Chapter 513: The Literary Conference Is About to Begin

As a leader, Mr. Lin's main task is to design the top level, select and employ people, and supervise and spur them at the same time.

When most of the people in the links from top to bottom were settled, the preparations for the dredging of the old course of Wusong River suddenly accelerated and entered the fast lane.

At this time, Mr. Lin was relieved and only needed to supervise the progress according to the time nodes.

The first half of August passed quickly, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th came in a blink of an eye.

As one of the most important festivals of the year, Suzhou people have many activities and customs to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the festival, the emerging wealthy Lin family opened the famous garden Canglang Pavilion and held a grand gathering, inviting local literary celebrities in Suzhou to participate.

At this time, Wang Zhideng, the world's number one commoner poet, was still regarded by many as the leader of Suzhou's local literary world.

So when Wang Zhideng appeared in Canglang Pavilion, holding Lin Jiuyuan's "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems" published three years ago, and touted Lin Jiuyuan as the first person in Mid-Autumn Poems after the Song Dynasty, many people who were not so well-informed were shocked.

Many people remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago, Zhang Fengyi strongly promoted the "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems", and Wang Zhideng and Zhang Fengyi broke up, and the Suzhou literary world was divided into two major factions.

How come Wang Zhideng, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, also betrayed after only two years?

"Today's poems and lyrics will be titled in response to Lin Xueshi's "Ten Mid-Autumn Poems"!" Wang Zhideng raised his poetry collection and proposed, just like Zhang Fengyi proposed two years ago.

Someone asked: "Wang Baigu, don't you write poems and lyrics to show people?"

According to the general routine, the leaders of the literary world should also publish poems and lyrics at this time, and then others will sing in response and hope for comments and support. This is the privilege of the leaders of the literary world.

When someone asked about it, Wang Zhideng sighed, "Lin Jiuyuan is a natural talent, I can't compare to him! From now on, the literary world in Wuzhong will depend on Lin Jiuyuan!"

So in everyone's eyes, the local literary leader Wang Zhideng quickly degenerated into Wang Laodeng

Wang Zhideng felt the strange looks of others and felt that he couldn't be the only one "embarrassed", so he immediately said:

"In addition, Mr. Wen Hengshan has a great-grandson Wen Zhenmeng, who has already worshipped Lin Jiuyuan as his teacher, so Lin Jiuyuan is not an outsider now."

Everyone finally understood that the Suzhou literary world was going to "change hands"!

Wen Zhenmeng is now very famous. He entered school at the age of sixteen this year and is the future hope cultivated by the Wen family with all their strength.

If even Wen Zhenmeng worships under Lin Jiuyuan, it is quite telling.

It seems that Wang Laodeng can only be Wang Laodeng, after all, even the Wen family behind him is like that.

After the literary world participants digested these heavy rumors, Mr. Lin appeared at the scene with a smile, bringing Sun Lianlian, the former eleventh place on the Suzhou Flower List and the current female manager of the School Book Office.

Facing the crowd, Mr. Lin said loudly: "I only have two words to say. First, there is no limit on the amount of wine and drinks in Canglang Pavilion today, drink as much as you want!

Second, thirty beauties are about to arrive. I have settled the expenses. You just need to rely on your own abilities!"

The whole garden was full of cheers, and the position of the leader of Suzhou's literary world was smoothly transitioned.

The right protector Zhang Wu muttered behind his back: "Why spend this money? Surround them all and force them to express their opinions. Who dares not to obey?"

The left protector Zhang Wen scolded: "What do you know? Lao Gao said the day before yesterday that the sitting master can conquer the world immediately, but he cannot rule the world immediately."

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, time continued to flow forward in an orderly manner.

After the news that Lin Jiuyuan led the Suzhou literary world gradually spread to various places, it attracted considerable attention.

At this time, the hero invitation of the literary conference issued by the old leader Wang was also delivered to the hands of literary celebrities from all over the country.

In the hero invitation, the old leader Wang almost blatantly expressed his intention to "abdicate".

However, in this context, Lin Jiuyuan suddenly seized the position of the leader of Suzhou's literary world. How could it not arouse the association of celebrities from all over the country?

If you are not a representative of a big mountain, it is difficult to become the leader of the literary world.

For example, Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen were first the leaders of the retro faction, and then became the leader of the literary world as the leader of the retro faction.

Therefore, anyone with a little political literacy can perceive that Lin Jiuyuan wants to use the leader of Suzhou's literary world as a springboard to seize the position of the leader of the world's literary world!

This ambition has been unconcealed, it can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!

The time came to mid-September, and there was only half a month left before the scheduled time of the literary world conference. Some impatient people have already arrived in Suzhou.

At this most refreshing time in autumn, Feng Shike, a representative figure of the literary world in Songjiang Prefecture, the left and right arm of the old leader Wang, and a diehard of the retro faction, also came to Suzhou.

This time, he nominally followed the order of the old leader Wang to come in advance to contact the relevant matters of the literary world conference.

Mr. Lin received Feng Shike at Canglang Pavilion and entered into an in-depth conversation.

The two sat on the rockery, and heard Mr. Lin say, "Brother Feng, please explain the matter of the two hundred thousand taels of silver to the gentry in Yunjian for me.

It's not hard to understand, right? First, borrow money from the court with the land tax as collateral, and when it's time to pay it back, just refuse to pay it back.

It's public money anyway, who else in the court would be so serious about it?

If you can't pay it back, just drag it out and say you'll pay it back in installments, for example, ten years. After ten years, this little money won't be a problem at all!"

The Ming Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty. If you can't collect taxes, you'll be beheaded. No matter what, get the court funds first.

The Feng family is also a wealthy family in Songjiang Prefecture, and they have many marriages with other wealthy families. In addition, Feng Shike himself has a generous personality, a wide range of friends, and a lot of connections.

So after Mr. Lin dealt with Governor Zhou, he entrusted Mr. Feng Er to help lobby in Songjiang Prefecture.

Feng Shike said again: "Many people are really interested in the four routes for trade and navigation in Wusong River that you proposed. They all asked if they could join the New Wu Society and how much money they would need to pay?"

Mr. Lin replied: "I don't accept money, only land. If you have confidence in me, Lin, and want to join the New Wu Society, you can exchange it for land."

"What are the rules?" Feng Shike asked again.

Mr. Lin explained: "I have roughly told you the planned route of the project. The usable area of ​​the 80-li project is calculated as 10,000 mu.

Xinwu Society will give 50% of its shares and convert them into 10,000 mu.

That is to say, every 200 mu of land along the way can be exchanged for 1% of Xinwu Society's shares.

If you are interested in this matter and have confidence in me, you might as well try to get the land.

The property of you big families is all in the land. Isn't it too monotonous? Why not add another form of property.

For you big families in Songjiang Prefecture, a few hundred mu of land is not too much, right? It's totally affordable."

The core meaning of Mr. Lin is to attract as many local gentry in Songjiang Prefecture as possible to join the pirate ship, form a common interest group, reduce the resistance of the project, and jointly resist risks from all sides in the later stage.

Feng Shike did not make any comments, but only said: "I will pass these words back to Songjiang Prefecture, and I believe some people will be tempted."

At this point, Mr. Feng Er suddenly laughed.

Because he found that Lin Tailai's method was a bit like taking advantage of others and eating both ends.

On the one hand, the four rules for the opening of trade and navigation on the Wusong River were used to seduce the local gentry. If the four rules came true, who wouldn't be jealous?

On the other hand, in the future, Lin Tailai could rely on the power of the local gentry to force the governor or the government to implement the four rules.

Of course, all this is based on Lin Tailai's personal credit. Only when others believe that Lin Tailai can accomplish things will they join in.

From this perspective, we have to admit that Lin Tailai has been making trouble in recent years, and he has always made big things. The key is that he has always succeeded and finally built up his personal credit.

There will always be people who believe that Lin Tailai will succeed this time, which is also a kind of luck.

After the conversation, Lin Tailai began to retain him and said: "For so many years, I have been a literary enemy of the retro faction, and you are a diehard fan of the retro faction. We always meet secretly.

It's rare that we can meet openly today, so don't leave, live in our Lin Mansion!"

Feng Shike said: "Wait, let's not talk about this, we haven't finished talking yet."

"What else?" Mr. Lin said puzzledly.

Feng Shike replied, "The main business is the literary conference, and we haven't talked about a word yet!"

Lin Tailai said indifferently, "What is there to talk about in the literary conference? It can be done with hands! Just let Lord Wang Yanzhou come over!"

Feng Shike sighed and said, "Although I came here on the orders of Lord Yanzhou, the problem is really not on Lord Yanzhou's side.

As far as I know, the celebrities participating in this literary conference are probably more than in the past few years, which can be said to be unprecedented."

Mr. Lin nodded and said, "It's all expected, so what's the matter?"

You know, the hero invitation he sent for the old leader Wang clearly hinted at the meaning of "abdication".

The result of this is that some people who didn't want to travel to attend the literary conference also developed a strong interest.

If there is a possibility of "changing the owner" of the literary world, there will be many people who want to watch the excitement or get involved.

Feng Shike reminded, "The more people come, the more complicated the situation will be, and the more difficult it will be to handle. This is common sense.

Not to mention that many of the people who came this time are not insignificant little characters, which will only make the situation more out of control."

Mr. Lin nodded, "You are right, what's the matter?"

Feng Shike said unhappily, "At this time, why are you still pretending to be stupid?

Don't you understand that your recent performance is too high-profile, openly seizing the leadership of Suzhou literary world, and sending hero invitations on behalf of the Duke of Yanzhou, which has caused you to become the target of public criticism!

You have many enemies, and you have been in the literary world for too short a time, so the more complicated the situation is, the more disadvantageous it is to you, you must not be careless."

Mr. Lin seemed to have not taken the unfavorable situation seriously at all, and it was almost written on his face that "carelessness leads to the loss of Jingzhou".

Then he asked with a smile, "Who will come?"

Although it was Lin Tailai who was in charge of sending hero invitations, everyone's replies were still sent to the old leader Wang.

So Lin Tailai really doesn't know who will attend the literary conference at the moment, and only people around the old leader know the details.

Feng Shike first mentioned two heavyweight names: "Shen Li, the former Minister of Rites of Henan, and Zhao Yongxian, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing and the Chief of the Nanjing Imperial College."

Mr. Lin was indeed quite surprised, "There is no need to mention Zhao Yongxian, who became famous for his love affair with Zhang Juzheng, and won the title of the five sons of the retro school for two generations. He wanted to be the next leader back then.

But this old Shen is unwilling to be lonely and retires but does not rest? Does he also want to cross the border to become the leader?"

Feng Shike said: "Mr. Shen should not have this intention, he may have been specially invited."

Mr. Lin asked again: "Who else is there? Pick the heavyweights."

Feng Shike continued to introduce them like a treasure: "The Wang brothers from Huizhou, these are the ones you know, and I don't need to mention the ones from Suzhou.

The representatives from Nanjing are the local literary upstart Gu Qiyuan, and the head of Nanjing's Ministry of Rites Tang Xianzu, but he is from Jiangxi.

The representative from Shandong is Gong Nai, one of the three great masters of Shanzuo, and he is also not a simple person. The three great masters are Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, and Feng Qi, a senior Hanlin.

The people from Zhejiang include Shen Mingchen, one of the three great commoner poets in the world, and his nephew is Shen Yikuan, as well as Tu Long, who has not heard of the world for a long time, and Hu Yinglin, who inherited the literary criticism of Yanzhou Gong."

Hearing this, Mr. Lin suddenly interrupted and asked: Among the people from Zhejiang, are there any from the Xiang family in Jiaxing? I heard that his family has a lot of famous paintings, and I have long wanted to get to know him. ”

Feng Shike: “”

Don’t go off topic! The Xiang family is famous for its wealth and collections, calligraphy and painting, and has a wide range of friends, but they are not eligible to be invited to participate in literary conferences.

Of course, it is normal to come to join in the fun at your own expense. There are many such people every time, but they usually cannot enter the core main venue.

Then Feng Shike continued: "The famous old-fashioned Wu Guolun, who is one of the last seven, may not have the heart to see the Duke of Yanzhou abdicate, so he only sent his disciples to the scene, which can be regarded as representing Hubei.

In addition, Yuan Hongdao of the Hubei Public Security School happens to be the magistrate of your Wu County, so he can also participate this time. "

Mr. Lin couldn't help but sigh. In this era, the lineup of participants in this literary conference is really a star-studded one.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to gather such a lineup. This shows the shock to the literary world caused by the "abdication" of Mr. Wang.

For some reason, Mr. Lin remembered the plot of "the leader of the martial arts world or the big boss retires from the golden basin" often seen in martial arts novels, and there must be a lot of supporting actors watching the ceremony, and there is an 80% probability of bloodshed.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all literary elites and celebrities are here. There are also many literary celebrities in the officialdom.

It is impossible for these people to be absent from work for one or two months without reason to attend the literary conference, unless they are officials in Nanjing, or happen to be in Suzhou.

Lin Tailai suddenly remembered something and asked again: "Your Songjiang Prefecture is known as the second most powerful county in the world. Who is the representative? Why didn't you mention it?"

Mr. Feng sighed deeply and whispered: "Me and Chen Jiru."

Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What is this? This is really a lack of successors. "

Master Feng Er said angrily: "Our Songjiang Prefecture literary world has suffered many misfortunes. Mo Ruzhong and Mo Shilong, father and son, have passed away in the past two years. Otherwise, why would it be like this!"

Master Lin hurriedly comforted him, saying: "It doesn't matter. In the future, I will choose a son with the best literary talent and let him move to Songjiang Prefecture. He will definitely be able to bring the literary and artistic level of Songjiang Prefecture back up!"

Master Feng Er had a dark face. As he said before, if you can't comfort people, don't force comfort!

Finally, Master Lin asked: "By the way, there is one more thing. Why did the Duke of Yanzhou send you to contact instead of Zou Diguang?

Is it because the Duke of Yanzhou feels that he can't do without Zou Diguang? "

Master Lin, who is meticulous and suspicious, will not let go of every suspicious detail.

Master Feng Er answered casually: "Because Zou Diguang has temporarily returned to Wuxi County, it seems that they are organizing the reconstruction of the ancient Donglin Academy, which is not a big deal.

But you still have to be careful of Zou Diguang, he has been working to promote Gu Xiancheng. ”

Mr. Lin: “”

Fuck! Is this the butterfly effect? ​​The Qingliu forces rebuilt Donglin Academy several years earlier than in history!

So Shen Li traveled thousands of miles south to attend the literary conference, was it because it was on his way? Maybe he was going to Wuxi County originally?

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