Cabinet, Kou's living room.

Today is his duty, and he went to bed in the cabinet after entering the night. But before he could sleep for a long time, a burst of rapid steps sounded in his ears, and the dissuasion of the Jinyiwei.

"Gu Sicheng, Master Ge is already asleep. You will be able to communicate with him later."

Kou Yan slept lightly, and the movement woke him up. He turned over and sat up and saw Gu Siyuan, the Chief Secretary of the Tongzhengsi who was pushing the door in.

With a slight frown, Kou Yan stood up and put on a robe for himself, and waved to Qianhu, the Jinyiwei behind him before the latter spoke.

"It's okay, go and do it."

"promise."

After the others left, Kou Wei looked at Gu Siyuan and asked, "What's wrong."

"Ge Lao, Kong Yanshi is dead."

"What!"

Kou Wei was stunned and hurriedly reached out to receive the Shandong urgent report from Gu Siyuan. Gu Siyuan's report sounded in his ears.

"Jiang Lan arrived in Shandong and exhausted all the persecution, forcing Kong Yanshi to death by qi and blood. This matter suddenly became a big deal, which made the gentry in many places in Shandong very dissatisfied. While going to Qufu to pay his respects, Jiang Lan and his group surrounded him and refused to leave."

Seeing Kou Yan stop talking and just walking around the room, Gu Siyuan followed him and said in a suffocational voice.

"Ge Master, this matter is not a trivial matter, not to mention that Jiang Lan is not the only one in Qufu now, but Zhou Bai is still there."

This was what made Kou Qi stop, but he asked first.

"Can you send this to the king?"

Gu Siyuan said: "Where is the official who dares to tell the king first?"

"well."

Kou Shi sighed, pressed his eyebrows twice and suddenly said, "In this way, you will report to the king immediately, and then send someone to inform the other cabinet ministers to come to the cabinet to wait."

"Gei, can this work?"

"Go quickly."

Gu Siyuan then did not dare to say much and turned around and left hurriedly.

Behind him, Kou Yan stamped his feet angrily and cursed.

"This Jiang Lan!"

At this critical moment, it was a big trouble, and it was a huge trouble.

Not to mention the influence of the Kong family in Shandong, many of the old local gentry have a close relationship with the four great masters.

These old gentry who could be preserved in the chaos were not cancers of evil gentry. The court could not kill the encirclement and education department just because they mourned Qufu.

This Jiang Lan is really too willful.

Just as he was upset, the guard walked in and reported that Yan Zhen was here.

Commander-in-chief of the Jun Guard?

What did he do?

Kou Shi was stunned at first, and then said, "Please, forget it, take me there."

In the article Yi, both of them are the first-class. Although Kou Shi surpassed Yan Zhen in real power, he did not know how many streets he had, but in terms of influence.

Kou still can tell the weight of the latter.

He personally welcomed the main hall of the cabinet. The Jinyiwei held dozens of lamps early, and the entire main hall was as bright as daylight. Yan Zhen was sitting in a chair in the hall drinking tea.

"Yan Shuai."

Yan Zhen has many ranks, both military and political circles. Here, Kou called Yan Shuai and said that he would not violate the rules, and the other was a smart place.

What happened to Yan Zhen during this period? Kou thought about it, it must be the reason for Shandong Jianglan.

Kou Shi didn't want Yan Zhen to get involved and make a sound, so he called Yan Zhen Yan Shuai.

This matter should be left to the cabinet.

Kou Yan's thoughts were instantly clear. He stood up and returned the courtesy to the Lord of Ge, and then said straight to the point: "I came here not for Shandong, but for Ge."

Kou Yan, who had just sat down, was stunned.

"What does Yan Shuai mean?"

"The Shandong affairs are just for Shandong, why bother the cabinet?"

Kou Shi shook his head: "Kong Yanshi is the leader of the gentry in the world after all. He is so humiliated that he dies so humiliated. We must give an explanation, otherwise the place where he has just been pacified will be in chaos."

"So Master Kou planned to do something big?"

"That's right." Kou Wei bowed to the direction of the Grand Marshal's Mansion: "Gu Siyuan has already gone to meet you, so this matter should be reported to the King quickly."

Yan Zhen smiled: "Will the Master of the Pavilion think the king will know more slowly than Tongzhengsi?"

Only then did Kou Wei wake up.

Yes, why do I think Luo Yongsheng doesn’t know now?

Just now, I suddenly heard that Kong Yanshi died, and I was so confused that I even ignored such a thing.

Now Yan Zhen knows it, which means that the Jinyiwei or the military in Shandong have reported this to Nanchang. It may be even earlier than the Tongzhengsi Department, which means that Luo Yongsheng is aware of the situation, but he did not notify the cabinet.

It's worth pondering.

"What's your opinion on Yan Shuai?"

At this time, Kou Yan was not anxious. He calmed down and picked up the tea bowl. He was calm and composed.

"The same thing is true. Shandong's affairs are handled by Shandong. The Shandong authorities cannot handle them well. Please ask the cabinet to intervene."

Yan Zhen gave his own opinions and then laughed: "Of course, if the cabinet wants to intervene now, of course it's OK. Several cabinet masters will make the decision."

After saying that, Yan Zhen stopped talking and planned to leave. Before he could say goodbye, he heard the rushing steps outside the main hall and turned around, but Cheng Wen and the remaining four cabinet ministers followed one after another.

Everyone had a look of anxiety on their faces. It was obvious that they had learned from the public officials who had been rumored to find out why Kou Wei summoned them late at night.

Similarly, the four people were also confused when they saw Yan Zhen.

However, no one was willing to find the reason why Yan Zhen came here first, and asked Kou Shi about the incident in Shandong first.

The latter is now full of consideration, but instead of taking the four people's words first, he said.

"Gu Siyuan has gone to report this to the king, wait, I guess the king should summon me to wait."

When Cao Cao arrived, Kou Gui's words had not yet come to an end, Gu Siyuan returned, but did not bring back Luo Yongsheng's summoning order, but said.

"Several Pavilion Masters, Mr. Yan, the King has been a little uncomfortable recently. Let the Pavilion Masters make their own decisions about this matter."

The five people looked at Yan Zhen together, who raised his eyebrows and lowered the tea bowl in his hand and stood up.

"Let's narrate a few masters, Yan said goodbye."

"Gu Sicheng gave Yan Shuai."

After watching the two left, Kou Qi took his seat again and sighed.

"Sure enough, the king had known about this matter for a long time, but the king asked us to make an idea, which shows that the matter in Shandong is not worth mentioning in the king's mind."

“Isn’t this worth mentioning?”

Wei Bingkun and Chu Ji were both a little unable to sit still, but Kong Yanshi was the one who died.

What's more, this was forced to death by Jiang Lan.

"No matter how Kong Yanshi is, he is still the current head of the Kong family. Jiang Lan forced Kong Linggong to be humiliated and died. How could the scholars and scholars in the world not be angry?"

Geng Baishun interrupted.

"All people are dead, so you can't let Jiang Lan fight for his anger."

Cheng Wen also said: "Opening a school and running education is a national policy. Could it be that the Kong family disagrees, and the cabinet must follow it? The most urgent task now is that the Confucian scholars from Shandong have blocked Jiang Lan and his group in Qufu, and the newly opened children's school has also stopped. We have to take an attitude.

If this continues, will the children's schools in other parts of the province still be open?"

"Investigate Jiang Lan's dismissal."

Wei Bingkun spoke, and saw Kou Yan looking at him, and continued to say uneasy: "His behavior in Qufu is obviously wrong, and it is reasonable to dismiss his post."

This proposal was not a big problem. Geng Baishun didn't say anything and obviously had acquiescent intentions, but Chengwen shook his head.

"There seems to be some problems with Mr. Wei's statement. Do you think Jiang Lan's behavior in Qufu is wrong. What are the mistakes?

It was just an invitation to Kong Yanshi to give a congratulation. This is all a mistake? Why can't Kong Yanshi go? Why can't he go? Why can a congratulation make him angry to death?"

Wei Bingkun was speechless for a moment.

Cheng Wen looked cold and continued to say, "That's because Kong Yanshi himself looked down on new learning. This is not a problem between Kong Yanshi and Jiang Lan, but a problem of incompatibility between Confucianism and New Learning. It is a serious prejudice problem that the traditional Confucian thought of new learning itself.

Kong Yanshi was undoubtedly a Confucian scholar who was a great scholar in the world. He asked him to attend the establishment of the Tongxue School and send a congratulatory speech. It was obviously not what Kong Yanshi himself wanted, but because of the power, he had to do it, which made him consciously lose the backbone of the literati's solar term, and then he died in shame and anger.

Jiang Lan knew that doing so would force Kong Yanshi to death, but he still did this. It was based on this that Mr. Wei felt that Jiang Lan had any faulty behavior, right?"

In terms of eloquence, Luo Chengwen's performance was indeed good. Kou Yan looked at the former with praise, waiting for the latter to continue speaking out.
To be continued...