"Purge the emperor's side, punish Xuanji? Teacher, are you trying to incite all the governors to rebel? Isn't this a little too appalling? "
Even though Hong Yi was calm as usual, he had heard from Prince Yu about what had happened in court in the morning. He also knew about Qian Emperor Yang Pan protecting Hong Xuanji, expelling Li Shenguang from the cabinet, and causing him to resign.
However, when Li Shenguang met with him and proposed to give a lecture to the world, issue a denunciation to announce Hong Xuanji's crimes, and then get all the governors to "purge the emperor's side, punish Xuanji", he was shocked when he heard this. He had a deep understanding of his teacher's stubbornness.
However, Li Shenguang's students were all over the world, and his prestige among scholars was no less than Xie Wenyuan's. Especially in recent years, he was the only one in the court who dared to openly criticize Hong Xuanji and directly face the emperor's prestige.
His students were all over the world, and his friends were all over the world. If he really issued a denunciation to prosecute some of Hong Xuanji's crimes, although it was impossible to truly purge the emperor's side and punish Xuanji, it could still cause a serious blow to Hong Xuanji's reputation.
"I've already made up my mind, so it's not a big deal. However, I'm not a foolish person. I know that this matter has to be done slowly. Hong Xuanji is heartless, arrogant, despotic, and cunning. Toppling him is not something that can be done in a day."
Li Shenguang waved his hand, and his eyes flickered with a crystalline light. From time to time, his pupils would flash with a dazzling light. Normally, this kind of realm was cultivated to a very deep level, to the point of "creating electricity in a virtual room."
In other words, if Li Shenguang used his consciousness to transcend the lightning tribulation, it would be three lightning tribulations, and he would be able to create electricity with a thought. Furthermore, there would be no period of weakness, and he would be able to create a world with a thought.
This kind of cultivation was very rare even among the great scholars.
"Teacher is no longer in court, but among the people. If you want to do this, then you have to be wary of vile people." Hong Yi thought about it and said, "Hong Xuanji might want you to shut up forever, so you need to have some power to defend yourself."
"It doesn't matter. I'm well-read and know a lot of Dao techniques. It's not a big deal to get my spirit out of my shell. In a few days, I'll learn from the Medieval School of Philosophers and accept the baptism of lightning to seek the secret of immortality. If I am successful, I will help the world. If I am poor, I will take care of myself. Right now, I can only take care of myself, "said Li Shenguang.
"Master, you still have to be wary of the Hong Family's disciples. Now that the Hong Family's disciples have received the teachings of an expert, all of them are highly skilled in martial arts and can fly in the sky and burrow into the ground. They can go to various prefectures to accumulate their strength and become local tyrants. I'm afraid it'll be detrimental to you. "Hong Yi reached out and a Golden Immortal cloak appeared in his hand.
This Golden Immortal cloak was obtained by killing a Golden Immortal essence soul.
Now, he could give it to Li Shenguang. This cloak was also a peerless armor, similar to the Skylight Horn Divine Armor. After wearing it, its defense was extremely strong, allowing one to fly in the sky and burrow into the ground. It was omnipotent.
"Back then, when you were in court, it wasn't convenient for me to give things. Now that you are among the people, you don't have to worry about anything." Hong Yi casually made a grabbing motion and a Heavenly Essence God Pill appeared. It turned into pill qi and entered Li Shenguang's body.
"This is …" Li Shenguang felt like his body was about to float into the air.
"This is the Grand Supreme Path's Heavenly Essence God Pill. One pill can allow one to merge with the spirit and transcend, becoming a Human Immortal. I'll give one to you now. I hope you can gather all the scholars to attack Hong Xuanji and wipe out the traitors for the imperial court," said Hong Yi seriously.
"Alright! With your help, it won't be difficult to wipe out the traitors and wipe out the traitors. "Li Shenguang stood up.
After that, Li Shenguang and Hong Yi came up with a series of detailed countermeasures and plans. They discussed for six to eight hours and only left in the evening. A few days later, Li Shenguang and Grand Preceptor Hong Xuanji had a falling out in court. The matter of him resigning and going into seclusion caused a huge storm in the imperial court. Everyone in the imperial court was talking about it and the situation in the imperial court was shaken.
After that, the imperial court finally made the Book of Changes a must-read book for the imperial examinations. In the future, the imperial examinations would have questions in it. This was of course a method for the imperial court to calm the situation.
However, the imperial court chose to remain silent about the matter of placing the statue of Hong Yi on the same level as the Philosophers. Qian Emperor Yang Pan did not mention it, as if he wanted to completely keep this matter under wraps.
Prince Yu also did not mention this matter in memorials. However, ever since the Celestial Conference, Prince Yu's prestige rose again. He actually made a suggestion to Yang Pan in the imperial court. Just this courage alone showed his great ambition. He expressed his thoughts to the world and also showed that he had a great backing.
All of a sudden, the governors of the 99 prefectures and over 600 provinces of the Great Qian Dynasty secretly sent people to send gifts to Prince Yu. It was considered as paying a visit to the mountain in advance to express their loyalty.
Hong Yi stayed in the Book of Changes and did not step into the capital at all. However, nothing could be hidden from his eyes and ears.
The situation in the imperial court changed step by step under his plan. However, after the imperial court issued the imperial edict, the situation in the imperial court seemed to have calmed down.
In these few days, who knew how many methods were used in the imperial palace to calm the boiling situation in the imperial court.
Originally, everyone thought that this matter had settled down. However, after only half a month had passed, when everything had calmed down, Li Shenguang suddenly gathered many Confucians in a Li Clan Academy in the seven eastern provinces and issued a declaration. It listed the Grand Preceptor Hong Xuanji's ten major crimes, calling on the imperial court to clean up the Grand Preceptor Hong Xuanji and demote the treacherous officials.
When this declaration was issued, the world was instantly shaken!
The imperial court was shaken!
The seven eastern states had originally been the Champion Marquis's territory. Now, it was naturally Hong Yi's territory. However, there were not many people in the world who knew this secret. The Champion Marquis had always been domineering and did not submit to the imperial court. He even dared to detain the Crown Prince who had gone to investigate the population. Everyone in the world also vaguely knew that the Champion Marquis was Qian Emperor Yang Pan's illegitimate son.
Now, Li Shenguang had issued a declaration in the seven eastern states. Coupled with the Champion Marquis's subtle relationship, some interested governors and aristocratic families immediately began to observe. They thought that the Champion Marquis was using Li Shenguang's declaration to "purge the corrupt officials and punish Xuanji."
The situation in the imperial court was once again shaken because of this declaration.
… …
"Good! This declaration condemns Hong Xuanji's ten major crimes. It really hits the nail on the head. "
Hong Yi held a declaration in his hand. On it were written the ten major crimes of Hong Xuanji. Being extravagant and licentious, monopolizing power, being arrogant and despotic, forming a clique for personal gain, being rude to the emperor, privately raising troops … and so on and so forth. Each of these crimes was punishable by death. Li Shenguang's writing was extremely sharp and his words were fierce. In addition, he had been in the imperial court for a long time and could not be more familiar with Hong Xuanji. With this declaration, he had basically turned Hong Xuanji into a treacherous, treacherous villain, a hypocrite, and the greatest treacherous official in the history of the imperial court.
"I wonder how Hong Xuanji will deal with this? Seeing this declaration, he will probably vomit blood. " Prince Yu also looked at the declaration in Hong Yi's hand. "I didn't expect Teacher Li's writing to be so sharp. Once this declaration is spread throughout the world, it will probably be passed down through the ages. I want to see how Imperial Father will deal with this matter? Could it be that he will ignore it? Or issue a decree to arrest Teacher Li? That will definitely cause the dissatisfaction of the scholars of the world. You have to know that Teacher Li's reputation is renowned throughout the world. "
Li Shenguang was a famous upright official. He was as clean as water and was abnormally upright. He had once received the Big Dry Emperor Yang Pan's commendations time and time again. If it wasn't for him protecting Hong Xuanji, Yang Pan would not have demoted Li Shenguang.
If he was arrested or killed because of this declaration, it would probably cause a ruckus that could not be resolved.
But to ignore it and allow the declaration to spread was also not acceptable.
This time, it had given the imperial court and Hong Xuanji a huge problem.
"Hong Yi, how do you think Hong Xuanji will deal with this?" Prince Yu smiled and said, "In the entire imperial court, Hong Xuanji is the most feared. If he falls, then the Crown Prince, Prince Heqing, and whatever Prince Mi will not be a problem."
"Let's see what he will do in the imperial court in a few days. Hong Xuanji has been famous for decades, but many governors are also very dissatisfied with his strength. After a few days, there will definitely be many governors who will impeach him." Hong Yi said.
"Then let's wait and see." Prince Yu nodded.
As expected, a month later, Li Shenguang's declaration spread throughout the world. The imperial court and the cabinet received snow-like memorials from governors every day. Most of them expressed their views on the matter of Hong Xuanji. Some impeached him, some defended Hong Xuanji, and there was everything.
But the Emperor only kept these memorials and did not send them out. He also did not express his stance.
Meanwhile, Hong Xuanji went to and from the imperial court as usual, as if nothing had happened.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was already July.
The entire imperial court seemed to be in the middle of summer in July. The blazing sun was like a fire that would ignite at any moment.
On this day, morning court was held as usual!
Hong Xuanji suddenly said, "This subject has a memorial!"
"Present it." Qian Emperor Yang Ming nodded and gestured for Hong Xuanji to speak.
"This subject is the Grand Preceptor, in charge of Yin and Yang and mediating the situation in the imperial court. However, the imperial court has been in an uproar these past few months. This subject has made a mistake." Hong Xuanji reported.
"It's finally here …" Hearing Hong Xuanji's memorial, many people in the imperial court were shocked.
"Could it be that Hong Xuanji wants to resign from his position as Grand Preceptor?"
"What mistake did the Grand Preceptor make? It's just some rumors. We have already investigated everything in the past few months. Men, pass on our edict. Li Shenguang is a great Confucian of our court, and his name is Sheng Qingliu. However, because of his political disagreement with the Grand Preceptor, he has criticized the Grand Preceptor. Although he is in the wrong, We do not condemn him with words. Moreover, We admire his direct admonition. Pass on our edict. If he is willing to become an official, We will summon him back and make him a cabinet minister. If he is unwilling, We will bestow him with a thousand taels of gold and ten carts of books. He will be allowed to live in seclusion and write books. As for some governors, they do not have the intention of admonishing the Grand Preceptor. Instead, they have ulterior motives and want to take advantage of the chaos in the imperial court. This is a treasonous act. Governor of Dusk Province, Governor of Black Province … "
Qian Emperor Yang Pan named more than ten governors who had attacked Hong Xuanji, as well as many officials from the Six Ministries. His words were filled with killing intent and were extremely severe.
Bang!
When an official heard Qian Emperor Yang Pan's fierce name, his mind went black and he fainted in the great hall.
Yang Pan didn't care in the slightest and continued coldly, "Arrest all of these officials! Inspect their assets! "
"Understood!"
Squads of imperial guards came in and dragged out the officials he'd just named.
Imperial envoys were also sent to various parts of the empire to capture the governors who had attacked Hong Xuanji.
Qian Emperor Yang Pan's thunderous methods shocked everyone present. Even Prince Yu was stunned. He hadn't expected Yang Pan to go as far as to arrest dozens of governors, hundreds of officials from the Six Ministries, and imperial censors for the sake of protecting Hong Xuanji!
In particular, Qian Emperor Yang Pan's move hadn't touched Li Shenguang, but had instead rewarded him for his admonishment. Then, he'd used thunderous methods to suppress the governors, completely dissolving the overwhelming attacks on Hong Xuanji.
"Good methods, good methods …"
In the past few months, Hong Yi had been cultivating his dao and repairing the Taiji lightning pool while observing the situation in the imperial court. When Qian Emperor Yang Pan issued an edict to arrest governors and reward Li Shenguang, he finally nodded.
He knew that Hong Xuanji's crisis had been resolved by Yang Pan's methods.
He'd also truly seen Yang Pan's political methods.
"It seems that I still need to accumulate strength and rope in more officials of the imperial court." Prince Yu sighed.
"It's useless. Right now, the court is still righteous. Although things have calmed down, Hong Xuanji's prestige has fallen a lot. I can clearly feel that there are more people in the imperial court who aren't afraid of him, "Hong Yi said." That's the biggest gain … "
"However, the ones who gained the most from this incident weren't us, but this year's top scorer, second runner-up, and third ranker." Prince Yu suddenly said, "The Zhuangyuan Lin Fanyun has been appointed as the Governor of Dusk Province, the Bangyan Yuan Xinlang has been appointed as the Governor of Black Province, and the Tanhua Ye Tao has been appointed as the Governor of White Province. There are also many people from the Zhao Family of South Province who have been promoted and given real power.
"Oh? He was appointed governor all of a sudden? That's unprecedented. Did anyone say anything about it? "Hong Yi frowned.
Even if the top scorer of the imperial examination was to be appointed, he couldn't possibly become a governor, or even an inspector. This was unprecedented.
Prince Yu shook his head and said, "My Imperial Father knocked all the officials out with a single blow. Who would object?"
"It's not a good thing that there's no opposition in the imperial court. If you wish to destroy them, you must first make them mad. " Hong Yi nodded. "That Lin Fanyun and Yuan Xinlang have great secrets on them. I have to investigate this matter myself."
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