My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 153

In the prison, Zheng Yiduan sat on a bamboo bed.As a member of the third rank, there is nothing difficult for him.

It's just that Zheng Yi's heart is ashamed at this moment, he is probably dead, and looking back at his career in officialdom, he doesn't have too many regrets.

The only thing is to write a letter to the head of the family, teaching them to abide by loyalty and not to insult the family.

Hundreds of years of inheritance, the Zheng family has a profound heritage, this setback will not break them.

When he was thinking about how to write, there was a noise outside, and after a while, Jian Yi, a heavenly official from the Ministry of Officials, came.

This made Zheng Yi stunned, and then he smiled helplessly, "I was framed by a traitor and imprisoned, and I have no way of recovering from it. Why bother to involve the Lord Tianguan, you shouldn't speak for me."

Jian Yi came in front of him, and a jailer brought him a chair. Jian Yi sat down, and the jailer retreated obediently. Then Jian Yi said, "This time, it's really difficult, and there's nothing I can do to help."

Zheng Yi smiled, "It doesn't matter, I knew it a long time ago. Since I dare to stand up in the Golden Palace, defend the righteous way, refute Xiao Xiao, be framed by others, and die with my own body, it is only natural. I have no complaints about the so-called seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence." .”

Zheng Yi, however, had a kind of calmness and composure, he asked: "What crime have I been convicted of? Is it beheaded or sent?"

Jian Yi looked at Zheng Yi, feeling helpless in his heart, he could only sigh, "Nothing, His Majesty just gave you another imperial pen."

"Royal brush?" Zheng Yi said, "What royal pen?"

Jian Yi hesitated again and again, so he could only pass Zhu Di's writing to Zheng Yi.

After receiving these words, Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly widened, and his breathing became heavy.

He clenched his fists tightly, and suddenly roared madly, "Why? How could Your Majesty say that? It's not fair! You are wronged! Mrs. Zheng is wronged!"

In the face of death, Zheng Yi, who was still calm, saw these words and completely broke his defenses.

He is too clear that this imperial pen is equivalent to a death sentence for all members of the Zheng clan.

At least in the Ming Dynasty, they never had the chance to become officials again.

The Zheng family has been able to pass on for hundreds of years, relying on the emergence of talents in large numbers, and there are constantly people who become officials.

As a result, Zhu Di's official career was cut off after doing this, and within two or three generations, the Zheng family was completely over.

He can accept any crime and die in any way, except that he can't live in this way!
"Injustice! I am also a member of the third rank. I want to ask the third-rank division to interrogate, and I want to clarify the canonical punishment. I am so muddled, I can't convince the public. With so many people in the world watching, what is right and what is wrong, it is up to you to judge!"

Zheng Yi looked at Jian Yi suddenly, and suddenly rushed over, grabbed the railing, and stared at him.

"Jian Tianguan, you are the head of all officials, the hope of the government and the public, you just watch and let them frame the innocent?" Zheng Yi shook the railing excitedly, "I would like to ask the three judges to interrogate, I want to see your majesty, I want to confront those traitors!"

Jian Yi took a deep breath, not knowing what to say for a moment.

But at this moment, there was another noise outside, the jailer led the way, and a young man came unexpectedly.

Xu Jingchang!
He finally didn't hide at home, but went to prison.

As soon as he showed up, Zheng Yi's eyes were bloodshot and he yelled, "Xu Jingchang, if you want to kill someone, I'll give you my life. Why did you frame Zheng's family? You are so ruthless!"

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, and said helplessly: "I said Zheng Honglu, I don't seem to have offended you! This time, your nephew made trouble with dozens of scholars, and even clamored to smash my grandfather. He formed a clique for personal gain, conspired against the law, and the evidence is solid. I’m afraid he doesn’t have the ability to raise a person, right? Why do you blame me for instigating behind your back?”

"You're talking nonsense!" Zheng Yi was not polite at all, he couldn't be ambiguous about the whole family of the Zheng family for hundreds of years.

"My nephew went to Beijing to take the exam, just to sharpen his knowledge and learn stereotypes with the same subject. He has no fault at all. It is clear that you framed him! Framed the Zheng family!"

Xu Jingchang smiled. He looked around, and there was only a chair under Jian Yi's buttocks, and this one didn't have the heart to give it to him. Xu Jingchang could only stand up and say: "I said Zheng Honglu, you insisted on your nephew. Innocent, I have evidence against him in my hand.",

With that said, Xu Jingchang handed a copy of "Zheng's Standards" to Zheng Yi.

"Look, this is what they gathered and discussed in private, and you still say that it has nothing to do with your Zheng family?"

Zheng Yi just glanced at it, and laughed so hard that tears came out, "Xu Jingchang, you really haven't read many books! Don't you know that my Zheng family has been inherited for hundreds of years since the Song Dynasty, until Today, it is prosperous and prosperous, with a large number of people. Those who become officials are even more invincible. Even the Emperor Taizu praised the Zheng family. The Zheng family has long been popular in terms of norms. Who doesn’t have a copy of the scholars? You want to take this Conviction is simply a joke!"

Xu Jingchang smiled unabated, and suddenly said: "It turns out that your Zheng family has existed for hundreds of years, and it is really not easy! So the change of dynasty has not done anything to your family? It is really impressive and admirable!"

Zheng Yi's eyes widened with anger, and he panted heavily, "What do you want to say?"

"I want to ask you, if you encounter a national disaster, who should your Zheng family put first? The country or the family?"

Country, country, who is in front?

Zheng Yi gritted his teeth, and suddenly sneered and said, "Xu Jingchang, your Xu family has one family and two masters, and they are extremely prestigious. I want to ask you, is it a country or a family?"

Xu Jingchang smiled even wider, "Zheng Yi, I think you probably forgot that our family lived together with the country and shared weal and woe with the Ming Dynasty. One day, our glory and wealth will disappear with the Ming Dynasty... On the contrary, you big families , You have been proud for hundreds of years, you have many descendants, talents come forth in large numbers, you are powerful, and you need to carefully consider which side you are on."

"Don't think about it." Zheng Yi hummed: "My Zheng family is all loyal ministers and righteous men!"

"If they were all loyal ministers and righteous men, they wouldn't be alive today!" Xu Jingchang confronted.

Zheng Yi was also eloquent, "Xu Jingchang, passed down from generation to generation, who has no ancestors, your ancestors also came from Song, Jin, and Yuan, how is it different from us!"

"It's very different!" Xu Jingchang sneered and said, "Our Xu family counts up, and they are all poor people, just like the emperor Taizu. We poor people have never owed anything to support the country. Like you The big family regards itself as a scholar-bureaucrat, aloof, and what they want. They enjoy the state's favor and the folks provide for them. What's wrong with holding you to a higher standard?"

Xu Jingchang suddenly smiled, "Zheng Honglu, I brought up the matter of Nankong in the Golden Palace, and you rushed to stand up and refute me with a few words of the Taizu's recognition of Dayuan's orthodoxy. Are you worried that once you deny Dayuan, you will be in trouble?" The clansmen who were officials in the Yuan Dynasty became traitors and thieves who served the barbarians? It tarnished your reputation as the first family in the south of the Yangtze River? How can you continue to dominate one side if your reputation is ruined? Is this the reason? No wonder you don’t like me! I This is accidentally digging your family's ancestral grave!"

Xu Jingchang's voice was not high, but his every word was heartfelt, piercing his heart.

Even Jian Yi, who was sitting on a chair, couldn't help standing up, frowning.

Xu Jingchang is really right, like their family, one family and two fathers, seem to be prominent.But it is still two different things from the real rich.

Resting with the country, these four words do not mean sharing glory with Daming, but that when Daming is over, it is over.

The real wealthy family is like the Confucian Mansion, which can withstand the change of dynasty.

No matter who is the emperor, they all have official positions and can enjoy glory and wealth.

And under the Confucian mansion, there are many centuries-old families like the Zheng family...Below the Zheng family, there are also many gentry families in many places, who pay attention to farming, studying and passing on their families, and live endlessly.

The Kong family is the ultimate form of these aristocratic families, and it is their banner.

That's why cutting Kong's family is so dangerous.

After Xu Jingchang broke his mind, Zheng Yi's face was ashen, his lips were trembling with anger, and he couldn't say a word.

Instead, Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Zheng Honglu, now that I've said this, I don't need to say what your Zheng's norms are, do you? You think that you will pass it on from generation to generation, and you will continue to live forever, and you put yourself above Ming Dynasty. And spread this set of things around, saying that you are forming a party for personal gain, what's wrong with you? Isn't it a matter of course that His Majesty gave you the imperial pen!"

Zheng Yi finally gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "Mr. Ding, why bother to kill them all! There are so many places like the Zheng family!"

"That's why we need to change!"

Xu Jingchang said something that attracted Jian Yi's surprised gaze.

Change, how to change?
Xu Jingchang said with a chuckle: "Big families have been passed on for hundreds of years, and these families put their families on top of the country... Everything they do is to preserve their family status. They will never harm the interests of the family for the sake of the country. The Ming Dynasty is nothing more than you It is a tool that harms the public and enriches private interests. You lie on Daming’s body and wantonly suck blood. When the Ming Dynasty is drained, you will replace it with another one, just like you abandoned Zhao Song and Yuan Dynasty at the beginning... Aren’t you still forming a party for personal gain?”

"Be careful, be careful!" Jian Yi couldn't help pulling Xu Jingchang, "Mr. Ding, don't talk nonsense, how can you say such nonsense?"

Xu Jingchang flicked Jian Yi's arm, "Master Tianguan, His Majesty asked me to say this. It is not advisable to say that Dianxing is blessed, and Daming should be placed in the supreme position. This is what I said!"

Zheng Yi, who was still in the cell, was pale and almost fainted. He tremblingly said: "So, are you going to wipe out all the powerful families in the world?"

"No!" Xu Jingchang shook his head and said, "It's not that serious, I just hope that the huge family can be split up...Zheng Honglu, how many people do you have in the Zheng family?"

"Yes, there are more than 1000 people. Ding Guogong, human life is at stake, and I hope you will show mercy!" Zheng Yi lost all momentum.

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm a very talkative person, and His Majesty is more willing to open the door... In fact, you only need to announce that the Zheng family will be completely separated. The rest of the houses don't need to care about this imperial pen. You can study normally and enter the imperial examination." Shi... Even your descendants may be pardoned. It's just that something similar to Zheng's norms should be shelved, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)