Wan Heshun's move was like a hidden arrow that unexpectedly penetrated Wei Huai's bones, causing the students to spread the news that Yang Huai Sheng intended to resign to force Wei Huai into the palace. After a while, the entire Imperial College began to discuss it; later, officials of all sizes in Nanjing could not stop talking; in the end, the entire city of Nanjing was captured by these remarks, causing a huge disturbance.
Of course Wei Huai was on pins and needles, but he racked his brains and couldn't think of a way. He was unwilling to give in to Yang Huaisheng's restoration policy in order to quell a disaster, but he also did not want to allow the situation to deteriorate like this, so he was caught in a dilemma.
But time doesn’t allow people to think too much. This matter also reached the ears of the Confucian scholars in Nanjing. Some supported Wei Huai on this matter, while others sympathized with Yang Huaisheng, and a quarrel broke out between them. As a result, later on, the two factions became incompatible and mutually exclusive. They were either referred to as the "Guardian Party" or the "Yang Party". Based on this matter, the parties became united and opposed to each other.
Some unreasonable people went straight to Wei Huai's house and cursed him for half an hour, which made Wei Huai really irritable and restless.
He finally couldn't sit still anymore, so he decided to go to the Imperial Academy to discuss with Yang Huaisheng.
"Brother Yang, why don't I, my foolish brother, compensate you? You haven't seen what's going on outside!" Wei Huai walked up to him and persuaded him.
Yang Huaisheng glanced at him, said nothing, and then turned back.
"Brother Yang, it's Yudi's fault... Just stop handing in your resignation. Tell the outside world that my two brothers are in peace, so we can just let it go..."
"Then you should put aside the matter of establishing the academy system first." Yang Huaisheng said seriously.
"This..." Wei Huai looked a little embarrassed and hesitated.
"Forget it. I'd better hand in my resignation." Yang Huaisheng turned around and left.
Wei Huai hurriedly grabbed his arm and walked quickly to him, "What a mess this Sihe Academy is in. Brother Yang can't just sit idly by and watch! Do you want to watch the reform efforts fail? Zhong Fang can't. Ignore the overall situation!"
"If you continue to reform like this, problems will occur sooner or later! If you don't adopt my opinion, just watch this ridiculous show continue!"
"Okay..." Wei Huai hurriedly suppressed his emotions, swallowed, and continued, "Then Brother Yi Zhongfang said, how do you want to change?"
"It's nothing more than a few: set up more government schools, respect virtue, establish laws to inspect officials with virtue, build halls for learning etiquette and music, and admonish the government to promote virtuous government everywhere, so that the people can be benefited by virtue." Yang Huaisheng looked at it. He said, "Can you agree?"
Wei Huai reluctantly smiled and said: "A few of these are fine, but the method of establishing a moral inspection of officials and building a house of ritual and music... These two are too extreme, and I forgive you for not obeying the order. I don't know if I can reduce one or two... "
"Absolutely not! None of these strategies can be improved!" Seeing that he had no intention of turning around, Yang Huaisheng flicked his sleeves and said, "Then I'll do whatever you want." He then stopped answering and strode out of the gate of the Imperial College.
The situation remained deadlocked for three to five days. During this period, Wei Huai just continued to 'negotiate' with Yang Huaisheng, but neither side was willing to back down, which led to endless debates in the academy.
When Wei Huai was about to write the tenth letter to Yang Huaisheng, his hand was suddenly grabbed tightly and he could not move. He looked up and saw the man's face, and was suddenly shocked.
"Xia...Xia Renying?"
"It's me." Xia Yuanlong smiled.
"Oh Renying, please sit down!" Wei Huai quickly threw away his pen, pulled out a chair, and pulled him to sit down. Seeing that he was so anxious and didn't know what was going on, Xia Yuanlong heard Wei Huai say:
"Brother Renying, let me tell you, without you these days, something big has happened!"
Xia Yuanlong smiled bitterly and said, "Something must have happened to Brother Zhong Fang."
"Brother Xia Xian is so clever!" Wei Huai sighed.
Xia Yuanlong shook his head dejectedly: "If I had known that my earnest words could not persuade you, I would not have been away for so long. Let's talk about urgent matters first."
"Well."
Xia Yuanlong calmed down and listened to Wei Huaixu say: "I don't think I handled this matter very well. Brother Zhong Fang was very disapproving of my reform work, so he opened a Renxing Pavilion privately and prepared to teach people With etiquette and music. I also considered the friendship between brothers, but I acted too hastily. I sent people to stop the work without saying a word to Zhong Fang. Zhong Fang and I had a big quarrel and resigned. Things."
"Resign?" Xia Yuanlong frowned, "Zhong Fang can't do this..." He whispered to himself.
"This is not over yet. I don't even understand how this matter was accidentally known to the prince. He always smiles but hides his knives... Sure enough, he spread this matter."
Xia Yuanlong groaned and said nothing.
"Then Sihe Academy became a quagmire. Many people with ulterior motives took advantage of this to start party strife in a big way. I haven't been there for a few days." He bit his lips and said seriously: "But Zhong Fang is still unconscious. When this matter becomes critical, I refuse to let go..."
"What does Zhong Fang want?" Xia Yuanlong asked.
"What do you mean...do you want to agree to him?" Wei Huai hesitated a little.
"Since his method is not advisable, you can follow Brother Yang's wishes and calm his emotions."
"Zhong Fang is unable to get enough oil and salt, how can he calm him down?"
"Seeing that he was so happy when the Confucius Temple was dedicated last time, we might as well build another sage temple to appease his heart."
"That's the only way to do it."
In order to show that there was no separation between the three of them, Xia Yuanlong sent a letter to Yang Huaisheng's house, saying that both of them had contributed money and were preparing to build a temple for the sages. He asked Yang Huaisheng if he could also contribute money and let him decide. Honor that wise man. When Yang Huaisheng saw that the two of them had sincerely backed down, he sent seven taels of silver and said in the book, "It would be better to sacrifice Wu Zixu."
Therefore, Xia Yuanlong, under the banner of the three leaders of the Guangsi Temple, built the Wu Zixu Temple on a wasteland in Nanjing, and allowed the people to come and peek at the workers. When the people heard about this, they rushed to see each other, and those rumors gradually disappeared. If there was still talk, someone who knew it would explain: "The three of them are repairing Wu Zixu's temple in Nanjing. How can they not do it?" What is the principle of harmony? I am afraid that the official will have a grudge against Wei Huai, so this rumor will spread unscrupulously!"
Wei and Xia saw that the turmoil was getting smaller and smaller, so they came together to see Yang Huaisheng. Yang Huaisheng was sitting in the Imperial Academy. He caught a glimpse of two figures approaching from a distance, and shouted coldly: "Are they Wei Jijiu and Mr. Xia?"
The two of them walked to the window without saying a word, and bowed to Yang Huaisheng with smiles on their faces.
"The door is ajar, come in."
Wei Huai opened the door, followed closely by Xia Yuanlong, who immediately stopped in front of Yang Huaisheng.
Before he could speak, Wei Huai and Xia Yuanlong knelt down straight, leaving Yang Huaisheng stunned.
