Inside Kyoto.
Chen Zhengru is on his way to the Shouren Academy.
Now that Wei is facing another huge test, how can he not be in a hurry?
But Chen was planning to talk to Xu Qingnian first to see what she thought, and then tell her about it, so that she could prepare herself.
However, what he did not expect was that before he had even reached Shouren Academy, he found that the impeachment of Xu Qingnian by the Twelve Foreign Nations had already spread.
Chen Zhengru turned his gaze to it, and the next moment, his gaze turned a little cold.
It was the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper.
The people were holding the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper in their hands.
In an instant, Chen Zhengru bought a copy of the Confucian newspaper and swept it away, and soon the matter of the impeachment of Xu Qingnian by the twelve foreign nations was clearly and plainly written on the Confucian newspaper.
“D*mn it.”
Chen Zhengru squeezed this Great Wei Confucian newspaper to death, his eyes filled with anger.
Not only was he angry because the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper had targeted Xu Qingnian, but more importantly, the Great Wei Palace of Literature had actually stated this matter directly.
This was not just targeting Xu Qingnian, it was also targeting the Great Wei.
Right now, Wei should block all news, especially when it comes to the topic of war, because the people are gradually starting to farm, and farming is being promoted everywhere, although the conditions are still very difficult.
But at least the people are seeing hope.
However, there is war again, which is simply bad news for the people, whether Great Wei can win or not.
That was why he had offered to ask His Majesty to suppress the news and delay it as long as possible.
It was not that he was afraid of the foreign kingdoms, but to give Great Wei some time to catch its breath.
He proposed to delay for half a year, not to say that after half a year, Great Wei would be a rich country and a strong people, but that he could prepare all the ways to deal with the situation.
At the very least, if a sudden fight broke out, many things could not be arranged properly.
Great Wei needs time.
Even if it were to fight, it would need time to prepare.
It is not that, in six months Great Wei will be able to fight.
But now that the new newspaper released by the Great Wei Palace of Literature has directly brought this matter to light, then the imperial court must take it seriously and must face it.
The Empress then had to deal with the matter and could not avoid the subject.
If it hadn’t been stirred up, then the Empress could have just found an excuse to put it off, just saying that affairs were heavy and were not being dealt with for the time being, and these foreign nations would have nothing to say.
Right now the foreign nations are trying to find a reason, an opportunity, to break away from the Great Wei Dynasty, thus causing it to conquer the war.
He saw this tactic clearly, which is why he came up with this method of responding to it.
But to his surprise! This move by the Great Wei Wen Gong had completely disrupted the situation and intensified the conflict, which was really D*mnable.
In an instant, Chen Zhengru cupped the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper and walked directly towards the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
His face was cold.
Two quarters of an hour later.
Chen Zhengru arrived at the Great Wei Palace of Literature, his face grim as he headed straight for the Confucian Newspaper Hall.
“Greetings, Chen Ru.”
“Greetings, Chen Ru.”
Along the way, many Confucian students greeted Chen Zhengru, but Chen Zhengru’s face was cold and he did not have the heart to reply.
In a short time, Chen Zhengru arrived at the Confucian Newspaper Hall.
At that moment, there were three or four Confucian scholars sitting in the Confucian Newspaper Hall, reviewing some manuscripts.
Bang!
The next moment.
The next moment, Chen Zhengru walked in and directly slapped the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper on Chen Xin’s desk, his face incomparably gloomy, saying.
“Chen Xin, look what you have done.”
Chen Zhengru was really furious, as the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, he was used to seeing great storms and waves, and had a deep sense of humour, but today he just couldn’t help it.
If it was just to target Xu Qingnian, then he would really have to make a fuss today.
But if it was aimed at Wei, then he would have to make a fuss.
This matter had gone too far.
Chen Zhengru’s angry roar caused the Confucians in the room to be somewhat silent, obviously they knew what Chen Zhengru was here for and were inexplicably a little vain.
“All of you should go down first, I will have a good talk with Chen Ru.”
Chen Xin’s expression did not change, instead he told the other great Confucians to go down first.
“Chen Ru, we will first take our leave.”
The Confucians rose, and then left, after all, no one wanted to get into trouble in this matter.
After the people had left and the last person closed the door behind them, Chen Xin slowly got up and bowed towards Chen Zhengru.
“Chen Ru, I know you have anger in your heart right now, but this matter …… is not of my choosing.”
Chen Xin’s tone was calm, not angry because of Chen Zhengru’s attitude.
“The actual fact is that you’re not the one who chooses?”
“Great Wei Confucian newspaper, is not you the main author?”
Chen Zhengru frowned slightly, and when he heard this, the anger on his face disappeared a lot, and was replaced by curiosity.
“Ugh.”
“Chen Ru, this kind of thing, do you think I can know about it?”
“This is the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper that I prepared, but today at midnight, the above then asked me to replace this one in your hands.”
Chen Xin said so, giving his answer.
But when he said this, Chen Zhengru could not help but look at the Confucian newspaper in Chen Xin’s hand, the content of both was roughly the same, but Chen Xin’s Confucian newspaper, did not write about the foreign country.
But this one did.
“Is it Pengru?”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and asked this.
“En.”
Chen Xin nodded, and then he looked at Chen Zhengru and said.
“Don’t look at me as the lead writer of the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper, but in reality, the real lead writer is Peng Ru.”
“Although I don’t know exactly what Peng Ru wants to do, I can see that something is going to happen to the Great Wei Wen Palace, and I’m afraid that something is going to happen to the Great Wei Dynasty as well.”
“Peng Ru has asked me to be the main author, just to shut up the mouth of the people of the world, just to restrict Xu Shouren.”
Chen Xin slowly spoke, he became the head writer of the Great Wei Confucian newspaper, and did not feel that he had any benefits, but rather a lot of troubles.
He couldn’t do what Yan Lei did, he could do whatever he wanted to do, he had to do everything seriously, which also led to inexplicably offending a group of great scholars, after all, there was no first in literature, whoever was chosen would be offended, not only that, sometimes Pengru asked himself to change some content.
He didn’t want to change it, but he couldn’t disobey the order.
This was the case, for example.
He didn’t know that it would have a huge impact, but the question was, did he own the Great Wei Confucian News?
The answer was obvious.
He could only choose to do or not to do, and if he didn’t do it, he would also get into trouble.
“I’m going to find Pengru.”
Chen Zhengru turned around, he wanted to ask Pengru what exactly he wanted to do, but he was pulled by Chen Xin.
“There’s no need to go.”
“Pengru won’t see you.”
“And the only question you want to ask is why did Pengru know about this and why did he announce it.”
“I have asked all your questions, and it is true that this matter was brought to us by the students of the foreign country.
“As for the state affairs, which should be reviewed by the six ministries, Peng Ru also said that this matter is a matter of Great Wei and should be known by the people of Great Wei, there is no need for the six ministries to review it.”
Chen Xin said somewhat helplessly, because he had asked all the questions that Chen Zhengru wanted to ask, and Pengru’s answers, too, were dripping with water.
When Chen Zhengru finished hearing this, he could not help but fall into silence.
In the room, both of them were silent.
But after a while, Chen Xin continued to speak.
“Chen Ru, recently the Palace of Literature summoned great scholars from all over the world, they came for a few days and then left, I’m not sure exactly what the matter is, but …… I can feel that a shocking change is coming to Great Wei, so no matter what, be prepared for anything, no matter what.”
Chen Xin opened his mouth as he spoke of the things he had seen during this time and informed Chen Zhengru.
“Good.”
Chen Zhengru nodded, and then bowed towards Chen Xin as a sort of apology, followed by turning around and leaving.
Since he knew that it was Peng Ru who had released the Great Wei Confucian News, there was nothing more he could say.
As Chen Xin had said, the other party had already given an answer, and this answer did not slip through the cracks.
The strongest intelligence network in Great Wei was in the Palace of Literature, and all the readers in the world were the eyes of the Palace of Literature of Great Wei.
As for the announcement, Peng Ru did not do anything wrong, after all, if such a big matter is suppressed, it is not a good thing for the people, in case there is really a fight, the people are not prepared at all.
It was just that it was not Pengru’s turn to give orders on this matter, nor was it Pengru’s turn to handle it.
Chen Zhengru did not know what the other side was thinking, but what Chen Zhengru did know was that Peng Ru did not want Great Wei to develop in peace and quiet.
Not only Peng Ru, but also many people did not want Wei to develop quietly.
However, there was no means to target them now.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhengru could not help but walk towards the Shouren Academy.
He left the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
He went to look for Xu Qingnian.
And when Chen Zhengru left, among the Palace of Literature, several pairs of eyes also withdrew their gaze.
Not long afterwards.
Chen Zhengru appeared in the Shouren Academy.
“Greetings, Chen Ru.”
“We have met Chen Ru.”
“Chen Ru, sir is in the room.”
The scholars of Shouren Academy rose and bowed towards Chen Zhengru, and someone knew the purpose of Chen Zhengru’s visit and led the way at once.
“Good.”
Chen Zhengru nodded his head.
As the other party went, he soon saw Xu Qingnian in the room.
At this moment, in front of Xu Qingnian, there was also a ‘Great Wei Confucian Newspaper’ on display.
It was obvious that Xu Qingnian already knew about this matter.
However, Xu Qingnian still looked very calm on his face, that is, after seeing himself, he got up and smiled.
“Greetings Chen Ru.”
Xu Qingnian got up and bowed towards Chen Zhengru, with a smile on his face.
“No need to be polite.”
Chen Zhengru waved his hand, while the student who had guided the way forward, very consciously withdrew from the room.
After only two people were left in the room, Chen Zhengru spoke.
“Shouren, have you finished reading the Great Wei Confucian News?”
Chen Zhengru asked.
“I’ve finished reading it.”
Xu Qingnian nodded and replied directly.
“What do you have in mind?”
Chen Zhengru asked directly.
Hearing this enquiry, Xu Qingnian said without thinking.
“They are testing the bottom line of Great Wei.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up and got to the heart of the matter in one word.
“How can you tell?”
Chen Zhengru was a little surprised, he did not expect Xu Qingnian to share his thoughts and guessed so quickly.
To know that Xu Qingnian did not have any intelligence agency, he definitely did not know what was happening in the Northern Realm, and to guess the other party’s purpose was proof enough that Xu Qingnian was extremely smart.
“Twelve foreign countries, there is no need to offend me because of the matter of Fan Shang and the Ministry of Rites.”
“Chen Ru, it is not that Xu is arrogant, with Xu’s current status in Great Wei, not to mention the twelve foreign nations, even if the twelve Princes of Great Wei were to impeach Xu.”
“I don’t think His Majesty would remove Xu from his post, would these twelve foreign nations, not know this?”
“And as a va*sal state, how dare they interfere in the affairs of the main state, they do not have the guts to do so, even if Great Wei is in decline now, they are not worthy of it.”
“This is something they know better than Xu.”
“And knowing that they cannot impeach Mou Xu, the fact that they still want to do so can only prove two things.”
“Either they have absolute certainty that they can get Xu Mou removed from office, or they want to use the issue to their advantage.”
“The greatest dream of a va*sal state is to surpa*s the main state, or to become the number one va*sal state.”
“Obviously, these twelve foreign nations do not want to become the first va*sal nation at all, they want to leave Great Wei now and become an independent nation.”
Xu Qingnian spoke slowly, voicing out his suspicions.
Sitting opposite Xu Qingnian, Chen Zhengru could not help but nod after listening to Xu Qingnian’s theory again.
“Shouren, what you suspect coincides with what I have been thinking.”
“This group of foreign states can be described as wolfish and ambitious. Originally, I had hoped that Your Majesty would suppress and not issue a statement, and delay for some time first.”
“But I never thought that Pengru would announce the news directly and force the court to choose, Shouren, what is your good strategy to suppress it for some time?”
Chen Zhengru asked.
“There is.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, causing Chen Zhengru’s eyes to light up.
“What is your strategy?”
Chen Zhengru continued to ask.
“Kill all these foreigners.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently, this was his solution.
Chen Zhengru: “……”
To be honest, Chen Zhengru was full of expectations at first, but after hearing what Xu Qingnian said, all his expectations were gone.
Killing all the foreigners?
He also wanted to, but the question was, could he kill all of them?
“Shouren, don’t be joking.”
Chen Zhengru said with a sigh.
Only Xu Qingnian shook his head and looked at Chen Zhengru and said, “Chen Ru, the student is not joking.”
“This group of foreigners, are just the va*sal states of Great Wei, they dare to jump out, they are obviously prepared, and the other va*sal states are also watching, once Great Wei does not take some initiative.”
“I’m only afraid that it will cause even more trouble, and then it won’t be the twelve kingdoms, but the hundred kingdoms.”
Xu Qingnian said so, he really wasn’t joking, how could this trouble be solved?
Simple, just kill them all, kill them until no one dares to shout.
But when this was said, Chen Zhengru shook his head.
“Shouren, there are actually many things you don’t know, these va*sal states, although they are affiliated with my Great Wei, but since the disaster of Jingcheng, Great Wei’s national prestige has been greatly damaged.”
“These va*sal states have started to move, and from time to time, the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the First Yuan Dynasty have been drawing them in and contacting them, in order to divide them and make the national luck of Great Wei unstable.”
“If Wei dares to lead the Iron Riders into battle, the Tusi Dynasty and the Chuyuan Dynasty will certainly come to their aid, and the barbarians in the north will then return.”
“Once that happens, it will be a full-scale war, and the most terrible thing is that there is no peace within Great Wei, and the rebellion of the va*sal kings will sooner or later break out. If Great Wei is in full-scale war, these va*sal kings will also revolt at the first opportunity.”
“Therefore, one cannot kill, nor can one fight.”
Chen Zhengru explained seriously, informing Xu Qingnian of the situation at hand.
It was not that Wei did not want to fight, but that Wei could not fight.
The whole body would be affected by one hair.
It was just that Xu Qingnian understood this.
He slowly got up, and then spoke.
“If we do not fight, we will be caught in the enemy’s trap.”
Xu Qingnian said so, while Chen Zhengru shook his head, “The other side has already prepared everything, and we have been caught in this stalemate from the moment they struck.”
“They will strike sooner or later, they just didn’t expect it to be this early, they are in a hurry.”
Chen Zhengru gave his reply.
“Then, what does Chen Ru mean?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“Not to fight, to delay.”
Chen Zhengru replied.
Stall?
Xu Qingnian was slightly silent, for this solution, Xu Qingnian had also thought about it, and it could be said that given the current situation, delaying was the best.
It was true that Great Wei needed to recuperate for some time.
Now that the waterwheel project is up and running, the first results of the experiments will appear immediately.
The Great Wei Chamber of Commerce is also in good order, at least the merchants at the bottom are earning silver and have already eaten the dividends, the eight major merchants have suffered losses but have benefited from other aspects.
The farmers and merchants of Great Wei are gradually stabilising. This is a good form of development, and if it continues, in three years at the earliest, or ten years at the latest, Great Wei will be changed forever.
It is only that some people do not want Wei to develop peacefully, so they are deliberately trying to limit the development of Wei through this matter.
Of course there were other factors at play here.
As for what they were, Xu Qingnian just didn’t know.
“En, delay, delay for half a year, or even a year, at least to give Great Wei time to prepare for the war.”
Chen Zhengru replied.
“The Great Wei Confucian Newspaper has already announced the matter, how can we delay it?”
Xu Qingnian continued to ask.
When this was said, Chen Zhengru fell silent.
Indeed, since the Great Wei Confucian News had announced the matter, the imperial court had to make a decision as soon as possible, even if the empress intended to delay it.
How long could it be delayed? Three days or five days?
Sooner or later, they would have to face this question.
“I’ll think of a way to suppress this matter if I can, but if I can’t, I’ll suppress it.”
Chen Zhengru gritted his teeth and said.
However Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything, he just nodded.
After all, it was indeed a deadlock at the moment.
The twelve foreign nations had impeached themselves and wanted to remove themselves from their positions.
Great Wei would definitely not agree, not only because of his current role, but more importantly, if Great Wei agreed, wouldn’t it undermine the prestige of the country?
How dare some small foreign state interfere in the affairs of Wei? How dare they ask for the dismissal of the Minister of Household Affairs?
If you want to dismiss the Minister of Household Affairs today, do you want to dismiss the Prime Minister of Wei tomorrow?
Such a thing could never happen, something that would undermine the prestige of the state.
But if you don’t agree, the twelve foreign nations will definitely have their own tricks up their sleeves, and Wei’s actions will play into their hands.
How many times have they relied on Wei to take advantage of them, how much aid and reward have they received, and now that Wei is no longer viable, they want to leave?
Is that possible?
It is simply impossible.
However, the fact that Wei can’t send troops is a real headache for Chen Zhengru, and it also puts Wei in a stalemate.
I’m afraid that when the court meets tomorrow, the court will be in an uproar.
“Chen Ru, if it is really necessary to remove Xu from his official position, it is not impossible.”
Xu Qingnian suddenly spoke up, causing Chen Zhengru to freeze.
Just as quickly, Chen Zhengru replied.
“It is impossible for His Majesty to remove you from office, and I will not agree to it either.”
Chen Zhengru said so.
But Xu Qingnian did not reply, but took out his brush and quickly dropped words on white paper.
Writing out four words, Xu Qingnian handed them to Chen Zhengru and said.
“Chen Ru, Shouren’s words are all there.”
Xu Qingnian said so, and Chen Zhengru took the white paper in Xu Qingnian’s hand and scanned it, but a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
There were four words written on the white paper.
‘The Teacher of Benevolence’
These four words made Chen Zhengru feel as if he thought of something and didn’t know what it was, very odd.
But he did not say more, but looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“In these few days, if you are not busy, go to the imperial court, as the Great Wei Squire, you have hardly been to the morning court a few times.”
Chen Zhengru left these words and left straight away.
And when Chen Zhengru left, Xu Qingnian’s gaze, could not help but fall on the white paper.
This time, Xu Qingnian did have a good plan for the impeachment of the foreigners, but this good plan needed to have the right time, the right place and the right people.
One of them was indispensable.
He had just told Chen Zhengru that he could remove himself from his official position, and these words were not words of anger or compromise, but his plan.
A plan to calm the chaos.
However, in order for this plan to be perfectly implemented, many factors need to be met, none of which can be met.
Furthermore, Xu Qingnian also had to delay.
As long as the time was right, he was confident that he could wipe out these clamouring foreign nations in one fell swoop.
Impeach yourself, right?
If he didn’t get rid of these foreign nations, Xu Qingnian would really be sorry for his layout.
So it was.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.
The impeachment of Xu Qingnian by the twelve foreign nations spread throughout Kyoto.
There was no one who did not feel anger, even those who had not been very supportive of Xu Qingnian, could not help but join in the denunciation.
There was no other reason than that a mere va*sal state was asking Great Wei to remove Xu Qingnian from office?
What is Wei? It’s a country above the state, and it’s not your turn to interfere in the affairs of Wei.
To put it bluntly, are you worthy?
This is the anger of the people.
And the princes and generals were furious, not to mention that they supported Xu Qingnian, but as military officials, they heard such a request from a va*sal state.
The whole world exploded.
These va*sal states, back in the day, were Taizu’s little brothers, and they were all taught a lesson by Taizu, and if they hadn’t kept the layout, this group of foreigners would have killed them all.
Later, seeing that these foreigners were so well-behaved and obedient, and that they were able to promote the prestige of the state of Wei, everyone put up with them, and even after Taizu, he gave preferential treatment to the foreign merchants, aided various resources, and rewarded them with cattle, sheep and horses at every turn.
It was also a great imperial favour.
But now these people are not only ungrateful, they dare to impeach a Wei official?
Who can’t smell the conspiracy in this? Who doesn’t know what the Twelve Foreign Nations are trying to do?
They know, so they are even more furious.
In the courtroom today, the military officials have repeatedly spoken up to advise and discuss this matter, but they have all been silenced by Chen Zhengru, and the empress has not the slightest intention of bringing it up.
As a result, the military officials were so angry that they hung up their sons after the court meeting and gave them a beating to vent their anger.
But another four or five days pa*sed in a row.
It seemed that the empress was deliberately not mentioning it, trying to force it down, and there were still discussions about it in Kyoto, but they were soon silenced by a force.
The matter was not allowed to be discussed in Kyoto.
But how could people’s mouths be silenced?
Even though Kyoto did not allow it to be discussed, the story had already spread.
Within five days, all of Wei had heard about the incident, and rumours were flying around that Xu Qingnian was so arrogant and arrogant that the foreign nation was furious and could not swallow its anger.
That is why they wrote a memorial to impeach Xu Qingnian.
Although there were such rumours, the people didn’t believe them at all.
In the past, Xu Qingnian’s popularity was very high and many people in the counties other than Kyoto knew of him and still had a good opinion of him.
In other words, Xu Qingnian’s popularity was not bad.
This time, even though there are rumours flying around, there is one thing that cannot be denied, and that is that the va*sal states are meddling in the internal affairs of Great Wei, who can stand it?
The people of Wei at least have blood in their veins, and this is a sense of honour for the nation.
The seven Northern Expeditions were lost, but the backbone of Great Wei did not disappear, and the matter was even remembered with fondness.
Naturally, when this was understood, the people were outright furious and cursed these foreign nations.
Even if they hated Xu Qingnian, what could they do? The people of Wei can say whether Xu Qingnian is good or bad, but it is not the turn of outsiders to say so, right?
Therefore, the attitude of the people is almost unanimous: they support Xu Qingnian and resist the twelve foreign nations.
But the court was so slow to mention this that the people were somewhat curious as to what the empress was planning to do.
And so it was again.
Five days later.
It had been ten days since the Twelve Foreign Nations’ impeachment of Xu Qingnian was published in the Wei Confucian newspaper. During these ten days, the empress had turned a deaf ear to the matter, and no matter how much the military officials tried to mention it, it was suppressed by other matters.
There are complaints among the people, after all, the people do not know what is hidden behind this matter, and have already started to abuse the court, probably meaning that people are riding their faces, but the Great Wei is indifferent.
Have these military officials had their backbones broken?
When the military officials found out about the people’s grievances, they were so angry that they had to take it out on themselves.
The military officials knew that something was going on behind the scenes, but they understood but could not bear it.
On this day, a military official finally stepped in and forced the matter to be brought up, but Chen Zhengru continued to press the matter down, trying to delay it as before.
But this time, the Minister of War cursed Chen Zhengru and voiced the grievances of the people, trying to make a big deal out of it and force the Emperor to give a reply.
As a result, the Minister of War was dragged out and punished with a 20-military stick, plus a one-month ban.
This result led to the anger of the military officials, and the relationship between the civil and military, which had been eased by Xu Qingnian, fell sharply.
Everyone had their own agenda and way of thinking, Chen Zhengru and the others were thinking about the power of the Great Wei State, while the military officials were thinking about the prestige of the Great Wei State, both of which were important.
A great nation must have national prestige, and without it, it will inevitably affect the national fortunes of Great Wei. If it were not for this, these military officials would not be so vehement in forcing a war.
Who does not want to have money and food to fight a war? Who wants to win a battle and lose the country?
All in all, it was a very stifling time, extremely stifling.
So, five more days pa*sed.
It was December.
At the beginning of December, two things happened in Kyoto.
The Great Wei Literary Gazette launched a campaign to celebrate the New Year, selling the newspaper at a 30% discount for a month, which seemed to outsiders to be Xu Qingnian’s attempt to win over the market by reducing prices.
In December, a new article was published in the Great Wei Confucian News.
[If you don’t announce it, you lose your national prestige, what is there to fear in the great Wei?
This was the latest article published by the Great Wei Confucian Newspaper.
After the article was published, it instantly stirred up a thousand waves.
The article began by accusing the six ministries of trying to keep the matter hidden from the people, trying to suppress it, fearing for their lives, and then even preventing the world from discussing it, trying to avoid it and causing Great Wei to lose its national prestige.
The focus of the text is that the Great Wei dynasty is above the upper kingdoms, facing the provocative impeachment of a mere foreign country, but does not dare to respond, and this is already half a month later, while also deliberately writing a few paragraphs from the readers of the foreign country.
Now all the va*sal states of Great Wei are laughing at Great Wei, saying that the Northern Expedition has broken the backbone of the military officials of Great Wei and beaten the backbone of the people of Great Wei, the words are sharp and every word is true.
The end is even more questioning.
What is it that the Great Wei is afraid of?
After reading this article, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but praise this man for his sharp writing.
In just a few short sentences, he was able to bring people’s emotions into check, something he honestly didn’t even have the ability to do.
Not only that, but the subtlety of the article made Xu Qingnian study it carefully.
Xu Qingnian knew that the Great Wei Wen Gong was exerting pressure, using the people of the world to exert pressure on the imperial court, but this pressure had two meanings.
One meaning was to truly speak out on behalf of the people, but could this group of great scholars not see the intentions of the Twelve Foreign Nations? They could see that they knew that the Twelve Foreign Nations were targeting themselves, so they did so deliberately, wanting to make themselves take the blame.
There was also the implication that the Great Wei Wen Gong was not targeting themselves, but the Great Wei Dynasty, and that they were merely the fuse.
Xu Qingnian would have preferred that the Great Wei Palace was targeting himself, at least in that case, the Great Wei Palace was just someone with sinister intentions.
But if the Great Wei Palace was not targeting itself, but the Great Wei Dynasty, then it would not be as simple as having a sinister heart.
It is a true lack of conscience and morality.
Most of all, if the latter was the case, what was the Great Wei Palace planning?
As expected, as one’s position became higher and higher, one understood more and more things.
Unlike before, when one disliked a great Confucian, one was done with it, where there was so much right and wrong.
Putting the Great Wei Confucian newspaper aside, Xu Qingnian quietly began to practice his calligraphy again, he had recently fallen in love with practicing calligraphy, so he practiced it when he had nothing to do.
Everything was still under control, and what the Great Wei Confucian Palace was doing was within Xu Qingnian’s control.
And at that moment.
With the appearance of the Great Wei Confucian newspaper, the line of martial officials completely exploded.
At the An Guo Gong Mansion, a tirade of abuse rang out.
“D*mn it, when have we been humiliated by this group of Confucian officials like this? When have we been humiliated by these Confucian officials? F**k them.”
“These Confucian officials, why didn’t you see them have such a backbone during the Northern Expedition? How can they be so sarcastic now? Let them go to war if they can.”
“Are we the ones who don’t want to fight? It’s not because Chen Zhengru is pressuring us! And His Majesty too, dragging on for half a month without giving them any response, even if it’s a response first.”
The curses of the military officials rose and fell on each other.
And the faces of the princes of state were not good either, they were in high positions, how could they not know what was hidden behind this matter?
But the military officials carried a completely different mission and meaning, and this was the kind of thing that the civil officials could put up with and discuss in the long run, but the impact on them was extremely bad.
In particular, once this civil report was published, I am afraid that the people of Great Wei would only curse them, the military officials, to death.
For them, they have lost public opinion, and in that case, how can they wait in peace? And how can they wait in peace?
“All right!”
Eventually, the voice of Duke An Guo rang out.
His face was somewhat gloomy as he looked at the crowd and said so.
For a moment, the crowd fell silent.
All of them were silent and looked at Duke An.
“This matter is by no means as simple as one might think.”
“However, it has been delayed for half a month, and it is almost time.”
“Tomorrow at the court, I will present the case in person, you all go back, rest well, and tomorrow at the court, look at my face.”
So said the Duke of An.
As the head of the military generals, it was natural for him to stand up and speak, and when the people underneath him were not convinced, he had to come out and set an example.
Right now, after waiting for half a month, he could not bear it any longer.
“We respectfully follow the words of the State Duke.”
After hearing this reply from Lord An, all the military generals followed suit, since Lord An had already said so much.
They had nothing more to say.
Let’s wait for the court tomorrow.
“Dismissed.”
Duke An shouted, and the crowd got up to bid farewell.
And after the crowd had left, Duke An looked to his son and said.
“Help my father draw up a zheng, and father will go and find Shouren.”
Duke An got up.
The twelve foreign countries were targeting Xu Qingnian, but the whole matter, Xu Qingnian seemed to have disappeared, and had not come out at all, nor had he made a sound.
The Duke of An thought that Xu Qingnian would write a little of his ideas in the Great Wei Wen newspaper in exchange for civil support, but what he did not expect was that Xu Qingnian would just disappear.
Now that the situation has come to this point, he has to look for Xu Qingnian.
To see what Xu Qingnian really thought.
After ordering this matter, Duke An moved straight away, wanting to go and find Xu Qingnian.
But just at that moment, the figure of the butler appeared.
“Master, Master, Lord Xu’s student asked me to deliver a letter to you, saying that it was written by Lord Xu to you.”
The steward ran in a bit of a hurry and at a quick pace, and came to Lord An Guo thus saying.
“Shouren gave it to me?”
Duke An took the letterhead.
Spreading it out, he saw that there were only four short words on it.
“From the heart.”
It was Xu Qingnian’s handwriting, and he could see it.
“By the heart?”
Duke An stood still, he didn’t understand Xu Qingnian’s meaning for a moment.
But after thinking about it, Duke An understood what Xu Qingnian meant.
At that moment, An Guo Gong walked towards the study.
“Father, aren’t you going to go?”
Shi Zi inquired.
“Not going.”
“There’s no need for you to write the zheng, Father will come himself.”
Duke An replied directly, even going so far as to get his hands on it himself and write tomorrow’s article.
Great Wei Kyoto.
In a secret room.
Peng Ru and Prince Huai Ning sat looking at each other, with two other figures sitting around them, in shady places.
The atmosphere was eerie; no one spoke and it seemed very silent.
After half a second, Peng Ru’s voice slowly rang out.
“I have asked the Confucian newspaper to publish an article attacking the court. If nothing happens, it will spread throughout the whole of Wei within a day.
Peng Ru slowly spoke up, saying what he had done.
“Peng Ru, the king is aware of this, but with such a radical move, isn’t Peng Ru worried that the empress will find trouble with the Palace?”
Prince Huining spoke up.
Originally, according to the plan, they would continue to wait for another month, but they did not expect that the Great Wei Palace of Literature would actually publish an article like this.
He had read this article, and every word of it was a good one, not only scolding the officials up and down the court, but also hitting the biggest weakness of the military officials.
So if there is no surprise, something big is bound to happen in the court of Great Wei in the next two days.
But this is good, but in the eyes of the empress, what the Great Wei Palace of Literature is doing is not a good thing.
There was no need for this.
“Speaking out for the people, His Majesty does not dare to blame the old man, and this is a trick I learned from Xu Qingnian.”
“However, the Palace of Literature has done what needs to be done, so the rest is up to the king.”
“Everything will follow the plan, and there will be no room for error at every step.”
“If this plan can work perfectly, it will be a great blessing for both ourselves and for the king.”
“Great Wei, it is time for a change.”
Pengru spoke up, urging Prince Huaining not to go wrong; he had done all that needed to be done.
“Pengru don’t worry, as long as Great Wei gives a response, all the things that follow can be implemented by the king immediately.”
Prince Huaining gave his reply, his tone certain.
“En.” Receiving this answer, Prince Huaining nodded, only at this moment, another voice rang out.
“If the empress agrees to remove Xu Qingnian from her position and does not fall for the plan, what should we do?”
The voice rang out.
Pengru’s face was expressionless, while Prince Huai Ning spoke up.
“No, she won’t agree to it.”
“There is a divide between her and Xu Qingnian itself, and if she really agrees, then Great Wei will have one less unparalleled talent, which will be a good thing for us.”
“Besides, it won’t hinder our plans, it will only delay her for a while longer.”
Prince Huai Ning replied in such a categorical tone.
“Your Majesty, I understand this, I mean to say that the fake removal from office, after all, the removal or promotion is only at the Empress’ whim.”
“Furthermore, even if the position is not given, Xu Qingnian can still make suggestions for Great Wei ah, according to the reports from my spies, Xu Qingnian has not attended any morning court, all this time he has been working around the Great Wei literary newspaper and his academy.”
“Somehow it feels like it’s all the same thing whether Xu Qingnian has an official position or not.”
He said so, somewhat puzzled.
And at that moment, Peng Ru slowly spoke.
“It doesn’t matter whether Xu Qingnian is dismissed or not, we are not targeting Xu Qingnian, he is just a scapegoat.”
“All in all, this time the plan, no matter what, is beneficial to us.”
“Even if the empress makes every choice right, she is just buying herself more time.”
“Alright, that’s it, no surprises, there will be a lively time in the courtroom tomorrow.”
“I will leave you now.”
Peng Ru looked very confident, but when he came to the end of his sentence, he pinned his walking stick and slowly left.
After Peng Ru left, Prince Huaining’s gaze revealed a touch of curiosity and doubt.
This was because he did not know why Peng Ru had come to help himself.
Was it just to suppress Xu Qingnian, as well as to improve the status of the Palace of Literature?
He was inexplicably somewhat unconvinced.
Ever since he had entered politics, he had understood the truth that people who read …… could not be relied upon.
Just all thoughts put away.
He did not think much about it and also got up to leave.
And so it was.
The following day.
Dawn.
Outside the imperial palace.
The line of martial officials, all looking cold and indifferent, appeared somewhat aggressive.
Chen Zhengru and the others sensed this look.
For a moment, he could not help but sigh secretly.
He knew that today, in the courtroom, it was bound to be a battle between a dragon and a tiger.
