Chapter 642 Fighting for the Ranking

An hour later, Lin Jiuyuan Tailai, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, the Imperial Academy's Attendant, and the Third Doctor, successfully entered the Wuxi County Mansion.

Sitting in the hall, Lin Tailai frowned and sighed without any joy.

The purpose of his provocation was not to occupy the county mansion at all.

This feels like the overlords of the Near East hundreds of years later beating Ba and Ha with such and such. Although they scored military victory points, they lost points politically.

At this time, he was accompanied by two semi-literate people drinking tea, including guest Gu Bingqian, visiting professor Li Zhi of Hengtang College, and Gao Changjiang, vice president of Hengtang College.

Lin Tailai specially introduced Gao Changjiang and Li Zhi to get to know each other first. After all, the two would have to deal with each other frequently in the future.

After chatting for a few words, Gao Changjiang was really shocked. No wonder he would find this person to give lectures.

There are still such scholars in this world who are extremely anti-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Wang Yangming back then was not so exaggerated!

After Li Zhi carefully inquired about the current situation of Hengtang College, he asserted: "Someone will definitely open a private school near the college to teach the Four Books and Five Classics. This must be the way the people of the world are."

Although Li Zhi was ideologically opposed to traditional Confucianism, he was also a promiscuous person. In Hubei, he was engaged in business to make money and lectured at the same time. He was not the kind of scholar who did not like the fireworks of the world.

Gao Changjiang replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhuo Wu, our association will carry out two to three operations every year to strictly investigate and crack down on private schools in Hengtang Town!

They are Operation Spring Ting at the beginning of the year, Operation Sharp Knife at the middle of the year, and Operation Peace at the end of the year to ensure that no blind spots are missed! "

Li Zhi couldn't help but yearn for it leisurely: "Tang Liuru's poem said, 'The paradise of the world is Wuzhong', Nobufu!"

Lin Tailai was talking to Gu Bingqian, a retainer here, and ordered: "Arrange people to keep an eye on the governor's side, and they will take turns at twelve o'clock every day!

In addition, try your best to bribe internal agents. You don't need to do anything else. You just need to know the governor's movements as early as possible. "

This is obviously unwilling to give in and will continue to cause trouble.

Gu Bingqian advised: "It is expected that the governor will stay in Wuxi for a short time and will definitely go to Suzhou. It will be more convenient for him to do whatever he wants to do when he arrives in Suzhou."

Although Wuxi County is a very prosperous and prosperous place today, its administrative status is not high. It is not even a prefecture. It is just a county under Changzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, there are not many high-end government buildings in Wuxi County, so the governor had to borrow the county mansion before.

Now that the governor has withdrawn from the mansion, where else is there a suitable place for the governor's long-term office use?

Not to mention that the governor also brought a thousand pacesetters, which made settling in even more troublesome.

All in all, it's okay for a few days, but it won't be easy for a long time.

Therefore, Gu Bingqian expected that the governor would stay in Wuxi for a short time.

Lin Tailai slapped the case and said: "Then it is even more important to keep an eye on the governor's movements! Otherwise, how will he win the position!"

Gu Bingqian was puzzled. What does "tearing the position" mean?

Lin Tailai really had no interest in the county mansion and quickly went out again.

After all, he came to the city in the name of offering incense to his mother's temple property, so he still had to do some cosmetic work.

Maybe most people don't know where the temple property of Jiuyuan Zhenxian's mother is, but scholars in the local traditional Neo-Confucian circles know it.

Just in the northeast corner of the ruins of their spiritual totem, the old Donglin Academy, the name is Donglin Temple!

What's even more annoying is that the local Confucian scholars planned to bulldoze the nunnery and rebuild Donglin Academy two years ago, but they learned that Lin Tailai's mother had bought this place five years ago.

Then there will be no more. Who dares to act rashly when it comes to other people's parents?

For the sake of his own reputation, of course Lin Tailai could not enter Donglin Nunnery in person. He just went outside and asked Secretary Bai to send incense and silver inside.

Then I visited the ruins of the old Donglin Academy with three and a half scholars, which was also the place where Yang Guishan, a great scholar from the Song Dynasty, once fought.

Li Zhi had a sudden idea and said to Lin Tai: "You are not short of money anyway. How about rebuilding Donglin Academy and I give lectures here? I don't mind if there is a nunnery next to it!"

Lin Tailai: "."

You are really not afraid of death. No wonder you were imprisoned and committed suicide in history!

If you talk about anti-Cheng and Zhu studies in the territory of Yang Guishan, a disciple of the Cheng family, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by scholars from the local traditional Neo-Confucian circle?

Wuxi is the headquarters of the Donglin Party. The current Qingliu forces and the future Donglin Party both extremely uphold the traditional Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism academically.

While we were chatting, a servant suddenly came to report that the governor's camp was all set off. The governor's boat at the Xishanyi pier outside the south gate was ready to go, and it was suspected that he was preparing to leave Wuxi!

Suddenly hearing the news that the governor had left, Lin Tailai did not panic and ordered: "Let my Shenwei Lieshui prepare to set off!"

Xishan Station outside the South Gate is the main station in Wuxi County and is also a water transportation hub. Lin Tailai's ship, the Shenwei Lieshui, also stopped here a few days ago to greet its owner.

At this time, at the Xishanyi Dock, local scholar leader Gu Xiancheng was bidding farewell to Governor Zhao.

"Brother has been in Wuxi for a long time, and the official office of the Suzhou Procuratorate is vacant. He is afraid that he will be impeached by traitors for laziness and dereliction of duty.

But this is a dangerous place, so be careful and patient, and take care! "

Governor Zhao: "."

Those who knew knew that they were going to Suzhou, which was less than a hundred miles away; those who didn't know thought that they were rushing to a border town where there was enemy territory.

Finally, Governor Zhao responded with great enthusiasm: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs!"

The two were saying goodbye, and before they could remember to compose a poem, a loud noise suddenly came from the river.

The two turned around and saw several ships lined up in a row, blocking the intended channel of the governor's ship.

The crowd on the shore was also in an uproar. Who was so bold as to let the governor's ship avoid it? Who can have a higher position than the governor?

Then there were a few big men on the bow of the ship, shouting loudly: "Official Lin Jiuyuan is going to board the ship and set sail. Please stay away from the ship and wait for the time being!"

Then there was no sound on the shore. Since it was Lin Jiuyuan, a senior official, it was not surprising.

Although this is not Suzhou, it is only eighty or ninety miles away from Suzhou City, and everyone is still very aware of the style of Lin Daguan next door.

Legend has it that in recent years, two prefectural and county main halls fell from power because they overran Lin Daguan's boat, the Shenwei Lieshui, on the Xujiang River.

"You bastard! You're going too far!" When Governor Zhao heard the big man's cry, he became furious and cursed!

Gu Xiancheng quickly pressed Governor Zhao's shoulders and said repeatedly: "Patience! Please be patient!"

Governor Zhao pointed to the river and said, "You have to be patient in front of so many people?"

Gu Xiancheng advised: "If it happens now, all the previous efforts will be wasted!

Just tolerate him, let him, let him go, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, ignore him, and wait for a few more days to see him. "

Governor Zhao took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Then Governor Zhao boarded the ship, but did not give the order to set sail. He was sitting in the cockpit, staring coldly at the ships blocking the road.

An hour later, the situation was still the same. The governor's ship and the ships of the Biao camp were motionless.

The big men on the bows of each ship here sighed regretfully. It seemed that there was no chance of making great achievements.

Sitting in the pavilion, he made a speech. If he can provoke the governor to take action, each person will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver and will be promoted to one level!

If unfortunately he dies, he will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver, and his son will be taken into the Lin Mansion to be raised!

It wasn't until the Shenwei Lieshui slowly left the shore not far away that the big men blocking the governor's ship reluctantly gave way to the channel.

Governor Zhao originally wanted to follow suit, but was persuaded by his staff.

Since you don't want to conflict with Lin Tailai over his "rank", then don't follow him to avoid any accidents.

So after waiting for another two hours, it was already dark before the governor's ship set sail.

There are also a lot of night sailing ships in this era. If you sail slowly all night, you can arrive in Suzhou City at dawn tomorrow!

When the sky was dark the next day, we were still twenty or thirty miles away from Suzhou City, and we arrived at Hushu Customs.

Governor Zhao was wondering whether he should go ashore and rest at the customs for a while, so as to arrive in Suzhou City in a better mental state.

But in the morning mist, I saw a row of ships parked on the Xushuguan Pier, and among them was the Shenwei Lieshui!

Lin Tailai stood on the bow of the Shenwei Lieshui, stretched out, and greeted Governor Zhao across the water: "Good morning! What a coincidence?"

With a dark face, Governor Zhao gave up the idea of ​​docking and rested, and ordered the ship to move on.

The ship traveled another dozen miles and arrived at the famous Fengqiao Town in less than an hour.

I could see that there were huge crowds of people on both sides of the river at this time, with flags waving and gongs and drums roaring!

Even the Maple Bridge in the distance has a huge cloth hanging down, but the words on it are still unclear.

Governor Zhao was in a daze for a moment. Are the people in Suzhou so enthusiastic? Can't? Don’t you have any reputation in Suzhou?

Suddenly, several more ships came out and blocked the front of the governor's fleet!

There were still those familiar big men on the bow of the ship, shouting at the top of their lungs: "To the east, from the direction of Fengqiao, we will welcome the official Lin Jiuyuan today, and we will not accept other official ships!

Therefore, please ask Futai to take a detour from the west branch into the city, and we will guide you! "

The canal waterway reaches here and branches into two branches below Hanshan Temple.

A waterway turns to the east, that is, towards Suzhou City. Maple Bridge is at the fork in the road, and then it can go directly to Changmen, the most important gate in the city.

This side is equivalent to the gateway to Suzhou. All official welcome and send-off ceremonies are held here, which can be regarded as the welcome road on the facade.

Another waterway to the west continues southward until it reaches Hengtang Town and intersects with Xujiang River.

So what the big men who stopped the governor's fleet meant was that today's "Welcome Road" in Suzhou City would only receive people from Lin Daguan.

Therefore, the governor is asked to avoid the detour and turn from Hengtang Town into Xujiang River, and then arrive at the secondary Xumen.

There was silence in the governor's ship, and all the staff and disciples did not dare to speak. At this time, there was no way to make any suggestions, and the governor could only speak for himself.

Rumors are never as good as seeing them with your own eyes. Is this Suzhou where Lin Tailai is? My boss, Governor Yingtian, is really in hell mode.

And Governor Zhao pressed his hands firmly on the window edge of the cockpit, his eyes were red, as if he was about to spit fire!

Two beliefs in my heart are fighting fiercely and struggling!