Chaos in the Literary Palace, Popular Will Collapses, Students Shatter Their Convictions, Grand Confucians Turn Pale

Things were very strange in Great Wei's Capital.

At first, the common people had thought the Great Wei Literary Sage News was quite good. For one thing, they could read about national affairs; for another, they could use Confucian Discourse to educate their children.

Two birds with one stone.

Although the Great Wei Literary Palace's methods were rather sordid and disgusting, there was no denying that the Great Wei Literary Sage News genuinely benefited the people.

So the people had said little about it.

Besides, that was human nature. People would still choose to support whoever benefited them.

But once the people gradually thought it over, they discovered that this Confucian Discourse only appeared to teach the world humility.

What was it actually doing?

It was actually mocking Xu Qingxiao's actions, even using words like "little child" to humiliate him.

Naturally, the people felt they had been duped. They did want to educate their descendants.

But they could distinguish right from wrong, and they did not want to go about it this way.

Naturally, complaints began to arise among them.

Those complaints, however, could not change the fact that the Great Wei Literary Palace was about to obtain Popular Will and Literary Qi.

So the people came to the various bookstores early, hoping to buy another copy of the Great Wei Gazette to support Xu Qingxiao.

However, the Great Wei Gazette also had a rule: each person could buy only one copy, or at least only one copy at a time.

What Xu Qingxiao valued was its ability to spread his message, not those few coins.

And just after Mao Hour passed...

The Great Wei Gazette went on sale.

As before, the people scrambled to buy it.

This time was even more dramatic than the first, producing the extraordinary sight