"Marquis, a letter from the Capital!"
Wu Hai had only just entered the residence gates when he came forward with a letter in hand.
"From the Capital!"
Yang Zhengshan took the letter and began reading.
The letter had been sent by someone Wu Zheng dispatched. Its contents concerned several major events that had taken place in the Imperial Court among the officials during this period.
After sweeping his eyes over the contents, Yang Zhengshan's expression immediately turned grave. He strode quickly into the study, sat down at the desk, and read carefully.
Quite a few major events had happened in the Capital recently. First, Nan Sheng, the Regional Commander of the Imperial Guard Division, had launched a sweeping search throughout the Capital for those spreading heretical rumors to mislead the masses.
Anyone in the Capital who dared to say that "the New Emperor lacked virtue and would throw the realm into chaos" would be arrested by the Imperial Guard Division.
In less than ten short days, the Imperial Guard Division had arrested over a thousand people, among them quite a few students of the Imperial Academy and officials of the Imperial Court.
Because of this, no small amount of turmoil had erupted in the Imperial Court, and many ministers had submitted memorials impeaching Nan Sheng.
But these were still only small matters. The trouble was that when the Imperial Guard Division was seizing students of the Imperial Academy, Yi Lishen, the libationer of the Imperial Academy, had been arrested and thrown into the Imperial Prison of the Secret Martial Guard's Pacification Office for obstructing the Imperial Guard Division.
If that had been all, it would not have amounted to much. As long as the Imperial Guard Division and the Secret Martial Guard released him, the many venerable lords of the