There is a saying in Suzhou City, "Suzhou City is not chaotic, Lin Zaoguan has the final say".

But on the cusp of this storm, Lin Zaoguan threw away the mess, said to leave, and set off for Nanjing City.

Under the premise that the examination system is the fundamental law for the country, there is no power to stop a candidate from rushing to the exam, and neither can an official!

Lin Tailai took the Zhang family brothers, the left and right protectors, and four men, and took the Shenwei Lieshui to the north along the canal.

The brothers of the Zhang family asked puzzledly: "September is the time for the Wuxiang test, is it a bit early to go now?" ”

The main reason is that the candidates of the Wuke Township Examination do not have much communication needs, unlike the candidates of the Liberal Arts Township Examination, who often regard the township examination as the time of the transaction, so they often arrive a few months in advance, and then call friends for various gatherings.

Lin Daguan replied: "Now that Suzhou City has become a place of right and wrong, it is really not good to stay for a long time. If you don't have a good balance, you will fall off the cliff and break your bones.

If you can get the martial arts fame back, it will be somewhat of a protective effect, at least the status can be a little higher. ”

Lin Tailai made the first stop from the north of Suzhou City and stopped at Hushu Pass.

Then he went ashore to visit the king's capital, and handed over several prisoners to the tax collector's capital.

"I'm going to Nanjing, but there is a lack of regular cells in Mudu Port, so I'm worried that a few people in my hands will be robbed.

The walls of the customs office are high and strong, and the prison is tight, so please ask the prince to help take care of it for two months. ”

Wang Zhidu promised: "These are easy to say! ”

After that, the jailer was asked to take in several prisoners, a total of four people, including Xi Siwei, Xi Sicheng, Fan Yunlin, and Shen Xin.

At the same time, he said to Lin Tai: "Actually, I was looking for you, and my second brother had a letter recently. ”

Lin Daguan subconsciously said: "What can Wang Situ have to do with me, it's not Ling Mei's family letter." ”

Wang Zhidu resisted the urge to beat people, and hurriedly got down to business: "The letter mentioned that Zhang Jiayin, who had the highest official position among the seven sons of the retro faction, returned to the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the military department. ”

Lin Tailai muttered indistinctly: "Why is it that every generation of the seven sons of the retro faction has a person who is an official to the secretary of the military department?" ”

There is Wang Tingxiang in the first seven sons of the retro faction, and Zhang Jiayin in the last seven sons, and they are all the highest officials among the seven sons of this generation, and the history is too coincidental.

Wang Zhidu ignored Lin Daguan's boring complaints, and continued: "So what the second brother means is that I don't offend the retro faction in Jiangnan anymore, especially the retro faction leader Wang Shizhen is in Jiangnan. ”

Lin Tailai got up and saluted: "I didn't expect that in the next micro person, I can also help Wang Situ care, and I am very grateful in my heart!" ”

Wang Zhidu: "??? ”

What do you mean by Lin Tai, and why can't you understand it?

Lin Daguan said: "Wang Situ must be worried that if he enters Beijing next year to participate in the martial arts examination, he will be folded in the hands of Zhang Jiayin, the secretary of the recruit department, which will lead to a toss in vain." ”

The martial arts exam is different from the liberal arts, and it is taken by the military department Shangshu.

Wang Zhidu was speechless, you Lin Tailai always made love for your little sister, why did you start to be amorous to your second brother?

Lin Tailai asked suspiciously: "Isn't it?" ”

Wang Zhidu couldn't bear to explain: "My second nephew Xiang Qian may want to go to Xuanfu to be an official, and Xuanfu is the territory of the military department!" ”

Lin Tailai let out an "oh", Wang Xiangqian, one of the bigwigs in the border town in the late Ming Dynasty, was about to open the official road of the border town.

In the end, Wang Zhidu concluded: "The second brother is afraid that he will offend the retro faction too deeply, which will affect the future of Xiang Qian!"

So in the future, I may not be able to help you with the problem of retro school. ”

Lin Tailai sighed, officialdom is like this, the relationship network is intertwined, and it affects the whole body.

If you don't help yourself, do you want to win over the retro faction?

Or even that it is possible to sell yourself to please the retro pie? Are politicians so ruthless!

"What do you think of me when I'm done?" Wang Zhidu asked.

Lin Tailai said dissatisfiedly: "Regarding the decline of the retro faction, I have analyzed it many times for the prince!"

On this issue, don't be so short-sighted and think about temporary gains and losses. ”

Wang Zhidu said helplessly: "My second brother is now old, and he is doing his best to support his nephew, and he can't see any risk in his heart." ”

So Lin Daguan responded: "You can write back to Wang Situ, even though the military department of the retro faction is powerful, but the alliance leader of our renewal society, Shen Jizi, is not sharp!" ”

The capital of the king: "."

Retro pie? Updater? You Lin Tailai really haven't lost when you come here.

Then the royal tax envoy didn't say anything more, and waved his big hand: "After the business is over, you can go!" Don't delay your journey! ”

But Lin Daguan drank it slowly with a teacup, and there was no sign of farewell.

Wang Zhidu asked in surprise, "Do you still have something?" ”

Lin Daguan's voice, which never loses people, suddenly became a little smaller: "That, ask the prince to borrow some money and sponsor him to go to Nanjing to catch the exam." ”

Wang Zhidu was really shocked: "You have no money? How can you have no money? ”

Isn't it a joke that the number one underworld force in the richest city in the world will have no money!

Lin Daguan hurriedly complained: "The prince doesn't know, the war is too expensive, and the society doesn't have much money in the month after month.

Moreover, in this war, the fish market and Tangkou in Hengtang Town were attacked by thugs, and they were all burned to the ground, and all the silver deposits were gone!

The key is that in the end, the battle was won, so most of the other deposits had to be taken out to reward the three armies, so there was not much left.

To add insult to injury, the war reparations have not yet been paid, the project has not yet been eaten, and I have to rush to Nanjing again. ”

Wang Zhidu shouted: "I have all the silver from the treasury here, how can I lend you at will!" ”

Lin Tailai immediately said: "Those few criminals, the few are worth two or three thousand, and the most are worth five or six thousand, all of them are placed here as collateral for the prince!"

As long as they are here, they don't have to worry about not being able to exchange money, so what else does the prince have to worry about? ”

The capital of the king: "."

Could it be that this is the truth that you, Lin Tailai, threw the prisoner to the customs office?

While letting the customs office help you watch people, and borrowing money as collateral, it is really killing two birds with one stone!

"It's okay to lend you money, then don't provoke the old alliance leader again." The envoy took the opportunity to threaten and said, "I know that you are my subordinate, don't drag me down!" ”

A penny stumped the hero, and Lin Daguan said helplessly: "I don't want to provoke him!" I'm just going to take the exam, so I don't have the heart to do anything else! ”

In the end, the royal tax envoy took out two hundred taels of silver from his envy and gave it to Lin Daguan.

Lin Tailai, who borrowed the entanglement, got on the boat and left, and continued to go north along the Grand Canal.

From Hushu Pass to the northwest, walk about 20 miles into the territory of Wuxi County, and Hushu Pass to Suzhou City is about the same distance.

Lin Daguan sat on the boat and thought wildly, no wonder Suzhou and Wuxi airports will share one for hundreds of years, which is too close.

To be honest, it's a bit boring to take a boat like this, maybe you should bring Sun Lianlian with you.

When I arrived at the Xishan Station outside the south gate of Wuxi County, it was already late at night.

In such a bustling place, even in the middle of the night, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

After staying at the inn, Lin Daguan was thinking, whether to find a serious place to eat and drink, or find an improper place to eat and drink?

But if you always look for a serious place, the flowers are wrapped too fast, what should you do when you arrive at the bustling city of Nanjing?

After all, the old courtyard of Qinhuai is famous all over the world, if you don't see it, won't you go to Nanjing City in vain?

Besides, I don't know anyone in Wuxi County, and I don't know anyone, and I don't know where it's good.

So Lin Daguan stood at the door of the inn and fell into a dilemma.

The innkeeper who was standing at the counter next to him suddenly smiled and came to the side of Lin Daguan.

Then the innkeeper asked Lin Daguan, "Your Excellency is probably a scholar?" Dare to ask your surname? ”

This is called judging people by their appearance, and when they saw Lin Daguan wearing a green shirt with wide robes and big sleeves, he thought he was a large scholar.

Lin Daguan replied vaguely: "Your surname is Lin, you are from Suzhou, and you are going to Nanjing to take the exam." ”

The shopkeeper said, "Isn't that a coincidence! I can introduce a good place to friends Lin below! ”

Lin Daguan, who was lonely on the journey, was suddenly hot in his heart.

Locals are more familiar with the local situation, but I hope that this shopkeeper is a little more moral, and not like the taxi driver in a few hundred years.

So Lin Daguan urged with anticipation: "Speak quickly, say it quickly!" ”

Then I heard the shopkeeper say: "There is a righteous Confucian in this county, who lectures in the county school three times a month!"

Tomorrow happens to be the day of the lecture, and there is also a prodigy assistant who is praised as the corporal of the future world!

This lecture is a grand event in the county in the past two years, it seems that Lin Friend is also an enthusiastic reader, if you are interested, you may wish to listen. ”

Lin Tailai: "."

That's it? That's it? You're going to test the reader with this? What reader can't stand this test?

Suddenly there was no interest and no interest! Lin Daguan yawned lonely and wanted to go back to the house to sleep.

But before leaving, he said casually: "I didn't expect that you Wuxi people can blow better than us Suzhou people."

What righteous and true Confucian, what future corporal, dare to say, who is this? ”

The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "This righteous true Confucian is Gu Xiancheng Gu Jingyang, Friend Lin should have heard of it, right?"

The future corporal of the world is Gao Panlong, a famous prodigy in this county, who won the township examination at the age of 21 three years ago! ”

Lin Tailai: "."

it! Gu Xiancheng and the Donglin Party that appeared later, as long as they knew a little about the politics of the late Ming Dynasty, how could they not have heard of it.

As for Gao Panlong, he is Gu Xiancheng's close comrade-in-arms, and he is called Gao Gu's combination! The achievements of officialdom are higher, and the official to the left capital of the imperial history during the apocalypse!

The political history of the late Ming Dynasty is, to a large extent, also a history of party struggle.

The party struggle originated in Jiajing, and then was martyred with the Ming Dynasty in history.

However, the party struggle in Jiajing in those decades was still largely a "regular army" party struggle.

It is like a confrontation between the two armies, and the strategy and calculation are based on their own ability, and they can also rely on government affairs to discuss things, which is a bit of political beauty.

And the party fighting atmosphere of the Wanli Dynasty is not that Lin Tai looks down on it, it is purely a chaotic battle in the muddy pond, or a style of gangsters fighting in the alleys and alleys of the village.

It's just that several gangs oppose each other for the sake of opposition, constantly biting each other, or who is on stage!

There is no strategic calculation, it is all based on a loud voice, and sometimes a big fist, and there is no political beauty at all.

But then again, Lin Daguan asked himself, he personally still likes the party style of the Wanli Dynasty.

If you don't accept it, you can do it, and if you can't say it, you can fight, it's just too appetizing!

The initiators of this dog-eat-dog party fighting style are probably Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli, the three anti-Zhang Juzheng demons.

These three people are also the three celebrities of the imperial court in the heart of the emperor today, and in the eyes of orthodox officials, their status is somewhat similar to that of Internet celebrities in later generations, that is, the three major political Internet celebrities.

But what really carries forward the style of dog-eat-dog party struggle is still relying on Gu Xiancheng and the Donglin Party he created.

At first, everyone thought that they were just ordinary clear streams, and it was not surprising that there were such clear streams in all dynasties, and they would not be much of a disaster.

But no one expected that after two Donglin Party "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" in history, the Ming Dynasty collapsed faster.

If it is said that the Ming Dynasty died in Wanli, the Wanli Emperor, who suppressed the Donglin Party for 20 years, really doesn't want to bear this pot.

Pressing the messy thoughts caused by the name "Gu Xiancheng", Lin Tailai carefully recalled the historical information in his mind.

Gu Xiancheng, the future leader of the Donglin Party, should have only entered the officialdom for a few years at this time, and he has not yet become a big climate, and the reconstruction of Donglin Academy is even more of a shadow.

This person seems to have taken a three-year leave to go home last year, and then insisted on lecturing at the county school.

Lin Daguan deduced that this should be a kind of "experiment" of Gu Xiancheng's new political style.

So the question is, why did the innkeeper take the initiative to give lectures so actively and enthusiastically to help Gu Xiancheng pimp?

Those taxi drivers pimping outsiders are not so active!

What else is "righteous and true Confucian", "future corporal of the world", the propaganda words are set in a set.

At this time, Gu Xiancheng did not have the momentum that he had after one or two decades in history, and he would not become a "local scenic spot".

Lin Daguan looked at the innkeeper and suddenly asked, "How much money did they give you?" ”

The innkeeper subconsciously replied: "I didn't give any more money, nothing!" ”

Lin Tailai couldn't help but laugh a few times "haha", is this game a pyramid scheme or a missionary? Or is it to attract traffic and brush popularity?

Originally, he was not interested, but now he suddenly became interested again. Since you've come here, you might as well go and see it tomorrow.

No matter how you say it, Gu Xiancheng's lecture can be regarded as a famous scene in the late Ming Dynasty, although it is not in Donglin Academy now.

So Lin Daguan didn't look for a serious place at night, and went to sleep after eating seriously.

The next day, they were ready to enter the city.

When the Grand Canal reaches the county seat of Wuxi, it is divided into three rivers, the middle one passes through the city, and the east and west two go around the city, and then converge again.

Generally, the middle river is a small official ship and a civilian ship entering the city, the east river is a boat, and the west river is a merchant ship.

It was too painful to enter and go out of the city from the crowded river, so Lin Daguan was too lazy to take a boat, and walked directly into Wuxi County from the south Wanghu Gate.

Then turn west, and walk for less than a quarter of an hour, and then arrive at Wuxi County School.

When walking on the road, Lin Daguan thought with a bad taste, if he bought the abandoned site of Donglin Academy in advance, what would be the name of the Donglin Party in the future?

The next chapter will definitely be difficult to write, continue to ask for monthly ticket assistance! The controversy of the Donglin Party is too big, what do you think of the Donglin Party? I look at the mainstream views of book friends, we can't do it against book friends

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