However, the officials are at the top level, while the rest are at the middle and lower levels.
As the time approached, the discussion was in full swing.
"Scholar Deng, do you think today's meeting will yield a good result?" A middle-aged man facing a person resembling a Great Scholar asked this at a table in the center.
As soon as the question was raised, those around fell silent, for this Scholar Deng was a person of high virtue and reputation, well-versed in the classics and familiar with various schools of thought, with disciples across the world, highly respected in the Northwest.
Scholar Deng stroked his beard and slowly raised his head, "Discussions similar to today's have taken place many times in the past, yet none bore fruit. Initially, I didn't dare hope for any different outcome this time, but this Marquis Xueyi is vastly different from past court officials."
