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

Chapter 472: The Floating Party
In fact, being called the Floating Party is not a bad thing. At least Emperor Jingtai is making use of the Floating Party at that time. There is no other reason but that they are useful.

In fact, he knew better than anyone who were the members of the Fu Party, but the problem was that if we traced back to the source, the Fu Party originated from Fuliang, which was set up by Xia Daosheng, and the one who organized and asked Xia Daosheng to run Fuliang was Emperor Jingtai, who was not even the crown prince at that time.

When he was a young prince, he had already advocated the establishment of Fuliang, and the Fuliang Party was actually his own faction.

And the key is that the Floating Party is easy to use. Strictly speaking, the Inspection Office is the sphere of influence of the Floating Party, but the Inspection Office has the greatest supervision over the Floating Party. This is something that even Emperor Jingtai could not have imagined. In fact, in his heart he allowed the Floating Party, who had the merit of following the emperor, to engage in a certain degree of corruption.

Oh, before he ascended the throne, the people under him were poor, and after he ascended the throne, the people under him were still poor, so didn’t he ascend the throne in vain?

This is a tacit understanding among the new emperors of all dynasties. Just like the southern gentry and Buddhists in the previous emperor's reign, a certain degree of wealth is allowed, but not too much.

But the Floating Party was really crazy. Although they were raising money everywhere, most of the money was used in four areas - medical care, education, industry and water conservancy. Take Ma Zhou as an example. Ma Zhou had just received a special fund of 700,000 taels.

Normally, one would be thankful if about 60% of this money could be used on the project. However, not only did he use all of the 700,000 taels on the construction of the Jinling Industrial Zone, he also took the initiative to contact the southern gentry to raise 800,000 taels. The movement of the money was transparent and clear, and every brick and tile was disclosed.

This matter was both a good thing and a bad thing for Emperor Jingtai. To say it was a good thing was because what leader would like to see his subordinates engage in corruption and bribery. But to say it was really good was not necessarily true, because if the water was too clear, you could not catch the fish and shrimp in the water, and if others said to go against you, you would go against them.

So at the moment, Emperor Jingtai was both worried about and fond of the Fu Party, and couldn't do without it...

This group of floating party members also have great ambitions. They have set up a development plan for the Wei Dynasty for the next fifty years, and their ambitions are staggering.

They didn't even take the Li family, the biggest threat to the court, seriously. Others were worriedly submitting memorials to attack the rebels every day, but the Fu Party ignored them altogether. Ma Zhou even withheld all the memorials with harsh words, and then told Emperor Jingtai not to rush and just move forward.

To be honest, Emperor Hongbao had a very hard life. He had hardly had any rest since he ascended the throne. But when it came to Emperor Jingtai, he had even put in his best effort to be the new emperor. However, the problem was that the people under him were too capable. He only had less than two hours of work to do every day. In these two hours, he spent an hour and a half chatting with the cabinet, and the remaining half an hour was spent nodding yes and shaking his head no.

In fact, Emperor Jingtai is also very conflicted now. Jinlian said, "I have read history books and found that when the ministers are strong, the monarch is weak. Your Majesty should still take self-strengthening as the best policy." But it feels so good to be an emperor with ease. His father has to get up at four o'clock every morning to review memorials, and he has been doing this for decades, rain or shine, while he sleeps until the morning court, works in the morning, and does whatever he wants in the rest of the time.

The key is that the country is not in chaos, but in good order. When policies are promoted one by one, he only needs to ask about the progress and then nod or shake his head. The only thing that requires his direct intervention is personnel, and his inertia of thinking makes him always default to the floating party.

As I said, floating party is useful...

By the way, what about Xia Daosheng? Xia Daosheng, Lao Guo and Prince Teng have now completely retreated to the back. Lao Guo went back to his hometown in Shanxi to visit his relatives and said that he would scold Li Yuan by the way.

If others went to scold Li Yuan, they might be turned away, but it was okay for Lao Guo to scold him. Li Yuan knew that Lao Guo scolded everyone. Moreover, this time Lao Guo went there in a private capacity, and Li Yuan did not dare to touch him. If Li Yuan really dealt with him, the 100,000-odd troops of Po Lu and the 400,000-strong Green Forest Army would have to join forces.

Li Yuan was also panicked. He didn't know anything else, but he had to kneel down and thank Xia Lin for being able to maintain the current situation.

Strangely enough, Li Yuan cut off trade with the imperial court but stepped up his efforts with Jiangnan Province. His intention to show goodwill was very obvious. At present, Li Yuan's three questions had not been answered. The best way to deal with them was to ignore them and wait until everything was calm before considering how to deal with the matter.

Therefore, this should be the most peaceful and stable period in the future of the Wei Dynasty, and how to make use of this period of time becomes particularly important.

As for the prince, he was supposed to continue to serve as regent for three full years, but Xia Lin advised him to stop caring about it, withdraw his hands and go fishing and raising chickens, or go back to Fuliang Wharf to be a dispatcher if that doesn't work out. The current scale of the Fuliang Water Affairs Bureau is ten times larger than before, which will definitely allow the prince to enjoy being a dispatcher.

But the prince was still somewhat worried, so although he was no longer the regent, he still stayed in the capital to support his children and nephews.

But he was free now, so he wandered around Xia Lin's yard like a ghost every day. Whenever he saw him and his wife, he would ask, "Why haven't you made any movement yet?"

The little princess has a really good personality, but she has quarreled with the prince several times about this matter, because her father always thinks there is something wrong with her.

Xia Lin rarely goes out now. He stays in the house every day making figurines and airplanes.

Chuntao and the others went there to take care of the two women who had just given birth and were in confinement. Xia Lin even wrote a letter to ask Miss Tingyun to go there as well. After all, it was like one person giving birth and a group of people were there to serve her, so Xia Lin could at least feel a little more at ease.

"Can this thing of yours really fly?"

Old Zhang came to Xia Lin's yard that day and watched him playing with that strange thing. He was somewhat curious: "It does look a bit like a bird, but it can't flap its wings. How can it fly?"

"Will you fly together later? This is a two-seater, and I plan to take my wife with me, but it's just the two of us on the first flight."

"Good! It just so happens that today the weather is light and the sky is clear."

These two people always do what they say. They asked someone to load and tow the plane to a low hill. The two mountains here happened to form a concave shape, which was the mountain that Xia Lin said looked like a pomelo.

He had already laid the track above, and then he and Lao Zhang sat on the plane. Xia Lin coughed and said, "Are you ready?"

"Open, open, open! Charge!"

Then one of them broke an arm and the other broke a leg... The next day, when Lao Zhang went to court with his head and arms wrapped, Emperor Jingtai asked, "My dear Zhang, what happened to you..."

When Lao Zhang heard this, he was furious: "Yesterday Xia Daosheng tricked me. He made a plane that he said could fly like a bird. I believed his lies and sat on it. Then the plane got so angry that it fell down and broke my hand."

Emperor Jingtai asked hurriedly, "Is Mr. Zhang all right?"

"good."

"How is Xia Daosheng?"

"He broke his leg and rolled on the ground screaming in pain."

Not to mention Emperor Jingtai, even the other people in the court couldn't hold back their laughter. Xia Daosheng was still the same Xia Daosheng...

"Daosheng said nothing, but just wanted to die."

Emperor Jingtai used his dragon robe to cover his mouth and nose, but he laughed so wildly...

It has to be said that the human species is absolutely gifted in making things difficult for oneself. Everyone thought that even if Xia Daosheng had a way to die, it would be by rebelling, raising an army to rule himself, or forming a clique for personal gain. But who knew that his way to die was to make a bird himself, sit on it and prepare to fly.

This has really become a laughing stock. Since Pangu created the world, no one has heard of such a ridiculous thing. Xia Daosheng is a serious official. Nothing he does will surprise people, but this matter... is too surprising.

After court session, Emperor Jingtai went to visit Xia Daosheng in person. When he saw him, Xia Daosheng was still drawing the improvement drawings. He was lying on the bed with a splint on his leg, mumbling to himself.

"It turns out that you are not invincible."

Emperor Jingtai walked to the side and the eunuch beside him immediately brought him a chair.

"It's strange. When it was tested without anyone on board, it was able to fly. Why did it fall down immediately after someone sat on it?"

"Okay, Daosheng. If you kill yourself now, what do you want me to do? I can't hold this court alone."

"Your Majesty, would you like to sit with me and try it next time?"

"You want to kill the king."

"I'll sit too!"

Emperor Jingtai waved his hands quickly: "No, no, I came here just to see how you are injured. It seems that you are in good spirits. I will ask Jinlian to bring you some Western Region injury ointment later."

"Are you leaving now?"

"Then I'll have a meal here?" Emperor Jingtai said with a smile, "I'll go see Uncle Wang on the way."

Emperor Jingtai stood up and left after he finished speaking. Not long after, the hearty laughter of him and Prince Teng could be heard from the courtyard next door. There was no doubt that they were laughing at Xia Lin...

Later, Jinlian really came. Although such a scene was indeed a little inappropriate, Jinlian didn't care. She was even so happy that she almost cried.

After seeing Xia Lin, she insisted on applying ointment for Xia Lin. When she saw the scars on his legs, tears really flowed out of her eyes, and she looked so pitiful.

"You are not playing me, are you? You didn't even cry when you were tortured so much."

Jinlian burst into laughter and said, "Don't be like this next time. It really hurts me to see you like this."

She gently applied the ointment for Xia Lin. She should have left at this time, but she said she would not leave and just sat there looking at Xia Lin.

"If you don't go back, His Majesty will be angry."

"My Lord, do you dislike Jinlian so much?"

"You women are really sick. When did I ever say I don't like you?"

Jinlian's expression brightened instantly after hearing this. She stood up and said, "Then I will come again tomorrow to change the medicine for you, sir..."

(End of this chapter)