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

Chapter 405 It’s difficult, as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Life is sometimes really amazing. A small change can completely change the overall plan.

To be honest, when Xia Lin was driven out of the capital by the prince, he had actually made preparations for a split and confrontation, but with the twelve tiger talismans, he had to change his plan.

He cannot control whether the world is in chaos or not, but at least the world cannot be in chaos because of him, so he needs to make a new arrangement.

Unfolding the map, twelve of the twelve border army bases are in the north, which means that they are basically under the control of the Li family. The other four are in the south, mainly to guard against the monkeys.

The border troops were probably already in name only or had been incorporated into the local nobles and warlords. What Xia Lin had on hand was most likely a vacant position.

There are 99 million vacancies in the establishment, and it is an unlimited establishment that you can just stack up the numbers mindlessly as long as you have money. If he had tanks now, he could even stuff Type As into the border troops.

In addition to this, the more critical issue is the issue of command authority. In theory, Xia Lin now has the greatest military power. Even after the crown prince ascends the throne, he does not have jurisdiction over the border troops. If you want to mobilize troops, you must first negotiate with Xia Lin.

In other words, Emperor Hongbao did something extremely amazing. He separated the military and political power, giving the military power to Xia Lin and the political power to his son.

There is no need to talk about the value of this military power.

"Never mind, let's go around and see how many border troops are left."

Xia Lin changed his route directly. He originally planned to go from the bottom up and bypass the Wei Dynasty. But now the situation is different. He wants to see the miserable conditions of the border army camps first. So the next morning, they turned up quickly and headed for Shanhaiguan.

The journey was bumpy and he suffered a lot, but fortunately, Xia Lin's mood was different. Before, he was exiled to work outside, but now he was going to inspect how much power he had left.

Across the Yangtze River is the Central Plains. Because the precipitation line has expanded wildly to the north, the originally vast Central Plains is now all green. Seeing this, Xia Lin knew that if there were no man-made disasters, this year would definitely be a super harvest year. The national destiny that once belonged to the Tang Dynasty finally arrived as expected.

Naturally, he would also complete the task of abolishing temples along the way, but he did not encounter any particularly big obstacles at the moment. Here we have to thank Wang Shichong. His rebellion gave the court the opportunity to intervene and eliminate a large number of aristocratic forces in the Central Plains. Without the support of local powerful people, a group of little bald donkeys would probably not be able to resist the king's orders.

So the progress is very fast, and you can basically switch to the next map within three days, which is like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

"How long will it take us to reach Shanhaiguan?"

Xia Lin lifted the carriage curtain and yawned: "By the way, do you want to go to Xuzhou to see your brother Qin Qiong?"

"Aren't you afraid that Wang Shichong will kill you, sir?"

"It depends on whether Wang Shichong can take the beating or not." Xia Lin leaned back and raised his head. "First, let's go to Huangya Pass to see my eldest son. Then we'll go to Xuzhou and let you catch up with Qin Qiong."

"That's impossible, sir. If Wang Shichong wants to arrest you, it will be really difficult to deal with. But sir, why did the court not deal with Wang Shichong even though he has been entrenched in Xuzhou for many years?"

"The court does want to." Xia Lin leaned against the car and sighed helplessly, "It's just that we have no money and no manpower. The court is in chaos right now, so we can only rectify the chaos little by little. We can't fight and can't afford it. You don't know how much money it costs to fight a war. Don't worry, Wang Shichong won't take it from me."

Speaking of Wang Shichong, Xia Lin was really sure that he would not be taken down by Wang Shichong. First of all, the current situation could not withstand the slightest disturbance. Wang Shichong was stupid when analyzed from the perspective of Xia Lin, Li Jing, and Li Shimin. If Wang Shichong was really stupid, it would be impossible for him to rule a place and live in peace for so many years. He was very smart.

The reason why the court did not close the case for him was because Wang Shichong kept appealing, saying that he was not a rebel but had believed the slander of a sorcerer who said that Li Yuan wanted to swallow up his Luoyang. Then the case became a dispute between Li Yuan and Wang Shichong.

Later, Wang Shichong found a lot of evidence to prove that Li Yuan had rebellious intentions. Li Yuan was naturally not happy about this, and the two sides argued for many years.

Now, a delicate balance has been reached. Both of them are now ministers of the Wei Dynasty, and there is no serious public opinion on whether Wang Shichong is plotting a rebellion. So as long as Wang Shichong's brain has not been soaked by the Luo River, he will definitely give Xia Lin a warm welcome when he goes to Xuzhou to deal with the temple affairs, because this is tantamount to telling him in disguise that "this place is still a territory of the court, and you are still a minister of the court." If he captures Xia Lin, he will be confirmed as a traitor.

Li Yuan was the first one who did not let him go. Only after Wang Shichong was eliminated did the entire north truly come under the control of the Li family.

The imperial court did not want this to happen, and Wang Shichong did not want to face Li Yuan directly, so Wang Shichong surrendered to the imperial court. The imperial court thought about it and felt that this was a good idea, as letting the Li family take the blame would also keep Wang Shichong from behaving badly for a few years. So this tacit understanding among adults was reached.

Then someone will ask, wasn’t Wang Shichong’s rebellion a foregone conclusion? Why is it so ambiguous now?
Alas, politics is the art of compromise. The best solution is to make concessions and reach a delicate balance. Once the dynamic balance is broken, the complexity of things may be far beyond imagination.

In fact, Duke Dingguo could also use this trick, but who knew that he was taken away by Xia Lin in one go...

"I don't know what my eldest son is doing lately."

"Sir, don't you have a son?" "Yes, my oldest son is a top scholar." Xia Lin leaned against the carriage and sighed, "It's been half a year since I last saw him."

Speaking of Haoda'er, Chenzi has just completed the initial reclamation of the Great Northern Wilderness, and has joined forces with Goguryeo and other forces to concentrate most of the border residents in the original gathering place of the Heishui Mohe and integrated the three forces to build the Bohai Kingdom.

That is, Goguryeo has now been renamed Bohai Kingdom, which almost covers the entire Northeast Asia, and has begun large-scale land reclamation taking advantage of the good weather and high temperatures this year.

People of all ethnic groups in this area were brought together by Chen Zirou. As the top intellectual in their area, Chen Zirou participated in almost all of the construction policies of the Bohai Kingdom, from armaments to education, from agriculture to mining, and he even began to popularize the Central Plains Mandarin and taught them to read and write.

Anyway, everything was copied from Xia Lin's system and policies, and with the huge cargo import and export channel like Fuliang behind him, he really managed this once dilapidated and wild land very well these days, and was able to operate with ease in the complex multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment.

Anyway, he deeply remembered Xia Lin's words, that is, "only development can resolve conflicts." After the experiment, it turned out to be true. The original primitive tribal conflicts among several Mohe tribes were almost endless, but now, under the temptation of cash crops and minerals, these tribes have begun to cooperate in the development of fishery and farming...

The more he operated, the more Xiao Chenzi felt that Xia Lin was awesome, and his methods were more effective in areas that had not received royal education.

Today, Xiao Chenzi's original several hundred troops have visibly grown to nearly 30,000 people. Huangyaguan has also developed from a broken thatched hut into a sizable town, and has become an important commercial distribution center connecting the Northeast, grasslands and Xing'an Mountains.

And this is only the result of a few short years. He dare not imagine what the scene will be like when the port in Bohai Bay is built and direct shipping with Dantu and Ningbo is possible.

"My lady, you are in a heavy state, so please don't come. Go back and rest."

On this day, Xiao Chenzi was squatting on the field with several tribal leaders, pinching the black soil that could produce oil and analyzing this year's grain market. His wife, who was brought from Fuliang, brought him food with a big belly.

"You always forget to eat, and I don't know if you have any important family or national affairs to attend to."

Xiao Chenzi walked up to take the basket with a smile, then gently touched his wife's belly: "My wife, let me tell you, my eyelids have been twitching these past few days, and I always feel uneasy. I wonder if I have been running in the mountains every day and have been contaminated with something unclean."

"Don't talk nonsense. If you scare me, your son will be in trouble."

"Really, no nonsense, my heart is always pounding, there must be something dirty coming."

"You are just too tired." The younger sister stood on tiptoe and kissed Xiao Chenzi: "Just take a good rest for a few days and you will be fine."

"I hope so."

At the same time, seven hundred miles away at Huangya Pass, Xia Lin and the imperial spies rumbled into the pass in a horse-drawn carriage.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, he walked down with his hands behind his back. Many people around Huangya Pass looked here.

"Huangya Pass."

"Master Xia, this is Huangya Pass." The adjutant of Huangya Pass said to Xia Lin in a flattering manner, "Are you satisfied?"

Xia Lin didn't say anything, but just started to wander around with full of fanfare: "I heard earlier that Huangya Pass was in a dilapidated state, but now it seems to be OK."

"That's because our General Ye worked hard to govern the country. A few years ago, this place was really a place that even wild dogs would avoid."

Xia Lin nodded: "Where is your General Ye? Ask him to come over."

The adjutant's eyes rolled around. He didn't dare to say that his general had gone to the barbarian territory to work with the barbarians on some kind of reclaimed farm. He could only stammer and say, "General Ye went... went... oh, to Jizhou."

"Go to hell." Xia Lin frowned. "He's reclaiming wasteland in Goguryeo, and Jizhou. Okay, I'll take a day off, and I'll go find him in person tomorrow."

The adjutant broke out in a cold sweat, this was no small matter, to put it in a bigger way it was treason. If the high-ranking official from the capital came to inspect and asked him to report it, General Ye would not be able to continue to stay here, it would be a question whether he could survive.

So the adjutant immediately wanted to kill...

(End of this chapter)