The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Lin Tailai glanced at the ministers in the living room, and then asked: "Don't force me to torture, you can take the initiative to explain, what are you plotting with Governor Yang here?"

Do you want to cause big trouble in Yangzhou City and then put the blame on me? "

Everyone wanted to say that if you, Lin Tai, had come a little later, Governor Yang might have revealed the conspiracy.

But I haven't said it yet, so there is absolutely no such thing.

Faced with the silence of everyone, Lin Daguan was completely unfazed, "It doesn't matter if you don't explain. Anyway, that's what I wrote in the memorial to the court. If the court really believes it, then it has nothing to do with me!"

One of the great ministers shouted angrily: "Lin Tailai! Don't be too arrogant! Although you gained some power with a surprise attack, as long as Futai escapes, you will definitely not end well!"

Official Lin laughed a few times, pointed to the backyard of the living room and said, "Guess who he will encounter if he climbs over this wall and goes out?

Do you think that I only have more than a hundred people in the hospital? Don't worry about the governor, just worry about whether you can get out safely! "

Of the seven or eight ministers who were trapped in the sitting room of the Procuratorate, only Wang Yuan could exchange a few words with Lin Tai.

The others either did not know or have any friendship with Lin Tailai, or were enemies.

But now Wang Yuanwai didn't want to speak anymore, because he found that the more he spoke, the more he might lose.

Lin Daguan was very dissatisfied and said to Wang Yuanwai: "They say that you Hui people are good at dancing, but I saved you, how come you don't even have a word of thanks?"

Wang Yuanwai gritted his teeth and refused to be fooled. If you say thank you, do you also need to talk about the gift of gratitude?

Official Lin shook his head and said with emotion: "That day when I was having a banquet with you in the garden, I caught a glimpse of the daughter of the Wang family. There should be a message from me on the wall. Is she okay?"

Wang Yuanwai suddenly felt something in his heart, and hinted: "I have nothing else to do, I'm still waiting in my boudoir."

Lin Daguan said helplessly: "I heard that you were interested in getting married, but later you were hesitant, so I went north to take the exam."

There were so many people present, and Wang Yuanwai couldn't help but look at him seriously, "At that time, you pretended to be a descendant of the Wang family in Dongshan, Suzhou, so I deliberately recruited you!"

Official Lin turned a deaf ear and continued: "Unexpectedly, I met the current King of Household Affairs, Situ, in the capital. He asked his chief assistant to act as a matchmaker and forcibly married his sister to me.

How could I, a small martial arts champion, resist such power? Only by reluctantly accepting the marriage can he escape and return to the south. "

All the court said: "."

When is there such a good thing? Did they also go to the capital to try their luck?

Official Lin lamented sadly: "Although I still miss the daughter of the Wang family in my heart, it's just fate that makes us miserable!

Member Wang! You don’t want to see lovers not getting married, right? "

Officer Wang was expressionless on the outside, but said with a hint of expectation: "What? Do you want to propose to the Chief Situ of the Ministry of Revenue to cancel the engagement?"

Lin Daguan said shyly: "Actually, there is no need to be so fierce. Haven't you Hui people invented ways to be accommodating a long time ago?"

Wang Yuanwai suddenly had a very bad premonition, and it came true on the spot.

Lin Daguan showed a longing expression, "I heard that you Hui people have been doing business in foreign lands all year round and invented the term "equal wife?"

It means marrying into a wife in the guest place where you do business, and treating her as a wife, and she is called an equal wife.

But the official etiquette does not recognize her, and she cannot be taken back to her hometown. The official wife is still the one from her hometown. "

Wang Yuanwai's vision went dark and he almost fainted.

Just when Lin Daguan went deep into the army alone and raided the governor's court, his previous urgent memorial of 600 miles had been sent to the capital.

This kind of expedited business is not handled randomly. If you use expedited services in violation of regulations, you will be severely punished.

According to the rules of the imperial court, only emergency situations such as enemy situation, disaster, mutiny, civil commotion, etc. are allowed to be sent directly to the capital in the six-hundred-mile expedited mode.

Lin Daguan's report to the court was that "800 Suzhou Guards troops were blocked at Jingkou. The military situation was unstable and they could mutiny at any time and occupy the gate hub to cause chaos." This kind of thing barely complies with the six hundred mile expedited requirement. .

This six-hundred-mile expedited memorandum was sent directly to the emperor. After Emperor Wanli took a look at it, he felt that it had nothing to do with him directly, so he was too lazy to think about it and left it to the cabinet for processing.

The first assistant, Shen Shixing, looked at this memorial. Although it may be exaggerated, it is normal. Memorials are like this, for fear that the court will not pay attention to it.

Shen Shoufu could probably understand that it was Lin Tailai who wanted to cause trouble, but what he didn't understand was exactly how Lin Tailai wanted to cause trouble.

If even the chief assistant is not "informed", it may lead to loss of control.

If it were someone else who dared to do this, Shen Shoufu would have put the memorial aside long ago, loving it to death.

While I was thinking about it, memorials from Governor Yingtian and the Magistrate of Zhenjiang also arrived, claiming:

"800 officers and soldiers of the Suzhou Guards and 100 civilians were unable to cross the river to complete their mission due to the new order from Fengyang Fuyuan in the north of the Yangtze River. They are responsible for missing the deadline.

Now nearly a thousand people are stranded at Jingkou, and the public sentiment is fierce, which has spread fear among business travelers across the border, causing a large number of people to flee from the north-south ferry crossing. "

As the first assistant who manages everything on a day-to-day basis, his perspective on problems is completely different from that of most people.

When most people see these three memorials, they probably think: Could something really happen? What will be the consequences if something goes wrong?

In the eyes of the first assistant, the only conclusion is: the atmosphere has reached this point.

If Lin Tailai was just beeping on his own, it might still be "alarmist"; but if the governor and the prefect work together to exaggerate the crisis in this way, the atmosphere will be heightened.

At this time, Xu Guo, the second assistant, came over and handed Shen Shixing a document and said, "This is the secret revelation of Yang Junmin, governor of Fengyang."

Shen Shixing unfolded it again, and Yang Junmin said in the secret: "Lin Tailai acted violently in Yangzhou before, and now he has led thousands of people to Yangzhou. The merchants in Jiangbei are especially panicked.

In order to stabilize the local area and reduce panic in the north of the Yangtze River, the Yangzhou Guards and Transport Army were ordered to pick up canals from the south bank.

In addition, although the imperial court ordered the Suzhou Guards to garrison Shuicicang in Yangzhou, there may be some concerns about the specific arrangements. In particular, Lin Tailai should not be sent north. Please ask the government for consideration. "

In today's official discourse, the government often refers to the cabinet, and cabinet ministers are often called the ruling party.

After reading these applications, I felt that I had immediately entered a familiar scene.

Both sides of the conflict have their own opinions, and both sides seem to be justified. Then he, the chief assistant, is needed to mediate or favor sides.

But Xu Cifu snorted coldly: "Lin Tailai doesn't understand the rules at all and simply doesn't take the cabinet seriously. If everyone disrespects the cabinet like him, how can the cabinet control the situation in the court?"

People who don't understand the operating mechanism of the imperial court may find Xu Cifu's words baffling. Why should he accuse Lin Tailai of "not understanding the rules"?

Knowledgeable people have noticed that among the two parties involved, Lin Tailai sent a "memo", while Governor Yang sent a "secret disclosure" to the cabinet.

The difference between the two is huge and they are completely different, and they have particularly different meanings for the cabinet.

This starts with the authority of the cabinet. Originally, the cabinet and other departments of the imperial court were parallel units without any subordinate relationship.

However, after Hongzhi Zhengde, the power of the cabinet gradually expanded, surpassing the six ministries, forming a de facto semi-centralized power.

In this context of cabinet power expansion, ministers and feudal officials often had to disclose the secrets of the cabinet before issuing sensitive memorials.

This kind of secret disclosure is not a memorial and does not require the court to deal with it. It is more like a private explanation of the situation.

Only after the cabinet has seen the secrets and is informed or even agrees with something, will these ministers submit a formal memorial and enter the irreversible document process.

Therefore, the emergence of this kind of secret revelation is also one of the symbols of the expansion of cabinet power, allowing the cabinet to gain the ability to take the initiative in government affairs instead of passively watching memorials.

Specific to this incident, Lin Daguanren's approach was to directly file a memorial without informing the cabinet in advance, pushing the conflict between the two parties into a public process.

Governor Yang's approach was to first send confidential information to the cabinet to explain the situation and wait for the cabinet's stance on the conflict.

From the perspective of the cabinet, of course I prefer Governor Yang's performance. This is the official rules and order that should exist.

Therefore, Xu Cifu knew that Lin Tailai had a close relationship with Shen Shoufu, but he still dared to rebuke Lin Tailai for "not understanding the rules" in front of Shen Shoufu.

And Chief Assistant Shen couldn't say anything. After all, he was the chief assistant of the cabinet and he had to maintain the authority of the cabinet. He couldn't forcefully argue that Lin Tai did the right thing.

Although Shen Shoufu understood Xu Cifu very well, he could not let Xu Cifu play here.

Then he said: "You said Lin Tailai didn't respect the cabinet, but there's no reason to get angry about it.

If you think about it carefully, who did he respect except the emperor? "

Xu Guo: "."

If you think about it, Lin Tailai spent more than two months in the capital in the first half of the year. He broke a certain earl's leg, ruined the retro school, beat up dozens of Jinyiwei officers' schools, interacted passionately with his uncle to compete for the top prize, and in Ducha The hospital conducts a physical battle in and out.

Nobles, royal relatives, factory guards, literary circles, and science and education have all caused harm to everyone.

In contrast, Lin Tailai's disrespect for the cabinet seems less unacceptable.

Inadvertently, Shen Shoufu relieved Xu Cifu's emotions, whether the emotions were intentional or not.

Although the political stance of the second assistant Xu Guo is generally consistent with that of the first assistant Shen, especially in terms of the stance of the counter-officer, Xu Guo is the cabinet elder with the strongest desire to fight.

But at the same time, Xu Cifu had great opinions on Lin Tailai. Because Xu Cifu is from Huizhou, and his ancestors were also small Huizhou merchants.

Last time, Lin Tailai caused trouble in Yangzhou, the important town of Huizhou merchants, and also cheated Zheng Zhiyan, the leader of Huizhou merchants, a lot of money.

Things developed so fast at that time that Zheng Zhiyan didn't even have time to ask Xu Cifu for help, which made Xu Cifu a little bit upset.

At this moment, Xu Guo pointed to the chapter on the table and said to Shen Shixing: "Lin Tailai has sent all the memorials here. How should we approve them?"

Shen Shixing asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Xu Guo expressed his attitude directly: "Let Lin Tailai lead the people back to Suzhou and suspend the errand test, which will naturally eliminate the so-called potential mutiny."

Shen Shixing's expression remained unchanged and he continued: "The law of water transportation is the law of the imperial court, and the mobilization of the Weicang army in Suzhou is the mobilization of the imperial court.

If Yang Junmin, the governor, issues temporary orders and allows the court to change laws at will, is this appropriate? "

Xu Guo said unhappily: "What else can we do? Order Yang Junmin to open the locks and let Lin Tailai lead a thousand people into Yangzhou?"

I am sure that by then there will be chaos in Yangzhou, whether it is instigated by people or spontaneous, there will be chaos anyway.

And the public officials outside are keeping an eye on the cabinet, and they will definitely take the opportunity to criticize the cabinet for its mistakes in making decisions! "

Shen Shixing said calmly: "So we can't let Yang Junmin give in. The best way is to do nothing. It would be wrong not to do anything.

By the way, we can't do nothing completely. We can just send a nearby Nanjing official to act as an imperial envoy and go to the scene to deal with it. "

Xu Guo was speechless. The events revealed in front of him happened three or four days ago. It's hard to say where the situation on the scene is now.

Instead of issuing an order directly to the person concerned, the order was given to Nanjing. Nanjing officials would wait for a few more days, and wait for another day or two on the road. By the time the "imperial envoy" arrived at the scene, it was not sure how many days had passed!

Who knows how far things have evolved by then? How different is this method of handling it from doing nothing?

Shen Shixing said indifferently: "If we let it go, the worst consequence would be a mutiny among the Suzhou guards, but so what? Was it forced by the cabinet?"

Xu Guo felt that the chief minister was quite looking forward to a rebellion? Could it be that if there is a mutiny, Yang Junmin can pass the blame?

He couldn't help but say: "Fengyang Governor Yang Junmin may have selfish motives, but he is also exercising his power within the scope of his authority."

Shen Shixing said unceremoniously: "Since you are exercising power, you must bear the consequences; if you cannot bear the consequences, you are guilty!

Besides, isn't Lin Tailai exercising his authority? As a supervising and commanding officer in Suzhou, shouldn't he supervise the transporting of Cao and Cang armies across the river? "

Xu Guo retorted: "Yang Junmin is the governor, and Lin Tailai is just a department commander. There must be a distinction between superiority and inferiority."

Just because Yang Junmin is Zhang Siwei's in-law from the same hometown, we can't just not take Yang Junmin seriously.

Shen Shoufu replied: "They are all court officials working for the emperor. There may be differences in status, but how can they be superior in matters of affairs?

In the Ming Dynasty, when did we start judging official status based on rank? "

If everyone spoke according to rank, then the seventh-rank censors and ministers would have to sweep the streets, and most governors would have to listen to the chief envoy.

Xu Cifu finally understood that Shen Shoufu didn't care at all whether Lin Tailai touched Yang Junmin.

If you lose, you will lose a thousand households who also serve as commanders. What's the pity?

Finally, Shen Shixing added: "My words are not just for Yang Junmin, but also for Lin Tailai! Since everyone dares to play with fire, the one who can't afford it will be eliminated in the end!"

Although Shen Shoufu is not known for his strength, it depends on who he is compared with. It is indeed a bit boring to compare with Zhang Juzheng and other predecessors, but he is still a chief assistant who can walk his talk.

For this reason, Xu Guo, the second assistant, had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

I think Yang Junmin, a dignified governor of the border area, can mobilize the resources of the whole Jiangbei. Even military attachés at the rank of general have to bow their heads, so they can't handle the affairs of a guard station with thousands of households and commanding officers.

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