When scholars from various countries learned the news, they all laughed at the Kingdom of Qing, saying that this was a typical case of shooting oneself in the foot.
The scholars not only did not scold Yan Yukong, but praised him instead, because although Yan Yukong left Qing Kingdom, he joined Kongcheng instead of Jing Kingdom, so it was not considered a betrayal of the country.
Even some scholars in Qing Kingdom spoke up for Yan Yukong. After all, the cabinet's attempt to alienate Fang Yun and Yan Yukong was too much.
Most of the people of Qing did not curse Yan Yukong, but cursed the Qing cabinet, the main family, and the miscellaneous families for ruining the future of Qing!
Many scholars in Qing State were so angry that they ran to the imperial palace in Xinjing and cursed loudly.
Because Yan Yukong was originally their hope!
Yan Yukong was originally the hope of Qing Kingdom!
Yan Yukong was originally the next half-saint of Qing Kingdom!
Now, Yan Yukong is gone.
He was forced out by the cabinet and the miscellaneous family.
The furious scholar knew that it was not Yan Yukong's fault. If he were Yan Yukong, he would also leave.
Therefore, a large number of scholars from Qing State gathered in Xinjing, the capital of Qing State, and held a massive protest.
The officials of the Qing State Cabinet were in disbelief and at a loss for a moment.
Isn't this the method that Zajia has used repeatedly to deal with Fang Yun? Why did it happen to me
The news quickly fermented and spread throughout the Qing Kingdom and even the entire human race. Almost everyone realized that the Qing Kingdom was now in a precarious situation and was about to collapse.
More and more scholars left Qing Kingdom.
Some scholars were completely disappointed with Qing Kingdom and did not go to Jing Kingdom, but went to other countries.
The result was that Jing State's capture of Lingzhou was very smooth. Every time a city was captured, the civil and military officials and wealthy families in the city would take the initiative to help maintain order.
Some cities in Lingzhou were far away from Xizhou and had not yet been conquered. The officials there were afraid that someone would secretly cause trouble, so they arrested all the hooligans in the city and put them in jail without thinking twice.
The ruffians in Lingzhou were helpless and could only silently eat the moldy and smelly prison food.
Qing State lost the support of its people, and the morale of the entire Lingzhou plummeted. Qing State could only pin its hopes on problems with Jing State's new institutions. Then they would reject the decision of the Holy Court and go to war with Jing State.
However, Qing State soon received information that made it infuriated that Jing State actually had a special agency logistics corps, composed entirely of workers, who were responsible for maintaining the new agency!
Those new mechanisms may not last for a few years, but they only need to last for a few months, which is enough to capture Lingzhou!
Qingguo's original plan fell through.
After the imperial examination in September, Jing State swallowed up most of Lingzhou and then had to speed up its pace.
The reason was that the scholars in other cities of Lingzhou were getting anxious, and they kept asking their friends in Jing State to write to the cabinet, asking Jing’s army to hurry up!
After October, Lingzhou fell into the hands of Jing State.
Afterwards, news came from the Jingguo Cabinet that there would be no more war to seize the state before the New Year.
The people of Qing and even the civil and military officials of Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Now they could have a good New Year.
The people of Fengzhou and the clan members also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the worst situation did not happen and the people of Jing did not launch a war to seize Fengzhou.
During this entire year, Fang Yun was in the Temple of All Saints, serving as the chief examiner for that year's Tongsheng Examination, Xiucai Examination, Juren Examination, and Xiucai Examination.
In that year, more than 1,200 girls passed the three examinations directly from the Mengtong level.
This year, the four women advanced from being students of Shengqian to scholars of Shengqian and then to juren of Shengqian.
This year, all the female candidates gave up taking the Jinshi examination. On the surface, they said they were not strong enough to wait until the next year, but in fact they were paying tribute to Fang Sheng and did not want to break Fang Sheng's record of passing four subjects in a row in the same year and becoming one of the Four Saints.
In this year, the total number of examination questions for the Juren and Jinshi examinations increased by 30%, with the content on Confucianism and Miscellaneous Schools decreasing and the content on other schools increasing.
The proportion of each school of thought among the human race's scholars has changed. The proportion of those who minor in Confucianism remains unchanged, but the proportion of those who major in Confucianism has decreased significantly.
The number of scholars who were interested in engineering, legalism, and politics increased sharply.
On the first day of the new year, Fang Yun delivered a speech on behalf of all the saints at the forum, and expressed his intention to intensify efforts to popularize Jingguo's industrial technology, while strengthening cooperation with other ethnic groups to make the human race stronger and more prosperous.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Jing State launched a war to seize Fengzhou from Qing State!
The human race was in an uproar.
The Holy Saint is in Fengzhou!
The word "crazy" is written all over the discussion list.
In Shengyuan Continent, scholars from all over the country were muttering the word "crazy" to themselves.
Why does Jingguo do this!
Why do this!
What are the consequences
Although some people have speculated on this possibility, they still cannot bear the result.
Once Jing State sends troops to Fengzhou, it means that the hard-earned peace of the human race will be completely broken.
Even if the Sage is the kindest person in the world, and a coward who is bullied by everyone, he will fight back at this moment.
What made everyone feel a little relieved was that Jing State only launched a war to seize Fengzhou and did not send troops immediately.
Many people suspected that this was just a means of Jing State to sell Fengzhou at a higher price in exchange for greater benefits.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, all the ministers gathered in the Qing Palace.
Zong Ganyu is no longer here.
Because Zong Ganyu had just fallen into a coma in the morning, he was sent to the Holy Hospital for emergency treatment.
At this moment, the officials of Qing Kingdom truly experienced what it meant to be in a precarious situation.
Without Zong Ganyu, the Zong family gave up their right to speak.
Without the leadership of the clan members, the court meeting fell into heated debate.
"We cannot watch Fengzhou being taken away. We must negotiate peace, a comprehensive peace!"
"No! If we negotiate peace now, we will regret it in the future!"
"That's better than regretting it now!"
"Why don't we gather all the scholars and go to Daofeng Mountain to beg Master Fang to stop the war to seize the state!"
"What are you going to do at Daofeng Mountain? Are you looking for trouble?"
"Then let's ask the patriarch to take action!"
"How dare you! The patriarch will make the final decision! How can you be allowed to spy on the patriarch's will?"
"Then I don't care. Just wait for Old Taoshan to be besieged by a million Jing troops!"
"presumptuous!"
There was a quarrel in the Golden Palace of Qing State, which seemed to be a replay of the dispute between the Fang Party and the Liu Party of Jing State.
"What should we do?"
"We can only pray that the great plan of the patriarch will come to fruition!"
The court meeting, which lasted a day, ended late at night, and in the end, no conclusion was reached on how to resist the Jing Kingdom's army.
Everyone left it to fate.
Time passed slowly, until the second day of the second lunar month, when people all over the country ate pig heads, and the Kingdom of Jing did not send a single soldier.
Some rumors were circulated, and there was great controversy among the civil and military officials of Jing State about this matter.
Some generals refused to participate in the battle against Fengzhou.
If the Saint gets angry and his holy body descends, he can destroy the entire army with a snap of a finger.
The opposition of some generals angered the cabinet, which stripped them of their posts and banned them from engaging in politics or military affairs for three generations.
It was not until this time that everyone was sure that before Qing Kingdom launched the war to seize the state, Fang Sheng had already asked Jing Kingdom to prepare.
If it wasn't Qing Kingdom that launched the war to seize the state, it would most likely be Jing Kingdom that took the initiative to launch the war to seize the state!
And it is very likely that Fengzhou will be captured right away!