Awaken Chapter 154

The Great Wei Palace of Literature.

Tap, tap, tap!

With a burst of footsteps, the eight gates of capital soldiers came walking quickly.

Each one of them had a cold look on their faces, holding a square sword and spear in their hands, and their expressions were cold and serious as they surrounded the Great Wei Palace.

Not a single person, not even a fly, could get out.

Outside the Palace of Literature.

The people witnessed all this and looked at it with excitement in their eyes, wishing that Xu Qingnian would just put them to death right now.

Nothing more, we are all human beings, and although great Confucians deserve respect, the question is, there must be reason too, right?

The problem is that we have to be reasonable, right?

The company is also a member of the board of directors of the company.

You don’t agree? The company’s main goal was to get the company to come back to the market.

If you don’t find out the result, then you want to go to the Palace of Literature to prove yourself.

The result was not found, so you wanted to go to the Palace of Literature to prove yourself.

After going to the Palace of Literature, Xu Qingnian also said that he could reconcile, but after all, we should not make such a stalemate, we are all scholars, why should we make things difficult for each other?

From the beginning to the end, Xu Qingnian was not half tough, instead, she was all peaceful and calm.

Everyone is not a fool and knows that Xu Qingnian actually respects the Great Wei Palace of Literature and these great scholars.

But you don’t agree, you have to force Xu Qingnian to testify himself.

The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.

How many of these can be found in heaven and earth?

Moreover, with the saint’s resonance, Xu Qingnian stepped directly into the Fifth Grade Great Confucian realm, becoming a 20-year-old great scholar.

Remember, this is a great Confucian, all other great Confucians are ordinary great Confucians, Xu Qingnian can add ‘great’ in front of it.

The First Great Confucian.

Now I’m asking you to keep your promise, but now you’re playing games?

You had to force Xu Qingnian to call for the Ministry of War before you were happy?

This Zhu Sheng lineage is really a bit shameless.

This is what the people are thinking.

The six ministers and the princes and lords of the state were all watching with glee.

Even Chen Zhengru gloated.

Don’t you like to find trouble? What are you looking for? Now that Xu Qingnian is a tough guy, is he happy?

In the past, everyone thought Xu Qingnian was a bit reckless and impulsive.

But now it seems that this is Xu Qingnian’s style. First, I talk to you nicely, but you don’t listen? Then I’ll talk you through it again, and you still don’t listen? Then I will kill you until you listen.

Nowadays, the Great Wei really needs a person with an iron-blooded hand to make an appearance, they have too many worries and are indeed getting old.

“This boy Shouren, he really has the look of the old man when he was young.”

Duke An exclaimed, his goodwill towards Xu Qingnian growing stronger, wasn’t that what they liked in the military family.

They don’t care what you think, they don’t care what your schemes and tricks are, instead of talking to you, they should just do it, they can’t beat you and admit it, if they can beat you, they will beat you until you are convinced.

The Beijing soldiers took to the stage with a killing spirit.

Xu Qingnian did not argue with Pengru and the others, but turned his gaze towards Jiang Xinyan.

“The eight gates of the Jing soldiers hear the order!”

“If this officer gives an order, it will be strictly enforced!”

“Whoever hesitates and retreats, beheaded!”

Xu Qingnian knew the stinkiness of the Great Wei army, a problem that he would still have to properly target when this matter was over.

Of course, Xu Qingnian was actually able to understand, mainly this was Great Wei’s Kyoto.

These soldiers, or more scrupulous, casually encounter a person is what the royal relatives, and one does not move to let them kill some princes ah or the great scholars.

Who would dare to do it?

But it is normal to have scruples, but not to disobey military orders.

So Xu Qingnian said this in advance, so that when he gave the order, these people would not dare to go forward, hesitating.

What can be done about killing a great scholar? Does Great Wei lack a great Confucian?

“We obey the order!”

The Eight Gate Capital Soldiers roared loudly, especially Jiang Xinyan, who could not know what Xu Qingnian meant, so his voice was even louder.

In this way, he responded to Xu Qingnian.

The deafening reply also represented an incomparably firm attitude.

At this moment.

Xu Qingnian turned his gaze towards Pengru and the others.

“Xu Qingnian!”

“This matter, does it have to come to this?”

“Do you know that killing Confucians has a great impact on dynasties? Since ancient times, any dynasty that kills a Confucian will suffer the wrath of heaven and earth within a hundred years, and will be decimated and retreat within a hundred years.”

“Do you really dare?”

Peng Ru spoke out, pointing at Xu Qingnian, his lungs nearly exploding with anger.

It wasn’t that he didn’t have a sense of propriety, but every word Xu Qingnian spoke was a treacherous statement.

Since ancient times, how many people have dared to talk about killing Confucians?

And how many people have allowed the killing of Confucianism?

Why is the Confucian Way revered by all the people of the world? There are too many reasons.

But any dynasty that killed Confucianism would be met with the wrath of heaven and earth. Xu Qingnian’s words were simply an insult to Confucianism, not an insult to the saints anymore.

But Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out coldly.

“Ridiculous! Is there an eternal dynasty in the ancient and modern worlds?”

“Confucians are unkind! Why not kill them?”

“Confucians don’t believe! Why not kill them?”

“Confucians are not virtuous! Why not kill them?”

Xu Qingnian laughed coldly, he dared to say this, what long live a thousand years, throughout history, how many dynasties have been immortal? But is there a single dynasty that can truly be immortal?

No matter how many thousand years, ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years of dynasties, in the end, it is all just an empty space, compared to the mountains, compared to the stars, it is just an instant.

Xu Qingnian’s three sentences about not killing were also very eloquent, which made the crowd feel very happy.

Killing a Confucian was indeed a great sin.

But the problem is that Xu Qingnian did not kill Confucians because of atrocities, but because Confucians are unkind, Confucians are unbelieving, and Confucians are unethical.

Such Confucians should be killed.

Such Confucians can be killed.

Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei were infuriated by Xu Qingnian’s words.

But they did not dare to speak up. At this juncture, if they still dared to speak up, they would really be looking for death.

“Xu Qingnian, if you dare to kill Ru, the old man will revive the holy weapon and kill you!”

This time, Peng Ru was not preaching any benevolence and morality, since Xu Qingnian had put his words into words, he had bloodlust too.

As long as Xu Qingnian dared to kill Ru, he would directly revive the Sacred Vessel and ask the Holy Will to behead Xu Qingnian.

“Good, then I will see if the saint will behead me or behead Er then.”

“Someone! Another half a quarter of an hour, if Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei do not abolish their Confucian status, kill.”

Xu Qingnian’s voice was calm.

His words were cold and incomparable.

Who was he, Xu Qingnian? He had killed kings, he had killed merchants, but he had never killed a great scholar.

If these people wanted to give it a try, Xu Qingnian didn’t mind adding killing Confucian scholars to his resume.

He had long been displeased with these people, so it would be good for him to kill them, so that they would not find themselves in trouble.

“Xu Qingnian!”

“How dare you!”

All at once, a number of voices rang out in the Great Wei Palace of Literature, all of them great Confucians of the Zhu Sheng lineage.

Although Xu Qingnian was a future new saint, Xu Qingnian was not yet a saint, how dare he kill Confucians?

If one day, Xu Qingnian really becomes a saint, what would happen?

“Xu Shouren, this matter, it can end here, you are the future new saint, if you kill Confucians, it won’t be good for you.”

But there was also someone to persuade, the voice of Great Confucian Chen Xin, who took the initiative to speak up, hoping that Xu Qingnian would calm down and cool down.

“Chen Ru, it is not that Xu is really arrogant, nor is it that Xu is really vindictive, but this matter is a great feud of life and death.”

“If I had really practiced a different art, I would have been dead when I came to the Palace of Literature.”

“They wanted to put Xu to death, but now that Xu has proven himself innocent, how is this persuasion not favouritism?”

“Confucians have no selfishness, but Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei are two old dogs who, on the basis of their status as great Confucians, are bullying Xu, and who in the Palace is speaking for me?”

“Chen Ru, Xu Mou still respects you because you helped me back then, but if you still speak up for them, don’t blame Xu Mou for being ungrateful.”

Xu Qingnian spoke up and gave his reply.

When he came to the capital and was suppressed by the Huai Ping County King with his power, it was Chen Xin who helped him.

Therefore, Xu Qingnian had good feelings for him.

But if the other party insisted on taking sides with Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei, then forget it.

In the end, it was the same story. When he was forced to come to the Great Wei Palace of Literature, how many of the Zhu Sheng lineage had helped him?

Now coming to put in a good word for Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei? Is this possible?

It was simply not possible.

When Xu Qingnian said these words, Chen Xin sighed, he understood Xu Qingnian, and he only spoke out because he did not want the situation to become too rigid.

However, Xu Qingnian was also right, he did not continue to speak anymore, but kept silent.

“Sixty more breaths.”

Xu Qingnian spoke again as he gave a final reminder.

In the next moment, the Eight Gate King’s Soldiers lit up their blades, their expressions icy cold.

At this moment, Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei panicked even more, their hearts trembling.

In normal days, they flaunted their military might and showed off their great Confucian aura, but in front of life and death, how many of them could be as calm as water?

Especially in this case, it was death by mistake, not that of generosity, without any national righteousness to add to it, it was natural to fear death.

“Xu Qingnian, is it really impossible to reconcile?”

Pengru spoke again as he questioned Xu Qingnian, for he did not wish to bring things to that point.

“Nonsense.”

Xu Qingnian coldly replied with four words, ridiculing Peng Ru without mercy.

“You!”

Peng Ru’s body trembled with anger, he had never been so insulted before.

But at that moment, in the middle of the Palace of Literature, another magnificent voice rang out.

“Since you have lost, you must admit defeat. A man without faith cannot achieve anything, and a Confucian without faith should indeed be killed.”

A voice rang out, and it was still the voice of a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth.

When this voice appeared, the great Confucian scholars of the Zhu Sheng lineage all frowned, for this was not a great Confucian of their faction.

Especially the Peng Confucian, whose face changed when he heard this voice again.

When Xu Qingnian forced Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei to abolish their Confucian status, he could say a few words, but when a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth spoke up, the meaning was completely different.

The other side wanted to intervene and suppress their Zhu Sheng lineage.

“Shouren, this is a bright Confucian, and needs to be saluted.”

At this moment, Chen Zhengru spoke out, and he informed Xu Qingnian that this person was from, with the subtle meaning of telling Xu Qingnian that this was not a great Confucian of Heaven and Earth from the Zhu Sheng lineage.

Once this was said, Xu Qingnian instantly bowed towards the depths of the Palace of Literature.

“I, Xu Qingnian, have met the Ming Confucian.”

It was not that Xu Qingnian did not respect scholars, but he did not respect scholars like Sun Jing’an Yan Lei, while to the likes of Ming Ru, Xu Qingnian had great respect.

He was arrogant, but not uncaring, but just fierce in his methods.

“Xu Ru is truly modest, a new saint of the future, and I feel that the future of Confucianism will truly shine because of you.”

Ming Ru’s voice rang out, he was full of appreciation for Xu Qingnian, truly admiring him.

“Ming Ru’s words are important.”

Xu Qingnian was very modest.

“No, Shouren, if you have nothing to do in the future, you can come and look for me at the Great Wei Palace of Literature, I am very curious about your heart studies.

Ming Ru laughed and said.

And Xu Qingnian naturally spoke up again and again, it was obvious that the other party was helping himself, if he really killed Ru, it would indeed have a huge impact.

But with the appearance of Ming Ru, it had invariably defused this crisis.

Xu Qingnian naturally understood.

“There are still ten breaths to go, the Jing soldiers will listen to orders.”

Xu Qingnian spoke once more, his voice ringing out, and for a moment, Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei were utterly terrified.

Peng Ru’s face was cold, he had already decided that if Xu Qingnian dared to kill Ru, he would directly invite the Holy Will.

But at that moment.

Suddenly, Sun Jing’an’s voice rang out.

“I abolish!”

“I abolish!”

“I’m ruined!”

Sun Jing’an’s voice rang out, he was willing to abolish his Confucian position, he couldn’t bear such pressure anymore.

It was better than dying, right?

His voice rang out, and for a moment, it caused the crowd to be surprised.

Even Peng Ru was surprised.

“Sun Jing’an, what are you talking about?”

Peng Ru couldn’t help but roar in anger, his own side was still meandering, he was betting that Xu Qingnian wouldn’t dare to kill Ru, but what he didn’t expect was that one of his own had surrendered first?

How could he lose face?

“Peng Ru!”

“This matter was originally my fault, Xu Qingnian even succeeded in proving himself innocent, Confucians must not be faithless.”

“Today, I, Sun Jing’an, abolish my Confucian position and keep my word.”

Sun Jing’an gave his reply, mainly on a few issues, not entirely because he was greedy for life and death.

Firstly, that he had indeed done wrong in the first place.

Secondly, if he died in this way, he would not be doing any good. If people died, at least they would die unjustly, and future generations would vindicate them, but what about himself? If you die here, you will be a laughing stock and will be laughed at for thousands of years to come.

Thirdly, how dare you not die?

This is the reason why Sun Jing’an is willing to abolish his own Confucian position, it is really himself who said this ah.

The original thought was to fight for it if he could, but now Xu Qingnian just won’t budge, so there’s nothing he can do about it.

There is no need to resist, he can’t resist ah.

“Sun Jing’an, you are really a disgrace.”

“Sun Jing’an, Pengru fought hard for you and yet you behave like this?”

“It’s just a death, what are you afraid of?”

“You have really disgraced the Zhu Sheng lineage.”

Many of the great scholars of the Vermilion Saint Lineage spoke up, truly angry with Sun Jing’an.

For no other reason than they did not believe that Xu Qingnian would dare to kill a Confucian.

What they didn’t expect was that Sun Jing’an had directly surrendered.

But in the face of so many curses, Sun Jing’an finally exploded a little.

He had been holding his frustrations in, and now he really couldn’t hold back.

“The appointment itself has already been made, so Sun Mou is merely keeping his promise.”

“Xu Qingnian, Sun has only one word to say, if I abolish my Confucian position, can this matter end here?”

Sun Jing’an said with incomparable hardness.

“Yes.”

Xu Qingnian gave his answer without hesitation.

“Good!”

“Then today, I will keep my promise and keep my word.”

The only thing he regretted now was that if he had known that this was the end, it would have been tougher to just abolish the Confucian position, so now he was somehow forced to abolish himself, which was really a bit unwilling.

If only he had known that he would be abolished in the first place, at least he would have left a good name.

He thought to himself.

In the next moment, his body’s vital energy was dispersed, as if he had been deflated, and his whole aura looked very decrepit, his hair pale.

The Confucian position is self-defeating and will have certain effects on the body. The main reason for this is that there is Hao Ran Zheng Qi in the body to nourish the flesh and the body is adjusted, and when it suddenly disappears, the body will be as normal.

So there would be a decay.

Sun Jing’an was sensible and did not let Xu Qingnian do it himself.

But after the Confucian position was abolished, Sun Jing’an looked at Xu Qingnian.

“Right now, is it okay?”

His tone was not very good, which was normal, who else would have a good face after being deprived of the Confucian position?

“Your Excellency is true to his word, I admire Xu.”

Xu Qingnian didn’t say much, but turned his gaze towards Yan Lei, now that Sun Jing’an had abolished his Confucian position on his own, he had lost everything.

He turned to leave, unwilling to linger here, today he was defeated, the Great Wei Palace of Literature did not need him anymore, and to the Zhu Sheng lineage, he had no value, the only way out was to leave Kyoto, to teach somewhere else or something, and perhaps have a run.

As for Yan Lei, at this moment, Yan Lei’s gaze was calm.

Faced with Sun Jing’an’s surrender, Yan Lei didn’t know what to say for a while.

But he did not want to abolish his Confucian position, nor did he want to be killed, he was torn.

“Yan Lei.”

“What are you still hesitating about?”

Xu Qingnian looked at Yan Lei and asked in a cold voice.

The time had almost pa*sed, but Xu Qingnian had just not given the order yet, after all, it would take a little time to abolish his Confucian position, and it was impossible not to give the other party a chance.

“Xu Qingnian, can you give me a chance? I promise, from now on, I will never set foot in the capital of Great Wei.”

Yan Lei spoke out, he still wanted to struggle a little.

“Kill!”

However, Xu Qingnian spoke directly, he gave Yan Lei one last chance, but Yan Lei was still wasting time here, it was really ridiculous.

“Good!”

“I, Yan Lei, abolish my Confucian position today!”

“Xu Qingnian, you are cruel!”

Yan Lei shouted, because the Eight Gates Jing Bing had already made their move, and Yan Lei knew that if Xu Qingnian killed Confucius, Peng Ru would definitely help him take revenge.

But would it work? Using his own death to get Xu Qingnian in trouble?

If he were to let other Confucian scholars die, Yan Lei would agree, but to let himself die? Yan Lei disagreed.

Boom!

The Hao Rang Qi in his body began to disperse in all directions, just like Sun Jing’an.

Only in comparison, Sun Jing’an was also unwilling, but he was a little more spontaneous and surrendered in advance, unwilling to continue to toss and turn.

He was probably completely beaten out of his mind.

As for Yan Lei, it was different, he was unwilling, extremely unwilling, he himself had hatred for Xu Qingnian, and now his hatred was even more boundless.

Feeling Yan Lei’s hatred.

Xu Qingnian didn’t care, he was even only disappointed.

It was indeed disappointing, to be honest he was ready to kill Ru, but what he didn’t expect was that these two had surrendered.

It was really a bit uninteresting.

“Good.”

“Good.”

“Good.”

“Xu Qingnian, worthy of having the qualifications of a new saint, just by achieving Great Confucianism, he has forced two great Confucians of my Great Wei Palace of Literature to abolish themselves as Confucians.”

“That’s really good.”

Peng Confucian spoke, his tone filled with coldness, Sun Jing’an and Yan Lei abolished their Confucian positions, which was a great loss to the Zhu Sheng lineage.

Not only was there a loss of strength, there was also a huge loss of face.

Just two great Confucians could not possibly shake the Zhu Sheng lineage.

Not to mention two, ten would be useless.

And he sneered, it seemed, because of this, because of Xu Qingnian’s arrogance and ignorance.

One day, Xu Qingnian would have to pay a huge price for his arrogance today.

This was the thought in Pengru’s mind.

“Don’t worry, if Xu becomes a saint, there will be no such great scholars in the future.”

Xu Qingnian replied in accordance with the other party’s meaning.

You are just trying to say that two great scholars have been lost even before becoming a saint, so if he becomes a saint, wouldn’t that be great?

Then Xu Qingnian replied in this way.

The two of them have already come to this point, so it’s hard to ask for peace.

The two main factions of the Great Wei Literary Palace are the Zhu Sheng lineage, but that doesn’t mean that there is only one faction in the Great Wei Literary Palace.

The fact that they are always talking about being enemies of the literati in the world is not the same as being enemies of the Zhu Sheng lineage.

This is extremely ridiculous.

Xu Qingnian’s reply made Peng Ru stop talking, knowing that there was no point in arguing with words, especially if he couldn’t.

Standing up, Peng Ru stood with his walking stick.

Today’s defeat had been too complete.

But this was not the end of the day.

Peng Ru got up and left, heading towards the Great Wei Palace of Literature.

As for Yan Lei, he also followed him, while Sun Jing’an, unlike him, had long since left, his heart had been beaten out of him, so what was the point of staying here?

The people watched in silence, this mess today, two great Confucian scholars were dethroned from their Confucian position, to achieve Xu Qingnian new saint’s qualification ah.

They left.

Xu Qingnian looked on quietly, he knew very well in his heart that the Zhu Sheng lineage would not have suffered such a big loss for nothing, but he did not dare to make a fuss just yet, at least until this matter was over.

After Peng Ru had left, Xu Qingnian turned towards the six ministers and the state ministers.

“Your Excellencies, Qingnian has just broken through the Great Confucian realm, so she intends to go back and rest for a few days to properly study.”

Xu Qingnian intended to leave on the pretext of studying for enlightenment.

“Go on, go on.”

“Nephew Shouren, go.”

“Hurry up and go, it’s fine, don’t mind us old guys.”

The people laughed.

Xu Qingnian also gave a slight bow towards the people, followed by this before leaving.

Having become a great Confucian, Xu Qingnian really needed to be solid and stable, and he also had many things waiting for him to deal with.

He could not stay here any longer.

Xu Qingnian left, leaving the crowd behind.

And Chen Zhengru and the others were ready to disperse as well.

“My lords, since there is nothing to do at the moment, why don’t we have a small gathering in my humble abode?”

Chen Zhengru made an invitation, wanting to invite the remaining five ministers to a gathering at their homes.

“Yes.”

“Very well.”

All the Shang Shu agreed, and Duke An also summoned them to his home for a gathering.

The gathering was in fact a pretext, its main purpose was to talk about what was to come.

Xu Qingnian’s position was now very different.

The reason why Xu Qingnian has become such a fish out of water is because Xu Qingnian is a very good person and is loved by the six ministries, and the line of military generals also like Xu Qingnian’s character.

In addition, His Majesty also holds Xu Qingnian in high esteem.

But in the end, Xu Qingnian still can’t really influence anything, ultimately because Xu Qingnian’s status is not good.

The reason for this is that Xu Qingnian is not in a good position to give advice, and it is up to everyone to decide whether or not to do it.

Now it’s different, Xu Qingnian is still a fourth-ranking official, but Xu Qingnian has become a great Confucian and has the qualifications of a new saint.

Now it was different, it was now a true saint’s gift.

So Xu Qingnian’s status has greatly increased, both in the imperial court and among the people.

To put it simply, it meant that everyone would have to listen carefully to what Xu Qingnian said in future.

Not only in the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but even within the Great Wei Palace of Literature, many great scholars have gathered and they are going to discuss these matters.

What Xu Qingnian did today was bound to attract the attention and discussion of all parties, and it was impossible for it to have no impact.

About an hour later.

Suddenly, at the Great Wei Imperial Palace, an imperial decree was announced.

“The emperor said, “Xu Shouren is only 20 years old and has attained the position of a great scholar, there is no one before or after him, he should be a great scholar and a model for the literati of Great Wei.

“Ditto, Prince Huai Ning has misjudged people and falsely accused Xu Shouren of practicing a foreign art, therefore, Prince Huai Ning is punished with half a year of grounding and one year of salary.”

“The same, the Great Wei Dynasty, another great scholar, Xu Shouren should have the qualifications of a new saint, is really the blessing of the Great Wei, given Xu Shouren’s earldom, the name of Chang Guo Bo, meaning prosperous Great Wei, the Great Wei Kyoto, set up a banquet of 30,000, the ruler and the people together.”

The decree was issued.

The people cheered, and Xu Qingnian was promoted to a higher rank, from fourth to third grade, and one step up to Shang Shu.

These three titles were not titles, but real power.

In other words, Xu Qingnian holds half of the Ministry of Penalties, plus part of the Ministry of War, dual power of civil and military ah, that’s right, dual power of civil and military, power of power.

It could be seen that the empress really valued Xu Qingnian, not in a normal way.

As for the title, not to mention, it was directly promoted to Earl, and one step further to Marquis.

Since the end of the Northern Expedition, there had been no new marquesses in Great Wei.

It can be said that Xu Qingnian has been completely and utterly entrenched in Great Wei, and Xu Qingnian can even develop his own family power.

It was a matter of whether Xu Qingnian was willing or not.

The people cheered, satisfied with the empress’ decree. For them, the empress knew talent, a symbol of a wise ruler.

And at this moment.

The seemingly calm Kyoto of the Great Wei is still in turmoil.

In the house of Chen Zhengru.

In the house of Chen Zhengru, the six ministers are having a heated argument.

It was the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Jing, and the Minister of Household, Gu Yan, who were arguing.

“Shouren must be the Minister of Penalty! You’re dreaming! He’s only going to your Household Department to stay in seniority for a while, you don’t think His Majesty asked him to go to the Household Department so that he could become the Household Department’s Minister, do you?”

Zhang Jing’s voice rang out, full of anger.

On the contrary, Gu Yan laughed coldly.

“Laughing my a*s off, do you have the face to say that? What’s the point of going to the Ministry of Punishment? Nowadays, Great Wei needs to develop, Shouren is an unparalleled talent, asking him to go to your Ministry of Penalties as the Minister of Penalties? Are you dreaming? Judging cases every day? Even if Shouren were to judge a hundred cases, it would not be as good as spending one day in the Ministry of the Household.”

“Without Shouren, would you have it so easy? I’ve heard that the Ministry of Justice has been recruiting horses and soldiers recently.

Gu Yan sneered.

“In the past, when the treasury was empty, I had nothing to say, but now that the treasury has so much silver, what are you dragging Shouren for? Please, don’t drag Shouren around.”

Zhang Jing folded his hands and said.

“It’s not empty now? Are you out of your mind? Do the officials of the Great Wei need to increase their salaries? Should the Ministry of Rites repair some official residences? Should the Ministry of Military Affairs prepare a sum of money for emergencies? Should the Ministry of Works train another batch of workers?”

“You’re talking nonsense here?”

Gu Yan scolded, pulling a few other Shang Shu out to speak with him by the way.

“To be honest, the Ministry of War does need silver, but you guys should stop arguing, everyone with a clear eye knows that Shouren will definitely join my Ministry of War in the future, the Ministry of Punishment? The Ministry of Justice? Come on.”

Zhou Yan spoke up, the first half of his sentence was to help Gu Yan, but the latter words caused the two to laugh.

“The Ministry of War? Hahahahahahaha, you’re being funny here?”

“Zhou Yan, don’t you see what kind of virtue you yourself are? Still going to the Ministry of War? What’s the point of going to the Ministry of War? Shouren is now a Confucian, he is a scholar, what is he doing in the military department? To train new recruits?”

“If you go to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Household, at least you have a reason to go to the Ministry of War? You see if His Majesty agrees!”

The two men sneered.

“All right, all right!”

At that moment, Chen Zhengru spoke up, stopping the crowd from continuing to bicker like this.

Chen Zhengru had a bit of a headache, having invited the six ministerial Shang Shu over, to discuss about the future direction of Xu Qingnian.

As a result, these Shang Shu kept arguing about Xu Qingnian, they really had no pattern.

“The fact is, whether you go to the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Punishment, or the Ministry of War, in the end it’s all a bit inappropriate, Shouren’s talent is rare in ancient and modern times.”

“That’s why I want Xu Qingnian to take over my position.”

Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and stated his thoughts.

“Take over your position?”

“Lord Chen, I dare say you are waiting here?”

“To go to the Ministry of Officials? Going to the Ministry of Officials is not a waste of talent, I disagree.”

“I don’t agree either, instead of going to the Ministry of Officials, I’d rather just stay in the Ministry of the Household.”

“Yes, it’s a waste of talent to let Shouren go to the Ministry.”

The crowd said one thing to another.

They simply did not look up to the post of Minister of Officials.

“What I mean to say is to let him take over the position of Prime Minister.”

Chen Zhengru is a bit angry, what’s wrong with the Minister of Officials? The Ministry of Justice has offended you? If you yell again, you will all be removed from office.

“The prime minister?”

“This …….”

“It’s not impossible.”

“The prime minister is okay, okay okay.”

Hearing that it was the position of prime minister, the crowd nodded, still considered acceptable, after all, the position of prime minister was the largest official in the Great Wei dynasty.

A proper first rank, with power over the world.

“Right now, we can still be stable for another ten years, and after that, we should retire.”

“With Shouren in place, so the old man intends, within five years, to resign from his post and retire, so that Shouren can take over the old man’s post.”

“In this way, Shouren will be able to take care of all the six ministries, and he will be able to display his talent better.”

Chen Zhengru said so.

He had intended to be prime minister for another ten years, after all, he was now almost seventy years old and would be eighty in another ten years, there was nothing wrong with his health, but one could not be an official for too long, otherwise one would be jealously guarded by the emperor, this was a truth understood by those who were officials.

“What Lord Chen said is very true.”

“En, en, Lord Chen is right.”

“If that is the case, then there is nothing to argue about, let’s just support Shouren to be the prime minister, that way all six ministries will be able to receive the rain.”

“Alas, I think of the Great Wei, after the Northern Expedition, and now in decline, with all its miseries, I never thought I would find such a great talent, for His Majesty’s sake, for the sake of the Great Wei, and for the sake of the world.”

Several of the Shang Shu nodded their heads as they agreed with Chen Zhengru’s views.

It was also considered to set a general direction.

“Fine, then it’s settled, let Shouren sharpen his temper again, or let him take over sooner.”

Chen Zhengru set this direction.

Pave the way for Xu Qingnian.

And the An Guo Gong Mansion.

The people were sitting in the courtyard, listening to Duke An’s bragging.

“I’m telling you, Shouren must have wanted the Northern Expedition, and to tell you the truth, do you know why the old man agreed to the waterwheel?”

“It’s because Shouren secretly approached old me and told me that he supported the Northern Expedition, and now that Shouren has the qualifications of a new saint, he might be a soldier saint, perhaps.”

The more An Guo Gong said, the more outrageous he became, and in the end, he even blew Xu Qingnian into a soldier saint.

But when he said this, the crowd was excited.

A soldier saint?

A soldier saint of the day?

If this was really the case, their Bing Clan would be completely flourishing.

“No, uncle, this Shouren brother is not as close to our Bing Clan as you say, is he? He’s always with the civil officials of the Sixth Ministry, how can he be related to us?”

Someone asked curiously.

Only when this was said, Duke An Guo laughed.

“Stupid.”

“Do you know why Shouren is so close to those old guys? Just infiltrating the enemy!”

“Why does Shouren make so much silver, do you know? He’s making money for us to go on the Northern Expedition.”

“You all don’t know this, the treasury has millions of taels of silver today, does Great Wei need so much silver?”

“If Wei doesn’t need it, what’s the silver for? It’s not just for the war.”

The Duke of An said something that dawned on the crowd.

“Right, right, I just said why Shouren keeps making silver, so that’s what’s going on.”

“Good man, so brother Shouren has been hiding it, I told you he looks at me differently every time, it’s one of his own.”

“Yes, that’s right, although Shouren doesn’t usually come and go, in fact this is to paralyse those civil officials, but every time we see Shouren, Shouren is always polite to us, this means Shouren has us in his heart.”

“If you say so, it’s true, this time the most money was allocated to our military department, rewarding the three armies and thinking of us.”

The marquises nodded frantically and agreed.

“All right, I won’t say much more, just think about it yourselves, when you see Shouren in the future, you can treat him as one of your own, no matter what Shouren does, there is only one thing, and that is to support.”

“If you guys have anything to do, there’s nothing to go to Shouren and ask him, got it?”

Duke An said so, and it could be seen that he really appreciated Xu Qingnian very much.

In fact, he could see that Xu Qingnian was certainly not a weak official, and acted in a manner that had the style of a great general.

This kind of person would be a soldier’s man sooner or later.

“Fine! All in accordance with the State Duke’s wishes.”

“Yes, yes, yes, everything is in accordance with the State Duke’s wishes.”

The crowd nodded and laughed.

And so it was.

The Great Wei Palace of Literature.

Peng Ru sat in the Palace of Pilgrimage, and in front of him sat Yan Lei, who was full of preoccupation.

“Peng Ru, being bullied like this by Xu Qingnian, I’m not convinced.”

Yan Lei’s voice was full of anger, he was really unconvinced.

“No matter, let him be arrogant for a while, today his arrogance has been targeted by a few big shots, he has completely and utterly offended the Zhu Sheng lineage.”

“Xu Qingnian is still too young, if he hadn’t been aggressive at the crucial moment, perhaps he would have gotten more out of it, but he forced the two of you to abolish your own Confucian position, drawing the discontent of many people.”

“It’s just that at the moment he is too popular, so he has to avoid the sharp edge for now.”

Peng Ru spoke out, he did not think Xu Qingnian had won, instead he thought Xu Qingnian had done wrong.

Of course, this was just his wishful thinking.

“Peng Ru, but no matter what, my Confucian position with Sun Ru has been ruined.”

Yan Lei said with some difficulty.

Because no matter what, his Confucian position was indeed gone.

“Don’t worry.”

“When that big event is over, I will be able to restore your Confucian status.”

Peng Ru said so, looking very confident.

Hearing these words, Yan Lei immediately revealed a joyful expression, while he could not help but ask.

“What about Sun Ru?”

When this was said, Peng Ru coldly snorted and said.

“Him? He surrendered straight away and has no more backbone, so let him be an ordinary person.”

Peng Ru said this, already unable to look at Sun Jing’an.

Yan Lei did not say anything, after all, he was still on good terms with Sun Jing’an, and part of the reason why Sun Jing’an hated Xu Qingnian was because of him.

“Alright, you go back.”

Peng Ru didn’t say much more and let Yan Lei go back first.

“Yes, Pengru.”

Yan Lei got up and left the Hall of Pilgrimage.

Just after Yan Lei left, Peng Ru’s voice rang out again.

“Sun Jing’an knows too much.”

His voice was not loud, as if he was lamenting, but also as if he was insinuating something.

Prince Huaining’s residence.

Prince Huaining quietly looked at the white paper on the table.

There was a line written on it.

[Xu Qingnian cannot stay]

Six simple words.

But it was the attitude of the forces behind Prince Huaining.

The Prince of Huaining did not say anything, and put the white paper in the candle flame to burn.

And so it was.

Four days pa*sed in a row.

Four days of calm in Great Wei’s Kyoto.

And on that very day, outside the Great Wei capital.

Two figures appeared.

An old Daoist and a young Daoist.