Hushu Pass is located in the north and south of the city, is the northern gateway of Suzhou City, the status is like Tongguan to Guanzhong.

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

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 the importance of its status can be imagined.

The customs ambassador is referred to as the tax envoy, but he is not a miscellaneous official like the ordinary warehouse ambassador.

Instead, the imperial court directly sent a household chief to serve as a tax collector, who was a serious court dispatcher, and was by no means a miscellaneous stream.

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

Therefore, the Hushuguan area is semi-independent of Suzhou Prefecture, which is why Lin Tailai dared to come to Hushuguan.

If Hushu Pass is still Hushu Town, which is completely under the jurisdiction of Changzhou County, then Professor Lin may not dare to go to the ground of Changzhou County to do things.

Lin sat in the pavilion and left Gao Changjiang and the Four Great King Kongs behind, and continued to patrol the Yidu territory.

He only took the whipping brothers, and a dozen thugs supported by the school office, and set off in a smoke and rain.

From Suzhou City, take a boat along the Shantang River and go west for ten miles to the famous Fengqiao Town.

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

I saw that this place was densely populated and full of houses, and it looked even more prosperous than Fengqiao Town, and even the Guan District was larger than the urban area of ordinary counties.

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

Lin Tailai is "doing things" in Hushuguan, and someone must have handled the upper-level relationship a long time ago, and someone has called him when he should say hello.

But Lin Tailai, as a person who does things concretely, always has to report to the head snake in person after arriving at Hushu Pass.

Besides, he still has a "gift" in his pocket, and the school office entrusted him to bring it to the tax collector.

The Zhang brothers also came to Hushu Pass for the first time, and exclaimed: "This customs office is even more spectacular than the county government!" ”

Lin Tailai reported his history to the porter, and presented a letter from Second Master Feng, and then he was introduced.

The three rooms in the front hall are the public halls of the customs office, and the tax collector is inspecting the affairs in the public court.

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

If you have enough weight, you will definitely be invited into the living room or back hall and receive you with private courtesy.

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

This tax envoy's surname is Wang, a very common surname, unremarkable, about forty years old.

At this age, he became a tax envoy, and it seems that his career is average.

After Lin Tai came to the court, Wang Shui Envoy's originally casual expression couldn't help but show a few doubts.

Of course he knew what Lin Tai came to Hushu Pass for.

Blocking the Nanjing flower boat or beating a famous prostitute in Nanjing, this kind of messy and thing, as long as it does not harm the interests of the tax customs, he is too lazy to stop it.

Jiangnan is profligate, far less mellow than their hometown in the north, so there are people who come to intercede!

In his imagination, it should be the stick party who does this, and there are such people in the economically developed and densely populated Suzhou Prefecture.

But I didn't expect that although the person who came was tall and mighty, he was wearing a long robe, and his manners and etiquette were all literati.

Although the wide robe still could not hide the majesty of this person.

The envoy couldn't help but ask curiously: "What do you do?" ”

Lin Tailai replied a little forcefully: "Wu County Grain Department Scholar, and Anle Hall Branch Library, and Visiting Literature Professor of the School Book Office, and Cloth Poet. ”

The King's Tax Collector: "......"

Calligrapher, sitting, professor, poet, he knows the meaning of every word, anyway, it is a very cultural profession.

But after all the words were connected, he felt confused, what kind of person is this?

Lin Tailai smiled and said nothing, with the flood of wild scholars, the trend of Buyishan people who pretended to despise fame and fortune rose in this era, and a cultural trend of thought that could pretend to be forced without fame was produced.

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

Since there is this cultural trend, there is no need to use it in vain!

In Suzhou City, there are too many people who know their details, and they pretend to be a little embarrassed in front of acquaintances.

But when you get out of Suzhou City and in front of strangers in a strange place, you have a lot to do in pretending to be a career.

If you meet a big guy who appreciates your pretending style, you'll make a lot of money.

The royal tax envoy was idle, and his curiosity became heavier and heavier: "How do you want to do things?" ”

Lin Tailai said lightly: "I want to use poetry and literature to make them retreat!" ”

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

The letter clearly said that the thugs who do things are extremely cruel, and if there is an incident of extreme violence that cannot bear to speak, please pretend to be blind and pull the bias?

"You know poetry, too?" The royal tax envoy happened to be too idle today, so he actually chatted with Lin Tailai.

Lin Tailai said lightly: "I understand a little." ”

For some reason, the royal tax envoy has been bothered by poetry lately.

So he pointed to the outside of the court with great interest, and said to Lin Tai: "Is there a work with the theme of spring light, which is presented to this official?" ”

Professor Lin patted his stomach and said proudly: "I have everything in my belly, I don't know what grade of poetry adults want?" ”

The royal tax envoy was very surprised, "Is it still graded?" ”

Professor Lin explained in detail: "There are entertainment grades, there are those that have been circulated for 100 years, and there are those that have been circulated for more than 500 years. ”

The royal tax envoy replied without hesitation: "More than five hundred years old!" ”

Lin Tailai was a little hesitant, those poems that can be circulated for more than 500 years are all superb, is it a waste to use them in a small tax here?

Wang Shui's envoy sneered a few times, and said with a bit of regional aggression: "You literati in Jiangnan are not only crazy and evil, but also the most calculating in your belly!"

If you can come up with a poem that will be passed down to posterity, I will post it in all the tax sheds, so that people from the north and south can see it!

If you can't take it out, I'll requisition you and do a year of white labor at the tax customs! ”

Why do you have to force me to pretend? Lin Tailai sighed and chanted:

"A piece of spring sorrow is waiting for the wine to be poured. The boat on the river is shaking, and the curtain is moving upstairs. Qiu Niang ferry and Tai Niang bridge, the wind is fluttering, and the rain is bleak.

When will I go home and wash my robes? The silver word sheng tone, the heart word incense burning. The streamer is easy to throw people, red cherries, green plantains.

The word card poppy beauty, the title boat crosses the Wujiang River. It happened to be raining today, so it was a good time. ”

Wang Shuienvoy was stunned on the spot, shocked by Professor Lin's literary atmosphere, and then thoughtful.

At this time, an errand stood outside the gate of the public hall and reported to the royal tax envoy: "Shi Taigong of this town asks to see the master!" ”

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

The errand reminded: "This Shi Taigong was a jinshi in his early years, and he was really an old eunuch. ”

The royal tax envoy still refused to see him, and muttered: "What is the Jinshi?" ”

Lin Tailai was close, and he was suddenly scorched by this sentence.

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

The Jiangnan region can be called the peak of Kejia, but even if it is the top Weneun family, if it can produce two or three generations in a row, and each generation produces a Jinshi, it is a very awesome situation!

Zhang Youyu, the first performance artist in Suzhou City, is perverted enough, but he never dares to despise Jinshi.

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

Lin Tailai can only say that in order to pretend to be forced, this royal tax envoy completely ignored the embarrassment, and it was pure hard pretending.

Suddenly, another scribe who seemed to be a staff member came to report and said: "Xing Xun has docked according to the boat, and invited the proprietor to meet on the boat!" ”

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

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

In terms of pretending, he is not the opponent of this tax envoy at all, and he was defeated by the army!

According to the imperial history, the label is "Patrol Hunting on behalf of the sky", which is responsible for inspecting and inspecting places, and has great power.

It is known as the third level of the official university, and the governor is also a court of resistance.

Such an official, an official who can directly decide on the score, called your royal tax envoy to meet on the ship, but your royal tax envoy asked him to wait!

and "What is Jinshi" added up, this arrogant style of pretending, Lin Tailai gave ten points, and was willing to bow down, ashamed of himself!

Just now, your royal tax envoy was faintly engaged in regional attacks, saying that the Jiangnan literati were crazy and evil, but looking at the performance of your royal tax envoy, it is not far behind.

When you encounter this kind of dead pretend, stay away from him. Lin Tailai was about to say goodbye and slipped away.

But the royal tax envoy suddenly became enthusiastic: "Stay and eat!" ”