A few more grains of dark golden spiritual sand merged into the starry sky, lighting up a star in the northwest star cluster. At this point, more than 830 stars had flashed in the night sky of the island, forming more than 30 star clusters.
Due to lack of imagination, except for the Big Dipper, Wu Sheng still couldn't imagine what constellations the other star clusters were, but no matter what, the night sky finally took on the appearance of a starry sky.
Under the starry sky, there is a small island made of half a million spiritual sands. Hundreds of peaks rise one after another, densely surrounding the central volcano. The crater of the volcano is constantly spewing out hot real energy. Rainbows were drawn above the island.
A large amount of love gold was exchanged for a large amount of spiritual materials. The large amount of spiritual materials made Qihai the size it is today. Wu Sheng's cultivation level improved rapidly as he kept devouring it.
After visualizing the last batch of attenuated black ginseng pills that he had refined and hoarded, Wu Sheng came out of the alchemy room and took a deep breath of the cold and fresh air that penetrated his heart and spleen.
The patio and the eaves are covered with a thin layer of snow, which looks like a hazy silver gauze under the moonlight. This should be the last snow in winter. The snow in the south has never been able to survive. When the snow melts, the spring breeze of February will be ushered in like scissors, right?
Hearing the sound of Wu Sheng going out from the inner courtyard, Master Dongsun walked in quickly and said to him: "Are you free, layman? Come quickly, I am discussing something with Dong Da and Ding Ran."
Wu Sheng followed him to a side room in the outer courtyard. The lights in the room were bright. Dong Da and Ding Ran both stood up and saluted Wu Sheng: "I have met Master Shen Alchemy."
For more than half a month after the Chu envoy left, the two men were ordered by Wu Sheng to keep an eye on the trends in the market. Any disturbance in every corner of the city was under their control.
Dong Da recounted the news from the public again and said: "In the nine houses in the city, the people of the country are partial to the young master. My brothers followed the method mentioned by the alchemist and visited every house and asked them all. The twenty-six households did not know or had no idea about the young master's succession, the sixteen households thought that the elder prince's succession was justifiable, and the remaining thirty-nine households all thought that the younger prince was good."
Shopkeeper Dong interjected: "Why do you think the young master is so good?"
Dong laughed and said: "More than ten households said it was because Yongrentang said that the young master was good."
The consultation pattern of Yongrentang is that the Master Dongsun is outside and treats minor injuries and illnesses, while Wu Sheng treats severe and difficult diseases. In the past half month, the two "doctors" have been doing other things besides diagnosis and treatment. They would always say a few words, saying that the young master Qingyu was kind and loving to the people.
Ding Ran also reported the results obtained in the past half month. The die-hard young masters—Sikong Lufang, Situ Zhonggu, Shaofu Yanbing, Dianling Yongzang, Guolao Yongzifu, etc. The number of people ranged from twenty to seven or eight. Adding in the more than thirty guests of the young master in pairs, there were hundreds.
Wu Sheng frowned: "Sikong, Situ, Shaofu, Dianling, Guo Lao, all the important officials in the dynasty are really in love with each other."
Among the six important ministers of Yongguo, only Sima Yuanzirang was a die-hard Qingyu Party member. The comparison of the situation between the two sides was indeed not conducive to one's own side.
Ding Ran said: "These are only important officials and senior officials. Among the middle and lower officials, the majority of them support the couple, such as the supervisor Ma Yin, Gong Yin, Le Yin, Bu Yin, the master of ceremonies, and the left and right men. They are all Cheng. Of the two parties, the only ones on our end are Men Yin Yongji and Si Wei Yi Pu."
Speaking of this, Ding Ran smiled bitterly: "In short, the strength is so weak. Ding wants to ask, doesn't Master Shen plan to change the family?"
Wu Sheng knew he was joking. Both the Ding family and the Dong family were Chinese. If they wanted to improve their status, it would not work for them to vote for Chengshuang. Chengshuang's governance was conservative, and it would be difficult to cross the class line through that line. Ascend to heaven.
On Qingyu's side, Dao Baifeng won the recognition of Yuan Sima through his own efforts and was accepted as a disciple; the same was true for Master Shen Dan, who was accepted by Qingyu as a disciple after making contributions to Yongguo. These two are living examples of successful class advancement, right in front of their eyes. Therefore, only by siding with Qingyu and following Wu Sheng can they hope to become scholars.
But Wu Sheng's boat is not that easy to get on. Because of the Chu envoy's operations, Yong Rentang has been closely linked to the change of monarchy. If two people come to power, Wu Sheng has to flee. Qing Yu comes to power, and Yong Rentang The church will grow further.
Although Ding Ran was joking, Wu Sheng did not dare to take it lightly and reiterated again: "It is indeed difficult, but the so-called sword edge is sharpened... It means that only by constantly sharpening the sword can the sword edge be sharpened. ...Of course there is no problem with sharpening magic weapons. I am talking about the swords of ordinary soldiers... Ordinary soldiers do not use swords. What about spears? What about spears? Okay, I will say I mean, don’t make excuses! If you don’t understand, let me rephrase it, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, do you understand this time?”
This time, all three of them understood, no longer dwelled on it, and continued to discuss.
Among the officials, only three supported Qingyu, but the good news is that Sima is in charge of the army, Men Yin is in charge of the door, and Si Wei is in charge of public security. They are all important positions. This is why Qingyu can fight with Cheng Shuang until now. Otherwise, they would have been expelled into exile long ago.
If it were placed in later generations, with these three positions in hand, no matter how many ministers and officials supported the pair, one would destroy the other. But this is not the case now. This is an era that pays attention to retainers. The military power among the princes and the power of the country The power of Dr. Qing, which one is strong or weak, is the gatekeeper.
For example, Yuan Sima went to Jiuzhen tribe last year. Half of the fifty monks he brought were recruited from the sects of various ministers. If the battle was to form an army, the same would be true for the soldiers on the chariot. Only ordinary soldiers were recruited from among the people. The soldiers were recruited, but the main force was still these soldiers.
In the entire Yong Kingdom, excluding the savages, there are only three thousand households and less than three hundred scholars. The majority of the people are the followers of one party. This is the strength of the weak.
Therefore, Prince Qingyu and others were busy persuading Doctor Qing to join him, while Wu Sheng focused on the class of scholars - he and Doctor Qing were not on good terms with each other. They might respect him as an alchemist, but they didn't. He would not communicate with him on such a major issue. This was due to his status and class consciousness, so Wu Sheng could only do nothing.
"Our focus is on these customers, listing the other party's customers, finding their families, and we will do the work of persuading the family members..."
Ding Ran nodded: "It's easy. For example, when fathers, sons, brothers, or grandparents and grandchildren go to have fun, make things as difficult as possible... win their money in gambling, and make them look for a girl without fun!"
Dong laughed and said: "Another example would be to create a blockage in their home and prevent them from going out. At night, they would use a slingshot to break down their windows..."
Ding Ran said: "Throwing manure has the best effect."
Master Dongsun smiled evilly: "For another example, during the diagnosis and treatment, the family members of these diners sit in the back row and let them wait. The people on our side are given priority for diagnosis and treatment... Anyway, they are not treated!"
Wu Sheng put his hand on his forehead and said speechlessly: "Stop, that's not what I meant..."
The three of them nodded: "Of course this is not Master Shen's intention, this is our intention!"
