The last case wasn't even finished, but the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Revenue were completely emptied, and the Censorate lost most of its assets. How many people were killed? How many people had their homes confiscated? Is Your Majesty the kind of person who compromises?
If His Majesty is really angered, there might be another bloody storm.
What they want is power, they don't want a broken court, so Cui Chengxiu is also worried. Of course, if the incident happened somewhere else, he would gloat over it.
But if the incident happened in the Censorate, who knows if it would implicate me.
Yu Maoheng remained calm. He glanced at Cui Chengxiu, put down his teacup, and said slowly, "Can we stop it? Even if we stop one Li Mao, there will be others. All we can do is submit a letter to express our attitude."
"When you return, immediately have everyone write their petitions. I'll review them and submit them to you all. Start writing immediately, and everyone should follow along with the basics. But one thing is certain: the Donglin Party is a treacherous group, led by Gao Panlong, Sun Shenxing, Zou Yuanbiao, and Yang Lian. They were also implicated in previous cases, and they're forcing Your Majesty this time because they harbor resentment."
Holding a grudge is a serious crime, and one that cannot be removed once it is put on you.
Cui Chengxiu glanced at Yu Maoheng, his face showing excitement. He didn't expect Yu Maoheng to be so ruthless, and he became a little wary in his heart.
But now was not the time to think about this, so Cui Chengxiu quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Don't worry, Dutang, I will definitely get things done."
Nodding gently, Yu Maoheng smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, go ahead!"
After a few people left, Yu Maoheng's expression eased.
After pondering for a moment, Yu Maoheng laughed at himself and murmured, "There's no such thing as right or wrong. He's a hero, and I'm an enemy. That's all."
Yu Maoheng had long since established his position, and he was now on Xu Guangqi's side.
When the matter first became a commotion, Yu Maoheng had already made his position clear and even went to visit Xu Guangqi. At this time, Yu Maoheng naturally would not waver. He needed to stand firm, so Li Mao's words could not shake him.
During this period of contact with Xu Guangqi and others, Yu Maoheng actually discovered some interesting things, especially after studying some books by Li Zhi, he really had some ideas in his mind.
I originally studied Li Zhi's book just to show off. After all, if I didn't know anything from this perspective, wouldn't that make me look ridiculous?
So Yu Maoheng studied Li Zhi's book very seriously, and was somewhat attracted to it. He found that as long as he discarded the old things, Li Zhi's ideas were still easy to accept.
It’s just that there are some things that most people don’t dare to say out loud, only Li Zhi dares to say them.
It’s not that no one has thought of this before. The more Yu Maoheng read it, the more he agreed with it.
For example, Li Zhi said that the current teachings of Confucius and Mencius are no longer the original teachings of Confucius and Mencius. They are all written by later generations. No one knows why the sages said these words or what they were thinking at the time. Everything is recorded by later generations, and no one knows how many distortions and misinterpretations there are.
To give the simplest example, science and psychology have different interpretations on many issues, and even the interpretations now and in previous dynasties are different. What does this indicate?
This shows that these are not the doctrines or ideas of saints, but are all fabricated by later generations.
Don’t educated people know these?
No, everyone with knowledge knows this. It's just that they need to work under this banner, so they all have to protect it.
Only Li Zhi dug these things out, and Li Zhi even further proposed that not all saints are saints; even if he is a saint in a certain place, he cannot be omniscient and omnipotent.
There is no eternal law in the world, and there is no eternal saint.
Yu Maoheng has already accepted this statement in his heart, at least on the surface, because this is his position, so he has made himself accept this position in his heart.
This is the struggle between the two schools. From ancient times to the present, the struggle between schools has always been a life-and-death struggle.
Whether it was the struggle between Huang Laoshi's school and Confucianism, or the Hundred Schools of Thought even before, which one was not bloody?
That's why Yu Maoheng acted ruthlessly, because once something started, there was really no turning back.
Putting down the teacup in his hand, Yu Maoheng also stood up.
He was going to write the test paper, and he had to write a beautiful one, so he had to think carefully about it and there couldn't be any mistakes.
Forbidden City, Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Youxiao also put down his teacup, glanced at the kneeling Wei Zhongxian, and asked expressionlessly, "You said someone wants to kneel down at the Meridian Gate to make a petition? And it's not just one or two people, they've even started to collude?"
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