In the end, dozens of officials stepped forward one after another, more than twenty of them fifth rank or above!
The storm had arrived.
The departure of the Miscellaneous School officials had already dealt the court a tremendous blow. If officials such as Sheng Boyuan resigned as well, the Jing Kingdom's court would very likely plunge into a grave crisis.
Governing so vast a country without these experienced bureaucrats at the helm would inevitably invite disasters that might take years to quell.
For instance, a seemingly insignificant policy might appear trivial to the bureaucrats and have no effect on them, yet affect vast numbers of common people. By the time the court discovered it, it could only reap the bitter fruit of its own actions, expending manpower and resources on repairs and causing tremendous waste.
Once too many such incidents occurred and set off a chain reaction, nationwide turmoil would inevitably follow, and the country might even collapse.
One could even say that, throughout successive dynasties, one of the chief causes of a nation's destruction was flawed policy, whether in land administration, finance, strategic planning, or countless other areas.
The officials who formulated those policies and plans believed themselves correct, but by the time they discovered their mistakes, it was too late.
History ascended in a spiral. In truth, what ascended was technology and humanity's collective wisdom. The bureaucrats kept going around in circles, supplying history's spiral, while non-bureaucrats and a tiny handful of enlightened officials supplied its ascent.
Many officials present had already foreseen the consequences of losing too many officials, yet they could only respond with silence.
Even some officials of the Fang Party began to resent Fang Yun.
The court was suffering a devastating blow that no reform could reverse. Fang Yun might be the most outstanding