In the middle of the academy.
Li Shouming’s entire body froze in place.
Above the dome of the sky, three thousand miles of talent energy burst forth and fell upon him in a beam of light.
The talents that had been lost had all returned.
It was repairing his injuries from his self-destruction of the Confucian Way.
This …… Unbelievable.
If the Confucian dao is self-destructed, the person is basically cut off from this path, unless a great Confucian reshapes the foundation for you, or, say, you make a thousand famous poems and at the same time re-explain the meaning.
Otherwise, to destroy the Confucian Way is to cut off the future of the path.
But now, having worshipped under Xu Qingnian’s tutelage, one has surprisingly shared in Xu Qingnian’s talent, repaired all injuries and renewed the path.
“Don’t think too much, Ming Yi.”
It was also at this moment that Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out, reminding the other party not to think too much and to quickly clarify their intentions, lest something happen to them as well.
With Xu Qingnian’s voice ringing out, Li Shouming did not dare to think about it indiscriminately and began to ponder what ‘knowing and acting in unison’ meant.
Everyone has a different understanding of the unity of knowledge and action.
This is normal, as long as you understand the meaning and do not leave the main idea, it does not matter if you have other ideas.
The unity of knowledge and action, in its crudest form, means either understanding ‘reason’ first, then ‘practising’ it, and finally, through your own way, doing things well, which is also known as ‘to conscience’.
It is not that, if I want to kill someone, I will do it. Rather, if a person is evil, you can persuade him to do good, or you can just kill such an evil person, if you feel that it will be in your heart to let him do good, you will persuade him.
If you feel that the person does deserve to die, you may kill him, but you must not trample on the law, you must not violate morality, and the punishment of evil and the elimination of evil must not be confused with the law.
The deeper meaning, which Xu Qingnian has only touched on in the second layer, is to know first and then to conscience.
The truths contained are very deep, and everyone has a different understanding of the school of the heart. Expounding on the fundamentals of the school of the heart is something Xu Qingnian has to do, but how the other party comprehends it, Xu Qingnian cannot interfere.
He could only say that he would speak out his own understanding as much as possible, so that everyone could understand it for themselves.
However, with his own talent, after sharing it with Li Shouming, an even more mysterious and mysterious energy surged into his body.
This kind of thing, not talent qi nor hao zheng qi, nor public opinion, was odd but harmless to oneself.
It was at the same moment that Brother Broken Evil’s voice rang out.
“Magnanimous Brother, this is the power of preaching, you can understand it as the power of faith, it will be of immense benefit to your future stepping into the holy dao, and the effect of this object is not weaker than public opinion, it can be coalesced under the dantian to cover the demon seed.”
Brother Broken Evil’s voice rang out, causing Xu Qingnian to be somewhat surprised.
The power of faith? He had not expected that this would be the power of faith, and that such a thing, which could conceal the demon seed’s aura, would be of immense benefit to his stepping into the Holy Dao.
This was great, a total bargain, sharing one’s talent with one’s student, the latter becoming one of his own, and gaining the power of faith himself, and also solving a current pressing problem, it was like killing three birds with one stone.
As expected, good people have good rewards.
Xu Qingnian lamented in his heart.
He couldn’t wait for another batch of people to come, he didn’t want the 3,000 miles of talent energy, at least not right now.
The fact that he had so much talent energy would only cause him trouble, not to mention the fact that his Confucianism had escalated a bit too quickly along the way, and the suppression of the supernatural arts had caused Xu Qingnian a lot of headaches.
If the 3,000 miles of talent qi is incorporated again, it is estimated that if you are not a great Confucian, you will be a great Confucian.
So one could not continue to improve one’s Confucian strength.
And now, giving the talent energy to one’s students in exchange for the power of faith is a good deal no matter what.
Furthermore his second plan could not be done at all by himself alone, he had to have a large number of talents, and they had to be literati, and ordinary people would not be of any help.
So Xu Qingnian was inexplicably looking forward to having more people come to his own academy and study under his teachers.
What was happening at Shouren Academy was also being watched by the outside world.
The first to react were the literati, and the 3,000 talents hanging in the sky were now the talk of the people of Wei.
Some were curious as to whether Xu Qingnian would become a great Confucian directly, or even a great Confucian of heaven and earth, if he absorbed such a large amount of talent qi.
After all, talent energy comes from the east for 3,000 miles.
How exaggerated would that be?
The people were curious, and so were the literati, so they all scrambled towards the Shouren Academy.
They wanted to see what was going on.
Thus, one, two, five, six, a dozen, dozens, hundreds of literati appeared outside the Shouren Academy.
Their eyes, one after another, fell on the talent.
But what intrigued everyone was not that Xu Qingnian was absorbing the talent qi again, but ……. an acquaintance.
“Brother Li? What’s going on Brother Li absorbing Talent Qi?”
“What’s going on? How did Brother Li absorb Xu Shouren’s Talent Qi?”
“Could it be that Brother Xu has helped Brother Li renew his Confucianism?”
“It’s possible. Brother Li destroyed himself yesterday at Liyang Palace and had the pride and bloodlust to do so, so perhaps he has gained Brother Xu’s appreciation and is now renewing his Confucianism for him.”
“If that’s the case, Xu Shouren is really a good man.”
“When I think of it this way, Sun Ru is really going too far. Ever since Brother Xu rebuked Yan Ru, we have been hating on him, and we don’t care to be with him.”
“We even made up poems to humiliate Brother Xu, but I never thought that Brother Xu would not take it to heart, but instead helped Brother Li.
“Alas, shame on you, shame on you.”
The moment the Great Wei literati saw Li Shouming enveloped in talent in the middle of the academy, they could not help but make a series of emotional sounds, they thought that Xu Qingnian had a saint-like mind as he repaid virtue with grievance.
For a moment, they were even more ashamed.
And then, more and more literati gathered, and the people also appeared.
They watched curiously, wanting to see what was going on.
About an hour later.
Finally, Li Shouming’s voice rang out.
“I am Li Shouming, in the Liyang Palace, I destroyed myself in Confucianism, however, when I met Mr. Shouren, I understood the unity of knowledge and action, and realized the heart of the Great Way, and once again understood the meaning.”
“Today, I, Li Shouming, am here to make a statement, to honour the school of the heart, to pa*s it on for the rest of my life, to unite knowledge and action, and to wish that the world would know reason and understand conscience.”
Li Shouming’s voice rang out.
His voice, at first, was not very loud, and merely spread throughout the street, for it was a clear intention.
Only in the next moment, his voice, however, spread throughout the area, especially reaching the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
For he …… made a statement.
May he honor the school of the heart and be willing to pa*s it on to everyone until the last moment of the rest of his life, and may all the people of the world know the truth, understand the conscience of their hearts, do the right thing, understand the wrong thing, and do good without complaining.
In an instant, the rolls of talented qi fell down again and poured into him.
While outside the academy, thousands of Great Wei literati were frozen in place.
Li Shouming had gone from abolishing his own Ming Yi and destroying his own Confucianism with his own hands, to joining the School of Heart and becoming Xu Qingnian’s disciple in just less than a day, to surprisingly breaking straight through the seventh rank and straight to the sixth rank, Li Yan Zhengruan.
This …… It is simply unbelievable.
It was already considered extremely unbelievable to come back from retraining, to go even further, it was simply a miracle.
All the literati swallowed their saliva.
The first thing you can do is to get a good idea of what you are doing.
But what was the reason for their anger? It was because they couldn’t afford to ruin it, and if they did, their years of study would be wasted.
Who would dare to take on a scholar who had offended the Great Wei Palace, for example, to teach in the county?
Who would? Do you?
With all these factors, they did not dare to speak up, and even if they had grievances in their hearts, they could only hold them in and swallow them down.
But now, Li Shouming has not only restored the Confucianism grade, but has even taken it to a higher level, causing them to inexplicably feel a sense of inexpressibility.
Li Shouming’s voice rang out in the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
Sun Jing’an, who was meditating on his studies, suddenly froze.
After hearing these words again, his eyes looked a little cold before he waved his hand and wrote a line in the void.
It was rare for a student to self-destruct the Confucian Way and choose to join another school, because basically no one would self-destruct the Confucian Way after Ming Yi.
Usually it is before Ming Yi that one chooses one’s own school of thought, so it is normal to jump around.
If the Great Wei Palace of Literature is divided in detail, there are actually five schools of thought, representing the five sages, and among the four great schools of learning, there are even more schools of thought, but most of them are of the older generation.
The schools of some ancient great Confucians, or the schools of some semi-saints and sub-saints.
It is just that there are many schools of learning, but few disciples, and there is absolutely no comparison at all with the Zhu Sheng lineage.
Li Shouming’s stand-up speech carried a sense of indignation, making it clear to the Great Wei literati that he had left the Great Wei Literary Palace and did not need the Great Wei Literary Palace to pity him.
He himself had joined the School of the Heart and had taken it to the next level.
To say provocation has such a meaning.
But there is no big problem, after all, it was your Great Wei Palace of Literature that first did something wrong, and later was unwilling to admit its mistake, and had to make people apologise to you, now that Li Shouming has made a statement, there is nothing to say.
But soon, Sun Ru’s voice followed.
“Since you have left the Great Wei Palace of Literature and chosen another school, from now on, Li Shouming is removed from the Palace of Literature, and such a Confucian who betrays Zhu Sheng, the Confucians of the Palace of Literature, must not a*sociate with him.”
Sun Ru’s voice rang out. He did not reprimand, nor did he insult, nor did he shout, but he expressed his attitude and made a statement on behalf of the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
He did not reprimand, nor did he insult, nor did he shout, but he expressed his attitude and made a statement on behalf of the Great Wei Palace.
This is the most direct and easiest way to suppress Li Shouming.
The main thing is that there is no problem with this kind of suppression, after all, this is how school disputes are like, if you choose to betray Zhu Sheng, then it is normal to have Zhu Sheng’s disciples break ties with you.
It was like if Li Shouming was his disciple and suddenly betrayed him, Xu Qingnian would not have been kind to Li Shouming, including the disciples of the School of Heart.
But the main reason for this incident was not that Li Shouming left of his own accord, but because but Sun Ru was unjust.
There was a reason for what happened.
And there was another remark that made them extremely uncomfortable.
A Confucian in the Palace of Literature is not to be a*sociated with him?
Why? It was true that they were Confucians of the Palace of Literature, but Li Shouming was not an enemy spy, and it was not as if he had insulted Zhu Sheng, so why could they not come and go with him?
This was a bit disgusting, restricting their freedom.
It was quite uncomfortable for them, and even had a commanding tone that was offensive.
Sun Ru’s voice resounded through this street, and within the Shouren Academy, Xu Qingnian could also hear the threat in Sun Ru’s tone, which also carried an inexplicable sense of condescension.
“Heh.”
In the school hall.
Xu Qingnian laughed coldly, this Sun Jing’an had been targeting himself from the very beginning, and now that he had caused public anger, he still did not know that he was wrong.
But to say that he is not stupid is to say that he has other objectives, as Chen Zhengru said, someone wants to divest the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and Sun Jing’an has already revealed himself to be a bright child.
This kind of person is no different from a businessman, one is just after profit and the other after fame.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian also gave a counterattack.
“I am Xu Qingnian, the righteous Confucian of Great Wei, I have founded the Heart School for three months, today, I am accepting Confucian disciples, those who enter my Heart School can enjoy endless talent, but if any Confucian student with clear intention destroys his intention, I will use endless talent to renew his path.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently, and this sentence was extremely domineering.
If there is a Confucian scholar who is willing to destroy his or her Confucianism and join the Heart School, he or she will use the endless talent to renew his or her dao.
This is something that others dare not say, but he, Xu Qingnian, dares to say.
With 5,000 years of civilisation in his mind, how could he be afraid of a mere consumption of his talent?
This was Xu Qingnian’s strength. As long as he was willing to give as much talent energy as he wanted, he could give it to his disciples and exchange it for the power of faith, so why not do so in one fell swoop?
And once there are more people, his own plan, also convenient to implement, plus the school grows, there are a thousand and one benefits to himself, not to mention the loss, completely blood money.
As expected.
As soon as Xu Qingnian said this, many great scholars in the Great Wei Palace of Literature frowned. They originally did not want to get involved in this matter, but as Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out, they could not help but go to the real great scholars in the Palace of Literature and consult with them, not wanting to make a complete mess of things.
Otherwise, there was a good chance that it would lead to trouble, real trouble.
Inside the Palace of Literature, Sun Jing’an did not show his anger after hearing this again, instead he was calm, but his gaze was fixed in the direction of the Shouren Academy.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“You are too presumptuous.”
“Do you think that by doing this, someone will enter your academy? You have underestimated the saints and overestimated yourself.”
“Moreover, if you really pull in the Great Wei literati, you are rushing to your death.”
A low murmuring voice rang out, and Sun Jing’an did not speak anymore, but continued to look at the book in his hands, while the title of the book in his hands appeared slightly longer, but a few fonts were vaguely evident.
[Bizarre Arts] [Discerning the Law
Shouren Academy.
Along with these words of Xu Qingnian rang out.
For a moment, many of the literati who were already full of grievances were somewhat shaken.
They were not swayed by Xu Qingnian’s willingness to share his talent, but rather by the fact that leaving the Great Wei Literary Palace would mean that they would have to abolish their own Confucianism, which would be gambling with their future.
But now that Xu Qingnian was willing to share his talent, he wasn’t worried about his future, so why didn’t they waver?
It was at this point that Li Shouming spoke again.
Li Shouming spoke up once more.
“Gentlemen.”
“I dare to say a few words, Li.”
“At the Peace Poetry Conference, we were initially considered to be courteous to the ten nations, not to lose the etiquette of Great Wei.”
“But the literati of the Ten Kingdoms, who have disrespected and disrespected our Great Wei, have done us wrong in the first place, but Sun Ru of the Palace of Literature, has been partial in every way.”
“All because he hates Mr Xu.”
“This behaviour is unbecoming of a great Confucian, and we, the literati, have lost face in front of the great talents of the Ten Kingdoms.”
“I have abolished the Confucian Way since then and have never regretted it. Today, I have learnt the Heart Studies and have taken it to a higher level, but I still respect Zhu Sheng in my heart.”
“It is only that nowadays, the Great Wei Palace of Literature has long been controlled by a group of corrupt scholars who have misinterpreted Zhu Sheng’s intentions and forced themselves upon me.”
“I would like to ask you all, Li, to think it over, sharpen your eyes and make a choice, three thousand miles of talent is not enough for many people to enroll in the school, if you miss this opportunity, next time, even if you want to destroy your will, it will be impossible.”
Li Shouming spoke up, he was now Xu Qingnian’s disciple, he called Xu Qingnian sir, and spoke from the bottom of his heart, stirring up the crowd’s emotions.
For a moment, the crowd could not help but recall the events of the past few days.
The hated faces of the literati of the ten countries also came to mind one by one.
At that moment, some of the people could not help but speak up.
“What are we waiting for? Definitely follow Lord Xu and learn from him, you don’t even think about it, who is Lord Xu? The future saint.”
“Besides, when has Lord Xu ever treated his own people badly? This Sun Ru would rather help outsiders than his own people, and that time when Lord Xu made a fuss, wasn’t it for his own people?”
“If I wasn’t a pig killer, I would have joined Lord Xu’s tutelage.”
A pig-killer among the people shouted, his voice extremely loud, thinking that it was simply a bit foolish for these literati to still hesitate.
But this one sentence flashed through the minds of the people like lightning.
Yes, other than that, Xu Qingnian’s ability to protect his shortcomings was the best in the world, and Xu Qingnian had never backed down from anyone who bullied his people.
When compared to Sun Ru’s behaviour, the two were simply one and the same.
In a moment, the crowd no longer hesitated and walked into the Shouren Academy one by one.
“Student Wu Qizi, since the abolition of Ming Yi, would like to enter the Heart School and worship Mr., I also hope that Mr. will not abandon. ,”
“Student Zhou Pu, who has abolished his Ming Yi, wishes to enter the School of the Heart and take you as his teacher, and hopes that you will not abandon him.”
A series of three or four Ming Yi Confucian students walked in, they bowed deeply towards Xu Qingnian, if Xu Qingnian was willing to accept them, they would directly bow three times and perform the big salute to their teacher.
But Xu Qingnian did not accept them directly.
Instead, he looked at the students who walked in one after another and smiled faintly.
“Since we have established a school, we will naturally accept students, but you are not yet familiar with the Heart Study, so today I will explain the way of the Heart Study.”
“After the exposition, you will understand it carefully, and if you are willing, you can come back tomorrow to pay your respects, so as not to regret it.”
Xu Qingnian said so.
He did not need hypocritical disciples, but rather disciples who truly understood the School of the Heart and wanted to join.
Choices made in a moment of anger would often lead to regret, and choosing to join again after calming down was the core.
Sure enough, these words of Xu Qingnian were spoken.
The crowd’s view of Xu Qingnian had changed a lot more.
It was reasonable to say that Xu Qingnian had established a school and accepted disciples extensively, especially against the Great Wei Palace of Literature, which anyone else would have chosen to accept.
After all, once accepted, even if they regret it, there is no use, the word is out, then regret who still dare to want them?
But Xu Qingnian did not take them in, instead he expounded on the study of the heart, allowing them to understand and then choose whether or not to join.
This kind of tolerance alone was beyond their ability to match.
This was a true scholar of the establishment.
“We thank you, sir.”
In the next moment, more literati entered, and they bowed towards Xu Qingnian, no matter whether they chose to join the School of the Heart in the future or not, they could not change Xu Qingnian’s position in their hearts anymore.
After a few moments.
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and expounded on his own way of learning from the heart.
“In life, apart from the desire of the skin, there is the desire of the spirit.”
“We, the scholars, learn reason, understand reason, and thus know reason.”
“The scholar of the heart learns for the sake of knowing and acting in unison, and for the sake of conscience.”
“To prophesy and then to act, to know first and then to know, to know the reason of all things, to know the reason of being human, to know the reason of killing, to know the reason of the heart, to act again the reason of all things, the way of being human, the way of killing, and so on ad infinitum.”
“And to conscience is the root and the destination, all to goodness, all with conscience and only the mind, all prophetic and only the mind.”
“To know first and to know, and to allow mistakes, to know and then to act, then to act and then to know, to know and then to act, to conscience.”
Xu Qingnian put the theory of mindfulness in as simple a way as possible.
The ones that were too profound were not very clear themselves and would take time to ponder, but these alone would be enough for the crowd to understand for a good while, and perhaps the question of whether to prophesy and act or to know beforehand alone might haunt them for the rest of their lives.
But whether it is knowing beforehand or acting as a prophet, the last three words are inescapable: to conscience.
Amongst the academy.
Aura of talent pervades.
A lotus flower bloomed.
As Xu Qingnian preached, talent qi naturally emerged, and these were the talent qi of the three thousand miles of Donglai, forming a vision that evolved the scene of the academy.
It can help the students to understand and enlighten themselves, and it also enhances Xu Qingnian’s image.
At this moment, more and more literati gathered here.
They listened attentively to Xu Qingnian’s exposition on the study of the heart.
The expressions of the crowd were also full of confusion and surprise.
Because no one had ever lectured like this before, Xu Qingnian was using a kind of self-thought, throwing out ideas and cores, leaving himself to think and comprehend and understand.
And Zhu Sheng’s learning was like a frame, but it was not like that in the beginning, it was the generations of great scholars who went on to self-expound and self-understand, and so changed a lot.
So much so that when many literati learn the Way of Zhu Sheng, they often have to start by imitating it, for example, by scrimping and saving, by speaking and behaving in a manner that requires attention, and so on.
Let the mind be fortified.
But Xu Qingnian, however, unlocked their shackles, allowing their thinking, self-derivation, self-understanding, and thus self-understanding of their own ‘school of the heart’, no matter how one goes about knowing and acting in unison, but the three words to conscience, then locked the last line of defence.
It cannot be that I can kill when I want to kill and rob when I want to rob.
It was a full two hours.
Xu Qingnian did not say a word for almost two hours of preaching.
And two hours later.
Only then did Xu Qingnian slowly stop, he took a sip of tea, and the middle of the academy was already full of people, many of whom were even standing outside the academy, their faces filled with thought.
Some were bitter, unable to understand.
Some were laughing and frowning at times.
Others had a look of excitement and thrill in their eyes, as if they had realised something.
No matter what, it did not matter to Xu Qingnian.
He got up and all the visions disappeared.
He had to go to the palace, there were still some things that needed to be dealt with, to be more precise, there were still quite a lot of things to deal with, and there was no time to delay here.
All that needed to be said had been said, and indeed it was time to go.
“Sir, where are you going? Do you want my disciple to go with you?”
Looking at Xu Qingnian who was leaving, Li Shouming immediately got up and asked.
“No, Shouming, do something for my master.”
“This is my Squire’s Order, go to the Ministry of Punishment and ask them to make a trip to the Ministry of Military Affairs and inform them to guard the various pa*sages in Great Wei’s Kyoto.”
“Do not allow the talented scholars from the ten countries to leave, the Peace Poetry Competition is not yet over, if they leave early, it will be said that we in Great Wei have been neglected.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up and said so.
“Please rest a*sured, sir.”
Li Shouming took Xu Qingnian’s order, and at the same time, he could not help but ask.
“But what if this talented man from the Ten Kingdoms does not go to the banquet?”
He asked curiously.
“Not going to the banquet? You’re on your own!”
“Do what you want.”
“If the people of the Great Wei Palace of Literature come after you, don’t bother, you are now a disciple of the Heart School and don’t need them to control you.”
“And if the ten great talents of the ten kingdoms go to the banquet, you do what you want to do, as long as you don’t violate your conscience, and if anything happens, I’ll be there for you.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, his tone unmistakably certain.
He had also heard about the matter of the Ten Kingdoms’ Great Talents trying to run away.
Want to run away after scolding someone?
How could this be so good?
If it weren’t for the urgent matters at hand, Xu Qingnian would have gone to the banquet in the past few days to disgust the Ten Kingdoms’ great talent.
But now there are many things to do, so naturally Xu Qingnian will not go to the banquet.
Xu Qingnian’s words are somewhat casual, but when they reach the ears of the crowd, they inexplicably seem …… The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a lot of money from the internet.
This teacher of his is really crazy.
But …… The fact is that this is a very good character, Li Shouming inexplicably feels very good.
At least a hundred times better than staying in the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
“Sun Jing’an, Sun Jing’an, if you dare to say one more word against me today, I will make a fool of you in public.”
Li Shouming muttered to himself in his mind.
The next moment, someone came back to his senses and found that Xu Qingnian had already disappeared, so he could not help but ask Li Shouming about the matter of heart learning.
And Li Shouming answered seriously, carefully stating his understanding and corroborating it with the other party.
In a moment, the entire Shouren Academy was filled with the sounds of various discussions.
At this time.
The court of the Great Wei.
Xu Qingnian took out the Order of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion and walked into the palace.
He deliberately bothered the eunuch who was guiding him to find someone for himself.
Soon, a familiar figure appeared.
Li Xian.
Eunuch Li.
Li Xian looked twenty-two or thirty years old, but was already a seventh-grade martial artist, and this alone was proof that men could indeed strengthen certain abilities if they didn’t have that thing.
“Lord Xu!”
“Lord Xu!”
“What do you want from your servant?”
Li Xian came trotting all the way here, looking incomparably fawning upon seeing Xu Qingnian.
“Eunuch Li.”
“I haven’t seen you for a long time and would like to have a chat with Eunuch Li.”
“And lest we get sentimental.”
Xu Qingnian smiled gently, causing the latter to be somewhat surprised.
“Lord Xu, you are really too kind to your servant.”
“You are now the Lord Squire, yet you still think of your servant, how can I, in return, make my servant.”
Li Xian was truly touched.
When he first met Xu Qingnian, Xu Qingnian was a talented man, but even an ordinary talented man had a higher status than himself.
Later, Xu Qingnian shook Great Wei time and time again, and was promoted to official positions again and again.
Now he had become a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Great Wei.
The gap between the two was a hundred thousand miles. Normally, he would brag to some eunuchs that he knew Xu Qingnian to boost his status.
But to his surprise, Xu Qingnian actually still remembered him, how could this not move him?
“Eunuch Li, why do you have to say such things?”
“We are all human beings, there is no difference between high and low.”
Xu Qingnian still wore a gentle face, but just such simple words moved Li Xian even more and almost brought tears to his eyes.
They were eunuchs and lackeys, inferior people in the Great Wei Palace, not even human beings when they went outside, but they had never imagined that Xu Qingnian was so talented and of such a high status, barking out the words of Eunuch Li.
I was really touched.
“Lord Xu, thanks for your love, I really can’t repay you, but Lord Xu, don’t worry, as long as you can use me, I will definitely be there for you.”
Li Xian didn’t say much, since Xu Qingnian thought so highly of him.
He would not let Xu Qingnian get cold feet either.
“Eunuch Li has spoken highly of you.”
“I heard that Eunuch Li has a younger brother in Kyoto who seems to have reached school age, if Eunuch Li doesn’t mind, he can send him to me to study and learn.”
Xu Qingnian spoke again, giving another great gift.
“To learn where you are?”
“Hiss!”
“Lord Xu, you …… You …… You’re not joking again, are you?”
Li Xian was really a bit confused.
Nowadays, who in Great Wei didn’t know that the children of the state princes and marquises were all attending Xu Qingnian’s Shouren Academy.
That was a real private school for the powerful and noble.
I did have a younger brother who was also old enough to go to school, and I had some money, but it was only enough to attend an ordinary private school in Kyoto.
Going to Xu Qingnian Academy?
That! What virtue and what ability.
“Eunuch Li, when I speak, I always say one thing, but of course if Eunuch Li does not want to, it does not matter.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
When he saw how serious Xu Qingnian was, Li Xian directly fell to his knees with a poof and said with tears in his eyes.
“Lord Xu, you are really too kind to my servant, my father and mother died early and I only have a younger brother, who is now being brought up by my aunt.
“You let my brother go to your private school, this kindness is greater than the sky, I really don’t know how to repay you.”
Li Xian cried out, his words did come from the bottom of his heart, he really didn’t know how to repay.
“Eunuch Li.”
“Get up.”
“It’s just a small matter, but there is one thing that I really need Eunuch Li’s help with.”
Xu Qingnian a*sisted Li Xian, and then smiled slightly.
Upon hearing this, Li Xian was instantly excited.
“Please speak clearly, Your Excellency, as long as there is something that my servant can do, I will definitely not resist.”
Xu Qingnian asked himself to help, he was willing!
And incredibly willing.
Otherwise, he really didn’t know what to say when he owed so many favours.
“It’s not really a big favour.”
“Eunuch Li, come with me.”
Xu Qingnian led Li Xian in the direction of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, his pace slow, while pressing his voice.
“Eunuch Li, Mister Xu asked you three questions, you answer first.”
Xu Qingnian said.
“Please speak straightforwardly, my lord.”
Li Xian wiped the tears from his eyes and asked this.
“First, does Eunuch Li want to grasp power?”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth with such a sentence, which directly put Li Xian in a position to ask.
Do you want to hold on to power?
Of course he wanted to.
But what power did a eunuch have? At most, he was just a superior among the subordinates, who could command the new eunuchs.
But when faced with Xu Qingnian’s question, Li Xian froze for a moment and then immediately answered.
“I want to.”
Who wouldn’t want to hold power?
“Do you want to become an existence that everyone fears? For example, a hundred officials? A prince? Not including His Majesty and me, of course.”
Xu Qingnian asked again, but with the additional addition that it was except for herself and the empress.
“Hundred officials? Princes?”
Li Xian swallowed his saliva, but his body trembled a little.
The Hundred Officials were like gods in his eyes.
The Prince that was simply the god of gods.
To make them fear him? Fear themselves? Was that possible? It was completely impossible.
But in the face of Xu Qingnian’s expression, Li Xian still spoke his heartfelt words.
“I want to!”
Although this was bold, he could not help but answer.
“Then, Eunuch Li, I ask you one last question.”
“If you want to gain power and the world’s awe, you need to pay a great price, are you willing to pay it?”
Xu Qingnian’s voice was extremely calm.
But behind this calmness, there was a …… indescribable feeling.
Li Xian was silent.
He looked at Xu Qingnian quietly.
An extremely large price?
But in exchange for unparalleled power, and the world’s awe.
Li Xian was silent as he pondered.
After a while, Li Xian finally came back to his senses.
“Lord Xu!”
“Minion Li Xian! With no family other than a dear brother, I know that a person like a slave cannot even compare to a fingernail of Lord Xu.”
“But I am a man who remembers kindness, and Lord Xu has been as kind to me as a mountain, not looking down on me as others do, but being polite and courteous to me.”
“Lord Xu, you are a good official and you are also a good man, from now on, the slave Li Xian, apart from His Majesty, will do his best to help Lord Xu.”
“My slave is willing to be a pawn in Lord Xu’s hand, even if one day, Lord Xu wants to abandon my slave as a pawn, my slave will definitely not have any complaints.”
Li Xian knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing with a thud, he was not stupid, how could someone who could work in the palace be stupid?
At this moment, he understood what Xu Qingnian’s intentions were, so he was very excited, very excited.
He understood that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had appeared in front of him.
Although he did not know what method Xu Qingnian would use.
But what he knew was that he absolutely could not miss this opportunity.
It absolutely could not be missed.
So he knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Qingnian to express his loyalty.
“Eunuch Li, you have spoken too much, you have spoken too much.”
“Today, I am mainly looking for His Majesty to discuss some matters.”
“It just happened to occur to me that some such matters came to mind, so I asked Eunuch Li.”
“But I am a bit touched by Eunuch Li’s words… Eunuch Li, if you become rich one day, don’t forget about me.”
Xu Qingnian smiled and said.
“Lord Xu, don’t worry! If one day, if my servant makes it to the top, you will still be my lord, whether you are involved or not.”
Li Xian said earnestly and incomparably.
And Xu Qingnian only wiped the blood on his forehead, and immediately afterwards, he changed direction and walked towards the Hall of the Raising Heart.
For Li Xian.
Xu Qingnian has a high regard for Li Xian, don’t look young, but he must have suffered a lot, you pick an older eunuch, although smart and careful, but also old oil, not easy to control.
It is better to be younger, you have suffered, you have ambition, and you can control it better. If one day you can’t control it anymore, there are ways to deal with it.
In addition, he has a younger brother who is enrolled in his own school, in other words, this is a kind of indirect ****.
Whether it’s a bundle of interests or a mutual help, in short, Li Xian is a very suitable person to be his own pawn.
But if you really want to cultivate a castrati party, it is absolutely impossible to directly put Li Xian on the throne.
Rather, first let His Majesty choose someone, just let Li Xian live well, preferably lay low for a while, and then slowly recommend him, or else directly recommend Li Xian.
Would the empress agree?
This was something Xu Qingnian did not know, and he never did anything he was not sure of.
“In the days to come, train well in martial arts, study more, don’t interfere in anything, and don’t offend people easily, got it?”
Xu Qingnian explained some things to Li Xian.
The latter carefully noted down every word Xu Qingnian said and kept it firmly in his mind.
However, halfway towards the Hall of the Raising Heart, Zhao Wan’er suddenly appeared, and when she learnt that Xu Qingnian wanted to meet the saint, she personally guided the way, while Li Xian automatically excused himself.
After Li Xian had left, Xu Qingnian and Zhao Wan’er made their way to the Palace of the Sacred Heart.
Xu Qingnian chatted with Zhao Wan’er all the way.
When facing Zhao Wan’er, Xu Qingnian didn’t think much of it. This was the Empress’ maid, so it was fine to chat, but if you really wanted to use it, you should stop.
About half a quarter of an hour later.
Xu Qingnian arrived outside the Hall of the Nurtured Heart.
Zhao Wan’er went inside to inform her.
Soon, she had walked out.
“Lord Xu, His Majesty has called you in.”
The voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian slowly stepped inside the Hall of the Nurturing Heart.
After a period of time, Xu Qingnian was not the least bit nervous to face His Majesty again, and was more calm than the previous times.
“I, Xu Qingnian, have met Your Majesty, long live my emperor.”
Xu Qingnian spoke out and bowed towards the empress.
“Aiqing, please excuse yourself.”
The Empress’ voice rang out.
And then continued to speak.
“Aiqing Xu, what do you want to see me about today?”
The Empress asked, opening the door.
“Your Majesty!”
“My servant, today’s temporary appearance to the sage is for the casting of the sword.”
Xu Qingnian looked at the empress behind the purple veil and said so.
“Casting a sword?”
“Casting what sword?”
The empress spoke in a calm tone.
“The sword of killing and destruction.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
“How a killing sword?”
The Empress remained calm.
“Kill the traitors! Cut down the rebellious party! Execute the va*sal kings! Pacify the scourge!”
Twelve words.
They came out slowly from Xu Qingnian’s mouth.
And when these twelve words fell.
The Empress’ eyes inevitably flashed with a hint of dissimilarity.
“Aiqing continue.”
She didn’t think much about it, her voice was still high and calm.
