Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Xie Ze hugged the person in his arms and lowered his head to rest his forehead against Jiang Xin.

Both of them remembered some things from their previous lives, but no one brought it up. They just felt the warmth from each other's bodies and were glad that they had the chance to start over again.

A dreamless night.

The next day, when Xie Ze went to court, he was unusually energetic and didn't even yawn.

But there are still some people who don't have enough tact and insist on walking into trouble. Xie Ze couldn't even beat him in an argument when he was dozing off, let alone him now when he is in his prime?

Wei Daxueshi glanced in the direction of Xie Ze without leaving a trace, then stood in the center of the court, lowered his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make.

Yesterday, the bookstore owned by Jiang Xin, the head of the Weapon Battalion, published a book called "Capital Monthly". The articles in this book are flashy and superficial, and they use the name of the royal family to attract attention, which is really a disgrace to society.

I think that the publication of this book should be banned permanently to save the reputation of the royal family."

As soon as these words fell, Xie Ze had no reaction yet, and the entire court fell silent.

"Capital Monthly" spread throughout the capital within a day. Except for a few old ministers who were not well-informed and were about to retire, almost all the ministers who were supposed to have read it had read it.

Even if you haven't seen the original version of this monthly report, you have basically heard about the contents of the articles from other people, including the authors of these articles...

They are not fools. Although Xie Ze's article attracted too much attention in this monthly report, they might have invited those people from the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty must have been involved, and it might have been His Majesty's instruction.

The next day, Lord Wei stood up and openly opposed the Capital Monthly. On the surface, he was targeting Xie Ze, but in fact, everyone knew that he was publicly opposing the brand new department created by His Majesty...

Emperor Kang Yuan was not furious, but looked at Wei Daxueshi calmly. After a long while, he said calmly:

"All the articles in the Capital Monthly Report have been reviewed by me personally, and all were written by ministers in the court. Which one of you, Mr. Wei, thinks wrote which article is flashy but not substantial?"

This directly states that Emperor Kang Yuan is the initiator of this monthly newspaper in the capital. If anyone has any objections, then they have something against him.

After hearing what Emperor Kang Yuan said, the ministers dared not say any more, but Wei Daxueshi could not let it go.

In just one day, he had seen with his own eyes how great the influence of this monthly report was.

If this newly established department is allowed to continue to develop, and more and more people begin to only recognize the so-called "real events" in the monthly report, then this monthly report department will surely develop into the best helper for Your Majesty to guide public opinion.

Academician Wei also knew that His Majesty had become increasingly wary of him, but he was not worried, because as long as he did not make any serious mistakes, he would always be a role model in the hearts of students all over the world and their eternal example.

He now holds this position firmly by relying on the good reputation among the people. If he allows this monthly report to continue, it will definitely be a huge threat to his position. He cannot let this happen!

Thinking of this, Wei Daxueshi stood up and answered Emperor Kang Yuan's question without fear: "Your Majesty, this Capital Monthly Report is not a serious biography.

But if you say it is simply a book of romantic stories, it also contains handwritten works by court ministers. Putting these two kinds of articles together is really too incongruous.

Moreover, His Royal Highness, as a prince, has so openly expressed his love for a man in his article, and has even caused the people of the capital to scramble to admire him. This is simply bringing shame to the reputation of the royal family, Your Majesty!"

The authors in the monthly report were all ministers in the court. Although he could afford to offend them, the Wei family and Xie Ze had been enemies for a long time.

What's more, if it weren't for Xie Ze's article, the popularity of the "Capital Monthly" would never have risen so quickly. He would have had enough time to withdraw the monthly report instead of confronting His Majesty in such a hurry without any preparation.

Even if he won today and the Capital Monthly was shut down as he wished, he still had to find a way to ease the relationship with His Majesty.

His daughter is no longer as favored as before, and the Fourth Prince was reprimanded by His Highness a few days ago. Although most of the court members are his people, the Second Prince is still eyeing them covetously, so he has to be more careful.

By then, he might have to give up some interests. For example, the matter of Lord Fan joining the cabinet... I'm afraid he won't be able to make the decision.

Xie Ze didn't care what he was planning. He just hadn't used up all the energy he had in the morning yet. He immediately stood up and sneered, "So in Lord Wei's mind, the royal family's reputation is something that can be humiliated so easily?"

Wei Daxueshi: "..."

"I did not hear the humiliation and ridicule of the people in your words, but I only saw the disgust in your eyes and mouth. Could it be that my behavior is not judged by the people of the world, but decided by you alone?"

"You are so eloquent!" Wei Daxueshi was too lazy to argue with him. He just bowed to Emperor Kang Yuan and said earnestly:

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the people are ignorant and have no ability to distinguish that we cannot allow His Royal Highness the Wise King to continue to act like this!

The virtuous king has won the favor and love of so many people in the capital with just an article about the love between a man and a woman. He uses such crooked ways to win people's hearts and deceive the people. How can we know that he has other intentions?!"

"How dare you!" Emperor Kang Yuan stood up, frowned and looked coldly at Wei Daxueshi.

Although he had doubted in his heart before, whether Xie Ze would sometimes be concerned about the position under him.

However, what he thought was one thing, but what others said was another.

Moreover, Xie Ze had just given him a great gift to consolidate the imperial power, and he was trusting his nephew at this moment. However, Wei Daxueshi dared to slander the prince in public for his own selfish reasons. His ambition was indeed growing.

All the ministers knelt down immediately and shouted respectfully: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

As to whether they were respectful in their hearts and whether Emperor Kang Yuan was their only master, it is hard to say.

Even Wei Daxueshi knelt down, but he still insisted on what he had just said, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I should be punished for offending His Royal Highness the Wise King, but the world belongs to Your Majesty, and the Wise King's reputation in the capital is so high now.

In time, when the influence of the Capital Monthly spreads throughout the Dali Dynasty, won’t the world only know the wise king and not your majesty? "

Wei Daxueshi was very good at using this tactic of sowing discord. Actually, he didn't want to say it so quickly. After all, there was the Fourth Prince behind him. If he was too blunt, he would inevitably bring trouble upon himself.

But he couldn't help it. In order to stop the publication of "Capital Monthly", he had to use his trump card.

The ministers of the Wei family received the order from the Lord and stood up one after another, saying confidently: "Your Majesty, Lord Wei's words make sense. Please think twice."

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Wise King is only a prince. How can he overshadow Your Majesty? The publication of the Capital Monthly is really inappropriate. Your Majesty, please order it to be stopped."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal."

"I also second my opinion."

"..."

Although the Second Prince's faction was happy to see the Fourth Prince's party and Xie Ze confront each other, they were also quite wary of this new monthly report. It was a rare occasion that they stood on the same front with the Wei family.

Emperor Kang Yuan looked at the crowd kneeling down in the court. There were only a few people standing in the huge court. He was really angry this time. Just as he was about to ask Wei Daxueshi to return home and reflect on himself, he saw Cang Binbai stand up from the corner, kneeling among the Wei party, and said without any disobedience:

"Your Majesty, I think Lord Wei is right. Your Royal Highness's article is indeed not suitable for publication in the Capital Monthly."

Emperor Kang Yuan: “…”

Wei University Scholar & Ministers: “…”?

Cang Binbai seemed to ignore the strange looks from everyone, and said in a resounding voice: "But there is nothing wrong with the articles written by the other adults.

Therefore, I beg Your Majesty to respond to Lord Wei's request and prohibit His Royal Highness the Wise King from publishing such articles in the Capital Daily in the future to correct the trend of the times."

Wei Daxueshi: “…” My request is to ban the publication of “Capital Monthly”, please don’t confuse the public!

However, just now, he did use Xie Ze's article as a breakthrough to demand the withdrawal of "Capital Monthly". In this way, Cang Binbai directly asked His Majesty to ban Xie Ze from publishing articles, which was equivalent to solving his problem.

But his ultimate goal is not to be a wise king!

No wonder the person in charge of the so-called monthly report department suddenly stood up. It turned out that he had already thought of a solution!

Wei Daxueshi's face darkened. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Xie Ze, who had just been arguing with him, suddenly seemed to have changed into a different person. He sighed and said lazily:

"Forget it. Although I have no meaning for the words, since all the ministers think that my article is inappropriate, I will not write it in the future."

A group of ministers: "..." How come the wise king suddenly became so easy to talk to? But then again, is there something wrong?

Scholar Wei frowned and looked at Xie Ze, only to see that the other party was smiling at him. His face suddenly darkened and he immediately realized that he had been tricked. However, he was the one who shot himself in the foot!

Xie Ze did it on purpose! He deliberately put himself in the most conspicuous place and deliberately wrote such a ridiculous article, just to make them focus on him, regard him and "Beijing Monthly" as one, and use him as an entry point to find a way to stop "Beijing Monthly".

But when they did so, Xie Ze easily got rid of his relationship with "Beijing Monthly" and got away with it.

Scholar Wei finally realized that he had made a fatal mistake, but there was still one thing he could not understand.

Did Xie Ze really have no idea about the throne? His biggest confidence in targeting Xie Ze to bring down the Capital Monthly was that Xie Ze would not be willing to give up control of the Capital Monthly.

Cang Binbai is just a minor official, but he is a prince. As long as he secretly places people in this department, he will be able to sideline Cang Binbai in time and take the right to publish "Capital Monthly" into his own hands.

But Xie Ze didn't play by the rules. He was like a saint who was not attached to power at all. He let go without hesitation.

In contrast, it was as if I, who had just confidently suspected Xie Ze of having ill intentions, was a clown...

Xie Ze didn't care about his mood at the moment. He snorted coldly, bowed to Emperor Kang Yuan, and said calmly: "In order to avoid misunderstandings from others, please allow me to no longer participate in the affairs of the monthly report department in the future."

Wei Daxueshi: "..."

This was the method that Xie Ze and Cang Binbai had suggested. Since he didn't want to do it anyway, he could just say that it was Wei Daxueshi who petitioned the emperor not to let him do it. He could also transfer the anger of those who were waiting for him to continue writing the preface, killing two birds with one stone.

As for Cang Binbai, he naturally agreed without even thinking about it. He also didn't want to bear the people's spit. So it would be up to the Grand Secretary to bear it. The more capable, the more work!

Seeing the two men singing the same tune, Emperor Kang Yuan guessed that they must have discussed it in advance. He looked at Wei Daxueshi's anxious face and immediately stopped hesitating and nodded.

"In that case, I will agree to the requests of all the nobles and will no longer allow Xie Ze to participate in the affairs of the monthly report department. Is Lord Wei satisfied with this?"

"..." Wei Daxueshi choked. Of course, he was not satisfied, but the current situation seemed to be that the emperor had taken a step back and agreed to his request. If he continued to be relentless, he would not have the courage to rebel openly...

Emperor Kang Yuan looked at Wei Daxueshi's closed mouth with satisfaction, nodded and said calmly: "If you have nothing else to do, then you can leave the court."

"...Yes, long live the emperor." All the ministers knelt on the ground with their heads down, waiting for Emperor Kang Yuan to leave, but their faces facing the ground had complicated expressions.

Unfortunately, no matter what they think at the moment, judging from Emperor Kang Yuan’s attitude just now, the promotion of the "Capital Monthly" is probably inevitable.

Cang Binbai finally breathed a sigh of relief after Emperor Kang Yuan left. Just as he was about to find His Royal Highness the Wise King to express his gratitude, he saw that Wei Daxueshi had already walked past him.

Cang Binbai's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and then quickly fell back to its original position.

His Royal Highness the Wise King is a great general who has fought against a hundred men alone on the battlefield. Even if Wei Daxueshi brings his men to beat them up, these civil officials cannot carry anything, so it’s good enough that they don’t get beaten back. What is he worrying about? Oh!

Wei Daxueshi walked up to Xie Ze, pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a fake smile: "Your Highness, you are really loyal to His Majesty."

"Same here." Xie Ze chuckled and said nonchalantly, "Lord Wei has worked so hard for Your Majesty and never let go of any possible threat to Your Majesty. This also makes me admire him very much."

Wei Daxueshi: "..." Isn't this man a military commander? Why is he speaking in such a sarcastic tone? !