Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16163 The Kong Family
Upon hearing Kong Xuan's words, Kong Yuming immediately asked curiously, "What's the matter that's so urgent?"

Kong Xuan took out the jade slip given to him by Kong Youwei and presented it with both hands. He then said to Kong Yuming, "The city lord of Zhenshou City is a member of our Kong family. I was the one who arranged for him to be the city lord of Zhenshou City. He did a good job there, but recently the Creation Temple in Zhenshou City was attacked twice, and he felt something was wrong. And today, something even more serious happened. Someone came to him with an imperial edict. It was someone from a sect called the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. This sect actually received His Majesty's permission to preach in the Divine Kingdom. That person took the imperial edict and asked him to approve it." "They want to build a temple there. Kong Youwei thinks this might be related to the previous attack on the Temple of Creation. Even if it's not directly related, the Myriad Laws Sect wanting to spread their teachings is tantamount to taking away from the Creation Sect's interests. A conflict is inevitable, and it's very likely to occur in Beast Suppression City. If that's the case, it could be troublesome. He might get dragged into it, which wouldn't be good for him or for the Kong family. Therefore, he wants to apply for my help to transfer him away from Beast Suppression City."

In a large family like the Kong family, there are many people like Kong Xuan who help arrange positions for the family's disciples. It's normal for the family disciples to give them gifts. Kong Yuming doesn't care about such things at all. That's why Kong Xuan dared to let Kong Yuming see the jade slip. Anyway, Kong Xuan was helping the Kong family's disciples arrange positions, not helping outsiders. So even if Kong Yuming knew that he had accepted gifts, he wouldn't say anything.

After reading the contents of the jade slip and listening to Kong Xuan's words, Kong Yuming thought for a moment and then said, "The idea of ​​the major families is that we should take advantage of the attack on the Creation God Sect to seize some of its interests, but at the same time, we should secretly form an alliance with them. As for this so-called Myriad Laws Sect, the fact that it received an imperial edict clearly shows that His Majesty wants to use the Myriad Laws Sect to suppress the Creation God Sect. If a conflict really breaks out between them, it will be difficult for us to intervene. If we are really dragged into it, there will indeed be problems. How about this, you arrange for Kong Youwei to be transferred. I saw on this that he wants to be transferred to a place closer to His Majesty. Hahaha, this kid does have some ambition. Very well, then transfer him to the Hanlin Academy and let him serve as a court attendant there for now."

The Hanlin Academy was a rather special department. Although its official rank was not high, it was very close to the emperor and served as his confidential secretary. The "Wai Zhao" was actually a low-ranking official in the Hanlin Academy, with the lowest rank being only the ninth rank and the highest being the sixth rank. Since the Kong family arranged for someone to enter, it was impossible for him to be a ninth-rank official or a sixth-rank official. It would be more likely to be a seventh-rank or a eighth-rank official.

However, this resulted in Kong Youwei's official rank being demoted too much. You must know that he was once the lord of a city, which is a sixth-rank official position, and he was in charge of the entire city, making him a local emperor. Now that he has entered the Hanlin Academy, he is only given a seventh or eighth-rank official position, which is a demotion of several ranks.

But to be honest, many people would rather be a Hanlin Academician than a city lord, because as an Academician, you have a lot of room for advancement. If you really climb up in the Hanlin Academy, it's not impossible for you to become a prime minister, since the Hanlin Academy has always been known as the prime minister's reserve force.

That's why Kong Yuming said Kong Youwei was ambitious; Kong Youwei wanted to enter the Hanlin Academy, which meant he was aiming for the position of prime minister.

Kong Xuan was taken aback by Kong Yuming's words, and then he immediately said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements now to transfer him away as soon as possible. It seems that Zhenshou City will become a place of trouble in the future, so we should leave as soon as possible."

Kong Yuming nodded, and then said, "We also need to tell the other families about this. We need to let them know about it, otherwise they won't tell us any information they have in the future, which is not a good thing for us."

Kong Xuan responded, and then Kong Yuming waved his hand, dismissing Kong Xuan. After leaving Kong Yuming's study, Kong Xuan immediately went to arrange the matter. The Kong family was a large family, and arranging for a family member to serve as a Hanlin Academy attendant was no problem. The position of Hanlin Academy attendant was not an important one; often, it was just a nominal post. Such nominal posts were sometimes prepared for the sons of large families, a place where they could receive a salary. Therefore, Kong Xuan made the arrangements very simple. The next day, an imperial edict was issued to Kong Youwei, and Kong Youwei directly became a Hanlin Academy attendant.

The Hanlin Academy is located in Wukong City. Wukong City is not only home to the Gongliang family, but also to various departments of the Divine Kingdom's court. The Hanlin Academy is Gongliang Juewen's confidential secretariat, so it is naturally located in Wukong City.

After Kong Youwei was transferred, a new person was immediately transferred to his place. This person was from the Yu family, which was also a large family in the Divine Kingdom. Their patriarch was the Minister of Revenue in the Divine Kingdom, and could be said to be the purse strings of the Divine Kingdom, holding a high position and great power.

Kong Yuming also directly informed the other families about the situation in Beast Suppression City. After hearing Kong Yuming's information, the other families took the matter very seriously. However, in their eyes, this was also a good thing. Although they wanted to secretly ally with the Creation God Cult, they hadn't yet done so. Now, an enemy of the Creation God Cult had suddenly appeared, which was definitely a good thing for them. With this enemy, it would be much easier for them to ally with the Creation God Cult, and they could even suppress the Creation God Cult if necessary. As for why the Yu family still sent people to take over Beast Suppression City after learning about this, it was because the Yu family was strong enough and had enough confidence in themselves, so they dared to send people there.

The person the Yu family sent to Beast Town City this time was named Yu Changkong. Yu Changkong's identity is not simple. He is not a disciple of a collateral branch of the Yu family, but a direct descendant of the Yu family. Moreover, he is not young, but his strength is not very strong. He is only at the Royal Palace level. The reason for this is that he was injured when he was young. Since then, his strength has been difficult to improve. The Yu family tried many methods, but none of them worked, so they eventually gave up.

However, Yu Changkong was not truly useless. In fact, he was still very useful. He was quite capable in handling matters. He had previously served as a steward in the Yu family, and he could handle any task given to him very well. The Yu family valued him highly.

The most important reason why the Yu family sent Yu Changkong this time was that they wanted him to have complete control over the Beast Town City. As for the matter between the Creation God Sect and the Myriad Laws God Sect, as long as it was handled properly, it wouldn't be a problem for Yu Changkong.

Yu Changkong looked to be in his fifties. He was very handsome, thin, and had a frail air about him. Just standing there, he gave people the feeling of being weak and frail. In addition, he would cough from time to time, which made him look even more delicate.

Yu Changkong sat in the study of the Beast Town City Lord's Mansion, looking at some documents on his desk. He realized that Kong Youwei had indeed left in a hurry and had not handed him over at all, which gave him a headache. Although he could slowly learn about the situation here through the documents, that was too slow. Yu Changkong wanted to understand Beast Town City as soon as possible.

However, the Yu family still attaches great importance to Beast Town City this time. The reason why the Yu family attaches great importance to Beast Town City is that almost all the cities in the entire Divine Kingdom are now controlled by various forces. It is extremely difficult to vacate a city lord position. It is precisely because of this that the Yu family attaches great importance to it. At the same time, the Yu family is also mocking the Kong family for being cowardly. Isn't it just a possible conflict between the Creation God Sect and that so-called Myriad Laws God Sect? It's just a possible conflict, not a real conflict. What's there to be afraid of? In the Yu family's eyes, it's foolish to give up the position of defending a city for a possible conflict and run to the Hanlin Academy to be a court attendant.

Although in the past, those who served as Hanlin Academy attendants might have had a chance to rise in rank, now there is really no chance for them to rise. Gongliang Juewen also knows that there are many disciples of aristocratic families in the Hanlin Academy now, and he does not trust these people much. Therefore, he cannot select people from the Hanlin Academy to serve as prime minister, so there is really no future there.

The Kong family abandoned a city for a potential risk, only to take up a nominal position. In the eyes of the Yu family, this was absolutely unacceptable. They thought the Kong family was too timid to manage the affairs of the Beast-Suppressing City, but the Yu family dared to. In fact, it wasn't just the Yu family; there were quite a few people vying for this position at the time, but the Yu family ultimately prevailed.

The Yu family understands this principle, so why wouldn't the Kong family? In fact, the Kong family also understands this principle, but they are different from the Yu family. The Kong family dislikes taking risks. They are not currently allied with the Creation God Cult, and they may even have some conflicts with the Creation God Cult in the future. If the Myriad Laws God Cult of Beast Town City really clashes with the Creation God Cult, the Kong family will definitely be drawn in, and their family will certainly suffer losses. The Kong family does not want to get involved in conflicts related to the Creation God Cult because they want to seize the Creation God Cult's interests. If they get involved at this time, the Creation God Cult may directly attack them, which would put them in even greater danger.

They clashed with the Creation God Cult, and the Creation God Cult would definitely retaliate against the Kong family. If Kong Youwei really got involved in this matter, then the Creation God Cult wouldn't even need to find an excuse to deal with the Kong family. It could be said that the Kong family seemed to have given up a city, but they had actually made preparations to take action against the Creation God Cult in other places.