The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 147: A thorough investigation of the Kong family begins

"Don't worry, this distance is no problem.

It is also a good opportunity for you to go and meet your father-in-law. The imperial court is becoming more and more powerful, and our relationship with the imperial court should be closer.

You two should write a letter home first, and include your father's resignation from the position of Duke of Yansheng." Kong Hongxu waved his hand.

"Yes."

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Beijing, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

In the Qianqing Palace, as the night was about to dawn, Zhu Houzhao was practicing.

Three dragon balls emitting golden light surrounded him. A magical power was applied to him, making his body more powerful and absorbing the power of heaven and earth faster.

When the sky brightened, Zhu Houzhao just finished his practice. The three dragon balls lost their light and fell neatly into his hands.

He touched the three dragon balls with satisfaction as a reward and habitually glanced at his talent.

Tai Chi Thirteen Forms Third Level (25521/30000)

The third level of Myojin Martial Arts Code (59926/90000)

After one night, the Thirteen Tai Chi Postures increased by sixty-eight points, and the Ming Shen Wu Dian increased by eighty-six points.

Compared to when I first got the Dragon Ball, the effect has been reduced a bit.

After all, there were five dragon balls back then, and now there are three dragon balls.

Moreover, the practice becomes more difficult and slower towards the end, and the effect is only slightly reduced thanks to Zhu Houzhao's increasingly powerful martial arts will and the effect of his improvement in the Thirteen Forms of Tai Chi.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with this achievement.

If you continue like this, you will be able to reach the third level peak of Tai Chi Thirteen Forms in more than two months, and you will be able to complete the breakthrough this year or at the latest early next year.

The Mingshen Martial Canon can reach the peak of the third level in about a year, and a breakthrough will definitely take less than two years.

By then, he will definitely be invincible.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao's good mood due to the good news yesterday became even better.

After a proud laugh, Zhu Houzhao prepared to wash up and eat his daily meals.

At his level, his body is basically free of dust, clean and transparent, so there is no need to wash.

As for eating, it doesn’t matter if you don’t eat for a few months.

But he still kept the habit.

He likes to wash and eat even more.

Have a hearty meal and go to Emperor Wu’s Dragon Cavalry Camp as usual.

Before he arrived, he received an urgent report from the factory guards.

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao blinked and asked curiously, "Frame-up, is the Kong family so powerful?
Can it also affect the turmoil in my court?
Is the Ming Dynasty so fragile? "

Wei Jinzhong, who was following beside him, was shocked and responded truthfully: "Your Majesty, the Kong family has been passed down for thousands of years and is the descendant of Confucius.

It is a holy place and spiritual pillar in the hearts of scholars all over the world and has a strong influence.

All scholars in the world respect the Kong family. "

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he frowned and said unhappily: "How can a scholar of the Ming Dynasty rely on a family as his spiritual support? It's ridiculous."

Wei Jinzhong didn't dare to say much and kept his head down in silence.

"Order the two Cao Banban and Lao Guo to continue the investigation. No matter who is involved, investigate it thoroughly." Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation.

"Yes." Wei Jinzhong's heart tightened, but he didn't say much, just responded honestly.

Zhu Houzhao thought about this Kong family and felt something was wrong.

How could the scholars of the Ming Dynasty rely on a family as their spiritual support?
Isn’t even his Zhu family qualified?

Why does the Kong family rely on this?
The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more he felt that this was not right.

He gave the order: "Let Er Cao Banban and Lao Guo and the others check the entire Kong family and see how they are doing."

"Yes."

After giving the order, Zhu Houzhao didn't think too much about it.

He believed in Zhu Hui and others' judgment that it was probably a frame-up.

The order to investigate the entire Kong family was also to see what the spiritual pillar of this Ming Dynasty scholar was like.
At this moment, he continued to head towards Emperor Wu’s Dragon Cavalry Camp with great interest.

During the Chinese New Year, only a small number of Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders took turns to take holidays, while most of them stayed in the camp.

Today, Zhu Houzhao plans to stop training and have a good chat with his brothers.

It was only the second day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone in the capital's officialdom, except for those who needed to stay, was on holiday.

Li House.

On this day, Li Dongyang received a letter from his daughter and son-in-law. After reading it, a slight smile appeared on his brows.

His son-in-law will soon become Duke Yansheng.

Even he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

However, after my son-in-law becomes Duke Yansheng, I will still let him reorganize the Kong family.

Otherwise, given Your Majesty's temper, once he finds out, he will definitely not let him off easily.

It may even implicate more people, which may cause a shakeup in both the government and the opposition.

I made up my mind immediately.

In the past, although he was a cabinet minister, he did not have much confidence when facing the son-in-law of Duke Yansheng, and the most he could do was to persuade him.

But things are different now.

The prestige and strength of the imperial court were greatly enhanced.

His power and status as a cabinet minister naturally rose.

In addition to the relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law, he can now change from persuading to giving in.

Shandong.

That evening, Zhu Hui, Guo Bujing and Cao Zhengchun received Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict.

Suddenly, the three of them felt a tingling sensation on their scalps and a heavy heart.

The thing they least wanted to see happened.

His Majesty not only wants to continue the investigation, but also investigate the entire Kong family. In their view, this is no less than a mountain torrent or tsunami.

"What should we do?" Zhu Hui said in a dry voice.

"Since His Majesty has issued the order, we have no choice but to investigate it thoroughly." Cao Zhengchun said without hesitation.

Listening to His Majesty is his most fundamental principle.

No matter what the consequences, he has to do it.

"Of course I know." Zhu Hui puffed out his chest and said in a firm tone, looking at Cao Zhengchun unhappily.

Cao Zhengchun's words made him want to disobey the order.

He was just too worried about His Majesty and the court, and wanted to come up with a solution that would have the best of both worlds.

He said solemnly: "As important officials of the court, we should take the overall situation into consideration, share the worries of His Majesty, and come up with a way to prevent unrest in the court and the country no matter what."

“The only solution we can come up with is to find out all the evidence of the Kong family’s crimes as quickly as possible without alerting the Kong family.

In this way, when Your Majesty deals with the Kong family, it will be more legitimate and dignified, and it will also be unexpected, leaving the Kong family no chance to fight back." Guo Bujing spoke, his tone extremely firm.

Since His Majesty has issued the order and the Kong family is indeed not a good family, he will not hesitate any longer.

Cao Zhengchun nodded.

Zhu Hui's eyebrows twitched, and he thought hard for a while, and found that this was the only possible answer.

As for the fact that the Kong family is clean, or relatively clean.

They hadn't thought about it.

The higher the status of a person, the more he knows how ugly this family that has been entrenched in Lu for more than two thousand years is.

Compared to them, the group of "pig" kings of the Zhu family are far inferior, and can even be called lotus.

“Okay, let’s do this. I’ll leave the matter of investigating the Kong family and the mastermind behind this to you.

I will take this opportunity to reorganize the Shandong Military Command and the garrisons." Zhu Hui gritted his teeth and nodded heavily.

Rectifying the military command headquarters and garrisons in Lu was also one of his missions here.

Of course, it was just a preliminary reorganization, not the abolition of the garrisons or the training of new troops.

At the same time, reorganizing the army in Lu is also a way to stabilize Lu and prevent unrest after dealing with the Kong family.

As long as the Ming army in Lu is not chaotic or too bad, Lu will not be in such a mess.

Guo Bujing and the other man nodded.

“Since we want to investigate, then we can just use this rebellion as an excuse to openly go to the Kong family to track down the mastermind and attract the Kong family’s attention.

Secretly investigate the entire Kong family.

Of course, we can't relax in tracking down the mastermind. Since they have implicated the Kong family, they may have a trick up their sleeve, so we have to be on guard." Guo Bujing said calmly.

Cao Zhengchun and the other man nodded in agreement.

After some discussion, orders were issued one after another.

For them, the most urgent task was not to thoroughly investigate the Kong family, but to clean up the Jinyiwei in Lu first.

Are there any spies from the Kong family or other forces among the Jinyiwei in Lu?

there must be.

We have to clean up first so that we can conduct a more secretive and thorough investigation of the entire Kong family.

It was not until three days later, on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, that Guo Bujing and Cao Zhengchun went to visit the Confucius Mansion in person.

Kong Hongxu and his son Kong Wenshao naturally received the two top officials of the factory guards in person.

After some polite words between the two sides, Guo Bujing and the other man stated their purpose.

Kong Hongxu seemed to have just realized it and looked furious.

"Is this true?" Kong Hongxu stood up in shock, and said angrily and helplessly: "If it is true, someone down there must have been deceived!"

"Master Guo, Eunuch Cao, you can rest assured that I will never protect any traitor.

Just go and check.

The loyalty of this duke and the Kong family to the court and to Your Majesty is evident to all."

"Duke Yansheng is a man of great sense of justice, and I admire him." Guo was not paying any respect to the compliment.

Although he is Guo Juxia, he will never be bad at saving face.

Otherwise, he would not have become the spiritual pillar of the entire Ming Dynasty detectives.

Cao Zhengchun also smiled and complimented, saying that he was more familiar with this.

After a few polite words, Kong Hongxu sighed and said, "To be honest with you two, I am no longer able to serve Your Majesty.

Therefore, I have decided to go to the capital in two days to resign the title of Duke of Yansheng to Your Majesty, and I will not be able to personally cooperate with you in the investigation.

My son will also go with me, but don't worry, I will make sure everyone in the Kong family cooperates with the investigation."

Guo Bujing and Cao Zhengchun looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes.

Old fox!
The two immediately understood Kong Hongxu's intention.

This is knowing about the rebellion, and it is really related to the Kong family.

So I want to bow to Your Majesty so that I can get through this difficult time.

It is also a warning to them.

It is indeed decisive.

However, Your Majesty is not the emperor of the past.

As this thought flashed through their minds, the two of them continued to pretend to be friendly with Kong Hongxu.

Did he also ask whether the factory guards should escort them to Beijing?
Of course it was rejected.

After the two left the Confucius Mansion, Cao Zhengchun said in a cold and disdainful voice: "This old fox still wants to get away with those old tricks, wishful thinking.

Warn us, huh."

"It's just right that the father and son left. It will make it easier for us to conduct a thorough investigation." Guo Bujing nodded.

"That's true." Cao Zhengchun smiled.

(Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will be updated around 9 o'clock.)
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