Yun Qi said, "I support Eunuch He."
Hearing this answer, the students from the Academy of the Qi Kingdom were very surprised. What they wanted to ask was the teacher's judgment on Zhao's situation in the imperial court, not who he supported.
In their opinion, the latter answer was yes.
He Zhan controlled the imperial court of Zhao and humiliated the emperor. Most importantly, he was a eunuch. His reputation was far worse than that of the ruthless White Emperor. Who would support him?
Although surprised, the students listened carefully because they believed that the teacher must have a reason.
Last year, the Chu Emperor had been praised by the teacher before he burned down the palace and died for his country. Who could understand it at that time?
"King Hejian is a Commandery Prince. He is not qualified to enter the Imperial Ancestral Temple."
Yun Qi's explanation was exactly the same as what He Zhan said on the long street today.
A student said, "But he is Zhao Huang's biological father after all."
"It's normal for father and son to be unforgettable. The problem is that if the emperor insisted that King Hejian was his father, he shouldn't have come to the capital."
Yun Qi said, "The previous Zhao Huang was generous and open-minded. How could he blame you just because he didn't want to be the emperor? It's just that the people of Hejian Manor didn't want to. "
After hearing this, the students thought carefully and found that it was indeed reasonable.
"No matter whether you regard the traitor as your father or the emperor as your father, as long as you do, you have to accept it."
Yun Qi took a sip of tea and found that some students seemed to have thought of another explanation and were about to speak. He smiled and said, "Of course, as people grow up, their views on everything may change. But you can also regret it. You can just abdicate and go back to Hejian Manor to be an idle lord. It's not a difficult life. The problem is that he still doesn't want to."
The student's face revealed an understanding expression, and he didn't say anything else.
"Back then, it was Hejian Manor who didn't want to. Now it's the emperor himself who doesn't want to. He doesn't want to give up this and that. He wants to take advantage of both sides."
Yun Qi said with a smile, "How could a figure like Eunuch He allow others to take advantage of him? We'll set off tomorrow. "
Since he would not allow it, Zhao would immediately welcome a bloody storm. The scholar did not have the strength to truss a chicken, so it was better for him to stay far away.
The next morning, Yun Qi left the capital of the State of Zhao with his students, preparing to go to the Chu Kingdom to see the palace that had been burned to ruins.
Apart from the secret agents of the Intelligence Bureau, few people knew that the great scholar of the Qi Kingdom's Education Palace had been here before, let alone his comments.
The conversation between He Zhan and that scholar on the long street had spread throughout the whole capital as quickly as possible, and then to the more distant counties and states. … …
When the scholar returned home and calmed down, he naturally felt some fear.
But he believed in his political judgment and felt that there should be no problem. The more serious the matter was, the more cautious the bigwigs in the Imperial court would be.
With this thought and hope for a bright future, he drank a pot of good wine and passed out in a drunken stupor. Then … he died just like that.
Not long after the early morning, a few of his classmates heard about what had happened the day before and came to congratulate him with two old hens in their hands. As they pushed open the door and entered the small courtyard, they saw the ground covered in red and the corpse that had been so deformed that it was unrecognizable. Screams and screams broke the silence in the surroundings.
Dozens of arresters, government runners, and coroners surrounded the small courtyard, but the scene inside was soon spread out. It was said that the scholar had died a very miserable death. It was obvious that he had been tortured to death. There was not a piece of undamaged skin on his body, and not a single bone was intact. It was unknown how much he had suffered when he was alive.
The more tragic the death, the more likely it was to arouse the public's anger. Moreover, there were many forces behind the scenes who added fuel to the fire. Soon, the incident caused a great disturbance.
The students of the Imperial College and many people surrounded the Intelligence Bureau angrily. The gloomy government office did not look so scary in the raging crowd. The angry people smashed the door of the Intelligence Bureau and rushed in, only to find that it was empty inside. There were no officials or eunuchs. All kinds of files and valuables had been moved away in advance. Even the gold-rimmed toilet bowl in the famous latrine was no longer in its original position.
The government runners responsible for maintaining the security of the capital didn't dare to show up. The cavalrymen of the Imperial Army guarded the periphery.
The soldiers of the City Gate Department stood further away, watching the bustle over there. They had no intention of taking action.
The tide ebbed and flowed again. The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only the Intelligence Bureau in a mess.
Many officials in various mansions in the capital were discussing the incident and discussing something.
Many officials thought that Elder He had handled the incident unwisely and that his response was too weak. He was like an old lion, not worth to be feared.
However, Elder He had been in power for many years and had accumulated a great deal of power. Most of the officials didn't dare to act rashly. They wanted to wait and see how the situation would develop.
It didn't take long for He Zhan to make a move that night.
The tiqi galloped through the streets and alleys of the capital. The thunderous hoofbeats made people's hearts palpitate.
Dozens of highly skilled eunuchs pushed open the doors of mansions one after another with He Zhan's handwritten letter in their hands.
Under the commander of the Imperial Army, a total of fourteen high-ranking officers were imprisoned and seven officials of the City Gate Department were arrested. Two of them were killed on the spot for resisting.
The next morning, the governor of the capital resigned, the Imperial College was closed, and seventy-nine students involved in the incident were arrested.
The young Emperor was nowhere to be seen at the court meeting, and there was no one behind the bead curtain. Elder He, who seldom attended court meetings, stood in the front of the hall from the shadows.
He looked at the officials and calmly said, "I can understand if you want me to die, but before you kill me, I hope you will know your place."
They had read the books of sages and eaten the food of the royal family. Not all of the officials could endure this kind of humiliation. They stood out on the spot to denounce the wrongdoings.
Those officials were carried out of the Palace by the guards to be publicly flogged. Not long after, one of them was beaten to death.
The situation had become serious. All of the officials left the hall in anger. They came to the front of the Royal Palace and knelt down. Their cries shook the heavens as they talked about how the previous Emperor was …
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In the royal study, the young Emperor looked at He Zhan with a pale face. There was fear and even more hatred in his eyes. In a low voice, he said, "Crying in the Palace will be recorded in the history books!"
He Zhan's expression was indifferent. "Do you think I care?"
His name would inevitably be recorded in the annals of history, and he would go down in infamy for thousands of years as a powerful eunuch.
The young Emperor forced himself to calm down and said, "Even if I did something wrong, those officials and students are innocent. Please have mercy."
He Zhan said, "It's very simple to release them. Your Majesty only needs to go out and say a word."
As for what he wanted to say, everyone knew very well.
The young Emperor stared into his eyes and said, "That is my father!"
He Zhan said, "I don't think so."
The young Emperor was so angry that he said in a trembling voice, "I am still an Emperor. Why do you have to force me to this extent?"
He Zhan looked at him in Silence and said nothing.
But the young Emperor understood what he meant. His body was slightly cold. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mother will not allow you to act recklessly!"
At this moment, a eunuch nervously said outside the royal study, "Eunuch, the Empress Dowager invites you."
Hearing this, the young Emperor finally relaxed.
He Zhan narrowed his eyes and looked at him. "It's quite easy to call her mother."
Having said this, he turned and left the royal study for the Yuan Palace.
The Empress Dowager had been in charge of the palace for many years. She still had her charm and majesty, so she treated He Zhan differently. She advised him gently, "It's hard for a child to miss his father. Even though it's not in line with the system and unreasonable, it's fine if you reprimanded him, but there's no need to make such a big fuss. And the matter of the scholar … it's too much."
He Zhan didn't explain the matter of the scholar. He said, "I told His Majesty years ago that the Hejian Prefecture is a bunch of untamed bastards."
Hearing the word "His Majesty", the Empress Dowager's expression became cold. "I think this child is not bad. Don't act recklessly."
She stared into He Zhan's eyes, wanting some kind of guarantee.
He Zhan said, "I won't do anything, but those disobedient officials can't be kept. Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict to expel them from the court."
The Empress Dowager was very angry. "Who in the court is willing to listen to you? Are you going to expel or kill them all? "
The conversation ended in discord, and the matter reached an impasse, unless He Zhan purged all the officials in the court.
However, as the Empress Dowager was worried about, who would rule the country if all the officials were killed or expelled?
It was at that moment that Yun Qi returned from the Chu Kingdom. He revealed his identity and requested to see Elder He.
As the leader of the Education Palace of the Qi Kingdom, he had traveled around the world and given lectures for twenty years. He had an irreplaceable position in the hearts of the scholars and an unattainable reputation.
Many people thought that the reason why a figure like Master Yun Qi requested to see the notorious Eunuch He must be because of the recent events.
He Zhan met Yun Qi in the Intelligence Bureau. The yamen was very clean, so the traces of the smashing that day were even more obvious.
He Zhan looked at Yun Qi and asked calmly, "Do you think it's all my fault?"
Yun Qi said, "You were right in the beginning, but you were wrong in the end."
He Zhan said, "This is the place where I made my fortune, but it was smashed just like that."
Yun Qi said, "If the eunuch didn't want this place to be smashed, who could have smashed it? Since Zhao is the eunuch's, you should cherish it more. "
He Zhan sighed, "You really haven't become that kind of rotten scholar."
Yun Qi looked at him in Silence and asked, "Do you know me?"
He Zhan said with a smile, "I heard that you have forgotten everything, and it seems to be the case."
Yun Qi stopped thinking about it and said with a carefree expression, "Since I don't remember those things, I can't say that I've forgotten them."
He Zhan said, "What you said is reasonable. Anyway, thank you for coming."
He was grateful to Yun Qi for giving him a way out so that the whole thing could move on to the next stage as soon as possible.
As for the students and officials of the Imperial College who had been released, they were even more grateful to Master Yun Qi.
After this incident, Master Yun Qi's reputation grew even higher, as if he had become a mountain. Of course, He Zhan didn't care.
Just when everyone thought that the matter would come to an end, that Elder He had finally revealed his weakness and that the imperial party could take another step forward …
The young emperor had been poisoned.
The poison was not very strong, not as strong as liquor, and not as sharp as a knife.
The poison slowly circulated in his body, bringing no pain, only weakness and a sense of bewilderment.
It was not until this moment that he realized that all his years of preparation had been meaningless.
Those favors, those methods, and those eunuchs and guards who had been subdued were all fake.
Just like his short few years as an emperor, it was like a strange black and white dream.
Everything he had done was permitted by He Zhan, including torturing and killing that scholar.
He Zhan sat on a round stool in front of the couch and said calmly to him, "I don't care how cruel your methods are, how insidious your thoughts are, and I don't care that you tormented and killed that scholar and framed me, because this is what I wanted to teach you. It's just that I don't want to see you sitting on the throne anymore."
The young emperor showed a mocking expression in his eyes as he asked, "Did you want to see it before?"
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