Chapter 1577: King Lu

"Cheng En, send someone to investigate Kong Yinzhi's lineage to see if they really follow the teachings of the sages, and use the sages' scriptures as guidance to restrain their behavior." Shen Long said softly,

Well, I have seen your name, Kong Yinzhi, in the history books. You first surrendered to Li Zicheng’s Dashun, and then you surrendered to the Tartars’ Manqing. I remember this clearly. You, Kong Yinzhi, belong to a family with three surnames Slave.

Well, your Confucius family has always relied on the Lord of the Central Plains. After the Ming Dynasty, you will seek refuge with the Dashun.

If the dynasty of the Central Plains changes normally, that’s all. Anyway, for the people of the world, who is the emperor is not the same? Everyone should continue farming and paying taxes, and govern the world according to the teachings of the sage Confucius; but barbarians like Kublai Khan and Dorgon kneel so neatly that they accept it without reservation even if they shave their hair and change their clothes. Have you forgotten Zhong Ni's teaching?

Zhongni commented on Guan Zhong at the beginning, "Small Guan Zhong, I have been given the left lapel." That is to say, if there is no Guan Zhong, I am afraid that we will all have disheveled hair and left clothes like barbarians. Is it more serious on the left side?

And it would be fine if you, Kong Yinzhi, followed Kong Qiu's instructions in a proper manner, but do the things you do really conform to the teachings of Confucius? Didn't it really violate the Great Ming Law? Shen Long didn't believe it at all, he knew exactly what Dexiang the Yanshenggong family was, they were a bunch of social moths.

Relying on the prestige of the ancestors to act recklessly within the sphere of influence of the family, oppressing the people and exploiting the servants, is there still a little bit of the benevolence that Zhongni preached? However, the country still has to support it, and Shen Long is full of anger when he thinks about it. How much good land in Shandong does your Kong family take up? Still not paying taxes, they are just like those vassal kings, they are moths of the country, these people don't want to find a way to get rid of them, do you still want them to suck Ming's blood?

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen was slightly taken aback, and then responded in the same low voice. He heard that Shen Long had the intention of dealing with the Kong family. This Kong family is the benchmark of scholars in the world! Is it really okay to deal with them rashly?

But Wang Chengen was just surprised. In his heart, Shen Long was the genius. Since he wanted to deal with the Kong family, it meant that the Kong family did have something worth dealing with. As His Majesty's servant, he had to take care of the Kong family After the matter is settled, we will try our best to find out conclusive evidence of the Kong family's involvement in various illegal matters, and there must be no omissions.

"Since you have become officials of the imperial court and receive the imperial salary, you must remember the court's laws, and don't think that your actions can hide everyone!" Shen Long glanced at the civil and military officials and feudal lords in the tent. Your relatives, if you don’t believe me, you can give it a try and see if my knife is faster or your neck is stronger.

"Your Majesty's teachings must be kept in mind." All the ministers in the tent were trembling, and many people began to rejoice. After receiving Shen Long's order, not only the magistrate of Shouzhang County thought this way, but the others More or less similar thoughts came to mind, after all, this is a good opportunity to make a fortune.

Fortunately, these people are not courageous enough. Thinking about Shen Long's recent campaign in the capital, he has dealt with countless civil servants and military generals. Many prominent figures have been imprisoned and punished. Reluctantly held back, so he was not as unlucky as Shou Zhang Zhixian.

"Throughout the journey, the rule of you is still relatively peaceful. This shows that you are all capable. I also see this in my eyes. Now there are many official positions in Beijing. From my point of view, among you Are there many people who can go to the capital!" Slapping Tianzao, previously punishing Shouzhang County magistrate for killing chickens and monkeys, now it's the turn to set an example and commend.

According to the information collected by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Shen Long promoted a few officials with good work ability and decent conduct to serve in Beijing.

In stark contrast to Shouzhang Magistrate, now they finally know what kind of officials His Majesty likes. If they have some ideas about their own future, I am afraid they will seriously consider how to become an official?

"Don't slack off. According to Qin Tianjian's memorial, in the next few years, there will be many disasters and disasters in Shandong. You should build water conservancy in time and plant good seeds according to Xu Ge's instructions, so as to save the people from the fire. During the Little Ice River period, disasters frequently occurred in Shandong, so Shen Long did not go directly down the Grand Canal by boat, but walked from place to place, in order to check the situation in nearby counties.

It seems that these officials were all terrified by the results of Shouzhang Magistrate, but no one stood up and said something, such as His Majesty needs to cultivate virtue, and then God will naturally not send disasters; Long intends to check whether his virtue is enough? Then ask him to pray for rain, and if he can't pray for rain, he will die in the sun.

"Your Majesty's love for the people is really a blessing for the people of Ming Dynasty. Xiao Wang is deeply inspired and is willing to donate the food saved at home to the court to help the victims." Lu Wang Zhu Shouhong seemed to have sensed something, and quickly expressed his position; his mind is still clear , Knowing that the food cannot be distributed directly to the people in the name of the Lu Palace, but must be handed over to the court first, and then the court will help the victims.

Otherwise, someone will ask, what exactly are you Zhu Shouhong trying to do by buying people's hearts? Is there any wrong idea? Then he is finished.

"The king of Lu is indeed the example of the clansmen in the world!" Shen Long nodded slightly to express his appreciation. One of the important purposes of his trip to the south of the Yangtze River this time is to clean up the Ming clan. It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The clan has multiplied for more than ten generations. The number has increased from the earliest fifty-eight to more than one hundred thousand.

These people have now become a huge burden on the Ming Dynasty's finances. According to the report of the Ministry of Rites in the fifth year of Longqing, at that time, except for the ancestral daughter Yibin, only the princes, county kings and generals and lieutenants at all levels had a total of 8.7 million Shi Youqi, accounting for about 8.7 million yuan. 80% of the total grain reserves across the country.

Although the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty came up with the idea of ​​discounting seven cents for county kings and generals, six cents for lieutenants, and eight cents for county masters, township lords, and Yibin to reduce expenses, they still couldn’t stand it; If you meet a greedy prince like Fu Wang again, the problem will be even more serious, and it has reached the point where it has to be solved.

King Lu accompanied him with a smiling face, and he was very happy to be praised by Shen Long. He didn't know that because of his actions, King Lu's family avoided a huge disaster.