Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Corrupt Emperor

Transmigrated to the Great Ming Dynasty, I became Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Carpenter Emperor. Well then, I'll hide behind the scenes; I'll take the blame, and you all go die.

Chapter 346: Duke Yansheng's Sudden Enlightenment

"The one currently in charge of this sect is Wang Sen's son. They're trying to use this earthquake to incite the victims to revolt. I'm sure you're not aware of this, are you?"

At this point, Xu Xianchun laughed first.

"I guess you don't know this either." Xu Xianchun said with a rather emotional tone, "In order to rebel, they have to collect food and leave the people without food. Otherwise, who would join them in the rebellion?"

"So they began buying up grain, colluding with others to embezzle the relief grain, leaving the people without food. On the other hand, they used silver and relief grain to distribute to the people, using it to buy people's hearts and actively prepare for their own rebellion."

"And the key point of this matter is that you are the ones who took action. You embezzled the food for disaster relief, you left the people without food, you forced them to sell their land and children, you made it impossible for them to survive!"

"You gave all the relief grain that the court provided to the people to these rebels. Come, come, Lord Yansheng, tell me, do you believe your claim that the Kong family was unaware of this?"

"As long as I turn my mouth, it will become like your Kong family wants to rebel."

"Okay, you're descendants of Confucius, and no one believes that. But can you get away with what you've done? As long as His Majesty believes it, your family can't escape." Xu Xianchun said this, then stood up and said, "So don't have any illusions. If you're involved in a treason case like this, no one can protect you."

After hearing Xu Xianchun's words, Kong Yinzhi was shocked.

He finally understood what was going on, and why His Majesty was so angry, why he kicked him, why he told him that "anyone who is a descendant of the Kong family can become the Duke of Yansheng", and why he was extremely dissatisfied with his own family.

What my family has done is to help the tyrant, to aid those people in rebellion. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if His Majesty is not angry! I am still trying to be clever in front of His Majesty.

After calming himself down a bit, Kong Yinzhi turned to look at Xu Xianchun and said calmly, "Master Xu, you came here just to tell me these things, right?"

"Could it be that Lord Xu is feeling depressed and wants to talk to me?"