Chapter 525 All Scholars in the World Must Regard Chen Mo as Their Benefactor

Although Xiaoqing Spiritual Qi is the most common innate spiritual energy, it is what all warriors in the world dream of absorbing.

Because 99% of the warriors in the world are stuck in the realm of low-grade warriors for their whole lives, and it is difficult for them to make any progress. The middle-grade warrior is a gap that they can hardly cross in their lifetime.

For them, if they can enter the middle-grade warrior, even if they can only comprehend and absorb the Xiaoqing Spiritual Qi, they will be satisfied.

Even Sun Meng has been stuck in the seventh-grade refining realm for nearly ten years, and he has never seen the hope of a breakthrough.

If he had not followed Chen Mo, he would have been rewarded with blood ginseng and innate spiritual objects by Chen Mo, and then the Qi-absorbing technique, I am afraid that he would have stopped at the seventh grade in his life.

"Yes, it's good to be able to break through. Don't be discouraged. At least you are now the envy of many low-grade warriors." Chen Mo patted his shoulder and smiled.

Sun Meng nodded.

"So, you are late because of the breakthrough." Chen Mo said.

"Yes."

"Okay, it's okay. I'll give you a day off. Go back and consolidate your realm. You don't have to stay with me today."

"Yes, thank you, Lord."

"Go ahead."

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On the first day back in Xiangyang, Chen Mo had a lot of things to do.

In the afternoon, Wei Linchun introduced some celebrities from noble families to Chen Mo.

Since Chen Mo drove the Jinxia barbarians in the north out of the Song Dynasty and recovered the lost land in the north, more and more celebrities from noble families, wealthy businessmen, and literati have poured into Linzhou.

These people came from all over the Song Dynasty. They admired Chen Mo very much and regarded Chen Mo as their idol.

It can be said that Chen Mo's expulsion of foreign enemies and recovery of the north brought an extremely huge influence.

For example, some officials with great reputation, outstanding ability and clean style, in the early days when Xu Guozhong controlled the government, these officials impeached Xu Guozhong, but the result was either imprisonment or demoted and dismissed. Later, corruption was rampant, the world became more and more chaotic, and they became more and more disappointed with the court.

Later, they simply resigned and returned home, not caring about worldly affairs.

Even if some ambitious princes such as Huai Wang and Chong Wang asked them to serve, they ignored them.

Because they could see that these people were not for the people, nor for the stability of the world, but had their own ambitions.

In fact, after Chen Mo took over Lin and Huaizhou and issued a notice to recruit talents, Zuo Lianglun and Geng Songfu also asked these people to serve, but they were still rejected.

But now, these people took the initiative to find them.

Among them was Chen Xiu, the grandfather of Chen Ming, who had already surrendered to Chen Mo and was a military officer in the record room.

During the reign of the previous emperor, Chen Xiu was a famous scholar in the court. He served as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, the Left Censor-in-Chief, and taught the emperor. He had many students. Later, he was dissatisfied with Xu Guozhong's monopoly on government affairs. After retiring, he has been living in Jiangnan.

Chen Xiu has gray hair and is dressed like an old scholar. He leans on a peach wood cane. He looks kind and energetic.

Those clean officials were surprised to see Chen Xiu there, and secretly thought that their choice was right.

"Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time." Chen Mo, led by Wei Linchun, came to the reception hall of the government office and met Chen Xiu and others.

"Duke Anguo." Everyone bowed to Chen Mo respectfully.

Even Chen Xiu did not show off and respected Chen Mo.

And Chen Xiu's appearance surprised all the clean officials.

You know, when Chen Xiu was the Left Censor-in-Chief, he was a ruthless man who dared to report even the emperor.

The reason why Chen Xiu reported the emperor was not because he was disloyal or unfilial.

It was that officials at that time were amassing wealth, buying and selling official positions, and plundering the people's fat and blood. The people lived in misery, but the emperor turned a blind eye to it. Chen Xiu, who did not know that the emperor was a puppet at the time, angrily reported to the emperor.

The reason why he respected Chen Mo was not because he was afraid of his power.

He came all the way from Jiangnan, first went to Huaizhou, and then to Linzhou, and saw that the people of the two states lived and worked in peace and contentment, with happy smiles on their faces, and saw that the market was bustling with people coming and going, wearing all kinds of clothes, giving people a feeling of bustle and noise.

No officials or bullies were seen oppressing the people and rampant in the streets, and no heavy taxes were seen.

The people had fields to farm, clothes to wear, and food to eat.

When Chen Mo was mentioned in front of the people, the people did not avoid him like snakes and scorpions, but said that Chen Mo was a good man, a fairy master, and a great master of justice.

After arriving in Xiangyang City, he even saw a school for children to study for free.

In all these ways, Chen Mo deserved his respect.

"I am Chen Xiu, a humble man. I am honored to meet the Duke of Anguo." Chen Xiu said.

"Duke Chen, I have long heard of your great name." Before coming, Wei Linchun had mentioned Chen Xiu to Chen Mo. He quickly helped Chen Xiu up and said, "It is not worthy of you. Please stand up quickly, Duke Chen."

Chen Xiu's martial arts skills are not high. He is over 70 years old and is only a fifth-rank martial artist.

But his knowledge belongs to the masters of the literary world of the Song Dynasty.

"I heard that Duke Anguo drove away foreign enemies, killed enemy generals, recovered lost territory, rode through Haiyan Pass, and spread the reputation of our Song Dynasty. The phrase "If the enemy can go, I can go too" made me excited. Duke Anguo can stand up and turn the tide when the country is in such a critical moment. It is a blessing for the country and the court." Chen Xiu bowed to Chen Mo again.

"Duke Chen is praising me. This is what I should do. How can the territory of our Song Dynasty be ravaged by foreign races?" After Chen Mo invited Chen Xiu to sit down, he walked to the head and sat down.

After he finished speaking, everyone praised Chen Mo's vision and righteousness.

"Although the north has been recovered now, everything is in ruins and needs to be rebuilt and restored. The country is in crisis and corruption is rampant. You were once the pillars of the court and the clear stream, and you have outstanding talents. Therefore, I sincerely ask you to help me, help the court, and help your majesty. , to help millions of people demonstrate what they have learned throughout their lives and recreate the glory of the Song Dynasty.”

After saying that, Chen Mo stood up and clasped his fists to the left and right.

Listening to Chen Mo's heartfelt words, everyone was extremely excited and agreed one after another.

Chen Xiu said: "I heard from Ming'er that Duke An Guo has petitioned the court to resume the imperial examination?"

"That's right. Nowadays, there are vacancies of officials in various parts of the north, and there are still many people who hope that we will resolve their injustices and grievances. It is urgent to resume the imperial examination." After saying that, Chen Mo bowed his hand towards Chen Xiu and said, "If the imperial examination is resumed, I, Chen Mo, implore Mr. Chen to be the examiner and take charge of all matters of the imperial examination."

As soon as these words came out, everyone heard that something was wrong. If the imperial examination were to be resumed, shouldn't it be held by the imperial court? Now what you mean by this is that you have to handle it all by yourself.

In this case, wouldn't all the scholars in this world regard you as a benefactor?

However, in the current situation, if the imperial examination is really resumed, it seems that only Chen Mo can handle it.

Chen Xiu bowed to Chen Mo: "Dong An Guo admires the people, and the people are willing to give it a try."