Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 286 Looking back again

If this young master can pass the imperial examination and become an official, he will definitely be recorded in the history books. There are not many people who have died for their remonstrances throughout history, but his name will definitely be one of them.

Ministers can be divided into good ministers, wise ministers, famous ministers, flatterers, jesters, and treacherous ministers, but there is also another type of minister who gives advice, like a lump of iron or a copper pea.

A person like the young master will definitely be a minister of remonstrance. He is not short of money, stupidity, backbone or honesty. As the saying goes, civil officials do not value money and military generals do not value their lives. This kid neither values ​​money nor his life. If he were to be put in the court, he would be a big bomb.

It would be wonderful if someone else would protect him.

Maybe he could even create a piece of history. As a person who creates history, Xia Lin felt very happy just thinking about it.

Because it was not far from Hongdu, their carriage arrived very quickly. The first stop must be to the palace to pick up his wife, but I heard that Prince Teng’s family was not at the palace. It seemed that His Majesty was particularly enthusiastic this year and kept the brothers by his side and refused to call them back.

If it were any other emperor, most people's first thought would probably be to reduce the power of the princes and release them from military positions, but in the case of Emperor Hongbao, everyone actually understood that he knew that he might not have much time left, so he wanted to spend as much time as possible with his brothers.

No matter whether he is from an imperial family or not, after his death, this eight-foot square box will be his eternal home. After all the joys and sorrows of a lifetime, only these few close relatives will be left. No matter what their attitude towards Emperor Hongbao is, or whether they are ready to rebel, at least for Emperor Hongbao, when his life is about to come to an end, he still hopes to have brothers by his side and children around him.

Lao Guo was not there either. I heard that Lao Guo went to the capital this time to hand over power, but the emperor Hongbao did not approve the memorial, so he is currently in the capital to discuss it.

What Lao Guo meant was that he was too old to handle the heavy workload, but Emperor Hong Bao was too lazy to even talk nonsense with him. He rejected his memorials several times and even threatened that he should not think about retiring until he found a suitable successor.

This is why Lao Guo and the others are so envious of Li Yuan. Any of Li Yuan's sons and daughters can take over, and he can retire whenever he wants. But the princes here and Lao Guo's nephews and nephews are more useless than each other. Even the Prince of Lin'an, who is considered the tallest among the short ones, is just average in the eyes of their previous generation.

So the succession issue seems very complicated at least for now...

Of course, I heard other news when I came here, that is, the Northern Military God Li Jing was critically ill. The specific situation was unknown. It was said that he had arrived in Fuliang waiting for Sun Shenxian's diagnosis, but there was no news after that. However, this time it was probably a serious situation.

Hey! This news is interesting. Combining the two parts, the Northern Military God is critically ill, and the Southern Military God immediately resigns. It seems that Lao Guo is really rough but meticulous. If Li Jing died, Lao Guo would not be able to sit in this position safely. Judging from the news, even if Li Jing didn't die this time, he might not be able to lead the army again.

After all, this is not history, and Li Jing will die early. Now Old Guo refuses to leave the capital, probably because he wants to wait for Li Jing to die. Once Li Jing dies, he will observe carefully who in the capital will take action against him.

According to Xia Lin's estimation, this should be a big drama performed by him and the emperor. It is estimated that a group of people in the court will be removed at this time, and these people will definitely be the biggest obstacle to the young prince's ascension to the throne.

Alas... the old emperor had been kind all his life, but he finally had to take action to kill him before he passed away. But it’s not his fault. If he didn’t have such means, he would have been killed long ago and there’s no way he would have lived to this day and died of old age.

However, precisely because of this, Xia Lin no longer had any attachment to Hongdu. He simply went to the government office of the capital to get a receipt and then took a boat back to Fuliang.

It is unnecessary for him to get the receipt. Everyone knows who he is. After he goes back, someone will naturally complete all the formalities and hand them to him. Coming here in person is considered to give face to the small official here.

But in such a big city like Hongdu, there is no one I know, which makes me feel quite lonely.

It’s not bad, I can finally return to my own territory.

When he arrived in Fuliang, the lights were just coming on. The first thing he did was to take Narcissus to order a bowl of wontons from Mrs. Qing's stall. He had been thinking about this bowl of wild vegetable wontons all the way there, as it was not available anywhere else and was Mrs. Qing's unique craftsmanship.

"Master Xia, please eat first. If you're not satisfied, come and serve me."

"Mrs. Qing has gained a lot of weight in the past few years." Xia Lin joked, "If you keep going like this, you'll have to change your name to Fatty Sister."

Mrs. Qing laughed loudly: "It's all thanks to Master Tosha. If you hadn't arranged for me to live here early on, I would have died in some mass grave by now."

"It's better to be fatter. It's better to be fatter."

Xia Lin sat there looking at the dock. He returned to Fuliang after a year. The dock was twice as large as last year. Moreover, the river channel was still being expanded before the flood season came. The entire river bay now looked as majestic as the Yangtze River.

"Hey, Sister Qing, give me another bowl of noodles. I'm not full yet."

After eating the noodles, he went straight back to Chuntao's courtyard. Chuntao didn't know they were coming back, and had already fallen asleep. But when she heard the noise outside, she immediately woke up, turned over, picked up the dagger on the bedside table, and hid in the darkness.

"Master, you can't sneak up there."

Narcissus's voice came from outside the window: "Chun Tao must be asleep at this time. If you go up quietly, she might stab you with a knife."

"Ah?" Xia Lin was stunned for a moment: "So scary?"

"There's no other way... We've been trained like this since we were young."

When Chuntao heard the voices of the two of them, she didn't care about ambush. She nailed the dagger in her hand to the wall and rushed out without saying a word. When she saw Xia Lin again, she was quite reserved and shy at first, until Xia Lin opened his arms to her, Chuntao rushed into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest.

Before he even touched her twice, Chun Tao suddenly asked, "Have you eaten? I'll make some food for you right away."

Xia Lin waved his hand: "Please get some hot water. I want to take a bath."

He finally felt refreshed when he returned to a familiar place. After taking a shower, he lazily lay on the big bed, while Chuntao beside him kept massaging his shoulders and legs.

"What's going on here these days?"

He just asked casually. After all, he was well aware of the major events. Xu Jingzong and the caravan would report important matters to him every once in a while. Basically, although he was away, he did not miss any major events.

"It's nothing serious. There are just a lot of new people moving here these days. There are also a few underground casinos. The people in the government office turn a blind eye to it."

"Yeah." Xia Lin nodded: "It's normal, these are all small matters, I will deal with it in a couple of days."

"Also, many prostitutes have come here from Jiujiang and Hongdu Prefecture. The original Fuzhou Lane in the town has now become a brothel. It is full of smoke and foul smells at night."

"A prostitute." Xia Lin pursed his lips and said, "No one cares?"

"This matter is not easy to handle. I heard that they have been arrested several times, but there is no evidence of any crime."

Xia Lin nodded: "Anything else?"

"Oh, it's the tasting shop you asked Tingyun to open."

"Luxury, luxury. Not a tasting..."

"Oh, it's the clothes shop. It's becoming more and more prosperous now, but some time ago, someone caused trouble there, and then Yunyuexuan caught fire at night. Fortunately, no one was in the shop at the time, but all the things were burned, and the surrounding shops were also burned, and we lost a lot of money. Tingyun was crying in front of me all day a few days ago."

Xia Lin sat up suddenly: "Who is so bold?"

"Xu Jingzong checked, but couldn't find anything. Those people were pretty clean."

Xia Lin frowned. "Is there such a thing? I'll go check it out tomorrow. Damn it, they're demolishing my property on my own land? How dare you. Where's the gossip?"

"It is said that the Qiluo Weaving Workshop did it, but they deny it and there is no evidence."

"Who did Tingyun and the others have a conflict with?"

Chun Tao pursed her lips and said, "It was just some outside customers. After they bought something, they brought imitations from other places and said that Yunyuexuan's goods were not good and wanted to return them. At that time, they said that it was not allowed, and the two sides even quarreled. Tingyun was even slapped in the face."

"And then how do you deal with it?"

"Xu Jingzong arrested the man, but he was released that night on bail. It was said that the man was a relative of a minister in the Ministry of Personnel. Xu Jingzong did not want to cause trouble, so he released him."

"Minister of Personnel." Xia Lin pursed his lips and said, "I am not a big shot, how dare I dare to touch the taboo of Tai Sui."

As the saying goes, it is easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with little devils. Any of the six ministers or even the chancellors would not necessarily bow to Xia Lin but would definitely be polite when seeing him. However, their relatives and servants actually dared to do such a thing.

It's funny to say.

Xia Lin nodded gently: "I will go and find out the situation tomorrow. Lao Xu did a good job. This guy is really slippery. He knew that I would be back soon, so he left this matter to me."

Although this was not a big deal, it was indeed the first time that Xia Lin had been bullied like this in all these years. This happened on his own territory. It would be a real joke if it got out. No one dared to do this to him outside, but in the blink of an eye, his home was robbed.

Xia Lin didn't do anything that night. He was indeed tired after the journey, so he slept soundly that night. The next morning, he got up early and went to Tingyun's residence.

When passing by his luxury store on the way, the most luxurious building, which was originally located in the best location, is now in ruins, and several shops nearby have also suffered bad luck.

The more he looked at it, the angrier he became, and his face turned as cold as ice.

(End of this chapter)