The Path Toward Heaven

Yun Qi said, I support Eunuch He.

Hearing this answer, the students from Qi Guoxue Palace were very surprised. You must know that what they want to ask is your husband's judgment on Zhao Guochao's situation, not who to support.

In their view, the answer to the latter is yes.

He Zhan controls Zhao Guochaotang, bullies the emperor and humiliates the lord, the key is still an eunuch, whose reputation is far worse than that of the cruel and easy-to-kill Bai Emperor, who will support him?

Although surprised, those students still listened very seriously, because they believed that the teacher must have a reason.

Just like last year, before the emperor of Chu burned his palace and died for his country, he was praised by his husband. Who could understand at that time?

The king of Hejian is the king of the county, so he is not qualified to enter the Taimiao.

Yun Qi's explanation was exactly the same as He Zhan's on Changjie today.

Some students said: But he is Zhao Huang's biological father after all.

The relationship between father and son is unforgettable. This is normal. The problem is that if the emperor insisted that King Hejian is his father, he should not have entered Beijing.

Yun Qi said: The former Emperor Zhao was lenient and open-minded, so why would he blame you for not wanting to be the emperor? It's just that the people of the Hejian Mansion were reluctant.

After listening to this passage, the students thought about it carefully and found that this is indeed the truth.

It doesn't matter whether you recognize the thief as your father or the emperor as your father, as long as you recognize it, you must recognize it.

Yun Qi took a sip of tea, and found that some students seemed to think of other ways to say something, and smiled and said: Of course, as people grow up, their views on everything may change, but you can go back on your word, just abdicate. It's not a difficult time to return to the Hejian Mansion to be an idle prince. The problem is that he still doesn't want to part with it.

The student had the original expression on his face and didn't say anything.

Back then, the Hejian Mansion was reluctant, but now the emperor himself is reluctant. He also doesn't want this, and he doesn't want that either. He just wants to take advantage of both sides.

Yun Qi smiled and said, How can someone like Eunuch He allow others to take advantage of him? We will start our journey tomorrow.

Since he won't allow it, Zhao Guo will immediately usher in a bloody storm. The scholar has no power to restrain the chicken, so it's better to stay away.

In the early morning of the next day, Yun Qi took the students and left the capital of Zhao State, planning to go to Chu State to see the palace that had been burned into ruins.

Except for the spies of the Anti-Corruption Factory, few people knew that a generation of Confucian scholars from the Qi State Academy had been there, and no one knew the evaluation he made.

The conversation between He Zhan and the scholar on Long Street spread quickly throughout the entire capital, and then spread to farther states and counties.

When the scholar returned home, he naturally felt some fear after he calmed down.

But he believed in his own political judgment, and felt that there should be no problem. The more troublesome things were, the more cautious the important figures in the court would be.

With such thoughts and expectations for a bright future, he drank a jug of fine wine, drunk himself to death, and then... just died like this.

Not long after the early morning, a few classmates heard about what happened yesterday, and came to congratulate him with two old hens. After opening the door and entering the small courtyard, they saw the red sauce all over the ground and the unrecognizable corpse. Exclamations and screams broke the surrounding silence.

Dozens of headhunters, yamen servants, and gangsters surrounded the small courtyard tightly, but the pictures inside were quickly spread. It is said that the famous scholar suffered a terrible life and death. He was obviously tortured to death. There was not a single intact skin on his body, nor was there a single intact bone.

The worse the incident, the easier it is to arouse public anger, not to mention there are many forces behind the scenes that are fueling the flames, and soon this incident caused great turmoil.

The students of Taixue and many people surrounded the anti-crime factory full of anger. The gloomy yamen was no longer so scary in the raging crowd. The angry people smashed the gate of the anti-anti-factory and rushed in, but found that it was empty and empty. There were no officials or eunuchs.

The yamen servants responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital dared not show up at all, and the cavalry of the Imperial Army guarded far away on the periphery.

The soldiers of the City Gate Division stood further away, watching the excitement over there, and had no intention of dispatching at all.

As the tide ebbs and the tide comes again, the sea of ​​people gradually dispersed, leaving only the criminal investigation factory in a mess.

I don't know how many officials in the various mansions in the capital are discussing this matter and discussing something.

Many officials felt that Eunuch He's handling of the matter was extremely unwise, and his response afterwards was too weak, like an aging lion, nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that Eunuch He has been in power for many years and has accumulated too much power. Most officials still dare not move lightly, and want to see how the situation will develop next.

It didn't take too long to watch, He Zhan responded that night.

Tiqi galloped through the streets and alleys of Kyoto, and the sound of hooves like a torrential rain made one's heart palpitate.

Dozens of master eunuchs held He Zhan's handwriting and pushed open the doors of mansions one after another.

Under the command of the Imperial Army, a total of 14 generals were arrested and imprisoned, and 7 officials of the City Gate Department were arrested, and two of them were killed on the spot because of their resistance.

In the early morning of the next day, the governor of the capital city Yin resigned, the imperial school was sealed off, and a total of 79 students involved in the incident were arrested.

There was no figure of the young emperor at the court meeting, and there was no one behind the bead curtain. Eunuch He, who seldom went to court, stood in front of the hall from the shadows.

He looked at the ministers and said calmly: It's understandable for you to think I'm dead, but before you kill me, I hope you'd better settle down.

What they read are sage books and what they eat is royal food. Not all officials can bear this kind of humiliation, so they stood up on the spot and denounced their wrongdoing.

Those officials were carried to the outside of the palace by the guards and tortured in public, and it didn't take long before one of them was killed.

At this point, the situation became serious, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty left the palace angrily. When they came to the imperial city, they knelt down and couldn't get up, crying loudly, saying what happened to the late emperor...

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In the imperial study room, the young emperor looked at He Zhan with a pale face, with fear and more hatred in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, The Weeping Palace is going to be included in the history books!

He Zhan said indifferently, Do you think I care?

His name will definitely remain in the history books, and he will be left infamous as a generation of eunuchs for thousands of years.

The young emperor forced himself to calm down, and said: Even if there is something wrong with me, those ministers and students are innocent, please forgive me.

He Zhan said: It's very simple to let them out, you just need to go out and say a word, Your Majesty.

As for what to say, everyone knows very well.

The young emperor stared into his eyes and said, That's my father!

He Zhan said, I don't think so.

The young emperor was extremely angry, and his voice trembled slightly: After all, I am an emperor, why did you force me so far?

He Zhan looked at him quietly, without speaking.

But the young emperor understood what he meant, his body was slightly cold, and he gritted his teeth and said: The queen mother will not allow you to mess around!

At this time, a eunuch nervously said outside the imperial study: Eunuch, the empress dowager is here to invite you.

Hearing these words, the young emperor finally relaxed.

He Zhan narrowed his eyes, looked at him and said, Mother's yelling is quite smooth.

After saying this, he turned around and left the imperial study room, and went to Yuan Palace.

The empress dowager has been in charge of the palace for many years, her charm still exists, her phoenix prestige is more powerful, she is naturally different to He Zhan, she gently advised: It is unavoidable for a child to have a biological father in his family. Although it is inappropriate and unreasonable, you can just reprimand him. Why make such a big commotion, and the matter of the scholar... is too much.

He Zhan didn't explain what happened to the scholar, and said, I told His Majesty back then that the Hejian Mansion is just a bunch of bastards that I don't know well.

Hearing the word Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's expression became a little cold, and said: Anyway, the Ai family thinks this kid is good, so don't mess around.

She stared into He Zhan's eyes, wanting some kind of reassurance.

He Zhan said: I don't know how to do anything, but those disobedient ministers can no longer stay, please make an order to expel them from the court.

The queen mother was very angry and said: Who are the officials of the Manchu Dynasty willing to listen to you? Are they all killed?

The conversation broke up unhappily, and the matter fell into a stalemate unless He Zhan cleaned up the officials in the DPRK.

However, just as the Queen Mother worried, the officials were all killed and expelled. Who will govern the country?

At this moment, Yun Qi came back from Chu State, and asked to see Eunuch He after revealing his identity.

As the leader of the Qi State Academy, he has traveled around the world and lectured for twenty years, and has an irreplaceable position in the hearts of scholars and an unattainable reputation.

Many people are thinking that it must be for a recent matter that people like Mr. Yun Qi actually asked to see the notorious Eunuch He.

He Zhan met Yun Qi at the police department, and the yamen was cleaned very cleanly, so the traces of being smashed that day became clearer.

He looked at Yun Qi and said calmly, You think it's all my fault?

Yun Qi said: You are good in the front, but you are wrong in the back.

He Zhan said: This is where I made my fortune, and it just got smashed.

Yun Qi said: If Eunuch doesn't want to be smashed here, who can do so? Since Zhao Guo belongs to Eunuch, you should cherish it.

He Zhan sighed, and said, Sure enough, you haven't become that kind of rotten Confucian.

Yun Qi looked at him quietly and asked, You know me?

He Zhan smiled and said: I heard that you forgot everything, and now it seems that it is true.

Yun Qi didn't think about it any more, and said with a carefree expression, Since I don't remember those things, I can't say I have forgotten them.

He Zhan said: This statement is reasonable, anyway, thank you for coming.

He thanked Yunqi for giving him a step up, so that the whole thing could enter the next stage as soon as possible.

For the Taixue students and ministers who were released, their gratitude to Mr. Yun Qi was even more profound.

After this incident, Mr. Yun Qi's reputation became even higher, and he seemed to be turning into a mountain. Of course, He Zhan didn't care.

Just when everyone thought that this matter would be over, Eunuch He finally revealed his weakness, and the imperial party could go further...

The young emperor was poisoned.

The poison is not very strong, not as good as spirits, nor like a knife.

The poison worked slowly through his body, causing no pain, only weakness and the resulting sense of loss.

Until this time, he didn't know that his preparations all these years were meaningless.

Those favors, those means, those eunuchs and guards who were subdued are all fake.

Just like his few short years of imperial career, it was like a strange black and white dream.

He Zhan allowed him to do all the things he did, including killing the scholar.

He Zhan sat on the round stool in front of the couch, looked at him and said calmly, I don't care how cruel your methods are, how sinister your thoughts are, and I don't even care that you tortured and killed that scholar and planted it on me, because this is what I wanted to teach you, but now I don't want to see you sitting on the throne again.

The young emperor had a mocking look in his eyes, and said, Did you want to see it before?

He Zhan was silent for a while, then said: You are right, what happened this time is just for me to explain to His Majesty.