"Young Master, please wait! Please take a seat and let me explain slowly!"
Seeing Ying Qian draw his sword, Wei Yang also felt a headache coming on. He was prepared to let Ying Qian sit down and tell him what had really happened and how to deal with it.
"No! Tell me first, according to the Crown Prince's crime, what punishment will the Grand Tutor receive?”Ying Qian slapped Wei Yang's arm away and placed his sword on the ground. He glared at Wei Yang and asked.
"If the Crown Prince kills people and incites a rebellion, the Grand Tutor should be punished, but…"
" What?!" Before Wei Yang could finish, Ying Qian grabbed his collar.
"General Ying Qian! Can you hear me out first?" Wei Yang pretended to be helpless, but Ying Qian interrupted him and misunderstood his words.
"I don't care. I, Ying Qian, taught that kid Ying Si martial arts, and old man Gan Long taught him literature! It's all my fault that you're so murderous at such a young age. If you want to cut, just cut my nose and Gan Long's nose. Ying Qian won't even frown!”Ying Qian glared at Wei Yang, as if he had made a decision. He spoke righteously, as if he was ready to die.
"..." While Wei Yang had finally finished explaining the entire incident to Ying Qian, Li Xiang had already informed Ying Quliang that he had decided to use the Mo Clan's Giant Token to punish the mastermind behind this incident. "Grand Tutor, don't tell Shu Zhang Zuo about this. You know his character.”Ying Quliang didn't object to Li Xiang's method, but merely reminded him.
That's right, Wei Yang had inherited the teachings of Legalism and already believed that the law was above everything else. If those people were judged to have been killed by the Mo family, then the laws of the State of Qin would not have the time to govern them, and Wei Yang would not care. On the contrary, Wei Yang would definitely have a grudge against him. Even though Li Xiang had already explained the harm of purely believing in the law at Jixia Learning Palace, Wei Yang only thought that the harm would only occur if the law was imperfect.
"Don't worry, this matter can basically be solved perfectly. However, since he needed help from the Mo Family, he might as well discuss another matter.”Diamond said as he sat beside the counter.
"What is it?" Ying Quliang asked. "Move the capital!" "Move the capital?" "Yes." Li Xiang nodded and continued,
"The Qin country is becoming stronger and richer day by day, and the population is also gradually increasing. Yueyang City is ultimately too small, so we need to build a new capital! As for the Mo Family, they were proficient in mechanism design and city construction. In terms of weapons, perhaps the Gongshu family was more powerful, but in terms of city construction, it was incomparable to the Mo family.”
Ying Quliang rubbed his chin and pondered for a while. Finally, he came up with a plan. He decided to start preparing for the construction of the new capital after this incident was resolved.
"Grand Tutor's words make sense. The Wei Kingdom is also preparing to move its capital. It has been a few years since the construction was completed.”Ying Quliang laughed out loud.
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"Everyone, the government has already investigated the matter of the grain delivery. Regarding the loss of grain in Lin County, the treasury will compensate in full!”Wei Yang stood on the high platform and announced to the gathered people.
"Then what about the Crown Prince's murder?" "The Crown Prince is still young. Is there still no one to control him?”"That's right. Without anyone to discipline them, if they kill a noble family today, they can kill a hundred civilians tomorrow!”
Just as the people of Mo County were about to cheer, a discordant voice came from the crowd. Immediately, everyone's expression changed. Obviously, there were still people who wanted to point the finger at Bai Shun, and this was when Wei Yang made the announcement. They were truly trying to stir up and coerce the people.
Just as Wei Yang was frowning and thinking about how to deal with this, something unexpected happened.
"Who the f * ck is farting there? Stand out!”A brawny man from Di County swept his gaze across the crowd and roared angrily. "That's right, who is it that wants to toy with us Di County people to deal with the Grand Tutor?”A middle-aged woman in coarse clothes shouted. "It's him! I saw it! It was this person who shouted just now!" A black-clothed youth pointed at a person hiding in the crowd and said loudly. "Alright! As expected, he's not from our village. How dare he harm the Grand Tutor! You harmed us!" The rough man grabbed the man's collar and lifted him up. Everyone saw that it was indeed a face they did not recognize.
"Beat him!" "Beat him up!"
"Wait! Brothers and sisters, don't use farming tools or weapons. Otherwise, it will be considered a private fight.”Under the prompt of a quick-witted young man, the people of Lin County put down their farming tools and dragged out the disciple sent by the aristocratic family and beat him up.
Wei Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he watched from the stage. He only called for a halt at the end and sent the dying scion to be treated. After treatment, he would be punished by the laws of Qin. Wei Yang couldn't help but sigh. Li Xiang, Grand Tutor Li, had left a deep impression in the hearts of the Qin people.……Perhaps if he were to encounter such a situation one day, the commoners would be the same.
The old clan had tried to use the new law to attack him several times, but they had all been neutralized. Finally, they could not hold it in any longer and sent out a few clan leaders to find Wei Yang, taking the initiative to make trouble.
"Wei Yang, the Crown Prince killed my clansmen. Why didn't you punish him according to the law? Could it be that you were just pretending previously?”The One World Clan elder pointed at Wei Yang and berated. "If the Crown Prince killed a good citizen, he would naturally be dealt with according to the law. However, if the Crown Prince killed a criminal, then not only was there no fault, but there was also merit.”Wei Yang sat at the table with a bamboo slip in his hand. He raised his head and glanced at the few people from the old clan who were making trouble.
"What?! Wei Yang, do you mean that the young man who was killed violated the law of the country? Do you have evidence?" The old noble did not expect Wei Yang to be so calm. He immediately wanted to retreat, but he was still unwilling.
"Have you forgotten what you've done? Don't forget that although you sent many spies, those guards weren't your clan's lackeys.”Wei Yang put down the bamboo scroll and smiled. " This…This…We really don't know…" The expressions of these old clans changed drastically. Sweat poured down like rain, and their voices were sluggish. Their hands nervously gripped their sleeves.
"Since it has nothing to do with you guys…Let's leave now!"”The few old clans left dejectedly. Wei Yang shook his head and continued to read the bamboo slips at night.
The method to deal with the old clan was told to him by Grand Tutor Li Xiang. The purpose was to resist the attack of the old clan. In fact, according to the new law of the State of Qin, there was no way to convict them.
The new law of the Qin State emphasized that " there is no doubt about the crime " and " the law does not punish the heart ". The criminal did not need to prove his innocence, and the government needed to prove that the criminal was guilty. At least the cavalrymen and Li Yu could prove the crime of the young man who was killed by Ying Si. However, there was no evidence for the mastermind who secretly gave the order, just like the three clan leaders of Meng, Xi and Bai. Now that Wei Yang had banned the officials from using "entrapment", he naturally could not punish them. What Wei Yang did not expect was that the few elders returned to their respective homes angrily. A few black shadows had been waiting on the beams of their rooms for a long time.
"You…"
One by one, the masterminds who had participated in the battle were killed before they could even scream. The disciples of the Jet-Black Sect had almost succeeded in assassinating the current Ying Quliang, so it would be extremely easy for them to kill a few ordinary old clans.
Because of the new law of Qin State, the noble families were forbidden to keep private soldiers and a large number of servants. Therefore, these few Mohist assassins, who were entrusted by Bai Shun, were killed as if they had entered an uninhabited land. Within one night, all the masterminds and culprits of the Crown Prince's murder were killed. On the second day, the elders who had discovered the tragic deaths of their clan leaders and elders came crying to Wei Yang, wanting him to find the murderer. Wei Yang was also shocked. He rushed to the scene and found that the 'murderer' was already clear. The assassin from the Mo family didn't hide his identity at all. He even intentionally revealed his identity at Bai Shun's request, leaving behind the words " If you don't declare your own righteousness, the Mo family will do it for you " in a hidden place, which meant that " justice will not declare itself. The Mo family will enforce justice on behalf of the heavens."
Wei Yang had originally thought that Li Xiang had killed these people with his peerless martial arts, but now that he saw it, he heaved a sigh of relief and shook his head at the elders. The Mo Family didn't belong to the State of Qin. If they appeared in the State of Qin, they might still be able to restrain them. However, once they left the State of Qin, the Qin Law was naturally useless.
These old families were shocked when they found out that it was the Mo family who assassinated them. They could only express that they would not pursue the matter and swallow their anger. It couldn't be helped. The Mo Family was famous in the world. They even dared to confront powerful countries like the Wei and Chu countries. Even when the two countries sent their troops to encircle and suppress them, nothing happened. It was not something that these old families could provoke. Moreover, according to the rumors, the assassins of the Mo Family had assassinated Ying Quliang, the king of the Qin State, not long ago. If it were not for the fact that one of the assassins of the Mo Family had taken pity on them and almost succeeded, these old clans would have been even more afraid.
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