These letters were all written by Kong Yinzhi, the contemporary Yansheng Gong, to Kong Dazheng.

As soon as Zhang Mingwei read the content of the letter, he immediately understood what Kong Yinzhi thought.

Because Zhang Mingwei is not only promoting Xinxue, but most importantly, he is shooting at the vassal king.

It stands to reason that the vassal kings are the sons of the emperors of the past dynasties, and they are hereditary, as long as the Ming Dynasty is not extinguished, the vassal kings will have no worries.

However, as soon as Zhang Mingwei took power, all the fields of the vassal king were taken over by the imperial court, and the vassal king himself had to go overseas as a vassal state. In other words, at least in Kong Yinzhi's letter, he felt that the vassal king had been exiled.

If the vassal king is like this, what about the holy prince of Tayan?

The Holy Duke of Yan is also hereditary, just like the vassal king. You Xingguo Gong is engaging in the vassal king today, will you engage him in Yan Shenggong tomorrow?

In particular, the implementation of the new school will inevitably have an impact on Confucianism.

These two factors combined, according to the words of the letter, to take precautions, in order to prevent him from moving him in the future, he instructed his nephew in Jingshi to act according to the opportunity.

There are three letters about this, and according to the different timelines, the worry about the future of his Confucian family is getting stronger and stronger. Even one of them expressed concern about the large-scale land reform and return of Xingguo Gong.

Seeing this letter, Zhang Mingwei remembered.

Today's Yan Shenggong, in addition to the statue of the vassal king, is more similar to Tusi.

Because the county order of the Confucian family is also hereditary from the Confucian family. In other words, the Kong family is almost from the Tu Emperor, and it is no different from the Tusi.

Seeing that the Duke of Xingguo was acting on such a large scale against the feudal kings and Tusi similar to the Confucian family, it would be strange if he Yan Shenggong was not worried.

In addition, there is a letter, which is Kong Yinzhi who told Kong Dazheng that he was operating in Beijing and changed the Confucian family's private field into a sacrificial field.

Seeing this, Zhang Mingwei can only say that people's greed is unlimited.

In ancient times, people had money or not, and the symbol of wealth was the amount of grain fields.

According to the statistics of the late Qing Dynasty, the richest man in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the 12th ****? Hereditary replacement. Staking at the beginning? After nearly 300 years of accumulation, the grain field is the largest.

And in these 12 ****? Prince Gong who has the most grain fields? There are as many as one million acres.

However, compared to these Manchu hereditary **** and the Qufu Confucian family? It's a big thing again.

Qufu Confucius's family, a total of 1.2 million acres of grain land? Compared with the Manchu Dynasty, the prince stook more grain fields to enclose.

Other than that? The grain fields of the Confucian family are divided into private fields and sacrificial fields. The so-called sacrificial field means that the grain harvest is used to maintain the Confucian Temple, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court. Name implies? Is the private land the Kong family's own grain field? That was to pay taxes to the imperial court.

The greed of human nature is reflected here, the magistrate here in Qufu is the Kong family, and all the people in Qufu are tenants of the Kong family. Don't want to pay taxes.

At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, although the Kong family's grain fields were not as many as in the late Qing Dynasty? 1.2 million acres of grain fields, the Confucian family's grain fields have expanded to the two neighboring provinces? But in this Shandong, there are more fields than the other vassal kings? But there is no controversy.

If the new policy is to be implemented in Shandong? It's strange if you don't move the Kong family!

After reading these letters? Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but sneer.

For the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism can be had, but the Confucian family must be defeated!

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Mingwei probably had an idea in his heart.

The next day, Zhang Mingwei directly took Jinyiwei to break into the yamen of the household department and sealed all the records about the grain fields of the Confucius family in Qufu over the years.

Zhang Mingwei was in charge, and other unrelated people were all driven out, and no one knew what Jinyiwei was doing. Even if Tobe Shangshu rushed over, he was blocked from the door. Not for anything else, before this matter was not qualified, Hubu Shangshu was also a scholar, and Zhang Mingwei didn't want him to know in advance.

It can be seen from the archives of the household department that the scale of the sacrificial fields of the Confucian family grain field has been expanding. In other words, it is not only the contemporary Yan Sheng Gong who is secretly doing the thing of turning private land into sacrificial land, but also the previous Yan Sheng Gong has been doing it to a greater or lesser extent.

Moreover, the previous taxes from Qufu can also prove that the taxes collected by the imperial court are pitifully small, and they do not even match the number of private fields recorded.

No one has ever cared about these things. The special object is still the Confucian family in Qufu, and no one dares to check and check. Most of them have one eye open and one eye closed. Because this kind of tax evasion is not only the Confucian family, but a common phenomenon. Who would offend the Holy Father for this?

However, it is estimated that no one in the past generations of Yan Shenggong thought that one day in the future, there would be a person who would not be a bird to the Confucian family and would take action against the Confucian family. Otherwise, at least the books will definitely be better!

At this time, after Zhang Mingwei got these materials, he took these materials and the letters found from Kong Dazheng's mansion into the palace, first went to see Emperor Chongzhen, and showed him the information about the Confucian family in Qufu and those letters.

When Emperor Chongzhen was before, he only had the impression of the number of grain fields of the Kong family counted by officials, and to be honest, he didn't feel anything.

But as soon as he looked at this letter and the information of the Confucian family, he couldn't help but be angry.

It turned out that the registration of the Confucian family's grain fields on the side of the household department was far less than the actual number of grain fields of the Confucian family, not to mention, a large number of the sacrificial fields were also obtained by the Kong family's private operation of private fields.

What is this, this is a moth!

Emperor Chongzhen was angry at that time, and patted these letters and said to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, look, after the saint, the blood of the saint is also doing such a dirty thing, insatiable, insatiable!" ”

"With such a saint's bloodline, let the world's scholars see it, ashamed or not! There are also slaves who have changed dynasties in the past dynasties, and they are ......" Emperor Chongzhen said angrily, "You are right, Confucianism can exist, and the Confucian family must be defeated!" ”

If it was said that Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards the Confucian family before, and he was still worried about the influence of Ming scholars, at this moment, he didn't care at all.

The Kong family must be defeated!

No matter how big the Confucian family is, can it be bigger than the imperial power?

However, before taking action against the Kong family, it is still necessary to convince the civil officials, because this matter must be done by the civil officials.

So, at Zhang Mingwei's suggestion, Emperor Chongzhen immediately convened a meeting of the celebrant and the six ministries and nine secretaries of the cabinet, and the venue was still in the Wenhua Palace.

As soon as these civil officials saw Emperor Chongzhen's face, they knew that today's meeting was not easy.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen pointed the finger directly at the Confucian family in Qufu at the beginning, not saying how the contemporary Yan Shenggong is, but directly saying how the Confucian family is!

All the relevant materials were distributed, put on the surface, and made public, including those letters.

It can be said that a complete chain of evidence was placed in front of the highest group of officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing this situation, Wang Chengen also fell into the well and said to them: "Dongchang here heard that there are many illegal things in the Confucian family in Qufu, and some people are crying out for grievances, so our family has sent a soldier to Qufu. We believe that there will definitely be more Confucian lawlessness to be discovered! ”

Although in the previous meeting, there have been rumors about Yansheng Gongtian, at least it has been discussed. However, there was no such momentum of shouting and killing the Kong family before.

From this point of view, Emperor Chongzhen has made up his mind to deal with the Kong family.

In this regard, these civil officials in the Wenhua Hall have mixed feelings in their hearts.

In fact, the imperial power has not been without restrictions on the Confucian family.

Originally, both the Yan Sheng Gong and the Qufu County Order were hereditary by the Kong family. This situation began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, due to historical reasons, there were two Yan Shenggong, and when they merged, the other one was hereditary Qufu County Order.

However, when this matter arrived in the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang made adjustments again. The position of county commander is no longer hereditary from a certain family, but one of the Confucian people is selected to be the county commander. From the hereditary family to the hereditary family.

In this case, in fact, it is still about the same, in Qufu, the Confucian family is the emperor of the soil. The resulting problems are not surprising.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said with a serious expression: "Shandong's new policy, the vassal king's must be dealt with, and the Kong family must also be dealt with." Do you have any objections to this? ”

These civil officials below, after looking at each other, finally played by Du Yinxi: "Your Majesty, if the problems in Qufu violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the court will deal with them according to the law, and I believe that there will be no objections from scholars all over the world." ”

After a pause, he glanced at Zhang Mingwei, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Even if there is a problem with the character of the contemporary Yansheng Gong, if the imperial court wants to remove the candidate for the Yansheng Gong, Weichen thinks that it is not impossible. However, the title of Yansheng Gong, Wei Chen thought that it was still not suitable to move. ”

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not say this openly, these people in the hall understood the emperor's meaning. And they also know that this must be the meaning of Xingguo Gong.

Therefore, plugging Yinxi has this saying.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was actually very disgusted with the Kong family. After hearing this, he frowned and was about to say more.

When Zhang Mingwei saw this situation, he hurriedly said to Gu Yinxi: "You are right, you must act according to the law of Daming." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen, and naturally turned his back to the others. I saw him wink at Emperor Chongzhen, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it's okay to follow the will of the first assistant." I suggest sending Zuo Governor Yu Shi to Shandong to preside over the new policy, and by the way, supervise the illegal affairs of the Confucian family. In addition, both Jinyiwei and Dongchang can send people. If necessary, you can also bring the prisoner to the three halls of the Beijing Division for trial! ”

His intention is still step by step. This kind of thing is to make a big fuss, make everyone in the world know, and pull the Kong family down from the altar. In the next step, dealing with the hereditary title of Yan Sheng Gong will be much less resistant.