The composition of the old party, however, was much more complex.
Among them were adherents to tradition like Wen Junshi, who were absolutely conservative in thought, bureaucrats whose interests were highly bound with those of landlords, but also some officials who were not against reform, but opposed Wang Wenchuan's proposals.
And these officials who were not against reform but opposed Wang Wenchuan's proposals were an undeniable, powerful force within the old party.
For example, it had previously been suggested that the Exemption Law should be implemented, but that it should collect money from the wealthy, not from the impoverished common folk.
Chu Ge made some adjustments to the content of Wang Wenchuan's reforms, objectively garnering support from this group of people.
Therefore, at this moment, the atmosphere in the court was noticeably different from before.
The old party officials glanced at each other, clearly, many were somewhat worried about this.
