The development of the situation did not deviate from his expectations.
Julu.
Facing the envoys sent by the various states, Gu Yan was courteous, but his attitude toward these countries was like that of the younger members of the Gu Clan.
— Disdainful.
These people underestimated the Gu Clan in the end.
The conditions proposed by these countries were things that the Gu Clan could easily disregard.
Some promised to establish Gu's School as National Studies, some offered the hereditary position of Grand Tutor, and some even boasted that when the world was unified, they would give the Gu Clan half of the kingdom.
Such offers might be hard to refuse for other noble families.
But the Gu Clan is different after all.
As Gu Jin said — How many times in its hundreds of years has the Gu Clan been able to ascend to the throne? If even the throne couldn't tempt them, why would they covet the "half kingdom" given by others?
Everything was as Zhao Kuangyin expected —
