The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2076 Liu Shan's Regret

Afterwards, everyone got another piece of news. Liu Shan did not express his opinion, but the left-wing party members spread the word. They asked Liu Shan to join the army and serve the country on the grounds that the barbarian threat had not been completely resolved and the second battle between the two borders was about to begin.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Jin died and had not yet been buried. In order to seize the opportunity, Duke Xiang of Jin had to send troops, but he took into account the battlefield and etiquette, wore mourning clothes, and painted the white mourning clothes black. Finally, he defeated the Qin State. After that, Duke Xiang of Jin buried Duke Wen of Jin in black mourning clothes.

绖 is the belt of mourning clothes, which refers to mourning clothes.

In the armies of various countries in the past dynasties, whenever there was a major event, the soldiers could not return even if their parents died, which was called "mo shou xian jun".

Mo shou xian jun originally evolved into a spirit of praising loyalty to the country and the people, but Liu Shan now used it, making everyone feel disgusted.

Fang Yun and his party received the letter a hundred miles away from the capital, and now they were reading it while flying to the capital.

Chen Youdao, who was returning with them, frowned and asked: "Fang Xusheng, Liu the old thief is full of tricks. This is probably what he said to test us. Once he forces Mo Sui to join the army, we may have to deal with him in the court."

Many people nodded gently. The identity of a Taoist master can suppress half of Jingguo. No one dared to risk falling out with Zongsheng to force Liu Shan away.

Fang Yun said: "Since Mo Sui is joining the army, please ask Liu Xiang to go to Shuofang and join the army with a pen!"

Many people smiled. Fang Yun's move was to cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. He simply explained Mo Sui joining the army with the original meaning of the semi-saint classic "Zuo Zhuan". Once Liu Shan chose Mo Sui to join the army, he could only stay away from the capital.

As long as he left the capital, Zuo Xiang's party would inevitably scatter like monkeys when the tree fell, and it would be difficult to influence Jingguo.

"He won't use any means to force the royal family to take away their love, right?" Chen Youdao asked.

"He dares!"

Everyone blamed Liu Shan.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. If the country really cannot do without some officials, even if the officials have to go home to mourn for their parents, the monarch can take away their filial piety and not let the officials leave. The officials will remain in their original positions, but they will no longer wear official clothes or official clothes, but can only wear plain clothes and cannot participate in any literary gatherings, sacrifices, banquets and other activities. Other than that, everything is the same as before.

For Liu Shan, Jing Jun's taking away love is the best means, but with Fang Yun, the royal family is unprecedentedly powerful, and Jing Jun will never take away love. As long as Liu Shan asks for mourning, the monarch and the queen mother will definitely agree to let him leave.

"I'm afraid that he will refuse to leave..."

When everyone heard this, they felt a headache. As long as Liu Shan insisted that loyalty and filial piety were difficult to achieve and that he was devoted to his country, he would not care about his face. Everyone could do nothing about a dignified Taoist except impeaching and accusing him.

As they continued to fly, Fang Yun said, "The Queen Mother convened a court meeting due to the death of Liu's mother. All civil and military officials have gathered in the Golden Palace. We can step on the clouds and go straight to the outside of the palace."

As Fang Yun spoke, a golden wild goose appeared in front of him, and then turned into golden handwriting.

When they saw that it was a letter from the emperor's jade seal, they dared not to land and flew straight to the palace.

However, several newly promoted university scholars were very careful when approaching the city wall, because in history, a university scholar accidentally stepped on the clouds and broke into the city wall of the capital from the sky, and was then killed silently, and in the end, not even a bit of ashes was left.

The crowd successfully passed over the city wall, and soon flew to the front gate of the palace and landed slowly.

The side door of the palace was open, and several eunuchs trotted over and half-knelt when they saw Fang Yun.

"Meet Lord Ji!"

"Enter the palace." Fang Yun said.

The great scholars and scholars of Jingguo followed Fang Yun into the palace, while people from other countries either stayed and waited, or left and returned home one after another.

The Jingguo Palace, with red walls and green tiles, was broad and grand. It was a place where the fate of a country gathered, and its momentum was no less than that of the holy temple in the city.

Fang Yun keenly felt that the fluctuations of the heaven and earth vitality here were somewhat abnormal, and guessed that it was related to his previous war poem that triggered the fate of the country.

After Fang Yun arrived at the Golden Palace, he stepped in.

Niu Shan stood at the door of the Golden Palace like a loyal guard.

Everyone in the Golden Palace looked at Fang Yun, and the young Jing Jun's eyes were shining, as if he had met a savior.

Amid the civil and military officials, Fang Yun strode forward from the Golden Palace, walking like a dragon and a tiger, with a momentum like a mountain, and eyes like the sun and the moon. Everyone felt a breath from the ancient times coming towards them.

It was as if a supreme will had descended here, declaring the new master of this place.

The Lord of Blood Mane, the Lord of Ten Colds, the Lord of the Yangtze River, and the Human Void Saint, four in one, intimidated the people in the palace.

Neither Jing Jun nor the left-wing party who racked their brains to attack Fang Yun could have any distracting thoughts at this moment. Their minds were blank, and they could only stare blankly at Fang Yun walking to the mahogany armchair prepared for him.

Fang Yun did not even bow, but just nodded slightly to the young Jing Jun and the queen mother behind the curtain, and said: "Hello, king and queen mother. I am busy with the affairs of Shuofang. I am late today. Please forgive me."

The young Jing Jun smiled and said: "Master, you are tired from the journey. Please sit down and rest. We will talk about the rest later."

"Thank you for your understanding, king." Fang Yun said, sat on the armchair and looked around at everyone.

Some officials were secretly envious in their hearts. They all said that Liu Shan had once been powerful and arbitrary, but compared with Fang Yun today, he was far inferior.

Fang Yun's behavior at this moment would be considered a traitor if it were someone else, but it was natural for him to do it.

At this moment, Fang Yun's power has officially surpassed that of the Kingdom of Jing and is no longer among the officials.

If it weren't for the etiquette, Queen Mother Jing and the civil and military officials would have left the palace to welcome Fang Yun.

Fang Yun finally looked at Liu Shan.

At this moment, Liu Shan's hair and beard were all white, and there were fine wrinkles on his face. He looked more than ten years older than the university scholars of the same age.

However, Liu Shan's eyes were still bright and energetic, like a bright lamp hanging in the air, illuminating the world.

"My condolences, Prime Minister Liu. When will you return to your hometown to observe the mourning?" Fang Yun asked bluntly.

A group of officials breathed a sigh of relief. Before Fang Yun arrived, no one directly asked Liu Shan about mourning. They all argued with the left prime minister's party in a roundabout way. Now Fang Yun went straight to the point and solved many problems.

Some old officials squinted at Fang Yun, full of relief.

After years of dormancy, Fang Yun finally had the ability to ask Liu Shan directly in this court!

Looking at Fang Yun, Liu Shan's eyes were slightly hazy, and he instinctively remembered the first time he met Fang Yun in the Golden Palace. At that time, Fang Yun had just passed the tribute test for the Jinshi test and had not yet participated in the palace test. He was still immature.

At that time, Fang Yun was a little reserved and respectful in the Golden Palace, and his ranking was behind all the Hanlin scholars.

Liu Shan couldn't help but think of his judgment of Fang Yun back then. He believed that Fang Yun would become the backbone of the human race in 20 years, but before Fang Yun became fully grown, Jing Kingdom had already become the possession of Qing Kingdom, and he would become an important official of Qing Kingdom, step into the ranks of great scholars, and look for the opportunity to be canonized.

However, now there is only one word left in Liu Shan's heart.

Regret!

Regret!

Regret! .