So can you let go of the justified opportunity?

07/12/2024

Su Yonglin decisively sentenced Kong Zhi to death, and dragged the whole Kong family into rebellion.
Later, according to the results of the inventory, Su Yonglin learned that there are more than 200 houses in Kongshi, and the houses in Qufu are large in scale. All kinds of buildings in Qifu are rich in exotic flowers, birds and animals, and the regulations are comparable to those in the Palace of Song Dynasty.
The whole family owns 310 thousand mu of land all over Shandong, which is the largest landlord in Shandong
The amount of gold, 172,000 silver and 602,000 copper coins copied by the family was not counted until Su Yonglin left Shandong and returned to Zhongdu.
He is a famous person who paints pearls, emeralds, exotic gems and valuable antiques, such as bronzes, gold and silver utensils. Just take out one of them and you can sell it at a high price in the Southern Song Dynasty.
There are five branches of the family engaged in business, with more than 700 shops, including grain, cloth, silk, porcelain, wine, catering, accommodation, transportation and other industries. The initial valuation of total commercial assets exceeds 1.5 billion yuan.
There are more than 5,000 servants and tenants of Kong’s farming land in Yanzhou directly, and the total number of servants and tenants owned by branches around the country has exceeded 10,000.
In business, the number of employees is more than 2,000, and there are more than 500 horses, more than 1,000 oxen, and more than 1,000 mules, not counting vehicles and boats.
It is not enough to have such a huge family business, but more needs to be obtained. To continue to expand the family business is to reach out where it should not be.
Obviously, Kong’s good days are over.
"Participating in corruption cases, selling private salt for profit, not only that, but also hiding armor and crossbows to save your Kong family. I didn’t know you had done so many things."
Su Yonglin’s strange words shocked the whole chamber, and most officials looked at Kong Zheng in shock.
They can’t digest the heavy news for a while, even Kong Zheng himself.
Looking at him like this, Su Yonglin doesn’t intend to procrastinate directly.
"Kong Shi, who was not rewarded by the country’s kindness, violated the law and discipline to assist corrupt officials in transferring money and stolen goods. It was illegal to sell private salt and hide armor, and the crossbow was guilty of plotting rebellion with ulterior motives. It was extremely unforgivable to go to Kong Zheng’s department to serve as Duke Yansheng’s peerage prison according to the law!"
Chapter 46 I’m afraid there will be great disaster!
Su Yonglin ordered the guards outside the hall to drag Kong Zhengna out of the Chamber.
Until this time, Kong Zhengcai reacted and shouted loudly.
"positions! I am wronged! Hey! Kong Shi is wronged! There is no such thing! Kong Shi won’t rebel! Hey! Spare my life! ! !”
Kong Zheng’s face was covered with tears and his nose was twisted and he almost shouted dolphin sounds.
He kept struggling and desperately struggled to punch and kick the guards who came to arrest him, but he was dragged away by the strong guards.
Su Yonglin has decided that things will never change.
Of course, there is no one who intercedes with him.
Shandong bosses watched Kong Zheng fall in utter amazement and hurriedly knelt down to make a request to Su Yonglin.
"positions! Kong Shi, who is indebted to the country, will never do anything rebellious! Please also check! "
"The official of the Confucius Department has been working hard for two years, and he is very loyal to you … there must be some misunderstanding!"
"Please forgive Kong Bu-tang for missing him … after all, he is a descendant of Kong!"
Cao Kai, Zhou Jiang and Chen Jichang, three Shandong leaders, knelt down together to excuse Kong Zheng, hoping that Su Yonglin would not kill him. There must be some misunderstanding.
Su Yonglin is not angry but laughs at this.
"Misunderstanding? What is misunderstanding? You tell me what a misunderstanding is? What is the misunderstanding of hiding armor and crossbows at home? "
"When the salt-making workshop was seized, there were even private soldiers attacking judicial officials with weapons. Is this a misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? You explain it to me? "
"examine? What you mean is that I overlooked this matter and I was wrong, right? You are right, right? "
Su Yonglin’s question is like a barrage, which makes these three people talk.
The three men want to say something, but they can’t even quibble before this solid evidence, not to mention they have no guts to attack Su Yonglin directly.
Selling illicit salt and hiding ordnance in the house are all things in a dynasty, and the crime of reopening the house is not negotiable
But …
That is Qufu Confucius after all!
Inherit the sage family of Confucius the year before last!
Even if the imperial examination is reformed today, it’s Kong Shi after all! Even in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism never belittled Kong’s status!
But now the emperor wants to kill people and shatter Kong Shi!
This is terrible, isn’t it?
Although very scared, Cao Kai decided to advise Kong Shi to fight for one.
"Bi Kongshi did commit a crime, but Qufu Kongshi is not an ordinary family after all. The sudden collapse of Kongshi’s hope that Kongsheng is a descendant of Kongsheng Zhizhi will cause the fear of Tiannian to think twice!"
Looking at Cao Kai, Zhou Jiang was also afraid, but he decided to make a suggestion.
"Emperors of all dynasties have been worshipping Confucius for thousands of years. It has always been so sudden that Confucius’ impact on the hearts of heaven is too great. I am afraid it will affect the great stability. Please think twice!"
Chen Jichang looked at the other two people and said that he also had to make a statement.
"Although Kong Shi did commit a crime of usurping his official position, his title was enough to seize their land and property, but Kong Shi could not be shattered. Their position in the heart of heaven and man was really extraordinary!"
The three men expressed their hope that Su Yonglin could change the disposal method and forgive Kong Shi.
The reason is not that it will make heaven and man feel fear, which will affect the stability of the dynasty, but that it will cause unrest