"Fellow officials, does anyone oppose the Council of Governance?" Fang Yun spoke while the Empress Dowager was considering the matter.
Many officials looked toward Sheng Boyuan.
Sheng Boyuan stared straight ahead, as though he had not noticed their reactions.
Many officials narrowed their eyes at Sheng Boyuan, ready to rise against him en masse the moment he dared to continue objecting.
Within the court, all the Hundred Schools were represented.
At present, the Hall of Punishment, Crafts Hall, War Hall, Agriculture Hall, and Medical Hall almost all stood on Fang Yun's side. The Jing Kingdom ministers belonging to those schools had practically no choice-or rather, like their respective halls, they were willing to stand with Fang Yun. He had made enormous contributions to their schools and opened new paths in the Sacred Way. Quite apart from anything else, simply to repay his kindness, they could not oppose him.
Those who truly opposed Fang Yun were some of the Confucian School officials and more than half of the Miscellaneous School bureaucrats.
There were simply too many Confucian scholars, so there were always some who supported him and others who opposed him.
The Miscellaneous School opposed him because Saint Zong currently held its reins. Since the Zong Family stood against Fang Yun, it was difficult for them to befriend him, so they would rather throw their lot in with the imperial family.
But now, not a single Miscellaneous School official stepped forward to oppose Fang Yun. No matter how they looked at it, this Council of Governance seemed to strengthen the Miscellaneous School Sacred Way. Not only would they not oppose it, they would support it instead.
It was just like Fang Yun's earlier reforms of the court, many aspects of which benefited the Miscellaneous School. Thus, they had not resisted across