The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Deng heard the sound of drums.

The emperor must summon the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to publicly hear the case.

Since the Marquis of Zhongshan played the Dengwen drum last time, and it was not long ago, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had some experience. As soon as they heard the sound of the drum, they immediately put down everything they were doing, and then hurried to attend the court meeting.

However, when they arrived, they were dumbfounded one after another.

Because the person who beats the Dengwen drum this time is still that damn madman and reckless man, the Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty!

Aren't you sick?

Why don't you play the Dengwen drum when you have nothing to do?

This Dengwen drum can only be sounded when there are important events such as enemy soldiers coming to siege the city, the death of the prince, etc. Otherwise, the person who beats this drum will have thirty sticks!

Even if you, the Marquis of Zhongshan, are in good health, you can't play like this every day, right?

When the ministers saw the blood-stained Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty, they felt bad.

If given a choice, they would love to stab this troublemaking bastard to death!

Last time, this madman and reckless man beat the drum and told the truth about Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, colluding with the eunuch Liu Jin, causing Li Dongyang to become the target of public criticism instantly. Not to mention continuing to be the chief minister of the cabinet, he is now enjoying his relationship with Liu Daxia The same treatment, although you have retired, you can't return home, and you are always waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's reckoning!

What does this crazy and reckless man want to do this time?

The courtiers present were all elite and old foxes who had been in officialdom for more than ten or twenty years, and none of them were simple things.

Naturally they could see that this crazy and reckless man was preparing to cause trouble again, otherwise wouldn't the thirty imperial sticks have been in vain?

Tang Hao walked into the hall covered in blood. The pungent smell of blood made the officials frown instinctively.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Houzhao immediately scolded: "Zhongshan Hou, what's wrong with you? Why are you beating the Dengwen drum again?"

Tang Hao knelt on the ground and said with full of grief and anger: "Your Majesty clearly knows that since I was ordered to put down the rebels, I have been working hard and sleeping day and night without daring to show any signs of neglect!"

"However, these rebels are extremely cunning. They know that their fighting power cannot match our Beijing army's soldiers, so they have been fleeing everywhere to cause chaos. I am worried about the state affairs and dare not indulge in it. I have been trying to wipe them out. However, God's wish was not fulfilled. These damn rebels It actually escaped into Shandong."

"Of course I guessed the purpose of this group of rebels. They wanted to attack Qufu and use it as a threat to force me to retreat. Therefore, I led the army to Qufu day and night, but who would have thought... who would have thought... … Faced with the threat of rebels, the Kong family actually took the initiative to surrender, Your Majesty!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar!

The ministers immediately started talking and couldn't believe this fact!

After all, they are the Kong family, descendants of the saint!

They were leaders in the literary world and the gentry set an example. How could they just surrender to the rebels?

For a time, the whole hall was noisy, and some even raised questions.

"Zhongshan Hou, this is just your one-sided statement!"

Min Gui, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, shouted coldly: "Kong is a descendant of a saint. He has always abided by the law and was deeply respected by the gentry all over the world. How could he do such a thing..."

Before Min Gui finished speaking, Tang Hao pointed his finger at the Minister of Punishment.

"Min Shangshu, do you think I dare to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty even though I'm beating the Dengwen drum?"

"The Kong family surrendered to Kaicheng. This was something the rebels witnessed with their own eyes. Moreover, I also have a letter. This is a secret letter personally written by Yan Shenggong Kong Wenshao and others. He ordered me to retreat immediately and let these rebels escape. Day of birth!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Hao took out the secret letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Yong, who had come to pick up the letter.

After Zhu Houzhao read the secret letter, his face immediately darkened.

He didn't say anything more, but directly asked Zhang Yong to hand the secret letter to Yang Tinghe and others.

After Yang Tinghe saw it, he couldn't help but sigh.

He knew very well that what Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, did today was just to put the Kong family to death. He not only wanted to massacre them, but also wanted them to bear infamy throughout the ages!

From then on, the Kong family were just ordinary gentry, and they would no longer have the aura of blood descendants of saints.

What about the blood descendants of saints?

Is there such a despicable and shameless blood descendant of a saint?

"This secret letter is real!"

"It is indeed the work of Yanshenggong Kong Wenshao!"

“If you don’t believe it, you can come and verify it yourself!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!

Wang Hao, the Minister of Personnel, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, Min Gui, the Minister of Punishments, and others stepped forward and carefully examined the handwriting in the secret letter.

After all, Duke Yan Shenggong Kong Wenshao was also a scholar and a great scholar in the literary world, so he had so many works that you could easily find one and compare it with the secret letter in front of you.

So no matter how unwilling the ministers were to accept it, they had to admit that this secret letter was indeed genuine and was indeed written by Kong Wenshao, Duke Yan!

In other words, in order to survive, this contemporary Yan Shenggong helped the rebels and ordered the Marquis of Zhongshan to retreat. This alone is disgusting enough!

After all, you are also a contemporary Yan Shenggong and a leader in the literary world, so can’t you have some fucking backbone?

Do you do whatever the rebels ask you to do?

What about the loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and sacrificing one's life for righteousness that you usually advocate?

Was it all fucking eaten by you?

For a moment, the hall fell into an eerie silence.

At this time, Min Gui put forward a different view.

"Is it possible that Yan Shenggong was threatened by rebels at this time, so he was forced to write this secret letter?"

Hearing this, the officials immediately cheered up.

Yes, that must be the reason!

The knife is already placed on the neck, which means the situation forces me to bow my head!

If this is the case, the behavior of Yanshenggong Kong Wenshao is actually understandable. After all, everyone is afraid of death. Faced with this situation, it is not unforgivable!

Tang Hao sneered. Although the sound was not loud, it resounded throughout the hall and instantly attracted the angry eyes of the officials.

"Your Majesty, this secret letter was personally sent to my camp by Kong Zhenqian, son of Duke Yansheng Kong Wenshao. Therefore, Kong Zhenqian is also an eyewitness. He knows better than anyone else what exactly happened in Qufu City that day!"

Now that everything has been said, there is no need to force Lai Lai, just summon Kong Zhenqian to the palace.

"Tell Kong Zhenqian to come to the palace!"

A moment later, Kong Zhengqian walked into the hall like a zombie, and then knelt down to salute in a serious manner.

When Zhu Houzhao saw this, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This savage bitch really gave me a lot of trouble!

After they finalized the details yesterday, Kong Zhenqian was thrown into the Jinyiwei Prison and tortured. Needless to say, the boy immediately gave up.

So in today's demonstration, the key witness Kong Zhenqian is actually on Tang Hao's side.

"Kong Zhenqian, I am also very sorry for what happened to the Kong family."

"But now we need you to speak up and find out what happened in Qufu City that day!"

Qufu!

Hearing these two words, Kong Zhengqian suddenly trembled.

He seemed to remember something, and then blurted out with a look of horror on his face.

"On that day, the rebels surrounded Qufu City and ordered the Kong family to open the city and surrender within three hours. There were no troops in Qufu City and they could not defend the city. Therefore, the elders of the Kong clan proposed to surrender to the rebels in order to preserve the family inheritance first. Finally, the family leader Yanshenggong Kong Wenshao gave the order To surrender to the rebels, Qufu County Magistrate Kong Zongwen led the crowd to open the city gate and ask for surrender..."

"But after the rebels entered the city, the imperial officers and soldiers immediately rushed over and surrounded Qufu County. The rebels asked Yan Shenggong Kong Wenshao to write a letter and send it to the Marquis of Zhongshan. I personally sent the letter and ordered the Marquis of Zhongshan to He immediately withdrew his troops, but the Marquis of Zhongshan refused to give in. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he would rather bear the infamy and ordered the attack on Qufu..."

"Later, the rebels saw that Yan Shenggong's letter had no effect, so they slaughtered the entire Kong family in a rage. By the time Zhongshan Hou led his army into the city, the Kong family had been slaughtered by the rebels. The rebels also wanted to burn down the Confucius Temple. and Kong Lin, fortunately they were stopped by the Marquis of Zhongshan..."

Hearing these shocking words, all the courtiers were stunned.

This time, even Min Gui was speechless.

He had always suspected that what Kong Zhengqian said was all lies, but what he said was too true. So true that combined with the usual behavior of the Kong family, he knew it was true at a glance.

These Confucius family members claim to be the blood descendants of saints, and they regard themselves as very arrogant and domineering. They are a model of looking at others through their nostrils!

Anyone who has dealt with the Kong family knows that they are a group of borers and rice bugs who rely on the merits of their ancestors!

Therefore, it is simply not normal for the Kong family to do such a thing!

It's just that these words shouldn't come out of Kong Zhenqian's mouth!

His opening his mouth was tantamount to giving Kong a death sentence!

Surrender to the rebels, but still obey the rebels and order the officers and soldiers to retreat?

Your Kong family is so proud!

Do you really think of yourself as the master of the Ming Dynasty?

The Lao Zhu family are the masters of the Ming Dynasty and the country!

Sure enough, Emperor Zhengde became furious after hearing this and burst into flames!

"What a bastard!"

"In view of your most holy achievements, the imperial court has always given preferential treatment to your Kong family!"

"But you have done such despicable and shameless things. Isn't the so-called intellectual integrity a joke?"

Kong Zhengqian trembled and hurriedly fell to the ground to apologize.

The other courtiers looked at each other and finally sighed, choosing to remain silent.

They are all disciples of famous religions, and they are also obliged to protect these blood descendants of saints!

But now, how should we keep this?

Surrendering to rebels and obeying rebels is the same as treason!

If His Majesty the Emperor is more ruthless and kills Kong Zhenqian, then the Kong family will really have their family confiscated and exterminated!

At the critical moment, it depends on Yang Tinghe.

Well, I have already communicated with His Majesty the Emperor, so I am not afraid now.

"Your Majesty! After all, the Kong family is the descendant of the most holy teacher. The imperial court should not be too harsh on them, which will harm your majesty's reputation!" Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, immediately admonished them.

His reason was impeccable and instantly aroused the support of many courtiers.

Everyone also understood that the Kong family was definitely going to fall this time, but there was still a single seedling, Kong Zhenqian, alive, so we couldn't criticize this single seedling harshly.

However, at this moment, a discordant voice came out.

"It's just a big joke!"

Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao sneered: "Just because the Kong family is the blood descendant of the most holy teacher, can they do whatever they want?"

"Then the achievements of the Ming Dynasty royal family, expelling the Tartars and restoring China, are they not as good as the achievements of the Holy Master? If Emperor Taizu Gao hadn't expelled the Tartars and restored China, you would still be moaning and wailing under the iron hooves of the foreign race. , China is in ruins, and the land is filled with fishy food!”

"Furthermore, when you advocated the achievements of the Kong family, have you ever considered the feelings of the people of Qufu? Has anyone ever upheld justice for the people of Qufu?"

Tang Hao took out a memorial from his arms next time and handed it to Zhang Yong who came to pick it up tacitly.

"After investigation, 60% of the fields in Yanzhou Prefecture belong to the Lu Palace, 20% belong to the Confucius Prefecture, and 15% are official fields and military villages. In other words, less than half of the fields really belong to the people!"

"And Qufu County, from the county magistrate to the county government to the fields, is all owned by the Kong family. The court cannot collect taxes from Qufu, and the people have all become tenants of the Kong family!"

"The Kong family is called princes in Qufu, and Qufu has become a state within the Ming Dynasty. The Kong family is corrupt and perverts the law, levies excessive taxes, withholds financial subsidies, seeks benefits for relatives and friends, keeps prostitutes, is addicted to gambling, and embezzles officials. Property, private use of public property, extensive land acquisition, buying and selling official documents, recommending nepotism, oppressing the people, occupying private property... have you ever asked about each of these?"

"Can a blood descendant of a saint do whatever he wants?"

"Can a blood descendant of a saint enslave the people?"

"Can a blood descendant of a saint join the rebels?"

"Why do you have the nerve to excuse this Kong family?"

Tang Hao was so domineering that he faced off all the gentry alone.

Zhu Houzhao never lags behind and directly targeted Min Gui, the Minister of Punishment.

"Min Gui!"

"In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, people in Qufu sued Kong Lingjian, a member of the Kong clan, for raping his daughter. How do you judge?"

Min Gui trembled and fell to his knees, thinking about his defense.

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't give him a chance to fight back. He walked directly in front of him and threw the memorial into his face.

"It is precisely because of you bastards who claim to love the people that the Kong family dares to be so domineering!"

"Since you disciples of the famous religion are so protective of the Kong family, how about I give the Zen position to Kong Zhenqian right now? That's what you want!"

After that, Zhu Houzhao walked up to Kong Zhenqian and dragged Kong Zhenqian towards the dragon chair above the steps.

Seeing this scene, all civil and military officials in the court suddenly panicked.

Kong Zhenqian was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split apart, and he knelt down crazily and begged for mercy.

"Get out of here!"

"Don't you, the Kong family, claim to be the best in the world?"

"Then I will fulfill your wishes today, and the wishes of you gentry and gentry!"

Seeing this, Yang Tinghe rushed out and knelt down in front of Kong Zhenqian.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"I will admit my guilt!"

The chief minister of the cabinet apologized, and then the ministers finally came to their senses.

One after another, they knelt on the ground to plead guilty, fearing that the Zhengde Emperor would do something shocking again.

crazy!

He is really crazy!

If Kong Zhenqian dared to step even half a step up the stairs, not only would the whole of Qufu be razed to the ground, but all of them, the civil servants and gentry, would all be accused of bullying the young master!

Min Gui finally realized the seriousness of the problem and touched his head to the ground with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I deserve death for my crime. I deserve death for my crime!"

After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he retracted his hand and sneered: "Of course you deserve to die. If it weren't for your status as a veteran of three dynasties, I would kill you today!"

"Come here, remove all Min Gui's official positions and titles, expel him from the capital, and ban him from employment forever!"

As soon as these words came out, Min Gui felt as if he was struck by lightning, and all the officials turned pale and found it difficult to accept it.

This punishment is too harsh.

Get rid of all official positions!

Get rid of all fame!

This also means that Min Gui is useless in this life.

He could not live out his old age with his official status after serving as an official and returning home. He could not even call himself a scholar!

However, this time no one dared to question it.

Because His Majesty the Emperor is forcing them to express their stance.

Are you the ministers of the old Zhu family, or the ministers of the Kong family?

Can Min Gui express his position?

he can not!

Ever since he defended the Kong family and persecuted the people, the outcome was already doomed!

Therefore, Min Gui could only kneel down mechanically to thank him, then stood up tremblingly, and left the court sadly!

This time, both he and Kong will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!

"Kong Zhenqian!"

"I can give you the title of Duke of Yansheng!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Kong Zhenqian and sneered: "Don't say that I treated the Kong family badly!"

"But, since you are enjoying these preferential treatment, you'd better do more personnel work. If I hear that the Kong clan dares to enslave and exploit the people of Qufu, I will let you know who is the best in the world!"

Kong Zhenqian was so frightened that he trembled when he heard these malicious words.

He hurriedly knelt down to thank him, not daring to say any words.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand impatiently.

"Go back to Qufu!"

"Except for offering sacrifices to Saint Kong, don't cause any more trouble!"

Kong Zhenqian left the hall in a hurry, leaving behind the melancholy civil servants and gentry.

With such an ugly appearance, is he worthy of being a leader in the literary world and setting an example for a gentleman?

It’s really your own fault!

Zhu Houzhao still felt dissatisfied after finishing dealing with a Kong family.

He looked at Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, and asked: "Marquis of Zhongshan, why are you beating the Dengwen drum?"

Here comes the topic!

Tang Hao replied loudly: "Your Majesty, after conquering Qufu, I learned from the rebels that they started the rebellion this time because someone secretly provided weapons and armor!"

"After I investigated, I caught a suspect. After many verifications, I found that this person is not a merchant at all, nor is he a White Lotus cult demon, but a famous... Jiangnan gentry!"

Hearing this, Yang Tinghe's expression changed drastically, and the officials were also shocked and angry.

Jiangnan gentry started this rebellion?

What do these damn things want?

"Where is this person?"

"Outside the hall!"

"Xuan!"

Tang Hao looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile on his face.

When Yang Tinghe's eyes came, Tang Hao acted as if he hadn't seen him.

You want me to stop without paying a price, why?

Are you the chief minister of the cabinet?

Liu Jian is not worthy!

Not to mention you Yang Tinghe!

Yang Tinghe stared at Tang Hao sharply.

It wasn't until Fan Wencheng walked into the hall that he made up his mind.

This damn Marquis of Zhongshan is really a bastard!

He earned a favor for nothing, but he still wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the Jiangnan gentry!

Then didn't Yang Tinghe's plea for mercy go in vain?

What a thief! This is it!