Saint of the Confucian way

The atmosphere in the Jinluan hall where Dingfu was looted was particularly dignified.

After a long time, the Empress Dowager said, "it is natural that someone should bear the responsibility for the chaos in Dingfu, but the reform is a collective decision of the cabinet, and it seems that Fang Yun should not be blamed."

Sheng Boyuan stepped forward and said, "if the cabinet makes mistakes in collective decision-making, the cabinet must admit its mistakes, but in addition to admitting its mistakes, Fang Yun, as the head of the cabinet, should also bear more responsibilities."

"Yang Aiqing, what do you think?" the Empress Dowager looked at the Assistant Minister Yang Xuwen.

Yang Xuwen, the assistant prime minister, coughed softly and said, "the reform has been agreed by the cabinet. If there are omissions, Fang Xusheng should not be blamed alone; however, since there is something wrong, someone naturally needs to take responsibility."

"What do you think?" the Empress Dowager asked Cao De'an.

Cao De'an Lang said, "if you want to punish, you should punish all the ministers, counsellors and bachelors of the cabinet. According to the rules of previous dynasties, the monarch should also issue an edict against himself. However, your majesty is still young and should be discussed."

Those who participated in the impeachment of Fang Yun glared at Cao De'an, and Sheng Boyuan was also angry.

Cao De'an is not only defending Fang Yun, but even implies that if Fang Yun wants to bear the responsibility for the crime, the Empress Dowager can't stay out of it. If the monarch doesn't commit the crime, he can only be the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a long time and looked at Fang Yun and said, "what does Fang Aiqing want to say?"

"Yes, and many," Fang Yun said, glancing at the officials impeaching him, "It seems that my chill was very effective, and it was not deep enough before. The reason for the Dingfu rebellion was that the Dingfu officials suddenly resigned. None of you stood up fairly and fairly to judge them, but all of you forced me to leave. Censor Wu, I ask you, if it's not my fault, is it your great dereliction of duty as a left chamberlain of the supervisory yuan!"

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In fact, the supervisory yuan in the book has been changed into a ministry, but it has the same name as today's state institutions. In order to avoid, it still uses the name of the supervisory yuan.