Lu Yu met Menda and left unhappily. He visited Xu Youzhen without even seeing her face to face. However, when he arrived at Duke Yansheng's mansion, he was treated with high standards of courtesy.
Kong Hongxu personally welcomed their governor into the lobby.
Then in the lobby, Lu Yu met his son-in-law Li Jie.
Yes, the relationship is a bit messy.
Li Xian is Kong Hongxu's father-in-law, and Lu Yu is Li Jie's father-in-law...
Although he was treated politely this time, Lu Yu felt even worse.
At this time, the front yard and back yard of Confucius Mansion were in chaos.
In the front yard, which was originally the residence of a scholarly family and a saint, there were boxes after boxes of yellow and white things. Hundreds of people were sorting them out, and servants returning from various places were constantly transporting gold and silver to Qufu City. things.
In the middle courtyard, there are several long tables arranged side by side.
More than thirty accountants were constantly dialing the abacus on the table. Next to each abacus was an account book. They were constantly flipping through the account book and quickly recording the calculations.
In front of more than thirty accountants, there are piles of account books, neatly placed in wooden boxes.
Yes, under Li Jie's arrangement, Yan Shenggong surrendered for his status.
He wants to settle accounts.
The family is about to separate.
In the development of thousands of years, there are many collateral lines. Of course, because these collateral lines are so old, it is impossible for the Yanshenggong Mansion to be responsible for the food, drink, and diarrhea of these people. But the Kong family within the fifth service, especially the direct lineage, , this is something you must be responsible for to the end.
When Lu Yu passed by the front yard, he looked at dozens of boxes of gold and silver jewelry, and was stunned.
I also have some doubts about myself traveling all the way. What is my purpose?
Although Lu Yu is also from a wealthy family, their wealthy family is wealthy in honor, not wealth.
In future generations, your surname is Li. If you have a complete genealogy and look up it, you may have some connection with the Tang royal family. If you are a royal family, it will not hinder your poverty.
Lu Yu also suffered some hardships when he was young, and saw many unfair things while growing up.
What he dislikes the most is the domineering local tycoons. After becoming an official and entering the criminal justice system, the cases he handled were all on the weak side. No matter how big the background of the strong side, he would Don’t dump.
Originally, he was still a little afraid of Yan Shenggong's mansion. After saints, they should all be moral models who regard gold and silver as dirt.
But now that I saw so much gold and silver, I suddenly realized that this was not the case.
It seems that in the world of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the vassal kings, royal relatives and nobles, the largest local power was the Kong family of Duke Yansheng.
This admiration actually gave Lu Yu a great shock. As he passed by the front yard, he couldn't help but secretly thought: "The wine and meat of the Zhumen are smelly, and there are frozen bones on the road... At first, I still thought that His Majesty had some feelings for Yan Shenggong. Determined, but now it seems that if we don't be decisive, how can we achieve anything? If the Kong family continues like this, it will definitely become the biggest cancer of our Ming Dynasty."
Of course, Lu Yu had so many ideas, which was also due to a profound sense of disparity.
The Lu family of Wu County, after the King of Qi, was a family in Qufu of Qi State more than a thousand years ago. They also have a thousand-year heritage. During the thousands of years of development, they have also produced some talents. This is remarkable. Much more powerful than the Kong family.
But Lu Yu's life did not match his background.
When I was young, my family had no mansion, no fertile land outside, and I was very poor. It could be said that my family was destitute and I had no choice but to succeed.
The only thing the young Lu Yu had was the glory of his ancestors, and he did not live a life without worries about food and clothing. He sometimes lamented that life was difficult and his future was bleak. He was promoted to an official position among thousands of troops and changed the Lu family. situation...
However, there are mountains of gold and silver in Duke Yansheng's mansion. The direct descendants of Confucius lost their fighting spirit at a young age...
To put it bluntly, I hate the rich...
Because of this mentality, when Lu Yu sat down in the lobby, his expression was more or less abnormal.
As the rightful leader, Kong Hongxu did not notice the governor's psychological changes at all.
But Li Jie noticed something strange about his father-in-law, but even if he was smart, Li Jie would not think that his father-in-law had a grudge against the rich. He just thought that he did not get any benefits from Xu Youzhen and Menda.
After greetings, Lu Yu asked: "How much silver and gold are there in front of you?"
"I haven't figured it out yet, but the silver should be eighty or ninety, and the gold should be eighty or ninety..." M.biQuge.biZ
"Is it two, or ten thousand..." Lu Yu asked quickly.
After hearing Lu Yu's words, Li Jie glanced at Kong Hongxu and replied with a smile: "My father-in-law is just joking, of course it's all serious."
He said it in an understatement, but Lu Yu felt like he was struck by thunder...
"Eight to nine hundred thousand silver, eighty to ninety thousand gold, so much..."
"The Confucius Mansion has accumulated thousands of years. This little gold and silver is like a drop in the bucket to the Confucius Mansion. If there had been no Northern and Southern Sects, no Mongolian Tatars, and no troubled times, I am afraid that it would have been as rich as the enemy by now."
After Lu Yu listened, he nodded absentmindedly. Li Jie's point was to put it bluntly, the commotion in front was too great, and all the previous accumulations had saved money and disaster. This was the wealth accumulated in less than a hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
'Here, what's the use of all this money? "
"Split the family."
“How many families there are to divide.
"There are thirty-six collateral families, but it is still up to Xu Du Yushi and others to decide how to divide them. We only need to give them these account books."
After Lu Yu listened to Li Jie's words, he began to think in his mind. The thirty-six families would be divided into so much silver. Calculated according to nine hundred thousand taels of silver and ninety thousand taels of gold, one family would be able to divide 25,000 taels. One thousand taels of silver, two thousand five hundred taels of gold, and most importantly, these thirty-six companies each have their own industry in a strict sense...
I can't save this fraction even if I don't eat or drink all my life.
Lu Yu has been in the Ministry of Punishment for so many years, and there are so many people in charge of the Ministry of Law. The official salary, including the expenses for handling cases, is just over 100,000 silver a year. However, one Kong family can support so many officials, such a big one. department for decades, and Shandong, as the most populous province of the Ming Dynasty, plus the maritime merchants formed in North Korea, Liaodong and other places, the tax revenue this year was only 500,000 taels...
He turned his head and looked at Kong Hongxu, the Duke of Yansheng, who was sitting on a plate, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "It seems that it is acceptable to abolish the Duke of Yansheng..."
Of course, it is very difficult to abolish Yanshenggong. In later generations, emperors have been pushed out of the historical stage, but Yanshenggong still exists...
Kong Hongxu noticed Lu Yu looking at him and nodded politely. If he knew in his heart that this old man wanted to rob the rich and give to the poor when he saw his family wealth, he would definitely invite him out without mercy.
And Kong Hongxu is a nerd. He has no feelings about gold and silver. To him, money is just a number. If there is no food to eat, why not eat meat? In this case, Kong Hongxu can also say it...
Although there was a change in Lu Yu's heart, for Li Xian's sake, he still tolerated it and said, "This court has met Menda. This person is difficult to plot with. He is thinking about deposing Yan Sheng." Sir, if it’s someone else, you’d better take Xu Youzhen’s route. Otherwise, Li Shoufu is far away in the capital, and he has such a relationship with Yan Shenggong, so it’s impossible for him to come forward to help. Now, only Xu Youzhen has the ability to do so. I can speak in front of His Majesty."
Kong Hongxu, who was on the side, after listening to Lu Yu's words, hurriedly said: "In the 12th year of Chenghua, I went to the palace to see the emperor. His Majesty was very satisfied with me. Before leaving, he even praised me. To live up to the name of a saint and bring his talents to the world, even if he has the knowledge of a small imperial guard, does he really dare to do this?"
After listening to Kong Hongxu's words, Lu Yu and Li Jie both looked at the innocent Yan Shenggong.
Good guy, the news outside has spread so much, how can you still be lucky?
Just listen to what the emperor said, especially what he said in front of everyone. At that time, on the eve of the memorial ceremony for Confucius, when you saw the emperor, would the emperor still say to you that you are unqualified? If you had said something like this, even if you were Despite being stupid and ignorant, even before the ceremony to worship Confucius, he lived up to the name of a saint and was highly praised by the world for his talent and learning.
There is only one stone in the world, and you, Duke Yan Sheng, have the twelve dou, the world still owes you two dou...
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