"Wen Zhong, you did what you said. The teacher had just moved into the inn safely..." In the evening, Xu Cang, who was hurriedly, said excitedly when he saw Li Ling. However, the latter just smiled slightly and stopped him from bowing to him: "No need, Master Confucianism and I are half a master, so it is natural to help him overcome the difficulties, not to mention... I have gained benefits from this."

Xu Cang did not think about the meaning of his last sentence carefully, but just sighed: "It's just that when I got the news and wanted to pay my respects, the teacher refused to see me..."

Seeing his face full of doubts and regrets, Li Ling smiled and asked him to sit down. After asking someone to send some refreshments in, he looked at him and said, "The Confucian master did this for the purpose of protecting you. You should not know very well why he was able to come out of the Imperial City Department. What happened at today's court meeting, right?"

Xu Cang nodded. The Hanlin Academy where he was located was far away from the center after all. It would take several days to know the inside story of the dynasty. But looking at Li Ling's appearance, he obviously had the first-hand details, so he quickly said, "If you know, please tell me."

Li Ling did not mean to hide it, so he carefully said everything that happened at the meeting, but Xu Cang was stunned for a while before he could react. After another pondering, he looked at Li Ling thoughtfully: "So this time the teacher suddenly changed his words, you actually convinced him? And that Fanbutang was also the one you proved, right?"

After all, Li Ling has been a good friend who has been in love for several years. Even though Xu Cang doesn't know much about power-making methods, he can already see some clues from this sudden change. Li Ling smiled and nodded: "That's true."

"But Fanbutang is the chief examiner of our exams after all, and he is also our mentor. Is this the way..."

His statement was quickly cut off by Li Ling's words: "If this is the case, it is impossible for us to rescue the Confucian master. Do you want to see him convicted?" Seeing him stunned, he continued, "What's more, Fan Meisheng has never had a good intention. He wants to use the only reputation left by Confucian master to force the emperor to make concessions. It is really a pity for him to be punished!

"You may not know yet. The reason why Master Confucian suddenly dismissed from office two years ago was framed by him. These internal stories have been investigated by the secret probes of the Imperial City Department. It was just that because time has changed and it has become a foregone conclusion, it has not been known. And this time, he even wanted to kill Master Confucian soon. Do you think that such a person, do we have any concerns to deal with him?"

Xu Cang was completely shocked. He really didn't expect that Fan Meisheng, who seemed gentlemanly and elegant, had this true face, and he muttered: "How could it be...How could it be..."

"The struggle in the court has always been like this. Only a true great scholar like a Confucian scholar can be like a gentleman. For others, who knows whether he is a man or a ghost behind him?" Li Ling was not surprised by this and sneered, "This time he was self-inflicted. He originally wanted to use his reputation as a Confucian scholar in the end. If things were successful, it would be best. But if it didn't happen, there would be no loss. Even if His Majesty becomes angry and completely destroys Confucian scholar, it will be of great benefit to him, so that he will lose one strong enemy in the future!

"But he didn't expect that the Confucian Master would suddenly expose him, and finally trap himself in. He was the real blame for his own fault, and he would not be willing to die!"

After listening to his explanation, Xu Cang finally stopped feeling entangled, but instead gritted his teeth and said, "This person is really hateful. He is also helping the prince, why do he still plot against the teacher like this?"

"This is a dispute over interests, because he knew very well that as long as the Confucian master was still there, neither the prince nor the world would pay attention to him, so Confucian master became a thorn in his side. He designed twice just to be able to stand out. The first time he became, so there was this second time!"

Xu Cang shivered again, and finally realized that the hidden arrows in the court were terrible to hurt people. He was a little confused about what to react. After a while, he said, "So, the teacher exposed him at the court meeting this time?"

"That's right, it's not only for revenge, but also for the future of the prince. Think about it, if the prince succeeds to the throne in the future and really reuses sinister villains like Fan Meisheng, what will happen in the court? What's more, if the prince is surrounded by such villains, he might make an unforgivable mistake at any time, and he will really make a real person and completely lose the position of crown prince.

"So, the Confucian scholar must get rid of this person whether in public or private this time! What he said in the palace today is not a lie. He was indeed deceived and signed the joint memorial."

Xu Cang nodded, but he still had some questions in his heart. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "But I still can't figure out some things. Why did Your Majesty take down a senior official in the department just because of a few words from the teacher? He really believed that what the teacher said was true?"

Li Ling smiled: "It doesn't matter whether the Confucian master said is true or not. For Your Majesty, this truth is useful to him. This time, it is called taking each person's needs."

"Each person takes what he wants? But what did he say?"

"What Your Majesty wants is that this joint memorial is invalid. In fact, this memorial of dozens of people looks quite loud, but the one who is really important is only Confucian Master, so as long as he says it is fake, it will be useless. At today's court meeting, Confucian Master has explained this through his own words. He was deceived and used by others and signed his signature in a daze.

"Secondly, for Your Majesty, whether the position of the prince is stable is actually not the key. What he really cares about is the power of the prince in the court. This is also the reason why the Confucian scholar was dismissed from office for the so-called "golden box case". And now, this position has been changed to Fan Meisheng! Oh, and there is also the Zuodu Censor Jiang He who is still in power, but he must be transferred soon!"

Xu Cang understood this time, but his face was still shocked: "So no matter whether the teacher's words are true or false, Your Majesty will be sent to Fanbutang today?"

"Yes, Your Majesty protects the prince and even makes a promise not to decree the establishment, just to block the mouths of others and then take down Fan Meisheng, who is a threat. And I believe that after today, the Minister of Rites will no longer be the prince or the King Yong's person. In addition, the King Yong's side may inevitably suffer great power within this year. Even if there is no evidence of crime, they can still concoct some. Moreover, with the current official atmosphere, it is impossible for them not to make any mistakes." "But why did Your Majesty do this?"

"Because our Majesty wants to take more power in his hands rather than to his ministers, he does not want to return to the Song Dynasty, or to the 'monarch and ministers' in the next few dynasties of our Dayue Taizong, or to say that it is a situation where the monarch and ministers are in control!"

Xu Cang was instantly moved. In fact, even Li Ling himself looked extremely solemn when he said this, and his voice was very low. Only the two of them in the room could hear it because this fact was too sensitive. Once it was spread, it would inevitably cause a big storm.

These things were naturally figured out by Li Ling himself. In fact, the Dayue Dynasty has indeed followed the institutional habits of Zhao Song in the previous dynasty, including the prime minister and senior officials of the Political Affairs Hall who were able to compete with the monarchy. However, today's descendant Sun Yong obviously did not want such a thing to continue, but because he had many concerns, he had to use the technique of checks and balances to suppress the ministers bit by bit.

This is the case between civil and military affairs, and the dispute between the two ministers. Even the open and secret struggle between the princelings and the Yongwang Party should be the result of his deliberate guidance. Because he knew very well that only when the ministers each had their own camps and fought each other, can he, as a king, gain more voice.

After years of hard work, the emperor has asked himself that he is capable of mastering the situation, so what he has to do next is to constantly weaken the power of these parties, and the first to be attacked are the two parties of the Prince and Yongwang!

Such emperor's mental skills and power schemes were obviously not something Xu Cang could fully understand, but only a little bit of fur made him feel a chill on his back. He didn't dare to think further, but could only smile bitterly: "At least now, we have also got the result we want. This is what you call taking each of us, right?"

"But that's not the case. I think some official positions in the court will be vacant after this time. At that time, those who are close to His Majesty's right prime minister should get benefits. This is what everyone needs."

Xu Cang nodded as if he was ignorant. Sometimes he felt that it might be good to be a historian in the Hanlin Academy in this life. At least he did not have so many intrigues and intrigues, and he didn't have to worry about being cheated and used.

Of course, what he didn't know was that at this moment Li Ling added to his heart: "In fact, it's me who got what I want."

What he got was naturally not only to rescue Zhang Hefeng, but also to gain the trust of the emperor, thus providing security guarantees. However, this was far from enough. Li Ling knew that he was just a small person and had offended both the prince and the Yongwang. If he wanted to protect himself, he had to find another opportunity. The best way was to leave the capital.

Most of the forces of the prince and the Yongwang are in the capital. Once they leave Luoyang, their threat to themselves will no longer exist. To achieve this, the emperor also needs the approval of the emperor, which is why Li Ling worked so hard this time.

Now, there is only one last question left. Do you really want to risk going to southern Yunnan to avoid revenge from the prince or the Yongwang? What’s more important is that if you really go there, will things be resolved after returning from a year or two?
Chapter completed!