Daming talker

Chapter 50
Hushuguan is located in the north-south hub, and is the northern gateway of Suzhou City. Its status is like that of Tongguan to Guanzhong.

The administrative name here is Hushu Town, which is located in Changzhou County, but because of the tax customs, it is commonly known as Hushuguan.

The imperial court set up eight major tax customs on the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River waterway, and Hushu Pass is one of them, and its importance can be imagined.

Customs ambassadors are referred to as tax envoys for short, but they are not miscellaneous officials like ordinary warehouse ambassadors.

Instead, the imperial court directly sent a head of the household department to concurrently serve as a tax envoy.

Tax envoys only accept the direct leadership of the imperial court, and the local government has no right to interfere in tax affairs.

Therefore, the Hushuguan administrative area is semi-independent from the Suzhou government, which is why Lin Tailai dared to come to Hushuguan.

If Hushuguan is still Hushu Town, which is completely under the jurisdiction of Changzhou County, then Professor Lin may not dare to work on the ground in Changzhou County.

Lin Zuoguan left Gao Changjiang and the Four King Kong behind, and continued to patrol the Yidu site.

He only took the whip-holding brothers and a dozen thugs supported by the school secretary, and set off in the misty rain.

Take a boat from Suzhou City along the Shantang River, ten miles to the west, and you will come to the famous Fengqiao Town.

Then from Fengqiao Town to the north along the Grand Canal for [-] miles, you will come to the equally famous Hushu Pass.

I saw that the place is densely populated and houses are gathered here, and it seems to be more prosperous than Fengqiao Town, and even the customs area is larger than the urban area of ​​ordinary counties.

The Customs Office is on the west bank of the canal. Lin Tailai got off the boat at the pier of Shegong Street, the main road, and came to the Customs Office under the drizzle of March.

Lin Tailai was "doing things" at Hushu Pass, and someone must have dealt with the upper-level relations long ago, and someone should have said hello.

But Lin Tailai, as the person who actually does things, always reports to the local snakes in person when he arrives at Hushu Pass.

Besides, he still has a "courtesy" in his pocket, and the school secretary office entrusted him to bring it to Mr. Tax Envoy.

It was also the first time for the Zhang family brothers to come to Hushu Pass, and exclaimed: "This customs office is even more spectacular than the county government!"

Lin Tailai reported his history to the concierge, and presented a letter from Master Feng Er, and then he was brought in.

The three front halls are the courts of the customs office, and the tax envoy is inspecting the matter in the court.

Seeing this, Lin Tailai sighed secretly, he was still too humble.

If you are worthy enough, you will definitely be invited into the living room or the back hall, and received with private etiquette.

However, he was only taken to the court, indicating that it was just a symbolic casual meeting, and then he could leave.

The tax envoy's surname is Wang, a very common surname, unremarkable, and he is about 40 years old.

He only became a tax envoy at this age, so it seems that his official career is not good enough.

After Lin Tailai went to the court, Wang Shuishi's originally casual expression could not help showing a little bit of doubt.

Of course he knew why Lin Tai came to Hushu Pass.

Blocking Nanjing flower boats or beating Nanjing courtesans, this kind of messy things, as long as they don't harm the interests of the customs, he doesn't bother to stop them.

The atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River is turbulent, far less mellow than their hometown in the north, so there are people who show affection for such nonsense!

In his imagination, the people who did this should be gangsters and rogues. In the economically developed and densely populated Suzhou Prefecture, there are many such people.

But I didn't expect that although the visitor was tall and mighty, he was wearing a long gown, and he behaved like a literati.

Even this wide gown still couldn't conceal the majesty of this person.

The tax envoy Wang couldn't help but asked curiously, "What do you do for a living?"

Lin Tailai replied with a bit of pretentiousness: "Wu County's food science writer, concurrently sits in the branch of Anle Hall, concurrently serves as a visiting professor of literature at the school's office, and concurrently serves as a commoner poet."

Wang Tax Envoy: "."

Scholar, lecturer, professor, poet, he knows the meaning of every word, anyway, they are all very cultural occupations.

But when all the words were connected together, he felt confused. Who the hell is this?
Lin Tailai smiled and said nothing. With the flood of wild scholars, the commoner people who pretend to despise fame and wealth in this era have emerged, and a cultural trend of thinking that one can pretend to be arrogant without fame has arisen.

For example, Wang Zhideng, the leader of the local literary circle in Suzhou, has no fame. This was unimaginable decades ago.

Since there is this cultural trend, there is no need to use it for nothing!
In Suzhou City, there are too many people who know their details, and it is a bit awkward to pretend in front of acquaintances.

But after leaving Suzhou City, in front of strangers in strange places, the career of pretending to be coercive is very promising.

If you meet a boss who appreciates your pretentious style, you will make a lot of money.

The tax envoy Wang was also idle, and his curiosity became more and more serious: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Tailai said lightly: "I want to use poetry and literature to make them retreat in spite of difficulties!"

The tax envoy Wang looked down at the letter again, puzzled.

The letter clearly stated that the thugs who did the work were extremely cruel, and in the event of unspeakable extreme violence, please pretend to be blind and drag yourself out of the fight.

"You also know poetry?" Coincidentally, Wang Taxi was too busy today, so he chatted with Lin Tailai.

Lin Tailai said lightly, "I understand a little bit."

For some reason, the tax envoy Wang has been worrying about poetry recently.

So he pointed to the outside of the court with great interest, and said to Lin Tai, "Is there any work with the theme of spring, and present it to me?"

Professor Lin patted his stomach, and proudly said: "There is everything in the belly, I wonder what grade of poetry my lord wants?"

The tax envoy Wang was very surprised, "Is there still a grade?"

Professor Lin explained in detail: "There are entertainment grades, there are grades that have been passed down for a hundred years, and there are grades that have been passed down for more than 500 years."

The tax envoy Wang replied without hesitation: "The ones are more than 500 years old!"

Lin Tailai was a little hesitant. Those poems that can be circulated for more than 500 years are all top-quality. Is it a waste to use them here for a small tax?

The tax envoy Wang sneered a few times, and said with a bit of regional attack: "You literati in the south of the Yangtze River are not only crazy and evil, but also love to calculate the most!

If you can really come up with a poem that is enough to pass on to future generations, I will post it in all the tax sheds, and people from all over the world can see it!

If you can't get it out, I will confiscate you and do a year of white labor in the tax customs! "

Why do you have to force me to pretend?Lin Tailai sighed, still reluctant to use the best one, thought of someone who could deal with it, and chanted:

"At first glance plantains. I want to sleep in willows, but I thank cherries. Whoever divides the spring in half, cherishes the present most.

Feel bored before spending time.Ren left in the cold, pearls and tinsel Cuiqiao.Take advantage of the spring, and leave half of it, don't lose the present. "

The tax envoy Wang was stunned on the spot, and was overwhelmed by the powerful literary aura exuded by Professor Lin.

It's just a majestic giant who said "I cherish the present" and "Don't let the present" tenderly, with a bit hot eyes.

Then the tax envoy Wang was thoughtful again, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, an officer stood outside the gate of the court and reported to the tax envoy: "The Taigong of this town is asking to see the master!"

The tax envoy Wang waved his hand and said, "It's gone, let him go back first!"

The officer reminded: "This Taigong Shi, who passed the Jinshi in his early years, is really a fellow eunuch."

The tax envoy Wang still refused to see him, and muttered, "What is a Jinshi?"

Lin Tailai was so close, he was suddenly shocked by this sentence.

No matter how the atmosphere changes, Jinshi is the end of the road to fame and fame, and it is a symbol of success for all scholars.

The Jiangnan area can be said to be at its peak, but even if it is the top family of civil servants, if there are two or three generations in a row, and each generation produces a Jinshi, it will be a very impressive situation!
Zhang Youyu, the number one performer artist in Suzhou City, is perverted enough, but he never dared to despise Jinshi.

What kind of person dares to say "what is a Jinshi?"

Lin Tailai could only say that the tax envoy simply ignored the embarrassment in order to pretend to be coercive.

Suddenly another scribe, suspected of being an aide, came to report: "Xing Xun has docked in a boat, and the owner is invited to meet on board!"

Wang Taxi waved his hand impatiently: "Let him wait first!"

Lin Tailai felt that he had lost today, very badly.

In terms of pretending to be aggressive, he was no match for the tax envoy, and he was beaten to pieces!

According to the censor, the label is "Daitian Xunshou", who is responsible for inspecting places and has great power.

He claims to meet the third grade of the official university, but even when he meets the governor, he is divided into courts.

Such an official, who can directly decide the test scores, called your tax envoy to meet on the boat, but your tax envoy told him to wait!

Combined with "what is a Jinshi", Lin Tailai gave this arrogant style of pretentiousness a ten, and he was willing to bow down, ashamed of himself!
Just now, your Tax Envoy Wang secretly engaged in regional attacks, saying that the literati in the south of the Yangtze River were crazy and evil, but judging by the performance of your Tax Envoy Wang, you are not far behind.

If you come across someone who pretends to be dead, stay away from him.Lin Tailai was about to say goodbye, so he slipped away.

But Wang Tax Envoy suddenly became enthusiastic: "Stay for dinner!"

(End of this chapter)