There are ten thousand ways for daring people to act daringly, and there are many types of daring actions, but in the final analysis, these people have only one kind of confidence to act daringly.
They just feel that whether they die or not after doing something daring will never have anything to do with them.
Zong Zhengshi was not daring at all. He had not planned to go to Geling City to see it, but now he wanted to go because his curiosity about Lin Ye was getting bigger and bigger.
Zong Zhengshiquan judged that due to the change of throne in the Jade Kingdom, his most important and direct opponent for a long time to come was not the little emperor of the Jade Kingdom, but the young general.
When Emperor Ruoyu Xie Fuwei was still in power, Zong Zheng Shiquan would definitely not rank Lin Ye first among his opponents.
Now that Xie Fuwei has abdicated, the new emperor will definitely not be ranked first by him.
Lu Lei was so frightened that even his right-hand minister Qu Zhi Yao supported him, which made Lu Lei feel helpless.
"Your Majesty said it lightly."
Lu Lei said aggrievedly: "I have to say something offensive. If your Majesty really had an accident in Geling City, then after your Majesty goes back, it will just be regarded as an adventure. But after I go back, I don't know how many people will impeach me." I don’t know how many people scolded me, but if I’m not careful, my whole family will die.”
Zong Zhengshiquan smiled casually and said: "If I don't kill you, who can."
He looked at the Prime Minister Qu Zhiyao and said, "Is it possible that the Prime Minister will kill you?"
Qu Zhiyao said: "The results mentioned by General Lulei will be the same after I return."
Zong Zheng Shiquan asked: "So what the Right Prime Minister just said was just to cater to me?"
Qu Zhiyao: "No, I feel that it is indeed necessary to go to Geling City to understand the situation in Jade City, and to see how good the general who is now in power is."
Lu Lei sighed: "Your Majesty and the Right Prime Minister are both willing to take risks, so what can't I do? The worst case... The worst case is that I will take my life."
Qu Zhiyao said: "I have to go, but there is something I hope your Majesty will be considerate of."
Zong Zhengshiquan said: "You say."
Qu Zhiyao said sincerely: "After arriving at Geling, Your Majesty and General Lu Lei will wait outside the city first. I will enter the city alone. After the arrangements are made, I will welcome Your Majesty in."
Zong Zheng Shiquan couldn't help but drive his two most trusted ministers to death, so he nodded: "Okay."
They had no such plan before going south, and even they themselves did not expect that they would suddenly go to Geling.
On the other side, Xiao Jinrong was still upset.
This Lin Ye seemed to be young, frivolous and aggressive. At first, Xiao Jinrong's judgment of this person was. . . . . . It's more or less because the credit is too great and it's a bit overwhelming.
Xiao Jinrong has many ways to deal with such young people. He has been in the martial arts academy for so many years, and his specialty is dealing with young people.
After he unknowingly walked a few steps along the path paved by Lin Ye, he realized that the world had changed a long time ago, and it was not just the elderly who were cunning.
"I heard that the general had a hard life when he was young?"
Xiao Jinrong asked casually without any purpose.
Lin Ye said: "It can't be said to be hard, nor can it be said to be good."
Xiao Jinrong said: "I have been in Geling Martial Arts Academy for so many years, and I have seen too many young people from bad backgrounds. They are indeed more diligent, more ruthless, and better at seizing opportunities. However, sometimes, extremeness and persistence have become their problems. Stumbling blocks, ultimately accomplishing nothing.”
Lin Ye said: "Achieved nothing? The dean said it more euphemistically. As far as I know, in the past few decades, there were no less than a hundred young talents who disappeared inexplicably in the martial arts academy."
These words made Xiao Jinrong frown.
"What does the general mean by this? The martial arts academy is unfair? Or even... dangerous?"
He paused and then asked: "If the martial arts academy is unfair, why would there be so many young people from bad family backgrounds flocking to it?"
Lin Ye said: "It is precisely because Wuyuan is one of the few places in Dayu that is fair, that's why they are trying their best to squeeze into Wuyuan."
Xiao Jinrong said: "I can't understand what the general means."
He looked at Lin Ye and asked: "What the general said just now seems to be suspicious that some young people with bad family backgrounds will be squeezed out by those with good family backgrounds, or even... get rid of them."
After a pause, Xiao Jinrong continued: "Later, the general said that Wuyuan was fair, and they crowded into Wuyuan with all their strength. It didn't sound like a perfunctory sentence... So what the general meant was that Wuyuan was good. , or the martial arts academy is not good."
Lin Ye said: "Martial arts academy is very good. Without martial arts academy, young people before this would not even have a shortcut to change their future by working hard."
Xiao Jinrong asked: "What shortcut is the general pointing to?"
He added: "There are no shortcuts in martial arts."
Lin Ye said: "Don't say thirty years, just say within ten years, how many disciples from civilian backgrounds in the martial arts academy have become fifth-rank officials or above?"
Xiao Jinrong frowned, and then replied: "I went into seclusion four years ago."
Lin Ye said: "If these ten years are divided into two parts, one is the six years when the dean is still in the martial arts academy, and the second is the four years when the dean is not in the martial arts academy, then the first six years are still good. After all, six years is still There are six fifth-grade officials."
Xiao Jinrong's frown deepened.
Lin Ye continued: "Six in six years, even the dean thinks it's a bit too much. I can tell from the dean's expression, but after you left the martial arts academy, in the past four years, only the disciples with ordinary family backgrounds have One achieved level five or above."
Xiao Jinrong: "Only one?"
Lin Ye said: "There is only one, I am the lieutenant general of the Qimang Army, Feng Xiu."
For a moment, Xiao Jinrong didn't know how to pick up the topic, nor how to end it.
"In the past ten years, the number of civilian-born disciples who have disappeared is only a few more than the hundreds."
Lin Ye said: "Where did they go? The dean can probably guess it."
Xiao Jinrong still said nothing.
Lin Ye said: "When I was in Wuwei County, my mother-in-law once said something to me."
"There is nothing wrong with life being born with difficulties, and there is nothing wrong with working hard being harder than not working hard. But if a person finds that life is more difficult after working hard, then there must be something wrong."
Lin Ye looked at Xiao Jinrong and asked: "The dean, I think the fault is more in the disciples themselves, or..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Jinrong said with an ugly face: "General, don't forget that you are also a courtier of Dayu. You shouldn't talk nonsense."
Lin Ye laughed.
He didn't want to reason with Xiao Jinrong. Xiao Jinrong had been teaching truth to countless disciples in the martial arts academy for decades. How many people could talk to him better?
If two people could really sit down and reason with each other calmly, in the end, Lin Ye would definitely lose because Lin Ye was too young.
Fortunately, most young people are not so reasonable.
Lin Ye certainly didn't expect Xiao Jinrong to think about what he said to Xiao Jinrong.
Since Lin Ye said it, he naturally has his own reasons and purposes.
Lin Ye was not interested in anything without a purpose, even if it was reasonable.
Maybe when he turns fifty he will be interested and try to persuade young people to reason, but this does not prevent him from despising his fifty-year-old self who loves to reason.
Xiao Jinrong said: "Since the general wants to know, then come and make it clear to the general."
He found a place to sit down, sitting upright.
"The general said that hundreds of disciples from civilian backgrounds in the martial arts academy have disappeared in the past ten years. This number is definitely wrong."
Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Ye: "Decades ago, in the first year, there were more than seventy disciples who disappeared in the martial arts academy, so how could there be only a hundred in ten years?"
Of course Lin Ye knew that if he could mention this matter to Xiao Jinrong, of course there would be an investigation. Lin Ye would never make a mistake.
Xiao Jinrong said: "Let me explain to the general... Ten years ago, more than seventy people disappeared. Are they really missing? The rules of the martial arts academy are strict. Let alone more than seventy people, one martial artist is missing. The hospital has to investigate, after all, they are the future pillars of Dayu, and it is more honorable to say that they are missing compared to the truth."
"Among the more than seventy people, three left because their families could not afford the expenses of the martial arts academy. The martial arts academy actually did not charge their tuition fees, and even their meals were waived. Why do they still feel that they cannot survive?"
Lin Ye said: "They keep giving to those who are good to them, but they cannot repay the debt of kindness; they keep laughing at those who are bad to them, and they cannot bear the oppression of self-esteem."
Xiao Jinrong hummed.
"In addition to these three people, there are five people who died in mysterious circumstances. I know this, and it's not just because the martial arts academy asked them for an explanation."
Lin Ye nodded. The nod was a nod, but it wasn't recognition. He just knew that Xiao Jinrong was telling the truth.
Xiao Jinrong said: "Where have the remaining sixty-four people gone? They have all gone to work as servants for wealthy families! They would rather be stewards, guards, thugs, or even... lackeys. .”
Speaking of this, he sighed heavily: "If the general said that there is really a shortcut in the martial arts academy, probably... this is a shortcut."
After a long silence, Xiao Jinrong continued: "The general's mother-in-law is right. If life becomes more difficult after hard work, then something must be wrong."
Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Ye: "But doesn't the general feel that for those sixty-four people, they... can't be said to be wrong?"
Lin Ye said: "I can't tell."
Xiao Jinrong immediately said: "Does the general think it is wrong for those who are born with good family backgrounds to take people with bad family backgrounds as their subordinates?"
Lin Ye said: "I can't tell."
Xiao Jinrong asked: "The general thinks that they are born into a noble family and are born to be nobles. They look down on those who come from poor backgrounds. In the eyes of those who come from poor backgrounds, they are superior. Is that wrong?"
Lin Ye did not answer immediately this time.
As expected, this man who has been the dean of the martial arts academy for decades knows how to reason.
Xiao Jinrong said: "In the eyes of poor people, those rich and noble people don't even look at them. Do they really look down on them?"
This time he didn't wait for Lin Ye to answer and gave the answer directly.
"No...they don't even look at it. It's not that they don't look down on it, but that they don't need to look at it. This is unnecessary. How many children from poor families will be stimulated by their self-esteem?"
Lin Ye said: "That's right."
Then Lin Ye asked back: "When the rich and noble people see that the poor person suddenly has a high status, they immediately want to step on him. Is it wrong?"
This time, Xiao Jinrong did not answer.
When the topic came to this point, both of them stopped, as if they were waiting for the other party to give an answer, but they also knew that the other party could not give an answer.
"Maybe....."
After a long time, Xiao Jinrong sighed: "Throw the children of rich families into poor families to live for a while, and they will be able to experience more, gain insights from experience, and gain true knowledge. This is the world's greatest kindness to poor people, after all." ...At least in this world, the rich and powerful have the final say."
Lin Ye remained silent.
Xiao Jinrong said: "The general is still young, and he started from the bottom and bucked the trend, so this is a good thing for Dayu."
He looked at Lin Ye and summarized it in four words.
“There’s a long way to go.”
