"Thank you, then, sir." Kong Shangsheng nodded and walked out with the brocade guards who escorted him.

Now, he can only resign himself to fate.

After getting the confession, Xu Xianchun nodded with satisfaction. Glancing at the sky outside, the east was already revealing the whiteness of the fish's belly.

Xu Xianchun breathed a sigh of relief and said to Cui Yingyuan beside him: "It's about to be dawn, I'm going to take a rest, recuperate my spirit, and then go to see Your Majesty." It's all up to you, and you won't be allowed to make any mistakes. Looking at Kong Shangsheng, you can't let him die, do you understand? ”

Cui Yingyuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely handle things well, and there will be absolutely no mistakes." ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Xu Xianchun walked out.

He was really sleepy and really needed a break.

As the saying goes, the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning. When the sun rises in the east, the whole city of Jeju seems to come alive.

The bustling streets are filled with people, and the whole city seems to be full of life all at once.

The assassination incident that caused a lot of uproar a few days ago seems to have subsided quickly, and it is even easy for people to have a moment of trance, was there really such a thing in the first place?

However, everyone who cares knows that not only is there this matter, but the matter is far from over.

When people saw Xu Xianchun enter His Majesty's line, they knew that there was probably a result.

Zhu Youxiao also got up early today, and he has been in good spirits in the past two days. Not in the capital, he has been abstinent these days, which makes him feel good, and I don't know if it's an illusion.

After boxing and exercising, Zhu Youxiao prepared to have breakfast.

This morning's shredded chicken porridge is served with a bowl of ravioli. Although the two things didn't seem to be worthy, Zhu Youxiao wanted to eat like this, so it was so late.

After eating and drinking, Zhu Youxiao took the silk handkerchief handed by Chen Hong, wiped his mouth gently, then stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and asked, "Has Xu Xianchun arrived?" ”

"Back to the emperor, people are already waiting outside." Chen Hong hurriedly said.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, walked to the chair and sat down, took a sip of tea, felt a lot more comfortable, and then said, "Then let him in." ”

It didn't take long for Xu Xianchun to walk in from outside.

He came to Zhu Youxiao with a serious face, bowed and saluted: "Minister Xu Xianchun, see Your Majesty,"

"Excuse me." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

When Xu Xianchun stood up, Zhu Youxiao continued to ask, "How is it?" Is there any news? Or is there any progress that you can't wait to find in the morning? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister did find something. It's just that the stakes are very high, and the minister doesn't dare to make his own decisions, so he specially came to report to His Majesty. Xu Xianchun hurriedly said.

"Let's talk about it." Zhu Youxiao nodded, leaned on the couch, and waited for Xu Xianchun to explain to him.

"After interrogating Kong Shangli, the minister determined that he was Kong Shangsheng behind the scenes, and he took someone to arrest him yesterday." Xu Xianchun didn't hide it, and started to say directly.

Xu Xianchun believes that His Majesty already knows these things, whether he says it or not, His Majesty knows it very clearly. It's just that at this time, I really can't hide anything.

"The minister asked his subordinates to arrest Kong Shangsheng, and the minister himself went to see Yan Shenggong, and as a result, Yan Shenggong bribed the minister." As he spoke, Xu Xianchun took out a jade pendant and said, "Your Majesty, this is the jade pendant that Yan Sheng Gong gave to his ministers." ”

"Is there anything special about this jade pendant?" Zhu Youxiao squinted at Xu Xianchun and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this jade pendant is a personal ornament of the Holy Father of Yan, which can be used to prove his identity. After all, he is locked up now, and there is nothing to give to his ministers. When the matter is completed, he is willing to exchange 200,000 yuan of silver for this jade pendant. Xu Xianchun said without changing his face: "The minister was thinking about investigating the case at that time, so he pretended to agree to him. ”

"Although the incident happened suddenly, the minister did not report it to His Majesty, the minister is guilty, and he asked His Majesty to punish the crime." Speaking of this, Xu Xianchun knelt on the ground, with a posture of confession.

Zhu Youxiao looked at him, waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up, you have excusable circumstances to investigate the case." But you have to remember that this kind of thing can't always be done, and I don't want to say that I don't want to make an example. You can control the balance yourself, but you can't cross the line. ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will not disappoint Your Majesty." Xu Xianchun hurriedly agreed, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In fact, this kind of thing is very risky, because in principle it is not allowed.

Your Majesty believes in yourself, and if you don't believe in yourself, this is a crime. The reason is also very simple, no one knows what you think when you collect the cashier. Afterwards, you said that you were investigating the case, but there is no way to prove this kind of thing. If such a thing is allowed, many corrupt officials will use this way to clear their name.

"Go on." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Xu Xianchun agreed, and then continued: "After the minister pretended to agree to the Holy Duke of Yan, he asked the minister to forward a letter to Kong Shangsheng. ”

At that time, Yan Shenggong said that with this jade pendant to prove his identity, coupled with his handwritten letter, Kong Shangsheng would believe the minister. This is the handwritten letter, please look at it Your Majesty. Speaking of this, Xu Xianchun took out a letter from his bosom, knelt on the ground respectfully, and held the letter in both hands.

When Chen Hong saw Zhu Youxiao nodding, he hurriedly walked over, stretched out his hands to take the letter, and then quickly held it in front of Zhu Youxiao, and respectfully handed the letter to Zhu Youxiao.

Taking the letter from Chen Hong's hand, Zhu Youxiao read it quickly.

Zhu Youxiao knew the content of this letter, but he still read it very carefully.

After reading it once, Zhu Youxiao slammed the table, and then stood up.

After walking a few steps with a gloomy face, Zhu Youxiao scolded loudly: "It's just extremely bold and lawless!" Bribing the investigating officials, threatening criminals, and making people confess their guilt is really mad! Where did these people put the law of the Ming Dynasty? Where do I go? ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Xianchun and said directly: "Then how did you find out?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already found out the matter." As he spoke, Xu Xianchun took a piece of paper and said, "This is Kong Shangsheng's confession, which explains in detail what happened this time. ”

"How the Confucian family controlled the military and government of Shandong, how they embezzled the land of the people, and how they sold food for disaster relief are all clearly written. The Kong family's grain in Jining City has been sealed by us, and Kong Shangli, the shopkeeper in charge of reselling the grain, has also been arrested by us, and Zhang Shun, the prefect of Jining, has also pleaded guilty. ”

"Your Majesty, please." Xu Xianchun picked up the paper again and said respectfully.

Chen Hong came to Xu Xianchun's side again, picked up the paper with both hands, came to Zhu Youxiao's side, and respectfully handed the paper to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and took the paper, and looked at it quickly.

On this statement, Kong Shangsheng admitted many things, such as the matter of the Kong family's collusion with local officials. It's clear that this is not an overnight thing. Reselling food for disaster relief is not something that can be done in one day today.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, but the Confucian family has been on the ground in Shandong for more than 200 years. Dynasties changed and emperors fell, but the Confucian family has always stood tall.

On the ground of Shandong, it is not so much the imperial court that has the final say, but the Confucian family. Among the yamen, in addition to the officials sent by the imperial court, the rest of the local officials were basically people arranged by the Confucian family. Even if it is not the person arranged by the Kong family, no one dares to offend the Kong family.

After serving as an official for three years, he patted his ass and left, even if he offended the Kong family, he could be regarded as fearless.

But these local officials are different, they will always be on the ground of Shandong, offending the Confucian family, and the Confucian family has a hundred ways to keep them out of Shandong, so no one dares to offend the Confucian family.

Under such circumstances, there is nothing in the entire yamen that the Kong family does not know. If the officials sent by the imperial court want to be good officials in Shandong, you don't even think about it without the cooperation of the Kong family. What's more, these people are all scholars, and they are all disciples of the Confucian saints, so they naturally want to make friends with the Confucian family. Coupled with the assistance of the Kong family's large amount of money, it naturally infiltrated the Shandong officialdom.

Up and down the entire Shandong, the Confucian family's greeting was better than the emperor's holy decree, and they bowed their heads everywhere they went. Under such circumstances, what the Kong family wants to do is simply easy. Encroaching on the fields, except for the Lu Wangfu, no one can compete with the Kong family. In terms of reselling food for disaster relief, it was not made only on this day.

The so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the entire Shandong government is like the treasury of the Confucian family, allowing them to take what they want. In such a situation, just like Kong Shangsheng said, it is nothing more than business.

After reading the confession, Zhu Youxiao was not as angry as before.

Gently putting down the confession, Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Xianchun, waved his hand and said, "Retreat to the side hall and wait." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Xianchun hurriedly agreed, turned around and retreated.

When Xu Xianchun left, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Chen Hong and said directly: "Go and find Xu Guangqi and them." This time it's so big, I'm going to talk to them about it. ”

"Yes, Emperor." Chen Hong hurriedly agreed, turned around and walked outside.

This time it was a big deal.

Chen Hong's time by Zhu Youxiao's side is not short, and he knows the temper of his emperor very well.

If the emperor loses his temper, then it may not be a big deal; But if it's as calm as today, then something is really going to happen.

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