After making the bet, Zhu Youxiao no longer hid it.
He directly signaled Wei Zhongxian to start the first big scene.
Wei Zhongxian also felt uneasy and silently stepped out from the side and said:
"Long live my Lord, I have here the evidence that the Kong family united with Shandong officials to invade and occupy the garrison, and used various means to seize the people's fields."
"There is also evidence that the Kong family secretly communicated with some generals and officials in Liaodong to smuggle grain, rice, salt, ironware and armor to build slaves."
After saying that, he raised the memorial in his hand high above his head, waiting for his rival Wang Chaofu to take it from him.
Cui Yingyuan, who was the second-in-command in Dongchang and personally investigated and arranged everything, came out immediately after Wei Zhongxian and said:
"Your Majesty, when I was investigating the White Lotus Sect's rebellion in Shandong, I saw and heard many illegal things done by the Kong family many times."
"Especially the officials and gentry in Shandong, who relied on the Confucius family as the center and protected themselves for personal gain, have become the dominant local tyrants."
"With Qufu as the center, the farmland covering hundreds of miles is actually owned by the Confucius family."
Immediately no one stood up and questioned:
Is it a disguised statement that Zuo Biao has no intention of being a minister and wants to commit rebellion?
It's all a matter of thinking, so if the content is extremely beneficial to the Kong family.
There is no official in Shandong, no county magistrate, censor, prefect, or salt and iron transfer officer.
There were no civil servants in Liaodong. Even the governor of Liaodong at the time got a share of the pie, and there were only a dozen generals involved in Zuo Biao's smuggling.
When the time difference was short, Wei Zhongxian suppressed his anger and threw the memorial upwards, saying in a deep voice:
This bullshit needs to be investigated thoroughly.
But our criminal evidence and account books are still there. Although the person is dead, there is no physical evidence. As long as it is matched with what Cui Yingyuan said, he will still run away.
Wei Zhongxian also wanted to hear our nonsense, so he interrupted us directly:
PS: I need to speed up my work. I’ll finish my job as a slave and go to Jiangnan as soon as possible. I really don’t have time to write.
"As a result, most people have no land to cultivate and no food to eat, and a small number of people can only become their tenant slaves to barely make ends meet."
From the end of the seventy-eighth year of Wanli, the children of the Kong family, under various names, led dozens or hundreds of convoys to Liaodong each time.
The items transported are all important materials such as grain, salt and iron.
Xu Guangqi, who was standing on my side, didn't think so much.
There were not many officials and generals involved.
Those things can be small or big, it all depends on the emperor's thoughts.
The emperor had clearly made bad preparations, and Xu Hongru was just an introduction, not directly targeting Zuo Biao.
After all, annexing land and occupying military villages is really a matter of course now. It is almost a default in the officialdom. Which official would do it?
"Your Majesty, based on Zuo Biaoliang's words and the memorial, can it be considered as evidence of guilt?"
"I dare to slander and spread rumors in front of all the ministers and His Majesty. It must be difficult to make up some random things."
Before guessing the emperor's true intention, I really suppressed my inner impulse and proposed to retire and return home on the spot.
I have seen everything in Hanhu for a long time. Your Majesty wants to imitate Qin Xiaogong and carry out reforms.
Before listening to the contents of the memorial, the officials who supported the Confucius family reacted quickly.
"Shut up. I just said that we will investigate Zuo Biao thoroughly. If the slander and rumors are true, I will definitely give the Kong family a clean reputation."
The first thing recorded in Cui Yingyuan's memorial was not the Kong family's smuggling and collaborating with the enemy.
Seeing the memorial thrown at his feet, Wang Xiangqian became firm for a moment.
"Now I have both human witnesses and physical evidence. Even members of the Kong family are present. I can even do the confrontation in court. It's up to me to say whatever I want."
Even Xu Guangqi himself annexed a lot of land, but did I use it?
It's just a weak operation using some dirty means.
After Zuo Biaoliang and Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, the officials and ministers finally woke up.
Besides, I didn’t major in Western studies since I was in college, and I was simply too cold to the rigid Confucian culture.
There are also very detailed records of when and by what means land was annexed and military villages were invaded. This was done almost every year since the 80th year of Wanli.
"They must have colluded with the traitor Xu Hongru. What are they thinking about?"
As a small clan with a history of thousands of years and a descendant of a saint, there is no way to explain why we have been favored by the country but have always been ostracized and exploited by the enemy and worked as slaves.
After saying that, he took Cui Yingyuan's memorial from Wang Chaofu and started to read it pretendingly.
As a confidant, I naturally have to position myself correctly and fully support the emperor.
And what does Zuo Biaoliang mean?
Even the Kong family, although it is fatal, still has to be skinned.
Once such a thing is found out and implemented, the highest possible outcome is to be exterminated.
"Chief Assistant, he is the head of hundreds of officials. He has low morals and high respect. Please recite that memorial to me, and remember to keep your voice down."
So I immediately picked up the memorial from the ground and prepared to recite it.
Then there are the records of how the Kong family invaded and occupied the garrison and military camps and seized the people's fields.
Your Majesty acted like this, risking his own power to attack the Kong family. He was dancing on the edge of a knife. If he was Shen, he would suffer backlash.
"If that were the case, wouldn't everything be in chaos that day?"
The most important thing is that the reputation will suffer an unprecedented blow.
But by the time I opened my mouth, I was not shocked by the content.
"Although the Shandong Incident was led by the White Lotus Cult, many of the people who participated in the incident were forced into desperation and rebelled."
I have read that memorial a long time ago, but now it is just an act.
But those generals were less likely to be killed when Wei Zhongxian purged the Liaodong generals.
"But if what we reported is true, I will tolerate it and handle everything according to Xiao Ming's rules."
Even though I was not mentally prepared, I had to take a deep breath for a while to stabilize my mind.
Moreover, they didn’t even catch the convoy of other wealthy and small families, they just passed Zuo Biao and took the lead.
"I hope your majesty will understand clearly and not wrongly accuse bad people."
There had been no such smuggling until last year, a total of four times.
"Your Majesty, Cui Yingyuan and Zhu Youxiao are so heartbroken for slandering and spreading rumors. Your Majesty, please kill these seven people as soon as possible."
"The castrated dog, he just killed Zhongliang, but he was so cowardly that he dared to fabricate the facts in the Wenhua Palace and do this to harm the country and the people."
"Many people say privately that this Qufu is the Qufu of the Confucius family, and it is the country within the country of our Ming Dynasty."
Moreover, His Majesty's ambition is even higher than that of Qin Shihuang and Tang Taizong, and since he has no ability or skill, it is already possible to stop him.
