Daming talker

Chapter 221 Contrast of Confusion

While still on the road, Zhao Zhigao and Lin Tailai received news that Li Yangong, Marquis of Linhuai, had been dismissed from his position as Minister of Defense in Nanjing and ordered to stay at home.

Without actual positions, Li Yangong and his son are just an idle Marquis family with no power.

The contemporary Wei Guogong Xu Bangrui also got his wish and became the Minister of Defense of Nanjing.

Then eight households of the Xi family in Dongting Xishan and one household of the Shen family in Mudu were sentenced to [-] sticks and exile for [-] miles. Their property was confiscated.

From then on, the Xi family, the giant of the Dongting Merchant Gang, suffered a near-destructive blow. There were not many households left in the whole family to fight. Most of the family property was confiscated.

It is said that after Wang Shizhen's sentence was over, she fell ill again, took a medical leave and went back to her hometown of Taicang.

However, Fan Yunlin, Huqiu Xu's son-in-law who conspired with the Xi family and also participated in the attack on Mudu Port, was not sentenced to a severe sentence.

Not to mention the traditional relationship between the Xu family and the Shen family, Fan Yunlin's father-in-law Xu Taishi was also a close friend of Shen Shoufu.

In the end, Fan Yunlin was just regarded as an accomplice who didn't know the truth and was coerced, and was permanently dismissed as a scholar, sentenced to eighty sticks, and fined 1000 taels of silver.

The fight that lasted for more than three months finally came to an end.

These disturbing things have become a thing of the past, Mr. Lin must now look forward.

On this day, all the officials in Suzhou City who were able to appear on the stage were dispatched again and stood on the bank of the river outside Fengqiao.

Compared with the scene when Governor Wei came to Suzhou more than three months ago, it was almost exactly the same, and it was even more grand.

Because this time it was also the governor who came to Suzhou City, and the new governor took office.

Let alone such a big turmoil recently, officials at all levels must treat it with care.

Near noon, I finally saw the large ship with the name of governor.

When the boat docked, Governor Zhao came out of the cabin, and the officials, gentry, and old representatives on the shore saluted Governor Zhao together.

Then I heard someone on the boat shout: "Excuse me!"

Many people only thought the voice was very familiar, so they subconsciously looked up at the bow of the ship.

But when everyone on the bank bowed their heads and saluted just now, Wu Jieyuan, who is known to the whole Suzhou city, was already standing in front of the governor.

It turned out that the respected and beloved Mr. Lin followed the new governor and returned to Suzhou City, which was loyal to him!

The word "free of courtesy" was also shouted from Lin Jieyuan's mouth.

For a moment, everyone on the shore didn't know whether to salute the governor or Lin Jieyuan.

All the officials and people couldn't help but be dumbfounded, what happened in the novel can actually appear in reality.

I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the new governor was given to indulge Lin Tailai so much!

This is because Zhao Zhigao, the new governor, has no interest in Suzhou affairs itself, nor is he interested in establishing an image in Suzhou.

He only wanted to let Lin Tailai help him complete his political achievements, and then attack the third-rank servant.

Other than that, it doesn't matter.As long as Lin Tailai can do what needs to be done, he can help.

Although some officials who were hostile to Lin Jieyuan were upset, they dared not speak out.

Afterwards, Lin Jieyuan and Governor Zhao went ashore, and met and greeted the representatives of all parties who came to greet them.

Logically speaking, the first person to greet the governor should be the prefect Zhu, who has the highest political status.

But Lin Jieyuan waved towards the crowd, and greeted Second Lord Shen first.

Then he introduced to Governor Zhao: "This is Shen Jizi, the leader of our renewal society."

Zhao Zhigao felt a little startled, Shen Shoufu's youngest son is really the leader of this update agency?
When he was in Nanjing, he always thought that Lin Tailai was bragging, and he didn't take the update agency seriously, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Then Lin Tailai introduced to Shen Yongjia: "This is Zhao Xueshi, a new friend I developed in Nanjing, who happened to come to Suzhou City to be the governor."

Second Master Shen really couldn't see what kind of virtue and ability this old man Zhao, who was half buried in the ground and older than his father, could be seen by Lin Tai and developed into the third member of the Renewal Society.

Lin Tailai greeted Yuan Hongdao, the magistrate of Changzhou County, and introduced to Zhao Zhigao:

"This is the famous public security officer Yuan Zhonglang! I'm trying to persuade him to be a guest professor of the Update Society!

It's just that Yuan Zhonglang still hesitated and didn't agree.If Futai has time, he might as well persuade him! "

Yuan Hongdao sighed, and said hastily: "Without hesitation, I agree!"

Since he was still in the officialdom, he had to abide by some rules.

A small magistrate, how can he really let the governor persuade him?
So the leader of the update club, the visiting professor, and the two club friends talked and laughed happily, as if forming a small circle.

Other figures who came to greet the governor also seemed to be excluded spectators.

He also heard Lin Tailai laughing at Yuan Hongdao: "Yuan Xianzun's opportunity has come, if you can get Futai's support, why not start the Sanjiangkou dredging project you have been thinking about?"

Sanjiangkou is a very famous ancient place name, even in the Four Books and Five Classics, it is a pity that it has long since disappeared.

If this ancient place name can be restored through the dredging project, it will be famous for future generations like Su Causeway and Bai Causeway. No literati can resist this temptation, and Yuan Hongdao is no exception.

Seeing that Lin Tailai took the initiative to mention it, Governor Zhao also took the initiative to ask: "What's the problem now?"

Yuan Hongdao took the opportunity to complain and said: "It's easy to say that the Jinong warehouse is under the control of the government, and it is difficult for the county to use it, so the construction cost is out of the question."

The Jinong warehouse was originally a discretionary fund for the counties, but it was collected by the government, and the county's fiscal expenditures were naturally tight.

Everyone began to ponder in their hearts that at the new governor's unveiling ceremony, all the statements were probably not aimless, and might be the focus of future work.

Suddenly, the matter of Jinongcang was mentioned like this, and it reminded Lin Tailai's attitude towards Jinongcang at the beginning.

Everyone present knew that the matter of Jinongcang must still be unavoidable, and Mr. Lin's interest in Jinongcang has never diminished.

So Zhu Zhifu, who was supposed to be the first to speak, but was left alone for a long time, was finally seen by Lin Tailai.

"Prefect Zhu should return the dispatching power of Jinongcang to the counties!" Lin Tailai persuaded: "Otherwise the counties will have no funds to use and can't do anything."

Zhu Zhifu said with a cold face: "This official has long ago clearly explained the reason why the government government has taken over the dispatching rights of Jinong warehouses in various counties.

In the past two years, the Jinong warehouse has paid more and received less, and the grain inventory has been declining.

Therefore, in order for the Jinongcang to be effective, the dispatching power of the Jinongcang is taken over from the subordinates, and the unified arrangement is the only way to ensure safety. "

Everyone thought that Lin Tailai was going to rely on the power of the governor to directly refute the prefect Zhu, but they saw Lin Tailai nodded and agreed: "The prefect Zhu is right!"

Then Lin Tailai continued: "Only by taking over the control of Jinongcang, can we ensure the safety of Jinongcang in each county, what Zhu Taishou said is correct.

Therefore, according to Zhu Taishou's thinking, it may be advisable to hand over the dispatching power of Jinong warehouse in each county to the governor.

In this way, a better unified dispatch can be carried out at a higher level than the government office. Presumably this is what Zhu Taishou is happy to see. "

Everyone was speechless. Although it sounded absurd, Lin Tailai's logic was fine.

Zhu Zhifu can use the excuse of "unified dispatching by superiors" to take over the dispatching rights of Jinongcang warehouses in lower counties.

Of course, the governor can also use the same excuse to take the dispatching power of Jinongcang from the government office.

It can't be that your government office can only be a superior, but you don't want to be a subordinate.

At the beginning, the county government was under the pressure of senior officials Lin and fought for a long time, but they were still unable to get Jinongcang back.

Today, it was probably Mr. Lin who changed the angle of the governor and reached out again.

Zhu Zhifu didn't answer Lin Tailai directly, looked at Governor Zhao, and asked, "Is this Lin's own idea, or is it the Procuratorate's idea?"

Zhao Zhigao shouldered the responsibility and said, "This is what this court thinks."

Zhu Zhifu said unceremoniously: "The governor's job is to lead the overall situation, check for omissions and make up for vacancies, and check and clean up, instead of putting the cart before the horse and meddling too much in local affairs!

Otherwise, what's the use of waiting for me to wait for the county government? "

Everyone was quite surprised. Zhu Zhifu's mood was a bit tough. Could it be because he was left alone for a while?
In terms of job post, the magistrate must be a subordinate of the governor.

However, Zhifu Zhu is a fourth rank, and Governor Zhao is also a fourth rank. Purely in terms of status, the gap is not that big.

But from a normal point of view, this still does not constitute Zhu Zhifu's strong confidence, and no one knows where Zhu Zhifu's confidence comes from.

Then I heard Zhu Zhifu say: "Also, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you make friends with the ministers of the cabinet."

I don't know who said this sentence, it seems to be to Governor Zhao, and it seems to be to Lin Tailai.

But the so-called "Cabinet Power Officials" children obviously refer to Second Lord Shen.

Zhu Zhifu's public remarks made everyone present a little surprised.

If it is said that Zhu Zhifu contradicted the governor just now, it is still within the scope of everyone's understanding.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, it is not uncommon for subordinates to contradict their superiors, and it is still within the normal framework of fighting for power and profit.

But Zhu Zhifu directly named Shen Erye, which made others not understand.

What's more, Second Master Shen didn't do anything directly to Zhifu Zhu, and Zhifu Zhu couldn't do anything wrong with Second Master Shen, the chief assistant.

This abnormality made Lin Daguan very puzzled, did you eat the bear's heart or the leopard's guts, Zhu Zhifu?

I couldn't figure it out for a while, and didn't dare to act rashly.

So Lin Tailai looked at Second Lord Shen and gave him a sudden wink.

This means, let Second Lord Shen rely on his identity as the chief assistant son to rush up to the prefect Zhu first.

One is to suppress the prefect Zhu's aura, and the other is to take this opportunity to find out the details of the prefect Zhu.

Anyway, Second Lord Shen's identity has an aura of invincibility, no matter what he does, he can't die, so it's useless.

Just like the last time Second Master Shen slapped Governor Wei face to face, nothing happened after the slap, and Governor Wei had nothing to do with Second Master Shen.

But something happened that surprised the officials even more. Second master Shen was indifferent to the prefect Zhu's provocation!
I don't know if it's because of cowardice, or some other reason.

If there is anyone in Suzhou City who can be more arrogant than Lin Jieyuan, it can only be Shen Erye.

But this second master Shen who doesn't even dare to be arrogant, is he still the second master Shen himself?
Lin Tailai couldn't help but muttered in his heart, wouldn't Second Master Shen also be taken away?

Or, during his absence, something happened in Suzhou City that he didn't know about?

Just when Lin Tailai fell into deep confusion and couldn't figure it out, Zhao Zhigao suddenly remembered something, and whispered to Lin Tailai:
"I heard that Zhang Fengpan's defense system in Hedong is over, and he will be restored soon, and he will definitely return to Beijing a year ago!

Before coming to Suzhou, the old man collected the resumes of officials in various prefectures and counties. This Zhu Taishou and Zhang Fengpan were the same year. "

Lin Tailai: "."

Fuck!Let yourself be confused for a long time, it's such a stupid thing to dare to love!

The Zhang Fengpan in Hedong mentioned by Zhao Zhigao is the original chief assistant Zhang Siwei.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, it was Zhang Siwei who took over as chief assistant.

For this political tycoon from a giant merchant family in Shanxi, there are not many negative criticisms on him.

From personal quality to political character, to family morality, Mr. Zhang Siwei is full of countless flaws.

To put it simply, the combined smuggling business of Huang Xiaomei and Fan Niangzi is no more than one percent of that of the Zhang family.

But these criticisms will not affect Zhang Siwei's appointment as the first assistant, because his attitude of stabbing the late Zhang Juzheng in the back is very firm.

But not long after, because of Ding You, Zhang Siwei had to go back to his hometown to live in mourning, so Shen Shixing was able to become the chief assistant.

Counting the time, Zhang Siwei's guard system is about to expire now, and he can resume immediately.

According to the usual practice, after the end of the mourning system, officials should be appointed to the same level even if they cannot resume their original posts.

But how can the chief assistant have a position of the same level?So Zhang Siwei probably can only resume his original job and continue to be the chief assistant.

Moreover, Cilin officials are very particular about the order of the seniors, and now the chief assistant Shen Shixing is the junior of Cilin, and he can only give way to Zhang Siwei in terms of officialdom and morals, and retreat as the second assistant.

After thinking about this, Mr. Lin can finally understand why Zhifu Zhu is suddenly tough, and why Second Master Shen is not arrogant anymore.

But Lin Tailai really wanted to laugh, not to laugh at anyone, but simply wanted to laugh, because it was so funny.

History played a big joke on Zhang Siwei. When he was about to return to the political arena after the end of his guarding system, and was about to regain his status as a minister, he suddenly fell ill and died.

In Lin Daguan's subconscious mind, Zhang Siwei, the former first assistant, was automatically regarded as gone, and had completely withdrawn from the Ming Dynasty's political arena, so it was impossible for him to have any influence on him.

So when he calculated, he never considered Zhang Siwei's influence and factors.

So there was a little blind spot in thinking just now, and I didn't think about Zhang Siwei at all.

But he, Lin Tailai, knew that Zhang Siwei had hit the street, but others didn't know it yet.

Think about Zhang Siwei who is rushing to the street, and then look at the tough Zhu Zhifu in front of him, who has become the cowardly Second Master Shen, how can it not make people laugh?
If Mr. Lin remembers correctly, Zhang Siwei died not too early or too late, in the middle of October.

Zhang Siwei has probably died of illness for a few days now, but the news has not yet reached Suzhou City.

Senior official Lin sighed helplessly, Lin Tailai didn't really like to pretend, but there was always an opportunity coming to his door, it would be a waste if he didn't pretend, what a pity.

　Monthly pass, monthly pass, monthly pass, say it three times!
　　
　
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