Zhao Xin felt helpless as he saw more and more people agreeing with him, but he still didn't stop them.

But he also didn't agree.

However, compared with the previous tough attitude, this is already a great encouragement.

Now, Dr. Jiang, who had just been glad that he did not stand up, could no longer sit still.

He stood up suddenly and said passionately: "Your Majesty, I, the Five Classics Doctor Jiang Banyan, think that what Feng Shaoqing said is exactly in line with the words of the sage.

If there are evil people in the country and those in power are lacking in virtue, Heaven will surely bring disaster upon them.

Therefore, I believe that a ruler should be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, and should speak of virtue rather than profit...

If the ruler upholds his throne and the ministers uphold theirs, the country will surely be at peace and the world will be governed!"

Since taking up the post of Doctor of the Five Classics, Dr. Jiang Banban had never lectured to the emperor. But when he started, he suddenly found the feeling. He spoke with a nodding head and could hardly stop at the end.

Fortunately, someone nearby reminded him that now was not the time to preach, so he stopped the car.

After saying this, he stole a glance at the emperor, only to see that he was smiling, as if he approved of my words. He could not help but feel secretly proud and said even more generously, "Your Majesty, this is my sincere and honest advice. I hope Your Majesty will accept it."

Zhao Xin smiled and nodded slightly, "Well, what Dr. Jiang said seems to make sense. Alas, the people are innocent."

Just now someone said that we won’t talk about the people today, and then he turned around and said this.

In reality, he was secretly complaining, "Half a year of talking... Today's public intellectuals are not as good as future generations. In the 20th century, there were public intellectuals who could talk about a beautiful statement for a lifetime, but today's public intellectuals can only talk for half a year. Is a year not enough?"

Dr. Jiang didn't know what he was thinking, but he was deeply moved by the emperor's words. He bowed excitedly and said, "Your Majesty's benevolence is a blessing to the world..."

Zhao Xin raised his hand to stop his praising praises, then looked at the people in the front row with a smile.

"My two royal relatives, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Tai'an, what do you think?"

Among the few people, only Zhao Ben had the most interactions with the emperor. Seeing him looking at him and others with a smile, he inexplicably felt his scalp tingling.

As for the other two royal relatives, they were fine. They just stroked their beards and said, "These are the words of a loyal minister."

When Mr. Taian saw that the emperor actually asked him this question, he couldn't help but feel moved. He stood up with some reserve and said, "I also agree with you.

The ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister; this is the moral principle!"

Zhao Xin nodded and looked at Zhao Ben, the only one who hadn't expressed his opinion. Although Zhao Ben felt uneasy for some reason, he still said, "I agree."

"Um……"

Zhao Xin nodded.

I was about to ask, "Who is the traitor then?"

Suddenly, the deafening sound of drums was heard outside the hall.

“Bang, bang, bang~!”

It's like a death order.

Everyone's expression in the hall changed, and Zhao Ben even broke out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, a eunuch stumbled in. He was so panicked that he tripped over the threshold of the hall when entering.

Then he crawled to the steps and said in panic, "Your Majesty, someone from the Prime Minister's Office, along with all the officials and a bunch of bewitched Imperial College students, is outside beating drums and knocking on the gates of Sima!"

Upon hearing this, there was a sound of gasps throughout the hall.

Sima Gate is the gate in front of the Purple Palace. When officials came here to attend court, they had to dismount from their horses or sedan chairs, hence the name.

There is also a drum in front of Sima Gate. Although nominally, this drum is for the people to complain, but in the middle and late stages of a dynasty, this drum has become a decoration.

Not to mention the common people, even the officials were not allowed to get close.

But once it rings, it will be a earth-shattering event.

At this moment, this shocking event was witnessed by everyone in the Zichen Palace.

And just a moment ago, everyone was still excitedly saying that there were traitors in the country and that it was preventing rain.

What are they going to do now?

Everyone was stunned.

At this moment, Zhao Xin, sitting on the throne, seemed to be fine, still looking at everyone with a smile.

"Who do you think is the traitor in the current court?"

The words were not loud, but in the terrifyingly quiet hall, they sounded like thunder to everyone.

Feng Zhong is about to speak.

The two old royal relatives also had gloomy expressions.

But just as the three of them were about to speak, someone next to them gently stopped them and asked them not to speak for the time being.

The three of them looked and saw that they were the emperor's trusted ministers, Liu Muzhi, Kou Zhunren and others.

Although the three of them didn't understand what was going on, they didn't say anything.

Zhao Xin turned his gaze towards Dr. Jiang and said with a smile, "Dr. Jiang, who do you think is the traitor in this world?"

At this moment, Jiang Banyan wanted to slap himself.

I let you talk too much and forget your lesson!

But now the emperor was asking him this question straight in his face. He couldn't even cry for a moment, and he trembled for a long time without being able to utter a word.

"Why don't you answer?"

The emperor's voice sounded again.

Jiang Banyan's legs went weak and he fell to his knees with a thud, trembling all over but not daring to speak.

Zhao Xin sneered and turned his gaze to the others, finally landing on Zhao Ben and Mr. Tai'an.

Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Ben gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and said sternly, "I believe that if we talk about the treacherous and evil people in the world today, there is no one more treacherous than Prime Minister Cui Cen and his cronies!"

Zhao Ben also figured it out. What happened today seemed too much of a coincidence.

I'm afraid all this was arranged by the emperor.

Doesn’t this mean that all of Cui’s party’s actions were within the emperor’s calculations?

In this way, although the Cui Party is powerful, the final winner is likely to be His Majesty the Emperor.

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