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Zhang Juzheng's prediction was accurate. As expected, after the official news of the fall of Sichuan reached the capital, a huge storm immediately broke out in the Ming court.

The collapse first occurred in the field of public opinion.

Although Li Chunfang has tightened his control over speech since he came to power, even Shuntian Prefecture has filled its prisons with prisoners for the crime of making irresponsible remarks on state affairs.

But the only people Li Chunfang could control were ordinary people. What he could control were the newspapers published in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't even control the newspapers in the surrounding provinces.

"Shandong Xinbao" published a front-page article by Shan Haoxian. This time Shan Haoxian directly attacked the Zhongshu Province of the Ming Dynasty, and even directly attacked Li Chunfang, pointing out that he was a cowardly prime minister and the chief culprit who ruined the overall situation of Southwest China. The culprit.

First of all, there is still the theory of Qin and the Six Kingdoms. Shanhao County concluded that the Ming Dynasty always failed in its operations in the southeast. The reason is that the southeast is Qin, which can gather all the power of the occupied area, while the Ming Dynasty is as loose as the Six Kingdoms. Always thinking about compromise, when seeing the Southeast invading other provinces, they will feel that they are not attacking themselves, but they will not dare to send troops to anger the Southeast. The final result is "cut off a city today, cut another city tomorrow, and be cannibalized by the Southeast."

Then there is the set of "barbarian studies". Shan Hao first believes that today is a "great change unprecedented in thousands of years" and a "time of great struggle". Like the period of the pre-Qin philosophers and hundreds of schools of thought, it is the most turbulent period of thought. .

The old Confucian psychology can no longer solve any social problems, and with the enemy in the southeast ahead, there is no time to test new theories.

Therefore, there is not much time left for the Ming Dynasty. At this time, we cannot continue to discuss ideas. Instead, we should abandon ideological differences and academic disputes, and directly concentrate on doing big things, letting those with prestige first When capable people govern, we must first compete with the Southeast for the world.

Shanhao Xian directly pointed out that Li Chunfang was not capable enough to convince the public internally and bridge the conflicts between the governors of the provinces. When they marched into Hanzhong from the southeast, they could not get Sichuan to send troops for joint defense.

Later, when Southeast Asia attacked Sichuan, Shaanxi was completely unwilling to send troops to assist, and finally let Southeast Asia capture Sichuan at a very small cost.

Li Chunfang didn't know how to fight with the outside world. The Nine-Border New Army was defeated again and again in the war in North Korea. Now even Pyongyang was unable to save it and was about to be driven to the Yajiang River.

Therefore, Li Chunfang's ability is completely unqualified for the position of Prime Minister Zhongshu.

The Ming Dynasty is in such a critical situation, but a man who knows nothing about military affairs is appointed as the Prime Minister of Zhongshu, in charge of the military affairs in the southeast. If this continues, Sichuan will be lost today, and Henan, Shaanxi, and Shandong will be lost tomorrow!

The main content of Shanhaoxian's article only has a few meanings, but the article is very inflammatory.

Moreover, his articles were catchy and quickly spread in the capital.

Li Chunfang was furious after reading the newspaper.

Everyone knows whose newspaper "Shandong Xinbao" belongs to.

Li Chunfang had already made a lot of concessions to Li Chengliang, and even let his son Li Rusong serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong before he was twenty years old. The Li family was also the last most powerful general in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

Under this circumstance, Li Chengliang also instructed Shandong newspapers to publish such articles.

"Li Chengliang is a mere warrior who also wants to manage state affairs? Who instigated Shanhao to write such an article in the first place?"

Li Chunfang angrily called the Minister of Punishment and asked the Punishment Ministry to issue an official document asking Shandong to arrest Artemisia annua and bring it to Beijing.

The Minister of Punishment also knows very well that Shanhao Xian has always been the mouthpiece of "Shandong Xinbao". It is obvious who he is. Since Shandong can publish such an article, its position is self-evident. This kind of arrest document is basically Useless.

Just when the Minister of Punishment received the order and had a headache, another problem occurred in the Imperial College.

Seeing Li Chunfang gradually losing power, a new group quickly formed in the Imperial College.

During the last bus letter, among the leading Imperial College students, except Tong An who was unwilling to take part in the imperial examination, all the others had passed the examination and were highly regarded by the Ming court.

In front of the Imperial College supervisor, a shortcut to the south appeared.

This is probably something that Tong An, who took the lead in writing the letter, was not aware of.

As leaders of the Imperial College, Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing saw this path.

After the loss of Hanzhong, the prestige of the Secretariat of the Ming Dynasty was already shaky. At this time, the Shuntian Prefecture was still arresting people in the teahouse of the capital, but it could no longer control the public opinion in the Imperial College.

Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing frequently organized poetry gatherings and linked up in the Imperial College.

Li Chunfang was also very aware of the dangers of the Imperial College.

The young people in the Imperial College have no fame and are the most dissatisfied with the status quo. Moreover, young people are easily incited.

Therefore, after Hanzhong was lost, Li Chunfang requested that the Imperial College be sealed off, and required that the Imperial College continue to attend classes, and strengthened the attendance of the Imperial College.

But Li Chunfang still failed to suppress the Imperial College. With the collaboration of Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Nanxing, the Imperial College organized a strike to protest against the incompetence of the Zhongshu Province, which led to the loss of Hanzhong and Sichuan, and demanded that Li Chunfang, like Gao Gong before him, take responsibility and resign.

After Li Chunfang received the news, his whole body was shaking. He immediately summoned the governor of Shuntian Prefecture and asked him to suppress the strike at the Imperial College.

However, it turned out that the strike at the Imperial College could not be suppressed, and the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology also began to collectively write a letter, asking the Zhongshu Province to punish Guo Pu, the governor of Shaanxi, and hold him accountable for his crimes.

Immediately afterwards, governors from various places also wrote letters. New Army Minister Li Chengliang and Henan Governor Chen Yiqin also impeached Shaanxi Governor Guo Pu for his crimes and asked the court to remove him.

Li Chunfang now understood that the situation was over.

He and Guo Pu are not die-hard allies, but the removal of Guo Pu is already a signal.

This shows that his opponents have united.

If you remove Guo Pu, will you have to ask Sin Zhongshu Province next?

If he does not remove Guo Pu, then he will say that Zhongshu Province is cowardly and incompetent.

No matter what he did, Li Chunfang had lost the support of Yan Guan and the local governor.

The last straw for Li Chunfang was the royal family.

Empress Dowager Li, who was listening behind the curtain, issued an order to inquire about the reasons for the loss of Sichuan, and asked Zhongshu Sheng to open up the public to discuss the Ming court's responsibility for these defeats.

At this moment, Li Chunfang knew that the situation was over, although the royal family had become a mascot through the efforts of the three previous generations.

However, it still has appeal in terms of legal principles, and Empress Dowager Li's will is to open up the voice, which is also in line with the political correctness of the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, Li Chunfang knew that if she did not step down, someone would have to give her dignity.

Li Chunfang wrote to the Ming court, requesting to resign on the grounds that she was seriously ill.

Another prime minister in Zhongshu fell.