The question from Emperor Tianqi is obviously meaningful.

Do you dare?

Even at this time, Zhang Jingyi was the prince of Liaodong.

He is a great minister.

But it is another matter to move the Yan Shenggong.

This is no joke.

Confucianism has been growing for two thousand years, and there is no other school in the world, only one Confucianism.

Who in the world knows that this Confucianism has long been a tree with deep roots and lush branches and leaves, and Yan Shenggong is the core of Confucianism.

After all, Confucianism emphasizes etiquette.

What is etiquette? The essence of etiquette is level, different levels, and do their own duties.

In this core, the forty-five-generation grandson of the Confucius Saint Kong Zong was willing to inherit the title of Duke Wenxuan, and was later renamed Yansheng Gong. It has been passed down to the present for 19 generations.

Not to mention earlier, the Kong family was almost all enthroned by emperors of all dynasties. Even during the Song Dynasty, there were cases where the Jurchens, Mongolians and Han dynasties worshipped Yansheng Gong at the same time.

To put it bluntly, the continuation of Yan Shenggong was much longer than that of the Ming Dynasty.

The dynasty can be destroyed and the royal family can be eradicated, but the incense of Yan Shenggong has never been cut off.

Now Yan Shenggong may be involved in the case of Liao General's rebellion.

If we do not investigate, the case may end here.

But continue to check, so how should I check it?

Please come politely and ask for advice with whispers?

But... the difficulty lies in this matter. Once you take serious action against Yan Shenggong, it will inevitably lead to a rebound in the world.

Even if Zhang Jingyi is protected by the emperor now, what about the future?

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The contemporary Yansheng Gong has a very good reputation.

Whenever scholars mention him, they are respectful.

Of course... In fact, Yan Shenggong has a very good reputation.

Even if the guy named Kong Yanzhi took the lead in shaving his hair, left a pigtail braid for himself, and praised Emperor Shunzhi for his wise and powerful spirit, he could still leave a good reputation in the mouths of scholars.

Zhang Jing didn't think too much and said, "Your Majesty... This is the crime of regicide. If you don't investigate it thoroughly, I'm afraid... it will only make these people even more rampant. I have nothing to dare to do. As long as I have one day to be with the Jinyiwei, there will be no room for improvement."

Emperor Tianqi nodded, and he stared at Zhang Jingyi and said, "Then, go and do it. What's going to happen... I'm not afraid, I'm here!"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Yes."

"Just..." Emperor Tianqi said: "You should think clearly again. I... can only protect you for a while, in the future..."

"How can a real man look forward to the front and back?" Zhang Jing said loudly.

However... he also knew very well that if he really did this, he would have to suppress it to death in the future.

Emperor Tianqi did not say anything else to persuade him, but said, "Be careful, I will share hardships with you, and you will share wealth and honor."

Zhang Jingyi immediately received the order and left in a hurry.

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Five days later.

Fast horse to Qufu.

Immediately, a car note was sent to Kong's house.

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.

The Kong family was so shocked that they couldn't speak.

He was speechless for a moment.

Originally, the death of the son-in-law in the Duke's mansion was enough to surprise the whole people of the Confucius mansion.

Now... someone is coming to deliver a ride.

This is unprecedented.

This Yan Shenggong was not only a duke, but also a prince's grandpa. With his status and status, even if he went to Beijing to pay homage, he would need to greet the Grand Secretary himself and be ranked above the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

If the punishment is not given to the doctor, the courtesy cannot be given to the common people.

But this post was summoned by the Jinyiwei.

Once the driver is removed, the person involved must go to the Jinyiwei to report.

This is equivalent to criminal detention in later generations.

This Qianhu Office in Xinxian County actually got off the car post directly, without giving him any face.

Just at this time of turmoil.

Kong Yanzhi seemed very calm.

In all dynasties, Yan Shenggong has never been convicted.

Not to mention being guilty, no one dares to criticize even morally.

So, the Kong Mansion sent a large number of troops to carry Kong Yan into Beijing.

At this time... there were already snow-filled memorials in the court, and they flew into the cabinet one after another.

Not only the officials in Beijing, but also local officials from all over the country also submitted memorials.

Of course, this time, everyone dared not scold Zhang Jingyi. Zhang Jingyi has been at its peak recently, and now he is as hard as Wei Zhongxian.

However, most of the memorials expressed concern about this matter and quoted the scriptures to express the importance of Yansheng Gong.

If all the scholars in Yan Sheng could be humiliated, then wouldn’t all the scholars in the world be humiliated?

There is no movement here in Xinxian.

After Zhang Jingyi gave someone a gift, he naturally continued to do what he should do. He drafted a charter on the Lushun Plan. This plan... is very grand. This may be a huge project in human history that is beyond the imagination of this era.

From smelting, to verification, to repeated trials and errors, and finally manufacturing, and future sea trials, it even includes the training of personnel, the guarantee of craftsmen, and under a large system, it draws a huge blueprint from the hull to the cannon cabin, power, etc.

Under this blueprint alone, seventy-three subsystems are involved, each subsystem involves different disciplines and different skills.

Zhang Jingyi was so scared that there would be any omissions in this.

Anywhere where the chain is lost, it may affect the entire plan.

In order to make the charter beautiful, Zhang Jing initially boasted about how powerful this ironclad ship would be if it could be built in the future...

After all... I have to brag about it if Emperor Tianqi emptied almost half of the treasury, at least I have to give people a lot of room for imagination.

As a subordinate department leader, bragging to the headquarters boss is normal, otherwise how can you apply for a sufficient budget?

Zhang Jingyi even left the back door.

He felt that 50 million taels of silver might not be able to do it.

Report to the lower level first, and when the matter is done most of the time, then find a way to continue to add budgets. At that time, all the money is spent in, and it is not good to give up halfway.

The charter has been roughly formulated.

Zhang Jingyi did not send it to him immediately, but asked Lu Xiangsheng and others to sit in a row, and then he read the future prospects to Lu Xiangsheng and others to listen to.

Then he asked, "After listening, are you feeling excited and interested?"

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, thought about it seriously and said, "Shang Hao, it was mainly the third paragraph that was confused, and one ship hit ten ships, and I always felt a little uneasy!"

Zhang Jingyi said calmly: "Then change it to one as a hundred, and the world is invincible. Well, Your Majesty loves to listen to this..."

Lu Xiangsheng: "..."

So Zhang Jing ran to change the charter again and again excitedly.

He is still too conservative. Lu Xiangsheng was not excited enough to hear it. How could His Majesty get emotional?

After several deletion and modification, the report finally satisfies Zhang Jingyi and finally sent it to him.

After completing such an important thing, Zhang Jingyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time...there was a captain who came to report: "Your Highness, the people from the Confucius Mansion came to Beijing to pay their respects."

Zhang Jing was not surprised at all, nodded calmly and said, "Since that's the case, please summon it immediately."

But the captain said again: "Your Highness, I'm afraid there will be many inconveniences at this time."

Zhang Jingyi frowned slightly and said, "What does it mean to be inconvenience?"

The captain said truthfully: "Before the Lord Yan Sheng had entered the city, ten miles outside the city, many ministers and scholars went to greet him."

So Zhang Jingyi asked again: "Who are they?"

"There are many people in the court, and even Huang Gongren, Sun Gongren and others... have sent their own nephews. Grand Secretary Li Guo and Liu Hongxun went to greet them in person. In addition to the Minister of War Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War, they all took leave... In addition... there are also..."
To be continued...