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

Chapter 355 Harmony brings wealth

Originally, the verification would take at least one month, and this month should have been the most difficult month for Xia Daosheng, but that was the tacit understanding in official circles, and Xia Lin cooperated well, so the verification that was originally supposed to take a month was completed in three days.

It was a foregone conclusion that Duke Dingguo was plotting a rebellion, and a piece of ridiculous paper ended a man's life so hastily.

As a noble duke, Dou Wu lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original mission, had no loyalty, was morally misplaced, abandoned his political responsibility of governance, was disloyal to His Majesty, unjust to his subjects, and deliberately opposed the court; he was greedy for pleasure, diverted local taxes for personal enjoyment, and ignored the people; he was warlike, set up a small court privately, and attempted to overthrow the Wei Dynasty; he lost the bottom line of a minister, provided help to unjust people and accepted money, and secretly planned military preparations; he had no concept of discipline and law, played with public power, and engaged in power-for-money transactions; he took advantage of the trust of the court and the convenience of his position to collude with overseas bandits, slaughtered the people, extorted money and committed rebellion.

There are seventy-two charges, each of which requires skinning and pulling out tendons.

Then he also reported Xia Lin, saying that Xia Lin was lax in military management and distributed all the 300,000 taels of silver seized to the soldiers, which was actually a case of killing first and reporting later. Moreover, the food and meat in the warehouse of Duke Dingguo Dou Wu were also distributed to Xia Lin's subordinates for roasting. The entire new army camp was full of wine and meat, and was extravagant and disregarded the national law and military discipline. According to the law, he should be dismissed and investigated.

Anyway, Xia Lin had already prepared the ingredients, and they were all done perfectly. What about the money? Where did it go? It was distributed to the soldiers. If you don't believe it, you can check it out. What about the food? Where did it go? It was also distributed to the soldiers. They ate mutton and rice every meal, and they were very happy.

In fact, everyone knew that this memorial was just a formality, and it might not even be approved by the central government, because the power was given to him by the superiors, and he himself did not take any bonus from it. As a commander with a high degree of autonomy granted by the superiors, he used the money captured on the battlefield to distribute it to the soldiers who had fought bravely, and stewed the mutton captured on the battlefield for the soldiers to eat. There may be something wrong with this, but again, from the perspective of the court, he can only talk about punishing him but not do it. A verbal education: Don't do this next time, and if it doesn't work, write a note first.

After these two memorials were submitted, the matter of Duke Dingguo basically came to an end. Just like Xia Lin said, at this stage, they should be thankful that things are still going on like this, because the pustules have spread all over the body, and those that have popped out can be squeezed out. If you force yourself to squeeze those that haven't popped out yet, you may end up in trouble.

After the accounts here were counted, Xia Lin handed over the administrative power of Yangzhou. He naturally withdrew from the Yangzhou camp, and the large troops also began to return one after another.

Not long after returning to Zhenhai, Anzi came to him with good news. Zhenhai retained the Ningbo Duwei Mansion within a radius of 80 miles. The duty of the Duwei Mansion was to control shipping and fishing in the eastern waters, and to coordinate the management of the eastern islands and cultivate as much land and culture as possible.

Xia Lin also got his first independent title in his life, General Fubo.

His grade didn't rise, but he was given a lot of permissions, and this was basically a continuation of Emperor Hong Bao's plan. Xia Lin couldn't rise too fast, he had to take it slow and unlock the maps for him bit by bit.

"The court trusts you too much. If it were someone else, they would never do that."

An Zi stood on the long reef with his hands behind his back, his golden and red cloud-patterned robe rustling in the sea breeze. He glanced at Xia Lin who was sitting there picking his feet and was surprised: "You are not happy? Anyone would be happy, right?"

"Why should I be happy? People who are happy to get these things will not get them, while people who are unhappy to get these things will get them." Xia Lin sighed, "Do you know how tiring it is to govern a place? I started from scratch in Fuliang, and I have to start from scratch here too."

"Shouldn't you be happy that the court doesn't suspect that you would be like those people who only obey orders but not instructions?"

"Do you think I am not following orders now?" Xia Lin spread his hands, "I am already a qualified warlord, and I have been one for a long time. And I have come step by step. It was your majesty who forced me to take the path of a warlord."

"Oh?" An Zi turned around and said, "Then you should be even happier. The court has no doubts about you."

"The emperor can't help but be suspicious of everyone. He just has to weigh the pros and cons and choose the lesser of two evils. The more he gives me, the more he will tie me to the royal chariot. My godfather has retired. Who do you think will have the military power in Jiangnan? If it were you, would you dare to come?"

An Zi's head was shaking like a rattle. It was not a good idea to talk nonsense about this matter. How could he dare to think of controlling the military power in Jiangnan?
"Then... His Majesty has raised you to be as strong as a mountain. Isn't he worried?"

"He is worried, but he is more worried about the collapse of the Wei Empire. As long as the country is still ruled by the Tuoba family, he doesn't care. Can't you see what your majesty means? If the crown prince is capable, let him do it. If you think he is not capable, replace him with someone else. This person must not be you or me, but can only be their clan member. As long as the country is still there, the rest can be planned slowly."

"But what if you want to replace it?"

"Choose the lesser of two evils, Anzi." Xia Lin stood up and patted Anzi on the shoulder: "Raising a warlord like me or growing a warlord like me in the wild, which do you think is safer?"

"Uh...this..."

"Don't even mention the Li family. Even Wang Shichong is still entrenched in Xuzhou. Since Li Jing died, they have become a little unscrupulous." Xia Lin shook his head and laughed, "The court is already at the end of its strength. Look, apart from me, where else can it afford to raise troops? Anyway, at least there are no major issues. There are some things I can't do, or I will be scolded. This is why the crown prince wants his uncle to listen to the government. Everything he does must have a legitimate reason. Just like An Lushan... eh?"

Xia Lin suddenly looked up at An Zi: "An Zi, are you a Hu person?"

"You..." An Zi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My grandfather is a Turk."

Xia Lin slapped his thigh: "Oh my god..."

"What about the Turks? Are they not worthy of your Lord Xia's approval?"

"That's not what I meant." Xia Lin said seriously, "Anzi, when you go back, make a family rule that your An family's descendants can never marry a woman with a baby."

An Zi was confused by what he said: "Why are you so confusing?" "Don't worry about it, just do this and it will be over, otherwise someone will kill your whole family in the future."

"You can also tell fortunes?" An Zi looked confused: "When in the future is it?"

"About a hundred years later."

This made An Zi laugh. He shook his head and stopped talking to him. Then he asked, "How many days are left for the fishing trip at sea?"

"Wait for the ship to come back in the next few days. Relax here. Or should I take you to the red-light district in the city?"

"Don't go."

An Zi turned and left, leaving Xia Lin alone at the beach, staring blankly at the sea with Huang Jinjin. There was nothing to think about in his mind, he just leaned there in a daze.

Two days later, the big ship returned. He made some arrangements and took these high-ranking officials from the capital to go out to play on the sea.

After sea fishing, go to Zhoushan and enjoy the rare pastime.

It is said that a man remains a young man until he dies, and this is true throughout the ages. In a place without the constraints of etiquette and laws, these officials from the capital city let themselves go and had a great time.

Anzi was not very happy. Anzi was allergic to seafood and broke out in rashes after eating it.

Anyway, these people were finally sent away safely from Zhenhai. What remained was, of course, to wait for the rest of the team to arrive and then start building a good safe haven.

Xia Lin was particularly bored these days, and there was a lot of rain in the spring. He always read novels while listening to the rain on a recliner. He estimated that after this incident, it might be quiet for a while. This undoubtedly gave him a huge buffer space, allowing him to make good use of this natural deep-water port. If nothing unexpected happened, the first navy would probably be born in his hands.

As for the pirates, there are troops stationed along the coast. If pirates come again, they must be crazy. And because they have troops stationed here, a large number of people have migrated here from the surrounding areas. In just a month, this place has become an area similar to a Japanese city-state.

Military fortifications and camps are located on high ground, and surrounding them is the castle town formed by the people who migrated there on their own, and its scale is further expanding.

After a few more days, when the weather had warmed up completely, the seedlings in the fields were already an inch long, connected together, and looked very pleasing to the eye. The Tang family caravan had finally arrived.

Just like they appeared in Fuliang that year, this time they were the first to appear in this undeveloped barren land.

Professional things should be done by professionals. Tang Baoer has a lot of talented people under her command now. As soon as they arrived here, they immediately got down to work.

Tang Baoer naturally also has to work, but Xia Lin has been very angry these days because of the dull life, so he has to have some fun for a few days first.

"This place is a good port. If we can develop it, we can go all the way east and sell goods to the Dongyi."

"You mean Baka, right?"

Xia Lin leaned against the bed and scrolled through his phone. He hadn't exercised for a long time, so he was a little tired. After hearing about this, he looked up at Tang Baoer who was getting dressed. "I think so too. They are actually a nation with a strong spirit of exploration. So we should first destroy their economy and force them to start looking for gold and silver mines and resources everywhere. This way, we can further speed up our progress."

"Are you going to destroy them right here?"

"Of course. If they don't collapse, there will be no development. And I don't have any psychological burden to destroy them." Xia Lin got angry when he mentioned it, and pounded the bed heavily: "Eh? By the way, have you resolved the matter of you and the princess going to the palace to pay respect to your mother?"

"It's already healed." Tang Baoer looked back at Xia Lin, looking very charming and beautiful: "We went to the capital a few days ago, and I recognized the princess as my stepmother."

"Are you satisfied now? The status you deserve has been given to you."

"That was given by the princess, not by you. What did you do?"

Tang Baoer sneered, with a hint of sarcasm. Xia Lin snorted coldly and grabbed her, "Today I want you to know what I did!"

(End of this chapter)