The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2441: Memorials Like Snow

Right Prime Minister Cao De'an's Mansion.

After being promoted to a great scholar, Cao De'an was supposed to go to an ancient place to practice, but because the Ning'an War caused chaos in Jing State, Cao De'an wanted to stabilize the court with other officials, so he stayed.

After the Ning'an War, the royal family wanted Cao De'an to gain experience, but Cao De'an actually went through the door of a friend in the Holy Academy and obtained an imperial decree.

According to the rules established in the early years, if a great scholar becomes a great scholar and the country or the human race is in an emergency war situation, participating in the war and making meritorious deeds is equivalent to one ancient land experience.

The scale of the Ning'an War and the merits are extremely rare in the Shengyuan Continent. All great scholars who participated in this war can be equivalent to one ancient land experience, so Cao De'an has been the right prime minister until now.

Cao De'an is reluctant to leave, and everyone in the court knows the reason.

Cao De'an became famous when he was young, but had some setbacks after middle age. He had been in the court for a long time and was repeatedly suppressed by the left prime minister. He had changed his temperament, smoothed his edges, lost his sharpness, and exhausted his potential. He no longer wanted to make further progress in the literary position.

He was not short of money, so he would definitely focus on power next.

Being promoted from the right prime minister to the left prime minister would be his biggest goal.

However, Cao De'an had been operating in Jingguo for a long time, and his students and old friends were everywhere. He also had good friends in the Holy Academy and had been in charge of the Ministry of Households for many years. If he became the left prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, he would definitely become the second Liushan.

Therefore, the relationship between the royal family and Cao De'an has now reached a freezing point.

But not long ago, Fang Yun, the representative of the Fang Party, presented Cao De'an with three holy apricots, allowing Cao De'an to enter a realm of self-cultivation from a newly promoted great scholar, which made the relationship between Cao De'an and the Fang Party increasingly close.

Cao De'an's subordinates even secretly conveyed on behalf of Cao De'an that if Fang Dang supported his promotion to the left prime minister and took control of the Ministry of Personnel, which was responsible for the promotion of officials, they could give up some important positions in the Ministry of Revenue to Fang Dang, and even promised him the position of the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

If Fang Yun became the left prime minister, Cao De'an would naturally not fight for it, because Fang Yun's status was too important, and the name of a virtual saint was enough to suppress all the thoughts of the Cao party. After all, most of the Cao party officials had seen Fang Yun's divine power in Ning'an City and Yueyang Tower. The lord of the ancient land and the ability to shock the saint were not something that the Cao party could match.

What's more, even the dumbest officials understood that Fang Yun had a tendency to soar to the sky. If he didn't follow the path of a mediocre family, he would never linger in the court. His goal must be to be canonized. Even if the Cao party gave in, it would only take about three to five years.

If Fang Yun didn't become the left prime minister, it would be great news for Cao De'an.

However, the royal family forced Cao De'an, who should be promoted to the left prime minister, to be promoted, which angered many Cao party officials.

At dawn, a man rushed into Cao's mansion.

The hall of Cao's mansion was full of lights, as if it was a festival, and many Cao party officials were talking.

The man walked a few steps quickly and whispered in Cao De'an's ear.

After a moment, Cao De'an's face sank, and then he snorted coldly

The whole room was silent.

"Master, is there a change in the court situation?"

Cao De'an said slowly: "The Queen Mother wants to move Mr. Qingkong to the left prime minister."

The Qingkong Ancient Sword is Jiang Hechuan's tongue sword.

"Too much bullying!" A Jinshi shouted angrily.

Everyone in the room was furious.

"The heart of Empress Lu is like a hen crowing at dawn. There is a monster in Jing State!" An old Hanlin twisted his beard and sneered.

"The Jing Kingdom was revived by Fang Xusheng, but now it will fall into the hands of a demon!"

"Does this Shengyuan Continent belong to the scholars or the Zhao family?"

"Be careful with your words." Cao De'an swept the whole audience with a majestic look, and everyone was silent.

The right prime minister, who was called a clay sculpture, had no trace of cowardice or fear in his eyes.

Someone else asked, "Does the Minister of Literature agree?"

Cao De'an said, "He seems to be hesitant."

The main hall was silent again.

After a long time, Cao De'an suddenly smiled, looked at the sky that was about to brighten, and said, "Fang Xusheng is hosting a banquet for all the officials in Xiangzhou today. It's a good day."

The officials were stunned, not knowing why Cao De'an suddenly mentioned this.

After a few breaths, Cao De'an said, "I feel a little unwell. I heard that there is a miracle doctor in Xiangzhou. I immediately stepped on the cloud to seek treatment and can return tomorrow. Today, let's disperse."

After Cao De'an finished speaking, he got up and left, and walked into the back hall.

Everyone hurriedly stood up to see him off. When Cao De'an left, the main hall was in an uproar.

"What does the Prime Minister mean?"

"What famous doctor is only available in Xiangzhou?"

"Of course it's the person who returned from the Burial Valley."

"Does Cao Gong want to see Fang Zhenguo?"

"As expected of Prime Minister Cao! Fang Xusheng is hosting a banquet for all the officials today. With such a large force, it's like planting a phoenix tree to attract the phoenix! If it weren't for Prime Minister Cao going south, we wouldn't have known the magic of this."

"In this case, Prime Minister Cao won't fight for the position of Left Prime Minister?"

"Since Fang Xusheng is interested in the court, there is only one other position that is worthy of him except the position of Left Prime Minister."

"That makes sense. My teacher has always respected Fang Xusheng and has said privately before that if Fang Xusheng wants to be the Left Prime Minister, he will We must bow and yield, and never fight for it."

"Alas, since Fang Xusheng is here, we won't fight for it. It's just a little regretful."

"Why regret? Would you rather let your teacher fight with Fang Xusheng, or with Wen Xiangjia and the royal family?"

"It seems more appropriate to fight with the latter."

"Wrong, that is, we won't fight for either! Fang Xusheng is a genius, and now he is already a great scholar in the fourth realm. How many years can he stay in the court?"

"But now the whole world is talking about Fang Xusheng's serious illness. Just a few days ago, the Holy Academy also received news that the great scholar in the Medical Hall had personally diagnosed Fang Xusheng, and Fang Xusheng might not be able to return to the peak."

"If Fang Xusheng is seriously ill, how long can he be the leader?"

"So that's it! So that's it! No matter whether Fang Xusheng is sick or healthy, he won't stay in the position of left prime minister for too long. He is really seriously ill, and I'm afraid he needs a mentor more!"

The door of Li Wenying's mansion was closed. Everyone waited outside the door for a night and had no choice but to disperse.

Sai Zhixue secretly arrived at Zhang's mansion. After asking, he found out that Zhang Poyue had actually gone to Xiangzhou early. Sai Zhixue gritted his teeth, secretly left the capital, and went straight to Yueyang City.

After sending and receiving several letters, the people of the Fang Party in the capital fell asleep peacefully, but they were soon awakened by the endless stream of visitors and had to receive them.

That night, the capital was sleepless.

During the day, Shengyuan Continent became lively, while the officialdom of Jingguo became particularly quiet.

After the sun set, the Governor's Mansion in Yueyang City, Xiangzhou, began to be lively.

Soon, many officials from Xiangzhou who attended the banquet found that in addition to people from Xiangzhou, there were actually many officials from all over the country. Those who could rise to prominence came on clouds, and those who could not also joined forces to invest in the use of flying leaf airships.

Everyone thought that something big was going to happen at this banquet, but it was calm that night. Fang Xusheng was really just having an ordinary banquet. He sat in the Wuhou car and chatted with everyone over wine, without involving political affairs.

If there was anything different about this banquet, it was that the wine and food consumed during the banquet were mixed with a large number of divine objects, so that overnight, many people were promoted in literary status, their literary courage broke through, and their strength increased greatly.

Those who had not attended the banquet once again beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting it.

After the banquet, Fang Yun went back to the back hall to rest, and he didn't see anyone.

Everyone seemed to think it was just an ordinary banquet and dispersed one after another.

The next day, Cao De'an, the right prime minister of Jing State, wrote a letter to ask Jing Jun to appoint Fang Yun as the left prime minister of Jing State. If he didn't agree, he would retire and return home.

Sai Zhixue of the Hanlin Academy also petitioned, if not approved, he would resign.

All officials of Mizhou petitioned, if not approved, they would retire.

All officials of Xiangzhou petitioned, if not approved, they would resign and return home.

Zhang Poyue petitioned, if not approved, he would go to Wu State to hunt monsters and barbarians.

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Petitions were sent to the cabinet like snowflakes.

Over the capital, wild geese were like clouds.