What Li Zhizao wanted was innovation; while what Cui Chengxiu wanted was a cultural blow. He wanted to take advantage of it and find a foothold to attack others.

These two people have their own ideas and personal agendas. On the surface, they both seem to be supporting Huang Kezun, but in reality, they are just using Huang Kezun's name to do their own things. To put it bluntly, Huang Kezun takes the blame while they reap the benefits.

After seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao felt a little complicated.

Because isn't this what you do often?

It seems that these officials learn very quickly. This makes Zhu Youxiao feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Huang Kexun who was standing not far away. He saw that Huang Kexun's face was very calm. He didn't know what he was thinking, and it seemed that he didn't hear anything at all.

However, Zhu Youxiao knew that Huang Kezun could not fail to hear the hidden meaning of these people's words, and Huang Kezun was just pretending to be stupid at this time.

Perhaps Huang Kezun also understood in his heart that without any benefits, who would support you for no reason?

In this situation, it is not excessive to take some benefits from the support given to you.

As for taking the blame, yours is the biggest, so you should take it. Regardless of whether they are there or not, you will still have to take the blame, the only difference being the weight of the blame.

After Cui Chengxiu and the other two finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao nodded gently and said, "My dear ministers, do you have anything else to say?"

At this time, everyone had a bad feeling.

No one expected things to take such a sudden turn for the worse, and for a moment no one knew what to say.

Of course, not everyone just stood there stupidly at this time. Some people stood up.

This person was none other than Yu Maoheng, the Left Censor of the Inspectorate.

When the officials in the court saw Yu Maoheng stand up, they were all slightly stunned. No one expected Yu Maoheng to stand up at this time.

You know, Yu Maoheng has been pretending to be stupid for a long time.

The person who is currently jumping around the most in the Censorate is Cui Chengxiu, which makes many people think that Cui Chengxiu will replace Yu Maoheng.

But the bigwigs in the court didn't think so. Yu Maoheng was the emperor's confidant. How could it be so easy for him to be replaced by Cui Chengxiu?

Yu Maoheng is so low-key, it’s just that the time has not come for him to stand up.

Now, at such a critical moment, Yu Maoheng finally stood up.

Everyone in the court felt their hearts sink. They thought this might be the emperor's way of making his stance clear.

In fact, everyone knew that His Majesty was supporting this matter, because it was His Majesty who started the whole thing from the very beginning.

The first time Chen Kedao came to the capital to give lectures was to give lectures to the emperor, and then the incident of Neo-Confucian disciples attacking Chen Kedao happened.

Only after this did the court debate on prohibiting the private establishment of academies and private lectures.

Only after such a debate did the court propose to establish a royal academy and reformulate the imperial examination curriculum.

So, from beginning to end, it was actually Your Majesty who manipulated the entire thing.

It’s just that Your Majesty has always been behind the scenes and has never stood in front of the stage.

Now seeing Yu Maoheng's appearance, everyone realized that His Majesty might come to the front of the stage.

Many people's faces darkened, and they simultaneously turned their gazes towards the cabinet ministers standing in front of them. At a time like this, only the cabinet ministers could step forward.

However, several cabinet ministers all closed their eyes, looking calm and composed, or as if they were confident.

The officials in the court had no idea what these old guys were thinking.

Yu Maoheng took a step forward and said slowly, "Your Majesty, I don't think this is necessary."

"Everyone in the court knows that the Four Books were annotated by Zhu Xi, which is why they flourished and were included in the imperial examinations. Therefore, I believe that Xunzi can be added to the Four Books, or even called the Five Books, but there is no need to remove Mencius."

"As the saying goes, when a reader reads, he comprehends the teachings of the sages. Individuals' understandings vary, and the teachings of the sages they learn are also different. I believe it is not a good idea to mention both Mencius and Xunzi."

After Yu Maoheng said this, many people began to grit their teeth.

It seems that Yu Maoheng is trying to smooth things over and get both sides to make concessions. But the truth is that this is not the case. Yu Maoheng also has his own selfish agenda in doing so.

First of all, Yu Maoheng put Xunzi and Mencius on the same level.

This is already a big deal. If everyone can accept Xunzi's teachings, why bother to expel him from the Confucius Temple?

Now everyone has kicked Xunzi out of the Confucius Temple. By doing this, aren't you bringing him back?

The most crucial point is, can you add to the Four Books and Five Classics established by Zhu Xi by doing this?

We added "Xunzi" today, do we need to add something else tomorrow?

This is endless. To put it bluntly, it's still digging for the roots of science.

Although Yu Maoheng appeared to be righteous on the surface, he was still ruthless, and his actions were steady, accurate and ruthless!

At the same time, Yu Maoheng made these officials aware of the danger.

Previously, both Cui Chengxiu and Li Zhizao had very clear positions, so when they opposed it, they opposed it thoroughly.

But Yu Maoheng stood up and directly came up with the idea of ​​putting Mencius and Xunzi on the same level, which gave the possibility of compromise.

Many people would think that if they cannot oppose to the end, then there is nothing wrong with making appropriate compromises.

This is actually to divide and win over a group of unsteady people within the School of Principle, making it impossible for the School of Principle to unite.

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