Wu Mengming picked up the gift note and looked at it, only to find that it was not a gift note at all.
It directly said 25,000 yuan in silver coins.
He thought that the Kong family had spent a lot of money.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "I would like to thank the Kong family for their concern on behalf of my brothers, and I will report Duke Yan Sheng's wishes to the emperor."
Kong Zhengqi's expression changed drastically.
In name, he said he was rewarding Jin Yiwei, but the gift note was actually a hush money for Jin Yiwei.
Now that Wu Mengming had accepted the money, he said he would report it to the emperor, which was incomprehensible.
If you want to report to the emperor, then you should not charge money.
Now you have collected money but you want to report to the emperor.
This makes Kong Zhengqi completely confused as to what his intention is.
But Wu Mengming handed the gift list to Jin Yiwei next to him and said, "Take it and register it. 10% of it belongs to Jin Yiwei.
Of the two thousand five hundred yuan, each person will get almost one hundred yuan.
This is really good luck."
Hearing this, Kong Zhengqi understood that the money had been paid, but not only did Jin Yiwei not stop, but he was charged with bribery.
But he had already brought the silver coins, and it was impossible to carry them back now, so he had to cup his hands and say, "Commander Wu, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
Wu Mengming smiled and said, "Butler Kong, please."
The two came to the corner of the room, and Kong Zhengqi said in a low voice: "This is a reward specially given to the Jin Yiwei.
The commander is 20,000 and the subordinate is 5,000.
The head of the family only hopes that Jin Yiwei can say a few kind words in front of the emperor.
The Kong family cannot be grateful."
Whatever happens, there will be consequences.”
Wu Mengming cupped his hands and said: "Steward Kong, I'm afraid this won't work.
We have regulations.
If you encounter bribery, you must report it.
We will take a 10% commission.
If you don't report it, the Economic Investigation Bureau will find us in trouble."
Kong Zhengqi said: "Our family leader also gave a gift note to the Economic Investigation Bureau.
Everyone accepted it, so there will be no problem."
Wu Mengming smiled and said: "Steward Kong, I'm afraid you don't quite understand the rules of Jinyiwei and the Economic Investigation Bureau.
Anyone who accepts bribes can be exempted from punishment as long as you surrender and give evidence to others, and the bribes collected will be treated by the Emperor."
You will be rewarded, but everyone else will be held accountable and fined ten times the bribe taken. , and the sentence will be calculated as one hundred yuan per year.
And if you accuse us of accepting bribes one day, then your crime of bribery will not be established, and all the bribe money will be returned to you, and you will be rewarded with the same amount of money in the end.
Do you think under such rules, we still dare to accept your money without repaying it?"
Kong Zhengqi looked at Wu Mengming desperately and said: "Commander, we sincerely reward all the Jin Yiwei and are not thinking of bribery."
Wu Mengming smiled and said: "It doesn't matter.
Whether we report it as a reward or a bribe, it's the same for us.
It's 10%.
But if Butler Kong is willing to cooperate with us, then it's not a simple matter how to say it."
Kong Zhengqi became angry again and said in a low voice: "Then our master is willing to give the commander another 20,000 yuan, and please have mercy on the commander."
Wu Mengming smiled and said: "Steward Kong, when I say cooperation, I don't mean that you should give me more money.
I don't dare to ask for it even if I want it.
What I mean is that as long as the Kong family cooperates with our investigation, you'd better tell your family head when you go back. , we have obtained a lot of evidence in this case so far, what do you think?
It's impossible.
But if Yan Shenggong finds out the lawbreakers under his command, it will definitely be much better than if we find out, and it will be easier to explain in front of the emperor.
I just said this as a reward.
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How you do it depends on Duke Yan."
Kong Zhengqi thought for a long time and bowed: "Thank you, Commander, for your guidance.
I will go back and report to the head of the family."
Kong Zhengqi returned to Duke Yansheng's Mansion and reported the entire process to Kong Yinzhi.
Kong Yinzhi thought deeply for a while and said: "What do you think?"
Kong Zheng said angrily: "Wu Mengming doesn't dare to accept money.
This subordinate can understand that the emperor has been very aggressive in cracking down on corruption and bribery in the past two years.
Tian Ergeng's matter is ahead of him, so of course he doesn't dare.
It's just that the subordinate feels that from now on Judging from Wu Mengming's tone, the emperor has no intention of uprooting the Kong family. " Kong Yinzhi scolded: "You don't have to say this.
The new era has just been announced.
Could it be that he would choose this time to attack me?
Now I don't know what to do to satisfy him and minimize our losses."
Kong Zheng said angrily: "My lord, since it is impossible for the emperor to attack us, then we will let him investigate.
What can the emperor do to us in the end?"
Kong Yinzhi cursed: "Are you a pig?
He doesn't dare to do anything to me now, but it would be more troublesome to wait a few years to do it again.
This is the opportunity he gave me.
If I don't seize it, I will just do it."
Can we let him control me?
Wu Mengming told me how to cooperate."
Kong Zheng said angrily: "He said that he would find out all the lawbreakers below."
Kong Yinzhi sighed and said: "There are some people down there who do go too far.
Originally, it was ten taels of silver per acre of good land, but he only gave them five or six taels, and he kept the rest.
These things It’s not that I don’t know what happened, but I don’t blame them either.
I eat their meat.
You also want to drink soup, right?
But it was not my order to kill people.
I arrested these people and sent them to Jinyiwei.
I told them to go to Yang Lian and say that the Kong family was willing to support the imperial court.
The farmer has his own land, so invite him to the Confucius Mansion and we will sell the land to the court."
Kong Zheng said angrily: "Master, how much will it cost?"
Kong Yinzhi pondered for a while and said: "Sell half of it and keep 10,000 hectares."
Kong Zheng said angrily: "My lord, it took generations of lords to get this for hundreds of years.
You sell half of it all at once.
Doesn't it hurt in your heart?"
Kong Yinzhi said angrily: "Do you think my heart hurts?
Everyone knows that it is hard to give up good money, but now do you think you can calm the emperor's anger by not selling the land?
If you want to blame it, I blame you for not doing things well and let the Jin Yiwei arrest you."
Now that you've got the handle, go ahead and save money to avoid disaster, that's all."
The Kong Mansion took several members of the Kong family who were involved in murder cases to Jinyiwei.
Wu Mengming naturally smiled and asked the county magistrate to send these people to the Jinan Mansion Jinyiwei office.
He was still busy with Jinyiwei and the Economic Investigation Bureau.
Side things.
After Yang Lian was invited by the Confucius Mansion, he directly said to Kong Yinzhi: "The fields given by the great ancestor are still owned by the Confucius family, and the remaining fields are all sold to the imperial court."
Kong Yinzhi said: "Everything depends on the Lord Shangshu.
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If the Lord Shangshu wants these two thousand hectares of land, the Kongfu will also be willing to dedicate it to the court."
Yang Lian was very surprised by the change in the attitude of the Kong family, but he didn't know that someone in the capital sent a letter to Kong Yinzhi the day before yesterday, telling him that the emperor wanted to re-title him.
Only then did he understand that the emperor would not uproot the Confucius family, but he could do whatever he wanted with him.
He was not the only descendant of Confucius
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