Confucian and Taoist scholar

Night falls,

Imperial Palace, Royal Study.

Some important officials from the Six Ministries, headed by Prime Minister Wang, came here to discuss an important matter with Emperor Guangde.

"Your Majesty, people like Du Ning must have ulterior motives for coming to our Seven Islands Sea Country. The Holy Court has always wanted to capture our Seven Islands Sea Country. You must know this, and today the mainland scholars are better than our Seven Islands Sea Country in literary competition.

As an island country, this is simply a huge shame for us, and we will have a hard time explaining it to the people of the island country."

Prime Minister Wang said: "I have the guts to speak out, and I will stop doing nothing and kill Du Ning and others on charges of conspiring with Haiguo. Everyone will pretend that what happened today has never happened. This way, our Haiguo literary world can be preserved."

reputation."

"What did you say!"

Emperor Guangde was furious: "Prime Minister Wang, you are so brave. You dare to say such treasonous words in front of me. Du Ning is a civilized monarch of the human race. Just by your words, I can destroy you."

official position!"

Prime Minister Wang said without changing his expression: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I made a mistake for a while, and I ask for your forgiveness. However, I also think about the Seven Islands Sea Country. If I don't kill them, the mainland scholars will look down on us, the Seven Islands Sea Country, and think that we are

They are all goods that have settled in a corner overseas and have become the laughing stock of the entire Holy Forest Continent. Although my thoughts are despicable, they are all for the sake of the foundation of our country!"

Emperor Guangde said: "The reason why we failed in the literary struggle was all because of the incompetence of the officials in the Ministry of War. They lost the face of our literary world in the mainland in front of the mainland scholars. If we kill Du Ning and others with a grudge because of this, don't worry.

As for the common people of the sea country, even a few people will look down on me."

"But Your Majesty, if we don't get rid of Du Ning and the others, our Haiguo literary world will suffer a very severe blow, and this will also be a stain on your reign. If it is not handled well, future generations of the Ji family will suffer.

You will definitely be humiliated. Is the Emperor willing to bear such consequences?" Prime Minister Wang said indifferently.

"This..."

After Emperor Guangde heard this sentence, the expression on his face changed. Prime Minister Wang's words really spoke to his heart.

"Wang Aiqing's words are not unreasonable, but..."

Emperor Guangde said with an ugly expression: "Du Ning is a civilized monarch of the human race and an envoy sent by the Holy Court. Once he is killed, wouldn't it give the Holy Court a reason to send troops to attack our Seven Island Sea Country? The Holy Court will

If the master is famous, our seven-island sea country will suffer from war. I can't ignore the safety of the people and clan of the sea country for the sake of my own reputation!"

Prime Minister Wang said with contempt on his face: "Your Majesty, don't worry, our navy of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom can dominate the endless sea area. If the Holy Academy dares to send warships to attack, our navy of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom can easily defeat the war on the mainland.

Ship, by then we will not only be able to obtain more strategic resources, but also expand our territory and reach the mainland. Your Majesty, this will be the best opportunity for you to create an eternal foundation. This opportunity must not be missed, or it will never come again!"

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"Your Majesty! What Prime Minister Wang said is absolutely true! If the Holy Court dares to provoke a battle, we can also send troops to attack the mainland!"

"Although Du Ning is a civilized monarch of the human race, he is actually just a Confucian, Taoist, and Hanlin scholar. I dare to conclude that even if the Holy Court knew that we had killed Du Ning and others, the Holy Court would not even dare to let a fart go."
Other officials also agreed one after another. Their eyes showed a little greed, imagining the wonderful scene of the sea country's warships attacking the mainland and expanding their territory.

"Enough!"

Emperor Guangde shouted angrily and said seriously: "Put away your unrealistic ideas, and don't forget that the reason why the Holy Court is the Holy Court is because there are saints from the human race who are here to guard it. Once we kill Du Ning,

That would be a devastating disaster for our seven-island maritime country."

Prime Minister Wang said without changing his expression: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. Are there still saints in places like the Holy Forest Continent? It's really ridiculous. Even if saints exist, it happened hundreds of years ago. Saints are also human beings.

There will also be a day of death. Yichen deduces that there are at most a few great scholars in the Holy Court, using the name of the Holy Court to deceive the world and steal their reputation. The purpose is to narcotize our Seven Islands Sea Country. This method is really too low-level.

It’s impossible to deceive us.”

"Prime Minister Wang is right. Your Majesty, please think about it. Our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom once had saints sitting in our country. At that time, the scholars in the Holy Forest Continent were nothing in front of us. If the saints from our Seven Islands Sea Country were still there,

.Is it Du Ning’s turn to show off his power here? Bullshit! Who the hell is he? Respect him, let’s call him Mr. Yunqi. To put it bluntly, he is just a guy who came out of nowhere.

!"

"Well said!"

Many officials were excited and very powerful. Not only did they despise Du Ning, a human monarch, they even did not take the majestic Holy Court in their eyes.

Their eyes were blazing, and they looked down upon the Holy Forest Continent with great contempt. They could scold anyone in the Holy Forest Continent bloody.

At this moment, these officials are so high-spirited and proud.

Emperor Guangde said: "What you all said is very good, but if the people in the Holy Forest Continent are as vulnerable as you say, our officials in the Ministry of War will not lose so miserably today."
"This..."

The expressions of some officials instantly became very unnatural, while some people suddenly had their eyes wide open and started to gnash their teeth.

Today's civil war is regarded by many officials as a great shame and humiliation, which they will never forget for the rest of their lives.

Now when they heard that Emperor Guangde did not open any pot, their hearts were filled with sorrow and indignation.

Especially the Minister of the Ministry of War feels that he has no shame standing here.

"Your Majesty, what happened today was just an accident. After all, they are scholars sent by the Holy Court. Naturally, they have their own merits. The reason why the officials of the Ministry of War lost was because they underestimated the scholars from the mainland.

One is careless, and the other is that he does not understand the cultivation and strength of these people, and thus mistakenly underestimates their strength." Prime Minister Wang said bravely.

Emperor Guangde said: "But for the scholars in the Holy Forest Continent, they don't know the strength of our military officials, and in order to help you, I specially formulated the rules of literary fighting that are beneficial to military scholars. As a result,

You have let me down very much."

The Minister of War said: "So for the sake of the reputation of our court, we must get rid of people like Du Ning, otherwise we will not be able to face the people of Haiguo. If the people of Haiguo know that we lost to mainland scholars in literary competition,

They will definitely stab us in the back. Wei Chen suggested that we start tonight and kill all Du Ning and others before the news has spread."

Emperor Guangde said indifferently: "You are also scholars after all, but you actually used such despicable means to frame the literary monarch of the human race. Aren't you afraid that your literary courage will be compromised?"

Prime Minister Wang said righteously: "For the reputation of the Seven Islands and the Sea Kingdom, and for the emperor's wisdom, let alone destroying the minister's literary courage, what's the harm even if it costs the minister's life and property? As a minister, if you can't do anything for

Your Majesty's sharing of worries is no different from those rotten trees and rotten grass. Your Majesty, our Seven Island Sea Country has a powerful naval force as our backing, and we are not afraid of going to war with the Holy Forest Continent. Please give your order!"

"Enough!"

Emperor Guangde suddenly slapped the dragon chair and said loudly: "I am a descendant of King Wen and the real emperor. If you do this, how will you be able to meet your ancestors in the future? Wang Aiqing, as the prime minister of a country, you

How can you do such a treasonous thing for the sake of those false names? Don’t forget, we are also human beings!”

"But we are from the Sea Kingdom! How can the human bloodline on the Sacred Forest Continent be compared with ours? If they offend our court, they deserve to die!" Prime Minister Wang argued.

"No!"

Emperor Guangde said: "I will never do such a thing that insults our ancestors. You can be a scholar without literary courage. Is it possible for me to be an emperor without literary courage? When the time comes, the people of Haiguo will

How will you treat the widowed people?"

"This..."

Prime Minister Wang and others looked ugly. They wanted to get rid of Du Ning, but they ignored that the emperor was also a talented scholar.

Once the literary monarch of the human race is really killed, Emperor Guangde's literary courage will definitely be shattered. When the time comes, won't he become a clown sitting on the dragon's throne?

"But Your Majesty, if we don't get rid of Du Ning, we in Haiguo will have to accept this humiliation..."

"I would rather suffer humiliation than do anything that offends my conscience. I cannot make an exception..."

When Emperor Guangde said this, he looked out the window and looked far away: "Have you ever thought about it? Once a person behaves like a fool once, he may do it again and again.

Foolish king, when that time comes, I will fall into a quagmire and struggle, and the more I struggle, the more painful it will be."

Prime Minister Wang and others were stunned on the spot.

"Same reason. Once you do this, there will be a second and third time in the future. Do you still remember how the Yin and Shang dynasties perished? The treacherous ministers were in power and the king was stupid, so that he was overthrown by my ancestor King Wen, and the few people

As a descendant of the Emperor of Zhou, do you want to learn from the Yin Shang Dynasty?"

"This...this...the emperor...the minister...the ministers have absolutely no such intention."

Prime Minister Wang broke into a cold sweat on his forehead.

What Emperor Guangde said makes sense. Once you do this kind of thing once, you will be out of control in the future.

Either never do it, or you will lay the foundation for a disaster that will surely be overthrown by other princes in the future.

History has always evolved like this.

"I'm sure I haven't heard your suggestions tonight, and you should pretend you haven't said it yourself. If anyone dares to mention this kind of thing again, don't blame me for being rude." Emperor Guangde warned.

"Yes..."

Prime Minister Wang and others bowed their heads helplessly.

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