Kyoto, Great Wei.
The Palace of Literature.
Seven great Confucians sit quietly in the main hall of the Palace of Literature.
Hundreds of Confucians sat at the back.
At the head of the hall is an old man, very old, but without any cloudiness in his eyes.
This was a fourth-ranked Confucian of Great Wei, a Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, and he had already been a Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth sixty years ago, and had remained at this realm.
If he had taken a step forward, he would have been a half-saint.
It is a pity that this half-step was stopped for ninety years.
The lifespan of a Confucian is average, even to say that the lifespan of any system is average at the front, even for a martial artist, before the seventh rank, it is at most just a strong body and a hundred diseases.
It is difficult to extend the life span. Generally speaking, a great Confucian’s life span is around one hundred and twenty years, and if he cultivates the qi nourishing technique and takes some spiritual medicines to renew his life, he will be one hundred and fifty years old at the limit.
This great scholar of heaven and earth is currently one hundred and thirty-nine years old. If he does not break through the Saint realm within ten years, his life will come to an end.
Inside the main hall.
The crowd was sitting upright like students.
“Great Confucian Zhengming, news has just arrived that when Xu Qingnian established his intention, he had all sorts of visions, received the robe of Heaven and Earth, the jade crown of Heaven and Earth, and gained the approval of Heaven and Earth.”
“I am afraid this matter is not good news for us.”
Someone’s voice rang out, saying what had just happened.
Xu Qingnian’s success in expressing his intention was the first thing the Great Wei Palace of Literature knew, but the subsequent events, which they did not know, were the news that came to them.
Naturally, they had to go inside the Palace of Literature and listen to the opinion of this great scholar of heaven and earth.
Xu Qingnian and the Zhu Sheng lineage, have already formed a feud, the holy statue destroyed itself, this is a scourge, how many Confucian students outside crying, hating themselves for their incompetence, causing the holy statue to be destroyed by the wild life.
This is a deep-seated feud, and I was thinking of going after Xu Qingnian when he enters the capital.
However, they did not expect that Xu Qingnian would be recognised by heaven and earth, and this has disrupted their plans.
After all, if Xu Qingnian obeyed Heaven’s will, how could they target him?
“Yes, the great Confucian of Zhengming, there are even questions among the literary circles that today, five hundred years later, another sage will emerge from Wei, and it is said that this Xu Qingnian has only been enrolled for a month or so.”
“Such talent is so extraordinary that nowadays, outside the world, they say he is the reincarnation of a saint.
“If it weren’t for the fact that Confucianism has no supernatural arts, I would suspect that he had cultivated supernatural arts.”
The crowd of Confucian students debated, voicing their own concerns.
However, on the head of the palace, the Great Confucian of Zhengming shook his head and said.
“No, no.”
The voice rang out and the crowd fell silent, listening to him speak slowly.
“I have discussed this matter with several seniors and have come to the appropriate conclusions, which I now answer one by one.”
“As I said before, Xu Qingnian’s clear intention and his words are good, but his clear intention is wrong and his words are wrong, and that is the problem.”
“Do you think that because heaven and earth are ennobled, you represent heaven and earth? Then do I, also a great scholar of heaven and earth, represent heaven and earth too?”
“No one is a saint, and no one is without faults. I am not a saint, and I have made mistakes, and he, Xu Qingnian, is not a saint either, so naturally he will also do things that are wrong.”
“He is a great talent, this is undeniable, I also appreciate his talent, but the intention is different, moreover, the establishment of the words, is destined to be contrary to the Zhu Sheng lineage.”
“And we, not to put him to death, but to teach him, to let him know that his clear intention, is wrong, and his words, are wrong.”
The Great Confucian of Zhengming spoke out, his tone calm as he elaborated on what the current Zhu Sheng lineage was to do and how to go about it.
When this was said, all the Confucian scholars came to their senses.
Indeed, the moment Xu Qingnian made his intention clear, the crowd was first stunned, followed by some disbelief.
Later, a truly great figure spoke up and identified Xu Qingnian as a great enemy of the Zhu Sheng lineage.
But this great figure was a godless dragon who sat high above the clouds, so it was natural that he did not see Xu Qingnian as the norm.
But the problem was that the crowd was still a little puzzled and confused, especially later on, after Xu Qingnian had made his words, there were all kinds of visions added to it, and it was even recognised by heaven and earth.
This now silenced the crowd. Having the approval of heaven and earth meant that one could not rebuke Xu Qingnian for disrespecting the will of heaven and disobeying the saints.
After all, heaven was greater than the saints, in other words, what Xu Qingnian had done was a reasonable thing to do.
And what Great Confucian Zhengming said just now completely gave the crowd a new way of thinking, ah.
Yes, Xu Qingnian is recognised by heaven and earth, and we have to acknowledge that you are indeed a great talent, that you are a scholar, and that you are in a position to be recognised.
But that does not mean that I acknowledge that your intention is right, that your words are right.
It is like the Buddhist and Taoist schools, which have been arguing for how many years? Can you say that the Buddhists are right? You cannot say that Buddhism is not right either.
You can only say that your ideas are right, but you are going in the wrong direction, or that something in them is wrong and not suitable for the literati of the world, and in this way it is a very good place to argue.
If you can argue, then everything is fine. What do they do best in Confucianism? Isn’t it arguing? If it weren’t for the oddities of Buddhism, in years gone by, they could have been involved in the Dao-Buddhist debate.
“We understand.”
The crowd nodded their heads in understanding.
All the people present were above the seventh rank and had already understood the meaning, the meaning of Zhu Sheng, so they were fanatical worshippers of Zhu Sheng, and not just them.
How many of the scholars under the sky respect Zhu Sheng? How many of them hold Zhu Sheng as the only true god in their hearts? And this is the way of Confucianism, as long as the meaning is clear.
If you do, then it proves that you have not understood Zhu Sheng’s meaning at all, and you will have to practise again.
Hearing the crowd’s reply, the Great Confucian of Zhengming had a very calm face, and then continued.
“As for the talk of visions, the talk of heavenly wonders.”
“I am a Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, I was literate at the age of three, composed poetry at the age of five, entered the tenth grade of Confucianism at the age of ten, stepped into the ninth grade within six months, stepped into the eighth grade within a year, and became clear in the same year.”
“Sixty years ago, when I became the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, I also had a vision, with the ceiling falling and the sages chanting scriptures, is this vision weaker than Xu Qingnian?”
He spoke slowly and asked the crowd.
Only when he said this did the crowd come back to their senses. Yes, this great Confucian of Zhengming was a genius that had shocked the world decades ago.
The seven great scholars sitting in front of him were all geniuses, not to mention the great scholars of heaven and earth.
When they were young, they were so beautiful. A single piece of paper set a mountain and a river, and their writings weighed a thousand pounds.
None of them were bad enough to become great scholars, and each of them could write a book, and a few of them were even admired by the world’s literati.
For example, Yan Lei, the great Confucian, wrote a book on the rule of law and the state, which was also a masterpiece, but that was more than thirty years ago.
It is just that people like to forget the past.
Seeing that the crowd was silent, Great Confucian Zhengming continued to speak.
“The so-called vision is originally a qualification, the better the qualification, the stronger the vision. Xu Qingnian has great talent, as I said earlier, this cannot be denied, but those who can achieve great scholarship all have something unusual, he Xu Qingnian is a great talent, better than us perhaps.”
“It is not because we are unwilling to accept great talents, on the contrary, we are more willing to accept such great talents as Xu Qingnian.”
“It is just that Xu Qingnian has gone astray, and since we are disciples of Zhu Sheng, we also respect Zhu Sheng’s words and give Xu Qingnian the opportunity to advise him to turn back to the right path and advise him to give up his bad intentions; his disrespect for Zhu Sheng’s intentions is because he does not understand them.”
“If Xu Qingnian is willing to give up his present intention and become a disciple of Zhu Sheng, all his past deeds will be written off, and we are willing to erect a statue for him for ten years, so as to make up for his wound of giving up his intention.”
The great Confucian of Zhengming said so.
In his opinion, Xu Qingnian was not a rebel saint, after all, heaven and earth recognized it, and it would not be right to disrespect the saint, so he turned the tables on Xu Qingnian for not understanding the will of the Zhu saint.
And the crowd should give Xu Qingnian the opportunity to come to the Great Wei Palace of Literature and learn the meaning of Zhu Sheng properly as long as Xu Qingnian is willing to do so, thus forsaking his own establishment of the will and the words, although this would be greatly detrimental to the practice of Confucianism.
But he would be willing to erect a statue of you and be worshipped by the literati of the world, which would be a great compensation.
After all, in order to have a statue erected, one must be a great Confucian of the world, or a deceased great Confucian, whose work will be admired by the world hundreds of years later, and thus will also be promoted to the rank of great Confucian of the world.
Therefore, when they heard that Xu Qingnian would be given a statue, all of them changed their expressions, especially the seven great scholars, who were not even qualified to have a statue erected, but Xu Qingnian was allowed to do so? They were more or less unhappy about this.
But when they thought that Xu Qingnian had made a statement that would be harmful to the Zhu Sheng lineage, they were satisfied with it as compensation for persuading him to be good.
After all, if he had made his intentions clear and abandoned them, this could be even more frightening than a martial artist who had destroyed his own cultivation.
After all, it is a matter of gongfu and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
And to abandon your will is to give up your own gentleman’s will and learn something else, but what if you don’t know it? Then you may not be able to understand the Yi for the rest of your life and be stuck at the seventh grade.
“We Confucianists need to know that one grade is one heaven, and Confucianism begins at the seventh grade, where one grade is even better than the other.”
“The seventh grade of Confucianism is to understand the meaning, the sixth grade is to establish the heart, the fifth grade is to write a book and become a great Confucian, and as for the latter, it is even more difficult.
“I have been reading poetry and books for ninety years, and I have studied all the books in the world, and among the mountains of books, which one of them is not an amazing talent?”
“Which one of them is not a great talent of the world? But in the end, what happened? How many saints are there in this world? The people are so ignorant that they can only see the immediate future, but not the future, as I did when I became a great Confucian.”
“The people of the world all say that I will become a saint, but what will happen? So don’t mythologise Xu Qingnian, and don’t despise him. His great talent is undeniable, and it would be great if he could carry forward his ideas for Zhu Sheng.”
“But if he cannot carry forward his will for Zhu Sheng, if he is not bent on his own, if he does not listen to repeated advice, then we can only leave him to his own destruction.”
When the Great Confucian of Zhengming said this, he did not go on any further.
His meaning was clear enough.
How many amazing people have come and gone in the past and present? If you look through books, ancient texts and historical records, you will find that all those who have made a name for themselves were great talents of their time.
The lords, the emperors, the great scholars, the kings, but in the end, what happened?
But in the end, how many of those who read books have become saints? Only five.
How many emperors were there when the world was dominated by countless lords?
In the final analysis, the world is ignorant, seeing only the immediate shock, but not the future.
Therefore, he asked the disciples of Zhu Sheng not to think that because Xu Qingnian had some visions and was recognised by heaven and earth, that Xu Qingnian had attained sainthood, for he was too far away from being a saint.
The next step is the establishment of the heart. If the clear intent is astounding, it is unlikely that your establishment of the heart will also be astounding, right?
This is the real difficulty. You really can’t write a book just because you are gifted, you have to have some experience and some insight before you can write a book.
Otherwise, if you write a book that is not recognized by heaven and earth, you will still not become a great scholar.
“We respectfully follow the words of the great Confucian.”
At this moment, all the Confucians revealed smiles, their hearts were opened, and what they had heard and heard today, they would immediately tell others until it reached the ears of the entire Zhu Sheng disciples, unlocking their hearts.
Xu Qingnian is a great talent, but unfortunately he has taken a wrong path. If he can set things right and turn to the light, they are willing to accept him and give him a chance to change his ways, but if he is obsessed, then they are not to blame.
On top of this intention, there is enough reason to debate with Xu Qingnian properly.
More importantly, if this comment were to get out, it would make the Zhu Sheng lineage look even more selfless.
You Xu Qingnian insulted the saint, you Xu Qingnian scolded the disciples of the Vermilion Saint, you Xu Qingnian even made a statement that you would compete with me, the Vermilion Saint, yet instead of being angry, we invited you to come and see, invited you to learn.
Because we know that you are a great talent, but you have just taken a crooked path. We are giving you the opportunity to learn well and thus abandon the darkness to the light, so won’t this make the Zhu Sheng lineage seem selfless and noble?
This must be publicised.
Of course as for not being angry? It was impossible not to be angry, most of the disciples were angry, after all it involved their faith, but their eyes were too low to see what they saw from above, so naturally they felt angry and incomprehensible.
But in any case, originally Xu Qingnian had expressly intended to deal a blow to the Great Wei Palace of Literature, but with these words spoken, it easily resolved all the problems, and instead made the world’s disciples of Zhu Sheng believe and revere him even more.
The crowd left with smiles on their faces, and after these people had left, the voice of the Great Confucian of Zhengming rang out again.
“Jing An, tomorrow I will personally go to the imperial palace and seek a trip to His Majesty, and this matter will come to an end.”
He slowly spoke out, saying this.
The latter immediately bowed and said.
“Many thanks, teacher.”
The previous day at the imperial court, the empress had said that if Xu Qingnian was clear about her intentions, she would agree to Sun Jing’an’s return to her hometown.
But if he did retire to his hometown, it would be too great a blow to their Confucianism lineage, for he was after all a great Confucian and had great prestige and power in the court.
If he left, many things would have to be changed, which would amount to ten years of work for nothing, so naturally the Great Wei Palace of Literature would not agree.
“All right, retire.”
The Great Confucian of Zhengming spoke, and the crowd retreated.
Half an hour later, a message was sent out from the Great Wei Palace of Literature, making it known to the world.
The general meaning was simple: the matter between Xu Qingnian and Yan Lei had been found to be a misunderstanding, and both parties were at fault for the situation.
It is only that Xu Qingnian is too radical in his words, but since he is too young and has only been enrolled in school for a month or so, he can still be taught to give up his current intentions and words and come to the Great Wei Palace of Literature to learn about the saints and read more of their books, so that he can change his ways.
The Zhaowen was sent out and instantly exploded in the literary circles of Great Wei.
When many of Zhu Sheng’s disciples learned of this, their first reaction was not surprise, but anger.
“How can Xu Qingnian be so virtuous as to erect a statue?”
“He slandered the sage and even more arrogantly made a statement, and now he is given a statue? We are not convinced.”
“If that is the case, then I have also slandered the saint, can I be given a statue?”
“This Xu Qingnian, who threatened our lineage with his words, causing the above to make concessions, is really as scheming as the sea.”
“Those gentlemen in the Great Wei Palace of Literature are all too kind, Xu Qingnian is riding on his face, yet they still hope that he will know his mistake and change, alas, the Zhu Sheng lineage is too kind-hearted, if I were to certify Confucianism, I would never agree.”
“Yes, all those great scholars are too kind-hearted, a mere Xu Qingnian, how can they be afraid of him?”
This was the first reaction of the majority of the literati, who were extremely angry, believing that the statue of Xu Qingnian was too ingratiating and unnecessary.
Did Xu Qingnian deserve it?
Not at all.
But soon, as the meaning from above was conveyed down, at once the literati of the world’s Zhu Sheng lineage understood.
“So that’s how it is, these great scholars’ intent is just extraordinary, others ruined me, insulted me, slandered me, I just laughed it off, instead I gave benefits, remembered their talent, and hoped that the other party would know their mistakes and change, really worthy of being a great scholar.”
“Yes, I was a bit paranoid before, but now that I think about it, it is indeed true. Xu Qingnian naturally does not deserve to have his statue erected, but this is a lesson that the Great Confucian Zhu Sheng has taught us, disrespecting the sage, but having talent, he is willing to give a chance, and we respect the sage, if we have talent, the benefits are endless.”
“The great Confucian is worthy of being a great Confucian, we deserve to pay homage.”
“I said, why is this so, so there is this reason, the lineage of Zhu Sheng, is really a lineage of saints, we admire it.”
“Admiration, admiration.”
After the literati under the sky knew about it, there was a lot of chatter, they understood the reasoning behind it and admired the great scholars of the Zhu Sheng lineage even more.
As for Xu Qingnian, he carried some other views.
“The great Confucian of my Zhu Sheng lineage has good intentions in giving Xu Qingnian face like this, and I hope he will have the self-awareness to do so.”
“En, I hope Xu Qingnian will not fail the Great Confucian’s intentions, and if he is willing to abandon his intentions, we are also willing to accept him.”
“Let’s hope so.”
This is what the world’s disciples of Zhu Sheng think, they think that the great Confucian is doing his best to show the style of the disciples of the saints by making such concessions, but if Xu Qingnian does not know what is good for him, then it will …… The first time the news broke out, the first person to receive the news was a man.
The first to receive the news was the Great Wei Kyoto.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.
In the residence of the Duke of An.
The Duke of An was sitting in the tai shi chair, with the rest of his family seated on either side and the third generation standing behind him.
“There is something disgusting about the Great Wei Palace of Literature, that these Confucians can come up with such a solution to this matter.”
“It is clear that they are the ones at fault, Xu Qingnian was forced to express her intention, and now in their mouths, they say that Yan Lei has a problem, but they avoid the important things by making light of it, and they also let Xu Qingnian abandon her intention.”
“The company’s main goal is to make sure that the company’s products and services are not too expensive.
“If Xu Qingnian agrees to abandon her intention, she will lose her backbone, if Xu Qingnian does not agree, it will give them an excuse to angrily accuse Xu Qingnian of not knowing how to advance or retreat, not knowing what is good or bad.
In the hall, a young man could not help but speak up, he was also young and the grandson of the Duke of State, naturally he knew what was right and wrong, he could see at a glance what was hidden in the notice issued by the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
When he found out what it meant, he was furious, furious, and disgusted by the message.
“Yes, I didn’t expect these Confucians to be so ruthless, making a big deal out of their own problems, although they didn’t say Xu Qingnian disrespected the holy will.”
“But the words therein are not moving, they are about going astray and being crooked, hoping that Xu Qingnian will learn from his mistakes and change, transforming himself into a saint, while Xu Qingnian becomes a bad person instead? Awesome awesome!”
“No wonder it’s better to mess with a kid than a Confucian, even a dead one can be described as a living one.
The younger generation spoke up, indignant, since they knew that their grandfather had helped Xu Qingnian in the courtroom.
And after Xu Qingnian had also made his intentions clear, and even made such a big fuss, they had grown fond of Xu Qingnian.
For one thing, Xu Qingnian was straightforward and raged against the great Confucians; they themselves were not used to Confucians, and what Xu Qingnian did pleased them greatly and was to their liking.
Secondly, since the Duke of An had helped Xu Qingnian, he would naturally remember his kindness and would certainly come to their house in the future, and would probably become one of their own, so it was normal for him to develop good feelings in advance.
It was because of these two points that when they saw the notice sent by the Great Wei Palace of Literature, they became so angry and furious.
Fighting for Xu Qingnian.
But when they had finished saying this, there was silence in the lobby, and after a while, the voice of Duke An Guo rang out.
“Have you said enough?”
“Have you finished?”
He opened his mouth, his voice calm, but it made everyone dare not speak.
When the crowd was completely quiet, Duke An’s voice continued to ring out.
“You have been in the imperial palace since you were young, and most of you already have important positions, so I would have thought that you should know some of the rules of the court.”
“But what I didn’t expect was that you were all still so foolish.”
An Guo openly spoke up and angrily rebuked the crowd, scolding them into even more silence, but there was some confusion, they just didn’t dare to ask questions.
“You all said just now that these Confucians are ruthless? Unscrupulous?”
“On the contrary, I think they did the right thing, and furthermore is this the first time you have met this group of Confucians?”
“Remember, among the court, within the Great Wei Kyoto, there is never any right or wrong, only interest.”
“Everyone has everyone’s own stance, if this matter is one where they admit their mistake, then conversely, what will the literati of the world do?”
“Would they be convinced? They would not be convinced, because saints are not to be insulted.”
“And in this matter, they did make a mistake, but what’s wrong with a mistake? As long as it is not a major mistake, there is no problem.”
“Using this method and forcing the enemy into a desperate situation, that’s what makes a truly clever person, it’s always better not to say that you’re putting yourself in a deep desperate situation?”
An Guo openly spoke, word by word, rebuking the group of three generations of children and grandchildren into even more silence.
But what he said was not at all wrong.
Indeed, everyone had their own stance, Xu Qingnian had Xu Qingnian’s stance, and he, Lord An Guoguo, had his own.
To help you, or not to help you, what does it depend on? The reason for helping Xu Qingnian in the court is not because Xu Qingnian is so important to him.
It is not because Xu Qingnian is so important to him, but because he has used Xu Qingnian to suppress these Confucian ministers. As for Xu Qingnian being so talented, this is considered to be a thoughtless attempt to interfere with his own strength and show his own interests.
Then he can befriend Xu Qingnian and can point him out, because Xu Qingnian can bring benefits to his lineage in the future.
That is all.
Where under this heaven are there friends at a glance? Even between a man and a woman, the so-called love at first sight is just a matter of thinking that the other person is handsome, or handsome.
How can we talk about friends in the court? Talking about right and wrong? Talking about right and wrong? Is that ridiculous? Extremely ridiculous! It is even extremely stupid.
For those who are officials, it is not necessary to say that they must do whatever it takes, but they must look at everything clearly and not take some inexplicable things to measure.
For in many things, there is no right or wrong, only position and interest.
“Grandfather has taught us a lesson, the grandchildren understand.”
After Duke An Guo had finished reprimanding the crowd, someone spoke up, bowing his head and admitting his mistake, and the rest of them followed suit.
“Father, you have said so much, so what is your attitude? Do we not touch Xu Qingnian?”
Finally someone from the second generation spoke up, they were able to understand Lord An’s mind, but they didn’t understand what exactly Lord An had in mind.
Should they help Xu Qingnian? Or not to help Xu Qingnian?
An Guo Duke glanced at the other party, before slowly speaking.
“This matter has already been defused by this group of Confucian scholars, if my father is correct.”
“I think someone has already gone to the palace to seek an intercession from His Majesty, the Great Wei Palace of Literature cannot afford to let a Sun Jing’an sue for his life.”
“So this is the end of the matter, the only trouble is Xu Qingnian, who is once again in crisis, but fortunately he has already made a clear intention to speak, and ordinary literati are not qualified to talk to him about anything.”
“In a few days he will definitely come to Great Wei Kyoto, so, Jing’er, send someone to give me an expedited gift of a thousand miles and prepare a congratulatory gift, remember the congratulatory gift should not be too much, just say it is from me.”
“After inviting him to come and sit in my An Guo House when he arrives in Kyoto.”
“Xu Qingnian is a great talent, but what kind of person he really is, there is no need to think too clearly until you meet him.”
“If he is really capable, I don’t recommend dragging him here, the big deal is to find a granddaughter to marry him and just join a marriage.”
“If he is only talented but not wise, then forget it, just treat it as a casual encounter.”
The Duke of An Guo said what he thought.
The matter had come to a complete end here, and the Great Wei Wen Gong had admitted its mistake and punished Yan Lei. Although the approach was disgusting, from the standpoint of the Great Wei Wen Gong, it was the right thing to do, and the extremely right thing to do.
No one who can stay at the court is stupid, and people won’t just dwell on anything, it’s best to leave it at that.
It’s just another choice facing Xu Qingnian.
But these were not important matters.
Everything still had to wait for Xu Qingnian to come.
“Understood, father you mean that tomorrow in the courtroom, there will be no fighting.”
The other side nodded, comprehending the meaning.
But the next moment, Duke An raised his eyebrows and looked at this son of his and said.
“Who says I won’t fight?”
“Not only will I fight, I will also scold this group of broken Confucians, such a heavenly opportunity, if I don’t scold them, won’t I have missed it for nothing?”
“These dogs, insidious and cunning, disguising themselves as saints, clearly losing themselves and having to say that they were magnanimous in forgiving Xu Qingnian?”
“See if I’ll spray these dogs at the court tomorrow.”
An Guo Gong scolded.
It had always been Confucian officials who had basically reprimanded them for this and that, and whenever they, the group of military officials, said something wrong, they would be taken out and whipped indefinitely.
Now that he had the chance to do so, how could he not scold them? You want to save it for the New Year?
The crowd: “……”
Also at that moment, a family man came running extremely fast, panting and saying.
“Master, Master, just now I saw several State Dukes outside sending people to buy gifts and hauling them away by the cartload, saying that they had gone to give gifts to Xu Qingnian.”
As this voice rang out, Duke An could not help but rise at once.
“Good, these B*****ds, they were still telling me in the morning, asking me not to send gifts, to posture as a state duke, but I didn’t expect that one by one, they went to send gifts themselves?”
“Quick, Jing’er, go prepare more gifts and send them to Xu Qingnian, speed up and use the flying boat to deliver them, don’t be late for this group of old B*****ds.”
Upon hearing these words, Duke An was instantly confused.
He had just said that purely because he had negotiated with the other State Dukes, and what everyone meant was to say.
Don’t treat Xu Qingnian too well, and don’t send gifts or anything like that, after all, he was the State Duke, and everyone was a dignified official.
How good could Xu Qingnian be?
At that time, the Duke of An thought it was reasonable, but he kept an eye out and asked his son to prepare a gift, not too much, just as a courtesy.
But to my surprise, these B*****ds went behind their backs and sent them one by one?
Well, well, well, what a bunch of B*****ds!
An Guo Gong was so angry that he walked straight out of the gate.
“Father, where are you going?”
“Grandpa, where are you going?”
An Guo Gong said without turning his head back.
“To reason!”
The voice rang out and the crowd was once again silent, for they knew how Duke An’s reasoning was.
Meanwhile.
Nan Yu House.
After Xu Qingnian had made his intentions clear, all the people also went back, it was Xu Qingnian who took the initiative to speak up and let the people go back.
Since ancient times, a civil disobedience is not a trivial matter. No matter what the reason is, gathering people to cause trouble is a serious crime of beheading.
However, the people did not make a scene, but gathered together to seek redress for him.
In view of the various situations in the court today, it is unlikely that something too strict in law will be done.
Therefore, Xu Qingnian was the first to let the people go back, which was also a timely rescue, so as not to cause more trouble.
The people also listened to Xu Qingnian’s words and went back to their homes, doing whatever they could, but they knew that as long as the emperor’s decree was not issued, the matter would not be finished.
In the Li residence.
Xu Qingnian was quietly resting in her room.
But in reality, she had entered the Palace of Heaven and Earth.
Since the seventh grade of Ming Yi had been established, it was time to forge new weapons and new texts.
Inside the Palace of Heaven and Earth Literature.
“Brother Xu, the Ming Sage’s intent is truly earth-shattering, Chao Ge admires it.”
Seeing Xu Qingnian, Chao Ge saluted and praised Xu Qingnian’s qualifications.
“Even if you have such good qualifications, if you do not understand them carefully in the future, you will not be able to advance to the next level in your life.”
Xu Qingnian returned the salute, but at the same time, he was also self-aware.
He had already achieved the seventh grade of clarity of intent.
But he had not yet achieved the Sixth Grade Rising Speech, and it was even more difficult to do so.
Rather, it is a standing speech from the heart, otherwise why do you stand for speech, that is, you do whatever you want to do?
“Brother Xu is so talented and can be so calm, my brother is a little envious.”
Chao Ge said with emotion, he was telling the truth, he was indeed envious of Xu Qingnian, who had already made clear his intention in just a month after entering school.
He was indeed envious of Xu Qingnian, who had already understood the will of the saints within a month of his enrollment.
But at that moment, Chao Ge continued.
“Brother Xu is here to carve a new text and forge a new weapon, right?”
Chao Ge inquired.
“En, I’ve been promoted to the seventh rank, and I’m afraid it’s a bit too late, so I’m at ease and plan to carve a text and cast a weapon.”
Xu Qingnian was not subtle and said directly.
“Xiandi is not in a hurry first, he has already reached the seventh grade, so he can hold off for a while.”
“You need to think carefully now, what is the Ming Yi article, and what kind of literary weapon to cast, when you reach this level, there is no need to be in too much of a hurry.”
Chao Ge said seriously, informing Xu Qingnian that there was no need to rush now and to come back after thinking clearly.
“Can it be delayed?”
Xu Qingnian was a little curious, after all, he was not even allowed to delay before.
He was also afraid of delaying, which was why he had rushed back to the Li residence to rest.
“It doesn’t matter, after Ming Yi, there is no need to be in such a hurry, the focus is on Ming and Yi, before that nourishing Qi, opening the body and cultivating the body, all are the foundation, when you reach the realm of Ming Yi, you can’t do that.”
Chao Ge replied.
Xu Qingnian understood that before, he was in a hurry because he had just entered the cla*s, and it didn’t matter if he was casting any literary tools, including engraving any articles, because in Confucianism, you were just an ignorant child.
But now that you know what you want, you know what you want, and it’s not just that whatever you cast is suitable for you.
Suitability is the way to go.
“Then, in that case, my humble brother will leave first, there are still many things to deal with outside, so I won’t bother brother Chao Ge.”
Xu Qingnian spoke, while bowing towards Chaoge again.
The latter returned the salute, and at that moment Xu Qingnian disappeared into the Palace of Literature.
After leaving the Palace of Literature.
Inside the room, Xu Qingnian opened his eyes, and then he heard a small sound outside.
It was the voices of Li Xin and Chen Xinghe and the others.
Stepping down from the bed, Xu Qingnian pushed open the door to the room with a gentle smile on his face as he looked towards the three.
“Greetings, Brother Li, Greetings, Brother Wang, Greetings, Senior Brother Chen.”
The three people were gathered outside the door, chanting about some matters of the imperial court and the Palace of Literature, afraid to disturb themselves so they did not dare to enter.
Therefore Xu Qingnian walked straight out.
“Senior brother, there is something senior brother has to say to you, but don’t be angry when you know about it.”
Chen Xinghe spoke, while fearing that Xu Qingnian would get angry, he told Xu Qingnian to prepare himself in advance.
“What is it?”
Xu Qingnian was a little curious, now that she had made her intentions clear, it was reasonable that she shouldn’t have any trouble, right?
Even if the Great Wei Wen Gong did not want to let go of himself, so what? Xu Qingnian was confident that the Emperor would protect him.
“Senior brother, you read it first.”
Chen Xinghe did not say much and handed a notice to Xu Qingnian.
It was a zhaowen from the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
After receiving the zhaowen, Xu Qingnian took a glance at it.
With just one glance, Xu Qingnian finished reading the contents.
At his level, a single glance at ten lines seemed somewhat insulting.
“Understood.”
Xu Qingnian’s face did not show anything, just a simple, “Got it.
“Brother Xu, you’re not angry?”
“Yes, Brother Xu, if you are angry, you can say so, it’s okay, we are all your people, it won’t get out at all, just scold a few words.”
Li Xin and Wang Ru were a little curious.
They didn’t expect Xu Qingnian to be angry at all after reading Zhaowen?
“I already guessed how they would do it, and as I guessed in general, there’s nothing to be angry about.”
“However, pa*s on a message for me, although I, Xu Qingnian, respect Zhu Sheng, but the way is different, not for each other, will not abandon the intention, and there is no need to consider for me, the matter of erecting the statue is a bit too much, I can’t afford it.”
Xu Qingnian said indifferently, he did not care at all.
He did not care at all. The Zhu Sheng Clan was only doing this to disgust themselves, describing them as saints, and then describing themselves as a person who had gone astray.
If they succeeded or failed, they would not lose out, and they would win a good name.
But Xu Qingnian didn’t care either.
To be more precise, it was not that he didn’t care, but that he remembered first.
Sooner or later, he himself would have to go to the imperial court, sooner or later he would have to meet with these people, and rather than rage and resent without substance here, he should plan well and be prepared.
Wouldn’t it be nice to make each and every one of them unhappy when we get to the capital?
There is no point in a moment of verbal bickering.
One has to look at the long term.
He is famous in the world and is fully qualified to fight.
What’s more, he is young, and even if he can’t beat these people, it’s still easy to boil them to death.
By then, he would have no rival in the court.
“Brother Xu is really big, admire admire admire.”
“Senior brother is worthy of being a senior brother, not bad, not bad.”
The three opened their mouths and couldn’t help but praise Xu Qingnian for this magnanimity.
“Alright, Brother Li, Brother Wang, Senior Brother Chen, I’m going to write an article and have the Prefect send someone to the palace, too many things have happened in the past few days.”
“I’m worried about the people being implicated, so I’ll stop gossiping for now.”
Xu Qingnian spoke.
This Zhaowen of the Great Wei Palace of Literature was disgusted with himself.
Then it was necessary for him to be disgusted in the courtroom first.
The most important thing is to know what you are doing.
The first time you think of it, you do it.
And at this time.
The two figures outside of the South Yu Palace also traveled through the mountains at great speed.
It was the figure of Cheng Lidong.
