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Chapter 186 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Can everyone be treated equally?It really can't be done. The Confucius Mansion has a very noble symbolism in all dynasties, and it also has a very noble status and treatment.In addition to the hereditary title of Duke of Yansheng, the descendants of the eldest branch of the direct line can also hereditary doctors of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, doctors of Taichang Temple, and four clan academic records, plus the magistrate of Qufu County.

County magistrates and prefecture magistrates in other places are floating officials, which means that locals cannot serve. However, Qufu is a special case. County magistrates can also be hereditary, which shows the glory of their clan.

Now the question arises. The Three Law Departments and the Prosecution Departments in various places know that the people in the Kong family are difficult to deal with, so why don't they use methods to resolve the case during the investigation stage?They seemed to be very good at doing this kind of work, otherwise how could they possibly have found only a few businessmen and county officials guilty.

When something is abnormal, it must be a monster. It's not that they don't understand the stakes, it's not that they were negligent in their work, and it's not that they really caught the main culprit.Putting up the accounts of two Confucius households was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the emperor.

If the emperor knew the truth, he would never handle official affairs. Then the officials could follow the trend and follow the example to close the case. Hello everyone, I am okay, everything is okay!
If the emperor is dissatisfied with the results of the trial by the Sanfa Division and insists on finding a few big fish to show his prestige, then he should first convict the two accounts of the Kong family. It would be best if they can be chopped off. Then he will really offend the entire scholar class. Empty.

This is a dead end, and no matter what the emperor does, the officials will not suffer.It was also a clear signal sent by the official group to the emperor:

Don't be too happy too early. Winning this time doesn't mean you will win in the future. We have plenty of ways to make things difficult for you. If you encounter something like a food shortage in the future, you'd better think more about the consequences!

"Go and tell Xiao Daheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments, Wen Chun, the Censor of Zuodu, and Li Dong, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. If they want me to send Dong Jishi Factory and Jin Yiwei to retry the case, they can come here and try. Take a look at the Xiao family in Tai'an, How many members of the Miyuan Wen family and Beizhili Zhang family will be left in the end!"

But Hong Tao has a third option, which is to be shameless!He once sat in the small courtyard and read history books for several years, and then concluded a pattern.Looking at the political struggles in ancient times, losing in many things means losing on the face.As long as you can tear off your face and throw it on the ground to be trampled on by others, the outcome will often change.

Aren't you trying to make things difficult for me? Well, I won't compete with you within the rules. Let's go out and have fun.Regardless of formal procedures, eunuchs were used to investigate the case.

Let’s start with your family. Don’t let me catch you and destroy each one of them. After that, I will tell the world and detail all the ugly aspects. I will make you a traitor who will be infamous for thousands of years.Let’s see which one is stronger, the emperor’s butcher’s knife or your neck!

However, doing this also has strong side effects. It works both upward and downward. It can not only be used on others, but the emperor cannot avoid it either.As long as they dare to step outside the rules, officials will follow suit, making the struggle in court bottomless, rule-less, and more difficult to control.

Fortunately, Hong Tao has a huge advantage, he is still shameless.Not only can he be shameless, but he has also learned the full set of shameless processes and technical details from later generations. He does not need to summarize, refine and test, he can just use it, and various combinations emerge in endlessly.

The same cannot be said for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Completely tearing off the face is not the main theme of this era. No matter how smart an individual is, it is impossible to adapt instantly. It takes time to get used to, summarize, refine, and sublimate.

Time is the fairest, the same for everyone.According to the current development trend, Hong Tao feels that they may not have enough time, and it is worth taking the risk.

As for whether it will have long-term impact, I really can’t tell now.As the same saying goes, what goes up works and what goes down works. As long as you get the power, you can immediately pretend to be a saint, establish rules, and become more shameless than anyone else. It should be too late.

With several criminals beheaded and their homes ransacked, the four-year food shortage case in Jingyang finally came to an end.What’s interesting is that none of the criminals had the surname Kong. The Sanfa Division didn’t mention it in the case file, and the emperor didn’t ask.They just discussed each other in the imperial meeting for more than an hour. The atmosphere was very harmonious, as if those two people had never appeared before, and the emperor and the ministers were still in harmony as before.

But as the ancients said, good fortune never comes in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. Just after the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Jingyang, an urgent document from Liaodong, which was six hundred miles away, made the barely peaceful festival atmosphere disappear without a trace in an instant.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Ningyuan Bo Li Chengliang, the crown prince of the Liaodong General Army, was found dead by his subordinates in the Ningyuan General Army Mansion at the age of 83.The cause of death is said to be that he occasionally caught wind and cold and had constant fever. He often got up in the middle of the night and stood in the yard talking to himself, and the cold air entered his body.

How did he die? When the body is returned to the capital, the Criminal Department will send special personnel to examine it.But Liaodong cannot be without a commander for a day. Who should be sent to replace Li Chengliang is more urgent than finding out the cause of death.

"It was promised five years, but it's only been more than two years...it's a bit troublesome!"

Hong Tao didn't doubt how Li Chengliang died. There was a saying in later generations that life was calculated based on days for people who were over 80 years old. If they were not sick or injured today, they might not be able to survive if they had two more mouthfuls of rice the next day.

It doesn’t matter who is sent to replace the governor of Liaodong. The current military strength of the Ming Dynasty is a bit like the Chinese football of later generations. The basic skills are so poor that they can’t even guarantee sufficient physical fitness for the entire game. Talking about skills and tactics is a mirage. What a good coach. It's no use coming here.

If you want to improve, there is no shortcut or overtaking in corners. You must start from scratch bit by bit.First, practice your basic skills solidly. When will you be able to run all over the field for 100 minutes? Then we can talk about technical and tactical issues.

I had hoped that Li Chengliang could use his personal ability to help delay the project for a few more years, but unfortunately, the plan failed to keep up with the changes. Now the pace of steady development must be changed.

"My dear friends, spring plowing is about to begin, but there is still not much rain, and I am afraid there will be another drought this year. It is just a natural disaster, and I and my ministers can barely cope with it. If there is another food shortage, it will be like adding fuel to the fire. .

I believe that the food shortage case should be thoroughly investigated, and not a single fish that slipped through the net should be let go.Is it appropriate to ask the Royal Horse Supervisor to assist the Provincial Procuratorate to investigate the case, and the Jin Yiwei to arrest the criminals? "

For such a big event and the appointment of such an important candidate, according to the usual practice, it is necessary to summon the cabinet's bachelors, six ministries and nine ministers to participate in the imperial meeting.But the emperor didn't mention Liaodong at all when he came. Instead, he opened up old accounts and took out the food shortage case and shook it off vigorously.

"Your Majesty, I believe that everything must be prioritized. The case of the food shortage has been completed, and the lawbreakers have been killed. Currently, the general army in Liaodong is vacant, and the northern barbarians are constantly invading. It is clear at a glance which one is more important."

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged and elderly beasts in the room immediately looked solemn and expressed affection. After several exchanges, Li Tingji, the cabinet scholar, came out to answer, and everyone else nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)