Awaken Chapter 139

The night filled the sky.

Three thousand miles of talent energy hung from the east, so the whole of the Great Wei capital looked a little odd.

The talent qi hung from the east and west vault of the sky, reflecting like daylight, yet the north and south were as dark as night, with the stars shining brightly, which seemed somewhat odd.

The court of the Great Wei.

Inside the Hall of the Nurtured Heart.

The empress sat quietly on the dragon chair.

In the middle of the hall, a black shadow appeared in it.

“Your Majesty, according to the Black Cloud Pavilion’s secret investigation, there are some strange movements in the Great Wei Literary Palace, there are twenty-seven literary figures who, before the Taiping Poetry Competition, gather at the Literary Palace from time to time and are plotting other matters.”

“This time for His Majesty’s birthday, a large number of unidentified people have flooded into Great Wei’s Kyoto, among them are the shadows of the White Cloth Sect and also foreign spies exchanging information with each other.”

“The Jin, Hui, Gan, Huai and Beijing merchants of Great Wei have also been in frequent contact with foreign countries during this time, especially the Jin, Hui and Gan merchants, who have been trading closely with the State of An Bald.”

“According to the spies’ reports, the three merchants have been offered very high prices by the State of Andu, so much so that they are hesitant to offend the Great Wei, but they do not want to give up the business either.”

“A few days ago, the Sudden Evil Dynasty even sent people to the Seven Great Daxian Sects, sending all kinds of congratulatory gifts in exchange for some secret techniques, involving the secrets of the first grade.”

“The Primordial Yuan Dynasty is searching for the Vermilion Saint’s Handwritten Notes, while the Primordial Yuan Dynasty’s First Grade Martial Fool will most likely break through to the First Grade Martial Dao Realm within ten years.”

The black shadow’s voice rang out in an extremely calm tone as it spoke out some extremely important information.

The Black Cloud Pavilion, was the intelligence agency of the Great Wei, planted in some important places.

There were two intelligence agencies in Great Wei, one was the Jin Yi Heavenly Guards, responsible for inspecting everywhere, and the other was the Black Cloud Pavilion.

While the Jin Yi Tian Wei was the overt intelligence agency, the Black Cloud Pavilion was the intelligence agency in the shadows, placing many spies and undercover agents in direct service to His Majesty.

The Black Cloud Pavilion fell into disrepair during the reign of Emperor Wu, when the world was in turmoil and many of its members were turned against it.

This was the reason why she founded the Jin Yi Tian Wei, she needed a more powerful intelligence agency to keep an eye on the va*sal kings, the Confucian ministers of Great Wei, including the civil and military officials.

Unfortunately, after the emergence of the Jin Yi Tian Wei, all the forces wanted to get their hands on it and intervened, resulting in the establishment of the Jin Yi Tian Wei and its numbers, but not many people were truly loyal to her.

The Empress understands what she needs, a force that possesses considerable strength and unconditional allegiance to her, and will not be bought by others.

But were there any such people? There are hardly any, just as in the case of the Jin Yi Heavenly Guards, which she had created, but in the end what happened? But in the end, what happens is that either this prince arranges for his son to go in, or that county king arranges for his own men to go in.

The name is to expand the strength of the Imperial Guard, but this kind of talk is fine to fool children, but to fool her? Is that possible?

An organisation that is not fully loyal to itself is a ruined son.

Inside the Hall of the Raising Heart.

The Empress’ gaze was incomparably calm as she gazed at the latter.

The other was silent, waiting in silence.

After a long time, the Empress’s voice rang out.

“I, I know.”

When the Empress’s voice rang out, the latter spoke.

“Long live Your Majesty, my subordinate, farewell.”

The latter’s figure disappeared.

Within the main hall, she was then left alone.

But it was at that moment that a voice rang out.

“Your Majesty! Shang Shu Gu has sent an expedited zhengzhi for Your Majesty’s perusal.”

It was Zhao Wan’er’s voice, she was holding the document, her figure was outstanding, and she came in full force.

After receiving it, the empress opened it.

Then she closed it again.

“Your Majesty, what did Shang Shu Gu say?”

Zhao Wan’er squeezed the empress’s shoulders while asking this.

“Let the capital merchants donate silver.”

It wasn’t a big deal, the empress spoke directly, while closing her eyes and enjoying the brief relaxation.

“Does Your Majesty agree then?”

Zhao Wan asked curiously, this kind of thing was nothing to ask about without incurring His Majesty’s annoyance, and even normally His Majesty would ask what he meant.

“There is no need to have the capital merchants donate to the waterwheel project, and even if they did, it would have little effect.”

“Later, I will have someone reply to Gu Yan that this matter is not allowed.”

The empress replied thus.

Let the merchants donate? How much silver could be donated?

10,000 taels or 100,000 taels? If you can’t afford a million taels, then what can you do? People donated a million taels and you still had to give them benefits, so that was completely unnecessary.

She was a bit curious as to why Gu Yan would make such a request. There was no need for it.

“Slave servant understands.”

“However, Lord Gu said that this matter was brought up by Xu Qingnian.”

Zhao Wan’er reminded that this was not a matter raised by Gu Yan, but a matter raised by Xu Qingnian Xu Shouren.

“Xu Shouren brought it up?”

The empress slowly opened her eyes.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Zhao Wan’er nodded and said.

“Allowed.”

In the next moment, the Empress spoke blandly and agreed directly.

Zhao Wan’er: “……”

Although she did not know why the empress agreed directly when she heard that it was Xu Qingnian’s idea, what Zhao Wan’er understood was that Xu Qingnian was now the most popular person in Great Wei.

It was only reasonable for Her Majesty to do so.

“Then my servant will have someone inform Lord Gu later.”

Zhao Wan’er slowly spoke out.

The empress nodded and said nothing more.

It was just that three things kept floating in her mind.

The water chariot project was naturally the first major event, followed by the matter of the Palace of Literature, and finally the Northern Expedition.

These three matters are the choices and crises facing Wei today, and the collusion of the three merchants cannot escape her eyes.

It is only this matter that she has no way to resolve.

Tougher? The people behind the three merchants are no ordinary people, if they dare to be tougher, all sorts of voices will be heard, plus this matter is not justified by the Great Wei.

After all, merchants are driven by profit, buying and selling, people sell at this price, Wei can not afford to pay, and then directly do it, who will agree? At least the group behind the three merchants would not agree.

And the countries are looking at it, Great Wei is a dynasty, every move is watched by the world, do any wrong thing, will attract the world’s scorn, do a right thing, often does not publicize it.

If all the military power was in one’s hands, then all matters would not be a problem.

As for the matter of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, it was also a troublesome matter, a sign of things to come.

Spiritual suppression is sometimes more terrifying than national suppression. If the va*sal kings revolt, no matter who wins, Great Wei will still be of the imperial line after all.

And if the Wen Gong did separate, this would be no small matter, draining the marrow from the Great Wei, and thereafter, unless another sage emerged, it would be no less than seven more Northern Expeditions for the Great Wei.

There was a lot involved.

But the good thing was that there was a group of upright great scholars within the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and with them, there was no small difficulty in trying to separate the Great Wei Palace of Literature, at least not again if they had done nothing great wrong themselves.

There was no chance for them to take advantage of it.

The only thing they could do was to cause some damage, such as the Taiping Poetry Competition, and deliberately let the water out, trying to rely on the great talents of the Ten Kingdoms to suppress the Great Wei Literary Court, thus creating an opportunity to create the negative impact of her ascension to the throne.

This kind of tactic, she has encountered too many times, so she does not care at all, as long as the root is not hurt.

As for the battle for the Northern Expedition, the matter was still early and hardly needed to be thought about.

“I, for one, still need a group of loyal people.”

After all was said and done, the empress closed her eyes once again, she needed a group of people who would truly serve her, and to ensure that this group would only be loyal to herself, and definitely not to others.

It was a pity that such people were hard to find, and there was little point in training dead soldiers, for she did not need dead soldiers, but a group of people who would roam the court and the people, a sharp sword.

As for whether it would hurt herself, this she did not care, those who could become emperors did not have so many scruples, loyalty ranked first, ability ranked second.

The rest did not matter.

After about a quarter of an hour.

The court of the Great Wei sent Gu Yan’s fold back, it had been approved and this fold was allowed.

It was already dawn.

After Gu Yan received the fold, he did not even attend the morning court, and personally went to draw up the donation notice, which took less than half an hour.

After everything was done, Gu Yan couldn’t help but look at the slightly lit up sky, his eyes were both curious and full of some worries.

He was curious as to what method Xu Qingnian would use to solve this matter.

He was also worried that Xu Qingnian would not do something wrong.

And at that moment.

Inside the Shouren Academy.

Xu Qingnian was also thinking about some things.

The crisis at hand had all but surfaced.

Someone was clearly trying to stop the waterwheel project, and at great cost to the heavens.

A crisis has also surfaced in the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and his own personal safety is also a big issue.

These are things that one must sort out and sort out properly.

Find a way to deal with them.

Otherwise, one is completely limited by it.

Since he entered Kyoto, he has encountered one thing after another, such as the fuss over the Ministry of Justice, the killing of the Sheriff King, the killing of the Fan merchant, and the Peace Poetry Competition.

Which of these events was a minor one?

Each of them was a big event, and each of them brought a lot of trouble to him in one way or another.

He had offended the great scholars of the Great Wei Palace of Literature who respected the Zhu Sheng lineage.

Offending the Prince of Huaining.

He has offended many va*sal kings.

He also offended many of the powerful people of Wei.

The only good thing is that with the Great Wei Palace of Literature in place, there is basically no need to worry about the demons coming to trouble you if you don’t leave Great Wei.

With all the above things, there had to be an end to it.

And one could not solve the trouble again and again and then fall into new trouble again and again, which would be extremely detrimental to oneself.

There had to be a countermeasure.

This is what Xu Qingnian was thinking about.

And all the problems were summed up in one sentence.

The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light.

The enemy is all hiding in the shadows, and each and every one of them is an old C*nt, and this is the core point of the problem.

So one can’t go on like this, to go on like this is to be led by the other side by the nose.

“I need a force.”

“A force that can check and balance the imperial court and the people.”

Xu Qingnian quickly understood what he lacked at the moment.

A force.

And this power had to be sharp, so sharp that it would scare the six ministries, so sharp that it would scare the Confucians of Great Wei, and so sharp that it would scare the powerful nobles of Great Wei as well as all the clan kings.

The answer to this power came to Xu Qingnian’s mind in an instant.

The Eunuch Party

Yes, it was the eunuchs.

The eunuchs of Great Wei were slaves, slaves without any status, and could also be called slaves.

They practised martial arts in the palace, and because they had no lifeblood, they were more devoted to their training, so there were many eunuchs in the palace who were quite powerful, but they were not normally used.

With forces like the Jin Yi Tian Wei and the Imperial Army, there was no need for eunuchs to do guard work.

Therefore, apart from serving tea and informing the Emperor, the eunuchs’ duties were to block arrows in case someone really wanted to a*sa*sinate the Emperor, and they would be the ones to die.

In addition, the eunuchs of Wei were not treated well at all. The Emperor regarded them as lackeys, and so did the civil and military officials, and everyone in the capital laughed at these eunuchs.

Basically, the eunuchs sent to the palace were either from poor families or old eunuchs who had adopted some abandoned babies from outside.

Otherwise, who in a normal family would want to send their children to the palace to become eunuchs?

Because of this, these eunuchs had extremely low self-esteem and wanted to be recognised by others, but who would recognise them if they had no lifeblood? Even the women would not approve of them.

And this, they know, so they would love to one day be prominent in front of people.

After all, the less they have, the more they want to show something, which is why a lot of men have to brag about something being really awesome.

Women on the contrary, women are usually demeaning, like what, what’s the point of being so big? Doesn’t it look ugly?

It’s a human nature thing.

And the details that no one in the world had noticed, Xu Qingnian had noticed.

The eunuch force, an extremely powerful force, they possessed strength, and being in the imperial palace, each one of them was meticulous, and those who were not would have died long ago.

And because of the problem of physical defects, they were somewhat deformed at heart, not that all eunuchs were like this of course, but most certainly were.

They wanted to turn over a new leaf more than anyone else, because of the cold eyes and contempt they received from the civil and military officials.

Most of all and most of all, they would be loyal to His Majesty, and deadly loyal to Him.

The reason is simple: what are eunuchs? The family slaves of Heaven, they could not have controlled the court, except under special circumstances.

Eunuchs have no offspring and are unlikely to rebel.

The people of heaven fear eunuchs, but at heart they will never become one with them; it is instinctive to despise them; outwardly they may call out for a eunuch, but behind the scenes they may be a yin-yang man with a rotten a*s.

And their power, their glory, everything they have, is a reward from His Majesty.

When the country is broken, the enemy’s people will not spare these eunuchs, especially the ones who wreck the country and the people.

After all, what good is a bunch of eunuchs when the civil and military officials, after they have been subjugated, can help them run the country and help them go to war outside? What is the use of a bunch of eunuchs? What emperor likes a man who sells his master for glory?

The above three points would be understood by any eunuch with a brain.

So this group of eunuchs will only support the emperor brainlessly, unless it is said that the emperor has no role at all, then they may bully the lord, but if it is such an emperor, whether the eunuchs bully the lord or not is secondary, will the civil and military officials bully? Would the various va*sal kings bully?

These are all questions.

Then, if the emperor is surrounded by them, they will work single-mindedly for the emperor and form an extremely powerful force, and they will collect whatever information they are asked to collect.

They would kill whoever they were told to kill, and even if the party was so powerful that the empress could not do anything to suppress it, the eunuchs themselves would investigate, find out what was wrong with the other party, and take it out directly and publicly execute it.

The fact is, if you really look back, since ancient times, there have been many eunuchs who have wreaked havoc on the country and the people, but who is behind them? Isn’t it the emperor?

Some emperors were indeed compelled to do so, but most of them were in charge behind the scenes, and it was his decision to kill or not to kill.

It is like Liu Qin, Wei Zhongxian, no matter how powerful they were, what eight tigers, what nine thousand years, in the end, they still died under an imperial decree.

Therefore, if we can make good use of the power of the eunuchs, it will be an incomparably sharp sword for the Great Wei.

Especially for now, this precious sword will never hurt Great Wei, but will only eradicate dissidents for the Empress of Great Wei.

When there is really a time to hurt oneself, a new sword can be completely re-forged. This group of eunuchs have fights with each other, after all, this group of people do not care at all about sentimentality or lack of sentiment.

To say that they are profit-oriented villains is not a wrong description at all, and the villains are extremely easy to use.

The castrati party.

A castrati party must be cultivated.

“If the eunuch party can really be formed, it can solve too many things for me, the matter of the three merchants, all the ins and outs, can be investigated clearly.”

“The behaviour and behavior of all the powerful and noble people of Wei are also in front of my eyes, so I don’t need to worry or be on guard.”

“Even, there is no lack of real experts in this group of eunuchs, so when I leave the palace in the future, there will be someone to escort me.”

“As for someone bribing them, someone pleasing them, it doesn’t matter, the greedier they are, the easier it will be for me to control, and the easier it will be for His Majesty to control.”

“If they don’t obey me, then their time to die has come, as I am a sixth-ranking Confucian of Great Wei, a minister of the Ministry of the Household, the hearts of the people, and I have martial strength, if they dare to turn against me, they are dead.”

“However, I must also be on guard in advance, after all, this group of eunuchs will be an extremely formidable force if they really develop.”

“To His Majesty, this is an incredibly sharp sword that will hardly devour its master, but to me, not necessarily, I need to be cautious and cautious again.”

“There has to be a way to respond.”

Xu Qingnian had not lost his mind to the castrati, cultivating them, but there was, but he must also have the bottom card himself.

The bottom card that could suppress the castrati.

If one day, these eunuchs dare to turn against the party, then one would simply get rid of them.

After all, the castrati are after all His Majesty’s forces, but they can only help themselves at the moment.

It is very troublesome to cultivate one’s own power, for one is a minister of the Ministry of the Household, and not a super-powerful person.

He is not even a fart, how strong is their wealth? What is his own heritage? To put it nicely, he is a viscount, but to put it badly, he is not even a beginner.

So if one wanted to develop one’s own power, it would be very difficult.

But soon, Xu Qingnian suddenly thought of something.

“Why did I forget about this!”

“Hiss! It’s really a bit stupid.”

Xu Qingnian slapped his thigh, he felt that he was actually a bit stupid.

He had forgotten about one thing, and such a thing was a super bottom card, a bottom card that could scare any power as long as it grew up.

Even if it was His Majesty, unless he was sure to tear himself apart, then this bottom card could make even His Majesty not dare to look for trouble with him.

Moreover, this method of dealing with the situation is also very simple.

Even to say, it was quite simple.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian began to write frantically on the rice paper, formulating this plan of his.

If this plan succeeded, Xu Qingnian would not be afraid to make enemies of the Great Wei Palace of Literature and the powerful people of Great Wei, even if he added the entire court of civil and military officials.

About half an hour later.

The capital of Great Wei.

In the middle of the street.

Li Shouming took a sip of his medicinal soup and then walked out of his home.

He had destroyed his own clear intention yesterday, and his path of Confucianism was completely ruined, and his body had also suffered certain repercussions, so he needed the medicinal soup to make up for it.

Li Shouming had no regrets about yesterday’s impulse. If he really had to regret, the only thing he regretted was one thing, and that was not scolding Sun Jing’an properly.

As a great scholar of the Palace of Literature, he could understand not favouring the students of the Palace of Literature of Great Wei, but he could not accept the fact that he favoured the great talents of the Ten Kingdoms in every way, causing Great Wei to be humiliated.

But anger was anger, and anger was anger.

But there was no point.

After all, he was only a small Confucian student, and could not do what Xu Qingnian did, insulting the great Confucians with a thousand ancient poems.

Neither could he create a vision of three thousand miles of talent coming from the east.

He himself was just an ordinary person, once a little better, a Confucian student, but now he was just an ordinary person.

Thinking of this, Li Shouming could not help but look up at the three thousand miles of talent qi, his heart slightly comforted.

Once he had complained about Xu Qingnian, and even thought at one point that Xu Qingnian was arrogant beyond belief, but today he understood Xu Qingnian all too well, and understood the situation in the Great Wei Palace of Literature all too well.

He even felt a little guilty for being hostile to Xu Qingnian without understanding many things, while looking at it the other way round, Xu Qingnian had only disliked the great scholars and had no ill will towards them.

In comparison, the two temperaments are completely different.

Perhaps, this was the great talent.

Li Shouming thought so in his mind as he walked down the street.

And at this moment, dozens of figures suddenly appeared beside Li Shouming.

“Brother Li, are you alright?”

“Brother Li, are you feeling better?”

“Brother Li, you were really a bit impulsive yesterday.”

Dozens of figures appeared, all of them were students from the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and they had gathered together with the intention of going to the tavern to talk about some matters.

But they didn’t expect to see Li Shouming on the way, so naturally, one by one, they came over and asked about Li Shouming’s state.

After all, they had all been cla*smates before, and Li Shouming had now abolished Confucianism and left the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but they did not dislike him, nor did they draw any boundaries, for no other reason than that Sun Jing’an had gone a bit too far yesterday.

Li Shouming was just a little impulsive, but this impulsiveness is not brainless, but rather has a backbone and bloodthirsty, so naturally the crowd made a point of coming over to ask.

“Fortunately, there is no serious injury.”

“Let’s not talk about what happened yesterday.”

Seeing the crowd of students coming over and shushing him, Li Shouming still had some warmth in his heart.

However, he did not want to continue to negotiate about yesterday’s matter, lest he involve the crowd.

“What can’t be said, Sun Ru himself has done something wrong.”

“That’s right, if it wasn’t for Brother Xu, we would have lost all our faces yesterday.”

“Brother Li, to be honest, after you destroyed yourself yesterday in the Confucian Way, I also wanted to join in, but I didn’t have such courage as you did, and I’m still ashamed to say so.”

“The most important thing for a scholar like us is to cultivate the spirit of righteousness, destroying the Confucian Way and hurting the foundation, in the future, not to mention becoming a great Confucian, it would be difficult even to return to the Realm of Bright Will, otherwise, I would have decided to destroy the Confucian Way yesterday.”

“En, brother Li, everyone knows about your matter, many people in the Palace of Literature are crying out for you, and have even contacted several great Confucians, it won’t be long before Sun Ru will take a stand.”

“If, say, Sun Ru takes a stand, are you still willing to return to the Palace of Literature?”

The crowd spoke out, some of them were indignant and wanted to join Li Shouming yesterday and destroy their own Confucianism, but they still didn’t have the courage, after all, as scholars, they were the ones who wanted to raise the Confucianism grade.

Otherwise, they would only be able to teach for the rest of their lives, which would serve little purpose. After all, Confucians, not to say that they would be honoured and wealthy in the future, were at least respected by many people, which made it very difficult for them to give up.

But some people also asked Li Shouming if he would be willing to come back if Sun Ru gave a step down.

“No.”

Li Shouming was resolute, he had already destroyed himself in Confucianism, there was no need to return to the Great Wei Palace of Literature, in the future if there was nothing to do, he would go back home to the county and become a teacher.

When this was said, the crowd sighed.

And just then, another group of students approached, each with some anger on their faces.

“Brother Wu, what’s wrong with you guys?”

The Confucian student accompanying Li Shouming could not help but be curious and asked what had happened to these people and why their faces were all so ugly.

The latter walked quickly, and when he saw Li Shouming, he was slightly silent, but eventually spoke.

“The Palace of Literature gave the results, Sun Ru was not at fault, saying that Brother Li was a bit radical, but the Palace of Literature was also willing to give Brother Li a chance, as long as he apologised to Sun Ru and allowed Brother Li to return to the Palace of Literature.”

He said with an ugly face.

Yesterday, since Li Shouming had destroyed himself in the Confucian Way, they were angry and uncomfortable in their hearts, so today many literati went to the Palace of Literature to voice their grievances for Li Shouming, hoping that the Palace would give an explanation.

But what they didn’t expect was that the Palace would give such an explanation.

It was not the fault of Sun Ru to defend the face of the Great Wei, but Li Shouming’s disrespect for the Great Confucian, which was a bit radical, but the Palace did not reprimand Li Shouming, after all, it would be too much to reprimand him.

In the end, a choice was given, as long as Li Shouming apologised to Sun Ru, the matter would be put to rest.

This result was a bit too much for many literati to accept.

However, this result was also given by the senior management of the Palace of Literature, which meant that there was no possibility of changing it.

For the moment, Li Shouming was still willing to go back, bow his head and it would be fine.

But he had already destroyed Confucianism, so who would agree to this?

“How could this be the result? It’s really hateful.”

“To be honest, what the Palace of Literature has done this time has left me with a chill.”

“Brother Li is certainly a bit radical, but in the end it’s not because of …….”

They were indignant, but when they got to this point, they were stopped by Li Shouming.

“Alright, all of you brothers’ feelings, I appreciate it, don’t say any more, otherwise it will bring you trouble.”

Li Shouming spoke up, he told the crowd not to go on or else they were going to cause some other trouble.

When this was said, the crowd of literati were all silent.

And just then, another voice rang out.

“There is one more thing, the great talents of the ten countries are ready to go back today, they have lost so thoroughly that they do not want to participate in the Peace Poetry Competition anymore.”

A voice rang out, and for a moment the Great Wei literati became somewhat displeased.

“They don’t want to participate in the Peace Poetry Competition anymore? Are they dreaming? They were so arrogant a few days ago, and now there are still two days to go, and they won’t participate?”

“How is that possible? I’m all ready to ridicule them today, and they leave Kyoto today?”

“What are you thinking? We are not allowed to.”

The crowd of literati shouted up once again.

These ten great talents from the ten kingdoms, who had flaunted their power these past few days, were now scared by Xu Qingnian, and as a result, they wanted to run away?

How were they willing to do that?

Yesterday, they were all shocked by the three thousand talents, so they didn’t have time to be sarcastic before they found out that the ten great talents of the ten countries had slipped away.

They were all thinking of making a good sarcastic remark tonight.

But what they didn’t expect was that people would just run away? Although it was a good thing that they were scared off.

But they weren’t happy about it, were they?

It was like going to a dark shop and being blackmailed, threatened and even verbally abused by the boss, and just as they revealed their identity, the boss ran away.

Is that cool? It’s not cool at all, right?

“Nothing is not allowed, the request text has been given to Sun Ru, and Sun Ru has also negotiated with the great scholars of the country, has been allowed, the next two days, the peace poetry meeting is our participation, the vacant countries of great talent, will allow more readers to enter to fill.”

Someone spoke up and informed everyone not to say anything, the Palace of Literature had already given this decision.

But when this was said, the crowd could not help but be even more angry.

“It’s Sun Ru again, when it’s really abominable.”

“Be careful what you say.”

“Careful what you say, I’m not going today either.”

“I’m not going either.”

“This peace poetry meeting is too nasty.”

They voiced out, with a real feeling of being disgusted.

The crowd of literati were talking, and then they even met up and went to their homes to discuss the matter.

“Gentlemen, I will leave you first, I want to be alone.”

However, Li Shouming in the crowd sighed as he bid farewell to the crowd, not wanting to bother with these matters either.

When he said this, the crowd did not stay, after all, it was good to leave Li Shouming alone after such things had happened.

In this way, Li Shouming left alone, while the crowd of literati looked at the departing Li Shouming, their hearts inexplicably not feeling well.

Soon.

It was about two quarters of an hour.

Li Shouming walked on.

But unknowingly, he came to ……. Outside the Shouren Academy.

Looking at the plain and incomparable Shouren Academy.

Li Shouming’s admiration for Xu Qingnian grew even more. Many literati in the Palace of Literature said that Xu Qingnian was arrogant and arrogant, but compare the luxury of the Palace of Literature with the simplicity of Xu Qingnian’s school, which is so talented.

This made him feel more and more guilty about Xu Qingnian.

Thinking of this, Li Shouming could not help but walk towards the Shouren Academy.

Stepping into the school hall, Li Shouming’s voice rang out.

“Excuse me, Xu Shouren, is Lord Xu here?”

A calm voice rang out.

The next moment, a figure walked up, it was Yang Hu.

“Who is the gentleman?”

Yang Hu glanced at Li Shouming and could see the Confucian robe Li Shouming was wearing, so he appeared more polite.

“My name is Li Shouming, I am a scholar of the Great Wei, and I would like to pay a visit to Lord Xu, so I hope that your Excellency will inform me, and if I disturb you, please don’t blame Lord Xu.”

Li Shouming said so.

“Good, sir, wait a moment.”

Yang Hu didn’t think much about it, and directly turned around to inform.

And inside the Shouren Academy.

Xu Qingnian had all the plans all lined up.

The next step was just to wait for the execution, then all the troubles would be completely solved in a short period of time, and one would still have two extremely powerful forces at one’s disposal.

One was His Majesty’s.

The other, on the other hand, was his own.

But at that very moment, Yang Hu’s voice rang out.

“Your Majesty, there is a man called Li Shouming outside who wants to see you for something, can I see him?”

Yang Hu asked directly.

And Xu Qingnian was somewhat curious.

Li Shouming? He knew this name, the man who destroyed his own Ming Yi at the Taiping poetry meeting yesterday.

He was a scholar with bloodlust.

But what did he want with himself?

But after thinking about it, Xu Qingnian calmly said.

“See.”

After saying this, Xu Qingnian jotted this plan down in her mind, and the next moment put it back on the candle flame to burn.

When it burned clean.

Xu Qingnian walked out of the room, and just the next moment, Li Shouming had already appeared.

“Mister Li, meet Xu Shouren, Lord Xu.”

Upon seeing Xu Qingnian, Li Shouming was the first to bow towards Xu Qingnian, looking respectful.

“Greetings, Brother Li.”

Xu Qingnian also returned the greeting and said so.

“Shame on you, shame on you.”

“Lord Xu is a minister of the Ministry of the Household and a sixth-ranked Confucian, so I’m ashamed to call him Brother Li.”

Li Shouming said from the bottom of his heart.

“Brother Li is very kind, come, have some tea.”

Xu Qingnian invited the other party to take a seat, and was curious as to what the other party wanted from him.

“There is no need to sit, I came today mainly to apologise to Lord Xu.”

“In the past, it was Li who was foolish and ignorant, and listened to other people’s compulsions, and had resentment towards Lord Xu. Today, I have come to my senses, so I am paying a visit to apologise to Lord Xu, and I hope that Lord Xu will be generous and forgive Li for his foolishness.”

Li Shouming did not take his seat, but bowed deeply towards Xu Qingnian to express his apology.

When this was said, Xu Qingnian was a little surprised.

He hadn’t really thought that the other party had come to find himself to apologise.

This person still had some conscience.

Knowing that he was wrong, he changed.

Not bad, not bad at all.

“Brother Li’s words are important.”

“Take your seat first.”

Xu Qingnian pulled Li Shouming to sit down, not really so magnanimous, but Xu Qingnian needed to use people now, especially literary people.

Right now this Li Shouming seemed to be quite good, so let’s have a chat first and see if he is sincere.

“Lord Xu, I’m ashamed.”

Li Shouming settled down, but his expression still looked incomparably ashamed, he was like this, but he didn’t expect Xu Qingnian to treat him like this, could he not be ashamed?

“Brother Li has really overstated the case, in fact, Xu has not disrespected the saints, it is just that Xu has his own way, the way of Zhu Sheng, Xu also studied and deeply admired, but everyone has his own way.”

“Not suitable is not suitable, but I did not expect to be bad-mouthed by some people and to tarnish Xu’s reputation, but all this does not matter, Xu firmly believes in his own Dao, that’s all.”

Xu Qingnian poured tea for the other party and at the same time elaborated on his thoughts.

These words were not polite or ingratiating to the other party, but genuine.

He had never disrespected Zhu Sheng.

It was just that he was not suitable for it.

It was impossible to force himself to learn the way of Zhu Sheng, right?

“Mister Li once did not understand, but now he does.”

“That is why I came here specially, also to apologise, and I hope Lord Xu will forgive me, otherwise Li Mou’s heart will be troubled.”

Li Shouming said so.

“It’s a small matter, I won’t take it to heart, this cup of tea, it’s just a way to forget the enmity.”

Xu Qingnian smiled slightly and raised the cup of tea in his hand, before drinking it all in one go.

“Lord Xu, be magnanimous.”

Having received Xu Qingnian’s understanding, Li Shouming could not help but have his eyes moistened, while he also took a sip from the cup of tea.

Soon, Li Shouming could not help but continue to ask.

“Lord Xu, in fact, I have always been curious, what exactly is the meaning of this heart study of yours?”

After the enmity was extinguished, Li Shouming also asked a question.

What exactly was Xu Qingnian’s Heartology.

“It actually means literally, knowing and acting in unison.”

“To know what is wrong, to change it.”

“To understand the truth, to practice it.”

“Why are there people in this world who mourn and complain about themselves? In fact, either they don’t know the truth or they don’t practice it.”

“If one knows and acts, and acts and knows, one can attain conscience, understand the great truths, know the great truths, and also appreciate the great truths.”

Xu Qingnian expounded on the school of the heart, which was his own understanding and did not represent the true school of the heart.

Li Shouming, on the other hand, looked a little thoughtful.

He was silent.

Sitting in front of Xu Qingnian, he fell into contemplation.

Little by little, time pa*sed.

A quarter of an hour.

Half an hour.

An hour.

Eventually, Li Shouming, whose eyes were somewhat dazed, suddenly had a clear gaze.

“I feel as if I know something, but I’m a little confused.”

“But I feel that this path interests me.”

“Lord Xu, I …… may join your school of thought?”

“As long as you do not mind my self-destruction of the Confucian Way, I am willing to join your school and become your student.”

Li Shouming opened his mouth, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

And with these words.

Xu Qingnian, however, smiled faintly.

“Since I have established a school, I naturally accept every student.”

“If you are sincerely willing, bow to me three times and enter my Heart School, from now on you will be the Senior Master of Shouren Academy.”

Xu Qingnian spoke, not caring that his opponent had destroyed Confucianism.

And with Xu Qingnian’s reply.

Li Shouming barely hesitated and knelt down directly towards Xu Qingnian.

He bowed three times and nine times.

He entered the school of the heart.

Beginning anew.

And at that very moment.

The qi of talent hanging from the east and west for three thousand miles suddenly burst out in a beam of literary qi, like a true dragon, and surged into Li Shouming’s body.

And this vision drew the attention of many people.

Li Shouming’s injuries were also healed in a flash.

And the rolling talent qi didn’t enter his body, and in an instant, he …… recovered his seventh grade.

Only it was necessary to re-mark the intention.