Confucian and Taoist scholar

The first day of March.

The confederation ceremony was held as scheduled.

The whole Kongcheng is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, dressed as if it’s the New Year, as festive and lively.

Because for the entire human race, the Emperor's Ceremony is a very meaningful celebration event, which is more lively than the emperor's enthronement and amnesty for the world.

On this day, Du Ning officially took over the "Yunqi Jun Mansion" given by the Holy Court.

This is a very majestic building covering a large area, with various pavilions, pavilions and gardens. Outside the mansion, there is a four-character plaque inscribed "Yunqijun Mansion" written by the semi-sage Fan Qianfeng as a congratulatory gift.

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At the same time, the Holy Court sent a group of law enforcement teams to sit in the Jun's Mansion to protect Du Ning's safety and maintain order on the scene.

Today is the ceremony for enthroning the king, and aristocratic literary families from all over the world will come to send congratulatory gifts.

The Holy Academy will receive the gifts in the name of Du Ning, and after the enthronement ceremony is over, Du Ning will distribute the return gifts one after another.

A thousand banquet tables were set up in Lord Yunqi's mansion to entertain the families and royal family members from all over the world who came to congratulate him.

After lunch, the Holy Academy will hold a ceremony of enthroning the king at an auspicious time to complete the formal canonization of Du Ning.

After dinner, there will be the Fengjun Literary Meeting, which will be an activity that scholars love to participate in, and will not end until the early morning.

"The Wang family, the sage of Jingguo, congratulates and presents a gift of one hundred thousand taels of silver, ten sets of white jade utensils, ten pieces of brocade, and ten sets of copies of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface"..."

"The semi-saints of Shu and all the noble families congratulate each other and present as gifts "Twenty-four Chapters of Zhuge's Book of War", thirty consecutive crossbows, and a chariot from Marquis Wu..."

"The Shengyan family of Wu Guoya congratulates and presents as gifts a dragon carriage, ten dragon horses, a dragon ball, and a set of cultural treasures for a fifth-level scholar..."

As many scholars from aristocratic families entered Yunqijun's mansion, the etiquette officials immediately reported the list of singing and singing according to the post.

"Did I hear you right? The calligraphy sage family is actually willing to give away ten sets of "Lanting Preface", which are the top treasures in the calligraphy world! If you can get the Wang family's calligraphy copy, your calligraphy realm will be brought to a higher level."<

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"The Zhuge family is also very generous. The Twenty-four Chapters of Zhuge's Art of War alone is a strange book that military strategists dream of, and it is not something that ordinary people can read."

"Look at those ten dragon horses. They are rare horses in the Holy Forest Continent. Only the Yasheng family and the royal family of a few dynasties can keep them in captivity. Where can you usually see them?"

Scholars from all over the world can say that they are in a state of bliss simply by hearing the announcement and singing of the ritual list. There are many things they have only heard of but never seen.

Today, Du Ning put on a beautiful dress and stood at the door to greet the arrival of scholars from aristocratic families.

"Du Jun, congratulations. Although you proposed to abolish the privileges of the saints family some time ago, we have many opinions on you, but you are a literary monarch after all. Since the saints agree with your opinions, they have their own reasons. I

Just follow the way of heaven, today is your enthronement ceremony, and we have to drink together."

"Mr. Yunqi wrote the Thousand-Character Essay, created mystical cannons, made outstanding military exploits in the Three Realms Mountains, and proposed to abolish the pedantic privileges of aristocratic families. He is indeed a role model for our generation of scholars. We and others should learn from you."

"Master Du must be the most outstanding literary monarch in the past five hundred years. His achievements will last forever and his name will go down in history."

Many scholars praised me one by one, some were convinced, some were duplicitous, and some were sarcastic.

Du Ning constantly observes everyone's expressions and takes the trouble to welcome every guest into the house.

"Haha... Is this Mr. Du's Wenjun mansion in Kongcheng? It's really very angry!"

"Look, where is Du Ning!"

"Master Du, we are here!"

A group of scholars flocked to Du Ning.

Du Ning followed the reputation and found out that they were many classmates and friends in Suzhou such as Luo Wenxuan and Cao Qingyun, as well as many poor students from the Hanyi Club headed by "Li Changsheng".

"Everyone, you are here."

Du Ning stepped forward to greet them. He had not seen these friends for many days, and he missed them in his heart.

"Haha... You kid, you really miss us."

"I heard that you have made great achievements in Sanjie Mountain, and we are very happy for you."

"You are really promising now!"

Many friends were very happy to gather here, and they soon started teasing each other.

After a while of laughter, all the friends went to sit in the house.

"Brother Du Ning, congratulations!"

King Yan of the Yun Kingdom led the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court to the outside of the mansion. When he saw Du Ning, he immediately offered his congratulations.

"His Royal Highness King Yan."

Du Ning hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"I've met Mr. Yunqi."

Officials from the Ministry of Rites of Yun State immediately came to see him.

"You're welcome." Du Ning returned the courtesy patiently.

King Yan smiled and said: "According to the decree of my emperor, I would like to express my congratulations to you on behalf of the royal family of the Yun Kingdom and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. I will prepare a few small gifts to express my feelings. Today is the day when you officially accept the canonization. We, the people of the Yun Kingdom, are all happy for you."

and pride."

"Thank you so much, King Yan, your Majesty and all your colleagues." Du Ning said gratefully.

The two chatted for a while, and then Du Ning invited King Yan and others to sit in the mansion.

Soon after, the great scholar Ye Jinghong came with many Confucian and Taoist scholars. They were all academic princes serving in various places in Yun State, and came to congratulate on behalf of the Guoxue Palace of Yun State.

"Mr. Ye, Mr. Dongfang, you are welcome to visit us."

Du Ning was most familiar with Ye Jinghong and Dongfang Xiong among the many court lords. Ye Jinghong, in particular, was as kind to Du Ning as a mountain and would never be forgotten.

"I met Du Jun."

Because they were not familiar with Du Ning, the other court princes did not dare to give him any advice, so they hurriedly paid homage to him.

Ye Jinghong smiled at Du Ning and said: "There has been a lot of discussion about you in the literary world recently. You even dared to propose the abolition of the privileges of the All Saints family, which really opened our eyes. Since the All Saints support your suggestion, we will no longer

Nothing more to say, I just hope that you can discuss it with us before making a major decision next time, so that we can provide you with better opinions and not make you make too many enemies."

Du Ning said helplessly: "The situation at that time was quite urgent. It was too late to ask others for advice. Please forgive me, Mr. Ye."

"Brother Heshan has told me the details. I really can't blame you for this matter. After all, no matter who is forced to do something, he or she may break the pot."

Ye Jinghong sighed, then patted Du Ning's shoulder gently, with an encouraging smile on his face.

"Mr. Ye..." Du Ning felt warm in his heart.

Dongfang Xiong said: "Now that you have become Wenjun, you have brought glory to our Nanping Mansion. After your name is left in history, Nanping Mansion will become the 'Hometown of Wenjun'. By then, this place will become famous all over the world. Maybe

My name, Dongfang Xiong, will also be recorded in the annals of history, and I am really honored by you."

Other academicians looked envious. The book selling rights of Du Ning's "The Thousand-Character Essay" belong to the Nanping Academy of Literature. The promotion of "The Thousand-Character Essay" in various countries is naturally inseparable from the operation behind the Nanping Academy of Arts.

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The possibility that Dongfang Xiong’s name is recorded in history books is almost beyond doubt.

Ye Jinghong's annotations on "The Thousand Character Essay" are also enough to make Ye Jinghong's reputation appear in many history books and be remembered by future generations.

Leaving a good name in the history of the world, even if it is just a cursory comment, is the highest honor for a scholar. It can influence thousands of generations and be praised by future generations.

It's just that throughout history, there are no people who can leave perfect positive records in history books. There are some flaws, but their achievements outweigh their mistakes.

No gold is pure, and no man is perfect.

"Congratulations from the semi-saint Ke family of the Liao Kingdom, with a gift of 30,000 taels of silver, 20 blood ingots of the demon lord, and ten golden and iron horses..."

The list of names announced by the etiquette officer made Ye Jinghong and others look unhappy.

Although the Ke family gave a lot of gifts, to Du Ning they were all things of no use, and for the Semi-Saint family, these gifts were actually relatively shabby.

This is deliberately disgusting Du Ning!

But after all, people come here to give gifts. No matter how bad the gift is, it is still the person's intention, and it is hard for anyone to criticize it directly.

At this time, Ke Changzhi brought a group of Ke family scholars to Yunqi Jun's Mansion.

"Haha... Yun Qijun, congratulations!"

Uncharacteristically, Ke Changzhi greeted Du Ning with a smile, "It's just a small courtesy but no respect. It makes Mr. Yun Qi laugh."

“I know what I’m giving is shabby but I still have the nerve to say it.”

This is the common sentiment of most people present.

"Where is Mr. Ke able to come to attend the ceremony of enthroning the king? It's too late for me to be happy. How can I dare to laugh?"

Du Ning did not humbly call himself "I" or "Junior", but called himself "I", with a teasing tone, which made Ke Changzhi know that Du Ning was deliberately showing off his identity and was embarrassed to accuse him.

"Hey! Isn't this Mr. Jinghong? Long time no see!"

After Ke Changzhi saw Ye Jinghong, a flash of resentment flashed in his eyes, but he still said hello with a forced smile.

I remember last year, Ke Changzhi went to Suzhou to question Du Ning and had a fight with Ye Jinghong, but was defeated by Ye Jinghong with absolute strength.

That battle was the biggest humiliation in Ke Changzhi's history. It can't be forgotten to this day. Looking back on it, it seems like it was yesterday.

The other Ke family members also had smiles on their faces, but their eyes were full of hostility. They would never forget their shame.

"Mr. Ke, long time no see."

Ye Jinghong smiled slightly and said: "Last time, Ye and you had a literary competition and I learned a lot. It's better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. Why don't you and I compete again? I hope Mr. Ke can give you some advice."<

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Ke Changzhi's smile faltered, and his chest heaved as he thought of the scene where he was defeated by Ye Jinghong as if it was just yesterday, and the extremely humiliating memory.

Dongfang Xiong and others suddenly burst into smiles, and Ye Jinghong's sarcasm was enough to make Ke Changzhi feel sick.

"Don't take advice seriously. Today is the ceremony for Lord Yunqi to be enthroned. We should drink and chat. As for the literary competition, Ke will definitely go to Suzhou to ask for advice when he has time someday." Ke Changzhi said solemnly.

"Well, Ye will be waiting for you at Suzhou Literary Academy at any time. I hope Mr. Ke will never...don't dare not to come..."

"You..."

After hearing these words, Ke Changzhi's eyes surged with anger and he secretly clenched his fists.

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