My Daming New Empire

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He also imagined that this would make Yang Zhangde retreat in the face of difficulties, but he couldn't prevent Yang Zhangde from raising his hand and slapping Kong Lenan heavily on the face.

How could Kong Lenan think that Yang Zhangde would strike at him, he just felt a shock in his head, staring in his eyes, the sky was spinning, his body was turned around by the slap, and he fell heavily to the ground.

His hand happened to land on the shattered tea bowl tile just now, and he felt another pain, completely losing his ability to respond.

Kong Lejian, who was sitting next to Kong Lenan, was also in charge of contacting the Confucian government in the capital. His arm was twisted behind his back, but at this moment he stubbornly shouted at Yang Zhangde: "Master Yang, why did this happen! Be a human being and stay on the line so that we can meet later. .”

Yang Zhangde stretched out his hand, and a thousand households immediately handed over the Minghuang imperial decree to him.Yang Zhangde opened the imperial decree and read: "Here is Le Nan of the Confucius family in Qufu, Shandong Province. He is a doctor of the Five Classics in the Imperial College. He does not want to serve the country, but he colludes with the servants and framed the prince. The Jinyiwei will take down the Kong's mansion and investigate the reasons. If there is any resistance, Shoot or kill!"

Kong Lenan originally felt that his head was heavy and his teeth were loose, and he wanted to stare at Yang Zhangde again, but when he heard what he said, he was immediately frightened out of his wits. "This is slander, this is unfair!"

"I'm wronged or wronged, first follow me to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Don't think that no one knows about your actions in the capital, but you little people, I'm too lazy to take care of you. All tied up by me, only under the age of ten, Those over 60 years old are exempt from bondage."

Kong Lejian was shocked and said: "Your Excellency Yang Mingjian, my Confucian family has been authentic in China for thousands of years, how could I frame the prince!"

Yang Zhangde waved his hand disdainfully and said, "You, a little Nine-Pin Sheren, can still represent the authenticity of Huaxia? You really are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue."

Kong Lejian couldn't stand this look any longer, and shouted at the top of his voice, "I am the Empress of the Saint..."

Yang Zhangde wanted to turn around and go out, but he turned his head and said, "My surname Yang comes from the King of Zhou, and I am the descendant of the King of Zhou, so I don't show off. The ancestor is the ancestor, and the descendant is the descendant. You can't even tell the difference. You are in vain. !"

He turned around and walked to the door, shouting loudly: "Don't let me get away alone, if anyone resists, shoot him to death!"

After hearing what Yang Zhangde said just now, all the members of the Kong surname seemed to have their spines pulled, and they no longer had the slightest thought of resisting.

Ancestors are ancestors, and descendants are descendants, so what are their descendants who are intoxicated in the glory of their ancestors every day?

Without their ancestors, they are nothing!

Almost all of the Confucian mansions in the capital are members of the Confucian surname, with a total of 67 members.But now, after everyone was tied back, they were connected into a string of five by a thick rope.

Only those old people and children were not tied up, but they were also escorted.

Yang Zhangde counted the manpower and was just about to set off when he saw a noise coming from the door. Xie Jin angrily pushed away the blocking of two Jinyi guards and walked in.

Xie's house is not far from the Confucian Mansion, and they are all around the Confucius Temple.When Xie Jin heard the movement, the others didn't dare to stop him, but he, a fool, didn't have too many scruples.

"Commander Yang, what are you doing?"

Yang Zhangde naturally knew that Xie Jin was Teacher Taisun, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and clasped his fists and said: "The great scholar is here, Zhang De is polite."

Xie Jin looked at the crowd of Kong clan members who were crying and screaming, and couldn't bear to ask: "What happened, the whole family was arrested?"

Yang Zhangde sighed and said: "If it is an ordinary crime, Zhang De would not dare to do so. However, the Kong family colluded with the servants, knowing that His Highness the Crown Prince is ill, but spying on the left and right, causing His Highness the Crown Prince to vomit blood again in critical condition today."

No matter how low Xie Jin's EQ was, he knew at this moment that he could not get involved in this matter, and he wanted to quit. "His Royal Highness is critically ill!"

"Yes, the grandson of Jian Guo is worried about His Royal Highness, and has already set off for the other courtyard. Cancel the messenger for tomorrow's morning court, and I am afraid that he has already arrived at the mansion."

Xie Jin quickly said: "Jin will go back to the house now, and won't disturb Commander Yang to handle the case."

Only then did Kong Lenan know what happened. He didn't expect that today, because of his recklessness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince vomited blood.It's fine if he's okay, but if something happens, all 67 people in the Confucius Mansion in the capital will be buried with the prince.

He never thought that the prince would be so seriously ill. When he saw the prince a few days ago, he seemed to have recovered!

If he knew that there would be such a result, how dare he disturb the prince!

At this time, he regretted it to the extreme.

However, it is too late to regret!

When he returned to Jie Mansion, it turned out that Honglu Temple had sent someone to inform him that he would be exempted from the morning court tomorrow.

Xie Jin sat in the main room, still unsure, worried about the prince who was dozens of miles away.

Now His Majesty probably hasn't arrived in Ningbo yet, if the crown prince dies, will His Majesty still go on the march in person?

He felt that he couldn't ignore it, so he said to his elder brother Xie Lun and his two nephews: "Zhenqi, you go to Lu Shangshu's mansion and explain the matter clearly to him. .

Zhenliang, you go to Xia Shangshu's mansion.Now the household department is investigating the fields of the Kong family, trying to cover up one or two things for the Kong family..."

Xie Zhenliang asked puzzledly: "Father...you have always taught us to stand upright, why do you have to do the opposite now?"

Xie Jin sighed, looked towards Zhenqi and asked, "Zhenqi, do you understand my intention?"

Xie Zhenqi smiled and said: "Uncle is one of the most famous Confucian scholars in Ming Dynasty, but now His Royal Highness regards it as a symbol of reform. My Xie family is now assisting His Highness to promote letters, numbers, and geometry series, which has become the target of public criticism."

Xie Zhenliang said with a righteous face: "Introducing numbers, letters, geometry, and simplifying the complex algorithms in the past is an act that benefits the people. In this case, we should bravely move forward without fear of obstacles."

Xie Jin shook his head with a smile. This son just followed his temper and didn't know how to adapt at all.I have taken so many detours, but there is no inspiration for him.

In contrast, his nephew Xie Zhenqi is better, smarter and more tactful, and knows how to compromise and tolerate.

Xie Zhenqi said: "Second brother, what we have to do is to let more people accept our knowledge, rather than the same party to fight against differences. Most people don't accept it, but it doesn't mean they should be overthrown... Now His Highness is committed to promoting various academics. , to weaken Confucianism, but Confucianism still has merit.”

Xie Jin nodded and said: "After all, the Kong family is a saint. Even if His Highness doesn't like it, they shouldn't kill them all. It's better to keep a seed as much as possible."

Xie Zhenliang said disapprovingly: "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. The Confucian family seized good land, used imperial labor to serve their own family, dug people's ancestral graves, boycotted Nanyang grain to make black-hearted money, and disregarded the life and death of the people. How is it like a saint?"

Xie Jin said angrily: "What is the crime of those women and children? How old are those children, what do they know? Don't you have any compassion?"

Seeing his father getting angry, Xie Zhenliang quickly confessed his crime. "Father, don't be angry, it's because the child is not thinking well."

Xie Lun smiled and said, "Let me go to Xia Shangshu's place, and let Zhen Liang stay at home."

With Xie Zhenliang's attitude, Xie Jin was really worried about letting him communicate with Xia Yuanji. If Xia Yuanji misunderstood somewhere, it would be even worse.

Xie Lun is willing to come forward, so Xie Jin will be more at ease.

He was going to Jian's mansion to meet Jian Yi, the No. 1 in court, and he had to visit the door in person to represent his sincerity.

At Haishi, Zhu Zhanji arrived at the hot spring courtyard with six thousand guards.At this time, under the treatment of the imperial physician, Zhu Gaochi was temporarily out of danger, but he was still in a coma.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi who was splinted on his arm and looked weak, Zhu Zhanji felt a little funny.This Zhu Gaochi is really an unbeatable Xiaoqiang. In less than two months, he vomited blood three times, but he still managed to persevere.

Here, several imperial physicians have made great contributions.

Of course Zhu Zhanji doesn't want him to die now. Even if he is in charge of the country now, if Zhu Gaochi dies, he will have to keep his filial piety for at least 49 days.

He was even more worried that Zhu Di would change his plan because of Zhu Gaochi's death. After all, Zhu Di hadn't left Daming yet.

Seeing that Zhu Gaochi was sleeping, Zhu Zhanji left his mother and Sun Xian to take care of him, and came to the main hall of the other courtyard.

Here in the Hot Spring Bieyuan, the main hall and many yamen were built during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, which is very Ming style.

But after Zhu Zhanji built a number of comfortable wooden houses based on the water from the hot spring, the place became somewhat deserted.

The regulations here are strict, and it is far less comfortable to live in a wooden house.Even Zhu Gaochi moved here and chose a larger wooden house to live in instead of the main hall here.