"Is this your idea or the Marquis Champion's idea?" Fu Nian asked after a moment of silence.”
"Is there a difference?" Li Si smiled.
"Senior apprentice-brother, you should consider this carefully. As your junior apprentice-brother, I can only help you so much. The scholarly faction may seem strong, but that is only on the surface. Senior apprentice-brother should understand the current situation of the scholarly faction.”
Fu Nian did not reply, and the entire room fell silent again.
It was not that Li Si had never come to the scholarly faction before, but he had been quite polite back then.
Fu Nian felt that this was Li Si's final ultimatum, and since Chen Zhiyuan had personally led his troops to Sanghai City, the person in Xianyang City could not hold it in any longer.
Fu Nian knew that the consequences of this rejection were not something his scholarly faction could bear.
"I will consider the Prime Minister's suggestion, but we need some time.”In the end, Fu Nian did not agree immediately. He still had to discuss it with Zhang Liang and the others.
The scholarly faction did not belong to him alone.
"Understood, but I don't have much time left. The next time the Marquis Champion comes to visit, I'm afraid he won't be as easy to talk to as me.”Li Si stood up and said.
Fu Nian's face sank, and he nodded. This choice could be said to be a life and death decision for his scholarly faction.
He had never thought that Ying Zheng would suddenly be unable to hold himself back and insist that the scholarly faction take a stand.
Before, no matter how Great Qin treated the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, it had always been soft on the Confucians and had always tried to rope them in.
"Shixiong, you shouldn't keep your hopes up. This time, His Majesty is serious.”Li Si reminded. After all, he was a scholar, so he would give some advice if he could.
Fu Nian looked at Li Si and said," If there's nothing else, please leave."”
Li Si smiled and did not care about Fu Nian's attitude." The Mo family's survivors seem to have escaped into Mulberry Sea City recently. I heard that Junior Brother Zhang Liang is very close to them?"”
"Lord Prime Minister, you must be joking. The scholarly faction and the Mohist faction have no interaction.”Fu Nian's expression changed for a moment before he spoke. At the same time, he planned to talk to Zhang Liang later.
From the very beginning, Fu Nian did not support Zhang Liang accepting the Mo family.
"That's for the best. Li Si, I'll take my leave then. I hope that the next time we meet, you and I will be colleagues.”With that, Li Si turned to leave.
Fu Nian sighed and sent people to recall Yan Lu and Zhang Liang.
Chen Zhiyuan's men also contacted Blooming Flowers Restaurant.
Upon learning of Chen Zhiyuan's arrival, Blooming Flower Pavilion hurriedly followed the messenger of the White Slope Army to Chen Zhiyuan's temporary residence.
"Lord Marquis." Blooming Flower Pavilion bowed.
"There's no need to be so polite." Chen Zhiyuan raised his hand to signal Blooming Flowers to get up.
"You entered the scholarly faction?" Chen Zhiyuan went straight to the point.
"Yes, sir! The Third Head of the scholarly faction and this subordinate hit it off at first sight, and this subordinate is currently staying in the Small Sage Manor.”Blooming Flowering Pavilion replied.
How is the situation with the scholarly faction?" Chen Zhiyuan asked,
"Currently, the Confucians are supported by Fu Nian, Yan Lu, and Zhang Liang. Fu Nian is the current sect leader and is closer to Great Qin than the Bai Sect.”
"Second Head Yan Lu is a little uncertain. He is a descendant of the royal family of the six states. As for Zhang Liang, this subordinate can't see through him.”Blooming Flower Pavilion answered the question.
"Is the Mo family here?" Chen Zhiyuan asked,
"Yes, Zhang Liang arranged for them to hide in Mulberry Sea City. Zhang Liang is a very strange person. He doesn't seem like someone from the Hundred Schools of Philosophy or someone who is against Qin.”Blooming Flower said.
Zhang Liang was different from the other Hundred Clans. He did not condemn Great Qin for being tyrannical and only wanted to show off his talent.
At the moment, it seemed like he was deceiving the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, but it was hard to say in the future.
"Everyone is drunk and I'm the only one awake? This Zhang Liang was quite scheming.”Chen Zhiyuan shook his head and chuckled.
"If Lord Marquis wants to subdue the scholarly faction, it won't be difficult.”Blooming Flower said after thinking for a while.
"Sect Leader Fu Nian was originally somewhat inclined towards Great Qin and did not want to stir up trouble. Zhang Liang, this Marquis, was forced to use the Confucian faction's safety, so he temporarily gave in.”Blooming Flowering Pavilion explained his plan.
In this way, there was almost no need to use force. He only needed to use the general trend to force it.
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