Father can be an enemy to the country

Yanzhou, outside the gate of Dezheng.

A messenger fell from the hanging basket and came to Yan Shenggong's car to deliver the message.

"What? I still have to sit in the hanging basket?" Kong Ne's ink has been written to this day, but it's actually because he doesn't want to sit in the hanging basket.

"Your Majesty said that if Duke Yan Sheng doesn't want to sit in the hanging basket, please climb up the city wall himself." The messenger replied.

"What are you doing? Climb up!" Kong Ne looked at the three to five feet high city wall and broke through the defense on the spot.

Fortunately, the people around him were professionally trained and could hold back their smiles, but their expressions were inevitably a little weird.

"This, how is it possible to climb up here?" Meng Keren said helplessly.

"Then let's sit in the hanging basket." The messenger said expressionlessly: "The prince is still waiting for you, don't wait and choose quickly."

"..." Kong Ne was so angry that he almost turned around and walked away, but when he saw the palace guards who went to Qufu to pick him up, he stopped again.

He estimated that if he dared to leave, they would tie him up and hang him up in the city. Wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?

"If it doesn't work, why don't I go up in the hanging basket and talk to the prince first?" Meng Keren saw his embarrassment, so he took the initiative to ask for help: "Anyway, I am just a little doctor of the Five Classics, so there is no shame in sitting on the hanging basket."

"What does that look like?" Kong Ne let out a long breath, and finally compromised in pain and said, "I'll just sit down."

~~

The gondola is the only legal way to enter and exit the city when the city gates are closed. People sit in a water tank-like basket on or under the city, and then the soldiers at the top of the city use a windlass to lift it up and put it down.

During this process, for safety reasons, people have to sit in the basket and hold the basket tightly with both hands, which does not look very elegant.

But in fact, everyone has this attitude. As long as you don't take yourself too seriously, no one will laugh at you. On the contrary, people like Yan Shenggong who resisted and refused to sit down and had to sit down in the end would attract the ridicule of the sergeant at the head of the city.

From the moment he stood in the basket, bursts of laughter could be heard from the top of the city. Seeing that Sheng Gong was blushing, Meng Keren shouted loudly: "Stop laughing! What's so funny? Who dares to be disrespectful to the Lord? Go up and ask your superiors to punish him severely!"

"..." The sergeants' laughter gradually stopped.

"Master, please sit down. If you stand like this, you will fall down if you shake the windlass." Deng Duo stood beside the windlass and said loudly to the people in the city. He knew very well that the prince wanted to give Yan Shenggong a show of strength, but he had to be careful about the timing, so he came in person.

"I can just stand." Kong Ne felt that sitting down was too inelegant, so he had to stay standing.

"Then it's up to you." Deng Duo chuckled and ordered the two sergeants rocking the oars: "Roll slower."

Amidst the squeaking sound of the windlass, the rope stretched straight and the basket was lifted up at once. Kong Ne felt his feet shake violently and almost fell out of the basket. He was so frightened that he quickly squatted down and held on to the rope tightly.

The soldiers' laughter sounded again from the top of the city. Kongner was so smelly that his ears felt like they were on fire. In order to maintain his final dignity, he squatted in the basket and refused to sit down.

Who knew that this gesture was even more indecent and made the soldiers laugh.

At this time, Deng Duo glanced at the sergeant who was rocking the oar, and the two of them suddenly accelerated their speed.

The basket rose up in the air and shook violently, causing Confucius to scream in silence.

The sergeants at the top of the city had already fallen to the ground laughing...

Fortunately, Deng Duo had some sense and only teased him a little, then ordered the soldiers to pull him up quickly.

After Kong Ne came up, his legs were as soft as noodles. He was helped out of the basket by the soldiers. There is no doubt that if he teases him a little more, the dignified Duke Yan will wet his pants.

"Oh, sir, are you afraid of heights?" Deng Duo said deliberately, "It's really hard for me."

"It would be better if I didn't shake it..." Kong Ne didn't even have the strength to get angry, and said bitterly: "That shake made my soul fly away!"

"I can't help it, there happened to be a gust of wind." Deng Duo lied with his eyes open. There was no wind at all today.

"That's a coincidence!" Kong Ne's teeth were almost broken.

But the other party was the Sixth Prince's personal guard commander, so what could he do? They could only knock out their teeth and swallow the blood in their stomachs. When Meng Keren came up, the two of them hurriedly left the city and stayed away from these smelly Qiuba.

~~

After Zhu Zhen finished chatting with the two Shandong officials, Gaotie reported that Yan Shenggong and Meng Keren were here.

Hu Rang then asked for instructions: "How about we resign first?"

"No, I told you that you would accompany me to receive him." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "If there is anything we can discuss together, there is no need for me to send messages separately."

After a pause, he smiled slyly and said, "Besides, I can dispel the charm for you..."

"Yes." The two of them hurriedly agreed, thinking that it seemed that the prince went to Qufu a while ago and did not leave a good impression.

~~

Zhu Zhen took Zhu Xiongying out for a trip, and it was impossible for him to stay motionless in Prince Lu's palace all day. Two outings were arranged in more than a month, one to Mount Tai, two hundred miles away, to offer incense, and to let Master Tian see what the future emperor would look like.

Another time, I went to Qufu to offer incense to the Confucius Temple. During that trip to the Confucius Mansion, he was really shocked by the Confucian family's claim that "Qufu is the Confucius Mansion". That aristocratic manor that has been hereditary for thousands of years is really more like a royal palace than Prince Lu's palace.

After he came back, he asked someone to investigate and found out that there was actually a court hall in Yan Shenggong's mansion, and that the main hall, second hall, and third hall were all available. If any member of the Kong family, tenants, temple households, servants, etc. of the Kong family violate the "law", the government can summon them or terminate the marriage on their own initiative.

With a red sign, you can catch anyone at will, and with a green sign, you can hit anyone at will. The Confucius Mansion also claimed that the emperor gave Yan Shenggong a tiger-tail stick, a wild goose-winged jade stick, and a gold-headed jade stick, and he could kill someone with it without paying for his life. Zhu Zhen checked and couldn't figure out which emperor gave it to him. Anyway, it was definitely not from Emperor Hongwu.

Yanshengong Mansion also has a complete set of political institutions and management systems. There are six halls inside: Zhiyin, Zhangshu, Baihu, Guangou, Classics and Siyue. Among them, the Guangou Office is in charge of rent collection, and it has the "Guangou Yamen" under it, with more than a thousand Guangou agents.

In addition, the Baihu Hall, which is in charge of guarding the Lin Temple, also has the "Baihu Yamen", which has a "guard team" of thousands of people.

And it is said that more than forty official positions, including the magistrate of Qufu, are under the strict control of Duke Yansheng. All officials who come to Shandong to take office must first go to Confucius Mansion to pay homage to the dock, so his power is definitely not limited to Qufu.

This is why Zhu Zhen wanted to bring Duke Yan Sheng over. Even if he didn't participate in this province-wide riot, he definitely knew about it!

As for why he asked Deng Duo to clean up Kong Ne, it was purely because the newly appointed Duke Yansheng was too young and energetic, and his appearance was actually bigger than their brothers. He had to let him know who was the boss so that everyone could talk easily.