Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 183 Chapter 180 The treasure of Kong Laoer’s family

Lin Gang is very smart. He knows about this matter. Since Wang Daoqiu wants to bring Lu Bing together to do it, Wang Daoqiu must first talk to Li Qianshi.

So after Lin Gang went out, he first went to find Li Qianshi and asked Li Qianshi to go to Houya to discuss with Wang Daoqiu.Then he went to mention Kong Renhui himself, and after explaining the matter clearly to Kong Renhui outside, he went to the back office to find Wang Daoqiu.

As soon as they arrived at Houya, they had just learned from Lin Gang that the person he had just beaten was Wang Daoqiu.So when Kong Renhui entered the pavilion and saw Wang Daoqiu, he made a "plop" and knelt down on the ground. He cried to Wang Daoqiu and cursed and swore to excuse himself.He also said that he was willing to compensate Wang Daoqiu for 10 taels of medicine, and only asked Wang Daoqiu to spare his life.

Kong Renhui knelt there crying, begging for mercy like a stupid playboy.However, when Wang Daoqiu saw Kong Renhui's appearance, he felt a little suspicious in his heart.

Kong Renhui was the son of his father, Yanshenggong Kong Hongtai, and a nun in the temple.With his status, he has lived in the Kong family since he was a child, and the etiquette of planting flowers is represented by the Kong family. You can imagine the glare and suppression he received.

It is said that heroes have suffered many hardships since ancient times. How much society has beaten them since childhood, the heart will become stronger.So someone like Kong Renhui, who has been looked down upon and ostracized by others since childhood and is still alive, shouldn't be this stupid, cute and innocent person!
This kid was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger with Lao Zhi. Faced with Kong Renhui's stupidity, Wang Daoqiu saw the depths of Kong Renhui's soul.After understanding this, Wang Daoqiu didn't point it out, but decided to compete with Kong Renhui in a way that would be used by later generations to deceive others, to see who could pretend better.

Wang Daoqiu, who was determined to compete with Kong Renhui to see who was the better at lying, said to Kong Renhui, who was crying there: "Okay, if you want to cry, go back to your own home and cry. I have no interest in taking care of you." It's not pitiful. Let me tell you clearly here, for 100 million taels of silver, this matter today is just a misunderstanding. You will be beaten up in court, and the government will use the reason that you are the only bloodline of Yan Shenggong, I forgive you. And if you don’t have money, not only will you tell the court about your bastard origin and your oppression of farmers, but I will also report it to the court. I will also say in the memorial that when I stepped forward to stop you from bullying farmers, , your identity has been revealed in advance, but you ordered your subordinates to beat me despite knowing your identity."

"No, no! My lord, my lord, I'm wrong. I really don't know who you are! Otherwise, you just borrowed the courage from me, and I don't dare to do anything to you! My lord, my lord, When you stood up at that time, it was so sudden that I didn't react at all. It was all those bastards who made their own decisions, and it had nothing to do with me! Sir, sir, please spare me!"

Seeing Wang Daoqiu's half-truths and half-false claims to report to the court that he would be killed, Kong Renhui hurriedly cried and begged for mercy.

Lin Gang, who was standing aside, saw that Kong Renhui had not grasped the key point of Wang Daoqiu's words. He hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, Kong Renhui, the Tutor's meaning is very clear. You can buy one for yourself for 100 million taels." Damn it, do you agree to this or not?"

"Okay, okay, okay, sir, one million taels of filial piety to the Grand Tutor is my share. I will pay for it."

After being reminded by Lin Gang, Kong Renhui immediately woke up. The people standing in the pavilion now were not moral gentlemen, they were all talking about money.So he nodded hurriedly and agreed to give 100 million silver to buy back his life.

Seeing that Kong Renhui agreed to pay for it, Lin Gang quickly turned the topic to helping Kong Renhui seize the title of Duke of Yansheng.After Lin Gang finished speaking, Wang Daoqiu said to Kong Renhui, who was kneeling there with eyes full of expectation: "I don't dare to help you seize the throne of Yansheng Duke without telling secrets in front of Mingren. No matter how much money you pay, I don't dare to help you. After all, Duke Yansheng is someone who needs to be worshiped by the scholars and civil servants of our court. And with your background, if I help you take the title of Duke Yansheng, then I will be going against the entire scholar-lin of my court. That’s courting death.”

"Moreover, if you are asked to seize the title, if your parentage is made clear to the Emperor, it is absolutely impossible for the Emperor to agree. But if this matter is concealed from the Emperor, then when a courtier reports the matter to the Emperor in the future, then I, Wang Daoqiu, will be deceived. The crime of the king. Silver is a good thing, but if your life is gone, why do you need money? Therefore, with the title of Duke Yan, I dare not help you. But if you can afford the money, I can help You ask the imperial court to formally issue a document recognizing your identity as Duke Yan Sheng’s bloodline, and allowing you to inherit the family property of Duke Yan Sheng Kong’s family.”

"Of course, the government has sold all the land in Duke Yan's Mansion to the tenant farmers. If it wants to return it to you, the government has to return the land purchase money of those tenants to them. In the past, there were thousands of hectares of fertile land in Duke Yan's Mansion. This requires about 2000 million taels of silver for your family. And why should the court help you with this money? So after this is completed, you will get 1000 million taels of filial piety silver. That's the thing, do you still need Should you think about it when you go back, or can you give me an answer right now?"

Silver, I haven’t said how much money it costs to do things, but the filial piety afterward costs 1000 million taels.Wang Daoqiu could be said to have opened his mouth. Moreover, Wang Daoqiu received so much money, but all he promised was to help Kong Renhui fight for the title of a descendant of the Confucius family, not to inherit the title.

Kong Renhui felt a little sad when he heard the huge public relations fee paid by Wang Daoqiu.However, with his ingenuity and wisdom honed in the Kong family for more than 20 years, he can see through people's hearts.He felt that Wang Daoqiu was opening such a big mouth and made it clear in advance that he could not do this.That was a sign that he really wanted to do this deal, rather than just trying to defraud him of Kong Renhui's money.

Especially the 1000 million taels that Wang Daoqiu mentioned at the end, the filial piety silver after everything is done.With the temptation of 1000 million taels in front of him, Kong Renhui believed that Wang Daoqiu would definitely do this with his heart.After all, the 2000 million taels bought back from the tenant farmers was the government's public money, and the 1000 million taels he gave Kong Renhui after his success was something Wang Daoqiu and his gang could put in their own pockets.

Kong Renhui thought about what Wang Daoqiu said just now, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Wang Daoqiu was sincere.So he said: "Sir, it's no problem to pay 1000 million taels as a filial piety after the thing is done. But I don't know how much money I need to spend now to make this thing happen?"

"This matter of yours must be approved by the cabinet vote first, and then the emperor will approve it, so you must be in charge of this cabinet matter. In this way, when the Shandong incident comes to an end, I will take you back to Beijing and see the cabinet chief first. Lord Fu Yan, you need to clear this matter up with Lord Chief Assistant first. As for how much money is needed for this matter to be approved by the cabinet vote? You can discuss this matter with Lord Chief Assistant Yan Shifan yourself. Apart from the cabinet, you If you want to be ambiguous about your background, you need Jin Yiwei and the secret agents of the East Factory to stop talking nonsense. So you have to be courteous about Jin Yiwei and the Supervisor of Rituals. It’s easy to say. When you do things, your family will give you 100 million taels, and your 1000 million taels of filial silver will be the big one afterwards.”

Wang Daoqiu told the specific operation process of this matter, which was a plan that sounded absolutely reliable to Kong Renhui.After all, Yan Song, the current chief minister of the cabinet, and Lu Bing, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, are both known among the people as being extremely corrupt.As long as Wang Daoqiu is the one pulling the strings and Kong Renhui is willing to provide the money, can this thing be done?
So after Wang Daoqiu told the specific operation process of this matter, Kong Renhui completely believed Wang Daoqiu's words and said on the spot that he would listen to Wang Daoqiu's arrangements in this matter.

So everyone discussed it, and then Lin Gangti sneaked Kong Renhui out, wrapped Qingtian in the lobby of the Qufu County government office, and sentenced Kong Renhui to thirty years of imprisonment and jailed for one month.As for Kong Renhui's lackeys, all of whom were thirty years old, they were exiled to Xuan Mansion for three years of hard labor.

(End of this chapter)