The Imperial Examination Scholars were sitting on horses, surrounded by elite Imperial Guards. Facing the flowers and cheers from the people, they couldn't help but feel a little carried away. Even Hai Rui, who was always solemn among the Imperial Examination Scholars, also smiled at this time.
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In a roadside restaurant, several young people gathered by the second-floor window to watch the excitement. Seeing the glorious appearance of the imperial examination scholars, they couldn't help but look envious.
"The Emperor of Yun State showed such honor and favor to these imperial examination scholars, showing his thirst for talents and his desire to treat virtuous scholars with courtesy."
A young man by the window heard his junior brother say this, but he subconsciously retorted:
"Wrong! Junior brother made a mistake! The Emperor of Yun State favored these imperial examination scholars so much just to show it to the world. Scholars at the bottom of the world wanted to be officials but could not. The Yun State did not regard their birthplace as a
Talent and learning are considered superior. From now on, if many scholars in the world feel that they cannot put their talents to use, they will definitely think of defecting to the Yun Kingdom!"
"Well, what's wrong with me? Even though the Emperor of Yun State was trying to make the scholars join him, he really showed his desire to seek merit. Could it be that Senior Brother thinks that the Emperor of Yun State should treat these imperial examination scholars with courtesy, and then in order to show
Just out of respect for the virtuous, did I just drive them away instead of bringing them into the Yun Kingdom court for important use?"
While the debate was going on, the eyes of several young disciples around them suddenly shone, and they refuted one after another:
"What senior brother said just now is that Emperor Yun did not sincerely respect the wise and talented people, not others!"
"If a king respects talented people but cannot reuse them, then I would like to ask this senior brother, is this true respect, or is it really just for others to see?"
"We are just refuting that the Emperor of Yun State was not entirely out of respect for the virtuous and loving scholars, and we have no intention of criticizing the Yun State's imperial examination system!"
"This is a dispute between 'discussing the heart' and 'discussing the traces'. When my famous scholars were debating with the Confucianists, we had already reached a conclusion! Discussing traces does not care about the heart, but when it comes to the heart, there is no perfect person in the world!"
When a group of young disciples were arguing, their voices became louder and their expressions became more excited, causing many diners in the restaurant to move their eyes over.
However, these young disciples did not feel uncomfortable at all at this time. On the contrary, their fighting spirit became more and more high. During the debate, they looked excited and danced, which was unusually conspicuous.
"Shut up!" A loud shout suddenly sounded in the restaurant.
On a table by the window, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe, with a dignified appearance and a rather elegant and easy-going temperament was looking at the young disciples with a livid face.
The young disciple who was arguing just now quickly shrank his head and hesitated to say anything more.
The middle-aged man snorted coldly and lectured:
"Could it be that if the Emperor of the Yun State did not give these civil servants such generous treatment and honors as they do now, no one would come to the Yun State to serve? Now all the countries in the world have a recommendation system, and the lower-level scholars cannot become officials without connections. In the end
Can’t we just go to Yun Country to serve?”
He paused, gritted his teeth and cursed:
"A group of shameful people, who didn't even understand the key points, imitated their elders and started a debate? In the end, they just played tricks and talked about Qi's words, borrowing the wisdom of their ancestors and looking for mistakes and omissions in other people's words.
, it’s useless to argue!”
A group of famous disciples, under the instruction of the middle-aged man, lowered their heads with shame on their faces and did not dare to say anything.
The middle-aged man taught him a lesson for a long time, and when he finally looked at the appearance of all the disciples, his words faltered.
Over the years, the debate topics studied by famous experts have become increasingly obscure and difficult to understand. The disciples in the sect often argue endlessly over the meaning of each word. The debates among the disciples have also changed from clarifying the logic and explaining the truth to each other.
They only focus on finding out the other party's language errors and forcing a debate.
Arguing in vain means doing more and accomplishing less. The atmosphere in famous families has been like this over the past few years. Is it possible that it is only these disciples who have been affected?
Over the years, famous people have shown signs of decline. If things continue like this, the famous people who were one of the top nine scholars in the world will inevitably disappear!
The middle-aged man looked at the disciples, sighed worriedly, then waved his hands feebly and said:
"That's it! Sit down and eat, and settle down early today!"
"yes!"
The middle-aged man sighed again and turned to look out the window, his eyes revealing a profound meaning.
I only hope that Jixia Academy in the Yun Kingdom can help my famous family revive their school style!
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Xia Kingdom's capital, Jinling City, Xia Kingdom's palace, and Fengtian Hall.
An old man wearing a dragon robe, with an old face and white hair, who looked to be in his seventies, with a tired expression, put his forehead with one hand, leaning on the dragon chair, his eyes slightly closed, as if
Just close your eyes and relax.
Being able to sit in this position, it goes without saying that his identity is the current Emperor of Xia, Yu Qingxuan.
After resting for a moment, the old man slowly opened his eyes and asked:
"King Qi has been quite honest during this period of time in his residence?"
The old eunuch on the side heard this, bowed slightly and said:
"His Royal Highness Prince Qi has been staying in the study room of Prince Qi's residence all day long without leaving the door!"
Emperor Xia frowned and said in surprise:
"It's been two months, and he can still hold his temper? This is not like him!"
When the old eunuch heard this, he pursed his lips and smiled and said:
"His Royal Highness King Qi, maybe you have been tempered after this setback, and you will definitely restrain your temper in the future."
When Emperor Xia heard this, he snorted coldly and said:
"It would be great if he could really rein in his tough temper! Ever since he was a child, he has never made me worry!"
Although he said so, just looking at Emperor Xia's expression at this moment, one could tell that he felt the same in his own heart.
After a moment of silence, Emperor Xia gritted his teeth again and said:
"If he hadn't been so impulsive this time, the court would have had a better way to deal with those southwest generals! Although he was happy to kill people, he had to force the court to take action against the remaining generals in the southwest army.
As a result, most of the combat strength of the Southwest Front Army was lost. In the end, I had no choice but to bow my head to the little emperor of Yun Kingdom, pay compensation and sue for peace!"
The old eunuch beside him secretly looked at Emperor Xia's expression of hatred for steel, and after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that he was not serious about King Qi Qi's attack this time.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Qi, too, in order to quell the anger of the people in the southwest states and counties! These southwest generals set up troops to plunder the people's property, and even shamelessly asked the imperial court to provide relief to the people who were affected by the war, so that the imperial court would support their greed.
It's really worth killing!" the old eunuch warned in a gentle voice.
Emperor Xia frowned, suddenly raised his head and looked at the old eunuch, and said with a half-smile:
"Sixi, are you taking advantage of that kid? Or are you putting your treasure on him?"
Speaking of which, the Xia Kingdom's court is extremely chaotic now. In addition to officials from hundreds of families criticizing each other, the Xia Emperor now allows many princes to practice in the court, which makes many princes hold a power in their hands.
Everyone has manpower.
The struggle between the princes to seize the direct descendants has intensified the struggle in the court, and has gradually become an obvious matter.
When the old eunuch Sixi heard what Emperor Xia said at this time, he couldn't say how panicked he looked. He just bent down and lowered his head, and said with a wry smile:
"Your Majesty, please stop making this joke! I have served Your Majesty for most of my life. Now my position is beyond the reach of eunuchs. I have no relatives. I have no hope in this life except to repay Your Majesty's kindness.
…”
Xia Huanglang laughed, shook his head and said:
"All the princes are surrounded by young and capable eunuchs who have been assigned loyal eunuchs since childhood. Hmm, of course they will look down on an old guy like you!"
The old eunuch bowed and nodded, and said in agreement:
"What your Majesty said is..."
"If King Qi can have a long memory in the future, these two million taels of silver will not be considered a splash!"
Having said this, Emperor Xia suddenly stopped smiling and said in a deep voice:
"According to my decree, during the period of King Qi's confinement, he should stay safe, shut up and think about his mistakes. He has already realized his mistakes. I ordered him to serve as an envoy to Yun State, preside over our Daxia envoy, conclude a peace treaty with Yun State, and perform meritorious service for his crime!"
When the old eunuch heard this, he was slightly startled and said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong..."
It was King Qi who led the army to attack Yun State, and it was King Qi who led the envoys to conclude the peace treaty at this time.
To Yun Guo, this was a bit of a provocation. But to King Qi, it was also a great shame and humiliation for a defeated general to pay homage to the Emperor of Yun Guo.
Emperor Xia's face became even colder and he said in a deep voice:
"The fourteenth princess Yu Yingyao is the same age as Emperor Yun. She is elegant and dignified, with a gentle nature. She was granted the title of Emperor Rouning and accompanied the delegation to the Yun Kingdom to make peace. She established a good relationship between the two countries so that there would be no more wars between Xia and Yun!
"
Emperor Xia paused, then said coldly:
"If he loses, I can give him the full answer. But I also have to teach him a lesson and let him know how much he will pay for his carelessness and reckless actions because of his underestimation of the enemy!"
The fourteenth princess Yu Yingyao is the biological sister of King Qi. This time, Emperor Xia not only asked King Qi Yu Zhaoling to go to Yun Kingdom in person, but also asked his sister to go with him to get married.
Eunuch Sixi had served Emperor Xia for most of his life and was used to the emperor's ruthlessness. At this time, he couldn't help but feel trembling in his heart because of Emperor Xia's ruthless methods towards his own children.
Emperor Xia's fatherly love is really like a mountain falling apart...
He did not dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly bent down to salute, turned around and went down to deliver the order.
"etc!"
Emperor Xia stopped him again and said softly with a calm and indifferent expression:
"If you want to be an emperor, you need to know how to be patient and know how to give up some things for the sake of the overall situation. If he is stubborn and refuses to accept the order, just tell him that there is no need to leave Prince Qi's palace in the future..."
Eunuch Sixi's lips trembled, he quickly bowed in response and left quickly.
After the old eunuch left, Emperor Xia leaned on the dragon chair again, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
A moment later, an inaudible sigh suddenly sounded in the Fengtian Palace.
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Xiao Cheng looked at the Dongchang report handed over by Feng Bao in his hand, but suddenly laughed, shook his head and said:
"Hahaha, this member of the family is really a good person. This member of the family can argue with each other just by chatting... Hey, so you think, is this member of the family because of my Yun Kingdom?
Jixia Academy allows them to argue with hundreds of schools of thought without judging their crimes based on their words, so why did they come so quickly?"
Dongchang's intelligence agency has not been developed for a long time, so it cannot be said to be very powerful. But Zhongqing City is the capital of Yun Kingdom after all, and even if Dongchang cannot control it elsewhere, it is impossible not to deploy manpower here.
If a famous disciple enters Zhongqing City in such a conspicuous and high-profile manner without trying to hide it at all, he will naturally be targeted by spies all over the city.
The argument that just happened in the restaurant was already on Xiao Cheng's table in less than an hour.
Feng Bao failed to understand the meaning of what Xiao Cheng said, and couldn't help but feel confused. After pondering for a long time,
He couldn't figure out the meaning, so he could only vaguely echo:
"I am a famous person who likes to debate the most and is famous for it. If you come from a family with such a style, it is not too surprising to do these things."
Xiao Cheng nodded and asked again:
"Have the identities of the three Taoists who entered the city together been found out?"
Since the three people entered the city, they have kept a low profile, but they have never hidden their identities. The Dongchang side has already received the reminder from the sticky pole.
When Feng Bao heard this, he immediately said:
"My servant has sent someone to investigate, and it went surprisingly well. These three people seem to have no intention of hiding their identities at all. The information was obtained from the Taoist priests. These three people do not know them, but they only know each other.
When Longhu Mountain was about to leave, he was forced in by Taoist leader Zhang Zhengqing."
When Feng Bao said this, he couldn't help but pause, and then continued:
"My servant feels that before the identities of these three people are found out, Your Majesty should not summon Taoists for the time being!"
Xiao Cheng chuckled lightly, waved his hand, and said:
"It doesn't need to be like this. If you can let the Taoist leader temporarily block people, and combined with the temperament and martial arts of those three people, I think there will be no one except people with Taoist background."
When Feng Bao heard this, he quickly said:
"Your Majesty, I can naturally guess that these three people are likely to be from Taoism. However, Your Majesty's safety is more important than anything else, so we must investigate carefully!"
Xiao Cheng smiled, shook his head and said:
"I know that if these three people were in danger, Taoist leader Zhang Zhengqing would not dare to have them brought here. If I am not mistaken, this Taoist does not plan to go to Jixia Academy to debate, but wants to meet with me directly.
, expounding Taoist concepts in order to make Taoism stand out among hundreds of schools of thought in Yun State."
Of course, the most important thing is Xiao Cheng's confidence.
After wearing the Raging Dragon Sword, Xiao Cheng can compete with the top ninth-level masters. He is also protected by ninth-level masters like Nan Jiyun. In addition, he is in the Forbidden Palace and is protected by the Forbidden Army. Unless this Taoist
Among the disciples were masters from the Land of Immortals, otherwise it would have been impossible to hurt Xiao Cheng at all.
Xiao Cheng paused and then said:
"I have heard that Taoism is prosperous in the Central Plains for a long time, and I am very curious. Tomorrow I will invite a Taoist to come to the palace and lecture me on this Taoist scripture! I want to see how this Taoist plan to persuade me to respect Taoism.
of!"
When Feng Bao heard this and saw that Xiao Cheng was resolute, he couldn't persuade him any more, so he had to bow his head and accept it.
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._