Chapter 66: The Confucian Family's Choice
The palace is very large, and it is also far from the place where the Holy Lord works at this time!
Kong Xixue supported Kong Kejian and stood in the palace.
Zhang walked over and greeted Kong Kejian:
"Yan Shenggong, I haven't seen you for a long time!"
Kong Kejian's eyes were empty, but he didn't even pay attention to Zhang Ming, which made Lao Zhang particularly embarrassed.
"It turned out to be Zhang Tianshi...... No, Zhang Zhenren ......"
Kong Xixue replaced his father and gave Zhang Normal a salute.
"I'm sorry for the real person, my father was infected with the wind and cold yesterday and the old disease recurred, and today he is a little out of state!"
Zhang Normal looked at Kong Kejian on the side, and sure enough, this "old friend" looked a little stupid, and he was afraid that he would not recognize anyone.
"In this state, how to face the saint?"
Zhang Normal frowned slightly, and Kong Xixue replied helplessly:
"There is no way, the Holy One has called, and my father has to come!"
While the two were chatting, a sedan chair came by in the distance.
"The emperor ordered that the Holy Duke of Yan is not good at his actions, and the Holy Duke of Te En allows the Holy Duke of Yan to get on the sedan chair!"
"Thank you, Emperor!"
Kong Xixue helped his father onto the sedan chair, and then looked at the embarrassed Zhang Normal on the side, and felt slightly proud in his heart.
The Kong family and the Zhang family are called families, but how can the Kong family put the Zhang family in their eyes?
Just look at the subtle differences between the Confucian family and the Zhang family, which is stronger and which is weaker at a glance, but Kong Xixue will not show his contempt, this kind of behavior is just a loss in his opinion.
After the sedan chair got up, the group followed.
The Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain and the Confucian Family's Yan Shenggong are like a master and a servant!
Finally walked to the East Pavilion, and the eunuch announced:
"Holy Lord, General Xu and Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian and his son Kong Xixue have come to see you, and Zhang Normal, the real person of Longhu Mountain, asks to see Your Majesty!"
After a short time, another eunuch came out of the imperial study and said:
"Please General Xu and Yan Shenggong come in, Zhang Zhenren will wait first!"
The emperor let the Kong family father and son in, but left Zhang Normal aside.
Kong Xi glanced at Zhang Normal without a trace, and helped his father into the imperial study.
In the study, the great emperor sat in the imperial study, Kong Xixue quietly glanced at the emperor, even if it was just a glimpse, he could feel the pressure of that king.
"Kong Xixue greets the emperor, father, you also kneel!"
"Xu Da, I've seen Your Majesty (Prince)!"
Kong Xixue knelt down and saluted the emperor, but Kong Kejian was still standing there, stupid and stupid. Kong Xixue hurriedly pulled his old father, but Kong Kejian was confused.
"Xu Da, what's going on?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was like a mirror, but he deliberately asked Xu Da.
Xu Da was helpless and said:
"Last night, Yan Shenggong got up at night, contracted the wind, and the old disease recurred!"
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be smiling, staring at the stupid Yan Shenggong, Kong Xixue quickly knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, my father already had an old illness and was not good at walking, but he was grateful for the sincerity of the great son of heaven and came to respond to the day with his illness. It's just that the road is tiring, and I see that I can face the saint, but the old disease has relapsed, and I neglect Your Majesty, please forgive Your Majesty! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, although Kong Xixue confessed in his mouth, the implication was that Zhu Yuanzhang ignored his father's illness and insisted on letting Kong Kejian come, is this blaming him for being unreasonable?
The Kong family did have the confidence to blame the emperor, as the first family in China, they had also seen too many emperors.
Although Lao Zhu was angry, he could suppress his anger.
He laughed and said:
"That's not easy! I still thought that Yan Shenggong didn't want to see me......"
Kong Xixue chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty's words are serious, how can my Kong family snub the Son of Heaven?"
"Is the Kong family yearning for me, the Son of Heaven, or the one in the north?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said a word, Kong Xixue was in a cold sweat, and knelt down directly:
"My Kong family is naturally Your Majesty!"
He was very glad that his father pretended to be sick, if the emperor asked Kong Kejian this sentence, Kong Kejian would probably be difficult to answer.
Fortunately, his father is smart, and he doesn't say anything now, after all, he is not the Yan Shenggong of the Kong family.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he seemed to be very satisfied with Kong Xixue's answer, and said:
"Then you help your father to rest first, and then go back and find an imperial doctor to show him, Xu Da, you have worked hard!"
The emperor put Kong Xixue's father and son aside, and turned to his confidant Xu Da:
"I let you go back to the capital, but can I delay the military affairs at the front?"
"Your Majesty, there is an old man watching, don't get in the way!"
"I ask you, how long will it take you to take the north?"
Xu Da seemed to understand the emperor's thoughts, and said loudly:
"Now that Shandong has been captured, this year will be taken for Your Majesty!"
As soon as the two of them sang and harmonized, Kong Kejian's face showed a slight twitch.
Zhu Biao, who had not spoken, was quietly observing on the side.
Except for him, there is no one in this room who is not pretending to be crazy and stupid, everyone has careful thoughts behind their backs, and observing these is also a kind of cultivation for him!
Xu Da began to report to Zhu Yuanzhang on the situation on the front line.
The more the father and son of the Kong family listened, the more frightened they became, in Xu Da's mouth, although the Ming Dynasty has not yet pacified the north, his strategy and layout of the north, no matter how you look at it, the general trend has been decided.
Kong Kejian, who was pretending to be stupid, almost couldn't maintain his mentality, revealing traces.
The father and son were silent, quietly listening to the conversation between Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang.
The more Kong Kejian listened, the more he felt that the emperor in front of him was completely different from what he imagined.
The Kong family doesn't look down on Zhu Yuanzhang, first, they don't look down on Zhu Yuanzhang's background, but they are just the rebel leaders of the homeless rebellion, even if they are called emperors?
Before Zhu Yuanzhang, there was also a Red Turban Army named Mao Gui in the Northern Expedition, which almost beat Emperor Yuan Shun to move the capital, but Dayuan was not suppressed later?
Since ancient times, there has never been a precedent for anyone to fight from the south to the north and dominate the world, which is why the Confucian family does not consider Zhu Yuanzhang to be the final victor.
But Kong Kejian, who had served the Mongols, immediately felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was different from other kings, he was not just a lucky exile.
Needless to say, Xu Da's military ability is needless to say, but he talked to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic cognition is obviously higher than Xu Da.
"Father, the person in front of you has the appearance of a master!"
Kong Xixue was undecided, and with the help of taking care of Kong Kejian, he said in a very small voice in his ear.
Kong Kejian's pupils shrank, but he hesitated.
The emperor in front of him does have the appearance of a Ming monarch, he is very proud, and he can even talk about the military situation directly in front of them, and he is not afraid that the strategy of the Ming Dynasty will be leaked at all.
This kind of self-confidence is a grasp of the overall situation of the world, but this kind of grasp pierced Kong Kejian's heart.
This is related to the second reason why the Kong family does not look down on Zhu Yuanzhang, the Kong family and the Northern Yuan are too deeply bound. There are as many as 90 people in the Confucian family in Qufu, and there are even high-ranking people who participate in politics in Shangshu and Zhongshu provinces, and no court can give the Confucian family such grace.
Kong Kejian hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't let go of his hopes for the previous dynasty.
He fell silent, but these subtle movements also fell in the eyes of those who cared.
"It's a must, I'm going to help you be decent!"
Understanding Yan Shenggong's choice, Zhu Yuanzhang finally gave up on Kong Kejian!
"Let Zhang Normal come in!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said!