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

Chapter 372 Disturbing
Although Xia Lin knew clearly the role he would play, he still had to stick to his duties, and his current job was to destroy Buddhism.

And where should this matter start from as an entry point? This needs to be considered. There must be a reason to destroy Buddhism. In history, the Three Wus and One Zong only happened once at this point, and that was when Tuoba Tao, the ancestor of the Tuoba family, destroyed Buddhism during the Taiwu period.

It's true that these little bald donkeys have a short memory. How many years have passed? How many years have passed? It's only been two hundred years and it's started all over again.

But it was no wonder that these monks had to be destroyed. They had indeed gone too far. Didn't Emperor Hongbao need to use the reason of believing in Buddhism to exercise his benevolent rule? These monks seized the opportunity and attacked quickly, hoarding land, servants and believers on a large scale. In addition, the religious groups themselves enjoyed the right not to pay taxes.

Let's put it this way, no one pays taxes on big things. There are only 28 people in the largest Taoist temple in Wei, and 28,600 people in the largest temple in Wei. There are 133 Taoist temples in Wei, and the total number of people may be only more than 2,000, but there are a total of 1,337 temples, with a total of nearly 400,000 monks and slaves, countless believers, and countless fertile land and assets.

Perhaps most people do not have a clear concept of this number, but to put it another way, if these little bald donkeys had supported Wang Shichong as a whole, then Luoyang would have become the imperial capital again, and Wang Shichong would have been sitting on the throne.

When a force begins to gradually affect the normal development of a country and poses a large number of threats to the country, their good days are likely to be over.

A normal and rational princess would not allow a second Yellow Turban Rebellion to occur.

Now the task of destroying Buddhism has been handed over to Xia Lin, but this is not like how to assemble a figurine as a plastic man. There is no instruction manual. So many things in it need Xia Lin to figure out by himself.

Where to start, how to do it, and how to deal with the interests involved, these are all things he needs to think about on his own.

There is no need to talk about other places, for example, Donglin Temple. Although Donglin Temple does not pay taxes, about 30% to 40% of its incense money is handed over to Prince Teng every year. In other words, the prince is a dry shareholder in Donglin Temple. Although the land and real estate have nothing to do with the prince, if he wants to run Donglin Temple Xialin, it is impossible not to affect the interests of his father-in-law.

Well-known temples across the country have more or less experienced this situation. If you go ahead and handle it directly, you will be besieged. In a situation where core interests are directly touched upon, the other party is unlikely to abide by martial ethics, and assassinations, poisonings, etc. are sure to occur endlessly.

It is impossible for Xia Lin to lead a large army to destroy Buddhism. If so, it would be unclear whether people were talking about the destruction of Buddhism or the destruction of Wei.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to deal with the relationship between people first. It is all political cruelty, but is it politics that is cruel, not people?

So after thinking about it for a day and a night, Xia Lin came up with a trick. He decided to go directly to the capital as the first step, and the first thing he would do when he got there would be to kill the royal family.

Jinling Baoen Temple, a temple appointed by the royal family to offer sacrifices to the heavens, was abbot of the fourth rank. And he was Xia Lin's first knife.

If you want to chop, chop the most powerful person; if you want to kill, kill the fattest pig.

He naturally had his own plans for doing this. After all, the orders he was following were from the royal family. So he would kill the royal family members first, and in the process he would also give all parties a shot of defense.

Give them two months to find people, to cut and to harvest. Two months is enough to finish the decluttering.

If you are still stumbling after two months, then you are stupid. If you are stupid, don't blame Xia Lin for being unfair.

Xia Lin first wrote a letter to call the governor of Raozhou and asked him to take charge of Fuliang.

The governor of Raozhou was at the same level as Xia Lin, and he was Lao Guo's confidant, so he was considered an ironclad man. It was not a big problem to ask him to take charge, after all, Fuliang was actually a place jointly managed by Huizhou and Raozhou, and was a lower-level unit.

Moreover, Fuliang’s basic work plan has already been arranged, and the governor of Raozhou, Ji, only needs to be responsible for handling some emergency events.

In the second step, Xia Lin placed the economic power of the entire Fuliang on Princess Changle, which means that all large expenditures must be approved by the princess before they can be carried out. Otherwise, if left alone, Dugu Han could sell out the entire Fuliang in a few months. That would force people to do it, and profiteering is her nature.

The third step was to select a few of the most capable guys. First of all, the three old guys in the army, the flag bearer, the eagle shooter and the shield warrior. These three guys had followed Xia Lin all over the country, so they were safe to use.

The other one is Luo Shixin. He has brought his fifth brother back, but Xia Lin doesn't have time to meet the flying general Shan Xiongxin for the time being. Luo Shixin is one of the top three people in terms of martial arts that Xia Lin has met. The first one is most likely Er Feng, the second one should be his wife's second brother, and then Luo Shixin. Of course, the ranking is the ranking in Xia Lin's mind. Anyway, Luo Shixin is not bad on the entire map.

The last one was Gongsun Hongyuan, the little princess. Xia Lin was really worried about leaving her here to run around and follow him to the capital. Although there was a risk of being recognized, no one would care about such a thing because he was a powerful official and Gongsun Hongyuan had a new identity. If he wanted to investigate her, it would inevitably alert Xia Lin.

To investigate Xia Lin openly at this critical juncture would be tantamount to seeking death. Even if the royal family wanted to kill Xia Lin, they would have to wait until the storm subsided and the court was stable. Now, as long as Xia Lin did not openly rebel, even if he was just trying on the dragon robe at home, Emperor Hongbao would just scold him, "It doesn't fit, don't wear it next time."

In addition, Gongsun Hongyuan is considered a top assassin. Although her brain is not very good, she is really good at anti-tracking and anti-reconnaissance. After all, she was able to evade the bandits' pursuit for three hours. However, Xia Lin didn't know how great the hatred was that could make the bandits chase her for six hours. Judging from her daily behavioral logic, Xia Lin believed that she was very likely to have burned down the bandits' lair.

Of course, when traveling with brave warriors, strategists are indispensable. Xia Lin actually wanted to bring Xu Jingzong with him. This ancient sinister strategist was an excellent strategist, but unfortunately he was already an important figure in the court and could not be used by Xia Lin. So he could only settle for the second best and bring along the apprentice that Xu Jingzong had brought with him in Fuliang.

But after all, he is of the same lineage as Lao Xu. Although he is not very old, he has discussed many tricks to cheat people with Lao Xu.

This man's name is Li Yifu. On the surface, he seems easy-going and polite, and always speaks to people in a pleasant manner, but in his heart he is narrow-minded, jealous, vicious and cruel. Lao Xu really brought out a good person.

The group prepared to go to the capital. The night before leaving, Xia Lin secretly found Pingyang and said, "I'm leaving." "How long will it take? It seems like you haven't had a peaceful day for a few days."

"I can't help it. In troubled times, a genius like me has to be busy. You stay here and I'll bring you some delicious food when I come back."

Pingyang sneered: "Are you treating me like a child?"

"What's wrong? Aren't you a child?" Xia Lin said with a smile, "Okay, this is a secret trip. I only told you, except for my family. So what? Don't you want to hug me before we say goodbye?"

"No." The princess knew his character well: "Where are you going this time?"

"Beijing." Xia Lin looked up: "There's going to be blood."

"You've seen a lot of blood. It just so happens that you can go to the capital and give Yuanji a message for me."

"You said."

Princess Pingyang was silent for a long time before she said, "Tell him something for me. No matter how his parents and brothers view him, he is always his dearest brother to me."

"Okay, I'll bring it to you."

"Ah."

After saying this, Xia Lin was about to leave. Before leaving, he waved to Princess Pingyang and said, "Come here."

"What?" Pingyang stepped forward.

"Come here."

The princess came forward without any suspicion. Xia Lin was quick to kiss Pingyang on the mouth and then ran away.

"Good you little brat!"

Pingyang leaned against the door and cursed, "Wait and see how I punish you when I come back."

Xia Lin just raised his hand and shook it: "When I come back, I won't kiss you on the mouth."

Xia Lin set out before dawn the next day. Because this was a secret operation, no news could be leaked beforehand, so they set out by blending into the Tang family caravan.

It just so happened that Tang Baoer also wanted to go to Beijing, so they set off together. This was actually quite good, but Xia Lin was still in the abstinence period and could not do anything. He could only sit there every day and listen to Luo Shixin and a bunch of other stinky men bragging.

It didn't take long on the journey. Today's trade routes are open and no longer as arduous as before. Instead, they are smooth all the way, whether by land or water. The journey to the capital has been shortened from fifteen days to five days.

Two hundred miles a day is really easy.

However, Xia Lin was still not satisfied with this speed. He felt that when steel production increased in the future, trains must be put on the agenda. It would be very convenient to have trains, and steam locomotives did not require much technical skills. With a cheating device, one could make one even by hand.

"At that time, my spear shot out like a dragon, and I shot the white-browed tiger flying away. It wailed a few times and then fell silent. I skinned it and separated its bones. I gave its tendons to my brothers as a snack, soaked its bones in strong liquor, and used the tiger skin to make a robe for my fifth brother."

Luo Shixin was now talking about the time he killed a tiger in the mountains. Others were stunned. If it were someone else, they would definitely say that he was bragging, but everyone present had fought with Luo Shixin before, and no one could beat him.

So for such a person, even if he is bragging, it is all true because he is really awesome.

"Guard Luo, have you ever been to Jinling?"

"I haven't been there. I heard that Jinling is very prosperous, but I don't know if it's true or not."

While they were chatting, the captain's voice came from outside: "We have arrived in Jinling, prepare to dock."

(End of this chapter)