Chapter 229: The Desire of the People
Outside the gate of Yi Lao Garden, after exchanging cruel words with Wang Yusheng, Lin Daguan did not take it to heart.
According to the scheduled plan, I went to Nancheng again to inspect Canglang Pavilion on the spot.
Speaking of the economy and culture of Suzhou City at this time, the west and north directions are the most developed, and the main business districts are in these two directions, while the east and south are weak.
So if you go south from the city, you will find that there are fewer and fewer commercial shops.
When you arrive in the south of the city, you will have a clear feeling of desolation in the north and west of the city, and you can even see a large vegetable garden.
Gao Changjiang pointed to a corner of the wall exposed on the opposite side of the river in front of him, and introduced the situation and said: "The front is the Canglang Pavilion, and the east is the Dayun Nunnery, and the Canglang Pavilion is now attached to the Dayun Nunnery." To the west is the Suzhou Fufuxue. ”
The layout of the Canglang Pavilion is different from all other gardens, surrounded by water, with a mountain in the middle, and only a bridge leading to the garden.
Another special feature is that there is not only the Canglang Pavilion in the garden, but also the mountain pavilion close to the south wall.
It is said that this is the commanding height of the city, and standing in the pavilion of the mountain, you can even see the Lingyan Mountain on the side of Mudu Town outside the city.
Lin Tailai did not enter the garden, but circled around the periphery of the entire Canglang Pavilion garden.
Then I couldn't help but be amazed and said: "This garden layout is really like a small castle, with a moat around the outside, and there are two rockeries in the garden, one south and one north.
If you can take this place, as long as the courtyard wall is heightened and reinforced, it can really be used as a castle, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Such a good place is not used as a community hall, but it is occupied by monks, which is really a tyrannical thing. ”
Gao Changjiang: "."
Is your focus abnormal? The garden in my eyes, all I think about in my heart is the castle attack and defense, don't you think that the piano is burned and the crane is cooked?
Also, you want to live in a fortress in the city, how much of a lack of security is there?
Then Lin Daguan stood outside the door of Dayun Nunnery and watched for a while.
Although the name of this place is called "An", in fact, it is full of monks, and it is a small temple, so it is called "An".
Lin Tailai turned around and left thoughtfully, and said, "I've seen it almost today, so that's it." ”
Gao Changjiang said in surprise: "Since you are sitting in the museum for a field trip, why don't you go in and have a look?" ”
Lin Daguan waved his hand and said: "You don't need to look inside, what you want is the centuries-old history and fame of Canglang Pavilion, and it doesn't matter what it is inside." ”
Then Lin Tailai pointed to the outer wall of the Canglang Pavilion Garden, and pretended to be profound and said to Gao Changjiang:
"Actually, you've seen everything you should see, have you seen a way to break the enemy?"
Gao Changjiang looked confused, he didn't even go in, he only took a turn outside, what could he see?
Lin Daguan sighed in disappointment: "You have no progress like this, how can I rest assured that I will entrust the heavy responsibility to you?" ”
But after so much, Gao Changjiang has gradually become resistant to PUA.
And the word "heavy responsibility" instinctively gave rise to a bunch of resentment.
He immediately responded: "Anyway, my main errand is just spreading rumors, and I don't even think about any important tasks." ”
Lin Tailai said earnestly: "I originally wanted to hand over all the affairs of the development of the southern city and the Canglang Pavilion area to you. ”
Gao Changjiang said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to give it to me, I'm also very good on Nanhao Street, I eat and drink, I am respected, and I am at ease." ”
Lin Tailai was furious and said: "I'm still working hard before I am twenty, and you want to lie flat when you are only in your thirties?"
Who has taught you badly lately? Who dares to spread the idea of lying flat to the backbone of the community? ”
Gao Changjiang replied: "Old lady Lin from Lin Song Village, Hengtang Town, taught me that most of people's troubles come from discontentment.
As long as we recognize the nature of our own mediocrity and are willing to accept it, the world in front of us will be widened. ”
Lin Tailai: "."
I can't ask for this Gao Changjiang, and I don't know why it's a bit perverted.
The brothers of the Zhang family hurriedly played a round and said, "Let's teach the two of us brothers a lot in the hall, what do you see after going around?" ”
Lin Daguan, who failed in PUA, could only put away his words and started talking directly:
"Look at this exterior wall, the white walls are tiled, the windows are exquisite, and there are almost no signs of damage to such a long courtyard wall.
Look at the small bridge in front of the door, the railing is exquisite, and it can also be maintained very well.
After reading all this outside, do you realize the problem? ”
The Zhang brothers were at a loss, and they still didn't understand what they wanted to express while sitting in the hall.
Lin Tailai could only analyze alone: "It's like this outside, you don't need to look inside, it's definitely not much worse!"
This is a garden covering an area of 20 acres, and although I don't know how much it costs to maintain the garden, it must not be small, and ordinary people cannot afford it.
And this maintenance fee is not a one-time expense, but every year.
Dayun Nunnery has been rebuilding the Canglang Pavilion since the Jiajing Dynasty, how can it be thirty years, right?
Being able to rebuild 20 acres of gardens and then maintain them carefully for 30 years shows that the monks of Dayun Nunnery are very rich, and they are also a steady stream of income.
Then the question arises, where does the money come from for such a small temple? ”
It's all prompted to this point, if Gao Changjiang can't guess it, then he is really a fool.
He blurted out: "Money lending!" ”
If it is a temple in the mountains and forests outside the city, it may be possible to obtain a stable income through the rent of the land.
If it is a big temple in the city, and the incense is extremely vigorous, it can also be regarded as a high income.
But a small temple in a city like Dayun Nunnery, with little incense and no rent income, where does it come from with a stable and high income?
After all, usury is a traditional art that lasts for thousands of years in Buddhist temples.
Lin Tailai looked back at Dayun Nunnery and concluded: "This may be the breakthrough, and the strategy to break the enemy may be from here!" ”
When the Zhang brothers heard this, they suddenly realized, but they didn't expect that they could deduce this level by just looking at the outer wall of the garden and the bridge at the door!
As the two old men who have been following the museum for the longest time, the Zhang brothers don't know how many times they have seen the insight of the museum, but they still feel admiration.
Lin Tailai ordered Gao Changjiang: "Don't say that I won't give you a chance, this time it will be completely left to you to operate independently."
No matter what means you use, I will not interfere with you, manpower and material resources can be allocated to you, and officials can also be used by you.
But I only need one result, and that is to take the Canglang Pavilion!
If you do it well, it can also prove that you can take charge of yourself. ”
Saying this, Gao Changjiang was a little interested, "Sitting in the museum really doesn't interfere with my work?"
But every time you talk about delegating power, when do you really let it go? ”
Zhang Wen, the left protector, said: "Don't worry! It's the Spring Festival soon, and after the spring of next year, either the Academy of Arts and Sciences will try to admit Xiucai, or the Beijing Normal Martial Arts Association will try to select Wujinshi.
In the face of such a heavy exam task, how can you have the energy to do anything else in the hall, people may not be in Suzhou, let alone have the energy to care about you! ”
"I'll take this job!" Gao Changjiang immediately agreed, "When the exam is over, you will definitely get good news!" ”
After the deployment of the affairs of Xinchengmen and Canglang Pavilion, Lin Daguan's work this year is completely over.
He also greeted the leaders of each business line and handed out all the New Year's silver that should be issued.
Then Lin Daguan went back to the old house in Lin Song Village, Hengtang Town, and prepared for the New Year with peace of mind.
Although he has several residences, he can only live in the old house during the Chinese New Year, with his parents and the family of his three older brothers.
This year, the Lin family had a big fat year for the first time, and even discussed going to Tiger Hill to see the meeting.
Lin Tailai's relatives are basically in Linsong Village, and they finished worshipping the New Year in one day.
Father Lin reminded: "You said that you know a lot of nobles in the city, and you won't visit tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings?" ”
Lin Daguan replied: "These days are too sensitive, I can't go to the city." ”
"Trick up!" Daddy Lin couldn't help but scold.
According to the customs of Suzhou City, the most lively places in the city during the New Year's Festival are the Xuanmiaoguan in the north of the city and the East and West Middle Cities.
The most lively place outside the city is the line from Shantang Street to Tiger Hill in the northwest, which is even more lively than in the city.
I don't know why, Tiger Hill's status in Suzhou festivals in this era is quite special.
Whether it is the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Spring Festival, as long as it is a festival, Suzhou people like to gather in Tiger Hill outside the city.
Coupled with those who go into the city and out of the city to visit relatives and friends, in the past few days of the Spring Festival, the population flow inside and outside Suzhou has to be in the order of 100,000.
Moreover, most of these population movements are concentrated in the west and north.
The traffic pressure of the city gate in the northwest direction with the gate as the core and the gate as the wings can be imagined.
Anyway, Lin Daguan doesn't go into the city these days, and he doesn't care if it's blocked or not.
Many people always involuntarily think of the new city gate built between the gate and the Xu Gate when the Xu Gate is blocked.
It's a pity that although the new city gate has been repaired, it is still blocked by the Yi Lao Garden of the Dongshan Wang family and cannot be passed.
Usually it doesn't matter to yourself, and ordinary people don't say anything.
But when he was blocked and anxious, he thought that the newly built city gate could not be used, and he inevitably gradually accumulated fire.
This Yi Lao Garden, which has been talked about by countless people, the owners Wang Youren and Wang Yusheng father and son also returned to the old house in Lujiaxiang, Dongshan for the New Year.
It was not until the second day of the first lunar month that the father and son returned to their residence in the city.
Wang Youren instructed his son Wang Yusheng: "Next spring, the great master will come to Suzhou City, from today onwards, you don't have to worry about miscellaneous things, and do your best to prepare for the exam!" ”
Wang Yusheng agreed to come down and obey his father's orders.
Wang Youren encouraged again: "My Wang family has enjoyed the shadow of two generations of Duke Wenke, and the grace of the monarch will finally be over, and the future will be all on you!"
If the Wang family has a Jinshi reputation here today, how can Lin Tailai be repeatedly bullied by such a jumping beam? ”
Wang Yusheng said a little worriedly: "Recently, I heard that there are many criticisms of my Wang family in the streets and alleys."
"It doesn't matter!" Wang Youren said loudly: "A little grasshopper can't shake the Zhuguofang outside the south gate and the Tianguanfang outside the north gate!" ”
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, a house slave woke Wang Yusheng up.
And reported: "The west wall and north wall of the North Park were damaged last night and were demolished in several sections, and there were gaps in each section by a few feet! ”
Wang Yusheng suddenly fell asleep, and asked in surprise: "Who did it?" ”
The house slave replied, "I heard a noise in the early morning, and when I went to look, the man ran away, and I don't know who it was." ”
Although the garden covers a large area, it is roughly divided into two parts.
The southern half is mainly practical for living, and the northern half is mainly for play and appreciation, which is the North Park called by domestic slaves.
Under normal circumstances, the lords and servants of the royal family live in the southern half, and the northern garden is deserted at night.
Even the guards who patrol the night are just walking around the garden casually, and they will not walk against the root of the wall.
Therefore, when the exterior wall was demolished, it was only discovered that it was demolished in several sections.
Wang Yusheng hurriedly crossed the eighty acres of gardens and came to the north garden from the south.
Sure enough, I saw that the outer wall was missing several sections, and there were gaps in the west of the new city gate and the north side towards the city!
Even the bricks were neatly piled up on the edge of the city gate, and they were not littered at the scene.
As we all know, the exterior wall on the west side of Yi Lao Garden is directly blocking the new city gate.
After a few sections of the wall were demolished, the wind in the door of the new city gate blew into the garden.
Suddenly, a shout came from the opening of the city gate: "The new city gate is open!" It's okay to pass! ”
The distance is so close that even Wang Yusheng standing in the garden can hear it clearly.
His face changed dramatically when he landed, and then he saw hundreds of people suddenly emerge from the hole in the city gate and rush outside the gap in the western wall.
What's even more terrifying is that there is also a steady stream of people in the city gathered outside the north wall, and they seem to be eager to try the route of passing through Yi Lao Yuan and going out of the city through the new city gate.
The situation was urgent, Wang Yusheng had no other way, walked to the gap in the west wall, struggled to open his arms, and shouted:
"This is the property of the Dongshan royal family, which is inviolable! The wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the common people cannot enter! ”
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Phew! What Dongshan Wang family, the people of the whole city who don't know that you are Zhang Siwei's residual poison!
It's you who colluded with the prefect to frame Lin Jieyuan! And that merchant thief, the Xi family, is also your ally! ”
Someone else shouted: "Zhang Siwei Yu Poison also dares to occupy the gate of Suzhou City, blocking the city gate?" Is it really that I have no one in Suzhou? ”
Suddenly, a few people took the lead and walked into Yilaoyuan through the gap, and Wang Yusheng commanded the family slaves to intercept it.
These people were immediately beaten to the point of urine, and shouted as they fled: "The Wang family has beaten people!" ”
Someone shouted: "Zhang Siwei's residual poison is going rampant!" I'm going to go into the city from here today! ”
After continuous agitation, hundreds of people poured into the North Park of Yilaoyuan, and the key is that there are still people in the back to join in to keep up.
People who want to get out of the city, seeing the gap in the outer wall of Yilao Garden, also killed them from the north wall, and then went out of the city through the new city gate outside the west wall.
In just a few moments, thousands of people passed through the garden, including horseback riders and carriages.
As a result, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and everyone in the neighborhood wants to cut corners, and there is not much congestion here!
Wang Yusheng, who was in a hurry and tried to plug the gap with his body, was almost trampled into a meatloaf by the crowd.
Fortunately, he was desperately snatched out by the house slaves and carried to a safe place, so he was able to save his life.
Only then did Wang Yusheng understand how Lin Tai explained the "history is written by the people" a few days ago!
No wonder Lin Tailai is not afraid of going to the lawsuit himself, there is no way to start this at all!
He originally thought that Lin Tailai might forcibly demolish the garden, but he didn't expect Lin Tailai to do it, at least not on the surface.
Moreover, during the Spring Festival, the flow of people is intensive, and at least tens of thousands of people pass in and out from here every day, who can be sued?
It's no wonder that Lin Tailai has been tirelessly promoting that the Wang family is Zhang Siwei's residual poison, which seems useless, but in fact, it is to give these people today an excuse!
With this excuse, the people were kind enough to trample through the royal garden!
Faintly, shouts kept coming from afar: "The forest gate is open!" The forest gate is open! Lin Daguan has benefited the people! ”
Thank you to the book friends for looking at the world with their hearts and rewarding the leader! When I saw this reward today, it was too late to add more, and I will add it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! The next stage of the plot is about to begin!
(End of chapter)