The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 380 Hu Weiyong’s highlight moment, the bottom line is the country before home, Confucius even cried when he saw it!

In the Confucius Mansion Meeting Hall in Yingtian Mansion,

In the eyes of hundreds of core members of the Confucius and Mencius families, the mysterious man finally took off his cloak and hat with his own hands.

The person who came was none other than Hu Weiyong, the right-hand minister of the government.

"Hu Xiang, please take a seat!"

Kong Kebiao immediately stood up from the master's seat with the portrait of Confucius hanging behind it, and said respectfully to Hu Weiyong.

As Hu Weiyong walked up to the throne, he looked towards the hall of the Confucius Mansion, which he had never been to before.

Hu Weiyong was a very cautious person. There were always subordinates coming to his house, so even if Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, it would be nothing.

A lower official fawning over a superior official is a bad habit that has existed since ancient times!

Although it is a bad habit, it has been around since ancient times and is considered a relatively normal thing!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like it, he will turn a blind eye as long as it doesn't exceed his limit!

But it is not normal for such a prime minister, Shangguan, to go to the lower official's mansion whenever he has something to do!

Therefore, it was also the first time for him to come to Kong Kebiao's residence in Beijing.

If the stakes weren't so high this time, he wouldn't have taken the risk.

But now that I'm here, I naturally want to take a closer look and see how the head of the Confucian family who has been a direct monk for thousands of years has been acting in secret.

Hu Weiyong smiled lightly and said: "The decoration is simple and elegant. It cannot be said to be an honest official, but it is definitely not a corrupt official."

“Very satisfactory!”

Faced with Hu Weiyong's praise, Kong Kebiao and these core members of Confucius and Mencius, who "semi-monopolize" China's education industry and have their tentacles in various major industries, immediately smiled sheepishly.

You must know that they have not just begun to "mostly monopolize" China's education industry. Their family has "mostly monopolized" it for more than a thousand years.

How rich their family background is is not only conceivable but also unimaginable by others.

It was obvious that the well-behaved Kong family was quite low-key in their residence in Beijing.

In fact, Hu Weiyong was just joking!

Because he is also very low-key, anyone who is not low-key in the capital has long been stripped of his skin by His Majesty the Emperor.

And the reason why they gathered together was to deal with that extremely high-profile person who had become a celebrity in front of the emperor!

After Hu Weiyong took a sip of tea, he said seriously: "Everyone, as you are gathered here, have you decided what to say?"

Kong Kebiao immediately held up his hands and said: "We will all report to the imperial court tomorrow morning. Just say [share the land] and [the gentry will work together as errands and pay for food]. In fact, it will harm the country and the people."

"We have already thought of the reason, saying that this has greatly reduced the gentry's industrial income and greatly reduced their enthusiasm."

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As soon as Kong Kebiao finished speaking, a group of core representatives of the Confucius and Mencius families joined in with him.

Hu Weiyong did not answer immediately, but just looked up at the huge portrait of Confucius.

At this moment, he had a lot to say to the Saint Kong in his heart!

"If you, the old man, knew better than me and knew that these descendants are here, would you regret getting married?"

And the many words he wanted to say finally came together into this sentence.

In fact, Hu Weiyong had already thought it through clearly before he came.

Although these two national policies are detrimental to the real interests of the gentry class, in terms of the long-term interests of the country, they are beneficial and harmless.

Yes, he is an upper-level figure in the gentry class and a defender of the interests of the gentry class.

But he is also the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty in China!

What he has to do is to safeguard the interests of the gentry and the prime minister as much as possible while consolidating the national interests.

But if the gentry becomes so greedy that the government forces the people to rebel, their descendants will also suffer.

Any family with hundreds of surnames in the country is still not the worst outcome.

Originally!

The history of China is the history of kings and mountains taking turns! But if the barbarians are allowed to take advantage of the country's civil strife, their descendants will suffer a great disaster!

Kong Kebiao looked at these core members of the Confucius and Mencius family and felt that it was really reasonable that they had no bottom line!

Because he is not the same type of person as them!

Even if a barbarian sits on the throne, they can still get good treatment, or even better treatment!

But his Hu family is different!

The emperor's surname is Zhu. His family does not commit any serious crimes, and he is still among the high-ranking nobles!

But if the emperor's surname is no longer Zhu, or even the surname of the Han family, it will be fine if the descendants of his family are not dead!

Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong suddenly realized that they were from the same place, but they were definitely not from the same place!

"enough!"

In everyone's eyes, Hu Weiyong suddenly became angry.

Hu Weiyong looked at the crowd and said angrily: "Now, these two national policies have been successfully piloted in your hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and are sweeping the country with overwhelming momentum."

"The implementation of these two national policies is an indisputable fact."

"Nowadays, people all over the country are shouting long live your majesty, your majesty is wise, Lord Ye is wise, who do you want to go against?"

"Want to go against His Majesty and the people of the country?"

"Water can carry a boat and capsize it. This is not just about the royal family, but also you and me!"

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Hu Weiyong saw that although everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, they were still a little unconvinced, and immediately said: "Appropriate concessions will benefit the court, and appropriate concessions will benefit the people. Although you will lose a lot in a short time, in the long run, your family will lose a lot." You will only get a good reputation!"

"Don't just look at the present, look at the plan for a hundred years or even a thousand years!"

"Forefathers planted trees, and future generations enjoy the shade!"

"Everyone, for the sake of your descendants, please accumulate some virtue!"

When everyone heard this, they sighed and nodded. Although they were still a little reluctant, they also felt that what Prime Minister Hu said made sense.

Hu Weiyong continued: "If it is not successfully implemented, we can try to block it, but if it is successfully implemented, we should comply with the public opinion."

"Only in this way can we avoid retribution!"

"I can tell you clearly right now, what you have to deal with is only Ye Qing, not these two things."

"Tomorrow, you can only sing praises, praise the goodness of these two national policies, praise the goodness of the emperor, and praise the goodness of Mr. Ye!"

"The only thing you can do with Ye Qing is his way of doing things!"

"He doesn't know the terms of your house and land!"

"He came with his troops in a big way and threatened your lives!"

"His writing on the notice is vulgar and vulgar, and he also threatened to 'use soldiers like bandits', which is a disgrace to the court and His Majesty!"

"Remember, the only thing you can participate in is Ye Qing's way of doing things. Other than that, don't say anything else!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Weiyong put on his cloak and hat and decisively left this place of right and wrong.

Of course, he also left this place that was more selfish than him and had no bottom line.

Just like that, there was no sound anymore in the meeting hall of Confucius Mansion.

Under candlelight,

Heat is rising in Hu Weiyong's teacup.

When it rises to the position of the eyes of Confucius's portrait, it suddenly has the effect of Confucius's spirit in heaven, looking at these unfilial descendants, also chilling and crying.

The next morning,

All the civil and military officials arrived one after another outside the Chengtian Gate of the imperial palace.

At the same time, these core representatives of the Confucius and Mencius families also rushed here with a memorial in their arms!

(End of this chapter)