Chapter 220: Sharpening the blades for Great Qing (9)
Yu Huatian had just returned to the Capital when he received news of Snowmoon City's destruction.
He paid it little mind, however. He had already given Snowmoon City a chance. Since it refused to exist under the Imperial Court's control, there was no need for it to exist at all.
This world needed order, after all.
Otherwise, if everyone relied on martial prowess to run rampant across the world, killing anyone who displeased them, how unfair would that be to ordinary people?
Everyone had the right to live.
If you were strong, you could enjoy the flattery of the weak and the glory belonging to the strong. But if you wanted to stand above the secular world, above the Imperial Court's control, then, sorry—you could either get out of Ming or disappear.
He could not yet control other places, but within Ming territory, Yu Huatian would never allow such forces to exist.
He wanted to build a peaceful, prosperous age.
As for the jianghu and martial arts, healthy competition could be permitted, but using martial prowess to defy the law absolutely could not.
At the very least, he would never allow anyone to use martial prowess to oppress the people and kill at will.
They could call him a hypocrite or a bleeding heart.
But this was the path he followed.
As soon as he returned to the West Depot, Tan Luzi, Cao Zhengchun, and the others came to pay their respects.
Although they had been guarding the Capital, they had long since received word of events in the jianghu. Their gazes were filled with reverence as they looked at Yu Huatian.
Yu Huatian paid no attention to the two men's gazes. He looked at them and asked calmly, "Nothing