I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 110 Beat the Dengwen Drum and go to Beijing to sue the Imperial Court.

Zhu Di glanced at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment.

Yep, here's your pick.

If you are not satisfied with the result later, don't look for me.

I didn't force you to choose this person, you recommended it yourself.

"Okay, since the people are settled, let them as soon as possible..."

"Boom boom boom boom boom..."

Just when Zhu Di was about to say that since the candidate has been selected, he should leave as soon as possible, there was a burst of drumming outside the palace.

"It's a Dengwen drum!"

I don't know who yelled, and everyone's hearts suddenly rose.

When the Dengwen drum sounded, it meant that there were unjust cases that the magistrates could not settle, or unjust cases that were ignored.

The common people could not find a place to appeal their grievances, so they went to the capital to sue the imperial court.

As long as Dengwen's drum sounds, the emperor will personally inspect the case and appoint officials to focus on the investigation.

December of the first year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just ascended the throne, set up a Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate in order to understand the people's sentiments and show benevolence.

All the people in the world have grievances, and the local officials dare not take care of or ignore the case, they can beat the Dengwen drum, go straight to the heaven, and the emperor will personally accept it. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be punished as a traitor.

Of course, this drum can't be played casually.

If the couple fights and the brothers split up, if you come to knock on this, you will be courting death.

It's not a big grievance, even if you beat the Dengwen drum, the emperor will not care, and even if you beat the drum, you will have to go to the prison for a while.

Who told you to be idle and make fun of the emperor and his ministers.

If you don't go in, who will go in?

And there are professionals here.

This drum is not something you can beat if you want to.

To put it bluntly, the formalism of this drum is higher than the practical value.

This drum has not sounded since Zhu Di ascended the throne.

Zhu Di even thought that maybe when he died, this thing would not ring once.

Unexpectedly, when the Northern Expedition was imminent and the whole court was preparing for the Northern Expedition, the drum sounded.

Listen to the rumble of the drum.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were beating drums in their hearts.

The sound of this drum represents a great injustice.

Once the investigation is clear, I don't know how many heads will be moved because of it.

"Your Majesty, the Dengwen drum is sounding. According to the regulations of Emperor Taizu, Your Majesty, you need to wear formal clothes, open the guard of honor and lead the civil and military officials to the Meridian Gate to meet the people who complained."

From the last court to the present, the Minister of Rites, Lu Zhen, has been sleeping with his eyes closed.

The moment the Dengwen drum sounded, the whole person was lifted up, and he loudly announced the Taizu's regulations.

Zhu Di nodded solemnly, telling Lu Zhen to hurry up and prepare.

The other civil and military officials, Prince Hanwang and others also had solemn faces.

Everyone was thinking, where did the great injustice happen?It even made trouble in front of the emperor.

And why don't the people who specialize in managing Dengwen drums come to report?

There was no news about this at all, which made people beat the drums.

Soon the emperor's guard of honor was ready.

The civil and military officials lined up neatly, and under the leadership of Prince Zhu Pangpang, they followed Zhu Di's dragon chariot and strode towards the Meridian Gate.

Outside the noon gate.

An official and a Jinyi guard stared at a young man in filial piety who was beating the Dengwen drum with ugly faces.

Originally in accordance with the rules.

If the other party wants to knock on Dengwen Drum, they need to register, and after the Jinyiwei of the Ministry of Criminal Justice reviews it, it will be reported to the emperor. The emperor confirms that he has taken over, and then allows the other party to come and knock.

But the guy in front of him didn't think about following the rules at all, he just wanted to beat the Dengwen drum.

For such a reckless guy, Jin Yiwei could directly detain him and take him away.

But what makes people helpless is that this young man is accompanied by another person.

It was also because of this person that Jin Yiwei and the officials in charge had no choice but to let the other party knock.

And the person who made Jin Yiwei and the officials helpless was a middle-aged scribe next to the young man knocking Deng Wengu.

This person is not an official.

Nor is it a well-known Confucian.

The other party was just an ordinary scholar.

Maybe someone will be curious.

How could an ordinary scholar stop an official of the Sixth Division and a Jin Yiwei.

the reason is simple.

Because this middle-aged scribe, surnamed Kong, came from Qufu, Shandong, and was a descendant of the saint family.

It is precisely because of this literati surnamed Kong who guarantees and sends each other that young people in filial piety can get close to Dengwengu.

"Clang clang clang..."

On the tower of Chengtian Gate, a solemn bell rang.

Hearing the ringing of the bell, the ugly-faced official on duty from the Sixth Division said loudly: "Stop knocking, Your Majesty is coming soon, get ready to kneel down to greet him!"

After shouting, he stopped talking to the two of them, and knelt on the ground in a daze, thinking about what punishment he would receive.

He didn't report the case according to the rules, so the other party beat the Dengwen drum.

Alarmed His Majesty and all the bosses, his official career has come to an end.

The face of the Jinyi guard on duty was not much better.

The reason for his ugly face was not only that he was similar to that official, but more importantly, he heard the name of the grandson Zhu Zhangui during the conversation between the two before they beat the drum.

As a person who was promoted by the grandson, it was hard for him to imagine how much disturbance it would cause if it had anything to do with the grandson.

Damn, if I knew it was about the grandson, I tried my best to stop the two of them just now.

Glaring at the two of them viciously, Jin Yiwei gritted his teeth, and quickly ran towards the flattering Tianmen.

He wanted to inform Ji Gang of this news before the emperor received the two, and then convey it to the emperor.

The reason why this guy worked so hard was because he was able to work in the palace because he was a grandson. Ji Gang promoted him for Zhu Zhangui's sake.

And this guy was the Jin Yiwei who knocked out Xu Bin's teeth with a knife when Xu Bin was arrested and Xu Bin called Zhu Zhanji his grandson.

"Father-in-law, are you really sure that the people who killed my family were from my grandson."

Next to the Dengwen drum.

The young man in filial piety who stopped beating the drum looked nervously in the direction of Chengtianmen, and asked the middle-aged scribe beside him in a low voice.

Patting the nervous young man in filial piety, the middle-aged scribe smiled and said to himself: "Our Kong family has existed in Shandong for so many years. Not to mention that our eyes and ears are all over Shandong, we can also be called well-informed."

"What kind of powerful bandits are there in Shandong? We are fully aware of any forces that do not belong to the imperial court."

"I can tell you responsibly that before the emperor's grandson left, there were not many bandits with a force of 5000 to [-] people in the entire Shandong Province, and there were not even a few cottages with hundreds of people."

"more importantly."

"That grandson's food is so strange, our family has never received any news that food has entered Shandong from other places."

"Furthermore, the emperor's grandson's so-called grain transportation team was attacked by gangsters, which is completely unfounded."

"We sent people to check everything within a radius of a hundred miles, and there was no trace of large-scale military battles at all."

"Let me ask you, how many people did the emperor and grandson transfer when he left at noon?"

The young man in filial piety recalled the news he had received, looked at the middle-aged scribe and said, "As far as I know, there are 4000 infantry, and 2000 cavalry were dispatched in the afternoon."

The middle-aged scribe nodded, and then asked, "How many bandits are there?"

The young man in filial piety shook his head.

"I'm not sure about this, but according to those uncles, there should be around 5000 people."

The middle-aged scribe smiled slightly, folded the fan in his hand, and tapped the young man in filial piety on the shoulder.

"There is not such a large bandit force in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, and so many bandits came in the evening after leaving so many people in Taisun's army. Don't you think this number is too coincidental?"

A trace of hatred flashed in the eyes of the young man in filial piety, he clenched his eyes tightly with both fists, looked towards Chengtian Gate, and waited for Zhu Di's arrival.

The name of the middle-aged scribe was Kong Xiwen, the son of Kong Kexuan.

This impeachment incident was planned by him and his father.

Originally, Kong Kexuan didn't want to have any conflicts with the royal family. The purpose of the Kong family was not to fight against the authorities.

The day after the Lin family was wiped out, Kong Kezhen knew about it.

For the murder of an old friend, while sad, but also a little regretful.

After being sad and regretful, Kong Kexuan ordered someone to escort the son of the eldest son of the Lin family who was studying with him, and went back to take over the property of the Lin family.

The main purpose among them is that Kong Kexuan wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take all of the Lin family's property into his pocket.

The Lin family has been rooted in Jinan Prefecture for so many years. Apart from money, the biggest asset of the family is the huge land.

When the old friend was alive, Kong Kexuan had no idea about these properties.

But his old friend's family had all died, leaving only one seedling living in the world, so his heart was moved.

So he told the son of Lin's eldest son that he was willing to betroth his granddaughter to him for the sake of his old friend.

But for the granddaughter to have a guarantee in the future.

The young master of the Lin family must use the land of the Lin family as a dowry gift in order to marry his granddaughter.

All the members of the family died, and the young master of the Lin family, who was sad and lonely, saw that the teacher was willing to protect him, so he agreed without saying a word.

Being able to become the son-in-law of the Kong family is not something that can be exchanged for mere money.

After the two parties discussed and each took what they needed.Accompanied by his senior brother and future father-in-law, the young master of the Lin family went to Jinan Mansion, intending to ask the government for the property of the Lin family.

As a result, when they arrived at the place, they found Lu Xin, the chief envoy, but they were directly rejected by the other party.

Lu Xin told them that the Lin family colluded with bandits in order to murder the grandson, which is a serious crime.

The Lin family is dead.

But according to the rules, the Lin family's property must be confiscated.

Later, if it wasn't for Kong Xiwen's desperate protection, even threatening Lu Xin with the identity of the Kong family, the young master of the Lin family and his son-in-law were almost detained by Lu Xin on the spot.

After they returned to Qufu, they told Kong Kexuan about it.

Kong Kexuan had some regrets at the beginning, not being able to get the land of the Lin family made him feel a little heartbroken.

You must know that the Jinlin family has been in Jinan Prefecture for so many years, and the land in their hands is at least tens of thousands of mu.

This is a fortune!
Unwilling to be reconciled, Kong Kexuan thought about it and found some problems from the news he got.

For example, the origin of bandits.

As the largest family in Shandong, there is absolutely no problem with the news of the Kong family.

Kong Kezhen has lived for so long, but he has never heard of such a large bandit force near Jinan Prefecture in Shandong.

Also did not receive any news of rebellion by the victims.

Kong Kexuan began to investigate from this aspect. After summarizing various news, he found a clue that shocked and excited him.

And this clue is that the bandits who looted the food in Jinan Prefecture are probably fake.

And this fake force, according to his speculation, is likely to be Taisun and the Shenji Camp brought over by him.

(End of this chapter)