The grandsons of three princes of state.
Two great scholars, representing the four great academies.
They have thrown an olive branch to Xu Qingnian, this kind of treatment is simply enviable to death.
These scholars don’t think much of the wooing of the military generals, after all, since ancient times it has been difficult for the civil and military to come together.
Political factors combined with personality problems made it inevitable that they would not get along.
It was extremely rare for them to favour one person at the same time, but they did understand why the Duke of China had drawn Xu Qingnian in.
The song “Full of River Red” is only suitable for warriors, and the State Dukes are all looking at it. If Xu Qingnian were to give it to one of them, it would be another important piece for them.
So it is only logical that Xu Qingnian would be in their sights.
The military generals did not say anything after they disparaged each other, after all, in front of so many outsiders, it would be a shame to argue, and if word got out to their families, they would probably be beaten up.
After the two great scholars had packed up their articles, Zhao Yuan also came running and handed the jade box to the great scholar Zhou Min.
With the items in hand, the crowd did not linger any longer.
“Little friend Qingnian, see you in the capital.”
“If it were not for the overly urgent need to escort the supreme article, the old man would have been willing to stay and have a good chat with little friend Qingnian, but alas.”
The two great scholars spoke, with smiles in their eyes, and bid farewell to Xu Qingnian.
“Take your time, all of you, when the student leaves for the capital, I will definitely pay a visit.”
Xu Qingnian made a salute and sent them off with respect, also clearly saying that he would pay a visit to them.
If he could win the favour of such people, he would be able to walk around the capital in the future.
The crab is like a crab, and you don’t even have to look at people’s faces.
Of course, what Xu Qingnian understands even more is that friendship is something that needs to be built up over time, and right now it’s just a momentary feeling of being nice and a good impression.
If you really flatter and flatter yourself, you will not be able to please them.
So it’s better to let nature take its course.
“Oh, by the way, Qingnian, take this thing, it’s taken out by the Palace of Literature, the Great Confucian Seal of Literature, with this Seal of Literature, there’s no need to worry about any demons finding you in trouble and preventing some backstabbing.”
Great Confucian Chen Xin prepared to leave, but when he was leaving, he handed a jade seal to Xu Qingnian, this was taken out by the Palace of Literature, it could protect Xu Qingnian from being invaded by evil spirits.
Something like the Nightmare Clan’s dream-invasion technique could be effectively prevented.
“Many thanks, sir.”
Xu Qingnian was grateful, and the latter just smiled and patted Xu Qingnian’s shoulder, without saying anything more, and left.
The pedestrians came and went as quickly as they came.
Their purpose was for the Jedi Articles, and the Emperor was still waiting, so naturally they could not linger.
As for Xu Qingnian, in theory they should have been taken directly to the capital, but the current emperor had not issued a decree, so everything went with the flow.
Moreover, it would not be good to bring Xu Qingnian there by force, after all, people have their own life circle, so at least say goodbye, right?
If you’re the top of the provincial exams, you’ll be able to enter the capital to prepare for the imperial exams, and you can even have the opportunity to be promoted to the front saint.
In other words, it was only a matter of time before Xu Qingnian came to the capital to develop.
The dragon boat rose.
Under the gaze of the people of South Yufu, it entered the clouds and then disappeared quickly.
Above the sky dome.
An azure blue.
Chen Xin and Zhou Min stood at the head of the boat, both looking at the white clouds, silent.
Eventually, Great Confucian Chen Xin was the first to speak.
“What do you think of this son?”
Great Confucian Chen Xin spoke up and asked Great Confucian Zhou Min.
“Excellent face, with a great Confucian face, decent conduct, not humble, transcribing a hundred volumes of articles, cautious and virtuous, rare.”
Grand Confucian Zhou Min gave a high evaluation, while he looked at Grand Confucian Chen Xin.
“Elder Chen has studied face reading, what do you think?”
Great Confucian Zhou Min asked.
“His face is indeed extremely good, he has the great face of Confucianism, but when I look at his face, I can see that he has the intention of a military family.”
“A soldier’s family?”
Great Confucian Zhou Min frowned slightly.
“En.”
“His fortune is Wu Qu, good at warfare.”
Great Confucian Chen Xin replied, an answer that silenced Great Confucian Zhou Min.
“Thirty merits of dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon, to be able to make such imposing words, one would think that he is not happy with barbarian conquest.”
“Now the court is in turmoil, His Majesty has just ascended the throne, a woman ascending the throne, a strange story for the ages, His Majesty needs the Northern Expedition to stabilise the Mandate of Heaven, the people also want Great Wei to return to its heyday, but now the situation is different.”
“If the Lord invades, a real crisis will come to Great Wei, but if he does not, he will not be allowed to follow the Mandate of Heaven, and now the court is already unbalanced, so if this man is good at military invasion, perhaps it is not a good thing for Great Wei.”
Great Confucian Chen Xin was somewhat emotional.
Xu Qingnian was a diamond in the rough, but there were two types of scholars: Confucian scholars and civil scholars.
Confucian courtiers set their hearts on the world, while literary courtiers set their lives on the country.
Everyone knows that the failure of the seven northern expeditions of the Great Wei Dynasty was a disgrace, and the people of the world also hope that one day a great general will emerge to fulfil the dream of Emperor Wu.
But many things cannot be solved by hope.
The people need to be fed, the world needs to be at peace, the economy needs to revive, and rivers and mountains are easy to win but not easy to keep.
The seven hundred years of Great Wei might become history in the blink of an eye.
If the internal problems were not too great, according to the temperament of those generals of Great Wei, they would have already prepared the three armies for another northern expedition.
“Elder Chen is a little worried.”
“I have seen that Qing Yao is very intelligent, even though he is good at military expeditions, he also knows how to advance and retreat, after all he is a member of my Confucian Way, after all, when he enters the capital, we will give him a good instruction, I believe he will understand himself.”
The great Confucian scholar Zhou Min thought about it and gave this answer.
“En, it is this point that I am slightly rea*sured, it is good that he is following the Confucian path, in the future even if he enters the Ministry of War, with Zhu Shengli’s intention in place, he will not make any rash moves.”
“But whether it’s good or bad, it’s all just empty talk, no matter what, within ten years, my Great Wei will have another great Confucian.”
Great Confucian Chen Xin said seriously.
“Ten years? That’s about right.”
Grand Confucian Zhou Min nodded after him.
They knew that Xu Qingnian had been enrolled for less than a month and had been promoted to the eighth rank, which was indeed surprising, but when one reached the level of a great Confucian, one saw things differently.
For ordinary scholars, if they could be promoted to the eighth rank in twenty-nine days, it would only take them three or four years to be promoted to Great Confucian, or even have the qualifications to become a saint.
But for a great scholar, to be promoted to the eighth rank in twenty-nine days is an astonishing thing.
But to say that one becomes a saint is not a concept at all.
Before the seventh grade of Confucianism, all can only be considered as entering the Dao, nurturing Qi, opening the body and cultivating the body, all belong to a stage of entering the Dao.
Let alone twenty-nine days, they would not be too surprised even if they were promoted to the eighth grade in one day.
What was really difficult was the seventh grade.
Ming Yi.
It is from this realm that one understands the meaning of the phrase what is one grade and one heaven.
No matter how many famous words of a thousand years old you make, no matter how many superb essays you write, it will not help you much, because at this realm, it is the stage of change in thought, the stage of resonance with heaven and earth.
Don’t look at Xu Qingnian’s promotion to the eighth rank in less than a month.
Perhaps Xu Qingnian will be stuck at this realm of the eighth rank for the rest of his life.
Whereas there are those who have never entered the rank for the rest of their lives, but if one day he suddenly understands the truth of heaven and earth, he can become a saint in one day.
This is the essential difference between Confucianism and Taoism.
The two great Confucians looked at Xu Qingnian’s character rather than his speed of cultivation.
Confucianism is valued for its character.
The two men were silent and did not continue their exchange.
In the South Yu House.
With the departure of the great Confucians, a large part of the crisis was lifted.
The appearance of the supreme article had caused the crowd to worry most about the demon attacks, which had occurred, but they were all minor players who could not stir up any waves.
Now that the article had been sent away, it was of little concern to them whether anything would happen or not.
Great Confucian scholar Chen Xin gave Xu Qingnian a piece of article seal, which was enough to protect Xu Qingnian’s safety, and basically the crisis was lifted.
The Confucian scholars were released one by one, and they were fed and housed in the Tribute House for two consecutive days, which was not much of a problem, mainly because it was difficult for them to witness the release of the greatest essay and not be able to speak about it.
Now that the court has released them, the Confucian students are all very excited and have been fabricating all sorts of rumours for the past two days, both to boast about Xu Qingnian and to highlight the fact that they were lucky enough to witness it.
The only person who was a bit odd was a man who shivered in fear when he heard about the restaurant and refused to go, saying that he had a nightmare and had to go back and read for a year, otherwise he would not be able to calm down.
Most people left.
Xu Qingnian was still left inside the tribute courtyard.
All the masters wanted to have a good chat with Xu Qingnian, after all, such a big talent was here, so they must have a good chat.
At the moment, everyone knew that Xu Qingnian’s future official career was bound to soar, especially in the Confucian path.
The crowd would not let go of this opportunity as Xu Qingnian had not yet entered the capital.
Xu Qingnian didn’t complain either. More than ten masters protected him and owed him a favour, so he naturally had to repay the favour.
Moreover, they could also ask about some matters in the court in pa*sing.
For example, the origins of those few people just now.
We had a good chat.
It was late into the night, and the teachers hadn’t slept for days, so they were tired in the afternoon.
But Xu Qingnian was an interesting and elegant speaker, and most importantly, he gave them face.
No one wanted to leave, so they talked until midnight, when Xu Qingnian saw that all the teachers were tired, but did not want to leave, so she took the initiative to say that she was a bit sleepy.
In the end, although everyone wanted to stay, they thought that Xu Qingnian had not rested for several days and was a bit sleepy themselves, so they did not continue chatting.
Xu Qingnian still rested at the Tribute Courtyard, it was too late in the day, there was no need to go back to the inn, plus this guy, Cheng Lidong, was probably waiting for him outside the Tribute Courtyard, so he might as well sleep well here.
It was night.
All was quiet.
Xu Qingnian was lying on his bed.
She hadn’t slept for several days in a row, and her drowsiness had indeed come over her.
Lying on the bed.
Xu Qingnian stretched her back.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
“How about trying the Dream Entering Great Avatar?”