Chapter 639 Others’ Three Fires

After leaving Wuchang Prefecture, Lin Tailai went down the river to experience this east-west water artery.

A few days later, he could have reached Jinling in one go, but Lin Tailai had to stop for a day in Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture.

Moreover, Lin Tailai asked the local prefecture and county government to find a restaurant by the river to entertain him. If there was no suitable restaurant by the river, he would go to the city gate tower facing the river.

He completely ignored the fact that it was already November, and what it felt like to have a feast in the cold wind on the city gate tower.

After the doorman Gu Bingqian wrote a post to convey the message to the prefecture and county according to Lin Tailai's instructions, he felt really strange in his heart.

For someone like him, if he could not understand the leader's intentions, it would be more uncomfortable than anything else.

So in the middle of the night, Gu Bingqian went to find the left protector Zhang Wen to ask.

Zhang Wen patiently explained: "Mr. Gu has only been following the host for two years, so he may not know some of the host's habits.

This time, I guess the host has a good poem in mind, but needs a suitable scene to publish, so he has made this request to the prefecture and county."

Gu Bingqian, who is also a literati, was a little puzzled. Shouldn't poetry be written with scenes and emotions first, or even with a theme first, and then inspired, or pretend to improvise?

Did the owner have the work first, and then find the scene? Even if there is no scene, he has to create a scene?

Recalling the past years, Zhang Wen sighed, "In the past two years, the number of poems published by the host has been much less, and Mr. Gu, you didn't live in Suzhou City in previous years, so it's not surprising that you don't know.

But we old brothers all know that in order to publish and spread his works, the host fought all over Suzhou City.

Sometimes, in order to make a poem more appropriate, you have to carefully study several plans to fight."

Gu Bingqian: "."

So this is what the owner meant by fighting in the literary world and tempering literature.

Finally, Zhang Wen instructed: "Since I have been in the government, I have been worried about state affairs all day long. I haven't had this kind of interest for a long time. I am afraid that this kind of interest will become less and less in the future.

Mr. Gu must make proper arrangements this time, and don't let me regret it because it is not suitable for the occasion."

After arriving at Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture, Lin Tailai, the first deputy leader of the literary world, disembarked and personally went to the tomb of Li Bai in Xiegong Mountain to pay tribute.

That's right, Li Bai died and was buried here. As the leader of the literary world, it is very reasonable for Mr. Lin to pay tribute to Li Bai on behalf of the literary world.

It just so happens that there is indeed a building on the stone reef by the river.

Under the hospitality of the local prefecture and county, the half-drunk Mr. Lin suddenly stood up, leaned on the railing to look at the river and the opposite bank, and said loudly:

"A piece of red clouds came from the sea, shining on the banquet on my building. The green wine was suddenly finished, where is the exiled immortal in the building?

The guests danced on the opposite side of the green mountain, and each other was a handful of green lotus. If we talk about the seven-foot return to the weeds, this building is the guest and the mountain is the host.

If we talk about the drunken moon coming to the riverside, this building is the host and the mountain is the guest. The long star is shaking as if it has no color, and it may not always be a human soul.

Gao Hui wrote the poem on the top, and his name is still on the hill. Please throw the poem scroll into the river, and it will definitely not flow eastward with the river!"

The prefect Wang who was at the same table said to the county magistrate Shen: "Jiuyuanjun's drunken Taibai song is really a masterpiece of melancholy and strangeness!

It inherits those long Li Bai The song is unrestrained and full of faint sorrows of the past and present. "

Shen Zhixian couldn't help wondering: "I really don't know how such a young man who has achieved success and fame, how can he be depressed and sad?"

Wang Zhifu stroked his beard and said: "I heard that Jiuyuanjun wrote lyrics when he climbed the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang, and his style was also extremely generous and tragic, just because he hated himself for not being as good as Cui Hao.

And the melancholy and sorrow in this long song today are probably because he hated himself for not being able to surpass Li Bai.

Look at the sentence "My name is not dead, but I am still in the mountains and hills", isn't it filled with a kind of unconvinced but helpless mood?"

Shen Zhixian had nothing to say. When he arrived at the Yellow Crane Tower, he thought about surpassing Cui Hao, and when he arrived at Li Bai's tomb, he thought about surpassing Li Bai. How arrogant is this?

But think about it the other way around. If even Lin Jiuyuan can't do it in the contemporary era, then no one can really surpass it.

This is probably the mentality that only people standing at the top of the contemporary literary world can have, right?

During the banquet, only Gu Bingqian, a guest of the Lin family, suddenly realized that this poem could only be published by the river in Dangtu County, and it had to be published upstairs. No other place was suitable.

In short, Lin Tailai's poem and two lyrics by the river, which changed his style, and the interpretation behind them, added a lot of topics to the literary world that had been quiet for a long time.

After the three works were passed to the capital, Wang Tianguan, the leader of the literary world, gave the most authoritative interpretation:

"On the surface, the style of this poem and two lyrics is sharp, but in fact, the whole article is lonely, because Lin Jiuyuan has no rivals and bosom friends in the contemporary world, and can only regard the ancients as his rivals."

Lin Tailai, who had already left Taiping Prefecture, did not stay in Nanjing for too long when he passed by.

He just went to the Nanjing Censorate to visit Hai Rui, who was still in his twilight years, and told Hai Rui a story about a young demon hunter who eventually became a demon.

Hai Rui listened to the whole story despite his illness and asked, "Who do you think is the demon-killing boy?"

Lin Tailai replied, "Those who idolize you, shout moral slogans, but actually fight against dissidents."

Hai Rui asked again, "Then what are you doing?"

Lin Tailai said without hesitation, "Fight poison with poison!"

Hai Qingtian: "."

After arriving in Nanjing, it was not far from Suzhou, and Lin Tailai had no intention of wandering around any more.

Continuing forward, when he arrived at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal at Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jingkou, he found that his old friend Gao Changjiang was waiting here.

Lin Tailai asked in surprise: "Why did Lao Gao come here to greet me? I never heard that he came across two mansions to greet me."

Gao Changjiang said worriedly: "The situation in Suzhou is not right. I will wait here and let you know this morning."

Lin Tailai said calmly: "What's wrong?"

Gao Changjiang said: "Since the prince Ding You and the governor Zhou moved to the minister of Dali Temple, both the governor and the prefect have changed people. It seems that they are not our own people, right?"

Lin Tailai nodded and said, "I did not interfere with the selection."

So Gao Changjiang stopped talking, as if waiting for Lin Tai to explain.

Lin Tailai also gave serious instructions: "The ancients said that although the world is safe, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger.

A continuous comfortable environment will wear down people's will. Since the fifteenth year of Wanli, our people have been comfortable for too long.

Therefore, it is necessary to adopt some methods to keep our people alert and fighting spirit.

And two governors and prefects who are not their own people can play such a role. "

Gao Changjiang: "."

Aren't you sitting in a restaurant with nothing to do after you've had enough to eat? Do you want to create difficulties even when there are no difficulties?

There were some things that Lin Tailai didn't elaborate on, and it was hard to explain to Gao Changjiang. There was a huge political game involved.

After the old lady of the Wang family passed away and Wang Situ was forced to stay, the first assistant went into violent menopause again, and he, Lin Tailai, fell into a huge passive state.

At that time, for the sake of the overall situation, I deliberately "showed weakness". In addition, I didn't have much chips in hand, so I had to use them at critical moments.

Therefore, he, Lin Tailai, did not interfere with the selection of Governor Yingtian and Suzhou Prefecture Magistrate, and allowed others to do their best.

Another reason is that in such a sensitive period, when the emperor's favorability is relied upon to turn the tables, all behavior that may lead to the emperor's suspicion must be avoided.

If, in order to compete for the governor of Yingtian and the prefect of Suzhou, he fought with the Qingliu forces and lost the emperor's favor, thereby losing the opportunity to control the candidates of ministers in various ministries, it would be more than worth the loss.

It is very worthwhile to use the governor of Yingtian and the prefect of Suzhou in exchange for a minister of the Ministry of War, and to prevent the Qingliu forces from occupying the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Households.

Without mentioning the above insider information, Lin Tailai just asked: "You'd better tell me first, what's wrong? It hasn't been long since they took office, right?"

Gao Changjiang said quickly: "The new governor Zhao Shenlu only took office last month. This new official took office with three fires, and every fire was directed at us!

First, it is stipulated that 90% of the money and grain will be collected this year; second, the corvee is re-balanced, and I heard that it is planned that those with less than 100 acres per household will not be required to do corvee; third, we are preparing to re-determine the tariffs and machine taxes on each river. "

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if these three principles are implemented, there will be only one biggest victim, and that is the Suzhou Lin Group.

Because they are all responsible for Suzhou's money and grain, project corvee, river tariffs, and Suzhou's largest factory owner, they are all Lin Group.

For example, the first fire money and grain, as mentioned earlier, Suzhou money and grain cannot be collected in full. The rules are 70% qualified, 80% excellent, and 90% outstanding.

But the government generally does not want to receive 90%. If the government takes 90%, what profit can the large households and associations that take over the money and food have?

The governor said that he would receive 90%, so the Lin Group's community business would be in vain this year. If it is to appease the grassroots, maybe some of it will be reversed.

If the governor was one of his own like Old Man Zhao back then, then Baigan could accept it in order to improve his political performance, but this is obviously not the case now.

As for the second fire corvee policy, the largest contractor of Suzhou government projects is the Lin Group.

Since it is a government project, corvee labor can be used at a low price.

If the source of corvee is reduced, the cost of Lin Group's projects will definitely increase significantly.

For projects without a clear profit model, such as city walls, dredging, and embankment repairs, the Lin Group that contracted the project would lose money if it lost the low cost of labor.

Not to mention the third fire, which is said to be river tariffs and machine taxes on silk looms, actually targets transportation and industry.

These are the core interests that Lin Tailai personally planned. Their status is far above engineering, money and food and other businesses, and they must not be tampered with.

After hearing Gao Changjiang's report, Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, but remained calm, "Then what do you think?"

Gao Changjiang said murderously: "What do I think? I think the governor wants to die!"

Lin Tailai: "."

Is this still the storyteller Lao Gao who is always cowardly? In your mouth, you want to yell at the governor to beat him or kill him?

After coming back to his senses, Lin Tailai reminded: "What I'm curious about is that he should know that this is seeking death, and he has learned from past mistakes, but why does he still seek death?"