The Villain's Counterattack

"I'm thirteen years old this year, but I still have six years, which is enough." Lin Pingzhi would not learn the Exorcism Sword Technique, even if he had the secret method of closing and piercing the acupoints. It would not sound good to tell others about it. And as he said before, since he already had the "Quanzhen Dao Song" and the "Nine Yin Scriptures", why should he practice the incomplete "Exorcism Sword Manual"?

In the next few years, I need to continue to do my best. Six years have passed since I was seven years old, and my resentment value is still as high as sixty points. The exposure of the Exorcism Sword Technique in this serial mission also brought me a reduction of more than twenty points in resentment value.

If it weren't for this series of tasks, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to clear all 99 points of resentment even after the fifteen-year deadline.

Although no one said it explicitly and no one would tell him, Lin Pingzhi instinctively felt that if he could not clear all his resentment before leaving this world, something he did not want to happen would definitely happen.

What does it feel like to have ninety-nine and eighty-one life and death talismans?

Who invented this kind of punishment? Don’t get caught by me, or I’ll hang you up and spank you!

Lin Pingzhi's trip this time was not without effect. Shaolin, Songshan Sect and Huashan Sect paid more attention to him, and often received some ridiculous news.

The prodigal Lin Pingzhi bought up a kind of long seaweed on the sea in large quantities. It was said that eating it would prevent goiter. Shiploads of it were shipped to Fuzhou City every day. Although several kilograms could be bought for one penny, the large quantity was too much for each shipment. This provided more livelihoods for overseas fishermen, but he was chased by Lin Zhennan across most of Fuzhou City.

Seeing the increasing amount of seaweed (kelp), Lin Zhennan ordered his men to clean, fold, bundle, and air-dry it, so as not to waste the pig food. Later, Lin Zhennan ordered his men to research this thing called kelp and make it into a delicious food, which then flowed into various provinces inland through the Fuwei Escort Agency.

Putting aside other things, the things in the sea are certainly not short of salt. After being dried, they are light and easy to store, and they naturally expand after being soaked in water. They have become a very popular food in the mainland.

At that time, SX Province was hit by a major disaster. The fifteen-year-old Lin Pingzhi went there in person to provide disaster relief, bringing carts of kelp and dried sweet potatoes, totaling millions of pounds. He took Liu Zhengfeng with him to donate, and entrusted Yue Buqun, the Gentleman Sword of Huashan Sect, to distribute them along the way, which earned him a good reputation.

Disaster years are also the time when many wealthy families make a fortune, but Lin Pingzhi ruined the business of many people and suffered many sneak attacks and plots along the way, which were eventually resolved one by one by the masters of Hengshan School and Huashan School.

In addition to the masters of Hengshan and Huashan, Lin Pingzhi was also accompanied by the Jinyiwei. Along the way, any officials and wealthy businessmen who had their eyes on this batch of disaster relief food were put on the emperor's blacklist without exception. Their homes were raided before they could react. The large amount of stockpiled food was released for disaster relief, and they actually managed to survive such a severe disaster year.

The Jinyiwei performed outstandingly in this disaster relief effort and dealt a heavy blow to the officials and Confucian scholars of the time. They uncovered so many corrupt officials that the emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. He sent all these officials to jail and promoted many of his own confidants, greatly increasing his prestige.

When Lin Pingzhi was sixteen years old, he left home secretly and took his younger brothers and sisters to travel at sea. On the sea, he encountered Japanese pirates. With the power of one ship, he killed hundreds of people on three ships of the enemy and obtained a amount of gold, silver and other valuables.

Lin Pingzhi was upset that he was attacked at his doorstep. He went straight to the yamen and told them what had happened, but he received bad news.

These Japanese pirates were not from Fuzhou, but came from upstream along the coast. Fuzhou was not so bad, but they were even more rampant in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of atrocities.

How could the young mind of Lin Pingzhi tolerate this? He used money to pave the way for him, and forced an imperial decree to form a navy of local militia, calling himself the Boy Scouts for the Country. He invested a lot of financial and material resources to build more than 30 sea warships, spending no less than 500,000 taels of silver, which caused a sensation across the country.

Lin Pingzhi, together with the imperial navy, led more than 50 warships to sweep across the East China Sea. It took one year and two months, and he killed the Japanese pirates so hard that they dared not show up. All the pirates at sea who were not Ming Dynasty citizens were either killed or captured. He also captured Ming Dynasty citizens and sent them to Ryukyu Oshima for labor reform.

Relying on powerful and advanced equipment, Lin Pingzhi and the Ming Dynasty Navy were invincible, killing foreign tribes in fear. In one year, they paid more than one million taels of stolen money to the court, and the value of various jewelry, antiques, etc. was no less than that, which made the emperor very happy and he ordered rewards.

However, the decree of reward was withdrawn before it could even leave the capital. Lin Pingzhi, eager for quick success, pursued a group of Japanese pirates to the island of Wo, engaging in a fierce battle with the local daimyo, nearly sparking a diplomatic conflict. Although he returned victorious, he was ambushed by the Japanese navy en route. The fierce battle ultimately resulted in a mutually devastating defeat for both sides, with the Lin family navy suffering heavy losses, leaving only six or seven warships remaining, with more than half damaged.

The decree of reward had to be changed. Without a fleet, the Lin family naturally could not become naval generals. The emperor had no choice but to grant the Lin family some land and get the matter over with. When these rewards fell into Lin Pingzhi's pocket, they became two barren mountains, a fishing village and three thousand acres of saline-alkali land.

Lin Pingzhi, who had suffered a great loss, made a bold statement that if the Japanese pirates dared to attack again, the Lin family would go bankrupt and form a new fleet to kill them all, even if it meant chasing them to the Japanese mainland and restarting the war, and he would not hesitate to destroy both himself and the enemy.

Lin Pingzhi wrote to the imperial court, sharing his suspicions that the Japanese pirates were the patron saints of Japan, who, coveting the Ming's wealth but lacking the wherewithal to plunder, had unleashed their forces. The emperor, enraged, ordered a thorough investigation, discovering that many of the pirates were indeed close associates of the powerful, or even themselves powerful individuals. Consequently, a letter was sent to Japan.

Japan was greatly frightened and hurriedly wrote a letter to explain that the Japanese king was unable to control the local area, and the last conflict with the Ming navy was purely accidental, and the naval generals involved had fled for fear of punishment.

Lin Pingzhi's evaluation was that he was hypocritical, untrustworthy, had evil intentions, and would never repent.

This evaluation of the young man's mentality caused a sensation in the court and made many people see the true nature of Japan. Lin Pingzhi, who almost caused a national war with his own efforts, successfully eliminated thirty grievances, which made him a little unable to react.

At the age of eighteen, Lin Pingzhi took part in the provincial examination, but was neglected because of his previous corruption and offended the civil service group.

The Jinyiwei, who had made several fortunes with Lin Pingzhi, took action at this time and cracked a case of cheating in the imperial examination. In fact, cheating in the imperial examination happened almost every year. The most inappropriate thing about this year was that Lin Pingzhi was dismissed based on his own likes and dislikes.

It is not certain how good Lin Pingzhi's paper was, and how much originality could the eight-part essay bring? The Jinyiwei simply quietly handed Lin Pingzhi's rejected paper and a cheating paper to the emperor, and the difference between the two papers was immediately determined.

Lin Pingzhi, who had been in charge of military farms, presided over disaster relief, fought against Japanese pirates, and faced the Japanese king with confidence and unyielding spirit, was even more favored by the emperor in practical matters.

After seeing the two papers, the emperor immediately realized that there was a problem, so he dispatched the Jinyiwei. The civil servants in FJ Province immediately suffered heavy losses, and the situation also affected other provinces.

If the Jinyiwei in Fujian could do this, then why couldn't the Jinyiwei in other places do the same?

The most serious fraud case in the Ming Dynasty took place. Not just one but two people lost their heads, and the Prime Minister retired and became the most innocent victim. He had only casually ordered that warriors were not allowed to infiltrate the disciples of the saint, but he did not expect that he would eventually become the biggest sinner behind the manipulation of the imperial examination.

After re-examination of the papers, Lin Pingzhi from Fujian became a juren, ranking third in the first class.

Why not first place? Everyone is quite clear about the principle that too much is as bad as too little. Although Lin Pingzhi passed the imperial examination, he was also blacklisted by the civil service group.

Looking at the resentment value that was reduced in his mind, Lin Pingzhi waved his hand and set up a banquet!