Kong Hongxu’s second uncle was named Kong Chengde.
Less than forty years old, he was worthy of the audience, handsome, gentle, and a gentleman outside. He had a reputation as a saint. When Kong Hongxu was still young, he was the face of Duke Yansheng's mansion.
He is Kong Hongxu's uncle and the younger brother of Kong Hongxu's father.
He should have been in Linzhou at this time, but he quietly sneaked back to Qufu a few months ago.
And he had private contact with his eldest nephew.
Of course, all of this was under Menda's instigation. Back in Qufu, Kong Chengde felt that he had the support of Jin Yiwei, and was preparing to succeed his eldest nephew as Duke Yansheng. However, the development of things exceeded that of Kong Chengde. Chengde’s expectations.
His nephew, who had no courage, actually accepted Xu Youzhen's conditions in full.
Not only did they hand over the land, but they also donated the years of accumulation of Yanshenggong Mansion to the court for ship repairs.
This made Kong Chengde very angry.
He entered Duke Yansheng's mansion at night, and then poisoned his nephew to death, forging a scene of suicide by hanging. The suicide note placed on the table was written by Kong Chengde himself.
Of course, Kong Chengde couldn't do this kind of thing alone. He had many cronies in the backyard of Kong's mansion. It was with the help of these people that he accomplished this thing.
After he killed Kong Hongxu, he also wanted to kill his son, but the few cronies he had in the Kong family were all around Kong Hongxu, and they wanted to kill the legitimate son of the Kong family without anyone noticing. It can't be done.
He could only give up.
Kong Chengde is the second son.
Kong Chengqing was the eldest son, Kong Hongxu's father. He died of illness when he was young.
At this time, Kong Chengde was extremely happy, thinking that after his eldest brother left, his father should leave the position of Yanshenggong to himself, but his father took the unconventional path and said that the eldest son and eldest grandson should be the Yanshenggong. The most distinguished person in the palace, only the eldest son and eldest grandson were qualified to pay homage in front of the Confucius Temple. Although the eldest son was gone, the eldest grandson was still there, which made Kong Chengde stop having any thoughts that he should not have.
At that time, Kong Chengde was deeply shocked, and then he felt that he would never be able to take the position of Yan Shenggong for the rest of his life. He had just accepted his fate when Jin Yiwei broke into his world.
He told him that as long as he agreed to some conditions, he could help him become Duke Yansheng, so he instigated Kong Hongxu not to see Xu Youzhen and burned all Xu Youzhen's invitations.
But the development of things still went against his wishes.
The brainless Kong Hongxu also had no courage. When he saw that his position was threatened, he began to succumb.
The big shot in Jinyiwei told him all these things, which gave Kong Chengde a crazy idea.
He killed the patriarch of the Kong family and Duke Yansheng of the Ming Dynasty...
And he left the suicide note, hoping to rely on it to get the court to help him become Duke Yan...
At first, Kong Chengde passed on the news, and everything went smoothly. But on the second day, things changed, and news that was not good for him came out...
This made Kong Chengde panic and scared, and he immediately decided to escape from Qufu City while it was dark.
But at this time, he wanted to escape, but couldn't.
Xu Youzhen expected to catch Kong Chengde in three days, but it actually took only two days.
In this situation, either the emperor will be embarrassed or the Yanshenggong Palace will be embarrassed. Any official with a right mind will choose the second option when faced with the two rumors in the market...
Moreover, it is related to the court's new tax system, so the government can only do its best to handle the case as soon as possible...
The fact that Kong Chengde entered the Confucius Mansion to conspire with Kong Hongxu is not really a secret...
The night Kong Chengde tried to escape, he was arrested and brought to justice.
Li Shaoxun personally conducted the investigation. During the investigation of the Kong Mansion, it only took one day to find Kong Chengde's cronies. None of them had received professional training. When faced with the investigation of experienced government officials, they were easily exposed. Told.
The people in the government also followed the clues and learned the location of Kong Chengde.
Kong Chengde is a big fish, and he can completely satisfy the curiosity of the whole city.
After catching Kong Chengde, Li Shaoxun still interrogated him personally.
At this time, Kong Chengde still didn't understand why his strategy had no effect at all.
The suicide note he wrote cursed Xu Youzhen and complained bitterly about the court's new tax system. If someone from the government saw it, they would definitely not dare to pursue it. They would just try to make it a big thing and make it a trivial matter, and make up a story that no one would believe. The reason is to establish a new Yanshenggong.
But he didn't know that his suicide note was kept away by Kong Hongxu's wife and did not play any role.
After his excuse was not believed, Kong Chengde thought about pulling Jin Yiwei's people into trouble and blamed Jin Yiwei for everything.
In fact, until now, Kong Chengde didn't know Menda's identity, he only knew that he was from Jin Yiwei.
When Li Shaoxun heard that Kong Chengde had moved Jin Yiwei out, he was extremely frightened and frightened.
Pushing it to Jin Yiwei is equivalent to pushing it to the emperor.
In fact, Li Shaoxun had interacted with Kong Chengde a lot, and the two were relatively familiar with each other. In a certain aspect, the relationship between the two was quite good. They often sat together drinking tea, writing, and drinking and having fun.
But in order to keep his official position, the honest Li Shaoxun showed no mercy to Kong Chengde.
At this time, it doesn't make any sense whether someone from Jin Yiwei was behind it or not.
Even if Menda really did it himself, only Kong Chengde could bear the responsibility.
Li Shaoxun first used violent means to make Kong Chengde sign the confession, and then he was afraid that Kong Chengde would talk nonsense and disturb the people's hearts when he was being escorted to Beijing or directly executed, so he asked the government officials to have Kong Chengde's Half of the tongue was cut off, and it was recorded that the prisoner bit his tongue and committed suicide out of fear of crime, but was saved by him...
After cutting his tongue, Li Shaoxun still felt that it was not safe. If the governor or the inspector came to see him, Kong Chengde was writing something treacherous, so he asked his men to cut off all the tendons in his hand...
After doing this, write the closing words...
Closing the case early, settling the affairs of the court early, and sending Xu Youzhen and Jin Yiwei away early are more important than anything else.
And in the Confucius Mansion.
Li took Li Jie into the secret room of the study, and actually found the memorial written by Kong Hongxu. In addition, Li Jie also saw many imperial gifts, and even found many things in a box. The imperial edict of the previous Mongol emperor...
This is a shame for a nation, but Duke Yansheng of the Confucius family does not think so.
Li Jie told his sister that when this matter was over, he would send someone to burn it. Li Jie obeyed...
After Lu Yu, the governor of Shandong who lived in the government office, learned that Kong Hongxu had been killed, he immediately sent someone to confirm it, and then wrote a memorial overnight and sent it to the capital.
Zhu Jianshen in the Qianqing Palace was also a little surprised after seeing Lu Yu's memorial. They had already discussed it, so why did he commit suicide?
Because Xu Youzhen's memorial arrived in Beijing one day earlier than Lu Yu's memorial, Zhu Jianshen also knew clearly Xu Youzhen's progress.
After Zhu Jianshen thought for a short time, he came to the conclusion that this should be a murder that occurred within the Kong family.
At this time, Zhu Jianshen did not consider his reputation. As the emperor, he persisted in implementing the new tax system. With the scholar's urinary attitude, he would definitely not have a good reputation in the future...
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