Confucian and Taoist scholar

"Cai, shut up!"

Li Changsheng scolded: "You are just a scholar from the liberal arts academy, what qualifications do you have to make noise here? Who do you think you are! Do you think I won't dare to scold you with Mr. Yan Yuan here? You want to abolish

What is my student status? You can try, I want to see if you have that ability!"

Cai Hanlin was furious and looked at Li Changsheng like a wild beast staring at its prey.

The corners of Li Changsheng's mouth raised slightly, and his expression when looking at Cai Hanlin was full of ridicule and disdain.

He was an eighth-rank scholar in Confucianism and Taoism, and he passed the state examination in the 36th year of Jingwen. As long as he did not violate the rules of the liberal arts academy, the liberal arts academy could not revoke any student's merit.

"Brother Li, there is no need to be angry. Mr. Cai just drank and was gushing for a while. Please bear with me."

Wang Run suddenly spoke out to smooth things over, resolving the quarrel between Li Changsheng and Cai Hanlin.

Cai Hanlin also realized that he was a little anxious. He raised his glass and drank it in one gulp, his face turning slightly red.

"Li is not a good drinker and drank too much"

Li Changsheng walked down the steps. After all, this was just a dispute of words. Even if he won the argument in the end, it would have no meaning.

In this round, Cai Hanlin used his academic status as a threat, but it was in vain.

Yan Song said to Du Ning: "Mr. Du, although Mr. Cai speaks recklessly, it is for your own good. You are a scholar in our country of Yun, and it is only natural that you donate "Bamboo and Stone"."

At the same time, he looked at Du Ning with the eyes of an elder, and his tone was a little unquestionable.

This made Du Ning feel very disgusted. He obviously wanted something for himself, but he had such a condescending attitude. Do you really think he is the dean of Fuwen Academy and can point fingers?

"What Mr. Yan Yuan said is very true. Mr. Du is currently a ninth-grade boy with no literary courage. "Bamboo and Stone" is almost useless to you. Donating it will bring you both merit and fame, so why not do it?"
"Yan Yuanjun is in charge of Fuwenyuan. You may not believe what Mr. Cai says, but is it possible that you don't even listen to what Mr. Yuanjun says?"

"What is there to hesitate about? Mr. Du, all the famous people in our Nanping Mansion are here. If you are selfish and do not serve the human race or our country of Yun as a scholar, then your reputation will be ruined in an instant."
Many people seem to be trying to persuade them with good words and for the sake of their family and country, but in fact they have more or less selfish motives.

Li Changsheng suddenly asked: "If Mr. Du dedicates "Bamboo and Stone" to the court, I wonder what compensation the court will give Mr. Du? Or what treasures will be given in exchange?"

"This..."

Everyone, look at me, and I’ll look at you.

Zhao Donghai said: ""Bamboo and Stone" is very important to our Yun State. It is the duty of a scholar as a scholar to contribute to the court. Mr. Du is so upright and upright, will he ask for rewards from the court? It would be too shameless to do so.

Right?"

The eyes of the Hanyi Club students were particularly cold. This was simply a disgusting moral kidnapping. It sounded very high-sounding, but in fact it would not benefit Du Ning at all.

Li Changsheng immediately said: "I think you are shameless. What you say is even better than what you sing. Your Zhao family is a prominent family in Nanping Mansion and owns a lot of assets. Since you are so considerate of the court, why not take the lead?"

How about donating your family property? If you can do it, Mr. Du will definitely not let you down."

Upon hearing this, many gentry and noble families present could not help but change their expressions.

"You are talking nonsense!" Zhao Donghai said angrily.

"Brother Donghai, aren't you just talking nonsense?" Li Changsheng smiled sarcastically.

Zhao Donghai closed his mouth and said no more.

Du Ning put down his wine glass, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Du knows what you mean, and you understand even better."

"If it is really for the sake of scholars, for the imperial court, and for the sake of the righteousness of the family and the country, it is obligatory for Du to dedicate "Bamboo and Stone"."

"But if someone wants to force Du to hand over "The Bamboo Stone" for his own selfish reasons, it will be a great humiliation for Du. Please forgive Du for not agreeing."

After listening to Du Ning's words, many people's faces were extremely ugly.

Yan Song said: "According to this, does Mr. Du want to be a selfish villain? As a scholar of Yun State, a child born in the realm of Confucianism and Taoism, he is so ignorant of the general concept. It is really a waste of time to read the books of sages.

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"Well said!" Someone agreed.

"What is selfishness? What is ignorance of the overall situation?"

Du Ning looked at Yan Song and said in a deep voice: "The noble dean of the Academy of Arts actually said such words in public. If you say you have no selfish motives, I won't believe it even if you beat me to death."

"Presumptuous!"

Yan Song became angry from embarrassment, banged the table and stood up, glaring at Du Ning angrily.

He was actually scolded by Du Ning like this. If word of this got out, it would be a shame that would be hard to wash away.

Seeing this, Wang Run sneered in his heart. Once Du Ning offended Yan Song, it would not be so easy for him to enroll in the Academy of Arts in the future.

Li Changsheng glanced at Du Ning and couldn't help but look worried.

He is a person with a good reputation, so naturally he is not afraid that the Fuwen Academy will dare to mess with his academic status.

But Du Ning is weak on his own. If the Fuwenyuan wants to bring down Du Ning, it will have many means.

"Bang!"

Du Ning also slapped the table and stood up to look at Yan Song.

At this moment, everyone was shocked.

Yan Song slapped the table because Yan Song is the dean of the prestigious Fuwen Academy and has great status.

But Du Ning didn't have any fame at all, and he dared to slap Yan Song on the table, which was simply disrespectful.

"A bold maniac who dares to slap the table on Mr. Yuan Jun, why don't you quickly apologize to Mr. Yuan Jun!"

"Du Ning, who do you think you are? How dare you be so presumptuous to Mr. Yan!"

"This is unreasonable, you crazy person is simply treasonous!"

Many people roared loudly at Du Ning, their faces full of anger.

"Du Ning, you are so brave, how dare you be so disrespectful to me!" Yan Song's tone was extremely cold.

"Haha... I'm disrespectful to you? If Du slaps the table, he is disrespectful to you? Then what does it mean if you slap the table to me?"

Du Ning sneered, feeling that Yan Song's words were really funny. He valued his own dignity so much, but felt that he could trample on the dignity of others. Such a person has so much self-esteem?

"Rampant! I am the Lord of Fuwenyuan, a dignified Confucian and Taoist scholar, and even your elder!"

Yan Song looked proud and yelled at Du Ning: "But what about you? How can you, a little boy, be compared to me? Ridiculous!"

"I am a scholar, a scholar who comes from a poor family. I cannot be moved by poverty or humbleness, and cannot be surrendered by force. These are my qualifications!"

Du Ning's words were resounding, and an invisible force stirred up, making everyone present feel shocked.

"This is... Setsuna Bundan!"

Many people present were furious. Unexpectedly, Du Ning's words could actually affect the literary courage of everyone present.

"Poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be subdued" comes from "Mencius: Duke Teng Wen", Du Ning used Mencius's words to inspire the literary courage of the moment,

"Poof!"

Zhao Dongcheng spat out blood and fainted.

His literary palace was already cracked, but now he was affected by Setsuna Bundan's power. He was so frightened that the cracks in his literary palace were even greater.

"Dongcheng!"

Zhao Donghai panicked and had no time to blame Du Ning. He hurriedly carried him down with the scholars from Jieying Society for treatment.

Others are either wavering in their literary courage or wavering in their literary power.

Setsuna's writing style is not like ordinary writing style that can be retracted and retracted freely. It sometimes exists and sometimes disappears.

If we rely on the words of saints, it will be even more powerful.

"What a 'poor and lowly person can't be moved, and the powerful can't bend'!"

Li Changsheng smiled and said: "Mr. Yan, don't think that just because you are the president of Fuwen Academy, you can show off your power in front of Mr. Du. How can I, a proud student from a humble family, be like some people and seduce the powerful?"

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These words simply scolded most of the people present.

Some scholars glared at Li Changsheng and were very angry.

Yan Song retorted: "Yan is the Wenyuan Lord and represents the Wenyuan Academy of Nanping Prefecture. Even if Mr. Du is from a humble family and is proud, it cannot be a reason to despise the Court Lord. This is against etiquette."

Du Ning said: "Then I would like to ask Mr. Yan, who of the two of us violated etiquette first? Who hit the table first? Could it be that if the dignified gentleman can hit the table, I can't?"

Yan Song didn't answer, but he looked at Du Ning with extremely cold eyes.

Wang Run stood up again to smooth things over: "Master Du, Mr. Yan, you two are drunk. Please sit down and rest for a while. We are all scholars. This is just a misunderstanding."

Du Ning glanced at Wang Run and saw that he could still remain so calm at this time.

This shows Wang Run’s scheming and city government.

As the host of this banquet, Wang Run must continue to act as a gentleman even if he is acting.

"Humph!"

Yan Song sat down again and said slowly: "Master Du, Yan asked you to donate "Bamboo and Stone" not for myself, but for our country of Yun, for the court, and even more for the scholars. How can you be so selfish?"
"For the sake of the righteousness of the family and the country, and for the future of the human race, I will definitely donate the "Bamboo Stone" without any hesitation. But now the imperial court and the Guoxue Palace have not taken any action on this, but you jumped out first and asked me to donate the "Bamboo Stone". What on earth is this?

Does the imperial court and the Guoxue Palace want it, or do you want it yourself?" Du Ning said with cold eyes.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Du Ning's words were so sharp that they shook most people's minds.

"Bold! How dare you question us!"

"Du Ning, what do you mean? Are you doubting us!"

"Master Du, please be careful what you say and don't make mistakes!"

Many people became angry, and some even slammed the table and got up.

Du Ning said: "Du knows what you have in mind. You just want to seize my "Bamboo Stone" for a high-sounding reason. Do you really think that Du will be easily fooled? Let me tell you, as long as I don't agree, any of you will

Don’t even think about getting the original manuscript of "Bamboo and Stone", just keep dreaming!"