The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1211 Argument
The court officials had never expected that before the imperial edict to confer the title of Crown Princess was issued, the formulation of the textbooks for the Crown Princess's studies had been announced to the world.

"Ridiculous, this is so ridiculous!"

Tu Wenren, the censor of the Metropolitan Censorate, was so angry that he went straight to the Classics Hall and met with the Prime Minister Yan Yuan, and immediately spoke passionately:
"Sir Prime Minister, from ancient times to the present, the tutor of the crown prince is either a world-renowned scholar or an important official like you. Have you ever heard of taking in the opinions of the whole world, regardless of whether they are wise or common people?

I am also from the people, and I know best the ignorance of those who are illiterate. Could it be that the emperor would accept the opinions of even the people? !

Could it be that those peddlers and beggars have the right to comment on the teaching of the crown prince? They are not worthy of it! "

When he was excited, Tu Wenren was so angry that he stamped his feet and beat his chest, tears streaming down his face: "Prime Minister Yan, you are the head of all the ministers and the pillar of the court. You must not watch the emperor act like this! If this goes on, where will the dignity of the crown prince be? Can anyone point fingers at our crown prince?!"

If he hadn't retained some rationality, he would have shouted loudly, "Your Majesty is confused!"

Even so, Yan Yuan, with a slightly gloomy face, stopped him in a low voice: "Yushi Tu! As a minister, you can consider the country and the throne, which is good, but no matter how sincere you are, you can't forget the hierarchy. There are some things that a minister can't say."

Tu Wenren's chest rose and fell violently, and it took him a long while to calm down his anger.

"What the Prime Minister taught me is that I was not thoughtful enough, but..." Thinking of the imperial edict that was sent to the people of the world to solicit opinions, Tu Wenren was so angry that he wanted to run away. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he punched the table next to him and said hatefully, "In my opinion, there is no one else who can come up with such an unheard-of idea except Sheng Wenzhen! At least it is related to her!"

What he said left Yan Yuan, who was usually good-tempered, speechless.

The deputy minister Gu Yuncheng, who had been standing in front of the bookshelf, laughed out loud: "Yushi Tu, do you have any evidence for what you said? If not, be careful that Minister Sheng will find out and sue you for unwarranted slander!"

Cen Minzhou, who was grinding not far away, couldn't help but sneered twice without even raising his head, and then said in a sarcastic tone: "Your Excellency Tu has experienced her rudeness, right? How could you forget it so quickly? There must be evidence for everything! What's the point of empty talk?"

Tu Wenren listened to them talking, his head turned to the second assistant, then to the third assistant. But he was not discouraged at the end, and said confidently: "This idea is not only held by me. There are many people who disagree with the Censorate, the Ministry of Public Administration, the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Household Department, the Imperial College, and the six departments. Everyone is ready to impeach Sheng Wenzhen on this edict issue soon! Many people are also preparing to jointly report it to Sheng Wenzhen!"

Yan Yuan narrowed his eyes, looked at the indignant Tu Wenren, tapped his fingers on the table for a long while, and then asked him: "Censor Tu came to see me today, what do you want me to do?"

"Sir, I would like to ask you to lead us ministers to persuade His Majesty to reconsider his advice!"

Tu Wenren's request did not sound rude, and it was one of the duties of the Prime Minister, but Yan Yuan did not want to agree at the moment.

"Censor Tu, are you talking about persuasion or coercion?"

Seeing Yan Yuan's eyes darken, Cen Minzhou immediately reminded him, "The Prime Minister leads all officials to assist the Emperor in governing the country, share His Majesty's worries, provide advice on government orders, and fill gaps in court affairs... These are all duties, but this does not mean that the Prime Minister can lead the court officials to force the Emperor to change his orders every day! I am a straightforward person. To put it bluntly, Censor Tu, you are not looking for Prime Minister Yan, but those treacherous ministers and powerful ministers who wish to control the government!"

"My Lord, be careful with your words!" Upon hearing this, Censor Tu stood up in anger. "How can you say such things so easily? I am a humble official who is devoted to the court, the country, and the crown prince. How could I be associated with that traitor?!"

Seeing that he was angry, Gu Yuncheng chuckled, "Why is Censor Tu so upset? Although Cen Sanfu's words are straightforward, they are not biased! You just think that his words are not very pleasant to hear, but why don't you think about it. If you really do it as you planned, things will be difficult! The impact and results afterwards will not be good!" "Your subordinate..." Tu Wenren blushed, hesitated and slowly calmed down, but his thoughts did not change much, "Even if the adults in the cabinet are unwilling to advise, I and other like-minded colleagues will also submit a petition to the emperor!"

"Advising His Majesty is the responsibility of the Censorate, the job of you censors, and the obligation of every court official." Yan Yuan nodded and did not object.

Seeing that he could not invite the Prime Minister Yan Yuan, and the Second and Third Prime Ministers beside him seemed unwilling to get involved, Tu Wenren sighed dejectedly, then left with a sour taste in his mouth.

"How is it! Brother Tu, what do the Prime Minister and the others say?"

After leaving the Classics Hall, Tu Wenren had just stepped out of the government office gate when he was surrounded by his colleagues from various departments.

"Everyone, I'm afraid we have to rely on ourselves to advise and remonstrate!" Tu Wenren shook his head in grief and indignation.

Suddenly, the lively scene became quiet.

Many officials quietly retreated from the crowd.

"In my opinion, we should go find Sheng Wenzhen for a debate!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people looked around, and when they saw that the speaker was the Tongzheng of the Ministry of Public Security, they immediately understood: No wonder Sheng Wenzhen was mentioned so much, it turned out that this guy had a conflict with her!
"Zheng Tongzheng, although we speculate that this edict is related to Sheng Wenzhen, we have no evidence. In this situation, how can we debate with her? Sheng Wenzhen can just ignore us!"

"On the contrary!" Zheng Tongzheng stroked his beard and shook his head at the other party with confidence. "Let's not talk about whether this edict was written by Sheng Wenzhen. As long as she supports this edict, she will definitely protect it! So in order for the edict to be implemented, she has to accept our invitation."

"What if this decree was not issued by her, and she does not agree with it?"

Zheng Tongzheng heard the voice and followed Tu Wenren to look for it. Unfortunately, there were too many people around and the person who spoke only said one sentence. So after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the speaker. He had no choice but to say to the public with confidence: "This edict concerns the princess, and the queen also supports it. So no matter what Sheng Wenzhen says to the queen and princess in private, she will definitely protect the edict in public!"

"But the purpose of our memorial is to hope that the emperor will revise the imperial edict, not to blindly fight with Sheng Wenzhen!"

After this man finished speaking, there was a murmur among the crowd, and then many officials quietly left.

There was no other way, they were prepared to persuade the emperor to revoke the edict because this was their duty and purpose.

Sheng Wenzhen might just be an obstacle blocking them, so they just need to move him away.

If she didn't show up, they couldn't move her over to create an obstacle and then rack their brains to figure out how to deal with her.

After all, their goal is not to overthrow Sheng Wenzhen.