Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 59 Convincing People with Virtue (for further reading, collection, investment recommendation!) (two chapters in one)

Kong Hongtai, who had no idea what the four daughters-in-law were tearing up, was explaining to his younger son what happened behind him.

After tossing and anger, he realized that he was exhausted, and estimated that this brilliant life would end in a few days.

Although I am very reluctant to part with this power, this wealth and glory, but God wants to take him away, no one can stop him.

Even their ancestor Kong Shengren still had to leave when it was time to leave.

"Tomorrow I will submit a letter to the imperial court to pass on the title to you, and you will be in charge of this family from now on."

"Father!"

Kong Hongtai's youngest son threw himself into Kong Hongtai's arms and sobbed softly.

Seeing this, Kong Hongtai sighed in his heart, and gently patted his youngest son on the back.

It's a pity that he didn't see that his son's face in his arms was already distorted.

This is not a twist of heartache, but a twist of suppressing the joy and excitement in my heart.

He never dreamed that the family title would fall on his head.

If it wasn't for the fact that his father hadn't died yet, and he hadn't become Yan Shenggong, he would definitely call all his wives and concubines together, hold a naked meeting, and have a good celebration.

He reached out and patted his son's shoulder, and Kong Hongtai reprimanded softly: "Okay, don't act like a child, it will make people see a joke!"

He pinched his thigh fiercely and forcibly suppressed the smile and excitement on his face. Kong Hongtai's youngest son raised his head with a painful expression on his face.

Seeing his son's painful expression, Kong Hongtai's heart trembled fiercely.

At the same time, I was very relieved that this young son who had been playing tricks since childhood had finally grown up.

Reaching out to wipe the tears from his son's face, Kong Hongtai said softly: "After I leave, you must be careful about your uncle. Although I wrote to the imperial court to suggest that you inherit the title, the situation in the imperial court is complicated. If the court does not make a decision, I will If you leave, you may not be able to compete with him."

"Hasn't his title been cut off? How could it be given to him again? Are you overthinking it?"

Kong Hongtai's youngest son didn't care about this. His Earl's title had been cut long ago, so how could the court give him the title.

His son's innocent appearance made Kong Hongtai shake his head.

He is very worried now, with this child's personality, whether he will be able to carry the Kong family in the future.

"I have received news a long time ago that someone wrote to the emperor, saying that your uncle has been law-abiding and benevolent for so many years, and he has changed his mind. He suggested that the emperor should restore his title as a show of merit!"

"In this regard, the emperor has made a move. Yang Tinghe, who accompanied the crown prince to our place, is the observer sent by the emperor."

"It was precisely because I discovered this that I played tricks secretly and drove the prince away in anger."

"Secretly playing tricks?"

Kong Hongtai's son scratched his head, but didn't understand what his father meant. The prince was indeed angry and left that day, but because he was outside, he didn't know what happened inside. His father mentioned it like this today, and he really didn't like it. Know.

Seeing his son's befuddled appearance, Kong Hongtai chuckled lightly and said, "The crown prince hoped that the Kong family would provide some money to help the disaster-stricken villagers, but I used some means to cry to him and drive him away."

"Actually, if it wasn't your uncle's business, and the crown prince opened his mouth in person, I would have to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"It's a pity that your uncle is involved. I can only use this method to anger the prince and let the prince leave. By the way, it will also make Yang Tinghe feel bad for our family, which will implicate your uncle."

"I even thought about it later. When your uncle has no hope of regaining his title, I will go to the capital in person to apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and offer a great gift."

"It's a pity...it's a pity..."

While talking, Kong Hongtai remembered what happened that night, and shook his head helplessly.

It's a pity that he had a well-planned plan, but let a gang of villains disrupt the whole arrangement.

Not only did he really offend the prince, but the family also suffered heavy losses. Three of his four sons died at once, and among them was the eldest son whom he tried his best to cultivate.

If it's not that he has no choice, he really doesn't want to hand over the family's future to this unreliable young son.

"Hmph, it's all my uncle's fault. If he hadn't made a move on the woman that the second brother had his eye on, would such a thing have happened?"

The young man naturally understood the meaning of the pity his father said at the end, and he scolded his uncle with righteous indignation, but his heart was full of joy.

If it wasn't for the wrong timing, he really wanted to thank his uncle. If it wasn't for what his uncle did back then, I'm afraid he would never have the chance to inherit his father's title in his life.

"Do you really think that the gangster who came to our house that day was out of revenge? Do you really think that the cause of the incident was the daughter of Yanhu who was killed by your uncle 10 years ago?"

The young man was stunned by Kong Hongtai's repeated inquiries.

"Is not it?"

"Hehe!" Kong Hongtai chuckled, seeing his son's bewildered expression, feeling helpless in his heart.

It seems that I cared too little for my youngest son before, which made this guy so naive.

"I investigated after the incident, and the Yanhu family was indeed in trouble, and the couple died one after another. However, their son, the younger brother of the Yanhu daughter, did not go far away, but was killed by an old man in the countryside. The landlord sent someone to secretly abduct him and make him a virgin boy to be buried with him."

"I have sent someone to dig up the grave secretly, and the boy's body is inside."

"what!"

The young man jumped up all of a sudden, and said in shock: "So, the court's case is fake."

"That's right, it's fake. The court just found a reason to close the case. Those who were arrested were salt dealers, and they were completely scapegoats."

Looking at his astonished son, Kong Hongtai asked: "Shocked, aren't you? Are you still confused? Why did I choose to approve the result given by the court when I knew it was fake?"

The young man nodded blankly. He felt that with his walnut-sized cerebellum, it was difficult to understand why.

All three of my elder brothers were killed, and all the money in the family was looted. Why did my father approve of the false result given by the court? Doesn't he hate it in his heart?
Or, those three older brothers were not actually born by the father.

Not knowing at all, Kong Hongtai, whose son started to think about it, replied: "Because those who do it have a pivotal position in the court, the court can't do anything to them, and can only choose to make peace."

"who is it?"

Kong Hongtai's son hurriedly asked, he didn't want to avenge his brothers, but he wanted to know each other clearly so that he wouldn't be tricked by the other party in the future when he became Duke Yansheng.

Kong Hongtai glanced at the closed door, and said in a low voice, "Actually, it was the prince who my father suspected at first."

"What, prince!"

The young man was shocked again, and subconsciously looked at the small courtyard where Zhu Houzhao lived.

"Shut up, why are you so loud, are you afraid that people won't hear you?"

The startled look of the youngest son gave Kong Hongtai a headache.

The young man quickly shut his mouth, and obediently squatted beside the bed, waiting for his father to reveal the secret next.

"At first I suspected the prince, because according to my investigation, during the time when our family was in distress, the prince had led troops away."

"However, after my investigation, I found that the prince really went to the Confucius Temple in Chenjia Village. There were also traces of worship there. The surrounding villagers also saw a large group of people go to the temple when our house was looted. After entering the Confucius Temple, the children around also took tribute from it to eat.”

"After many confirmations later, I overturned the guess that the prince is the murderer."

"Then I was thinking, if it's not the crown prince, then who would dare to attack our Kong family."

"Just when I couldn't figure it out, Xueshi Xie found me, claiming that someone owns the golden seated statue of our ancestors and is willing to transfer it to us."

"From his words and my guess, I judge that he may be from the Nankong family."

"Our two families have been fighting for orthodoxy for so many years, and we have always been superior, and the title of Duke Yansheng has always been in our family."

"So I guess that the person who attacked us that day was probably from the Nankong family.

Its purpose is probably to avenge the grievances we have suppressed for many years, or to discredit our family and regain the position of Duke Yansheng. "

Hearing his father's guess and analysis, the young man's eyes widened.

He didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in the matter of the family being robbed.

That is to say, father, if he is allowed to investigate and judge by himself, his mind will be muddled, and he probably won't be able to investigate anything.

But then he was a little puzzled, he had heard that the heirs of poetry and books in the south didn't seem to be interested in titles or anything, so how could they use such dirty methods, it's not like their style.

"Father, did you guess wrong? The family in the south doesn't seem to care about titles. How could they do such a nasty thing?"

"Humph!"

Kong Hongtai sneered when his son asked innocently.

Indisputable, is there such a noble saint in the world?

Back then, Confucius killed Shaozhengmao because of a dispute over knowledge. He didn't believe that the family in the south would be more noble than the ancestor Confucius.

"Idiot, you just believe what others say, how to manage the family in the future, and how to deal with the court's open swords and dark arrows."

After reprimanding the stupid son, Kong Hongtai took a few deep breaths, suppressed the depression in his heart towards the stupid son, and said softly:

"You have to remember that there is no so-called noble person in this world. If you meet such a person, it means that the benefits you have given him are not enough to tempt him."

"There is no one in this world who cannot be bribed, only benefits that you cannot offer."

"How much power and high status does Yan Shenggong have, it would be a lie to say that those people in the south are not greedy."

"The reason why they didn't do anything was because they didn't find a good opportunity, and the previous emperors were not easy to fool."

"However, the current emperor is different. He can even let go of those who have been bullying him since he was a child. It is conceivable how kind-hearted such a person is."

"Besides, the emperor attaches great importance to civil servants. As long as they are not charged with unreasonable crimes, they have a chance to avoid punishment."

"More importantly, they attack us. From the eyes of the world, it is a struggle within our family. With the character of the emperor, he is likely to be a peacemaker, and even choose to turn a blind eye and let us fight on our own."

"It is precisely because they saw this opportunity and heard that the emperor intends to restore your uncle's title that they chose to act at this time."

"One Yan Shenggong and the others would be a headache enough to deal with. If two came at once, they would not be tortured to death."

"Under such forced and helpless circumstances, they had no choice but to give up their gentle tactics at the beginning, and chose to take risks, learn from our ancestors, and directly use force to solve the problem."

"As the saying goes, use morality to convince people. Since verbal morality can't convince you, then I can only choose martial arts. This is the idea of ​​the people in the south."

"So that's the case. Those people in the south really don't talk about martial ethics, and they actually came up with this kind of trick. It's really embarrassing to the ancestor Confucius."

The young man nodded suddenly, then his eyes lit up, and he thought he was smart and said:

"In that case, the group of people who arrested you are also them."

Kong Hongtai glanced at this idiot, and closed his eyes helplessly.

Is it really a good choice to hand over the title to this silly son?
Noticing his father's expression, the young man scratched his head.

Did I guess wrong again?

"It wasn't them. After our house was robbed, the imperial court had already set their sights on them. It is impossible for them to attack again."

"There are some things that the court can tolerate once. If it happens again, and it is done when the court finds out, it will be a slap in the face of the court. Even if it is their family, the court will not be polite."

After explaining to his son, Kong Hongtai didn't want this silly son to get confused, and said directly: "It was actually your uncle who attacked me for the second time, and his purpose was to kill me, and then to activate his relationship in the court." , Take back the title of Duke Yansheng."

"What, uncle!"

The young man was shocked again, Kong Hongtai opened his mouth, and once again doubted his own decision in his heart, and at the same time missed his elder son who could understand his thoughts just by moving his mouth.

"Okay, as long as you know these things, you don't have to tell others. In addition, while His Royal Highness and Bachelor Xie are here these days, you should visit more often and try to give them a good impression. There are benefits."

"Also, don't worry about the mine. I have already found out that His Royal Highness bought a mine and planned to earn some private money. However, Liu Er's greedy bastard wanted to occupy it, which angered the prince. .”

"This is a misunderstanding. When we go to meet the prince tomorrow, we will give the mine deed to the prince as compensation. We will try to make the prince stand on our side when something happens in the future."

"Okay, let's go back, I'm tired, don't think too much, I have everything, and I will smooth everything out for you."

The young man who was still in shock nodded, got up and left with his father waving.

Seeing his youngest son leaving in a daze, Kong Hongtai frowned for a long time, finally he gritted his teeth and raised his hand to knock on the bed beside him.

"My lord!"

The butler came in.

Stretching out a trembling hand, he took out a letter under the pillow and handed it to the housekeeper.

"Send this letter to my brother-in-law as quickly as possible. Be sure to hand it over to him, and tell him to do everything according to the contents of the letter. Also, whether he wants to do it or not, let him read it Burn the letter immediately."

"Yes!"

The butler responded, stepped forward, took the letter with both hands, put it in his arms, and left quickly.

Seeing the back of the housekeeper leaving, Kong Hongtai's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"Boss, don't blame me for being ruthless. It's because you disregard brotherhood first, because you still have extravagant expectations that you shouldn't have. Let's go on the road together, and we will compete over there."

Lying back on the bed slowly, Kong Hongtai murmured while looking at the pendant swaying in the wind beside the bed.

"Thousands of sins are all on my body."

"Conquer people with virtue, and conquer people with virtue."

ps: In the past few days, I have time to code, but when the update is not stable, I hope brothers can understand.

(End of this chapter)