“Your Majesty, you misunderstand. The old master does not ask Your Majesty to shut down or disband the Imperial Academy. You need not worry that the talented people of the Imperial Academy will be affected. He only asks for a fair opportunity to compete.”
As he spoke, he looked at the old master again.
"If you dare to use this as an excuse to force my elder brother to disband the Imperial Academy, I will be the first to object. My elder brother is kind and benevolent; he will grant your small request. Otherwise, how can we explain this to the world? A hundred years from now, when the students are still diligently writing, won't they be left with a bad reputation?"
Mo Yunzhao...
He really, really wanted to kill that bastard.
The old master had already knelt down and shouted "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
They put him on the high platform, and he couldn't get down at all.
He was so angry he was about to grind his teeth to dust, but he had no choice but to issue the imperial edict.
The chief eunuch brought out a bright yellow brocade scroll, and he angrily picked up his pen and stamped the imperial seal on it with displeasure.
Mo Yunhan stepped forward and, without the need for the chief eunuch, picked up the imperial edict, read it once, and handed it to the old scholar.
"You should spread the word about His Majesty's benevolent act, so that all the students in the world can see what a prosperous era and what a broad road His Majesty has opened up for them."
The old master was so excited that tears streamed down his face.
He kept nodding.
Mo Yunhan added, "After you leave the palace, you must shout the contents of the imperial edict all the way, so as not to disappoint your brother's good intentions."
The old scholar was deeply moved upon hearing this, and he knelt down with a thud, holding up the imperial edict.
"His Majesty's benevolence moves Heaven, and this humble subject will certainly make ten thousand copies of the imperial edict and distribute them to academies throughout the land so that all people may pay homage to him!"
In this way, even if Mo Yunzhao wanted to back out later, he couldn't slaughter the people.
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