The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

After get off work, Lin Tailai went to the palace again, but Wang Situ had already left and refused to stay for a moment longer.

At this time, the only people left in the mansion were Wang Xiangmeng and Wang Zhidu, who had arrived in Beijing to be elected after Kao Man. Both of them did not need to return to their hometown to guard the system.

Looking at the much empty mansion, Wang Xiangmeng was very sad and sighed to Lin Tailai:

"In the past, when my two uncles and my little aunt were here, it was so fulfilling and lively, but now I am the only one left."

Then he pointed to the capital of kings and said, "How about letting my uncle stay in Beijing?"

Lin Tailai replied: "There are too many places that need people. I'll think about it again."

Wang Xiangmeng added: "I have a hunch that when my second uncle returns home this time, he may not be willing to return to the capital again in the future.

After all, the second uncle will be sixty-eight when he completes the rule. The second uncle himself is not a very competitive person, so he may not bother with it if he feels that his life is perfect. "

Even though Lin Tailai was depressed, he could do nothing about losing a minister of household affairs in vain.

Probably when you are hanging out in the court, you will always encounter this kind of thing, and maybe a party member who is trying to cultivate will be worried.

For example, Shen Yiguan, who was promoted by Chief Minister Shen, if Shen Yiguan and Ding You were not at home, Zhao Zhigao might not have been able to join the cabinet last year.

At that time, Lin Tailai was still gloating about his misfortune, but this year it was his turn to be depressed.

At this time, Shen Yongmao was at home trying to persuade his old father who suddenly became irritable.

"Father should have heard about Wang Situ Dingyou's incident, so he should stop as soon as possible, and don't really beat Lin Tailai to death!"

Uncle Shen also understood clearly that Lin Tailai could still withstand a few punches from his father with the help of the iron triangle of Zhao Zhigao, Wang Tianguan and Wang Situ.

After carrying it, let the grumpy dad calm down and repair it again, which can be regarded as a fight to make peace.

But Wang Situ, the most stable, reliable and powerful man, suddenly resigned, which made Lin Tailai passive.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of financial rights, and its influence is everywhere on a daily basis, and all yamen cannot avoid it.

Losing the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance will definitely make Lin Tailai's strength greatly weakened, and he will be shattered if he receives two punches from the first assistant with all his strength.

Shen Shoufu responded: "No need to say more, I know it in my heart."

Shen Yongmao said again: "Li Guan's memorial is nonsense. I just hope that my father will not fall into the trap of alienation, otherwise it will only make the relatives angry and the enemies happy!"

Shen Shoufu then scolded: "Stop talking nonsense! I have no plan to alienate you. Could it be that I can't even see this little trick?"

How could the wise and wise chief assistant fall into the trap? Doesn't falling into the trap mean that you care about the rhetoric of that memorial?

Shen Yongmao asked: "Then why did father get angry?"

Shen Shoufu replied: "I just think Lin Tailai's gifts have been much less generous recently and he needs to be punished."

Application: "."

Shen Shoufu, you are so insincere to your own son.

In the current imperial court, there are three first-line official positions at the Jiuqing level, namely, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Industry, and the Minister of Dali Temple.

There are also the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, who are in turmoil, and the minister of Taipu Temple, a relatively good second-tier official position, is vacant.

The last time such a grand occasion occurred was seven or eight years ago when the influence of Zhang Juzheng was liquidated.

This means that many promotion channels suddenly appeared in the imperial court, which seemed to arouse the enthusiasm of all third- and fourth-grade officials.

Everyone no longer even wants to talk about national issues, they are all thinking about their own possibilities.

Those of the third rank can have the extravagant hope of becoming a minister. Even if it is not feasible, they will still make a profit by being transferred to the minister of Dali Temple.

Although those in the fourth rank will not expect to be ministers, but when the third rank is promoted, won't there be vacancies in the third rank?

Just when all the senior officials in the imperial court were getting agitated, this year's literary conference was "quietly" held in the capital.

This was the first literary conference held in the capital in more than 20 years, and it should have become a small hot spot.

But it is a pity that in the recent heated atmosphere of pursuing upgrades and salary increases, literary conferences are not so eye-catching.

Not to mention that this was a hastily held literary conference, and it was not located in a literary center. Most of the literary bigwigs from all over the country were absent, resulting in the conference itself being inherently deficient and lacking in star power.

In the main venue, Lingji Palace, Lin Tailai looked at the more than 30 people present with an ugly expression.

"It's almost time, and these are the only people?" Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly to Wang Shizhen, leader of the New Wen League and Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Wang Shizhen glanced at the situation and said calmly: "That's probably all we have. Eighty people are scheduled, so it's okay if we can come as many as we can."

Lin Tailai couldn't help but ask again: "Where is Young Sima Shixing? Why is there no one there?"

Wang Shizhen still said calmly: "It doesn't seem like he's here? He said he was sick before."

Lin Tailai really didn't know what to say. He didn't know whether this was "Chameleon" or "The Appearance of Officialdom".

At the beginning, it was Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War, who was most active in the literary conference and even took the initiative to organize it.

As a result, on the day of the conference, even Shi Xing, the main organizer, didn't show up?

In addition to Shi Xing, Li Chun, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhong Zhenji, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, two ministers with certain talents and reputations, were originally scheduled to attend the literary conference, but they did not show up today.

Lin Tailai said sarcastically: "Jiu Qing has three vacancies at once. There are too many opportunities. Faced with such a huge temptation, who doesn't want to give it a try?"

Recently, the chief minister is fighting the Qingliu Party and the Lin Party together. This is not a joke, he is really suppressing the fight.

Candidates nominated by the Lin Party are frequently obstructed and sabotaged by the chief minister. How can we not make others wary?

Therefore, if you get too close to Lin Tailai, you may get into trouble immediately and completely lose the current opportunity, let alone the future.

Although Lin Tailai may represent the future, the future is too far away, so let's take care of the present first.

In any case, life still needs to go on, and the literary conference must be held, although it looks more and more like a makeshift team.

Anyone who dares not to come is qualified to be afraid of being targeted by Prime Minister Shen. And the more than 30 people who dare to come are all characters who are not worthy of being remembered by the Prime Minister, so the quality of the personnel can be imagined.

At the meeting, facing more than 30 rookies, the old leader Wang was always smiling and free, but the first deputy leader had a dark face throughout the whole process.

The participants had to admire that the leader is the leader, and he is indeed very generous.

Old Alliance Leader Wang reminded the First Deputy Alliance Leader, "Don't be like this. Show some professionalism."

The First Deputy Alliance Leader whispered, "Shi Xing is damned! Such a shabby and shabby occasion simply lowers our standards. Don't you feel embarrassed and ashamed?"

Without literary bigwigs and officials of sufficient weight, wouldn't this literary conference become a copycat conference that overestimates its own capabilities?

Old Alliance Leader Wang thought, what are we going to do? People can't be educated without experiencing setbacks.

Lin Tailai is really used to smooth sailing. He has never experienced setbacks and lacks resilience.

Unlike me, what embarrassing scenes have I not seen in recent years? Today's situation can only be regarded as a temporary solution.

Then, the old leader Wang said earnestly: "For those of us who are leaders in the literary world, even if we are in a shabby place, we must pretend to treat it as a shining stage.

The future of the literary world will rely on you to support it. If you can't even fool yourself, how can you fool others?

Today's theme is victory songs, and others have to offer poems. As a meritorious official, don't you show some happiness? Will you live up to today's theme?"

The first deputy leader seemed to be forced to do business, and gradually showed a fake smile.

Then others began to offer poems, and Lin Tailai's smile became more and more stiff as he watched.

The quality of the poems was something like "Sitting on the plan, the Western Qiang finally collapsed, and the whole army returned with a triumphant song", "But hearing the news, the first will be scared, and who will envy Tianshan when talking about merits", "We are all amazed that throwing a whip into an empty hole rabbit does not require a long arrow to kill the wolf in the sky".

Seeing such sentences, Lin Tailai, as the person being flattered, was embarrassed and embarrassed, capital embarrassment.

Every time he thought that his great achievements could only be associated with such poems, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Finally, Lin Tailai could no longer bear it and stood up, announcing, "On my way back, I wrote "Twelve Victory Songs of the Northwest", for you to enjoy!"

The rookies were in an uproar. They had heard that Lin, the first deputy leader, liked to publish poems, and poems were often published in groups, but twelve poems in one go were still very rare.

"The newly opened Lin Pavilion rewards Yuan Gong, and Mu Chong sees the Forbidden City. Westerners must be scared when they go there, and the military supervisor went to Kongtong yesterday."

"The Yellow River in the sky is thousands of miles long, and the giant spirit holds the Yuntai in his hands. I see the prime minister's camp passing by from afar, and the sun shines on the four doors of Yumen Pass."

"The royal robe shines on the road with a glow, and the swords are majestic like Shangfang. The generals and soldiers welcome the left side of the road, and ten thousand people play drums and enter Pingliang."

"The Kaifu is reopened to test the carved spears, and the seven battles are completed and the victory songs are presented. May I ask who is the first in Lingyan, and the Han family's swords and shoes are given to Xiao He."

"The Qilin on the painting is rewarded with a new life. The bear is not allowed to return to the Forbidden Garden, and the first person with three seals is hung."

The novices attending the meeting looked at each other, how could the first deputy leader be so open when he was praising himself?

Could it be that the first deputy leader was dissatisfied with their praise just now, so he personally came out?

But you have already boasted yourself, how can others boast?

Wang Lao, the old leader, was the first to react. He took the lead in clapping a few times and gave an enthusiastic speech:

"Lin Jiuyuan's triumphant song set off the first climax of this literary conference! It laid the foundation for the successful conclusion of this literary conference!

I hereby propose to use Lin Tailai's "Twelve Triumphant Songs" as the base, and then combine the essence of your poems to synthesize a new cymbal song for the upcoming prisoner offering ceremony. Your names will be remembered in the court music!"

"Good!" The courtyard was suddenly filled with thunderous cheers, and more than 30 people shouted out the effect of more than 300 people.

Lin Tailai had to admit that Wang Lao, the old leader, was good at creating an atmosphere, provided that there were no strong men to disrupt it.

At the end of the literary conference, Wang Lao, the old leader, smiled and handed the joint petition of more than 30 people to Lin Tailai.

"Don't worry about the process, as long as you can achieve your goal, isn't it enough?

This is a joint petition to the court to change the gong song of the captive offering ceremony-isn't this the purpose of holding the literary conference?"

Lin Tailai said with a little contempt: "Just these thirty people?"

Old leader Wang replied: "Don't worry about the number of people, and don't worry about the level of their skills, just say whether they represent the literary conference? In a big way, they can also represent the New Literary Alliance!

So on the surface, more than thirty small characters signed, but they acted at the literary conference, so the name is that our literary community jointly petitioned the court."

Lin Tailai thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. As long as it could be packaged as a petition for the literary world, it would be enough.

The next day, Lin Tailai went out to work and his first stop was the Ministry of Rites, but he did not enter the Ministry of Guests, but went straight to the main hall where the minister was.

Because he had no habit of asking for instructions and reporting, Lin Tailai rarely set foot here.

"What a rare guest." After seeing Lin Tailai, the Minister of Rites Yu Shenxing couldn't help but sarcastically said.

You, Lin Tailai, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, actually know where the main hall of the Ministry of Rites is?

Lin Tailai pretended not to hear the sarcasm and replied, "I am not keen on currying favor with my superiors, so it is not wrong that I am a rare guest."

Yu Shangshu wanted to make it clear that ignoring superiors and not currying favor with superiors are two different things!

Lin Tailai did not want to dwell on the details, so he quickly got down to business: "All participants in the literary conference yesterday jointly signed a petition to the court in the name of the literary conference to change the cymbals."

As he spoke, Lin Tailai handed the petition to Yu Shangshu.

Regarding the preparation of the ceremony, the Minister of Rites is the highest person in charge of the outer court.

Yu Shenxing simply glanced at the pile of signatures on the petition and almost laughed out loud, "Are you not entertaining yourself?"

What kind of weirdos are signing these? I have never heard of them. Could it be that Lin Tailai has pulled extras to make up the numbers?

Lin Tailai asked, "Grand Master of the Imperial Clan has been high and mighty for so long, how can you look down on the lower-class scholars?"

Yu Shenxing did not respond, and said impatiently, "The captive offering ceremony is almost ready, why are you still making a fuss?"

Lin Tailai retorted, "How can this be called making a fuss? This is clearly called striving for excellence."

Yu Shangshu said with disgust, "Don't tell me those words that fool three-year-old children."

Lin Tailai said, "Grand Master of the Imperial Clan! Do you only know why you are not able to sit in the position of Minister of Rites unsteadily?

The main reason is that you are too lazy to make trouble.

Since you don't make trouble, others will make trouble for you!"

Yu Shangshu: "."

Although Lin Tailai is a bastard, his words are often very clever.

Just like himself, the Minister of Rites, who does nothing, the national foundation problems are "bang bang bang" hitting his head!

It's better to stir up some trouble and make a fuss, maybe it can dilute the "national foundation issue".

Lin Tailai also advised: "Grand Master, you really need to do something special to create a new topic.

In this regard, you and I can cooperate sincerely. I, Lin Tailai, am called Jinbu, and Bu is Ji Bu who keeps his promise."

Yu Shangshu didn't believe in this "keep his promise", "For Chen Xueshi of the Hanlin Academy? Zhao Qing of the Imperial Household? Where is your promise?"

Lin Tailai asked back: "Grand Master! You don't want others to know that you privately made up that the emperor admired your calligraphy the most and gave you a character more than ten years ago, right?"

Yu Shangshu was stunned and a little at a loss.

Bad food! I was drunk and boasted, how did Lin Tailai know it?

After coming to his senses, Yu Shangshu asked again: "You just said, cooperate sincerely?"

Lin Tailai responded: "That was just now, it's not cooperation now."