The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Lin Tailai stood beside Wang Tianguan and said impatiently: "No one comes out to confront, what should we do? How should we report to the emperor?"

"It doesn't matter, our department has already calculated it, and we will not be unable to report." Wang Tianguan said calmly, with a very calm demeanor.

In the eyes of everyone, it can only be said that Lao Wang is worthy of being the leader of the literary world for decades.

He has hosted countless literary conferences, and he is never nervous or stage fright in big occasions. No matter what his ability is, this style will not be bad.

Then he heard Wang Tianguan continue to say: "In the literary gathering, there is an old rule of rhyming poems. Each person draws a rhyme and writes a poem based on this rhyme."

As he said, Wang Tianguan took out a dozen short wooden sticks, "So today we might as well quote elegance and draw lots to confront, so as to avoid the difficulty of determining the order.

It's a pity that the situation of Jinshui River is not suitable, otherwise the people who confront each other will stand on the river bank, and then the wine flowing by the winding stream will be more elegant."

Everyone: "."

Old Wang, are you serious? Is it a bit too fresh and unworldly to draw lots in the court?

Wang Tianguan held a short wooden stick and gestured to Prime Minister Shen, "Want one?"

Prime Minister Shen clenched his hand tightly and forcibly restrained the damn impulse to reach out.

Although drawing lots seems to be fun, as a prime minister, he still has to consider decency.

Wang Tianguan gestured to Lin Tailai again and said, "Otherwise, you come in person?"

Lin Tailai was originally a bohemian person, but he didn't have too much image burden.

Hearing this, he stretched out his hand and took out a short stick at random. After taking another look, he said loudly: "Left Censor Lu Pinghu!"

A sound of surprise rang out. Among the dozen or so sticks, Lin Tailai came up and drew the largest one. I don't know if this is good luck or bad luck?

Since he was directly called, Lu Guangzu had no choice but to stand up with a stern face.

Lin Tailai spoke first: "You took advantage of my absence in the capital last year to pass the exam, and then you were transferred from the Minister of Punishment to the Left Censor-in-Chief.

After I come back, I must correct the atmosphere. As a Langzhong of the Ministry of Examination, I will impeach you for being incompetent in the position of the Minister of Punishment. Is there any problem?"

Lu Guangzu replied: "This court believes that it is impartial and selfless in the position of the Minister of Punishment, and has not handled any unjust, false or wrong cases. How can it be incompetent? Please let Lin Wumen speak with facts."

Hearing this title, everyone subconsciously looked at Shen Shoufu.

In the current court, the honorific "Wumen" is tacitly referred to the Prime Minister Shen Shixing, and then promoted to Lin Tailai by Wang Tianguan, but it has never been popular.

As for the opponent's political enemy using "Wumen" to call Lin Tailai, it was the first time just now.

So Lu Guangzu may have done it on purpose to provoke Shen Shixing and Lin Tailai.

But putting aside Lu Guangzu's little thoughts, discussing how to call Lin Tailai in officialdom seems to be a real problem.

Generally speaking, the elegant titles of official positions are more often used, such as the Minister of Personnel is Tianguan or Zongzai, Taizai, and the Minister of Revenue is Dasitu.

But Lin Tailai has too many part-time jobs, so it is impossible to talk about his title. It is really a difficult problem. Most of the time, he can only use "Jiuyuan".

However, Lin Tailai did not dwell on this issue. He just continued Lu Guangzu's words and said, "Since you want the facts, I will give you the facts.

As far as I know, during your tenure, the number of backlogged cases and delayed prisoners in the Ministry of Justice increased by 5% a year."

Lu Guangzu argued sharply, "Such a small number as 5% is just a fluctuation within the normal range and is not worth paying too much attention to!

If you judge that this court is incompetent just because of the increase of 5%, it can be said to be nitpicking, which is no different from picking bones in eggs!"

Lin Tailai refuted bluntly, "What I mean is that during your tenure, the number of cases and delayed prisoners in the Ministry of Justice increased by an average of 5% a year!

An increase of 5% a year is not terrible, but an increase of 5% every year is terrible. This is the trend when you were in office!"

Lu Guangzu was stunned for a while. Lin Tailai's approach was relatively novel, which made him feel a little uneasy.

But to be honest, this trend of increasing cases and prisoners in prisons really cannot be blamed on him, Lu Guangzu.

Because it happened that during the years when he was the Minister of Justice, the emperor began to give up. Although he could still make timely decisions on major issues, the efficiency of daily administration would inevitably begin to decline.

The Ministry of Justice was affected by the trend that Lin Tailai mentioned. After all, most of the prisoners in the Ministry of Justice were serious prisoners, and theoretically the emperor was required to make the final judgment.

At this moment, Lin Tailai's voice suddenly increased, as if he was talking to others around him.

"If it increases by 5% every year, how much will it accumulate in five years? How much will it accumulate in ten years?

I know that it has increased by nearly 30% in five years, and more than 60% in ten years!"

The ministers were a little confused. They didn't expect Lin Tailai to use data models to debate government affairs.

This method of using data models to argue is not unused, but it is generally used in aspects such as money and grain expenditure, and few people use it in the work of the Ministry of Justice.

Lin Tailai shouted at Lu Guangzu again: "Do you still dare to say that an annual increase of 5% is a small matter?

Even during your tenure, there has been an average annual increase of 5%. What makes you think you are competent?

You asked me to speak with facts, and this is the fact!"

Lu Guangzu responded subconsciously: "Putting aside the facts, this matter."

Puff! Lin Tailai couldn't help laughing, leaving everyone puzzled. Is what Lu Guangzu said so funny?

But Lu Guangzu only said half of it and couldn't continue.

Although he believed that all the responsibilities were the emperor's, the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Principles were placed here. A king's father is a king's father, and a son does not blame his father for his faults. How could he express his position in public and blame the emperor?

How can we say in public that even if it increases by 30% in five years and 60% in ten years, it is still the emperor's responsibility?

Lin Tailai suddenly dropped the speechless Lu Guangzu, turned to Sun Piyang, who took over as the Minister of Punishment last year, and said maliciously:

"During the three years that Lu Guangzu was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, although the problems in the Ministry of Punishment have been accumulating, they have not exploded yet, which is equivalent to leaving potential disasters to his successors.

If you continue to maintain a growth rate of 5% per year, it may explode on your watch.

Sun Da Sikou, please take care of yourself. I will keep an eye on you carefully. "

Sun Piyang: "."

I kept watching Lu Guangzu being beaten, but I didn't expect that I would also get punched! This boxing technique is too erratic!

Is this a warning to myself because I have recently gotten close to the Qingliu Party members?

Then Sun Piyang heard Lin Tai say: "Don't blame me, it was Lu Guangzu who got you into trouble. Seeing that you were tricked by Lu Guangzu, I won't confront you today!"

At this time, Lu Guangzu stretched out his hands and took off his official hat.

Everyone knows what this action symbolizes, and it generally means that you are resigning.

Sure enough, I heard Lu Guangzu say: "I will beg for the emperor's bones later."

Lin Tailai laughed and said: "Retreating in order to advance?"

Lu Guangzu did not respond to Lin Tailai, turned around and left.

Anyway, as long as the emperor has any brains, he will not accept this resignation, right?

Lin Tailai shouted to Lu Guangzu's back: "The good intentions of injuring more than 20 of your followers earlier should be offset by my contribution!"

Many people couldn't help but feel a little sad that a veteran Zuodu censor who had been in Jiajing for 26 years was forced to resign.

Lin Jiuyuan took the initiative to launch an offensive and beat dozens of people one by one. Maybe it was not arrogance, but it was really possible?

After all, even Lu Guangzu, the most powerful leader of the Qingliu Party, couldn't survive a few rounds.

Lin Tailai stared at Yu Zhan, a member of the Civil Service Examination Department, and scolded him unceremoniously: "Lu Guangzu has admitted that he is incompetent and wants to resign!

So, is it wrong for me to impeach you for intentionally shielding Lu Guangzu when he passed the exam last year?

You are obviously an incompetent minister of the Ministry of Justice, but you are rated as competent. You are committing favoritism and dereliction of duty!

Lu Guangzu has already pleaded guilty and resigned. How can you still have the dignity to continue in the official department? "

Yu Zhan was speechless, but he had scolded the senior Lu Guangzu dozens of times in his heart.

You, Lu Guangzu, took retreat in order to advance, pretended to admit your mistake and resigned, then walked away. What about Yu Zhan?

You, Lu Guangzu, admitted that you were incompetent. Wouldn't he, the person in charge of last year's assessment, also be held responsible?

Lin Tailai didn't give Yu Zhan much time, and asked aggressively: "Are you going to resign on your own initiative, or will the court remove you?"

Yu Zhan let out a long sigh. He felt that although he could still carry it for a while, it was an agreed upon custom to judge the minister as competent, so how could he be completely blamed, but he didn't want to carry it anymore.

I'm tired. I don't want to continue working with Lin Tailai. I should get rid of him as soon as possible!

So Yu Zhan also took the initiative to take off his official hat and left briskly.

The scene fell into silence again, Lin Jiuyuan's state was a bit scary.

So far, in just over an hour, they have deposed a fourth-rank Hanlin, forced away a Zuodu censor and a member of the imperial examination department, and also severely beat the Minister of Punishment.

And they are all well-founded. The unreasonable Lin Tailai is scary, and the reasonable Lin Tailai seems to be even scarier!

Only Wang Tianguan secretly lamented that these ministers still had too little knowledge and experience, and then he dutifully held a short wooden pick to signal Lin Tailai.

Lin Tailai took out one again, glanced at it, and sighed: "My luck is really amazing, and it's a big one."

When others heard this, they roughly guessed that 80% of the people who were drawn out were Song Qi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

This is the only heavyweight who has not yet confronted Lin Tailai.

Sure enough, Lin Tailai shouted to Song Hao: "Da Sikong! Let me take a step to speak!"

Song Hui, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came forward with an expressionless face and asked, "Any further advice?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Your Excellency has been the Minister of the Ministry of Industry since the spring of the 14th year of Wanli. It has been five years now, right?

It seems that it is not far away from completing the exam in six years. I heard that Song Shangshu has an excellent reputation and is known in the court for his integrity. "

Song Qi responded cautiously: "I don't dare, the reputation is just false rumors."

In this situation, don't think about counterattack. Just hold on firmly without exposing any flaws.

Lin Tailai asked everyone loudly: "I would like to ask you, gentlemen, what is the most important errand of the Ministry of Works in recent years? What is the most famous achievement of Song Shangshu?"

Someone replied: "The most important task of the Ministry of Industry is naturally to build the Longevity Palace, there is nothing more important than this.

The most famous achievement of Song Shangshu is probably that he supervised the construction of Shougong Palace for several years and saved 300,000 taels of expenses. "

Lin Tailai seemed to be saying to himself: "What a saving of 300,000 taels!"

Song Qi asked, "Is this also wrong?"

Lin Tailai sneered: "There is nothing wrong with saving costs, but it should not be publicized!

When people in the world heard this, they thought it was because the emperor was extravagant in building the Longevity Palace, so you had room to save money! "

Damn it! Song Qi was shocked. Lin Tailai's words were so heartbreaking!

He immediately denied it categorically and said: "This department has absolutely no intention!"

Lin Tailai added: "I believe you don't mean this subjectively, but you can't stop others from misunderstanding the emperor!

In my opinion, saving money is your job as the Minister of Industry. It is what you should do, and it is not worthy of being regarded as a virtue!

But in order to gain fame and reputation, you let saving 300,000 taels become evidence of your reputation for integrity, and then allowed these claims to spread widely! "

Song Hao was trembling with anger, "You little thief, don't rant! How has this reputation ever been spread so widely in this department?"

Lin Tailai scolded sternly: "Don't quibble! I just asked casually, and someone knew that Song Shangshu saved 300,000 taels in building the Longevity Palace. This shows that this statement is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!"

But where does your reputation put your father? Whether you do it intentionally or not, you may make the world misunderstand that the emperor spent extravagantly to build the Longevity Palace!

For the sake of your own good reputation, you completely ignore the slander of your father. You are truly a man without a king and a father!

So I impeach you for being selfish and seeking fame. Is this wrong? "

Under Lin Tailai's violent spray, Song Hao was speechless for a moment.

The thing that the Qingliu Party members are most used to doing is managing their reputation. In Song Qi's subconscious, he didn't think there was much of a problem before.

It’s a bit unclear now! In the final analysis, using the emperor to gain fame is an unspoken rule, which cannot be manifested into an explicit reason and become an explicit reason!

Song Hui was so angry that his body was about to collapse. Zeng Tongheng, the Minister of Industry next to him, quickly supported Song Hui.

"The crime of this department is extremely serious, so I should resign and wait for the punishment!" Song Qi took off his official hat and said through gritted teeth.

Then he threw away the support and left here tremblingly.

Another heavyweight was expelled after confronting Lin Tailai!

Wang Tianguan raised the wooden sign in his hand and asked Lin Tailai: "Continue?"

Lin Tailai looked at a handful of wooden picks and sighed: "How many are left? Why don't we all join together? I want to hit ten!"

"That's it!" Chief Assistant Shen Shixing suddenly stopped.

He also didn't expect that if Lin Tailai was chopping melons and vegetables, and if Lin Tailai was allowed to chop again, the situation would be out of control.

It was another day when Lin Tailai was forcing him to take care of the overall situation. This assistant was really exhausted.

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "There are also eight-character officials such as Yang Junmin, the Minister of Household Affairs, who is sitting on a plain diet, Aimu, the fatuous and talentless minister of Taipusi Temple, Feng Congwu, who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. How can it end here?"

Shen Shixing pointed in the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion, glared at Lin Tai and said, "Why don't you go sit there?"

Lin Tailai said helplessly: "Since public discussion is not possible today, I will visit the remaining people individually one by one!"