Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"As long as the Wen, Liu, and Zhou families sell grain, they can get two taels of silver for every dan of grain. The extra silver will be sent to the Kong family's villa outside the city after closing every day."

"I was blinded by money at the time. Now that I think about it, these 160,000 dan of grain could really be disaster relief grain allocated by the imperial court!"

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at Liu Jizu in the corner.

"Is what Wen Yuanqiu said true?!"

Liu Jizu nodded repeatedly: "I don't know if it has anything to do with the Kong family, but I have heard these words from Wen Yuanqiu."

Zhou Shuang, who was standing on the steps outside the hall, also echoed, "Your Majesty, I can testify that what Liu Jizu said is true!"

Wen Yuanqiu quickly explained: "It was Kong Wenxiang! He told me to say this. He also said that as a descendant of a saint, it is not convenient for me to take the lead in this matter, so I should take the lead and do things according to his instructions!"

Zhu Youxiao was furious and gave the order immediately.

"Someone! Drag Kong Wenxiang out and cut off his arm first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Wenxiang's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Zhen Beiwang stepped forward, grabbed his hair, and dragged him out.

faint?

The Northern Pacification Division has a hundred ways to keep him awake until his death!

When he got outside the yamen, he borrowed a silver needle from Liu Yue and stabbed Kong Wenxiang in the philtrum.

The silver needle entered the flesh and Kong Wenxiang's body trembled slightly, but his eyes were still closed and his body was as hard as mud without any strength at all.

Zhen Beiwang shook his head and sighed: "It seems that after this governor was promoted, my skills have become much less sophisticated!"

After saying that, he pulled out the silver needle and stabbed it into Kong Wenxiang's philtrum again.

However, for some reason, the silver needle unexpectedly deviated and landed on Kong Wenxiang's face.

Kong Wenxiang hadn't woken up yet, so Zhen Beiwang continued to give him the acupuncture treatment.

Cheekbones, cheeks, chin......

The more you tie it, the more off...

Until another needle hit the corner of Kong Wenxiang's eye, only half an inch away from his eyeball, he finally couldn't pretend anymore. He shook his head to break free from Zhen Beiwang's control and shouted frantically.

"Stop it!"

"I said, I said anything!"

Chapter 133: What’s so powerful about the three Yi tribes? If you have the ability, you can kill all nine of my tribes!

The more wealthy a person is, the more he fears death, not to mention the punishment of skinning alive, which is a punishment worse than death.

Kong Wenxiang knew that with so many people testifying against him, his chances of getting away with the crime were slim.

So, after being brought back to the lobby, he confessed even more happily than Wen Yuanqiu.

The imperial court allocated a total of 800,000 shi of disaster relief grain. According to the disaster situation in various prefectures in Fujian, Zhangzhou Prefecture received 170,000 shi.

The relief grain was sent by people from the Provincial Administration Office, but what actually reached Shi Bangyao was only a mere 10,000 dan of grain!

The other 160,000 stones were all bought by Kong Wenxiang at a very low price.

160,000 shi, with a market price of about 300,000 taels, he only spent 30,000 taels of silver and got it!

They made things difficult for Li Chaoqin and others, and even resorted to violence to drive him and Xiong Wencan and others away, just to cover up their crimes.

160,000 shi of grain, based on the grain price when Li Chaoqin and his men arrived, could be sold for at least 600,000 taels of silver!

If Li Chaoqin and others had not come, the price of grain would definitely continue to rise. It would not be impossible for it to rise to five taels of silver per stone, six taels of silver per stone, or even ten taels of silver per stone!

Maybe the people can't afford so much money, but they still have land and houses...

Even, there is a wife and daughter!

In Kong Wenxiang's eyes, these 160,000 dan of disaster relief grain were worth nearly one million taels of silver!

The reason why Xu Xinsu was asked to come and take the grain away was, firstly, to erase the evidence of the crime, and secondly, to send the grain to the north for sale.

This year, not only Zhangzhou but also Shaanxi was affected by drought in the Ming Dynasty!

Zhangzhou was being targeted by the imperial court, so the grain could no longer be sold, so it was sold in Shaanxi. When Xu Xinsu transported the grain to northern Zhili, someone would go to pick it up, transfer it to Shaanxi, and then raise the price!

When Sun Kangwang came back from outside, he saw Kong Wenxiang confessing, so he stood quietly by and waited.

But after Kong Wenxiang finished speaking, he stood up.

"Your Majesty! Kong Wenxiang's confession is untrue!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned: "What's wrong with it?"

Sun Kangwang said: "Your Majesty, I couldn't figure out what the Fan family and the Wu family had to do with this disaster relief grain case."

"But when I sent people to search their homes and asked the people in the city, I finally found the answer!"

"This disaster relief grain is not like what Kong Wenxiang said, bought from the Provincial Administration Office for 30,000 taels of silver!"

"It was Wu Xin who asked Lord Wu for it!"

After saying this, he pointed to Wu Guoshi, the governor of Fujian Province standing beside him.

"Sir Wu, I wonder if what I said is correct?"

Wu Guoshi panicked instantly: "Your Majesty, this is unjust!"

"Although my surname is Wu, I have no relationship with Wu Xin, so how could I give him food?"

"Not only that, I was not even aware of Kong Wenxiang's purchase of grain. It was my subordinates who made the decision on their own."

"I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"What a dereliction of duty!" Sun Kangwang looked at him with contempt.

"Master Wu, your father is Wu Youping, and Wu Xin's father is Wu Youjing!"

"This inspector has found out that Wu Youping and Wu Youjing are brothers!"

"It's just that Wu Youping is the legitimate son of the Wu family, and Wu Youjing is an illegitimate child!"

"They have a common father, your grandfather, Wu Tianxi!"

"When Wu Youjing was eight years old, her mother brought her to Zhangzhou to settle down. After she became an adult, she would go to Jianning Prefecture to stay for half a month in August every year to celebrate Wu Tianxi's birthday!"

"Although Wu Youjing has been dead for nearly ten years, everything he did will leave traces!"

As he spoke, he took out a stack of yellowed letter paper from his pocket.

"This is the letter I found in the Wu family. What else do you have to say?"

"Wu Xin, am I wrong about your relationship with Wu Guoshi?!"

Wu Guoshi was stunned!

He didn't expect that he would walk into a trap after rushing all the way from Fuzhou!

Wu Xin was so frightened by the evidence in Sun Kangwang's hands that he collapsed to the ground and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Seeing that the two of them agreed, Sun Kangwang bowed to Zhu Youxiao and pointed at Fan Shiwen.

"Master Fan!"

"You should know what is buried under the floor tiles of your study."

"Do you want me to tell you who is behind you?"

Fan Shiwen fell to his knees with a thud and spoke stutteringly.

"Your Majesty, I plead guilty!"

"My cousin is Fan Shiying, the education official in Fujian."

"I am also involved in the relief grain issue. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and spare my family..."

Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he almost laughed.

Nima!

These people are really in cahoots with each other for a little money, they have no bottom line!

"Look north!"

"Chen is here!"

"Immediately take people to Fuzhou and arrest and interrogate all the people in the Provincial Administration Office! I want to know where every grain of the 800,000 dan of disaster relief grain went!"

"Yes!"

Zhen Beiwang bowed, took a few steps back, and turned to leave.

Then Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Kangwang again.

"Wen, Liu, Kong, Fan, Wu, Zhou!"

"These six families are lawless and are committing treason!"

"According to the law, confiscate the family property and exterminate the entire clan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before Sun Kangwang could respond, Governor Zhu Yifeng knelt down.

"Your Majesty, no!"

"It's fine for Wen Liu and the others, but the Kong family..."

Zhu Youxiao glared at him: "What about the Kong family?"

At this moment, Kong Wenxiang suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! I am of saintly bloodline, a descendant of the Kong family. Do you dare?!"

Zhu Youxiao also laughed: "Mrs. Kong? You have such a big face!"

"A branch of the clan dares to use the Kong family to threaten me?"

"I want to see how the main branch of your Kong family will react after I exterminate your three clans!"

Kong Wenxiang's laughter stopped abruptly. He suddenly realized that the three Yi tribes...

That is, in addition to his own family, there are also his in-laws, his grandfather's family, and his grandfather's family.

The "clan" here refers to the descendants of a certain person, without tracing back to the source.

In other words, even if his great-grandfather were still alive, he would not be subject to execution!

It has nothing to do with the Kong family of Shandong!

He roared loudly like a madman.

"No! This is not the law of the Ming Dynasty!"

"It is clearly written in the Ming Dynasty law that those who commit treason shall be executed along with their entire clan!"

"What's so great about the three Yi clans? If you have the ability, kill all nine of my clans!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at him, sneered, and then looked at Wen Yuanqiu and others.

"I wanted to just exterminate your three clans, but he insisted that I exterminate all nine of your clans."

"What do you think? Should I let him have his wish?"

"Kong Wenxiang, you deserve to die!"

Wen Yuanqiu and others jumped up instantly and pounced towards Kong Wenxiang.

Things have come to this point, death is inevitable.

But this Kong guy actually wants me to be killed along with my entire clan like him, so let him die first!

Chapter 134 Whose fault is this?

When a person knows that he is going to die, anger will make him become what? Just look at Wen Yuanqiu and others at this time and you will know.

Kong Wenxiang was pinned to the ground and beaten violently by a group of old men in their 40s and 50s, and the attacks were not limited to his hands and feet.

Zhu Youxiao stood aside and watched coldly, turning a deaf ear to Kong Wenxiang's screams.

He had never intended to kill anyone's entire clan from the beginning, as he thought that was too cruel.