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

Chapter 534 I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it.

The seven-day course ended quickly, but Xia Lin had not even used up one-third of the lesson plans in his hand. He originally wanted to ask Li Yuan for a few more days.

But just after class that day, Li Jiancheng came to him and said, "Some people in the court have begun to say that you are spreading rumors and misleading the people. The memorial impeaching me has probably been submitted to my father."

"Don't worry." Xia Lin folded the teaching plan and said disdainfully: "Have you heard of the dog-smashing effect?"

"What?"

"Hey." Xia Lin looked up at the sunset in the sky: "Throw a stone in the dark, and the dog that barks the loudest will be the dog hit by the stone."

"So what's the next step?"

"Crush to death."

With just two words, Xia Lin's iron-fisted policy became concrete. What can be said about Li Jiancheng? He is not like Erfeng, a top player who can overthrow an era, but he is also a good player who came out of the Li family. He already knew how to deal with him after hearing Xia Lin's words.

The next day, Xia Lin heard that the He family of the Nanyang faction was punished by Li Yuan for defiling the palace. Concubine He was also punished. It was said that before entering the palace, Concubine He had secretly conceived a illegitimate child with a servant in the mansion and sent the child away. Her family also knew what was going on but still sent Concubine He into the palace. Now that the case was discovered, Concubine He was sentenced to death by drinking poison, and the He family was also punished for deceiving the emperor.

The Li family is very simple and rough in doing things. They didn't even put on an act in this matter. It was clearly Li Yuan, the old man, who went to the old He's house to drink, and after drinking he fell in love with the man's daughter and slept with her. The girl had already had a child three years ago, but he didn't seem to mind it at the time. Now he is being charged with deceiving the emperor.

"Look at what your father did."

Dugu Han curled his lips and said to the princess, "That's not very kind."

"When has my father ever been kind?" The princess propped up her chin and sighed, "In my opinion, Daosheng's lessons over the past few days have probably caused the most harm to the He family. He must have reported my eldest brother, and my eldest brother found a way to get rid of him."

"The He family is really unlucky."

"That can't be said. His family is too shady. They took advantage of my father's favor for Concubine He in the past two years and have been unscrupulously planning to seize land in the northwest. I don't know how many families have been ruined. Before my father ascended the throne, he saw that his family had given him everything they knew, so he turned a blind eye. Now they are even interfering in such matters. It's a bit like the in-laws interfering in politics."

"They are just an insignificant small family." Dugu Han said with disdain: "What kind of politics can they do? If they really want to meddle in politics..."

She pointed to Xia Lin who was digging for earthworms in the courtyard outside the window to prepare for fishing for koi in the pond of the princess's mansion. "Look, that's meddling in politics. If you really want to do it, you have to get rid of him. If you get rid of him, your Li Tang Dynasty will last at least three or four hundred years, if not a thousand years."

The princess pinched Xiao Douya's mouth, tilted her head and smiled, "You talk too much."

At this moment, the carriage bell on the wall rang, and then a head popped out from the wall: "Marshal, I'm here."

Xia Lin looked up and saw that it was Wang Zhuoheng whom he had asked someone to call earlier.

"Hey, Zhuo Heng. Come on, come in through the main gate, quickly."

After entering the door, Zhuo Heng gave Xia Lin a firm salute, and Xia Lin looked the boy up and down. After more than a year of trials and tribulations, the boy had obviously matured a lot, and the childishness on his face had obviously dissipated a lot. He was wearing the imitation Zhongshan suit that Xia Lin had designed for them at that time, and a pair of coarse cloth shoes on his feet. He did not have the air of a prince or noble at all, but only a spirit of a strong wind knowing the strong grass.

"Your hair..."

Xia Lin suddenly discovered that Zhuo Heng now had a crew cut, and looked like a monk. He was very surprised and asked, "Was it burned by fire?"

"No, I shaved it." Zhuo Heng smiled shyly: "I wrote to my father and asked for his permission. He said that everything is up to me."

"Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"Well, because many monks came to join the Green Forest Army, the old soldiers always bullied them at first, but the commander-in-chief said that only those with the same heart can have the same virtue, and only those with the same virtue can have comrades. Comrades should not be like this, so I took the lead in shaving my head. Later, everyone found that these monks were ordinary people who were desperate like them, so they naturally got along well with each other."

"Good, good, that's great." Xia Lin praised from the bottom of his heart: "You are simply a natural political genius. By the way, are you hungry? I'll go get you something to eat."

At this moment, Xia Lin had no choice but to ask the soldiers who were guarding him at the door to buy some packed food. Seeing Zhuo Heng wolfing down the food, he felt a little distressed: "You must have suffered a lot along the way?"

"It's not a big deal, actually. Compared to the poor people in the Central Plains, this is not a crime." Zhuo Heng even picked up a grain of rice that fell on the table and put it into his mouth: "General, I just happen to have something to report to you."

"You say it."

Zhuo Heng took out three booklets from the cloth bag he carried with him: "These are the new rules and disciplines for the military camp that I wrote. There are also some study plans besides daily drills, and plans to strengthen the unity of the military and the people, and to support the army and love the people."

Xia Lin flipped open one of the books and glanced at it, then suddenly blurted out, "Palace Jade Liquor!"

Zhuo Heng: “???”

"So...odds change but evens don't?"

Zhuo Heng: “???” “The last one, how many steps are there to put the elephant in the refrigerator?”

Zhuo Heng: ???
Xia Lin watched his reaction carefully and found that he didn't seem to be pretending, so Xia Lin scratched his head and said, "Hiss... Is there really a genius?"

Zhuo Heng also introduced a revolutionary mechanism called Scholar Soldiers.

It means that a barracks is equipped with some educated people, so that soldiers and scholars can integrate with each other, and the enthusiasm of the barracks can recast the decadent scholars, and at the same time greatly improve the cultural level of the barracks. And various skills, such as ironwork, carpentry, bricklaying and other survival skills are integrated into the barracks, forming a very reliable circulation model, so that soldiers can not only fight, but also learn corresponding survival skills in the barracks.

"Very good. Has it been tried out in the Green Army?"

"It has been implemented, and the effect is very good. Many soldiers cried when they were discharged from the army and returned to the fields. They were very reluctant to leave the barracks, and many local people took the initiative to send their children to the army for training."

"You did a great job, good job."

Xia Lin looked towards Zhuo Heng with eyes full of admiration. He now completely understood why the elders of the sects in the novels about cultivating immortals would protect the young geniuses of the sect even if it meant losing all their cultivation and dying. This was simply the best explanation for the future.

"In fact, it's not my credit. General Shan deserves great credit. As the commander-in-chief, he has been eating and sleeping in the same tent as ordinary soldiers. Even when Your Majesty was there, he did not change his ways. Only when everyone is united can this be achieved. General Shan said that although it has only been a year, the Green Forest Army has gained its military spirit and is no less capable than the Po Lu Army."

"Okay, okay." Xia Lin nodded: "This is the best."

He continued reading and saw the records of the Green Forest Army's disaster relief throughout the year. Last year alone, there were 27 floods in Henan Province. The Green Forest Army built 36 dams, relocated more than 600,000 people, and rebuilt more than 70,000 houses...

“Who organized these?”

"It's General Shan. His Majesty is also in charge of part of it. The money is all paid by the court. We have calculated that the disaster relief provided by the Green Forest Army will cost 70% less than the disaster relief provided by the court. No one will procrastinate because these people are the wives, children, parents and brothers of the soldiers."

"Hmm..." Xia Lin suddenly laughed: "I hope this tradition can be carried forward."

"Brother." Zhuo Heng suddenly leaned close to Xia Lin and asked, "Is Master a god?"

"Huh? Why are you asking that suddenly?"

"Nothing, I just feel this way. It's never written in any saint's book, but Master's method is very effective, as if it were divine."

"No." Xia Lin smiled and shook his head: "But it's almost the same."

"Then I am truly lucky."

"No kidding." Xia Lin patted his chest and said, "Even if more than a thousand years later, someone can pat his chest and openly admit that he is the master's disciple, it will be a glorious thing. You should work hard. You are young, and it is your responsibility to carry on the past and open up the future."

Zhuo Heng chuckled. Although he didn't know where this road led to, he was still determined to move forward.

"Oh, by the way, Senior Brother. Why did you ask me to come here this time?"

"I asked you to come and tidy up the workplace." Xia Lin turned back to the house and took out the things he had written earlier: "Read these first, and then I will arrange your work. I remember that you have a high reputation in Chang'an, right?"

"Not really, it's just that my classmates and friends back then are all in Chang'an, so I have some friends."

"Yeah." Xia Lin nodded: "Read it first, and then we can discuss the feasibility. Hey, Zhuo Heng, are you married?"

"I'm not married yet. My father wanted to find a matchmaker for me, but I don't want to. I haven't been able to follow my senior brother in studying and governing the world, let alone get married. Zhuo Heng once made a vow in the army that if he didn't see the world living in peace and prosperity, Zhuo Heng would spend his whole life with it."

"Good!" Xia Lin gave Zhuo Heng a thumbs up: "Awesome, the world really depends on you young people."

As they were talking, the princess came out holding two children and said with a smile, "Zhuo Heng is here."

Zhuo Heng immediately stood up and saluted: "Zhuo Heng greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."

At this moment, Zhuo Heng saw the child in the princess's arms and was obviously stunned. Then he looked at Xia Lin, then looked back at Zhier and Xiao Ye, and then looked back at Xia Lin again.

In less than a minute, Zhuo Heng's face visibly turned red. He bit his lip and looked at Xia Lin, trying hard to hold back his smile...

"Is it really that obvious?" Xia Lin exclaimed.

Zhuo Heng covered his mouth and nodded hurriedly...

(End of this chapter)