Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 258 Shocking Reward
Kong Renjing spat out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.

The junior behind him hugged him vigorously, and looked at Kong Xianglian pleadingly.

Kong Xianglian frowned slightly, and bowed to Liu Hong for instructions: "Your Highness, my nephew has been spoiled very much since I was a child. Today, I offended His Highness with words. Please forgive me. I will strictly discipline you when I go back, and I will never let you It's a repeat offense."

Liu Hong nodded in satisfaction. Kong Renjing's life or death is irrelevant. Today, he can arouse Kong Xianglian's ambition and put a knife in the heart of the Kong family. This is the greatest gain.

Besides, Kong Xianglian is very upright, he has already shown his loyalty to himself before the imperial seal arrives.

Listen, he wants to go back and discipline Kong Renjing strictly.

Kong Renjing is a little stupid, but he has a special status. He is the younger brother of the contemporary Yan Shenggong and one of the people in power in the direct branch of the Kong family.

The hidden meaning in Kong Xianglian's words is already obvious. As long as the emperor seals it, he will start a war with the direct branch of the Kong family or the lineage of Yan Sheng Gong Kong Renxuan.

"Of course I believe in Kong Qing, but Kong Renjing is rebellious and rude, and he is suspected of rebellion..."

Holding on to Kong Renjing, the younger generation of the Kong family thumped in his heart, and his face turned pale.

Fortunately, Liu Hong didn't pant heavily. He glanced at Kong Renjing, who was unconscious, and continued with a cold snort, "For Kong Qing's sake, I can spare him the net. I won Kong Renjing's royal seal and reward. Shandong proposed If he learns the Tao and strips him of his fame, three generations of his descendants will not be allowed to take the exam!"

puff!
I don't know when Kong Renjing woke up, but it doesn't matter anymore.

After Liu Hong announced his punishment just now, another mouthful of old blood spewed out. This time, he really fainted, his face was as golden as paper, like a dead person.

There were already officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Etiquette in the front hall of the Wei Mansion, and a few of them sneaked together to discuss in a low voice what Liu Hong should do with Kong Renjing.

One of them felt that the punishment was too heavy and wanted to refute it, but was quietly held back by his colleagues.

"Brother Du, don't be impulsive. It's probably not His Highness's intention. Think about that "The Analects of Confucius"..."

"Brother Dong's meaning, is this the meaning of the great minister? Could it be that the great minister wants to take action against the Kong family? It makes sense, after all, the Kong family killed the grandson of the great minister."

"No, no, think higher!"

"I also feel the same way. Your Highness has as much power as your Majesty. The Second Sage is still alive. Your Highness dares to attack the Kong family directly, stripping off the official clothes of the Kong family's direct branch without a holy order." , if it is said that there is no intention of the two saints, who would believe it?"

hiss!
The few people around all took a deep breath, and looked in horror at Liu Hong who was having a cordial conversation with Kong Xianglian.

The few of them discussed in a low voice, but Jia Cong, who was gossip, still got the general idea.

Jia Cong secretly smiled: Fourth Brother is simply the most stable prince in history, and the second saint wishes that Fourth Brother would participate in the government early.

It's just stripping off the official clothes and fame of the little Kong family. Believe it or not, the fourth brother is going crazy and threatening to destroy Yanshenggong's mansion today, and the second sage will try his best to erase the traces of the existence of Yanshenggong's mansion.

After the lesson of the former prince, the old man of the sage poured all his efforts into Liu Hong, the grandson.

Not to mention the emperor, he himself suffered from not receiving the orthodox education of emperors, and wished to teach Liu Hong tied to his belt every day.

How difficult it is to train a qualified heir to the dynasty, Er Sheng is like a mirror in his heart.As long as Liu Hong didn't get rid of the matter of killing his father and younger brother, it would not be worth mentioning to make mistakes that men would make.

"The saint is coming!"

"His Majesty is here!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

Perhaps in order to confirm the guesses of several people, the two saints came together.

Everyone bowed and bowed and shouted long live, the emperor Liu Heng supported the Supreme Emperor, Dai Quan supported the chief minister Wei Qinghe, and the three most powerful and powerful figures in the dynasty nodded to the crowd.

"Be flat."

The Supreme Emperor raised his hand and said with a smile: "Old man Wei is celebrating his birthday today. As an old friend, I am here to celebrate his birthday. This is not the Forbidden City, so don't be restrained. You should eat what you want, and you should have fun. Hong'er, Your teacher celebrates his birthday, what about your birthday gift? Hurry up and get it out."

Liu Hong took a step forward and bowed to Wei Qinghe: "The students wish the teacher a blessing like the East China Sea and a long life than the South Mountain. To celebrate the teacher's birthday, the students specially found a jade statue of the Antarctic fairy..."

Ok?
Why do I have a bad premonition?

Liu Hong nodded to Xia Shouzhong, Xia Shouzhong secretly glanced at the Supreme Emperor, gritted his teeth and walked out.

After a while, he came in with a big Han general holding a big brocade box in his arms.

The moment the brocade box was opened, the face of the Supreme Emperor almost turned green.

This turtle grandson, take your grandfather's treasure to be filial to your teacher, right?The prodigal son, the prodigal son, I don't feel sorry for the son...

The corners of Wei Qinghe's mouth twitched up. He is a frequent visitor to the Dragon Head Palace, so he naturally knew that this jade statue was the heart of the Supreme Emperor, so he raised his eyebrows at the Supreme Emperor: "The gift from the Fourth Highness looks very familiar to me, it seems to be from a saint. Love things, the old minister is ashamed to accept it."

"I've brought it all, you just accept it. I don't have any good things, isn't it just a jade statue?"

Distressed, distressed, Hanhan's grandson is too irritating, old man Wei obviously provoked me on purpose!
"Take it away, take it away, out of sight, out of mind!"

Accidentally speaking the truth, Wei Qinghe felt much relieved.

Just now the Supreme Emperor swept away several sets of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, if he didn't get them back, his thoughts would not be clear.

"Who is this person? Why is he lying on the ground? What's the matter with the blood?"

The Supreme Emperor was a little embarrassed, and just changed the topic with Kong Renjing who was half lying on the ground.

Liu Hong roughly talked about what happened just now, and the Supreme Emperor waved his hand impatiently: "It's such an annoying thing again, Hong'er, you can deal with it. Who is that...Kong Xianglian, right? Go back and teach the children of the Kong family, don't worry about it. Embarrassing Confucius. Old man Wei, hurry up and send someone to wash the floor. What about singing and dancing? What about fine wine? Are you going to make me hungry?"

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Wei Qinghe is not only the prince's grand teacher, but also the first teacher of the current emperor, and his status is extremely special.

The Supreme Emperor sits at the top, Wei Qinghe is on the left, and Emperor Liu Heng is on the right.Then came the fourth prince Liu Hong and Liu Hong's little friend Jia Cong.

Sitting next to Wei Qinghe were the elders in the court and the wise men in the field. There were ten people sitting at the round table.

The singing and dancing are just embellishments, the highlight of today has actually been put on the bright side by Wei Qinghe, and that is Lin Ruhai's new book "The Analects of Confucius".

If it was said that the shock when he just took out this book was enough for everyone to discuss, then what Wei Qinghe said after drinking for three rounds was enough to make the government and the opposition Shilin fry.

"This method of sentence reading was created by Rong Enbo's son Jia Cong. The imperial envoy visited Lin Ruhai, the prefectural and salt official of the Jiangnan states, and his daughter perfected this method, and Lin Ruhai personally tried out sentence reading annotations in "The Analects of Confucius". I just calibrated it. "

The sound of silk and bamboo made up, but everyone has lost interest in singing and dancing.

There was an uproar in the hall, some people even held their wine glasses in a daze, their mouths opened wide and they didn't know what to say.

Wei Qinghe bowed his hands to Liu Heng: "Your Majesty, this method has made great contributions to culture and education. Whether it is Jia Cong who pioneered this method, or Lin Ruhai and the girl from the Lin family who are responsible for perfecting it, they should all be rewarded."

"The great minister is right, and I have the same intention. However, the great minister missed a hero. If there is no calibration by the great minister, there will be many mistakes and omissions in the little ink in Jia Cong's stomach."

Liu Heng deliberately exaggerated Wei Qinghe's contribution, Wei Qinghe made a modest resignation, and in the end it was the Supreme Emperor who made up his mind and announced the reward on the spot.

"Dr. Guanglu, Zuo Zhuguo, Taizi Taifu, Wei Qinghe, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, were appointed by imperial edicts, and Linjianghou, a minister who was sincerely guarding the text by Fengtian Yiyun, was specially bestowed on the hereditary three generations."

"Dr. Jin Jiayi, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the imperial envoy to inspect the prefectures and roads in the south of the Yangtze River, Lin Ruhai, the official of Zhongfeng, Zheng Zhiqing, and Youdu Yushi."

"Jin Prince Zuo Wei led, Habayashi Lang general Jia Cong was Zizhi Shaoyin, Qingche Duwei and General Zhaoyong."

"I ordered Lin Ruhai's daughter to be the head of Wen'an County, and gave the county head ceremonial guards. I have two swords and two melons. One red Luo embroidered treasure-faced flower umbrella, and Qingluo embroidered treasure-faced flower fans. Fifty soldiers and guards. Enjoy the princess's salary, posthumously designate his mother Jia as the second-rank wife, order the Suzhou government to build a plaque and erect a monument, and the Ministry of Rites to offer sacrifices."

"Order the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy to re-edit the Four Books and Five Classics with a new-style sentence-reading method. From now on, all provinces and vassals will use the new-style sentence-reading method to prevail in memorials, official documents, and imperial examinations..."

Although the official reward edict has not yet come down, the capital has been boiling in a very short period of time.

Among them, the most talked about is not Jia Cong, who created a new method of sentence reading, but Wei Qinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet who was appointed as a marquis by civil servants, and Lin Daiyu, who was appointed as the head of Wen'an County.

As for Jia Cong and Lin Ruhai's rewards, they were only promoted to one level, and most of them were useless posts.

Wei Qinghe is different. Civil servants are appointed as marquises. Except for a few ministers who followed the dragon at the founding of the country, Mr. Wei has set a precedent today.

Many people are speculating on the deep meaning of Ersheng's actions. The most credible statement is that Ersheng wants to push Wei Qinghe out to fight the Confucian family in Qufu.

The daughter of the Lin family was honored by her mother-in-law's family, and Lin Ruhai was obviously on the side of the emperor and Wei Qinghe.

As soon as Jia Cong returned home, the emperor slipped him into the garden and scolded him all over his face.

"The courage is getting bigger and bigger. Who do you think you are? Dare to fight openly against the Confucius family in Qufu. Do you really think that you can do whatever you want with a hard fist? If it weren't for Hong'er to stand in front, believe it or not, the spittle of those literati will not pass for a few days The stars can drown you!"

The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became, and he took several consecutive shots on Jia Cong's head.

This little bastard is the key to his future layout of the court, and he must not be excluded from the circle of literati.

Jia Cong took advantage of the opportunity to hide behind the Supreme Emperor, and said with a grievance: "The Kong family is too arrogant, they dare to scold me and say that the fourth brother is partial to the side, I can't be angry. Besides, I haven't done anything yet. Well, fourth brother stopped me..."

"Dare to be stubborn?"

Liu Heng was about to get angry again, but was glared at by the Supreme Emperor: "Okay, so what if you really hit someone?"

"Father, that's no ordinary civil servant, it's the Confucius family in Qufu!"

"What about the Kong family?"

The Supreme Emperor rubbed Jia Cong's head, patted it lightly, and said, "Go back and study hard. Don't bother about the Confucius family, and don't worry about the new-style sentence reading method. When hunting in a few days, I will I will personally test you, but if you fail the test, I will hang you on the shaft gate and whip you!"

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Master Sage, I will keep my ears shut and only read the books of sages and sages. I will never let you down."

After saying that, he was about to retreat, but he saw the emperor glaring at him...

uh~
Jia Cong slipped to the wall, moved slowly along the wall, and as soon as he went out, he ran away like the wind without a trace.

"Fourth, you are too cautious."

The Taishanghuang sat by the stove, drank a small wine... fruity wine, and smiled slightly: "Now is not the time when the country was founded. Why did the Taizu resist the disgust and confer the title of the Confucian family in Qufu? Isn't it because they control the scholarly literary world? What about now?" ?The imperial court is the sacred place for scholars in the world. In the court, it is Tian Shelang, and in the evening, it is in the Tianzitang. What is the purpose of studying the imperial examination? It is to be an official!"

Liu Heng gradually regained his composure, and he asked respectfully, "Your father is saying that the Confucian family in Qufu is no longer able to control the scholars?"

"Well, time has changed, and a thousand-year-old family can't stand the pretensions of three generations of fools. The Kong family has gradually lost the admiration of scholars all over the world. They have forgotten why the Kong family was able to win the attention of scholars. Support. When the reputation is ruined, if you want to save it, you have to scrape the bone to treat the poison, but does the Kong family have the courage?"

The Supreme Emperor smiled contemptuously: "Hong'er's performance today impresses me, especially for provoking a split in the Kong family. I did not expect this move."

Thinking of Liu Hong's miraculous work in the Wei Mansion today, the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor both laughed.

The children and grandchildren are promising, and the joy of successors is the same regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

The emperor took up the topic: "Hong'er's move also feels useful to my son. The Confucian family in Qufu attaches too much importance to the distinction between the son and the concubine. Now the descendant branch is stupid and unusable. On the contrary, there are many talented people in the concubine branch. Like Kong Xianglian today. It is one of them, if Kong Xianglian and Kong Renxuan can really fight, my son is sure to win Qufu without bloodshed."

"Not only Kong Xianglian, old man Wei is also a sharp knife."

The Supreme Emperor patted the brand-new "Analects of Confucius" on the table next to him, and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for giving you and Hong'er some leeway, I would definitely push Old Man Wei to the position of Duke today. The saint who died in the world, do you still have to think about which side the scholars in the world should stand on?"

"In this case, isn't Master Wei going to face the Kong family directly?"

After all, it was his first teacher, so the emperor felt a little guilty in his heart.

However, the Supreme Emperor burst out laughing, and it took him a long time to explain: "Fourth brother, you still don't understand, the thing that old man Wei wants to do the most in his life is not to be a butcher for officials, but to break the Qufu Confucian family's respect for scholars all over the world." Imprisonment!"

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　Thanks to the book friend tail number 5422 for the reward!
　　I couldn't make up today, sorry, part of the writing is out of line, I changed the plot again, and I will make up tomorrow.

　　
　
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