Father can be an enemy to the country

"At that time, I was very angry at King Lu's atrocities. I felt that this might be a way to punish him. In addition, I felt that King Qi was also sincere and filial, so I did not firmly oppose it." Kong Ne said and quickly added:

"At that time, I didn't know that the prince would come to Yanzhou in person, otherwise he would definitely not agree."

"It's an understatement to avoid seriousness! Old Ten has been doing evil for so long, so you have been slapped with a bullet?! Would your Kong family offend a prince for the sake of ordinary people? Are you lying!" Zhu Zhen slapped the table and shouted:

"You picked yourself too cleanly! If you continue to play tricks on me, I will send this box of paper to the capital right now!"

"..." Kong Ne has long heard about the horror of Lao Liu, but only by experiencing it personally can he realize the horror of crushing a person's body to pieces, ripping out the heart and lungs, and even drying out the bone marrow for you!

In front of him, trying to preserve the last dignity and the last secret is all nonsense.

"Yes! We also have our own goals!" Kong Ne was completely overcome, and he explained:

"Hu Fantai has decided to implement the new policies of the imperial court in the whole province after the autumn harvest. Cleaning up the land, compiling the yellow book, and promoting Lijia... For those of us whose ancestors have accumulated virtues and have quite a few land tenants, these three measures are the most important ones. human life.”

"I guess so." Zhu Zhen snorted coldly and said: "People say that the South and the North Confucius each occupy half of the eastern half of Jiangxi and Shandong. They worry about the South and the North, how can you guys not worry about the North Confucius?"

"Yes, it is precisely because we saw the fate of Zhang Tianshi's family that we are as afraid of the New Deal." Meng Keren said with a bitter face.

"..." Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes at him. Only then did Meng Keren remember who was behind Nan Zhang's disintegration. He was frightened and quickly shut up.

"Master Wang said that as long as the revolting people add opposition to the New Deal to their demands, no matter what the final result is, Shandong's New Deal will definitely run aground." Kong Ne said dejectedly:

"I was obsessed at the time, and I actually thought this was a good thing where everyone gets what he needs - the people took care of King Lu, and King Qi protected himself through meritorious service, and we could also avoid the poison of the New Deal, and everyone benefited, so I agreed Help me say hello and ask the gentry from all over the country to cooperate..."

After saying that, he said with a sad face: "Everything I said this time is absolutely true. If there is even half a lie, I will be struck by lightning if I go out."

"Then I'll believe you for once." Zhu Zhen said calmly: "But considering your crime, just confessing is far from enough leniency."

"Yes, I will definitely do meritorious deeds and try to get my merits to be exonerated!" Kong Ne, however, seemed to be grasping at straws and nodded hurriedly.

"Let's do this. I will give you three days. If the situation in the province can be calmed down, I will let you go this time." Zhu Zhen looked at Kong Ne and said: "How about it, this condition is generous enough, right? ?”

"Yes, Your Majesty is really magnanimous." Kong Ne nodded hurriedly, and said with a grimace: "But firstly, three days is too short, and it is not enough for my people to travel all over the province. Secondly, I have to do this. It’s really not the mastermind. It’s impossible for us to stop people from making trouble. We can only let the wealthy gentry from all over the country try their best to persuade and appease the people, but at least the people of the great leader Wang cannot listen to us. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." Meng Keren echoed: "The real mastermind is in Qingzhou, His Highness Prince Qi..."

"You don't have to worry about Qingzhou. My brother, I, will take care of it." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said: "You just need to do your own things well - I will give you two more days, five days at most. I want the people of Shandong The change is over and the market has returned to normal.”

"No more bargaining!" Finally, he ordered arrogantly: "No matter what method you use, you must do it for me, otherwise you will wait for me to deal with you! Do you understand?"

"Yes..." Kong Na and Meng Keren had no choice but to agree.

"Time is tight and the task is heavy, so I won't leave you to eat." Zhu Zhen waved his hand: "Go ahead."

~~

So the two of them went down to the top of the city in a hanging basket.

This time Yan Shenggong huddled in the basket and didn't say a word the whole time, his eyes were straight, and his ears were filled with the sad sound of erhu...

Hu Rang and Wu Yin, who came to see each other off, stood on the top of the city and watched this scene. They couldn't help but sigh to themselves, they were disenchanted, really disenchanted...

From now on, at least in front of them, Kong Na would never try to show off the Holy Duke's arrogance.

"But I still admire Mr. Yan Shenggong," Hu Rang suddenly whispered to Wu Yin: "With power and change, he can be regarded as a hero."

"That's right." Wu Yin nodded and couldn't help but chuckled, "It's a craft passed down from our ancestors."

His ancestral ‘ancestor’ is not Confucius, but Duke Yan Shenggong, the Duke of Wenxuan of the past dynasties…

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and stopped fighting.

~~

In that room, once the outsiders left, Eleven and Twelve finally no longer had to be a gourd.

"Oh, it's suffocating me to death." Lao Twelve poured a cup of tea and wiped his mouth randomly and said, "I didn't dare to say a word this whole afternoon."

"You clearly said it." Old Eleven said seriously: "'Bandits come like combs, soldiers come like grates'..."

"That's all." Old Twelve curled his lips: "You are so boring."

"Why, are you bored?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

"Not at all!" Lao Twelve shook his head like a rattle and said with a smile: "It's so satisfying to see the dignified Yanshenggong in such an ugly state, isn't it?"

"I didn't expect that the descendants of Confucius and Mencius would be so evil-hearted," Old Eleven said with a disappointed look on his face: "He talks about benevolence and seeking justice, but for his own selfish interests, he secretly incites the common people to cause trouble. It really embarrasses our ancestors."

"Haha, the royal family of a dynasty will decay to the point of being stinky in at most two or three hundred years. It's amazing that a family that has been passed down for thousands of years can still maintain its bright appearance." Zhu Zhen said lightly: "It can be seen that Confucius’ method is still very effective in maintaining stability.”

"Humph, it's all superficial!" Lao Twelve pointed at the box angrily and said: "The complaints here are not fake. They were all sorted out by me and Brother Eleven. They are all fellow Shandong fellows. Blood and tears!”

"Of course. But as long as their skins are not peeled off and the smelly meat inside is exposed, they can still be used as tablets." Zhu Zhen sighed softly: "After all, the imperial court needs such a tablet, and no one knows , would it be a good idea to replace him with Nan Kong?”

"Why, did Sixth Brother just scare Duke Yan?" Lao Twelve asked in surprise, "I didn't realize it was a lie at all."

"Of course it's not false." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "How the game develops in the future depends entirely on their performance. In fact, what I hope more is that the south hole and the north hole take turns to be the boss."