There are laws and regulations for the conduct of heaven and the conduct of the country.
Those who obey will prosper, and those who oppose will perish!
Ying Zhan's words fell like a resounding bell, echoing in Thief Zhi's mind.
At this moment, the eyes of the usually frivolous Thief Zhi revealed a thoughtful expression for the first time.
Clearly, Ying Zhan's words had deeply moved Thief Zhi.
Thief Zhi was a wanderer who had not read much. He had been influenced by the Mohist school's ideals after joining the Mohist school.
Thief Zhi was a loyal person, so many of the Mohist school's ideas were similar to Thief Zhi's nature.
Therefore, Robber Zhi had always believed that it was just for him to rob the rich and help the poor. It was also just for the Mo family to secretly resist the violent Qin that destroyed the six countries.
Only after Ying Zhan's words did Thief Zhi truly start to think.
The result of thinking was that although Thief Zhi was very unwilling to admit that winning the battle was right, he could not say that winning the battle was wrong!
Because that was the truth.
Before Great Qin unified the six countries, the various countries had been constantly at war. When Great Qin did not attack the six countries, the six countries would also attack each other internally, and many people would die every year.
Not only did the soldiers die in large numbers, but the civilians who were in the areas where the two sides fought often died in large numbers as well.
Thief Zhi's parents had died in the war, and he had started wandering since he was young.
Robber Zhi had personally witnessed the endless bloodshed caused by countries attacking each other. Every year, many people died in war.
Now that Great Qin had unified the world for a year, there would be no more war or bloodshed.
Even though many of Great Qin's soldiers and officials were not friendly to the people of the six countries, they were not any worse than the officials and nobles of the six countries.
In fact, because of the Great Qin's laws, Great Qin's officials still had standards.
Although the lives of the commoners could not be said to be very good, it was not to the extent that they could not live on.
When the Six Nations were still around, Thief Zhi had also traveled to various countries, robbing the rich to help the poor.
He had seen how the officials and nobles of the six states treated the people.
The rulers of Chu were all fat, but their citizens were all emaciated. The food and resources that they had painstakingly grown were mostly exploited by the rulers to maintain their extravagant lives.
Therefore, many of the Chu people could not survive and fled to the Qin country to make a living.
Korea, Qi, Zhao, Wei, and Yan were all like this.
In order to cultivate his voodoo and practice his martial arts, the blood-red-clothed Marquis of Korea, Bai Yifei, had wantonly harmed many young Korean girls.
The Prime Minister of Zhao, Guo Kai, was greedy beyond measure. For his own selfish desires, he took away many people's fields, causing them to be homeless.
Qin Wuyang, the grandson of Qin Kai, the Great General of Yan Country, was the one who followed Jing Ke to assassinate Qin. When he was thirteen years old, he dared to draw his sword and kill people on the streets of Yan Country just because someone looked at him. He was not punished.
It was because he had a grandfather who was a great general!
Some people even praised Qin Wuyang for being brave enough to kill people at the age of thirteen!
However, no one in Yan Country was willing to help the innocent civilian who was killed!
On the other hand, the laws of Qin were strict. Even nobles and officials had to be punished by the law if they killed someone for no reason!
As such, Robber Zhi thought back to what he had seen and heard over the years and had to admit that compared to when the Six Nations were still around, the commoners of the world were living a better life under the rule of the Great Qin Empire.
At the very least, there were no officials or nobles in Great Qin who would casually take away people's land, and there were no nobles who would dare to kill people on the streets!
At this moment, some of Thief Zhi's past beliefs collapsed.
He suddenly realized that even though Great Qin's laws were harsh and unreasonable in many places, the Hundred Schools of Philosophy had secretly called it Violent Qin.
However, with the restrictions of the Qin laws, many things were regulated. Compared to the Six Nations, where officials and nobles could kill and take away the lives of the people, Great Qin's strict laws had greatly reduced such things!
If the Qin Dynasty was called the Violent Qin Dynasty, then the six dynasties in the past treated their own people worse than the Violent Qin Dynasty…
"I thought about it carefully and realized that Lord Marquis's words were correct.
I will write Lord Marquis's words in a letter and convey them to everyone.
I am also willing to serve the corvee and accept the punishment of the law.
But if possible, I hope to be like Chi Lian and serve under your skills.
I feel that Lord Marquis is a different kind of noble and will make the world better.
And I want to see that day."
Robber Zhi, who had changed his mindset, seemed to have changed into a different person. He looked at Ying Zhan and said seriously.
Ying Zhan nodded his head in relief.
The reason why he had said so much to Thief Zhi was because he wanted to use the power of Thief Zhi and the rest of the Mo family.
Ying Zhan admired the Mo Family's ideals and actions.
Many people of the School of Mo believed in the concept of universal love and were able to endure the hardships of ascetics to temper themselves. Compared to the eloquence of Confucian scholars, the School of Mo was respectable.
Although this school of thought was not suitable in many aspects and did not conform to reality, the achievements of the Mohist School in the art of traps were still very meaningful to the world.
As such, Ying Zhan did not want the Mo Family to fight against Great Qin and waste their production power. He also did not want the Mo Family to decline like in history.
Instead, he hoped that the Mo Family could work for Great Qin and continue to grow under the support of the empire, laying a good foundation for science and technology for future generations!
"Ding! The host has solved a large-scale theft case. Reward points 100.
The host has captured the world's number one thief, Thief Zhi. Reward points 500.
The host rejected Thief Zhi's bribe and obeyed the law. Reward points 50
The host has taught Thief Zhi the Qin technique, causing Thief Zhi to return from his lost path. Reward points 50."
The system's voice rang out, and several rewards were given out in succession. In total, there were 700 points. If the 300 points that Chi Lian had contributed a few days ago were added, Yingzhan had accumulated 1,000 points this time. It was enough to exchange for a large reward in the system.
This made Ying Zhan very happy because the amount of points that Thief Zhi had contributed was the highest he had ever received.
However, it was not strange. After all, Thief Zhi was the world's number one thief. Capturing the number one thief naturally gave him a high reward.
Just like a reward, the bigger the crime, the higher the reward…
Just like that, Robber Zhi also stayed in Xianyang Pavilion. Of course, the corvee he had to serve would not be less.
The paper mill was short of manpower recently, so Ying Zhan let Thief Zhi stay in the paper mill to help out.
With the best thief in the world around, he did not have to worry about others stealing the paper and technology.
However, unlike the craftsmen, the thief plantar was a corvee and a labor reform. Therefore, he only cared about food and did not have any wages…
Yingzhan brought Chilian and the soldiers back to the sentry box.
However, on the way back, Ying Zhan noticed that something was wrong with Chi Lian. She kept her head down and seemed to be in low spirits.
"What's wrong? Tired from patrolling the night?
Then why don't you switch with Thief Zhi and go to the workshop to do odd jobs?”
Ying Zhan's teasing did not make Chi Lian happy.
Chi Lian was silent for a moment before she raised her head with slightly red eyes."Just now when you were seriously giving a speech to Thief Zhi, I seemed to see a person's shadow on you.
That person is also very similar to you. Most of the time, he's not serious and doesn't look reliable at all.
His mind was also filled with the law. In front of the law, his mind was as hard as iron, and he would not bend the rules.
When you get serious, it's as if everything in this world is in your hands. There's nothing that you can't solve…"
Ying Zhan immediately understood that Chi Lian missed her brother Han Fei.
At the end of the day, no matter how cold and evil Chi Lian looked, she was still that scarred young girl in her bones.
There would still be times when she was weak…
"Although I might be very similar to that person in some aspects, I'm sorry that I can't be your brother because you're a few years older than me…"
Ying Zhan squeezed out a smile, only to be met with a cold snort from Chi Lian."Do you think you're funny?"
But the next moment, Chi Lian's body suddenly trembled because Ying Zhan reached out and hugged her gently. He patted her head and gave her a comforting warmth."If he was still here, he probably wouldn't want to see you like this. Instead, he would want you to live happily.
Also, from now on, you should call yourself Red Lotus.
The name Chi Lian is too unpleasant to hear. It doesn't sound feminine at all…"
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