In Shandong, if you talk about the most honorable person, it is not the King of De in the city of Jinan, but the Yan Shenggong who lives in the county of Qufu.

King De is just relying on the royal blood, to be crowned the king, but his power is limited to the palace, and he can't even get out of Jinan City on weekdays, but it is just a pig raised by the royal family, but the pig's blood is relatively high, and no matter how fat it is, it can't be slaughtered at will.

Compared with King De, although Yan Sheng Gong is only a duke, he is far above King De in terms of power and status.

In terms of power, the entire Qufu is equivalent to the fiefdom of the Yansheng Mansion, and every Qufu county order is from the Yansheng Mansion. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an edict that the Yansheng Mansion had the right to set up an official office. Therefore, in the Yansheng Gongfu, three halls and six halls were set up to manage the Yansheng Gongkong family and hundreds of thousands of tenant household slaves. If a member of the Kong clan or a tenant of the Kong family makes a mistake, the Yansheng Mansion has the right to arrest, interrogate, and convict him, and there is no need for the imperial court to intervene. Moreover, the Confucian family also has its own five hundred palace guards, which are nominally guarding the Confucian Temple and guarding the tablet of the Holy Master of Dacheng. So in a sense, Qufu is the country of the Confucian family, a country within a country, and its power is comparable to that of King Mere De.

Yan Sheng Gong is a descendant of the saint, no matter which dynasty or generation, no matter who is the emperor, they all have to respect the Confucian saint, they all have to respect the Confucian family, and the Confucian family is rewarded, and the whole world is a disciple of the saint, and the descendant of the saint Yan Shenggong is naturally very respectful.

With all these kinds of power, what is the point of the Yansheng Mansion? What is the more than 200,000 acres of royal land that received King De, and the court will punish the descendants of the saint for such a trivial matter?

Therefore, after learning from secret channels that the emperor was in Jinan, Kong Yinzhi, the Emperor of Yanshenggong, was not panicked at all, and whether the emperor dealt with King De or not, he would not be implicated in the Yansheng Mansion. If the emperor is really angry, it is a big deal to hand over the fields, the descendants of the saints can bend and stretch, compared to the huge industry of the Yansheng Mansion, the more than 200,000 acres of land of King De is nothing, and it is also for nothing.

Therefore, when he heard the news that the emperor had arrived in Jinan, Kong Yinzhi, the prince of Yansheng, did not panic at all, behaved very calmly, sat firmly in the flower hall of the Confucian Mansion, drank tea and listened to the opera.

"Uncle Clan, something is wrong." Qufu County Ling Kong Decai suddenly ran in and shouted in a panic.

"You are also a dignified county, what do you look like in a panic?" Kong Yinzhi said unhappily.

"Uncle clan, an army has passed through the capital city of Yanzhou and is heading towards Qufu." Kong Decai was anxious.

"The army? Where is the army, what is it doing in Qufu? Kong Yinzhi was puzzled.

"It's the Praetorian Guards who escorted the emperor, arrived in Jining Prefecture a few days ago, Uncle Clan, you were still planning to go to Jining to see the driver, but later I heard that His Majesty forbade local officials to meet with me, but fortunately I didn't go, and the emperor was not in Jining Prefecture at all. Now, it's the Praetorian Guard that comes, Uncle Clan, do you think this Praetorian Guard was sent by the emperor to deal with our Kong family? Kong Decai asked anxiously.

Kong Yinzhi's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand to order the singer who sang to retreat.

"What nonsense, we are saints, and we haven't done anything, how can Your Majesty send an army to conquer?" Kong Yinzhi frowned.

"Uncle Clan, you forgot, King De's more than 200,000 fields!" Kong Decai reminded.

Kong Yinzhi shook his head: "No, just a little field, it's not worth making a big move, maybe the army is just passing through Qufu......"

"Passing through Qufu? Qufu is mountainous to the east, where can you go? "Kong Decai is about to cry.

"Bandits! Shandong is seriously plagued by bandits, just last winter, there were five or six bandits in Yanzhou Prefecture who gathered to rebel, and after being defeated by the official army, many bandits fled into the mountains, often going out of the mountains to plunder, even our Confucian tenants also have many thieves. The Praetorian Guards are idle in Jining Prefecture, and it is not necessary to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. That's right, it's to go into the mountains to suppress bandits! Kong Yinzhi said affirmatively.

It's not that Kong Yinzhi has illusions, it's really that the Yansheng Mansion is too special, for more than a thousand years, the Kong family has been staying in Qufu, whether it is the invasion of the Central Plains, or the emperor of the Han family sitting in the world, he has always rewarded the Kong family, and no emperor has ever tried to send troops to deal with the Kong family.

"You don't need to panic, you can go to the county government to sit with peace of mind, the army will not enter the city when it arrives in Qufu, at most ask for some money and food, you give them more food and grass, after all, it is the emperor's Praetorian Guard, let's pay respect." Kong Yinzhi commanded.

"Okay." Kong Decai could only say goodbye and leave.

Kong Yinzhi raised his hand, and the sound of silk and bamboo sounded again.

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Outside the west gate of Qufu City, the three thousand army stopped, looking at the open city gate in front of him and the people who were hiding in a panic, Zhang Shize smiled, in a day and a half, he traveled a hundred miles, and this speed was quite satisfactory.

"The villain has seen the general, I don't know why the general came to Qufu?" A man dressed as an errand ran over from the city gate, and kowtowed to Zhang Shize in the face of the army.

"Who are you?" Zhang Shize didn't speak, and the deputy general on the side asked coldly.

"The villain is the head of the Qufu County Yakuai class, and he came here on the order of my county." The officer laughed.

"Just a cheap servant, what qualifications do you have to ask, get out of here." The lieutenant rebuked.

"Since no one is here to greet us, let's go into the city by ourselves." Zhang Shize didn't even look at the errand officer, and said with a smile.

"Yes, Master Hou!" All his men replied in unison, and then marched towards the city gate.

"Stop, stop, stop." Kong Decai, who was hiding in the city gate and watching, finally couldn't hold back anymore, and ran out of the city gate quickly with his official robe.

"Xiaguan Qufu County Commander Kong Decai, dare to ask the general what you are?"

"This is the Marquis of Pingbei, the chief soldier of Yansui, who was ordered to Qufu to investigate a case." The adjutant general replied for Zhang Shize.

Kong Decai's expression changed greatly, as the commander of Qufu County, he naturally knew the name of Zhang Shize, the Marquis of Pingbei, who was the son of the British prince, the great hero of the Great War Jiannu to pacify Southern Mongolia, and the existence of the marquis with military merits! He also knew that Zhang Shize was a general who protected the emperor's southern tour to worship his ancestors, but he didn't expect Zhang Shize to personally lead troops to Qufu, and it was to investigate the case.

"Dare to ask Hou Ye what case he came to Qufu to investigate?" Kong Decai asked with a trembling voice.

"You are the commander of Qufu County, it doesn't matter if you tell it, have you heard about King De's violation of the national law? During the interrogation, King De confessed that more than 200,000 acres of Wang Tian were placed under the name of Yansheng Gong, and Benhou was ordered by the Holy Order to investigate the matter. Zhang Shize said lightly.

Kong Decai's expression changed greatly, he was really afraid of something, the emperor was really going to make a move on the Kong family!

Yan Shenggong, your old man has miscalculated this time, what emperor would not deal with the Kong family because of this trivial matter, more than 200,000 acres of land is not a trivial matter!