Daming talker

Chapter 232
A sage once said that there is no road in the world, but the more people walk, the road becomes.

This sentence is perfectly reflected here in the northern half of Wang Jiayi's old garden.

In the first few days of the first month of the 14th year of Wanli, which is the peak period of walking and playing during the Spring Festival, tens of thousands of people forcibly stepped on a road in the north of Yilaoyuan.

At first, most people were just passing by on their way out of and into the city, but later they heard the news and came to join in the fun.

Wang Jiayi Old Garden is one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou today, and ordinary people have no chance to enjoy it.

A lot of people come here just to see the garden scenery of Yi Lao Garden.

The Wang family thought about summoning craftsmen to build the wall overnight and completely plug the gap in the fastest time, but they couldn't find craftsmen to work for a while.

One is because during the Chinese New Year period, not many craftsmen are still willing to work.

The second is to repair the walls of Yilaoyuan. The craftsmen are afraid that they will lose their lives.

After all, through the two engineering teams, the prestige of Daguan Lin has been deeply rooted in the hearts of Suzhou craftsmen.

So in just a few days, not only did the gap in the courtyard wall of Yilaoyuan not be filled, but it got bigger and bigger, and the entire courtyard wall in the northwest corner was almost demolished.

The roads that have been trodden by people are getting wider and wider, and some public-spirited citizens have even paved the uneven places so that even horse-drawn carriages can pass.

The New Year of the Wang family was extremely bad. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, more than a dozen men gathered together for a meeting.

The Dongshan Wang family is a very large family, and there must be more than a dozen males.

But Yilaoyuan was built for Wang Wenke and Wang Jia, and it belongs to Wang Jia's industry, so the people who discussed here are only Wang Jia's descendants.

Wang Youren is the eldest grandson of Wang Jia, who has also been an official, and he is the speaker of this branch.

After summoning all his cousins ​​and nephews, Wang Youren announced: "I am going to donate the northern half of Yilaoyuan near the new city gate to the government, and only keep the southern half."

This decision immediately shocked everyone.

In the past 100 years, when did the Wang family suffer?

Wang Youren's favorite son, Wang Yusheng, said hurriedly: "Father, no! If you give in like this, you may be laughed at by the world!"

Others also tried to persuade them: "Don't be so depressed. Just wait until the first month and call more craftsmen to repair it patiently."

Wang Youren said sadly: "Ten days ago, like you, I thought our Wang family was very powerful.

But now I understand that our Wang family is already weak, but the saddest thing is that we don't know we are weak.

The current situation is not as good as people's, from means to public opinion, and people's hearts are at a disadvantage. If you keep tailing to survive, I'm afraid you won't even be able to keep the southern half! "

Wang Yusheng was still very unconvinced and said: "Even if half of the garden is given up, it is really a great shame to the Wang family. How can I go to see Duke Wen Ke in the future!"

Wang Youren reprimanded: "Since you know it is a great shame, you, a later generation, should firmly remember this shame! Study hard and win fame as soon as possible!"

Wang Yusheng knelt down and couldn't get up, "It's all because of my son's disappointment!"

The other cousins ​​asked together: "Is it really necessary?"

Wang Youren closed his eyes and sighed, "I heard that someone in the county government has started to search for old files from seven or eighty years ago, trying to nail the Wang family's illegal gardening back then!

If you don't admit defeat, do you have the ability to stop the inquisitive investigation?
My Wang family has been obsessed with wealth and honor since the time of Duke Wen Ke, and there is no winner in the three generations!
So we deserved this lesson. This time it was someone else who woke us up, but fortunately we were not injured.

Don't be unconvinced, let's see how the Xi family and Lu family in the two mountains of Dongting have been rectified?
If there is no Yu Yin of Duke Wen Ke, how much do you think my Wang family can be better than that Xi family and Lu family? "

Thinking of the almost destroyed Xi family and the severely damaged Lu family, everyone in the hall woke up with horror.

Compared with the giant merchants of the Xi family and the Lu family, their Wang family has one more Wang Jia with a genetic mutation a hundred years ago.

Wang Youren saw that the others had nothing to say, so he gave another order: "Our Wang family is too rich, which makes our children greedy for pleasure and failing in their studies.

From today onwards, all males under the age of 20 in the family are not allowed to go out and study diligently every day without slack. I will personally supervise them!
The ancients still knew that it is hard work to taste courage, and three years of life gathers for three years of lessons. Could it be that my Wang family can't do it?

If you can use shame to inspire your children and revitalize your family, it may be a blessing in disguise, but I would like to thank Lin Tailai! "

Seeing his father's resolute attitude, Wang Yusheng, who prides himself as the successor of the next generation, endured the pain in his heart to express his support and said:

"The son has also realized that what the father said is true, when you are in a weak position, don't fight for a moment.

There are always times when the governor is replaced, and so are the prefectures and counties, and even the chief assistant is always replaced!
There is no everlasting flower in the world, and there is no force that will always stand at the top.

As long as my Wang family can survive and wait for the opportunity, there will always be time to regain the situation. "

Wang Yusheng did not agree with such cowardice, but in order to please his father and consolidate his status as heir, he had to support him against his will.

Wang Youren was quite relieved, "It can make you improve, and you can learn to endure. This loss will not be in vain."

Then he said to everyone: "I hereby agree with you that the descendant of our Lord Wen Ke, regardless of his direct concubine, whoever defeats Lin Tailai first in the future will be the head of the Wang family's branch!"

Wang Yusheng: "???"

Both the grandfather and father generations took over successfully, so why did the whole family start to compete with each other in my own generation?

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, various government offices began to gradually resume operations.

The Wang family immediately applied to the Wuxian County Government to donate 45 acres of the northern half of Yilaoyuan to the public.

After the news spread, the city of Suzhou shook again and again.

When Magistrate Zhu was expelled before, the Wang family did not admit defeat, which shocked Suzhou locals.

In fact, under the mechanism of today's rural society, it is not so unusual for local tyrants to expel foreign officials.

The fact that Zhu Zhifu was repaired by Lin Daguan still did not break away from the above category.

But the Wang family is different from the county officials. The Wang family is one of the four famous local families in Wu County. After Wang Jia, several people have served as officials for two consecutive generations, and they also belong to the local tycoons.

Such an iconic and seemingly unshakable one of the four major families was forced to surrender by Lin Daguan.

This really surprised many people, and they had a new understanding of the explosive power of Lin's society.

After receiving the news that the Wang family had confessed to death, Mr. Lin no longer had to avoid suspicion, and finally entered the city again.

On the one hand, it is to wish those acquaintances a happy old age and increase their sense of presence, so as not to be picked on for not wishing them a happy new year.

On the other hand, it can be regarded as a farewell, Mr. Lin may be going north to the capital to catch the exam in a month.

In fact, among the people I visited, there was also a person who was not very familiar with him, that is, Mr. Liu, the seventh-rank official in the former government office and the sixth-rank food management judge in the current government office.

When it was rumored that Zhang Siwei was reinstated, when dividing the camps, Liu Tuiguan unexpectedly sided with Lin Daguanren, and he became the only one of the main government officials who was not poisonous.

Previously, the friendship between Mr. Lin and Mr. Liu was limited to the relationship between the defendant and the judge.

But at this time, even if you are not so familiar, you have to move around based on emotion and reason.

Sitting in the Judgment Hall, Senior Official Lin looked around and said pointedly: "This Judgment Hall is slightly more spacious than the Tuiguan Hall."

The newly promoted Liu Tongpan didn't exchange pleasantries, and said in a slightly joking tone: "Just now the government office received a notice from the academic officer, saying that the academic officer will come to Suzhou City in April."

In this era, the academic officials who are called great masters by scholars are not fixed in one place.

Instead, he toured prefectures and counties across the province, conducting examinations and inspecting local students and children wherever he went.

Generally, if a scholar wants to be admitted as a scholar, he has to wait for the nominating officer to come to the local area, and then take the college examination presided over by the nominating officer.

Therefore, the meaning of the news that Liu Tongpan said was that Fang Huan, the academic advisor, planned to arrive in Suzhou City in April to preside over the examination and recruit scholars.

Lin Tailai was furious immediately: "It's always February in previous years, why is it April this year?"

Everyone on the street knows that Lin Daguan has a good heart, and everyone knows that Lin Daguan wants to go north to win fame.

The imperial court selects talents every three years, which is called the capital competition, and the 14th year of Wanli is the year of the capital competition.

The exam time is relatively fixed. There will be three exams in February, and the list will be released at the end of February. If you are on the list, you will be considered a Jinshi.

Then, the palace examination is usually held in mid-March to determine the final rank of Jinshi, and the No. [-] scholar will be ranked second.

It is usually early April after the imperial court is busy with ceremonial affairs such as the Golden Palace roll call ceremony, Qionglin banquet and other new academic affairs.

Of course, the above content has nothing to do with Mr. Lin for the time being. For Mr. Lin, important things are yet to come.

Both the martial arts exam and the liberal arts exam were held in the same year, but it was only in mid-April that the imperial court was free to conduct the martial arts exam and select Wu Jinshi.

Therefore, if the Suzhou City Academy Examination is also scheduled in April, which conflicts with the Martial Arts Examination, then Lin Daguan, who went to the capital in the north, will no longer be able to concurrently take the examination for scholar this year.

Lin Tailai said angrily: "In my opinion, Fang Tixue deliberately targeted me!"

Liu Tongpan: "."

How big is your face, Lin Tailai?Could it be that being a dignified academic officer can be so boring that he changed the date of visiting Suzhou City to April just for you?

But thinking of the "lethal power" of Mr. Lin, this is not impossible.

I also heard Lin Tailai complaining: "If the college exam is still in February, then there is still time, but this year is not February!"

If Lin Daguan wants to go to the capital to take the exam, he must leave at the end of February at the latest. He can leave early, but he must not leave later.

Therefore, according to the practice of previous years, Lin Daguan could take the college examination in Suzhou first, and then go north to the capital without delaying anything.

But this year, the hospital examination was scheduled for April. How could this not make Mr. Lin angry and suspicious?
After all, when he was in Nanjing City, Lin Daguan once killed Fang Tixue from the Tixue Chayuan all the way to Changbanqiao, and he also severely offended Fang Tixue.

Liu Tongjuan had no choice but to pretend to be sympathetic to this, he could only say: "Anyway, you are still young, and it will be a year or two sooner or later."

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "The road to fame is a matter of seizing the day."

If you don't take advantage of the past few years, when Shen Shoufu's words are still effective, he quickly rises to the top and completes the original accumulation. How can there be a better chance to lay the foundation in the future?
It has not been many years since the Wanli Three Great Marches began. What if we waste a few more years and cannot catch up with the Wanli Three Great Marches?
Liu Tongpan wanted to say, so what if he doesn't accept it?No matter how well you can fight, Mr. Lin, can you still fight against the system?
How to arrange the exam schedule? That is the right of the nominee. How can you, Mr. Lin, force the nominee to withdraw his order?

How can everything go smoothly when everyone is helpless?Accept reality, accept reality!
Then Lin Tailai said to Liu Tongjuan: "Please don't ask me about one thing, help me find out from the surrounding prefectures and counties, find out the itinerary of the academic officer next month, and find out where he is going."

Liu Tongpan asked in surprise, "What's the use of asking about this?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Although the academic officer will not come to Suzhou City in February, I can go there.

Anyway, the tour of the south of the Yangtze River should not go too far.As long as there is time, I can take the initiative to ask him to take the exam! "

Liu Tong was stunned, and he didn't know how Lin Tailai's brain circuit was so long that he could always have whimsical ideas.

If the examiner doesn't come to test you, you will block the examiner's door?

I couldn't help questioning: "Scholars are all tested by each county. If you take the exam across counties, can you do it?"

Lin Tailai explained: “I am not trying to compete with candidates from other counties for places, nor am I taking the exam under false nationality.

I just took the initiative to accept the inspection in advance as an examinee of Wu County, and when the admission result of Wu County is announced, just add me in it.

Besides, this incident is not without precedent. For example, Xu Wenchang, the spiritual leader of our update agency, won the title of scholar by cross-county reference in order to get through the back door when he was young. "

Liu Tongpian couldn't help but be amazed. The success of this official Lin was definitely not a fluke.

Then Liu Tongpan asked curiously: "Even if you can meet Fang Tixue, so what?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Of course I used my valuable talent to impress Fang Tixue."

Liu Tong understood in seconds. There were rumors in the world that Fang Tixue was extremely greedy for money. If he wanted to buy a scholar, he would pay 500 taels without any counter-offering. Of course, not many people could afford this price.

Lin Daguan had offended Fang Tixue severely before. Wouldn't 500 taels of silver doubled be a "talent worth thousands of gold"?

Liu Tongpan said with emotion: "You are really willing."

Official Lin said verbally: "Talent comes too fast, and it doesn't hurt to squander it."

When he walked out of the government office, Lin Tailai quickly said to Zuo Zuo protector Zhang Wen:

"You don't need to follow me today. Go and inform the leaders of the line to raise 2000 taels of silver for me!
Then prepare the boat and luggage, and we will leave in a few days! "

Now he really hopes that Fang Tixue is a big corrupt official who recognizes money but not people, and the problems that can be solved with money are not called problems.

Zhang Wu, the right protector, sighed: "I have finally returned to my original intention in sitting in the pavilion."

Lin Tailai is baffled, what is his original intention to recover?

Zhang Wu recalled: "Back then, before I started my career, wasn't my biggest ambition just to use my money to create a path to fame?

After drinking too much, he made bold words, saying that he would spend several hundred thousand taels to buy a top pick.

Later, I was keen on studying literature. I thought I would change my mind and use my talents to compete for fame.

Unexpectedly, sitting in the restaurant still has not changed its original intention, and still uses silver as a pioneer. "

　I feel that there is nothing to write about in Suzhou, Mr. Lin is going to fight!Go explore a wider world!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)