Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16165

Chapter 16163. The Kong Family

Upon hearing Kong Xuan’s words, Kong Yuming immediately asked curiously, “What’s the matter that’s so urgent?”

Kong Xuan took out the jade slip given to him by Kong Youwei, presented it with both hands, and then said to Kong Yuming, “The city lord of Zhenshou City is a member of our Kong family. I was the one who arranged for him to become the city lord of Zhenshou City. He did quite well there, but recently the Creation Temple in Zhenshou City was attacked twice, and he felt something was wrong. And today, something even bigger happened. Someone came to him with an imperial edict. It was someone from the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. This sect actually received His Majesty’s permission to preach in the Divine Kingdom. That person took the imperial edict and asked him to approve a piece of land so they could build a temple. Kong Youwei thinks this matter might be related to the previous attack on the Creation Temple. Even if it’s not related, the Myriad Laws Divine Sect wanting to preach…” That would be tantamount to taking away the cake from the Creation God Sect, and a conflict would definitely break out between them. The location of this conflict would most likely be in the Beast Suppression City. If it really is there, then there would be trouble. He might get dragged into it, which would not be good for him or for our Kong family. So he wants to apply for me to help him transfer away from the Beast Suppression City.

In a large family like the Kong family, there are too many people like Kong Xuan who help the family disciples arrange positions. It is normal for family disciples to give them gifts. Kong Yuming doesn’t care about such things at all. That’s why Kong Xuan dared to let Kong Yuming see the jade slip. Anyway, Kong Xuan was helping the Kong family disciples arrange positions, not outsiders, so even if Kong Yuming knew that he had accepted gifts, he wouldn’t say anything.

After reading the contents of the jade slip and listening to Kong Xuan’s words, Kong Yuming thought for a moment and then said, “The current intention of the various families is that we should take advantage of the attack on the Creation God Sect to seize some of its interests, but at the same time, we must secretly form an alliance with them. This so-called Myriad Laws Sect, having received an imperial decree, clearly indicates that His Majesty wants to use the Myriad Laws Sect to suppress the Creation God Sect. If a conflict really breaks out between them, it will be difficult for us to intervene. If we are really dragged into it, there will certainly be problems. How about this, you arrange for Kong Youwei to be transferred away. I think…” “He said he wanted to be transferred to a place closer to His Majesty. Hahaha, this kid has some ambition. Very well, then let’s transfer him to the Hanlin Academy and have him serve as a court attendant there for now.”

The Hanlin Academy is a rather special department. Its rank is not high, but it is very close to the emperor, serving as the emperor’s confidential secretary. The court attendant is actually a low-ranking official in the Hanlin Academy, with the lowest being the ninth rank and the highest being the sixth rank. Since the Kong family arranged for someone to enter, it certainly wouldn’t be a ninth rank, nor could it be a sixth rank. A seventh or eighth rank would be more feasible.

However, this would be a significant demotion for Kong Youwei. You must know that he is currently the lord of a city, a sixth-rank official, and he governs an entire city, practically a local emperor. Now, entering the Hanlin Academy, he would only have a seventh or eighth-rank official position, which is a drop of several ranks.

However, to be honest, many people would rather be a Hanlin Academician than a city lord, because as an Academician, there’s much more room for advancement. If you really climb the ranks in the Hanlin Academy, becoming a prime minister isn’t impossible, since the Hanlin Academy has always been considered a reserve force for prime ministers.

This is precisely why Kong Yuming said Kong Youwei was ambitious; Kong Youwei wanted to enter the Hanlin Academy, aiming for the prime minister’s position.

Kong Xuan was taken aback by Kong Yuming’s words, then immediately said, “Alright, I’ll arrange it now and transfer him away as soon as possible. It seems that Zhenshou City will become a place of trouble in the future; we should leave as soon as possible.”

Kong Yuming nodded and then said, “This matter must also be told to the other families. They need to know about this, otherwise they won’t tell us any information they have, which isn’t good for us.”

Kong Xuan responded, and then Kong Yuming waved his hand, letting Kong Xuan… After leaving Kong Yuming’s study, Kong Xuan immediately went to arrange the matter. The Kong family was a large clan, and arranging for a member of the family to serve as a Hanlin Academy attendant was no problem. The position of Hanlin Academy attendant wasn’t particularly important; often it was merely a nominal post, reserved for members of powerful families to receive a salary. Therefore, Kong Xuan’s arrangements were very simple. The next day, an imperial edict was issued to Kong Youwei, and he became a Hanlin Academy attendant.

The Hanlin Academy was located in Wukong City. Wukong City housed not only members of the Gongliang family but also various departments of the Divine Kingdom’s court. The Hanlin Academy served as Gongliang Juewen’s confidential secretariat, hence its location in Wukong City.

After Kong Youwei was transferred, a new person was immediately brought in. This new person was from the Yu family, a powerful clan in the Divine Kingdom. Their patriarch held the position of Minister of Revenue, essentially the purse strings of the kingdom, wielding immense power and influence.

Kong Yuming also directly informed the other families about the situation in Beast Suppression City. After hearing Kong Yuming’s intelligence, the other families took the matter very seriously. However, in their eyes, this was also a good thing. Although they wanted to secretly ally with the Creation God Cult, they hadn’t yet done so. Now, an enemy of the Creation God Cult had suddenly appeared, which was definitely a good thing for them. With this enemy, it would be much easier for them to ally with the Creation God Cult, and they could even suppress the Creation God Cult when necessary.

As for why the Yu family still sent someone to take over Beast Suppression City after learning about this, it’s because the Yu family is strong enough and confident enough to dare to send someone.

The person the Yu family sent to Beast Suppression City this time is named Yu Changkong. Yu Changkong’s identity is not simple. He is not a disciple of a collateral branch of the Yu family, but a direct descendant. Moreover, he is not young, but his strength is not very strong. He is currently only at the Royal Palace level. The reason for this is that he was injured when he was young. Since then, his strength has been difficult to improve. The Yu family tried many methods, but none of them worked, so they eventually gave up.

However, Yu Changkong is not really useless. In fact, Yu Changkong is still very useful. He is very good at handling affairs. He previously served as a manager in the Yu family. No matter what kind of task he was given, he could handle it very well. The Yu family also values him highly.

The most important reason the Yu family sent Yu Changkong this time was to give him complete control of Beast Town. As for the matter between the Creation God Sect and the Myriad Laws God Sect, that was easily resolved; it wasn’t a problem for Yu Changkong. Yu

Changkong appeared to be in his fifties. He was very handsome, slender, and possessed a scholarly air. His very presence gave the impression of frailty, and his occasional coughs only added to his delicate appearance.

Sitting in the study of the Beast Town City Lord’s mansion, Yu Changkong looked at the documents on his desk. He realized that Kong Youwei had indeed left in a great hurry, without any handover between them. This gave him a headache. Although he could slowly learn about the situation through the documents, that was too slow. Yu Changkong wanted to understand Beast Town as quickly as possible.

However, the Yu family still attaches great importance to Beast Suppression City this time. The reason why the Yu family values Beast Suppression City is that almost all cities in the entire Divine Kingdom are now controlled by various forces, making it extremely difficult to vacate a city lord position. It is precisely for this reason that the Yu family attaches great importance to it. At the same time, the Yu family is also mocking the Kong family for being cowardly. Isn’t it just a possible conflict between the Creation God Sect and that so-called Myriad Laws God Sect? It’s just a possible conflict, not a real conflict. What’s there to be afraid of? Giving up the city defense position for a possible conflict and running to the Hanlin Academy as a candidate for the imperial examination is, in the Yu family’s view, foolish.

Although there might have been a chance for advancement for candidates for the imperial examination in the past, now there is really no chance for advancement. Gongliang Juewen also knows that there are many disciples of aristocratic families in the Hanlin Academy now. He doesn’t trust these people very much, so he can’t possibly select someone from the Hanlin Academy to be the prime minister. So there is really no future there.

The Kong family, for the sake of a potential risk, abandoned a city and took a nominal position. In the eyes of the Yu family, this was absolutely unacceptable. They thought the Kong family was cowardly and dared not interfere in the affairs of the Beast-Suppressing City, while the Yu family dared to. In fact, not only the Yu family, but many others were vying for this position; the Yu family simply won in the end.

The Yu family understood this principle, so how could the Kong family not understand it? In fact, the Kong family also understood this principle, but they were different from the Yu family. The Kong family disliked taking risks. They were not currently allied with the Creation God Cult, and there might even be some conflict with the Creation God Cult in the future. If the Myriad Laws God Cult of the Beast-Suppressing City clashed with the Creation God Cult, the Kong family would definitely be drawn in, and their family would certainly suffer losses. The Kong family did not want to be involved in a conflict related to the Creation God Cult because they wanted to seize the Creation God Cult’s interests. If they got involved at this time, the Creation God Cult might directly attack them, which would put them in even greater danger.

They clashed with the Creation God Cult, and the Creation God Cult would definitely retaliate against the Kong family. If Kong Youwei really got involved in this matter, then the Creation God Cult wouldn’t even need to find an excuse to deal with the Kong family. It could be said that the Kong family seemed to have given up a city, but they had actually made preparations to take action against the Creation God Cult in other places.