Government House.
Li Guangxin looked at the poem in front of him.
His breathing became a little sharper.
His pupils also dilated a little more than usual.
“A thousand ancient famous words.”
“A thousand ancient famous words.”
“A thousand ancient famous words.”
As a prefect, although he did not follow the Confucian path, he was at least a great official, and his appreciation was definitely much better than these Confucian students.
When ordinary people look at Man Jiang Hong, they would at most think that the lyric was well-written.
But he could feel the ripples that this piece of vocabulary would bring to the Great Wei.
The shame of Jingcheng was a great disgrace to the Great Wei.
Five generations of emperors, ruled by civilization and peace, were known as the kingdom of ten thousand nations, and were honoured by all the world.
It can be said that before the shame of Jingcheng occurred, the Great Wei Dynasty was almost at its peak.
However, as the barbarians from the north swept their armies southwards, their iron hors*men trampled through many cities and towns in Great Wei.
Tens of thousands of people were slaughtered.
From the north, nine out of ten houses were empty and the fortunes of Great Wei were at their lowest.
This war shamed Wei and made the Emperor Jiankang bedridden, and it was difficult for him to return to his bed with immortal medicine.
The civil and military officials of Great Wei became mute.
If it had not been for the death of Wei, I am afraid that the kingdom would have changed hands a long time ago.
The barbarians in the north are still screaming today that one day they will invade Kyoto and threaten to make the current emperor a plaything for them.
What a great insult!
To this day, the barbarians in the north have done nothing more than shout.
But this thorn will always be in the hearts of Wei’s subjects.
Now Xu Qingnian’s poem speaks to the hearts of countless people.
“The shame of Jingcheng has yet to be snowed, and when will the hatred of the subjects be extinguished.”
“Drive the long chariot, step through the lack of even clouds and mountains.”
Li Guangxin took a deep breath and had difficulty calming down for a long time.
“Father, this man is a great talent in the world, do you need my son to pull him under your command?”
Li Xin opened his mouth and asked his father.
“No.”
Li Guangxin shook his head and refused outright.
“Such a great talent, at nearly twenty years old, has been promoted to the ninth rank, and has written a thousand famous words, his future is extraordinary.”
“I am not ashamed to be under my command, and such a great talent would never be beneath my father.”
“Xin’er, you just said that this lyric was written by him for a general, who was it?”
Li Guangxin refused outright, at the same time curious as to who Xu Qingnian had written this lyric for.
Hearing this, Li Xin was a little embarra*sed.
“My child asked, but Brother Xu did not answer.”
Li Xin was a little embarra*sed.
“No answer?”
“Clever, clever, really clever.”
Li Guangxin couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
“What is so clever about this? Father, my child is foolish, I really don’t understand.”
Li Xin froze a little, although he said that Xu Qingnian was indeed a great talent, praise is praise, but there is no need to forcefully praise, right?
“It’s normal for you not to understand.”
“Since the shame of Jingcheng, the state policy of Great Wei changed, with military generals as the mainstay and civil servants as the supplement, even though His Majesty took office and slightly suppressed, this Great Wei is still dominated by military generals.”
“How many princes and lords have been crowned in the seven northern expeditions?”
“Among the courtiers, how many generals wanted to lead the northern expedition? Once this piece of words was released, it was like a huge stone that stirred up a thousand waves.”
“The hatreds of the subjects are still fresh in their minds, the shame of Jingcheng has not yet been washed away, and whether for the sake of merit or fame, the Northern Expedition is destined to happen.”
“Amongst these generals, several of the leaders were even involved in the Northern Expedition, and the hatred in their hearts is a hundred times stronger than ours.”
“Xu Qingnian didn’t say who the words were written for, but when they reach Kyoto, those who have now become kings and marquises will probably put themselves into the story.”
“Famous words with famous generals is a beautiful story for a thousand years, they see power as a cloud but care about fame, if it can be pa*sed down to a hundred generations and pa*sed down for a thousand years, do you think it is a great favour?”
Li Guangxin analyzed it seriously for Li Xin, and these words shook Li Xin to his core.
He had never really thought about it in this way.
But when he thought about it carefully, it was really true.
Famous generals or not.
The great scholars too.
They have the country, the people and the world in mind, and what is the reason for doing so?
At this point in their lives, money and power are a thing of the past.
What they want is to be known for a thousand years.
This is the highest ideal of the great, but of course there are also some hermits and noblemen who are tired of everything, and this realm is even higher.
But in the imperial court, this is not possible.
This lyric by Xu Qingnian was written for a general.
Words are famous for thousands of years, they just need time to ferment.
And who was this lyric written for?
The generals in the imperial court, those who have been crowned kings and state princes, have reached the pinnacle of their lives.
They have reached the pinnacle of their lives, and the higher they go, the greater they are, the less they seek, the more they hope for capable officials for their children.
But if someone were to write a song for them, a song that would be famous for a thousand years, they would be delighted.
After a thousand years, the world would think of this person and think of him or her for centuries to come, which would be a great honour.
To them, Xu Qingnian has become their benefactor.
A great benefactor.
Is it not a common sense to support such a benefactor?
Thinking about it carefully.
Li Xin only felt his body sweat standing up and his eyes showing shock.
“Brother Xu, without doing anything, he has already paved the way for himself, paving the way to prosperity.”
“This man is wise, simply like a demon.”
Li Xin sighed with emotion, a seemingly insignificant thing, but hiding a shocking means, this kind of wisdom is not too much to say that it is like a demon.
But soon, Li Xin could not help but frown and said.
“But father, my child asked brother Xu at that time, brother Xu gave my child the feeling as if he didn’t know who it was made for, what’s going on?”
Li Xin asked.
Li Guangxin gave a cold laugh.
“What do you know, this is what a wise man does, true or false, using falsehoods to confuse the truth, you are still too young.”
With Li Guangxin saying so, Li Xin nodded at once.
But at that very moment.
A voice rang out from outside.
“Report, Lord Prefect, the prospective hundredth household member Cheng Lidong requests an audience.”
The voice of a subordinate rang out, interrupting the conversation between father and son.
“Cheng Lidong?”
“Let him come.”
In an instant, Li Guangxin’s expression became very calm, and a thick majesty pervaded as he waved his hand and told Li Xin to stand aside.
Soon, Cheng Lidong slowly walked into the middle of the lobby.
“My subordinate Cheng Lidong, I have met Lord Prefect.”
Cheng Lidong seemed to be injured, and his movements were a little stiff as he knelt on one knee to pay his respects.
“How did things go?”
Li Guangxin did not care about Cheng Lidong’s injury, it was normal for an officer to be injured, to enjoy power but not want to pay the price, was this possible?
“Your Excellency, the fugitive Wu Yan from the South Yu Province has been beheaded by my subordinates and his corpse has been brought back, but the conspiracy has not been found.”
Facing Li Guangxin, Cheng Lidong did not dare to raise his head; he bowed his head in deference.
“No find?”
“Really?”
However, a cold aura appeared in Li Guangxin’s eyes, falling on Cheng Lidong.
“Your Excellency, Wu Yan is cautious and would rather die than obey, please be wise.”
Cheng Lidong spoke out and said so.
“Impossible.”
“He escaped from South Yufu to deliver a message, whether Wu Yan dies or not is none of my sovereign’s business, but that item must be found.”
“Cheng Lidong, this monarch asks you once more, are there any other clues?”
The coldness in Li Guangxin’s eyes was extremely strong.
“Your Excellency, Wu Yan would rather die than give in, and there is nothing I can do, but there is indeed a strange thing in Ping’an County.”
Cheng Lidong knelt down on both knees, looking somewhat frightened and sincere.
“Speak.”
Li Guangxin spat out a word with authority.
“In reply to Your Excellency, Wu Yan escaped to Ping’an County and injured a magistrate, who was supposed to have the poison of the Underworld in his body and would not live for more than twelve hours.”
“But it so happened that on the next day, the servant discovered Wu Yan’s whereabouts and went to the magistrate’s office to report it and hid in the case library.”
“I didn’t expect Wu Yan to leave the mountain, and also came to the document storehouse, and met this magistrate again, and again injured him, but as a result, this magistrate was not cured, and dispelled the cold poison, and even entered the grade with this.”
“Moreover, in Ping’an County, there is a volume of foreign arts hidden within the case library.”
“So my subordinate thought that this magistrate might have had an encounter with Wu Yan.”
Cheng Lidong elaborated very clearly, and he did not dare to hide anything, because there was no need to hide these things as any person sent to Ping’an County could ask for them.
“Cured without treatment?”
“Wu Yan cultivates the Taiyin Pulse Condensation Technique and has an alarmingly cold poison in his body, even this monarch has to be careful, but a mere magistrate was not cured.”
“And the foreign art in Ping An County is a supreme Yang foreign art.”
“He, either cultivated the supernatural art, or he reached an a*sociation with Wu Yan, who dispelled the cold poison for him.”
“Either way, he has committed a heinous crime, where is this man now?”
Li Guangxin laughed coldly.
He instantly surmised the cause and effect.
“In reply to Your Excellency, this person is in South Yufu.”
Cheng Lidong replied.
“Oh? You captured it?”
Li Guangxin asked.
“Back to the Prefect, my subordinates do not have cut and dry evidence, so I cannot arrest him, furthermore, the magistrate of Ping’an also gave a stop, so my subordinates do not dare to move.”
Cheng Lidong replied.
“Then why do you say he is in the South Yufu?”
Li Guangxin frowned a little.
“After this man recovered from his untreated illness, he abandoned martial arts for literature, and now he is coming to South Yufu to take the provincial exams.”
Cheng Lidong replied.
“Joke.”
“Abandoning literature to take up martial arts? To take part in the provincial examination? How can you believe such words that deceive a child?”
“Cheng Lidong, aren’t you talking nonsense here?”
Li Guangxin was really angry.
What is the government examination?
It was something that only talented students from all counties were qualified to take part in, not something that you could just take part in if you wanted to?
“Prefect, how dare my subordinate speak nonsense.”
“This person studied under Zhou Ling and was recommended by Zhou Ling before he could take part in the government exams.”
“I don’t know how to explain this, it’s indeed strange.”
Cheng Lidong was helpless, too.
Because this was what happened.
“Zhou Ling?”
Li Guangxin frowned, pondering who Zhou Ling was.
However, Li Xin’s eyes widened.
“Zhou Ling? This magistrate you speak of, what is his name?”
Li Xin was the first to respond.
“Back to your Excellency, his name is Xu Qingnian.”
Cheng Lidong replied.
The voice rang out.
Li Guangxin’s father and son instantly froze.
Xu Qingnian?
The great talent Xu Qingnian?
A magistrate?
Cultivating the supernatural arts?
Both of them were wide-eyed.
It left Cheng Lidong a little silent.
What do you mean?
You guys know each other?
