Qufu,
Residence of Confucius!
"Bang!"
"What is going on?"
"Didn't you say that the Qin Emperor was deliberately mystifying things and was already prepared to give in to our scholarly faction?”
"But now, the entire Jixia Academy is filled with paper books. It is said that there are millions of them. Could it be that they fell from the sky?”
Looking at the half-paper book that the scholarly disciple had paid a huge price to steal, Kong Xiong went completely berserk. He frantically swept all the items on the table onto the ground and roared.
After all, he was the Sect Leader of the Confucian Sect. As soon as he saw the book, Kong Xiong knew that the days of the Confucian Sect's dominance had come to an end.
His face was as swollen as he had been looking forward to it.
It wasn't hard to imagine that once this new book, which far surpassed the bamboo slips, was published, all the students in the world would flock to Linzi, including many of the Confucian Sect's former core disciples.
What terrified Kong Kong even more was the extremely detailed sentences and annotations on the book.
The higher-ups of the scholarly faction were well aware that unclear terminologies would cause ambiguities. The reason why they had not resolved it was purely because this would allow them to better interpret the classics and explain the so-called 'Sage's words according to the specific situation!”
For this reason, Kong Chi and the other Sect Masters had been unwilling to attempt to unify their understanding of the Confucian Sect, even as they watched the Confucian Sect split into many factions.
Or rather, Kong Rong and the others knew very well in their hearts.
Although the Confucian Sect had an extremely high reputation outside, they were ultimately nothing more than pawns serving the interests of the great clans.
The true leaders behind the scenes would never allow the Confucian Sect to completely unite.
But now, this fatal flaw was firmly grasped by the Imperial Court.
Although Kong Xiong was very unwilling to admit it, the Qin Emperor was still the most influential ruler of the world. Even if the Confucians and aristocratic families were constantly in conflict and smearing him, in the hearts of most people, he still had a certain degree of credibility.
Most of the high positions and titles that all scholars had been striving for were controlled by the tyrant Ying Zheng, as mentioned by the Confucians.
Otherwise, the Confucian Sect wouldn't have been so crazy as to smear the Qin Emperor's name while trying to plant people in the Imperial Court and the Academies in Xianyang City!
When the Confucian Sect's upper echelons had claimed that the King of Qin had given in and was prepared to give more benefits to the Confucian Sect, Kong Kong wouldn't have been so arrogant!
But now, not only was his dream of becoming a marquis completely shattered, Kong Kong was even starting to worry about the survival of the scholarly faction.
He knew very well how ruthless the scholarly faction had been in suppressing the other sects. Once they fell, the retaliation they would face would be terrifying!
Instinctively, Kong Xiong looked at Meng Shu, who was also restless.
If it wasn't for this bastard's confidence, he wouldn't have made such a wrong decision.
"Sect Leader, things aren't as scary as you think!”
Meng Shu felt a chill in his heart when he saw Kong Xiong's eyes that were filled with the desire to devour him. He quickly retreated while defending himself.
"Is that so?"
"Back then, you were also so confident when you said that the King of Qin was not to be feared!”
Kong Kong's expression grew colder.
"It's definitely true this time!"
Meng Shu, who had been forced into a corner, anxiously glanced at the rest of the staff and sobbed,"Everyone, help me persuade the sect master!”
"Sect Master, let Meng Shu finish speaking before you deal with it!”
"Although he was in the wrong before, he did it for the sake of the scholarly faction!”
"After all, the news that came back was all good. It's reasonable for Meng Shu to miscalculate!”
"The ones who are truly hateful are those traitors who spread the wrong news!”
Seeing the pleading look in Meng Shu's eyes, several Confucian Sect Elders who were usually on good terms with him stepped forward to help stop the murderous Kong Rong.
"Then I'll give you one last chance!”
"Speak!"
After being stopped by a group of people, Kong Rong realized that he had lost his composure and managed to regain some of his composure.
"Qin Huang's new book is indeed excellent, but the cost is definitely not low!”
"Even if it's a little cheaper than silk, it definitely won't be much different!”
"In addition, the Qin Emperor took a long time to open the library. It can be seen that the production and printing of these new books must be extremely difficult!”
"This means that these books in the Linzi Library should be the last of Ying Zheng's wealth!”
"Even if the Qin army has gained some advantage, it's only Linzi after all. Its influence is not that terrifying!”
"We only need to give in a little for now, stabilize the Qin Emperor, and think of a way to figure out the secrets of this new type of paper book. With the strength of the aristocrats in the world, we will soon be able to produce more and better new books and regain our advantage!”
Meng Shu said quickly.
"But what if the Qin Emperor can publish more new books and promote them to all the counties in the world?”
Kong Rong's expression softened slightly as he stared at Meng Shu.
"The foundation of the Qin country's national treasury is right there. This definitely can't be faked, right?”
"And no matter how the Qin Emperor tries, as long as we have the technology of this new paper book, the Qin Emperor is nothing to fear!”
Meng Shu quickly said.
"That's right!"
"The reason why the Qin Emperor could give us such a big embarrassment this time is purely because we were unprepared in advance and were caught off guard!”
"If we were to really fight, with the support of the Six Nations, we would still be able to defeat that tyrant!”
Song Yun and the rest echoed.
"Then I'll trust you again for the time being!"
After his anger had subsided a little, Kong Xiong knew that he couldn't throw all the responsibility to Meng Shu. Moreover, the most important task now was to regain the initiative that the Qin Emperor had taken.
Furthermore, this major change would definitely cause the nobles of the six states to be in chaos. If things were handled well, it might be an opportunity for the scholarly faction.
"Then tell me, how do we get the technology for this new type of paper book?”
"Judging from the current situation where the various prefectures are unaware of it, the Qin Emperor also places great importance on this new book. It's not that easy to obtain it!”
Kong Rong spoke again.
"This!"
"The only thing we can do now is to gather all the skilled craftsmen from all over the world to analyze the materials and production method of this paper!”
"However, the Mo family and the Gongshu family, who are the best at this in the world, have already been won over by the Qin Emperor. I'm afraid it won't be that easy!”
"But if we can't figure out this new paper technology, we can only watch helplessly as the Qin Emperor takes an inch!”
The Confucian Sect Elders looked at each other and argued for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a feasible plan.
Just as Kong Kong was about to start chopping people up again, the steward of the Kong family, who had been serving tea for everyone, suddenly said,""Master, isn't the Qin Emperor obsessed with immortal pills? Master has an old friend who is the best at pill concoction in the world!”
"You mean, Xu Fu?"
Kong Xiong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
That's right, with Ying Zheng's thirst for the art of immortality, even if the others were helpless, Xu Fu, who was related to his life, would definitely not dare to hide anything.
"But didn't Xu Fu go out to sea to find an overseas immortal mountain for Tyrant?”
Meng Shu asked, puzzled.
"According to the agreement, Xu Fu should have contacted us by now!”
"And even if there's no Xu Fu, if we can make Xu Sheng, can't we make another Lu Sheng?”
Kong Kong smiled mysteriously, and his eyes regained some confidence.
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P.S.: I've been queuing for the whole afternoon. It's still too late to write when I come back. Please forgive me, readers!
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