"Sure!"
Kong Yantai swallowed his saliva: "I specially arranged for someone to go to the Qufu County Government Office to read it. It is indeed an edict from the imperial court!"
"Besides, there is already a long line of people waiting in front of the county government office, all of whom are reporting crimes!"
boom!
Kong Yinzhi sat down weakly, his eyes lost sight.
Only now did he fully understand why the imperial court dared to suppress the Kong family so much. All the confidence came from the unprecedented victory.
The arrogant Jiannu was surrounded and killed at a ratio of nearly one for one, which gave the Ming army officers endless confidence.
The large tombs, memorial towers, rewards, pensions, and burial expenses all gained the loyalty of the soldiers.
And for the families of the soldiers, it is even more reassuring. After all, the people will be rewarded with silver and the court will continue to take responsibility after death to solve their worries.
How many families do millions of soldiers have? That's an astronomical number.
In this way, it is already in an invincible position.
If the cases reported in front of the county government were all related to the Confucius Mansion, no one in the Confucius Mansion would believe it if hundreds of cases were spread.
"Old Qi, you are such a crow's mouth!"
Everyone glared hard at the man who had just analyzed that the Ming army would win.
The person who spoke also smiled and fell into deep thought.
Everyone became quiet, everyone was not stupid, this edict must be true.
Ordinary people could not tell the truth from the false for a while, but for the current Kong family, it was definitely true, otherwise the emperor would not have suppressed them so blatantly.
There were three roads just now, but now it seems that only the first road can be taken.
"Clan leader, what should we do?"
"wait!"
Kong Yinzhi shook his head: "Even if we choose the first path, the emperor may not accept it!"
"What should we do?"
"Let's wait for the reaction of various aristocratic families and branches, especially the branch in Quzhou. If they can write a letter to protect us, we still have room for maneuver.
If it’s not guaranteed, then we’ll have no choice but to be cut off! "
"Okay, let's go. What do you usually do on weekdays? What do you continue to do now?
I'll think about the countermeasures! You should also think about it and come to me at the family temple if you have any ideas! "
Kong Yinzhi spoke, and everyone looked at each other and left with sad faces.
In the empty lobby, only Kong Yinzhi sat alone, his face neither sad nor happy, but his heart was ups and downs.
The world has only seen the glory, wealth, and power of Duke Yan Sheng, but they have not seen him recorded in history books and cursed for thousands of years.
And he is about to face a choice, but no matter which choice he makes, he will be remembered in the history books and be scolded by the disciples of Confucius and the people.
"Does the emperor want an obedient Yan Shenggong or an obedient Confucius? Or does he want an obedient Confucian?"
After a while, Kong Yinzhi murmured to himself, stood up and walked outside, his expression still neither sad nor happy.
The usually noisy Kong Mansion was extremely quiet at the moment, and the disciples and servants walked lightly.
What is completely different from the Confucius Mansion is that on the streets of Qufu, the worries in the eyes of the people are now replaced by smiles and surprise.
They understood the edict, and it didn't matter whether they understood the meaning behind it, but they knew that with such an edict, the imperial court was serious about rectifying the Kong family.
People who were still hesitant about going to the county government office to report the crime swarmed to the county government office gate after the edict came out. The queue was two or three miles long, and it was still growing.
Zhou Yuji and Lu Xiangsheng, who were standing at the door, looked at this scene, shaking their heads and smiling bitterly, and secretly lamenting the bastards of the Confucius disciples.
They had just announced that they would only take cases related to the Kong family. Later, the long queue did not shrink.
"Brother Jiandou, I've finished my work here and will return to the capital to resume my duties. We'll see you in the capital later!"
"Wu Zhe Qianhu will stay here. If you need his cooperation, just arrange it for him!"
After speaking, he looked at Wu Zhe: "Wu Qianhu, all the property, cash, etc. confiscated from the Qufu County magistrate's house will be left to Commander Lu to serve as military pay, and the rest will be sent back to Beijing!"
Wu Zhe nodded to express his understanding.
Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed. When the Tianxiong Army was formed, the emperor gave him 200,000 taels of silver as initial military pay. It looked like a lot, but it was more wasteful to use it.
Military pay, weapons and armor, food and clothing, camp fees, etc. are all areas where money is spent. If you don't lead the team to suppress bandits and get a lot, it will almost be spent.
I don’t know how many the county government can find out, but it will definitely be no less.
With money, you can train desperately and improve your combat power.
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lu Xiangsheng knelt down and saluted in the direction of Beijing City!
After he stood up, Zhou Yuji pulled him aside and took out a letter from his arms: "This is your majesty's secret letter. If something happens to the Kong family, please open it and act according to the letter!"
"clear!"
Holding the secret letter, Lu Xiangsheng felt that the secret letter was very heavy.
The content of the secret letter was probably that if the Kong family caused trouble, Tianxiong's army would be mobilized to massacre the Kong family.
"Take care of yourself!"
"See you later!"
After the two of them clasped their fists and saluted, Zhou Yuji got on his horse, led Sergeant Teng Xiang's right guard and escorted the prison car towards the outside of Qufu City.
Wherever the prison car passed, the people who had been preparing for it for a long time threw their rotten vegetable leaves, swill, etc. into the prison car.
For a while, the entire prison van smelled terrible.
The once arrogant Qufu County Magistrate was in a panic, roaring in the prison car, but the more he roared, the more excited the people became.
Zhou Yuji didn't stop him. Anyway, Surabaya was dozens of miles away, so just throw him in and take a dip.
Outside Qufu County, Zhou Yuji looked back with emotion at this ancient city with traces of thousands of years of history.
The Kong family's affairs have come to an end for the time being. When I come next time, this ancient city may no longer be prosperous.
The time may be a month later, or it may be half a year later.
In short, the ending is doomed.
After the incident in the Confucius Mansion and the edict of the battle report came out, the Ming Dynasty became completely lively.
His Majesty's stage has been set up and his moves have been made. It just depends on how others take over.
"drive!"
After sighing with emotion, Zhou Yuji grabbed his war horse, and the war horse ran forward, and the team also headed towards Beijing.
In Beijing at this moment, ever since the edict of war report and the edict of amnesty were issued, the discussion in the entire city of Beijing has not stopped, but has intensified.
But since the last incident at Hengren Company, no one dared to slander the soldiers or contradict the imperial court, even if they had doubts about the battle report.
The protagonist who caused all this, Chongzhen, was convening the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers in Wuying Hall.
"My dear friends, I have called you here mainly because I have some ideas that I would like to discuss with you to see if it is feasible!"
Everyone suddenly became energetic.
Otherwise, the main reason is that every time the emperor summons them to discuss matters in Wenhua Hall or Wuying Hall, something new will appear.
For example, returning the land to the people and installment payment, the first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty, the planned deployment of troops to surround and kill the slaves, the promotion of punctuation marks, etc., each of them has far-reaching influence.
What happened this time?
The ministers were in a tacit understanding, and they all bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your permission!"
