Chapter 20 Praise but not completely, for follow-up reading]
What is ash?
Ash is Dawu's garbage.
There was a law in the Dawu Dynasty: "If you leave ashes on the road, you will be punished for thirty years with a rod."
The gray refers to rubbish. Ning Chen was worried that the princes above the court would not understand rubbish, so he changed the word to a word they could understand.
Sure enough, as soon as Ning Chen said these words, the entire court exploded.
No matter whether they were civil servants or generals, they were all angry.
Ning Chen didn't give them a chance to speak at all, but continued to speak: "Though these generals have no brains, they still know how to stand on the side of justice."
"You guys with brains, you do have brains, but you don't do sensible things."
After hearing Ning Chen's words, a group of generals became inexplicably quiet.
Many people even had the illusion that Ning Chen seemed to have praised them.
But this kind of praise made them feel that Ning Chen had praised him but not too completely.
It's just that, more or less, they feel a little more comfortable.
Although they feel a little more comfortable, they will not recognize Ning Chen as their ally now.
Yan Guan's side is not as easy to fool as Wu Fu's side.
Everyone stretched their necks and refuted Ning Chen's statement.
Ning Chen is very experienced in dealing with these civil servants.
What do these officials value?
One is their reputation, and the other is the rules.
"You are destroying the ancestral system by not allowing people to pay homage to the new crown prince."
"What are your intentions for blatantly destroying the ancestral system?"
"Do you want the eldest princess, the heir apparent, to have an unfair reputation?"
"So you can use this to attack the eldest princess when you elect the new crown prince?"
"You really made a good plan."
"Now I am openly flattering His Majesty, but secretly I am planning to replace the Crown Prince at any time."
"Do I have to say you have too many brains, or do I have to say you have no brains?"
When Ning Chen pulled off his loud and loud hat, these officials and censors were stunned on the spot.
Ning Chen was talking about being messy, obviously not.
If the extreme situation Ning Chen mentioned really happened, would someone use this to attack the eldest princess?
Obviously it will.
So if you go by what Ning Chen said, they are really equivalent to conspiring against each other.
Now those officials and censors were silent.
"We are doing this just for the safety of the eldest princess." Someone said, but that voice was really weak.
Ning Chen sneered: "What does the safety of the eldest princess have to do with you? A dog meddles with a mouse.
You are a public speaker, and your task is to do everything related to etiquette well.
The safety of the eldest princess is the responsibility of these generals."
"Yes, we are responsible for safety. It's your turn to intervene." The generals finally found a point where they could counterattack the officials.
However, Ning Chen had no intention of accepting the generals' sentiments, but continued: "There is really a flaw in the security, and there is a problem.
It's their heads that fall off, but you won't lose your head.
What is your intention in making a fuss about safety?
Are you planning to put all the blame on these generals in the end?
Are you going to let them take the blame for your treason when the time comes?"
Although the generals were slow to react, Ning Chen said it so straightforwardly that they could still understand it.
"Okay, you sour scholars full of bad ideas. We all serve as officials in the same court, and I treat you as friends, but you actually want me to take the blame for such treason!"
The generals were all angry, and their eyes turned red when they looked at the officials.
If they hadn't been in the Jinluan Palace, they would have rolled up their sleeves and started working with these officials.
Seeing that Ning Chen was about to provoke the civil officials and military generals into complete hostility.
Lin Youxiang, who had been silent until now, finally stood up and said loudly: "I think Master Ning is absolutely right in what he said. Since there are ancestral rules to follow, we should act in accordance with the ancestral rules.
Everyone is responsible for their own tasks, and safety matters are the responsibility of the generals.
The civil servants are responsible for etiquette matters. They just need to take care of their own affairs and don't overstep their authority."
When Youxiang Lin spoke, the matter was settled.
Everything is done according to the ancestral system.
Next is the discussion of process and etiquette.
As for the issue of safety, Ning Chen asked the generals to discuss it themselves.
Ning Chen made it clear to them that they were the ones who could not lose their heads, so it was up to them what to do.
This time the court meeting was still very long.
It is open from Mao o'clock to noon.
This can be regarded as breaking the record of the longest period in the imperial court since the emperor began to practice Taoism.
Later, the emperor simply didn't want to hear it anymore, and asked the eunuchs to help him keep an eye on it, and when it was over, he would let them kneel down and retreat on their own.
In the end, everyone finally settled on a etiquette process, and everyone was assigned what to do.
The military commander also came up with a set of safety procedures available to protect the eldest princess.
Seeing that everything was settled, the eunuch also conveyed His Majesty's wishes to the ministers.
After standing for so long and talking for so long, the officials could no longer bear it.
So now that he heard that he was withdrawing from the court, and everyone thanked him, he quickly left the Jinluan Palace.
Arriving outside the Jinluan Palace, Ning Chen was also ready to take the car home and have a good meal.
This station lasted for six or seven hours, and even Ning Chen, a martial artist, felt a little overwhelmed.
"Ning Chen, I still want to ask you why you abandoned the sages and turned to vulgar martial arts." Sun Kejian stopped Ning Chen, still unyieldingly wanting to know the answer.
Hearing Sun Kejian ask this matter, the civil servants and generals who had planned to leave quickly stopped.
In fact, this question was what they wanted to know most when they went to court today.
Regardless of whether they were civil servants or military commanders, they all wanted to know.
What kind of psychological activities did Ning Chen, the champion, finally choose to abandon literature and pursue martial arts?
Ning Chen looked at Sun Kejian, who was not giving up on him, and asked playfully: "Do you really want to know?"
Sun Kejian nodded very firmly: "Today, I must have an answer, otherwise..."
Ning Chen interrupted Sun Kejian's vow and swore: "There is no need to do otherwise. Since you want to know, I will tell you."
After hearing that Ning Chen was willing to talk, everyone was eagerly waiting to hear what touched Ning Chen.
Ning Chen took a few steps forward, stood about five steps away from the ministers, and then spoke loudly:
"I just want to show you what a true minister of the thighs is!"
"Let you see, what it means is that literary power can bring peace to the world with pen, and military power can set the world on horseback."
"What is a truly famous minister destined to leave a name in history!"
It's over.
He was tricked.
Those who originally didn't want to stay, but couldn't bear the curiosity to stay, now really want to give themselves a slap in the face.
What the hell did you hear?
Wen Neng can bring peace to the world with his pen, but Wan Neng can use his horse to settle the world!
I must admit that these two sentences said by Ning Chen are really the best evaluation of the famous minister.
But this guy shamelessly used it on himself.
Moreover, both civil and military personnel were taken over.
This makes them, civil servants and military generals, how can they praise themselves in the future.
Sun Kejian never expected that Ning Chen could say such shameless words.
"You...you..."
Sun Kejian pointed at Ning Chen excitedly, Haoran's energy became unstable.
Ning Chen, on the other hand, ignored Sun Kejian and the others and left a handsome figure behind them for them.
Anyway, Ning Chen won’t lose this time.
Ning Chen does not need the support of allies. Anyone who supports him is his enemy.
Calculating the final date, Ning Chen felt that Ning Chen had definitely made a profit from the eldest princess's [nice] point.
In Ning Chen's opinion, even after the final settlement, there are only more than 2,000 [Nieve] points.
If doubled 100 times, that would be 200,000 reputation points.
Ning Chen thinks that no matter how expensive the lifespan is, with 200,000 reputation points, it is probably still okay to buy it for more than ten years.
What Ning Chen did in the previous court soon reached the ears of the eldest princess.
The eldest princess couldn't help but smile after listening to Banban telling her what happened in the previous dynasty.
"This Ning Chen is really an interesting person." The eldest princess smiled and gave her evaluation of Ning Chen.
"Your Highness, I think that Ning Chen really supports His Highness. At that time, no one in the Highness dared to stand up and say a word for His Highness. Only Ning Chen stood up and denounced those people with bad intentions.
"Banban also said a few good words for Ning Chen.
Mentioning this, murderous intent flashed in the eldest princess's eyes.
Is the chaos in the court today intentional?
Is it possible that someone is deliberately trying to make his reputation unfair?
These big princesses all know it very well.
It's just that the eldest princess really didn't expect that Ning Chen would really argue for her.
"Let's take another look. If he is really a useful person, we might as well reuse him."
As the eldest princess spoke, she wrote the word "Feng Yuan", a domineering and unparalleled word, on the paper.