"What's the matter?" Kong Zhaozhao asked.

"Xianwen, have you ever wondered why the people who came to the south voted for the thieves so quickly?" Kong Jimu didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"What else could it be? It's just that they are now occupied by the thieves, and if they don't join the thieves, they will be killed by the thieves! Those thieves are just a bunch of mud legs, what insight can they have? The set of our scholars told them that it was just playing the harp to the ox. It's better to vote for their lives, if the court fights and then surrenders, maybe the court will spare their family's lives in the face of the corporals in the world. Kong Zhaozhao replied without thinking.

"You have a point. In this way, we don't have much of a problem in Beikong. Listening to Kong Zhao's words, Kong Jimu couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"No, third uncle, you just think too much." Kong Zhaozhao said, and then saw him lower his voice and said:

"Everyone is their own people, and they are not afraid to say something rebellious, even if we are now in the court to recognize it as orthodox. It defeated the court and the anti-thief won, and the anti-thief still didn't dare to do anything to our Kong family. ”

"As long as the thief wants to sit firmly in the country, he must read people to govern the world, and my Confucian family will be safe and worry-free. The world's scholars are the life-savers of our Confucian family. Without my Confucian family acknowledging its orthodoxy, it is not justifiable. When the time comes, we will give them a step, and they will not obediently respect my Confucian family as a saint? ”

"Well, that's good. That's exactly what happened. Kong Jimu listened to Kong Zhaozhao very appreciatively, brushed the not long beard on his chin again and again, and nodded from time to time.

"So! No matter who is the emperor, as long as my Confucian family knows the current affairs, they will always be worry-free. Kong Zhaozhao couldn't help but feel complacent.

"Yes, yes. That's too well said. The reason why my Confucian family has been able to stand for thousands of years is that it understands current affairs. If you can see through that, I won't be worried. Kong Jimu replied excitedly.

"As the Holy Father of Yan and the head of the Confucian family, I naturally understood that no matter how the world changes, my Confucian family will always be a thousand-year-old family." Kong Zhaozhao said.

"Well said. Xianwen, the Kong family is in your hands, I am completely relieved. Kong Jimu couldn't help but lean over, patted Kong Zhaozhao's shoulder and said.

"Then the third uncle, what are you going to tell me when you were so serious just now?" Kong Zhaozhao asked with a smile on his face.

"Listening to what you just said, it doesn't seem like a big deal." Kong Jimu waved his hand and replied.

"Since you're here, don't be afraid to talk about it! Besides, you uncles and nephews haven't talked about family life for a long time, so let's talk about family life. Kong Zhaozhao continued to ask.

"Since you've said so, I don't have anything to hide." Kong Jimu looked like he couldn't resist Kong Zhao's call, took a deep breath and said slowly:

"Actually, what I want to say is that I received news that the reason why the south voted for the anti-thief so quickly is because there is news that the anti-thief Zhang Rui has a relationship with the former Ming royal family, and it is said that his grandfather is a descendant of the former Ming Emperor Chongzhen."

"What? No way? Who in the world doesn't know that the heirs of the former Ming Chongzhen have all been counted..."

Kong Zhaozhao subconsciously lowered his voice and continued: "... All of them were killed by the imperial court, and even the last prince who had fled for decades asked the Holy Ancestor Kangxi to be executed by Ling Chi, and the whole house was beheaded. ”

"So, where are the descendants of this Chongzhen lineage? Even the only remaining descendants of the so-called Zhu Ming Emperor are just surviving under the supervision of the imperial court (1). It is still possible to say that the princes of other branches of the former Ming Dynasty have children and grandchildren to survive, but it is absolutely impossible for Emperor Chongzhen's to survive. ”

"I agree with what you say. However, it is said that he has the prince's jade plate and seal of Zhu Cihong, the prince of Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty, especially the token given to Zhu Cihong when the thieves invaded the capital. If it's just one and two, it can be said to be a coincidence, but if there are three things at the same time, it's really a bit unreasonable. Kong Jimu said.

"Three tokens? Who knows if it's true. The people are theirs, and the ones who test are theirs. How can they make it up? Kong Zhaozhao still couldn't approve of it.

Actually, that's what I thought. However, there are some people on the anti-thief side who have revealed themselves to be the descendants of the former Ming prince, and they have also recognized Zhang Rui's identity. It is said that the descendants of these princes have also been tested to be true. Kong Jimu replied.

"Let's not talk about whether the descendants of those princes are real, even if they are true, it can't prove that Zhang Rui is true, everything is just a relationship of interests, and now that the thieves are sitting big, they just don't have to deal with it. What's more, the anti-thief still has this meaning? Kong Zhaozhao said with a smile.

"Yes! We can see through it, but can the mud-legged people see through it? There are other people who have different intentions and will not say it even if they see through it. So if the family in the south is so mixed up like this, what good face can the court give to our Kong family? Kong Jimu couldn't help but say worriedly.

"It's not unreasonable for you to say that, I can't imagine that there are so many moths. The family in the south really doesn't think about the entire Kong family, why did they join the thieves so early? The thief will definitely win the world? ”

"The former Ming Dynasty and the three feudatories, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not all survive. Why can't you understand this south? Even if they don't vote for the rebels, it is impossible for the rebels to do anything to them, and when the court defeats the rebels, they will know that they are wrong. Really, in the end, we still have to implicate the Confucian Mansion. Kong Zhaozhao couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and complained again and again.

"Then do we still go to the court to refute the remarks of the south?" Kong Jimu looked at Kong Zhaozhao, who was complaining, and said casually.

"On... Why... No... Let's not go up first..."

"No... Damn, that's a bit of a headache. ”

I saw Kong Zhaozhao talking to himself for a while, and suddenly as if he had figured out something, he said with a serious expression:

"Let's go up! Let's not talk about the fact that we are still under the rule of the Manchus, and I don't believe that the thieves can have such a great ability to defeat the Manchus. To put it irreverently, what if today's thieves can defeat the Manchus? Like I just said, both the anti-thieves and the Manchus need us, so they can't do anything to us. It's enough to live in front of you. ”

"Manifest the text! It's better than this. Now that the Eight Banners Border Army has arrived at the Jiangnan Bandit Suppression Camp, and the war between the imperial court and the anti-thieves is imminent, why don't we wait for this battle to be fought before making a decision to go up? Kong Jimu suggested.

Note (1): Friends who are interested in learning more can search for Zhu Zhilian.

(2): Interested friends can also give some tickets, whether it is a recommended ticket or a monthly pass, I will be grateful for it.

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