"Kong Xixue! You are so brave!"
"Are you trying to sow discord between Gu and the fifth brother?"
Zhu Biao's expression changed when he heard what Kong Xixue said. It is not a secret that King Zhou suggested that the prince allow his great-grandson to go out for more cruises. Now that the great-grandson has contracted the epidemic due to travel, if he insists on it, King Zhu Su of Zhou is indeed suspicious.
"His Royal Highness, your loyal words are hard on your ears." Kong Xixue, however, Shi Shiran said to Zhu Biao, and then turned to Lao Zhu and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty has always loved you, and I also hope that tomorrow we will have a loving father and a filial son, and we will rule the country together. "
"Even if the Tang Dynasty was as prosperous as Zhenguan, there would still be troubles among brothers. The Fifth Highness made friends with border generals, and many generals in Liaodong and Jizhen were favored by him. He also had a great reputation and married women of the Xu family. Yingzhou, He Lin Jie can be his wing. Furthermore, if he preaches the new school and allows disciples of the new school to serve as officials, it will only take a few years for everyone in the court to become disciples of His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"As a prince, he has the three major powers of military, government and finance in one body. He is too powerful to lose. If the Ming Dynasty wants to have long-term peace and stability, it must not cause the disaster of Xiao Qiang!"
"Even if Your Majesty prefers the fifth prince, the safety of His Highness Taisun and the safety of our country, the Ming Dynasty, should be the first priority!"
The more Kong Xixue talked, the more excited he became. Finally, he kowtowed and every word sounded like tears. He came prepared, and had already formulated the reason to target the emperor on the basis of "complying with the way of heaven and saving the grandson", and to target the prince on the basis of "the king of Zhou has great power and brings trouble to Xiao Qiang". The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in front of him was indeed wise, powerful and decisive. But the wiser the emperor, the more suspicious he was. People's hearts are often unable to withstand instigation. Even if I just opened a gap today, from now on, the Holy Family of the Fifth Prince will definitely be worse than before.
If the fifth prince loses his holy support, the new learning will definitely suffer setbacks. If the new learning suffered a setback, it would be difficult to reform the imperial examination system. As long as the old school of stereotyped writing always has the upper hand in the examination room, then all the literati in the world will still be his disciples and former officials of the Confucius family.
Even if the Kong family is in trouble now, it will rise again in a few generations.
There is no need to worry about the emperor supporting Nanzong... Nanzong has taken the initiative to join the new school. As long as it defeats the new school, Nanzong will naturally lose its reputation in the eyes of the scholars.
Using the power of smallpox this time, Duke Yansheng's Mansion can continue to prosper for eternity... This is Kong Xixue's plan.
"Father, Mr. Yansheng has provoked my Tian family's family ties, please punish him!" Zhu Biao knelt down with his fists clasped, his face angry.
Lao Zhu's expression seemed a bit uncertain, making it difficult to see the depth. In the eyes of the ministers, this look seemed like the emperor had been persuaded by Yan Shenggong's words. There was silence in the Fengtian Palace for a while, and the emperor opened his mouth to ask: "You...also think what Duke Yan Sheng said is correct?"
Many of the ministers kneeling on the ground looked at each other, and each of them summarized the situation in his mind. They felt that they were almost certain to overthrow Xin Xue, so they said in unison: "Your Majesty, we do believe that what Duke Yan Sheng said is true."
Lao Zhu raised his hand and stopped Ru Taisu, Yan Xizhe and other new officials who wanted to argue. Instead, he asked again: "Have you really thought about it?"
"Do you really want to agree with what Duke Yan Sheng said just now?"
"Yes. We second the proposal." Now the situation is already on the string. As long as the string is loosened and fired, Xinxue will be defeated in a moment. How could these people miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
"Okay." Lao Zhu stood up, with a somewhat meaningful expression on his face. He looked at the new commander of the Imperial Guard who was guarding him.
"Jiang Yu."
"I'm here."
"Send all the court officials and adults who seconded the proposal to the Zhenfusi Prison for torture!"
As soon as these words came out, Fengtian Palace fell into a deathly silence.
Kong Xixue's confident expression was still frozen on his face, but his heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.
"It's outrageous. Our soldiers are holding their breath to open up new territories for our Ming Dynasty; our sons are so focused on solving our father's problems that they even voluntarily sent us to a barren land. "Lao Zhu, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally began to vent his anger. He pointed at the civil servants kneeling on the ground with hatred, his eyes seemed to want to choose these people and devour them.
"It's strange that you civil servants are here talking and talking, trying to dig up the foundation of our Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I think of the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly!" The one who reacted the fastest was Kong Xixue. The other officials were shocked by Lao Zhu's anger, and he had already begun to take the lead in calling for Tianqu.
"Your Majesty, now that the country of China has been settled, the world is at peace. Your Highness, the Fifth Highness, has come up with new ideas to seduce Your Majesty into going military. He must have wolfish ambitions!"
"The sky is clear... We are waiting, we are all doing it for the country of Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty!"
Kong Xixue walked forward on his knees, as if he wanted to go up and hug Lao Zhu's legs. Other officials also reacted, and the Fengtian Palace suddenly heard loud and noisy screams. Jinyiwei and other emperor's soldiers had already entered the palace and controlled all the prisoners. However, these officials were all struggling desperately, and their cries of injustice were heard in the sky.
"Fifth brother, do you have wolfish ambitions?" Zhu Biao stepped forward extremely angrily and looked at Kong Xixue angrily. "You said that the fifth brother secretly harmed the hero, but you didn't know that yesterday, in order to save the hero, the fifth brother put himself in danger and went into the palace to see the hero."
"You don't know that my fifth brother worked hard and came up with a way to treat Xiongying. Now Xiongying is fine."
"If the fifth brother has wild ambitions, why would he risk his own life?"
"Is this the kind of conduct that a sage has? My fifth brother scolded you for being a descendant of the Kong family... I guess you were scolding him lightly!"
Zhu Biao was cursing on one side, but Kong Xixue on the other side was dumbfounded. He suddenly felt agitated and shouted: "Impossible! This is impossible! Smallpox is an incurable disease. How could His Highness dare to risk his life? How could there be a cure for smallpox?"
"Smallpox is a warning of God's will, it is God's will..."
Although he denied it desperately, he knew in his heart that Zhu Biao did not need to lie to him about this kind of thing. He originally thought that with the power of God's will, he would be able to deal a fatal blow to Xinxuexing... but he never expected that His Highness the Fifth Prince would dare to face the difficulties and solve the problem of smallpox that had been incurable for thousands of years.
Even God's will can't shake Xinxue, so what chance does the Kong family have? For a moment, Kong Xixue felt as if his heart was filled with despair. Subconsciously, he was even shocked by Zhu Su's victory over smallpox: his newly learned ability could actually defeat the enemy of smallpox. Compared with the old teachings that I admire that are just rhetoric, who is the essence and who is the dross?
Could it be that human determination can really defeat heaven?
"Huh, boss, there's no need to talk to them." Lao Zhu snorted coldly and flicked the sleeves of his dragon robe. "You guys, don't think that we don't know what you are thinking!"
"I just see that the benefits of pioneering and enterprising are not shared by you, and I am worried that if the scientific examination is changed, you officials will no longer be able to stand over the people of Guizhou and dominate."
"Let me tell you, your good days are coming to an end! You slandered the country's affairs, formed factions for personal gain, and attacked loyal ministers... Ten thousand deaths are not enough for your crimes!"
"Jiang Wei! Drag them all down! Let us investigate each one of them severely!"
"We are not afraid of killing too many people. Even if we kill everyone in this court, we will definitely deal with all these silverfish that are parasitic on our Ming Dynasty this time!"
(End of chapter)
