In a small house in Qufu County, Kong Xingmi sat under the lamp.

Although he is also a member of the Kong family, he has moved out of Dazong since his grandfather's generation. His father had a straight temper, offended many people in the clan, and later took his wife to a foreign country as an official, and was killed by the rogue.

Kong Xingmi's parents died when he was a child, and with the help of his clansmen, he was admitted to the Juren, so he must not be treated poorly. But it is also true that he is not valued in the clan. Everyone was worried that he would have a bad temper like his father, that he would not get along well with his people, or that he would offend the Emperor Yan, so they were not close to him. Genius)

Now that the world is in turmoil, there should be no more imperial examinations in a few years, and he has also considered any of the students of Nishan Academy.

At the end of the examination, the academy planned to choose between him and another Confucian student, so he asked him about his aspirations.

There is nothing bad to say, Kong Xingmi answered truthfully, born as a descendant of a saint, he studied Confucianism since he was a child, thinking that Confucianism focuses on the people, and the son does not mess with strange forces, but talks about life and life, the so-called life is to let the world have enough food and clothing, and the so-called life is to let the world be ethical, political and religious.

This ambition probably means 'to continue learning for the sake of the saints and to open peace for all generations'. It's a bit too big to say, and Kong Xingmi also feels a little ashamed......

That night, Kong Xingmi was still writing hard at home, unaware that the job of learning had left him.

At night, there was a faint shouting in the distance. Kong Xingmi focused on the paper and ink, and did not care.

A short time later, someone walked in.

"Xingmi, what are you doing? Didn't you hear the shouting from the main courtyard? ”

Kong Xingmi turned his head and saw that it was his brother Kong Xingbi.

"I've seen my brother. Replying to a friend. Kong Xingmi listened attentively and asked, "What's wrong?" What's going on in the big courtyard? ”

"I'm a thief." Kong Xingbi replied casually and said, "Uncle Zongbo sent someone to inform me." The vacancy of Nishan Academy this time will be filled by me. ”

Kong Xingmi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

"You're not disappointed?"

Kong Xingmi lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Xu is the will of heaven...... Brother? I would like to take a trip to Pingshan County, Zhending Prefecture. ”

"So what?"

"I was still hesitating. Can't go to Nishan College now? I think it's time for me to take this path. Kong Xingmi said, and there was joy in his eyes? "I have a classmate?" At the place of Lord Yin of Zhending Mansion, he wrote to me? It is said that it is on both sides of the Hutuo River in Pingshan County, and someone is ...... Saving the people in the world......"

Kong Xingbi sneered? Said: "Where in the world is there no one who is helping the world to save the people? ”

"It's different! Look, brother. "Kong Xingmi handed over a letter? Then he said with some excitement: "The ideas of Sun Zhixin and Hu Jingshi are the same as those of our ancestor Kong Shenggong!" ”

After a while, Kong Xingbi raised his head from the letter paper and looked at Kong Lemi's expectant eyes? Spit out three words.

"Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy? Isn't this 'enlightening wisdom of the people' in line with the teachings of our ancestors, 'there is no class in teaching'......"

"You Hugh give me a quote out of context." Zi said, above the middle, you can also speak. What is the meaning of the following people? ”

"That's the way to teach, but it's not not not not taught." Kong Xingmi said eloquently: "The first sage didn't just say 'there is no class'? Before the saints, the world 'learned in the government'? Only the children of the powerful could study. The ancestors not only accepted the children of the powerful as disciples, but also accepted more of them as civilian disciples? Yan Hui, Zeng Shen, Gongye Chang...... There was even Gongsun Long, a 'barbarian' Chu State at that time. Worldly edification? It is from the first saints! Why now? Two thousand years have passed, and the threshold for studying and studying is still so high? Because the people in power are afraid that the people will have knowledge, and they will not be able to exploit them. Even Uncle Zong, who is the blood of the ancestor saint, he is also ......"

"Shut up." Kong Xingbi scolded in a low voice, and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to find this Sun Zhixin." Kong Xingmi's eyes became brighter, and he said: "By the way, there is also this 'civil rights', 'Confucius said, the road is also a journey, and the world is for the public.'" Selecting talents and abilities, stressing faith and harmony...... You see, the world is the world of the people of the world, and the virtuous and talented are selected so that the old can ......"

"You're crazy, the sage means to let you restrain your morality."

"Am I crazy? Crazy are these two thousand meat eaters. Kong Xingmi gradually became excited, and said: "The powerful people in the world, for their own status and in order to be able to exploit the people repeatedly, constantly distort the words and aspirations of the ancestors, and bind the people of the world with the morality, routine, and ethics of the ancestors, but what about themselves? And where do they put morality? Brother, haven't we seen much over the years? The Yansheng Mansion is so rich that for the sake of those copper plates, the tenants will be forced to death! In order to be happy for himself, Uncle Nineteen has to ...... others."

"Shut up, don't you understand? If you let go of a tenant, what if other people do the same? There are not only a few tenants in the Great Sect's mansion, there are hundreds of thousands of people, and the law is not strict, so why restrain everyone? ”

Kong Xingmi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Really? Then it seems that the clan brothers don't want to listen to me talk about the 'people's livelihood' of the ancestors? ”

"I'm not here to hear you talk about these useless things......"

"But we are the descendants of the Confucian saints!" Kong Xingmi patted the table and suddenly turned red.

"O descendants of our Confucian saints." He emphasized it again, saying: "There are so many scholars in the world who are learning Confucianism, and everyone in the world follows the teachings of Sage Confucius. But how many of our descendants of the Confucian family have really learned the knowledge of the ancestors and inherited the aspirations of the ancestors? ”

When he said this, he raised the letter in his hand and said: "Sun Zhixin said that now the small country of Xiyi has begun to prosper the world for the public. As for us, the claims put forward by our ancestors as early as 2,000 years ago have been misinterpreted and used, and they have been used as tools by the powerful as a tool for exploitation, just like this huge Yansheng Mansion! Confucius said, the ancient is the government, and the love is great. Now I see no one who loves anyone, but the people are not living. Our Confucian family, from the day he was named a powerful person by Emperor Qin, was a tool for the powerful to coax them to be obedient when they killed pigs! Tell me, is it 'love for man's greatness' to take advantage of the famine year to annex the people's land? ”

"Shut up!"

Kong Xingbi looked at Kong Xingmi like a fool.

After a while, Kong Xingmi smiled slightly, and said, "It's okay that I can't go to Nishan Academy." After talking to my brother, I suddenly understood more clearly. We are the descendants of the ancestors, and what we should inherit is not this full of drunken gold, glory and wealth, but the mind of 'loving people for the greatest' and the ambition of 'the world is great'. ”

"Whatever you want." Kong Xingbi collected his emotions and said, "I'm not here to quarrel with you, I'm thinking that I have made up for the lack of Nishan Academy, and I am afraid that you will have no way out, so I want to recommend you to Nanjing ......"

"Brother Clan's kindness, I understand it."

As the two of them spoke, they heard louder and louder shouts in the distance.

There were also people running by on the street outside, shouting incessantly.

"The Holy Mansion has entered the assassins, and the fight has started!"

"Fenced ......"

Kong Xingmi was stunned for a moment, and was about to go out, but was pulled by Kong Xingbi.

"What is this doing, brother? Let's go check ......."

"Nothing to look at." Kong Xingbi smiled faintly, found a stool and sat down, and said, "Ha, the Yansheng Mansion can also be assassinated, who do you think will send it?" "The idea Chinese the fastest www.@@slzww@@.com network

Kong Xingmi groaned slightly, and said: "Uncle Zong has never had any enemies, if you really want to count it, I am afraid that only the prince of Laiguo will laugh." The matter of dividing the land has been troublesome for a while, and Zongbo has been unwilling to report the number of acres of land, so Lai Guogong went to Dong'e County to find a breakthrough from the fourth brother-in-law, but the fourth brother-in-law died...... But, why send someone to assassinate Zongbo? ”

"He can do that position, he has his own considerations." Kong Xingbi glanced at Kong Xingmi and said, "You don't have to be nervous, it's fine." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled a little contemptuously and said, "I thought this Wang Xiao was a ruthless character, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that." How could Zong Bo be so easy to assassinate? When the Yansheng Mansion can't afford to spend money, can't you ask for a guard? ”

"Uncle Zong's will be fine, right?" Kong Xingmi was a little worried, glanced out of the window, and said, "Listening to this movement, I'm afraid there are a lot of people coming." ”

"How many people can come?" Kong Xingbi sneered and said, "The Holy Mansion has five thousand guards, and if Wang Xiao wants to move the Holy Mansion, he must mobilize at least five thousand people." Who can hide such a large-scale transfer of troops and horses? I'll tell you what will happen, Wang Xiao is crazy, but the people under his command are not crazy. Once he gives the order, those generals, strategists, and civil officials who have a little insight will all stop him, will let the King of Qi stop him, and will send someone to inform Zongbo, 'Look, Lai Guogong is coming to move you, it is better to sit down and talk about it', and in the end, things can only be turned into small things, and small things can only be turned into small things.

And also. Want to divide the field? Ha, the whole of Shandong is watching the reaction of the Kong family, and all the gentry and nobles are all supporters of the Kong family! Let me tell you, since Wang Xiao proposed to divide the land at the end of the year, Zongbo and the big clans have been sending silver and women to his army. Do you know how many generals in the Guanning Army, the Beijing Battalion, and the Laizhou Battalion have received money?

And when Uncle Zong got the news, he could immediately arrange for his clansmen to take refuge in Shengjing, Yanjing, Nanjing, and Chengdu, such a big family was scattered everywhere, and he had connections, power, and respect wherever he went. Do you know how many connections the Kong family has? There are disciples of Nishan Academy in all academies in the world, and all the scholars and ministers of all dynasties have the marriage of our Confucian family. ”

Speaking of this, he became more and more excited, as if immersed in supreme glory, and said: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Chu Taizu also had a grudge against our Confucian family, but what can he do? In addition to losing his temper like a child, does he dare to touch our Kong family? It's not that I'm afraid of the world's sideways. Haha, how did it turn out? Up to now, it is his Chu Dynasty that is dying, and our Kong family is still like a towering tree!

The Confucian family has been inherited for 1,800 years, and the accumulated heritage and strength are not something that a yellow-mouthed child who sits in a well and watches the sky and does not know the height of the sky can easily move. ”

Kong Xingmi shook his head and sighed: "Brother, you take this revered status too seriously......"

"It's you who underestimate this." Kong Xingbi said: "You, the two fools mentioned in this letter, and Wang Xiao who wants to divide the field." You're all stupid. Self-righteous, I don't know how thick the sky is. I want to touch the interests of the great clan that have been accumulated for thousands of years. You don't know how you're going to die sooner or later. Man, never look down on yourself, and look down on others......"

The next moment, someone on the street outside shouted in horror: "Did you hear that? Yan Shenggong is dead?!

"Won't it?"

"It's said to be really dead......

"What about the prefectural magistrate?"

"I heard that I entered the house in the afternoon, and I'm afraid I'm going to die......"

The movement outside was getting louder and louder, and Kong Xingmi looked out the window again.

I saw someone on the street running anxiously and shouting: "The holy house is fenced off......

Kong Xingbi's face was a little difficult to look at, he had just analyzed it reasonably, and when he turned his head and heard the news, he was embarrassed.

But then, he squinted, and instead of basking in his frustration, he lowered his head in thought.

"Let's go and have a look." Kong Xingmi said urgently.

"Wait."

The killing shouts in the Yansheng Mansion in the distance became louder and louder, Kong Xingmi became more and more anxious, but Kong Xingbi was still pondering.

After a while, Kong Xingbi muttered in a low voice: "Xingmi, do you support Wang Xiao's division of the field?" ”

Kong Xingmi was stunned for a moment, and said: "You know, for hundreds of years, especially taking advantage of these years of famine, our Kong family and other powerful people have annexed more and more fields, and they have accounted for eight or nine out of ten in Shandong. The people had no land to plant except for tenants. I think it's ......."

"That's because you're not the sect master, and these fields aren't yours." Kong Xingbi sneered, but his tone was soothed than before.

"Brother Clan, why don't we go to the Great Sect Mansion to have a look?"

Kong Xingbi didn't answer, standing in front of the window, listening to the sound in the distance.

The guards of the Lin Temple Guard Division ran by, faintly shouting, "Run, the garrison is dead......

He closed his eyes and made a silent calculation in his mind.

- "My great-grandfather was the brother of the Holy Father, and his grandfather was my grandfather's cousin...... Oh, that's ......."

"Brother." Kong Xingmi urged again, and said anxiously: "Aren't we going to take a look?" ”

"Let's go, go to the Great Sect Mansion."

Kong Xingmi nodded, then turned around, and suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen!

He turned his head and looked over, only to see Kong Xingbi pick up the paper cutter on the table and stab it at his side.

"Brother...... You...... You ......"