Qiming 1158

Chapter 839 Who will fall into trouble?

As a high-end person, as the head of a thousand-year-old aristocrat, Kong Zheng felt that he should have an accent in his work.

"I understand what you mean, but you should take all these things back. Your Majesty ordered that officials should not give each other more than two dollars as gifts, so I will not accept them."

Kong Zheng shook his head and said, "Of course, you can rest assured, I won't take it as if I didn't see it, this matter is so important, I will do my best to run for you, as for the result, I don't dare to ensure."

If Kong Zheng could say this, it means that he will work hard to protect him, so the officials of the Shandong department got a safe answer and left the Confucius Mansion with great gratitude.

Only a few prominent figures from the Shandong line remained.

For example, Zhou Jiang, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Jichang, the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Cao Kai, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, etc. These are the leading figures of the Shandong Department and hold the power that truly belongs to the Shandong Department. They are still of great significance to Kong Zheng. .

"How did you go to Shangshu Province to find out?"

Kong Zheng asked Cao Kai who had gone to Shangshu Province to inquire about news.

Cao Kai shook his head worriedly.

"I didn't find out anything. We quarreled in the middle of the inquiry, and then Kong Maojie came. Where are we his opponent? We can only run away, there is no way, but according to what he said, he must know about this matter. Yes, before we knew it, so, I'm worried..."

Kong Zheng frowned slightly.

"This doesn't explain anything, and it's not important. What's important is that we now need to know how far things have progressed in Shandong and how many officials have been punished. Otherwise, we won't know anything and will be too passive."

Zhou Jiang heard the words and seemed to think of something.

So he whispered: "Before the founding of the country, I vaguely heard that His Majesty had a team dedicated to inquiring about news. With this team, His Majesty took the lead in the battlefield against the people of the Jin Kingdom. I think, this Once, will it be…”

Several people were silent for a while.

"In any case, we must know what happened. From the letters sent, we can know that at least many officials have been taken down from Dongping and Jinan. There are such turmoil in these two houses. I am afraid that Shandong will not be stable either."

Kong Zheng sighed and said slowly, "Although our hometown is not in Dongping and Jinan, it's hard to say whether our hometown will be affected. All in all, it's better to stabilize people's hearts first. This time it's about the foundation, so don't slack off. To stabilize people's hearts, and the rest, I'll find a way."

"understood."

"understood."

"please."

Zhou Jiang, Cao Kai and Chen Jichang led the order together.

At this moment, they can only trust Kong Zheng and leave everything to Kong Zheng.

After that, Cao Kai and Chen Jichang took the first step, and Zhou Jiang was left behind.

"Shandong has suffered a great disaster this time, and I am very worried that someone in the DPRK and China will fall into the trap, which will be detrimental to me."

Kong Zheng looked at Zhou Jiang: "We have to prepare in advance to avoid such a thing from happening. Otherwise, if this happens, we will be doomed. The foundation of Shandong scholars will be completely destroyed, and it will be too difficult to make a comeback."

When Kong Zheng said this, his body trembled slightly.

Zhou Jiang noticed.

He realized that Kong Zheng might be in a state of high tension and even fear, and he just pretended to be calm.

His heart tightened.

"What do you mean, Yelu Chenghui and Huo Jianbai's group? Are they going to fall into trouble?"

"Well, besides them, who else would do such a bad thing?"

Kong Zheng said in a low voice, "I even suspected that they were the ones who were leading the charge and revealed this matter to His Majesty, so that His Majesty was so angry that he actually rushed to Shandong to take a seat in person. unwilling to believe."

"You mean, Yelu Chenghui or Huo Jianbai instructed this matter?"

"It is quite possible that only they would do such a thing."

Kong Zheng's eyes sharpened: "If you have to guess, I think it is more likely that Yelu Chenghui will lead this matter. Don't forget, Yelu Jin has always worked with us in the same official office."

When Kong Zheng said this, Zhou Jiang immediately reacted.

"If you say that...it's true! Yelujin has always worked with us in the same official office. If he did it deliberately, it's very possible! If he buys someone and learns about us, that's true. Dangerous!"

Zhou Jiang's face was full of horror immediately, and he felt that he had noticed something extraordinary.

"So, I think this matter must have something to do with him! We must find out their dirty things before the dust settles, so as to counteract it, and we must not be caught!"

Kong Zheng slammed the table and decided to blast the foreign officials represented by Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi, and decided to counteract them so that their evil intentions could not succeed.

At the same time, Kong Zheng also believed that the Yanyun clan should stand together with the foreign clan clan in this matter.

Since the other party has made a move, the Shandong Department must also counteract.

Therefore, they have to hurry up to collect the black materials of the Yanyun clan. When Su Yonglin is ready to accuse the Shandong clan, they will also come up with the corresponding dry goods to counter the foreign clan clan and the Yanyun clan, so as to protect the Shandong clan to the maximum extent. power.

Otherwise, it is no different from sitting still.

The Shandong department has been warned and disposed of by the emperor before, and if it is disposed of again this time, it will be completely at a disadvantage.

The Imperial Examination in Ming Dynasty has consciously tilted towards the sphere of influence behind the other three factions in the court. After the results of the selection of more than 1000 people came out, the admitted candidates with Shandong background did not account for a quarter of the number.

This fully shows that the Daming Imperial Examination is consciously favoring the other three factions with smaller numbers and shallower foundations, while the most powerful Shandong faction is being suppressed and its power is being restricted.

The emperor is engaging in balancing tactics.

Shandong can not suffer another political blow.

Kong Zheng made what he thought was the most correct decision under the dominance of nervousness and fear.

They did not expect and would not think about who is in charge of this matter.

And like them, the officials of the foreign clan and Yanyun clan did not know who caused this incident and who secretly guided it.

"Although I really want to do this, it's really not what we do."

Facing Huo Jianbai's inquiries in private, Yelu Chenghui smiled helplessly and said, "Although we have heard about this matter and are collecting evidence, we didn't expect that there was an accident in Shandong before we had time to act."

Yelu Chenghui shook his head and gave a negative answer to Huo Jianbai's inquiry.

This made Huo Jianbai very puzzled.

"I don't know anything else. Anyway, none of my friends can do this. Shandong must be making a lot of trouble this time. Although I would love to see this happen, who is it? What about the credit? If it wasn't for Yelujin."

"Indeed, who has the ability to smash this matter? This is not about offending one or two people, it is about making enemies of officials in Shandong."

Yelu Chenghui thought for a while and asked, "In my opinion, there are not many people who dare to do this, otherwise, His Majesty would not have gone to Shandong to take a seat in person. In this way, it is very likely that Yuan From those people, what do you say?"

(End of this chapter)