Ch 285: A Complete Monopoly Over The Hearts Of All Scholars

But it wasn’t just a little bit moving, it completely moved them!

Don’t ask why Sun Jian was so disdainful when they praised him before, with ten thousand mud horses thundering in his heart. Now that they praise him, Sun Jian feels comfortable, he feels there’s a chance.

Because this praise is not that praise!

Although the output content of both is roughly the same, there is a world of difference!

Previously, Emperor Qianwu and they, their praises were just the usual pleasantries that Sun Jian had heard, such as his rare medical skills, bringing the dead back to life, thanking Sun Jian for giving the Great Qian Dynasty a second life. Although the previous remarks were genuine, they were worlds apart from the current evaluation of Sun Jian!

Sun Jian can confirm now that if he stimulates these people and the Emperor again, and copies some classic quotations, Emperor Qianwu won’t give his daughter to him in marriage, he is afraid that even he himself wouldn’t be able to let it go, and the ministers would feel even worse.

At this time, marrying a princess is no longer the case of choosing a son-in-law when one reaches the age. It has become a matter of winning over Sun Jian, rewarding him, acknowledging him, and wanting the Great Qian Imperial Family and Sun Jian to be closely bound together.

It’s not that Sun Jian necessarily wants a princess as his wife, it’s that the system is bound to Princess Changle Li Qianrou.

To obtain points and various levels of lottery prize packages, he must contact and get closer to the princess.

Sun Jian, an outsider, although he has the right to be an Imperial Lecturer, this does not mean that he can freely enter Emperor Qianwu’s inner court!

The princesses of Great Qian are different from the princes. When princes reach a certain age, they either go to their feudal territories or hold important positions in the court and establish their own offices, but princesses cannot.

Before marriage, unmarried princesses can only be raised in the Xiefeng Palace in the inner palace.

To obtain points and prize packages of various levels, Sun Jian can only do this.

At this moment, Sun Jian is racking his brains, thinking about what kind of words he should use to push the current situation forward.

Almost all the famous quotes and sayings in his mind have been reviewed by him in an instant.

Emperor Qianwu doesn’t know what Sun Jian is thinking. After the ministers expressed their feelings and praise for Sun Jian, he must conclude this matter.

“Your Excellencies are right. Loyal Servant Sun indeed deserves this praise!”

“For such great merit, I am also thinking about what I should reward him with.”

When Emperor Qianwu said this, Sun Jian had already thought of the sentences he should copy next.

He quickly cupped his hands and responded to Emperor Qianwu: “Your Majesty! I don’t want any rewards!”

“This servant lives only for his beliefs, fame and fortune are all external things, tools to be used.”

“My Qiankun Hall is also the same, all for the prosperity and flourishing of our Great Qian, for the creation of a glorious era!”

Now Sun Jian’s Qiankun Hall is no longer a secret, but something known to everyone.

On the last day of the locust plague’s end, when Li Qiancheng, Sun Jian, Mi Zhu, Xing Kang, and others held a banquet in Gaoling County, Sun Jian’s Qiankun Hall was made public.

Coupled with Sun Jian’s own influence and that of the Qiankun Hall, this news spread like wildfire throughout the Great Qian.

After all, almost a week has passed, and now even the common people in the streets and alleys know that Qiankun Hall is the property of Marquis Sun Sun Jian, let alone the ministers present.

Sun Jian’s words made everyone curious about what his belief was.

Since fame and fortune are all external things to Sun Jian, what is his ambition?

Emperor Qianwu looked at Sun Jian with great interest and asked the question that everyone present wanted to ask: “Good ambition, I am also curious, what is the belief that Your Majesty’s Loyal Servant Sun is referring to?”

Sun Jian saw that the time was ripe, and immediately spoke the words he had prepared.

This time, he borrowed the Four Sentences of Hengqu from Zhang Zai, a thinker of the Northern Song Dynasty in his previous life.

It was extremely appropriate to use them at this moment.

“In response to Your Majesty, my belief has four parts.”

Sun Jian answered forcefully: “To establish a heart for the heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue the learning of the past sages, to bring lasting peace to all generations!”

At that moment, everyone present fell silent, their faces full of shock.

Even Emperor Qianwu, the founding emperor, was moved after hearing Sun Jian’s words, his expression becoming serious.

These four sentences echoed repeatedly in the hearts of everyone in the hall, as if each person had a broadcast machine constantly reciting these four sentences in their minds.

To establish a heart for the heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue the learning of the past sages, to bring lasting peace to all generations!

Every word is a pearl, every sentence is earth-shattering, listening to them makes one’s face serious, and the aftertaste is endless.

My god!

What a grand ambition, what a selfless pursuit and belief!

These words were not only earth-shattering, but also made many of the ministers present feel ashamed and embarrassed.

Just from this belief and ideology, Sun Jian, this junior, is simply not on the same level as them.

It’s like they have always considered themselves superior to the people, on the second layer, but Sun Jian is in the stratosphere as soon as he speaks!

This is the first time everyone has heard these words, so they naturally would not suspect where Sun Jian copied them from, nor would they suspect that it was the thoughts and feelings of anyone other than Sun Jian.

Because it was the first time they heard Sun Jian’s remarks, combined with the previous praise from everyone and Sun Jian’s consistent attitude, they now firmly believe that everything is Sun Jian’s heartfelt words.

These remarks are grand and majestic, insightful and profound, with lofty aspirations. They sound like the words of a sage. Everyone is moved, let alone Sun Jian, the creator of these four sentences.

Yao Tianzheng, Yi Youwei, Zhuang Qishi, and Li Ke exchanged glances. They couldn’t help but admire Sun Jian.

The phrase “the later waves push the earlier waves aside” is not enough to express their admiration for Sun Jian. If it were not for their different statuses and ages, they would even want to treat Sun Jian as their “master” in a certain sense.

From these words, it can be seen that Sun Jian understands the principles of the creation of all things, is willing to work for the people and for the stability of Great Qian, and is even willing to create a lasting foundation for peace for generations to come!

I’m afraid that from today onwards, these four sentences will spread faster than the news of Sun Jian saving the people from the locust plague, sweeping across all the states and counties of Great Qian in a very short time!

Sun Jian will also leave a strong mark on history for himself.

It is no exaggeration to say that based on his deeds and these four sentences alone, he can completely monopolize the hearts of all scholars in the world.

Before Sun Jian arrived, Emperor Qianwu wanted to demote Sun Jian to prison in Sizhou just to pave the way for Crown Prince Li Qiancheng. Now it seems that there is absolutely no need for this.

Not only did they underestimate Sun Jian, but even Emperor Qianwu underestimated him.