The Confucian Way to Sagehood
Chapter 651

Anger of Ji Zhibai

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If you have read Chapter 631, please ignore this paragraph and continue. If you cannot see the earlier Chapter 631, please find the supplementary Chapter 631 among the public chapters before reading this one. The two chapters are closely connected, and the previous chapter should not be skipped.

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"Time waits for no one." Fang Yun could not help sighing. It was not that he did not want to act, but time would not wait for him. The Miscellaneous School and the Left Prime Minister held the initiative; to confront them head-on, who knew how many years it would take.

There was no luck in the Contest of Sacred Ways. It could only be resolved through a fair and open frontal struggle. No matter how many surprise troops or crafty schemes one had, it was difficult to seize the final victory.

Jiang Hechuan said, "There may be disputes in court tomorrow. You need not participate. Just concern yourself with which county you will be assigned to."

"This student has never experienced a court dispute, so naturally I will not be blindly arrogant. I will certainly protect myself wisely, listen more and speak less, bringing only my ears and not my mouth," Fang Yun said.

Jiang Hechuan nodded with a smile. "Good. However, the Left Prime Minister controls the Ministry of Personnel, and it is the Ministry that leads the assignment of Metropolitan Graduates to counties. You must prepare yourself to be sent to a lower-tier county."

Fang Yun had long known that every nation divided counties, prefectures, and other places into upper, middle, and lower tiers according to their prosperity. He said, "The Ji County where I lived was a lower-tier county. Even if I must govern another lower-tier county, it is nothing."

"The Ministry

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