The public trial was to separate the Kong family and create a confrontation between the powerful Kong family and ordinary Kong people.
Duke Yansheng saw clearly.
As a member of the powerful class, he didn't want this to happen.
This time, several clan elders were speechless.
They couldn't even see anyone, let alone stop the public trial.
"Old man of the second clan, you are usually the most capable, can you think of a way to stop this?" Yan Shenggong asked the elder of the second clan to Kong.
After hearing this, the elder of the second Kong clan shook his head helplessly and said: "If I had my way, I wouldn't find you here. Originally, I wanted to ask you to come forward. After all, you have fought with the Tiger Thieves." Deal with each other."
"I can't. I've only met them once. It's impossible for them to give me the face of Yan Shenggong." Yan Shenggong shook his head and said immediately, "Sixth brother has dealt with them a lot. He may have something to do, but it's a pity. He is not in Qufu."
The sixth brother he mentioned was Kong Yinjing.
Among the entire Kong family, the person who had the most contact with the Tiger Flag was Kong Yinjing.
The second elder of the Kong family said: "I have thought about him too, but his task now is more important. The public trial is only a temporary trouble. If Kong Yinjing can persuade Liu Heng, we, the Kong family, can really sleep peacefully." .”
As a thousand-man team of the Tiger Character Banner settled in Qufu City, Kong Yinjing was sent to Datong again. This time he came back without being intercepted and left Qufu smoothly.
"Far water can't quench the near thirst. By the time he comes back from Datong, the matter will be over. We can't count on him for the current matter. We can only find a solution ourselves." Yan Shenggong said.
A group of people began to think of a solution.
After researching and researching, I finally came up with a way to jointly go to see Yu Huai and persuade Yu Huai to stop the public trial meeting.
They were even willing to give each other a sum of money in exchange for the public trial not to be held.
After coming up with a solution, Duke Yansheng and several elders of the Kong family rushed to the county government office immediately.
In order to be able to stop the public trial, they were not willing to wait for a moment longer.
When they arrived at the county government office, the guards in front of the government office had already changed their posts.
"Please go in and report that we need to see you, General Yu, for urgent matters." Yan Shenggong said to the guard who stopped them.
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"Guys, please go back. The deputy battalion is giving orders. There is no one from the Kong family." Not only did the guard not notify them, but they drove them out.
Duke Yansheng saw it and said, this is not possible.
No matter what, he had to see Yu Huai, otherwise he could stop the other party's public trial.
He said to the guard in front of him: "I am Duke Yansheng, who was conferred by the imperial court, and I am the one who brought you into the city. You can go in and report. I think General Yu will meet me."
"The deputy battalion commander specifically told me that he will not see anyone from the Kong family, especially you." The guard said the last sentence emphatically.
After hearing this, Yan Shenggong immediately understood that the other party did not want to see them.
But he had a reason to see him.
Thinking of this, he took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and handed it over, whispering: "Keep this little silver for tea."
However, the guard didn't even look at it and didn't touch the silver at all.
Duke Yan Sheng thought that the other party was embarrassed to take it, so he handed it forward, wanting to stuff it directly into the other party's hand.
But the guard took a step back and said, "Put your money away, or I will put you in jail for bribing the guard."
These words made Yan Shenggong look embarrassed.
Apart from giving money to the eunuchs in the palace to please him when he went to the capital, this was the first time he had given money to a Qiu Ba on his own initiative.
Now he was rejected in public, which made him lose face.
"Hmph, let's go!" Yan Shenggong saw that the guard was not coming in. He knew that staying would only become a joke, so he turned around and left directly.
The other elders who were following him saw that it was impossible to see Yu Huai in the Yamen, so they had no choice but to leave with Duke Yan and return to Duke Yan's mansion.
Wow!
When Yan Shenggong returned home, he broke a vase he loved most.
He had never been so angry.
He humbly went to please a Qiu Ba, but was severely rejected by him.
"Don't be angry, the matters of the third and fifth sons are most important right now." The elder of the second Kong family said to Yan Shenggong.
Losing a little face is nothing to him, but losing face is the most serious thing.
Duke Yansheng sat on his seat angrily and said, "You have all seen that the tiger thieves didn't see us at all. If we don't see them, we can't stop the public trial from being held."
He was so angry that he didn't even call General Yu now, and directly called him "tiger thief".
"Since we can't see the man named Yu, we can only think of other ways." The elder of the Kong clan stretched out his hand and twirled his beard.
Duke Yan Sheng looked at him and asked, "Is there any better way?"
"There is indeed a way." The elder of the second Kong family said, "We can't see the man named Yu, but we can see Kong Zhenkan, who stays in the county government and works. We may be able to interview him through Kong Zhenkan. .”
Duke Yan Sheng pondered for a moment and said: "This is a way, but the other party is unwilling to see us, which shows that he is determined to hold this public trial. I am afraid that even if Kong Zhenkan comes forward, it may not be useful."
"Of course we can't rely entirely on Kong Zhenkan alone." said the elder of the second Kong clan. "We can also mobilize other Kong clan members to come forward and drive the tiger thieves out of Qufu. Even if we can't, we can still We must force the tiger thieves to give up the idea of a public trial."
"Is this possible?"
It was easy to incite ordinary members of the Kong family to cause trouble, but Duke Yan was not sure whether he could get the Tiger Flag people to give in.
Public opinion is a thing that naturally works well for Ming Dynasty, but the Tiger Character Banner is a rebel after all, and no one can guarantee that the Tiger Character Banner will care about this.
"When the tiger thieves arrive in Qufu, they will equalize the land, and it is not just in Qufu, but also in other places. This shows that they care about the mud-legged people at the bottom. We only need to stir up these mud-legged people to cause trouble. The man named Yu dare not give in. When the time comes, we can find a few idiots to let him vent his anger, and the matter will be solved naturally." The elder of the second Kong clan said with confidence.
This is exactly the same as the method of resisting taxes from the court, and it is also the method that a squire family like them is best at.
Duke Yan Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Since the other party is unjust, don't blame us for being unkind. At worst, when the sixth brother comes back, based on our relationship with Liu Heng, I don't believe that this Yu dares to do anything to us." Sample."
"It's up to us clan elders to come forward to connect the Kong clan members. It's up to you to come forward on Kong Zhenkan's side. It's best if Kong Zhenkan can persuade the man named Yu not to hold a public trial, and we don't have to offend him." The elder of the two clans arranged.
