The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

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

At this time, some ministers came out to propose to the emperor to worship Mr. Li.The minister first explained in detail what Mr. Li had done for the Great Zhou, for the common people, and for the literati and students.He also said that Kong Kangda was not eligible to be sacrificed, because everything that Kong Kangda did back then was a disaster caused by the Kong family.

Kong Taichang, Kong Yuan and his son bowed their heads in shame when they heard what the minister said about what the head of the Kong family had done back then.

The minister said that it was what Kong Kangda should have done to wash away the grievances of the scholars. He also said that Kong Kangda did not discipline the head of the Confucian family well, which led 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 else to benefit literati and students.

Also, it was Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda, who proposed to continue to pay attention to Confucianism when the scholars were restored.All the students in the world should be most grateful to Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda.

Kong Kangda is far inferior to Mr. Li, why should the world celebrate his birthday for him?
It is Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda, who should really pay homage to him solemnly.

Other ministers said that everything Kong Kangda did was just to make up for the crimes committed by the Kong family, and he was not eligible to be solemnly sacrificed by the court.

People from the Daiwang Party all echoed the words of these ministers, saying that Kong Kangda was not qualified to be worshiped by the court.

Those in the prince's party tried their best to refute the fact that Kong Kangda was not eligible to be worshipped.Of course, they did not dare to refute the fact that Mr. Li should be sacrificed.

Another minister said that since he wanted to pay homage to Kong Kangda, he should first pay homage to Mr. Li.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, with his right leg bent, and his right foot stepped on the dragon chair.He rested his right elbow on the knee of his right leg, propped his face with his right hand, and looked at the ministers who were already arguing below with a playful expression.

The minister who proposed to pay homage to Mr. Li before was not a member of the prince's party, nor a member of the acting king's party, let alone a person who supported the fourth prince, but a neutral faction.

After he proposed, people from the Prince's party and the Daiwang's party quarreled over whether to pay homage to Kong Kangda.

Yesterday morning, when the prince’s party proposed to worship Kong Kangda, the Daiwang’s party did not refute it. One was because the emperor did not agree, and the other was because they also wanted the Daiwang to gain the support of scholars all over the world.The reason why they refuted today is because the neutral minister proposed to pay homage to Mr. Li.

The neutral ministers do not support any princes, they are only loyal to the emperor, that is to say, their attitude represents the emperor's attitude at a certain time.

Since the emperor objected to paying homage to Kong Kangda, the ministers of the acting royal party would of course refute and oppose it vigorously.

Originally, people from the Daiwangyi Party were reluctant to pay homage to Kong Kangda. Although the Kong family did not explicitly show support for the prince, everyone agreed that the Kong family supported the "prince".Now knowing that the emperor is not willing, it just gives the people on behalf of the royal party a chance to oppose it openly.

After the ministers of the neutral faction presented the performance, they saw that the crown prince and the substitute king had quarreled, so they silently retreated to their seats, and then acted as if it had nothing to do with them.

The crown prince and Duke Zhen did not speak, neither did Wang Dai and Marquis Xuanping.

After watching the good show for a while, the emperor coughed lightly.The originally noisy hall suddenly became very quiet.The blushing ministers of the Prince's Party and the ministers of the Daiwang's Party who were arguing just now immediately shut up and stood up obediently.

"Kong is too often."

When Kong Taichang heard the emperor calling him, his heart skipped a beat, he immediately walked out of the queue, and replied respectfully: "The minister is here."

The emperor looked at Kong Taichang and asked gently, "What do you think?"

Yesterday, when he heard that the ministers of the prince's party proposed to pay homage to Kong Kangda, Kong Taichang felt that it was inappropriate.Later, his son Kong Yuan persuaded that Kong Kangda should be solemnly worshiped by the court, which would enhance the status of the Kong family.Besides, this matter was brought up by the crown prince, which is justified.After listening to it, he felt that his son was right.However, just now, he knew that the emperor did not approve of offering sacrifices to Kong Kangda.Also, he couldn't refute Kong Kangda's statement that it was right to save the literati and students back then, because the person who wrongfully entrapped the literati and students back then was the head of their Kong family.

"I think Mr. Li should be paid homage to the world..." Kong Taichang didn't say whether Kong Kangda should be paid homage.

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

Before the prince could answer, Duke Zhen secretly gave him a look.He understood immediately.

"Father, I also think that Mr. Li should be worshiped by the students of the world, but Mr. Kong Kangda should also be worshiped. Both of them are great Confucian scholars and should be respected by the students of the world, so the minister thinks that Li should be worshiped first. Old man, and then pay homage to Mr. Kong Kangda."

"Dai Wang, what do you think?"

"Father, my son thinks that Mr. Li, not Kong Kangda, should be the most worshiped by all the students in the world." Dai Wang knew the purpose of the prince's clique in his heart, and he would never let the prince get what he wanted. "My son thinks that a lot of adults are right..."

After listening to Dai Wang's words, the emperor looked at the fourth prince and asked, "Fourth, what do you think?"

The fourth prince said in a flat tone: "Father, Mr. Li just did what he should do, and there is no need for all the students in the world to worship." He seemed to be saying that this is not an important thing, not worth it. Take it out and say it.

When Kong Taichang heard the fourth prince say that, he just felt that his face was slapped severely, and it hurt hot.

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

The emperor asked Taichangcheng and Shaofucheng again, they were from the Li family.

Taichangcheng and the others said the same thing as the fourth prince, and also said that Mr. Li is not a saint, and he is not qualified to accept the worship of scholars from all over the world.

Xuan Ping Hou heard this, and immediately praised the Li family for their humility and virtue, unlike some people who just wanted to make the world worship without doing anything.

For the Kong family, Xuan Pinghou had long since given up trying to win over the Kong family.Ever since Kong Taichang's youngest daughter committed suicide, Xuan Pinghou knew that Kong Taichang and his family hated Dai Wang and would never support Dai Wang.That being the case, there is no need to win over Kong Taichang and the others.

The emperor turned his attention to the silent Duke Zhen.I saw Duke Zhen's expression was calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Xuan Ping Hou spoke again, supporting the scholars all over the world to pay homage to Mr. Li.

Lord Zhen still didn't speak, and his expression didn't change.

The corner of the emperor's mouth raised a smile that was not a smile: "Are you all in favor of letting scholars all over the world worship Mr. Li?"

"Your majesty is wise." The minister who proposed to worship Mr. Li earlier knelt down and said.

Then, the ministers of the royal party also knelt down.Then, He Xiang and Liu Taishi also knelt down.

The ministers of the prince's party didn't dare to stand still, they quickly knelt down and said, "The emperor is wise."

"Although I know that Mr. Li doesn't care about this, but all the lovers think that he should pay homage to the old man, then the crown prince will worship Mr. Li for me."

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

"Prince."

"My son is here." The crown prince was about to refuse when he heard the emperor say, "You are responsible for worshiping Mr. Li."

"Father..."

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

The prince's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "I don't have it, it's my honor, but I think the fourth brother is more suitable to take charge of this matter."

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

When the crown prince heard this, he became anxious, and quickly said: "Father, if I am willing, I will definitely take care of this matter."

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

"Father, my son is not unwilling, my son is very happy."

"Since that's the case, then you will pay homage to Mr. Li on my behalf."

"Yes, Father."

"Do you have any objections, my loves?"

"I have no objection."

"Mr. Zhen Guo."

"The minister is here."

The emperor ordered: "You assist the prince."

Zhen Guogong's face remained calm, without any change.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and immediately asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"It's alright, sir."

"Then retreat." The emperor stood up, stretched himself, and left Chengguang Hall immediately.

Sun Kui shouted loudly: "Retire!"

The ministers knelt down and sent the emperor respectfully: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

The Dai Wang stood up first, looked at His Highness the Crown Prince with contempt, and taunted the Crown Prince unceremoniously: "Brother, if you don't want to pay respects to Mr. Li for your father, I can do it for you."

The prince stood up, glared at Dai Wang, and said in a cold tone: "You don't need my second brother to do it for you."

Dai Wang took two steps forward and was very close to the prince.

"Brother, I just realized what it means to steal a chicken without losing a lot of rice." He said, clasping his fists at the prince, "I have to thank you, brother, for letting me see it."

The prince gave the king a cold look: "Second brother, I can let you see other things."

"Did you lift a rock to shoot yourself in the foot?" Dai Wang smiled sarcastically, "I just saw that too."

"you……"

The prince was about to say something, but was interrupted by Dai Wang: "Brother, you should hurry back to the East Palace and ask the imperial doctor to look at your feet to see if your feet have been injured?" After finishing speaking, he laughed loudly. He left, leaving behind the prince with a livid face.

Lord Zhen Guo walked beside His Royal Highness, and said calmly, "Go back to the East Palace."

"Uncle, look at Dai Wang..."

"Don't talk to him." Lord Zhen raised his hand and patted the prince's shoulder lightly, "Go back."

The prince nodded obediently, and immediately took Duke Zhen back to the East Palace.

As soon as he arrived at the East Palace, the prince couldn't help making a fuss.

"Uncle, did the emperor do it on purpose?"

"The emperor did it on purpose." Duke Zhen 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 the real purpose of their proposal.

"First acting king, and now fourth younger brother, anyone can do it except me." The prince said angrily. Paying homage to Mr. Li, my father is trying to build momentum for my fourth brother."

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

Seeing that Duke Zhen was not angry at all, the crown prince asked suspiciously, "Uncle, why are you not angry at all?"

"There's nothing to be angry about." Duke Zhen put down the teacup in his hand, "I told you before why the emperor would build momentum for the fourth prince. Since you already know, there's no need to be angry."

The prince naturally knew in his heart why the emperor doted on the fourth prince, but he just couldn't help being upset.

"However, by doing this, the status and influence of the Li family will increase a lot. This is not a good thing for us." The reason why they proposed to pay homage to Mr. Kong Kangda is to improve the status of the Kong family. But I didn't expect that things would be reversed, and it would become worshiping Mr. Li. "The Li family is the mother family of the fourth brother. If the status and influence of the Li family are improved, it is tantamount to helping the fourth brother."

Zhen Guogong knew why the emperor proposed to pay homage to Mr. Li, but he could not tell the prince.

"It is you who pay respects to Mr. Li, not the Fourth Prince."

"What's the use of my worship, and the Li family will not support me." The prince frowned and said, "Father asked me to worship Mr. Li, which is tantamount to punching the face of the Kong family. My face." He patted his face lightly.

"The fourth prince is a pawn to check and balance you and the acting king. You care so much about what he does." Duke Zhen didn't take the fourth prince seriously. Not a threat. "Could it be that you want Dai Wang to pay homage to Mr. Li?"

The prince said without any hesitation, "Of course not."

"The Li family doesn't support you, nor will they support the acting king. You don't need to care about it." Duke Zhen said with disdain, "The emperor is praising the Li family more and more. Do you think this is a good thing?"

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

Lord Zhen Guo said meaningfully: "Ascending a height is easy to fall down."

The prince understood what Duke Zhen meant, and immediately showed a smile on his face.

"Uncle is right."

"Let the emperor continue to praise the Li family, it is best to praise the Li family to the altar."

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

"Uncle, do we want to use the worship of Mr. Li to stir up trouble?"

Duke Zhen 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 a height is easy to fall?"

"It would be bad if the emperor knew about us." Duke Zhen said with a deep smile, "Daiwang and the others will help us to flatter the Li family in order to attack the Kong family."

"That's right, it saves us from having to do anything." The Prince's originally bad mood suddenly changed because of the words of Lord Zhen, "It's still uncle wise."

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

"Fortunately, I have you, uncle."

When Duke Zhen heard this, he smiled slightly, and immediately said: "You write a eulogy in memory of Mr. Li, and you must write it sincerely. You must let scholars all over the world know that you respect Mr. Li very much. ?"

"Uncle, don't worry, I will write well."

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

Next, how will the prince of Zhenguo Bus pay homage to Mr. Li.

The prince listened very seriously, and immediately assured Duke Zhen that he would do a good job in this matter.

After Zhen Guogong finished paying homage to Mr. Li, he left the East Palace and returned to Zhen Guogong's mansion.

The eldest son of the Duke of Zhen's mansion learned that his father had returned, so he hurriedly came to the study to see him.

"Father, what does the emperor mean?"

"What else could it mean?" Lord Zhen Guo said calmly, "Suppress me."

Hearing this, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion had a look of astonishment on his face: "Father, you mean that the emperor knows the real purpose of our proposal to worship Mr. Kong Kangda?"

Lord Zhen nodded slightly.

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

"That's right." Zhen Guo said, "It's not surprising that the emperor knows our purpose, but it would be strange if he didn't."

The eldest son of Zhen Guogong's mansion said in astonishment: "The emperor..."

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

"Father, what shall we do next?"

"Following the emperor's wish, we will honor the Li family."

The eldest son of the Duke of Zhen's mansion immediately understood what his father meant, and then he said: "The Daiwang and the others will do their best to praise the Li family, so there is no need for us to do anything. When the Li family is praised too high, there is no need to do anything." If we take action, the Kong family will take action against the Li family."

Lord Zhen said with a smile, "That's right."

The eldest son of the Duke of Zhen said with a smile: "The emperor's trick is really clever, but he was mistaken by cleverness."

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

He rubbed his nose and said, "Mr. Zhen Guo must be talking about me, saying that I'm trying to be clever and elevate the status of the Li family."

The second watch is here.

Zhen Guogong and his son: It's so scary.

Emperor: There are more terrifying things, do you want to know?

Father and son of the Duke of Zhen: I don’t want to know.

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