Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 638 Confucian Temple
Li Jing said with a smile: "I heard that the imperial court has a strict order that the maximum price of rice in any place shall not exceed [-]% of the price of the grain-producing area. Two taels of silver for one stone, and you sell it here for two taels of taels, and there are some brown rice in it, which is equivalent to an increase of [-]% in price."

The shopkeeper looked at Li Jing coldly when he heard the words, and said with a sneer, "The boy is very knowledgeable. I only have this price here. If you don't accept it, go to the official!"

Li Jing smiled: "It looks like you are not afraid to report to the government, so you must have something to do with the government?"

The shopkeeper sneered and said: "Do you know who opened the rice shop? This is the rice shop opened by the chief steward of Yanshenggong's mansion. Which government office dares to control the people in Yanshenggong's mansion."

"Oh? The butler in Yanshenggong's mansion? I'm afraid it's not convenient for Yanshenggong to come forward, so let the butler do so?" Li Jing laughed.

The shopkeeper sneered and said, "It's fine if you think so, what do you think you can do?"

Li Jing smiled, looked at the accountant at the counter, and then said with a smile: "I didn't think about it, I just wanted to see your account, and then I used your account to deal with Yan Shenggong."

The shopkeeper was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he laughed loudly: "Boy, I think you are out of your mind and crazy, and want to sue Yan Shenggong? A guy grabs it."

As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, he saw the curtain of the side door next to the counter lifted, and several clerks came out.

Seeing these people holding weapons like wooden sticks and iron rulers, Li Jing smiled and said: "It seems that Kong Yanzhi can be charged with another crime of raising evil slaves. Xiao Wu, take someone."

Xiao Wu just heard the shopkeeper say "boy" on the left and "boy" on the right, and he couldn't bear it any longer. Now that he got Li Jing's order, he was still polite. He leaped out from Li Jing's side, grabbed the shopkeeper by the neck, With a forehand strike and a backhand strike, he slapped the shopkeeper twice, and cursed at the same time: "A dead dog, you don't know the heights of heaven and earth."

At the same time as Xiao Wu made his move, several guards also rushed in, and they laid down several guys on the ground.

Seeing that his own people were knocked down to the ground in an instant, the shopkeeper was shocked, he ignored the burning pain on his face, and asked tremblingly: "Who are you?"

Xiao Wu took out the license plate from his pocket and patted the shopkeeper's face: "Damn dog, open your dog eyes and have a look."

The shopkeeper tried his best to look sideways at the waist card, and when he saw the words on the waist card, he let out a sudden uh, and then lowered his head.

Xiao Wu pulled the shopkeeper's body in front of him and glanced at him, then turned to Li Jing and said, "I fainted from f*cking fright."

Li Jingjing nodded: "Don't worry about him, find out the account book."

Xiao Wu pushed the shopkeeper on the ground casually, turned over the counter, found the account book from the drawer and handed it to Li Jing.

Li Jing took it and flipped through it and said: "There is also the general ledger. Wake up the shopkeeper and ask where the general ledger is."

After thinking about it, he said, "Forget it, as long as you have this. You send two people to notify Fifth Brother, and tell him I'm coming."

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, he heard a person outside the door say: "Brother, it's really you, I didn't expect you to come so soon."

Li Jing turned around and saw that it was none other than Ma Wu.

Li Jing waved his hand, the guard who guarded the door opened the door, Ma Wu walked in quickly, saw Zhu Youjian was there, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Fifth brother, you really belong to us, how did you find us?"

Hearing Zhu Youjian call him the fifth brother, Ma Wudun knew that the identities of Li Jing and Zhu Youjian could not be revealed for the time being.

Smiling, Ma Wu said: "One of my subordinates has seen the elder brother and the younger five, you were wandering around the city, and if the boy saw it, he reported it to me, so I brought people over. "

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "The people under your command are clever."

Ma Wu smiled, turned to look at Li Jing and said, "Brother, what should we do now?"

Li Jing pointed to the shopkeeper: "Take a look at these people first."

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said again: "How many people do you have here, can you control the situation?"

Ma Wu smiled and said: "Hehe, knowing that the eldest brother is coming, I have sent more than 300 people here in Qufu, and now I can mobilize about [-] people here. In addition, Zhou Huhu still has a battalion outside the city. Stationed, you and Huang...Young Master Huang are safe."

Li Jingjing nodded: "Then don't wait, let's do it now. You send someone to notify Zhou Huhu's people to enter the city, and then you find the evidence you have collected, as well as those who have been bullied by the Confucian government. The magistrate of Qufu County, Kong Yanzhi, and people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate all called to the Confucius Temple."

"To the Confucian Temple?" Ma Wu couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words.

"Yes, go to the Confucian Temple. I want to do Kong Yanzhi in the Confucian Temple." Li Jingting nodded.

Pointing to the shopkeeper on the ground, Li Jing smiled and said, "I didn't think to touch Kong Yinzhi so soon. After all, what you found happened many years ago, and the Kong family basically covered it up." It's almost the same, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate has just arrived in Qufu not long ago, and many things have not been clarified.

But I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative to give me an excuse. Hey, he drove up the price of food in the year of the catastrophe and shoddy it. "

Ma Wu nodded, cupped his hands at Li Jing and Zhu Youjian, and waved away with his men.

After finishing speaking, Li Jing turned around and smiled at the few grain buyers who were curled up in the corner of the counter, trembling with fright, and said, "Don't be afraid, I know all about the Kong family's evil deeds, so let him be punished, and why not?" You are fair. You will go to the Confucius Temple with me later to be a witness. As for the high-priced and adulterated grain you bought, I will ask someone to compensate you."

The few people couldn't believe it when they heard the words, they trembled for a long time before asking tremblingly: "Who are you?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "My name is Li Jing, I wonder if you have heard of my name?"

"Li Jing? The chief assistant of the dynasty? Duke Xingguo?" One person asked boldly.

Xiao Wu interjected: "It is the chief assistant of the court, Mr. Li, Duke of Xingguo."

The few people looked at Li Jing suspiciously. Li Jing was dressed in ordinary clothes, with a white face and no beard. Apart from being a little more handsome, there was nothing extraordinary about him. The chief minister of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

But when they saw Li Jing's eyes, they couldn't help but feel warm. This person's eyes were deep and soft, as if there was some magical power, which made people feel that they could rely on and trust.

Suddenly a few people came to their senses, rushed to Li Jingpu and fell to the ground, kowtowed and shouted: "Caomin didn't know Mr. Li was coming, they really deserve death."

Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "Get up, I didn't take care of the officials below, and you have been wronged. I am incompetent as the chief assistant!"

Saying that he beckoned, Xiao Wu hurriedly stepped forward to help several people up.

After a few people got up, Li Jing continued: "But there is one thing, I assure you, in Daming, who dares to make a fortune for the country, or make trouble for the people when the people are in danger, as long as I know, even if it is the king of heaven, I will do it." he.

So don’t be afraid, if you encounter such a thing in the future, report it to the officials. If the local government doesn’t care, you can go to the Civil Affairs Bureau.I will send someone down to investigate, and if one is investigated, one will be dealt with.

This rice shop was opened by Kong Yinzhi. As Yan Shenggong, Kong Yinzhi actually ignored the people's livelihood, raised the price of grain when the locust plague hit the local area, adulterated rice, and exploited the people's hard-earned money. A descendant of a sage in vain, what qualifications does such a person have to serve as Duke Yansheng?I did him today. "

"Thank you, my lord, for making decisions for the grassroots. I am willing to testify for you." Several people hurriedly said.

Li Jingjing nodded: "Let's go."

Xiao Wu beckoned to several guards, and the guards understood, picked up the shopkeeper, slapped the shopkeeper awake, gathered a few fellows who were holding their heads and whimpering in pain, and pushed them out of the rice shop.

After leaving the rice shop, Li Jing ordered Xiaowu to arrange several guards to guard the rice shop, and then led the crowd to the Confucius Temple.

At that time, there were many Confucian temples all over the country, but only the Confucian temple in Qufu was the main temple where Confucius was worshipped.

The Confucian Temple in Qufu has been expanded through several dynasties, and its scale is as grand as that of the imperial palace.

The Confucian Temple has a total of nine courtyards, with the north-south as the central axis, divided into three roads from the left, middle and right. It is more than one mile long and more than fifty steps wide. , more than fifty gate squares, and more than ten imperial stele pavilions.

The Confucian Temple was originally a family temple. After the death of Confucius, his disciples transformed the three huts where he lived into a temple, which was enshrined by the Confucian clan.Until Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, came to Qufu to offer sacrifices to Confucius, the Confucian Temple began to transition from a family temple to a national temple.When the later emperors began to confer official titles on the descendants of Confucius (in the first year of the first year of Emperor Hanping, the descendants of Confucius were named Baohou), and began to come to the Confucian Temple in Qufu to worship, the Confucian Temple officially became the national temple of China.

As the Confucian Temple of the national temple nature, there are only the Confucian Temple in Qufu and the Confucian Temple in Beijing.

During the Ming Dynasty, because the emperor seldom left Beijing, offering sacrifices to Confucius could only be held in the Confucian Temple in Beijing, while in the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Yan Shenggong presided over the worship of Confucius on behalf of the emperor.

Although Li Jing banned the use of Confucianism to govern the country, it did not mean that Li Jing did not respect Confucius. When he arrived at the Confucian Temple, Li Jing naturally wanted to worship.

The Confucian Temple was guarded by the government, but after Xiao Wu showed his badge, the guards took over the defense of the Confucian Temple, and then Li Jing and Zhu Youjian entered the Confucian Temple.

There are many Confucian temple buildings, but only the Dacheng Hall is the main building of the Confucian Temple and the central place for worshiping Confucius.Dacheng Hall was called Wenxuanwang Hall in Tang Dynasty, and it was renamed Dacheng Hall in Song Huizong, taking Mencius: "Confucius said it is a collection of great achievements".

The Dacheng Hall is more than eight feet high, sixteen feet wide, and eight feet deep. There are 28 stone dragon pillars surrounded by corridors, all of which are carved from whole stones. They are two feet high and two feet and eight inches in diameter. They were carved by Huizhou craftsmen during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty.There are ten deep-relief dragon pillars on the front eaves, each of which has two dragons facing each other, coiling and rising, with orbs engraved in the middle, and the carvings are exquisitely carved.The two mountains and the eighteen octagonal stone pillars on the back eaves are shallow carvings of Yunlong.

The entire main hall has double eaves and nine ridges, yellow tiles and flying scorpions, carved beams and painted buildings.

There is a statue of Confucius in the middle of the hall, and on the left and right are the statues of Yanzi (Yanhui), Zengzi (Zengshen), Zisi (Confucius' grandson) and Mencius, which are called "four matches".

(End of this chapter)