Chapter 283 Consolation to the students all over the world!
With gloomy eyes, Emperor Qian's killing intent slowly subsided a bit at this moment.
After hearing this, He Weixin felt like he was being pardoned and expressed his gratitude.
However, Emperor Qian was still angry and continued: "Although I can spare you, it does not mean that I can spare others!"
"After the order is passed, Huo Yongzhi is suspected of fraud, which has aroused the anger of heaven and man! He will be suspended and investigated! He will be strictly interrogated by the Jinyi Guards!"
"I want to see! Does he have any accomplices?"
In a word, although Huo Yongzhi is not dead yet, his position as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is completely unkept!
After listening to this, Li Yan could only lower his head in a daze.
This time, he lost a huge personal connection!
If Huo Yongzhi was treated like this, it would be impossible for him to come out of Jinyiwei again!
And Emperor Qian’s words are not over yet!
"Now that students all over the world are boycotting the exams because of fraud, they are forced to do so. I am extremely understanding!"
"I am also responsible for this matter. It is my ignorance of people that has caused such a situation! I will issue an imperial edict to comfort myself! To comfort the hearts of my disciples!"
"And your Ministry of Etiquette! Each of you will be demoted to one rank and fined for one year! You also have to write a letter of apology to comfort the students all over the world? Do you understand?"
The minister gave the order in an almost irrefutable tone.
At this moment, how could He Weixin have the courage to refute?
The emperor himself is about to issue an imperial edict to sin, and it is a certainty that the Ministry of Rites will apologize.
In this case, we can only do as we are told.
"I obey the order!"
Soon, a group of ministers all raised their hands to accept the decree.
After doing this, Emperor Qian dispersed the court meeting and walked straight to the back hall.
As for the ministers, their expressions changed, and they all had their own thoughts in their hearts.
However, today's court meeting revealed at least one crucial piece of news: Emperor Qian would rather abandon Huo Yongzhi than Lin Yiqiu.
This eunuch, what kind of ecstasy soup did he pour into Emperor Qian?
All the ministers felt puzzled.
After a while, Prime Minister Li Yan had returned to the mansion first.
As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't hold himself any longer. He picked up the tea cup and dropped it to the ground!
"Damn it! This Lin Yiqiu! He has definitely been fooled!"
The servants below were startled and quickly came in to clean it!
Li Yan, on the other hand, continued to stand where he was, his expression changing drastically.
Judging from the various reactions of Emperor Qian today, he definitely knows the direction of the students outside!
The so-called court meeting was just to give the ministers a warning and let all the ministers know that Lin Yiqiu would never be able to move!
But the weirdest thing about this matter is Lin Yiqiu!
It was clear that the world's intellectuals were all targeting him at the beginning, so why did public opinion suddenly turn around?
Li Yan didn't believe that those literati students would suddenly become sober!
Sitting on the chair, Li Yan held his forehead and thought for a while.
In this incident, he always felt that there was an invisible hand controlling the situation secretly.
Is it His Majesty? He's not sure?
And the most important point is, who revealed the story about Huo Yongzhi!
These are the most critical doubts!
Not long after, I saw my son Li Jin walking from outside the house.
As soon as he entered the door, he immediately said to his father: "Dad, I learned a very important news!"
"You? What information can you find out?"
Li Yan didn't believe it.
Li Jin approached him and continued: "I know why these literati suddenly changed public opinion! I understand!"
"Huh? How to say it?"
Li Yan also showed interest.
Li Jindao: "I accidentally heard this matter mentioned by a scholar when I went to Xiangyue Tower today!"
"They said that during the party at Xiangyue Tower, there was a girl in her early twenties who woke them up!"
"It was also from then on that all literati came to the consensus that the collapse of the Confucian Temple was because of Master Huo, who was blamed by the sages on Huo Yong, and not because of Lin Yiqiu!"
Li Jin spoke in a low tone as he truthfully told the news he had obtained.
After hearing this, Li Yan frowned.
"A girl? What does she look like?"
"This...I don't know much about this, but according to people who have noticed it, it seems that the girl is polite, literary and knowledgeable, and she is not like the maid in Xiangyue Tower!"
"At least in their eyes, they are quite different from ordinary maids!"
"Handmaid? Handmaiden!"
Li Yan seemed to realize something, and his expression was startled!
"Is the maid you are talking about in her early twenties, tall and fair? And she has a palace flower in her hair?"
Li Yan asked after describing Ting'er's characteristics at Dian Shang today.
Li Jin thought carefully about the information he had inquired about, and nodded after a while.
"Yes, that seems to be it! What's wrong, dad? Do you know this maid?"
Hearing this, Li Yan slumped directly on the chair, and then his face became extremely groggy!
"Sure enough! These are all your Majesty's handiwork!"
"Huo Yongzhi was arrested! The change in public opinion among the literati is all due to His Majesty!"
"This matter has been a trap set up by His Majesty from beginning to end! Huo Yongzhi has been treated as an abandoned son!"
Li Yan guessed to himself.
No wonder His Majesty's attitude today has become so unpredictable for him.
No wonder His Majesty is so eager to convict Huo Yongzhi!
It was he who deliberately spread the news, arousing the anger of the literati, and it was he who sent people to change the direction of public opinion!
In the end, the blame for fraud and the collapse of the Chongsheng Temple were all pointed at Huo Yong!
From beginning to end, this was all planned by him!
"Your Majesty, you are really vicious for Lin Yiqiu!"
Gritting his teeth, Li Yan said in a deep voice.
He originally thought that Emperor Qian was just an emperor who lived in the palace and was insensitive to the outside world.
But now it seems that Emperor Qian's methods are much more powerful than he appears!
This kind of comprehensive control ability simply makes his back feel cold!
What if it was not Huo Yongzhi who was arrested this time, but him?
I'm afraid His Majesty will eradicate him directly without hesitation!
Danger! Too dangerous!
Thinking of this, Li Yan has completely given up on Huo Yongzhi!
However, if he knew that this matter was not done by Emperor Qian at all, but was all Lin Yiqiu's plan, he would probably be shocked and speechless!
The next day, Emperor Qian issued an edict on his crime!
At the same time, all the ministers of the Ministry of Rites also wrote a joint apology letter to publicize it to the world's literati.
After seeing the attitude of the emperor and the attitude of the Ministry of Rites, the public resentment that had been boiling for many days finally slowly dissipated!
As the scapegoat for all this, Mr. Huo Yongzhi, I am afraid that he will never be able to leave the gate of Jinyiwei from now on, which is almost the same as death!
"Our Majesty is still wise!"
"Yes, all of this is really Huo Yongzhi's fault! Damn traitor!"
"Now that the traitorous minister has been dismissed from his post and joined the Imperial Guard, we can finally rest assured!"
Soon, the literati no longer jointly boycotted the exams, and the capital returned to peace again.
Emperor Qian's hanging heart finally relaxed at this moment. This chapter has been completed!
