In the Temple of Saints, the three saints were silent.
After a long time, Mi Fengdian incarnated and said, "Saint Fang, if nothing unexpected happens, the Holy Academy will hold a Holy Thought Conference, and it may also hold an incarnation or even a Holy Body Conference."
Fang Yun nodded slightly.
Feng Shu exclaimed: "I am stupid and can't guess how the patriarch could do it."
Mi Fengdian shook his head and said, "I can't guess it either. It turns out that we all underestimated Mr. Mo Ju."
The two semi-saint incarnations were so surprised.
Fang Yun was stunned for a long time, with holy power surging around him. Finally, he nodded, smiled, and said, "Good."
"Saint Fang, do you know the methods of the Saint Zong?" Mi Fengdian asked curiously, without any attitude of a half-saint clone.
This incident was so shocking that it far exceeded the limits of what a semi-saint could do.
In the eyes of the two saints, the difficulty of this matter is even greater than Fang Yun's ability to illuminate all worlds.
Fang Yun shook his head slightly and said, "I can only guess, but I can't be sure. In fact, I originally noticed that the attitude of the apes towards humans was different, but I didn't expect that the patriarch had planned it for so many years."
The two saints looked at Fang Yun and suddenly fell silent.
This matter is very important.
Especially when the battle between the two of them was at its most intense.
The two could clearly sense that Fang Yun's aura was unstable and was greatly affected by the political situation.
Jingguo, Golden Palace.
Jingjun sat on the dragon throne with a worried look on his face.
The Queen Mother still wore her veil and sat next to Jingjun.
The eldest princess, Zhao Hongzhuang, was wearing a juren robe and stood at the end of all the officials.
All the officials were present in the hall, but no one spoke.
"My dear ministers, please give me some advice. I... still need to continue studying."
Jing Jun had a look of distress on his face. He thought that as he grew up, he would be able to handle government affairs one by one. However, the situation in Jing State became more and more complicated day by day. He had no ability to get involved in the battle to seize the state. Now, something bigger had happened. If he intervened forcibly, he would only end up making things worse and would have to let go again.
The officials looked at each other, speechless.
The Jing Kingdom's court is already dominated by the Fang Party, and apart from that there are some forces that are friendly with the Fang Party.
Although they were all family, no one dared to speak at this moment.
This matter is too important. If you are not careful, it may affect your career.
What's more, no one knows how Zongsheng did it, and no one knows what to do next.
This is the business of the saints and has nothing to do with me!
Therefore, the officials said nothing and silently browsed the discussion board, hoping to find a life-saving straw to solve the current predicament.
After a long time, no one spoke. The left prime minister Cao De'an sighed and said, "Let me be the bad guy. I have sent a letter to Fang Sheng, asking for his advice. This matter involves the internal affairs of Jing State and the general situation of the human race. Even if it may affect the battle to seize the state, I have to ask."
"How does Fang Sheng respond?"
"No reply." Cao De'an said.
"Prime Minister Cao, what should we do now?"
"I am the left prime minister, not a half-saint. How should I know?"
Cao De'an's tone was extremely natural, and all the civil and military officials present nodded.
"I just can't understand why the Patriarch Saint was able to subdue the Three Barbarians and the Ape Tribe and Ape Territory? According to the news, it was the Ape Tribe's Half-Saint Ape Bone Saint who said so himself. How could he get the Ape Tribe to agree? I don't understand."
"We don't understand it now. Did it give apes a great benefit?"
"As long as we can get the apes to join the human race, no matter how great the benefit is, it's worth it."
"Yes, the Ape Domain... is larger than the entire Shengyuan Continent."
The officials of Jing State remained silent. In fact, they had already tacitly acknowledged that the Sage had already achieved the status of a Sub-Sage.
The so-called merit of the second sage is equivalent to the merit of King Wen of Zhou in saving the human race from the hands of monsters and barbarians.
In the history of human race, only Confucius, King Wen of Zhou and Fang Yun truly accomplished the feat of being a second-rate sage.
Zongsheng is the fourth one.
"Now, Zongsheng is probably at the peak of semi-saint, infinitely close to sub-saint, right?" Cao De'an sighed.
The ministers of Jing State continued to remain silent.
In case the Patriarch Saint is promoted to Sub-Saint ahead of schedule, with the methods of the Patriarch Saint, he will definitely devour the political way and form his own school, and may even trigger a war against the Semi-Saint.
Although in history there has never been a true semi-saint civil war among the human race.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not possible.
Jing State's seizure of Fengzhou was reason enough for the Half-Saint War.
"Do you think that Zongsheng has been waiting for Jingguo to launch a war to seize Fengzhou?" Zhou Junhu asked.
"This... is indeed possible!"
"The battle to seize the state may be one of the plans of the Zongsheng. He wants to force Jingguo to take this step. After that, he can use the excuse that our Jingguo is too bullying and attack us brazenly after he is promoted to sub-sage."
"But I always feel like... something is missing..." Cao Dean asked doubtfully.
The ministers looked at each other, and suddenly their eyes lit up.
The Patriarch Saint has not yet been crowned as the Sub-Saint!
Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
An imperial censor coughed lightly and said, "Before the battle to seize the state, what should Fang Sheng ask for?"
Everyone looked at the cabinet members headed by Cao De'an.
Cao De'an was silent for a long time, nodded, and said: "Everything happened before the war to seize the state, so it can't be considered that Fang Sheng interfered in the war to seize the state. Moreover, even if we don't say it, your colleagues can guess it. In fact, all actions in the past year were personally formulated by Fang Sheng. The reason why the cabinet dared to keep forcing Qing Kingdom was just to complete Fang Sheng's plan step by step."
"Does Fang Sheng's plan involve Zong Sheng?"
Cao Dean shook his head and said, "Fang Sheng didn't say it, but I don't believe Fang Sheng didn't foresee it. If I look back now, I can only sigh that Fang Sheng's talent is so amazing that the world is terrified."
Everyone nodded heavily.
Just now, everyone had realized that if Jing State did not further pressure Qing State and Zong Sheng, Zong Sheng would most likely continue to keep his troops in place, continue to accumulate strength, and then directly be crowned as the sub-saint by virtue of the merits of one ape and three barbarians!
Zong Sheng didn't even care about being suppressed by Fang Yun's sword formation. He could endure it. He could totally endure it until he was crowned as Sub-Sage!
However, although Fang Yun was not clear about what Zongsheng was doing specifically, he must have vaguely guessed Zongsheng's intentions, so he gave Jingguo a large amount of new engineering technology in advance and formulated a plan against Qingguo!
An accident occurred. Zong Ganyu thought he was smart and wanted to use the battle to seize the state to delay Jing State and reduce Jing State's luck, thereby slowing down Fang Yun's promotion to Sub-Sage and buying more time for Zong Saint.
The State of Jing had long been prepared to launch a war to seize the state, so it took advantage of the enemy's strategy and was a great success.
Finally, the army pointed its sword at Fengzhou and successfully forced Zongsheng to show his trump card before he was promoted to sub-sage.
Subdue one monkey and three barbarians in advance
On the surface, Zongsheng showed his trump card, which seemed to have the potential to suppress Fang Yun. But from a deeper perspective, Zongsheng acted hastily before he was crowned as a sub-sage, which was not worth the loss.
Therefore, it is unclear whether it was Zong Sheng who plotted against Fang Yun or Fang Yun who plotted against Zong Sheng.
The atmosphere in the Golden Throne Hall was originally very depressing, but after the officials figured this out, they felt much better.