The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Hearing that Wang Zhidu agreed to allocate funds, the heavy stone in Lin Zuoguan's heart finally fell to the ground.

Now Lin Zuoguan is a bit strong on the outside but weak on the inside. On the surface, he looks very strong, but in fact, his inner pocket is empty. He can't even pay the club's salary for next month.

During the Western Expedition, all the savings of the Anle Hall were embezzled, and then some were borrowed from Heyi Hall.

Now that he has received cash from Wang Tax Envoy, it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

On the way back on the Shenwei Lieshui, Lin Zuoguan ordered the four Vajras:

"Send the silver to the silver vault of the Anle Hall first, and let Uncle Song take it! As for the Heyi Hall, owe it first."

After arriving at the hall, Lin Tailai thought about the next affairs.

The most important thing among the remaining matters this month is of course the provincial examination at the end of the month!

If compared with the examination system hundreds of years later, it is equivalent to the unified high school entrance examination in the whole city. Now is the time to prepare for registration and examination.

Ma Yingming can be asked to do the preliminary work of the preparation for the establishment of the customs, and the integration of the territory can only be done after the provincial examination.

And it is not just the territory that needs to be integrated. Now there are a bunch of industries of different natures under his control, and even many of his own people can't tell them apart.

There is a main hall, a branch hall that is larger than the main hall, and a fish market. Now there is a customs, and there will be several more industries in the future. The organizational system is really too chaotic.

No wonder that after the societies in movies and TV shows become bigger and stronger, they have to be corporatized and grouped.

So Lin Zuoguan realized that the integration and streamlining of the subordinate industries and societies should start as soon as possible.

But this is a very energy-consuming job. I can't spare the energy now, so I can only do it after the provincial examination.

As for today, I have to call the county clerks who visited me at Sun Lianlian's house and were relatively loyal to me in the "Yang Zhen killed his wife" incident to a meeting.

Then, I will form a customs preparation team with the chief accountant Ma Yingming and send it to Mudu Port for preliminary preparations immediately.

Lin likes to use cadres who have been tested by adversity. His most trusted uncle Song, the left and right protectors, and the four great kings are all long-tested.

As for the clerks who visited him but turned a blind eye to the "Yang Zhen murdered his wife" incident, they all stood aside and did not return the tea money.

Although those "loyal" clerks did not help much, Lin looked at attitude.

Lin, who had returned from Hushuguan, was sitting in the National Accounts Department, thinking deeply about his work, when suddenly a clerk interrupted his train of thought.

"Master! In Mudu Town, the Southern Army and the Northern Army that were left behind to clean up the territory are on the verge of a fight again!" Master Lin was shocked and said, "What Southern Army and Northern Army? Where did the Southern Army and Northern Army come from in Mudu Town? Are the soldiers here to sweep away the gangs?" The waiter quickly explained, "The Southern Army is from the fish market, and the Northern Army is from Heyitang. They are named one in the south and one in the north. The key is that Huang Wu Niang and Sister Fan are leading the team personally, and no one else dares to intervene!" These two troublesome women! Master Lin cursed inwardly, waved his hand and said, "Let Gao Changjiang go!" Gao Changjiang: "???" Master Lin asked, "Didn't you say last time that if they confronted each other, you could be responsible for calming the dispute?" Gao Changjiang replied indifferently, "I'm not the accountant of Mudu Port, so why not let Ma, the accountant of Mudu Port, go." His heart has been cold, and he will no longer be enthusiastic. He just gets a salary and does a job. As a storyteller in Wulong Tea House, why should he care about Mudu Port? Lin pointed to the direction outside the gate and said, "What do you think of the Nanhao district?" Gao Changjiang replied, "Of course it is one of the core areas of Suzhou City." There are only a few most prosperous commercial districts in Suzhou City today. Outside the city wall are the three major districts of Shangtang, Shantang and Nanhao; and inside the city wall are the East and West Zhongshi, Wolong Street and Pingjiang Road. Lin Tailai sighed, "I am trying to establish a Nanhao Street City Management Office with the county government, and I am in need of a chief accountant. As for the future, if possible, I would like to combine the three major districts of Nanhao, Shangtang and Shantang into a city management office." "I will go through fire and water for you, and I will do anything for you!" Gao Changjiang suddenly felt full of passion all over his body. Then he asked eagerly and expectantly, "By the way, there should be positions like general manager, right? There should be a shortage of people, right?" Lin said unhappily, "I will be the general manager myself!" Gao Changjiang wanted to ask, is your part-time job too much? But thinking of the position of Nanhao Street Market Management Office, he held back. Being Chen Gong was actually meaningless.

He also heard Lin Zuoguan ordered: "Before the provincial examination, you should handle more of the specific miscellaneous matters here. I have to prepare for the provincial examination."

Gao Changjiang always felt that the social organization was thriving and the situation was already very good, but the Zuoguan was always pursuing fame and fortune. The style was really weird.

Mainly, Gao Changjiang believed that the upper limit of the imperial examination for people like Zuoguan was probably not high, and investing too much was not cost-effective.

So Gao Changjiang said indirectly: "It might be more cost-effective to find a backer directly. Now, haven't you climbed up to the Shen Mansion?"

Lin Tailai replied: "The backer will fall. Instead of always relying on others to be your backer, it is better to work hard to be your own backer!"

Gao Changjiang couldn't understand this state. He still felt that it was very disconnected to run a social organization while pursuing the imperial examination, like a paradox.

Lin Tailai scolded him, "What do you know? Even if you are lucky enough to get a position in the future, you need to have money, people and resources under you to be able to become an official easily.

For example, if a person goes to another place to serve as a county magistrate, is it easy for him to be sidelined by powerful officials and subordinate servants in the county, leaving him with no place to display his power?

But what if the county magistrate can bring hundreds of thugs to take office, and arrange all the thugs to work as temporary workers in various offices of the county government? "

Gao Changjiang: "."

Why is it that the county magistrate is in charge of the law, as Siguan said, and he is still acting like a community hall grabbing territory?

Although most of his subordinates disapproved of sitting in the government examination, Lin Tailai had become the focus of the government examination.

The chief examiner of the government examination was Magistrate Zhu, who was talking to Liu Tuiguan about Lin Tailai's participation in the government examination.

Although Magistrate Zhu is only a fourth-grade magistrate, his prefecture is Suzhou Prefecture, the most important economic town in the world. It is a higher invisible level than ordinary prefects, and he can be regarded as a half-step boss figure.

After listening to Official Liu's report, Magistrate Zhu also felt a little headache: "How could such a troublesome person take the exam?"

On one side are the old alliance leader Wang Shizhen and the bachelor Wang Xijue behind him, and on the other side are the Shen Mansion and Shen Shoufu behind them.

I had previously thought that Lin Tailai was not that important to the Shen Mansion. It would be okay to try to get rid of Lin Tailai by betraying Mr. Wang to save face.

But now it seems that Second Young Master Shen is still very supportive of Lin Tailai.

The prefect still couldn't believe that such a small person should take into account the expressions of the cabinet bosses when participating in a small government examination.

Thinking of the trouble, Magistrate Zhu shouted to Liu Tuiguan: "You have caused trouble, what do you think we should do about it!"

Liu Tuiguan thought for a whole night before he came up with an idea, and then he put forward his opinion:

"The only solution now is to publicly make things difficult for Lin Tailai during the government examination, and then treat him fairly."

Making things difficult publicly is to show that we take it seriously.

And then treating him fairly is to find a suitable excuse. No matter whether Lin Tailai can pass the test or not, there will be an explanation for all parties.

If Lin Tai has been here, he can explain to the leader Wang: "The Lord has tried his best, but the enemy is too strong";

If Lin Tailai fails, he can explain to Shen Fu: "I originally wanted to give Lin Tailai a chance to be the leader of the case, or to make a literary legend, but I didn't expect Lin Tailai, who is famous for poetry and literature, to be so useless."

Magistrate Zhu nodded and said, "Maybe you can give it a try."

Of course, he also understands that this idea is not perfect, and it is easy to disagree with both sides.

But when you don’t want to risk making a choice and don’t want to break up with either party directly, this is the most foolproof way.

For those officials who are often caught in the whirlpool of conflicting interests of various parties, if they cannot fool around with things, they are not qualified officials.

About ten days before the government examination, shopkeeper Feng of Wulong Teahouse was slowly settling the bill.

Seeing several scholars coming in, he suddenly said: "It seems that there has been no news from the old alliance leader for a long time, and he still needs a new list of five sons!"

Shopkeeper Feng also felt that there had indeed been no news from the old alliance leader for a long time.

A scholar drinking tea said, "How can there be any news about him? He is sick again."

Shopkeeper Feng said: "Oh!"

"He is still ill. This time, he was so faint that he went to Xushuguan to provoke Lin Daguan. Can he offend Lin Daguan's temper?"

"What happened next?"

"How's it going? First I drank medicine, and then I nursed it. After more than half a month, I still haven't recovered."

"and after?"

"I still haven't recovered since."

"So what if I still haven't recovered?"

"How? Who knows? Maybe he left Suzhou."

Shopkeeper Feng stopped asking and continued to settle his accounts slowly.

In Gusu Yi, the old alliance leader Wang was holding the list of the new five sons. Only his son Wang Shisu and Feng Shike were left beside him.

It has been almost two months since the Literary Forum, and not many people can afford to spend more time.

The old alliance leader Wang, who had just recovered from his illness, had no intention of fighting anymore. He just wanted to announce the list of the new five sons, create the last bit of popularity, and then leave.

Wang Shisu said helplessly: "The day before yesterday, the government announced that Lin Tailai would be overturned. The case changed from Lin Tailai forcing him to rape to death to the accuser who killed his wife and framed her.

What's even more bizarre is that after being accused by a villager, the plaintiff committed suicide by drowning out of fear of guilt.

This incident caused a sensation in the whole city, and it has been the most hotly discussed topic these days.

At this time, father, you announce the new list of five sons, and you can't grab the attention at all. "

The unenthusiastic leader Wang sighed, "If there is no popularity after the list is announced, it is meaningless. How many days should we wait?"

Wang Shisu and Feng Shike were both a little sad. The old alliance leader Wang, who had always been decisive in doing things, was actually so hesitant.

Lin Tailai, who once again dominates the list, was fooling Mr. Shen into doing business in the Shen Mansion when he heard the news that the government had vindicated him.

He said to Mr. Shen: "I finally got rid of my status as a serious criminal!"

Then he stood up immediately, turned around and left.

Shen Yongjia asked quickly: "What are you doing?"

Lin Tailai replied: "I have to quickly find that Xia Xiucai as a guarantee and sign up for the government examination!

Otherwise, there are only about ten days left before the government examination, and I'm afraid it will be too late. "

Xia Xiucai was the old scholar who Zhang Youyu helped introduce and vouched for Lin Tailai during the previous county examination.

Registration for the county examination and the government examination required a current student to act as a guarantor. This time, I simply didn’t bother the two principals and asked Xia Xiucai.

After all, Lin Tailai himself was involved in gangs and was still a big boss. The political risks were too great, and it was difficult to find talents who were willing to take money and take risks as guarantees.

Shen Yongjia said dissatisfied: "I've only said half of what's going on here, and you're leaving. Are you polite?"

Lin Tailai sighed: "If, Second Master, you were not stripped of your title due to fraud in the provincial examination three years ago, and you are still a scholar now, then I can just ask you to be your guarantee, so why bother to spend money to hire someone else?"

"Get out!" Shen Yongjia said angrily.

At this time, he felt thirsty and asked his servants to boil water and make tea.

Lin Tailai came out of Shen Mansion and hurried to Xia Xiucai's home near Leqiao.

Xia Xiucai, who is already in his fifties and doesn't care about his political future at all, just wants to make money to support his retirement, is very happy and does things after receiving money.

He immediately wanted to help Lin Tailai write the letter of guarantee, but after writing a few words, Xia Xiucai suddenly remembered something and asked:

"I remember that when County Deng first took office at the beginning of the month, he received eight petitions against you. Have the cases been closed?"

Lin Tailai was also a little confused about this, "I'm not sure either. I'll go to the county government and ask!"

Xia Xiucai added: "It stands to reason that the results of all important cases will be posted on the eight-character wall outside the county government gate.

But I have never heard of it. Regarding your eight lawsuits, if the cases cannot be concluded before the government examination, it will be quite troublesome. "

Hearing this, Lin Tailai couldn't sit still anymore, turned around and returned to Shen Mansion.

He asked humbly: "My second master, could you please do me a favor and come with me to the county government office?"

Shen Yongjia held the still warm tea cup: "."

After asking around at the county government office, we learned that after the news of "Yang Zhen committed suicide out of fear of crime" was made public, the eight plaintiffs in the lawsuit had withdrawn their cases one after another.

This may be a coincidence, but Magistrate Deng has been reluctant to make it public for some unknown reason.

Another day later, the old leader of Gusu Yi Nei Wang was walking in the garden and asked his son: "Is it time to announce the list of the new five sons?"

Wang Shisu replied: "But the county government announced yesterday that there were eight lawsuits against Lin Tailai, and all the plaintiffs took the initiative to withdraw the cases, which caused a huge sensation.

People all over the city are talking about this and whether there is a shady story, which is even more lively than the last time the verdict was overturned. "

The listless Alliance Leader Wang sighed, "Do we have to wait until the palace trial?"

Wang Shisu said very worriedly: "After the government examination, if Lin Tailai is dismissed, I'm afraid it will trigger heated discussions again!"

Alliance leader Wang really doesn't want to stay anymore. He needs time to regain his fighting spirit and make up for the double mental and physical trauma.

Then he said again: "Suzhou has bad feng shui, so we might as well go to Nanjing.

In the second half of the year, we will take advantage of the Nanzhili Township Examination and the gathering of scholars in Nanjing to hold another literary conference! "

Wang Shisu also agreed: "Without Lin Tailai in Nanjing, the next literary conference will definitely be a success!"

Since then, Suzhou people have not seen the old leader for several days.

On the day before the government examination, shopkeeper Feng of Wulong Teahouse looked at the scholars who came in and said, "The old leader still owes the new five disciples a list!"

The scholar replied: "I didn't see him when I went to Gusuyi. It seems that the old alliance leader has indeed left Suzhou."

I want to explode, but Kavin ah ah ah ah ah ah, there is no point in being impatient, so I can only make the transition first.