"Have you heard? Wuji was attacked by the demon clan, and even Master Dolan died in the hands of the demon king."

In reality, many facts are extremely ridiculous. For example, the charlatan who delivered the news was captured as soon as he finished speaking.

"My lies are misleading the public! Let's kill this guy."

The swordsman placed the sword on the Jianghu man's neck, and then kicked the Jianghu man to the ground.

There is no need to respect this kind of person.

What kind of person is Master Dolan? According to the writings of those literati, he is like a white jade pillar holding up the sky and a purple-gold beam bridging the sea.

Killed by the Demon King? If the demon clan had that kind of ability, why haven't they attacked Wuji until now?

Every time, what they heard was that swordsmen killed tens of millions or hundreds of millions of monsters in Wuji. Although the swordsmen suffered casualties, they were nothing compared to the damage done to the monsters.

This Jianghu person actually made false claims that Wuji had been breached. What was his motive?

This is a small town, originally just a village, but because it is on the fast road to Wuji, there are more swordsmen and people coming and going, and more and more goods are in demand. Small businessmen and hawkers gather, and people come to the big chamber of commerce.

We came here to promote economic development, and then the empire mobilized manpower to build this place into a small city.

"No."

A scholar stood up. Although there were not as many scholars in the north as there were in the south, the number was not very small. At least in such a small city, there would still be two or three scholars.

After all, it is a city, not a small village. Moreover, even in a village, there will be scholars in the village.

In the wilderness, these swordsmen have to deal with those who have committed crimes in the name of justice. The literati will not say much, but this is a city, a place shrouded by imperial law. In a

In the city, even swordsmen cannot kill people at will.

This affects the status and authority of the empire in the eyes of the strong, and also affects the status of literati among swordsmen.

After all, this country relies on civilians to govern the country and military personnel to defend the country. So, shouldn't there be a distinction between civilized and military people?

No matter how strong the military is, if it is not controlled by the literati who govern the country, it means that the country cannot control its own military power, and such a country will not last long.

This is not to look down on warriors, but because they really do not have the ability to govern a country. If they only rely on their own strength to rule a country, they will inevitably be overthrown by the lower class people.

"Hey - it's you again, what's wrong? Do you think what this guy said is right?"

The swordsman doesn't like this scholar, but it's just a dislike, not disgust, because the swordsman has the persistence of the swordsman, and the scholar also has the persistence of the scholar. They are not the same kind of people, so why bother because the other person's ideas are inconsistent with his own?

Fight.

"No, I don't think what he said is true, but without definite evidence, we can't just convict him and hand it over to the government."

The literati did not know the news of the destruction of the imperial capital, because the local government tried their best to cover up this fact. Except for the nobles of the aristocratic families and the heads of local governments, basically no one knew the news of the destruction of the imperial capital.

Even those caravans and travelers heading to the imperial capital would be detained by troops sent by noble families and local government heads. In a short period of time, no one wanted the imperial capital to be destroyed, and the news that the central hub of the empire had disappeared spread.

It happened so suddenly.

If the gods in heaven did not intend to interfere with the replacement of secular imperial power, the nobles of the aristocratic families would have already had the idea of ​​replacing the imperial power. However, they would make full preparations in advance, even if the imperial power weakened, and even if war suddenly broke out one day,

It will not have any impact on the people in their jurisdiction.

Only in this way will they be qualified to support the forces they like in troubled times, or simply become a royal family themselves.

However, Jin was very unethical in what he did. Without any warning, he suddenly destroyed the imperial capital while he was in control.

Local governments, that is, those princes and normal local officials, must in a short period of time, let their authority reach a level that can be trusted by the people behind them. Otherwise, once the people realize that chaos is coming, they may not be able to drag down their families.

Go with the mouth to the places where the prestigious princes are.

Of course, moving the family to live somewhere else will bring great inconvenience to themselves. They will have no jobs, no connections, and everything will have to start over.

However, at least they have a higher probability of surviving the coming chaos.

If he just stayed in his rags, who knows, he would be killed by robbers one night.

According to the current situation, except for those princes with high reputation, whose strength will not be affected when the news of the destruction of the imperial capital comes out, and may even increase relatively, other local forces will be able to exert their full power when chaos comes.

The strength that emerged was less than one-third of the original strength.

For example, a local government, military power, and political power are controlled by two waves of people respectively, and then there are also people in the world who represent civil forces.

When the empire is unified and has strong authority and appeal, the leaders of local governments, that is, the literati who control the political power, can exert their full strength. But after the empire lacks authority, you are the head of the government? But in this troubled time of wisdom,

Among them, those with strength are the leaders.

"Leave it to the government... okay."

The swordsmen were not very satisfied with this result, but in the city, they had to give the government face. Just like the government would not care about the swordsmen killing people in the wild and let them be the rivers and lakes, the swordsmen generally would not interfere with the normal affairs of the government.

law enforcement.

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two parties.

"Leaving now?"

The scholar is not surprised. This is a tacit understanding established by both parties. This is a city, so listen to the scholar.

"Let's go."

The swordsman kicked the struggling Jianghu man unconscious again, lest this guy with ulterior motives try to escape during the transportation.

Not long after, the literati and swordsmen took the Jianghu man to the Yamen. At the same time, there were a lot of melon-eating people around.

This is a big event.

The words of that charlatan have spread, and whether they are true or false, they are enough to be called a major event.

If it is true, Wuji, the holy land of swordsmen, is guarded by Master Dolan. Under the attack of the demon clan, the final result is that Dolan died in battle and Wuji was breached. It can be seen what kind of emotions will be aroused in the swordsman. When the time comes

, even if the empire doesn’t want to fight the demon clan, it still has to fight.

Especially when these swordsmen know,

When Dolan died in the Demon King's sneak attack, a battle was inevitable.

If it is false, and a charlatan dares to spread such false news, there must be someone behind it, and this may lead to a shocking case.

"Who is here? What's important?"

The county magistrate was sitting in the high hall, speaking standard lines very skillfully, but his eyes were never on the people who reported to the magistrate, but were reading a letter.

Moreover, judging from the level of noise outside, the county magistrate already knew that this was another "consensus" between swordsmen and scholars on how to handle something, and it would probably not be a big deal.

"Sir, I and this swordsman have captured a demon spy."

Compared with the swordsman, the literati are better at speaking in the government and facing these officials, and the officials will more or less give such literati a face. After all, as long as you are a literati, you will have the opportunity to be an official, as long as you are literary.

Those who are extraordinary will definitely become high officials in the imperial court.

No matter how much you bully other literati today, you can only humiliate them and kill them? See if the academy will give you trouble.

"Spy? What do you say?"

The magistrate raised his head slightly and noticed the Jianghu man lying on the ground. He was lying in the courtroom. He must have been knocked unconscious and brought here. This made him lose interest all of a sudden.

Many times, when the swordsman and the scholar reach a consensus on how to handle something, they will make some jokes. Of course, it is usually the swordsman who loses face.

The swordsman would kill others in a fit of impatience and for crimes that would not lead to death.

Once in court, these swordsmen will find that the charges they accuse others are not only not enough to kill them, but also may not be true.

Presumably this time, it was just because of a conflict of words, and then the conflict broke out.

If it weren't for this empire, the swordsman's status would be really high, and the county magistrate wouldn't want to care about such a thing.

Because there are too many.

It was meaningless, and such troublesome things often came up to disturb him. His disgust towards the swordsman was even stronger than before.

"This person said that Master Dolan died in Wuji and the demon clan had already conquered Wuji. If it weren't for the spies of the demon clan who planned to disturb the people's hearts and take the opportunity to attack the empire, how could he have made such ridiculous remarks?"

The education that literati receive in academies generally falls into two categories. One is how smart and intelligent the literati are, and how superb their skills in governing the country are. The other is how powerful the swordsmen of the empire are, especially those from Wuji Gym.

The master has been an invincible figure for almost every generation.

Under this kind of education, no literati would believe that Dolan would be killed.

This not only interferes with the strength and status of swordsmen, but also affects the correctness of the education received by literati.

The reason why every academy can recruit so many disciples is because they have enough "correctness".

They trained a lot of high-ranking officials, which proves their correctness in official careers. People in their academy wrote many books recognized by the world, which proves the correctness of their knowledge.

The masters of Wuji Gym in the past have used their strength to prove that the Academy's judgment on the strength of swordsmen is correct.

Originally, the academy mentioned Wuji Daoguan in its educational knowledge in order to recruit more disciples among the people. It could be regarded as borrowing the status of Wuji Daoguan to improve the status of the academy.

After all, except for middle-class civilians who have passed down poetry and books from generation to generation, other civilians would not choose to study at all.

Even if nobles and aristocratic families control knowledge, they will not let it be monopolized, because the result of this will be that the strength of their literati will be far lower than that of swordsmen. This is not suitable for their path, not suitable for them.

Use political power to control the path of the swordsman.

Even if they plan to use this method to control the swordsman and let the swordsman become the sword in their hands, they must have the "strength" to be able to hold the sword.

There will be more and more swordsmen in the huge population base. With the innovation of kendo masters and great swordsmen in the past dynasties, kendo will become more and more prosperous.

Under such circumstances, if the literati cut off the opportunities for the lower classes to learn knowledge, it would be tantamount to forcing all ambitious people to devote themselves to the sword.
To be continued...