The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2546 End of the Peace Talks

"You are the ones who put all your hopes on Chen Sheng." Fang Yun's tone was extremely cold.

The officials thought carefully and realized that Fang Yun was more correct.

Fang Yun had never placed his hopes on Chen Sheng, so now he had to accumulate strength and fight against foreign enemies with all his strength after Chen Sheng's death.

On the other hand, Sheng Boyuan regarded Chen Sheng as his last trump card, so he was willing to sell everything, like a gambler, hoping to turn the tables through Chen Sheng in the end.

Sheng Boyuan was slightly stunned and retorted: "Should we pin our hopes on you?"

Fang Yun did not even look at Sheng Boyuan, and said loudly: "The civil servant examination is the work of all the scholars in Jingguo. As long as one person disagrees, it cannot be handed over to the miscellaneous family. As for the peace talks, the purpose of the miscellaneous family is to seize the civil servant examination. Therefore, this peace talk is terminated."

In the silent Fengtian Hall, Sheng Boyuan was furious and said: "You said peace talks, then peace talks, no peace talks, then no peace talks, you completely wiped out the efforts and achievements of the Peace Negotiation Department with just one sentence , you ruined the peace between the two sides with just one sentence. Do you think you are the king of Jing or the half-saint of the human race? With the king and the queen mother here, it is not your turn to be so presumptuous in Jing! The master of Jing is the king after all! This peace talk must be passed or not! "

Cao De'an said sternly: "Sheng Boyuan, do you want to resist the will of the cabinet?"

Sheng Boyuan raised his head and said: "For the people of Jing, for the royal family of Jing, and for the king, this peace talk must be passed!"

"What if I don't agree?" Fang Yun asked back.

Sheng Boyuan sneered: "I have already drafted the imperial edict and stamped it with the jade seal. As long as the court meeting is over, the peace talks will officially take effect!"

The whole court was in an uproar.

The officials in the hall looked at Sheng Boyuan in disbelief, and then looked at the queen mother and Jing Jun behind the curtain.

The queen mother bowed her head.

Jing Jun tilted his head and looked at his mother in astonishment.

In fact, after the Qin and Han Dynasties, the power of the monarch was greatly suppressed. In many cases, once officials had a huge dispute with the monarch, the Holy Court often supported the scholars.

As a result, over the past few hundred years, the royal families of various countries have truly co-governed the world with scholars. It is just that in name, the monarch still owns everything in the country, and the officials are only acting on behalf of the monarch.

Fang Yun has been seizing the power of the monarch these days, but he has only eroded some of the authority. Although the highest decision-making level is the cabinet, the person holding the highest power is still the monarch.

Even if the monarch holds the highest power, both parties have abided by a tacit understanding for hundreds of years. No matter what decision King Jing makes, he must obtain the support of the cabinet. If the cabinet does not support it, the monarchs of various countries will rarely force the imperial edict, unless it is something that will not affect the country.

This peace talk will determine the future of Jingguo. It is impossible for the monarch of any country to force it through despite the opposition of hundreds of officials.

Fang Yun said loudly: "This is driving history backwards! You must know how serious the consequences of doing so are!"

Sheng Boyuan sneered: "Yes, the consequences of the peace talks are very serious, so serious that the Miscellaneous School no longer sends down the Holy Dao Town Seal, so serious that the scholars of the Miscellaneous School in Jingguo are not affected, and so serious that the court of Jingguo is still in order! Fang Yun, you must also understand one thing, this Jingguo is not yours!"

"It seems that I have been cultivating myself recently and let you forget the means I used to deal with the monsters!" Fang Yun slowly got off the Wuhou car, and Hu Li hurriedly supported Fang Yun's arm.

Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen hurriedly said: "Don't worry, no matter what the conflict is, you can sit down and talk it out."

Sheng Boyuan's eyes were filled with sadness, and he said: "If we can sit down and talk it out, why would I threaten the Queen Mother with resigning to agree to do so? Since the beginning, Fang Yun didn't want to negotiate! I know that he also wants to delay for the good of Jingguo, but the Zajia has reached a consensus within the family, and they are not even prepared to ask the Zongsheng for instructions. Once the civil servant examination is not integrated into the Zajia Holy Way, they will send down the Holy Way to suppress it, and then cooperate with other countries to re-establish the civil servant examination. At that time, my Jingguo will have only the civil servant examination, what can it do?"

Yang Xuwen sighed: "What Minister Sheng said makes sense, and I have also heard that the Zajia is right In the civil servant examination, we are determined to pass. Fang Xusheng, let's calm down, just talk about reason, don't argue. Do you have a way to fight against the miscellaneous school? "

Fang Yun shook his head gently and said: "The power of the miscellaneous school is all over the world. How can I, a mere scholar, fight against it?"

Yang Xuwen said: "It seems that you still put your hope in the future. You are right, and Sheng Boyuan is also right. Why don't we each take a step back? "

Fang Yun said: "I have stepped back and asked the ancestor to protect Jingguo for ten years, but the miscellaneous school refused. If you are sane, you will understand the reason. "

Yang Xuwen was silent. In fact, every official knew that Fang Yun's request for the ancestor to protect Jingguo was rejected, which meant that the ancestor really wanted to annex Jingguo to complete his holy way.

This was a very direct test by Fang Yun to test whether the ancestor wanted to give up annexing Jingguo now and whether he was willing to give up his previous choice for the civil servant examination.

The answer is obvious.

The officials also knew Fang Yun's attitude. Since Zong Sheng was going to annex Jingguo in the end, Fang Yun would just fight to the end. He would delay the matter as much as possible and would never let Zong Sheng take Jingguo easily.

Therefore, many people supported Fang Yun before.

However, not all officials supported Fang Yun.

Every scholar who majored in or minored in miscellaneous schools did not want to oppose Zongjia, and some non-miscellaneous scholars did not want to see the conflict between Jingguo and miscellaneous schools completely intensified.

Because that meant that they had to choose a side.

Choosing Zajia is equivalent to throwing away all the hard work over the years. Even if you go to Qingguo, you may not be able to go further. What's more, they don't want to leave their hometown.

If you choose Jingguo, you will most likely die for Jingguo, because once the struggle between the two parties becomes intense, a war will inevitably break out. By then, everyone will be involuntarily and may die in battle at any time.

Sheng Boyuan said: "Since Zong Sheng refuses, and since your conditions are not feasible, then we will each take a step back and choose conditions acceptable to both parties to promote peace talks! This is the correct peace negotiation."

Fang Yongyong looked at Sheng Boyuan with cold eyes and said: "You still don't understand the reason why the human race stands out from the thousands of creatures in the Holy Yuan Continent, and you will never understand how the human race can ascend to the Lord of All Realms. I no longer have the patience to fight with you. If you argue and retract the imperial edict, I will treat it as if you never said those words."

Sheng Boyuan straightened his spine and said calmly: "It's absolutely impossible! This peace negotiation has ended!"

Fang Yun turned around, looked at the Queen Mother on the dragon chair, and bowed deeply, "I, Fang Yun, please take back the Queen Mother's orders, so as not to harm the country or the emperor."

"You..." Sheng Boyuan did not expect that Fang Yun would dare to threaten the Queen Mother and the King in public.

At this time, Jing Jun gently pulled the corner of the Queen Mother's clothes with his hand and said: "Mother, my child doesn't like that Minister Sheng, let's listen to Master Fang."

Sheng Boyuan was stunned, and then his face turned gloomy, with complex expressions appearing on his face. At first it was shock, then shame, and then, he felt a deep sense of decadence and sadness.