My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 181
Zhu Gaochi is holding Kong Yanjin, the contemporary Yansheng Gong. The little guy is only four years old in reality, but only two and a half weeks old... Compared with Zhu Zhanji, he is much younger, thin and dull, and it takes trouble to speak.

Zhu Gaochi felt distressed when he saw it.

"Good boy, at such a young age, how can you carry such a big family business! Don't worry, I will take care of you in the future. The Zhu and Kong families share weal and woe and help each other. I will definitely protect you and take care of you." Treat you like your own son."

Faced with this situation, the members of the Kong clan were really speechless to the extreme.

Can you show some face, do we care about the poor old Zhu's family?

Compared with the thousand-year-old Kong family, your Zhu family has only been emperor for a few days?
You really think that you are quite noble, with stinky mud legs, the smell of earth on your body is still there, and you dare to marry the Kong family, why don't you look in the mirror?
It's a pity that the Confucius family really couldn't say these words hidden in their hearts. Not only couldn't they say it, but they also wanted to thank His Royal Highness for his deep friendship.

Zhu Gaochi was also polite, and directly brought Kong Yanjin to his side. He even brought a few court ladies who were good at taking care of children to take care of Kong Yanjin's affairs.

The reason is even more sufficient. Now it is a mess, people's hearts are unstable, and people continue to sue the Kong family. In order to prevent someone from being assassinated, they need to be taken care of.

Usually, whoever the Confucian mansion asks to take care of Yan Shenggong can send two or three to the prince's residence to serve together. As for the others, don't get involved.

All of a sudden, Zhu Gaochi had pinched Yan Shenggong into his own hands.

How could the people of the Confucian family bear it... Several gray-haired elders stood up and knelt in front of Zhu Gaochi, crying bitterly.

"His Royal Highness, Qufu is where the ancestral tomb of the Confucian family is located, and the children of the Confucian family cannot leave overnight. Duke Yansheng is extremely filial, how can he abandon his ancestors? What's more, Duke Yansheng's biological mother and parents are still here, so don't travel far!"

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "This is wrong. Although your surname is Kong, you can't bully me for not knowing the teachings of the sages! The sage Kong said that you must have a way...Yan Shenggong is going to Yingtian to study with his grandson. , Is there anything better than this? What's more, Confucius traveled around the world, seeking to become an official and benefit the common people. But at that time, the monarchs of various countries had no vision and could not reuse Confucius. Don't worry, this time is different, Yansheng If he has achieved something in public school, my Ming Dynasty Hall will definitely use it again, and he will not bury a talent just because of his status."

With that said, Zhu Gaochi picked up Kong Yanjin and walked away.

The people from the Confucian Mansion behind wanted to stop them, but Jin Yiwei had already stopped them.

Seeing Yan Shenggong being taken away, the rest of the Confucian people were dumbfounded. After thinking about it for a while, they felt that something was wrong.

Yan Shenggong is a trump card in their hands. Now that Yan Shenggong has been taken away, who can protect the Kong family?

After several elders discussed, they were going to meet Zhu Gaochi and ask His Royal Highness the Prince to return Yan Shenggong... But when they came out of the Confucian Mansion and went to meet the Prince first, there were already a lot of servants from the Qufu County Government outside.

"Under the order of the lord, take care of this place. The people inside are waiting for a thorough investigation. You are facing a lawsuit."

Kong Yanjin's uncle, Kong Gongda, was furious, "You little county magistrate, how dare you come to Kong's house to play wild? This is the family of a saint. What do you want to do?"

When the leading official heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "What kind of sage's family name? Where is Yan Shenggong? Where is Yan Shenggong? That's the sage's family name. You people are just relying on the name of a saint to do anything wrong. criminals. Those who accuse you have already lined up at the Yamen, just wait for the hearing!"

Finished!

Kong Gongda's eyes went dark and he fell down.

Despicable, really despicable.

The dignified prince cheated Yan Shenggong away, and then instigated the people below to bully the Kong family. Aren't you afraid of having a bad conscience when you do this?

"Wrong, the Kong family is wrong!"

The Kong family wanted to resist, but almost all of their servants had been arrested, and even those who escaped the arrest all fled away one after another, fearing that they would be arrested again.

There is no servant, and there is no Duke Yansheng... At this time, the Confucian Mansion is just an empty temple without gods, where you can get whatever you want.

And what is really scary is not this, but the Confucian Mansion has done too many evil things in the local area over the years, and the common people remember every single account!
Just dealt with a bunch of servants in front, which is not enough!

Now comes the real core.

Zhu Gaochi called Yuan Gang to the camp.

"Yuan Zhi County, you handled the case of the Kong family very well. The government and the public praised you, even the emperor praised you very much, thinking that you are a capable official and a pillar of the country."

Facing the compliment, Yuan Gang blushed, "Returning to Your Highness, I didn't know about the Kong family's evil deeds until I arrived in Qufu. There are descendants of such clansmen. It really disgraces Kong Sheng. When I was in the capital , was questioned by Ding Guogong, whether to protect the descendants of the Kong family, or to maintain the morality in his heart... When the official arrived in Qufu, he checked the case files accumulated over the years, and suddenly had another feeling. The official thought, An official must be a master for the people! A minister must be a good parent and official, worthy of the common people!"

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Zhu Gaochi couldn't help clapping his hands, and said with a smile: "You said that well, I also said this in front of my father. The prince's reputation is irrelevant, what really matters is the people. I will write to my father now, requesting Father promoted you to be the governor of Shandong, with full authority to handle the case of the Kong family, and take care of Shandong's Bingzhou County, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

Yuan Gang was stunned for a while, and hastily knelt down and kowtowed, "I thank His Highness the Crown Prince for your support, I will definitely not disgrace my mission, and I will never regret it!"

Yuan Gang never expected that not long ago, he was a seventh-rank censor, and in the blink of an eye he became a feudal official in charge of great power.The difference in status and authority is simply worlds apart.

He is a very interesting person. In addition to being firm in Daoism and righteousness, he also has the urge to die for his confidant... Deep down in his heart, he really values ​​Junfu more than anything else.

The prince is the future emperor. The prince appreciates him and entrusts him with a heavy responsibility, so he has to repay the kindness of knowing him... As for the Confucius family, isn’t Duke Yan Sheng right beside the prince!

Others are nothing but deceitful people who use the name of a saint to tarnish the reputation of the saint.

I, Yuan Gang, dealt with them in order to clean up the trash for Confucian scholars.

"Decree, I am in the Qufu County Government, accepting complaints from the people, implicating the Kong family, and will not tolerate it!"

In Qufu, there was an exciting scene.

People lined up to file a complaint at the county government office.

And the county government opens its doors, and welcomes people to file complaints... As long as you name them, someone will be dispatched immediately to arrest them.

Especially those children of the Kong family, who were shivering in hiding in the Confucius mansion, and would be taken away by the officials of the Yamen at any time for interrogation.

Many are gone forever.

The commotion in Qufu became more and more serious, and as it continued to develop, even people in the entire Yanzhou Prefecture worked tirelessly to come to Yuan Qingtian to file a lawsuit and seek justice.

Yuan Gang was extremely busy here. He had to try the case before dawn, and the trial continued until the moon set and the stars returned... When he returned to the Yamen, he had to continue to sort out the case files, often all night long.

He was so busy, and the results were remarkable, pieces of land were returned to their original owners, and cases of injustice were resolved.

The members of the Kong clan were implicated in various cases, unexpectedly more than a hundred people.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Yuan Gang is still the county magistrate and has no power to kill people. He can only submit the case file layer by layer, write to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and request the court to rule.

"Crazy, really crazy!"

Zheng Ci was so angry that he was trembling all over, and he was getting more and more unable to work as a minister of the Ministry of punishment.

"Yuan Gang was originally a Qingliu in Wenyuan, a good official who was praised by scholars, but he would be so ignorant of the importance, it is simply abhorrent!"

Zheng Ci had no choice but to ask to see Zhu Di.

"Your Majesty has already promised that the remaining Confucian clansmen will be incorporated into the Yellow Book, but Yuan Gang pursued him to the end, which violated the holy will. I think that he should be removed from his official position immediately, locked up and sent to Beijing, and punished according to the law."

Zhu Di didn't care at all, but sneered and said: "That's what I said, but since I have become an ordinary person, I have to abide by the law, not to mention that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. The king of Han violated the king's law, and I also dealt with it according to the rules , Why is it different when you come to the Kong family?"

Zheng Ci was extremely embarrassed, but he still tried his best to argue: "Your Majesty, now that Duke Yansheng has entered Beijing, and Kong has left Qufu, he is no longer the same as before. Your Majesty is kind and generous, and he should give Kong a way out. He is kind, so that everyone in the world can see him." To Your Majesty's generosity..."

"Wait." Zhu Di laughed and said, "Zheng Shangshu, you said that the Confucian family is no longer what it used to be. Could it be that you knew what the Confucian family did?"

In a word, Zheng Ci was stopped.

He was dumbfounded, too frightened to answer, and could only kneel on the ground, trembling all over.

"Chen, I'm guilty!"

Zhu Di looked at him, pondered for a moment, and said sharply, "Where is Jin Yiwei?"

Jin Yiwei, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed in and directly took Zheng Ci down.

Then Xu Jingchang also came in.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

Zhu Di said: "Zheng Ci cheated for personal gain, and shielded the Confucius family in every possible way. He is no longer worthy of being Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, in charge of major criminal affairs in a country...Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Xu Jingchang was stunned, and immediately said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, it is good for me to look at Yuan Gang, but just now His Royal Highness also wrote a letter asking him to be the governor of Shandong and make decisions for the people."

Zhu Di actually laughed, "So he has become a hot commodity? After all, a person cannot be split in half and used as two people. Shandong is a place where Jing is difficult to be recruited. It is rare to have a good official, so let him stay in Shandong Let's go! I will make him the censor of the Zuoqian capital, governor of Shandong, and give him the banner of the king's order. Anyone below the fifth-rank official can be killed first and then played."

As soon as these words came out, even Xu Jingchang was envious.

Old Yuan, this is a step up to the sky!

He can't even kill an ordinary person casually now, he must go through the process.

But with the Wang Ming Banner, not to mention ordinary people, even officials, as long as they are below the fifth rank, they can be killed!

This authority is truly astonishing.

"The minister will arrange for someone to send him to Shandong immediately."

Zhu Di nodded happily.

The Wang Ming flag was sent to Qufu as quickly as possible.

Yuan Gang trembled all over, and his whole body was excited. He knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Ying Tian, ​​thanking the emperor for his grace, and then stood up abruptly.

"Go to the prison, bring the flag of the king's order, and I will personally execute the criminal."

I can finally kill myself...

(End of this chapter)