In the capital, Emperor Tianqi put down the secret memorial that had just been submitted to the Ministry of Justice, stood up and kicked an official in front of him.

The official fell on the Eight Immortals table in a mess. The tea and fruit that had not yet been removed from the table fell all over the floor.

Under the eyes of Wang Chaofu, the Xiaodu people hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to clean up the mess.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Dazhang, who was transferred to the Ministry of Rites this year, still stood proudly, with a stern integrity and no fear of the emperor's success in front of him.

Gu Dazhang, whose courtesy name is Boqin and whose pseudonym is Chenke, was from Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili.

In the 35th year of Wanli, he was a Jinshi and in the first year of Tianqi, Ye Xianggao served as the chief assistant. The Donglin Party members all spoke out for office. Gu Dazhang was recommended by his disciples and was appointed as the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice.

Because he was "right and upright" in the local area, he openly scolded the Dongchang Tiqi several times. Gu Dazhang was hated by the Wei Party, but he became famous and became famous among the Donglin scholars.

In the second year of Tianqi, he was recommended by the Chief Guard Han Mine and joined the Ministry of Rites.

"'Kong's tax collection is the common wish of scholars all over the world'? You are so brave, you dare to speak out such a ruthless act in my Western Warehouse!"

Zhu Youxiao got off the imperial stairs and walked straight to Gu Dazhang, sneering.

He really didn't expect that in this era, the Kong family had such a great influence among scholars and officials!

A senior official like Gu Dazhang actually wrote a memorial saying that the Confucius Mansion occupied a large area and could not maintain its expenses. Because he had made great contributions to the state, he asked to pay the taxes of a county in Qufu to the Kong family for his own collection!

What's the meaning?

This is robbing my own money in front of me, and that’s all right!

I have never robbed other people's money, and no one has ever dared to rob my money. Even if it is a tax paid by a mere county, it won't work!

What is Gu Dazhang's intention? He wants the Kong clan members to rob money openly at the feet of my Ming emperor!

Will you still have to be like the West in the future and become a country among the country? Why haven’t you heard of this in history?

It was me, a time traveler who slapped his butterfly wings wrongly, and something that was annoying but ridiculous happened.

"You tell me why the Kong clan members are worthy of the taxes in Qufu County?!"

Gu Dazhang frowned and looked at the Emperor Tianqi who was younger than his son in front of him. In fact, he could understand the reason why he got angry.

After all, when this emperor spoke the day before yesterday, he had never seriously studied Confucian culture and had prejudice against the Confucius clan, which was extremely normal.

"Just just listen to Your Majesty's question, I know that Your Majesty is still making mistakes and has no more words--" Gu Dazhang shook his head, as if very disappointed, and stood up and bowed:

"I'm leaving..."

Emperor Tianqi looked at Gu Dazhang quietly and left. He heard what Wang Chaofu said. He thought for a moment, smiled lightly, and said as he walked up to the imperial stairs:

"Gu Dazhang came, not only his own intention."

"They want the Confucius Mansion to collect Qufu County taxes, but I don't agree. Not only that, I also want to disgust these Kong clan members."

"The people in the streets around the Confucius Mansion in Qufu gave money to build houses there and moved them to live. The road along the street of Dongchang was built and a new branch office was built to surround the entire Confucius Mansion."

"Tell Wei Zhongxian and ask him to send the most capable person!"

After hearing this, Wang Chaofu was in a daze for a moment, then smiled and took the order away. However, Wei Zhongxian, who received the news, was confused.

The Emperor wants to deal with the Confucius Mansion?

That's a hard bone...

...

"See the factory--!"

Soon, eight East Factory Officers who received the flying orders were in Beijing and Fu Yingxing, the big-time head, rushed to the depths of the dungeon below the East Factory Office.

"This governor asked you to come, which is a great thing."

Wei Zhongxian's face was so gloomy that he looked at his lower head and talked for a moment before snorting coldly, sitting on the master's chair that had been prepared long ago, and said:

"Your Majesty wants our East Factory to build a partition office outside the Confucius Mansion in Qufu."

After hearing this, Fu Yingxing laughed and said:

"Uncle, what a big deal, my nephew will send someone to Qufu and occupy the shop opposite the Confucius Mansion to serve as a sub-district land."

"This time the branch office is to surround the entire Confucius Mansion..."

Wei Zhongxian was so light that he threw out a bombshell. At first, everyone was not very clear. After concentrating for a moment, he suddenly realized and said in surprise:

"The factory man means—"

"We want to surround the entire Confucius Mansion and build a branch office?"

"Man, the Kong Mansion occupies a lot of land!" Having said this, Yi Zhang took a piece of information he had just found from the hands of the monk behind him, and said:

"Qufu Confucius Mansion was built in the tenth year of Hongwu and rebuilt in the 16th year of Hongzhi. It covers an area of ​​more than 240 mu, with a total of more than 470 halls, halls, buildings and houses."

"The Confucius Mansion is a nine-cent courtyard with three roads. The east road is the East Road, and the Yiguan Hall, Muen Hall, Kong Family Temple and Workshop are built, and the west road is the West Road is the West Road, and there are Hong'e Xuan, Zhongshu Hall, Anhuai Hall and Flower Hall, etc.."

"It is said that the main part of the Confucius Mansion is in the middle road, with the front of the government office, three halls and six halls, and the back of the inner house, with front and back halls, front and back halls, six buildings, etc., and finally there is another garden."

Speaking of this, I hesitated for a moment, but continued:

"In the Confucius Mansion, six halls were set up in the imitation of the six departments of the imperial court. On both sides of the two doors, there are management halls, Hundred Houses Halls, Classic Halls, Music Halls, Zhiyin Halls, and Palm Halls, which are used to manage the affairs of the Confucius Mansion."

"Six halls set up in the imitation of the six departments of the court? This is a traitor. We should kill the entire Kong clan to serve as a warning!" a chasing head.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head gently: "It's not time yet, I'll just make a crime for this matter and record it in the archives for future review."

"Such a large scale..." Fu Yingxing closed his open mouth and stepped forward and said:

"Uncle, why did the emperor suddenly think of dealing with the Confucius Mansion? This is a hard bone. It is better to build an inner city around more than 200 acres of land."

"Inner City..." Wei Zhongxian murmured a few times and suddenly said:

"You are right, so let's build an inner city and circle the Confucius Mansion. The court will decide the entry and exit of the scholars who come to pay their respects every year!"

"Why do you have to?"

Fu Yingxing, a scoundrel in the past, naturally did not understand why the court had to spend so much effort to control a Confucius Mansion.

Wei Zhongxian said:

"You have not had enough experience and don't understand the reason, so it's normal."

"The Confucius Mansion is not like Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian. If the Emperor kills him, he will kill him. At most, it will arouse a moment of strong wind, but it will not cause any big waves!"

"The southwest is not completely stable at the moment, with famines in the Central Plains, and Shaanxi is just shaking. If the imperial court easily attacked the Confucius Mansion at this critical moment, not to mention the Donglin Party members, even the Wei Party under the governor, how many of them can be said without saying a few words?"

Fu Yingxing said: "Whoever dares to say it will kill anyone."

"Do you think everything can be solved directly with a knife? If this is the case, why does this governor need to fight with Donglin for so many years!"

Wei Zhongxian smiled, took a sip of tea, and said lightly:

"The Confucius Mansion will be cleaned up sooner or later. Now the emperor's intention is to trap them and disgust them. That's enough."

"If you take the time to read the "Three Kingdoms" that Jiannu often read, you will also call people to read it. Cao Cao's release until now is to use Confucius's house to command scholars!"

"As for why I suddenly wanted to get into the Kong Mansion, it has nothing to do with the Kong Mansion. There is a man named Gu Dazhang who is ridiculous and asks me to hand over the entire county of Qufu to the Kong Mansion."

"There are still such talents?"

Fu Yingxing laughed, and then laughed loudly with a kind of tactile head, saying:

"The court has been paying taxes to the prince for several years. Gu Dazhang asked the prince to pay taxes to the entire county of Qufu, but he said that for generations, it is really a big deal to spread the world."

Wei Zhongxian was unmoved and glanced at him:

"This is the reason, but the scholars in the world don't think so. Now we are the only one who can share the worries and solve the problems of the emperor. The three halls are supervised by me, so you have to do this in person."

"If you don't receive the Feixin command, you will keep nailing this governor to Kong's mansion!"
Chapter completed!