Scholars of every nation learned the news and mocked Qing Kingdom one after another. This was a textbook case of spinning a cocoon around themselves, then lifting a rock only to smash their own feet.
Not only did the scholars refrain from condemning Yan Yukong, they praised him instead. Though Yan Yukong had left Qing Kingdom, he had joined Kong City rather than Jing Kingdom, so it did not count as betraying his country.
Even some Qing Kingdom scholars spoke up for Yan Yukong. After all, the Grand Secretariat had gone too far in its attempt to drive a wedge between Fang Yun and Yan Yukong.
Most Qing Kingdom citizens did not curse Yan Yukong. Instead, they cursed Qing Kingdom's Grand Secretariat, the Zong Family, and the Miscellaneous School for destroying Qing Kingdom's future!
Many Qing Kingdom scholars were so furious that their eyes turned red. They ran to the imperial palace in New Capital and cursed at the top of their lungs.
Because Yan Yukong had once been their hope!
Yan Yukong had once been Qing Kingdom's hope!
Yan Yukong had once been Qing Kingdom's next Half-Sage!
Now, Yan Yukong was gone.
He had been driven away by the Grand Secretariat and the Miscellaneous School.
The enraged scholars knew it was not Yan Yukong's fault. Had they been in Yan Yukong's place, they would have left as well.
Thus, great numbers of Qing Kingdom scholars gathered in Qing Kingdom's New Capital and held massive protests.
The officials of Qing Kingdom's Cabinet Office could scarcely believe it, and for a time, they were thrown into a panic.
Was this not the tactic the Miscellaneous School had repeatedly used against Fang Yun? How had it happened to them instead?
The matter swiftly fermented and spread throughout all of Qing Kingdom and