Chapter 364

When the sound of Ke Anran offering his own recommendation emerged from the end of the line of officials, the ministers sighed inwardly. As expected, there were further variables in today’s court proceedings. As a Confucian scholar in green robes and a representative of the current generation of Confucianists, Ke Anran had been driven out of Tianjing by Dong Xingshu of the Ministry of People due to political disagreements. Though he held only nominal titles, his prestige among the younger generation of Confucian scholars had not waned; on the contrary, there was a sense that he was honored even in defeat. Consequently, for years, Ke Anran had been a top-tier figure on the School of Fiction’s "List of Dragons in the Depths." The fact that Ke Anran had returned to the capital for the court assembly was a significant event. Many ministers had wondered if the elder generation of Confucianists was attempting to reconcile with him to use him as a counterweight against Zhou Tieyi. However, the initial clash between the Mohist School and the Confucianists over "whether the common people should wear the Twelve Ornaments" had been so captivating that everyone had overlooked Ke Anran’s arrival. Now that he had suddenly spoken up, it felt as if things were finally falling into place.