Chapter 1971: Give a Lesson

Yu Qian walked on the streets of Jinan, pacing slowly along the river in the middle of the street.

The river water was very clear. Yu Qian squatted by the river and put his hand into the water. Suddenly, a cool breeze hit his arm.

This is spring water.

He couldn't help but wash his face with water, and just upstream, two men were also washing their faces.

Yu Qian was spitting on his momentary cowardice, so he came out. He wanted to see who dared to attack him under the bright and clear sky.

No one dared to kill him. Yu Qian was still confident of this.

He was a man in the emperor's pocket. If he died in Jinan, Fang Xing would dare to take down Mr. Seventeen directly, let him know what magnanimity is.

What a behemoth!

Yu Qian had seen a corner of the world these days. The huge strength of those gentry overturned his traditional concept.

In the past, in his impression, although the gentry took a lot of advantages, it was of great benefit to the grassroots stability of the Ming Dynasty, so the two offset each other, without any merit or demerit.

But when he saw the preliminary data, he was shocked and numb.

This is a monster, a greedy monster! A monster that is growing gradually!

They eat fields as their staple food and business as snacks. Sitting on fertile land, merchants flock to it, just wanting to find a backer.

Yu Qian slowly got up and walked along the stream with his hands behind his back.

The sun in the sky was still emitting light and heat, but the weeping willows by the river gave pedestrians shade.

Yu Qian gradually fell into deep thought, he was looking for the root and questioning his heart.

As a Confucian child, he was also one of the people who was treated preferentially, and his family was also overjoyed.

Private and public, poor and rich...

The two men followed quietly, one in front and one behind.

The man behind was observing the surroundings, and when he found it safe, he coughed dryly.

The sound was a signal, and the man in front suddenly quickened his pace,

approaching Yu Qian quickly.

Yu Qian was still thinking with his head down. He had forgotten the original intention of coming out, and his mind was in a struggle between heaven and man.

No one is truly selfless. If there is, that kind of person is too terrible. It is probably that he has no seven emotions and six desires, just like the way of heaven.

The man's footsteps were getting faster and faster. He was originally in the same direction as Yu Qian, but there was a distance of three steps between them horizontally. After accelerating, his direction gradually tilted, and the final merged route was to collide with Yu Qian.

The man behind quickly followed up, which meant that he was ready to continue attacking if the attack failed.

Yu Qian was at a loss about this, and he was still thinking.

The man's face was slightly ferocious. When the two sides were about to collide, he even observed the angle.

A figure rushed over quickly, startling Yu Qian. He raised his head and frowned, wanting to see who dared to attack him in broad daylight, but saw an acquaintance.

As soon as the man's eyes showed joy, a loud shout came from his side, and then a figure ran straight over.

The man was ready to hit Yu Qian, and his strength was biased to the left.

But this figure was coming towards him. Compared with the two, it was naturally a mantis catching a cicada, while the oriole was behind.

Bang!

The collision of the two big men was like two reefs being hit together by huge waves.

Before the man had time to see who it was, he felt his body shaken and then flew out.

"Plop!"

The river was not deep, but the man fell into the water unexpectedly and was choked immediately.

Xin Laoqi stabilized his body and turned back to stare at the man behind him.

The man opened his mouth and looked at his companion in the river in surprise.

"Someone fell into the water!"

The man wanted to pretend to be a passerby, but Xin Laoqi's eyes were staring at him, and this way was blocked.

So he shouted and turned around and ran.

Xin Laoqi didn't chase him. The man was slightly happy, but when he turned around, he saw a short man looking at him with a smile.

The man had a knife in his hand.

Flying knife!

"My name is Xiaodao!"

The flying knife didn't fly, Xiaodao waved his hand, and the knife flashed.

The man covered his throat and slowly retreated, his eyes horrified.

Blood gushed out from between his fingers, and the man opened his mouth and made a hoarse sound. He slowly turned around and looked at Yu Qian...

Yu Qian squinted at the blue sky and murmured, "You really dare to do it!"

The man in the river had already struggled to get up, but he didn't dare to turn around and rushed to the other side.

The river was only two meters wide, and the man ran away madly, splashing water on the river.

He got on the shore in a panic, and then a long knife came towards him.

-Don't let anyone live, kill them all!

This was Fang Xing's order.

He needed to use blood to tell the people of Jinan what those gentry were struggling for, what they were forcing, and what they were planning.

A flash of blood passed by, and Fang Wu put away his knife.

Yu Qian lowered his head and happened to see the blood.

He slightly turned his face and heard a heavy sound of falling to the ground.

"They don't want to kill you, nor do they dare to kill you."

"Lord Xinghe."

Yu Qian bowed and said, "I am ashamed."

Fang Xing pointed at the man who was still twitching on the other side and said, "It's not time to show their true colors. They just want to intimidate and prove their strength, but it's in vain."

The smell of blood gradually filled the air, and Yu Qian said uncomfortably, "Yes, Mr. Seventeen probably won't use such means, right?"

At this time, the people began to rush over from the side, but they were afraid of the knife-wielding servants and dared not approach. They just pointed and talked on the side, with a look of excitement on their faces.

It is human nature to watch the excitement, and the same is true for watching the dead.

"Seventeen? That's just a family servant. The family would not leave a handle for a family servant of a higher status because they don't have the courage."

Fang Xing turned around, and Yu Qian followed him and whispered: "Lord Xinghe, the trick of falling into the water... I think it's a bit childish and naughty. I think it must be the trick of a certain gentry."

"You think it's just falling into the water?"

"Isn't it?"

Yu Qian turned around and took a look.

Bang!

A big stone was thrown into the water by Xin Laoqi, and then there was a trace of blood on the water surface.

The onlookers exclaimed, Xin Laoqi called out and followed with the servants. The people swarmed over and exclaimed at the corpse in the water.

"Master, the man hid in the water, leaning against the pipe to avoid showing his head."

Xin Laoqi followed and reported.

Yu Qian felt a chill in his heart, but Fang Xing smiled and said, "Falling into the water is very common, and dying in the water is even more common. However, they probably don't dare to do that, and will only let you drown half to death."

The last bit of luck in Yu Qian's heart dissipated, and the idea that had been bothering him gradually had an answer.

"Lord Xinghe, the preferential treatment should indeed be cancelled."

Fang Xing didn't know what kind of inner struggle he had gone through, so he said, "This is a long process. As Mr. Seventeen said, without Confucianism, can the Ming Dynasty still rely on the current scientific children to govern the country."

Yu Qian's heart moved, and he said, "If millions of people are deprived of preferential treatment, once they let it go, there will be some chaos in the local area."

"And these people will be the source of chaos."

Fang Xing sneered, "They will not be willing, so they will sit back and watch, no, they will instigate and create problems."

"Then we must find someone to replace them...Lord Xinghe, are you going to increase the number of officials?"

Yu Qian remembered the purpose of his coming here, it should not be just the emperor who wants to train himself.

"You are very smart."

Fang Xing saw Huang Lu hurriedly bringing people over, so he said: "It is a good thing that the imperial power does not go to the countryside. It is a good thing that the emperor and the literati rule the world together, but now they are about to tear each other apart, why not go to the countryside?"

"As for officials... In the early days of this dynasty, those literati did not recognize the Ming regime and refused to come out of the mountains. Emperor Taizu Gaodi promoted education, and those who graduated from the Imperial College dared to serve as prefects."

Fang Xing also found it a little funny, "How many scholars are there in the Ming Dynasty now? How many people refuse to serve as officials unless they are treated well? So there is no need to worry about not having people."