After hearing Zhu Youxiao's decision, the four cabinet ministers had different expressions.

Among them, Han Yu was the happiest, but the other three did not seem happy at all. It was obvious that they did not like this choice.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't care whether they liked it or not, he just wanted to make this decision.

After a brief pause, Sun Chengzong took a step forward and said slowly, "Your Majesty, Feng Congwu is the chief academic officer of the Imperial Academy. Students from the Imperial Academy will also take the imperial examinations next year, which might cause controversy. Your Majesty, would you please reconsider this?"

After taking a look at Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao didn't suspect that he had any selfish motives. Even if he did, it didn't matter. This was a very normal thing. How many officials in the court didn't have selfish motives?

It’s just that Zhu Youxiao doesn’t care.

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his finger, tapped the handle of the chair, and said with a nonchalant smile: "Even so, so what?"

In fact, Zhu Youxiao's intention was very clear, which was to support Feng Congwu.

This is what he thought and was prepared to do. He didn't care about anything that caused controversy.

Not only did he not care, he wanted to use such criticism to tell the scholars of the world: If you want to be an official, then you should learn what I want you to learn and go to the Royal Academy instead of speaking nonsense there and setting up your own school.

The most typical example is, when Emperor Wu of Han was the only one who respected Confucianism, where were the people that Teacher Huang was learning from?

If you choose one side, you must give up the other side. There is no good result for a fence-sitter.

Especially when it comes to national policies, once they are determined to be correct and formulated, they must be implemented as quickly as possible and carried through to the end. Frequent changes in policies are unacceptable. If they are not implemented for fear of criticism, then what is the point of the policy?

When Sun Chengzong heard what Zhu Youxiao said, he was stunned.

He hadn't expected His Majesty to say that, but he instantly understood what His Majesty meant. It was either this or that. Either you choose to listen to me, or forget about being an official.

Are there many people with integrity in this world?

The answer is a lot.

But what about more people?

Even more people studied simply to become officials. Although they spoke of morality and ideals of family and country, in reality, they were only thinking about how to become an official and achieve greater power.

Zhu Youxiao clearly had no intention of discussing the matter further. He stood up, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, that's all. This matter is settled, you may leave."

None of the four dared to neglect it, and they quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Now that the matter has been decided, they naturally will not strongly object anymore.

As for whether they wanted to find some other reasons to oppose, Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all.

After Han Yu and the other three left, Zhu Youxiao also left and went back to Empress Zhang.

It was almost afternoon and the weather was getting cold, so staying by the lake was not a good option.

The news didn't get out, and several cabinet ministers didn't spread the news. The reason was simple: the time hadn't come yet.

If we stir up any trouble now, His Majesty will surely be dissatisfied. Let's wait and see, or perhaps after the New Year.

On this morning, the rising sun brought some warmth to the capital city which had been cold all night.

Many people began to move about the streets, and vendors began to shout and do business. The entire capital slowly woke up in the slightly warm morning light.

A group of people have arrived at the gate of the capital.

When everyone saw them coming, they all tried to avoid them.

Because these people were under the banner of the Imperial Household Department, no one dared to offend anyone from the Imperial Household Department in this place.

There were quite a few people watching curiously from a distance. People from the Imperial Household Department didn't travel often, and they didn't do it in such a high-profile manner.

Who on earth is this person who comes back so ostentatiously after leaving the city?

Many people don’t understand.

Of course, there are also people who are well-informed. They know that those who have recently left Beijing from the Imperial Household Department have all gone to Henan.

The news about Prince Fu also spread in the capital, and it was obvious that Prince Fu had come to the capital.

Sure enough, not long after, everyone saw Prince Fu's carriage behind the Silijian team.

However, compared to what everyone imagined, this team was much smaller and did not have any royal style. Instead, it looked very depressed.

In fact, those who know the inside story understand that once Prince Fu comes to Beijing this time, it will be difficult for him to leave.

The affairs in Henan Province now seem to have come to an end. Prince Fu has been deprived of his throne and his property has been confiscated.

Seeing this situation, everyone has different opinions, but the mainstream still thinks that His Majesty did the right thing.

The civil officials had no good feelings towards the princes because the princes in various places were frantically annexing land.

This made the civil servants very annoyed, and the reason was very simple. It was not because the civil servants thought that the princes were wrong to do so, or that doing so would harm the national interests, but because this was something they should have done themselves.

As a result, after the establishment of vassal kings, they were allowed to annex land.

The benefits that should have gone into my pocket have now fallen into the hands of the vassal kings. How can the civil officials be happy?

Many people with keen senses even thought that Prince Fu's arrival in Beijing was a sign that the emperor was going to punish the princes. Everyone was paying attention to Prince Fu's motorcade.

In a place where no one was paying attention, Chen Qiuyu sat in the carriage, gently lifting the curtain.

Looking at the city gate of the capital in front of him, Chen Qiuyu breathed a sigh of relief with emotion.

The last time he came to the capital was when he was taking the imperial examination. Thinking about how he looked when he passed the examination and then looking at himself now, Chen Qiyu actually felt that things had changed.

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