The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

A robo-bill, as the name implies, is a documented notice with the contents exposed to the public without any seal, in order to let more people know the contents.

Military victory reports often take the form of robo-bill, in order to publicly declare military achievements and boost the morale of the people.

So now, robo-bill has gradually become a synonym for victory reports.

After Governor Zheng carefully verified it, Lin Tailai's two great victories were reported from the northwest to the capital in the form of robo-bill.

Emperor Wanli received the victory report just after getting up, and he was in a good mood and almost went to court again.

Afterwards, while eating lunch, the emperor sent someone to ask the cabinet whether to call Lin Tailai back to hold a ceremony of surrendering prisoners at the Meridian Gate?

However, the emperor's unreliable idea was persuaded by the rational cabinet, and even Zhao Si opposed it.

First, from all aspects, these two great victories were not up to the level of war ceremonies.

They can only be regarded as an enhanced version of countless border conflicts, and they are still defensive counterattacks.

Second, the real enemy of the West Sea is Huo Luochi, who defeated the Ming army twice before.

Now Huo Luochi is still active, and it is really inappropriate to hold a triumphal ceremony.

What if the Ming army is defeated by Huo Luochi again later, what face will the emperor have?

So after the emperor's initial excitement over the victory news passed, he also extinguished the idea of ​​offering captives.

After the victory news spread in the court, everyone felt that it was both unexpected and reasonable.

Unexpected because the connection between Lin Tailai and the word victory is too unfamiliar.

Apart from mutiny and dealing with female chieftains, Lin Tailai has no military experience in border towns at all!

It is reasonable that Lin Tailai is at least a Nine Yuan True Immortal who won the martial arts champion, and it seems nothing strange that the stars can fight.

In addition, many people also fantasize that if Lin Tailai is happy in the war, he can be obsessed with border town martial arts like Emperor Zhengde and is unwilling to return to the capital.

Along with the victory report, Governor Zheng also recommended Lin Tailai, the hero of the great victory.

Governor Zheng reported that Lin Tailai had won two great victories and beheaded two chieftains, which made the rebels hate Lin Tailai deeply.

And Lin Tailai is now the face of the court, and his safety cannot be ignored. It is very dangerous to stay in the frontier town.

At the same time, there is no official position set up in the governor's office, so it is not convenient to commend Lin Tailai for his merits and promotion.

Therefore, it is proposed to promote Lin Tailai to the hinterland of Shaanxi to be responsible for supervising food and wages. Please decide how to allocate Lin Tailai's official position.

The emperor did not send Governor Zheng's recommendation to the ministry, but directly asked the cabinet to discuss how to promote Lin Tailai.

Because of the cold weather, Prime Minister Shen accidentally fell ill and stayed in bed at home.

Therefore, this cabinet meeting was chaired by the second assistant Wang Erxijue, and Wang Sanjiaping and Zhao Sizhigao were at the table.

Wang San, who was more assertive in character, spoke first, "What is there to discuss?

If you want to appoint Lin Tailai to supervise the grain and salary in Shaanxi, wouldn't it be enough to promote him to the rank of Right Censor-in-Chief of the Fourth Rank?

From the rank of the Fifth Rank to the rank of the Fourth Rank, it is also worthy of his great victory."

Although Wang Er was very smart, Lin Tailai's matter had little to do with him, so he was too lazy to think about it.

It was just that he subconsciously felt a little strange, why was Wang San so nice to Lin Tailai today?

Lin Tailai was originally assigned to assist in Shaanxi military affairs. If he was given the title of Right Censor-in-Chief and concurrently in charge of grain and salary, wouldn't it look familiar?

Generally, the full title of the official position of the governor is Right Censor-in-Chief, Governor of a certain place, Counselor of military affairs, concurrently in charge of grain and salary, and act at his convenience.

If Lin Tailai became Right Censor-in-Chief, Counselor of military affairs, and concurrently in charge of grain and salary, wouldn't it literally be half of the governor?

Thinking of this, Wang Er was a little numb.

However, since Wang San was so kind to Lin Tailai, Wang Er didn't want to be the bad guy, so he said, "It's very reasonable, so let's report it like this!"

"Wait!" Zhao Si, who rarely spoke in the cabinet, suddenly spoke, with wisdom in his eyes.

Wang Er asked doubtfully, "What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Zhao Si basically didn't speak in the cabinet meeting unless it involved Lin Tailai, but there was really no reason to object today, right?

Zhao Si turned to Wang San and said, "May I ask, if Lin Tailai is promoted to the original positions of Right Censor-in-Chief, Hanlin Compiler and Three Departments Doctor?"

Wang San looked around and said, "Just follow the court system, do what you should do!"

Wang Er suddenly realized that he was almost fooled by Wang San!

There are two highlights here, and I didn't pay attention to it just now, so I didn't think about it.

The positions of the supervisory system and the affairs are independent of each other. There is no reason for the supervisor to be a affairs officer. For example, it is impossible to have a position such as a censor and a doctor, or a governor and a governor.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only a few rare examples of such concurrent positions.

As for the cases where some governors-general were concurrently the Right Censor-in-Chief and the Minister of War, and some governors-general were concurrently the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it was because both titles were honorary titles, not real positions.

So if Lin Tailai was really promoted to the Right Censor-in-Chief, then the original three-department doctor and the Hanlin Academy editor would be removed accordingly.

The second point is that if he really went on a business trip as the Right Censor-in-Chief, according to the institutional convention, it would become a long-term business trip to a place, and he would lose the status of a pure Beijing official.

If he wanted to return to the capital, he would have to go through more procedures, and he could not return whenever he wanted.

Some people might be willing to pay such a price for the sake of fame, but judging from Zhao Si's statement, Lin Tailai was obviously unwilling to do so.

For Lin Tailai, real power might be more important than fame.

Zhao Si gave Wang San a step forward, "Lin Tailai is originally a Beijing official on business trips, so there is no need to add another official title of censor."

At this time, Zhao Si had a new realization. No wonder Lin Tailai had pushed himself to join the cabinet.

If there is no one to keep an eye on the center, it is really easy to have an accident, and you will be cheated if you are not careful.

Seeing that his little scheme was discovered, Wang San snorted coldly and asked:

"Then you say, you have to supervise food and salary management in Shaanxi and you need to upgrade it. What reasonable official positions should be allocated?

Being promoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple or Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the capital, and going to Shaanxi to supervise food and salary management are neither fish nor fowl!

Is it possible to give it to a Shaanxi Deputy Inspector? Or is it Shaanxi Chief Secretary?

Therefore, it is most appropriate to be promoted to the censor of Youqiandu! Otherwise, you won’t be able to get promoted! "

Zhao Si confidently said: "This is a bad statement. There is still a more suitable official position than the censor of Youqiandu!

For example, the imperial court not only established Taipu Temple in the capital, but also established several Xingtaipu Temples in various places, including one in Shaanxi.

Therefore, he can be promoted to Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi Province. He is not only a Beijing official, but also convenient to act in Shaanxi.

What’s even better is that Taipu Temple is in charge of horse administration and horse prices, and is also related to military logistics!

And it also solved the problem of promotion. Although it was only from the fourth rank and not the fourth rank, Lin Tailai would not mind it with his indifference to fame and fortune and his broad mind!

If that doesn't work, raising Lin Tailai's Hanlin rank to half a rank can be used as a way to make up for it.

All in all, is there any more suitable official position than Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple?

Anyway, Lin Tailai already has so many part-time officials, so he doesn't care about taking on one more! Otherwise, the problem of promotion to the fourth grade cannot be solved. "

Wang San couldn't find any angle to refute and was speechless.

Wang Er glanced at Zhao Si in surprise. He didn't expect that this low-key man also had a special edge.

"If you don't have any more opinions, let's proceed like this!" Wang Er looked at Wang San again and said.

When the meeting ended, Zhao Zhigao stood up and vibrated his sleeves out of habit, maybe a little too hard, and a large note floated out from his sleeves.

Wang Xijue was quick-sighted and grabbed the note in his hand. On the note, he could see that there were words written in small regular letters: "Eight promotion plans. Four demotion plans."

Although the note was quickly snatched back, Wang Xijue was still shocked!

What shocked him was not the content of the note, but that a dignified pavilion elder could actually lower his body and be willing to do such a puppet thing. It was really terrifying!

How did Lin Tailai pick out Zhao Si from among thousands of officials?

In mid-November, Governor Zheng sent the good news to the court; at the end of November, the court sent rewards for the meritorious officials.

Given the conditions of this era, it is already extremely efficient.

Governor Zheng doesn't care about others, he only cares about Lin Tailai.

When he saw Lin Tailai's new official position as Imperial College Attendant, Doctor of the Third Department of Lili and Military Affairs, Shaoqing of Shaanxi Xingtaipusi Temple, Counselor of Shaanxi Military Affairs and Food and Payroll Manager, Governor Zheng finally felt relieved and immediately started organizing a farewell banquet. .

Dayunda Donglou was promoted from a hereditary commander and guerrilla general to a hereditary commander and staff general.

Governor Zheng added another 500 people, and together with the original 500 people, there were 1,000 people, all of whom returned to Dayun Camp.

Then Dayun camp was assigned to Lin Tai as the standard camp, and Dayun's official position became Lin Taipu's general of the standard camp.

Originally, such a general reorganization would take some time under normal circumstances. Don't forget that there are many meritorious people in Dayun camp who need to be promoted.

However, under Governor Zheng's vigorous and resolute actions, it took only five days to complete the reorganization of Lin Taipubiao Camp.

So at the beginning of December, just after the twelfth lunar month, Lin Taipu set out from Jincheng with General Da Shen, two hundred servants, and one thousand pacesetters, and embarked on the eastward journey.

In the Ming Dynasty, the concept of Shaanxi Province was completely different from that of later generations, and its area was much larger than that of later generations.

For example, the easternmost area of ​​Gansu Province in later generations, Qingyang Prefecture, Pingliang Prefecture, Lintao Prefecture and other places now belong to Shaanxi Province, and were only placed under Gansu Province in the Qing Dynasty.

Even Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in later generations, was called Jincheng at this time. Most of it also belonged to Shaanxi Province, which happened to be on the provincial border.

Although Lin Taipu has entered the hinterland of Shaanxi, Governor Zheng, who is in charge of the affairs of Shaanxi, Ningxia, Trilateral, Gansu and Qinghai, is still concerned about Lin Taipu's movements.

I heard that Lin Taipu is happy when he looks to the east, and he is worried when Lin Taipu looks to the west.

At the end of the eighteenth year of Wanli, Lin Taipu was temporarily stationed in the ancient city of Xi'an.

On the day when the Kitchen God ascended to heaven, Governor Zheng was awakened by an urgent report early in the morning.

"What's going on? Huo Luochi is coming again?" Governor Zheng asked doubtfully.

The Chinese military officer reported: "Prince Qin's Mansion in Xi'an has come to file a complaint! Lin Taipu led 200 servants to beat hundreds of people from Prince Qin's Mansion in the streets of Xi'an!"

Governor Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and instructed: "As long as Lin Tailai doesn't beat King Qin to death, leave them alone! If you want to file a complaint, go to the emperor!"

Then he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why did the fight start?"

The lieutenant general replied: "I heard that Mrs. Lin wanted to book a place in an elegant place, and she met a few lieutenants of Fengguo from Prince Qin's palace, and then they got into a fight."

Governor Zheng was still very curious, "That won't lead to a beating of hundreds of people."

The lieutenant officer continued to answer: "I also heard that during the quarrel, Mrs. Lin mocked the kings of Qin for always being unable to have sons, and relying on sidelines to maintain their titles time and time again."

Governor Zheng: "."

Damn it! It was really wise to send Lin Tailai away. His ability to cause trouble was unparalleled in the world.

If he sues the emperor, Lin Tailai may not be able to keep his salary next year.

The eighteenth year of Wanli passed like this, and the nineteenth year of Wanli arrived inadvertently.

On the seventh day of the new year, Governor Zheng heard the report that Lin Tailai had left Xi'an.

The good news is that Lin Tailai did not go west, but went north to Qingyang Mansion.

Governor Zheng couldn't hold back his curiosity again, "What is he going to do in the north?"

As we all know, the essence of Shaanxi is the Guanzhong Plain, and the two core areas are Xi'an Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture.

In charge of the province's food and salary errands, I usually just stay in these two prefectures.

Just after he asked, Governor Zheng suddenly thought of something, "Is it possible that he still wants to find trouble with Kuaibai?"

The prefectures in northern Shaanxi are all close to border towns. Yan'an Prefecture is to the south of Yulin Town, Qingyang Prefecture and Pingliang Prefecture are to the south of Ningxia Town.

In other words, Qingyang Mansion is close to Ningxia!

The Chinese officer reported in detail: "Li Mengyang, the former leader of the literary world and the founder of the retro style, was from Qingyang. I heard that Mrs. Lin was going to Qingyang to pay homage to Li Mengyang.

Taipu Lin said that it happened to be the 60th anniversary of Li Mengyang's death, so it must be worthy of commemoration. "

After hearing the news, Governor Zheng didn't know what to say.

As a scholar-official, Governor Zheng was certainly aware of the situation in the literary world.

Let's put it this way, it can be said that the retro school was beaten to death by Lin Tailai.

Now the only facade of the retro group left is Wang Shizhen. Once Wang Shizhen dies, the retro group will be gone.

When Lin Tai comes to pay homage to Li Mengyang, the founder of the retro style, it feels like dancing on a grave.

The lieutenant general thought of something and added, "It seems that Lin Taipu also said that he would like to go to Pingliang Kongtong Mountain nearby to ask for martial arts lessons."

"I believe this!" Governor Zheng said with a complicated mood.

According to the practice of this era, when an official visited a certain place, he usually visited the local school.

So at this time, Lin Taipu was already standing in front of the Xue Minglun Hall of Qingyang Mansion, speaking to dozens of officials and scholars in the cold wind.

“A hundred years ago, Kongtong Gong Li Mengyang started from here, went to the national literary world, and became the leader of the world literary world!

I, Lin, have benefited a lot from Kongtong Gong and learned a lot!

It can be said that Kongtong Gong is the literary senior who has the greatest influence on me!

The story of Kongtong Gong beating the state relative Zhang Heling in the street tells me that the literary world also needs force!

I have been practicing my best for many years, and indeed I became the first deputy leader of the New Literary League, only half a step away from Kongtong Gong’s achievement in the literary world!

And this deed has always inspired me not to be afraid of the Zheng family, the relatives of the country, and I will have no regrets even if I receive a royal stick! "

Dozens of local officials and scholars: "."

Mrs. Lin, you are great at everything, just do whatever you say.