The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2098 Qingguo Threat

"Make them wait."

Fang Yun paid no attention to the people outside, even though the letters continued to flow.

Afterwards, Fang Yun closed his eyes tightly and began to practice.

When the others saw Fang's fate, they suddenly realized that this was a holy land for enlightenment, and it was the first time the holy land was opened. Although the accumulated holy way was not as powerful as it would be in the future, it was closer to the original power of the holy way. Better than ever.

So all the officials in the Academy of Arts began to practice.

Time slowly passed, and there were more and more people outside the Academy of Literature. The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, the minister of Honglu Temple, and the young minister of Honglu Temple all arrived in Qing Dynasty. This meant that Qing Dynasty was no longer able to carry out high-level foreign affairs. Activities, whether it is a monarch or a pavilion elder, if it is a visit, it is inseparable from the two senior officials of Honglu Temple.

This also means that the Qing State has elevated the visit to Baling City to a national level, but due to etiquette, it can only send a minister of the Ministry of Personnel. If etiquette is ignored, the Qing State may send an assistant minister or even a right minister to visit Baling.

Not only Qing State sent its Minister of Rites, but the other eight countries also sent Ministers of Rites to arrive. Several big countries, such as Qi State, even sent other officials of the same level to show that they valued it and would not damage the ethics.

After all, there is no precedent for Shangshu and Ge Lao to visit a state first. They can only visit the monarch as a state courtesy before heading to Baling City. This will seriously delay their arrival in Xiangzhou.

The Jingguo court directly sent Jiang Hechuan. Now Jiang Hechuan is the official with the highest official position and civil status under the king of Jingguo.

All aristocratic families sent their great scholars to come, and some heads of declining aristocratic families even came in person.

The Holy Land of Enlightenment may very well determine the rise or fall of a family.

As for other Xusheng families or wealthy families, those with great Confucianism will send great Confucians, and those without great Confucianism will have the head of the family come in person. In name, it is to congratulate them. In fact, they know that they have lost the qualification to compete for Xiaoxingtan, and they just want to try their best to gain the opportunity.

There were originally almost all the scholars in Baling City gathered outside the Academy of Literature. After the envoys from various countries and the famous scholars from the famous families arrived, they had to sigh and stay away, watching from a distance. The followers of the visiting people from the national and famous families were all Jinshi or above, ordinary scholars. It is no longer possible to gain a foothold here.

When the news of the Little Xingtan Altar spread, the locals in Baling City were delighted. As long as a holy place like the Little Xingtan Altar is not in the Holy Courtyard, no matter how tight the blockade is, it will affect hundreds of miles. From now on, the children of Baling City will definitely Will be smarter.

What's more, any holy place is the pride of the place.

The self-confidence lost after years of being bullied by the Qing Kingdom once again returned to the people of Baling City.

However, people from various aristocratic families from all over the world did not expect that Fang Yun would just leave them alone, hiding in the holy land to practice. But they were all here, and they could not leave just like that, so they could only wait outside the academy.

The low-level officials in Baling City asked all the aristocratic families from various countries to temporarily leave the front door of the Academy of Arts and go to other places to stay. However, everyone was afraid of missing the opportunity and refused to leave.

Since most of the officials in Baling City had entered Xiaoxingtan and were leaderless, the officials who followed Jiang Hechuan from the capital immediately began to issue orders and built many thatched bamboo houses in front of the Wenyuan gate for everyone to live in.

Soon, there were many bamboo houses in front of the liberal arts college, which became a wonder in Baling and even became an interesting topic on the forum.

People from other countries and families are anxious, but the scholars of Jingguo are not anxious. This is the first holy land of enlightenment in Jingguo, and the scholars of Jingguo must be the first to get the moon.

Jiang Hechuan and Jingguo officials were located in the bamboo house closest to the main entrance of the Wenyuan. It was said to be a bamboo house, but it was more like a thatched bamboo shed with bamboo walls on three sides. The side facing the Wenyuan had no wall or door and was open.

In the bamboo house, Jingguo officials talked loudly and laughed happily, as if it was a grand festival.

Jiang Hechuan kept smiling and rarely spoke, but his eyes were full of joy. Every official could see that the old gentleman had been restraining his excitement. After all, Xiao Xingtan had been of great help to Jing Guo.

If Fang Yun repelled the barbarians and reshaped Jingguo's soul, then this small apricot altar would be equivalent to injecting fresh blood into Jingguo.

While everyone was chatting happily, three people wearing Qing Dynasty civil service and some officials appeared in front of the bamboo house. They were the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Honglu Temple and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple in Qing Dynasty.

The smiles on the faces of everyone in Jingguo disappeared, their expressions darkened, and they stared at the three of them.

The leader, Xiang Shanling, the Minister of Rites, bowed his hands to everyone in Jingguo, smiled calmly, and said: "Xiang has met all literary friends..."

"Who is your literary friend?" A Jingguo general accompanying him said coldly, and everyone in Jingguo smiled knowingly.

The relationship between the two countries has already reached a low point. If both countries did not need each other, they would have completely severed diplomatic relations.

Qingguo's actions towards Fang Yun and Jingguo were enough to start a war between the two countries back then, and at least one state could be ceded to calm Jingguo's anger.

"The two armies are fighting, and the envoys will not be killed. What's more, Qingjing and Qingjing are still friends, not enemies. It is against etiquette for you to be so hostile to us." Xiang Shanling still smiled at him, showing the tact of a foreign affairs official.

"Oh? Do you, Qingguo, want to declare war on Jingguo?" The general's words made Jingguo officials smile again. He cleverly bypassed the ethics and made a strong counterattack, and finally threw the question to Xiang Shanling. The key is Deliberately not discussing business with Xiang Shanling.

The smile on Xiang Shanling's face disappeared and he said: "I don't talk to vulgar people. I only discuss state affairs with gentlemen. Mr. Hechuan, the student is here to talk about the relationship between the two countries, not to engage in a verbal dispute."

When all the officials heard that Xiang Shanling called himself a student, they surrendered and stopped pursuing him.

Jiang Hechuan nodded gently, stroked his silver beard, and asked: "Minister Xiang, what are you talking about?"

Xiang Shanling bowed and said: "My country Qing is willing to exchange grain for a place in Xiaoxingtan."

Jiang Hechuan's face was as pale as water, and the other officials of Jing sat still. Even the general who had just ridiculed Xiang Shanling was speechless at this moment.

The officials behind Xiang Shanling looked pleased.

There was no need for the Qing people to explain. Every official of Jing present understood the purpose of Qing.

Qing was the largest grain-producing country in the human race.

In normal times, Jing was completely self-sufficient in grain, because Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou were also lands of fish and rice. However, Jing continued to fight with the barbarians, and the consumption of grain and grass increased sharply, while the labor force continued to decrease, and many lands had become barren.

Although there is a lot of land in the north of Jing now, it is not possible to complete the reclamation in one winter. At least three years later, Jing's grain production will return to normal.

Moreover, Jingguo has suffered a serious population loss and now needs to encourage childbirth. The premise of childbirth is food and clothing. Hunger, natural disasters and wars are the culprits that lead to the decline in fertility. In order to encourage childbirth, Jingguo must purchase a large amount of grain and sell it to the people at a low price to ensure that the people are well fed.

Jingguo can buy from other countries, but the cost will be much higher. In addition, the barbarians not only harass Qingguo, but also the countries bordering the three barbarians have consumed a lot of food and grass in recent years. In addition, in preparation for the second battle of the two mountains, the countries can not really sell too much food to Jingguo.

Within three years, Qingguo will strangle Jingguo with food.

Food is the first necessity of the people.

Jingguo officials gritted their teeth and looked at Qingguo.

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