The four major academies have always had a special position in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although they did not directly participate in government affairs, the president of the academy could restrain the emperor in the name of justice.
When the late emperor was in power, it was because of his arbitrariness that the Great Zhou Dynasty suffered from internal and external troubles, a smoky atmosphere, and the moral power of the people dropped to the lowest point in the past hundred years. At that time, the four major academies jointly took action, and four powerful men of the seventh realm were unable to do anything.
The confrontational attitude suppressed the court and completely emptied the power of the late emperor.
Nowadays, the Queen's exclusive love for Li Mu has repeatedly caused turmoil in the court. The four major academies have enough reasons to restrict the Queen and stabilize the court.
If Li Mu honestly becomes his favorite, that's all.
The old party will not take the risk of offending the Queen and take action against him just because the Queen loves him so much.
But his existence has severely damaged their vitality and strength. If they continue, the old party will die not only at the hands of the Zhou family, but also at the hands of Li Mu.
Li Mu must be eliminated.
For this reason, they did not hesitate to force her into a palace.
Baichuan Academy.
The middle-aged man in Chinese clothes looked at Vice President Chen and said, "I want to see the President."
Vice-President Chen asked: "The dean is in retreat. His Highness Prince Ping is meeting with the dean. What is the important matter?"
Prince Ping solemnly said: "This matter is of great importance. We must ask the dean to come out."
Vice President Chen said: "What exactly is going on? Can you tell me first?"
King Ping said in a deep voice: "Your favorite minister, Li Mu, deceived the Holy Heart and brought trouble to the court. Your Majesty was deceived by him and indulged him in every possible way? If you let him bring trouble to the court, if he continues like this, the consequences will be disastrous? How many deans do I want to invite?"
Come forward? Advise His Majesty? Deal with the evil minister Li Mu and restore peace to the court!"
Vice President Chen glanced at him, shook his head and said: "But what the academy saw? It's not like this? Li Mu is called Qingtian by the people of the city of God, and he is extremely loved by the people. Externally? He single-handedly destroyed ten sects of demons? Internally?
? He overturned the verdict of his favorite minister who was unjustly sentenced to death more than ten years ago? Punished the lawless officials in the court? Because of these things he did? The public sentiment in the counties of the Zhou Dynasty has reached its peak in fifty years, far exceeding the period of the late emperor.
It is inevitable that he will be favored by His Majesty. Although he is a favorite minister, he is not the demon minister that His Highness Prince Ping calls him."
Prince Ping opened his mouth and said, "This..."
"There is one thing. I hope His Highness Prince Ping understands." Vice President Chen looked at Prince Ping and said slowly: "The academy is the academy of Da Zhou, not the academy of the Xiao family. If the emperor is stupid, the academy should work together to correct it. This is our responsibility.
The emperor is wise, and the academy should do its best to assist. This is also our duty. Whether your majesty is wise or foolish is not decided by you, but by the people..."
Prince Ping said: "But the court..."
Vice President Chen said: "If you don't destroy it, you won't stand it up. A piece of good wood will not be ruined just because of a few borers crawling on it. But if you let them gnaw at it, the good wood will one day turn into rotten wood. I
That’s it for now, you can take care of yourself..."
After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and left slowly.
Prince Ping stood there, his face changing for a while, and finally showed a look of helplessness.
After a while, he left Baichuan Academy and returned to Prince Ping's Mansion. Several people waiting in the mansion immediately came up to him and spoke one after another.
"How about it?"
"What did the dean say?"
"Brother Wang, please say something..."
Prince Ping looked at everyone, sighed, and said, "Let's just let this go and don't mention it again."
"Why?"
"Does the academy not agree?"
While everyone was asking questions, another figure came in from the outside. As soon as Prince Jiangyin entered the courtyard, he shook his head and said, "I haven't seen the dean, so there should be no hope for Wanjuan Academy..."
Among the four major academies, Bailu Academy is affiliated to the Ministry of War and has always been difficult to count on.
The other three major academies, Baichuan Academy and Wanjuan Academy, support the Xiao family, while Qingyun Academy sides with the Zhou family.
If even Baichuan and Wanjuan Academy cannot be won, there is no need to mention Qingyun Academy.
To "persuade" the Queen, it would take at least three deans. Even if they win over Qingyun Academy, it will have no effect.
One person looked at Jiangyin County Prince and asked: "What does Wanjuan Academy say?"
The prince of Jiangyin County shook his head and said: "He said that the academy is not a tool for us to fight for power. They only protect the continuation of the Xiao family. If the queen wants to pass the throne to the children of the Zhou family, they will try their best to stop it. In addition, all dynasty disputes
The academy will not be involved in this matter..."
After saying that, he looked at Prince Ping again and asked, "What did Baichuan Academy say?"
Prince Ping said: "Let us take care of ourselves."
"..."
No one spoke again, and the courtyard fell into a long silence.
Being self-sufficient means that Baichuan Academy will not help them this time.
They have always thought that the Zhou family has only one advantage over the Xiao family, and that is that the queen's surname is Zhou.
Whether it is their control over the court, their control over local areas, or the number of academies behind them, they are stronger than the Zhou Family New Party.
In fact, if the late emperor had not been too stupid, which aroused the anger of heaven and earth, and made the dean of Qingyun Academy extremely disappointed with the Xiao family, there might have been three or even four academies behind the Xiao family.
Only now did they realize that although the two academies behind them were inclined to return the Xiao family to orthodoxy in the future, that was a matter for the future. At present, they still recognized the queen.
In fact, not only the academy, but also everyone present was convinced of the current queen.
She had shown extremely high talent in spiritual practice since she was a child. If she had not been so, she would not have been valued by the late emperor and became the crown prince and queen successively.
The fact that she was recognized by the emperor's energy and successfully advanced to the seventh realm deeply proved this point. At that time, no one in the Xiao family could withstand that emperor's energy and force a breakthrough. The royal family would not have another first-level person.
A strong person in the Seventh Realm will only have one more piece of trash whose foundation has been completely destroyed.
You must know that she was only twenty-five years old back then. From ancient times to the present, no one in the Xiao family could inherit the imperial aura and advance to the seventh realm at the age of twenty-five.
Obviously, the Academy will not stand against the Queen just because of this matter.
The prince of Jiangyin County asked: "What should we do now?"
After Prince Ping was silent for a long time, he shook his head and said tiredly: "That's it..."
Although he didn't say much, everyone could hear the retreat in his mouth.
The Xiao royal family did not shrink back when faced with the new party that was at its peak, but now faced with a lonely minister, they felt the urge to shrink back.
After using countless methods openly and secretly, but unable to bring down Li Mu, they chose to avoid his edge.
Li Mansion.
Li Mu had just learned from Zhang Chun that the Nanyang County Prince's Mansion was covered by a powerful formation and Zongzheng Temple officials could not enter. As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he mobilized the Enshrinement Department to assist, but was rejected by the Enshrinement Department.
The Enshrinement Department is a special department in the court. It is not considered an official government office. The enshrinements in it are all strong men recruited from all over the country at a huge cost to the imperial court. Their relationship with the imperial court is cooperation, not affiliation.
The Enshrinement Department existed in the previous dynasty and has always been under the control of the old party.
Ever since someone in the Consecration Department assassinated Zhou Zhong, Li Mu decided to find an opportunity to rectify the Consecration Department. However, these days, he was busy with other things and delayed the matter.
Now, he has almost finished what he was doing and can start cleaning up the Enshrinement Department.
Before that, we have to help Zhang Chun solve the current problem.
There are not many strong men in Zongzheng Temple. They cannot compare with the Enshrinement Secretary and cannot break through the formation of Nanyang County Prince's Mansion.
Li Mu walked out of the house and said, "Let's go, you and I will go take a look..."
Nanyang County Prince's Mansion.
Prince Nanyang observed the situation outside the door through a mirror.
Several officials from Zongzheng Temple were standing there, but Zhang Chun had disappeared.
This time Li Mu suddenly went crazy and asked Zhang Chun to arrest so many old party officials, which really surprised him.
After the shock, there is joy.
The reason why the higher-ups tolerated Li Mu in every possible way was because although Li Mu harmed the interests of the old party, it was not to the point where they would completely fall out with the Queen and get rid of Li Mu at all costs.
Now it's here.
Because Li Mu's actions have shaken the foundation of the old party in the court, the entire old party did not hesitate to turn to the academy to contain the queen, but also to get rid of Li Mu, a thorn in the flesh.
In the end, Li Mu died of his arrogance.
And all he had to do was wait.
He was waiting for the superiors to take action. When Li Mu died, Zhang Chun and his like would be nothing more than chickens and dogs, vulnerable to a blow.
While Prince Nanyang was waiting, he saw the figures of Zhang Chun and Li Mu appearing in the mirror.
When he saw Li Mu, a trace of impatience appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Why haven't you taken action yet?"
Then, he saw Li Mu and Zhang Chun outside, using various methods to try to break through the grand formation of the Prince's Mansion.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Nanyang County Prince's mouth. This formation was set up by the formation masters of the Spiritual Formation Sect. Even a sixth-level expert would have to put in some effort to break through it.
Li Mu and Zhang Chun simply overestimated their abilities.
Outside the prince's palace, Li Mu also discovered the extraordinary nature of this formation.
This formation can absorb attacks from the outside, and can even use the attacks or the spiritual power in the talisman for one's own use. It is not an ordinary protective formation, and may have been created by a master of formations.
Although Li Mu has Master Qianhuan's memory of the formations, he understands those formations, mostly evil formations, and does not have such in-depth research on the righteous formations.
This almost eliminated the possibility of him breaking through the formation with skill.
Since you can't use cleverness, you can only use brute force.
Li Mu whistled, and the bell flew out of his ear, and in an instant it became as tall as a person.
Li Mu looked at the large formation covering the Nanyang County Prince's Mansion and said, "Hit me."
Buzz…
The Dao Bell buzzed in response, then flew high into the air, swooped down again, and slammed into the protective formation.
There was a burst of brilliance in the formation. It only resisted for a few breaths, and the brilliance quickly dimmed.
Zhang Chun strode forward, slammed the door several times, and said loudly: "Zongzheng Temple is handling the case, Nanyang County Prince Xiao Yun, open the door quickly, don't hide inside and keep silent, I know you are at home, open the door quickly...