In the back office of the government office, officials from the Yanzhou prefecture and several prefecture offices were present.
"Sir, Mr. Kong Liu is here." A servant from the yamen came in to report.
As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Yinjing walked in from the outside with a smile.
"I've seen the mansion, and some of the great masters." He bowed his hands to everyone in the back office and greeted them with a smile.
The prefect of Yanzhou, who was sitting on the main seat, raised his arm and said, "Mr. Kong is just in time, please take your seat quickly!"
There was an empty seat next to him, and the yamen servant took Kong Yinjing to the seat and sat down.
"When Mr. Kong came, did he encounter any bandits?" Yanzhou Tongjian sitting nearby asked.
Kong Yinjing shook his head and said: "I haven't encountered any bandit soldiers, but I heard something about bandits appearing in Ziyang when I entered the city. Could it be that the tiger thieves from Jining Prefecture are coming to attack Ziyang City?" ?」
"It's hard to say, but judging from the current situation, the tiger thieves are likely to attack in the next day or two." Yanzhou Tongjian said in a serious tone.
Hearing this, Kong Yinjing hurriedly asked: "Have you ever recruited more people to defend the city?"
If a person is not in Ziyang City, he will naturally not care about the life and death of Ziyang City. Now that he has come to Ziyang City and wants to stay here, he naturally does not want anything to happen to Ziyang City.
"There is no shortage of young people in the city, but there is not enough food and grass." Yanzhou Tongpan said, while his eyes fell on Kong Yinjing.
After hearing this, Kong Yinjing said: "I came here just for this matter."
As his words fell, everyone present looked at him.
Among them, the prefect of Yanzhou, who was sitting on the main seat, asked: "Is Duke Yan Shenggong willing to lead this leader to donate money and food?"
"Gong Yan Sheng agreed and promised to do as the government wants." Kong Yinjing told the news he brought back from Qufu.
After hearing what Kong Yinjing said, the prefect of Yanzhou said: "I have decided to invite famous people in the city to this dinner party. Mr. Kong came back at the right time. With Mr. Kong coming forward, I don't think anyone will refute the Qufu Kong family. face."
"As it should be, it's all for the people of Ziyang City. Kong is doing this from afar." Kong Yinjing said with a smile.
Everyone present laughed when they heard this.
As long as the Kong family took the lead in donating money and food, they believed that the wealthy gentry in the city would not dare not donate, and they would not dare to donate less, otherwise they would offend the Kong family who took the lead in collecting donations.
In Yanzhou, offending the vassal king would result in the destruction of the family at most, and offending the Kong family would most likely result in the direct annihilation of the clan.
It is not that the power of the Kong family is greater than that of the vassal kings, but that the Kong family has made friends with too many local officials through their status as descendants of the Kong family. No one will choose to offend the Kong family in Qufu for a trivial matter, especially those from the scholarly community.
With the news brought by Kong Yinjing, the officials of Ziyang City became more confident in guarding Ziyang City.
As long as there is money and food, many Dingkou have been released into the city in recent days. As long as Ziyang City is defended for a few months and half a year, the imperial court will definitely have reinforcements to rescue it.
When the time comes, they, the officials in Ziyang City, will not only not be punished by the court, but will also be praised by the court for guarding Ziyang City. Officials with backgrounds will even be promoted.
The prefect of Yanzhou looked at the people in front of him and said, "I have made an agreement with Yansheng before. Half of the money and food collected will be given to the Kong family, and the remaining half will belong to the Yamen. Do you have any objections?"
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No one spoke, but no one was surprised.
In the past, when cooperating with Kong, Kong always wanted to take half of it. Without enough benefits, how could Kong take the lead?
The magistrate of Yanzhou waited for a while, but when no one spoke, he said: "Since we don't have any objections, it's settled. After the money and food are collected, half will be given to the Kong family first, and the rest will be kept according to the old rules. OK, let’s divide the rest.”
Soon, a group of people agreed on the distribution of benefits.
As for whether the big families in the city would be wronged because of this, it was not a consideration for them at all.
Even if someone knew that they were doing such a thing with the Kong family, no one would dare to refuse to hand over the money and food.
On the ground in Yanzhou, no one dared to offend the government and the Kong family in Qufu.
In the evening, some distinguished people in the city came to the Yamen one after another.
The banquet was held in the courtyard of the Yamen.
The place is big and there is no problem in setting up a few tables.
People were not here yet, so there was no rush to serve food, but there were teapots and a few teacups on each table, and there were no snacks or preserved fruits.
Someone was in the yard to greet these people as they arrived.
A table was placed in front of the yamen, and a yamen servant sat behind the table with an account book.
Every time a person comes in, the doorman will announce his name, and the yamen official who holds the account book will check the name on the account book to prove that this person has arrived.
It wasn't until the last person left on the account book arrived that the yamen servant put away the account book and sent the news back to the yard that everyone was here.
The prefect of Yanzhou came to the courtyard with several officials from the prefect's Yamen.
When he walked to the front table and stood there, he glanced at the other tables filled with people, a look of satisfaction on his face.
The more people come, the greater the harvest this time.
"Everyone is able to come. On behalf of the imperial court and the people of Ziyang City, I would like to thank you all. I would like to offer you a cup of tea instead of wine." The magistrate of Yanzhou poured himself a cup of tea and raised it with his right hand.
Everyone present also raised their cups of tea.
"Come, for the sake of your arrival, let's all drink this cup of tea together." The prefect of Yanzhou took a sip from the tea cup and then put it on the table.
Naturally, those who were invited to the banquet did not dare to sip it with their lips just like the Yanzhou magistrate. They all picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking the tea, everyone put down their teacups.
After the prefect of Yanzhou sat down, everyone dared to sit down.
"Let's serve the food!" the prefect of Yanzhou told the officer on the side.
The servant ran to notify the people below to serve the food.
Soon, plates of dark dishes were brought to the table, and there was only one dish on each table. In addition, there were several dark things that looked like food on each table.
Those present were all prominent figures in Ziyang City. When they saw the food on the table, many people frowned with disgust on their faces.
Most of them have never seen these things before, let alone eating them.
If it weren't for the strange smell, some people might even suspect that the thing in front of them was not food at all, but something picked up from a dung pile.
"Why don't you eat fast? Quickly move the fast food and try it." The prefect of Yanzhou enthusiastically greeted everyone present to eat these dark things on the table.
However, most of the people did not move. Only a few curious people used tachyons to pick up the dark vegetables on the plate and put them into their mouths.
But as soon as these dishes entered his mouth, he was immediately spit out. Then he hurriedly picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea to rinse his mouth.
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