Emperor Yanping's Control Over the Imperial Court

Emperor Yanping stroked his beard and shook his head. "Not the slightest bit of novelty!"

He closed the memorial, then picked up the memorials impeaching Zhou Yunsong. Compared with the memorials impeaching Yang Zhengshan, the ones impeaching Zhou Yunsong were a riot of every color and pattern.

There were impeachments of every sort, all kinds of hats being jammed down onto Zhou Yunsong's head. Some had even slapped bigger hats on him than the ones Yang Zhengshan had put on him before.

The largest hat among them was treason.

Someone had actually impeached Zhou Yunsong for treason, and laid it out with evidence and reasoning; Emperor Yanping had almost believed it.

But it was obvious this was all calfshit. If one said Zhou Yunsong had formed a faction, Emperor Yanping would believe that. After all, Zhou Yunsong's factionalizing had been a result he had deliberately created.

But to say Zhou Yunsong was plotting rebellion? Even a fool would not believe it.

What was Zhou Yunsong supposed to rebel with?

The few hundred servants in his household, or those civil officials under him?

Emperor Yanping leafed through the memorials while stroking his beard, falling into deep thought.

He liked playing at balance, and now the Imperial Court had indeed reached a balanced situation. Song Yunge and Zhou Yunsong were evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

But at this moment, Emperor Yanping realized the situation in front of him seemed to be showing signs of developing in an uncontrollable direction.

Dozens of memorials had come the moment they were called for. What did that mean?

It meant Song Yunge had linked up with far too many officials in the Imperial Court.

"It is time to make a change!" Emperor Yanping murmured softly.

He could tolerate struggles in the