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

Chapter 156 Lin Shisan Promoted to Deputy Captain

Yan Mansion, Yan Song’s study.

When Lin Shisan saw Yan Song, he bowed and said, "Lord, Shisan is back!"

Lin Shisan and the Yan family father and son discussed their own issues. He called Yan Shifan his sworn brother and Yan Song his elder brother.

Yan Song had at least 80 adopted sons, if not 100. In comparison, Yan Shifan had only two adopted brothers, who were much more valuable.

Yan Song said, "Good boy, get up quickly! I am old and cannot move easily. It is not convenient for me to help you."

Lin Shisan stood up and said, "Lord, I have completed the mission in the southeast. Please forgive me for going to punish those people under Xu Jie without your consent."

Lin Shisan's words had a hidden meaning: I went to blackmail the Jiangnan big family just to vent my anger on the Yan family.

Yan Song is such an old fox, how could he not hear the hidden meaning of Lin Shisan's words?
Yan Song said: "Well, you have done a great job in the emperor's mission."

The implication is: Don't think that Old Yan doesn't know that you are extorting money from the Jiangnan clan because the emperor has assigned you to do so, not to vent the anger of our Yan family. Without the emperor as your backer, you wouldn't dare to do this even if you had eight hundred guts.

After saying this, Yan Song pointed to the wooden box on the desk and said, "Take the evidence of Ruan E's crime and present it to the emperor."

Lin Shisan's eyes looked like he had diabetes insipidus, and tears flowed out: "In order to support Shisan and let Shisan gain merit in front of the emperor, the elder did not hesitate to abandon his own disciple."

"The Yan family's kindness to Thirteen is truly higher than the sky and deeper than the sea."

Yan Shifan said at the side: "Thirteen, we gave up Ruan E not only for you. Don't thank me profusely. You deserve all this."

Lin Shisan walked to Yan Song's desk and picked up the box with both hands.

Yan Song pointed to a memorial beside him and said, "You offended your immediate superior Lu Bing because of my Yan family's affairs. It will be difficult for you to get promoted."

"You have done a great service in uncovering the illegal activities of the Fujian governor. I have asked more than a dozen noble dukes, marquises, and earls in Beijing to jointly recommend you for promotion."

When a Yan Party official recommended a Jinyiwei centurion for promotion, it was suspected that he was an outsider colluding with the imperial guards. But recommendations from nobles were different.

Most of the sons of nobles held titles in the Jinyiwei, so it was legitimate for this group of idle people to recommend people from the Jinyiwei.

Yan Song thought very carefully.

Lin Shisan pretended to kneel again: "The elder has given me great support, and I will never forget it."

Yan Song said, "Don't kneel again. You helped the Yan family, and you deserve this."

"All right, you should go to Yongshou Palace quickly. It is taboo for the emperor's cat messenger to come to my house first instead of reporting to the palace when he returns to Beijing."

Lin Shisan left Yan's house carrying the box and headed straight for Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan.

In the study room.

Yan Shifan asked, "Dad, why are you so lukewarm towards Brother Lin?"

Yan Song said, "You are too close to him. I am not as smart as you, but I am better at judging people than you. Lin Shisan is not Luo Longwen. He is not completely devoted to the Yan family."

"However, this person is the perfect tool for us to suppress the Xu Party."

Inside the main hall of Yongshou Palace.

Lu Fang and Huang Jin happily led Lin Shisan into the hall.

Lu Fang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Shisan is back."

Lin Shisan knelt down inside the green gauze tent and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor."

Emperor Jiajing said, "Thirteen, you have done a good job. Have you handed over all the two million taels of silver to Hu Zongxian?"

Lin Shisan hurriedly spoke well of Hu Zongxian: "Reporting to the Emperor, all the silver has been handed over to Hu Butang. Hu Butang worked day and night, and the soldiers in the southeast were united. We vowed to make the Japanese pirates pay with blood and return peace to the people."

Emperor Jiajing asked: "Did Yan Song give you the evidence of Ruan and E's rampant crimes?"

Lin Shisan did not reply, but held the wooden box high with both hands. Lu Fang took the wooden box, opened it and took it into the green gauze curtain.

Emperor Jiajing flipped through it briefly and let out a dragon roar: "This is deceiving! As a high-ranking official, you not only gave money to the Japanese pirates, but also sent warships?"

"Hu Zongxian, Lu Tong, Tang Kekuan, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and others were fighting so hard at the front, but Ruan E was sending warships to the enemy?"

"Shen Lianli's treason is false. Ruan Eli's treason is real!"

"Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua actually recommended such a person to me as the governor of Fujian?"

"Lü Fang, the factory guards will immediately send someone to Fujian to bring Ruan E-suo to Beijing."

Lu Fang cupped his hands and said, "I obey your command."

Emperor Jiajing asked again: "Lin Shisan, you are very courageous. I originally wanted you to raise 500,000 or 600,000 taels of silver in Jiangnan to help Hu Zongxian's urgent needs. But you raised 2 million taels?"

Lin Shisan's answer was very tactful and appropriate: "Your Majesty, all the land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the wealth in the world belongs to the emperor."

The words "all the wealth in the world belongs to the emperor" really touched the heart of Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing was delighted: "Well said! You are worthy of being the most talented young man in Xiyuan. I heard that Yan Song found a group of idle nobles and jointly recommended you for promotion."

"Lü Fang, tell Lu Bing to do you a favor."

"Lu Yi has been in charge of the Northern Pacification Office for two years. It is time for him to live up to his title. Promote Lu Yi to Northern Pacification Envoy, Liu Shouyou to a thousand households, and Lin Shisan to deputy thousand households!"

In the Jinyiwei, even the most outstanding centurions had to endure five years of service before they could be promoted to deputy centurion.

Good news came from the delivery room again. Lin Shisan was promoted again! And it was an exceptional promotion.

Lin Shisan immediately kowtowed like a pounding garlic: "Your Majesty, I, Lin Shisan, thank you for your grace. I will repay your grace with a gift of grass and a ring in my lifetime, even if it means my death!"

Emperor Jiajing said, "That's all. You are a very smart person. You even knew to help me give each of us fifty lashes."

"More than two million taels of silver from the Yan party went into the inner treasury, and two million taels of silver from the Xu party went to Hu Zongxian. Everyone was happy."

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I want to report someone."

Emperor Jiajing said: "The person you want to report is Wang Bengu. How could I not know that this person was instructed by others and ruined my great cause of pacifying the Japanese and opening up the sea!"

"But I cannot kill him. I do not have the final say on everything in the world."

Emperor Jiajing's tone was full of helplessness.

Lin Shisan said: "Wang Bengu is a villain, and he has brought suffering to officials and soldiers in the southeast who are fighting against the Japanese pirates. In addition to Hu Butang, there is also Tan Lun, the deputy envoy of the sea route. This man is full of strategies, and the officials in the southeast call him the small Hu Zongxian."

"The cat son-in-law was offered by Tan Lun."

Emperor Jiajing said to himself: "Tan Lun? The disciple of A'er? Well, he is a man who gets things done."

"Why, Prince Yu has started to use your connections to recommend people to me?"

Lin Shisan said quickly, "Your Majesty. Someone did ask me to recommend Tan Lun to Your Majesty. But it wasn't Prince Yu, it was Hu Zongxian."

Emperor Jiajing was surprised: "Hu Zongxian actually recommended people from the enemy party to me?"

Lin Shisan spoke eloquently: "Your Majesty. Minister Hu is dedicated to the public. He only has Your Majesty, the court, and the people in his heart. He never considers his own party or the enemy party."

"He once told me that if someone could help the emperor's strategy of resisting the Japanese invaders and opening up the sea, he would still recommend him, even if he was the enemy who killed his father!"

"There is nothing more loyal to the country than this!"

"Besides, Tan Lun has never been the man of any big boss in the court, but Prince Yu's man. Since ancient times, father and son have been one, so Tan Lun is your man!"

"Hu Zongxian said that Tan Lun was the perfect person to serve as the governor of Fujian."

Emperor Jiajing sighed: "What a great Hu Zongxian. If the court had more Hu Zongxians, the Japanese pirates would not be in turmoil, the north would not be in turmoil, and the court's finances would not be prosperous."

"Lü Fang, pass on the imperial decree to award Hu Zongxian's eldest son the title of Zuo Fu Dushi, his second son the title of Jin Yi Wei Bai Hu, and his third son the title of Nanjing Jin Yi Wei Bai Hu." Lü Fang cupped his hands, "I obey your order."

Emperor Jiajing praised Lin Shisan again: "You can say what you just said, which shows that you are sensible, consider the overall situation and have the ability to judge people."

"Oh, you are just a centurion, but you actually recommended the candidate for the governor of Fujian to me. I will give you a huge honor today."

"Lü Fang, inform the cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel to promote Tan Lun to the position of Governor of Fujian, in charge of the troops, money and grain of this province."

When Emperor Jiajing controlled people, he always gave them a slap in the face and then a sweet date, or gave them a sweet date first and then a slap in the face.

He changed the subject and said, "Lin Shisan, you are so brave. Ruan E gave you five hundred taels of gold, and you accepted it calmly?"

Lin Shisan broke out in a cold sweat: How could the emperor, who lives in Yongshou Palace, know everything? He even knows how much gold Ruan E gave me?
Lin Shisan originally wanted to argue: This is a strategy of my pretending to be submissive to Ruan Eshi.

On second thought, the emperor would not believe this. Instead, it would become my excuse in front of the emperor.

When the emperor employs people, he is never afraid of greed. Which one of Yan Song and Xu Jie is not greedy for money?

People are easier to control because they have weaknesses.

Thinking of this, Lin Shisan simply kowtowed and said, "I was born in a merchant family, and I have the merchant's nature of loving money. I am greedy for money, and I will die. I ask the emperor to punish me."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing was not angry but said kindly: "You are honest. The way to be a minister lies in the word 'honesty'."

"Forget it. Just consider it as you receiving an inappropriate gift. I won't pursue it."

Lin Shisan breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jiajing scolded him harshly: "Do you know what is the biggest mistake you made this time?"

Lin Shisan was stunned: What is the biggest mistake? I was very popular and flattered on this trip to the south, and I did my job very well. Apart from accepting 500 taels of gold from Ruan E, it seems that I didn't make any big mistakes.

Kowtow more and talk less is the best way to save your life in the palace.

Lin Shisan kowtowed and said, "I am guilty, I am guilty."

Emperor Jiajing did not intend to let Lin Shisan get away with it easily: "Answer me, what is your biggest mistake?"

Lin Shisan stood there in a daze.

Emperor Jiajing walked out of the green gauze curtain, went straight to Lin Shisan, and kicked him hard!
Lin Shisan was overjoyed! This was not because he was a masochistic jerk.

He had long heard from his uncle Lu Fang that if the emperor kicked someone with his dragon foot, it meant that the person being kicked was regarded as a close confidant by the emperor.

For example, Lu Bing, Lu Fang, and Huang Jin, which one of them had not been kicked by Emperor Jiajing?

Lin Shisan was very happy and kowtowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Emperor Jiajing said, "You don't know where you went wrong. Let me tell you. You shouldn't have dragged Li Gao from Prince Yu's mansion into the southeast matter."

"You shouldn't treat Li Gao as a substitute to share your hatred!"

"Remember, what I want to leave for Prince Yu is a court where everyone is united and a country where everyone is united!"

"You can let me be the villain, but you can't let Prince Yu be the villain!"

Lin Shisan suddenly realized. This time he thought he was smart, and he kept talking about Prince Yu in the southeast. Invisibly, he attracted hatred for Prince Yu.

Is there any father in the world who doesn’t love his son?
What a miscalculation! What a miscalculation!

Emperor Jiajing said again: "What you said just now is very correct. Father and son have been one since ancient times. If you are loyal to me, you must be loyal to Prince Yu. However, Xu Jie is not considered Prince Yu's man."

Lin Shisan kowtowed: "I will remember the emperor's teachings."

Emperor Jiajing said, "Since you have found a good husband for Mei Shuang, ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to choose an auspicious day to hold the cat wedding ceremony."

"On the day of the ceremony, Lü Fang, you and your nephew will host the banquet for me and entertain Yan Song and Xu Jie."

Lin Shisan followed Lu Fang out of Yongshou Palace.

Lin Shisan asked: "Uncle, why did the emperor ask you and me to host a banquet for the two elders?"

Lu Fang replied: "You started planning the cat wedding in the summer and continued planning it until the twelfth lunar month. During this time, the emperor used the cat wedding as an excuse to punish the Yan Party and the Xu Party."

"After beating them up, the emperor will naturally send someone to appease them."

"First strike, then appease. This is how the emperor controls his ministers, and how officials control their subordinates."

Lin Shisan suddenly realized: "So that's it."

Lu Fang added: "You initially thought that finding a husband for the imperial cat was a good job, but you didn't expect it to be involved in the government, right? Let me tell you, there is no trivial matter in the Western Garden."

"When working in Xiyuan, one must be extremely cautious and tread carefully."

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "Uncle's teachings, I will remember them in my heart."

Lu Fang added: "This time you have pleased the Emperor and the Yan family. You have only offended the Xu family."

"When you host a banquet for Yan Song and Xu Jie, you must apologize to Xu Jie."

Lin Shisan said angrily, "Apologize to him? This guy has ruined the great cause of pacifying the southeast. I wish I could give him two big slaps in the face."

Lu Fang shook his head: "The East Factory has already found out a few days ago. Wang Bengu's killing of Wang Zhi was not ordered by Xu Jie. It was Xu Jie's son and his subordinates who acted on their own initiative."

"It was too late for Xu Jie to stop this when he found out about it!"

"Just as the emperor cannot completely control his ministers, Xu Jie cannot completely control the people below him either."

"People die for money, birds die for food. For money, those bastards dared to even betray the late emperor. What about the lower class rebelling against the upper class?"

Lin Shisan left Xiyuan and returned home. This time he went to Fujian to find a husband, and he was away from home for another four months.

When Biyun saw her husband, it was like seeing clouds after a drought.

Yun'er has been pregnant for more than five months and her belly is showing.

Hu'er and Wang Xiaochuan have grown taller. Wang Xiaochuan is already eight years old and his temperament is no longer as naughty as when he was five or six years old.

The little girl who was hated by everyone before, recently secretly put her godmother Biyun's rouge on her cheeks and learned to love beauty.

As for Lin Youniu, he was busy plowing the fields, freezing ice, collecting ice and storing ice in the winter.

With Lin Youniu's current financial resources, he can easily hire a shopkeeper to take charge of the business, without having to do everything himself.

But Lin Shisan was happy to see his old father busy all day long. People in their old age will age very quickly if they have nothing to do.

If you are busy all day, you will be more energetic.

Lin Shisan was not short of women on this trip south. Biyun and Yun'er were alone in their empty room, but they were definitely short of men.

On the day he returned home, Lin Shisan spent the first half of the night in Biyun's room, and the second half in Yun'er's room. He was eaten alive by two women who had been thirsty for a long time.

There was no way. Lin Shisan couldn't tell them: My husband, I have nothing to do as a bridegroom all this time, and I have to go to the bridal chamber every now and then. I am very weak.
The next morning, he arrived at the Beizhenfusi to report for duty.

On the surface, Lin Shisan had offended the governor Lu Bing many times because of his defense of the Yan family. The hundred households in the Northern Division who were unaware of the inside story were quite cold and even excluded Lin Shisan.

Today, Lu Bing came to the Northern Pacification Office from his own office and reported for duty in person.

After the roll call, Lu Bing said, "Three people from the Northern Pacification Office were promoted today."

Upon hearing this, all the deputy captains and centurions widened their eyes.

These people are not idle, many of them have recently performed secret missions and made contributions. They all hope that they will be the ones to be promoted.

Lu Bing unfolded a promotion document.
(End of this chapter)