Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Zhu Yunhuan stood up and shouted to the outside.

Then, two Jinyiwei came in from outside, "What do you want, Your Highness?"

"Yao Guangxiao is guilty of insubordination and should be punished! Throw him into the Heavenly Prison! Give him a quiet cell and provide him with food and shelter!" Zhu Yunhuan ordered.

"Yes." The Jinyiwei accepted the order.

Yao Guangxiao had never expected that he would end up in jail after coming to Beijing.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Yao Guangxiao bowed, then turned around and left with the Jinyiwei.

"No need to thank me. You can take your time to think about it. I won't charge you for the room in the Heavenly Prison." Zhu Yunhuan said to Yao Guangxiao's back.

"I am penniless and have no money to pay for the room, Your Highness." Yao Guangxiao replied to Zhu Yunhuan.

Then he followed the Jinyiwei and disappeared in front of Zhu Yunhuan.

……

In the Qianqing Palace.

"Wang Zhong, have you heard the latest news from outside?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the tickler, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the garden.

Wang Zhong replied, "Your Majesty, not so fast. The Jinyiwei are very busy with today's enthronement ceremony, but I believe that there will be no trouble at the enthronement ceremony."

"Are we worried that something might go wrong at the enthronement ceremony? We are afraid that Zhu Yunhuan will directly detain the princes in the capital and weaken their power! This will ruin our long-term plan for the Ming Dynasty! Didn't you hear the sound of the cannon?" Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely anxious.

Zhu Yuanzhang already knew two days ago that the area outside the Qianqing Palace was filled with cannons.

It is unrealistic to let the Jinyiwei soldiers break into the Qianqing Palace. No matter how fast a mortal can run, he is still within the range of the cannon.

It seemed like things were out of Zhu Yuanzhang's control, so he couldn't just sit there and eat melon seeds calmly.

"Your Majesty, there is no point in being anxious. All we can do now is wait!" Wang Zhong advised.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he was panting. "During the mutiny, only two or three out of ten of our spies in the palace were killed. Now the Jinyiwei outside the palace are useless and no news can be sent in. We have to rely on the death squads. Now the death squads are also gone. Aren't we blind?"

How could Wang Zhong respond to this? He couldn't respond at all.

Wang Zhong could only remain silent and wait to see if there would be any news coming in later.

Zhu Yuanzhang had very strong control over everything inside and outside the palace. Lan Yu and his men mutinied at that time, and if they had waited until the next day, they would have all died.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect that they would mutiny in the evening after just meeting in the afternoon. Who the hell could react to this?

At this time, on the second floor of a restaurant outside the palace, in a seat by the window, Kong Youde and Liu Sanwu came out of the palace and sat here, looking at the sound of Confucianism that could be heard everywhere in and outside the capital, and just smiled and shook their heads.

"Master Kong, how long do you think they can keep laughing? Look at this group of people. The debate hasn't even started yet, but they seem to be sure of winning, as if the matter of state religion has already been decided for them." The more Liu Sanwu looked at Confucianism, the more he disliked it.

Kong Youde picked up the teacup, blew on it, and then took a sip.

"If you want to destroy them, you must first make them crazy. When the debate begins in two days, it will be your highlight moment, Lord Liu. In front of all the philosophers and millions of people, you will criticize the Confucians to pieces and make them disqualified from even participating in the competition. You will surely become famous by then."

Liu Sanwu laughed and said, "I may have made a name for myself, but how can I compare to your name being recorded in history, Lord Kong? If Your Highness had not withstood the pressure from Confucianism, I would not have made a name for myself, but would have been infamous forever."

Kong Youde shook his head. "I am also one of the scholars in the world. I, the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy have already made arrangements. We will use ourselves as bait to draw the Confucianists into the game. In the name of dying for the remonstrance, we will do everything we can to win the game! Brother Liu, are you ready?"

"What preparations have you made? The sky is like Huang Gai, the land is like a chessboard, and all living beings are chess pieces. In this chess game of scholars, the Confucians hold the rod. They have been fishing for scholars all over the world for a long time, and it is time to let someone else hold the rod." Liu Sanwu smiled carefreely.