“Marquis, Lord Chen Zhengru Chen is here.”
Along with Yang Hu’s voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian came back to his senses.
“Lord Chen Zhengru?”
Xu Qingnian became somewhat curious, but still walked towards the outside to greet Chen Zhengru.
The lobby of the marquis’ residence.
Chen Zhengru sat quietly in the hall, not knowing what to think about.
When Xu Qingnian appeared, Chen Zhengru got up at once.
“Shouren, ah.”
“How are you preparing for this year’s imperial examinations?”
“The candidates have basically arrived, the examination will start tomorrow, you have to give me the test questions as soon as possible ah.”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and said this first thing first.
Only when he said this, Xu Qingnian was a little confused.
“Test questions?”
What kind of test questions?
Xu Qingnian hadn’t thought about the imperial examinations for a while, he knew there was such a thing, but he didn’t care about it for the time being.
Chen Zhengru suddenly asked himself about it all of a sudden, which made Xu Qingnian a little confused.
Hiss.
In a flash, Chen Zhengru couldn’t help but draw in a mouthful of cold air and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“Shouren, don’t joke with me, you didn’t think of the test questions, did you?”
Chen Zhengru looked at Xu Qingnian, his eyes filled with disbelief.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian immediately shook his head and rejected it on the spot.
“Minister Chen, how could I dare to forget about the imperial examinations.”
“It’s already prepared.”
Xu Qingnian gave a reply, not caring if it was prepared or not in the first place, he couldn’t say it wasn’t anyway, or he would have to take the blame.
“Fine, then you write it to me, and I will personally send it to the tribute courtyard.”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth, his eyes full of disbelief, and he had to ask Xu Qingnian to write it out before he could say anything.
“How can I write out the test questions directly? I will go to the tribute court tomorrow.”
“Minister Chen, is there anything else?”
Xu Qingnian made a direct reply, not because he couldn’t make it up at the moment, but because he didn’t want to mess around, after all, this was the imperial examination, the first imperial examination of the new Wei dynasty.
After all, it was the first time the new dynasty of the Great Wei had taken part in the exams, so they had to deal with it properly.
The first time I heard Xu Qingnian say this, Chen Zhengru was really a bit suspicious, but thought that Xu Qingnian, no matter what, could not joke about the imperial examinations, so Chen Zhengru could not help but open his mouth and say.
“The Gathering Pavilion and the Heavenly Engineering Pavilion have already been built, and all six ministries have placed officials in them to select talents, and all counties are also building branch libraries.”
“I have already asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds, and the expenses needed for talent selection are not a small expense.”
“The Ministry of Works is now also vigorously developing the matter of li Liangtian, by the way, someone has made one such thing, it is from Baojia County in Nanping Province, Shouren, take a look.”
Chen Zhengru said the second thing, about the Juxian Pavilion and the Tian Gong Ge.
At the same time, Chen Zhengru turned around and picked up a piece of rice paper on the table, on which something was drawn, and handed it to Xu Qingnian.
With just a glance, Xu Qingnian could not help but be surprised.
“A ploughing tool?”
Xu Qingnian could tell what it was at a glance, the drawing was a wooden tool in the shape of an ox, and at a glance, he knew that it was something that was used to plough the ground.
“En, this is a ploughing tool, this thing is currently in the Ministry of Works, it has some role, but not a very big role, the Ministry of Works skillful craftsmen made modifications, it is more convenient and simple, and it is particularly effective, it runs with gears, as long as a person exerts a little force, this ploughing tool can easily plough the ground.”
“It is most excellent for clearing the land.”
Chen Zhengru said so, while Xu Qingnian watched attentively.
After a long time, Xu Qingnian asked someone to fetch a brush and then made some modifications to the ploughing tool, which was mainly a matter of mechanics.
Subtle modifications can make the tool more convenient and the person using it more effortless, which is the function of the tool.
Xu Qingnian made seven changes, but Chen Zhengru, who was not very knowledgeable about artisanal machinery, could understand a little.
If he really couldn’t understand it, a phrase Xu Qingnian Vanguard would be the end of it.
“Lord Chen, give this to the Ministry of Industry, study it properly, this thing is very useful, if it is done well, it can be better than ploughing cattle, for the development of Great Wei, excellent.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
The ploughing artifacts, not to mention achieving the exact same ability as the ploughing oxen, even half of it is not good enough, after all, the ploughing oxen also need to rest, but the artifacts do not.
Moreover, ploughing oxen are expensive, and even if Great Wei had the money now, it would not be possible to have one for every household, not just because of the silver, but because there are only so many.
How many barren fields were there in Great Wei? How many peasants are there? One for each family was definitely not possible.
“En.”
Chen Zhengru took the drawing, and then nodded, he also understood the importance of this object, and deliberately came over to let Xu Qingnian look at it, just to hear Xu Qingnian’s meaning.
“Lord Chen, the person who invented this object should be rewarded with an official position and given a thousand taels, and the Juxian Hall and the Heavenly Engineering Pavilion should issue a public announcement to make it known to the world.”
Xu Qingnian added another sentence, but instead of a commanding tone, he proposed.
“This has already been taken up by the Ministry of Officials.”
Chen Zhengru also nodded, while Chen Zhengru spoke of a third matter.
“Shouren, is your master still around?”
Chen Zhengru inquired.
“No longer, something has left, but he is still within Kyoto.”
Xu Qingnian gave his answer, but was also a little curious, wondering why Chen Zhengru was asking this for good reason.
“Understood, Shouren, when the examinations are over, you should quickly go to the Great Wei Palace of Literature and carefully read the sage’s manual.”
“It is of great value, especially to you now, and has the opportunity to become a saint.”
“The Great Wei Wen Palace may break away at any time, and once it does, I think they will take these things with them.”
Chen Zhengru spoke out, reminding Xu Qingnian to go to the Great Wei Palace of Literature to take a look at the Holy Book when the examination was over, after all, Xu Qingnian’s next step would be to become a saint.
Hearing this, Xu Qingnian nodded, but there was no one in the lobby, Xu Qingnian invited Chen Zhengru to take his seat, and immediately afterwards said with a serious expression.
“Minister Chen, who will leave and who will stay when the Great Wei Palace of Literature breaks away?”
With Yi Pin present, Xu Qingnian also believed that the Great Wei Wen Gong could not possibly dare to leave so soon, originally he thought it would take almost three months, but now Xu Qingnian felt that they would not be able to leave within this year.
If they really dared to go, with Wu Ming’s methods, they would really dare to kill as well.
But Xu Qingnian still had to ask a question, knowing oneself and one’s enemy would win a hundred battles.
Hearing Xu Qingnian’s words, Chen Zhengru was slightly silent. Seeing that Chen Zhengru was silent, Xu Qingnian immediately spoke out.
“If it’s not good to say, it’s fine.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, after all, Chen Zhengru was a member of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, so it was normal for him not to say anything about certain things.
Only Chen Zhengru shook his head and said.
“Shouren, you are thinking too much.”
“There is nothing to say or not say in this matter, although I am a great Confucian of the Palace of Literature, the Great Wei Palace of Literature has marginalised me ever since I made my speech.”
Chen Zhengru gave his reply, he was not bad at saying it, but was thinking about it.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian believed that a gentleman who establishes his own words represents his own establishment of heart, and Chen Zhengru established his words as the Great Wei’s national peace, but it was also because of this establishment that Chen Zhengru was able to become the Prime Minister.
But it was also because of this establishment that Chen Zhengru was able to become the Prime Minister of Great Wei, the Prime Minister of Great Wei.
Otherwise, among the civil and military officials, why could Chen Zhengru become the Prime Minister of Great Wei? If we talk about means, is there no one among the hundred officials who has better means than Chen Zhengru? If we talk about status, are there no great scholars in the Great Wei Palace of Literature?
After all, Chen Zhengru is the best candidate because he is neither on the side of the emperor, nor on the side of the hundred officials, nor on the side of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but on the side of the Great Wei Dynasty.
He is on the side of the Great Wei Dynasty. Xu Qingnian’s heart is for the people of Great Wei and the people of the world, while Chen Zhengru’s heart is for the country.
Xu Qingnian was the only one who did not have to defend him, because in theory they shared the same philosophy and were considered like-minded.
“However, although the Great Wei Wen Palace expelled Lao Fu, there is still a lot of information that cannot be hidden from Lao Fu within the Great Wei Wen Palace.”
“The Great Wei Literary Palace is determined to break away this time, when the time comes, those who can truly stay, putting aside ulterior motives, there will be no more than five Great Confucians left, and as for the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, I’m afraid there will only be one Xunru.”
Chen Zhengru gave a reply, which was his guess.
“No more than five Great Confucians, as for the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, only Xunru remains.”
This news made Xu Qingnian somewhat silent, within the Great Wei Palace of Literature, there were not many Great Confucians, usually 30 to 40 Great Confucians, after all, most of them, were scattered all over the world, preaching and receiving teachings.
After all, most of the great scholars are scattered all over the world, whether they are preaching and teaching or learning about life, they cannot stay at the Great Wei Palace all the time.
But Chen Zhengru’s intention was clear: if the Great Wei Palace of Literature were to leave, then these great scholars would be even less likely to return.
Perhaps they would occasionally return to visit their relatives, but only to visit them, and they were destined to drift apart from the Great Wei Dynasty.
“With Yi Pin around, would they still break away?”
Xu Qingnian continued to ask.
But when this was said, Chen Zhengru couldn’t help but let out a long sigh and said.
“It is because with First Cla*s out there, the Great Wei Wen Gong is only afraid of breaking away even faster.”
“Shouren, the matter of the Great Wei Literary Palace breaking away has become a foregone conclusion, it is useless even if anyone comes, your master has the ability to kill, but can killing alone solve the problem?”
“Furthermore, Shouren, you must persuade your master, it is not that you cannot kill, but the more you kill, the more trouble there will be for your master as well.”
“If you kill a Confucian of the first rank, you will not suffer punishment from heaven and earth, but the yang power in the human world will decrease and the yin power will increase, and in Buddhist terms, the yin power will breed demons to plague the earth, and all this calamitous karma will be counted on your master’s head.”
“But what is truly frightening is not this, but the heart of the readers, it is not impossible to suppress it by force, it is just that simply suppressing it by force will definitely go to an irreversible situation in the end.”
“The Zhu Sheng lineage, there is a reason why it has become the top of the world’s readers, it is definitely not as simple as it seems.”
“That day, Senior Yi Pin humiliated the Half-Sage, and even made the Palace of Literature stained with blood, Shouren, do you really think that the Palace of Literature has no means to resist?”
“Senior Yi Pin was testing the waters, and I even think that this senior did not expect the Palace of Literature to not resist either.”
“But the more non-resistance means that the greater the determination of the Great Wei Palace of Literature to break away, and the more terrifying what the Great Wei Palace of Literature is plotting.”
“Perhaps, it will really lead to a great calamity.”
Chen Zhengru replied, telling Xu Qingnian the truth, that the day Wu Ming made the Palace of Literature stained with blood, although it was overbearing, and although it made people feel happy, it also appeared that the Palace of Literature was incompetent.
But in reality, it was not that the Palace of Literature was incompetent, it was just that the Palace of Literature did not want to really use its great killing weapon because of this matter.
“Under the First Grade Heavenly Might, what other great killing tools does the Palace of Literature have?”
Xu Qingnian was somewhat puzzled, with the strength of the First Grade, destroying the heavens and destroying the earth, what other great killing tools did the Palace of Literature have?
“The power of the world’s readers.”
“It is superior to everything.”
“This is great power, with the holy will, and with the holy weapon of the Palace of Literature, the First Grade can be fearless when it comes, Shouren, think about it yourself, throughout the ages, First Grade martial artists come out poorly and constantly, there are always some at least for one era.”
“But has there ever been one saint in an era? Five hundred years ago, it was the Vermilion Saint. Do you know how long the saints before the Vermilion Saint were separated by? A whole eight thousand years, eight thousand and fifty years ago the fourth saint of the human race was born.”
“Eight thousand years later, five hundred years ago, the fifth saint of the human race was born, do you think the Confucian Way would not be strong?”
“It’s just that the Confucian Way is strong, not presented in individuals, but in the world’s readers.”
“A few Great Confucian scholars of Heaven and Earth, a dozen or so, killed by the First Phenomenon senior, would not have any impact, but if he killed all the scholars of the Palace of Literature, do you think there would be no impact?”
“It’s just that he can withstand these effects, but after killing all the readers in the Great Wei Palace of Literature, would there be no other readers in the Zhu Sheng lineage?”
Chen Zhengru’s words spoke the truth.
Xu Qingnian actually knew in his heart that the Great Wei Literary Palace could not be so incompetent, and it was absolutely impossible for a literary saint to be that weak, as it took hundreds or thousands of years for a saint to emerge.
How could a saint of literature, who was above all systems, be that simple? Of course, Wu Ming was not wrong, because according to combat ability, a saint was indeed inferior to him.
It was just a matter of, being able to kill and not being able to kill, as well as being able to kill and not being able to kill.
“They hold back, preferring to have the Palace of Literature stained with blood, rather than stepping in to stop it, in order to try to get the Great Wei Palace of Literature out of ……. The group of people are really strong-willed.”
Xu Qingnian could not help but feel some emotion, saying so.
“No.”
“Not strong-willed, but the interests are too great. Shouren, your master should have talked to you about the real purpose of the Great Wei Literature Palace breaking away, right?”
Chen Zhengru asked.
“En, said so.”
Xu Qingnian nodded.
“To become a saint is the dream of the world’s scholars, and the purpose of the Great Wei Literary Palace is not simply to create saints, but to create supreme saints.”
“If it succeeds, Confucianism will undergo a sea change, as to what the change is, I am not sure, but what I have vaguely heard is that from now on, Confucianism will be the true number one system, and no system can compare to Confucianism.”
“To use their meaning, in the future, the Confucian Way will see the phenomenon of a ten-ranked scholar beheading a nine-ranked martial artist.”
Chen Zhengru said this.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian could not help but make a sound.
“Lips and words? Poetry to kill the enemy?”
Xu Qingnian almost blurted out.
Just as soon as this was said, Chen Zhengru frowned slightly, thought for a while and then gave a reply.
“Not sure, it’s possible, but it’s also unlikely, it should be through the power of heaven and earth.”
“It doesn’t matter what means, the truly important purpose, if the Great Wei Palace of Literature succeeds, it will create a Literature Saint, three Sub-Saints, ten Half-Saints, as for how many Great Confucians and Great Confucians there are in Heaven and Earth, one can only imagine.”
“In that case, Shouren, do you think that the world’s scholars will vow to follow the Great Wei Palace of Literature even more?”
Chen Zhengru was not sure what the future changes in Confucianism would be, but these were not important, what really mattered was the determination of the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
“One Literary Saint, three Sub-Saints and ten Half-Saints? That’s impossible!”
Xu Qingnian rejected it outright, not that he looked down on the Great Wei Literature Palace, but if he could create so many saints in one breath, wouldn’t Confucianism be invincible in the next five hundred years?
“Indeed, it is impossible.”
“But it is precisely because of this impossibility that they are somewhat cautious, somewhat scrupulous. If it were highly probable, Shouren, do you think the Great Wei Palace of Literature would still be holding back like this?”
“Would they still wait until today to break away from Great Wei?”
Chen Zhengru also thought it was impossible, and even the Great Wei Wen Gong itself thought it was impossible, and it was because of this improbability that the Great Wei Wen Gong was cautious.
Otherwise, the Great Wei Palace of Literature would have broken away long ago, and would have led the world’s scholars into trouble.
“Shouren, you have to remember that right now the secession of the Great Wei Literary Palace is a foregone conclusion, and tomorrow morning at the court, I am only afraid that His Majesty will also bring up this matter.”
“Originally, I had budgeted that the Great Wei Literary Palace should wait at least three months before they would secede, as this is not the best time, but because of the First Grade Martial Artist’s appearance, it is likely that within a month, they will be seceding.”
“Even tomorrow, they might break away from Great Wei.”
“You have to be prepared and ready for anything.”
Chen Zhengru said extremely seriously, he was not joking, but extremely serious.
Xu Qingnian understood what Chen Zhengru meant, the appearance of the First Grade Martial Artists had indeed suppressed the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but the problem was that the more they suppressed the Great Wei Palace of Literature, the more they allowed the Great Wei Palace of Literature to take advantage of it.
Originally, the empress used the power of the world’s public opinion to suppress the Great Wei Palace of Literature, so that the other side did not dare to leave so soon.
But the appearance of the First Cla*s, although it has stained the Palace of Literature with blood, is also an opportunity for them, and now one can think with one’s toes how they will spin this matter.
We were bullied by Xu Qingnian in the Great Wei, and now we are being bullied by his master. Do we still have to be oppressed by martial artists for the sake of heaven and earth?
Brothers, do you think we should stay or not? It’s not that we don’t want you, it’s that the Wei court is too bullying.
I’m afraid that after today, the whole world will have spread the word about this speech.
“Understood.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, only his mood looked a little complicated.
The stone that had originally fallen down had inexplicably reappeared.
Only, Xu Qingnian couldn’t help but frown and say.
“But after all, Great Wei has Yi Pin in it.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, although what Chen Zhengru said was not the slightest bit problematic, but you absolutely cannot spare the First Pin ah, even if the readers of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, when they really dare to go to their deaths, but are the people above them willing to die?
“I understand, so I am also curious as to what methods the Great Wei Literary Palace will use to deter the First Grade.”
“Moreover, Shouren, you must remember that the scholars since ancient times have not been afraid of death, they just need a reason not to be afraid of death.”
“The Palace of Literature, will help them find a reason.”
“Also, if you don’t have an absolute bottom line before, Shouren, kill as few Confucians as possible in the future; killing can only shut them up for a while, but not for the rest of their lives.”
“If you become a saint, many things will be easier to do.”
Chen Zhengru understood what Xu Qingnian meant, and he was also curious as to what means the Great Wei Palace of Literature would use.
But no matter what the tactics were, disengagement was a foregone conclusion, and Chen Zhengru had deliberately reminded Xu Qingnian.
To break the impa*se.
One had to become a saint. Becoming a saint did not necessarily allow one to save the day, but becoming a saint would allow one to jump off the chessboard and become the chess master, even if the situation was bad, one would not be reduced to a pawn.
“The student has been taught, thank you Chen Ru.”
Xu Qingnian bowed towards Chen Zhengru.
And Chen Zhengru immediately bowed towards Xu Qingnian and said with some tears and laughter, “Shouren, don’t be so modest, now you are already a great scholar of heaven and earth.”
“To be honest, if you bow to me like this, I will have to break my life, calling you Shouren is already the limit, if you become a saint, I will have to call you Xu Sheng.”
Chen Zhengru was a bit flustered.
The great scholars of heaven and earth called themselves students and bowed to a great scholar? Wasn’t that a travesty of the world.
However, Xu Qingnian shook his head and said, “There must be a teacher for all three of us, as Chen Ru said, it is enough for students to know the truth, status is just a floating cloud.”
As Xu Qingnian said this, an invisible force gradually dissipated, which was originally intended to be placed on Chen Zhengru, but as soon as Xu Qingnian said this, it was gone.
“There must be a teacher for all three.”
Chen Zhengru pondered a little, and after a while, he bowed deeply towards Xu Qingnian and said, “Thank you Xu Ru for your advice, I understand.”
“Shouren, you still need to hold on to the matter of the imperial examinations, the rest of the matters, put it aside for now, when the sky falls, someone will naturally hold it up.”
“There is also no need to put all the pressure on you alone, although we are a bit old, we can still do something.”
Chen Zhengru spoke out, he knew that Xu Qingnian was under a lot of pressure, so he spoke out to persuade him not to take everything on himself.
“Understood.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
Soon, Chen Zhengru took the drawings and headed outside.
Inside the main hall.
Xu Qingnian also sat quietly by himself.
After a few moments, Xu Qingnian took out a piece of white paper, and then wanted to put words on it.
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
“Senior Brother.”
It was Chen Xinghe’s voice.
“Greetings, senior brother.”
Xu Qingnian lifted his brush and turned around to look at Chen Xinghe.
Outside the door, Chen Xinghe walked in slowly, dressed in a plain suit.
“Senior brother, after the examinations are over, senior brother plans to go back and see his master, it has been half a year since we left, how do you plan to do so?”
Chen Xinghe asked out loud, having come to meet Xu Qingnian to go home together.
“Uh, when?”
Xu Qingnian opened her mouth and asked.
“Tomorrow’s examinations, senior brother considering that you still have to review your essays, will you go on the 20th of the first month?”
Chen Xinghe gave an answer, it was now the ninth day of the first month, which was eleven days later.
“The twentieth day of the first month? Good, if it’s not too busy, I’ll go.”
Xu Qingnian thought about it, subconsciously he did not want to go back because there were too many things going on in Great Wei, but when the words came to his mouth, Xu Qingnian changed them.
After all, it had been almost a year since he had left Ping’an County, so it would be good to go back and see his teacher and meet some acquaintances.
Just think of it as taking a break.
As for the matter of the Palace of Literature, although Chen Zhengru said this, but the Great Wei is still a product in the end, it is impossible to detach tomorrow, speed up a bit is normal, tomorrow, it is not normal.
“Good, then senior brother will write a letter back, but you consider the situation, if you do not go, it is fine, after all, business is important.”
Chen Xinghe was a little surprised, he hadn’t planned that Xu Qingnian would go along, after all, Xu Qingnian had so many things to do.
Now he was a bit embarra*sed, if he went back with Xu Qingnian, wouldn’t he be unable to pretend to beep?
“Good, but senior brother, there is no need to write a letter, otherwise there will be a whole bunch of people in and out of the county.”
“Just go back quietly.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, he was worried that once this letter was written, there would be people all over Ping’an County when he turned around.
“That’s right.”
“Right, there’s another thing, Lu Ziying said that the party has changed, saying that the clan has an important matter and will come back to you in a few days.”
Chen Xinghe mentioned another matter.
“Good.”
Xu Qingnian didn’t care about the matter, it was better to postpone it now, there were also a lot of things going on now.
After receiving the reply, the next moment, Chen Xinghe looked at Xu Qingnian and said with some curiosity.
“By the way, senior brother, what are you doing by mentioning this?”
“To write the test questions for tomorrow’s imperial examinations.”
Xu Qingnian replied directly.
When this was said, Chen Xinghe immediately revealed a look of surprise.
He then coughed slightly and said, “So that’s how it is, then fine, then you can write it, I will leave you alone.”
After Chen Xinghe said this, he stood aside and did not say a word.
Xu Qingnian: “…….”
“Senior brother, aren’t you tired of standing here?”
Xu Qingnian said with a slightly far-fetched smile.
“Not tired, it’s fine, you write, senior brother won’t bother you.”
Chen Xinghe said seriously.
But after Xu Qingnian kept looking embarra*sed, Chen Xinghe sighed and left the lobby somewhat disappointed, and in his heart he even lamented.
“Senior brother, senior brother, it’s alright for you to protect yourself from the villain, you even protect yourself from the gentleman, sigh.”
Chen Xinghe left.
But Xu Qingnian didn’t write it out either, he already had the test questions in his mind anyway.
More time, Xu Qingnian still couldn’t help but think, what means would the Great Wei Wen Gong use to break away from the Wen Gong? And is it still an accelerated breakaway?
Xu Qingnian couldn’t imagine that Wu Ming had even said such harsh words.
What other means did the Great Wei Palace of Literature have?
And at this moment.
The Great Wei Palace of Literature.
In the small world.
There were still hundreds of figures of the Great Confucians of Heaven and Earth appearing, while the central area was still empty.
All of them were virtual shadows, not appearing in their own right, formed with Hao Rang Qi.
“Xu Qingnian is really not a son of man!”
“How dare he force us to be so unbearable, that master of his, he even stepped on us so fiercely, making the Palace of Literature stained with blood, half-saint, if we don’t take action, this humiliation will become our heart’s demon ah.”
Cao Ru’s voice was the first to ring out.
He was the most humiliated, for his own father was kneeling outside the capital of Great Wei.
Those gossips and rumours were really unsettling inside him.
Everyone was quiet, the crowd naturally knew about this matter, and they did not make a sound, nor did they know what to say in reply.
“Cao Ru, don’t be so angry, the half-saints naturally have a solution, besides it is not a good thing for us to be so humiliated.”
Fang Ru’s voice rang out, his real daddy was also kneeling outside Kyoto, only he was not as angry as Cao Ru, instead he was very calm.
“A good thing?”
Cao Ru’s voice calmed down, though his tone carried some doubt.
“Today’s humiliation has been witnessed by the whole world, no matter who is right or wrong, there must be no bloodshed, and the recklessness of the martial artists has made the Palace of Literature stained with blood.”
“It is even better to humiliate us, the great scholars of heaven and earth, but even the half-saints of my Zhu Sheng lineage have been mercilessly humiliated.”
“Indeed, it is humiliating, but this humiliation can just become the strongest weapon for us.”
“Saints cannot be humiliated, and this martial artist has even humiliated the Vermilion Sage, and the world’s readers already hate him to death.”
“Originally, the empress stepped in to suppress us with the public opinion of the world, now that we have been humiliated in such a way, we can prepare to break away from the Palace of Literature as soon as possible.”
“And this time, it can be detached completely and utterly, with only a small number of people left behind.”
Fang Ru opened his mouth and spoke out this matter to the point.
Once this was said, the crowd of Heaven and Earth Great Confucians were a little surprised, and then after thinking about it carefully, they found that this was indeed the case.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t thought of it, they just hadn’t thought of it for a while.
“Is this what the half-saints meant?”
Cao Ru inquired.
“No, it’s just an old man’s guess.”
“But think about it, all of you, this martial artist has made the Palace of Literature stained with blood, do you really think that the Great Wei Palace of Literature has no means?”
“It’s just that there’s no need to go any farther because of this matter, and then again, there’s no expectation that this Wufu would really dare to kill.”
“But this time, although he killed painfully, but also sowed the root of trouble, the world’s readers will be resentful because of this, we humiliated, the world’s readers also humiliated.”
“We only need to make good use of this humiliation, and when the critical moment comes, the Palace of Literature breaks away and unleashes the power of the world’s readers, will he still dare to kill?”
“The big deal is that we will die generously, and he will be suppressed and killed by the power of the world’s readers.”
“It is fine to kill one person, or ten, but would he dare to kill all the scholars in the world? You know, the Great Wei is far from safe.”
“If he really kills all of us, it would be difficult for him not to die.”
Fang Ru’s voice was cold, but what he said was all true.
It was fine to kill one Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, and it was fine to kill ten Great Confucians of Heaven and Earth, but every time you killed one, the hatred of the world’s readers would become one point stronger.
When the power of the world’s scholars is added together, it is really not something that a single First Rank can resist.
Moreover, the Confucian students in the Great Wei Palace of Literature represent the most elite group, but the great Confucians stationed in the Palace of Literature have long been among the nations.
The worst that could happen would be to sacrifice a group of them, but he would also have to pay with his life, and the Great Wei Dynasty would have to pay an even more grievous price.
After all, if so many Confucian students were slaughtered, wouldn’t the world’s readers curse Great Wei to death? Would there still be a national fortune with the detachment of the Great Wei literary palace, plus the killing in?
I am only afraid that some calamity will happen that day.
And how bad is the loss to Great Wei with one less first rank?
The people knew it by heart.
Of course, these were just harsh words, after all, they didn’t want to die either, but if it really came to this, dying or not dying, it was not something they could influence.
Fang Ru’s words made the crowd silent.
And at that very moment.
In the centre.
Like a tornado, the Haozheng Qi coalesced and the figure of a half-saint appeared.
At this moment, hundreds of great Confucians spoke in unison.
“We see the Half-Sage.”
They looked incomparably respectful and bowed profusely towards each other.
The Half-Sage appeared.
It was still a virtual shadow, unable to see its appearance, and there was an inexplicable sound of chanting scriptures within its body, appearing magnificent and sacred.
“I implore you, Hong Sheng, to show us the way, ah.”
When this half-saint appeared, Cao Ru’s voice was the first to ring out, and he said so, his voice appearing extraordinarily excited.
“What Fang Ru says is the clear path.”
Hong Sheng spoke up and gave his reply.
When this was said, the crowd was silent, and Cao Ru was the first to speak.
“Hong Sheng, what Fang Ru said is indeed good, but according to the temperament of this martial artist, I think he would really dare to kill us, after all, these martial artists have no brains and do not care about the big picture.”
“I am not afraid of life and death, but if I die in vain like this, I am not convinced.”
Cao Ru spoke up, Fang Ru was indeed right and had a good head on his shoulders, he believed it, but the problem was that by doing so, there was a good chance that it would go to an irreversible which step.
He didn’t care if Yi Pin died or not, what he cared about was himself, ah, after all, he had the benefit of having the Wen Gong detached, and could become a saint in his lifetime.
If he could not become a saint, he did not care about anything. Confucians indeed do not fear death, but seeing the hope of becoming a saint and letting himself die before he could become a saint, he was not willing to do so.
“Don’t be in a hurry.”
“The Great Wei One Piece, it will not strike.”
Hong Sheng spoke, he was calm, but the words were cut to the bone.
“Won’t make a move?”
“Hong Sheng, why is that?”
“This?”
The crowd of Great Confucians of Heaven and Earth were a little surprised, because in the end, what they were most worried about was not Xu Qingnian, but Wu Ming.
After all, Wu Ming was a First Grade, and if such a person got hot-headed and killed all the readers of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, they would pay a terrible price, even though they could not change the fact that the Palace of Literature had seceded.
In contrast, although the lives of the First Cla*s were important, they were not as important as theirs.
Especially, they were about to face a heavenly opportunity, so they didn’t want to die even more.
But unexpectedly, Hong Sheng said that the Great Wei First Grade would not make a move?
What was this all about?
Hearing the crowd’s doubts, Hong Sheng’s voice remained calm.
“Someone will make a move against the Great Wei One Piece.”
“If there is no accident, from now on, there will no longer be a First Grade in Great Wei.”
Hong Sheng spoke calmly.
However, these words were like a meteorite falling to the ground, causing the crowd to be completely confused.
Someone wanted to target the First Grade of Great Wei?
No surprise, from now on, there would no longer be a First Grade in Great Wei?
This ……. That’s impossible, isn’t it?
What other person in the world could kill a First Grade? The only ones who can kill each other are the First Cla*ses, and there are only these First Cla*ses in the world.
If there was no great necessity, no one would be able to target anyone.
“Hong Sheng, what is going on in this matter?”
At this moment, it wasn’t just Cao Ru anymore, all the great Confucians of Heaven and Earth were curious.
“This matter is too involved.”
“It has nothing to do with you and the others.”
“Don’t ask, and don’t think about it.”
“We can just follow the plan. The person we really have to guard against right now is not Wu Ming, but Xu Qingnian.”
“The Great Wei is detached and fears nothing, let alone one First Grade, even if it is two First Grade, it will not affect us much.”
“But if Xu Qingnian really becomes a half-saint, it will be a real trouble for us.”
Hong Sheng did not go into detail about the matter of the First Grade, as this matter was no longer something they could know about.
Instead, he deliberately mentioned Xu Qingnian.
“Xu Qingnian cannot possibly become a saint, he doesn’t even have a clue right now, even if he is as demonic as he is, he cannot become a saint, becoming a saint is not that easy, Hong Sheng is overly concerned.”
“We have been in the realm of the great Confucians of Heaven and Earth for fifty or sixty years at every turn, but we have not yet understood a single bit of the holy dao, even though he Xu Qingnian is a great talent, we are not mediocre talents either.”
“It’s too difficult to become a saint, it’s harder than the heavens.”
The great scholars of heaven and earth said one thing and another, they all did not think that Xu Qingnian could become a saint.
It wasn’t that Xu Qingnian didn’t have the talent, but that the disengagement of the Great Wei Palace of Literature was just around the corner, and how could Xu Qingnian become a saint in a month or three months?
If he really becomes a saint.
That would be a record-breaker, a year to become a saint.
How could this be possible?
“This saint was not worried before, but now he is worried because Xu Qingnian can read the twelve books of holy words.”
“There is no guarantee that Xu Qingnian will feel something because of this and find a glimpse of opportunity.”
Hong Sheng spoke up, voicing his worries.
Indeed, when this was said, the great scholars of heaven and earth were somewhat silent.
Relying on Xu Qingnian to become a saint on his own, they did not believe in it and thought it was impossible.
But relying on Zhu Sheng’s holy words to become a saint, that was still a real possibility.
Although it was not very likely either, after all, they had seen it and had not become saints either, it was just something about saints that inexplicably seemed supreme in their minds.
“Don’t worry.”
“Hong Sheng, if we are sure that the First Grade will not make a move.”
“Then we can also mobilise the power of the world’s readers to suppress Xu Qingnian, but of course this is on the premise that Xu Qingnian can become a saint.”
“If he cannot become a saint, we do not need to use this underhanded card.”
Cao Ru proposed, saying so.
At these words, Hong Sheng nodded, and then spoke.
“In that case, then let us act in this manner.”
He said so.
“We obey.”
The sage spoke, and the crowd nodded, but just at that moment, Cao Ru could not help but speak.
“Then dare I ask the sage.”
“When will we detach ourselves from the Palace of Literature?”
Cao Ru opened his mouth to ask.
This had to be determined.
“On the tenth day of the dao, the Palace of Literature will be detached.”
Hong Sheng spoke.
A definite answer was given.
The tenth day of the dao.
It would be a month later.
When they received this answer, the crowd nodded their heads.
“Also, right now, have the world’s scholars write articles in response to this matter, but don’t rage against Wu Ming or Xu Qingnian, but rather blame the Great Wei Dynasty.”
“Before the Great Wei Literary Palace breaks away, do not provoke Xu Qingnian, nor his master.”
Hong Sheng continued to speak, instructing them to take care of these matters.
This time, however, he changed his strategy, not to go after Xu Qingnian, but to point the spearhead, instead, at the Great Wei Dynasty.
“We obey the order.”
The crowd spoke, giving their reply, and then their figures, gradually dissipated.
And at that moment.
It was already late at night.
Inside the Great Wei Imperial Palace.
The Hall of the Raising Heart was lit up.
The six ministers and the princes of state were gathered in the Hall of the Nurturing Heart.
They were also discussing some matters.
