Chapter 313 Yellow mud falls off the crotch

The uncle and nephew of the Kong family ran to Zuo Shun's door and knelt down.

When the news came out, the scholars in the capital were naturally talking about it, and some wanted to kneel together, but Dongchang and Jinyiwei would not give others a chance.

Xiao Jing, the admiral of Dongchang, personally informed Zhu Youtang of the matter. Zhu Youtang said coldly, "Kneel down if you want. I thought Bingkuan had wronged them and they didn't learn how to give me charity." Suppressed"

Dai Yi obviously did not want to cause conflicts between the emperor and the Kong family. He asked, "Could it be that Duke Yan Sheng wanted to admit his mistake for his brother?"

"The matter has not yet happened. If it happens, he will plead guilty. I think he wants me to make it clear that if this matter fails, let me punish Bingkuan. It seems that the Kong family did not listen to what I said in the court. Go in"

Zhu Youtang was very angry.

Now Dai Yi and the others could see that the emperor was angry because he felt that Kong Hongtai's move was a slap in the emperor's face.

The emperor said in the court that as long as the incident did not happen, the emperor did not want to pursue it.

As a result, you, Kong Hongtai, brought your nephew to kneel down. It seemed that you were admitting your mistake, but in fact, you just wanted to show the world that our Kong family will not be bullied. Even if the emperor said that he would not pursue it, we We also want to make things bigger and let scholars all over the world make the decision for us.

Dai Yi could not say anything about this.

On the other hand, Xiao Jing had a bright eye and said, "Your Majesty, it seems to me that Duke Yan will not go against His Majesty's will."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Youtang frowned.

You Xiao Jing is so capable, you actually dare to refute me

Dai Yi quickly winked at Xiao Jing, meaning you will judge the situation. The emperor is angry with the Kong family, you Dare you come out to speak for them?

Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, it seems to me that Yan Shenggong's move is just to show that this matter has nothing to do with him, so that after the matter really happens, he will not be noticed by the Kong family. He should be very clear about His Majesty's trust in Mr. Zhang. I heard that he came to the house in person today, knowing that Mr. Zhang was not here, with the intention of paying a visit and asking for advice."

"Really?"

Zhu Youtang was a little angry before, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile. The atmosphere was instantly less tense and depressing than before.

Dai Yixin exclaimed, why didn’t I think of this?

He quickly followed Xiao Jing’s words and said, “Your Majesty, do you think we should invite this person away now? To prevent the situation from getting worse."

Zhu Youtang said, "No need. Let their uncle and nephew kneel down until tomorrow morning. If they don't want to apologize, the news will come out tomorrow morning if what happened last night has happened. I have to apologize."

Dai Yi heard this.

The emperor is very sure about Kong Hongxu setting the fire. Could it be that the emperor has stumbled? Even if Kong Hongxu did not intend to set the fire, Dongchang and Jinyiwei could use the opportunity to make the fire burn. That’s really who to reason with

The next day.

Before the morning court meeting, when the ministers passed by Zuoshun Gate, they saw Kong Hongtai and Kong Hongxu still kneeling there.I wanted to go up and persuade him, but I didn't dare to act rashly at this time.

There are also people waiting for cabinet ministers and ministers, especially people who are close friends with Kong Hongtai to persuade him, but obviously those top civil servants cannot express their opinions too much before the matter has a definite result.

The court meeting.

Zhu Youtang sat on the throne and listened to the minister's report on court affairs. The main topics of the day were Nanjing's local military affairs and the disaster and grain requisition issues in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Liu Jian really couldn't bear it, and he didn't want to estrange the relationship between the royal family and the Kong family. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Ministry of Household Affairs to come out and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Yan Sheng is still kneeling in front of the palace gate. , should you send someone to invite him back?"

Zhu Youtang said, "I can't bear it, and I don't want to worry about things that haven't happened. But there are many things that I can't do in person, otherwise Mr. Liu Ge. Instruct someone to go and persuade him."

Liu Jian was embarrassed when he heard this.

He asked the emperor a difficult question, and the emperor returned the ball to him.

You, Liu Jian, have nothing to do to make trouble, and the uncles and nephews of the Kong family are going to kneel down. If the chief minister of your cabinet is so nervous, don’t you want to unite with their uncles and nephews to put pressure on me?

"Chao The discussion continues."

Zhu Youtang's face was still dark.

When the court meeting was about to end, Xiao Jing, who had not shown up that day, hurried over and hurriedly walked to Zhu Youtang and said something in his ear. Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War who was doing the following, also stopped.

Zhu Youtang nodded, with an expression as if he had known it would be like this for a long time. He coughed lightly and said, "Dear gentlemen, the news just came from Shandong, saying that it was the day before yesterday. Someone set fire to Xuansheng Temple. It has been captured by Jin Yiwei and handed over to the local government for interrogation. The culprit is being traced."

"Ah"

Although the ministers present expected that this might be the case. , but after it was confirmed that it happened, they still felt a chill down their spines.

Zhang Zhouyan was really fooled

The emperor or the local government took advantage of the situation

The person who caught the arsonist should not be the boss of the Kong family who personally set it free Is it hot? Is it the Kong family or an unrelated person? How can we prove that this person was sent by Kong Hongxu?

Li Dongyang came out, and he was the first to express his position: "Your Majesty, should this matter be treated with caution? If you use fire to discuss crimes and expand the implication, I'm afraid it will cause trouble in the court."

This sounds like Li Dongyang is speaking for the Kong family.

But Zhu Youtang felt that Li Dongyang was clearly trying to clear up the relationship just like Kong Hongtai who was kneeling outside the palace.

The more Li Dongyang helps at this time, the more he seems to want to add insult to injury.

Zhu Youtang said, "The fire has started, but it only burned a side hall of the Xuansheng Temple. The person who captured the arsonist and interrogated the Kong family members used tung oil and firewood to walk through the courtyard to Xuansheng in an open and bright manner." Dear ministers in front of the holy temple, do you think it is necessary for me to investigate?"

The emperor is also taking retreat as an opportunity to advance.

The ministers present seemed to understand.

Now for the Kong family, that isIt's mud that fell into the crotch. If it's not shit, it's still shit.

With Zhang Zhou’s word first, he accurately predicted that someone would set fire to Xuansheng Temple. The second half of Zhang Zhou’s prophecy said that Kong Hongxu asked someone to do it, which is almost proved.

After all, the people arrested were the Kong family, so they couldn’t have been bribed by Zhang Zhou who was far away in the northwest

After all, Tu Yu was on good terms with the Kong family, and even Kong Wenshao and Li Jue He was the one who facilitated the marriage. He couldn't help but come out and said, "Even if the person who set the fire is really related to the Kong family, they should be investigated strictly to prevent the young people from using the topic to affect the relationship between the court and the Kong family. "

Zhu Youtang looked very unhappy after hearing this. He said sternly, "Tu Qing's family, are you talking about me or Bingkuan?"

"Chen Chen I didn’t mean that.” Tu Xing quickly explained.

"Bang"

Zhu Youtang threw the memorial in front of him on the ground and said coldly, "I made it clear in advance. It's not enough to save face. What will happen outside Zuo Shunmen?" What does it mean to say that someone is trying to instigate a relationship between the imperial court and the Kong family? Can the person kneeling outside the palace represent the Kong family, or can the person who was criticized by Bingkuan in Qufu represent the Kong family?"

This sentence is full of meaning. With great anger.

It was said that the Confucius family wanted to burn down the Xuansheng Temple, but they actually went and burned it. Everyone in the world saw the joke of the Confucius family, and now there are actually people who have come forward to intercede for the Confucius family

It’s really eye-opening for me

Don’t blame me for targeting the Kong family. It’s precisely because you, a group of scholars, don’t take me or the royal family seriously and think about how to take advantage of the Kong family. Winning over scholars, or even forming cliques, makes me think this way. Don't blame Bingkuan. Not to mention that he just made a prediction and didn't find anyone to secretly cause harm. Even if he really did it, On the contrary, I also feel that Bingkuan is thinking about me for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

"Since you think that we should investigate thoroughly, then send people from the East Factory to conduct a detailed investigation. The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Ducha Everyone in the hospital will send people there, and they must not wrong anyone, and they must not let go of any clues."

Zhu Youtang ordered with an annoyed look on his face.

This kind of irritation.

It can be explained that the emperor told Zhang Zhou's prophecy in advance, but still failed to stop the fire, and the emperor felt angry.

Of course, it can also be said that the emperor was simply angry with the Kong family.

Or it may be the anger of Tu Yu and Li Dongyang who spoke for the Confucius family.

Anyway, you are benevolent now and you will be benevolent. I didn’t send anyone to frame him, and Bingkuan didn’t do this either. Are you still afraid of investigating? Then investigate thoroughly and let the world know who was nervous at the end. Who is it?

The emperor walked away before the court meeting was over.

The ministers could all see that the emperor was really angry.

On the way out of the palace, the ministers had already been quarreling. Even some Liu Keyan officials who thought they were upright were still accusing some young people who were doing evil in secret and took the opportunity to frame and frame him. framed by Kong Hongxu.

Even Xie Qian couldn't listen to these words. He said, "YesIt's better for you to be careful before saying these words. "

"Mr. He has always thought that he is a person who is unreasonable and can be martyred for the truth.

But he doesn’t think these people are very smart.

Xie Qian said, “It seems like what your Majesty said. , you didn’t hear clearly. If you suspect that someone is taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, the person who should give you reasonable doubt is Zhang Bingkuan, and the purpose of his doing so. What he is targeting is just Yan Shenggong who has seized the title. Even if things don't go as he expected, Kong's Hand over a sinner one by one, and everything can be resolved. Then what is his purpose?"

"He wants to use this to suppress the prestige of the saint lineage." Tu Dan said firmly, and his tone was very tough.

Zuo Tongzhengshi Shen Lu smiled and said, "He is reorganizing his army in the northwest. Recently I heard that the soldiers and horses have left the grassland to patrol the Weining Sea. Before sending out the troops, I found someone to go to Qufu just to target a Qianyan Shenggong. How did he think that this would definitely be able to do this?" To suppress the prestige of the Kong family, shouldn’t it be the person at the gate of the palace who is framed?”

“This”

Now Tu Dan was a little wilted.

It doesn’t make sense.

It’s a waste of time for Zhang Zhou to do this. It’s okay to say that he has ulterior motives, but where is his ulterior motive?

Besides, Zhang Zhou should be used to target the crimes committed by Kong Hongxu, the former Duke of Yan

But Anyone who knows the past should know what Kong Hongxu once did. Compared with the evil deeds of rape, robbery and murder, setting fire to a side hall of Xuansheng Temple is a trivial matter.

Originally, a group of people were filled with indignation and said they wanted to settle accounts with Zhang Zhou, but after Xie Qian and Shen Lu cooperated in the analysis, the ministers at the scene immediately became silent.

It does not mean that they gave up their opposition. The suspicion of Zhang Zhou being "framed" is just that some people figured it out.

Whether it was Zhang Zhou or not, the result was beneficial to the emperor and the royal family, allowing the emperor to send people to investigate in detail, and even to blame. It is unrealistic to blame Zhang Zhou.

And as Shen Lu said, there are indeed many things that cannot be explained.

Liu Jian looked at this line of work. The person seemed to have calmed down a lot, and he deliberately said loudly to Li Dongyang next to him, "Bin Zhi, go to the palace gate to persuade Dongzhuang to return to the mansion early. He won’t go out these days and we’ll discuss it after the matter comes to an end."

"Yes. "

Li Dongyang nodded.

As one of the few people who can see through the overall situation, Li Dongyang was thinking, "This Bingkuan is so flawless in his work, so is he really counting, or is he thinking This is used to show whether His Majesty has cooperated with him in doing anything."

There are some things that Li Dongyang can't figure out.

From a rational point of view, Li Dongyang does not believe that Kong Hongxu's arson can be punished. Zhang Zhou gave it a hit.

But more rationally, he felt that no matter whether Zhang Zhou was behind it or not, he could still accept the outcome of at least his beloved daughter, and finally no longer had to marry the son of Kong Hongxu, who was full of evil.

That morning.

With Li Dongyang coming forward, Kong Hongtai did not dare to make any more mistakes. Whether it was to plead guilty, apply pressure, or want to clear up the relationship, he knew that he could no longer kneel at the gate of the palace.

The Kong family has become a joke.

It is time to draw a clear line with Kong Hongxu.

Zhu Youtang, on the other hand, was examining his son's knowledge in Qianqing Palace while listening to Xiao Jing's detailed information truthfully, with a happy expression on his face.

"Father, what makes you so happy? Tell me, please tell me." Zhu Houzhao raised his head with his pen and asked with a grin.

It’s like father and son want to have fun together.

Zhu Youtang's face turned serious and he said, "I asked you to recite Mo, what are you doing? Have you finished Mo?"

"Uh, I am writing. Father, please don't scare me. This time It's easy to forget if you scare me. I haven't had Mr. Zhang to teach me recently, and my academic performance is not very good." Zhu Houzhao raised his head earlier, of course because he didn't study well and wanted to take advantage of troubled waters.

The blame is being passed on right now.

If I didn’t study well, it must be because the pillow was too hard, the bedding was too soft, the weather was too dry, and Zhang Zhou was not around at night.

It’s not my fault for not studying seriously. .

Zhu Youtang said, "That's right. I plan to lock you up in the next few days and punish you to study behind closed doors. You will not be allowed to leave your room for a month."

"Father. Your Majesty, please don’t. You want to confine your subject. I don’t object, but can you wait until Mr. Zhang sends troops to Weininghai to get the result? It's not that he was looking for an objective reason, he was really overly worried about the seemingly uneventful patrol in the northwest

In order to understand Zhang Zhou's purpose of doing this, and also to deduce whether Zhang Zhou was possible He has a tendency to make the war bigger. Recently, he has been wandering around the sand table when he has nothing to do. The entire East Palace is like a small military department. Even the group of regular eunuchs around him talk about military tactics and strategies.

Zhu Youtang said angrily, "What does Bingkuan's use of troops have to do with you? Come, bring the prince back to the East Palace and keep him under strict guard."

"Yes."

This job is a bit complicated.

Just now I was still looking good for His Majesty, and I was talking about the good things that made His Majesty happy. Before, I was still a loving father and a filial son, but why did I change my face and end up like this again?

You two, father and son, one is the current king and the other is the prince. If you insist on disagreeing with each other, you will engage in such tense things.

"Father, it's unfair. I have been studying seriously. Isn't it just that I haven't memorized Mo Mo for a while?" Come down." Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but protest loudly when he saw that there were eunuchs ready to carry him back to the East Palace.

Zhu Youtang sneered, "There is no Bingkuan to deal with you, but there are also Wang Xueshi and others. You let go"Xin, I will lock you in a room to study, and there will be a teacher to give guidance and supervision every day. If you can't learn, just don't come out."

In Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youtang seemed to be looking for a listener and told his wife the truth about the Kong family, especially when he mentioned such a demonstration of the majesty of the royal family.

Queen Zhang was even more satisfied. She didn't care too much.

She said, "Your Majesty, the prince is young, so it's okay to lock him up once or twice. This always locks him up, just to make him feel resentful." ”

The couple’s concerns are obviously not in the same place.

In the past, Zhu Youtang’s emotions and even his thoughts were easily manipulated by his wife, but now he is I feel like I have nothing in common with my wife.

One only cares about the trivial matters inside the palace, while the other has the world in mind and wants to be a wise king that will shine through the ages

The realm is different.

“The prince brought it upon himself. "Zhu Youtang said with a straight face, "I can't teach him well right now, but I am also prepared to hand over all the northwest military affairs to the General Controller in a month or two after Bingkuan has finished handling the matters at hand. Qin Hong of border military affairs. When he comes back, he will continue to stay in the Hanlin Academy as a lecturer and teach the prince."

Queen Zhang said, "Even so, can't we wait until Bingkuan returns to the capital and then impose strict requirements on the prince?"

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Zhu Youtang shook his head and said, "If we don't hurry up now, we won't know how long it will be until Bingkuan comes back. If you try to clean up the prince's mood, it will be difficult for the queen. I have made my own decision on how to educate the prince. You don't need to ask any more questions. "

"Father, where are you?"

Zhu Xiurong asked with eager eyes.

"Yes"

Only then did Zhu Youtang realize that since he came to Kunning Palace today, he seemed to have neglected his daughter.

Zhu Xiurong is now a five-and-a-half-year-old girl. At this age, Zhu Houzhao has already started to grow. He started to learn some simple words and even achieved some success. At that time, the emperor hoped that his son would become a dragon, but Zhu Houzhao himself had always been resistant to learning.

As for his daughter, it was Zhu Xiurong who wanted to learn, but Zhu Xiurong wanted to learn. As a father, he always felt that it was useless to teach his daughter too much.

"Xiurong, even if you want to learn, who will I ask to teach you?"

Zhu Youtang should have been there. He asked his wife to educate his daughter, but he knew that his wife’s knowledge was beyond words.

Zhu Xiurong said, “My son wants to learn from his aunt. "

"Who?" Zhu Youtang looked at his wife.

Queen Zhang said, "It was Yongkang who came two days ago and told Xiurong something, which made Xiurong very happy. yearn for. ”

Princess Yongkang, the younger sister of Zhu Youtang, married the Confucian scholar Cui Yuan.

Cui Yuan later won the title of Marquis of Jingshan by welcoming Shizong, but in the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, , is just a casual person, but Cui Yuan's sister is Zhang Yanling's wife, so Princess Yongkang will often come to the palace to visit Queen Zhang through this relationship.

This is also mentioned in the epitaph of Kong Zhenqian, the son of Kong Wenshao, "My wife's surname is Zhang. She is the younger brother of the Queen Mother Zhaosheng and the daughter of Yanling, the late Marquis of Jianchang. Her mother is Cui, the Prince Consort Jingshan Hou Yuanmei."

"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded and said, "We can't let my imperial sister teach knowledge to my princess all the time. Xiurong, if you want to study in the future, I will find a famous teacher for you. I will consider it again as appropriate. Don't worry, you will have a husband soon. "Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest free reading without anti-theft