Feng Xiaonian was full of ambition when he set out from the capital, but when more and more people were implicated in the Shandong case, he felt frightened.

This cannot be blamed for his cowardice, no one can still be calm when he has arrested more than 200 officials in Shandong.

These officials include officials from nearly half of Shandong's counties, most of whom are chiefs.

Now that half of Shandong's official offices are almost paralyzed, Baoding Hou Meng Ying saw that this was wrong, and released some county orders that were not seriously wrong, and let them make meritorious contributions.

Of course, the imperial court wants to be clear and clear, but it can't arrest all the officials, so who will do it!

And those officials who were arrested were also very relaxed, and when they caught one or two, they were still very worried, but the more people were arrested, their hearts were also calm.

The more accomplices, the more difficult it is to deal with them severely.

When Meng Ying instructed that some officials who were innocent and had no obvious mistakes were released, they all thought that this was because the imperial court had retreated.

Even if they were not released, many people congratulated each other while they were in prison.

Although they were locked up, they could not be put in prison like the common people, without food or drink.

In addition to the fact that they have no freedom and need to be questioned, they still enjoy the privileges of officials.

Whether it is Meng Ying or Feng Xiaonian, who specifically arrested people, they will not be too harsh on them, and no one knows what they want to do this time.

When the emperor and His Royal Highness the grandson did not give a direct order, they left a line for others, so that they could meet in the future.

So in general, this case was handled with a lot of thunder and a little rain. It seems that a lot of people have been arrested, but except for a few who are obviously at fault, everyone else has been released.

But just when Shandong officials were celebrating with their crowns, a piece of news quickly spread throughout Shandong.

The second batch of Jinyi guards from the capital, officials of the Criminal Department, arrived in Yanzhou directly along the canal and arrested the two side branches of the Kong family.

When the news came out, the whole Shandong was in an uproar. What the hell is Your Majesty trying to do?

Since Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to show his preferential treatment of the Kong family, promoted them from the third grade of the Yuan Dynasty to the first grade, and listed them as the first of the Wenchen, the status of the Confucian family has soared into the sky like a rocket in this preferential treatment.

Today's officials go to Shandong as officials, who should not come to Confucius Mansion to worship Confucius first, no one listens to what he says in Shandong.

Even last time, because Confucius wrote a book, Meng Yuan was listed as a regular dynasty, which angered the emperor. The emperor just cut the title of the Holy Duke of Yan, and did not lack the worship of the Confucian Mansion.

The sin of that time was much greater than it is now! Why are you arresting people this time?

Although most people don't know that it is only the side branch that is arrested, in their opinion, the Confucian Mansion is a family.

The second group of officials was led by Yu Qian, the right deputy envoy of the capital, and at the end of the first month, they set out from Yingtianfu and arrived directly from the canal to Jining in southern Shandong, and then landed and arrived in Qufu.

When they left the capital, the news of Zhu Zhanji's imprisonment had not yet been decided.

When he received an order to lead a team to Shandong to arrest the two side branches of the Confucian family, and also to make a tour in Shandong to reassure the people, publicize the imperial court policy, and divide the relationship between Confucius and the Confucian family, he wanted to disobey the order.

Although he cared about the people, he always spoke for the people and distributed countless lands to the poor villagers.

But this time it's directly aimed at the family of his spiritual idol Confucius!

It's just that Zhu Zhanji gave him a very strict warrant, and if he doesn't come, he will resign.

Although Yu Qian couldn't deal with the Kong family, he was even more reluctant to take his official position. I had no choice but to pack my bags and come to Shandong with a team of more than 200 people.

The boat they took was the riverboat of the First Fleet, and the journey was unimpeded, and the slender men from all over the country were well prepared, and it only took four days to arrive in Jining, so that he could not wait for a while.

When he went ashore in Jining, he was entertained by Zhao Huai, the prefect of Jining, and only then did he know that there was a navy who had sued the commander-in-chief Confucius.

Zhao Huai and Yu Qian were Jinshi at the same time, and the two had known each other for many years and had a close relationship. Yu Qian found him as soon as he arrived in Shandong, and he also wanted to learn more about Shandong from him.

Zhao Huai also had nothing to hide, specially set up a banquet to entertain Yu Qian, and invited him into the inner room after the meal, and the two had a long talk alone.

Hearing the news, he couldn't believe his ears. "How can this saint's house dig up other people's ancestral graves and not collect the bones?"

Zhao Huai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you don't become an official in Shandong, you really don't know this saint's house...... Alas...... Don't mention it. ”

Yu Qianqi said: "Could it be that this Confucian family is corrupt? ”

Zhao Huai shook his head and said: "It's not that the family style is corrupt, it's just that this Confucian family has a great cause, and there is a first-class title, and in this Shandong realm, he is really the king of the soil, and his actions are naturally a little flamboyant." Boyi knows, who is the biggest landlord in Shandong? ”

Yu Qian was able to do the deputy right capital imperial history, naturally he was not a mediocre person, but after listening to the meaning of Zhao Huai's words, he had already guessed that there was probably a big problem with this Confucian Mansion.

But this was very different from the Confucian Mansion in his heart, and he couldn't help but be shocked by the news.

In his opinion, after this saint, they should all be heirlooms of poetry and books.

After being a saint, you should cherish your feathers, how can you indulge your clansmen and tarnish your ancestors' name!

Yu Qian's mind churned for a while, and then he calmed down a little, and said: "Brother Keyongxian, Brother Fool has been going around in the south all these years, and he is not very familiar with the people of Shandong. This time, I was ordered to arrest the side branch of the Confucian Mansion, and I was really uneasy in my heart, and I hoped that the virtuous brother would teach. ”

Yu Qian, as the deputy right capital of the Imperial Palace, although his level is one level higher than Zhao Huai, the prefect, is still a Beijing official.

But this mission made him really nervous, and he didn't have the slightest arrogance in the face of this friend who had been an official in Shandong for six years.

Since Zhao Huai was willing to tell Yu Qian this, he naturally wanted to maintain this relationship, he personally held the pot and poured tea for Yu Qian, and then said: "This Confucian Mansion has been named the Holy Duke of Yan since the second year of Song Zhihe, and it has gone through three dynasties and has been handed down for nearly four hundred years. Four hundred years, even a big tree will inevitably have dead branches, let alone a big family?

My younger brother went to Shandong as an official six years ago, and at the beginning he violated the Confucian Mansion, and the first three years of the official core only got a middle and lower, and he was in the position of the prefect for six years. ”

Yu Qian was shocked and said, "Can this Confucian Mansion really affect the prefect of a place?" ”

"What's more...... If you come to Shandong as an official, you can't go to Jinan Mansion, you must first go to Qufu to worship and vote for ......"

Zhao Huai lowered his voice and said: "This Confucian Mansion has wantonly enclosed land in the name of sacrificial fields, not only in Yanzhou, Qufu, but also in all parts of Shandong, there is land under the name of Confucius. I Jining has the benefit of the canal, how can the Confucian Mansion let it go, the biggest landlord in Jining is the Confucian family. ”

Yu Qian had already seen it at this time, and Zhao Huai was afraid that he had a deep grudge with the Kong family, so he belittled the Kong family a lot in his words.

However, a Yansheng Mansion that is just a fictitious title is now being removed, but it can force a prefect to complain for days. As soon as Yu Qian arrived in Shandong, he could feel the majesty of the Yansheng Mansion.

He asked again: "The Yansheng Mansion is the largest landlord in Jining, and now that the Yansheng Duke has been removed, who is this land in whose name?" ”

Zhao Huai smiled bitterly: "Since the fifth year of Hongwu, Shandong has cleared the land, and in the past fifty years, Shandong has never measured the land again!" In the second year of Yongle, the emperor ordered Shandong to clear the land, but he only prevaricated with the past data. Not only that, in recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in Shandong, and the imperial court has been free of grain and relief over the years, and most of them have fallen into the pockets of the Kong family. ”

Yu Qian was a little displeased and said: "Brother Keyongxian, you have a grudge with the Kong family, I am naturally on your side." But now that I have the emperor's order, I naturally have to act justly before I can turn around. ”

Zhao Huai didn't get angry when he saw Yu Qian's suspicions, but just smiled bitterly: "Brother Boyi, when you go to Yanzhou tomorrow, you can check it slowly." The key is whether the emperor has the intention of making a big move. ”

Yu Qian regretted his unkind tone, and said with his fists clenched: "It's really a foolish brother who was too surprised, I didn't expect that this saint family would be like this." ”

Zhao Huai didn't want to say more, when Yu Qian saw and listened more, he would naturally know the facts.

"This saint is a saint, and the descendants are the descendants, not to be confused." Zhao Huai hugged his fists and said: "Brother Boyi, please rest today, and when you return, the younger brother will celebrate your achievements again." ”

On the second day, Yu Qian and his entourage separated in Jining, following three routes to spread the emperor's grace.

In the will of the Taisun, spread the emperor's favor and let the people of Shandong know that the immigration policy and grain subsidy policy of the imperial court are more important than the two side branches of the Confucian Mansion.

In order to prevent evildoers from doing evil, although they were divided into three teams, each team had dozens of people, and two hundred naval soldiers guarded them.

Yu Qian led most of the troops and went straight to Yanzhou by land.

Yanzhou is only forty miles away from Jining, there is a wide cement road, everyone took a carriage, and arrived in Yanzhou in the afternoon.

Fang Cheng, the prefect of Yanzhou, and Yan Shutong, the prefect of Qufu, were originally arrested for resisting the transportation of grain from Nanyang. But it was later found out that Fang Cheng was not a big evil, and the Shandong officials could not be arrested at once, and later released.

However, Yan Shutong was found to have occupied a lot of fertile land, and Ma Dezhong's case is still being detained in Yanzhou Prison, just waiting to be escorted to the capital.

After Fang Cheng came out, he became passable, even if Yu Qian and the others were Qincha, he was only coldly greeted and not enthusiastic.

Yu Qian didn't think that he could learn too much news from him, and when he came to Yanzhou, he first sent Jinyiwei and officials from the Criminal Department to Qufu to arrest the two side branches of Confucius, and he summoned Jinyiwei here, the investigators of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

When he was in Jining, he also felt that Zhao Huai was a little alarmist, because of the grievances with the Confucian Mansion, his rhetoric seemed extreme.

But when he learned about the actions of Confucius from all mouths and levels, he really had a feeling that the three views were completely ruined.

The Confucian family has a great cause, but there is no ordinary rural wicked people who do evil and bend the law for bribes.

But their actions are more harmful than these, because they have become the de facto emperor here.

Just according to Jinyiwei's investigation, it was found that the Confucian Mansion occupied more than one million acres of fertile land in various parts of Shandong, and most of these lands were not registered.

In the early years of Hongwu, Shandong was the main battlefield, with ten rooms and nine emptiness, and the land was seriously abandoned.

However, the Confucian Mansion has not been greatly affected, and at the beginning it occupied a lot of fertile land and hid acres of land.

Over the past few decades, every time there has been a natural or man-made disaster, the people have been displaced, and the Confucian government has made some good deeds to invite names.

But behind the act of kindness is the dramatic rise in the amount of their land.

Although Yu Qian is a literati, he is also a literati with a conscience. In the Jianwen Dynasty, it was he who proposed to limit the area of land occupied by individuals, but Zhu Di abolished this system after he ascended the throne.

The abolition of this system gave the Confucian Mansion the opportunity to expand, and now a Confucian Mansion covers an area of more than one million acres, with more than 100,000 tenant farmers.

If the Ming Dynasty is such a big family, then where will the imperial court still have the silver to conquer the four yi!

He also checked the case file of Ma Dezhong's lawsuit against Confucius, this case seems simple, but the problems exposed are even more amazing.

Because of the construction of a canal for the Kong family, the government dug up the tomb of Ma Dezhong's father.

Ma Dezhong fled the famine at the age of nine, and no one thought that a nine-year-old child could survive in troubled times, so no one cared about this grave at the beginning.

After knowing about this incident, the little official in charge of the project also inquired about the situation of the Ma family, and in the name of the Kong family, gave the rest of the Ma family two taels of silver compensation.

When the Ma family got the money, they acquiesced in this matter, and they didn't even bother to take a look, and no one bothered to collect the bones.

However, all these affairs are done by the government, and even the construction of water canals is done with the labor of the government.

This uses government conscription to build canals for private individuals, and encloses fertile land, even the vassal king, he doesn't dare to do it so directly!

To Yu Qian's regret, Ma Dezhong did not dare to stay in Qufu for a long time because he wanted to return to Jiaodong to resume his life, so the case was temporarily shelved, and he did not see the naval commander.

Although this Confucian Mansion did not oppress the people, and even sometimes gave food to help the people, in Yu Qian's view, this kind of big evil is more hateful than that small evil.

At this time, he also understood Zhao Huai's words, this matter still depends on how determined the emperor is.

If you only rely on what the Kong family does, there is no great evil, but you have been earning fame for yourself with small favors and small favors.

However, in less than 50 years, the family's land had increased tenfold, and the number of fertile land occupied far exceeded that of any other vassal king, and this kind of enslavement of the common people could be called a great rebellion.

But there is a saint's signboard, as long as the emperor does not punish the Kong family with his heart, no minister dares to take the initiative to provoke trouble.

Yu Qian, he didn't dare.

This is the Kong family!

Although he didn't dare to provoke the incident directly, his conscience would not let him ignore it, so he transcribed all what he saw and heard and let the navy soldiers quickly transmit it back to the capital.

Jiang Wanli was the chief general of the two side branches of the Kong family this time, and this time he took the initiative to ask for help.

As one of the first four Jinyi Wei Qianhu to follow Zhu Zhanji, Jiang Wanli, who is good at intelligence analysis, has always been the most inconspicuous one.

Yang Zhangde was ruthless and decisive, and when he was in the Eastern Expedition, he made great contributions and was promoted to command.

The remaining three, Feng Xiaonian is old and spicy, Chu Song is exquisite, but Jiang Wanli, who is good at internal affairs, is not as conspicuous as them in any aspect.

But after returning from the West, I saw that Yang Zhangde, who was originally at the same level, had become the number one real power figure in Jinyiwei, and the impact on the three of them was very huge.

If you want to get ahead, you have to gamble with your life.

Feng Xiaonian took the lead and took the initiative to investigate the major grain case.

Chu Song was also sent out to do things because of his exquisiteness.

Jiang Wanli lost the opportunity because he had rested at home for a few more days, and by the time he reacted, there was nothing to do with him.

But he also figured it out and decided to take his life to make a fortune.

Arresting Kong's family made everyone else see it as a chore, but he knew that as long as he handled this case, he would definitely be able to get ahead.

That's the Kong family!

What's more, it was the end that turned the Kong family upside down, he took his family to the sea, and no one believed in Confucianism in those barbarian places.

He believed in the ability of His Royal Highness Taisun even more, and over the years, no one had been able to hurt the people His Highness wanted to protect.

In the afternoon of the same day, he led 200 naval officers and men from Yanzhou to Qufu, forty miles away, and stayed overnight outside the city.

As soon as the city gate was opened on the second day, he led people into the city, joined the spies in the city of Jinyiwei, and directly let two hundred naval officers and soldiers surround Kong Gongdao and Kong Gongde.

However, he did not rush to let people do it, but just surrounded the house and stopped letting people in and out.

Subsequently, under the leadership of the Jinyi Guard, he only brought two Jinyi Wei General Flags and came to the Confucian Mansion in the city.

Today, there are four or five hundred houses in the Confucian Mansion, occupying half of the county seat of Qufu. This main mansion is not something anyone can break into rashly.

In the first two years, when the title of Yansheng Gong had not been removed, even if the political envoy of Shandong came, he could only enter and exit obediently through the side door.

Jiang Wanli came to the gate, looking at this solemn momentum, his heart was also terrified.

As soon as he entered today, he was completely in opposition to the vast majority of Wenchen in the Ming Dynasty.

But since he has chosen this path, he can't help but regret it at this time.

Think about Yang Zhangde, if he comes, he will definitely give it a go.

There were not many guests who came to the door early in the morning, but Jiang Wanli's flying fish suit still attracted the attention of many people.

A family member greeted him, and before he could speak, he saw Jiang Wanli take out a copy of the Ming Huang Holy Decree from his arms, and said loudly: "Jiang Wanli of the Jinyi Guard Thousand Households was ordered by the emperor to send an envoy to Anmin, and asked Kong Gongyan to accept the decree......"

The family was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the holy decree was just an ordinary yellow, wooden scroll, he was immediately disappointed, but he arched his hand and said, "Angel, please come in and sit down for a while, and I will go to inform my family and the prince immediately...... Master. ”

The title of the Duke of Yan was cut, and the holy decree of the colorful jade shaft became a bright yellow holy decree with only one color. This time it is still a wooden shaft, which shows that the holy decree is not about official reinstatement, so the family members of the Confucian Mansion will naturally not be too affectionate.

They have seen a lot of all kinds of Qincha, a small brocade cloth and a thousand households, and they don't put it in their eyes.

Jiang Wanli and they were introduced to the Confucian Mansion, because of the holy decree in his hand, no one dared to let them wait in the side hall, but they were directly led to the main hall.

Standing in this courtyard full of civility, Jiang Wanli's legs couldn't help but tremble a little, two subordinates who were usually bold and ruthless were even more unbearable than him at this time.

"Calm down, we are here with the emperor's order. No matter how good this Kong family is, it is just a family of the Ming Dynasty, does it really have the courage to rebel. ”

He dared to take two of his subordinates into the Confucian Mansion, and he also decided the way of saluting first and then soldiering.

Although he stood on the opposite side of Wenchen this time, with the emperor and the grandson behind him, he was not very worried.

After a while, a group of Kong clan people in formal clothes entered the courtyard under the leadership of the family ding, and the family members arranged the incense case in an orderly manner according to the procedure, waiting for the holy decree.

Jiang Wanli didn't have the idea of having a relationship with the Kong family, today he came to be a villain, not to mention that he was a small thousand households, and it was impossible for him to be taken into account by the Kong family, so he didn't bother himself.

And the head of this generation, Kong Yanjin Yongle, has been the lord for ten years, and he is only twenty years old this year, three years younger than His Royal Highness Taisun.

Three years ago, when he was just an adult, he was stripped of his title by the emperor because of an article that was praised by Confucian scholars, which put the Confucian Mansion in a very embarrassing situation.

In the past few years, he has been very low-key, hoping that the emperor will be gracious, or the new emperor will ascend the throne and return the title of Confucius.

This is also the reason why they have had a close relationship with the prince in recent years, everyone knows that the prince is really close to Confucianism, and he is also very close to their Confucian family.

Burning incense and changing clothes, headed by Kong Yanjin, several heads of the main house of the Confucian Mansion knelt down.

Jiang Wanli unfolded the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Since the fifteenth year of the great flood, I am worried about the people of Shandong, and I have transported Nanyang grain to Shandong. However, because of the pretension of illegal officials and the greed of illegal traders, they maliciously blocked the entry of Nanyang grain into Shandong. After investigation, Kong Gongdao and Kong Gongde made profits by illegal means, regardless of the life and death of the people, and the crime was not pardoned and tried by the three divisions of the capital. Chin this. ”

Kong Yanjin was shocked, he lost his temper for a while, looked back, and saw his two uncles Kong Gongquan, Kong Gongzhuo was also surprised.

Seeing that the people in the Confucian Mansion were stunned, they forgot to step forward to receive the order for a while, and Jiang Wanli did not urge, and patiently waited for them to react.

Today, as long as you can successfully complete the task, there is no need to sin the Confucian Mansion in the subsection.

The eyes of the three people below exchanged for a long time, and then the three of them slowly knelt down and kowtowed: "The criminal minister receives the order......

Jiang Wanli's heart was relieved, as long as they were willing to accept the order, I was afraid that they would not accept the order, and let the decree become a bowl of raw rice.

Kong Yanjin accepted the holy decree and offered the incense case, and then said to Jiang Wanli: "Angel, I just don't know what will happen to the dozens of families of the two families of Kong Gongdao?" Can it be taken care of by the local government? ”

Jiang Wanli shook his head and said: "The minister is ordered to escort the two relatives into Beijing and seal the family property. ”

Kong Gongzhuo said angrily: "How innocent are the relatives, and they need to be escorted into Beijing?" ”

If only the two main culprits were escorted into Beijing, they were not worried, with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the capital, they would be released if they suffered a little at most.

However, dozens of relatives were also escorted into Beijing, if it was a bit long and short, it would be a big scandal for the Kong family.

Jiang Wanli hugged his fists and said: "It's hard to do it, please forgive Mr. Kong." ”

(I'm sorry, I didn't come back after a day of change yesterday, and I only got home this afternoon.) Two shifts tomorrow to make up for yesterday's arrears. I recommend a friend's new book "I Have a Cube", which is as boring as before. ）

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