King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

The residence of Duke Yansheng.

Kong Gongjian's eyes looked towards the East Palace from time to time, and then towards the direction of the Prince of Han's residence.

"Your Highness, you are also confused!"

"We don't know what you mean. You let the King of Han do whatever he wants. You just watched from the sidelines without saying anything, not to mention saying anything against it. Or was this something you and the King of Han had already discussed?"

"Without the imperial examinations, without the selection of officials by the Ministry of Personnel, officials are directly appointed and positions are held. Moreover, scholars are not selected, but losers like Mohists are appointed instead. They are like rats in the gutter to take charge of the positions. They also call it a natural affinity between Mohists and the Ministry of Works, and a natural advantage. This is simply a fantasy."

"It is clear that the appointment and employment of officials in the court involves the interests of all students, learners, and scholars in the world. Not only did they rashly dismiss dozens of officials from the Ministry of Works, but they also directly put Mo family members who had no selection and knew nothing about the imperial examination in power."

“Dozens of positions!”

"You have made such a big change. How will the scholars of the world view this issue? You have touched such a big piece of the profit pie of the scholars of the world. If you don't take any of the scholars, the scholars of the world will backlash. Are you sure you can bear it?"

"Do you really think that if all the civil and military officials in the court jointly signed the letter of recommendation and put their fingerprints on it, you can really stop the scholars from complaining?"

“Don’t be too naive.”

"How can it be so simple? Would the scholars in the world be willing to do it?"

"You are such a jerk. Even the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, a peasant, didn't dare to do this. You two young boys actually dared to do such an unethical thing. You are simply courting death. I want to see how you two will end up and how you will face the many scholars in the world."

"Hahaha"

Kong Gongjian thought to himself and couldn't help but secretly complain, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal a meaningful and cold smile.

Although Kong Gongjian did not participate in the court today and did not attend the court, it does not mean that he is a fool, nor does it mean that no one told him what is happening in the court. Of course, Kong Gongjian is not a fool, and he can naturally guess with his eyes closed what the purpose of certain people passing these messages to him after the court is over.

It all comes down to two words: benefit.

But as for what is happening now, if he didn't know, he could of course pretend not to see it and turn a blind eye. But now that he knows, as the Duke of Yansheng, he is the leader of the sage family and a person respected by scholars all over the world. Naturally, he can't just watch what is happening now, or let it develop quietly.

After all, this matter, in a sense, not only affected the interests of some people in the court, but also, from some angles, directly shook the interests of his Kong family.

The Crown Prince and the King of Han, without any preconditions, directly brought people from the Mohist School into the court as officials, and they occupied dozens of official positions at once. This move was too unbelievable and too intriguing.

Although we don't know what the two's ultimate goal is, it is definitely not just because the Ministry of Industry has done nothing for so many years and they want to make a change.

to this end.

As the Duke of Yansheng, he had to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
Compared with the Mohist school, no one can understand the existence of the Mohist school better than him, the descendant of the Confucius family.

Even though the Mohist School has not made any noise in recent dynasties and no one has served in the court, it is important to know that the ancestor of the Kong family had a fight with Juzi of the Mohist School. In the end, the Kong family won, the Mohist School withdrew from history and the court, thus ending the fight between the two schools.

Even though Kong Gongjian expressed disdain for the Mohist school in his words, deep down in his heart he did not dare to be careless or even negligent in the slightest!
After all, the Mohists were a group of truly capable people. The real reason for the Mohists' defeat was not that their doctrines were inferior to those of the Confucians, but that the king liked the Confucians more and chose them in order to better enslave the people.

The Mohist doctrine was not able to help the king well enough to achieve such an effect. Of course, it can also be said that the Mohists were unwilling to do so and were unwilling to go against the true meaning of their own doctrines and change certain things. Otherwise, it would be uncertain who would win and who would lose in the struggle between the Confucianists and the Mohists! !
This is also true.

When Kong Gongjian learned the news, he knew that the person who passed on the news had bad intentions, but he had to intervene. This was the real reason why he intervened.

After all, the Kong family is the descendant of Confucius.

For thousands of years, emperors of every dynasty have always respected Confucianism.

In this matter, the Kong family, as descendants of the saints, naturally grasped many unknown interests and powers behind these things. Kong Gongjian naturally did not want to see the foundation accumulated by his ancestors after thousands of years of hard work, really destroyed in his own hands because of the current events. If such a thing really happened, how would he, as the current Yansheng Duke and leader of the Kong family, have the face to meet his ancestors in the nine springs a hundred years later?

"master!"

At this moment, the steward of Duke Yansheng's mansion came in hurriedly, trotting all the way.

Kong Gongjian, who was sitting in the main hall with his eyes half-closed and thinking about something, came back to his senses, turned his head to look at the butler who was bowing and asked, "What happened?"

The butler bowed and replied respectfully:

"We just received news that the students we encouraged before."

"Today, on the street, we stopped five Mohist officials who were on their way to the Ministry of Works, and there was a slight quarrel between them."

"Finally, the conflict escalated into a fight, and the students of the Hanlin Academy beat up the five Mohist officials who tried to stop them."

"But I don't know if it was because some people were too harsh, or something else happened, or some villains tried to take advantage of the situation, which resulted in three people dying on the spot and two others being seriously injured. They are now receiving treatment. The students from the Hanlin Academy who participated in the beating were all taken to the imperial prison by the Jinyiwei without a single one left."

Having said this, the butler paused, his expression suddenly became extremely solemn, a little nervous, and continued:
"I am worried that some people will try to pull out those students who were taken to the Jinyiwei prison."

"The master will be implicated in this matter."

“Do you think we need it?”

There was no further words said, but everyone was not stupid, so they naturally knew what the old butler meant, and prepared to find an opportunity to silence some students first! !

After hearing these words, Kong Gongjian stood up from his chair, opened his half-closed eyes suddenly, glared at the old butler who was bending over, and scolded:
"Asshole, what bullshit are you talking about?"

"Put away your unrealistic ideas immediately."

"Quiet?"

"You're lucky you could come up with this idea. Isn't this simply courting death?"

"Involve me in this?"

"It's just a few words of encouragement. There's no letter, and there's no paper evidence. Even if those bastards say my name, what can they do?"

"Besides, those people have never even been to my house..."

"How can I prove that I was really involved?"

"So... there's no need to worry at all, let alone do anything unrealistic."

"If you really interfere..."

"Only then will it be possible to involve us. Besides..."

"We know that those people were captured by the Jinyiwei and must be imprisoned in the Jinyiwei Prison." "Do you know where the Jinyiwei Prison is?"

"Want to go to the Jinyiwei prison to cause trouble?"

"How many lives do you have to fill this gap?"

"Don't worry about this matter. I know what to do. Don't interfere too much and cause trouble for me!"

As he was talking, Duke Yansheng Kong Gongjian seemed to have thought of something, frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked:

"After something like this happened, what were the reactions of the East Palace and the Han Palace?"

"But are there any unusual behaviors?"

After hearing this, the old butler calmed down, bowed and replied respectfully:
"Return to the master!"

"After hearing the news, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Han discussed the matter for about a cup of tea at Prince Han's residence, and then they rushed to the Jinyiwei prison without stopping."

"But after he was released from prison, it was obvious that the King of Han was in a very good mood, while His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was rather depressed, and his expression showed a lot of anger and dissatisfaction."

"I think something must have happened in the Imperial Prison that displeased His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"And these things are most likely caused by those arrested students."

This is said.

Kong Gongjian couldn't help but frown even more tightly. Both the Crown Prince and the King of Han were sent to the Imperial Prison, and none of the Hanlin Academy students who were wanted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards were released directly at this time.

This move is really unexpected and somewhat incomprehensible.

What is this intended to do?
Could it be that the Crown Prince and the King of Han were planning to punish all of these arrested students from the Hanlin Academy?
The law does not blame the public!
To punish so many students
He is really courageous and his methods are ruthless.

As he thought about it, Kong Gongjian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth higher. His originally gloomy face slowly relaxed, and a faint and intriguing smile appeared between his brows. He murmured in a low voice:

"Interesting. Interesting."

“I’m not afraid that you won’t do this, I’m afraid that you won’t do anything.”

"I hope that Your Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Han can be more ruthless. This way, the game will become more interesting, right?"

"Otherwise, what's the point?"

at the same time.

After being released from the imperial prison, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu stood side by side on the steps in front of the Jinyiwei prison. Neither of them spoke, and the scene fell into a strange silence. Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyiwei who followed them, was also waiting obediently by the side.

After a long time, Zhu Gaochi turned his head and looked at Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu beside him, and said coldly:
"Second child"

"You said that these students' current rebellious behavior is their own behavior, or is it caused by someone's instigation behind the scenes?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and did not answer immediately. He turned to look at Ji Gang beside him, nodded to him, and asked:

"Lord Ji"

"What are you still standing there for?"

"Didn't you hear the prince asking questions?"

"The prince and I have handed this matter over to you. Now that something has happened, as the person in charge of this matter, shouldn't you give us a satisfactory answer?"

"Ok?"

Ji Gang's body suddenly shook, he frowned and thought for a moment, then he calmed himself down and bowed respectfully, saying:
"Replying to His Royal Highness, Prince Han."

"After the court session ended, all the ministers involved in the recommendation were under our surveillance. No one summoned any students from the Hanlin Academy for this matter. As for passing on the news, someone did pass it on, but the recipient of the news was Yansheng Gongjian."

"Otherwise, the news has not been passed on to anyone else."

"so."

"I suspect that this matter is most likely the work of Yanshenggong Kong Gongjian, who is behind this. He is the only one in the court who can mobilize so many students, except for some powerful people. After all, he is the descendant of a saint."

"He is a person who is highly respected and admired by scholars all over the world."

Duke Yansheng?
Kong Gongjian?
"Haha..." Zhu Gaoxu chuckled, a hint of intrigue appeared at the corners of his slightly raised mouth, and he murmured to himself in a low voice:
"I knew that this bastard would definitely intervene in this matter. It seems that this matter is not much different from what I guessed."

"I just don't know, isn't he afraid of becoming a gun in the hands of others?"

"Or... he really thinks he has nothing to fear, and thinks we have no way to deal with him, who is targeting the descendants of the saints."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the prince beside him and asked with a smile:

"Boss, what do you think about what is happening right now?"

"What are your plans?"

"This old man Kong Gongjian actually dared to reach out and try to use this to charge into battle."

"Do you think we should teach him a lesson?"

"Let him be honest about this matter?"

After hearing this and feeling the gazes on him, Zhu Gaochi frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked back and asked with a hint of uncertainty in his words:

"Second brother..."

"You haven't dealt with this old guy much, but I have dealt with him many times. He is like a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard."

"It's probably not easy to make this old man behave himself."

"Second brother...what can I do?" (End of this chapter)