The big man has a living father

Chapter 133 (Big Chapter) When the River Channel is Opened

"The pork is already smelly enough, can you eat the pig intestines?"

“Hmm, huh? Hmm~!!”

"Hey, how the hell did you pick up all of it with just one chopstick, you bastard, put it down now!"

"Damn it, this dining system is not good, why don't we sit at separate tables!!"

Although stir-fried and braised dishes have become popular in Chang'an, many people have not yet eaten them.

Some people have been very busy working day and night recently and have no time to visit the newly developed areas in Chang'an County. They have only heard others talk about the prosperity of Chang'an.

Some people have just returned from other places and have not had time to experience it deeply.

But today's banquet made them understand why stir-frying is so popular in Chang'an nowadays!
After taking a bite, most of the dishes are smooth, tender, hot, fragrant and rich in flavor.

Moreover, each dish has its own characteristics, unlike barbecued meat which all taste the same and boiled meat which all taste the same.

In fact, people are born to like calories. The more calories something has, the more it can stimulate people's senses and make the brain feel happy.

The barbecue we ate before was naturally quite oily, but it was just okay. Sometimes, if we ate too much of it, we would get irritated and wouldn’t want to eat it anymore.

But there is no such problem when cooking.

Even though all the people present today are dignitaries, and they all eat barbecue and mutton every day, no one would feel irritated after eating a bite of stir-fried dish.

Because it’s so moisturizing!
This feeling was something they had never felt before.

"The Huo family's cook is amazing!"

"Is that the cook's business?"

"Hey, I just don't want to praise Huo Lao Er, but the stir-fried dishes are really delicious. I must get the recipe for this stewed dish!"

How to make meat delicious in a simple way is a science. Whoever masters this science will master wealth.

Of course, how to make vegetarian dishes delicious is an art. Whoever masters this art will become a master.

Once cooking came out, art began to be wholesaled.

Originally, Huo Hai was supposed to teach the prince every few days, but because Huo Hai had to prepare for the New Year and his coming-of-age ceremony in recent days, he did not go to the prince's mansion.

When the prince saw Huo Hai today, he insisted on pestering him.

Although the food was delicious, how much could a child like him eat? He was full after eating a roasted chicken leg.

Huo Hai was planning to stroll around the mansion with Princess Wei Chang, but Liu Ju insisted on following them.

Liu Ju had consulted Liu Che before this.

When Liu Che heard that Liu was going to go shopping with Princess Wei Chang and Huo Hai, he couldn't help but praise them: "Well done, follow closely."

He is worthy of being my own son!

Walking in the courtyard, Princess Wei Chang asked: "The cotton seeds have been separated. Is it certain that the first quarter will start in February?"

Huo Hai nodded: "It's about this time, but it's not too late for the first planting, leave some time for planting in late February or even early March."

Huo Hai vaguely remembered that cotton should be planted in March or April of the Gregorian calendar.

It’s almost March of the lunar calendar this year.

However, Huo Hai feels that the current climate is a little hotter than in the future, so ten days or half a month earlier should be enough.

Princess Wei Chang looked at Tian Ye and said, "By the way, the dean of your research institute came to me and asked for a batch of cotton, saying that it would be used for river repair."

Huo Hai was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"It should be used as a lead."

Huo Hai specifically told the people at the research institute that cotton "will catch fire easily, and will go out before you can put it out because it has already been burned out", so he asked them to pay attention to the issue of cotton preservation.

To avoid burning down the research institute during research.

Clearly, they listened.

Huo Hai had just assigned the task of opening mountains and splitting rocks, and they thought of using cotton as a fuse.

After walking in the fields for a while, Huo Hai saw Xiang Xu waiting in the distance, looking very anxious, so he waved to Xiang Xu to come over and went forward to meet him.

"Your guess is correct, sir. Kong Anguo has approached others to talk many times, but he always talked to them face to face."

"But then he used the excuse of going to the toilet, and when he came out he chatted with the Imperial Censor Zhang Ou for a long time out of earshot."

“Although I can see them chatting, I can’t hear what they are saying.”

Huo Hai: "Would you chat for a long time with someone who just went to the toilet?"

Xiang Xu thought for a moment and shook his head: "Who can stand this? The person who just went to the toilet stinks. At most, I can say hello politely. It's impossible to stay for a second... unless this person is a young master."

Huo Hai: "You're talking nonsense. I don't stink when I go to the toilet... Let's talk business. It's obvious that the mastermind behind this is Imperial Censor Zhang Ou."

"Why did he want to punish Xuanping Hou Zhang Ou, just because he had the same name as him?"

"Or...it seems like if we don't push them, this matter will become increasingly difficult to handle."

But actually, this matter is neither easy nor difficult to handle. It is correct to impose severe punishment according to the law.

The key point is that up to now, there has been no movement from the Chief Justice Zhang Tang.

Huo Hai didn't believe that Zhang Tang didn't want to make a fuss about this matter.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Go and ask Kong Yannian to stay for a while after the banquet, and tell him that I have a fortune to give him."

Xiang Xu: "Yes, sir!"

After Xiang Xu left, Princess Wei Chang came back with Liu Ju and said, "I'm leaving first."

Huo Hai: "Hey! Come on, walk around for a while longer."

Princess Wei Chang: "Father seems to be waiting for you."

Huo Hai looked over and saw Liu Che standing on the road towards the Academy of Sciences with his hands on his hips.

This light bulb does not require electricity.

Huo Hai had no choice but to go to Liu Che.

"His Majesty!"

Liu Che: "I've been busy lately. I haven't seen you for a long time. How is the flood control going?"

Huo Hai: "Recently, Zhuang Xiongpi has successfully learned how to draw and read blueprints. With the help of people from the research institute to inspect the height difference, it was easy to perfect the details of the river channel. Construction has now started."

"Originally it would probably take about five months to complete, but... the Academy of Sciences has developed new technology that can speed up the excavation of rocks. It is estimated that... we can try to finish the work in about one and a half months."

Liu Che wondered: "Speed ​​up the excavation of rocks?"

Since ancient times, there have been two ways to dig into rocks.

One is hard knocking.

The second method is to use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, burn the stones and then pour water on them, using the physical destruction caused by the difference in temperature to dig.

It's true that in some poor places, where there is not much manpower and they are surrounded by mountains with no way out, they will choose this method and drill through the rocky mountains.

Could it be that the research institute has developed a more efficient combustion method? Or fuel?
If Huo Hai knew what Liu Che was thinking, he would definitely wipe his sweat.

This is too much praise for the Academy of Sciences. After fossil fuels, if we want to make further progress, we will have to wait for hundreds of years.

"Your Majesty, we can't wait long. When the time comes, it would be best for Your Majesty to lead all the civil and military officials as well as the people in Chang'an who are watching the excitement to go and have a look." Huo Hai: "It will enhance the confidence of the people and reduce the voices of opposition."

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Who dares to object?"

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, don't always think about getting angry. It would be best if you could use other means to guide public opinion. If Your Majesty has to get angry every time, what will happen to the Crown Prince in the future?"

Liu Che was silent for a moment, then nodded: "That's right."

Putting aside this matter, Liu Che asked: "Have you figured out the matter about Zhang and Ou?"

Huo Hai nodded and shook his head: "I have already found out who did this. If you want evidence, I don't have it."

What evidence did Liu Che need in his life? But it's really hard to say anything about this matter.

The descendants of Liu Che have inherited a cruel, ruthless and ungrateful character from their ancestors. They have done to the Zhang family in a very cruel way, leaving no leeway for Liu Che. Now Liu Che can do nothing about the Zhang family's affairs except pretending that the Zhang family does not exist.

But Huo Hai was not afraid of this: "I am thinking that what the Imperial Censor Zhang Ou did was nothing more than representing the old nobles and civil and military officials to fight against the new rich and new nobles."

As soon as Huo Hai finished speaking, Liu Che said, "Imperial Doctor Zhang Ou?! Is it him? No wonder you wanted to find his son Zhang Pin to solve the situation. It turned out to be intentional. If I had known it was him, I would have sent someone to investigate long ago. It's so interesting."

It is not easy to pretend to be a good person all your life under the nose of Emperor Liu Che.

Having said that, if a person pretends to be a good person all his life, then he is actually a real good person.

At the last minute, Zhang Ou has ruined the situation. Is he going to lose his integrity at the last moment?
Huo Hai shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if the matter of selecting filial and honest officials is really decided, I'm afraid Zhang Ou will step down. But if the matter of selecting filial and honest officials is not decided...it's hard to say."

In fact, the appointments and dismissals of people during Emperor Wu's reign all had traces to follow.

He didn’t understand it before, but now Huo Hai has figured it out.

For example, Gongsun Hong was actually an attempt by Emperor Liu Che to deprive the prime minister of his power, in order to change the title of nobility and appointment as prime minister into the title of prime minister and the title of nobility.

Liberate the power of the prime minister from the hands of the nobles.

Because it is a bit difficult to deal with a nobleman as prime minister, but it is easier to control an ordinary person as prime minister.

However, in order to promote the salt and iron industry, Li Cai was appointed as prime minister.

Li Cai was a typical example of being granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister. Being granted a title of nobility first and then appointed as prime minister was equivalent to going back to the old path.

But Zhang Ou is a reserve.

Zhang Ou was a descendant of aristocrats, but not a nobleman. However, he had high prestige in the court.

Whenever Liu Che needed him, he could promote Zhang Ou to be prime minister, which would continue the path of first being appointed prime minister and then being conferred a title of nobility.

Continue to deprive the prime minister of his power.

At this time, Liu Che thought carefully and suddenly realized.

I almost lost a game without even realizing it!

Zhang Ou became an official just to seek benefits for future generations, and that is how he got to where he is today.

If the system of selecting filial and honest officials had been established at the beginning, Zhang Ou would definitely not continue to work for him because his goal had been achieved.

By then, as long as I want him to be the prime minister, he may resign at any time!!!

Once he resigned, his attempt to seize power as prime minister failed again.

Naturally, Zhang Ou also gained a new political resource from the old nobles.

Because of this incident, Liu Che quickly saw through things that he had not seen before. His sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the trees in the courtyard and fall on the officials.

Liu Che was very clear that this kind of struggle representing one's own interest group was just like this. There was no question of who was right or wrong, only whether one's means were dark or despicable.

But if I can't provide any real evidence, I really can't say anything.

not to mention!
Even if it was found that Zhang Pin had some problems, Liu Che did not want to touch Zhang Ou.

Because it was Zhang Ou who helped Liu Che get rid of the influence of Dou Taizhu's team.

At the beginning, Liu Che was actually not qualified to be the heir to the throne. It was all thanks to Empress Dowager Dou who ran around and made various political investments that eventually helped Liu Che ascend to the throne.

After Liu Che became the crown prince, Empress Dou held more than 51% of the shares in his interest group.

It is just like when Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu, and the Lu family invested again and held more than 51% of the shares.

The reason why Empress Dou only has prestige but no political influence now is because of the Chen Ajiao witchcraft case.

Many people thought that this matter was investigated by Zhang Tang, and even when Sima Qian's father recorded it, he wrote that it was Zhang Tang who investigated it.

Actually not.

It was indeed Zhang Tang who investigated the case in the beginning, but he was never able to satisfy all parties and could not give a convincing closing statement.

After all, Zhang Tang was still young at that time.

It happened that Zhang Ou took over the position of Imperial Physician. After Zhang Ou took office, the case was closed in a very short time.

Chen Ajiao was demoted to Changmen Palace, and Empress Dou's original shares plummeted from 51% to 1%.

Although no one outside knew about this incident, it was still recorded in historical materials when history books were written later.

Of course, in the current court, only a few people know that it was Zhang Ou who handled this case so brilliantly.

Liu Che thought about it and decided to tell Huo Hai about this matter.

Huo Hai was stunned.

In other words, theoretically, Zhang Ou held the original shares of Liu Ju's stock.

After all, from the time Wei Zifu came to power to the time Liu Ju came to power, apart from the royal family and Wei Huo's people, the one who contributed the most was Zhufu Yan.

The entire family of Lord Father Yan Nadu was exterminated and their shares were invalidated.

Wei Huo came on stage, managed operations, and enjoyed the glory standing in front of the stage, while Zhang Ou also set up the pillars for this stage.

Among the shares held by people with other surnames, Zhang Ou is actually the largest shareholder.

Sure enough, matters in the court are never so easy to figure out.

Once Zhang Ou is hastily dealt with by using crooked means, it will cause great damage to the legitimacy of Wei and Huo's power. As long as the news spreads, everyone will know that the big-name stocks of your Wei and Huo families are actually fake stocks that will not be redeemed for shares.

The situation is hard to say.

Of course, Liu Che would not tell Huo Hai about this analysis, but Huo Hai could probably understand most of it.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Ou is quite old and really difficult to deal with..."

For someone who has been in the court for his entire life, the resources are too many and too complicated.

Unless someone can come out and take charge, things will really come to a standstill.

Liu Che: "It's good that you know."

"Who told me that being an official was boring and I didn't want to be an official? You may not be able to do well now if you want to do it well." Huo Hai smiled and said, "It's very difficult to break the deadlock within the situation, but it's easy to break the deadlock outside the situation."

Liu Che looked at Huo Hai: "What do you want to do?"

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, are you short of money recently?"

Liu Che nodded: "I want to fight the Huns again."

Things like fighting the Huns have to be done in the spring.

After a cold winter, a lot of people on the grassland froze to death, a lot of people starved to death, and snow disasters killed many people in the tribe.

By the beginning of spring, the horses had lost all their fat and could no longer run.

What about the horses of the Han people? They had plenty of food and grass for the whole winter, and many of them even ate the same food as humans, and were very fat.

Those who are familiar with kinematics know that fat is the fuel tank for organisms when they run.

Of course, people of this era don’t know the principles, but they know the results.

Therefore, we must fight the Huns in the spring.

It's the same reason why the Huns went south to rob during the autumn harvest.

Just after the lean period, everyone was only thinking about getting food, and when robbers came, no one was interested in resisting as long as the situation was not too serious.

The same meaning is used to attack the Huns in spring.

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty can do a lot of things with the money you get. It is best to take a long-term view on the matter of fighting the Xiongnu. The reason... Your Majesty will know it when the river is opened."

Liu Che: "Then we will wait until the day when the canal is opened. I will sell some of my shares and see how the situation develops... Let's not talk about this matter for now."

"Tell me about the Jinyiwei."

Wang He was the Embroidered Robe Envoy. He took to heart all the promises made by Huo Hai and reported them to Emperor Liu Che.

This is the foundation for his livelihood.

Liu Che: "You want to establish the Jinyiwei in order to deprive intelligence from the local governments and the academy? In other words, you don't trust Zhang Qian and Dongfang Shuo?"

At present, there are two main channels for foreign intelligence: one is operated by envoys, and the other is operated by the newly established Confucius Institutes.

The most representative envoy in the business was Zhang Qian.

The action in the Western Regions ten years ago gave him the political capital to become an official.

As long as it was a foreign policy plan proposed by him, Liu Che would agree to it.

But the prerequisite is to achieve results.

This time, there was no achievement against India.

Zhang Qian served as the governor of Shu County for two years, during which he was blocked by Qiang and Hu tribes and Kunming State.

But the new plan proposed by Huo Hai gave Zhang Qian room to implement it.

Now Zhang Qian has been on duty for some time and has received good news.

Of course, other people in Chang'an City knew nothing about this, and all the information fell into Liu Che's hands.

Huo Hai shook his head: "It's not that I don't trust Zhang Qian and Dongfang Shuo. Even if I were to carry out the mission myself, it would be the same."

"Because many of the actions we take externally are not bright and honorable, and many of them are destined not to be carried out in the open."

"If that's the case, then it's very similar to what the Embroidered Robe Envoy does in secret, so naturally we should set up a similar organization to face the outside world."

However, the external and internal aspects are completely different.

Domestically, it mainly depends on politics.

For external matters, the overall interests should be taken into consideration.

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, some envoys may not be able to do some dirty work, so it is better to separate the open and secret things."

Liu Che nodded and shook his head.

Diplomacy is like war.

How long would it take for the news from outside to be transmitted back to Chang'an? How long would it take for me to make a decision and then send it back?

This back and forth took some time.

Even when facing envoys from various countries, which have the power to control the Jinyiwei, there will be information gaps due to the different systems.

But Huo Hai was certain: "Your Majesty, prepare for a rainy day. When the river is opened, everything will be clear."

Liu Che twirled his beard with his orchid fingers: "Do you want to keep me in suspense?"

Doesn’t Liu Che know about gunpowder?

But at this time, Liu Che had no idea of ​​the true power of gunpowder.

He didn't know that even though he had tried his best to imagine the power of gunpowder, he still greatly underestimated it.

Liu Che thought that a firecracker with increased gunpowder could be equivalent to a worker's hammer.

After Liu Che left, Xiang Xu came with Kong Yannian.

Kong Yannian is the twelfth generation descendant of Confucius.

That is, the eleventh generation grandson of Confucius.

One generation later than Kong Anguo.

However, Kong Yannian is about the same age as Kong Anguo, and is even one year older than Kong Anguo.

His father's name was Kong Wu, who was the eldest son of the previous generation of the Kong family.

Although Kong Wu was very capable, he did not live long and died during the reign of Emperor Jing.

Kong Yannian took over the Kong family.

Why did Kong Anguo do the stupid thing of "Prince Lu demolished the old house of Confucius and dug out the Shangshu bamboo slips"?
Isn't it because his brother Kong Wu died too early and his eldest nephew Kong Yannian had no feelings for him, so he had to find a way out for himself?
It is true that living things can find their own way out.

But now, it is Kong Yannian's turn to find a way out.

Others might not know about Kong Anguo's affairs, but how could Kong Yannian not know?

At this time, the Imperial College had only been opened for a few years. Those who had served as doctoral lecturers in the Imperial College included Kong Yannian, Kong Anguo, Xiahou Shichang, Lü Bushu, and Sima Xiangru.

Among them, Sima Xiangru was the oldest and the last to come. He was not a doctor of the Five Classics, but a new doctor. Regardless.

Of the remaining four people, Lu Bushu was close to Kong Anguo.

Xiahou Shichang stood completely behind Kong Yannian.

To put it simply, Xiahou Shichang was promoted to this position by Kong Yannian.

Xiahou Shichang would still report to Kong Yannian about Shi Qing’s large rally in Wannian County and various events that happened in the Imperial Academy.

Therefore, Kong Yannian knew clearly that Lv Bushu had secretly coerced the family of Zhang Tian, ​​a student at the Imperial College, and was arrested by the lieutenant, as well as that Lv Bushu had visited Kong Anguo many times before that.

Kong Yannian doesn’t even know about his second uncle?

As soon as Kong Anguo raised his butt, Kong Yannian knew what he was going to do.

Kong Yannian came up and bowed to Huo Hai, "Master Huo!"

Huo Hai: "Hmm? That's not possible."

You are a higher official than me.

Kong Yannian said directly: "Master Huo, my second uncle is a man of evil intentions. Master Huo, if necessary, I can take the initiative to let the Kong family enforce the family rules."

After saying this, Huo Hai looked at Kong Yannian again.

Kong Yannian was not a well-known person, not even very famous in history, and Huo Hai really didn't know him.

If Huo Hai had read a little history in his previous life, he would know that this official was promoted to general!
Moreover, he was the only one in Liu Ju's party who successfully escaped. Even no one in history has studied how he escaped and how he stayed out of it.

This man can be said to be Huo Guang who was born twenty years earlier.

If he had been born fifteen years later and become the regent, Huo Guang might not have been able to defeat him in the end as he did the other men.

Huo Hai was a little surprised to see that Kong Yannian already knew why he was looking for him.

Seeing that Huo Hai didn't believe him, Kong Yannian turned around and waved.

A strong man came out.

Huo Hai actually knows this person!
This man's surname was Kong, and he was very famous in Chang'an, but Huo Hai never thought that he was from the Kong family.

This man's name is Kong Che.

When Lord Father Yan committed the crime, Emperor Liu Che actually did not want to kill him.

But because of Gongsun Hong's persuasion, Liu Che finally settled the matter by killing Zhufu Yan's entire family.

That might be the last time that Liu Che showed his more human side, trying his best to retain his meritorious officials.

But it still failed.

After that, Liu Che never showed this kind of thing to outsiders again. At most, he was tolerant towards people like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

The most famous person in the incident of Lord Father Yan's extermination of the clan was Kong Che.

Kong Che is not a knight-errant, but he is better than a knight-errant.

When Lord Father Yan died, he had offended all the ministers and princes, and no one dared to collect his body.

But Kong Che, holding a sword in his arms and a pot of wine in his hand, went to collect the body of Lord Father Yan.

It rained heavily in Chang'an that day, but no one dared to trouble him.

Even though Lord Father Yan had forced royal family members to death and offended so many clan members by implementing the Enfeoffment Order, no one dared to cause trouble for these people who were in high positions of power and had a large number of retainers.

Of course, maybe someone secretly sent retainers or even assassins to cause trouble for Kong Che.

But it is obvious that Kong Che is standing here intact.

Huo Hai: "I remember you are from Pei County."

Before the Four Heroes of Maoling, the most famous retainer, assassin, and knight in Chang'an, except for the murdered hero Guo, was Kong Che. Huo Hai certainly knew him.

Kong Che bowed and said, "Master Huo, Kong Che is also a member of the Kong family, but he was born in Pei County."

Kong Yannian: "Master Huo, if you say the word, Kong Che will bring Kong Anguo's head with a three-foot-long sword."

"I know this is a difficult thing for everyone to do. If this is the case, then the Kong family will suffer some losses."

My goodness, is the Kong family suffering a loss?

This clearly solved the internal instability factors and obtained huge favors and political resources from the outside.

Huo Hai shook his head: "I never thought of taking Kong Anguo's life, but they are engaging in conspiracy and intrigue, so it is best for them to be judged by the law."

Kong Yannian said hurriedly: "No!"

"This time is quite special, Lord Huo!"

Huo Hai knew what Kong Yannian meant.

Why did the Kong family come to Chang'an in the first place?
Wasn't it Dong Zhongshu who proposed the theory of the Su Wang, which held that Confucius was the uncrowned king, a saint who had not been canonized?

Since ancient times, there have been sage kings Yao, Shun and Yu. Today's kings inherited the word "king", and Confucius inherited the sage way.

After this set of things came out, the Kong family immediately seized the opportunity, or went all in, and moved to Chang'an with the whole family.

Fight.

The situation is very good these years, and Confucius' reputation has gradually risen, surpassing other philosophers. In time, he will truly become a saint, and it is only inevitable that he will be posthumously named a king.

At this time, if someone in the Kong family had moral problems, it would be difficult to deal with.

Huo Hai looked at Kong Yannian and said, "We were planning to delay this matter and resolve it later."

"As for how to deal with other cases besides the open ones, it is still your majesty's business."

"If your majesty wants to investigate, no one can stop you."

Kong Yannian breathed a sigh of relief.

Based on his understanding of Liu Che, Liu Che didn't care about these trivial matters at all. Why would he care about whether the people behind the case were open or not?

On the contrary, the Kong family needs to take some actions recently to prove that they support the new forces, otherwise it will be difficult in the future.

In fact, Kong Yannian had already thought about this matter carefully.

Huo Hai's actions represent the interests of the military, or in other words, the interests of the military community.

The three great generals in the military, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Gongsun He, were all obviously relatives of the Wei family.

Liu Ju was the only son of Liu Che.

In other words, as long as the Huo family gets involved, things will not change at all and will definitely continue for a long time.

Now Wei Huo’s fight against the Huns is like beating a dog. If the fight goes on like this for a few more years, by then all the rich and powerful people in Chang’an will be new aristocrats. How can they possibly lose?
If we don’t wave the flag and shout out our support now, when will we?!
Huo Hai: "I don't actually need you to do anything, I just want to do business with you."

Kong Yannian: "Write a book?"

Huo Hai shook his head. What kind of book is this? "Building bridges and paving roads."

Kong Yannian was puzzled, I don’t know this either?
Huo Hai: "Soon, all the civil and military officials, as well as the people of Chang'an will go to watch the opening of the new canal of the Wei River. When the time comes, you only need to raise your arms and call for it, and it will be done."

Kong Yannian cupped his hands and said, "The Kong family can take out six million dollars without asking for anything in return."

Huo Hai: "Let's ask for some reward. The more reward we give, the more people will follow us."

The reason for bringing Kong Yannian into the group was to help the Kong family not put all their eggs in one basket.

Even if Kong Anguo was killed at that time, it would not have much impact and would prevent all Confucians from standing on the opposite side.

That's enough.

(End of this chapter)