"Your Highness, I have something to report!"
Everyone looked over and saw that the person who came out was one of the nine ministers, Zhang Cang!
Zhang Cang's background was not small.
He was a famous great scholar of the current scholarly faction, and his teacher was one of the sages of the scholarly faction, ranked only after Confucius and Mencius, Xun Zi!
The current Prime Minister Li Si and Han Feizi, whom the First Emperor had failed to recruit, were all Xun Zi's students.
In other words, Zhang Cang was Prime Minister Li Si's junior brother.
This was only his sect, and his position was also very high among the nine ministers, one of the three dukes, the imperial censor.
It could be said that Zhang Cang was also the kind of official that no one dared to provoke.
In the current Great Qin, hundreds of schools of thought were contending, but the most powerful ones were the Confucians and Legalists!
In comparison, there were too few representatives of Legalism. It was only because of Shang Yang's reform that the Great Qin Empire was revived that Legalism's status rose.
And if one really wanted to say that the tree had a deep root, it had to be the scholarly faction!
Confucian scholars were all over the world. Before Great Qin unified the six countries, the officials of the various countries were all Confucian scholars, and Confucian thoughts even influenced the imperial court.
Even in the current Hundred Schools of Philosophy, there were quite a number of founders who were independent of the Confucians. The status of the Confucians was evident!
Moreover, the Confucians weren't just influential in their thinking; their strength was also unfathomable.
It was rumored that the founder of the scholarly faction was one of the few peerless mighty figures in the world! He was called a Sage!
This person might have already established himself in a very terrifying realm. After all, the word "Saint" had a special status in Untainted Land and not everyone could use it.
The scholarly faction was also filled with experts, and everyone cultivated.
The Confucians paid attention to self-cultivation and the cultivation of Righteousness Qi. Therefore, they cultivated the purest and most Yang Righteous Qi on the path of cultivation, which was incomparably powerful.
It was said that some famous great Confucians could make some evil cultivators scatter their souls just by manifesting their Stellar Energy!
As the strongest faction among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, everyone had thought that the scholarly faction would appear last. They hadn't expected it to appear now.
Perhaps it was because all the civil and military officials in the court had been intimidated by Ying Mo, and no one dared to escape, so the scholarly faction took action.
This was clearly a display of strength and confidence to the other factions. You might be afraid of Ying Mo, but our scholarly faction isn't!
Of course, the other forces were also happy to watch the show.
In any case, it was the scholarly faction that had taken the lead. Even if they were unlucky, it wouldn't fall on them. If the scholarly faction acted, it would be useless, and the other factions would be even more helpless.
Of course, there were also people who were ready to gloat.
After all, although the scholarly faction was powerful, Zhao Gao's power was not simple either. If Zhao Gao had ended up like this, the scholarly faction might not be able to get what they wanted, right?
This Thirteenth Prince was obviously not simple.
Chunyu Yue nodded at Zhang Cang's appearance.
This was for the best. He didn't have to show up.
After all, Chun Yu Yue was Young Master Fu Su's teacher. If he took the initiative to step forward, it would definitely lead to Fu Su's fault. It would also lead to criticism like taking sides and fighting for the throne. This was not what Chun Yu Yue wanted to see.
The Confucians paid attention to convincing people with virtue. Although Chunyu Yue was wholeheartedly helping Young Master Su ascend to the throne, he would not use underhanded methods like Zhao Gao.
Chunyu Yue wanted everyone to see that Young Master Fu Su was indeed a talented emperor. He wanted everyone to be convinced of his ascension!
At this moment, Zhang Cang's face was filled with confidence. He puffed out his chest and raised his head. He was full of righteousness, deliberately displaying the path of a gentleman advocated by the scholarly faction. It was as if what he wanted to do was a righteous thing.
The scholarly faction was naturally very dissatisfied with Ying Mo, the new Imperial Prince.
Ying Mo's performance today had changed everyone's impression of him.
But the scholarly faction already had a prince that they supported, and that prince was Young Master Fusu!
Therefore, they had to make Ying Mo back down and give up his position to Fu Su.
Today, the scholarly faction had already prepared a problem that was impossible to resolve. This was why Zhang Cang was so confident.
Everyone turned to look at Zhang Cang, who was even more pleased with himself. It seemed that he could already see the scene of Prince Ying Mo making things difficult for him.
After all, today was also a secret competition between the various forces. Whoever could make Ying Mo lose face would win.
Only Li Si looked at his junior brother worriedly.
For some reason, the prime minister's intuition told him that Prince Ying Mo's true strength was not as strong as what everyone had seen.
"Speak!"
Ying Mo said calmly. No one could see the change in his emotions from his calm eyes. Everyone sighed in their hearts. How could such a young prince be so shrewd and not leave any traces behind?
It really wasn't simple.
Zhang Cang reported,"
"Your Highness, the West Region has been suffering from a severe drought for many years. There is no rain at all, and the people have no crops to harvest. The people are in dire straits.”
When everyone heard this, they all frowned.
Pray for rain from the Heavenly Court?
Wouldn't that be self-deprecating?
Rain was not something that the Dragon King could do as he pleased. It had to be a decree from the Lord of Heaven!
One drop more, one drop less. Otherwise, it would be a violation of the heavenly laws. Therefore, if this matter was to be done, it could not be avoided by the Haotian Jade Emperor!
Everyone knew that Great Qin did not have a good relationship with the Heavenly Court. Back then, the First Emperor had claimed to have surpassed the Three Royals and Five Emperors and had proclaimed himself Emperor, which had greatly offended the Celestial Emperor.
Although the Celestial Thearch had given in, he was still the Celestial Thearch. Even a fool knew that he was holding back the opportunity to make trouble.
If he prayed to the celestial heavens for rain, wouldn't that be equivalent to bowing to the Celestial Thearch?
Everyone sighed in their hearts. As expected of the scholarly faction!
This move was really ruthless!
Ying Mo had just gained power, and if he went to pray for rain from the Heavenly Court or bow to the Celestial Emperor, it would make Great Qin's status lower.
This was the greatest taboo of the First Emperor, Ying Zheng!
If Ying Mo really did that, it was very likely that Emperor Shi would be furious.
Ying Mo would definitely be ridiculed by the heaven. After all, the heaven didn't fear any human except the First Emperor.
Ying Mo might even lose his composure when he saw the immortals and gods of the Heaven!
Although he looked mighty now, in front of immortals and gods, what was he?
In this world, apart from the First Emperor, who didn't fear those high and mighty immortals?
Even if some people had a backbone and weren't afraid now, what would happen after they died?
One had to know that everyone had to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation after death. At that time, the immortals could casually use some tricks to make you reincarnate into a filthy Dao, or even make your soul dissipate and never reincarnate.
Ying Mo remained silent.
Zhang Cang's heart skipped a beat. He thought that the Thirteenth Prince must have been stumped.
Hence, he continued,"
"Your Highness, if it is not convenient for you to go, I am willing to share the burden of the country and go personally.”
Zhang Cang sounded very pleased with himself. Clearly, he felt that he had won this time.
But then, he saw that Ying Mo's expression was very calm, as if he wasn't in a difficult situation at all.
Could it be that Ying Mo had a way?
Impossible! Ying Mo had no foundation, so how could he communicate with immortals?
Ying Mo said indifferently,
"That's right, it does require rain."
Everyone frowned.
Was Ying Mo really going to bow to the heaven?
Ying Mo was not just representing himself; he was representing all of Great Qin. If he really begged the Heavenly Court for rain, it would be too disappointing.
But at this moment, Ying Mo said,"
"Dong Zhongshu, you do it!"
The next moment, everyone was stunned. A strange figure in a Confucian robe had appeared in the hall!
Everyone was stunned.
Who was this?
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