Guo Peng's attitude made some officials feel confused, and also made some officials feel that the emperor was playing tricks and was ready to compromise.

So another group of people joined the ranks of the revolt.

They openly expressed their opposition to Xu Jing's proposal and demanded that the emperor remove Xu Jing, stop the investigation of the inspectors, and reopen the investigation.

It didn't take long for the local county guards in places closer to Luoyang to start on the table, about the eighth day of the ninth month.

They expressed their grave concern about Xu Jing's proposal, and they hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would not be deceived by the courtiers and would stick to the attitude from the beginning.

They thought that the inspection was a law made by their ancestors and an important talent selection mechanism, and that it was suddenly abolished, and what strange imperial examination was adopted, which was completely Xu Jing's whimsy.

They attacked Xu Jing as a disloyal and unrighteous person who turned his back on the old master, and should be deposed or even killed, how could he steal the high position of the Ministry of Rites?

A group of local county guards from scholars began to react to this incident.

They also felt the great lethality of the imperial examination system to them and decided to resolutely oppose it.

At the same time, they learned about the joint resistance movement of scholars and people in Luoyang through various channels, and they were very excited.

They felt that the scholars, who had been retreating step by step in the face of the imperial power, had finally straightened their waists, and for the first time they had hardened the imperial power, showing an attitude of never giving in.

That's a good thing, and it's a good thing anyway.

Scholars should bravely stand up against the imperial power, limit the imperial power, and put the evil imperial power in a cage!

Only by putting the imperial power in a cage can their power be demonstrated, and they can replace the imperial power and become the real masters of the country, acting recklessly and doing whatever they want.

Therefore, the imperial power must be restricted, and the emperor's increasingly powerful power since the founding of the Wei Empire must be completely restricted in this wave!

Crisis crisis, there is danger to organize!

Hold on!

With Luoyang as the center, the scholars and county guards everywhere the news was transmitted felt that this was a great opportunity.

Except for a few scholars, the county guard felt that the situation was not quite right.

They felt that the emperor's reaction was not strong enough, and that they might have a back hand, and they hesitated considering their relationship with the emperor and their own future.

However, more scholars and county guards still expressed their dissatisfaction, and asked the emperor to take care of the people's hearts and minds, and to stop this dangerous behavior.

After external support reached Luoyang, the revolt in Luoyang City was further escalated.

In order to better coordinate the movement, Wei Shen, Qu Chu, Qi Yuan, Ma Miao and others agreed to elect the Huan family, which had a greater reputation and higher status, and was the only one among the five major legal families who did not have a relationship with the imperial family, as the leader.

Together, they elected Huan Dian as their leader, leading them against the imperial power and in dialogue with the emperor.

Three major demands -

First, dismiss Xu Jing and kill Xu Jing, an "old thief" who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Second, stop changing the probation system and restore everything to the status quo.

Third, stop the examination of probationers, and if there are problems that have been found, all those who have no problems must be retained.

No one is missing.

We will not stop this all-round confrontation without one, but if we want to see if the state apparatus cannot function, it is we who are still your emperor.

Huan Dian was actually quite hesitant, after the previous incident, he was excluded from the core decision-making circle, and everything was only known after a single step, so he was particularly panicked.

Now in the face of this kind of thing, he is even more uneasy.

He instinctively felt that he couldn't be a leader, and he couldn't take the scholars to the emperor to ask for power, which was a clear and unambiguous challenge to the imperial power, once it angered Guo Peng......

How much Guo Peng cares about power, Huan Dian understands.

He also knows how strong Guo Peng's force is.

He didn't want to be a model.

He instinctively feared the imperial power, the emperor with great prestige.

In this matter, he originally wanted to be a shrunken turtle, but seeing that more and more people in this family were screaming and screaming, he couldn't control the Huan clan to join the protest army.

In the end, in desperation, Huan Dian was forced to agree to the role of this leader, to submit a petition to the emperor on behalf of everyone, to restrain the excessive actions of the scholars a little, and to ask His Majesty the Emperor to agree to their demands.

Promised, everything went back to the way it was.

If they don't agree, they will continue to strike, strike classes and schools, and even further impact the daily order of Luoyang, such as manipulating the family industry to strike the market.

Very good, they have the ability to fight, but they can learn it without a teacher, and the three strikes of school boycotts, market strikes, and strikes have all been tossed out.

After getting the petition handed over by Huan Dian, Guo Peng laughed, feeling that the time was almost up, so he announced the convening of an enlarged meeting of the imperial front.

The meeting was attended by all the principal leaders of the main departments of the DPRK and China, and all officials at and above the level of the squire and above.

The content of the meeting was simple.

In his capacity as emperor, Guo Peng demanded that they make their own statements as quickly as possible, support Xu Jing's policy of "abolishing the inspection and establishing the imperial examination", express his attitude, and call on the officials who participated in the protest to return to work immediately.

If you don't come back, the consequences are really serious, to be honest, really serious.

Some officials breathed a heavy sigh of relief, realizing that the emperor was finally going to make a move.

Some officials were nervous, realizing that the emperor was about to make a move.

It's just that they don't quite understand why the emperor is only making a move now.

But there is no doubt that Xu Jing is the horse boy who charges ahead for the emperor, and all this is required by the emperor.

In the face of the demands of the scholars, His Majesty the Emperor, who has always been good at compromise, will not compromise this time, and completely opposite the scholars, and it seems that he is ready to break the net.

The emotions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries are very mixed.

However, this did not prevent the senior members of the DPRK and the Central Committee who came from a poor family from immediately making statements to the outside world, supporting Xu Jing, supporting the policy of "abolishing the inspection and establishing the imperial examination", and expressed their support in a clear-cut manner.

Led by Cao Cao, the officials of the Hanmen expressed their views and remarks to the outside world, and called on all officials to return to work immediately and stop mixing with those troublemakers, otherwise the consequences would be very serious.

The situation of scholars and officials is more complicated.

But a group of people led by Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Tian Feng, Cheng Yu, Guo Hong and others still stood on the emperor's side without hesitation.

They resolutely expressed their views on the outside world and expressed their absolute support for Xu Jing.

As relatives of the emperor, or relatives of the emperor, or the relationship is very unusual, they will never suspect that the emperor will ignore their interests, even if the imperial examination is held, they also have interests to protect.

So they don't hesitate and don't worry.

The four families, Kong Xian, Yuan Si, Xun You, and Jia Kui, finally made their attitude public, they did not mention the previous rumors, only said that they absolutely supported the imperial examination.

The contradictions of these people and the final choice of sides have always been expected by Guo.

Just like every previous change, they did not really fall down every time, did not really become those who were eliminated, but could still get some benefits.

Changing the probationary examination into the imperial examination may not be a bad thing for those of them who already occupy high positions.

And if it is against His Majesty the Emperor......

I can't imagine what kind of treatment they will encounter.

Even if the emperor finally compromises, then before the emperor can compromise, they will be killed by the emperor.

It is the others, not them, who benefit from them, and they are to dedicate themselves to paving the way for others.

Fool's talent!

The remaining group of bureaucrats were from orthodox scholars, but as Guo Peng's former officials and cronies, he was single-handedly held by him, and occupied a high position in the imperial court, and had power, so he was reluctant to do all this.

On the one hand, it is to cut off the scholar community, and from then on be regarded as a traitor to the scholars, and will lose the benefits obtained under the probation system.

But on the other hand, if you don't obey the emperor's orders, you will definitely lose your current power and status under the premise that the outcome is unknown.

Really reluctant, completely reluctant.

More importantly, they did not know whether the scholars' struggle would be victorious, especially under the premise that the emperor would never compromise or even go the other way.

The emperor has always been victorious, whether it is military or political, he has always been victorious.

Yes, the emperor seems to be victorious forever, and as long as he can do it, he will definitely do it.

Do you abandon everything against him now and face an outcome that is very likely to end up, or do you turn your back on your fellow scholars and choose to support the emperor completely, but you will lose your privileges as a scholar?

In this dilemma, Zhang Zhao, the secretary of the ministry, was the first to make a choice.

He publicly announced his support for Xu Jing's strategy, supporting the abolition of the probationary examination and the establishment of the imperial examination, believing that the probationary system had failed and that it was time to choose a new system to replace the probationary system.

Xu Jing's imperial examination system, which was born out of the Great Ceremony of Talent, was a feasible system, and once established, this system would surely bring a new future to the Wei Empire.

Immediately after Zhang Zhao, Zao Yi and Wang Cang jointly made a statement.

They expressed their support for Xu Jing's policy, believing that the probation system is not suitable for the new era, and the three-fifths of a probationary examination is abandoned, which is enough to prove that all that is examined is waste.

At this time, if we do not abolish the examination and choose a more feasible imperial examination, then it is completely taking the foundation of the Wei Empire seriously and equating it with a rebellion.

This statement is a little more imposing than Zhang Zhao's.

After Zao Yi and Wang Cang made their remarks, Xin Bi, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Yi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Dong Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also joined forces to make remarks to the outside world.

They also believe that the probationary system has failed, and now they will choose a new system to replace the failed system after it is implemented.

Although Xu Jing has a lack of private morality, but there is no shortage of public morality, his proposal is a public heart, should not be so viciously cursed and slandered, they not only support Xu Jing, but also demand that those who maliciously slander Xu Jing be severely punished.

This is a little more deterrent than the statements of Zao Yi and Wang Cang.

The bigwigs of Shangshutai, Yushitai, and Staff Desk finally made a complete statement, and the entire decision-making circle did not change drastically as expected by outsiders.

They also collectively called on the officials who were participating in the protest to return to their posts immediately, and the protesting scholars to return to the school immediately.

Otherwise, the consequences are really serious.

The bigwigs above have made the attitude they should have, and the rest of the officials at the level of squire are the same.

Except for a small number of them who supported the imperial examination from the beginning, a considerable number of them have changed their attitudes from the original wavering to the current enlightenment.

Not only did they decisively abandon their fellow scholars who had come to invite them to lobby them to oppose the imperial examination, but they also made public statements one after another, expressing their support for Xu Jing's opinions.

The attitude of officials at this level has gradually become clearer, and most of them have decisively thrown themselves into the arms of the emperor.

This happened in just two days.

The emperor did not rebel against his relatives, but unified the thinking of the decision-making circle.

The scholars and officials in the decision-making circle all supported Xu Jing's imperial examination system.

Such a statement further shocked the circle of middle-level bureaucrats, and the middle- and upper-level bureaucrats wavered one after another and began to move closer to imperial power.

The officials at the Shangshu level and the Shilang level basically stood on the emperor's side.

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the soldiers who are protesting violently in the outside world.

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