Daming talker

Chapter 180 Lonely Journey (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

There has been a saying in Suzhou City, "Suzhou City is not chaotic, Lin Zuoguan has the final say."

But on the cusp of this storm, Lin Zuoguan left the mess behind and left as soon as he said it, and set off for Nanjing City.

Under the premise that the examination system is the fundamental law for the country to obtain talents, there is no power to prevent a candidate from rushing for the examination, and neither can officials!
Lin Tailai took the left and right protector Zhang brothers, and four fellows, and headed north along the canal on the Shenwei Lieshui.

The Zhang family brothers asked puzzledly: "September is the time for the Wuxiang test, isn't it a bit early to go now?"

The main reason is that candidates for the provincial examination of martial arts do not have much communication needs, unlike candidates for the provincial examination of liberal arts, they often regard the provincial examination as a time for socializing, so they often arrive a few months in advance, and then call friends for various gatherings.

Senior official Lin replied: "Now Suzhou City has become a place of right and wrong, so it is really not easy to stay for a long time. If the balance is not good, you will fall off the cliff and be smashed to pieces.

If he can come back with martial arts fame, it will be somewhat protective, at least his status will be higher. "

Lin Tailai stopped at Hushu Pass at the first stop on his way north from Suzhou City.

Then he went ashore to visit the capital of the king, and handed over several criminals to the capital of the tax envoy king.

"I'm going to Nanjing next time, but there's no formal prisons in Mudu Port, so I'm worried that some prisoners in my hand will be robbed.

As for the customs office, the walls are high and the prisons are strict. Please ask the prince to help guard them for two months. "

Wang Zhidu agreed, "It's easy to say!"

Afterwards, the guards were sent to take several criminals into custody, including Xi Siwei, Xi Sicheng, Fan Yunlin and Shen Xin.

At the same time, he said to Lin Tai, "Actually, I was just looking for you. My second brother has a letter recently."

Senior official Lin said subconsciously: "Wang Situ has nothing to do with me, it's not Lingmei's family letter."

Wang Zhidu resisted the urge to hit someone, and hurriedly got down to business: "It was mentioned in the letter that Zhang Jiayin, the highest official among the seven sons of the retro sect, has returned to the court to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War."

Lin Tailai murmured indistinctly: "Why does every generation of the seven sons of the retro sect have a person who is an official to the Minister of the Ministry of War?"

Among the first seven sons of the retro school, there is Wang Tingxiang, and among the last seven sons, there is Zhang Jiayin, and they are all the highest-ranking ones among the seven sons of this generation. The history is too coincidental.

Wang Zhidu ignored Mr. Lin's boring complaints, and continued to say: "So what the second brother means is that I don't want to offend the retro faction in Jiangnan, especially Wang Shizhen, the leader of the retro faction, is in Jiangnan."

Lin Tailai got up and bowed: "I never thought that the next humble person would be able to take care of Wang Situ. I am very grateful and all in my heart!"

Capital of Kings: "???"

What do you mean by Lin Tai, why don't you understand?
Senior official Lin said: "Wang Situ must be worried that if he goes to Beijing next year to take part in the martial arts test, he will fall into the hands of Zhang Jiayin, Minister of the Ministry of Recruitment, which will cause a waste of time."

The martial arts exam is different from the liberal arts exam. It is administered by the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Wang Zhidu is speechless, it's fine that you, Lin Tailai, are always fond of your younger sister, but why are you also starting to be fond of your second brother?
Lin Tailai asked suspiciously, "Isn't it?"

Wang Zhidu couldn't bear it anymore and explained: "My second nephew, Xiang Gan, might go to the Xuan Mansion to become an official, and the Xuan Mansion is the territory of the Ministry of War!"

Lin Tailai said "Oh", Wang Xianggan, one of the big bosses of the border town in the late Ming Dynasty, was about to open the official road of the border town.

In the end, Wang Zhidu concluded: "Second brother is afraid that he will offend the retro faction too deeply, and it will affect Xianggan's future!

So in the future, I may not be able to help you on the issue of retroism. "

Lin Tailai sighed, the officialdom is like this, the network of relationships is intricate, and one hair can affect the whole body.

If you don't help yourself, do you still want to win over the retro faction?
Or even say, is it possible to sell yourself to please the retro faction?Are all politicians so ruthless?
"After I finished speaking, what do you think?" Wang Zhidu asked.

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "I have analyzed the decline of the retro school many times for the prince!
On this issue, don't be so short-sighted and care about temporary gains and losses. "

Wang Zhidu said helplessly: "My second brother is getting old now, and he is doing his best to support Xiang Gan's nephew, so he can't see any risk in his heart."

So the official Lin replied: "You can write back to Wang Situ. Although the Minister of the Ministry of War of the retro faction is powerful, Shen Jizi, the leader of our update agency, is not bad!"

Capital of Kings: "."

Retro?update agency?You, Lin Tailai, have never lost.

After that, the tax envoy Wang didn't say anything more, and waved his hand: "The business is over, you can go! I won't delay your time to hurry!"

But Mr. Lin dawdled on the teacup and drank it, showing no sign of saying goodbye.

Wang Zhidu asked in surprise, "Do you have anything else to do?"

The voice of the official Lin, who never lost his mouth, suddenly became softer: "Well, I beg the prince to borrow some money to help me go to Nanjing to catch the exam."

Wang Zhidu was really shocked: "You have no money? How come you have no money?"

Isn't it a joke that the number one evil force in the richest city in the world has no money!
Senior official Lin quickly complained: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the war is too costly, and the society doesn't have much money in the battle for months.

Moreover, during this war, the fish market and hall entrance of Hengtang Town were attacked by thugs, and they were all burned to the ground, and all the silver deposits were gone!

The key is to win the battle in the end, so most of the other deposits will be used to reward the armed forces, so there will not be much left.

To make matters worse, the war indemnity has not been received, the project has not been completed, and I have to go to Nanjing again. "

Wang Zhidu shouted: "I have money from the national treasury here, how can I lend it to you at will!"

Lin Tailai immediately said: "Those criminals, the lesser ones are worth two or three thousand, and the more ones are worth five or six thousand, all of them are placed here with the prince as collateral!
As long as they are here, they don't have to worry about being exchanged for money, so why do princes have to worry about it? "

Capital of Kings: "."

Could this be the truth about you, Lin Tailai, throwing the prisoner to the customs office?
Asking the customs office to help you watch over people while borrowing money as collateral, it really kills two birds with one stone!
"It's okay to lend you money, then don't provoke the old leader Wang." The tax envoy Wang took the opportunity to threaten, "I know you are my subordinate, so don't drag me down!"

A penny is too much for a hero, and the official Lin said helplessly, "I don't need to provoke him! I'm just going to catch the exam, so I don't have the heart to do anything else!"

In the end, the tax envoy Wang took out 200 taels from his own surplus silver and gave it to Mr. Lin.

Lin Tailai, who had borrowed money, boarded the boat and left, continuing to go north along the Grand Canal.

From Hushuguan to the northwest, walk about [-] miles and enter Wuxi County, which is about the same distance as Hushuguan to Suzhou City.

Mr. Lin was sitting on the boat, thinking wildly, no wonder Suzhou and Wuxi shared one airport after hundreds of years, which is too close.

To be honest, this kind of boat ride is a bit boring, maybe Sun Lian should be brought along.

It was already late at night when we arrived at Xishan Station outside the south gate of Wuxi County.

In such a bustling place, even in the middle of the night, there is no need to worry about eating and drinking.

After spending the night in the inn, Mr. Lin was thinking, should he find a decent place to eat and drink, or should he find a dishonest place to eat and drink?

But what if you always find unscrupulous places, spend too much money, and arrive at the city of Nanjing, which is full of gold powder?
After all, Qinhuai Old Courtyard is well-known all over the world. Wouldn’t it be useless to go to Nanjing if you didn’t know it?

Besides, those who live in Wuxi County are unfamiliar, don't know anyone, and don't know where to go.

So Mr. Lin stood at the door of the inn, caught in a dilemma.

The innkeeper who was standing at the counter next to him suddenly smiled, and came to Mr. Lin's side.

Then the innkeeper asked Mr. Lin: "Your Excellency is probably a scholar? May I ask your surname?"

This is called judging people by their appearance. When I saw Mr. Lin wearing a green shirt with a wide robe and long sleeves, I thought he was a big scholar.

Official Lin replied vaguely: "Miangui's surname is Lin, he is from Suzhou, and he is going to Nanjing to take the exam."

The shopkeeper said: "It's a coincidence! I can introduce a good place to my friend Lin!"

Lin Daguan, who was lonely on the journey, felt warm all of a sudden.

The locals are more familiar with the local situation, I hope this shopkeeper is a bit moral, and don't be as foolish as a taxi driver hundreds of years later.

So Officer Lin urged with full expectation: "Speak quickly!"

Then I heard the shopkeeper introduce: "There is a true Confucian in this county who gives lectures in the county school three times a month!

Tomorrow happens to be the day of lectures, and there will be a child prodigy who is praised as a future warrior to assist in the lecture!

This lecture is a major event in the county for the past two years. It seems that Lin is also an enthusiastic reader. If you are interested, you may wish to listen to it. "

Lin Tailai: "."

That's it?That's it?You use this to test scholars?Which scholar can't stand this kind of test?

All of a sudden, I lost interest and lost all interest!Mr. Lin yawned lonely, and already wanted to go back to sleep.

But before leaving, he casually said: "I didn't expect that you Wuxi people can play better than us Suzhou people.

What righteousness and true Confucianism, what future world scholars, dare to say, who are these? "

The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "This orthodox and true Confucian is Gu Xiancheng and Gu Jingyang, friend Lin should have heard of it, right?

Future Tianxia Shi Nai is Gao Panlong, a well-known child prodigy in this county, who passed the provincial examination three years ago at the age of 21! "

Lin Tailai: "."

Fuck!Gu Xiancheng and the Donglin Party that emerged later, as long as they have a little understanding of late Ming politics, how could they not have heard of it.

As for Gao Panlong, he is Gu Xiancheng's close comrade-in-arms, known as the Gao-Gu Group!Achievements in the officialdom are even higher, during the reign of the apocalypse, from the official to the Zuodu censor!

The political history of the late Ming Dynasty is actually a history of party struggles to a large extent.

The party struggle originated in Jiajing, and then was buried with the historical Ming Dynasty.

However, during the decades of Jiajing’s party struggles, it still generally belonged to the “regular army” party struggles.

It's like two armies confronting each other, each with their own ability to plan and calculate, and they can also rely on government affairs to discuss matters, which has a bit of political beauty.

And the factionalism in the Wanli Dynasty was not because Lin Tai looked down upon it, it was purely a chaotic fight in the mud pond, or a style of brawling by gangsters in villages and alleys.

That is, several gangs oppose each other for the sake of opposition, constantly biting each other, or whoever is on stage will do it!
There is no strategic calculation, it all depends on the loudness of the voice, and sometimes the fists, and there is no political beauty at all.

But then again, Mr. Lin asked himself, he personally prefers the Wanli Dynasty's style of party struggle.

Just do it if you don't accept it, and fight if you can't say it, it's just too appetizing!

This style of dog-eat-dog party struggle was probably initiated by Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli, three anti-Zhang Juzheng demons.

These three people are also the three celebrities in the imperial court where Jane is in the heart of the emperor. In the eyes of orthodox officials, their status is somewhat similar to the Internet celebrities of later generations, that is, the three major political Internet celebrities.

But it is Gu Xiancheng and the Donglin Party that he created to truly carry forward the dog-eat-dog party style.

At the beginning, everyone thought they were just ordinary clean streams. It is not surprising that there have been such clean streams in all dynasties, and they will not cause much harm.

But no one expected that after two times in the history of the Donglin Party's "All Zheng Ying Dynasty", the Ming Dynasty collapsed even faster.

If it is said that the Ming Dynasty actually died in Wanli, Emperor Wanli, who had suppressed the Donglin Party for 20 years, really didn't want to take the blame.

Pressing down on the messy thoughts caused by the name "Gu Xiancheng", Lin Tailai carefully recalled the historical information in his mind.

Gu Xiancheng, the future leader of the Donglin Party, should have only entered the officialdom for a few years at this time.

This person seems to have taken a three-year leave to go home last year, and then insisted on giving lectures at the county school.

Official Lin deduced that this should be an "experiment" of Gu Xiancheng's new way of fighting politics.

So here comes the question, why is the innkeeper so active and enthusiastic in publicizing and giving lectures to help Gu Xiancheng pimp?

Those taxi drivers pimping outsiders are not so active!
There is also a set of propaganda words such as "righteous way and true Confucianism" and "future world scholars".

At this time, Gu Xiancheng did not have the momentum he had in the past 20 years, and he would not become a "local scenic spot".

Mr. Lin looked at the innkeeper, and asked suddenly, "How much did they give you?"

The innkeeper replied subconsciously: "I didn't give you any extra money, nothing!"

Lin Tailai couldn't help laughing "haha" a few times, is this game considered pyramid scheme or preaching?Or attract traffic to brush popularity?
Originally, he had no interest, but at this moment he suddenly became interested again.Now that you are here, you might as well go and see it tomorrow.

Anyway, Gu Xiancheng's lectures can be regarded as a famous scene in the late Ming Dynasty, although he is not in Donglin Academy yet.

So Mr. Lin didn't go to any unscrupulous places at night, and went to bed after dinner in a serious manner.

On the next day, they were ready to enter the city.

When the Grand Canal arrived in Wuxi County, it was divided into three rivers. The middle one passed through the city, and the east and west two went around the city, and then rejoined.

Generally, the middle river is used for small official ships and civilian ships entering the city, the east river is for tank boats, and the west river is for merchant ships.

It was too painful to enter and leave the city from the crowded river, so Mr. Lin didn't bother to take a boat, and walked directly into Wuxi County from the south side of Wanghumen.

Then turn west again, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to arrive at the county school in Wuxi County.

As they were walking on the road, Mr. Lin thought viciously, if he bought the abandoned site of Donglin Academy in advance, what would the Donglin Party be called in the future?
　The next chapter will definitely be difficult to write, continue to ask for monthly tickets to assist!The Donglin Party is too controversial, what do you think of the Donglin Party?I look at the mainstream views of book friends, we can't fight against book friends, right?
　　
　
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