"Zhao Wu, ask someone to arrange a place for Mr. Kong to live." Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu in the room.
At this time, Kong Yinjing stood up from his seat, cupped his hands towards Liu Heng, and said: "I already have a place to live, so I won't bother General Liu to make further arrangements. I also hope that General Liu can give me an answer as soon as possible."
"I wonder where Mr. Kong lives?" Liu Heng asked.
Kong Yinjing said: "There is a Laifu Inn in the city. The environment is not bad. I asked the accompanying servants to arrange a few rooms in this inn."
"Mr. Kong is visiting Datong for the first time. How can he stay in an inn? I will arrange a good place for Mr. Kong." Liu Heng turned to Zhao Wu and said, "Is there any free room in Prince Dai's Mansion?"
The Daiwang Mansion, which occupies a large area in Datong Town, has now become an all-in-one place for eating, drinking and having fun.
Zhao Wu said: "There are free rooms. The palace where the previous king lived has always been empty."
Although the Prince Dai's Mansion has become an entertainment place accessible to everyone in their spare time, the palace where Prince Dai lives has never been open to the public and has been reserved for Liu Heng.
"Just stay in the palace of King Dai and make arrangements!" Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu.
What the people below thought of vacating the palace where the king lived alone was clear to his mind. However, he did not take the place where so and so lived, the chair where so and so sat on, these things seriously.
For things like imperial power, he didn't have the kind of awe that ordinary people should have.
"This is not good!" Kong Yinjing said hesitantly, but his eyes were shining brightly.
The Prince's Palace was built based on the imperial palace in Nanjing. Even when the Forbidden City in North Zhili was built, craftsmen were sent to the Prince's Palace to learn from it.
The name of Yan Shenggong was well-known among the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and it was passed down from generation to generation for longer than the dynasty. Qufu, Shandong Province, became a place where the Kong family had the final say.
But in a clan with a long history, it can't compare with the royal family of the current dynasty.
Although Prince Dai's Mansion is just a palace, it can be regarded as a small Forbidden City after all. Being able to live in the palace where Prince Dai once lived, he can brag to his tribe even if he returns to Qufu.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "There's nothing wrong with it, but it's just a place to live. Whoever lives here doesn't want to live there. I think it's suitable for Mr. Kong to live here."
"Then it would be disrespectful for me to refuse." Kong Yin's beautiful teeth were showing.
Who would have thought that he, an ordinary member of the Kong clan, would have the opportunity to live in the feudal king's bedroom. Even Duke Yansheng did not have such treatment.
Kong Yinjing was quickly sent out.
Someone took him and the people who came with him to Prince Dai's Mansion.
In the eyes of many people, Prince Dai's Mansion is the place where royal relatives and nobles live, and you can get the dragon's energy by living there. Therefore, Prince Dai's Mansion has been one of the hottest places in Datong Town since it was opened to the public.
"Lord, I've sent him away." Zhao Wu returned to the custody room after sending Kong Yinjing away.
Liu Heng nodded and said, "Go find Yang Yuan."
As the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, Yang Yuan rarely leaves now. He spends most of his time in Datong, collecting intelligence sent from various places.
Soon, Yang Yuan came to the signing room.
"Lord, please find your subordinate." Yang Yuan saluted Liu Heng as soon as he came in.
Liu Heng picked up the teacup on the table and asked, "Has the Foreign Intelligence Agency placed someone in Qufu?"
"We have people from the Kong family in Qufu, but their status is too low, so we can't get any core information for the time being." Yang Yuan explained.
The Foreign Intelligence Agency had the financial support of the Tiger Flag and placed its spies everywhere in the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Heng said: "The Kong family from Qufu came to Datong this time because they want to marry a daughter of the Kong family. What do you think about this?"
"I don't know." Yang Yuan hurriedly expressed his attitude.
Liu Heng glanced at him and said, "Just say it if I ask you to. There is nothing you can't say. Marrying your mother-in-law is not something that needs to be kept secret."
As the Tiger Character Banner occupied more and more places, he found that the people below him became more respectful and humble in front of him, and they became cautious in speaking.
"Did your subordinate really say that?" Yang Yuan glanced at Liu Heng cautiously.
Liu Heng took a sip of the tea in his hand and said, "Tell me."
"I think I should marry this Kong daughter." Yang Yuan said.
Hearing this, Liu Heng thought for a while and said, "Keep talking!"
Since he supports marrying a daughter of the Kong family, he must give a reason.
"There are two reasons for marrying a daughter of the Kong family." Yang Yuan stretched out two fingers and shook them, then put away one finger and said, "First, by marrying a daughter of the Kong family, the relationship between the lord and the scholar will be further developed, and it will be easier. Get support from people who read.”
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "Most of the scholars have permanent property, and the tiger-character flag will divide the fields wherever they go. It can be said that they are in opposition to these scholars. They cannot be willing to give up their property just because of a daughter of the Kong family." In terms of interests, the north is better, but one day when the tiger-shaped flag arrives in the south, this conflict will become more intense."
In a farming society, the permanent assets are houses and fields.
The higher you become an official, the more land your family will own, because land is something that can be passed down from family to family, and it is more reliable than those shops.
The conflict between Tiger Flag and Hengchan cannot be resolved unless one party gives in, let alone marrying someone can resolve the conflict.
No matter how high the Qufu Kong family's reputation is among scholars, it is just a reputation. In the face of actual interests, this kind of reputation means nothing.
"The target of my subordinates has never been the scholars who come from rich families, but the scholars who come from poor families. These scholars who come from poor families don't have many acres of land at home. Even if the tiger-character flag arrives in their hometown one day, they won't have much land." It will cause too much conflict with them, and it will also give them an excuse to serve the Tiger Flag in a fair and just way because the lord married a daughter of the Kong family." Yang Yuan expressed his thoughts.
Liu Heng, who heard these words, nodded in agreement.
I think what he said makes sense.
Although Tiger Character Banner has its own training system, it takes time to train a talent, and Ming Dynasty is too big. One day, Tiger Character Banner will not be able to reject all scholars from Ming Dynasty.
If the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are not given a way out, then these scholars will find a way out for themselves, and then there will be a second, third, or even more tiger-character flags.
"What's the second reason?" Liu Heng asked about the second reason Yang Yuan said.
Yang Yuan took a peek at Liu Heng and said: "My lord is not young anymore, so he should be accompanied by a mistress. There are not many people in the world who are worthy of my lord, and the daughter of the Kong family in Qufu is just right."
Liu Heng touched his black and stiff beard and remembered that he was indeed no longer young. After so many years, the green beard of that year was no longer there.
As the scale of the Tiger Flag becomes larger and larger, a successor is indeed needed.
