The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Shen Shixing felt that this kind of conversation was not good, and he had to say something that was not convenient for Wang Xijue to hear.

So he said to Wang Xijue: "Jing Shi will go back first. If you have anything else to say, go to Wenyuan Pavilion tomorrow to talk."

The fact that Wang Xijue took the initiative to visit Shen's house tonight was enough to show his humble attitude, and there was no need to say anything else.

After Wang Xijue left, Shen Shixing said to Lin Tailai: "Did you find today that the emperor's attitude towards you was actually very tolerant?

It was not until you exposed the emperor's deception that the emperor was really a little angry.

But looking at your court stick later, you can still have the physical strength to parade after the beating. If there is no tacit approval from the emperor, how can the factory master let you go so easily?"

Lin Tailai answered with high spirits: "That's because my loyalty is as clear as the sun and the moon, and the emperor in the ninth heaven can also feel it!"

In fact, Lin Tailai was also very curious in his heart. Why did the emperor "suppress" and "tolerate" him? Does he have the aura of a protagonist?

Or was it because he had never submitted a memorial to "please establish the eldest son as the Crown Prince", which aroused the emperor's favor?

"You are talking nonsense!" Prime Minister Shen couldn't help but scold, and then said: "That's because the emperor once sent a secret letter to ask me what you, Lin Tailai, think about the establishment of the crown prince."

Is there such a thing? Lin Tailai immediately asked curiously: "How did the old senior reply?"

Prince Shen said with a little pride: "I secretly reported that Lin Tailai didn't care about who was the Crown Prince."

This means that if I hadn't laid the foundation first, would the emperor be so tolerant of you? You, Lin Tailai, should not be ungrateful!

Lin Tailai seemed to be surprised, "It turns out that the cabinet elders who betrayed me to the emperor are not only the other three, but also you, the old senior! You are even the first one!"

Prince Shen: ""

Today, we really don't get along, get out!

After leaving the Shen Mansion, Lin Tailai suddenly realized and solved the previous mystery.

It turned out that the emperor judged that he had a high "united front value" through information from various channels, so he thought of using small means to win him over.

For example, he would take him along when summoning the Grand Secretary; for example, he would first use the Grand Secretary to suppress him and force him to break with the cabinet, and then he might show favor and promote him.

Just like when he needed to settle accounts with Zhang Juzheng, the emperor first encouraged and promoted the "three red men".

And now, the emperor needs someone to stand up and share his worries to fight against the momentum of supporting the eldest son.

It's just that today, Concubine Zheng and the third son of the emperor kept making trouble and "forced" the united front object to rebel, and the emperor had no choice.

In this way, it was indeed the right thing to do to keep making enemies with the Zheng family.

In the future, as long as I am careful and don't jump too much, my situation in the national disaster will be much more stable.

After all, in the eyes of the emperor, I was "forced to rebel" by Concubine Zheng and the third son of the emperor, and there is a fundamental difference between those ministers who wanted to support the emperor and use the emperor to gain reputation.

When Lin Tailai returned home, it should have been late at night, but tonight there were obviously more pedestrians in the official residence area of ​​West City.

It seemed that tonight was not peaceful. I don’t know how many people were visiting in series to prepare for the upcoming political storm.

The next day, the cabinet, based on the emperor’s oral instructions yesterday, drafted an imperial edict to punish Lin Tailai, and proposed a big package of dismissal, demotion, and exile to the border.

After the edict was sealed, it went to the six departments, but it was rejected by the imperial secretary and was not issued.

In order to appease Concubine Zheng, the emperor bypassed the cabinet and the six departments and sent the imperial edict directly to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War still protested and reported.

The emperor issued another edict to punish the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, but this time the cabinet again reported and sealed it back, and the edict was still not issued.

So on the issue of Lin Tailai’s punishment, the emperor and his ministers had been tug-of-war for a while, and the procedure was temporarily deadlocked.

As Lin Tailai said, the emperor needs to maintain his authority, but the ministers cannot easily let the emperor succeed. After all, Lin Tailai is now equivalent to political correctness.

At this time, the emperor had another method, which was to directly send the Jinyiwei to arrest people, and then lock them up, forcing the ministers to negotiate conditions before releasing them.

But Emperor Wanli did not want to go this far. The current situation was already chaotic enough, and the emperor did not want to make any more trouble.

Because during the days when the emperor and his ministers were arguing over Lin Tailai, a large number of censors took the initiative to impeach the three cabinet elders below the chief minister.

Some attacked cabinet elder B in order to protect cabinet elder A, some attacked cabinet elder C in order to protect cabinet elder B, some attacked cabinet elder A in order to protect cabinet elder C, and some attacked both at the same time.

There are many combinations of attack and defense, each with its own purpose, but in essence they all want to pull down others and protect their own people.

After all, the Ming Dynasty has its own system, which does not allow memorials to speak of the virtues of ministers, so they cannot praise their own people in memorials, and can only protect their own people by attacking other cabinet elders.

This led to an unprecedented chaos. It can be said that the court was completely in chaos.

Lin Tailai, who was in the eye of the storm, was very quiet. He kept his door closed and refused to see visitors. He stayed at home and waited for punishment.

Like Lin Tailai, there were three other scholars who stayed at home.

Under such an intense impeachment, it was impossible for them to go to work. They could only hand in their resignations as usual and pretend to stay at home.

So only Shen Shoufu was left in the cabinet, and he had to bear all the troubles alone.

At this moment, he missed his colleagues very much, even Xu Er, who had been drifting away, and Wang Si, who always sang the opposite tune.

As for those memorials to impeach other ministers, Shen Shoufu, who became the independent prime minister, did not dare to be expert, so he could only send them all to the emperor for personal judgment. There were a lot of them every day.

Emperor Wanli was almost driven crazy by this messy situation, especially when ministers and officials went to court, they would always talk about national issues.

After all, the source of this situation is still due to national issues.

This morning, Emperor Wanli just got up from Concubine Zheng and saw Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, waiting outside the palace gate with a large stack of chapters.

Emperor Wanli couldn't help complaining to Zhang Cheng: "Recently, I have seen a lot of discussion, using righteousness as evil and evil as righteousness, confusing each other!

I haven't even finished reading one of the essays, but there's another one that's debated. I'm overwhelmed, and I couldn't finish it even at night!

When I turn on the lantern, I can't read the words clearly. How can I read them one by one? "

Zhang Cheng also responded helplessly: "It's a troubled spring, just let it go."

Emperor Wanli was still dissatisfied and said: "What's even more annoying is that there are so many comments and comments, but no one really shares my worries and completely helps me to speak!"

It was difficult to tell the truth, so Zhang Cheng could only deal with it with silence.

After the squandering of successive emperors, how much political credibility and sanctity of imperial power do your old Zhu family have left?

Far away is Emperor Yingzong who kills Yu Qian, nearby is Emperor Shizong who is making nonsense of the ceremony, and even closer is your majesty who wants to liquidate Zhang Juzheng.

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To this day, among the current ministers, who dares to risk all their wealth and life to stand by the emperor wholeheartedly?

Like Lin Tailai and Shen Shixing, if they can remain relatively neutral, it is already very good.

The above words will make you lose your head, and Zhang Cheng can only rot in his stomach.

So Emperor Wanli sent another secret letter asking Shen Shoufu what should be done.

Shen Shoufu replied to the secret memorial and said: "If you want to pacify the court, please pacify the cabinet first; if you want to pacify the cabinet, please pacify Lin Tailai first; if you want to pacify Lin Tailai, please consult Yousi first."

Then Emperor Wanli issued an edict, ordering the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hold a joint trial and sentence Lin Tailai for committing murder in the palace, injuring the prisoner, bullying relatives, and disrespecting the emperor!

Generally speaking, the highest level of trial is the joint trial of the three departments, which refers to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple.

This time, Lin Tailai was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which had a higher standard than the joint review of the three departments.

The next day, officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Department of Wenxuan, officials from the Ministry of War, the Department of Military Affairs, and the censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate all attended and gathered in the lobby of the Ministry of Personnel.

However, Yang Wei, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Wu Shilai, the censor of Zuodu, all members of Shen Shoufu's party were very strange because they did not receive any greetings from Shen Shoufu.

I don’t know what the chief assistant is thinking, but he is completely indifferent.

Lin Tailai, who was staying at home, was also brought up and stood on the platform for trial.

It must be that Tingzhang has recovered from his injury. At this moment, Lin Tailai is full of energy and energy.

He looked at the officials in the hall and greeted him warmly: "Hey! Mr. Chen, you are here too. Thank you for your resistance the past few days!"

Chen Younian, a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, has been an official for many years, with many ups and downs, but he has never been so disgusting.

In recent years, countless comrades have been harmed by Lin Tailai, but this time the emperor issued a decree to punish Lin Tailai severely, but he had to fight for Lin Tailai and prevent the emperor from punishing Lin Tailai severely!

Chen Younian could only sneer and say, "Your injury heals so quickly."

Lin Tailai said "haha" and said: "The medicine is good, the medicine is good! After all, our Lin family has accumulated rich experience in treating injuries over the years, and the medicine has become more and more sophisticated."

The host, Yang Wei, Tianguan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "Stop talking about idle chatter! Let's get down to business!"

Zhao Zhigao, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "There is no need to discuss the crime. The emperor's decree is very clear. The only thing that can be discussed is the punishment.

In the face of the Nine Heavens Thunder, dismissal from office and reduction of membership can be regarded as mental tempering, but only the exile of the army is the most damaging to morale and the worst.

If a person like Lin Tailai, who is wounded all over the body and has a weak constitution, is often not able to survive after being exiled from the army, is this a way to preserve morale? How to explain to Shilin?

Therefore, I think it is enough to be dismissed from office, reduced in status, and ordered to return home, but it is not necessary to be sent to the army. "

Yang Tianguan said: "If you just dismiss the official and reduce the status, it will be treated lightly, and the emperor will definitely not allow it!"

While I am waiting for the trial here, I have to consider how to make the emperor accept it, otherwise it will just be a waste of time! "

Zhao Huan, the censor of Zuoqiandu, suddenly said: "The main reason why the exile of the army damaged morale was that the road was difficult and the garrison was difficult.

We might as well retain the penalty of being exiled to the army, but instead of sending them to the border areas, how about banishing them to the capital?

With so many guards in the capital, could there be no room for even one criminal?

In this way, it can calm the anger of thunder and maintain morale, isn't it possible to have both? "

Yang Tianguan didn't care about his position on this issue. He just wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible, so he agreed: "Very good!"

Then he turned to Wang Yi'e, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and said: "The specific location of the troops after they are exiled is the matter of your Ministry of War, and it is up to you to decide!"

Chen Younian, the doctor of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, immediately said: "I remind you, this distribution place should not be located anywhere in the city, but should be far away from the yamen, so as not to regret it too late!"

Everyone imagined that if someone like Lin Tailai was allowed to serve as a soldier in the city, he would definitely be able to show off, and the consequences would be disastrous.

For example, if you let Lin Tai patrol the Imperial Street, I'm afraid all the yamen will be visited every day!

Also, Lin Tailai's identity is so eye-catching. Walking around the city, you don't know what the consequences will be.

"Then go and guard the city gate!" the official of the Martial Arts Department said after careful consideration.

This should limit the adverse effects to the greatest extent, because the guard gate cannot be moved casually.

Upon hearing this, Lin Tailai immediately said: "Then I will apply to go to Chongwenmen!"

"Dream!" Chen Younian shouted unceremoniously, "If I ask you to go to Chongwenmen, I'm afraid I'm going to set up a private checkpoint to force you to collect taxes!"

Chongwenmen is the most prosperous city gate among all the gates in the capital, and Chongwenmen tax customs is also one of the most famous tax customs in the world.

Then Chen Younian made a suggestion: "Let's go to Yongdingmen!"

Lin Tailai refused without thinking: "It's too far from home, so I won't go!"

Then he said: "Xuanwumen or Chaoyangmen!"

"No!" Chen Younian still firmly objected.

Xuanwumen's commercial nature is second only to Chongwenmen, and it is close to Xicheng. There are many dignitaries passing through, so it would be troublesome for Lin Tai to guard Xuanwumen.

Chaoyangmen is the most important food transportation channel, how could Lin Tailai be placed there?

Lin Tailai asked again: "What about Desheng Gate or Anding Gate?"

Chen Younian still firmly opposed: "No!"

There are only these two gates in the North City. Because the imperial mausoleum is in the north, there are many envoys, dignitaries and eunuchs who come and go to worship various late emperors, successive emperors and eunuchs throughout the year.

Besides, the Imperial College, where thousands of desperate scholars gathered, is just to the north. How can we rest assured that Lin Tai, who is extremely good at inciting people, can come and go to the north?

Lin Tailai said again: "Fuchengmen?"

"No!" Chen Younian still said these two words.

Lin Tailai was angry, "This won't work, that won't work either, what on earth do you want?

Anyway, the Seven Gates of the Outer City are too far away, so I will never go there! "

Chen Younian snorted coldly: "There is no need to go to the outer city. Among the nine old gates, I only agree to send Lin Tailai to Xizhimen!

If it were another city gate, we would definitely not agree and would file a separate petition to impeach you for violating the law! "

Because in this era, Xizhimen was the city gate with the lowest political and economic attributes, and the population density outside the city gate was also very low.

No matter how you look at it, there is nothing sensitive about Xizhimen.

Moreover, Xizhimen and the main Yamen area in the southeast of the Imperial City are almost diagonal. This distance is very safe. I am definitely not afraid of Lin Tailai acting like a monster again!

Therefore, taking into account all aspects of the situation, only Xizhimen, the quietest place, meets everyone's requirements.

Lin Tailai was speechless and scolded: "You are planning too much!"

Chen Younian sneered: "I can never have too many plots against you!"

"That's it!" Yang Tianguan made the final decision.

He was also a little annoyed with Lin Tailai, and the chief assistant didn't say hello, so there was no need to take sides.