The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Lin Tailai felt that at this moment, Eunuch Liu looked like a minister who had cheated the emperor of a caning.

After looking up and looking around, Lin Tailai ordered the servants to disperse slightly so that General Pang and the gatekeepers could also see the excitement.

Then Lin Tailai said loudly to Eunuch Liu: "I already know what you are thinking! It's not that I, Lin Tailai, am cruel, beating you is really for your own good!

Today, just consider it as cooperation. As long as you are beaten by me, you will have face in front of Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Zheng will definitely use you!

I will try my best to be moderate and not cause permanent damage! When you are successful in the palace in the future, don't forget my great kindness today!"

Eunuch Liu, who was originally fearless and tough to the end, was terrified when he heard Lin Tailai's words, and screamed: "No! Don't say it!"

He was not afraid of being beaten or humiliated, even if he was stripped naked by Lin Tailai and hung on the top of the city wall, it didn't matter!

The only thing he didn't want to hear Lin Tailai say what he just said in public!

Once that kind of talk gets out, it would be in vain for me to be beaten!

Originally, I was selling my misery to seek a better future, but after Lin Tailai said that, it was suspected that it was a "double act" of cooperation with impure motives.

It might even be suspected that Lin Tailai wanted to send me to be an undercover agent beside Concubine Zheng!

While thinking, Liu Gonggong, who had been held down by the servants of the Lin Mansion, struggled violently, which was in sharp contrast to his appearance of being ready to die just now.

If there is no benefit, who would be willing to be beaten and humiliated?

Lin Tailai gestured to the servants and grinned, "I appreciate your tough and unyielding look just now."

After receiving clear instructions, the servants of the Lin Mansion punched and kicked Liu Gonggong, well-trained and very skilled.

General Pang stood anxiously by the side, wanting to say something but stopping.

If I don't save him, what should I do if Liu Gonggong settles accounts with me in the future?

People like Lin Tailai may be pardoned at any time and leave, but Liu Gonggong will always be my boss and military supervisor!

It's too hard to get into the officialdom!

Just at this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the outside: "Stop!"

Lin Tailai turned his head and saw another 70 or 80 people coming from Xizhimen Inner Street, surrounded by a man wearing a three-peaked hat, white face and no beard, and wearing a pink lining.

No need to think, this is an eunuch, and he is an eunuch of high status.

General Pang reminded Lin Tailai: "This is Sun Yong, the junior eunuch of the inner study who is in charge of the twenty city gates!"

In this era, the eunuch who was in charge of the gates of the capital city had a high status. He was above the eunuchs in the inner study of the Silijian, below the eunuchs who held the pen, and was equivalent to the eunuchs who guarded Nanjing and Tianshoushan.

So in General Pang's mouth, he would respectfully call the eunuch Sun Yong, the eunuch in charge of the city gates, "gong".

After the introduction, General Pang came to the horse of Eunuch Sun and saluted quickly.

Today, Chen Ju, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, reminded Sun Yong that something might happen at Xizhimen, and asked Sun Yong to go and take a look.

Eunuch Sun was puzzled by this. What kind of problem could Xizhimen have?

However, since Chen Ju had spoken, he still came to take a look. Unexpectedly, something really happened.

Eunuch Liu, who was beaten to death, suddenly came back to life and shouted with his last strength, "Sun Gong, save me!"

Eunuch Sun did not even get off his horse and questioned, "Lin Tailai, you are a criminal soldier who dares to beat the gate official. Aren't you afraid of being punished more severely!"

When he was on duty in the inner study hall, he saw Lin Tailai jumping up and down in the Wenhua Hall with his own eyes, so he knew him.

Lin Tailai replied, "I, Lin Tailai, was exiled here, but this gate official Liu said that he would beat me with a hundred sticks first!

I just want to ask Eunuch Sun, is there such a rule at the city gate under your rule?"

Eunuch Sun frowned. This gate official surnamed Liu was really looking for trouble!

Why did you mess with him? Aren't you afraid of being bitten to death by the mad dog civil officials?

"So this caused public outrage, and there are righteous men who will help justice!" Lin Tailai said lightly.

Eunuch Sun scolded: "In any case, beating the gatekeeper is also a serious crime of destroying the city defense."

Lin Tailai hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Eunuch Sun, it won't be a big deal!

Eunuch Liu and I have a tacit understanding. After beating him, he can go to Concubine Zheng to ask for credit and reward!"

Eunuch Sun: ""

Really fucking! This matter can't be involved!

The emperor has been upset recently and especially hates adding troubles. No matter who is right or wrong, if it gets out of hand, they will all be in trouble!

After thinking it through, Eunuch Sun turned around and scolded Pang Bazong: "The gatekeeper violated the rules and was severely punished and sent to the military gate to kill a hundred sticks. As the gatekeeper, why didn't you do your duty to stop it?"

Pang Bazong: "?"

Eunuch Sun, do you feel guilty about what you said? Can he, a battalion commander, stop Liu the gatekeeper?

He doesn't have 200 servants, nor does he have a big backer!

Then Eunuch Sun whipped Pang Bazong with a horsewhip and continued to scold him: "When someone beat the gatekeeper later, as a captain, why didn't you lead the soldiers to protect the gatekeeper?

You are just a figurehead, afraid of difficulties and things, and seriously dereliction of duty! What's the use of you as a gatekeeper?"

Pang Bazong: ""

Liu the gatekeeper is still being beaten over there, why don't you stop it, eunuch Sun?

Under the gaze of Eunuch Sun, Pang Bazong got off his seat and apologized: "It's my fault that I failed to stop the conflict between the gatekeeper and the exiled gatekeeper!"

Eunuch Sun, the commander of the 20 gates, severely punished him: "Pang Bazong, you are ineffective, and you will be fined three months of salary and stay in office for observation to see the effect later!"

After the punishment, Eunuch Sun left with his entourage and soldiers.

After watching Eunuch Sun go away, Lin Tailai, the thief's companion, turned to look at the gate officer, Eunuch Liu, "Why don't you stop shouting? Keep shouting!"

Gatekeeper Liu Eunuch: ""

If you lose, you will completely lose in the workplace world of Chengmen.

Protector Zuo Zhang Wen came to ask for instructions: "Do we still want to continue fighting?"

Lin Tailai sighed: "Eunuch Liu's heart is already dead, what's the point of beating him again?

Send him back to the gate tower. Don't come down without my order. "

Mr. Pang had to remind him cautiously: "Eunuch Liu's injury requires us to call in a doctor."

Lin Tailai said confidently: "Don't worry! My servants are more professional than most doctors in treating skin and flesh wounds!"

So it only took half a day for Lin Tailai to let all the officers and soldiers understand who was the new talker here.

The next day was another sunny spring day. Lin Tailai sat under the city wall, drinking tea and watching the carriages and horses passing through the city gate.

He said casually: "The number of people entering and exiting from Xizhimen is more than I thought."

Mr. Pang explained beside him: “Because March and April are the peak periods, there are more people than in other months.

Of all the city gates in the capital, only the scenery outside Xizhi Gate has the best scenery, and there are still large tracts of water scenery, which is even more unique.

Therefore, there is a custom in the capital that you must go outing outside Xizhimen in spring. Scholars and officials also prefer Xizhimen outside for outings and gatherings. "

Lin Tailai cursed angrily: "What kind of world is this! A loyal and good person like me is sent here to guard the city gate, and is not allowed to leave without permission!"

But those officials in the imperial court who were dawdling around could go out of the city for spring outings at will!

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As the first deputy leader of the world's literary world, I can only watch these third- and fourth-rate literati showing off. I'm so angry! "

Mr. Pang was shocked. Are you still the deputy leader of the literary world?

As they were talking, they saw several gorgeous carriages driving over from the direction of Xizhimen Inner Street. They must have been wealthy families out of town for a spring outing.

Lin Tailai seemed to be unbalanced and shouted to Mr. Pang: "Go! Stop him for questioning!"

"Isn't it necessary?" Pang Ba said awkwardly. If you harass and make things difficult for a team of high-ranking officials, isn't that asking for trouble?

Lin Tailai snorted coldly, pointed at the city gate and said, "You want to go up too and accompany Eunuch Liu?"

Boss Pang shouted helplessly: "I'm going! I'm going!"

Then he walked toward the city gate aggrievedly like a young lady who had been forced into prostitution.

Lin Tailai then ordered the people around him: "Go and keep an eye on him! Otherwise, you won't be able to do your job well!"

Pang stopped the general manager in front of the motorcade and shouted: "Interrogation!"

The knights leading the way in front of the motorcade whipped their whips a few times and yelled: "You are blind! How dare you stop Young Sima's carriage!"

Shao Sima, General Pang, the Minister of War, had his legs weak, and he was another standard earth seat!

If the other party is engaged in military law, he might be able to kill himself!

But the convoy did not continue to move forward. Mr. Zhou, who was humble enough to be in the dust, was panicked. Could it be that the minister still refused to give up?

He cautiously raised his head, only to see the curtain of the carriage open, and a majestic old man sitting in the carriage, looking behind him.

Behind him were several servants of the Lin Mansion, as well as a leader known as the Right Protector.

Could it be that the boss in the car knows these Lin family servants and right guardians?

When Mr. Pang was in a state of confusion, he suddenly heard the old man shouting to the leading knight: "Don't be rude! The city gate is important for security, and it is appropriate to accept questioning."

Then Mr. Pang saw the old man facing him again and said kindly: "Shi Xing, the left minister of my military department, went out of the city from Xizhimen to do business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

Boss Pang: ""

I don’t know what to say, so I’d better keep doing it.

I only heard the Right Protector behind me say, "I was the one who made the mistake, and I respectfully send Young Master Shigong out of the city!"

Shi Lang nodded and said nothing more. The carriages and horses rustled, and the convoy left the city.

After all the dust that had been stirred up had cleared, Mr. Pang stood up in a daze, and returned to Lin Tailai in a daze.

Lin Tailai scolded: "What a waste. You can't even do your job well. What's the use of a gatekeeper like you?"

Mr. Pang was once again a skilled Tuxia seater and threw himself into the dust: "Grandpa Lin! I want to go to Chongwenmen!"

Lin Tailai sneered: "It's easy to go to Chongwenmen, but you have to show your performance to impress me."

Mr. Pang said bitterly: "How can we perform here in Xizhimen?"

"Just do as I say!" Lin Tailai said, "I'll let you go to Chongwenmen next month!"

A few days later, Wai Lang Shen Yongmao, a member of the Ministry of War, traveled more than ten miles to Xizhimen to visit Lin Tailai.

At this time, Lin Tailai was sitting on the city gate, carefully instructing a certain beauty from the Western Courtyard of Jiaofang to write poems.

While touching the beauty up and down, he taught her earnestly: "When you are in the capital, you should promote positive energy when writing poems and lyrics.

You might as well learn more about the Guange style that existed more than a hundred years ago, which will definitely make you stand out from many of your peers. "

Seeing Uncle Shen coming up, Lin Tailai asked calmly: "How is the situation in the court these days?"

Shen Yongmao looked around, as if he was about to speak.

Lin Tailai patted the beauty and told her, "Go down first! Otherwise you may hear something you shouldn't hear and be killed!"

When Pang Baozong, who was brought up by Shen Yong, heard these words, he immediately wanted to slip away.

In the eyes of those giants, how much better can I be than the beauty of Jiaofangsi?

Lin Tailai stopped Boss Pang, "You can stay and listen, so that you can broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge!"

Shen Yongmaobian said: "The situation is a little different from what was expected. Among the three elders, Xu Guo, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, the one who is in the most difficult situation now is Wang Xijue, not Xu Guo as expected."

"What a waste." Lin Tailai couldn't help cursing.

Mr. Pang Ba, who had been called a loser by Lin Tailai several times, suddenly felt balanced in his heart. It turned out that he and Ge were always treated the same.

Among the three "treacherous ministers", who Lin Tailai wants to step down the most is definitely his dearest teacher Xu Guo.

On the one hand, the conflict of interests between Lin Tailai and Teacher Xu is huge and irreconcilable. It is impossible for Lin Tailai to give up his salt industry interests anyway.

On the other hand, Teacher Xu's status as a teacher is a powerful constraint and a potential uncontrollable threat to Lin Tailai.

Lin Tailai did not hope that there would still be such factors that could restrict him in the court, so he definitely hoped that Teacher Xu would leave as soon as possible.

Only teachers who leave officialdom are the best teachers.

But the opportunity to deceive the master and destroy the ancestor without incident is really rare. It happened to appear this time. How could you let it go so easily?

Lin Tailai asked again: "How come Wang Xijue can't compete with Xu Guo?"

In terms of upper-level relations, Wang Xijue bowed to Shen Shoufu, and gained the support of the chief minister and the support of most of the Suzhou Township Party. However, the township party behind Xu Guo was obviously inferior to Wang Xijue.

Regarding his disciples' past, Wang Xijue was the examiner of the examination in the eleventh year of Wanli, and his disciples are all now somewhat successful.

Xu Guo was just the examiner of last year's general examination, and his disciples are still noobs.

Therefore, in a context similar to "Battle Royale", normally speaking, Xu Guo's situation must be worse than Wang Xijue's.

Shen Yongmao replied: "Some people criticize Wang Xijue as being from Suzhou, saying that it is inappropriate to have two people from Suzhou in the cabinet.

At the same time, many people from the Qingliu forces jumped out to support Xu Guo, which put Wang Xijue at a disadvantage. "

All I can say is that no one is a fool.

In the past few years, Xu Guo had been fighting against the Qingliu forces in order to maintain the power of the cabinet. Xu Guo even wanted to ask the emperor to issue an edict prohibiting officials from criticizing cabinet elders at will.

But now, in addition to stabilizing Wang Jiaping, the Qingliu forces have begun to covertly protect Xu State.

Lin Tailai couldn't help but criticize again: "Is your father okay? You can't even protect Wang Xijue, right?"

Pang Ba, who was forcibly left behind, couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard this!

In front of the chief assistant's son, he accuses the chief assistant of being useless. Isn't this the rhythm of a fight? He won't be silenced, right?

But the chief minister's son seemed to be used to it and didn't take it seriously. He responded: "Probably deep in my father's heart, it doesn't matter who stays. It's impossible to do your best to protect others. It's not cost-effective!"

Lin Tailai sighed: "I didn't expect that I had only been guarding Xizhimen for a few days, and the situation in the court was about to get out of control again.

Please give me a list of the people who have criticized Wang Xijue in the past few days. Most of them should be from the Qingliu forces? "