During the peace talks and the suppression of the School of Miscellany, the cabinet officials resisted the pressure and continued to reform.
During Jingguo's most difficult period, the Ministry of Finance and Jingguo's bank had completed their preparations. A large number of officials from the Ministry of Revenue and related officials were transferred to these two departments. Nearly half of the people who occupied the important positions in these two departments were members of the Fang Party. There were also a few unfamiliar faces.
There were even a few young people who didn't have high positions.
In order to deal with the departure of the School of Miscellany, Jingguo conferred many official titles of xiucai, juren, jinshi, and Hanlin.
The actual positions of these scholars ranged from xiucai to jinshi. They weren't very famous in Jingguo, but their family backgrounds were clean. They had obtained extremely high scores in the official examinations, so they were conferred official positions and could directly obtain a higher official rank.
There were some especially outstanding scholars who had extremely strong abilities in certain fields. Fang Yun personally recruited them to replace the School of Miscellany and placed them in various offices in Jingguo.
If Fang Yun did this under normal circumstances, it would definitely cause a strong backlash from the various factions. But now, many of the School of Miscellany had left. They couldn't even fill this hole themselves, so they didn't have the energy nor the excuse to oppose Fang Yun.
Fang Yun was very moderate when he arranged for people. He would never let more than half of his own people take on similar positions. Furthermore, he would balance the personnel of the various factions to prevent any one faction from monopolizing the position.
The most important reason why these factions didn't oppose him was that they believed that Fang Yun would most likely leave Jingguo because of the suppression of the School of Miscellany. Rather than fighting with Fang Yun now, it was better to wait until the dust settled before acting.
In the next few days, all sorts of rumors spread among the human race.
The Hall of Works, the Hall of Agriculture, the Hall of Medicine, and the Hall of Punishment kept sending out their elders to negotiate with the School of Miscellany. The Hall of War also expressed that they didn't want the School of Miscellany to seal the Sage Path.
The relationship between the various halls and pavilions was basically equal. Only the Dongsheng Pavilion had the greatest say and could truly stop the School of Miscellany.
The Dongsheng Pavilion had long been occupied by miscellaneous scholars.
As a result, some of the Pavilion elders were prepared to launch a Notre-Dame Mass Motion, but it was vetoed by the Dongsheng Pavilion. They believed that it was an internal affair of the House of Miscellany, and no one had the right to interfere. Furthermore, they could not escalate the dispute over the Divine Path at such a time.
Scholars and scholars from all over the country gathered in Kong City.
This was an extremely dangerous signal because Eastern Sage did not make a move. He had to rely on a large number of Grand Scholars and Great Confucians to activate the Divine Path Seal. This meant that the Miscellany School had made up their minds to punish Jingguo severely.
Ambitious people of the human race continued to head to Kongcheng and began to lobby the School of Miscellany. However, the School of Miscellany was highly unified. The Great Confucians and Great Scholars who participated in the sealing of the Divine Path had already been isolated from the outside world. They were conserving their strength and waiting for the final opportunity.
An unprecedented scene unfolded in Jingguo.
It turned out that the Imperial Court, which would not be held for several months or even a year, would be held punctually at seven o 'clock in the morning every day in the Heavenly Worship Hall.
The officials in the court were divided into two groups.
One group insisted on forcing Fang Yun to negotiate for peace. If he did not go, they would impeach Fang Yun and strip him of his position as Left Minister.
The other group thought that Fang Yun should not be forced out. Once Fang Yun left Jingguo, the damage done to Jingguo would be no less than the sealing of the Divine Path.
Most of the officials did not want to force Fang Yun out. Although these people also had complaints about Fang Yun, they knew very well the consequences of forcing Fang Yun out. They themselves had benefited greatly from Fang Yun's war poems and reforms. Moreover, they were not from the Miscellany School. Even if the Divine Path was sealed, their own Divine Paths would not be affected.
These people had some dark thoughts in their hearts. If they forced Fang Yun out now, it would be difficult for them to gain more benefits from Fang Yun in the future. The Zong Family and the Lei Family's inability to use Fang Yun's war poems was the best example.
Moreover, even if Jingguo was destroyed because of the Miscellany School's punishment, the Miscellany School would not dare to touch Fang Yun. They would not even be able to imprison him, let alone banish him. They would not let Fang Yun suffer any substantial losses.
Since Fang Yun was still around, these people who did not oppose Fang Yun could continue to be on good terms with Fang Yun and reap benefits.
These people knew very well that Fang Yun could give them far more benefits than Jingguo.
Many people realized that Fang Yun had made the most terrible binding of benefits, but they were powerless to break it. They could only bite the bullet and follow Fang Yun all the way to the end.
The two sides were in a stalemate.
On the ninth day after the Miscellany School's announcement, which was the day the Holy Path would be sealed tomorrow, the Fengtian Hall was bright all night.
Today's court meeting lasted from morning until late at night. Jing Jun and Zhao Yuan had already gone to their chambers to rest, and the Empress Dowager had already taken a nap occasionally. The officials were still arguing in the Fengtian Hall.
For the past few days, Fang Yun did not come every day. He continued to deepen the reform, and no one could do anything about it.
However, on the last day, Fang Yun still did not participate in the court meeting, which completely angered Fang Yun's opponents.
Seeing that it was already past midnight and one o 'clock in the morning, Sheng Boyuan finally made his final decision.
"Within two hours, if Fang Yun does not come to the Fengtian Hall, the Old Man will resign and leave. I will never set foot in Jingguo for the rest of my life!"
Sheng Boyuan's roar suppressed all the voices.
Previously, no one took his threat to resign seriously. They only thought that it was a means of struggle. But now, they realized that he really did have the intention to resign.
The Empress Dowager was still a little dizzy. When she heard Sheng Boyuan's roar, she immediately sobered up and said, "Why are you angry, Minister Sheng? This matter can't be rushed. I'll send someone to invite Fang Xusheng again. "
After saying that, the Empress Dowager's voice suddenly changed. She said coldly, "Zhang Poyue, go and invite Fang Yun here. If you can't invite Fang Yun, go to the Ministry of War and be punished. Don't even think about being promoted in the future."
Zhang Poyue was stunned and complained, "Empress Dowager, aren't you bullying an honest person? Cao Xiang, Yang Xiang, Cai He, and so on, how many people have gone? Who can invite him here? You'd better find someone else. Don't torture an honest person like me. I haven't recovered from the injuries I suffered in the Battle of Ning 'an. "
"Don't think that I don't know that you got a sacred fruit from Fang Yun. Not only did you recover from your injuries, but you're also showing off … other benefits!" The Empress Dowager's voice was a little strange.
The officials who knew about it secretly laughed. Ever since Zhang Poyue ate the sacred fruit, his body had been strengthened in all aspects. He was showing off everywhere, especially one aspect. The whole city knew about it. The soldiers in the army laughed at him behind his back.
"How can you take it seriously when I'm bragging?"
"Then I'll send someone tomorrow to announce that what you said before was just bragging. In fact, you have another identity, a eunuch." The Empress Dowager sneered.
Zhang Poyue was stunned, and the other officials didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The Empress Dowager was forced by Sheng Boyuan and Fang Yun to the point that she had no choice but to let Zhang Poyue invite Fang Yun.
Although Zhang Poyue was known as a troublemaker in the officialdom, he dared to use those methods on the Emperor, but not on the Empress Dowager.
"Okay, I'll go to Duo Garden."
Zhang Poyue was thinking of standing at the entrance of Duo Garden for a while before returning. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager said, "I'll send someone to follow you and watch you negotiate with Fang Yun."
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