The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 772 Emperor Xuanwu is just a younger brother in front of me [Please subscribe*Please vote for the monthly ticket]

The news that the Yan family drove the envoy of the King of Chu out of Wu County could not be blocked.

As nobles, the various families have complex connections and information is exchanged.

Although those who are further away are not sure why the Yan family drove away the Shouchun envoys, one piece of news was revealed: the Yan family and Wu County became independent!
Even though the Yan family and Wu County did not declare independence, they proved with facts that they would no longer accept any orders or transfers from Shouchun.

"Shouchun, do you never consider the consequences when doing things?" The head of the Yan family shook his head in disappointment.

If King Kao Lie were still alive, he would not have invited Lian Po and Li Mu to come out of seclusion, and he would have thought about the great impact of such behavior.

At least before sending anyone, they would send a secret envoy to the Yan family to say hello and let the Yan family ask for the two people's opinions, instead of coming in such a high-profile manner.

This is tantamount to putting the Yan family on the fire.

The Yan family is a branch of Confucianism and the leader of Confucianism and even the entire world's literature. Even if Li Mu agreed, they would not let Li Mu go to Shouchun.

Otherwise, it would mean that the Yan family condones the fratricide between father and son.

Once the news gets out, the two memorial archways of the Yan family will become a joke. There will be no need for the other hundreds of schools of thought to rebuke them. The Confucian school will expel the Yan family from Confucianism as well.

The centuries-old Confucian teachings can be trampled on the ground without any action from any family. The Yan family itself will be brought into disgrace and there will be chaos within itself.

Lian Po and Li Mu admired the behavior of the scholars from the Yan family, which refreshed their understanding of Confucianism.

In this era of the Spring and Autumn Period when there were no unjust wars, there were still people who could stick to the moral bottom line. It must be said that the Yan family refreshed their views on Confucianists.

No wonder the Yan family could produce such a person.

"What is the relationship between the head of the Yan family and that kid?" Lian Po and Li Mu just remembered that except for meeting the head of the Yan family when they first arrived in Yushan, they had never seen him again, and they did not specifically understand the relationship between him and Yan Yan.

"No matter what Wen Zheng's identity or status is, he is still my younger brother!"

"When Wen Zheng was studying at Yushan Academy, he was the head of the music school, and I was the head of the etiquette school!"

"Moreover, I fought against Wen Zheng twelve times, and I never lost a single battle!"

The Yan family patriarch said with a smile.

Lian Po and Li Mu were both in awe as they listened to the words of the Yan family's patriarch. It turned out that the Yan family was home to many talented people.

Etiquette is the first of the six arts. The head of the Yan family can become the head of etiquette, which means he is a real senior brother. Moreover, after twelve battles, Yan Yan was defeated in all twelve battles. How high must the cultivation strength of the head of the Yan family be now?

"If you two gentlemen don't believe me, you can ask around at Yushan Academy. I fought with Wen Zheng all those years ago and never lost!"

As the Yan family patriarch spoke, he also took out the results of the Yushan Academy's annual examination, which really surpassed Yan Yan.

"Why are so many wooden slips missing?" Lian Po and Li Mu were a little surprised.

Paper was not yet popular at that time. Although it was available, it was still very expensive. Even the Yan family could not use paper to record the results and rankings of the annual examinations. They still used bamboo slips and wooden tablets.

On the bamboo slips with the results of the Years Exam, the names of the Yan family patriarch, Yan family uncle, and Zicheng were at the top of the list, while Yan Yan was at twelfth, but several bamboo slips in between had been drawn out.

"Ahem..." Yan Zicheng coughed awkwardly. The higher Yan Yan's achievements, the higher their ability to suppress Yan Yan's achievements also increased. So after Yan Yan became famous, especially after he was desperately recommended by the princes to be the Emperor of Xuanwu, his performance evaluation records in Yushan Academy were torn apart by a group of people, and the one with their names on it was taken away.

Although the Yan family is not well-known, they still communicate a lot. When they are having a good drink, they will take out the wooden tablet to show off to their friends that they once defeated the Xuanwu Emperor by more than ten blocks.

As for the fact that they had fought twelve times without losing a single match, at that time they were practicing normal Confucian martial arts and were all top-notch martial artists, while Yan Yan only had some brute force and had not cultivated a righteous spirit. How could he fight them?
Therefore, now when the teachers in Yushan Academy teach their disciples, they always boast that they once defeated Emperor Xuanwu and were much stronger than Emperor Xuanwu!
Even if Yan Yan came in person, he couldn't deny that he had really beaten up these people back then.

Therefore, the most popular saying among the teachers in the entire Yushan Academy is, I once defeated Emperor Xuanwu in a certain way!

As for the teacher who couldn't even get this achievement, he was at the bottom of the food chain and contempt chain in Yushan Academy, and he was embarrassed to teach in Yushan Academy.

"Terrible Yushan!" Li Mu and Lian Po exclaimed.

Confucians disdain fraud, not to mention that the head of the Yan family has laid out the evidence in front of them.

"Gentlemen, just stay in Yushan and write your books with peace of mind. Leave the other chores to my Yan family!" Yan Zicheng said with a smile.

Originally, he was not qualified to take over the position of the head of the family according to his age. However, he and Yan Yan were fellow apprentices of the same school. Moreover, after Yan Yan became famous, the Yan family ancestral temple quietly put Yan Yan's name in the family tree, and registered it under Yan Shuyu's name, counting Yan Yan as Yan Shuyu's son.

Some people still know that this is fake now, but after a few generations, who will know whether it is true or not?

Therefore, Yan Shucheng became Yan Yan's cousin.

After the previous head of the Yan family retired, the second generation who was supposed to take over saw that he was in power, how should he treat Yan Yan? As an elder, it is still a bit embarrassing to be inferior to the younger generation.

Therefore, the Yan family unanimously decided to replace all the elders with third-generation disciples.

In this way, when they go out to do things, they can all say, I am the brother of Emperor Xuanwu.

Who in the world would dare not give them the chief position?

Because Yan Yan's reputation grew, many scholars came to Yushan to study.

Although the Yan family will not send people to Bingzhou to interfere in Bingzhou’s affairs, nor will they do anything to ruin Yan Yan’s reputation, it is still okay to borrow Yan Yan’s reputation.

Even if Yan Yan knew, he wouldn't say anything.

After all, if Yan Yan had not been adopted by the Yan family and taught by Yushan Academy, he would not have survived that winter and would not have achieved what he has today.

As for using Yan Yan's name to do bad things, the Yan family themselves will investigate it strictly. Confucianism is the most reputation-conscious school among all the schools of thought.

If anyone were to ruin Yan Yan's reputation, Bingzhou wouldn't even need to speak up, the Yan family would clean up the mess first.

"The State of Chu is going to be in chaos. Although my Yan family has not declared independence, we have done things towards independence. Based on my understanding of the powerful people in the State of Chu, I am afraid that after the spring, all places, big and small, will declare independence!" said the head of the Yan family solemnly.

Although they did not deliberately try to trip up the State of Chu, it was ultimately caused by them, so they still felt somewhat guilty.

The Yan family will not change. They are orthodox Confucianists and stick to their teachings. Who can say what?

(End of this chapter)