Next, the censors also began. They frantically impeached the Duke of Chu, claiming that Duke of Chu had only one hand to cover the sky and control the royal family. Everyone knows that Sima Zhao's ambitions have been exposed. It is said that Duke of Chu was looking at the wolf, and was like Sima Cao Cao, and also in chaos in the harem, so he told Empress Dowager Zhang Yan and Princess Kunxing that he even arranged it in Zhou Hou.

"Is it unbearable!" Zhang Yan finally got furious, "These scholars are too bold and reckless!"

"It was all the Ming Dynasty who gave them a habit! I've been used to them for nearly three hundred years!" Li Guodong took the opportunity to give eye drops to those scholars.

Zhang Yan sneered: "I've been used to it for nearly three hundred years? When Taizu was there, did these scholars dare to make trouble?"

Zhou Hou also said: "I heard that when Taizu saw the Jinyiwei, scholars were like mice and cats when they saw the Jinyiwei. Nowadays, scholars are not even afraid of the Jinyiwei?"

Li Guodong took the opportunity to popularize knowledge for the two empress dowagers: "The two empress dowagers, the so-called kings and scholars and officials to rule the world together was what the weak Song Wenyanbo said in the past! Wen Yanbo opposed Wang Anshi's reforms, so he said this to Song Shenzong. If it were not for the weak Song Dynasty setting a precedent for the nobles and the inferiority of the martial arts, what scholars and officials could be called literati? Before the weak Song Dynasty, the literati could only be military generals who made contributions to the country and resisted foreign enemies! They were all weak Song Dynasty and had a bad beginning.

As a result, the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Tartars in turn! The founding of this dynasty, although the Taizu Emperor was wise, he was also fooled by those traitors. The two Empress Dowagers, scholars are the most unconventional, so take Yan Shenggong as an example. Didn’t anyone surrender to whom? The Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and Yan Shenggong became Yan Shenggong of the Jurchens; when the Mongols came, Yan Shenggong became Yan Shenggong of the Mongol Yuan again! Yet Yan Shenggong was like this, let alone those scholars below?"

Zhou Hou sighed: "It's so hateful!"

Zhang Yan was furious: "It's so hateful! They actually slandered their bodies! The words they said were really unpleasant!"

Zhang Yan, who was originally living in the deep palace, didn't know anything about what the scholars arranged, and Wang Chengen didn't dare to say it. However, some little palace maids and eunuchs in the palace could not control their mouths, and accidentally let them go, and Zhou Hou knew about it. Zhou Hou discussed with Zhang Yan, and now both empress dowagers knew about it.

"But the pen is in their hands and the mouth is also on their faces. More importantly, the people in the countryside listen to them. They say that they are square, and they say that they are round is round! To change this, we need to control propaganda tools and vigorously open schools so that the people can read and open up their wisdom, so that the people will not fool them anymore!" Li Guodong said.

Zhang Yan said angrily: "That's all for the future! The things that are now in front of me are so angry that I'm so angry! I can't let them continue to mess around! I'm going to issue an edict to deprive all the fame and reputation of these hateful dogs!"

"Empress Dowager, but your edict is issued. Can the cabinet pass?" Zhou Hou asked. Of course, she hoped that Zhang Yan would issue an edict to deprive all the scholars who destroyed her reputation. But even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty issued an edict to deprive thousands or even tens of thousands of people of fame would definitely be rejected by the cabinet, let alone an empress dowager.

Li Guodong said: "I'll deal with the cabinet."

"With this sentence from Duke of Chu, I feel relieved!" Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

There are three people in the cabinet today. In addition to the cabinet chief Shi Kefa, who is a pedantic and stubborn old thing, Qian Qianyi and Lu Xiangsheng are both Li Guodong's own people. Qian Qianyi's interests are already tied to Li Guodong, so he will definitely agree. The more variable is that Lu Xiangsheng has a good personal relationship with Li Guodong, and Li Guodong has a life-saving grace to Lu Xiangsheng, it is hard to say whether Lu Xiangsheng will agree to this matter.

When Li Guodong left the palace, the first thing he did was to find Lu Xiangsheng.

When he saw Li Guodong, Lu Xiangsheng came up with a smile and asked, "Duke of Chu, why do you have time to visit the humble house today?"

"Lu Yuanfu, Li has come here. If it weren't for Lu Yuanfu's strong help back then, Li had either fled to the Western Regions to chew sand or had been destroyed by Jiannu. So if you have something to do today, Lu Yuanfu still needs help." Li Guodong didn't say much polite words, and directly said that he wanted Lu Xiangsheng to help.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "I don't know what Duke of Chu has to ask for? Just speak. If I can do it, I will naturally agree; if it is against morality and conscience, I will naturally not be able to help."

"I want to ask Yuan Fu a question. Is it considered a rebellion?" Li Guodong asked.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Of course! But you have not taken down by King Lu? After all, King Lu is a royal family or a prince. Our cabinet cannot convict him. Only the Empress Dowager and the clan mansion will be determined."

"So are those who follow King Lu to the capital to make trouble? Are they considered rebellious?"

"What do you think about this? If you are coerced, you can't deal with it as a crime of rebellion, right? After all, it involves too much. Does Duke Chu want the factory guards to start a massacre?"

Li Guodong shook his head and said, "Yuan Fu praised it. Li is not a random killing of innocent people. But these people are really hateful and spread rumors and slandered the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was already furious and wanted the factory guard to arrest people. It was only Li who tried hard to persuade him and finally persuaded him to stop the Empress Dowager."

Lu Xiangsheng said, "Then I will thank Duke Chu for those scholars."

Li Guodong said again: "But the Empress Dowager won't calm her anger like this. I have to give her an explanation, right?"

"How to explain?"

"If a person with fame and honor commits a crime, the government cannot impose punishment unless he is arrested in the Jinyiwei Zhaozhuo for a serious crime. However, Li really couldn't bear to see them being arrested by the Empress Dowager and went to the Zhaozhuo, so he could only seize their fame first, and then let Yingtian Mansion punish them."

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked: "Are you going to deprive all of these more than 10,000 people?"

"If they were not deprived of their fame, they would probably suffer a lot after being admitted to the Jinyiwei Zhaozhu. Moreover, once they were admitted to the Jinyiwei Zhaozhu, whether they could still come out alive is a question."

"This, Mr. Rong will consider it again. After all, this matter is too big. To the scholars, it would be better to kill them if they deprive them of their fame and fortune." Lu Xiangsheng frowned.

For a scholar, it is no different from being deprived of fame and being killed by the supreme ruler of the empire. Deprived of fame and being deprived of fame and being deprived of fame and being deprived of fame and being detained by the emperor or the governor of the country means that they will never be able to participate in the imperial examination in the future.

Li Guodong did not force Lu Xiangsheng, but bowed and said goodbye to Lu Xiangsheng: "Yuan Fu, I've said goodbye, I'll give Yuan Fu seven days to think about it."

In fact, Li Guodong was not in a hurry at all. Those scholars who came to the capital to make trouble asked them to live in the capital for a few more days. Anyway, their slaves were all stopped outside the city. These guys who were powerless and had to be served even when they were dressed, so they did not bring their slaves to live in the capital to see how long they could last.

The green insects have been living in the capital for more than ten days and their lives are not comfortable at all. Because there are more people coming to Beijing, inns and hotels have taken the opportunity to raise prices, and the prices have doubled compared to the past. The prices of restaurants and hotels have also taken the opportunity to raise prices. The silver in the pockets of the green insects spent like flowing water, which made them so angry that they cursed.

Moreover, these green worms lived in the capital, and there were no servants around to serve them. The weather began to heat up, and no one was to take a bath or change their clothes. As long as they stayed for a while, each green worm would turn into a bed bug.
Chapter completed!