"This reform of the Royal Academy is a major imperial initiative, one that Your Majesty has put a lot of thought into. The court officials are all waiting with eager anticipation, as are all scholars across the land. And yet, something like this has happened?"

"Cui Chengxiu is truly incompetent! Not only is he incompetent, but he also caused such a huge event to fail. He truly deserves to be severely punished!"

Xu Guangqi looked at Huang Kezun, unmoved.

Now there are only three people left in the cabinet, including Han Yu. Huang Kezun and Han Yu are in collusion with each other, so Xu Guangqi seems to be a little alone and weak, so Xu Guangqi does not speak carelessly.

This time the incident happened suddenly and Xu Guangqi was caught off guard.

Originally, Xu Guangqi did not want anything to go wrong during this period. What he wanted was to get the position of cabinet minister as soon as possible, or at least bring his own people in. For him, it was not a good thing for something to happen at this moment.

Xu Guangqi naturally looked down on Cui Chengxiu, who was not his kind. He was a despicable villain who had defected to Wei Zhongxian of the East Factory.

Xu Guangqi should have been watching the joke when such a person made a fool of himself. But now that it had ruined the affairs of the imperial court, it made people even more angry. Xu Guangqi no longer had the heart to watch Cui Chengxiu's joke, and was thinking about how to solve this matter.

As for Huang Kexun's words, Xu Guangqi also understood that he wanted to use this incident to step on Cui Chengxiu, so that he could not be the official, and by the way, remove his official position.

In this way, Cui Chengxiu disappeared from everyone's sight. At the same time, the reform of the Royal Academy could be handed over to someone else.

There weren't many people in the court who were qualified to participate in the reform of the Royal Academy. Cui Chengxiu was able to take on this power simply because he was the one who proposed it.

The person who initiated it should naturally be put in charge, but now that it has gone awry, it's natural to have a replacement.

The court has reached this point and it is impossible to give up halfway, so there are only a few candidates to take over.

Feng Congwu, the Minister of Rites, was a very suitable candidate, and the one Han Yu wanted to nominate. If Feng Congwu could handle this matter successfully, his power would undoubtedly increase greatly. At that time, the Minister of Rites, Shen Tingyun, would probably not be able to suppress Feng Congwu.

Xu Guangqi naturally understood this kind of thing. How could he not know about it?

However, Shen Tingyun could also handle this matter, so Huang Kezun dared to say such words. He simply wanted to join forces with Xu Guangqi to get rid of Cui Chengxiu first.

As for who will take over this matter in the end, it depends on their ability.

But Xu Guangqi was still hesitant. He didn't want to do this. He wanted Shen Tingyun to compete for the position of Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

This timing is critical. If Shen Tingyun were to take charge of the academy's affairs, this matter would probably be ruined.

Han Yu could make Feng Congwu not fight, but Xu Guangqi could not.

Just use Feng Congwu to defeat Shen Tingyun?

They have a beautiful idea.

So Xu Guangqi said slowly: "We should first find out what happened. And since the matter has become so serious, we should think about how to resolve it first."

"There's no rush to punish Cui Chengxiu. If it's his fault, then he shouldn't be let go. But if there are other reasons, we need to investigate. After all, getting things done properly is the most important thing."

"If we don't find out the reason, it's too early to say anything now. Let's just wait and see."

Xu Guangqi's words were polite, but his attitude was also very clear.

After hearing this, Huang Kezun nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Xu, this is very good. I have not considered it carefully. Then let's do as you say."

Han Yu didn't say anything, just sat there quietly.

There was a commotion outside, but the palace remained peaceful as usual.

Zhu Youxiao sat in a rocking chair, rocking gently.

Concubine Tian was serving on the side, and from time to time she picked up a grape and put it into Zhu Youxiao's mouth.

Chen Hong stood beside Zhu Youxiao and said softly, "Your Majesty, the news has come back. The leader this time is Wang Linsheng."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, without opening his eyes, and asked directly: "Your people?"

Chen Hong nodded and said, "It's not just Wang Linsheng, there are dozens of them. With Wang Linsheng taking the lead and these people cooperating, I think it will be foolproof."