When Shen Shangshu and Shen Shoufu failed to speak, Lin Tailai had already come to the Ministry of Rites to petition again.

This time, with Shen Shangshu's permission, the Department of Etiquette received Lin Tailai. The Department of Ceremonies is mainly responsible for the affairs of the etiquette system, schools, examinations, etc., and is a professional counterpart.

Lin Tailai was led to a court hall, and officials were already sitting behind the case. After glancing at Lin Tailai a few times, the official said impatiently, "What do you have to plead?" ”

Lin Tailai directly scolded back: "Which official are you?" Do you still want to be incognito and operate in the dark? ”

The official had no choice but to introduce himself again and said, "I am a member of the Yi Cao Wailang Yu Kongjian." ”

The official terms in the officialdom of this era are that set, but the various nicknames and nicknames are messy, like black words, but the officials are still happy to do it.

Yicao is the meaning of the Department of Rites and Ceremonies, and it can also be called the Ministry of Rites.

It was when he heard the name Yu Kongjian that Lin Tailai knew why the other party's attitude was so bad. To sum it up in one sentence, this person is a genuine old Donglin in history.

Thinking about it, in order to control the situation, it is impossible for Shen Shangshu to let outsiders be responsible for receiving Lin Tailai.

So Lin Tailai began to make a statement: "At the banquet of the Ministry of Officials on the winter solstice, I discussed literary topics with Zhao Nanxing, a member of the Ministry of Officials, but Zhao Nanxing couldn't argue, so he was in a hurry."

Listening to Lin Tailai's meaning, it was a normal literati argument, and then Zhao Nanxing said that he was in a hurry to beat people.

Yu Kongjian immediately interrupted Lin Tailai and sneered: "Discussing the topic of literature? Zhao Bulang's heart is so small? ”

Lin Tai looked at the calligrapher next to him who was in charge of recording the statement, and said hesitantly: "The statement records are all to be reported, right?" If you think it should be more detailed, then I have no problem with that.

At that time, I listed more than a dozen arguments to prove that Zhao Nanxing was the author of "Golden Vase Plum", and then Zhao Nanxing was in a hurry! ”

Yu Kongjian: "."

Because when discussing literature, he is in a hurry to say that he can't talk about others, or he is in a hurry to act because he is argued to be the author of "The Golden Plum Bottle", which of these two statements is more embarrassing.

Finally, Yu Kong Jian instructed the scribe in charge of the record: "Use the argument of discussing literature. ”

Then Lin Tailai continued to plead: "Zhao Nanxing held an iron weapon, secretly murdered with the intention of murder, and attacked from behind"

"Ridiculous!" Yu Kong couldn't help but shout: "You are just injured on your right shoulder, and you dare to slander Zhao Bulang for murdering you?" It's just a mouthful of words, malicious framing! ”

Lin Tailai explained reasonably: "All the people present at the time saw with their own eyes that Zhao Bulang was holding an iron weapon and hit me extremely the back of the head.

As for why it was the right shoulder injury, it was because I was desperately dodging, but I didn't completely dodge, so I took a shoulder hit!

If it weren't for my turn and dodge, the result would have been a shot in the back of the head!

But just because the final result is a shoulder injury, you can't deny the fact that Zhao Nanxing hit me with an iron weapon in the back of the head! ”

Yu Kongjian refuted: "Although Zhao Bulang is a little impulsive, if you think that this is murder, it is too far-fetched!" ”

Lin Tailai said again: "What kind of place is the back of the head, how deadly it is, you won't not understand Yu Bulang, right?"

Besides, the serious shoulder injury is enough to show how much effort Zhao Nanxing used, so what will be the result if he hits the more fragile back of the head?

If there is no murderous intent, who will hit someone in the back of the head with an iron weapon with all their might? What is this not murder? ”

Yu Kong didn't know how to respond, he had already understood that Zhao Nanxing's injury to the examinee this time was very serious, but he didn't expect that it could be even more serious!

If it is recorded in this way, it means that Zhao Nanxing was anxious because he was arguing with Lin Tailai about literary topics, so he murdered Lin Tailai with a murder weapon.

The calligrapher in charge of recording was very embarrassed, so he asked Kong Jian with his eyes, how should this paragraph be recorded?

Lin Tailai's momentum suddenly soared, and he turned his head to the bookkeeper and shouted: "Record my statement truthfully!" Otherwise, I'll destroy you!"

I, Lin Tailai, can't kill the despicable thief Zhao Nanxing, and can't I kill a calligrapher who aids in abuse? ”

"Bastard thing!" Yu Kongjian was very angry and took the case! The person in front of him dares to speak like this in the Ministry of Rites, it is really too arrogant!

Lin Tailai couldn't help but laugh and said: "Your incompetent and angry face is really in line with the stereotype that the Wanli Dynasty Qingliu gave me. ”

Yu Kongjian said angrily: "If you are dissatisfied, then change places to complain!" Originally, the Ministry of Rites didn't have to come forward! ”

Lin Tailai stood at the door of the judgment hall and shouted outside: "Yu Kong is also shielding the thief Zhao Nanxing, and the Ministry of Rites is dark!" ”

There was a shout, but no other Ministry of Rites officials came out, and they all seemed to pretend not to hear.

So Lin Tailai pondered, shouted three times in a row, and then retreated, anyway, he was not in a hurry.

However, when Lin Tailai really shouted three times, suddenly an ordinary bureaucrat who was over half a hundred years old came over from the verandah.

Then he smiled at Lin Tai: "Young man, don't be angry, since you have entered the Ministry of Rites, you will finish your words before leaving." ”

Lin Tailai was quite surprised that there were still people in the Ministry of Rites who came forward to take on this thankless task.

The old man took the initiative to introduce himself and said: "Xu Xianqing, the right attendant of the official rites department, is also a fellow villager who does not know you if you don't know each other. ”

it! Lin Tailai was taken aback, it turned out to be this old buddy, who had seen this person's "photo album" in his previous life!

Xu Xianqing belongs to the most mediocre level of officials at the level of Sanpin Da, basically has no deeds that can leave a name for future generations, and he doesn't know what to write a biography for him.

However, the whole set of 26 "Xu Xianqing's Eunuch Traces", which Xu Xianqing asked others to draw this year, with himself as the protagonist, has been preserved for hundreds of years.

This set of paintings has the Wanli Emperor's court meeting, Japanese lectures and other scenes, which is the most intuitive image of the Ming Dynasty court that later generations can witness, but all the study of the Ming Dynasty court system, clothing and other contents, can not be separated from this set of paintings.

The characters who had been carefully studied in the paintings in his previous life suddenly turned into big living people and appeared in front of him, which made Lin Tailai feel quite amazing.

It's just that Lin Tailai doesn't understand, what does it mean not to fight and not to know each other?

Xu Xianqing still said with a smile: "My family is engaged in silk weaving, but the family business is run by my brother, and he is one of the eight stewards of the weaving industry. ”

Lin Tailai: "."

The hidden strength of the weaving industry office should not be underestimated, if it is not for his domineering enough in Suzhou and collusion with the Shen government, he will not be able to suppress the weaving industry office at all.

Xu Xianqing walked into the judgment hall, stood next to the clerk and glanced at the written record a few times, and ordered:

"As a bookmaker, the most important thing is to record truthfully! You should remember what the bitter master said, and you should not delete it yourself! ”

Then he said to Lin Tai: "You continue to plead your case." ”

Lin Tailai said casually: "What's more, yesterday, a large number of Zhao Nanxing's comrades gathered and besieged this injured candidate on the street, trying to kill him, which is simply outrageous. ”

Yu Kongjian was anxious again, completely ignoring the presence of Xu Xianqing, the waiter, and asked with a clear position: "What does this have to do with Zhao Bulang?" ”

Lin Tailai asked rhetorically: "Do you dare to swear that Shi Menglin and those people are not familiar with Zhao Nanxing at all, and they are not the same way?"

They besieged me, but wasn't it Zhao Nanxing's party besieging me? ”

Yu Kongjian really understood that the original murder was not the most serious accusation against Zhao Nanxing, and more serious charges could continue to appear in the future, what kind of unwarranted world is this?

Lin Tailai felt that he had said everything he needed to say, and he didn't hide anything from the organization, so he planned to leave the Ministry of Rites again.

But at this time, Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came back, so Chen Qingwen and Lin Tailai himself were sent to the Shangshu court.

Shoufu refused to contribute, and in order to solve the problem quickly, Shen Shangshu, who couldn't drag it out, could only put down his body and talk directly to Lin Tailai in person.

After reading the document first, Shen Shangshu, who was outstanding in qi cultivation and kung fu, was almost so angry that he was so angry that he gathered three flowers and five qi chaoyuan.

Why did Zhao Nanxing change from a wounder to a murderer after half a morning? What the hell is this fellow party gathering to kill the mouth?

Taking a deep breath, Shen Shangshu forced himself to calm down and said, "If you encounter such a flying disaster in the ministry, the imperial court will compensate you." ”

Lin Tailai replied very honestly: "I don't want to make any compensation, I just want an explanation." ”

Shen Shangshu just wanted to cut through the mess quickly, and said: "Ming people don't say dark words, if you don't want to compensate, then you won't even have an explanation."

If you have any ideas, just say that the department is not interested in going around in circles with you, so you can treat it as a bargain in the market! ”

So in order to get an explanation, Lin Tailai could only tearfully put forward the compensation conditions.

First said: "I heard that the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials is about to become vacant, and Mr. Zhao, the right waiter of the Ministry of Officials, can be promoted to the left waiter." ”

Although the left and right waiters are both of the same level and three grades, the meanings represented in them are completely different.

The right squire is relatively more empty, and it also means that there is still the possibility of external transfer, such as going out to be a Taichang Siqing or something.

And the next step of the left servant of the ministry is either to be promoted to a certain Shangshu, or to enter the cabinet directly, and there is basically no other path.

This step is really a bit critical, Shen Li thought about it for a while, and then politely refused:

"Zhao Shilang has only been in the Ministry for a year and a half, the time is too short, and he usually has no significant political achievements and achievements, and it is not easy to serve the public when he is promoted to the left."

Lin Tailai said disappreciatively: "After the New Year, we will have a meeting to take the exam, let Mr. Zhao be the deputy chief examiner, won't there be a success?" ”

The main reason is that the current limit is dead, and the university scholar must act as the chief examiner, otherwise Lin Tailai will replace Zhao Zhigao and covet the position of chief examiner.

Shen Li: "."

Not only is Zhao Zhigao required to be promoted as the left waiter of the ministry, but also to be the deputy chief examiner?

After thinking about it again, he thought that the main task now was to calm things down, and it was inconvenient to turn his face directly with Lin Tailai, so he said: "To be discussed." ”

Lin Tailai didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to entangle, and said, "Then let's talk about my second compensation condition." ”

"Wait!" Shen Shangshu asked, "Why is there a second compensation?" ”

Lin Tailai patiently explained: "The request just now for Mr. Zhao to be promoted as the left waiter is compensation for Zhao Nanxing's intention to murder me.

And what I want to talk about now is Zhao Nanxing's compensation for beating me to a serious injury. ”

Shen Li didn't bother to deal with Lin Tailai's sophistry, "You say it first." ”

Lin Tailai said confidently: "It is still related to the examination, in addition to the chief examiner, there are more than a dozen examiners who are responsible for marking the papers in separate rooms."

I thought, can I nominate a few people to be fellow examiners? ”

According to today's rules, half of the more than a dozen fellow examiners will be served by Hanlin, and the other half will be middle-level officials from the imperial court.

In this process, the Ministry of Rites is responsible for selecting fellow examiners and formulating nominations, and has a great say.

That's why Lin Tailai proposed such compensation conditions in front of Shen Shangshu, which is within the scope of Shen Shangshu's duties.

"It's absolutely impossible." Shen Shangshu said dissatisfiedly.

There are only a few places he can decide, if all of them are arranged by Lin Tai, then what is left of him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?

Lin Tailai still didn't entangle, and said: "Since I am not allowed to recommend the same examiner, then I designate some people who cannot be the same examiner, is it okay?" ”

Shen Li finally nodded and said, "This is okay." ”

In his mind, Lin Tailai's intention was obvious, that is, to eliminate the possibility of several big enemies being fellow examiners and reduce the obstacles of the junior sergeant.

For this condition, Shen Carp is acceptable.

After all, there are so many middle-level backbones of the Qingliu forces, and Shen Shangshu doesn't mind Lin Tailai to eliminate a few, and there are still many other candidates available after that.

So Lin Tailai asked for pen and ink, bent down and wrote people's names on the table, but it seemed that he wrote more and more.

finally handed the list to Shen Shangshu: "These are the people, just ban them from being selected as fellow examiners." ”

Shen Shangshu took the list, slowly raised his eyes and looked at it, and his face changed greatly when he boarded, and the tiger's body shook violently!

I saw that the list read: "Zhao Nanxing, Gu Xiancheng, Rao Shen, Wang Lintoe, Yu Kongjian, Huang Renrong, Shi Menglin, Wang Jiguang, Zhang Shoucheng"

Shen Shangshu carefully read the list, and his heart was like countless grass and mud horses whistling by.

The twenty or thirty people on this list are all middle-level backbones of the Qingliu forces in the imperial court, and they all have the qualifications to serve as the same examiners for the examination.

But the question is, how did Lim get to grips with this list? And it is so comprehensive, almost a lot!

If all the people on the list are banned, then the Qingliu forces will not be able to arrange for anyone to test the gilding.

Shen Shangshu stared at Lin Tai and looked at it again, and directly repented, "This matter. To be discussed! ”

Before Lin Tailai could protest, Shen Li asked inducingly: "Why are the compensation conditions you proposed are all about others, and you don't have any ideas yourself?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "In response to the fact that I was besieged and destroyed by Zhao Nanxing's party, my third compensation condition is very simple, and it is related to the exam.

I am not allowed to question the results of the Nanzhili Township Examination and next year's entrance examination, and I want this Huiyuan. In case your wishes come true, you are not allowed to use the topic to play again. ”

Shen Li said without hesitation: "Your request is really insatiable, and you have to make inches!" It is impossible to satisfy you! ”

It's just a jinshi, but even Huiyuan's idea has to be beaten? How dare you Lin Tailai rely on fraud to clear the customs all the way?

Aren't you afraid that the higher you lift, the heavier you fall?

Lin Tailai's perspective on the problem has always been very strange, and he immediately asked:

"Uncle Zong, what do you mean, is Zhao Nanxing's goods worth all this money? Instead of satisfying my requirements, why don't you just give up Zhao Nanxing? ”

After Shen Shangshu thought for a while, he said very shamefully: "The Tao is not the same, if you must think so, I have nothing to say." ”

You, Lin Tai, are right, give up Zhao Nanxing if it's a big deal, so as not to be endlessly blackmailed!

The left waiter of the Ministry of Officials will add the examiner and the Huiyuan, and you Lin Tailai are not afraid of being choked to death!

"But." Lin Tailai pointed to the bunch of names he had just written, "What if you add this list?" ”

Shen Shangshu suddenly felt a little flustered, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Lin Tailai smiled for the first time today, "What is your Qingliu force like, it's hard for outsiders to know, right?"

Most people are vague about the outline of your Qingliu forces, right?

If I publish this list directly, I will be able to expose your Qingliu forces very clearly in front of the world.

The people of the world will clearly know how many people are currently in the backbone of your Qingliu forces, who are they, and what is the feeling of running naked? ”

Shen Shangshu's face was extremely ugly, he looked at Lin Tailai like he was looking at a demon!

Before, he didn't understand Shen Shoufu's words, but now he understands them all.

(End of chapter)