Monument Yangmen

Chapter 876 Game
In the second year of Qianyuan, it came quietly amidst the sound of firecrackers.

The whole world celebrates the New Year.

The city of Yanjing was extremely lively.

The happiest ones were the literati. The literati wrestled with Yang Qi and fought a beautiful victory, which greatly inspired the hearts of the literati.

The smug literati gathered together in groups of three or four, and spent money like water in Yanjing City, completely driving up the tax revenue of the entertainment industry in Yanjing City.

Even though tonight is New Year's Eve, the literati are not idle.

Kong Lianjie, who is rich and powerful, decided to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. He spent a lot of money to buy the largest restaurant in Yanjing City, Changlefang, and invited all the civil servants in Yanjing City who were not qualified to go to the palace to have a banquet inside.

Some people vaguely called the grand event held by Jet Lian a small court banquet.

You can see its size.

Moreover, the place that Kong Lianjie chose was also very provocative.

It would be a joke to say that Kong Lianjie didn't know that Changlefang was opened by his sister-in-law Yang Qi.

Everyone in Yan Kingdom knows that Changle Square was opened by Yang Qi's concubine's concubine Chuxing's younger sister, Rumeng.

But Kong Lianjie chose to hold this grand event on this New Year's Eve, in this Changle Square, what is it if it is not a provocation?
Inside Changle Square.

Kong Lianjie held up his wine glass and shouted: "My dear friends, raise your glass and drink to celebrate the new year."

"Please……"

A group of people drank and staggered.

After a few rounds of drinking, Kong Lianjie raised his wine glass and wine pot, and said loudly: "Kong Mou was able to get out of prison, thanks to your help, Kong Mou thank you here."

After speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it down.

The officials waved their hands again and again.

"Brother Kong Xian, you are being polite. My brother was able to get out of trouble, thanks to the blessing of the sage. We are just doing our best."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm just doing my best..."

"..."

Kong Lianjie immediately shook his head and said: "No, no, Kong feels that you are all people with great learning and great wisdom. The rise of scholarly society and the rise of Confucianism depend on you."

"Brother Kong Xian is polite, too polite..."

"..."

Being praised by the descendants of saints as a man of great learning and great wisdom, the officials felt that they had a lot of face, and they all said politely, not to mention how proud they were.

However, Kong Lianjie changed the tone and said: "Everyone, why do we study? To cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. However, His Majesty suspended the imperial examinations for ten years. Tens of millions of scholars in the world, within ten years , There is no way to serve the country.

Scholars of my generation, how can we sit still and wait for death?

Together, you can rescue Kong Mou.

Then why don't you all work together to save tens of millions of Confucian scholars? "

Standing tall, Kong Lianjie bowed and said: "Kong is not talented. I wish to replace my ancestors. I implore you to save the world's Confucian scholars."

Even the ancestors of Kong Lianjie moved out, all the officials naturally did not dare to slack off, and stood up to return the gift one after another.

Kong Lianjie said righteously: "It is my duty to save the Confucian scholars in the world. You just have to give it a go. Once you are responsible for your crimes, Kong is willing to bear it all."

"Brother Kong Xian is serious. As students of Confucianism, we should do our part for Confucianism."

"Yes, yes, besides, there are children in my family who are studying. Even if brother Kong Xian didn't say anything, we would write to His Majesty to restore the imperial examination. We didn't say it before, but we were just the ones who had no leader. Now brother Kong Xian is leading us. Nature will do its best."

"..."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Kong Lianjie immediately shouted: "Okay, then Kong is here to replace tens of thousands of scholars in the world, thank you all."

Kong Lianjie showed righteousness and spoke impassionedly.

Lying on the counter at the entrance of Changle Square, Rumeng Ting yawned continuously. After Kong Lianjie finished speaking impassionedly, she turned her head slightly and said to the maid serving beside her, "Did you see that?"

The servant girl nodded slightly, "I saw it."

"Do you know how to report to His Majesty?"

"Know……"

Sent the servant girl to report the letter to Yang Qi, looked at the complacent Kong Lianjie with a smile that was like a dream, and curled her lips: "You really are not afraid of death, your sister, I have known His Majesty for so long, and I have never seen anyone provoke him. Without His Majesty, I can still live.

I don't think I've ever seen you being so blatant and domineering.

I look forward to seeing what His Majesty will do with you. "

Everything that happened in Changle Square was sent to Chuxing as quickly as possible through Huoshanwei's channel.

The banquet in the palace is in full swing.

The members of the Yang family sat together with the officials, eating, drinking, and enjoying singing and dancing.

Chu Xing smiled at Cao Lin, Cao Lin understood, and moved aside so that Chu Xing could talk to Yang Qi.

"His Majesty……"

Chuxing came to Yang Qi's side and let out a soft cry.

"Ok?"

Yang Qi put down the wine glass in his hand, and looked at Chu Xing.

Chu Xing said in a low voice: "Rumeng heard the news from Changle Square, when Your Majesty held a palace banquet in the palace, Kong Lianjie held a small court banquet in Changle Square outside the palace. It is said that hundreds of officials were present.

In addition, Kong Lianjie seems to be preparing to unite with all officials to force His Majesty to withdraw the imperial edict to suspend the imperial examination. "

Yang Qi was taken aback, and after recovering, he laughed in a low voice: "They love to make trouble, let them go, they won't last for a few days. You can ask someone to call Rumeng, and ask her to tell the officials who participated in the party. Write down the names, and I will arrange some good places for them later."

Chu woke up with a knowing smile, and said in a low voice: "The concubine understands..."

Obviously, Yang Qi didn't care about Kong Lianjie's small move.

The court banquet continued.

The monarchs and ministers ate and drank until late at night.

After that, for three consecutive days, it was all Muxiu.

The fourth day of the first month.

Great meeting.

All the officials waited outside the palace early, after three days of fermentation.

Kong Lianjie's words had already reached the ears of all the officials.

Although some officials felt that Kong Lianjie was arrogant, his proposal was very reasonable.

Immediately, after meeting in secret, the officials decided to take advantage of today's grand court meeting to write to Yang Qi to withdraw the imperial edict in favor of the imperial examination.

When the hour comes.

Hundreds of officials entered the Qianyuan Hall.

After visiting.

Immediately, an official jumped out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to start the talent ceremony. The talent ceremony is the most important weapon of the country. If a country wants to strengthen its voice, talents are the first priority.

If talent is lost, the country will have no one to govern and the people will have no one to deal with, and big things will happen. "

"I also implore Your Majesty to withdraw the imperial edict to suspend the imperial examinations. As far as I know, Your Majesty also made his fortune through the imperial examinations. People such as Su Xianggong, Kou Xianggong, Lu Xianggong, etc. were also born in the imperial examinations.

But now, we, Dayan, are thriving under your governance, which shows that the imperial examination is the only way to select talents.

For the sake of the country, the country, and the common people, His Majesty should conduct imperial examinations..."

"..."

Someone started, and naturally someone followed suit.

Then they all jumped out one by one.

In an instant, almost half of the officials jumped out to persuade Yang Qi to open the imperial examination.

Yang Qi had no joy or sorrow on his face, and said flatly: "What if I don't take back my life?"

"I admonish you with death!"

"I beg for the bones!"

"..."

Some threatened to die, some threatened to resign, and some shouted loudly.

Yang Qi watched them perform coldly, without saying a word.

The officials made a fuss, seeing that Yang Qi didn't respond at all, he felt a little bit hard to get off.

"Humph~"

Yang Qi snorted coldly and said, "Back to court..."

As soon as Yang Qi left, the officials subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Among them, there are very few people who are really willing to hang up their crowns and leave. It is really embarrassing for Yang Qi to leave them there.

Thereafter.

Three days in a row.

As long as the officials mentioned the resumption of the imperial examination, Yang Qi would not say a word.

The monarch and his subjects are in a strange stalemate.

The officials knew that such a stalemate was not an option, so they found Jet Kong.

After Kong Lianjie heard the news, he rushed to a censor's mansion under the cover of night.

"Li Yushi?"

"Brother Kong!"

After the ceremony, the two entered the inner hall.

After Li Yushi invited Kong Lianjie to sit down, he served fragrant tea and said with a smile, "Brother Kong is visiting late at night, what's the matter?"

Kong Lianjie took a sip of the fragrant tea, and said with a smile: "Kong appeared in Li's residence, of course to make Li Yushi rich."

Li Yushi picked up his teacup calmly, and said with a faint smile, "You don't get paid for nothing..."

Kong Lianjie chuckled lightly and said, "Won't Li Yushi listen to what kind of fortune it is?"

Li Yushi hesitated for a moment, then pondered: "It's okay to listen..."

"As far as I know, Li Yushi has always wanted to collect money from a large area of ​​land in his hometown of Cangzhou, but because of the government's decree, he dared not take any action.

Also, Li Yushi's two sons are now without any official or job, and they have been wandering around Yanjing City. Their future has always been a concern for Li Yushi, right?

The most important thing is that you also have an illegitimate son who was taken in by an old monk in the early years and is now sent to a bitter cold place hundreds of miles away from Gubeikou.Li Yushi has been trying to save him, but there is no way.

Is Kong right? "

Li Yushi's heart skipped a beat when he heard Kong Lianjie's soft words. He subconsciously lowered his voice with a guilty conscience, and asked, "How do you know this?"

Kong Lianjie smiled lightly: "As long as Kong wants to know, there is nothing he doesn't know."

Li Yushi said with an uncertain expression, "What do you want?"

The old God Kong Lianjie said: "If Kong said, Kong can help you settle these three things?"

"impossible!"

Li Yushi shouted without thinking.

"Just because you can't do it, doesn't mean others can't do it."

Kong Lianjie said confidently.

Li Yushi shook his head firmly and said: "Sanlang was bewitched by those thieves, and participated in the Liao's war against Yan, and was appointed by His Majesty. Without His Majesty's edict, no one can rescue Sanlang."

Kong Lianjie disdainfully said: "Didn't Yang Yansi imprison me in the same way, now? I'm not out, not only I'm out, I can put pressure on him frequently, but he can't do anything about me.

You are just a little censor with limited responsibilities. Things that you can't do are easy for many people. "

Kong Lianjie used himself as an example, and Li Yushi was convinced.

He hesitated and asked Jet Lianjie, "Brother Kong, what do you want for such a winning bet?"

Kong Lianjie stared at Li Yushi, and said with a half-smile, "What do you think?"

Li Yushi was taken aback for a moment, then his pupils shrank subconsciously, and he said with a look of astonishment: "You! You! You want my life?!"

"Not bad!"

Kong Lianjie didn't want to play riddles with Li Yushi, he said frankly: "Hundreds of officials wrote letters one after another, admonishing Yang Yansi to restore the imperial examination, but Yang Yansi pretended to be deaf and dumb, and kept refusing.

If things go on like this, I'm afraid the situation will be even more unfavorable to our Confucianism.

So, at this time, we can no longer just write the letter slowly.

We should be more aggressive.

As long as you are stronger and hit the Qianyuan Hall to death, Yang Yansi will no longer be able to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb. "

Li Yushi suddenly stood up and said in horror, "This is impossible...I don't want to die yet."

Kong Lianjie stood up after him, looked at Li Yushi coldly, and said in a low voice: "If you don't want to die, then your Dalang, Erlang, and Sanlang will all die."

Li Yushi's eyes widened and he roared angrily, "How dare you!"

Kong Lianjie sneered and said, "Kong doesn't dare, but that doesn't mean others don't. Your Sanlang was originally a prisoner, and was sent to do hard labor by His Majesty. If he died of exhaustion, no one would see the problem.

As for your Dalang and Erlang, it is easier to deal with them.

They idled around Yanjing City all day long, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

When it came, Kong had already sent someone to lead your two young masters to the biggest gambling house in Yanjing City, Gold and Silver Square.

If Kong Mou guessed correctly, the money lost by the two young masters may have reached 10 taels.

The 10 taels of gambling debt will come down with interest, and your little salary will not be paid off in ten lifetimes. "

"Puff~"

Every word Kong Lianjie said was like pulling out a bone from Li Yushi.

Until Li Yushi was freed, he sat down on the ground terrified and powerless.

Kong Lianjie stared at Li Yushi, and said while the iron was hot: "Li Yushi, if you die, the three of them will be rich and rich. If you live, the three of them will die. There are two ways, you choose..."

Li Yushi hated that iron could not be made into steel, but in the end he couldn't bear to let his three sons die.

If the three sons were really killed, then their Li family would have no descendants.

Hearing Kong Lianjie's repeated urging, Li Yushi slowly made up his mind. He slumped on the ground and growled in pain, "I'm dead..."

Kong Lianjie raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said cheerfully: "He who knows current affairs is a hero. You have made a wise choice."

While talking, Kong Lianjie took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yushi, "I have already asked someone to draw up the memorial for you to write tomorrow.

Tomorrow, you only need to finish reading the contents of the memorial in public, and then bump your head to death in Qianyuan Hall.

At that time, all the officials will attack Yang Yansi together.

Yang Yansi will have to give in again when the time comes.

At that time, we will be able to win again. "

Li Yushi took the memorial tremblingly, staring at Kong Lianjie with staring eyes, tremblingly said: "I hope you keep your promise..."

Kong Lianjie was taken aback, and said loudly: "Kong is a descendant of a saint, how can he lie to you?"

　That's it for tonight...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)