Daming talker

Chapter 230 The End of the Three Years of Wanli
After finishing the banquet in his hometown, Mr. Lin is going to Mudu Port to sit in charge.

Gao Changjiang also wanted to go to Mudu Port with Lin Tailai, but Lin Tailai refused and sent him back to Nanhao Street.

Gao Changjiang said dissatisfiedly: "The affairs of the city management office are all trivial and meaningless. There are no tax customs or projects that are vigorous and magnificent."

Lin Tailai told him: "Your most important task at the moment is to go to the city to promote Zhang Siwei's remaining poison. Even if it is not a household name, it must be known to everyone on the road."

Gao Changjiang suddenly feels that he has nothing to love, and he has worked hard for half a year, but his work is still spreading rumors.

When the rumors about the old leader were spread back then, they were well-founded, but now they say that "Zhang Siwei's remaining poison" is just a mouthful, without any evidence.

Also, whose military division's main job is to spread rumors?Simply overkill!
After Mr. Lin assigned various tasks such as spreading rumors, contracting projects, and collecting money and food, he plunged into tax affairs.

In the past three months after Mudu Port was opened and closed, the progress of tax and silver collection was slow. If the annual task of 5000 taels could not be completed, Mr. Lin would not be able to explain to the tax envoy Wang Zhidu.

For the Wang family in the new city of the capital of kings, Mr. Lin wants to make a long-term investment. This is not a question of money or not.

The current period of unsatisfactory performance is mainly due to the fact that after the switch, various systems are being created and explored, but Lin Daguan, the only person who can make decisions, is always absent, so the tax work is particularly lax and there are no certain rules.

Up to now, Mr. Lin has to pay close attention to the customs business and urge the customs to get on the right track as soon as possible.

For the next month or so, that is, in the entire month of November, Mr. Lin did not go anywhere, and honestly stayed on duty in Mudu Port.

For Mr. Lin, who has been traveling all year round and fighting in the north and south, this month has been very stable.

In addition to being busy with official duties, leisure time is also used to make people, and the two "mothers" who are jokingly called in the club also try their best to cater to them like a competition.

Gao Changjiang's advice earlier was correct, in order to stabilize the community's support, there must be a successor.

After all, an association is different from a family. The children of the Jianghu are informal, and they don't have to pay too much attention to etiquette.

Travelers also have to do as the Romans do, it is impossible to shock the world, and Mr. Lin's time is running out, and he will definitely not be able to settle down again after the spring of next year.

In this more than a month, even the most important winter solstice festival, Mr. Lin spent in Mudu Port.

In the era of agricultural society, the Winter Solstice Festival is a particularly important festival. In Suzhou customs, the Winter Solstice Festival is especially important, no less than the Spring Festival.

The time has come to December, and the 13th year of Wanli is about to pass.

Recently, a lot of things have happened in the official circles of Suzhou City, which obviously has nothing to do with the officials Lin who is "far away" twenty miles away in Mudu Port.

But in the minds of those who are knowledgeable, everything is inextricably linked with Mr. Lin.

The most shocking thing was that after governor Zhao's impeachment, Zhifu Zhu was suddenly removed from his post, and he was appointed after going to Beijing for investigation.

In the popular saying in the streets and alleys, Zhang Siwei's biggest minion in Suzhou City was expelled.

Now everyone in the city knows that Zhang Siwei's most lingering poison is the king of one prefecture and one county.

One mansion is the magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture, one county is the magistrate of Wu County, and one king is the Wang family of Dongshan.

The name of this combination is very simple and easy to remember, impressive and unforgettable. It was created and spread by Gao Changjiang.

It has to be said that Gao Changjiang has continued to grow in the propaganda work, and the progress is still very gratifying.

It has progressed from completely relying on sitting in the library to being able to carry out a certain degree of self-creation.

Now that Yifu has been removed, I don't know what the future will be like for the king of Yixian County.

Another major event was that Governor Zhao petitioned the imperial court to exempt the Suzhou government from arrears of money and food for nearly ten years, and the imperial court approved it.

This is a virtuous government praised by all people, and it has dissipated a lot of grievances about the tax resistance turmoil.

Lin Tailai came up with the idea, but Lin Tailai couldn't stand in the foreground. He knew very well that this was the glory of Governor Zhao.

Another thing is that Gao Changjiang came to Mudu Port from Suzhou City this day, and brought a letter from Yuan Hongdao, the magistrate of Changzhou County.

If someone in Suzhou City wrote a letter to Lin Tailai, it was usually sent to Xinxin Academy in Shijiaxiang, Nanhao Street, and then forwarded by Gao Changjiang.

Gao Changjiang reported: "I heard that Yuan Xianzun is going to inspect the construction site. I guess this letter invites you to go with him."

In Changzhou County, at the southernmost tip of the county, that is, near Wujiang County, the dredging project of the ancient Sanjiang Estuary began.

The first phase of the construction section is about ten miles away. It adopts the government-supervised and private contracting method different from the past, and is contracted by the second team of Lin's engineering.

It's only been a month since the construction, and Yuan Hongdao, the magistrate, can't wait to go to inspect it, and he wants to engrave a text and erect a monument.

Facing Yuanzhi County's invitation, Lin Tailai refused, saying: "You will attend instead of me, and I will not go in person.

After all, it is Yuan Xianzun's stage, so I don't want to overwhelm the host. "

Gao Changjiang took it for granted, he had dealt with the sitting hall for so long, and he understood the situation very well.

In his own sitting hall, he has a passive talent of "stealing the limelight".

It often happens that there is no subjective awareness, but still automatically steals the limelight.

In order to avoid this situation, it is better not to go, after all, Yuan Xianzun is a friendly army.

Then Gao Changjiang said: "In addition, please sit in the hall and ask me to inquire about the situation of Canglang Pavilion in detail, and now I have figured it out."

During this period of time, Mr. Lin's life was very boring, and he finally heard something that aroused his great interest.

As a person who can make Suzhou City shake by stomping his feet, he doesn't even have a formal mansion, which is simply a joke.

But Lin Daguan is a very particular person and is unwilling to settle for the ordinary. Canglang Pavilion, which is not privately owned, is the target that Lin Daguan covets.

"Tell me quickly! What's the matter?" Lin Tailai urged.

Gao Changjiang continued: "The Canglang Pavilion is located in the south of the city. Currently, the entire garden covers an area of ​​less than [-] mu."

Hearing this, Mr. Lin frowned immediately, and said a little dissatisfied: "It's so small for such a famous garden? Why is it only twenty acres?"

Gao Changjiang is speechless, now the Canglang Pavilion is not the property of the owner of the restaurant, what right do you have to despise the small?

Lin Tailai compared and said: "Among the gardens in the city, not to mention the Humble Administrator's Garden which is [-] mu, even Nayi Old Garden has [-] mu!"

Gao Changjiang persuaded: "It's really not small, a garden of [-] mu is considered medium-sized in the city of Suzhou.

What's more, there is a historical bonus, this area is more than enough to match your status in the hall. "

After finishing speaking, Gao Changjiang didn't understand, what exactly was he trying to persuade?Persuasion to sit in the hall to steal and plunder should also be down-to-earth?
Lin Tailai sighed: "You have to look at the problem from the perspective of development. What if in a few years, twenty acres can no longer match my status?"

Gao Changjiang turned around and left. If he didn't like the Canglang Pavilion while sitting in the pavilion, he would report a fart.

Lin Tailai hastily held down Gao Changjiang, "It's already here, you finish first!"

Gao Changjiang couldn't move, and continued to report helplessly:
"The Canglang Pavilion had been abandoned for a long time before, and it was not until the Jiajing Dynasty that the monks from Dayun Nunnery nearby raised funds to rebuild the Canglang Pavilion.

So since then, Canglang Pavilion has been under the management of Dayun Temple.

Today's Canglang Pavilion is actually an affiliated garden of Dayun Temple, which can be regarded as a part of the whole Dayun Temple. "

Lin Tailai couldn't help but said with emotion: "These monks are really rich, a garden of [-] mu can be repaired as soon as it is said to be rebuilt.

Isn't it a bit wasteful for such a famous historical garden to fall into the hands of a group of monks? "

Then Gao Changjiang reminded: "Dayun Nunnery is not just an ordinary temple, it has a lot of contacts with Suzhou literati, and has connections with many celebrities.

For example, when the Canglang Pavilion was rebuilt in Dayun Nunnery, Gui Youguang, a generation of famous experts, was invited to write an article to commemorate it. "

Lin Tailai didn't care about famous people or not. He just asked, "What did Yuan Xianzun of Changzhou say?"

The dividing line between Wu County and Changzhou County is Wolong Street. Canglang Pavilion is on the east side of Wolong Street, so it falls under the jurisdiction of Changzhou County.

What Lin Tailai meant was, can Yuan Xianzun do anything to help us seize the place.

Gao Changjiang then replied: "Yuan Xianzun cherishes feathers and is unwilling to bear the notoriety for no reason."

Lin Tailai nodded, this was all expected.

Celebrities like Yuan Hongdao advocate Buddhism and Taoism, and Yuan Hongdao's own religious views are more inclined to Buddhism. It is a bit embarrassing for him to attack temples.

Lin Tailai then ordered: "When I finish the customs affairs at the end of the year, I will go to the city to see it with my own eyes, and then I will make a fuss about it."

Gao Changjiang thought of other things again, "Your elder brother also asked me to send a message. The city gate is almost finished, when will you go and have a look?"

Lin Tailai replied: "In another half a month, I will go to the city and watch it together."

In this way, another half month passed, and it was late December, the real time of the end of the year.

At this time, most of the yamen will be sealed and closed to prepare for the New Year.

Although the customs will not stop collecting taxes, other official duties have also been suspended.

So after nearly two months, the two "mothers" who were mainly involved in the arms race both announced the good news. Mr. Lin finally had some leisure time, escaped from Mudu Port Customs, and went to Suzhou City for inspection.

Taking the newly restored Shenwei Lieshui, Mr. Lin first returned to Nanhao Street.

He first sat down in the Renewal Academy and joined his elder brother Lin Shilai.

Then walked north along Nanhao Street for more than a mile, and came to the construction site of Xinchengmen.

From a distance, I saw a large group of idlers standing there pointing, a new city gate that can greatly improve traffic is still very attractive, enough to become the hottest topic of conversation.

In the entire city of Suzhou, the most prosperous place is the northwest part, and the place with the most traffic congestion is also the northwest part.

If this new city gate with both land and water roads is successfully built, it will double the capacity of water passages and more than half of the passage capacity of land passages between inside and outside the city.

More intuitively, if you go in and out of the city by boat, the time you spend at the city gate can be shortened by at least half.

The wolves and tigers separated the crowd, let Lin Tailai walk into the moat, and carefully looked at the new city gate on the other side of the moat.

Boss Lin proudly introduced: "At the peak time, more than 7000 craftsmen and servants were mobilized at the same time, and they were rushed, and finally according to your requirements, the Lumen can be completed before the end of the year.

I dare say, our new city gate is more majestic than the old Changmen!
Now there is an inscription missing, what do you think the city gate should be called?Is Lin Men too high-profile? "

Lin Tailai said casually: "Shouldn't the county magistrate consider the name of the city gate?"

Boss Lin directly told Wu County's biggest secret: "Deng Xianzun is just a decoration, and in the end, why don't you listen to fourth brother?"

Lin Tailai walked to the front of the bridge again and glanced at the new city gate. Later generations are used to seeing tall buildings and buildings, so they don't think it is so majestic.

Looking closer, I found the problem again.

It stands to reason that if one looks into the city through the opening of the city gate, what one sees should be the street.

But now looking through the opening of the new city gate, there is nothing to be seen, it is dark, as if the opening is blocked.

Lin Tailai pointed at the door opening and said with a smile, "Is it still not working?"

Boss Lin said helplessly: "The city is blocked by the courtyard wall of Wang Jiayi's old garden, and they refuse to demolish it, so of course it won't work.

You also said that you only need to build the city gates first, and not the Wang family, so that's how it happened.

Now there is another situation. If the royal garden is not demolished, waterways cannot be opened, and the water gate of the new city gate will be impossible to talk about. "

At this time, a narrow-minded person in the crowd shouted: "Lin Jieyuan! Could it be that building a city gate just means the road is blocked?"

Lin Tailai's self-cultivation gradually improved, he ignored those boring people, entered the city from Xu Gate, and walked around to the other side of the new city gate.

As a result, they couldn't get close to the new city gate at all, and were completely blocked by the Yi Lao Garden of the Wang family.

Boss Lin eagerly asked, "Could it be that today is the day of raising workers for a hundred days and forcibly demolishing the garden?
Gathering together the craftsmen who have not dispersed, they can demolish this area in a blink of an eye, leaving the Wang family unable to react! "

Lin Tailai shook his head and said, "We don't need to do anything, the garden will collapse when the time comes."

At this moment, dense firecrackers suddenly sounded from the gate of Yilaoyuan.

A servant of the Wang family came out with a basket of copper coins and distributed happy money to the passing crowd.

It turned out that years ago, the imperial court rewarded the veterans, Wang Youren, the head of the Wang family, the eldest grandson of Wang Jia, and the former Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, also received the imperial court's favor, and added the third-rank treatment.

Official Lin also stepped forward to join in the fun, but he just stood at the gate, as if poking a hornet's nest, and a large group of armed domestic slaves guarding Wang Yu came out.

Lin Tailai pointed to the new city gate and said, "The city gate has already been built, and the magistrate who protected you is gone, and your royal family is still unwilling to make it easier?"

Wang Yusheng was still proud, "A yamen official with flowing water, a century-old family! Even the court's kindness will remember our royal family!
How can you, an upstart like you, understand?So what if you can expel a magistrate?How can our royal family be afraid of you? "

Lin Tailai shook his head and said: "You are wrong, history is written by the masses, any family is false.

I advise you, the Wang family, to take care of yourselves and tear down the gardens blocking the city gate before the Spring Festival, or you will be at your own risk. "

Wang Yu said harshly: "If you dare to touch every brick and tile of Yi Laoyuan, our Wang family will dare to bring the lawsuit to the capital!
Even if Mr. Shen Ge comes face to face, he can't be biased towards you! "

Lin Tailai smiled "haha", "Do you think you will have a chance to sue?
Don't say it's unexpected!When you regret it, don't say it's impolite! "

　Continue to overdo it, and you should be able to conceive the next stage of the plot tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)