Chapter 544 The Surprise Came so Suddenly!

The scene of the meeting between the emperor and his ministers in front of the Qianqing Palace suddenly fell into a deadlock.

The two main purposes of Emperor Wanli were to seduce the civil officials to betray Lin Tailai and appease Concubine Zheng, which seemed to be achieved.

The second was to fool the civil officials on the issue of the national foundation, temporarily to keep quiet, and to delay it as much as possible in the future, but he was called out.

Seeing that the atmosphere was awkwardly deadlocked here, Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Silijian, had to come forward and think of a way to resolve the embarrassment.

So he played to Emperor Wanli: "The emperor said before that the court officials had never seen the prince, so outsiders were suspicious. Today, the prince can be brought out for you gentlemen to see."

The Wanli emperor, whose little thoughts were exposed, didn't know what to say. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Send! Send the eldest brother and the third brother quickly!"

Emperor Wanli had four sons so far. The second and fourth died young. The eldest and third were the two protagonists of the dispute over the national foundation.

Soon, the nine-year-old eldest son Zhu Changluo and the five-year-old third son Zhu Changxun were invited out from the inner palace and stood on the left and right sides of the emperor.

Emperor Wanli said, "Gentlemen, please see for yourself."

The ministers looked up. This was the first time that the outsiders saw the princes.

The eldest son was a little thin, while the third son was young, but he was stronger and more solid.

Emperor Wanli held the eldest son's hand intimately and said to the ministers:

"I have no legitimate son. The order of seniority is determined. They are all my sons. How can there be no relationship between father and son? There are always doubts outside, which alienate the nature of my father and son!

You ministers are my close ministers. Today, I let you witness it with your own eyes. How can I treat my eldest brother differently?

I am just worried that my eldest brother is weak. I will let him go out when he is stronger!"

He still stayed at the scene. No, Lin Tailai, who was waiting for the final disposal, almost laughed out loud when he saw this scene.

It felt like Emperor Wanli was about to strangle the eldest son's neck and ask, "Speak! Is your father good to you?"

The ministers could not refute the emperor in person, so they could only obey and obey whatever the emperor said.

At this time, the third son of the emperor born to Concubine Zheng suddenly raised his chubby hand and pointed at the tall and eye-catching Lin Tailai and said, "This is the evil champion!"

Everyone present, whether the emperor, eunuchs, or cabinet elders, was stunned. A five-year-old child still understands this?

The surprise came so suddenly! Lin Tailai pointed at himself in disbelief and asked the third son, "Your Highness, are you talking about me?"

The third son repeated, "This is the evil champion!"

After Emperor Wanli came to his senses, he covered his fat face helplessly, and finally realized what it felt like to have a pig teammate who could not lead him.

The double champions of civil and military affairs are very influential in the court. Are you mother and son offending Lin Tailai to death like this, fearing that you will make many enemies?

Compared with most ministers, Lin Tailai's attitude on the issue of the foundation of the country is already very mild. Although he has a personal grudge with your Zheng family, he has never urged you to make the eldest son the Crown Prince.

If Lin Tailai had not been forced into a corner today, he would not have clearly spoken in support of the eldest son.

But the scolded Lin Tailai was filled with ecstasy, and almost lost his expression management.

With the words of the future Fu Wang, he was completely freed from the great calamity of the foundation of the country!

Lin Tailai rudely pushed away the university scholars, rushed to the steps, and said:

"Today, I saw the princes, and I saw that the eldest son was brilliant and the third son was smart. It is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!

What is regrettable is that the princes have no official uniforms, and the etiquette of meeting is not appropriate!

Therefore, I once again request to determine the names of the princes as soon as possible, with the eldest son preparing for the throne of the Crown Prince, and the third son can be named the Fu Wang!"

Damn! Everyone was shocked again. In just a moment, you, Lin Tailai, have even thought of the title of the third prince?

Your revengeful heart is too quick, isn't it? The third prince is only a five-year-old child.

Emperor Wanli was also in a trance for a moment. Prince Fu? This title sounds pretty good.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Emperor Wanli slapped the throne anxiously and ordered: "Push Lin Tailai out of the Meridian Gate and beat him with forty sticks! Sun Xian will supervise the execution!"

It's over! The university scholars were immediately disheartened and had the urge to resign on the spot!

The Jinyiwei officers who were summoned rushed up and dragged Lin Tailai out.

There are more surprises? While being dragged away, Lin Tailai turned his head and shouted: "Thank your majesty for your grace!"

Those who are familiar with Ming history know what it means to be beaten with a stick outside the Meridian Gate. It is an achievement that many ministers, especially censors, dream of.

Even if you are the most obscure official among tens of thousands of officials in the capital, as long as you have been beaten with a stick in the court, you will become famous overnight, famous in the world within a month, and then your name will be recorded in history!

All good things come after you have endured the pain. Although it sounds perverted, the trend is so perverted.

Although Lin Tailai is already very famous, who would dislike more fame?

Not long after, Lin Tailai was pressed on the stone slab west of the Meridian Gate.

Factory official Sun Xian stood in front of Lin Tailai, waiting for the preparations before the execution to be completed.

Generally, the executioners are officers of the Jinyiwei, but this time Sun Xian did not let the Jinyiwei do it.

He randomly picked two strong-looking eunuchs beside him and ordered: "You two will execute the sentence!"

Lin Tailai looked up and felt that the eunuch holding the wooden stick looked a little familiar, so he asked casually: "What's your name?"

For such a meaningful moment, of course, you should know as many details as possible, so that you can write a small essay to commemorate it in the future.

The eunuch replied, "I am Li Jinzhong. I cannot disobey the order today."

Lin Tailai: ""

I remember! Isn't this the rogue Wei Si whom I had a quick glance at on the streets of the capital last year? That is, the future Nine Thousand Years Old Wei Zhongxian in history.

It is so damn memorable that the Nine Thousand Years Old Wei Zhongxian himself was beating him with the cane!

Compared with sixty and eighty, forty canes are not too many, and generally they will not kill people.

Li Jinzhong, who had only served the royal family for more than a year, felt something wrong when he beat him with the cane, and could not help but look at the factory lord Sun Xian.

Sun Xian said lightly, "Continue."

Li Jinzhong suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the factory lord had ordered the two of them to execute the sentence, and no wonder that he did not take off Lin Tailai's coat.

Even if he was wearing leather armor under his coat, he could still feel the pain when a blunt weapon hit him. Lin Tailai was very tough and said nothing.

After the fight, Sun Xian ordered the Jinyiwei officers: "Go to the Imperial Hospital to call for help! I will report the emperor's order!"

The "seriously injured" Lin Tailai raised his head and shouted with full energy: "There is no need for an imperial physician! Just carry me out!"

Sun Xian ordered again: "Go to the right gate of Chang'an and call a few of his servants in! Give him a wooden board and carry him away as soon as possible!"

While waiting, Sun Xian said to Lin Tailai: "Although you have been dismissed, you don't have to go all the way.

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Changing a different path may not be a bad way, anyway, we are all serving the emperor."

Lin Tailai then understood why the emperor was holding on to him and inducing him to break up with the elders.

After an unknown amount of time, the Zhang brothers, the left and right protectors, and eight other servants hurried over under the leadership of the Jinyiwei officers.

Mainly due to Lin Tailai's weight, they were afraid that less people would not be able to lift him, so the normal four people were changed to eight people.

So the Zhang brothers suppressed their "sorrow" and led the way in front, while the other eight servants carried Lin Tailai.

When leaving Chengtian Gate, Lin Tailai secretly took off his leather armor in the doorway.

The left and right guards asked in surprise: "Are you not afraid of being beaten?"

Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "Let's see who dares to hit me now!"

After passing Chengtian Gate, the Zhang brothers who led the way in front walked towards the right gate of Chang'an.

Lin Tailai slapped the wooden board and shouted: "This is not the way! Where are you going?"

The left guard Zhang Wen turned around and asked in confusion: "Going home from the right gate of Chang'an, what's wrong?"

Lin Tailai ordered: "Stupid! Go to the left gate of Chang'an!" Then he sighed: "If you don't return to the yamen after being beaten in the court, it's like walking at night in brocade!"

Outside the left gate of Chang'an is the Imperial Street, where the Five Departments and the Hanlin Academy are all.

"Go to the Hanlin Academy first!" Lin Tailai, who was lying on the wooden board, instructed, "Also, walk slowly, don't rush!"

The team of eight people carrying wooden boards paraded on the Imperial Street, which immediately caused a sensation.

Because everyone here knows that the person who is carried out on the wooden board must be the lucky one who was beaten with a stick in the court.

It's just that this lucky person today is special, and is recognized as the least likely to be beaten with a stick in the court.

Although Lin Tailai wanted to parade for a while longer, the distance from Chang'an Zuomen to the Hanlin Academy was too short.

When Lin Tailai was carried into the Hanlin Academy, he was surrounded by dozens of Hanlins as soon as he arrived at the courtyard!

Several scholars in charge were also called out and went to the courtyard to watch Lin Tailai in person!

"What's going on?" Chen Yubi, the head scholar, asked in surprise.

They all knew that Lin Tailai was summoned to the palace for an audience, but how could you, Lin Tailai, cheat the court stick and be carried out?

Lin Tailai, who was lying on the wooden board, had his official robes torn and his official hat knocked off, and his hair was miserable and messy.

Hearing Chen Xueshi's question, Lin Tailai replied weakly: "After entering the palace, I was granted the emperor's grace for my advice on establishing a crown prince."

Dozens of people present all showed admiration. Although Lin Tailai was not in tune with others at ordinary times, he was also a man of integrity in major events!

Chen Yubi sighed and said: "Go home and recuperate quickly to avoid worsening injuries!"

Lin Tailai was heartbroken and said sadly: "I came to the Hanlin Academy this time to say goodbye to you.

Today in the palace, Xu Cifu, Wang Xijue, and Wang Jiaping, the three cabinet elders, jointly convicted me and asked the emperor to punish me.

And I, Lin Tailai, have no way to defend myself. I have been dismissed from my official position and stripped of my clothes.

From now on, I can no longer discuss the Dao with you in Keting!"

The Hanlin Academy immediately had an uproar! If what Lin Tailai said was true, it would be a scandal, a huge scandal!

This kind of thing is completely unpredictable, so Lin Tailai shouldn't lie, right?

Only a cabinet minister like Yan Song could do such a thing as selling out civil officials to the emperor!

Although Lin Tailai is a bastard, he is first and foremost a civil official!

After saying everything he should say, Lin Tailai waved his hand to the Hanlin scholars feebly as a farewell.

The servants carried the wooden board and walked out.

Suddenly Lin Tailai asked the servants to stop and asked Chen Xueshi: "When was the last time a Hanlin scholar was beaten with a stick in the court?"

In the Ming Dynasty, the most common people who were beaten with a stick in the court were the censors, and because of the special nature of the Hanlin, it can be said that it was very rare for the Hanlin scholars to be beaten with a stick in the court.

After all, the Hanlin scholars were nominally close ministers, and many of them had served as lecturers, so the emperor generally would not beat the Hanlin scholars.

At the same time, the promotion and honor of the Hanlin scholars depended entirely on the emperor's whim, unlike the outer court, which had institutional guarantees, so the Hanlin scholars generally would not fight the emperor to the death.

After hearing Lin Tailai's question, Chen Xueshi thought for a moment and answered:

"It should be the incident of Zhang Juzheng seizing a lover in the fifth year of Wanli. At that time, Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing, as Hanlin scholars, were caned in the court."

Lin Tailai asked again: "What about before that?"

Chen Xueshi looked at Tian Yijun and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Tian is familiar with the classics and knows a lot about the anecdotes of the past dynasties. Please come and answer my questions."

Tian Yijun Tian Xueshi thought for a while and answered: "Before that, it should be the Zuo Shunmen case of the Grand Ceremony of the Jiajing Dynasty more than 60 years ago. Several Hanlin scholars were caned on the spot."

Lin Tailai continued to ask: "Is there anything before that?"

Tian Xueshi answered: "Seventy years ago in the 14th year of Zhengde, Hanlin scholars were among the ministers caned in the court; 120 years ago, in the second year of Chenghua, there were four Hanlin advisers, and they all became famous after being caned in the court!"

There is no need to ask about before that. In the ancient version of the Ming Dynasty court, it was not popular to be proud of being caned in the court.

Moreover, in the old version, when something went wrong, it was not just a matter of being caned in the court, but often the head was directly lost.

Lin Tailai sighed loudly: "The past can predict the future. I hope you will remember that you have served in the same office with the Hanlin who was caned in the court for the fifth time in nearly 120 years!"

Everyone: ""

Fuck! How obsessed are you, Lin Tailai, with records and data?

Or the emperor beat him too lightly, and only forty canes is too little!

And suddenly I understand why the elders would rather be involved in scandals and betray Lin Tailai.

After leaving the Hanlin Academy and entering Yingmen, the left protector Zhang Wenxue behaved and took the initiative to ask: "Where to go next?"

Seeing the excitement of the sitting master, it is obvious that he does not want to go home.

After thinking for a while, Lin Tailai waved his hand and said: "I still have a part-time job in the Ministry of Rites. Let's go to the Ministry of Rites to say goodbye!"

Lin Tailai, who enjoyed the treatment of eight people carrying him, was surrounded wherever he went.

At the door of Yu Kongjian's official room, Lin Tailai lay on the wooden board and shouted:

"Yu Kongjian! Your Yizhisi is in charge of ritual affairs! I am taking the cane for you!

Even my people in the Master and Guest Department were beaten because of the national foundation, and even three cabinet elders jointly punished them!

Why don't you from the Yizhisi speak out for the national foundation?"

Yu Kongjian: ""

The Qingliu forces have long had a tacit understanding. In this wave of national foundation disputes, in order to preserve their strength, the officials of the six ministries with actual positions above the fifth rank will temporarily remain in place!

After all, the actual positions of the six ministries with actual positions above the fifth rank are too important, and one person has one job.

Who would have thought that the most immoral Lin Tailai would come here to blackmail people morally!

After touring the Ministry of Rites, Lin Tailai waved his hand and said, "Next stop is the Ministry of Personnel!"