Retrograde for thousands of years

Chapter 75

Lang Wannian did not go home these days, but stayed in the government office to check some historical files.

The head that fell that day gave him nightmares every day. At that time he was close to Zhou Huan, he must have died!
Zhou Huan really dared to kill officials in public!
Why didn't the imperial court ban martial arts, or recruit one faction to fight another, and eventually completely eliminate the warriors?

With this doubt in mind, Lang Wannian flipped through the case files.

A warrior's power comes from his powerful lethality, which means he can kill officials.

What will happen if a warrior encounters a tough official who is not afraid of death and crazily suppresses the warrior's sect?
There is an interesting story in the case file.

At that time, there was a great scholar who was shrewd and honest. When he went to the local area, he had a conflict with a martial arts sect.It is an aristocratic martial arts sect that has been established for 70 years. It has been integrated with the local area for three generations. Many industries are owned by the martial arts sect, and it also sponsors many students and has influence in the court.

Generally, when a martial arts family has a dispute with an official, the first step is to collect evidence of the other party's crime and then give it to the other party's political opponents.

However, this great scholar is an honest official and impeccable in this regard. However, the great scholar wants to investigate the martial arts family but has made no progress for several years. The great scholar is not afraid of those assassins who come and go, but his men are afraid. They are not like High-ranking officials are heavily protected by guards, and they will not be hunted down after being attacked and killed.

The local cowards would rather go away than work as well-paid petty officials. The local political officials had no initiative. People transferred from other places died in batches. The hair of the great scholar was cut several times!
The game between the two sides lasted for ten years. The final result was that the official finally caught the martial arts family, but what happened next gave the court a big headache. After the martial arts family learned that the court was determined to encircle and suppress them, not only did they Instead of running away, before the army came, he bloodbathed the entire prefect's mansion and killed the great scholar!
The martial arts family broke into pieces and launched a guerrilla campaign in the local area. In ten years, thousands of local officials were assassinated. The court's taxes were reduced by [-]%, while military expenditures increased several times!
The local people were miserable, and several civil commotions almost spread to Beppu. The prosperous Jinzhou Prefecture was reduced to ruins, and the court spent millions of taels of silver every year on it.

Behind this war were the shadows of several sects. Their disciples did not participate in the encirclement and suppression of that martial arts family and remained neutral to the outside world. However, some small sects that actively participated were labeled as evil heretics and their entire family was killed.Some lone travelers who joined the army were found by their former enemies and died inexplicably.

It was a battle between warriors and the imperial army, a wrestling under the gaze of countless eyes.

If Aunt Tang hadn't taken action in the end, we still don't know how this matter would have ended, but even if the matter was understood, all three generations of Da Ru's bloodline were completely killed, and no one was spared.

From then on, the imperial court hated and feared warriors. No matter how good the article, no matter how powerful the strategy, no matter how powerful the arrangements were, there was nothing they could do if they encountered those who used force to break the situation.

After all, the people who executed it would be afraid and would compromise, and the nine sects also gained a higher status, and the court kept silent about their sphere of influence.

Looking back, there are similar examples. In the collisions between warriors and the court, some tacit understandings were formed, and even two paths were formed.

"What I did was a little too bad."

Lang Wannian thought silently, and his eyes responded to Zhou Huan's calm eyes.

The killing officer was still a very calm person.

"If he wants to drag me to death, can my superiors protect me?"

Lang Wannian asked like this. He is a good knife for his boss. Although he is greedy, he does many things very well. According to common sense, his boss will not give up on him...

The door was pushed open silently, and someone came behind him.

"you think……"

The man in black waved his hand, sealed his mute point, and then slapped his forehead with a palm.

Early the next morning, Lang Wannian's body was found in the official residence. Also killed at the same time were the eleven government officials who carried out the raids on the Beijing Times. The newspaper offices were all burned down.

Everything quickly slid away in an unpredictable direction.

———Separator————

In the cell, Zhou Huan was arranging his clothes, and his face looked quite upright in the bronze mirror.

The deaths of Lang Wannian and other officials and the burning of the capital's newspapers made everything complicated.

What will officials do if they encounter something new that could cause big trouble?
Generally speaking, they ban it first and then find a few scapegoats to sacrifice the flag.

Everything came to a screeching halt, and the contests on and off the stage continued. Some people said that this was the action of the Wudang faction. Since the public opinion was so overwhelming and the matter was difficult to resolve, then force was directly used to solve the people.

Lang Wannian, who cheated the Wudang Clan, some petty officials, and the newspapers that slandered the Wudang Clan were all burned to the ground. Such simple and crude methods were exactly what people in the world did.

Some people say that this is the work of the civil service system. As victims, they are the biggest beneficiaries. The imperial court is formulating regulations to uniformly manage private publications, and at the same time it has ruined the reputation of Jianghu sects.

Naturally, there are also rumors that this is a third party who wants to fish in troubled waters, stir up disputes between the court and the martial arts, and then benefit from it, etc., but who really knows what happened?Big people don't necessarily need the truth, they just need to be able to reap benefits from it, and everyone also finds that some things are starting to get out of control.

There are many types of protection fees. Let’s not mention the official taxes from the imperial court. For those who do business in the capital, including those who sell snacks, oil, and vegetables on the streets, who doesn’t have extra expenses?

Being asked to pay for tea by the police, being given a fried dough stick by idlers, being denied meal money by gangsters... there are countless others.Some things that the big shots think are harmless, the middle-level people take it for granted, and the lower-level lackeys do with peace of mind, are not recognized by the people below.

Why, why?
There was a faint fire burning below. There were princes, generals, and Ning Youzhong in this world. There were also several inconspicuous conflicts in the streets, and some keen people noticed something.

It is because of newspapers, propaganda and agitation.

The new things promoted and promoted make many people unable to eat or sleep at night, so they study and study again and again.

Well, this also achieved a result that Zhou Huan wanted, that is, newspapers and novels are inconspicuous, so what does Mrs. Tang think about those things that can cause chaos in the world?
After igniting the fireworks that burned down the Liang Empire, could Aunt Tang still hide in that mouse hole and not come out?
"Wang Huan, can you tell me what exactly you want to do?"

Su Qiaoer stood next to Zhou Huan, staring at this incomprehensible man. His appearance was very handsome, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted together because of thinking. His nickname of magician was circulated outside. Quite widely, many people thought that Zhou Huan, like those seniors from the Demon Sect, wanted to bring trouble to the world.

Su Qiaoer knew that the nickname of the magician was just a slander arranged by some scholars, but as she learned more about what Zhou Huan had done, she felt more and more that this man was a traitor in troubled times.

“I just wanted to find someone, and I put my purpose in front of everyone from the beginning, but unfortunately no one believed it.

Miss Su, thank you for taking care of me these days. "

After Lang Wannian was killed, Zhou Huan was surrounded by several more experts to protect him. Zhou Huan must not be allowed to die before the trial. Of course, some officials proposed a solution, which was to beat Zhou Huan to death in front of the court.

Thirty sticks of corporal punishment is not the death penalty, but three strikes from the government officials can kill someone, and Su Qiaoer also knows that the superiors agree with this method of treatment, and the best solution to new things is to eliminate them first.

"Be careful. If you come back alive, I'll treat you to a drink."

Su Qiaoer said everything that needed to be said, and a lot of things were revealed in this short warning.

"Don't worry, I will go back to the countryside to get married after this matter is over."

Su Qiaoer felt even more puzzled as he watched Zhou Huan leave calmly, or in other words, with confidence.

Zhilan is in power and has to be eliminated, especially when Zhou Huan refuses to join any party.

Even if he dug up the ancestral graves of civil servants, even if he aroused the hatred of civil servants, even if he had no foundation and was the best scapegoat, even if he was extremely talented and made people jealous, at this moment, he was still full of confidence in himself.

Where is his confidence?
The three-hall trial can be very long, but it can also be very short. When Zhou Huan came to the front of the hall, he saw the three officials sitting above.

Prince Rui, the younger brother of the current emperor, was usually idle but he was not a waste. He handled several royal errands very well. Knowing how to advance and retreat, he did not compete with his brother for the throne back then, and the old emperor had not been in power in the past ten years. Played his role perfectly.

Qian Chenxing, the Minister of Rites, has an excellent official reputation and is an honest and upright man.

Jingzhao Yin Li Shijie can be the top leader in the big fire pit of Beijing and has been doing it for 12 years. There is no doubt about his ability.

This kind of three-court trial was a bit big, and for Zhou Huan, who was just a scholar, it was like a cannon to swat mosquitoes. During the days when Zhou Huan and Chen Yunying traveled together, Chen Yunying applied for an identity certificate for Zhou Huan. In Chen Yunying's words, this qualification is almost perfect unless someone is willing to make great efforts to check it to death.

As for why I chose the status of a scholar, the status of a scholar is good. Local officials cannot harass them easily, petty officials and police officers will avoid them, and they can be beaten in the autumn wind without money.

"Wang Huan, be careful. Today's court hearing suddenly changed all the court officials, and dozens of new witnesses appeared. We didn't find out what happened, but the problem is definitely huge."

Someone sent a secret message to Zhou Huan. It was Master Qingjing of the Wudang Sect. He was wearing casual clothes and mingled with the people watching.

"The Grand Master of the Confucian Sect has also arrived at the scene, along with the three major gangs including the Chunqiu Sect, Tianxiahui, and the Iron Cavalry Party. They have set up a dragnet here. You must be careful and careful!"

Nodding, Zhou Huan vaguely sketched out something in his mind, killing people and punishing the heart. It seemed that Confucian was going to completely kill him.

"Prince Rui sympathizes with you. You can win over him. At the same time, you must be careful about torture to extract a confession. Those people know that you have a plan and have already prepared it. If you have a trump card and they don't expect it, they will torture you to death on the spot. !”

Zhou Huan blinked his eyes, and then blinked again, he suddenly wanted to cry, he just came to find Tang Yuniang, but why did such a big disturbance happen?

Tang Yunniang, will you show up at the tribulation field?
(End of this chapter)