Qiming 1158

Chapter 838 Kong Zheng feels comfortable

It's human nature to be angry, and Kong Maojie wouldn't find it strange.

Rather, it would be really strange to say that Zhao Zuoliang had no anger at all.

"This time, His Majesty has made a great determination, and will definitely solve the matter in Shandong completely, and will never tolerate raising a traitor."

"So Kong?"

"Kong Shi, it's not that important."

Kong Maojie shook his head and said, "The Kong clan in Qufu is not as important as they think. The Emperor Daming is a human emperor, not a son of heaven. There is no such great demand for the Kong clan."

Zhao Zuoliang looked at Kong Maojie in surprise.

"Is this true?"

"This is what Your Majesty has said many times."

Kong Maojie nodded and said, "If the Kong family breaks the law, His Majesty will never make them feel better. Depending on the situation, it is not impossible to completely end their existence."

"He Yuting... will he really do this?"

"Yes, because after all, they have no military power."

Kong Maojie's words dispelled all of Zhao Zuoliang's thoughts, because he also realized that, in the final analysis, this is a world where whoever speaks loudly with a fist speaks loudly.

Not to mention that in the East Asia region, the Ming Kingdom is a standout, with the biggest fist, and of course the loudest voice, and has the final right to interpret many things.

Including things about the Kong family.

If someone tries to make an injustice for Kong Jiaming, try to fight against the Ming emperor's decision.

Isn't that an excuse for a better purge?
Zhao Zuoliang took a deep breath and deeply admired the means of his emperor's son-in-law, and even more admired his courage.

How brave do you have to be to attack the Kong family?
Even if the dynasties did not pay attention to the Confucius family, they would let the Confucius family go, and it was a political gesture of honoring Confucianism to give favor to a title.

Unless his son-in-law no longer intends to let Confucianism continue to be the official guiding ideology of the Ming Dynasty...

That's a big deal.

Zhao Zuoliang was still a little worried, and Kong Zheng, the Minister of Rites, couldn't figure it out even more.

I heard that the emperor was doing things in Shandong, and the information that Zhongdu could get was extremely limited. Many so-called well-informed people seemed very helpless on this news.

It's not that I don't want to give news, I really don't know the news, and I don't dare to give it indiscriminately. What if I get slapped in the face?
From April until the end of May, some family letters were sent to Zhongdu. The family letters said some sensational things. For example, a certain family was raided because of corruption, a certain family was beheaded because of corruption, and a certain family was arrested for resisting arrest. killed or something.

The family letters sent to Zhongdu all reveal the family’s fears and worries, as well as more concerns about whether they will be involved, so that the Shandong officials in Zhongdu are also anxious like ants on a hot pot. Running around, can't live in peace.

Whether their family has committed any crime, and whether they will be caught, their family members know best. Even if their hands and feet are clean, it is hard to say whether their family or friends’ hands and feet are clean on the ground.

If you want a good reputation, you have to have a white glove. You can't really want your family to have few desires, right?

If this is found out, the problem is estimated to be very big.

Some people know it well, so they are worried.

Some people don't even know if their family members are really involved in the Yellow River corruption case.

After all, they are not in Shandong. If the family does things they shouldn't do behind their backs, they will really be even more wronged than Dou E.

Therefore, some of them immediately wrote to their family members to ask about the inside story or to explain something important. Some of them went straight to the Confucius Mansion without saying a word, and went to Kong Zheng, the leader of Shandong officials, and asked him for help.

To be honest, at this moment, in addition to worry, Kong Zheng's heart is still slightly relieved.

First of all, he does not think that the Kong family will fall in this anti-corruption wave, because the status of the Kong family is very special.

Because before this incident, Kong Zheng was considered to have betrayed too many interests belonging to the scholar-officials because of his constant withdrawal and tolerance towards the emperor, and was collectively dissatisfied by Shandong officials.

Older officials understand Kong Zheng's painstaking efforts, but younger officials don't.

As a result, some young officials have united themselves into factions, and are no longer willing to follow Kong Zheng's arrangement to advance and retreat together.

They don't think Kong Zheng can realize their interests, and doubt whether Kong Zheng has completely become the emperor's tool man, so it is better to form a group and launch some less senior officials who firmly represent the interests of the Shandong department to go out as backup spokespersons .

Kong Zheng was very dissatisfied with this situation. He felt that he had paid so much, but now he had to face the distrust of the juniors. The distrust of the juniors was a huge insult to him, and he was very upset.

But in the face of the threat of an external powerful enemy, he could not make any internal rectification.

Not to mention that the emperor once dealt with the Shandong department, because the Shandong department was too jumpy at the beginning, Kong Zheng thought that it would be beneficial to dormant for a while, so he decided to turn a blind eye.

Maybe the emperor would not pay too much attention to the instability of the Shandong department.

But he did not expect that the case in Shandong would be so serious, and the emperor himself was in charge, so he could imagine how many people were involved.

Speaking of which, Kong Zheng knew a little about these things.

When I chatted with my colleagues and communicated with the family, I had a little understanding of this aspect. I knew that some people had dirty hands and feet, and when they saw the huge financial allocation, they couldn't control their hands.

Kong Zheng had a little foresight about this matter. He felt that the emperor was so concerned about the Yellow River Project that if something really happened, the emperor would definitely be angry, and he would definitely attack some people with unclean hands and feet.

Because of this incident, Kong Zheng also wrote a letter and sent it back to Qufu, telling Kong Yu, who was in charge of the family, that he must control the family's business relationship and must not be involved in the Yellow River Project.

He felt that this would almost ensure Kong's safety.

But just as Su Yonglin underestimated the greed and shamelessness of people, Kong Zheng also underestimated the greed and shamelessness of Kong's branch.

So things broke out so simply, and it broke out in a concentrated way in Shandong. The emperor personally dealt with it. Shandong Gaomen was in trouble, and the officials of the Shandong Department of Zhongdu were trembling.

At this point, they finally can't control their fear.

They instinctively found the Kong family, the thousand-year-old family that was indestructible in their hearts, and hoped to get some security from the Kong family, so that they could eat a meal and sleep peacefully for an hour.

Therefore, even though Kong Zheng himself was a little worried, the appearance of those slightly rebellious young officials who came to the Kong Mansion to ask him for help in a low voice made him feel too comfortable.

Now you guys can be considered to know what the background is, right?
Kong Zheng's heart was dark, but his face was very regretful, and every word of Zhuge Liang's words after the fact [I had known why today was necessary] [I said a long time ago to keep a low profile, you don't listen] made these young officials feel regretful. green.

They lowered their proud heads and made requests to Kong Zheng, hoping that Kong Zheng could help them. It would be best if the family was okay. If there was something wrong with the family, please come forward to protect the family and help save the family.

And then they offered benefits.

Kong Zheng didn't accept it at all. He knew that in this case, the benefit was to dig a grave for himself and erect a monument. Even if he wanted to accept the benefit, he couldn't accept it so blatantly. The way of doing business implicitly receives benefits, which are sent directly to the family.

This is the surest way to get high-quality benefits.

What is the benefit now?
Take people's money and people to eliminate disasters?

It's too low.

(End of this chapter)