The Wan family declined with each passing generation. In the end, only he and his father and mother were left in the once-large family. The family's assets only amounted to a few acres of Susukaku farmland, and they were suffocated by corvee taxes.
It can be said that Wan Qi is a person who has truly experienced the sufferings of the world, experienced the lives of common people, and has compassion for them.
Although the Wan family was as poor as the common people, it was a family that had been an aristocratic family. They had nothing, but their children never gave up studying. No matter how poor the family's books were, they were never sold.
Wan Qi knew that the only way to change his destiny was to be an official, but now he seemed like an ordinary citizen. If he wanted to be an official, he could only join a wealthy family, so Wan Qi actively looked for ways to get in touch with wealthy families while studying.
Wan Qi does not have the aloofness of a scholar. He studies just to be an official, to get ahead, and to realize his ambitions.
Therefore, Wan Qi did not force himself to do anything to please the aristocratic family.
In order to prove his ability, Wan Qi also worked hard to make a name for himself, and finally gained a reputation as a rare talent.
In this way, Wanqi finally got his wish and was spotted by the Li family, a famous family in Nanzezhou, and was taken under the family's roof and trained.
Sure enough, with the Li family as his support, Wanqi's promotion path went very smoothly. He was recommended as an official and promoted frequently, and he became the magistrate of Nanzezhou when he was less than thirty years old.
But the aristocratic family made him successful, and also restricted him. Wan Qi wanted to be an official who made decisions for the people. Of course, Wan Qi never thought of being an official who was so upright that he was incompatible with the aristocratic family.
What he thought was that he should be more tactful in his methods, greedy for money rather than greedy for the common people, greedy for the rich landlords and businessmen, please the superiors, be kind to the subordinates, and make the life of the people under his rule easier, at least not to starve in good years and avoid disasters. The family was destroyed in the year.
Wan Qi doesn't want to live a life of poverty, nor does he want to have no conscience. He just wants to be an official who is worthy of his conscience but not an upright gentleman. His character does not need to be perfect, and it doesn't matter if he has flaws.
But Wanqi didn't expect that even such an idea would be impossible to realize. As an official trained by a noble family, all his policies must be reviewed by the noble family. Every step he takes cannot go against the will of the noble family.
The aristocratic family felt that the oppression of the common people was not enough. Wan Qi could endure it at first, but his conscience really made him unable to endure it. He once thought about changing, but the result was that he was warned and suppressed. To protect himself, he could only remain silent.
Wan Qi was afraid of death, and he didn't think it was wrong to be greedy for life and afraid of death, but he did hope that the four major families in Nanzezhou could be eradicated so that the people could take a breather.
Originally, Wan Qi thought that his idea would never be realized, until Zhao Yanhuan, Lord Nanze, appeared. Wan Qi saw the opportunity to eradicate the family and change everything.
In particular, Zhao Yanhuan's emphasis on the common people gave Wan Qi a very strong sense of identification with her.
However, Wanqi still did not take refuge rashly, but kept waiting and watching.
Although he was very satisfied with Zhao Yanhuan, he was worried that Zhao Yanhuan only wanted to suppress the four major families in Nanzezhou instead of eradicating the four major families.
Who knew that before he could wait and see for long, Zhao Yanhuan, the Nanze Lord, would take action against the Lu family simply and swiftly. He did it when he felt that Zhao Yanhuan was busy with the epidemic and could not take action to clean up the family.
Wan Qi was very excited. He immediately chose to surrender to Zhao Yanhuan and gave Zhao Yanhuan various evidence of the crimes of the Bai family, Jin family, and Li family.
Since he had already taken action against the Lu family, Zhao Yanhuan decided to deal with the Lu family first, freeing up his hands to deal with the remaining three families, and strive to end the four major families when the plague ends.
When Wan Qi read out the various crimes of the Lu family, the people watching in the audience and those parents who had lost their children and got the news and ran to look for their children, only to see a pile of bones in front of them, and the parents who fainted several times from the excitement were all in pain. Scold the Lu family.
At first it was just scolding, but then the mother, whose child had been lost for several years and had probably turned into bones, was so excited that she picked up a few stones and threw them at the tied up Lu family and Taoist priests.
After the mother started, other onlookers seemed to be reminded, and they began to pick up stones and throw them at the Lu family and Taoist priests who were tied up on the execution platform.
The guarding soldiers pretended not to see it. Instead, they secretly raised their feet and kicked the tied Lu family members and Taoist priests to the edge of the execution platform, so that they could be more fully exposed to the angry people.
The scene became chaotic in an instant. Wan Qi stood on top and pretended to shout twice, while the soldiers randomly grabbed and pulled the civilians, pretending to maintain order.
There were countless stones under the stage, but they were not endless. Soon there were no more stones. Then the people turned around and looked for rotten vegetable leaves, dead branches and leaves, anything that could be thrown out to hit these people.
Soon, another couple arrived after a long journey, and they found their children. Unfortunately, their son and daughter were all dead, and they died very miserably. They were disemboweled and all the internal organs were missing.
The couple fainted on the spot, and were finally revived by the onlookers' pinching. The couple each held a child and cried out in a shrill voice that was not human.
After crying for a while, the couple stood up again and rushed directly to the execution platform.
The soldiers guarding the steps of the execution platform hesitated for a moment. The couple had a look of hatred on their faces. They obviously wanted to take revenge with their own hands. If they went up there, they would definitely disrupt the execution process.
But if these two people are not allowed to go up, these two soldiers still can't bear it. Their children have been killed. Can't parents beat the murderer to vent their anger?
Just as the two soldiers hesitated, Wan Qi on the high platform spotted the couple and also saw the people in the distance who were about to make a move.
Wan Qi hurried over and calmed the people loudly: "Fellow folks, I know you are very angry and sad. Many of you have been bullied by the Lu family, and many of your lost children may have been harmed by the Lu family."
"I can understand your feelings, and I understand your desire to take revenge with your own hands. But if you beat these enemies to death, will this relieve your anger?"
"They did all the evil things, but the final result was just being beaten to death. How much more can they suffer? If they were simply beaten to death, can you really relieve your anger? Do you really think it's enough? Can you relieve your anger? Is there any hatred in your heart?"
After Wan Qi asked a few words, the people were silent. Although when they were angry, they wanted to kill these evildoers personally for speaking out their anger, but they hesitated when Wan Qi asked them.
The parents of some victims said with itching teeth, "You're right. Although it is painful to be beaten to death, they will die within a short time of the pain. They don't know anything after death, but it actually relieves them."
"Yes, you can't just beat them to death. It's too easy for them. You have to torture them severely."
"Death is too cheap, let them live a life that is worse than death, and live with torture!"
(End of chapter)
