The School of Miscellany was known as "Combining Confucianism, Ink, and Dharma," and claimed to be able to encompass everything. But in reality, the Divine Path of the Miscellany was extremely heterogeneous.
The Miscellany did not have a Saint to suppress them, nor did they have a foundation for enlightenment. Yet, they had set such an unattainable goal. If they continued, they would definitely decline.
So, in order to escape their predicament, the Miscellany had to specialize in the Path of Officials.
But even the Path of Officials was too broad. Without a strong core of the Path, the Miscellany's various Paths were innately deficient.
The Miscellany scholars originally thought that they could do anything and do everything well. But after the official examination, they realized that the Miscellany knew everything but was not good at anything.
Until now, the Miscellany had not truly achieved "Combining Confucianism, Ink, and Dharma," nor had they been able to refine a strong Path.
So, Zong Sheng wanted to use the Path of Zongheng. He wanted to use his talent to forcefully seize the Immortal Merit. He wanted to stabilize the internal and external situation and reestablish the direction of the Path for the Miscellany.
Unfortunately, from the beginning, Fang Yun had been obstructing Zong Sheng at every turn.
Yet, Zong Sheng could not directly counterattack.
The Saint could not stop him.
This was the law of the Notre-Dame. Because even if Confucius were to come back to life, he could not be sure if a new revolution could form a new Path and strengthen the human race.
So, while the Notre-Dame was doing her best to resist the cultural invasion of foreign enemies, she was also doing her best to relax the restrictions on the human race's thoughts. This was also one of the reasons why the Hall of Rites was gradually weakening. This was also one of the reasons why the Hall of Rites could only target large families and not individuals.
There was even a Half-saint who said that it was too difficult to open up a new Path, but it was easy to kill it. So, if one was truly a human, one should stop trying to kill it.
It was better to let thousands go by mistake than to kill one.
This was one of the reasons why the human race was constantly improving. It was one of the reasons why Fang Yun had not been killed yet. It was also one of the reasons why those who opposed Fang Yun had not been killed by the Notre-Dame.
On the premise that morality, laws, and national interests were not violated, a perfect human being was bound to have different voices. Otherwise, it would be replaced by a more vigorous species and eliminated by all the worlds.
It was precisely because Fang Yun was not blocked by the Sage that the School of Miscellany was unable to deal with Fang Yun directly. Therefore, when the School of Miscellany realized that Jingguo and Fang Yun were threats to him, he decided to launch an all-out counterattack, including using the Sage Seal to force Fang Yun to give up on fighting with the School of Miscellany.
But from the looks of it, half of it had failed.
Zong Ganyu gritted her teeth and said slowly, "As long as I can pass the official exam, when I break through to the Saint Path, Zong Sheng might be able to advance further. At that time, even if we don't use the Divine Path to seal Jingguo, and even if we don't expel the Jingguo officials, we will have more ways to suppress Jingguo! Everyone, don't forget that Chen … Jingguo is about to fall. As long as we control the civil servant examination, Jingguo will be ours! "
Zong Ganyu finally spoke her true thoughts.
"Then, is there anyone else who objects?" Hong Maoshan asked.
No one objected.
The meeting continued.
The scholars of the School of Miscellaneous Scholars didn't sleep that night. The next morning, after seven o 'clock, Hong Maoshan led the officials of the School of Miscellaneous Scholars to the residence of the Jingguo Peace Minister.
However, when they arrived at the residence of the officials of the Jingguo Peace Minister in the Notre-Dame, everyone was stunned.
The officials of the Jingguo Peace Minister and the Peace Minister had all left.
Everyone was annoyed and angry.
"This is too much!" A scholar of the Gyeongo School of Miscellaneous Scholars was furious.
Hong Maoshan remained calm and said, "Everyone, depart immediately. Take the airship to the capital of Jingguo and take the initiative to negotiate peace."
"Elder Hong …"
"Violators, get out of the School of Miscellaneous Scholars!" Hong Maoshan shouted in a low voice and left.
The officials of the School of Miscellaneous Scholars who remained in place had already realized many things.
More than half of them shed tears of shame and pain.
In less than two hours, a piece of news spread throughout Jingguo.
Many of the officials of the School of Miscellaneous Scholars took the airship and took the initiative to head to Jingguo for peace talks.
As soon as the news spread, the people of Jingguo started to play drums and lanterns and decorations.
On the shore of the Yangtze River, a passenger ship filled with passengers slowly sailed away. The waves moved along with the ship and gently lapped against the shore.
On the passenger ship, a pale Elementary Scholar looked proudly at an anxious High Scholar on the shore.
"Guan Che, don't worry. It will be your turn on the next ship." The Elementary Scholar sneered.
High Scholar Guan Che had a complicated expression on his face and said, "Ji Wu, on account of our many years of friendship, when you arrive at Gyeongo, don't forget to help me."
"Of course, of course I won't forget my old classmate!" Ji Wu's tone was still full of mockery.
Others didn't know why a High Scholar was so afraid of a Elementary Scholar, but the people of the same hometown knew very well.
Since young, Ji Wu and Guan Che had attended the same private school. Later, they studied at the same academy.
At first, the two of them had similar statuses and family backgrounds. In addition, there were some conflicts between their ancestors. They had always been fighting openly and secretly, unwilling to admit defeat.
Later, Guan Che took the Top Scholar exam early and suppressed Ji Wu, causing Ji Wu to be depressed for two years.
It wasn't until the third year that Ji Wu found out that his distant cousin Ji Zhibai had become Liu Shan's favorite student. Therefore, the whole family went to Liu Shan's house to curry favor. With the help of Ji Zhibai and the Left Minister's party, Ji Wu was able to pass the exam.
They were both Top Scholars, and Ji Zhibai's distant cousin. They were the future pillars of the Left Prime Minister's faction. Ji Wu had completely suppressed Guan Che. Before Ji Wu could make a move, Guan Che had already begged for mercy and even became Ji Wu's lackey.
However, when Ji Zhibai died and the Left Prime Minister's faction was defeated, Guan Che, who had become a High Scholar, immediately turned the tables and used all sorts of methods to take revenge on Ji Wu.
Ji Wu knew that he had lost power and in order to protect himself, he began to follow Guan Che's example and begged for mercy. Although he was constantly humiliated, he still managed to save his life.
Because both of them were influenced by Ji Zhibai and Mount Liu, they both majored in Miscellaneous Studies and joined Mount Liu's faction.
However, no one expected that the situation would change again.
When the School of Miscellaneous Studies prepared to severely punish the Miscellaneous Studies scholars in Jingguo, the two had no choice but to leave Jingguo and head to Gyeongo, where the School of Miscellaneous Studies flourished.
Guan Che had no foundation in Gyeongo, but Ji Wu was on good terms with Mount Liu. Once he reached Gyeongo, he would definitely be valued.
Hence, the two's positions reversed again. Along the way, Guan Che did everything he could to please Ji Wu. Although Ji Wu said that he would forgive Guan Che, he still refused to truly accept him.
Looking at Guan Che who was getting further and further away, Ji Wu couldn't hide the smile on his face.
Guan Che stood at the pier, cursing in his heart. He could have boarded the ship, but Ji Wu revealed his identity and obstructed him, forcing him to wait for the next ship. For the sake of his future, Guan Che didn't dare to retaliate and could only continue to be subservient.
Just as he was thinking, Guan Che suddenly heard a scholar say that the School of Miscellaneous Studies was heading to Jingguo to negotiate peace. He immediately took out his official seal and opened the list.
Guan Che read the story of the School of Miscellany three times before he looked at Ji Wu and laughed loudly.
"Ji Wu, I won't be going to Gyeongo. When you're sent back to Jingguo by the people of Gyeongo, this High Scholar will naturally wash the streets and heavily reward you for your kindness in the past! "
Guan Che emphasized the word "En" a lot.
Ji Wu immediately realized that the situation had changed. He saw that many people on the shore were using their official seals. He immediately took out his own official seal and looked at it carefully. His expression changed drastically.
He immediately understood that if the School of Miscellaneous Studies bowed and admitted defeat, not only would the School of Miscellaneous Studies not regard him highly when he arrived at Gyeongo, he might even be sent back to Jingguo to be dealt with by Jingguo. If nothing unexpected happened, Jingguo would definitely convict him of treason.
Ji Wu panicked and shouted, "Boatman, turn around! Turn around, I want to go back to Jingguo! "
However, the ship was already moving forward and couldn't quickly turn around, so the boatman ignored him.
Ji Wu panicked and shouted, "Brother Guan, please don't misunderstand. It was my fault in the past, please forgive me."
"Well said, I'm a magnanimous person and will naturally forgive you!" Guan Che laughed.
Ji Wu realized that Guan Che would definitely seek revenge. He looked at the river, gritted his teeth, and shouted, "I, Ji Wu, am a man of Jingguo in life and a ghost of Jingguo in death. You can't force me to Gyeongo!"
With that, Ji Wu jumped into the river. Before he fell into the water, he gave Guan Che a sinister smile.
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