The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

The court meeting seemed to have reached a deadlock. Originally, the five officials wanted to ban "The Plum in the Golden Vase" with high moral standards. This was a routine they had always been good at, and it worked with every trial.

Anyone who dares to oppose the banning of this book is a morally corrupt person!

But they didn't expect that after raising the banner of morality, Lin Tailai would actually ask them to take responsibility for it.

If we still need to pay something, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to raise the moral banner?

So the Five Famous Officials were silenced again. Why can't Lin Tailai be like a normal villain with routine?

Anyway, they would not agree even if they were to present "Jin Ping Mei" to the emperor. What they pursue is to show up in the world and leave a name in history, not to be infamous forever!

The last minister who presented a small pornographic article to the emperor was Wan'an, the chief minister of the Chenghua Dynasty. He was already shamed as a civil servant and would never be able to stand up again!

The person who finally broke the deadlock was Lin Tailai, who questioned these famous officials and said:

"Since you have petitioned to make "The Plum in the Golden Vase" a banned book, but you are not willing to help the Holy One decipher the nature of the content of this book, what are your intentions?

Could it be that you just want the Holy Spirit to act like a puppet on strings and issue decrees according to your suggestions without knowing anything about it?

What you are doing is deliberately deceiving the Holy Majesty, trying to manipulate authority, and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor! "

After saying this, Lin Tailai stopped and his eyes drifted to Wang Zhiyuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

Wang Situ didn't react much at first. He mainly portrayed the image of a business-oriented bureaucrat in the court and rarely interfered in other affairs.

Seeing that Wang Situ was still "indifferent", Lin Tailai's eyes gradually turned into a "death stare".

At this time, Wang Situ suddenly came to his senses and said: "These five people are frivolous and have the suspicion of deceiving the emperor. They are not suitable to serve as officials in the science and education. They should be transferred from the capital."

Lin Tailai added: "The same goes for Wang Sanyu and Qian Yiben yesterday."

Everyone looked at Wang Situ in surprise. They had the impression that this was the first time that Wang Situ had shown such sharp opposition to Zang Fou in a court meeting.

Somehow, everyone felt a feeling of being "forced into prostitution" from Wang Situ.

After Wang Situ spoke, before Emperor Wanli could react, He Zhuo, the leader of the five officials, stepped forward again and said excitedly:

"My minister He Zhuo is willing to present a book and explain it, so there is no need to alarm other people about such a thing!

I only ask that Your Majesty understand the poisonous nature of this book and strictly ban it! "

This situation surprised everyone else in the palace. He Yushi obviously took the initiative to sacrifice himself in order to prevent several officials in the same row from being wiped out!

Under the offensive of Lin Tailai's accusations, if he refuses to "take responsibility", then it is all a crime of bullying.

Lin Tailai was also quite surprised. This was the first time since his battle of wits and courage with the Qingliu forces that he had witnessed someone actively sacrificing himself to protect his comrades.

From now on, the image of He Yushi in the history books will be that of presenting "Jin Ping Mei" to the emperor. For a powerful figure in Qingliu who flaunts his reputation, this kind of sacrifice is not a small one.

Lin Tailai could only sigh secretly. There was a reason why the Qingliu forces, including the later evolved version of the Donglin Party, were so tenacious.

There are not only political opportunists, but also people who are not afraid of death and dare to sacrifice.

"Ah, what do you think of Lin Tailai?" Emperor Wanli was still a young man under thirty years old after all. He didn't know how to face it at this time, so he subconsciously asked Lin Tailai.

Shen Shoufu felt sad. During normal court meetings, the emperor's top priority should have been "What do you think Mr. Shen thinks?"

Lin Tailai played his part without hesitation and directly said: "He Zhuo's meritorious service in banning "Jin Ping Mei" should be commended!"

Everyone was speechless, what does it mean to kill one's heart? That’s it! You, Lin Tai, be the one!

Didn't He Zhuo just destroy your weapon "Jin Ping Mei"? You have already knocked him over and you want to step on him again.

Emperor Wanli also felt a little unbearable, and asked again: "What should we do with Luo Yuren?"

Then Lin Tailai reported again: "As for Luo Yuren, the left commentator of Dali Temple, although he imitated Jin Ping Mei and wrote the memorial, I still advise your majesty to be magnanimous!"

Emperor Wanli was afraid that he would laugh out loud, so he couldn't help covering his mouth and said vaguely: "Just tell me how to deal with it!"

Lin Tailai replied: "I recommend Luo Yuren to be promoted to the Department of General Affairs to be responsible for the collection of memorials and submissions to show your Majesty's ability!"

Up until yesterday, most people thought that Lin Tailai was hidden in Luo Yuren's memorial and that he was just looking for trouble.

In terms of the relationship between the characters, Luo Yuren is the perpetrator, while Lin Tailai is the victim.

But the amazing thing is that Lin Tailai, as a victim, once again made everyone sympathize with the perpetrator today

The position responsible for collecting and submitting memorials has to deal with all government offices and has high exposure.

You can imagine the embarrassment of having Luo Yuren, who was identified as imitating the memorials written by Jin Pingmei, go to this high-visibility position where people come and go, and his job content is still sending and receiving memorials.

As the saying goes, a layman kills his body, but a saint kills his heart. This Lin Tailai is not a saint, so why does he love killing his heart so much?

After watching the fun, Emperor Wanli asked the eunuch to announce that he "dismissed the court without incident."

According to normal procedures, the emperor should have withdrawn first, and then the other ministers would disperse.

However, Emperor Wanli was fat, had bad legs and feet, and had a poor walking image, so he was unwilling to go first in front of the ministers.

So he asked the ministers to leave first, and when everyone left, the emperor got up again.

But today, when the ministers walked outside the palace, a eunuch suddenly came out in a hurry and announced: "Your Majesty ordered that Lin Tailai and Mr. Shen stay first!"

Shen Shixing burst out with the momentum of the first assistant and asked: "Why is Lin Tailai's name before mine?"

The eunuch delivering the order: ""

Oops! A major work error has occurred! I didn't know what to think just now. I read Lin Tailai's name first smoothly!

When the other ministers heard this, they were filled with contempt and envy.

What I despise is that these people who stayed behind have no moral integrity to cater to the emperor!

When facing the emperor in public, for the sake of the scholar's face, he would definitely exercise restraint, but when talking in private, it would be hard to say!

What I envy is, why is it not me who is left behind?

Shen Shixing and Lin Tailai stood outside the hall again, waiting to be summoned.

While waiting, Shen Shixing asked Lin Tailai: "Is this your first time having sex in private? How do you feel at this time?"

Lin Tailai replied philosophically: "I will treat every meeting with the Holy Spirit as the last time I meet him."

Shen Shixing opened his eyes wide in fear, why do you, Lin Tailai, always make sensational people? Are you cursing yourself or the emperor?

Lin Tailai couldn't explain it, so he jumped to metaphysics and said, "In a year or two, old man, you will understand."

What he was thinking was that with Emperor Wanli's virtue, he might not see his ministers for thirty years from now on.

Therefore, every time you see the emperor, you must be mentally prepared and treat it as your last meeting.

Afterwards, another eunuch came and announced that the two of them should go to the palace.

But as soon as the two of them entered the palace, they heard a sentence coming from deep inside the palace: "Dongchang needs talents like him."

After Lin Tailai heard this, he couldn't help but shuddered. Who is this talking about?

In the palace, Emperor Wanli was talking to Zhu Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies.

After Zhang Jing's fall, Sun Xian, the eunuch who acted as the agent for Dongchang's affairs, said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty! I am stupid by nature, and I am really not suitable to preside over Dongchang."

Emperor Wanli said: "You should take care of it first, and wait until you have suitable talents.

I often don't know what kind of person is suitable to be in charge of factory security. You guys who came out of the inner study always feel that there is something missing. "

Sun Xian took the initiative to recommend: "You can follow Lin Jiuyuan's style as a model and look for someone similar. Dongchang needs talents like him."

Seeing Shen Shixing and Lin Tailai, Emperor Wanli took the initiative and asked: "Lin Tailai, do you have any heirs? Do you have many heirs?"

Lin Tailai's body suddenly shook! When the emperor came up, he first asked himself if he had any heirs, and whether he had many heirs. What did he mean?

Shen Shixing was also surprised. Could it be that the emperor really had a "love for talents"?

Zhang Cheng, the chief seal officer of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, frowned and shouted: "Lin Tailai! Why did you lose your composure and didn't you reply quickly?"

Lin Taihui came to his senses and quickly replied: "I already have three sons, and there is another one who is waiting for delivery."

Emperor Wanli said as usual in gossip: "Given your age, this is quite a lot."

Lin Tailai hurriedly replied: "It's not enough! I made a vow to my father that I would raise nine sons in my life and flourish the Lin family!

Therefore, it still needs to be left to be useful, and the root of breeding cannot be removed! "

Emperor Wanli: ""

Did Lin Tailai misunderstand something? Should we just make mistakes?

The ceremonial supervisors all stared at Lin Tailai. Who do you look down on? Who has more godsons and adopted sons?

It was the eunuch Zhang Cheng who scolded him: "Lin Tailai, don't talk nonsense! Your Majesty just wants to give your son a favor!"

I was scared to death just now! Lin Tailai immediately breathed a sigh of relief, if only for Enyin! The more the merrier!

Emperor Wanli issued an edict: "Let a thousand households be guarded by a royal guard!"

This is a very common operation. Enyin's descendants who are military attachés are usually named to the Jinyi Guards and can be hereditary.

If you go to a civil service office, it will usually be from Shangbaosi or Guanglu Temple, but it cannot be hereditary.

At this point, Emperor Wanli remembered something again, "Lin Tailai, you also have a martial arts reputation and can be a military attache.

In recent years, Jinyiwei has been really miserable. I wonder if you have the idea of ​​​​taking charge of Jinyiwei. I think you have the ability to serve as the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei. "

Lin Tailai: ""

After all, the emperor still wanted him to go to the factory guard

Facing the emperor's inquiry, it was impossible to refuse firmly. Lin Tailai could only say:

"I am currently serving as a doctor in the Hanlin Academy and an official in the Ministry of Etiquette. I feel very good at the moment and am planning to make a career in my post."

Emperor Wanli did not dwell on this issue, and suddenly asked directly:

"Can Lin Tailai answer my question, why are some courtiers obsessed with fighting for the country's foundation?

Although the eldest brother is the oldest, he is still a commoner. Is it worthy of the courtiers' efforts? "

Lin Tailai knew very well that this was an "examination question". If he failed to answer it, the good impression he had accumulated in the emperor's mind would be lost.

There can be many explanations for the motivations of the Qingliu forces to strive for the foundation of the country, and any time traveler with a little understanding of history can tell you all.

It is not difficult to find an answer that is mediocre and error-free, but it is not easy to find an answer that can appear to be beyond the level of those in the palace, that is in line with the emperor's taste, and that has depth and is not cliché.

Normal answer: This person claims to be honest and loyal, and speculates on the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo, hoping to follow the dragon's merits.

Erbi replied: This is because they have path dependence. They started by opposing Zhang Juzheng and have become accustomed to opposing for the sake of opposition.

As for Lin Tailai's answer, he thought carefully for a moment before answering:

"Those people are fighting for the foundation of the country, even at the cost of losing one comrade after another, just to firmly hold their moral position.

In this way, other ministers can be coerced by them, and must stand on their side in name, or at least not oppose them.

At the same time, only by setting up a clear enemy target can we use the action of fierce opposition to continuously stir up hot spots, agitate people's hearts, unite comrades, and expand forces in an atmosphere of common hatred and hatred!

This is also in line with the saint's way of "born in worry and trouble". Fighting for the foundation of the country is the "worry" they created!

On the other hand, if they don't do this, what can they use to unite and consolidate their own forces?

Even if they don't fight for the foundation of the country, they will find another target as an enemy, and hype this target to be no less than the fight for the foundation of the country!

So the fight for the foundation of the country itself is not the essence of the problem, but a necessity for the emerging forces to rise and seize power."

Emperor Wanli was stunned. He just asked Lin Tailai to talk casually, but he didn't expect to hear such a seemingly profound speech.

Some parts were understood, but some parts were half-understood and needed to be repeatedly pondered.

Then Emperor Wanli asked again: "Do you really not want to be in charge of Jinyiwei?"

Lin Tailai: ""

He really didn't know whether he should try his best or be moderate?

Or he could only answer tactfully: "I am serving in the Hanlin Academy, and I am also a minister of attendant advisors. Why should I stick to the title of Jinyiwei's personal army!"

Emperor Wanli shook his head with regret, waved his hand and said: "If there is nothing else, leave!"

The Prime Minister, who had no sense of existence for a long time, coughed heavily a few times to show that he was still there!

Your Majesty, do you keep your Prime Minister just to eat dust on the side?

After Lin Tailai left the hall, Emperor Wanli finally visited Prime Minister Shen, "Mr. Shen, think about it, is there really no way to let Lin Tailai be the commander of the guard?"

Shen Shixing: ""

Asking a Prime Minister to come for a secret talk, is it just for this?

If it were in public, Shen Shixing, as a representative of civil officials, would definitely oppose the emperor's idea.

But in private, it is necessary to fool around, and there is no need to be too serious with the emperor.

So Shen Shixing thought about it and said, "Lin Tailai is radical and violent. There will always be a day when he will be outraged. Therefore, please wait patiently, Your Majesty.

If Lin Tailai really reaches the point where he can no longer stay, Your Majesty can dismiss Lin Tailai's current official position and transfer him to a military position in the Jinyiwei."

Emperor Wanli believed it and nodded, saying, "Mr. Shen is right. Lin Tailai is only in his early twenties. I can wait."

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