Zhu Gaochi was holding the contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Yanjin in his arms. The little boy was only four years old, but was actually only two and a half weeks old... He was much younger than Zhu Zhanji. He was thin and dull, and it was difficult to speak.
Zhu Gaochi felt heartbroken when he saw it.
"Good boy, how can you carry such a big family fortune at such a young age? Don't worry, I will take care of you from now on. Our Zhu and Kong families share weal and woe and work together. I will definitely protect you.
I treat you as my own son."
Faced with this situation, the Kong family members were truly speechless.
Can you please show some respect? Do we wonder how pitiful the old Zhu family is?
Compared to the thousand years of the Kong family, how many days have your Zhu family been emperors?
You really think you are quite noble. You have stinky legs and the earthy smell on your body has not dissipated. You dare to marry the Kong family. Why don't you look in the mirror?
It is a pity that the Confucius family really cannot say these words hidden in their hearts. Not only can they not say them out, but they also have to be grateful to His Highness the Crown Prince for his deep friendship.
Zhu Gaochi was not polite and directly brought Kong Yanjin to him. He even brought a few palace maids who were good at taking care of children and asked them to take care of Kong Yanjin's affairs.
The reason is more sufficient. Now it is a mess, people's hearts are unstable, and people are constantly suing the Kong family. In order to prevent assassination, they need personal care.
In peacetime, whoever the Confucian government asks to take care of Duke Yansheng can choose two or three to go to the prince's residence and serve together. As for the others, don't get involved.
Zhu Gaochi suddenly had Yan Shenggong in his hands.
Yuan Gang is extremely busy here. He has to interrogate the case before dawn, and the case will be interrogated until the moon sets and the stars return... When he returns to the Yamen, he has to continue to sort out the case files, often staying up all night.
"Crazy, really crazy!"
"Your Highness, Qufu is where the ancestral graves of the Confucius family are located, and the children of the Confucius family cannot leave day and night. Duke Yansheng is so filial, how can he abandon his ancestors and ignore them? What's more, Duke Yansheng's biological mother is still here, and his parents are here, so he doesn't want to travel far away!"
Especially the children of the Confucius family, who were hiding in the Confucius Mansion and shivering, and would be taken away by Yamen officials at any time and questioned.
The dignified prince deceived Duke Yan Sheng, and then instigated the people below to bully the Confucius family. Aren't you afraid of having a bad conscience by doing this?
He was stunned and too frightened to reply. He could only kneel on the ground, trembling all over.
Duke Yan is the trump card in their hand. Now that Duke Yan has been taken away, who can protect the Kong family?
But what is truly terrifying is not this, but the fact that over the years, the Confucius Mansion has done too many evil things in the local area, and the common people will remember each account one after another!
We just dealt with a bunch of servants, but that’s not enough!
Then Xu Jingchang also came in.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Zhu Di looked at him, pondered for a moment, and said sharply: "Where are the Jin Yiwei?"
Zhu Gaochi called Yuan Gang to the camp.
Zhu Di said: "Zheng Ci practiced favoritism and cheated, and protected the Confucius family in every possible way. He is no longer worthy of being the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and in charge of major criminal matters in a country... Do you have anyone to recommend?"
Many people will never return.
Yuan Gang never expected that not long ago he was a seventh-rank censor, and in the blink of an eye he would become a powerful feudal official. The difference in status and authority was simply a world of difference.
There are no servants, and there is no Duke Yansheng... At this time, the Confucius Mansion is just an empty temple without gods, asking for everything.
Despicable, really despicable.
The people behind the palace still wanted to stop them, but the Jin Yiwei had already stopped them.
He was so busy, and the results were remarkable. Pieces of land were returned to their original owners, and every unjust case was redressed.
The commotion in Qufu is getting bigger and bigger, and as it continues to develop, people from the entire Yanzhou Prefecture even work tirelessly to come to Yuan Qingtian to complain and redress their grievances.
"Pass this order, I will be at the Qufu County Government to accept complaints from the people. If the Kong family is implicated, I will not tolerate it!"
Zheng Ci was extremely embarrassed, but he still tried his best to defend himself and said: "Your Majesty, now that Yanshenggong has come to Beijing and the Kong family has left Qufu, it is no longer the same as before. Your Majesty is kind and generous, so you should give Kong a way to live. God is kind and kind, so that the world can see it. To His Majesty’s magnanimity…”
Zhu Di didn't pay attention at all, but sneered: "That's what I said, but since you have become an ordinary person, you must abide by the laws, not to mention that the prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people. The king of Han violated the king's law, and I also dealt with it according to the rules. , why is it different when you get to the Kong family?"
Now he can't even kill an ordinary person casually, he must go through the process.
The county government opened its doors and welcomed people to complain... As long as you name them, someone will immediately go out to arrest them.
As soon as these words came out, even Xu Jingchang was envious.
I, Yuan Gang, deal with them just to clean up the scum among the scholars.
Lao Yuan has reached heaven in one step!
Zheng Ci had no choice but to ask to see Zhu Di.
"It's unjust, the Kong family is unjust!"
Yuan Gang was a little startled, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "I thank His Highness the Crown Prince for your support. I will definitely fulfill my mission and never regret it until I die!"
It’s over!
People lined up to go to the county government office to complain.
This authority is really amazing.
"I, I am guilty!"
"Wait a minute." Zhu Di smiled and said: "Zheng Shangshu, you said that the Kong family is no longer what it used to be. Could it be that you knew what the Kong family did before?"
When the leading official heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, "What kind of saint's family? Where is Yan Shengggong? Where Yan Shengggong is, that's the saint's family. You people are just relying on the name of a saint to do whatever you want. The criminals. The people who accuse you have already lined up at the Yamen, just waiting to be arraigned!"
The Kong family wanted to resist, but most of their servants had been arrested. Even those who escaped capture, they all ran away for fear of being caught again.
Yuan Gang is still the county magistrate and does not have the power to kill people. He can only submit the case files to the Ministry of Punishments and request the court for a ruling.
With that said, Zhu Gaochi picked up Kong Yanjin and walked away.
Now comes the real core.
He is an interesting person. In addition to his firm belief in morality, he also has the urge to die for his confidants... Deep in his heart, he really values his father more than anything else.
"Your Majesty has promised to integrate the remaining Kong family members into the common people and include them in the yellow rolls. However, Yuan Gang pursued him to the end and violated the holy will. I thought that he should be dismissed from his official position immediately, taken to the capital, and punished according to the law."
Faced with the compliment, Yuan Gang blushed and said, "Your Highness, I didn't know about the evil deeds of the Kong family until I arrived in Qufu. Having such descendants of the clan really disgraced the sage Kong. When I was in the capital, I , was questioned by Duke Dingguo, whether he wanted to protect the descendants of the Kong family or the morality in his heart... When Xianguan arrived in Qufu and checked the case files accumulated over the years, he suddenly had another insight. Xianguan thought, As an official, you must make decisions for the people! I must be a good official and worthy of the people!"
Others are just deceivers who use the name of a saint to ruin the reputation of a saint.
Xu Jingchang was startled and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think it's good to see Yuan Gang, but just now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also sent a letter asking him to serve as governor of Shandong and make decisions for the people."
Seeing Duke Yan being taken away, the remaining people in the Kong family were stunned. After thinking about it for a moment, they felt that something was wrong.
One sentence stopped Zheng Ci.
Zhu Di nodded happily.
After several elders discussed it, they were going to meet Zhu Gaochi and ask His Highness the Crown Prince to return Yan Shenggong... However, when they came out of the Confucius Mansion and went to see the Crown Prince first, there were already people from the Qufu County Government standing outside.
Zhu Di actually laughed, "So he has become a hot commodity? After all, one person cannot be split in half and used as two people. Shandong is a place where peace is difficult to be invaded. It is rare to have a good official, so let him stay in Shandong
Come on! I will make him the censor of Zuoqiandu, patrol Shandong, and give him the royal flag. All officials below the fifth rank can be beheaded first and then memorialized."
Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "That's wrong. Although your surname is Kong, you can't bully me for not understanding the teachings of the sage! Sage Kong said that you must have a good way to travel... Duke Yan Sheng went to Yingtian to study with his grandson.
, is there anything better than this? What's more, Confucius traveled around the world, seeking to become an official and benefit the people. However, the monarchs of various countries at that time had no vision and could not reuse the Confucius. Don't worry, this time is different, Yan Sheng
If the public school succeeds, we, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely reuse him, and we will not bury his talents just because of his status."
"Yuan Gang was originally a member of the literary elite and a good official praised by scholars, but he was so ignorant of the importance. It is simply abominable!"
The prince is the future emperor. If the prince appreciates him and entrusts him with important responsibilities, he must repay the kindness of knowing him... As for the family of Kong Sheng, isn't Duke Yan Sheng beside the prince?
The Jin Yiwei who had been waiting for a long time rushed in and captured Zheng Ci directly.
"I have met your Majesty."
Kong Gongda's vision went dark and he fell down.
How could the Kong family members endure it... Several gray-haired elders stood up, knelt in front of Zhu Gaochi, and cried bitterly.
Zheng Ci was so angry that he was trembling all over. He, the Minister of Punishment, could no longer do his job.
Next, an exciting scene occurred in Qufu.
"Yuan Zhixian, you handled the case of the Kong family very well. Everyone in the government and the public praised you. Even my father was very impressed. He thought you were a capable official and a pillar of the country."
Bang bang bang!
Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What you said is good. I also said this in front of my father. The reputation of the prince is not important. What really matters is the people. I will write to my father now to request
My father has promoted you to be the governor of Shandong, with full authority to handle the Kong family case, and to take care of the Bingzhou counties in Shandong so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."
"I will arrange for someone to be sent to Shandong immediately."
There are actually more than a hundred people from the Kong clan involved in various cases.
Kong Yanjin's uncle Kong Gongda was furious, "How dare you, a small county magistrate, come to the Kong family to run wild? This is a saint's family, what do you want to do?"
But after getting the King's Order Flag, not to mention ordinary people, even officials, as long as they are below the fifth rank, can be killed!
"I have been ordered by the Lord to take care of this place. The people inside are waiting for a thorough investigation. You are facing a lawsuit."
Wang ordered the flag to be sent to Qufu as quickly as possible.
Yuan Gang trembled all over and became excited. He knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Yingtian, thanked the emperor for his kindness, and then stood up suddenly.
"Go to the prison and take the royal flag with you. I will personally kill the criminal."
