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

Chapter 322 There are so many awesome people in the world
In the afternoon, Xia Lin really met the legendary Yuan Shoucheng. This man looked to be about forty years old, wearing a Taoist robe with a sheepskin coat on the outside. He did not look like an immortal, but Xia Lin could tell at a glance that this man was not ordinary.

His divine light is restrained, his energy is evident, his eyes are particularly bright, and he has a feeling of seeing through the world. At first glance, one can basically conclude that he is a person who has practiced seriously. Even if he does not have magical powers, he can still be called a master.

He was brought here by Li Shimin, but the moment he saw Xia Lin, he did not go up to greet him. Instead, he stood there in a daze, thrashing his hands for a long time, and kept muttering, "How strange, how strange, there are such things in the world."

Xia Lin did not ask further, because he knew that he would not be able to get any information even if he asked. However, Li Shimin was familiar with him, so he asked, "Where did Taoist Yuan come from?"

Yuan Shoucheng smiled and waved his hands: "Your Highness, you can't say it. You can't say it. If you reveal the secret, I'm afraid your fate will change. You can't say it, you can't say it. You absolutely can't say it."

As expected, Xia Lin's guess was not wrong at all. Yuan Shoucheng did not say anything, but his eyes were wandering on Li Shimin and Xia Lin's faces the whole time, and every time he looked at them, his expression was somewhat meaningful.

Then he looked indescribably weird and twisted, as if he had a mouthful of poop in his mouth that he couldn't spit out or swallow. Xia Lin could see that this guy was really uncomfortable, so when Li Shimin wasn't paying attention, he got in front of Yuan Shoucheng and said in a low voice:
"It's strange, how can there be two dragons in the world at the same time."

Yuan Shoucheng was struck by lightning at that moment, but Xia Lin just waved his hand when he saw his expression: "I'm just kidding. Your lines are not new anymore, you can guess them easily."

After saying this, he walked forward with his hands behind his back: "Li Shimin, if you pluck the flowers in my yard again, I will never let you go."

"Your peanuts are ugly. In the cold winter, they look like they are baring their teeth and claws. It's not pretty at all."

"You said it doesn't look good in the cold winter, but that's because you haven't seen the gorgeous flowers in the spring. Come on, I beg you on behalf of the flowers, don't pull them out."

Li Shimin was a man who would only respond to soft words and not to hard ones. He yawned and shook his head: "Master Yuan, this man is so boring. But since he is the host today, we will not argue with him."

After that, he poked Xia Lin with his hand and said, "Come on, what are you standing there for? The Taoist priest is hungry."

"Is he hungry or are you hungry? Please explain clearly."

"Everyone is hungry, so I am not allowed to be hungry?"

"Are you worthy? How long have you been eating and drinking for free here? If you know what's good for you, take out some money. I don't want your money either. Just take 30,000 taels of silver and repair the orphanage in Fuliang. 30,000 taels is not too much for you, right?"

Xia Lin said with a cold face, gathering his sleeves, "Why don't you ask Taoist Yuan to judge. You are the son of a big family in the northwest, and you brought your sister to eat and drink for free at my place. You also used my precious medicine and items to save your sister's life. You haven't paid a cent for several months. It's outrageous."

Yuan Shoucheng drooped his eyelids and dared not say a word. He could no longer see the future clearly at the moment. If he offended either of these two people, he would be in trouble in the future. It would be better to choose silence now. Silence is the Changjiang River tonight, which just rushes along without any waves or noise.

Of course Li Shimin could not pay, so he started to argue with Xia Lin, but Xia Lin was obviously not a pushover. In the end, the two of them reached a deal at 10,000 taels, but the prerequisite was that the orphanage and charity hall in Fuliang should be renamed Li's Charity Hall to highlight the kindness of their Li family.

Xia Lin readily agreed to this and directly called Du Feng to enter the county annals saying that Li Shimin, the second son of the Li family, promised to donate 10,000 taels to Fuliang Shanwuchang every three years. In order to thank Shizi Li for his generosity and kindness, the Fuliang Charity Hall was renamed Li's Charity Hall.

This confused Li Shimin: "Didn't we agree on a one-time donation? What do you mean by donating every three years?"

"The living expenses of your wife and children will be paid from it, so don't worry, you won't lose anything."

When it comes to his wife and children, Erfeng finally softened his heart. After all, he is not the cold-blooded Emperor Taizong of Tang yet. He is now a young father and the head of the family who still has some warmth for his family.

"But what if I don't have that much money?"

"Don't worry, you will have it." Xia Lin looked back at him and said, "There are mines and land in the northwest. Whether you mine or graze, you will have money in the end."

"Grazing? Come on, with that land, the sheep we raise are not enough for our own food, so there's no way we can sell them."

Xia Lin was silent for a few seconds: "You will know in the spring, just do it with confidence. Erfeng, whether you can get up or not depends on you this time."

"You also called her Er Feng? If it were someone else, how would this be any different from scolding someone and slapping them in the face?"

"Come on, are you going to eat or not?"

"We still have to eat." Li Shimin's eyes immediately became clear: "If we don't eat this meal, we won't be able to bear it any longer."

Although it was noisy, Li Shimin also remembered what Xia Lin said, but he didn't understand what he meant by knowing after the spring? Could it be that the desert in the northwest could grow grass? That place is extremely barren. Why is the Yellow River yellow? Isn't it because there are no trees in the mountains?

During the meal, Yuan Shoucheng asked for Xia Lin's birthday. Xia Lin knew what this guy wanted, so he didn't hide it and gave it to him directly. After seeing Xia Lin's birth date, his expression changed from solemn to horrified. He took out a turtle shell and almost broke it, and his face looked constipated.

"You two, I will stay here today. It's not that I don't know the etiquette, but it's snowing heavily today. I have to take some things to the charity hall in the county to express my condolences, so I can't accompany you. I will come to find Taoist Yuan tomorrow morning." Xia Lin stood up and said goodbye: "I hope you can bear with me."

"Go ahead, go ahead. I don't know who you are performing for."

Li Shimin was unforgiving in his words, but Xia Lin said with a smile: "Li Shizi was born rich, but he doesn't know how the poor survive. That's fine. You are just an ordinary person who has never seen the world. That's fine."

After saying that, he turned and left. Li Shimin was so angry that he started to laugh. He pointed at Xia Lin's back and said to Yuan Shoucheng: "Master Yuan, look at him! This guy is really arrogant and rude."

"Your Highness." Yuan Shoucheng pursed his lips and said, "I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Just tell me. I've seen you hesitate to speak all along the way, and you feel very uncomfortable. You might as well tell me now. Don't tell that guy."

Yuan Shoucheng smiled and shook his head. He sighed and said, "My Lord, do you still remember the result of the future deduction I made with my nephew?"

"I remember, what happened?"

"I just re-calculated it and found a big variable. Originally, there was only one real dragon left in the world after Emperor Hongbao, but now there is an evil dragon out of nowhere. That evil dragon is very powerful, and the prince may face many dangers in the future."

"You said that guy just now was an evil dragon? I don't believe it. At most, he was an evil dragon. How can a little scholar dream of becoming a dragon? Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Don't be like this, my prince. It's hard to explain the affairs of the world. I have calculated it just now. His fate is as bright as the stars and shining like the sun. It is a fate that can break through. This kind of fate is rare in the world. I have never seen such a fate before him. My prince should be careful."

Li Shimin fell silent. If it were someone else, he would have laughed out loud, but now he was actually not confident anymore. How to describe it? If there had to be someone in the world that he could look up to, there would definitely be a place for Xia Lin.

Generally speaking, Li Shimin was afraid of Xia Lin. Xia Lin had some outstanding abilities and his behavior was unpredictable. He was not like other people who always had ulterior motives. But now he could not see what Xia Lin's ulterior motives were.
Lustful? That's nothing. With his ability, he has played less, and what he has played is not enough. Now, from the capital to Chang'an, those gentlemen are tired of the conventional ones, and they like to look for those handsome boys of twelve or thirteen years old, and even treat it as a refined hobby. There is also a kind of people who go to play with other people's women, which is even more disgusting. Li Shimin thinks it is normal to go out and play, but don't be so dirty, even if you spend some money, spend a little, it won't cost much, why do you have to play with such dirty things.

But actually everyone had nothing much to say about Xia Lin. He helped redeem the bodies of more than a hundred courtesans, but he had unclear relationships with only one or two of them, and it was hard to tell who was seducing whom. After that, there was no fault to be found.

Please, think about his status. He is a county magistrate who is read as a frontier official. If he reveals even a little about what he likes, just wait, those who curry favor with him will swarm in like hyenas smelling meat, trying every means to corrupt him. They will give him money and women, and he will have no shortage of wine, sex, money and power.

Just look at the officials everywhere now and you will understand. Anyway, it is hard to guess who Li Shimin is, but the land of his wife's uncle, Gao Shilian's family...

It’s hard to believe, 70,000 acres!

And this was still in the open. The mountains, forests and fields occupied by others were even more exaggerated. However, after he came to Xialin, he discovered that the fields here were not allowed to be bought and sold. It was not that no one was allowed to buy or sell the land, but that no one could buy or sell the land. The land was public and allocated to farmers to cultivate, with rent instead of tax. In this way, a contract for a 30-year lease could even avoid the suspicion of dispute.

This method is the best, but it cannot be implemented in other places because Fuliang is a new place. It was originally wasteland and fields were created after the land was reclaimed. But around Chang'an, those lands had long been in the hands of major families and powerful people.

However, Li Shimin still thought this method was good. He even had the idea of ​​finding a place to build a small Fuliang in the northwest according to Xia Lin's model, relying on his relationship with the grasslands of the Western Regions to become bigger and stronger there. And Xia Lin didn't seem to be fooled by the aristocratic family at all. How to say it... Anyway, Xia Lin gave him the feeling that if you let me do this, I will continue to do it. If you don't let us do this one day, I will kill you all.

This was his feeling. After all, other new officials would be recruited by wealthy families soon after they came to power, and then they would take sides. But Xia Lin had been here for many years, and you didn't need to look at anything else. Just look at his attitude towards himself, Duke Lu and others, and you will know that he treated people from wealthy families like dogs.

Besides being nicer to her sister, it's also because he's her rumored boyfriend.

"Master Yuan, why don't we go with him and see how he performs?"

Yuan Shoucheng smiled and said, "Please do as you wish, my lord."

Then Li Shimin, who loved to watch the fun, actually found a free time to go to the countryside with Xia Lin to express condolences. When he arrived at the scene, he saw that they were really distributing things.

In fact, there are still many lonely, old, young and disabled people in the village. These people are typical useless people who deserve to starve to death, but Xia Lin put a table at the entrance of the village and call out numbers. Those who are called will come forward to receive a set of bedding, 50 kilograms of food, 3 kilograms of bacon and some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

These things were not much, but they were distributed to so many people, which was a lot. Xia Lin also gave the inspectors here a very strict inspection plan, which was to inspect the towns and villages at all levels every three days to see who was sick and who was pregnant.

Medical schools now mainly accept children and pregnant women. Obviously, more pregnant women who once had a close call with death have survived after entering medical schools.

And all of this costs money. No wonder Xia Lin keeps crying poor to himself all day long. Now it seems that although this town makes a lot of money, it also spends a lot. It is indeed necessary to cry poor.

"What do you want to achieve by doing this? To gain respect from the people?"

Li Shimin watched Xia Lin supervising the distribution of supplies, then suddenly turned his head and asked, "Or do you also want to rebel and become emperor to win the hearts of the people?"

"You." Xia Lin chuckled. "I don't seek the respect of the people, nor do I want to be an emperor. I am just completing the task assigned to me by my teacher."

"Your master? What mission did he give you?"

Xia Lin had his hands behind his back, but when he heard this he put his hands on his waist and said, "Stand up, don't kneel!"

"hold head high?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then he was shocked and took a few steps back. His head was buzzing, and he suddenly realized that Xia Lin was not aiming for the throne, he wanted to defy heaven!

"You..." Li Shimin's voice even trembled: "It's difficult."

"Of course it's difficult, but I believe one day it will happen." Xia Lin turned back to look at Li Shimin: "I tell you, success doesn't have to be mine."

"You are too dangerous."

Xia Lin lowered his eyelids and chuckled, "Don't worry, I don't have the ability. I'm only at the level of a county magistrate. If it gets bigger, I don't know what to do. They say governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. I can neither govern a big country nor cook a small fish. In the end, the world belongs to those who are capable."

Li Shimin was still nervous, he was really nervous. You know what Xia Lin meant by this sentence, it's like a person who is ambitiously about to go up to the ring to fight, but is still chatting with a swordsman holding a sword next to him while he is off the stage.

He asked, "Brother, why don't you go up and compete?"

The swordsman said, "No, thank you."

He was still curious: "How do you know it won't work if you don't go up and compare?"

The swordsman said again: "I am not here for competition. Look at my sword. I will kill whoever is the winner."

Listen, listen to how scary this is. He is working hard here, fighting internal battles, preparing for an uprising, and trying to support the royal family. Next to him is a man with his arms folded waiting to dig graves. If he sees smoke coming out of someone's ancestral grave, he will dig that person's grave.

"You told me this so early, aren't you afraid that I'll be on guard?"

"Prepare for defense?" Xia Lin looked up at the sky. "Alas, the rolling torrent is like the waves of Qiantang River. How can human power stop it? You can't defend it even if you prepare for it. I have four twos and two kings, plus a set of planes. I am playing with you openly. How can you win? Kill me? It's okay. My seeds have been sown long ago. With me or not, they will sprout. With me, I fertilize and water them, and they grow faster. Without me, they have a harder time, but they are more determined."

Li Shimin was also angry at this moment: "Well, well, well, what an arrogant scholar, you have a good idea, I want to see how confident you are that you can defy fate."

"I don't have a cent. I told you, success doesn't have to come from me." Xia Lin shook his head: "Let me tell you this. In thirty years, when I'm fifty, if you're still alive, I'll definitely let you see what it means to be transformed into a new world."

"Okay! There is nothing in the world that can move me anymore. I accept this thirty-year agreement."

"Okay." Xia Lin patted Li Shimin on the shoulder: "Rebel well and live well. I want you to see that day with your own eyes."

"Okay, just for what you said, I will live like a dog until that day."

Both of them are now in their prime, planning and directing the country, with their high-spirited looks like the rising sun.

However, Li Shimin also knew why Xia Lin was more popular than the emperor in this small piece of land. This was because he was really crazy and did not look like an official at all. But the problem was that he had all the skills to be an official, and he did not interfere with either the officialdom or the people.

Li Shimin has been observing Xia Lin's daily behavior very carefully these days. The more he observes him, the more he finds this man terrifying. This guy seems careless every time, but he can carefully take note of every problem he finds.

Then they come back and call for people to deal with the problem. Their work is simple. They just give you a date, and only one of you can come back to solve the problem. After they have solved the problem, they will call another group of people who have some minor conflicts with this group to come back for a visit.

Doesn't Li Shimin think this is not pure imperial mentality? Oh! People don't call it that, they call it a supervision system.

If the person who conducted the follow-up visit reports that there were no negative reviews, the matter will be over. However, if he comes back to say that there is public resentment, then the person who did the job will be fired.

Li Shimin said that this would lead to officials protecting each other, which is the most common thing. But Xia Lin was not worried, because Xia Lin had another magic weapon, which was the patrolling imperial censors who were stationed here and strolled around every corner of the county.

They rely on finding faults to earn KPIs. If everyone is like a brothel listener today and a prostitute tomorrow, they will have to go back to Beijing to die in less than three months, because Zeng Ming will punish them. Why? Because Xia Lin will sue them.

The Inspector General has had nothing to do for three months, but that doesn't mean he has nothing to do, it means he has something to do.

Zeng Ming is not after money or sex, he just wants a reputation. If anyone dares to ruin his reputation, he will kill him. Whoever wants to kill him will be killed by him first.

Li Shimin finally understood. What Xia Lin said before was pure bullshit. He was only at the level of a county magistrate. He would be an expert even if he were on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace. He was very good at the art of checks and balances, and the art of playing both inside and outside.

Until one day, the last day before the year-end holiday, Li Shimin finally found Xia Lin, who was now free.

No one would believe it if I told them this. The big guys are very cool and aloof during holidays, but this guy accepted the invitation to roast taro by the river after the holiday.

The oldest person who invited him was fourteen, and the youngest was six...

(End of this chapter)