King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 157 Complaint! King Lu deceived people too much!

Everyone was a little strange when they heard Kong Xixue's words.

They all said: "Didn't the young master say that? We want to build a second soap workshop!

We have already built it.”

Kong Xixue was stunned and said, "Why don't I know? When was it built?"

"Not long after the first soap workshop was completed, the second one was built in a small courtyard on the outskirts of Qufu!"

Kong Xixue suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

He couldn't help but said: "Did Kong Yanqing really ask you to build it?"

Everyone nodded.

"Master Kong asked us to build it! The Taoist priest personally directed it! The Taoist priest Yichenzi also said that he would pay us for the labor and materials as soon as the soap workshop is completed!

It has been completed for several days now. When we came to the Confucius Mansion, the Confucius Mansion refused to admit it! "

Kong Xixue felt a little dizzy.

He quickly ordered Kong Cheng: "Go! Invite the young master! I want to ask what's going on!"

soon.

Kong Yanqing was brought to Kong Xixue in confusion.

Kong Xixue asked: "These people said that you built a second soap workshop. Is it true?"

Kong Yanqing nodded and said with a smile: "Dad, it's true!"

Kong Xixue was startled and stood up suddenly.

He gave Kong Yanqing a hard slap in the face.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing! How dare you delay paying me so much wages and materials? How can you compensate me now?"

Kong Yanqing covered his face, laughed miserably, and said, "The kid gave it to me! The kid gave it to Yi Chenzi's evil path! And then he left!"

Kong Xixue said angrily: "Yichenzi again, Yichenzi again! You idiot! How many times do you have to be deceived? How much did you give him? No, where did you get the money?"

Kong Yanqing still giggled and said, "Dad, our family is in trouble! I secretly took the land deed from home and pawned it to the pawnshop! They took the land deed and pawned it to give the child so much money!"

Kong Xixue was stunned when he heard this.

"The deeds to the fields at home? I have been keeping them. Where did you find them? How many fields have you owned?"

Kong Yanqing giggled and said, "More than 200,000 acres, you pay three taels of silver per acre! When I was a child, I happened to see you hiding the land deed under the table of the ancestral tablet. When I grew up, I found that it was still there!"

Kong Xixue almost fainted when he heard this!

More than 200,000 acres!
This is all the land that the Kong family legally acquired!

Including the 20 acres of land granted by the emperor, including the land accumulated by the Kong family over the years.

Although he still had the fields brought over by his tenants, those fields belonged to the Kong family in name only.

The real land deeds are still in the hands of the tenants!
The tenants gave their fields to the Kong family just to avoid taxes, but they had no intention of actually giving the fields to the Kong family.

In other words, all the years of accumulation of the Kong family were destroyed in one fell swoop!
I don’t even know what to do with my current expenses!

For example, it is extremely difficult for Kong Xixue to come up with 5000 taels of silver!
Kong Xixue stood up suddenly and punched and kicked Kong Yanqing.

"Are you going to die? How dare you use all your family's land to do such a thing? That's more than 20 acres of land! Are you crazy? Building a soap workshop is already taking a huge risk. You actually How dare you build a second one!”

Kong Yanqing laughed sadly.

"It's all the child's fault! Haier thought that since Taoist Yichenzi could build the first soap workshop, it must be reliable, so he thought about expanding the scale of the workshop! In this case, our Kong family will no longer have to worry about money! The child is too greedy."

Kong Xixue slapped Kong Yanqing hard on the face again.

"Idiot! How could I have given birth to such an idiot like you?
If it were so easy to make money, who would it be for our Kong family to make money?
It's obvious that you can get all the glory and wealth you want if you are stable, why are you bothering! "

Half of Kong Yanqing's face was swollen and his appearance was miserable.

Kong Xixue looked at Kong Yanqing with an angry look on his face.

"You bastard! Who did you mortgage the land to? You are so brave that you even dare to take the sacrificial fields rewarded by His Majesty. Are they crazy?"

At this time, Kong Xixue still had hope in his heart.

That is, the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce.

How dare these merchants spend so much money to take over his fields.

Then he used the power of the government to put pressure on these businessmen and force them to return their fields.

In short, he, the second-grade Yan Shenggong, is not a piece of paper. In addition, some civil servants are invited to speak for him. Even if they bully those businessmen, they have nothing to say.

Kong Yanqing said vaguely: "Haier asked many families, but they all dared not accept my land deed! In the end, under the recommendation of Yi Chenzi, my boy mortgaged the land deed to Lu Shang Salt Company!"

Kong Xixue was stunned when he heard this.

He looked at Kong Yanqing in disbelief and asked, "Who did you mortgage it to?"

Kong Yanqing said bitterly: "Lu Shang Salt Company!"

Kong Xixue suddenly collapsed on the ground!

"Lu Shang Salt Bank, how can Lu Shang Salt Bank be Lu Shang Salt Bank? It's not good for you to mortgage it to someone, why should you mortgage it to them? Do you know whose property Lu Shang Salt Bank belongs to? This... you let this happen What should I do?"

Kong Yanqing was stunned and said: "Dad, I know! Hasn't the Lushang Salt Company been cooperating with us? They want salt, and they often collect grain from us and transport it to the border! They are just a group of merchants, and I heard that their shopkeeper , his hometown is in Yanzhou, his surname is Wu! He is also a famous grain merchant."

Snapped--!
Kong Yanqing hasn't finished speaking yet.

Kong Xixue slapped him again!

"Idiot, really stupid, hopelessly stupid! Why did I have to give birth to you in the first place? How could you think that there is no support from dignitaries behind such a big industry? I tell you, the people behind Lu Shang Salt Company , it’s King Lu!”

Hearing this, Kong Yanqing was stunned.

"King Lu? It's actually King Lu?"

Kong Xixue's mind was spinning.

Yes!

This trap was clearly set by King Lu!

All this is caused by King Lu!

Damn!

No wonder King Lu left as soon as he was threatened by him.

It turns out that he already had a backup plan waiting for him! Now the entire Kong family has been forced into a desperate situation by him!
Kong Xixue looked up to the sky and sighed.

"King Lu! It turns out to be King Lu! He is the one behind all of this! What a vicious plan! No wonder he is the only one who dares to target the Kong family, and he does so without leaving any room at all!"

Hearing this, everyone in the Kong family present was stunned.

Kong Xizhen couldn't help but said: "Master, what should we do now?"

Kong Xixue gritted his teeth and said: "What else can we do? File a lawsuit! File an imperial complaint! That is more than 200,000 acres of land! If it is taken over by King Lu, the Kong family, the Meng family, the Zeng family, and the Yan family will all have to drink. The wind is coming from the northwest!”

Kong Xizhen was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but said: "That's His Royal Highness King Lu! He is His Majesty's biological son. How can we win a lawsuit against him? Could it be that His Majesty doesn't favor his son, but will he favor us? What's more, this No matter how the matter is said, even if everyone knows that King Lu is behind it, there is no evidence.
What is clearly shown now is that our Kong family owes Lu Shang Salt Company 50 taels of silver. It is natural and natural that they want to take over the land! "

Kong Xixue sighed.

"Why don't I know this truth? But what if we don't file a lawsuit on this matter? Should we just let King Lu take away all our fields? That would be the end of it!

What's more, those 20 acres of land were given by His Majesty! He gave those fields in the name of sacrificial fields! The income from these fields is used by us to worship our ancestors! Now if the sacrifice to the ancestors fails, His Majesty will definitely punish him! "

Kong Xizhen nodded helplessly.

That’s the truth!
If the things given by His Majesty are not managed well, it will obviously be a sin!
You Qi dared to take out the things given by His Majesty and exchange them for money. If it was spread, his skin would be peeled off even if he died.

Isn't this a betrayal of the emperor's favor?

Kong Xixue gritted his teeth and said: "We have no chance of winning! King Lu is so powerful that he has offended countless people in Shandong! We are clearly victims, and the civil servants in the DPRK and China are all our people! I will write a few letters to those people Old friends in the court, although the emperor is strong now, the scholars have the final say in this world! As long as they are on our side, King Lu will not take any account of it! When the time comes, your majesty will weigh it and take care of it more or less. we!"

Kong Xizhen was unsure, but there was no other good solution at the moment.

After all, the land deeds are all in the hands of Lu Shang Salt Company.

If they want, they can take away the Kong family's fields at any time!

By then it will be beyond redemption.

Ying Tianfu.

Forbidden City.

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked at the memorial in front of him.

"Li Shangshu, you said that King Lu oppressed Duke Yan Sheng, where did you start? Why can't we see the meaning of King Lu oppressing him at all?

What is the conspiracy of King Lu to instigate people to deceive Mr. Yansheng’s heirs, causing Mr. Yansheng’s land property to be surrendered to King Lu?
Is this how the word conspiracy is used?
Is there any evidence? "

Li Yuanming, the Minister of Rites, was stunned and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there is no evidence, but Yan Shenggong has always been uncontested in Shandong. If he offended anyone, it was only His Royal Highness King Lu! Because before Some time ago, His Royal Highness King Lu ordered Yan Shenggong to clear the land. Yan Shenggong argued hard but did not agree. After that, Yan Shenggong's descendant Kong Yanqing was bewitched by the demon and wanted to build some kind of soap workshop!
The result is that he was deceived by the demon! Lost as much as 400 million Ming Dynasty treasure notes! The huge Confucius family has lost everything since then!
Even the property of the Kong family was secretly mortgaged to Lu Shang Salt Company by Kong Yanqing under the bewitchment of the demon!

Now, the Kong family is in danger!
Pity the Kong family, they are the direct descendants of a saint after all!
If you were mistreated in our court, wouldn't it chill the hearts of scholars all over the world? "

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "All of this means that the Kong family was bewitched by demons and was caused by their own greed. What does it have to do with King Lu? Li Shangshu, are you trying to slander a prince?"

When Li Yuanming heard Zhu Yuanzhang's threat, his heart "thumped"!
To be honest, he was originally unwilling to stand up for the Kong family this time.

But there is no way!

My teacher has spoken!
We must help the Kong family!
The teacher said that if all the scholars in the world do not even help the Kong family, then they are bullying their teachers and destroying their ancestors!
Li Yuanming prided himself on being a scholar, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak for the Confucius family, and even reported the Confucius family's accusations against King Lu.

however.

In this way, it would be considered as offending King Lu to death.

And King Lu's reputation in Yingtian far exceeds that of other vassal kings.

Everyone knows that His Majesty has always been very protective of King Lu!

Li Yuanming sighed.

If it weren't for the teacher, I wouldn't have gone through this muddy water this time!

Li Yuanming was about to answer.

suddenly.

Beside him, not far away.

Ru Taisu, the Minister of Hubu, said: "Your Majesty! I have this memorial!"

The words fell.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, snorted and said, "Take it!"

Eunuch Chen took over Ru Taisu's memorial and respectfully presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned over the translation book and snorted coldly.

"What? Ru Shangshu also came to sue King Lu?"

Ru Taisu said loudly: "Back to Your Majesty! Exactly! Everything is just as Li Shangshu said. Although there is no evidence that the demon who seduced Kong Yanqing was sent by His Highness King Lu! But now it seems that the one who owns Lu Shang Salt Company is His Royal Highness King Lu!
Who in Shandong doesn't know that those fields owned by Yan Shenggong should not be touched lightly!

Only His Highness King Lu dares to take advantage of him, and only His Highness King Lu can take advantage of those fields!
It is strange that the demon has great powers. I think that His Royal Highness King Lu directly benefited from this!

It is not wrong to suspect that His Highness King Lu is behind everything! "

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "You mean, who benefits and who is guilty? Who has the ability and who is guilty?"

Ru Taisu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, that's right! The demon behaved suspiciously and came in a strange way! The most important thing is the piece of soap in my hand!"

talking.

Ru Taisu held up a piece of transparent soap that was almost rectangular in shape.

Ru Taisu said loudly: "This thing is called soap! When Kong Yanqing met the demon, he was not fooled at first. It was only because he saw the usage and effect of this soap that he became attracted!
His Highness King Lu is famous throughout the world for his superb methods and extraordinary skills!
For example, the refining of refined salt and the enhancement of the power of gunpowder!
I also suspect that he made this soap! "

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the soap in front of him and frowned slightly.

To be honest, he also suspected that the soap was caused by Zhu Tan.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, Ru Taisu became even more proud and said with a smile: "One more thing! Duke Yan said that the demon smelted 12 taels of gold in front of Duke Yan to refine the furnace!
However, after the furnace was completed, the monster escaped!
Later, Duke Yan Sheng ordered his goldsmiths to dismantle the furnace, only to find that there was only about a hundred taels of gold left in the furnace!

I suspect that the only one with such unpredictable means is His Highness King Lu! "

Although Ru Taisu was listing Zhu Tan's crimes.

But every word seems to be praising Zhu Tan.

When it comes to ghosts and gods being unpredictable.

Zhu Yuanzhang was beaming when he heard this, and almost laughed out loud!
My son was so praised by the important ministers of the court, and I felt so happy!

What's more, Lao Zhu didn't give a second thought to the person behind this incident!
Regardless of motivation or ability, they all point directly at Zhu Tan!

The ministers looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and felt confused.

Why did the emperor laugh when he heard someone complaining that his son had a problem?
(End of this chapter)