As a high-end person and the head of a thousand-year-old noble, Kong Zheng felt that he should have a tone when doing things.

"I understand what you mean, but you take all these things back. Your Majesty repeatedly ordered officials not to give each other more than two cents of money, so I will not accept it."

Kong Zheng shook his head and said, "Of course, you can rest assured that I will not regard this matter as not seeing it. This matter is so important, I will do my best to run for you. As for the result, I cannot guarantee it."

If Kong Zheng could say this, it means that he would work hard to protect him, so the officials of the Shandong Division received a safe reply and left the Kong Mansion with great gratitude.

Only a few Shandong-based figures remained.

For example, Zhou Jiang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Jichang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Cao Kai, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance, etc. These are all leading figures in the Shandong clan and holding power that truly belongs to the Shandong clan. They are of great significance to Kong Zheng.

"How did you go to the Secretariat to inquire?"

Kong Zheng asked Cao Kai who had gone to the Shangshu Province to inquire about the news.

Cao Kai shook his head worriedly.

"I didn't find anything. I started to quarrel halfway through the investigation, and then Kong Maojie came. What's his opponent? We can only escape in panic, there's no way, but according to what he said, he must have known about this, and knew it earlier than us, so I'm worried..."

Kong Zheng frowned slightly.

"This cannot explain anything, and it doesn't matter. What's important is that we need to know how things have progressed in Shandong and how many officials have been punished, otherwise we will not know anything and will be too passive."

When Zhou Jiang heard this, he seemed to have thought of something.

So he whispered: "Before the founding of the country, I had a vaguely heard that Your Majesty had a team dedicated to inquiries about the news. With this team, Your Majesty took the lead in the battlefield against the Jin people. I wonder, this time, will it..."

Several people were silent for a while.

"No matter what, we must know what happened. From the letters sent, we can know that at least many officials in Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture have been taken down. Both of these prefectures have such turmoil, and the whole of Shandong is probably not stable."

Kong Zheng sighed and said slowly: "Although our hometown is not in Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, it is hard to say whether our hometown will be affected. In short, it is better to stabilize people's hearts first. This time, it is important to be fundamental and we should not slack off. Please stabilize people's hearts first. I will find a way for others."

"Understood."

"knew."

"Please give me your help."

Zhou Jiang, Cao Kai and Chen Jichang received the order together.

At this moment, they could only trust Kong Zheng and hand over everything to Kong Zheng.

After that, Cao Kai and Chen Jichang took the lead, and Zhou Jiang was kept.

"This time Shandong suffered a great disaster, I am very worried that someone in the court will take the blame, which will be unfavorable to me."

Kong Zheng looked at Zhou Jiang: "We must prepare in advance to avoid such a thing. Otherwise, once this is the case, we will never be able to recover, and the foundation of Shandong scholars will be completely destroyed. It will be too difficult to make a comeback."

Kong Zheng's body was shaking slightly when he said this.

Zhou Jiang noticed it.

He realized that Kong Zheng might be in a high sense of tension and even fear, and he pretended to be calm just now.

His heart tightened.

"What do you mean is Yelu Chenghui and Huo Jianbai, who are the people? Will they put the blame on others?"

"Well, who else would do such a bad thing besides them?"

Kong Zheng whispered: "I even suspect that they are the ones who are behind the scenes and reveal this matter to His Majesty, so angry that His Majesty actually rushed to Shandong to take charge. If they were not for them, I would not be willing to believe it anyway."

"What do you mean is this matter instructed by Yelu Chenghui or Huo Jianbai?"

"It's very likely that only they would do something like this."

Kong Zheng's eyes became sharp: "If you have to guess, I think Yelu Chenghui is more likely to dominate this matter. Don't forget that Yelu Jin has always worked with us in the same office."

After Kong Zheng said this, Zhou Jiang immediately reacted.

"If you say this... it is true! Yelu Jin has always worked with us in the same office. If he did it deliberately, it is indeed very likely! If he bribed someone and learned something about us, it would be really dangerous!"

Zhou Jiang immediately looked terrified and felt that he had noticed something amazing.

"So, I think this matter must have something to do with him! We must check out their dirty things before the dust settles, so as to counter them, and we must not surrender!"

Kong Zheng slapped the table and decided to launch a blast against foreign officials represented by Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi, and decided to counter them so that their evil intentions could not succeed.

At the same time, Kong Zheng also believed that the Yanyun Group should stand with the foreign clan in this matter, and they were all Northern Gate and bastards, and they all had to deal with them.

Since the other party has made a move, the Shandong Group must also counterattack.

Therefore, they must seize the time to collect the black material of the Yanyun Group. When Su Yonglin is about to offend the Shandong Group, they must also take out corresponding information to counter the foreign clan and Yanyun Group, so that they can maximize the protection of the Shandong Group's power.

Otherwise, it will be no different from waiting for death.

The Shandong faction has been warned and dealt with by the emperor before. If it is dealt with again this time, it will be completely at a disadvantage.

The Ming Dynasty imperial examination had already consciously tilted towards the sphere of influence behind the other three factions in the court. After the selection results of more than a thousand people came out, no one-quarter of the candidates with a background in the Shandong department accounted for.

This fully demonstrates that the Ming Dynasty imperial examinations are consciously leaning towards the other three factions with a small number of people and shallow foundations, while the Shandong faction, which has the strongest strength, is being suppressed and its power is being restricted.

The emperor is working on a balance tactic.

The Shandong Group cannot suffer another political blow.

Under the leadership of tension and fear, Kong Zheng made the decision he thought was the most correct.

They really didn't expect that they wouldn't think about who was in charge of this matter.

Like them, officials from the Foreign Tribe and Yanyun Tribe did not know who caused this incident and who was secretly guiding it.

"Although I really want to do this, it's not what we did."

Faced with Huo Jianbai's private inquiry, Yelu Chenghui smiled helplessly and said, "Although we have heard of this matter and are collecting evidence, we did not expect that before we could take action, something happened in Shandong."

Yelu Chenghui shook his head and gave a negative answer to Huo Jianbai's inquiry.

This made Huo Jianbai very puzzled.

"I don't know anything else. Anyway, no one around me can do this. Shandong must have had a big fuss this time. Although I would like to see this happen, who is the credit for this? If it weren't for Yelu Jin."

"Indeed, who can have such great ability to break this matter? This is not a matter of offending one or two people, it is an enemy of officials in Shandong."
Chapter completed!