I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 105: Qin Shi Huang Eats Peppercorns and Wins Again ( Words)

Shit is definitely not as delicious as shrimp.

A group of eunuchs were in a boat throwing dried petals, and along with the dried petals fell into the water handfuls of small shrimps.

The golden tortoise was obviously not as strong-willed as Lin Shisan had imagined in his dream. Upon seeing the small shrimp, the 300-pound tortoise immediately floated to the water.

Chen Ju directed the eunuchs to row the boats toward the shore, luring them with small shrimps.

Yan Shifan on the shore was overjoyed: "Look! The Great Pure Daode Tianzun really keeps his word! Isn't the golden tortoise back?"

Zou Yinglong and a group of censors opened their mouths wide, too surprised to speak.

The golden tortoise finally stopped at the shore, right in front of the Emperor Jiajing's imperial sedan chair.

Lü Fang lifted the green veil on the imperial chariot. Jin Gui faced Emperor Jiajing directly.

The golden tortoise stretched its head to catch the small shrimps, as if it was kowtowing to Emperor Jiajing.

Lin Shisan suddenly shouted, "Golden Turtle Immortal, I pay my respects to the Emperor of Longevity and the Emperor of Loyalty and Filial Piety! Long live the great Emperor Jiajing!"

All the ministers were stunned.

Lü Fang understood and shouted, "Long live the great Emperor Jiajing!"

Next, the eunuchs and important ministers also began to shout "Long live the emperor" in unison.

In the end, even the censors could only shout "Long live the emperor" helplessly.

Emperor Jiajing was delighted and said: "I confer the title of General of the Ming Dynasty's National Defense Navy, with the rank of Second Grade."

The eunuchs shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

Yan Shifan walked up to Zou Yinglong and a group of censors in a provocative manner.

He raised his hand and pointed at the golden tortoise: "Didn't you say that the emperor wronged a loyal minister, causing the golden tortoise to disappear? Open your dog eyes and see what that is?"

Zou Yinglong was so angry and anxious that he began to stutter: "Scholars, scholars, scholars can be killed but not humiliated. As an official of the Ministry of Works, how can you say that the imperial censors are dogs?"

Yan Shifan was a smart but arrogant man. He angrily said, "Scolding you is too light! If you continue to be unreasonable and confuse right and wrong, I will be the first to report you!"

When this was said, the censors were in an uproar. These people were like a cooked duck that could not be cooked. They were about to refute, but the deputy minister Xu Jie said, "Stop talking."

Emperor Jiajing struck the bronze chime with a "dang" sound.

Lu Fang said loudly: "Lin Shisan, the general flag officer of the Northern Pacification Division and the messenger, was indeed possessed by the Great Pure Daode Tianzun three days ago. He has made great contributions in delivering the immortal decrees on behalf of the immortals. The censors are not allowed to impeach him again."

Good fellow, after these words were spoken, Lin Shisan became the substitute of Taishang Laojun in the human world.

However, Lin Shisan knew in his heart that the trick of being possessed by the gods was only played this time as a last resort in order to save his life.

Don't dare to play this trick again. If you play this trick too much, not only will you be hated by officials, but even by the emperor.

Lin Shisan knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank the emperor for his grace!"

"Dangdang" the bronze chime rang twice again.

Lu Fang added: "There is an imperial decree. Zou Yinglong and other censors almost wrongly accused Lin Shisan. They should bow and apologize to them!"

Emperor Jiajing was suppressing the arrogance of the censors.

Didn't you just say that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated? Haven't the civil officials been opposing the system of the messenger officer for many years? I want you to bow and apologize to my messenger officer.

Zou Yinglong was about to argue. His teacher Xu Jie spoke up: "Zou Yinglong, do you want to disobey the order?"

There was no other way, so Zou Yinglong and dozens of censors had to walk in front of Lin Shisan and bowed to him.

Zou Yinglong said: "Lin Chuanfeng, we have wronged you. Please forgive us."

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "Misunderstandings are inevitable. We are all working for the Emperor, so we all have different paths but the same goal."

Yan Shifan said sarcastically, "See? A small general has such a big heart. Some people have a narrow mind like a needle."

Yan Song stopped him: "Shifan, that's enough! Stop talking."

Old Yan Song was well aware of the principle of knowing when to quit.

Lü Fang also delivered the order on behalf of Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, please return to the palace! Yan Song, Lü Fang, Lu Bing, and Xu Jie shall stay here and give them golden turtles to thank the Heavenly Lord. All other officials shall disperse."

Emperor Jiajing's imperial carriage slowly set off.

Lu Fang walked up to Lin Shisan and whispered, "You stay here for a while. I'll talk to you after I finish my business."

Lin Shisan cupped his hands: "Yes, uncle."

Several eunuchs brought tables and chairs and placed them on the bank of the Taiye Lake. Several other eunuchs placed teacups and tea trays on the tables.

Lü Fang personally poured tea for Yan Song, Lu Bing, and Xu Jie: "Tea, please."

The three of them drank tea.

Lu Fang poured the tea again: "More tea, please."

The three of them drank another cup of tea.

Lu Fang said: "Except for me, all those sitting at this table are the emperor's right-hand men and pillars of the Ming Dynasty."

"The burden of the two capitals and thirteen provinces rests entirely on your shoulders."

"Zuo Zhuan says that brothers quarrel outside the wall to defend against insults."

"It is common for everyone to have different political views in the court. But now that the Japanese pirates are wreaking havoc in the southeast, it is time to 'defend against foreign aggression'."

"You have been making a fuss for two or three months about Shen Lian's matter. It has made the emperor unable to sleep or eat."

After saying that, Lu Fang looked at Lu Bing.

Lu Bing said: "The cause of this political trend is that Shen Lian submitted a memorial to impeach Lord Yan. Now Shen Lian has realized his mistake and submitted a memorial to defend himself."

After saying this, Lu Bing placed the fake defense memorial on the table.

Yan Song did not go to see it, and neither did Xu Jie.

For Yan Song, the content of the memorial was not important. What was important was the attitude. Shen Lian's attitude of submission.

For Xu Jie, protecting Shen Lian was just a pretext for him to put pressure on the Yan Party. As for Shen Lian himself, he was insignificant.

Lu Fang added: "I propose a plan. The two elders and Governor Lu, please listen to it."

"First, Shen Lianfeng heard about the incident and impeached a loyal minister. He was given 20 strokes of the cane by the Jinyiwei and his entire family was exiled to Baoan."

"Secondly, the Ministry of Personnel immediately issued Wang Bengu an official certificate and a letter of appointment. He was sent to Zhejiang Province as an imperial censor."

"Third, Zou Yinglong caused trouble for no reason and spoke for the guilty minister Shen Lian. He shall be fined for three months as a warning to others."

"Fourth, Hu Zongxian removed the word 'acting' and officially took up the post of governor of Zhejiang."

Politics is the art of compromise and deal-making.

Among the four things, sending Shen Lian to exile, fining Zou Yinglong's salary, and making Hu Zongxian a regular official were all good for Yan Song.

Wang Bengu was sent to Zhejiang as an inspector, which was beneficial to Xu Jie.

One against three, Xu Jie was at a disadvantage.

But Xu Jie had no choice but to compromise. Who put him at a disadvantage in this "Golden Turtle" incident? If there had been no Golden Turtle incident, he would never have agreed to what Lu Fang said. This political trend would not have been quelled.

Lu Fang said: "If the three of you agree to these four things, please drink this cup of tea."

Yan, Xu and Lu picked up the teacups at the same time.

Lu Fang said: "Okay. Shen Lian's troubles have come to an end. The storm is over and the sky is clearing up."

Yan Song said, "There are still a few things to do in the cabinet. Shaohu, let's go to the duty room and discuss it carefully."

Xu Jie supported Yan Song and said, "Lord, I will help you walk."

The two seemed not to be mortal enemies in the court, but a pair of close half-brothers.

After the two elders left, Lu Fang waved to Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan walked over quickly.

Lu Fang said, "Two things. The first thing is, you come with me to the East Factory tonight. The person who tripped you up and let the golden tortoise escape has been caught."

"If you want to stay in Xiyuan for a long time, you have to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Let the people in Xiyuan know that you are not easy to bully."

Lin Shisan cupped his hands: "Yes."

Lu Fang continued, "The second thing is that you found the golden turtle and calmed down the political situation. The emperor was very satisfied. He won't reward you openly, but he must have rewarded you secretly."

Lu Bing at the side said, "You were promoted from a lieutenant at the Elephant Training Institute to the chief flag officer of the Northern Pacification Division in three months. It's no exaggeration to say that you have risen to prominence at a rapid pace."

"It's not a good thing for young people to be promoted too quickly. I won't promote you this time. I'll just give you a middle level gong and let you record it in the experience department."

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "Thank you, Commander Lu."

Lu Bing said, "From now on, you can call me the chief shopkeeper."

Only Lu Bing's confidants could call him "big boss" in person. This was a strong signal. A signal that Lu Bing wanted to take Lin Shisan as his confidant.

Lin Shisan said quickly, "I will remember this, Chief Shopkeeper."

Lü Fang smiled and said, "I have to congratulate you on your fortune in advance. You have helped the Yan Party a lot by finding the golden turtle. The Yan Party will regard you as a meritorious official."

"The Yan Party is rich, so why don't we repay them with a large sum of money?"

This is Lu Fang testing Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan immediately responded: "Uncle, the shopkeeper. Water has a source, and trees have roots. I, Lin Shisan, am a little tree, and my roots are in the West Garden, in the Imperial Household Department, and in the Imperial Guard." "I will never compare myself to others. No matter how well those students and old friends of the Yan family treat me, they are still outsiders."

"My uncle and the chief shopkeeper are my second parents."

Lu Bing pursed his lips towards Lu Fang and said, "Look, this guy is definitely the best when it comes to eloquence and glibness."

Lin Shisan laughed in his heart: Hey, my Biyun said the same thing.

Just as Lu Fang said, Lin Shisan was surrounded by a group of senior officials of the Yan Party as soon as he walked out of Xi'an Gate.

Luo Longwen said with a smile: "Master, today you have helped us to vent our anger. You didn't see the expressions of those censors. They felt as if their parents had died when they saw the golden tortoise!"

Wan Cai said, "Young Lord said that he will host a banquet for you at Yan's residence tonight."

Lin Shisan said, "I'm afraid that won't work. My uncle said he caught the person who set me up and let Golden Turtle go. He told me to go to the East Factory tonight and deal with them so that I can establish my authority."

Luo Longwen smiled and said, "It's okay. You go and establish your authority first. We'll have fun at the Yan residence first, and come over when you've finished your work."

Fang Xiang half-jokingly said, "It's best to bring a big box with you when you go to the old mansion. Who knows how many treasures the young old man will give you tonight."

Lin Shisan went back to the elephant training station to catch up on his sleep. He hadn't had a good sleep in the past three days, and it was already evening when he opened his eyes.

Chen Ju found him and said, "Brother Lin, Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Huang asked me to take you to the East Factory."

The East Factory, also known as the East Jishi Factory, was located outside the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City. It was first established in the 18th year of the Yongle reign.

It was already dark. Lanterns were hung high inside and outside the East Factory, and the lights were bright.

Chen Ju led Lin Shisan to the East Factory training ground.

On the parade ground, Lü Fang sat at the head of the platform. The other supervisors were on both sides. Behind each supervisor stood a flag of his official rank. They looked majestic and impressive.

Ambassador Hu, Ambassador Cao, and a young eunuch from the Internal Affairs Bureau were tied up and kneeling in the middle of the training ground. The three of them were covered in blood and it was obvious that they had been tortured.

Originally, Lu Fang thought that the golden tortoise was lost because of collusion between the eunuchs and the external officials, who deliberately caused trouble.

But after a round of severe torture, the East Factory found out that it was not collusion between internal and external forces.

Ambassador Hu and Ambassador Cao cut the net and released the golden turtle just to disgust Lin Shisan.

Who asked Lin Shisan to cut 90% of the budget for pet-raising in the various departments this year? Since ancient times, cutting off a person's financial resources is like killing his parents.

The backer behind these two people is just a junior eunuch of the Imperial Household Department.

Seeing Lin Shisan coming, Lu Fang said loudly, "Please take a seat. Nephew, come sit next to me."

Lin Shisan sat next to Lu Fang.

Lu Fang said loudly, "I heard it all! Lin Shisan is my nephew. I know he cut expenses in Xiyuan and offended many people."

"I want to warn you. Before you try to trip him up, first check to see who he is."

Lu Fang turned to look at Lin Shisan and said, "I'll leave these three beasts from the Bird House, the Insect House, and the Internal Affairs Office to you."

"Tell me, what should we do with them?"

All the eunuchs' eyes were fixed on Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan originally wanted to say: "Thirty lashes" or "Twenty beatings with the cane."

Then I thought: If a person is not ruthless, he cannot stand firm. If I hadn't had a sudden inspiration and played tricks three days ago, I'm afraid Biyun and Xiaoyun would be burning paper for me right now.

It is easy to avoid an open attack, but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. If you want to keep peace, you must establish your authority. Make sure those below you don't dare to trip you up, set traps, or attack you.

Lin Shisan gritted his teeth and squeezed out a word: "Kill!"

Chen Hong, the supervisor of the East Factory, waved his hand and said, "Drag him away and beat him to death with clubs!"

Since ancient times, the death of a rabbit makes the fox mourn. Lin Shisan is well aware of this. He asked Lu Fang: "Uncle, can I say a few words to the brothers in the palace?"

Lu Fang nodded: "Go ahead."

Lin Shisan stood up and said solemnly, "Brothers in the palace. I killed the three of them purely to clean up the mess for my uncle!"

Lu Fang was holding a bowl of tea in his hand. When he heard Lin Shisan put the blame for the murder on him, he almost choked on his tea.

But before that, Lu Fang asked Huang Jin to bring Hedinghong to Lin Shisan, and she felt sorry for him. So she just took the blame now.

Lin Shisan said again: "Brother, I am not talented. I was just promoted to the position of a messenger and was in charge of the affairs of the Western Garden. It is inevitable that I may have offended you."

"If I have offended you, you can come to me and tell me directly! Don't be like those three people who stabbed me in the back!"

"Whoever stabs me in the back, don't blame me for being merciless! My uncle is merciless!"

"By the way, we are all eating together in the palace. We are brothers from different fathers and mothers. If you respect me one foot, I will naturally respect you ten feet."

Lin Shisan's words were full of affection and authority. The eunuchs understood clearly: Lin Chuanfeng in front of them was definitely not someone to be trifled with. They should not easily provoke him in the future.

After dealing with the three culprits of the missing tortoise in Taiye Lake, the eunuchs left.

Lu Fang took out an object from his sleeve. The object was wrapped in red cloth.

Lu Fang said: "My previous guess was correct. The emperor didn't reward you with anything openly, but he did reward you secretly."

"The Emperor said that you took 17,000 taels of silver to paint the gold-faced statue of the Three Pure Ones in the East Hall of Chaotian Temple. The Emperor accepts this favor."

"It is impolite not to reciprocate. The Emperor will give you this golden turtle as a reward."

After saying that, Lu Fang opened the red cloth. Inside the red cloth was a golden turtle made of pure gold.

In fact, the 17,000 taels belonged to the officials of the Western Garden, and Lin Shisan was just doing a favor.

Emperor Jiajing gave him a golden turtle, which made him a little flattered.

Lin Shisan said, "Since ancient times, no one can receive gifts without merit. The 17,000 taels of silver were not donated by my nephew, but by you, uncle."

Lü Fang smiled and said, "You found the golden tortoise, and the emperor gave you the golden turtle. What is this called?"

Huang Jin said at the side: "Golden turtle for golden tortoise?"

Lu Fang shook his head slightly, and then said to Lin Shisan: "You can take the golden turtle given by the emperor back to the mansion to use as a ward off evil."

"In addition, the emperor has another oral order."

Lin Shisan knelt down and said, "Your Highness Lin Shisan accepts your order."

Lu Fang said: "Your Majesty, Lin Shisan, do not play tricks in front of me from now on. If you do, watch out for your head."

Lin Shisan knelt down and kowtowed: "I accept your order."

Lü Fang handed the golden turtle to Lin Shisan. As soon as Lin Shisan took it, he knew the weight, at least ten taels.

Lu Fang added, "I know that the Yan family is hosting a celebration banquet for you tonight. Go ahead. If people give you money, accept it. If they give you generous gifts, accept them."

Lin Shisan left reluctantly.

As soon as he walked out of the East Factory gate, Luo Longwen was waiting for him there.

Lin Shisan was surprised: "My benefactor, why are you here?"

Luo Longwen smiled and said, "What happened today made the young minister very happy. The young minister knew that you didn't have a sedan chair, so he specially asked me to bring a sedan chair to take you to the Yan Mansion."

Lin Shisan said: "How can this be good?"

Luo Longwen said: "You are a meritorious official of the Yan Mansion today. A meritorious official should be entitled to a sedan chair."

Lin Shisan couldn't refuse, so he got on the official sedan and went straight to the Yan family mansion.

At the same time, at Xu Jie's mansion.

The newly appointed Zhejiang Provincial Inspector and Censor Wang Bengu is paying his respects to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie said, "Please excuse me. We have gone through a lot of trouble to recommend you to inspect Zhejiang."

Wang Bengu was a stubborn scholar. He said, "Since the Yan Party has taken control of the power in the southeast, students want to go to Zhejiang to fight them."

Xu Jie quickly corrected him: "You are not going to the southeast to fight them. You are going to assist them in the great task of resisting the Japanese invaders. Of course, if they do anything illegal, you, as the imperial censor, can impeach them in time."

Wang Bengu bowed and said, "I understand. I heard that Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian are trying to persuade the Japanese to surrender and use the Japanese to control the Japanese."

"Students thought that this was the Yan Party nurturing the enemy for its own benefit."

"Since the Yan Party can use the charge of harboring the enemy to kill Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong, we can also use the charge of harboring the enemy to kill Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian."

“This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.”

Before taking office, the dignified Imperial Inspector was not thinking about how to pacify the Japanese pirates, but how to frame and kill people.

Wang Bengu was indeed as Yan Shifan had said before - a worthless person.

In the near future, this person will make Hu Zongxian's strategy of quickly defeating the Japanese pirates go to waste, and the anti-Japanese war will become a protracted war.

Let’s talk about Lin Shisan who followed Luo Longwen to Yan’s Mansion.

Yan Shifan, as a junior cabinet minister, actually personally greeted a small seventh-rank general flag outside the mansion gate.

Yan Shifan patted Lin Shisan on the shoulder and said, "It's a great day today. It's really great! You made those noisy crows lose face. Great."

Wan Cai joked, "All of us are here to welcome the human substitute of the Great Pure Daode Tianzun."

Lin Shisan said quickly, "How can my little tricks fool you gentlemen? Doctor Wan, please stop mocking me."

Yan Shifan held Lin Shisan's hand and said, "Let's go into the mansion. I have prepared fine wine and delicious food, singers and dancers, and rare treasures for you today!"

　I still have a low-grade fever of 38 degrees. I sleep in the afternoon and have another chapter of 5000 words to finish in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)