Chapter 428.
Chapter 428 – Opportunity
After An Ya returned to the palace, naturally the first thing she did was to pay her respects to her father.
Outside the imperial study, only the voice of the father’s anger was heard from inside.
An Ya curiously asked, “What’s wrong with Father Emperor?”
Eunuch Li returned, “The group of thieves who robbed the Nine Prisons on the night of the New Congratulation Ceremony have yet to be heard from.
The adults from the Jail Luo Division and the Demon Beheading Division have already gone after them, while the Da Lisi, the Ministry of Justice and the Inspectorate haven’t grasped a single clue, and even the passes handed in are shirking their responsibilities to each other, which is why His Majesty is in this state.
Your Highness An Ya wait here for a moment, we will go in and report.”
Not long after, Eunuch Li went and returned, leading An Ya into the imperial study.
Emperor Ming heavily slammed down the folders in his hands and said in a deep voice, “Each and every one of them is a waste, and when it comes to actually doing something, all of them are hard to handle!”
“Father, rest your anger, don’t hurt your body.” An Ya persuaded.
Seeing his pearl in the palm of his hand, Emperor Ming pinched his brow and slowly collected his annoyance, “Let An Ya see my disorder.”
An Ya shook her head and continued, “A thief who is able to avoid the Heavenly Supervisor and escape from the hands of the Zhen Shen Si Royal must be extraordinary.
It makes sense that the Three Divisions side would need time to gather clues, and it won’t help if Father is in a hurry.”
Emperor Ming sniffed and snorted coldly, “If it’s just a matter of not having enough time, it would be fine, the key is that this group of people don’t even know which direction to pursue.
So many people in the three divisions, above the court, promote their own people promoted quite fast, the sound of mutual denunciation is louder than anyone else, but at the critical moment, one also can not be put to use!
I want these wastes have what use?!”
An Ya quietly stood aside, did not answer.
After a while, the Ming Emperor gas smooth some before opening his mouth to ask: “An Ya to find me for what?”
An Ya took out the white proclamation written by Qin Feng from her bosom and gently handed it over, “There is something here that I want to let Father take a look at.”
“What is this?” Emperor Ming was curious and took the white proclamation, only to see that the title page was clearly written with the four big words of the imperial examination system.
He slowly turned over the white proclamation and scanned a few times, then raised his eyebrows slightly and muttered under his breath, “Sections to take scholars, fair competition, recruiting based on merit… Somewhat interesting.”
At this moment, Emperor Ming was just like An Ya who learned about the imperial examination system for the first time, the more he looked at it, the more engaged he became, the more mesmerized he became.
And when Emperor Ming saw the sentence “break the monopoly of the powerful and rich in the courtroom situation, the world’s heroes into my hub”, actually also could not help but call out the word “good”.
“My Great Qian, the people of the world, recruiting talent, should be so!
An Ya, this imperial examination system, but you came up with it?” Emperor Ming looked up and asked.
An Ya shook her head, “It was a close friend who knows, who gave this to me today, and entrusted me to present it to Father to see.”
“A close friend?” Emperor Ming’s mind pondered for a long time, and he did not know who among the people he knew had such a talent for warping the heavens and the earth.
“What is his official position?”
“No official position.”
“Could it be that he is someone you know from the Hao Wen Yuan?” Emperor Ming asked again.
“Technically speaking, he should be considered my senior brother.” Anya answered truthfully.
“The son of the Qin family, Qin Feng?”
“Reporting back to Father, it is precisely him.”
Emperor Ming came to a realization.
As the current emperor of Great Qian, the information he possessed must be extraordinary.
The Heavenly Supervisor is the backbone of the Great Qian Dynasty, so how could he not pay attention to his disciples?
What’s more, after coming to Fengtian City, Qin Feng has done more than a few amazing things – inventing gunpowder, displaying superior medical skills, and founding the Hanmen School.
It made sense for him to send someone to collect all the information on the other party.
Because of this, the Ming Emperor knew that Qin Feng was the eighth disciple that the Heavenly Supervisor State Master had taken in, only, the name of master and disciple between the two was a bit far-fetched and odd. “A talent.” Emperor Ming lamented.
“Does Father feel that this imperial examination system is feasible?”
Emperor Ming nodded: “If this can be implemented to the entire Great Qian, all the heroes of the world will be in my hub is not an empty talk, only…”
The rest of the words, Emperor Ming did not say, but An Ya is clear, want to implement the difficulty is too great, the resistance is destined to not be small.
“Can you let the Heavenly Supervisor State Master have a look at this thing?” Emperor Ming asked.
“The teacher returned a good.”
Emperor Ming understood and stood up, his mind constantly pondering that proposing this policy would certainly be opposed by a large number of officials.
Forcing it through would only hurt and make it difficult to move an inch.
It would be best if after proposing this policy, he could find an excuse to implement it within Fengtian City first, and then spread it continuously to the whole of Daqian.
However, is this excuse that easy to find?
On the other side, within the Third Prince’s palace, Tang Fei reported all the changes in the Cold Gate Academy during this period of time.
“. After the officials’ suppression, as well as verbal warnings, nearly half of the children of the Cold Sect had already quit the Cold Sect Academy.
I believe that it won’t be long before there won’t be any more scholars in the Cold Gate Academy.”
“Not bad.” The Third Prince nodded approvingly, “But your plan, it won’t be just these petty fights, right?”
“Naturally not.” Tang Fei smiled faintly, then said, “Getting rid of the students from the Cold Sect Academy is just a prelude for what’s to come.
My ultimate goal is to provoke Qin Feng into taking over the academic battle with the State Scholarship Academy.”
The Third Prince’s brows furrowed in confusion, “A mere academic battle, what kind of trick is that?
Even if Qin Feng loses to the State Eunuch, he won’t lose anything.”
“The Third Prince doesn’t know, the Academic Competition of the State Scholarship Elementary School has always been held at the Tianxin Terrace.
Competing with others in academic battles up there will constantly consume literary qi and is extremely exhausting.
And if one loses academics to others, those who are not strong-willed will even have their heart platform shattered, and from then on, they will no longer have a chance on the path of the Literary Sage Daolord.”
When the Third Prince heard this, he came to a sudden realization, “You mean, you want to use this academic battle to shatter Qin Feng’s Heart Asking Platform?
But I once heard you say that Qin Feng had broken through the Academic Palace in the Hao Wen Academy, and his willpower is far beyond the reach of any other person.
How would he let your ploy succeed?”
“Qin Feng is indeed extraordinary, it’s not easy to shatter his Inquiring Mind Stage through a single defeat, but what if it’s a series of consecutive defeats?
Even the staunchest minded Wen Sheng Daolord wouldn’t be able to withstand such a blow.”
After a pause, Tang Fei laughed again, “If Qin Feng really took over the Academic Battle, Your Highness could even send someone to secretly publicize this matter, making it known to everyone in Fengtian City.
The matter of being defeated through academics by someone from the State Scholarship Elementary School and shattering Qin Feng’s Inquiring Mind Stage in full view of everyone can be considered a tenfold success!”
The Third Prince paced back and forth in the hall, then asked, “In case your State Elementary School, in terms of academics, is not Qin Feng’s opponent, what should be done?”
Tang Fei shook his head and laughed: “Your Highness is too much for him, he’s just a literary saint who asks for medical advice, even if he knows some strange and obscene techniques, what can he do?
Taking a step back, even if the other people in the State Elementary School lose, I am confident that I can definitely win against him.”
“Oh?” The Third Prince looked sideways.
Tang Fei confidently said, “Your Highness doesn’t know, I’ve been studying the art of war with Master Mo for an unknown number of years.
Among the students of the entire Hao Wen Academy, I’m afraid that only Fei Zhuan, the disciple of the Heavenly Supervisor’s State Master, is able to compete with me.
And for Qin Feng to want to beat me in the art of war is tantamount to a fool’s dream.
Now, as long as I wait for him to be tricked into responding to the academic battle, I will be able to defeat him in full view of everyone, making him so overwhelmed and humiliated that the Inquiring Mind Stage will shatter!”
“Good!” The Third Prince’s eyes lit up.
(End of chapter)