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

Chapter 473 His heart can be punished
Xia Lin's fall not only shocked the whole government and the public, but also created a huge joke. Almost everyone was laughing at Xia Daosheng's absurdity.

Fly like a bird, hahahaha... It's extremely absurd and ridiculous. I don't know whether he is pretending to be crazy or really crazy. Geniuses are prone to crazy, and this seems to have become a law.

"It seems that the court is in good order right now, but that's because someone is keeping things under control. But that person is obviously not the emperor."

"Who is that?"

"The late emperor! The late emperor left a wedge in the court. As long as this wedge is there, the court will not be in chaos."

"Who?"

"Who else could it be? Shadow Emperor Xia Daosheng! It's being said that he is actually the descendant of the late emperor who was left among the people. Originally, the throne belonged to him, but it was against the rules to depose the eldest and enthronize the youngest, so he was asked to assist his brother to ascend the throne. Don't you disbelieve it? Who in the world has the ability to do such a great deed and take the initiative to guard the late emperor's body without any reward? Don't you see the identities of those who are guarding the body? Have you ever guarded the body for your old grandfather?"

"No, that's my eldest brother's business. Oh! That's right! How can an outsider take part in the wake?"

The drinkers in the tavern were talking about the death penalty. Zhao Shiyuan, who was standing next to them, listened silently, but he said nothing and just returned to the Investigation Office with a gloomy face.

At this moment, Lao Zhang, with a splint bandage on his arm, was pointing at the moon with his left hand. When he saw Zhao Shiyuan coming back with a serious face, he turned around and asked, "What's wrong? You look so gloomy. Did you find out any news?"

"Brother Zhongchun." Zhao Shiyuan said with a dark face, "There have been rumors in Jinling City these days."

"As for rumors, they exist. When is there no rumor?"

Zhao Shiyuan's eyes flashed: "Brother Zhongchun, this may be unusual."

After saying that, he told this to Lao Zhang. A man like Lao Zhang, who was a man of few ideas, felt a jolt in his heart. It was obvious that someone was making up this rumor. No matter when this rumor appeared, something bad would happen. Everyone knew that Xia Lin was the pillar of power, but now someone wanted to complicate the matter. This was truly a crime that deserved death.

At this critical juncture, the easiest way to cause chaos in Jinling City is to force Emperor Jingtai to kill Xia Lin. It doesn't matter whether he can kill him or not. As long as he has the intention to kill, the Wei Dynasty will collapse.

"check!"

Old Zhang turned around, still pointing his left hand at the moon, and shouted angrily, "There is such a thing! Check it out for me!"

The men from the Investigation Department came out in full force at the first opportunity. These people were really good at investigating things. Investigating the source of rumors was an extremely difficult task, but it was not a difficult task for them. As I said, people just had backward productivity but not low intelligence. Mind mapping was not a particularly difficult thing. As long as the rumor tree diagram was spread out, the population itself was not large, so they quickly located the upper structure of the rumor and continued to follow these lines.

This method was first proposed by Lao Zhang, and it can be said that it has been basically effective until now. In addition, he also has two other methods: the triangular positioning method to catch the criminal and the physiognomy method.

Triangulation positioning is to determine the approximate location of the suspect and conduct investigations based on the triangle formed by connecting the places where similar murders occurred. Physiognomy is even more mysterious, using the suspect's behavior, voice, clothing, etc. to determine the criminal's appearance.

As soon as these three technologies came out, the murder detection rate even reached 80% at one point, so Lao Zhang, the guy who drew pictures, became the most awesome criminal investigation expert in the entire Wei Dynasty. Many old cases would be brought out and he would be asked to help re-examine them, and the key was that most of them were actually solved, so the Investigation Department under Lao Zhang was now unrivaled.

After finding out about the top few rumors, they followed the clues and found several businessmen from Shanxi. Just as they were about to leave, they were arrested by a group of Flying Fish at the city gate.

Arriving at the Investigation Department, these people sat in front of Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang did not interrogate them or ask them any questions. He just ate and ate. After finishing the meal, he wiped his mouth, stood up and said, "Okay, they confessed."

Several businessmen were confused and then they were taken away and locked up. They committed suicide that night out of fear of punishment.

The next day, Lao Zhang directly presented the case file to Emperor Jingtai, which said that Li Yuan sent people to Jinling City to spread rumors and the culprit had been executed.

In fact, it doesn’t matter what the truth is at the moment, because it is most likely that this was not done by Li Yuan but by other factions. But this is not important. What is important is that this news will be passed on to Li Yuan. Li Yuan will not go to the capital to seek justice, and will only silently suspect the allies around him.

As for whether it is appropriate to assign this matter to Li Yuan, well, what is appropriate or inappropriate about it? Too many lice won't itch, too many debts won't worry, can it be that Li Yuan will bow down and submit if this matter is not done?
"absurd!"

Emperor Jingtai threw the memorial down the hall and angrily shouted, "Li Yuan is such a bully! Where is the Investigation Office?"

Old Zhang pointed his left hand at the moon and walked forward: "I am here."

Emperor Jingtai almost laughed when he saw him like this, but he forced himself to hold it back: "I will hand this matter over to the Investigation Department. If you fail to handle it, you will be beheaded."

Lao Zhang bowed slightly: "As you wish."

"I have thought about it for a long time. My dear ministers have all advised me to attack Li Yuan, but now is not the time to do so. It is spring now. If a natural disaster is caused without reason, the people will be left without clothes to wear and without food to eat. This can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness. I am determined to follow the example of the late emperor and act after careful planning. My dear ministers, don't be impatient. I will bear the blame for being weak. The current situation is to recuperate and not make the people suffer." As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that there was a master behind Emperor Jingtai, but this master was most likely not Xia Daosheng, because this was not Xia Daosheng's caliber and method.

In their opinion, Xia Daosheng's current approach was the most brilliant one. He placed 400,000 troops in Henan Province, neither fighting nor retreating, but defending the land and then cultivating it, gradually restoring the population and cultivated land of large cities and towns. Moreover, the soldiers themselves were farmers, and they also participated in the construction and reclamation work, gradually encroaching on the cities surrounding Henan Province, and gradually isolating and surrounding the towns occupied by the aristocratic families.

I really don't know what was going on in his mind, but this was a plan that could go down in history, using war to stop war and using soldiers to replace labor. It not only trapped those unstable refugees in the local area, but also could quickly restore the damaged areas. The most amazing thing was that it stretched across the middle of the east, west, south and north, and calmed down the originally chaotic situation in the world.

This is the best solution.

It cannot be said that Emperor Jingtai’s approach is bad. It would have been the actions of wise rulers in all previous dynasties. But the problem is that with such great examples before him, his current approach is a bit too weak.

But let it be for now. At least his main task in the first two years after he ascended the throne is to maintain the stability of the court and the development of the region. There is nothing wrong with that.

This matter soon reached Xia Lin's ears. He was now lying on the bed with one leg unable to move and was being fed a disabled meal.

"Eh? This is definitely normal. If they don't separate the imperial power from the Floating Party, there will be no chance of a breakthrough. But you can't be too comfortable now. The worst thing about this kind of thing is to open champagne at halftime. As for who did it, it doesn't matter at all." Xia Lin sat there and said to Xu Jingzong, "But the current situation is not very good either. It's too neat. You have to know that everyone is greedy. You have to find a way to create a group that can compete with the Floating Party. Yes, that person is good."

"Zhao Shiyuan."

"Yes, that's him." Xia Lin nodded quickly. "Find a way to help Zhao Shiyuan rise up, and maintain a state of fighting but not breaking with him. Let's go back and forth, and let everyone else roll up their sleeves. Don't always stay in your comfort zone. Also, we need to suppress the limelight of the Investigation Department."

Xu Jingzong was puzzled: "Master Xia, isn't that your direct descendant..."

"Just because they are the direct descendants, they have to be suppressed." Xia Lin leaned there and raised his head: "The Procuratorate is still a violent organization after all, and it is directly linked to intelligence and imperial power. In fact, there is nothing that can restrict it. So what do you think will happen if it becomes a wild horse that runs away? Cruel officials, strict laws, false accusations, torture to get confessions, and false accusations. It is indeed the emperor's fastest sword, but the problem is that sooner or later this sword will turn around and chop itself."

"Well, if we open another institution..."

"Stop." Xia Lin stopped Xu Jingzong. "It's useless. Anyone with similar functions will eventually become an evil dragon. Now we need to separate the functions of the Procuratorate from the imperial power and make it an independent agency. This way, it can be impeached and dealt with normally. This is equivalent to setting a framework and boundaries for them. Ask Ma Zhou to do this. No one else can do it."

"clear."

"Oh, and there's the issue of current rumors. Rumors are something that only takes one mouth to spread, but it takes one's legs to refute them. We don't have the manpower and resources to deal with them. So, if similar rumors appear again, you don't have to arrest people directly. You can gather some scholars and discuss these things openly and fiercely. It's time to bring out the Jinling Times. I told you before in Fuliang, you're in charge of this matter."

"Okay! Thank you, Master Xia."

Xu Jingzong was delighted. It sounded like just a piece of newspaper, but after having studied in depth in Fuliang, he knew that this thing was sharper than a knife and more pointed than a thorn. Mastering this was equivalent to mastering the right to speak of the scholars all over the world.

"Don't use it carelessly." Xia Lin suddenly stepped forward: "Misuse will lead to fatal disaster."

"clear."

"Finally, you should find a way to set up an award system. Once a year, you can select the best poems, best essays, best parallel prose, etc. The winners will not only receive a bonus, but also a reserve official position. However, when you become a regular official, you will need to take an assessment, and the assessment model will follow Fuliang's."

"understood."

"Okay." Xia Lin stretched lazily. "You should go back and have a rest. We'll get things done tomorrow. There's a lot to do, but we can't delay."

Xu Jingzong left, and Jinlian came out of the side room with the medicine box. She smiled and knelt gently in front of Xia Lin and began to open the medicine box: "Sir, you really have the demeanor of an emperor. No wonder everyone calls you the Night Emperor."

"You want me to die too?"

“No, no, no…” Jinlian shook her head vigorously: “Jinlian said the wrong thing…”

"Okay, stop testing me. I don't want to be the emperor. Also, there's a stool over there, don't kneel. If you really want to kneel, wait until I die on the battlefield, then kneel down and burn paper for me." Xia Lin sighed, "Please don't do anything stupid. Poisoning the emperor is really stupid."

Jinlian pursed her lips and said softly: "I will listen to whatever you say..."

(End of this chapter)