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Chapter 185
In addition to the people, there was also praise in the court. Some officials even signed a petition, citing scriptures and conclusive words, proving that the emperor was qualified to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen.If the emperor passes away, then the future of Ming Dynasty will be smooth and the country will be peaceful and the people will be peaceful.

"Do you think I am qualified to go to Mount Tai to become a Zen monk?" However, Hong Tao never expressed his position on these memorials and kept them all unpublished.I just passed it to the young eunuchs during the Cuju team training one day, and then waited expectantly for the reply.

"Wang Cheng'en, anyone who is really qualified to go will be whipped with ten willow sticks, and they must be whipped hard! Anyone who cares about his left and right will be whipped three times, and those who oppose him will be given a bronze medal and promoted to the emperor!"

This nonsensical question was a bit unexpected, and the time was too short, making it difficult for the young eunuchs to figure out the holy intention. In a hurry, some chose to follow the officials and flatter them. As the saying goes, you can't hit the smiling person with your hand.

Some are slippery, hesitant and unwilling to make a clear stance, and plan to stand in the middle and play both sides.The smallest number of people were clearly opposed to it. They believed that the officials must have had bad intentions. It was a long way from the capital to Mount Tai, and the emperor could not leave the center easily.

The result was unexpected. All those who supported and did not express their opinions were punished, and only those who clearly opposed were promoted. All of a sudden, they changed from seventh-rank listeners to sixth-rank emperors. It is really unpredictable in the world.

"Now I will tell you why you were punished. It sounds very tempting to encourage me to go to Mount Tai to be a Buddhist monk. Who doesn't want to be compared to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors? In fact, you will get nothing but a false reputation, and you will be hated by the people for it.

This move is called flattery and killing. Some officials suffered a big loss in the food shortage and were dissatisfied, but they had nothing to do with me, so they wanted to use the complacency and vanity in human nature as weapons to make me suffer a big loss.

If I didn't hold back and really went, I wouldn't be able to get it for just a few hundred thousand taels just for the ceremonial ceremony, plus the accompanying imperial army, it would be a huge expense.People along the way will be forced to perform extra labor by the local government, and they will definitely complain. In the end, all the infamy will fall on my head.

The whipping is to let you remember what happened today and not to be easily manipulated by others in the future.Others still have the opportunity to correct themselves when they make mistakes. You are my last layer of armor and will not allow such mistakes to be made. "

Those who were beaten also gained something. The emperor told them his personal tricks for playing tricks on people. Don't look down on it, sometimes the simpler and plainer the method is, the more effective it is.With this unforgettable pain, at least in the future work, there is a high probability that I will gain wisdom and avoid making the same mistakes again, and there is a high probability that my life will be saved.

"What's the reason for you to go there in person?" He originally wanted to take this opportunity to tell the young eunuchs about the types of people they should pay attention to at work in the future, but the figure of a person made Hong Tao have to swallow the manuscript again. go back.

"Long live my lord, the Sanfa Department has investigated the food shortage case, but we can't decide how to deal with it."

Chen Ju didn't come to Beixiaochang easily unless there was something urgent. Firstly, he was busy with work, and secondly, he felt a little envious every time he saw those lively little eunuchs.If he could catch up with such an emperor when he first entered the palace, life would have been much easier.

"Oh, let me see who has such a good reputation. Even the Three Magistrates... damn, they are a bunch of sycophants and thieves. All eight generations of our ancestors deserve to be killed!"

Hong Tao was quite relaxed when he received the memorial. The investigation was nothing more than a formality, finding a few scapegoats to take the blame, and it was impossible for any big shot to be arrested.At this moment, even hostile factions will not add insult to injury, after all, no one’s butt is clean.

But after only a few glances, his expression gradually became ferocious. In the end, he couldn't hold it back anymore. He stood at the door of the classroom and cursed in front of more than 200 young eunuchs. The vocabulary was quite novel, which made many who had a small notebook with them quickly take it out. Recording secretly, these are all golden words! "Ah... kill them all!" Chen Ju was no longer in the mood to think about whether the curse words were unique, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest when he said that they all deserved to be killed.

"If you can kill me, you don't have to curse! Have you verified that these two people are really from the Kong family?"

The angry face just now was now full of helplessness, and there was still a little hope in his eyes, hoping that the Sanfa Division had made a mistake, or that Chen Ju was not serious about his work.

"The prisoner is in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and he has been proven correct." Chen Ju didn't know what the emperor was feeling, so he extinguished this glimmer of hope with great certainty.

The results of the joint trial of the three law departments are quite interesting. The instigators and fueling factors for such a large-scale food shortage were only a few businessmen and county officials, not even a county official. It was full of provocation.

If Hong Tao is just provoking Hong Tao, he will tolerate it. We are a shameless, skinless and bottomless emperor. How can we care about this kind of indifferent ridicule? This move does not reflect the other party's incompetence.

But among these culprits, there are two with the surname Kong who are more eye-catching. After their names, it is written in small letters: Qufu Nei Kong Xiaozong account number!It was these eight words that made Hong Tao furious.

The calligraphy was written by Chen Ju and could be recognized at a glance.What does that mean?Qufu, a place name, belongs to Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province. It is a county town. The most famous place is not the crops, animals, minerals, and handicraft products, but the people. The descendants of Confucius, the direct descendants of the Beizong, have always lived here, and the hereditary Yan Shenggong.

Nei Kong refers to the relationship with Yan Shenggong.After thousands of years of breeding, the descendants of Confucius had reached 17 generations by the beginning of the 64th century, and they were flourishing.Every generation has legitimate sons and concubines, just like a big tree. In addition to the main trunk that keeps growing, the branches also grow vigorously and gradually spread to various places due to wars and other reasons.

However, only direct descendants can live in Qufu for generations. Some of them went to Quzhou to escape the war in the Song Dynasty. This is the origin of the Beizong and Nanzong.Those who live in Qufu are called inner holes, and the branch clansmen who do not live in Qufu are called outer holes.

In the Wanli Dynasty, the number of people in Nei Kong alone was over 52, not including women, and they were divided into large and small sects.The big clan is the family of the hereditary Yan Shenggong, and the small clan is the family of the cousins. In total, there are [-] clans in total.

In order to facilitate management, in addition to the large clan household Yan Shenggong, Neikong also established a clan yamen, with clan leaders, officials and other duties.Each clan then selects an account number, a household title, and assists in management. It is like a small imperial court.

Chen Ju specially noted the eight characters of the account number of the Kong family in Qufu, which meant to tell the emperor that although these two people did not have official positions, they were by no means ordinary people. They were direct descendants of the Kong family in Qufu, and they also held small positions in the clan. They must be handled with caution. .

Fortunately, he wrote it down, otherwise Hong Tao would not be able to remember such complicated and trivial matters.This is also the basis for the existence of the Si Li Jian and the Hanlin Academy. They are institutions that provide consulting services to the emperor and specialize in correcting omissions.

(End of this chapter)