On the second day of the third month, memorials and letters from Mi Prefecture's officials streamed into the capital like endless snowflakes.
From ranked officials in Ning'an County to the Governor of Mi Prefecture, all denounced Fang Yun's actions. They claimed he was moving against the tide of history, denying the Human Race's development, and treading a dangerous path that had to be corrected.
Within the Grand Secretariat, Literary Prime Minister Jiang Hechuan publicly sneered, "What tide, what countercurrent? It is nothing more than factional strife!"
The Left Prime Minister proposed an emergency court conference. In court, the hundred officials quarreled fiercely, and chaos reigned.
None of the Four Prime Ministers spoke, allowing the other officials to argue as they pleased.
As for Fang Yun, who had stirred up the disorder at court, he acted as though nothing had happened, visiting the Revenue Office once every day.
A county yamen's Revenue Office corresponded to a nation's Ministry of Revenue, handling matters related to the county's land, household registration, taxes, commerce, livestock, markets, and more.
Within a nation, the Ministry of Personnel stood first among the Six Ministries. Within a county, the Personnel Office likewise held the greatest real power, but when it came to the richest pickings, the Revenue Office was foremost among the Ten Offices.
And the Revenue Office was precisely under the Chief Clerk's control. From top to bottom, it was filled with Shen Ming's people, impermeable even to spilled water.
Even though Fang Yun had planted two aides inside as temporary clerks, it was still difficult for him to gain control of the Revenue Office.
Though Fang Yun had focused primarily on public works and criminal cases these past days, his scholar private army had long since infiltrated every corner of Ning'an County. The county yamen's Ten