The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2538 Forced to negotiate

Qingguo, the old Taoju.

In the courtyard on the top of the mountain, two people held hands and talked.

The appearance of the people playing chess is exactly the same, and even the details such as momentum and breathing are exactly the same.

If we must talk about the difference, it is that one person holds the black stone and the other holds the white stone.

The chess pieces are on the board, manifesting the shapes of mountains and rivers, and gathering the sounds of dragons and tigers.

Several hours have passed, and not a single piece has fallen on the chessboard.

Falling like a mountain.

In Daofeng Mountain, Wenxinyuan, various scholars gather together.

In the hall, many great scholars fell into silence.

After a long time, Zong Ganyu, who was sitting in the first place, said slowly: "What do you think about the civil service examination?"

No one spoke. After a long time, Hong Maoshan, a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty, said: "Half of the Zajia."

The faces of all the great scholars varied. After several breaths, someone asked.

"Is it half Zajia, or half Zajia?"

Hong Maoshan said helplessly, "If we are only half a mixed family, why are we all gathered here?"

A great Confucian said: "In this case, we are determined to win the civil service examination! So, now, there are only two ways, either to forcibly lower the Holy Road to seal the seal, force Fang Yun to bow his head and admit his mistake, and hand it over to the civil service examination; or to come forward. To negotiate for peace, I am willing to give up Qingguo and ask Fang Xusheng to grant the Holy Way to the Zajia."

"Hmph, these words are akin to irritating generals! I think there is only one way, and that is to use the seal of the holy way and the anger of the sage as a threat, at the expense of giving up the interests of the Qing Dynasty, or even give in one step further in exchange for returning from the civil service examination. Enter Zajia’s house.”

"Abandoning the interests of Qingguo? Are the people of Qingguo scolding you for thousands of years, or do you think that Qingguo, where the Zongsheng is sitting, is not worthy of help?"

"The saint does not block the way, and the sage should not be involved in this matter."

"So, Qingguo has no way to retreat, how can we retreat again?"

"When Qingjun abdicates, you can take another step back."

"The king is the foundation of the country. If Qingjun abdicates, how can Qingguo have the dignity to stand up to the ten kingdoms?"

"Now, face is not important. What is important is that if I use Qing Jun to take the civil service examination and enter the Za family, is it a loss or a gain?"

"Are we a miscellaneous family or a businessman?"

"Selling for a price, hoarding, but it's Lu Sheng's sincere teachings!"

"If Fang Yun still disagrees, how can we retreat?"

"Fang Yun hates Mr. Qing very much, so he must agree."

"I asked what if he doesn't agree?"

"Then you should first ask Fang Yun if he agrees!"

Zong Ganyu coughed slightly, interrupted the argument, and said: "My son died outside Yueyang Tower, and he has a deep hatred with Fang Yun. However, this matter will affect our family and the country for thousands of years. We should prioritize peace talks and not rush forward." . That Fang Yun... dares to do anything and can do it!"

The great scholars of the Za family looked at Zong Ganyu, who seemed to have aged dozens of years in just two years, and looked at the weathered marks on his face, showing sympathy.

Hong Maoshan let out a long sigh and said, "Gan Yu has suffered a lot for the Za family."

"If we can make the miscellaneous family stand above the hundred families, we will have no regrets even if we die! Not to mention one son, even if all the descendants are cut off, there will be no regrets." Zong Ganyu's voice was decisive.

Hong Maoshan said with emotion: "Even for Brother Zong, we should put aside our prejudices. Let's do this. I propose to vote immediately and choose peace talks, or continue to forcefully force Fang Yun. The peace talks will produce "Spring and Autumn", and the "Sun Tzu" will be obtained by force."

The great scholars did not take out any book immediately. After hundreds of breaths, some great scholars took out a book one after another and placed it in front of them.

Some people took out "Spring and Autumn", others took out "Sun Tzu", but only a few people took out "Sun Tzu", and the former accounted for the vast majority.

Hong Maoshan said: "Without further delay, we will discuss today and choose peace talks tomorrow. As for the bottom line of peace talks, we must carefully consider it."

"Sigh... Jingguo begged us for peace talks before, but we obstructed them in every possible way. But now he comes to ask for peace. I'm afraid it's hard to be kind. In this peace talk, let's not mention the bottom line, let's talk about the basics first, that is, we can only take back all the previous negotiations. The conditions proposed by Jing Guo, including compensation, technology, personnel, etc., cannot be changed."

Hong Maoshan said helplessly: "Yes. We must give up all the previous conditions. No one objects to this, right?"

All the great scholars were silent.

This is not only a matter of conditions, but also a matter of appearance.

All great scholars are ashamed to oppose it.

All the conditions previously proposed must be returned intact. This is a heavy slap on the face from the Zajia.

"Then, the second thing should be to restore the status of all scholars who were previously expelled from the Zajia family, and... give away sacred objects as compensation."

"Fantasy?"

Several great scholars showed displeasure. Even these great scholars would not get many divine objects in their lifetime.

Hong Maoshan smiled bitterly and said: "Those officials have already damaged the foundation of the holy way, and Fang Yun is famous for protecting his shortcomings. They will never agree without bringing out the magical artifacts and medicine."

Zong Ganyu gently waved his sleeves and said: "That's all, this sacred object will come from our Zong family to discuss the next matter."

"Unsurprisingly, the other party will definitely put forward a condition, that is, from now on, Jingguo scholars cannot be expelled from the Zajia family, nor can they use the holy way to seal them."

"No, the premise is that they are not against the Zajia family. If they have a holy dispute with the Zajia family, won't we never be able to punish them?"

"If we can use the Holy Dao to suppress them at any time, why should they give up the civil service examination?"

"Is it the power of the Zajia's Holy Way that's more important, or is it the mere examination of civil servants?"

"The civil service examination is important."

"Without the civil service examination, the Zajia family will still be the Zajia family, and the holy path will not be damaged!"

"Without the civil service examination, the eclectic school is only a defective eclectic school. It seems that some people have not seen the terribleness of the civil service examination. Once the civil service examination is popularized in the Ten Kingdoms, the children of each family can be promoted by relying on their own learning. Who would want to learn the skills of the eclectic school to ascend to the throne?"

"Desires are insatiable. As long as the holy way of the eclectic school can help them get promoted, they will always understand that more skills are better than less! Except for Jingguo, all countries will not reject the eclectic school. If the civil service examination is popular in the Ten Kingdoms, it will inevitably lead to more scholars minoring in the eclectic school."

"Then, what about those who major in the eclectic school?" Zong Ganyu asked a key question.

No one in the hall responded, even those who had been passionately opposed to the peace talks before.

The great scholars present all understood that the civil service examination was indeed eroding the eclectic school.

Because the civil service examination has test papers from various schools, but not the eclectic school.

Moreover, the eclectic school cannot become a must-learn for grassroots officials.

This means that only a few scholars who want and can become high-ranking officials will study the Miscellaneous School in depth, while most scholars will major in other schools to prepare for the civil service examination, and at most study the Miscellaneous School as a minor in the future.

"We can negotiate with other countries to include Miscellaneous School content in the examination questions of other countries."

"As long as Miscellaneous School cannot be listed as a separate subject, scholars will rarely major in it."

"Then we will work hard to list Miscellaneous School as a separate subject."

Hong Maoshan asked: "If you take the examination paper of the Engineer, you can enter the Ministry of Works and its related offices; if you take the examination paper of the Farmer, you can enter the Ministry of Households and related offices, and the same is true for other schools. So, if you only take the examination paper of the Miscellaneous School, which office is suitable for you to work in?"

The people who opposed were speechless.

This is the biggest problem of the Miscellaneous School, and it is also the reason why the Miscellaneous School wants to swallow up some holy ways such as the Diplomatic School.