If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 248 Actions of all parties
Public opinion is surging and public sentiment is raging. Others would have been in panic all day long at this moment, or even couldn't bear the rumors and would have chosen to commit suicide to prove their innocence or to thank the world.

In history, there are countless people who have been forced to death by public opinion. Sometimes, when everyone talks about gold, black people can be called white, and white people can also be called black.

Once the overwhelming public opinion is formed, no matter whether it is unfair or not, in order to stabilize the rule and appease the public opinion, several people must be dealt with, even those of the three tribes Lianliankan or the nine tribes Xiaoxiaole.

Otherwise, if the public sentiment cannot be appeased, a dynasty will come to an end.

So what the people behind the scenes want to incite rumors and public opinion is this effect. Even if they can't kill Zhu Zhanquan, they can still make him suffer, throw all the responsibility on his head, make him lose the holy favor, and even It is to seize the title and cut down the feudal vassal.

At the worst, the Kong family can be extricated from this incident so that they can firmly sit on the title of Yanshenggong without having all their privileges cut off due to this incident.

After all, the people behind the scenes have learned that the emperor is really angry this time and wants to take away the Confucius family's privilege of worshiping Confucius. This is completely unacceptable to them.

Someone secretly instigated it, and the entire city of Nanjing was suddenly turbulent, much like the turmoil that occurred when the vassals came to the capital last time.

It's just that last time, all the undercurrents were suppressed by Zhu Zhanqi, who transformed into a real dragon and the Thunderbolt Speaker, and did not cause any waves.

In the end, the emperor only dealt with a few officials who talked too much and did not cause any serious involvement, so some undercurrents were naturally hidden.

This time, the Kong family's affairs once again caused waves, and the undercurrent hidden under the calm naturally surged up again, stirring up trouble and trying to target Zhu Zhanyu.

Naturally, it was not that no one in Nanjing supported Zhu Zhanchun. When the businessmen who had business dealings with him learned that rumors in the market had begun to point the finger at Zhu Zhanchun, saying that he was arrogant and domineering and persecuting the Kong family, these people could no longer sit still. Living.

In the past few years, these merchants have relied on doing business with Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Zhankun to do business in Liaodong and Nuergandusi. They have also opened up the joints between Japan and North Korea. They sell various overseas goods. It's great to have made a lot of money, and has formed a community of interests with Zhu Zhanchun.

So after learning about this incident, they hurriedly asked people to spread more news and rumors outside to confuse the public. At the same time, they also hurriedly asked people to go to Qufu as quickly as possible to find Zhu Zhancheng and inform him of Nanjing. News here.

These businessmen travel all year round and are well-informed. They naturally know what kind of virtue the Kong family is, and they will not really think that the descendants of the saints are so awesome like others.

And on the other hand, the most important thing for merchants to do business is to be well-informed, so they naturally have channels to transmit news quickly, and some of them are even faster than official documents from the government.

Therefore, before the imperial court received the official document from Qufu, Zhu Zhanchun already knew what happened in Nanjing.

In fact, this is not surprising. If the official documents of the imperial court are not sent eight hundred miles in a hurry, they will not go very fast if they are delivered normally. If it is delivered by flying pigeons or special speed boats, or it is a special way of transmitting messages between businessmen, It can indeed go much faster than official documents from the imperial court.Those behind the scenes used the same method to deliver the news back to Nanjing before the official documents of the imperial court, creating a gap in information and stirring up trouble.

"Your Majesty, my shopkeeper said that there is a raging crowd in Nanjing. The students of the Imperial College are clamoring to go to the temple, and they are all pointing at you, Your Majesty. So please give me an idea of ​​what the regulations are for this matter, whether it is with money. We still need to employ people, and all our shops will definitely stand on your side and give full support to you, Your Majesty." The person who came to deliver the message was a clerk from a shop that cooperated with Zhu Zhanchun. Although he did not come directly from Nanjing, the words passed on But it was the true words of the businessmen in Nanjing who had dealings with Zhu Zhanjun.

They knew clearly that they could make money by cooperating with Zhu Zhanjun, and His Royal Highness Prince Zheng did not despise their status as a businessman. As long as they followed along, they would be able to get out of their humble status as a businessman and make their family happy. It is not impossible for the descendants of children and nephews to have a good family background, and even become officials in the imperial examination.

After all, it is still the early Ming Dynasty, and these Jiangnan businessmen have not yet gained momentum, nor have they been able to cultivate their own spokesmen in the court, so they still need to rely on Zhu Zhancheng, the powerful vassal king.

In fact, even in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when there was a powerful vassal king like Zhu Zhanyu, these businessmen still had to come.

They saw clearly that Zhu Zhanjuan had fiefdoms overseas, and he used the same method.

"Your Majesty, my shopkeeper said that there is a raging crowd in Nanjing. The students of the Imperial College are clamoring to go to the temple, and they are all pointing at you, Your Majesty. So please give me an idea of ​​what the regulations are for this matter, whether it is with money. We still need to employ people, and all our shops will definitely stand on your side and give full support to you, Your Majesty." The person who came to deliver the message was a clerk from a shop that cooperated with Zhu Zhanchun. Although he did not come directly from Nanjing, the words passed on But it was the true words of the businessmen in Nanjing who had dealings with Zhu Zhanjun.

They knew clearly that they could make money by cooperating with Zhu Zhanjun, and His Royal Highness Prince Zheng did not despise their status as a businessman. As long as they followed along, they would be able to get out of their humble status as a businessman and make their family happy. It is not impossible for the descendants of children and nephews to have a good family background, and even become officials in the imperial examination.

After all, it is still the early Ming Dynasty, and these Jiangnan businessmen have not yet gained momentum, nor have they been able to cultivate their own spokesmen in the court, so they still need to rely on Zhu Zhancheng, the powerful vassal king.

In fact, even in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when there was a powerful vassal king like Zhu Zhanyu, these businessmen still had to come.

They saw very clearly that Zhu Zhanquan had fiefdoms overseas, soldiers and horses, and could send two to three million taels of silver to the court a year. He was also the biological son of the current prince. No matter how popular the public opinion was, it was impossible. It really hurt this prince.

No matter how much trouble there is, the court will not say that it wants to kill the prince who can bring millions of taels of silver to the court a year, or abolish his fief.

He is the prince's biological son and the emperor's biological grandson, not some remote side clan that can be used to take the blame.

The biggest possibility is to cut off his title and fiefdom, let him return to the Japanese fiefdom, and keep a low profile for a few years.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that these businessmen are firmly on Zhu Zhancheng's side.

(End of this chapter)