Kong took action.
The status of these clan elders in the hearts of the Kong clan is far greater than that of the tiger-character flag that just entered the city.
Soon, some bad remarks about the Tiger Flag were spread throughout the city.
When many Kong clan members saw the people carrying the tiger-character flag in Qufu City, they often stared angrily, as if they saw an enemy.
If he hadn't been concerned about the armor on the Tiger Flag soldiers, someone might have taken advantage of them long ago.
However, in the face of all this, Yu Huai in the Yamen did not take any action. He seemed to let these rumors spread without any intention of controlling them.
"Deputy Yu is in charge, Deputy Yu is in charge!"
As the shouts came, Kong Zhenkan walked in from the outside in a hurry.
As soon as he entered the room and saw Yu Huai sitting safely on his seat, he couldn't help but said: "Deputy Yu Yingzheng, how can you still sit still! The rumor of touching the black tiger flag has spread throughout Qufu."
He looked anxious.
"Rumors stop with the wise." Yu Huai said disapprovingly.
Spreading rumors with just one sentence will lead to a lot of trouble in trying to refute them.
He understood this truth very well, so on the day when the rumor spread, he had no intention of stopping it, and he couldn't stop Qufu's Youyou.
Kong Zhenkan said eagerly: "Then we can't just ignore everything. Letting the rumors spread like this will be very detrimental to our next affairs."
The Tiger-Character Banner wants to divide the fields in Qufu, but rumors say that the Tiger-Character Banner wants to snatch the Kong family's land.
The rumors came from the families of several clans. The people of Qufu and the Kong clan naturally believed the words of their family elders. However, as the traitor in the hearts of the people, no one would believe it even if they told lies.
This is just one of the rumors. There are many similar rumors that pour dirty water on Tiger Flag.
"These rumors cannot be stopped. Instead of wasting time on stopping rumors, it is better to spend more time on business." Yu Huai said.
Moreover, he does not think that these rumors can seriously damage the Tiger Flag. As long as the Tiger Flag establishes a farmers' association in Qufu, equalizes land, and uses a series of methods, the reputation will soon be reversed.
As long as the people get tangible benefits, it is useless for others to talk about it.
Seeing that Yu Huai was not in a hurry, Kong Zhenkan couldn't help but persuade him: "We all know that the words spread outside are slandering the Tiger Flag, but the people in Qufu don't know that, and if they ignore these rumors, over time, the fake Even if the rumors can’t be completely stopped, it’s still a good thing to weaken some rumors.”
"Do you have a way to resolve the rumors?"
Yu Huai saw that Kong Zhenkan was clinging to the rumors as soon as he arrived, thinking that the other party had a way to solve the matter.
If he really wanted to resolve the rumors early, he wouldn't mind doing it early.
Kong Zhenkan did not shirk and said directly: "I do have a method, which should be of some use to the rumors."
"What can we do? Tell us." Yu Huai became interested.
The other party must be able to resolve the rumor issue in advance, which shows that he has some ability. Hu Ziqi has always been very tolerant to those who have ability.
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Kong Zhenkan paused for a moment and said, "Actually, most of the rumors outside came from the homes of the elders of the Kong clan. The best way to eliminate these rumors is to stop them at the source."
"How do you want to suppress the source of the rumors?" Yu Huai asked curiously.
The source of the rumors in Qufu is easy to trace, they are the elders of the Kong clan, and as Kong Zhenkan is a clansman of the Kong clan, Yu Huai is curious about how Kong Zhenkan wants to deal with these elders of the Kong clan.
Kong Zhenkan pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, to put it bluntly, these rumors are all caused by the clan elders. The purpose is for the arrested elders of the three clans and the elders of the fifth clan, as well as the public trial meeting. As long as we If someone is released, the clan elders will not hold on to him."
"Let him go?" Yu Huai curled his lips to one side, showing a hint of sneer, and said, "The Tiger Flag has never been threatened. You can tell those old guys, let alone such a little rumor, they have a copy with them. People come directly to me to rob someone, and I see if he can rob someone from prison.”
Yu Huai's toughness shocked Kong Zhenkan.
Kong Zhenkan persuaded: "We don't need to fight to the death over this trivial matter. As long as we let the elders of the three and five clans go, the elders of the other clans promise to cooperate with us in the matter of equalizing land."
In his opinion, it is a good thing to replace the cooperation of the elders of other clans with the elders of the three clans and the elders of the five clans.
"The fish is dead and the net is broken, huh, they also need to have this qualification." Yu Huai sneered.
He never took the elders of the Kong clan seriously.
In his opinion, if these people were really capable, they would not resort to such low-level means as spreading rumors everywhere.
Tiger Character Banner is not the Ming Dynasty, and he is not an official of the Ming Dynasty. Such methods are of no use to him. If anyone dares to directly oppose Juntian, he doesn't mind waving the knife in his hand to show these people his The knife is not fast.
Kong Zhenkan saw that Yu Huai did not give in at all, so he could only bring out his last trump card and said: "These elders are still very powerful in Qufu. If they can get their support, it will be convenient for Tiger Character Banner to do anything in Qufu in the future. Not only that, but they also promised that as long as Deputy Yu is releasing people, they are willing to give a thousand taels of silver as a generous gift."
"It's a thousand taels, which is really a lot." Yu Huai looked at Kong Zhenkan in front of him and said, "You acted as a lobbyist for them, and you didn't want to get a piece of it."
When Kong Zhenkan heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "My surname is Kong too, and I have no choice but to come and spread the word when they come to visit me. As for the benefits, I don't get any benefits. If there is a lie, I am willing to be struck by thunder."
Saying that, he simply swore an oath.
"I don't care at all whether you get any benefits from it. Just like the rumors outside, I never take them seriously. And you can tell them that there will be a public trial tomorrow, and the time left for them is already Less than a day." Yu Huai raised one of his fingers and waved it in front of Kong Zhenkan's eyes.
The public trial meeting was the beginning of unmasking the faces of the elders of the Kong family.
All subsequent measures are used to suppress these people and release the power of the people at the bottom.
As for Kong's methods, he didn't care at all.
As long as he and the thousand-man troops from the Tiger Character Banner are stationed here in Qufu, Kong's people will not be able to make any waves.
Seeing this, Kong Zhenkan gave up the idea of continuing to persuade.
Based on the evil deeds committed by the arrested elders of the three clans and the elders of the fifth clan, once a public trial was held, he knew that these two people would definitely die.
Whether other clan elders can live out their old age peacefully depends on whether the people of Tiger Character Banner will settle the score.
I'm afraid it's impossible to imagine being arrogant and controlling power in Qufu like before.
