Being angry is human nature, and Kong Maojie wouldn't find it strange.
It would be better to say that it would be really strange if Zhao Zuoliang really had no anger at all.
"His Majesty has made great determination this time. He will definitely resolve the matter in Shandong completely and will never tolerate adultery."
"What about Kong?"
"Kong, it's not that important."
Kong Maojie shook his head and said: "The Kong family in Qufu is not as important as they think. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is the emperor of mankind, not the emperor. There is not that big demand for the Kong family."
Zhao Zuoliang looked at Kong Maojie with some surprise.
"Is this true?"
"This is what His Majesty has said many times."
Kong Maojie nodded and said: "If the Kong family breaks the law, His Majesty will never let them have an easy time. Depending on the situation, it is not impossible to completely end their existence."
"Yuting...will he really do this?"
"Yes, because after all, they have no military power."
Kong Maojie's words dispelled all Zhao Zuoliang's thoughts, because he also realized that in the final analysis, this is a world where whoever has a big fist speaks loudly.
Not to mention that in the East Asia region, the Ming Dynasty is the only one with the biggest fists and the loudest voice. It has the final say on many things.
Including things about the Kong family.
If someone tries to plead grievances for the Kong family and try to fight against the decision of the Ming Emperor.
Wouldn't that be a better excuse for a purge?
Zhao Zuoliang took a deep breath and deeply admired the methods of his emperor's son-in-law, and even more admired his courage.
How brave do you have to be to take action against the Kong family?
Even if the Kong family was not valued in the past dynasties, they would still indulge the Kong family and support them with random titles. This was considered a political gesture of advocating Confucianism.
Unless his son-in-law no longer intends to allow Confucianism to continue to be the official guiding ideology of the Ming Dynasty...
That's a big deal.
Zhao Zuoliang was a little worried, and Kong Zheng, the Minister of Rites, was even more puzzled.
I heard that the emperor was doing something in Shandong, but the information available in Zhongdu was extremely limited. Many so-called well-informed people seemed very helpless at this news.
It’s not that I don’t want to give information, but I really don’t know the information and I don’t dare to give it randomly. What if I get slapped in the face?
From April to the end of May, some letters from home were sent to Zhongdu. The letters said some sensational things, such as so-and-so’s family being ransacked because of corruption, so-and-so’s family being beheaded because of corruption, and so-and-so’s family being jailed for resisting arrest. Got killed or something like that.
The family letters sent to Zhongdu all revealed the family's fears and worries, and they were even more worried about whether they would be implicated in this issue, so that the Shandong officials in Zhongdu were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Running around, there is no way to live in peace.
The family members know best whether they have committed crimes or whether they will be caught. Even if their own hands and feet are clean, it is hard to say whether the hands and feet of their family members or friends are clean in the local area.
If you want a good reputation, you have to have white gloves. You can't really ask your family members to be devoid of desires, right?
If this was discovered, the problem would probably be huge.
Some people know it, so they are worried.
Some people have no idea whether their family members are actually involved in the Huanghe corruption case.
After all, they were not in Shandong. If the family did something they shouldn't have done behind their backs, they would really be more unjust than Dou E.
So some of them immediately wrote to their families to inquire about the inside story or explain some important matters. Some of them went directly to the Confucius Mansion without saying a word and went to Kong Zheng, the leader of the Shandong officials, to seek help from him.
To be honest, at this moment, besides being worried, Kong Zheng felt a little relieved.
First of all, he doesn’t think Kong will fall in this anti-corruption wave because Kong’s status is very special.
Because before this incident, Kong Zheng was considered to have betrayed too many interests belonging to the scholar-bureaucrats because of his continuous retreat and tolerance towards the emperor, and was collectively dissatisfied by the Shandong officials.
The older officials understood Kong Zheng's painstaking efforts, but the younger officials did not.
So much so that some young officials formed factions and were no longer willing to follow Kong Zheng's arrangements to advance and retreat together.
They did not believe that Kong Zheng could realize their interests, and doubted whether Kong Zheng had completely turned into the emperor's tool, so they might as well form a group on their own and introduce some less senior officials who firmly represented the interests of the Shandong faction as backup spokespersons .
Kong Zheng was very dissatisfied with this situation. He felt that he had paid so much, but now he had to face the distrust of his juniors. The distrust of his juniors was a huge insult to him, and he was very unhappy.
But facing the threat of powerful external enemies, he could not carry out any internal rectification.
Not to mention that the emperor once took action against the Shandong faction. It was because the Shandong faction was too aggressive at the time. Kong Zheng thought that it would be beneficial to stay dormant for a while, so he decided to turn a blind eye to it.
Perhaps if the emperor saw the internal instability of the Shandong system, he would not pay too much attention.
But he didn't expect that the case in Shandong would be so serious. The emperor was personally in charge, so one can only imagine how many people were involved.
Speaking of which, Kong Zheng knew a little bit about these things.
When I chatted with my colleagues and corresponded with my family before, I had a little understanding of this matter. I knew that some people had dirty hands and couldn't control their hands when they saw the huge financial allocation.
Kong Zheng had some foresight about this matter. He felt that if something happened if the emperor paid so much attention to the Yellow River Project, the emperor would definitely be angry, and he would definitely take action against some people with dirty hands and feet.
Because of this incident, Kong Zheng wrote a letter back to Qufu, telling Kong Li, who was in charge of the family, that he must control the family's business relationships and never get involved in the Yellow River Project. If there was any involvement, something might happen.
He felt that this would almost ensure Kong's safety.
But just as Su Yonglin underestimated people's greed and shamelessness, Kong Zheng also underestimated the greed and shamelessness of the Kong family branch.
So things broke out so simply and concentrated in Shandong, and the emperor personally dealt with it. There was a tremor in the high schools of Shandong, and the Shandong officials in Zhongdu were trembling with fear.
It gets to the point where they finally lose control of their fear.
They instinctively found the Kong family, a thousand-year-old family that was indestructible in their hearts, hoping to get some security from the Kong family so that they could eat a bite of food and sleep peacefully for an hour.
So even though Kong Zheng himself was a little worried, the way those slightly unruly young officials humbly came to Kong's house to ask for help from him really made him feel comfortable.
Now you young people know what heritage is, right?
Kong Zheng felt happy in his heart, but his face looked very regretful. He said one by one: "If I had known today, why did I do it at the beginning?" "I told you to keep a low profile a long time ago, but you didn't listen." These words made with hindsight made these young officials regretful. Green.
They lowered their proud heads one after another and made requests to Kong Zheng, hoping that Kong Zheng could help them. It would be best if the family was fine. If the family was in trouble, please ask Kong Zheng to come forward to protect and help save the family.
Then they offered benefits one after another.
Kong Zheng refused to accept any of them. He knew that accepting benefits in this situation was digging a tomb and erecting a monument for himself. Even if he wanted to accept benefits, he could not accept them so blatantly. Instead, he had to wait until the matter was over and the limelight had passed, and then the relationship between the families could be settled. The way of doing business is to collect the benefits in a subtle way and send them directly to the family.
This is the most reliable way to reap benefits with high quality.
What’s the benefit now?
Taking people's money to eliminate disasters?
Too low.
