The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2599 The Great Problem of Qing Nation

After the grand court meeting, Fang Yun went to the East Saint Pavilion of the Holy Court and came back quickly.

Afterwards, at eight o'clock in the evening, the East Saint Pavilion issued an East Saint Edict.

The Holy Court opened the protection of the Holy Path. All scholars who were Jinshi and below Jinshi who switched to the Holy Path within one month would be protected by the Holy Court and would not be harmed.

After this edict was issued, a large number of scholars immediately switched to the Holy Path, and the power of the Political Path surged again.

Many scholars above Jinshi were quite regretful. The higher the literary rank, the greater the cost of switching to the Holy Path. However, there was no limit to the secondary cultivation.

Abandoning the original secondary cultivation of the Holy Path and switching to the main secondary cultivation of the Political Path would not be harmed at all.

So, in just one day, the number of scholars who were secondary cultivation of the Political Path became an astronomical number.

However, the number of secondary cultivation scholars had little impact on the growth of the power of the Political Path, but it could make the Political Path more stable.

It was on this day that the demon world declared the end of the truce and continued to attack Liangjie Mountain.

All human beings found the statement of the demon world to be angry.

The reason why the demon world temporarily stopped fighting was to find an excuse for the Za family to suppress Jingguo, to make the human race lose both sides, and more importantly, to weaken Fang Yun.

In the end, except for the Za family's heavy losses, the result was not only good for Fang Yun, Jingguo and the human race, but also a good harvest!

The truce during this period gave the human race a chance to breathe, and all aspects of preparation were more adequate, especially allowing Fang Yun to transform what he gained from the Burial Valley into more war power.

The key is that the morale of the human race is unprecedentedly high, which can only be compared with the sudden cheering of the dragon race in the first battle between the two worlds.

Therefore, on the night of the war, the demon world was defeated.

The human race has not used the dragon power war tool.

Therefore, the Holy Academy has always issued the highest level of gag order on the incident of the dragon fire war tool outside Ding County slaughtering 200,000 troops and a large number of scholars in Qingguo!

Compared with the jubilation of the whole nation of Jing State, the King of Qing and the high officials of Qing State were panicked.

The King of Qing did not hold a grand court meeting, but summoned high officials to hold a one-day meeting in the palace.

The failure of the Zajia family meant that the previous compensation and agreement would continue to be fulfilled, and Qing State would be hurt again.

The negative impact brought by the death of the two armies and a large number of scholars outside Ding County was far greater than the previous compensation.

The two most elite armies that had been accumulated for so many years and money disappeared completely. Money is not important, and even the time spent is not the most important. The most important thing is that the experience and spiritual inheritance of the two armies for so many years, everything that those veterans and veterans have mastered is extremely precious!

What made King Qing more headache than the demise of the two armies was that he secretly recruited a large number of scholars in the name of the king. If they won, they would be granted titles, and if they died, they would be compensated with high amounts regardless of victory or defeat.

Even if King Qing and the officials of Qing State made the worst plan, they did not expect the result of the annihilation of the entire army.

Qing State can't afford to pay now!

Because the high compensation is not just money, but also includes a series of things such as cultural treasures, holy pages, and the quota for the imperial examinations for future generations. Without this kind of compensation, it would be impossible to attract so many scholars.

Now there is a gag order from the Holy Academy, so they can slowly make compensation, but once the gag order expires, once the families of those killed in the battle find out about the problem, the entire Qing Kingdom will suffer a huge blow. It would be a light punishment for Qing Jun to abdicate and apologize, which would inevitably shake the foundation of Qing Kingdom.

Qing Jun and all the senior officials of Qing Kingdom regretted it very much, and tried their best to think of ways and discuss, but they could not find any perfect plan at all. Some even wanted to ask for help from Jing Kingdom and Fang Yun, which made Qing Jun so angry that he almost rolled his eyes.

In the hall, Qing Jun and the senior officials of Jing Kingdom discussed until late at night.

Qing Jun sighed and said, "Can we really not deal with the aftermath of the annihilation of the two armies?"

No official answered.

The pale and weak Qing Kingdom Left Prime Minister Pang Jue also sighed, and everyone looked at him.

He was the only senior official of the miscellaneous family present.

Because, the rest of the high-ranking officials of the Miscellaneous Family in Qing State were either dead or in a coma, and no one could participate in the meeting of the Lord of Qing.

The reason why Pang Jue was not so seriously injured was that he had been in charge of Qing State and did not participate in the Miscellaneous Family's suppression of Jing State. Moreover, this person had a very high realm and excellent self-cultivation, and he could be regarded as kind-hearted. Even if the Miscellaneous Family's holy way was flawed, he did not despair.

Pang Jue said: "Your Majesty, the annihilation of the two armies is very important, but it is not the first priority. Now, what we should do most is to find a way to stop Fang Xusheng from lowering the holy way to suppress and seal!"

There was a deathly silence in the hall.

The face of the Lord of Qing was sallow.

In fact, many people have realized this, but they cannot bear the consequences. They dare not think too much and can only pretend not to know.

"We... have the Lord of the Sect!" The Lord of Qing spoke with difficulty.

"I am afraid that the Lord of the Sect will take action for the Kingdom of Qing."

Everyone was silent again, and in the Golden Palace of the Kingdom of Jing not long ago, the officials were also afraid that Chen Sheng would take action.

Once the Zongsheng confronts Zhengdao, it would be fine if the Zongsheng could win quickly. If it becomes a long-term confrontation or the Zongsheng loses, it will be a disaster for Qingguo.

After a long time, Pang Jue said: "I am willing to lead the peace negotiation group to the north to make further compensation to prevent Fang Xusheng from mobilizing the Shengdao to seal."

Qing Jun asked with a bitter face: "Fang Yun... can he really seal the Zhengdao by himself? Didn't you say before that once he uses the Shengdao seal of the Legalist school, he will definitely lose his life?"

"Your Majesty, Fang Yun is the master of the political way and the founder of the political way. If he conducts the holy way to seal, he will only consume his talent. To put it bluntly, it may be easier for him to mobilize the political way to seal than for the patriarch to seal the miscellaneous holy way."

Qing Jun said helplessly: "What can we exchange? Not to mention gold and silver treasures, even cultural treasures and divine objects may not make Fang Yun bow his head. Fang Yun is so tough, I don't need to say more."

Pang Jue raised his head and stared at Qing Jun.

Everyone also stared at Pang Jue until he slowly uttered two words.

"Cede the land."

Qing Jun was furious and slapped the dragon throne fiercely, but after just a blink of an eye, the anger disappeared, replaced by endless sorrow in his eyes.

After a few breaths, Qing Jun glanced at the ministers with a very strange look, and then slowly spoke in a very complicated tone.

"You are not the king who ruined the country, but the ministers who ruined the country!"

The ministers were stunned. It was hard to imagine that this was what a king could say. If it were any military scholar with a bad temper, he would probably slap Qing Jun in the face.

Several ministers were so angry that they almost resigned on the spot, but for the sake of Qing, they had to stay in the palace.

Pang Jue snorted coldly and said, "It's time, Your Majesty, don't spend some time shirking responsibility. How to solve the political and Taoist problems is the most important thing. As for what will be recorded in history, let future generations say it."

Many ministers looked at Qing Jun expressionlessly.

Qing Jun's face suddenly turned red, and he felt ashamed and annoyed, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only snort coldly and close his eyes to rest.