Kong Shangyi spoke categorically, sounding like he was trying to protect the dignity of the title "Yanshenggong", but in fact he was doing it entirely for himself.
Although he is the eldest son of his family, he is not considered a direct descendant like Kong Shangxian, who is currently in the capital, and he is not in his turn to ascend the title of "Yanshenggong".
This man knew in his heart that as soon as Kong Shangxian passed away, Kong Yinzhi would immediately become Kong Shangxian's heir and wear the hat of Duke Yansheng.
For this reason, Kong Shangyi increasingly wanted to take advantage of the moment when Kong Yinzhi was most obedient to him to forcefully suppress the Zhu family's ministers and relatives who came to ask for money.
Otherwise, if he really wants to vomit some acres of land and households, Kong Yinzhi will need his uncles, who are from the Kong family, to cut the flesh and blood first.
But after Kong Shangyi finished speaking harshly, he suddenly softened his tone, looked at a man from the same clan who was slightly older than himself and said: "Bo Xuan, your second son, isn't he the honored guest of the Princess of Lu Fan?"
, is the brother-in-law of General Zhenguo. Can you ask your servant to go to Yanzhou quickly to ask your son to come back and walk to General Zhenguo to see if there is any room for change?"
The man called "Bo Xuan" was also of the Shang generation, named Kong Shangxi, and had many sons. In his early years, he sent his second son, the most handsome among them, to marry Lu Fan.
At this moment, Kong Shangxi's face stiffened, and he said sarcastically: "Quan Zi, he has some disputes with the general who governs the country. Let Quan Zi come back as a lobbyist, I'm afraid it will make things worse."
Kong Shangyi glanced at Kong Yinzhi, who was above him, and pretended to be surprised: "Being a good son-in-law for the Zhu family is not a censor or a border general. He is not involved in civil and military affairs. He is just a free and easy son-in-law. How could Erlang offend the country?"
General?"
Kong Shangxi never thought that Kong Shangyi, an old fox, was digging a hole for himself. He explained truthfully to the people in the clan: "The general of the country, relying on King Lu's respect, keeps an eye on Lu Fan's money going in and out at sky-high prices. Erlang, cough, you know
, there was a cousin from his maternal grandfather's family who was engaged in the business of women's hairpin jewelry, Erlang introduced him to several princesses of Lu Fan, and the county princess's mansion became their patrons. They have been safe and sound for many years. Who would have thought that last year
At the beginning of autumn, Zhu Yi sent him to suddenly jump out and said that the jewelry of Lu Fan's clan were all imported from Xibei, and that Yibin had colluded with outsiders to defraud Lu Fan of his annual beauty and powder money."
When he said this, he suddenly stopped because he saw Kong Yinzhi staring at him, which was quite unkind.
The young and old men of the Confucius family around him also came to their senses. One of them had a hot temper and said bluntly to Kong Shangxi: "So, Lu Fan's father-in-law, your Erlang, did you blackmail Lu Fan?"
?”
The word "false" was very rude, but Kong Shangxi had no intention of falling out. On the contrary, he found the meaning of hesitation: "Hey, Wen Wu is the first, the same is true for women's jewelry, as long as the princess and the county master
We like it. The price at which red paint is sold for coral cannot be said to be cheating, right..."
Before he finished speaking, there was only a "ding" sound. Kong Yinzhi covered the teacup heavily, his face covered with frost, and said word by word: "No wonder the general who governs the country is looking for bad luck in our Kong family. It's so big
Momentum."
"Good nephew, don't worry." Kong Shangyi on the other end advised him in a deep voice.
In fact, Kong Shangyi had known for a long time that "Erlang" was not enough to eat Lu Fan's soft rice. He secretly used this and that business method to steal Lu Fan's wool.
In the past, Kong Shangyi hated himself for not giving birth to a son who looked as good as Pan An, so that he could not get the chance to give Lu Fan a son-in-law. But today, he just took the opportunity to be generous to others, solve the troubles in front of the Kong family, and breathe a sigh of relief.
Kong Shangyi said in a peacemaker's tone: "What Bo Xuan said is not very wrong. Then, no one is a god. Who could have expected that one day the imperial court would come to our Kong Mansion to ask for help?"
Money? How about this? Don’t stab General Zhenguo with his firecracker basket yet. The two people from Beijing, the eldest son’s eunuch and the female master, seem to be able to hold him. Old Zhu’s family
It's all out of the blue. Let's just put some thought into it and go find out. How about, Bo Xuan, your family pays the ceremonial money first? If there are still expenses later, we can take turns paying for it, how about it?"
"According to what the third uncle said," Kong Yinzhi was too lazy to talk nonsense and said directly, "I have also noticed that the father-in-law named Cao and the woman named Zheng have a Jinyiwei leader named Huang in their entourage.
Come closer and listen to their instructions. There is a member of Third Uncle's family. Tomorrow, I will go to the Jin Yiwei and try to find a way to give him money, one thousand taels per person. Fifth Uncle, prepare two thousand taels of silver notes for Third Uncle's people."
"It's done, it's done." Kong Shangxi responded repeatedly.
No matter how bad he is at strategizing, he has already figured out that Kong Shangyi has dug a hole into his family, but he cannot rely on the good deeds done by his biological son. This time, the enemy is facing a powerful enemy. No matter how deep the hole is, in order not to offend the public, they will have to do it.
You have to dance with your eyes closed.
As for Kong Shangyi, I will settle the score with him later.
On the other side, Kong Shangyi, who had achieved his goal, also stood up and said: "Fortunately, Eunuch Cao said today that the eldest son of the emperor is tired from traveling. He will go to the Confucius Temple tomorrow at Sizhong time. We have time to prepare."
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On this night, Master Confucius, who was most particular about "serving the king with the Tao, and being determined by the Tao", if there is a spirit in heaven, if he sees his descendants living in the land of the Ming Dynasty in order to continue to only plunder without giving anything, he will actually be
While cursing and thinking about bribery, I wonder if Wenquxing will come down to earth and scold his descendants who are not only worthless but also have no shame.
Wenquxing did not descend to earth, but at the end of the morning, the cronies sent out by Kong Shangyi rushed back to the house in a hurry.
Kong Shangyi frowned and asked, "What? Kong Shangxi refuses to pay?"
"No, no, I got the fifth master's banknote half an hour ago," the confidant reported quickly, wiping the sweat from his forehead, "I didn't waste a moment and went to the Kong Mansion where the prince was staying.
But when passing by the Confucius Temple, I saw that the door was crowded with people. The royal guards from Beijing and the guards from Lu Fan were all there, watching a madman in a long robe howling to the sky. The younger one quickly looked for someone to ask, and it turned out that the madman
, is actually the official of ritual and music brought by Lu Fan."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kong Shangyi stared, his eyes slightly out of focus for a moment.
But he quickly forced himself to come back to his senses and asked: "Is the eldest son of the emperor here? Is the general of Lu Fan there? Is there anyone from the Ministry of Rites?"
"Sir, when I ran back to report the news, I only saw the etiquette and music officer and a group of warriors."
"Hurry up and assign a few more people to inform Kong Yinzhi's house and other houses immediately. I will go directly to the Confucius Temple now."
"Yes, sir!"
When Kong Shangyi rushed to the Confucius Temple with new anger and panic in his head, Zhu Yuewen, the music and dance student of the Lu Mansion, had already used his good voice like a crane to sing Jiugao's refutation of the Confucius Mansion's illegal ritual music.
Several rounds.
Different from Kong Shangyi's servant's slander, Zhu Yuewen's accusation is completely different from going out to mourn.
Zhu Yue's tattooed frame is not as tall as that of the warriors around him, but he wears a golden cicada crown, puts on a floor-length robe to worship Confucius, stands proudly in the sun, raises his head to the sky, and speaks eloquently. He is really better than the important ministers of the previous dynasty.
More upright.
The Qufu scholars who came one after another to see the excitement soon understood what he was saying.
It turns out that Yan Shenggong's Mansion went to Yanzhou Magistrate every year to ask for money from the court. He said that the ritual instruments for playing elegant music in the Confucius Temple were badly damaged, and the uniforms of the musicians and dancers were also in disgrace. The court should be like the Xuanzong period.
Just like giving money to buy books for the Confucius Mansion, allocating money to buy new musical instruments and clothes for the Confucius Temple.
Today, the eldest disciple who claimed to be Prince Zheng and the official of the music and dance department of Prince Lu’s Palace pointed to the outfit he was wearing that was also used when offering sacrifices to Confucius.
Taking the experience of ritual and music as an example, I angrily rebuked the frequency of asking for silver coins in the Confucius Mansion. If it corresponds to the ritual vessels in Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, etc. of the Confucius Temple, as well as the crowns and hats of the musicians and dancers, it can be inferred that the Confucius Temple held at least one event every year
It takes forty or fifty rituals and music ceremonies for musical instruments and clothing to be damaged so frequently.
Kong Shangyi stood outside the crowd. His face turned pale when he heard this, and he was also afraid that the person was the music officer of Prince Lu's palace. He didn't dare to go up and stop him.
While he was in a state of anxiety, he saw another tall scribe emerging from the other end of the crowd, dragging two peasant men in tattered clothes, and walked quickly to the center of the field, standing beside Zhu Yuewen.
"Brother Zhu is worthy of being a loyal and virtuous man in the sect of King Zheng. His thoughts are thoughtful and sharp, and his words are inspiring! You must also understand that in Yanshenggong's Mansion, either he violated the regulations and used the utensils and people that can only be used for sacrificial rituals.
, used for daily banquets and enjoyment, or to deceive the emperor and make up the reason why musical instruments and clothes were damaged to make money from the national treasury!"
A wave of discussion rolled by.
Zhu Yuewen turned to the scribe who was cooperating with him and asked, knowingly: "Can I ask you about the origin of your steps?"
"Brother Zhu, you're welcome. My surname is Zhang and my given name is Xisheng. I come from Wenzhou Prefecture. I was the chief minister during the reign of Emperor Shizong, Zhang Gongcong, and he is the ancestor of this junior generation."
As soon as he said this, the ordinary Qufu people present had no reaction, but Kong Shangyi took a breath of air.
Descendants of Zhang Cong?
Zhang Cong is their old enemy of Duke Yan Sheng’s Mansion!
Sure enough, this Zhang Xisheng began to take over from Zhu Yuewen and talked about the glorious deeds of his ancestors who reported to the emperor that they banned the erection of statues of Confucius across the country.
Kong Shangyi looked around, hoping to see Kong Yinzhi and the people from the Ministry of Rites arrive quickly to put an end to this farce that fell from the sky.
Kong Yinzhi and Chief Wang are indeed here.
Next to them, there were two people, Zhu Yuewen, the general of Lu Fan, and Zheng Haizhu, the female master of the emperor's eldest son.