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

Chapter 331 Winter Rhapsody

Hadn't Xia Lin been a fellow patient with Princess Pingyang for the entire first month of the new year? After Old Zhang left, these two were the only ones left in the entire medical school's advanced nursing room.

However, due to Xia Lin's current condition, he is no longer in the same ward with the eldest princess, but sometimes when they are bored, they still chat with each other.

The princess will have to recuperate for eight months at the shortest and a year at the longest. There is almost no other place for her to go. After all, she is a person who will fight if she disagrees with something. If something happens to her if she is released, the Li family will deal with it if someone else is hurt, but it will be difficult to explain to this side if she is hurt.

"If you have nothing to do, do some embroidery. Come to think of it, no one has ever knitted me a scarf in my life. Why don't you knit me one?"

Princess Pingyang was struck by lightning when she heard this. She turned her head away stiffly and said, "Go away and carve your wood."

Xia Lin was bored these days, so he got a set of carving knives and sat there carving wood for fun. But to be honest, he was good in every aspect except his artistic talent, which was really bad. What Lao Zhang could carve into something elegant and refined in just a few strokes was terrible in his hands. The things he carved were simply disgusting.

What’s more important is that he himself thinks it’s beautiful.

Xia Lin felt bored, so he continued to carve wood with his head down, while Princess Pingyang sat beside him reading a book. After a while, she raised her head and asked, "Is this a new play?"

"Yeah, yeah. What's wrong?"

"Who is the prototype of Mu Guiying here?"

"You." Xia Lin didn't even look up. "You're asking this even though you already know the answer. Who else but you would lead an army and fight against the barbarians? Oh, could it be Fu Hao?"

Princess Pingyang chuckled: "Well, that's great. But why don't you use my real name?"

"What if your Li family's rebellion fails and my book is banned as a result?" Xia Lin stood up and sat down next to Princess Pingyang: "Come, let me see your wound."

"If you miss, just say so."

"Look, it won't cost you anything."

"Get away from me!"

"Madam, you don't want others to know that the princess of the Li family was hospitalized because she whipped someone with a whip, right?"

"Get lost!" The princess raised her foot and pressed it against Xia Lin's face: "Get lost!"

These days, Princess Pingyang finally understood why Dong Niang loved and hated this dirty guy. She really owed him, but life would be dull and boring without him.

"Ah~~ Your Highness's feet smell like prairie yogurt, sour and fragrant."

"Let go! I really am..."

Princess Pingyang, whose feet were caught, was almost going crazy, but she didn't dare to struggle hard. The stitches in her abdomen had not been removed yet, and if she struggled any longer, it might burst.

"Come on, let me take a sip today."

"You dare to try, and see if I will cut off your tongue!"

"I am a person who is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. Since you said so, don't blame me for trying the saltiness of the saltiness today."

As he said this, he stuck out his tongue and was about to go in. Princess Pingyang closed her eyes, hunched her shoulders, and tried to lean back, not daring to even look.

But just when they were about to be defeated, Dong Niang pushed the door open and came in with medicine. Looking at the two of them, her brows naturally furrowed: "Why is the princess in your room?"

Xia Lin put down Princess Pingyang's feet and cleared his throat with a cough: "She is lonely."

"You're talking nonsense!" The princess stepped forward and kicked Xia Lin in the chest: "Get out of the way!"

Dong Niang sneered, "Your Highness, I'm going to apply medicine to him. Your Highness, do you want to observe?"

What no one expected was that Princess Pingyang actually nodded: "Okay."

"That won't do." Xia Lin shook his head vigorously: "Go, go, go, Your Highness, please leave first."

"I won't!" Princess Pingyang raised her chin. "I usually hear you howling like a ghost, but today I have to see what's going on."

Then Xia Lin ran away...

After all, he felt that he was fine, so why should he be humiliated like this again.

But today's medicine must be changed, otherwise Dong Niang will be very angry with him. Dong Niang always likes to take revenge.

After he went out, he felt hungry not long after walking a short distance. However, after this lesson, he still roasted a chicken... but only roasted the chicken feathers. He then found a porridge shop and ate a bowl of white rice and pickled vegetables for two cents as lunch.

Those who didn't know would have thought that Lord Xia was having fun with the people and experiencing the same meals that peddlers and hawkers usually eat.

After he left, the porridge shop owner said, "Life is better now. In the past, eating white rice every day was only a dream."

"Brother, how long have you not been outside? Let alone in the past, even if it's now, go out and take a look at what those people eat."

A peddler nearby took a piece of pickled vegetables and ate a few mouthfuls of rice and said, "I'm just a peddler, so I don't have to go too far. You can go three hundred miles away and see how they live there. Oh, it's no different from the old days. It's Lord Xia's ability that allows us to eat white rice every day."

At this moment, another guest who came from the north to escort the caravan said with a smile: "Where I come from, ordinary people can only eat steamed buns made of white flour mixed with elm bark, which is considered a good meal. Eating white rice every day is something that only exists in dreams."

In fact, many people still have this awareness. It's not that life is better now. People outside are still poor. At most, people will not starve to death. A bowl of white rice costs two cents and comes with some pickles. This is really the price in Fuliang.

Because the grain here is strictly controlled by the government, the price is kept very low. Even things like salt are much cheaper than outside.

I don’t know how many people tried their best not to leave after coming here. This is the reason. There are even many people who walked three or four hundred miles just to carry dozens of kilograms of food back.

There are some things that Xia Lin never takes credit for, but everyone actually remembers his good deeds. This is why everyone is jealous of Fuliang's small piece of land, but no one can take away control of this place.

Because they cannot implement policies like those implemented by Lord Xia. It is said that it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. If they really let the people go back to the days when they ate elm bark flour, we will see whether the people here will overturn the tables or not.

At this moment, Xia Lin actually didn't know what they were talking about. He was just taking a nap on a stone bench not far from the medical school.

The weather in the south has actually become warm and sunny after the first month of the year. It is not cold at all when sitting there, and it is extremely comfortable to lean back and take a nap.

Lord Xia leaned there and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was almost dusk. He yawned, folded his arms and sat there, his heart was extremely calm.

Seeing the sun gradually setting in the distance, Xia Lin stretched his limbs, stood up, faced the direction of the setting sun and sighed softly: "The sun is setting." As he said, an earth-shaking event happened in the court today. Emperor Hongbao announced to the public that he was ill and unable to preside over the government, and he appointed Tuoba Jing as the crown prince. Tuoba Jing would be the regent, and Prince Teng would be in charge of the government.

Although some news about this matter had been leaked before, it still caused an uproar when it was announced directly in the court.

There is no doubt that if there is a dividing line in history, then today is the dividing line from the whole to the disintegration of the Wei Dynasty.

Emperor Hongbao naturally knew what would happen, but there was nothing he could do. After all, no one could live forever, and his body could no longer take it. He used to be able to sleep for two hours a day and still be full of energy, but now he had to sleep six or even seven hours a day.

It is normal for the elderly to sleep less, but once they go from sleeping less to being sleepy, it means that he is about to leave. If he is lucky, one night when he falls asleep, he will never wake up again.

If he did not explain everything that needed to be explained in advance, then if he died suddenly, the Wei Dynasty would fall apart much faster than he could imagine.

Since some things cannot be avoided, it would be better for him to retreat behind the scenes while he still has some strength, carefully observe the developments of the entire court, and buy more time for his son.

However, Xia Lin always believed that this kind of layout was futile, because the young prince did not have that ability. It was not that he was too immature but that he simply had no talent in this area.

Just wait and see. As long as Emperor Hongbao closes his eyes, the first thing he will do is to drive away his own uncle. As soon as Prince Teng leaves, the Second Prince will send troops. Even Xia Lin has guessed it.

The Crown Prince disobeyed the Emperor's orders and disregarded human ethics. There must be a villain in the court who is misleading the country, so he sent troops to quell the rebellion.

Once the Jingnan Rebellion began, there was no turning back. It didn't matter who won or lost. What mattered was that someone shot an arrow at the Zhou emperor.

Afterwards, the Li family raised the flag, no matter whether the new emperor won or the second prince won, they would raise the flag. If the new emperor won, the Li family's slogan would be that the new emperor was doing evil things before the previous emperor's body was cold, and he was not worthy of being the great leader of Wei, and the second prince should be appointed instead.

And if the second prince wins, the Li family's slogan will become: the second prince is plotting treason and usurping the throne, and the Li family is willing to trace the origins of the Wei dynasty.

The Li family divided the country by the river and ruled. In the early stage, they must have been under the name of supporting the Wei Dynasty, but it would not be long before they would set up their own faction. As the King of Tang Li Yuan, the flag with the word Tang naturally rose.

As the Li family raises the flag, the princes of various places will probably respond to the call, and not only the princes, but some powerful people will also join in. Coupled with the interference and support of foreign races, the entire Greater East Asia region will soon fall into a stage of warlords fighting each other.

In the world, things that are divided for a long time will eventually come together, and things that are together for a long time will eventually divide. In the end, someone will win the game, and then a new dynasty will be born and enter the cycle of history.

It cannot be stopped. Xia Lin now understands that no matter whether this is a world of fiction or not, as long as it has become a world of its own, he will not be able to stop this torrent.

Although there are many tricks here, in fact, looking back at the real history, there are even more tricks...

Tuoba Jing would not be a good emperor. Xia Lin had worked with him several times and knew him well. Everything else about him was good except that he was too narrow-minded.

Li Yuan did not dare to offend Emperor Hongbao, not only because his strength did not allow it, but also because there were things in this world that people needed to pay more attention to than the throne. If any of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness was lost, it would give people an excuse to criticize him, and a chaotic world was about to come.

Just as Xia Lin was sighing, someone suddenly walked over to him. He leaned over to take a look, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after discovering it was Xia Lin: "I went to look for you just now, and Princess Pingyang said you ran away."

Xia Lin turned around and saw that it was Xiao Chenzi. He looked Xiao Chenzi up and down and said, "No, why are you looking for me when you are newlyweds?"

"Something happened." Xiao Chenzi's face was serious: "It's a big thing."

"If you have something to say, just tell me. Why are you telling me riddles?"

Xiao Chenzi looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "I've been around Fuliang these past two days, and I found that several businesses affiliated with the royal family were selling at low prices. I followed up a little and found that they were selling very covertly, but not without trace. After selling, these businesses broke down the whole and bought a large amount of pig iron, as well as your canned food."

Xia Lin raised his eyebrows: "Go on."

"Then I found my informant in this place."

"Fuck your grandma, did you put an informant here for me?"

Xiao Chenzi pursed his lips and said, "Isn't this as it should be? Can't I plant a few informants?"

"Okay, okay, you're not the only one left. Keep talking."

"And guess what? The people behind these businesses are actually the Second Prince's men, and one of them is General Mao Shuncheng of the Jinwu Guard."

"Jinwu Guards."

"Yeah." Xiao Chenzi narrowed his eyes: "The second prince wants to rebel."

"Sure?"

"Whether you are sure or not, check it out for yourself. I have to return to Huangya Pass immediately. Something big is going to happen."

"Don't worry." Xia Lin grabbed him by the back of his neck and asked, "What are you going back for?"

Now it was Xiao Chenzi's turn to be amused by him: "Why go back? What do you say? The chaotic world is coming. I have to hurry back to do what needs to be done. Once something happens, those scumbags in Goguryeo will know that the Wei Dynasty has undergone a great change and they are going to enter the pass. I will never let these barbarians set foot in my Central Plains even if I die."

"Why are you so anxious?" Xia Lin sneered, "Guess why I have the final say in Jiangnan Road now?"

Xiao Chenzi was stunned: "Ah?"

"What are you talking about? Your spy is useless. My old Taishan and my godfather are all there. The 70,000 Jiangnan Road Po Lu troops are all in the Jiangdong camp. What are you afraid of?"

"You knew it earlier?" Xiao Chenzi's eyes suddenly became clear, and he seemed less panicked: "You are not using your intelligence in the right place. Listen to what Dad said, spend more money and change a group of spies. No, who did you find?"

"The third ruffian from the city market."

"Oh my god, can you be more ambitious?" Xia Lin was amused by him: "You just found such a loser, what can he know? Don't waste your money."

"He's cheap... only fifty taels of silver a year."

After being scolded by Xia Lin, Xiao Chenzi seemed less confident.

"Don't waste your money. I'll take you to see my chief accountant later and ask him to write you a report every quarter."

"Ah?" Xiao Chenzi was confused: "What?"

"What I mean is that next time there is a situation in the south, your old father will directly send you a notice, so don't waste that money anymore. You are really a son who sells his father's land without feeling any pain. Can you give your father fifty taels every year as a filial tribute?" Xia Lin paused here and said, "But we really need to speed up. Come to me at noon tomorrow, and I will select some skilled craftsmen for you to go to the north. But I have to make it clear first, these people are all precious gems. If you kill them, I will hang you up and beat you."

(End of this chapter)