C625 The Competition of Journalism (1/2)
”No …” A mournful roar stupefied all of the officials, and the little emperor who was about to shake hands with Xiao Letian. The people turned around and realised that Ci Xi was like a madman, he pounced towards them and hugged them tightly, looking at Xiao Letian as though he was a ghost.
”Go away, go away …” Your Majesty is my child, so no one should even think of snatching him away! ” Ci Xi was already hysterical. Tongzhi was his son, the origin of all his power. Without Tongzhi, the sky would have collapsed.
Xiao Letian had already guessed Ci Xi's reaction. ”Empress Dowager, no one will steal your son, and no one will be able to take away Great Qing's Majesty. I just hope that Her Majesty can go out and study, and travel ten thousand miles …”
”Knowledge has never stopped at books. Life is incomplete without travel... The empress dowager also wished for the emperor to become a great figure, and for him to become an empress dowager, what sort of future prospects would he have? ”
”No …” ”I don't care, I don't want to hear your nonsense. You're just a bewitching evil demon …” Ci Xi was already on the verge of tears. Only now did she know just how terrifying Xiao Letian was, and she was not afraid of any retaliation from Xiao Letian.
But this demon, Xiao Letian, was not done with getting the money and land, and in the end, even reached out her son's body. This was Ci Xi's fatal weakness, the emperor was the last bit of softness in her heart, and without her son, the sky would completely fall.
As the empress dowager was crying, that group of people became even more violent. They rushed forward and used their own bodies to cut apart Xiao Letian and the emperor, and used their chests to block Xiao Letian.
”Demons, if you want to take His Majesty away, you have to kill us.” ”Walk over our corpses!”
”The capital is a large company. Gather all the scholars and block the four gates of the Forbidden City. We absolutely cannot let Xiao Letian succeed, today is the time for us scholars to sacrifice our lives, let's use our blood to sober His Majesty up!”
”Demon, get out of the capital!” Let your soldiers shoot! If you have the ability, kill all the scholars in the world! ”
The Grand Commission had completely lost control of herself now. Xiao Letian was pushed from Xumi seat to the entrance by dozens of hands, only stopping when the new recruits flashed their bayonets.
Xiao Letian did not retaliate. He was still smiling as he looked at the little emperor sitting on Xumi's seat in the distance. The reaction of these people were also in the process of cleaning up. Honestly speaking, Xiao Letian respected these scholars very much, they protected their own values, and adhered to the traditions that spanned thousands of years. It was a pity that what these people insisted on was already eliminated by this era.
In the era of the social major change, there was always a tragic group of old-fashioned people. Whether it was out of morality or benefits, they simply could not allow any change to happen to society.
These were a bunch of pitiful and lamentable old-fashioned people. They simply didn't understand, or pretended not to understand. Did they really not know that change was something that would never change in the human world?
Right now, Xiao Letian had already been forced to the entrance of the Great Hall by the Qing Liu people, and behind him were the high steps. If not for the row of new recruits suddenly appearing behind him like a tiger eyeing its prey, he would probably have been thrown out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The Qing Liu Han forest lined up to block the entrance of the hall. They refused to let Xiao Letian take another step forward no matter what, while Weng Tonghe stood in front of Xumi, protecting the empress dowager and the little emperor like an angry King Kong. At that moment, he really dared to kill someone.
In contrast to the anger of the Qing Liu and the rest, the daoyin and the royals, at that moment, all of them strangely went silent. Only someone who was careful would notice that Ci An, who had been silent all this time, was warning them with his eyes.
When the chaos reached a certain point, Ci An coughed lightly: ”Alright now … You don't have any rules? The Grand Commission only does it this once a year, what is it like! ”Hmph …”
The current Ci An was the one who had the most authority in the empire. Before the emperor had personally taken over the throne, the empress dowagers would always hold court from behind the screen, and only when the authority of the two empires was divided would there be a empress dowagers who would share the treasure. Only then would it be effective.
Right now, Ci Xi had foolishly been instigated into such a scene by someone, the power in his hands was spread throughout the world, especially the military power that was stewed in a spoonful by Xiao Letian's new army, with the result, Ci An became the person with the greatest authority in the entire Qing Dynasty.
”Since it's a court meeting, then it's a gathering of ideas. We can discuss politics together, so what's wrong with pushing and shoving? Could it be that he could no longer be reasonable in the Supreme Harmony Temple? ”Why aren't you returning to your class yet …”
”Empress Dowager …” Weng Tonghe was at a loss for words, he could already smell the strange scent from the empress dowager's words.