The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2530 Cowardly Bandits

Before the grand court meeting, the Queen Mother sent her most capable eunuch to invite Fang Yun to the Fengtian Hall.

Everyone was afraid that Fang Yun would not attend the court because of illness.

After the ceremony, the Fengtian Hall was silent.

Some officials lowered their heads, some looked straight ahead, and some looked up, but no matter where they looked, their peripheral vision was on Fang Yun.

Everyone knew that this grand court meeting was actually for only one thing.

Convincing Fang Yun.

Everyone was silent for a full quarter of an hour. Sheng Boyuan, the Minister of Rites, coughed lightly and broke the silence, saying: "Since all my colleagues are silent, then I will be the first bird to speak out. We have argued enough about this matter, and I don't want to say more this time. Fang Xusheng, I'm sorry, may I ask if you are willing to admit your mistake to me?"

Fang Yun tilted his head slightly and looked at Sheng Boyuan, asking: "What mistake do you want to admit?"

Sheng Boyuan was stunned, and all the officials were also slightly stunned.

Many officials suddenly realized and their faces were hot.

Yes, what mistake does Fang Yun have to admit?

Almost everyone wants Fang Yun to admit his mistake to resolve the crisis, but almost no one has thought about this simple question, where is Fang Yun wrong, what mistake should he admit?

After a few breaths, Sheng Boyuan smiled and said: "Some things cannot be judged purely by right and wrong. To give the simplest example, your ban on the sea in Qingguo, from the perspective of me and the people of Jingguo, is a great thing, and there is nothing wrong with it, but from the perspective of the people of Qingguo, you are wrong. Since you think you are not wrong, you can pretend to admit your mistake for the sake of Jingguo."

"According to Shangshu Sheng, what I do is not important, but the opinions of the enemy are important?" Fang Yun asked.

"Fang Xusheng is joking, how can the people of Qing be considered enemies? Now only the monsters are enemies. Qingguo and Jingguo are just in a competitive relationship, but not an opposing relationship." Sheng Boyuan said.

"Since it is not a confrontation, why has the Zajia family already declared that they will use the Holy Dao to suppress the Jing Kingdom? This is a plan to wipe out the family, which has far exceeded competition. Could it be that Minister Sheng has received money from the Zajia family and is ready to surrender to the Qing Kingdom?" Fang Yun asked.

Sheng Boyuan was not angry, and said: "That is just the negotiation strategy of the Zajia family. As long as you admit your mistakes, the Zajia family will definitely not do that kind of thing."

Fang Yun said: "Does Minister Sheng have a bad memory? The Zajia family has more than one condition. Letting me admit my mistakes is only the most insignificant part. The Zajia family also prohibits me from being hostile to them and prohibiting me from obstructing the Zajia family's Holy Dao. The latter two things are the top priority."

Sheng Boyuan smiled and said: "You are a pillar of the human race, so you will naturally not oppose the Zajia family; and you are a Confucian disciple, so you will naturally not affect the Zajia family's Holy Dao. These two things are actually insignificant."

"Minister Sheng, I really suspect that you have received money. What is considered obstructing the Zajia family? What is considered opposing the Zajia family? This decision-making and interpretation power is in In your hands, in my hands, or in the hands of the Miscellaneous Family? I will also give you a simple example. If I issue a decree now, even if it is a trivial decree, does it also belong to the category of the Miscellaneous Family's Holy Path? As long as the Miscellaneous Family is dissatisfied, can it be considered that I am obstructing the Miscellaneous Family? "

Sheng Boyuan said helplessly: "Fang Xusheng, you think too much of the Miscellaneous Family. How could the Miscellaneous Family do such a thing? As long as what you do does not weaken the Miscellaneous Family's Holy Path and does not publicly accuse and criticize the Miscellaneous Family, the Miscellaneous Family will not care about these things. "

"Oh, if the Miscellaneous Family is not fussy, why would it force our Jingguo to negotiate with it? Did our Jingguo declare opposition to the Miscellaneous Family? Did our Jingguo tear apart the Miscellaneous Family's Holy Path?" Fang Yun asked.

Sheng Boyuan was silent for a long time, and said: "Our Jingguo's reforms these days are too radical, and it has destroyed the harmonious relationship with Qingguo. The Miscellaneous Family naturally has the right to investigate. "

"In other words, you still think that Fang Yun is wrong?" Fang Yun looked directly at Sheng Boyuan.

Sheng Boyuan was silent for a long time again, and slowly said: "If you use more gentle means, perhaps the current result will not occur."

"Stupid idiot! Will the demon barbarians give me time to be gentle, or will the Qing Kingdom give me time to be gentle? After I came out of the Burial Valley, I could have recuperated for a long time, but I ran to the cabinet to reform and innovate. What do you think it was for? It's because you, an idiot, are forcing me to be radical! If I'm not radical, sooner or later, an idiot like you will drag the Jing Kingdom to death, drag it into the dog of the Qing Kingdom, and drag it into rotten meat under the butcher's knife of the demon barbarians!" Fang Yun suddenly got angry.

Sheng Boyuan said angrily: "I know you have made great contributions to the Jing Kingdom, but you can't insult our civil and military officials like this!"

"I didn't insult you. When you force me to admit my mistakes, it's equal to humiliating yourself." Fang Yun's tone became more and more indifferent.

He didn't release any power, but the scholars around him felt that Fang Yun seemed to have turned into an iceberg, and they would be frozen into ice sculptures if they got close.

"Are you willing to admit your mistakes for the sake of Jingguo?" Sheng Boyuan asked sternly.

Fang Yun looked at Sheng Boyuan with contempt, and then looked at the civil and military officials with contempt, and finally looked at Sheng Boyuan and said contemptuously: "I said you are stupid, and you immediately proved it with your words and deeds. Do you think that if I admit my mistakes, the Zajia will let me go? Do you think that if I promise not to obstruct the Zajia holy way, the Zajia will not find fault with me? Now think about it with your spotless mind. Is it possible that the Zajia just wants me to admit my mistakes? The Zajia wants to eat me alive and eat Jingguo alive!"

Sheng Boyuan said: "As long as our Jingguo is strong, why would we be afraid of the Zajia?"

"You, a bunch of bureaucrats without knees, are used to ignoring national interests for your own interests. Under the pressure of the miscellaneous family, you will slowly sell out the national interests that you think are dispensable. When there is nothing left to sell, you will find that from the beginning, you, a bunch of spineless slaves, have been afraid of the miscellaneous family and Qingguo. Even if I and other scholars have worked hard to strengthen Jingguo for so many years, I can't make your bones hard even a little bit! If you are not afraid, how can you hold a big court meeting for the mere miscellaneous family to discuss how to share our Fangyun! Even if you have a little bit of backbone, you will not be afraid of Qingguo and the miscellaneous family like this! The root of the whole thing is not how powerful Qingguo was in the past, nor how the miscellaneous family is threatening now, but that most of the officials who control this country are a group of cowardly bandits!" Fang Yun finally pointed at Sheng Boyuan's nose and cursed.

"Lies!" Sheng Boyuan glared at Fang Yun.

However, many officials present changed their faces because of Fang Yun's words.

These officials were full of dissatisfaction and had countless reasons to shirk responsibility, but their reason and instinct told them that no matter how biased Fang Yun's words were, there was always a trace of truth in them that they could not refute.

"Back then, the ancestors who established Jingguo led countless people and scholars to overcome difficulties and stand on the Shengyuan Continent. Now, I and so many dedicated people in Jingguo are leading you to develop Jingguo, and you cowardly bandits not only don't follow us, but even hold us back! You are not only unworthy of being an official, but you don't even have the basic spirit of being a human being!"