Chapter 42 The Southern and Northern Sects of the Confucian Family

Zhu Qizhen said: "I remember that when Xu Qing reported Qingzhang Tianmu, he said that Shandong Qingzhang was the worst, yes and no. ”

Xu Youzhen's face changed slightly, and there was a trace of bitterness in his mouth, but he didn't turn back when he opened the bow, and he said, "Yes." ”

Although Zhu Qizhen didn't say it explicitly, how could Xu Youzhen not know who Zhu Qizhen was talking about?

There is no one else but the Holy Father.

How much land does Yan Sheng Gong have? In addition to the officials, they are in the cabinet, or there are knights. Most of the families are only about three or five hundred acres, but they are just big families living together, and they look great together, but in fact, they are just like that.

Very few households exceed three or five hundred acres.

However, the land of the Yan Shenggong family is all over Shandong, and there are even lands in Hebei, Henan, and Nanzhili.

His main land was divided into Citian, Xuetian, and Yanshenggong's private land.

The main reason for giving land is that Emperor Taizu gave the Kong family 2,000 hectares of land. There are also successive Xuetian, but although Xuetian is said to be Xuetian, it is also under the control of the Kong family. Plus the private land of the Kong family.

In history, when the Confucian family had the most fields, there were more than 700,000 acres.

Of course. That number may not have been reached today. But how many there are is is an unclear number. But even so, almost half of the counties near Qufu are under the control of the Kong family.

It's simply a rich country, and with the size of Shandong, it can't accommodate a hole.

It's just that the Confucian family is simply a spiritual symbol of scholars, and since the Han Dynasty, it has been rewarded for more than 2,000 years. How can it be so easy to move?

Xu Youzhen didn't think about moving the Kong family.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't let go of the Kong family, Zhu Qizhen said: "Then investigate carefully, this matter will be handed over to you, and you must investigate carefully." ”

Although Zhu Qizhen didn't like the Kong family, it was impossible to move the Kong family easily.

This has nothing to do with Zhu Qizhen's likes and dislikes, what the emperor has to consider is political influence. But who called the contemporary Yan Shenggong of the Kong family did a very outrageous thing and offended Zhu Qizhen's rebellion.

Not something else. It was Yan Shenggong who wrote to advise Zhu Qizhen.

You may ask, this is not a very ordinary thing.

A lot of officials are in the book.

But Yan Shenggong is no one else.

The imperial court must be kind to the Holy Prince, and Emperor Taizu gave so much land almost as soon as the servants met, and the Qufu Zhixian was hereditary to the Kong family.

Almost one side of the small princes.

For what?

This is of extremely important political significance.

In ancient times in Confucian discourse, the rule of law and the Tao were one. Therefore, the three kings and five emperors of ancient times were the sages of Confucianism. And Emperor Taizong's series of actions is to become a new system of governance and Taoism

A new saint.

But this is also Taizong's self-promotion.

By the time of Confucius, the rule of law and the Taoism were separated, and Confucius, as a sage, although he had the Taoism, did not really govern the country.

The world has entered a new era, an era of separation between governance and Taoism.

This is also why every emperor has to seal the Confucian family. It is the Confucian family that represents Taoism. Every nascent dynasty has a question of confirming the legitimacy of its own regime.

After the sealing of Confucius, it is the best means.

It can even be said that, in general, the less legitimate the regime, the more favorable it is to the Confucian family.

In fact, my Ming Dynasty does not lack legal rights, so Emperor Taizu gave the Confucian family 2,000 hectares of land, which is also a slight increase in the total number of Confucian families reported to the Confucian family for sealing on behalf of the dynasty.

But in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was much more generous than the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Confucius has been dead for so many years.

The Kong family is more of a mascot that flaunts Taoism.

To be a mascot is to be a mascot, you can honestly serve Confucius in Qufu and serve the spirit of Confucius in the sky. He actually dared to point fingers at the country's major politics.

This is a big taboo.

After all, every move of the Kong family has a natural aura. He came out to speak out, which made people feel, oh, after Confucius, he didn't approve of the emperor.

The impact is too bad.

Not to mention, the Kong family has not been a good man or a woman over the years. To really catch the Confucian family's violations of law and discipline, you can catch a lot of them.

However, he was sheltered by Confucius.

Xu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty, after the saint, there is always some decency. ”

Xu Youzhen naturally understood what Zhu Qizhen meant by being careful and careful, but he didn't dare.

Xu Youzhen is bold for power, but he also doesn't dare, which shows the great influence of Confucius in Qufu.

"Your Majesty." Yu Qian also said: "Please think twice about this matter." ”

Most of the courtiers were against it.

Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly and said: "I remembered an old case, when the Jin soldiers went south, the then Yan Shenggong went south with the tablet of Confucius and established the Southern Sect, after the former Yuan destroyed the Song Dynasty. wanted Nanzong to succeed to the position of Yan Shenggong, but Nanzong refused at that time. Is there such a thing? ”

This public case is known to these well-educated people.

Yu Qian was a little relieved and said, "Exactly." He heard Zhu Qizhen's subtext, that is, to replace the Northern Sect with the Southern Sect as the Yan Shenggong.

Although this plan will also cause an uproar, it is much better than moving directly to the archway of Yan Shenggong.

Zhu Qizhen naturally knows the importance of anything, and the most important thing for any major event is not the beginning, but the end. Before doing anything, Zhu Qizhen will think about the finishing plan.

As if he had just thought of it, he said:

"Zhuang, after the real Confucius, the defense of Yixia is not lost, the Song Dynasty is not Shiyuan, and its virtue is like Cai Weihu? And now Nanzong can have a reward? ”

Zhu Qizhen's words were not said in vain.

The more he admired the Southern Sect, the more the Northern Sect was the opposite of the Southern Sect.

Nanzong fled back to the south when the Jin soldiers went south, while Beizong was established by the Jin people, and then surrendered to Mongolia after the death of Jin. Where is the defense of Yixia? Song is not Shiyuan, but it is not true. It's just that at that time, Beizong was above the Great Yuan Dynasty and already had influence. How could the people who surrendered from the Southern Sect win over the Northern Sect, and they had to give up the title.

But if Zhu Qizhen wants to say this, who still says it's not?

Yu Qian said: "The minister remembers that the Confucian family in Quzhou did not have any rewards. ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Xu Youzhen and said, "This is the fault of the imperial court. ”

Xu Youzhen said: "The minister understands. ”

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen's meaning couldn't be clearer.

asked Xu Youzhen to take down the Yan Shenggong, and then let the Southern Sect replace the Northern Sect as the new Yan Shenggong. Although this order made Xu Youzhen breathe a sigh of relief, she still seemed to be carrying a big stone in her heart.

Even then, it's not an easy thing to do.

It's just that the wood is already in the boat, and Xu Youzhen can only do things well.

Zhu Qizhen believed that he used the Kong family as a raft and killed it for the world to see. Even if the Holy Father of Yan can't do it, the imperial court can change the vein, since science can't work, why can't the imperial court change to a faction.

This shock is also big enough, and there are not many people with iron heads.

Maybe there are still people who oppose it, but if the people in the officialdom are still so uninteresting, don't blame Zhu Qizhen for being ruthless.

In order to be promoted, Xu Youzhen couldn't wait to put two words on his head: "Lonely minister." But in Zhu Qizhen's view, it reads like a "cool official." ”

This is the end of the matter.

Zhu Qizhen added a messenger to Xu Youzhen and sent him to Shandong to investigate the fraud in the land of Qingzhang.

Zhu Qizhen took the tide of opposition outside as a deaf ear, and in addition to dealing with normal affairs, he renegotiated the terms of the law change with Yu Qian, Qiu Jun, Wang Shu and others.

Sometimes plans don't keep up with changes.

Nowadays, all law reform policies must be based on two of the five laws, so that everyone in the world can establish a business and have enough to eat. That is, to increase the employment rate and develop agriculture with this as the center.

Yes, although Zhu Qizhen wants to stride into the industrial age, the general principle is a compromise between him and his ministers, after all, there are some things that Yu Qian and others think are important, but they don't think it's understandable.

Only this is the only one that they can agree on.

Yu Qian proposed that the first rule is to establish orthodoxy and change the calendar.

This orthodoxy is not the orthodox name of the era, but the establishment of a new calendar. This is also one of the ideas of the Ramists, and more importantly, to extinguish the current wave of opposition.