Early on the morning of July twenty-second, Dong Wencong became engrossed in the Discourse Ranking. Whether relieving himself, eating, walking, or handling government affairs, he held his official seal with his head lowered, constantly browsing the debates about the People's Gazette.
For Dong Wencong, the People's Gazette was the key to whether his name would endure in the annals of history. He could not ignore it.
The more he read, the more Dong Wencong admired Fang Yun, turning the matter over in his mind.
Void Sage Fang truly deserves his title. His methods are indeed ruthless. By rights, the Xiang Prefecture Gazette supplement broke new ground by addressing the general public, and Guan Yi was bound to be remembered by history. But Void Sage Fang had a uniquely discerning eye. Not only did he avoid opposing Guan Yi and earning the curses of later generations, he instead blew the affair up and resisted the Hall of Punishment, making everyone remember that it was Void Sage Fang who protected the Xiang Prefecture Gazette supplement, Void Sage Fang who stood against the Hall of Punishment, and Void Sage Fang who founded the People's Gazette. One might say that Guan Yi accidentally lit a torch, and that torch was destined to set an entire world ablaze, but Void Sage Fang stepped forward to protect it, shattering the sun to do so. Set side by side, even scholars of the School of Historians studying the whole affair would not devote much ink to Guan Yi.
*Even now, Guan Yi has no idea what he has done, much less that Void Sage Fang has been preparing for the People's Gazette all along. Still, confronting the Hall of Punishment was ultimately not the upright, honorable path, so Void Sage Fang chose to accept punishment rather than