they are too ostentatious, they will definitely be reported and impeached.

However, as the first martial arts champion in the Ming Dynasty, Lin Daguan was still eligible for preferential treatment.

On the way, Shen Yongmao introduced the situation to Lin Tailai and said: "The surname of the doctor in the martial arts department is Yu, and he was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing."

Official Lin was immediately surprised, "How can he still be in such an important position when he was Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing's reign?"

The Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War is responsible for the promotion and selection of military attachés, and its responsibilities and powers are among the highest among the six ministries.

The master of Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing was Zhang Juzheng. In today's political arena, this wave of politically incorrect Jinshi did worse and it was difficult to obtain key positions.

For example, Mr. Feng Er, who was still striving for fame in the literary world, was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing and retired in his prime.

Therefore, Lin Daguan was a little surprised to hear that the doctor in the martial arts department was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing.

"He is over fifty years old." Shen Yongmao explained briefly and comprehensively.

He is only a fifth-grade doctor in his fifties, and he seems to be not that good. Others, Shen Shoufu, is only fifty-two this year.

Official Lin couldn't help but think of the seventy-year-old official Yang Wei, and couldn't help but complain:

"Is this Mr. Yu related to Prime Minister Shen? Does Prime Minister Shen like to arrange for old men to occupy important positions?"

While talking, the two walked to the main hall of the courtyard of the Martial Arts Division.

Shen Yongmao walked straight in and took Yu Liangshu, the doctor of the martial arts department, to the side hall to sit down and talk.

Official Lin took a look and found that Lang Zhong was indeed quite old. He was considered older among the six officials.

Shen Yongmao leaned on the Taishi chair, holding the tea cup and said, "You guys go ahead and I, an outsider, won't talk too much."

Mr. Yu was speechless. You, the eldest son of the First Assistant, just sit here and have an attitude. Is there any difference between talking too much and not talking too much?

But he still took the initiative to say to Lin Tai with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Lin Taiyuan is indeed a young talent."

Official Lin also said politely: "I would like to ask Yu Xuanwu to take care of me today."

Doctor Yu stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the point: "In previous years when Wu Jinshi was selected as an official, he could choose between staying in the capital or returning to his hometown to show the court's preferential treatment.

More preferential treatment will be given to those who are first in the martial arts test and who are from civilian backgrounds. They must be at least fifth-level with actual duties, and their positions are generally voluntary.

On this basis, I can give you more preferential treatment to Lin Zhuangyuan. After all, this is the first number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty. "

"What positions are there and how to choose?" Lin Daguan asked curiously.

Langzhong Yu responded: "First of all, do you want to stay in the capital, or return to your place of origin? Or should you develop your style and serve in the border towns?

If you stay in the capital and there is no other appointment by the emperor, you will usually enter the capital camp as a martial arts coach in the first year.

After one year, after getting familiar with the situation in the Beijing camp, I will be granted the title of commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp."

Before Dr. Yu could finish the introduction, Lin Daguan shouted: "Don't stay in Beijing! Don't stay in Beijing! Go back to your hometown!"

I heard that in the first year of staying in Beijing, I will be the martial arts coach of the Beijing camp. Isn't this the "800,000 forbidden army instructor" in the novel?

Is it auspicious that Mr. Lin has become Coach Lin?

Seeing that Lin Tailai refused to stay in Beijing, Langzhong Yu didn't take it seriously and expressed his understanding, so he continued to introduce:

"If you choose to return to your place of origin, it is usually sent back to the province. The governor of the province, together with the capital commander, the general garrison officer, etc., will select the candidates according to the needs of the position and report to the court.

However, the situation of direct administration in the north and south is different from that of provinces, towns, and capitals. They can be directly appointed by the Military Selection Department. "

Lin Tailai nodded, this is good, it can be done directly at once, without having to go to the province to run an official job.

The special thing about the North and South Zhili is that many affairs are directly arranged by the court, which is different from other provinces.

I also heard Yu Langzhong say: "South Zhili Armed Forces has three major sections, the Jiangbei section, the Jiangnan section, and the Nanjing and Jiangfang section."

Lin Daguan felt like he was playing a strategy game, choosing opportunities step by step.

Thinking of the next strategic focus, Lin Daguan said tentatively: "Yangzhou?"

Like a novice guiding the NPC, Yu Langzhong responded mechanically: "Within the boundaries of Yangzhou, the guard system includes Yangzhou Guard and Gaoyou Guard, and the town garrison system includes Tongzhou Langshan Deputy General Barracks, Yizheng Garrison Camp, Guazhou Garrison Camp, and Taizhou Garrison. Coast Guard Camp and so on.”

Official Lin clicked the option with great interest: "Yangzhou Guard!"

If you were to be a military attache in Yangzhou Guard, with at least a thousand soldiers under your command, and with the support of the Ministry of Revenue and the support of the Suzhou base camp, wouldn't it be easy to dominate the Yangzhou Salt Industry!

"Wait a minute!" Shen Yongmao, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, interrupting Lin Daguanren's game operation.

Official Lin looked at Shen Yongmao in confusion, didn't you say that you don't want to talk too much?

Shen Yongmao couldn't help but remind Lin Tailai: "Please wake up, after you become an official, you can't leave your territory at will!

In other words, if you serve as an official in Yangzhou Guard, you cannot leave Yangzhou without being sent by the imperial court.

Do you just want to stay in Yangzhou in the future and don't want to go back to Suzhou? "

Lin Tailai: "."

It seems reasonable. Suzhou is the base camp. It has only been a year since the foundation was established. It is not yet unbreakable. It is impossible not to return to Suzhou.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Tailai asked Langzhong Yu: "Is there an official position in Yangzhou and Suzhou that includes both Yangzhou and Suzhou?"

What kind of greedy request is this? Yu Langzhong was speechless for a long time, and then replied: "Yes, he was the governor of Zhejiang Province back then, but he was not a military attache."

Lin Daguan sighed: "I thought I had the courage of Jin Bu, but now that the world is peaceful, there is no suitable position."

Then he patted his butt and wanted to leave, but he lost his freedom when choosing officials, so he decided not to choose.

Yiyu Langzhong, a fifty-year-old Chengfu, was also made angry by Lin Daguan.

When others come to ask for an official position, they are always careful to please them in every possible way, for fear of being thrown into a place they don't want to go.

This Lin Zhuangyuan was picky and didn't take it seriously. He showed too little respect for his profession!

So Yu Langzhong couldn't bear it and said: "Lin Zhuangyuan! If you don't choose an official, how can you advance to the next level? Isn't it a waste to become the number one scholar?"

Lin Daguan said proudly: "I am the head of the Suzhou Liberal Arts County Examination, the Prefecture Examination, and the Dao Examination. Can't I go back to my hometown and continue studying?"

Yu Langzhong took a deep breath, this man is so terrifying!

Shen Yongmao stood up and complained: "If you don't choose officials, wouldn't my help be in vain?

Unlike civil servants, military attachés can return to their hometowns to serve, but you don't cherish the opportunity to return home in glory. "

Official Lin was about to say something when he suddenly heard Yu Langzhong say: "I can create an official position in a reasonable and legal way so that Lin Zhuangyuan can travel freely between the south and the north of the Yangtze River."

Lin Daguan immediately turned around and said with a warm invitation: "It's too late for me to meet the old gentleman. We'll see you at Goulan Alley in the west courtyard of Jiaofang tonight. I'll be your host!"

Langzhong Yu explained: "There are three guards and seven battalions in the entire Suzhou Prefecture, and the ones stationed in Suzhou City are the Suzhou Guards.

If he returns to Suzhou City to take up a post, according to the system, Lin Zhuangyuan will be awarded at least one thousand households of the fifth rank of Weizheng in Suzhou.

However, the Suzhou Guards are also responsible for transporting grain, so it is reasonable to set up officials to supervise.

Therefore, Lin Zhuangyuan might as well serve as the Suzhou Guard Qianhu and the Department Supervisor and Transport Commander. Such a fifth-grade official plus a fourth-grade dispatcher is worthy of the status of number one scholar.

And the most suitable thing is that you can use the excuse of supervising the transportation of grain to travel to the south of the Yangtze River, the north of the Yangtze River, Suzhou and Yangzhou without any problem. "

Hearing this, Officer Lin felt extremely satisfied. Isn't this a tailor-made official position?

Then he smiled and said repeatedly: "Very good! I'll ask the old gentleman for a monthly subscription!"

Shen Yongmao said it right. One thing that makes military attachés slightly more comfortable than civilian officials is that they can return to their hometown to serve.

In addition, the rank of military officer is quite high. He, the top martial scholar, can start directly at rank 4 or 5, which is unthinkable in the civil service system.

As for the saying that the civil servants are noble and the military officials are inferior, nowadays there is a phenomenon of military officers being bullied by civil servants. Lin Daguan felt that no civil servants in Suzhou City could bully him, so it would be good if he did not bully civil servants.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate that military attaches were not allowed to take the imperial examination. They could serve as military attaches while studying at the county school.

First, work as a military attache for a year or two to gain practical benefits, then resign to take part in the provincial examination and climb to the top of politics. There is nothing wrong with the plan!

Looking at Lin Daguan's face at this time, Shen Yongmao couldn't help but think of another senior official in a recently popular book with golden letters, who also dominated the place with the excuse of punishing thousands of households.

Literary works indeed come from life, but they are always not as magical as life.