The next day, in the morning, the prince's party continued to propose to the emperor the matter of paying tribute to Kong Kangda.

At this time, a minister came out to propose to the emperor to worship Old Man Li. The minister first talked in detail about what Old Man Li did for the Great Zhou, for the people, and for the literati and students. He also said that Kong Conda was not eligible to be commemorate, because everything Kong Conda did back then was a disaster caused by the Kong family.

Kong Taichang and Kong Yuan, father and son, listened to the minister say what the head of the Kong family had done back then, and the two lowered their heads in shame.

The minister said that Kong Kangda should have done to wash away the grievances of the scholars back then, and also said that Kong Kangda did not discipline the head of the Kong family back then, which would lead to the fact that the scholars were wronged and killed.

He also said that when Kong Kangda was alive, apart from doing this, he did not do anything other to benefit literati and students.

Also, the person who resumed reading and proposed to continue to attach importance to Confucianism was Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda. The most grateful thing for the students in the world is Old Man Li, not Kong Kangda.

Kong Kangda is far inferior to Old Man Li, why should the people of the world celebrate his birthday?

It was Old Man Li who should really be worshipped solemnly, not Kong Kangda.

Other ministers said that all the things that Kong Kangda did were just to make up for the sins of the Kong family, and he was not qualified to be solemnly honored by the imperial court.

The people of the party on behalf of the king echoed the words of these ministers, saying that Kong Kangda was not qualified to be worshiped by the imperial court.

The princes' party tried to argue that Conda was not eligible to be worshipped. Of course, they didn't dare to refute the fact that Old Man Li should be sacrificed.

Another minister said that since he wanted to pay tribute to Kong Kangda, he would worship Old Man Li first.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with his right leg bent and his right foot on the dragon chair. He rested his right elbow on the knee of his right leg, his right hand supporting his face, and looked at the ministers below him with a somewhat playful expression.

The minister who proposed to pay tribute to Old Man Li before was not a member of the prince's party, nor was he a member of the party's party on behalf of the king, let alone a person who supported the four princes, but a neutral faction.

After he proposed, the prince's party and the king's party quarreled over whether to pay tribute to Kong Kangda.

Yesterday morning, the people of the prince's party proposed to worship Kong Kangda, but the people of the party did not refute it, firstly because the emperor did not agree, and secondly, because they also wanted the king to get the support of the world's scholars. The reason why they refuted it today was because the neutral minister proposed to worship Old Man Li.

Neutral ministers do not support any prince, they are only loyal to the emperor, that is to say, their attitude represents the attitude of the emperor at a certain time.

Since the emperor was opposed to the memorial to Conconda, the ministers of the party acting for the king naturally had to refute it, and they had to oppose it vigorously.

Originally, the people of the Wang Party were reluctant to pay tribute to Kong Kangda, although the Kong family did not clearly show their support for the prince, but everyone tacitly agreed that the Kong family supported the "prince". Now that I know that the emperor is also unwilling, it just gives the people of the party on behalf of the king a chance to oppose it openly.

After the neutral minister played, when he saw that the prince's people and the king's people were arguing, he silently retreated to his seat, and then acted as if he had nothing to do with himself.

The crown prince and Zhenguo Gong did not speak, and the acting king and Xuanping Hou did not speak.

The emperor watched the show for a while and coughed lightly. The originally noisy court became very quiet in an instant. The red-faced ministers of the prince's party and the ministers of the party's acting king's party, who were still arguing just now, immediately shut their mouths and stood up obediently.

"Kong is too often."

When Kong Taichang heard the emperor call him, his heart jumped fiercely, and he immediately walked out of the column and replied respectfully: "The minister is here." ”

The emperor looked at Kong Taichang and asked in a gentle tone, "What do you think?" ”

Yesterday, when I heard that the ministers of the prince's party proposed to pay tribute to Kong Kangda, Kong Taichang felt that it was inappropriate. Later, his son Kong Yuan persuaded that Kong Kangda should be ceremoniously worshiped by the imperial court, so as to enhance the status of the Kong family. Besides, this matter was brought up by the prince, and it is justified. After listening to this, he felt that what his son said was very right. However, just now, he knew that the emperor did not approve of worshipping Conda. Also, he couldn't refute Kong Kangda's sentence that he should have saved the literati students back then, because the person who wronged and harmed the literati students back then was the head of their Kong family.

"The minister thinks that Mr. Li should be honored by the people of the world...... Kong Taichang did not say whether Kong Kangda should be memorialized.

The emperor looked at the crown prince again and asked, "Prince, what do you think?" ”

Before the prince could answer, Zhenguo Gong quietly gave him a look. He immediately understood.

"Father, the son also thinks that Mr. Li should be worshiped by the students of the world, but Mr. Kong Kangda should also be worshipped. Both of them are great Confucians, and they should both be respected by students all over the world, so Erchen felt that he could worship Mr. Li first, and then Mr. Kong Kangda. ”

"What do you think?"

"Father, the sons and daughters think that the most important thing for students in the world to worship is Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda." The acting king knew the purpose of the prince's party in his heart, and he would never let the prince get his way. "Erchen thinks that many adults are right......

After listening to the words of the acting king, the emperor looked at the fourth prince and asked, "Fourth, what do you think?" ”

The fourth prince said in a light tone: "Father, Mr. Li just did what he had to do, and he didn't need to let the students of the world worship." Listening to his tone, it seems to be saying that this is not an important thing, and it is not worth talking about.

Kong Taichang heard the fourth prince say this, and he only felt that his face was slapped hard, and it hurt hotly.

Kong Yuan lowered his head, but his face was a little ugly.

The emperor asked Taichang Cheng and Shaofu Cheng again, and they were the Li family.

Taichang Cheng said the same thing as the four princes, and also said that Mr. Li was not a saint and was not qualified to accept the worship of the students of the world.

When Xuanping Hou heard this, he immediately praised the Li family for being humble and virtuous, unlike some people who want to let the world worship without doing anything.

For the Kong family, Xuanping Hou had already given up wooing. Since Kong Taichang's youngest daughter committed suicide, Xuanping Hou knew that Kong Taichang and his family hated the acting king and would never be able to support the acting king. That being the case, then there is no need to co-opt them too often.

The emperor set his sights on Zhenguo Gong, who had been silent. I saw that Zhen Guogong's expression was calm, and he looked like this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

Xuan Pinghou spoke again, supporting the world's scholars to worship Mr. Li.

Zhen Guogong still didn't speak, and his expression didn't change at all.

The corners of the emperor's mouth raised an arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile: "All Aiqing are in favor of letting the world's scholars worship Mr. Li?" ”

"Your Majesty." The minister who had proposed to worship Mr. Li was the first to kneel down and say.

Then, the ministers of the party who acted for the king also knelt down. Then, He Xiang and Taishi Liu also knelt down.

The ministers of the prince's party did not dare to continue standing, so they knelt down and said, "The emperor is wise. ”

"Although I know that Mr. Li doesn't care about this, but everyone Aiqing thinks that they should worship his old man, so the prince will worship Mr. Li for me."

When the crown prince heard this, he raised his head and looked at the emperor in shock.

"Prince."

"The son is here." As soon as the crown prince wanted to say goodbye, he heard the emperor say, "You are responsible for worshipping Mr. Li." ”

"Father's ......"

The emperor interrupted the prince's words and asked in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "You don't want to?" ”

The prince's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Erchen doesn't, this is Erchen's honor, but Erchen thinks that the fourth brother is more suitable to be in charge of this matter." ”

"The fourth child is not the crown prince, how can he be suitable to be in charge of this matter?" The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Since you don't want to, then ......"

When the prince heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Father, the son is willing, and the son will definitely be responsible for this matter." ”

"If you don't want to, I won't force you."

"Father, the sons are not unwilling, and the sons are very willing."

"In that case, then you will worship Mr. Li instead of me."

"Yes, Father."

"Everyone, Aiqing has no opinion, right?"

"The ministers have no opinion."

"Zhen Guogong."

"The minister is here."

The emperor commanded: "You assist the crown prince." ”

Zhen Guogong's face was still undisturbed, and there was no change.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Emperor nodded in satisfaction and immediately asked, "Are you all right?" ”

"It's okay to wait."

"Then let's retreat." The emperor stood up, stretched his waist, and immediately left the Chengguang Palace.

Sun Kui shouted loudly: "Retreat!" ”

The ministers knelt down and greeted the emperor: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

The acting king took the lead in standing up, looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with disdain, and mocked the prince unceremoniously: "Big brother, if you are not willing to worship Mr. Li for your father, I can go to pay tribute for you." ”

The crown prince stood up, glared at the acting king, and said in a cold tone: "There is no need for the second brother to do it for him. ”

The acting king took two steps forward and approached the crown prince very closely.

"Big brother, what does it mean to steal chickens and rice, I just saw it." As he spoke, he clasped his fists at the prince, "I have to thank you, eldest brother, for letting me see." ”

The crown prince glanced coldly at the acting king: "Second brother, I can also let you see other things." ”

"Shoot yourself in the foot?" The acting king had a sarcastic smile on his face, "I have just seen it." ”

"You ......"

The prince was about to say something, but was interrupted by the acting king: "Big brother, you better hurry back to the East Palace and ask the imperial doctor to show you your feet to see if your feet have been smashed?" After saying that, he left laughing, leaving the prince with an angry face.

Zhen Guogong walked beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said in a calm tone: "Go back to the East Palace." ”

"Uncle, look at the acting king......"

"Don't bother with him." Zhen Guogong raised his hand and gently patted the prince's shoulder, "Go back." ”

The prince nodded obediently, and immediately took Zhenguo Gong back to the East Palace.

As soon as he arrived at the East Palace, the prince couldn't help but start a commotion.

"Uncle, my father did it on purpose, right?"

"The emperor did it on purpose." Zhen Guogong had long guessed that the worship of Kong Kangda would not go as they wished. He knew in his heart that the Emperor would know their true purpose in bringing up the matter.

"First the acting king, and now the fourth brother, is it anyone except me." The prince said angrily, "The fourth brother has not yet been crowned king, my father first gave him General Lu's daughter to marry, and now he wants to pay tribute to Mr. Li, my father is building momentum for the fourth brother." ”

Zhen Guogong was not angry at all, he drank tea slowly.

Seeing that Zhen Guogong was not angry at all, the prince asked with a puzzled face: "Uncle, why aren't you angry at all?" ”

"What's there to be angry about." Zhen Guogong put down the tea cup in his hand, "I told you before why the emperor would build momentum for the four princes, you already know, what else is there to be angry about." ”

The crown prince naturally knew in his heart what the emperor's purpose was to favor the four princes, but he couldn't help but feel unhappy in his heart.

"However, in this way, the status and influence of the Li family will increase a lot, which is not a good thing for us." The reason why they proposed to commemorate Mr. Kong Kangda was to improve the status of the Kong family, but they didn't expect things to be reversed and turned into worshipping Mr. Li. "The Li family is the mother of the fourth brother, and improving the status and influence of the Li family is equivalent to helping the fourth brother."

Zhen Guogong knew in his heart why the emperor would propose to pay tribute to Mr. Li, but he couldn't tell the prince.

"It's you who worship Mr. Li, not the Four Princes."

"What's the use of me worshipping, and the Li family won't support me." The crown prince frowned and said, "My father asked me to worship Mr. Li, which is tantamount to punching the face of the perforating family, and also slapping me in the face." He patted his face gently.

"The fourth prince is a pawn to balance you and the acting king, and you care so much about what he does." Zhen Guogong did not take the four princes seriously, and for now, neither the four princes nor the Li family posed a threat to him. "Do you want the acting king to worship Mr. Li?"

Without any hesitation, the prince said, "Of course not. ”

"The Li family doesn't support you, and they won't support the acting king, you don't need to care." Zhen Guogong's tone was a little disdainful, "The emperor has raised the Li family higher and higher, do you think this is a good thing?" ”

The prince asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhen Guogong said meaningfully: "It is easy to fall heavy when you climb high. ”

The prince understood what Zhen Guogong meant, and immediately a smile appeared on his face.

"Uncle is right."

"Let the emperor continue to support the Li family, it's best to hold the Li family to the altar."

When the prince heard this, his heart moved, and he immediately had a plan.

"Uncle, should we use the incident of worshipping Mr. Li to fan the flames?"

Zhen Guogong thought for a while, then shook his head and said disapprovingly: "We don't want to do anything. ”

"Uncle, didn't you just say that climbing high is easy to fall heavy?"

"It won't be good if we add fuel to the fire and be known by the emperor." Zhen Guogong smiled meaningfully, "In order to fight the Kong family, they will help us tout the Li family." ”

"That's right, we don't have to do it." The prince's originally bad mood instantly changed for the better because of Zhen Guogong's words, "It's still my uncle who is wise." ”

Zhen Guogong looked at the prince helplessly and dotingly: "You are just too impatient." ”

"Fortunately, I have you, uncle."

When Zhen Guogong heard this, he smiled slightly, and immediately said: "You should write a eulogy to commemorate Mr. Li, you must write it sincerely, and let all the readers in the world know that you respect Mr. Li very much, understand?" ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I'll write it well."

In terms of writing articles, Zhen Guogong is not worried that the prince will not write well. The prince has been very literary since he was a child, and he can write a good article, and he doesn't need to mention it.

Next, how did the prince of Zhenguo Bus worship Mr. Li.

The prince listened very carefully, and immediately assured the prince of Zhenguo that he would do a good job in this matter.

After Zhenguo Gong finished paying homage to Mr. Li, he left the East Palace and returned to Zhenguo Gong's Mansion.

The prince of the Zhenguo Mansion learned that his father had returned, and he hurriedly came to the study to see him.

"Dad, what does the emperor mean?"

"What else could it mean?" Zhen Guogong said in a calm tone, "Suppress me." ”

When the prince of the Zhenguo Mansion heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Dad, do you mean that the emperor knows the real purpose of our proposal to worship Mr. Kong Kangda?" ”

Zhen Guogong bowed slightly.

"So the emperor took advantage of this matter and proposed to pay tribute to Mr. Li?"

"That's right." Zhenguo was fair, "It's not strange that the emperor knows our purpose, but it's strange if he doesn't know." ”

The prince of the Zhenguo Mansion was stunned and said: "The emperor is ...... him"

"The emperor is too smart, it's really difficult to be smart under his nose." Speaking of this, Zhen Guogong sighed helplessly, "Alas, it's really not a good thing to have an emperor who is too smart. ”

"Dad, what are we going to do next?"

"As the emperor wishes, I will raise the Li family."

The prince of the Zhenguo Mansion understood what his father meant, and then the words of the Zhenguo Duke said: "The acting king will try their best to support the Li family, and we don't need to do it." When the Li family is praised too high, we don't need to make a move, the Kong family will take action against the Li family. ”

Zhen Guogong said with a smile: "That's right. ”

The prince of the Zhenguo Mansion said with a smile: "The emperor's move is really clever but was mistaken by cleverness." ”

At this time, the emperor in the imperial study sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and said, "It must be the Duke of Zhenguo who is talking about me, saying that I am cleverly elevating the status of the Li family." ”

The second watch is coming.

Zhenguo Gong and Son: Terrifying.

Emperor: There is something more terrifying, do you want to know?

Zhenguo Mansion Father and Son: I don't want to know.

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