Chapter 203 The Kong family is stubbornly resisting!Scholars swear to protect the Kong family to the death!
Confucius House.
Kong Ne's uncle Kong Ximing was sitting in the lobby of Kong's mansion.
This lobby has always been the most important place in the Kong family.
Not only can the emperor's imperial edict be read here, but it is also a place where Confucianism can be explained.
Even within the scope of the Kong family, if certain individuals break the law, they have the right to try it here.
It's just that this lobby has always been high-sounding, but it is mostly used to deal with ordinary people who violate the laws of the Confucius family.
Even when officials arrived at this place, they had to kneel on the ground under the saint's plaque. This was a point of pride for the Kong family.
Even though the Kong family is not the emperor, no one in Shandong dares to compare with the Kong family.
Even when the current emperor's son, King Zhu Tan of Lu, came to this place, he had to dismount his horse and come in respectfully. He also had to be polite when he saw the contemporary Yan Shenggong.
So this place has always been very mysterious and sacred.
The instruments of torture on the side illustrate that this place does not represent the benevolence shown in the Analects of Confucius, but represents the cruelty of Legalism.
What's even more important is the majesty of their Kong family.
As Kong Ne's biological uncle, he was the younger brother of Yan Shenggong and a compatriot from the same mother.
Especially the second son has always been in the big family and his status is quite delicate.
Just because the big family has too many interests.
Once you have power, you can control the wind and rain, and the authority you hold has always been coveted by everyone.
Ordinary disciples can only view this position from a distance but cannot play with it.
But as the second child, he has enough strength.
As long as the boss dies, he can legitimately inherit.
If it were an ordinary family, it would just be a little defensive, and they would just be brothers and sisters.
But as the second largest family after the emperor's family.
The second eldest son of the Kong family, who can be said to be the best in the world, is in a very awkward position.
So Kong Ximing has never been at the Kong family, just to avoid suspicion.
Just to tell all the children of the Kong family that you don’t need to use my identity to covet the rights of the eldest son.
Like all royal families, the Kong family, as the number one family in the world, has too much power, so the battles between them are also quite fierce.
Because of this, Kong Ximing, the second son, has been working as an official outside.
He served as the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province and was the third-in-command in Shandong Province.
He is also the best informed.
When Chen Han defeated Kong Ne and died in the capital, he had already received the news and returned to his hometown to make arrangements.
He knows very well what he has done over the years.
Apart from anything else, he went above and beyond just in terms of abusing the people.
Even for young girls, four or five lives must have been lost to him.
Everyone said that he had a tough life.
Even if those girls turned into evil ghosts and he had the blood of saints as his backing, no one could do anything to him.
But now he felt in danger.
Why?
Just because Chen Han has trampled the entire Kong family under his feet.
They have brought out their favorite trick of using public opinion to attack their opponents.
Chen Han is now using public opinion to trample the Kong family into the mud.
As long as there is no Jedi counterattack this time, the Kong family will perish in the long history.
Kong Ne has died in the capital. As the second master of the Kong family, Kong Ximing naturally came back to take charge of the affairs of the entire Kong family.
Everyone in the Kong family is now anxious like ants on a hot pot.
How could they, who had enjoyed fine clothing and food for thousands of years, be willing to be compared with ordinary people?
How could you be willing to become an ordinary citizen from now on?
So outside the lobby, as the direct descendants of Duke Yansheng, the Kong family was already waiting for Kong Ximing's order.
As long as they hear Kong Ximing's order, they will make a last-ditch resistance.
They have raised thousands of thugs over the years, and now they are all concentrated inside the Kong Mansion.
All of these thugs are tough and tough, and they often bully the common people.
Relying on the power of the Kong family to act arrogantly, he has long been accustomed to being the master of others.
They also knew very well that once the Kong family fell, they would inevitably be judged.
With many years of evil experience, they know that relying on the Kong family is their last hope.
Therefore, each of them is ready to advance and retreat together with the Kong family.
A member of the Kong family stepped forward and said, "What should I do now, Master Second? Chen Han's thieves and guards have already set out to surround our Kong Mansion.
I heard that they have mobilized [-] heavy troops at the guard station. It seems that they don't want to give us any chance to escape. "
Another member of the Kong family cried and said, "Second Master, I don't want to live with those ordinary people.
We are used to living a life of good food and clothing, but I can't stand those hard days. "
Some members of the Kong family also said: "Yes, Second Master, every one of us in the Kong family has not lived like a prince.
Now if we are forced to live the same miserable life as those stinking common people, why don't we just die? "
Some of the older members of the Kong family had sweat on their foreheads, "But now from the capital to the local area, everyone has heard that His Majesty will remove our Kong family and deprive us of the title of Duke of Yansheng. If we resist stubbornly, the officers and soldiers will definitely destroy the Kong family." Everyone from top to bottom is regarded as a rebel.
There was no room for maneuver at that time. "
As soon as he said this, the Kong family below panicked on the spot.
"Then what should we do? Are you asking us to just surrender?"
"I don't want to go to jail. Second Master, you have to think of a way."
"Our family has tortured those stinky people to death over the years. If this really counts, everyone is a murderer, so we don't have to chop off their heads."
"That's right. Your Majesty governs the country so harshly. Common crimes are punished severely, let alone us."
Kong Ximing looked around and found that everyone in the Kong family was frightened and no one had any idea.
Everyone can wait patiently for him to make up his mind.
But he was the only one who had truly seen the world.
Although the Kong family seems to be a princely family from top to bottom.
But he is just domineering in his own circle.
Very few people would take the Kong family seriously.
So these people don't have any knowledge at all.
He was the only one in charge of a province's criminal affairs and had extensive knowledge.
And he is waiting now. What are he waiting for?Waiting for a game he has already laid out.
Seeing that everyone in the Kong family was panicking now, he yelled: "Why are you panicking? My Kong family has been inherited for thousands of years. What kind of crisis has not been encountered before?"
These words were originally meant to calm people's hearts.
But no one in the Kong family was happy.
Someone shouted loudly, "The crises we encountered in the past were caused by ordinary people, or caused by troubled times.
But now this time it was given by His Majesty. His Majesty has decreed that the title of Duke Yansheng will be abolished, and our Kong family will be raided and all property confiscated.
This is really a crisis that our Kong family has never encountered in thousands of years. "
"It's all my fault for that thief Chen Han, that bastard, that person who didn't deserve a good death. If I die, even if I turn into a ghost, I will still surround him every day and make sure to curse him to death."
The other Kong family members also started to curse.
"It's all Chen Han's fault. Why does this thief want to get in trouble with us?"
"What he is saying is that we have never been at odds with him, so why would he do this? He is pursuing his scientific approach, and we are pursuing our Confucianism, and we are not at odds with him at all.
Why does he do this to us? "
"It's true that all the scholars in the world can do it. Chen Han is just one person, what tricks can he pull off? 9 Aren't many reformists in the past died at the hands of conservatives? Why is Chen Han so powerful this time? "
Someone said helplessly: "After other reforms were attacked by conservatives, the emperor often vacillated.
But this time, I don't know what the traitor Chen Han has that can attract His Majesty's attention and always get His Majesty's support.
This is the reason why Confucianism cannot oust him this time.
After all, His Majesty is still supporting him behind his back. "
Some people immediately became desperate, "Does Your Majesty really want to give up on our Confucianism?"
Someone took out the newspaper, pointed to the words on it and said: "What it said clearly is not to overthrow the entire Confucian school, but only to target our Confucian family.
They kept saying that our Kong family used the name of our ancestors to oppress the people with fake power.
What they want to overthrow is the Confucian family, and what they want to overthrow are the conservatives centered on Confucianism. People have made it very clear that they will not overthrow Confucianism with a single stick. "
"He is really powerful. He understands people's hearts very well. This Chen Han is really an enemy that our Kong family has never encountered in thousands of years."
After saying this, everyone panicked.
"If this Chen Han is really so powerful, will our Kong family end well?"
"Chen Han, for the sake of his scientific way, can he let go of the Kong family?"
"Absolutely impossible."
Kong Ximing also clenched his fists when he heard the name Chen Han: "Now it depends on whether the trick I arranged will work.
If it doesn't work, there's nothing I can do. "
……
Outside Kong Mansion.
Chen Han and the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Jiang Wei, were already riding on tall horses, leading the three thousand troops dispatched from the guards, marching slowly along the Saint Street.
Many people in the surrounding shops were looking at it and talking about it.
Ordinary people are all happy, nothing else, just because this Kong family has controlled the lives of all people in Qufu for thousands of years.
They are worse than corrupt officials and bullies.
Everyone hopes that the court can eradicate them.
Jiang Wei looked at Chen Han beside him: "Master Hou, I really didn't expect that I could do such a big thing with you.
For thousands of years, no one has ever been able to force the Kong family to do this.
Under your leadership, Yan Shenggong's title has been removed, and the Kong family will be raided today. It is really a great pleasure.
In the future, your reforms will be deepened step by step. Please support me. "
Jiang Wei knew that Chen Han came from modern times, and also understood that Chen Han's smooth reform was because he had control of the future direction of the Ming Dynasty.
So by following Chen Han, my own path will be smoother in the future.
Chen Han smiled and said: "It's easy to talk, but doesn't the current tax reform make the power of the entire Jinyiwei even greater? Jin Yiwei has always been criticized in the past. Even if officials are afraid, they may not be convinced.
However, now that Jinyiwei has contracted the tax inspection work, which official will dare to take advantage of you in the future? This is probably more direct than the terror and coercion brought about by your previous threats of force and covert investigations. "
Jiang Wei curled his lips and smiled, "What the Marquis said is true. Now that the Jinyiwei has been transformed into the Tax Inspection Department, there is no need to infiltrate and investigate every official like before.
To be honest, even if I only got some information and snooped around, it was not fair enough.
But now it's different. You can legitimately investigate their money sources, and you can more accurately grasp every move of these people.
And it's justifiable. If they don't pay their taxes on time, hey, I, the Jin Yiwei, can arrest them directly. I have more power than before, and I am fair and aboveboard.
Now the brothers have more power than before, their status is higher than before, and their salaries have doubled than before. All these are thanks to you, Lord Marquis.
So now brothers, no matter where they are, are very grateful for your promotion. "
Chen Han understands very well that Jin Yiwei now serves as the tax inspection department and the treasure and banknote promotion department and the quanquan treasury. After several very important tasks, he has great power.
Because they were originally subordinate to the emperor, they were very trustworthy.
And all of this can really be said to be the benefits brought to them by Chen Han's reforms.
Now the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Jiang Yu, no longer only appears as a spy chief in the court, but also appears as a senior official who controls the taxation of the Ming Dynasty.
No one dared to underestimate the commander of the Jin Yiwei.
Now he can be said to have become an important bureaucrat.
How could he not be grateful to Chen Han? Chen Han and Jiang Wei led an army of [-] people and soon arrived at Kong Mansion.
Looking at the tall gatehouse and stern buildings, it can be seen that even in the Ming Dynasty more than 600 years ago, the wealth and high status of the Kong family can be seen.
After Chen Han and the others asked heavy troops to surround the Kong family, Chen Han sat high on the horse.
He shouted inside: "Everyone in the Kong family, listen, your majesty has decreed to deprive the Duke of Yansheng and search the Kong family. If you stubbornly resist, you will not be killed."
If you open the door and walk out now, your sin will be reduced. Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind. "
After Chen Han finished shouting, there was no reply at all.
It was as if there was no one in the entire Kong family.
Chen Han and Jiang Wei looked at each other: "It seems that the Kong family will definitely resist to the end. What should we do, according to Ti Shuaiqian?"
Jiang Wei smiled slightly, "The order we received is to search the Kong family. The Kong family has committed many crimes now, and the evidence is conclusive. If they don't open the door, they are disobeying the order and disrespecting it. We can attack by force."
Jiang Wei made it very clear, and Chen Han thought so too: "That's alright, all the generals will obey the order!"
Just when Chen Han was about to order a strong attack, suddenly there was a lot of noise on the street.
Chen Han turned around and saw thousands of scholars in long robes walking this way.
The man at the front was holding a plaque half as tall as a man.
After walking a little closer, I saw the blue background with white words written on it - the spiritual tablet of Dacheng's most holy master, Kong Shengren.
Chen Han and Jiang Wei looked at each other, and when the scholars approached, they heard one of the leaders shout loudly: "The tablet of the most holy master of Dacheng is here, who dares to touch the Kong family!"
As soon as these scholars appeared, the servants of the Kong family saw this scene from the watchtower and immediately went to the hall of the Kong family...
(End of this chapter)