After sending away the elders of the Kong clan, Kong Zhenkan returned to Houya.
"Everyone has left?" Yu Huai, who was sitting in the main seat, raised his head and glanced at Kong Zhenkan who returned.
Kong Zhenkan forced a smile on his face and said, "They are all sent away, but they are not very happy."
"Do you think I care whether they are happy or not?" Yu Huai said with disdain.
In the eyes of others, the elder of the Kong family may be a great big shot, but in his eyes, he is just a local squire at best.
He led his army all the way down and killed no less than dozens of such people.
Kong Zhenkan naturally heard the disdain in Yu Huai's tone, but thinking that he was also from the Kong family, he still wanted to persuade him, and said: "What we have to do next requires the support of these clan elders. At this time Arresting the two clan elders of the Kong clan will easily arouse dissatisfaction among other clan elders, leading to difficulties in what is to be done later."
"You want me to let them go?" Yu Huai looked at Kong Zhenkan in front of him.
Kong Zhenkan took advantage of the situation and said: "It's better to arrest them and teach them a lesson. It's not good to keep them locked up. These two people are also the elders of the Kong family after all. Let them go and give them face. Then we will equalize the land." There will be fewer difficulties encountered.”
Even the clan elders of the Kong clan knew that the Tiger Character Banner was going to allocate fields in Qufu, and naturally they would not hide it from Kong Zhenkan, who stayed in the county government to help the Tiger Character Banner.
"Do you think if you let them go, they won't go against me over the land allocation?" Yu Huai asked.
Kong Zhenkan hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "Probably not."
"I am taking away the land that originally belonged to them from them. Regardless of whether I let them go or not, they will not just watch me divide their land. You can be the county magistrate in Qufu for so long. You should not be able to continue to do so." This is unthinkable." Yu Huai looked Kong Zhenkan up and down.
When Kong Zhenkan's little idea was exposed, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he explained: "Let the people go, I think even if they don't want to divide the fields, the resistance will be smaller."
"I don't care if they resist the land division." Yu Huai waved his hand and said immediately, "The two elders of the Kong clan were arrested entirely because they picked them out on their own. I don't mind killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, so that everyone else can Be honest, otherwise, I wouldn’t mind killing all the monkeys.”
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Kong Zhenkan took a breath.
So murderous.
Yu Huai continued: "You don't need to worry about this matter. What you have to do next is to let the people of Qufu know that I will hold a public trial for the two of them in Qufu in three days."
"What is a public trial?" Kong Zhenkan asked curiously.
Although the Tiger Character Banner will find a few local squires who have committed crimes for public trials wherever they go, there are not many local squires who actually do this in the areas not occupied by the Tiger Character Banner.
Many squires heard about the Tiger-Character Banner's public trial and thought it was a way for the Tiger-Character Banner to forcibly occupy the local gentry's family property.
It’s no different than bandits entering a village and picking one or two big families to kill and steal money.
Yu Huai said: "The public trial meeting is to allow the people of Qufu to expose the evil deeds committed by the people on trial, and then punish them based on the severity of the final crime."….
"Then, can you still live?" Kong Zhenkan's face turned pale.
The public trial is a complete nailing of people to the pillar of shame. Even if they die, they will not be able to stop.
Thinking of the years when he was the magistrate of Qufu County, although he did not specifically make things difficult for the Kong clan members, he and the clan elders did not often bully ordinary Kong clan members during these years.
Yu Huai said: "People who have accumulated good deeds will naturally have nothing to worry about."
Kong Zhenkan's mouth twitched when he heard this.
Based on his understanding of the captured elders of the three clans and the elders of the fifth clan, he could tell that there was no way to survive for some of the evil deeds these two had committed. It was because of their status as clan elders that they had been able to remain unharmed all these years.
"There is no need to hide the matter of the public trial. The bigger the fuss, the better. The Tiger Flag is to redress the injustices of the people who have been wronged." Yu Huai said to Kong Zhenkan.
He knew very well whether the two elders of the Kong clan who had been arrested could stand the public trial.
When the Tiger-Charactered Flag comes to Qufu, it is necessary to establish prestige, so killing is naturally the best choice. The public trial meeting can not only kill people to establish prestige, but also make the people of Qufu have more trust and expectations for the Tiger-Charactered Flag.
The public trial meeting is just a method of doing things, and winning the hearts of the people is the purpose of the Tiger Flag.
Although the Kong family in Qufu has been a family for thousands of years, there are still only a handful of people who are truly powerful and powerful. The vast majority of the Kong family members are poor people, living a precarious life.
Kong Zhenkan hesitated for a moment and said, "Once a public trial is held, Duke Yan Sheng and the elders of the Kong family will be pushed to the opposite side, which will not be beneficial to the subsequent equalization of the land."
As a vested interest of the Kong family, from the bottom of his heart he did not want any public trial.
In his view, a public trial would not only kill people, but also be heart-wrenching, and would even be infamy for eternity.
"I don't care if these people will become enemies of the Tiger Flag. I even hope that they can become enemies of the Tiger Flag. In this case, it only takes a few more public trials to clear away all enemies of the Tiger Flag in Qufu. People." Yu Huai said nonchalantly.
Others value the power of local gentry and clans, but Tiger Character Banner does not value these, but the lower class people who not many people care about.
"Well, then I'll make arrangements." Kong Zhenkan saw that persuasion was useless. In order to maintain his position in the yamen, he could only follow Yu Huai's wishes.
However, he decided to reveal this matter to other people in the Kong family in advance.
The Kong family can take some precautions in advance, and he can be regarded as worthy of his identity as a member of the Kong family.
Kong Zhenkan began to prepare for the upcoming public trial.
On the other side, several clan elders of the Kong clan went to Yan Shenggong's mansion angrily.
They, the elders of the Kong family, have no face at all in front of the people of the Tiger Flag, so they want Duke Yan Sheng to come forward. After all, Duke Yan Sheng is the public spokesperson of the Kong family, and he has an identity recognized by the court.
When several clan elders came to the door, Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi was asking people to find all the land deeds in Yanshenggong's name.
As for the family farm, he couldn't make the decision by himself, so naturally he didn't let anyone touch it.
"Sir, in addition to the elders of the three clans and the elders of the fifth clan, several other clan elders are here."
The servants came in to inform the Kong clan elders of their arrival.
Duke Yan Shengggong frowned slightly and said to himself: "Didn't they go to the county government office to see the general named Yu? Why did they come to me when they had time!"
He was surprised by the arrival of several clan elders.
Ever since he brought the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag into Qufu City, these clan elders had never visited his home again, but now they came to his door, which was beyond his expectation.
However, he could also guess that something must have happened to so many clan elders coming here. A normal visit would only include one or two, but it was impossible for so many to come all at once. .
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