When the scholars from all over the world heard the news, they all mocked Gyeongo. They had dug their own grave and shot themselves in the foot.
Instead of scolding Yan Yukong, the scholars praised him. Although Yan Yukong had left Gyeongo, he had joined Kongcheng instead of Jingguo. He had not betrayed his country.
Even some Gyeongo scholars spoke up for Yan Yukong. After all, the cabinet had gone overboard by driving a wedge between Fang Yun and Yan Yukong.
Most Gyeongo scholars did not scold Yan Yukong. Instead, they scolded Gyeongo's cabinet, the Zong family, and the Zaji family for ruining Gyeongo's future.
Many Gyeongo scholars were so angry that they ran to the palace in New Capital City and cursed.
That was because Yan Yukong had been their hope.
Yan Yukong had been Gyeongo's hope.
Yan Yukong had been the next Gyeongo Half-saint.
Now, Yan Yukong had left.
He had been forced to leave by the cabinet and the Zaji family.
The furious scholars knew that it was not Yan Yukong's fault. If they were Yan Yukong, they would have left too.
Therefore, a large number of Gyeongo scholars gathered in Gyeongo's New Capital City and held a huge protest.
The Gyeongo cabinet officials were in disbelief. They panicked.
Wasn't this what the Zaji family had done to Fang Yun? Why was it happening to them?
The news spread quickly and spread throughout Gyeongo and even the entire human race. Almost everyone realized that Gyeongo was in a precarious situation.
More and more scholars left Gyeongo.
Some scholars had lost all hope in Gyeongo. They did not go to Jingguo. Instead, they went to other countries.
In the end, Jingguo's conquest of Lingzhou went very smoothly. Every time they conquered a city, the officials and wealthy families in the city would help them maintain order.
Some of the cities in Lingzhou were quite far away from Xi Zhou and had not been conquered yet. The officials there were afraid that there would be people causing trouble in the dark, so they did not care about the consequences. They captured all the ruffians in the city and threw them into prison.
The local ruffians of Lingzhou were helpless. They could only silently eat the moldy and smelly prison food.
Gyeongo lost the hearts of the people, and the morale of the entire Lingzhou fell. Gyeongo could only place their hopes on Jingguo's new mechanism, and then they would reject Notre-Dame's ruling and fight against Jingguo.
However, Gyeongo soon received a piece of information that made him furious. Jingguo actually had a special logistics team made up of Gong Family members who were responsible for maintaining the new mechanisms!
Those new mechanisms might not last for a few years, but as long as they could hold on for a few months, it would be enough to take down Lingzhou!
Gyeongo's original plan was ruined.
After the Imperial Examinations in September, Jingguo took over half of Lingzhou and had no choice but to speed up.
The reason was that the scholars in the other cities in Lingzhou were anxious. They kept asking their friends in Jingguo to write letters to the Imperial Cabinet to tell them to hurry up!
After October, Lingzhou fell into Jingguo's hands.
After that, Jingguo's Imperial Cabinet released news that they would not start another war before the New Year.
The people of Gyeongo and even the officials of Gyeongo heaved a sigh of relief. They could finally have a good New Year.
The people of Feng Zhou and the Zong Family members also heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like the worst situation did not happen. Jingguo did not start a war against Feng Zhou.
For the entire year, Fang Yun was in the All Saints Hall. He was the head examiner for the Imperial Examinations, Imperial Examinations, Imperial Examinations, and Elementary Scholars Examinations.
This year, there were more than one thousand and two hundred girls who passed the Imperial Examinations from the beginners.
In this year, the four girls went from Pre-Saint Children to Pre-Saint Elementary Scholars to Pre-Saint High Scholars.
In this year, all the female Imperial Scholars gave up on the Imperial Scholars Examinations. On the surface, it was because they were not strong enough to wait for the next year. In reality, it was to pay respect to Fang Sheng. They did not want to break Fang Sheng's record of passing all four examinations in the same year.
In this year, the total number of questions for the Imperial Scholars Examinations and Imperial Scholars Examinations increased by 30%. Among them, the Confucian and Miscellaneous Studies questions decreased.
The proportion of scholars in the Human Race changed. The proportion of scholars who studied Confucianism did not change, but the proportion of scholars who studied Confucianism decreased significantly.
The number of scholars who studied Confucianism, Legalism, and Politics increased tremendously.
On the first day of the new year, Fang Yun, on behalf of all the sages, gave a speech on the ranking list. He expressed that they would increase their efforts to popularize Jing Country's craftsmen's skills, and at the same time, strengthen their cooperation with other ethnic groups, so that the human race would become stronger and richer.
On the second day of the New Year, Jingguo started a war against Gyeongo's Feng Zhou!
The Human Race was in an uproar.
The Zong Family was in Feng Zhou!
On the Imperial Rankings, the words "crazy" were written all over it.
In the Saint Origin Continent, all the scholars were muttering the words "crazy".
Why did Jingguo do this?
Why did they do this?
What were the consequences?
Although some people had already speculated this possibility, they could not accept the result.
If Jingguo attacked Feng Zhou, it would mean that the peace that the Human Race had worked so hard to achieve would be completely broken.
Even if the Zong Family was the kindest person in the world and was bullied by everyone, they would still fight back.
What made everyone feel slightly relieved was that Jingguo only started a war against Feng Zhou. They did not send out their troops immediately.
Many people suspected that this was just a tactic by Jingguo. They were waiting for the best price to sell Feng Zhou in exchange for greater benefits.
On the second day of the New Year, in the Gyeongo Palace, all the officials were gathered.
Zong Ganyu was no longer there.
She had just fainted and was sent to the Notre-Dame for emergency treatment.
At this moment, the officials of Gyeongo truly understood what it meant to be in a precarious situation.
Without Zong Ganyu, the Zong Family gave up their right to speak.
Without the Zong Family's leadership, the Imperial Court fell into a heated debate.
"We can't let Feng Zhou be taken away. We must negotiate for peace!"
"No! If we negotiate for peace now, we will regret it in the future! "
"It's better than regretting it now!"
"Why don't we gather the scholars and go to the Inverted Peak Mountain and beg the Zong Family to stop the war?"
"Why would we go to the Inverted Peak Mountain? Are we looking for trouble?"
"Then we will ask the Zong Family for help!"
"How dare you! The Zong Family will make the decision! The Zong Family will not allow you to pry into the Zong Family's decision! "
"I don't care about the Old Man anymore. Just wait for the Old Peach Mountain to be surrounded by millions of Jingguo soldiers!"
"How dare you!"
The Throne Room of Gyeongo was in an uproar. It was as if the Jingguo Faction and the Jingguo Faction were reenacting the war.
"What should we do?"
"We can only pray that the Zong Family's plan will succeed!"
The Imperial Court ended in the middle of the night. In the end, they did not discuss how to resist the Jingguo Army.
Everyone was resigned to their fate.
Time passed slowly. On the second day of the second month, Jingguo did not send out a single soldier.
Some rumors were spreading. Jingguo's civil and military officials were debating over this matter.
Some generals refused to participate in the war against Feng Zhou.
If the Zong Family was enraged, he could kill the entire army with a snap of his fingers.
Some of the generals' objections angered the Imperial Court. All of them were removed from their positions and banned from politics for three generations.
At this time, everyone was sure that the Zong Family had already asked Jingguo to make preparations before Gyeongo started the war.
If Gyeongo did not start the war, then Jingguo might be the one to initiate the war!
And they might even take Feng Zhou!
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