Zi Nu was stunned when she heard this, and stepped forward to see that Gu Xun had fallen asleep.

"I had a good sleep." Seeing this, Zi Nu couldn't help shaking her head and laughing. Then she put out the candle she had just lit and left the room.

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While Gu was looking for a boat to sleep at night, another big earthquake broke out in Songhai.

It was almost evening, and Ying Zheng's motorcade left Xiaoshengxian Village. Immediately afterwards, a piece of gossip began to spread in Songhai City - a conflict broke out between the emperor and Xiaoshengxian Village, and the two sides broke up unhappy.

This information immediately detonated the calm that Songhai had barely maintained and caused an uproar.

No one understood why Xiaoshengxian Village had a conflict with the emperor.

Local officials don't understand, the people don't understand, and even other factions of Confucianism don't understand.

From the perspective of those who do not know enough about the inside story, Confucianism emphasizes loyalty to the emperor, and it is impossible to have a direct conflict with the emperor under any circumstances.

In the eyes of those who knew more about it, this was even more unbelievable - they all knew that Fu Nian had personally supported the imperial court some time ago, and had vague intentions of competing with other Confucian factions.

How come they were working with the emperor again in the blink of an eye?

It wasn't until another piece of gossip spread that everyone's doubts were solved - the book-burning order made everyone understand what Little Saint Xianzhuang had done.

If it were them, they would be loyal to the emperor if they didn't assassinate the emperor on the spot.

What followed was an even bigger storm.

The previously rumored conflict between the emperor and Xiaoshengxian Village caused more panic among the local people.

They were afraid that the emperor's attack on Xiaoshengxian Village would affect them.

Now almost everyone is anxious.

The common people didn't think much of it, but their simple ideas made them think that it would be a pity to burn a good book.

As for the various schools of thought, it goes without saying.

The local officials in Songhai were also very dissatisfied with this - they didn't care whether they burned books or not, as it would not affect their current prosperous life.

But the book-burning order definitely needs them to implement it and advance it.

This matter is not only troublesome, but also dangerous - if the people of various schools of thought can't defeat the emperor, why can't they defeat them?

It would be a big loss if he was angered and lost his life.

Of course, it won't work if you don't implement it, as it will easily be liquidated by the emperor.

It would not be wrong to say that no one was happy about the Book Burning Order.

Some anti-Qin forces are still very happy.

They didn't care at all whether the private collection of books was burned, they just wanted to watch the empire's demise accelerate - they wanted to add more fire to all the empire's decrees, and it would be best to completely burn the empire to ashes on the same day.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, whether it is the accelerationists of the anti-Qin forces or the opposition, as enemies of the empire, they cannot stand up to resist the emperor's will.

The one who really spoke out immediately must be, and could only be, the local leader in the Qilu area - Confucianism.

Without waiting even one night, under the leadership of Chun Yuyue and other Confucian doctorates, Confucian scholars in the entire Songhai area began to protest, demanding that the emperor abandon this ridiculous order.

Ying Zheng was also a happy person. As soon as the Confucian side called out, he officially passed the book-burning order and officially issued it to the world.

Once this is implemented, it means that the Book Burning Order has officially become a basic policy system of the empire, and the people of the world must obey and cooperate.

Of course, this is a big job, and it doesn’t mean that he can just start burning books there after he orders it.

Now he is notifying all county officials to start preparing for the execution of the book burning order. When the mirage is completed, he will officially proceed with the book burning.

This naturally led to a fierce counterattack by Songhai Confucian scholars, but unfortunately the Confucian scholars had no power or military strength. Facing Ying Zheng's domineering behavior, they could only write a letter of protest under the leadership of several doctoral officers.

Then they couldn't even enter the gate of the General's Mansion.

The emperor's cold response further stimulated the emotions of the Confucian scholars.

All in all, in the eyes of many people, the Confucian scholars gathered in the city had the intention of directly attacking the General's Mansion and killing the Dog Emperor.

Of course, whether they actually take action or not is another matter.

Confucian scholars...can't say that they don't have martial ethics, it just depends on the situation.

When facing the emperor as a ‘king’, they really have no martial virtues.
Chapter completed!