"You mean, they have other means?"

Zhang Zhiyuan was a little unsure at this time. After all, this is a family of saints that has been around for thousands of years.

He belongs to the Ming Dynasty, a family highly respected by all dynasties, and the only Yanshenggong in the world.

Nowadays, after the Ming Dynasty deposed the official position of the Prime Minister, the court was run by six ministers. As the head of a family of saints, Yanshenggong, although he did not live in the capital, he naturally had a status as a disciple of scholars in the world.

This is the hidden identity of being the number one civil servant in the world.

How many people in the court have never been to Qufu, but still have a feeling of friendship for it in their hearts?

Zhang Zhiyuan didn't dare to think too much, he could only raise his eyes to look at the dark night outside the tent, and let out a soft sigh.

Tang Keke completely lost his previous good mood and whispered: "The Confucius Mansion is surrounded, and we can only do things five miles away. But they can do more things in the capital thousands of miles away.

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As he spoke, Tang Keke folded his hands and faced Zhang Zhiyuan: "When the time comes, I'm afraid Brother Zhang will have to suffer from the imperial court."

Zhang Zhiyuan chuckled: "This department has been ordered to quell the rebellion in Shandong Province. The enemy situation abroad will change rapidly. Even if the imperial court has accountability, it is our responsibility to file a memorial and defend ourselves afterwards. The most important task at the moment is to stop the rebellion in Shandong by any means necessary.

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When Zhang Zhiyuan finished speaking, Tang Keke clapped his hands and stood up to pour him a cup of tea.

The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

Afterwards, they raised their teacups together and drank it all in one gulp.

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boom……

At noon, in the land of Qufu, there was a sudden roar in the wilderness, loud thunder, shaking of the earth's crust, sparks of carbide, and countless flying rocks splashing, falling into the distant fields.

It was now the time when the crops were ripe, and the people walked out of their homes one after another and went into the fields that had been watered and dried to harvest the long-awaited crops.

The flying rocks fell into the fields, and the farmers and common people who bowed their heads in shock stood up and raised their heads in worry, looking outside the Kong Mansion where there had been such a movement for half a month.

Seeing the same group of officers and soldiers, the same trenches, busy harvesting crops, and the common people who could put the rest into rice vats in their own granaries after paying the rent, they lost their panic and curiosity and bowed their heads again.

, harvesting the already heavy crops with deft hands and feet.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Confucius Mansion, which occupies a very large area, has long been covered with yellow and gray spots on its tall white walls that were frequently refreshed.

I don’t know if it was the gunpowder explosion or why.

Every time gunpowder was detonated in the trench five miles away, countless mud chunks would splash and hit the white walls, or fall into the Kong Mansion.

In response to this, the Confucius family has changed from shock and anger on the first night to a state of silence and confirmation that everything is happening day after day.

Even the servants who used to guard the door of the mansion no longer came out in the early days. There were also patches of soil on the closed door.

The trenches were dug deeper and deeper, but the rebellion on Shandong Road seemed to have really disappeared.

According to rumors, the traitor who wanted to come to Qufu to plunder the thousand-year-old saint's family has also disappeared.

People from the Yamen of the Third Division of Shandong Province, as well as Yanzhou Prefecture and Qufu County, all came, seeming to want to persuade the army to make some changes. They just looked at the closed door of the Confucius Mansion, and always used the excuse that the military situation was urgent and busy, but

After Zhang Zhiyuan could not be seen, he could only think of lobbying.

On the other hand, each government office was not far away from the Chinese army camp, and a small camp was built in Qufu County. The county government officials protected the important figures of each government office, and they had to look at the Chinese army camp several times every day.

Camp direction.

It seemed that he wanted to see when Zhang Zhiyuan, who was busy with military affairs all day long, would have time to see them.

No good news has ever reached Shandong Road in Yingtian City, and the rebellion that was originally disturbing seemed to have reached a deadlock.

And in Yingtian City, thousands of miles away.

The turmoil caused by the previous Emperor Lei Ting and Jin Yiwei's arrest of Xiao Ban Chaotang has just been calmed down, and the matter of Beijing inspection has been officially put on the agenda.

His Highness King Qin, who had high hopes from the emperor and was trusted by the crown prince, was busy day and night with disdain.

The voices in the court became quieter and quieter, and everyone felt in danger.

No one wants to be sent to Jinyiweizhao Prison.

These days, anyone who passes by the Jinyiwei Yamen can intuitively hear in their ears the moans and miserable screams of their former colleagues who were imprisoned in Zhao Prison.

only.

This peace will eventually be broken.

Another ten days.

During the imperial meeting in the imperial city, the emperor listened to the government at the imperial gate outside Fengtian Hall, with the crown prince standing beside him.

On a summer morning, with dew and coldness, all officials in Beijing, regardless of their rank or rank, must enter the palace to attend the court.

Starting from the Qianbu Corridor, there are flowers and willows all the way, and everything you see is dressed as an animal. However, there is a clear distinction between civil and military forces.

The civil servants lined up and walked towards the palace in order, according to the color of their clothes and beards.

The military attaches, however, lacked distinctions in rank and were in groups. If they were not in the palace, they would all be hanging around each other.

"Your Highness, will you continue your western tour this time, or will you divert your way back to Beijing? If so, when will you come back?"

The speaker was Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, and beside him were Chen Huan, the Marquis of Puding, Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Shunshang, He Rong, the Bo of Dongguan, Sang Jing, the Bo of Huixian, and others.

A few people did not speak, but looked at Du Du Tang Li, the commander of the Chinese Army Governor's Office, who was walking in front, and Chang Sen, the commander of the Forbidden Army, who was walking side by side.

When Duke Kaiguo, Duke Cao, Duke Liang, Marquis Xiping and others led their troops out, these two were the leaders of the generals in the capital.

The generals were already very close to each other, unlike the civil servants who had to keep their distance apart.

The words behind him naturally reached the ears of Tang Li and Chang Sen who were walking at the front.

Tang Li turned his head slightly and looked sideways at Chang Sen, who was leading the imperial army.

Chang Sen shook his head. Ever since his elder brother led the army south and took on the errand of being the commander of the Forbidden Army, the Chang family has become increasingly low-key in Yingtian City.

You can't be too ostentatious in the limelight, especially now that your nephew has become the grandson of the emperor who oversees the country, and you have the same power as your majesty.

He also looked sideways at Tang Li, the brother-in-law of the emperor's grandson.

All in all, the two families were originally nobles from the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and they were both royal in-laws, and now they are even more closely related.

Tang Li also shook his head. How could he know what Chang Sen didn't know?

Dongguan Bo He Rong saw that the first two people were silent, so he raised his voice and said: "The rebellion in Henan Road has been put down, but the rebellion in Shandong Road has not been put down yet. How long will it take? That Zhang Zhiyuan heard that he was a famous man under King Yan.

How can you, the little murderer, go south from the Great Wall to Shandong Road and not be able to kill?"

It looked like he was complaining about being disgusted, but no one laughed in agreement. Instead, they looked sideways at the group of civil servants on the other side with dark eyes and neat movements.

"There was no killing god in the Ming Dynasty, only generals and soldiers loyal to His Majesty."

He and Tang Li were walking in front, and Chang Sen, the commander of the imperial army who had never spoken a word, finally turned around and said something.

He Rong immediately lowered his head and smiled.

Around him, the remaining people also smiled and even laughed softly.

From time to time, he looked at the group of civil servants opposite, and his eyes became more and more profound and expectant.

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Chapter completed!