North of Xianyang City, Confucian School.
As the publicly acknowledged number one school of learning in the world, the Confucian school had a huge influence in all the prefectures and counties. In Xianyang City, it was even more sought after by the aristocrats and nobles. As a result, this encampment was built to be extremely large and spectacular, taking up half of the street.
Those who went in and out were all dressed luxuriously. Those who were slightly shabby could not enter the school hall at all.
A grand banquet was being held in the grand and spacious hall. It was hosted by the famous scholar, Dr. Shu Suntong. All the Confucian masters and celebrities in Xianyang City were gathered.
After a few rounds of toasting, the drunk Confucian scholars soon began to express their opinions on the government as usual.
"His Majesty is fatuous and unreasonable. He actually listened to the slanderous words of that traitor Li Si and abolished the feudal system that was established by the ancient sages and passed down for thousands of years.”
"That's right. Since ancient times, it has been the kings and scholar-bureaucrats who ruled the world. In the past, the Zhou Dynasty was able to destroy the tyrant Shang Zhou and enjoy the country's fate for more than 800 years.”
"Even the ancestor of the Qin country was only a horse herder in the past. He was appreciated by the emperor and became a duke. In the end, he did not think of the emperor's kindness. Instead, he took advantage of the emperor's weakness to steal the nine cauldrons!”
"Especially now, I believe in villains like Li Si, who rebelled against us. I practice Legalism and ignore benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith.”
"In my opinion, Great Qin won't last long!”
"Very soon, all the clear streams in the world will be forced to rise up and overthrow the rule of this violent Qin!”
Perhaps because they had drunk too much, or perhaps because they were used to being arrogant, the Confucians became more and more unrestrained in their discussions.
Towards the end, even Shu Suntong, who was a scholar, couldn't stop him.
"Everyone, what we are discussing today is how to persuade His Majesty to re-implement the enfeoffment system, not anything else!”
"Don't forget, this is Xianyang City. Be careful that the walls have ears!”
"If Young Master Changqing hears this and comes knocking on your door, don't blame me for not warning you!”
Shu Suntong waved his hand to signal the accompaniment to leave. He personally picked up a small copper hammer and struck the chime bell a few times, interrupting the Confucian scholars 'increasingly outrageous remarks.
"Isn't he just a profligate young master? You may be afraid, but I'm not!”
"Don't forget that we are the disciples of the saints. If you insult us, you are insulting Confucius and Mencius. You are going against all the scholars in the world!”
"Let alone a mere Young Master Changqing, even His Majesty wouldn't dare to underestimate the hundreds of thousands of disciples of the scholarly faction. Otherwise, why would he send Young Master Fusu to the scholarly faction to study?”
"Let's go to Ying Changqing's mansion right now and denounce all his crimes. We will let the whole world know the evil face of the Ying Family!”
"Unless His Majesty agrees to restore the enfeoffment system and appoint Young Master Fusu as the Crown Prince, we will never give in!”
"Yes, I'll go now!"
The Confucian scholars, who had been praised by the nobles in their respective regions, did not give Shu Suntong any face at all and began to clamor.
The impatient ones even started to search for Ying Changqing's mansion while walking drunkenly.
Shu Suntong frowned, but he had no choice.
Although he was a great scholar conferred by the First Emperor, he was not considered to be at the top of the scholarly faction. Because he was not born into a noble family, he had suffered a lot of discrimination in the past.
Being able to become the host of this banquet was only because the venue was in Xianyang City, and the doctor Pushe Chunyu Yue declined by saying that he was ill.
Just as Shu Suntong was frowning, the door of the school building was suddenly kicked open.
"Which heartless thing dares to cause trouble here? Didn't you see the sign of a Saint on it?”
A hot-tempered Confucian scholar from Qi who had once worked in Jixia Learning Palace immediately cursed.
"Weren't you guys discussing how to punish this young master just now? Why is it that when this young master really came, all of you became mute!”
"It seems that the Confucians are just scum who say one thing and do another. They bully the weak and fear the strong!”
Ying Changqing jumped down from the Flame Foal and sneered.
The group of Confucians all gasped.
As the saying goes, a person's name is like a tree's shadow. Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
When they were still in their respective villages, they had heard of Ying Changqing's brutal deeds. After arriving in Xianyang City, they had heard of Ying Changqing's notoriety. Some of them had even witnessed the execution of Xu Fu by Ying Changqing on the streets today.
The bloody scene had a huge impact on the usually high and mighty Confucian scholars.
Seeing Ying Changqing, the famous brutal young master of Xianyang City, appearing in front of them with a murderous look, all the Confucians who had been clamoring because of their drunkenness just a moment ago instantly became cowards.
All of them looked at each other and tried to push back. None of them dared to look at Ying Changqing's fierce eyes.
"Your Highness Evergreen, this is all a misunderstanding!”
"What you heard just now was all drunken talk. It can't be true!”
As the host, Shu Suntong, who had been pushed to the front by his fellow disciples, could not avoid it, so he could only brace himself and step forward.
"So you mean that as long as it's a drunken behavior, it can't be counted?”
"You should save this nonsense for when you become ghosts and communicate with your companions. They might believe you!”
"I received news that there are many of Xu Fu's accomplices in this Confucian school who participated in the crime of bewitching the people and swindling them with evil techniques!”
"According to the laws of Great Qin, spreading lies to deceive the masses and killing people for money are unforgivable crimes!”
"Capture them all and interrogate them properly to see what other crimes they have committed!”
Ying Changqing sneered.
Originally, he had come to the Confucian Scholar House to cause trouble, but after killing Xu Fu, he had not received the system's hidden mission completion notification like when he had destroyed Zhao Gao's residence.
He thought of the burning of books and burying of scholars in history. It was because of the necromancers and Confucians that he had come straight for them.
Unexpectedly, just as he arrived at the door, he heard so many rebellious and openly clamoring to defy his superiors.
As the Young Master of the Great Qin Empire, Ying Changqing naturally wouldn't be polite to these bullsh * t Confucians.
With a wave of his hand, the guards of the Young Master's Residence, who had been prepared long ago, rushed into the group of panicked Confucian scholars and began to put on shackles and punches.
Before the dumbfounded Shu Suntong could think of a way to respond, he was already knocked down by the guards, not giving him any chance to defend himself.
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