If it was a change of the previous emperor, with the fact that all the scholars in the world were disciples of Confucius, Kong Yanzhi felt that the emperor would really not risk the disapproval of the world. However, the emperor who is now in power is an iron-blooded emperor who fought on the battlefield and killed countless people, and he is also the emperor who is convinced by the world in Weijiahai. There are really people who dare to move the title of Holy Duke, and it is estimated that there is only this emperor!

However, not to mention the danger of crossing the ocean, going to a wild place to get along with uncivilized natives is definitely not what Kong Yanzhi wants to do. If you really have this courage and perseverance, his performance in history will not be so bad, and the backbone of the Confucian children will be lost by him!

After hesitating for a long time, thinking about it, Kong Yanzhi couldn't find a third way. Because he could feel it, the meaning conveyed to him by Emperor Chongzhen was already very obvious. In the end, he looked up to the sky and sighed, his expression became extremely sluggish, and he could only admit it!

The next day, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to summon Yansheng Gong to meet him.

The people of Beijing, the civil and military officials heard that Yan Shenggong had arrived in Beijing, and for a while, they all wanted to know whether the rumors in the streets and alleys were true?

Kong Yanzhi got off the sedan chair in the Forbidden City and started, and the people he met all admired him and said that he cherished it. In this regard, Kong Yanzhi was speechless, and shouted in his heart, he really didn't want to!

Inside the Wenhua Palace, Kong Yanzhi touched the prepared piece of music in his sleeve, and wanted to take it out several times, but he always had a fluke in his heart, and he wanted to take a look at it again.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he naturally understood what he was thinking, and immediately sneered and said: "Thinking back to the time when Confucius Sheng, he wrote books and said, preached the world, and coexisted with the debates of hundreds of schools of thought, and his broad-mindedness is really appreciated by future generations." However, now in my Ming Dynasty, there are still some false Confucian scholars who claim to be disciples of saints, and the ways of sages have been read into the belly of a dog. There is no tolerance for people and not to say it, and even fabricate rumors and slander other people's doctrines, this kind of person, I will catch one by one, and I will not tolerate it! ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Chen Baoting, the governor of Dongchang who was serving beside him, and said, "I forgot for a while, how many people have you arrested in Dongchang?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, a total of three hundred and fifty-two people have been arrested!" How could Chen Baoting not know the emperor's intentions, and hurriedly said loudly, "The slave suspects that behind so many people, there is probably a mastermind behind the scenes, and it is being strictly investigated!" ”

Hearing this, the sweat on Kong Yanzhi's back couldn't stop coming out, and there was no trace of luck in his heart.

So, he hurriedly took out the seal from his sleeve, handed it over with both hands, and at the same time played it to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Wechen heard that I have conquered the Americas by the Ming Dynasty, where there are many uncivilized savages, and Wechen is willing to go to the Americas to educate them, and please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

"Oh, it's good to have this idea, I'm right!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't look at his recital, and directly agreed, "The local education of the Ming Dynasty is also indispensable to the way of Confucius and Mencius." Therefore, I decided to establish the Ming Royal Academy, to summon people from all over the world to study the learning of the saints, and to educate the world. ”

When Kong Yanzhi heard this, he couldn't help but be stimulated again. Originally, he thought that even if he went to the Americas, would the emperor set up another Yan Shenggong. But I didn't expect that listening to the emperor's meaning, it seemed that it would not, but instead set up some Ming Royal Academy. Why does the emperor like some novelty things, so he does his best?

He wanted to fight for the Kong family again, and when he just wanted to speak, he suddenly thought that the king of the Ming Dynasty was no longer a hereditary title, could it be that the title of Yan Sheng Gong could still be hereditary? The emperor even treats the prince equally, and with the emperor's iron-blooded style, can he make an exception to become the title of the Holy Duke of Yan?

The current emperor in front of him, changing the unprecedented pattern in the world, the Ming atmosphere, is completely new, will protect the Holy Father unchanged, is it possible?

Thinking in his heart, he had the answer, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It wasn't until this time that Kong Yanzhi figured it out. In the final analysis, in fact, it is still the pot of the title of Yan Sheng Gong, even if he can't help but do those things, the emperor will sooner or later attack the title of Yan Sheng Gong.

He was thinking about it, when he heard Emperor Chongzhen say to him in a concerned tone: "Kong Qing, going to the Americas to teach the Tao and promote the learning of the saints is not a momentary achievement, let alone a person's work, therefore, Qing can bring his clansmen with him, as for the fields and other things that Qing and others belong to, if they can't take it away, they can be treated with the king of the Ming Dynasty." In addition, I will find another way to give Qing more help. ”

Hearing this, Kong Yanzhi couldn't help but feel like a lightning strike. The emperor is so ruthless!

Originally, he thought that he could write a letter and exile to the Americas as the emperor wished. In this way, it not only satisfies the emperor's thoughts, but also gives himself a good reputation, which is okay.

Then I thought that the emperor didn't think about it at all, and he actually wanted to uproot the Kong family!

Of course, on the bright side, Emperor Chongzhen will never admit that this is a blow to the Kong family. It's for the feat of Yan Shenggong, and it's helping him. And the treatment of the Kong family, that is the same level as the king of the Ming Dynasty, what else can it be? You can't improve your salary, can you? No matter how high it is, then there is only the emperor!

Childish, so naïve!

Think about it, the emperor in front of him can turn a generation of well-educated people, Qian Qianyi, a famous scholar in Shilin, into a rebel, since he has his own handle in his hand, how can he let himself go easily?

Naive, I'm so naïve!

However, Kong Yanzhi didn't have the courage to step into the trap set up for him by Emperor Chongzhen step by step, and he couldn't resist at all, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. From now on, the good days of the Kong family are over! I don't know if I will get better again after I get to that wild land?

Emperor Chongzhen achieved his goal, so he didn't bother to talk to Kong Yanzhi anymore, and directly asked him to retreat and go back to prepare for next year's trip with the expeditionary force.

The land owned by the Confucian family in Qufu can be said to be not inferior to the king of the Ming Dynasty at all, and his actions in the local area are also the kind that no one dares to manage, and Emperor Chongzhen has long wanted to clean it up.

However, after all, all the scholars in the world are saint disciples, even if the new learning has spread all over the world now, but after all, the time is still short, and if you do it directly, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary turmoil. Now that the Ming Dynasty is gathering the strength of the whole country to develop the country and expand its territory to the outside world, Emperor Chongzhen does not want to have any internal strife consumption, so he uses this means to drive away this parasite.

As for the doctrine of Confucius, as he said to Kong Yanzhi just now, he will set up the Ming Imperial Academy and summon people from all over the world to inherit and carry forward the doctrine of Confucius.

Actually, he didn't expand on it. This Ming Royal Academy is not only to inherit and carry forward the doctrine of Confucius, but also the doctrine of Mencius, the doctrine of new learning, and the way of a hundred schools of thought. This is a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation standing tall in the East, and it must not be lost.

Soon after, the matter of the Yansheng Gongling's clan going to the Americas to educate those uncivilized natives, as well as the establishment of the Ming Royal Academy, were announced to the world. The local government also got the intention of the imperial court, and encouraged the saints and disciples from all over the country to follow Yan Shenggong to do something meaningful, that is, to go to the Americas to educate the natives.

Not to mention, many old-fashioned Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty were really moved by the feat of Yan Shenggong and wanted to go to the Americas.

In addition, those who spread rumors and were arrested by Confucianism, that is really in the name of exile, and they are ready to be thrown to the Americas.

This matter, for ordinary people, can only see this layer on the bright side. However, there are so many smart people in the court, how can they not know what is going on behind this incident.

But if these are smart people, how can they uncover this matter, so what good is that? With this kind of practice, Yan Shenggong can still get a good reputation. If you really want to turn against the current emperor, it will definitely be the worst outcome!

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen took care of all the titles in the Ming Dynasty, and except for the emperor's position, there was no hereditary title.

As far as Emperor Chongzhen himself is concerned, he is quite satisfied with the results of this kind of disposal. The use of the Kong family can be regarded as the extreme. If the Ming Dynasty wants to turn the Americas into its own vassal state, it must be the same clan, same clan and same culture. And there are uncivilized Indians, and most importantly, the American continent was the first to be eroded by European culture.

If you don't pay attention to the ideology, don't be the people in the past who are here in the Ming Dynasty, but in the end they will be assimilated by others, or develop a different way, which is not what Emperor Chongzhen wants to see.

The doctrine of Confucius, taught by Confucius and his many disciples, should be powerful enough. Doing this is considered to be doing your best. As for how the Chinese people in the Americas will develop in the end, we can only wait and see!

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When Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these things and paying attention to the various conditions of the people's livelihood in the country, Hong Chengchou, who was far away in the Tianshan Mountains, was sent to return the night, once again confirming that Tsarist Russia was at war with Poland, another powerful country. Therefore, he did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses to start an expedition to the Caucasus.

Since it is necessary to control the Caucasus, the troops must cross the Caucasus and continue to explore the new frontier of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Hong Chengchou also did his homework and knew what to do.

Behind the 30,000 soldiers and horses he led, there were also people escorting supplies to follow up, and he also explained that the reinforcements from the pass should also continue to follow.

At this time, the surrounding area of the Tianshan Mountains had been cleaned up by Hong Chengchou before. Therefore, the army set out without encountering the enemy at all. Yes, in addition to the cheers of the herdsmen under Hong Chengchou's rule, only those who did not submit to the Ming Dynasty fled in a hurry.

In this way, the speed of the westward advance of the Ming army was very fast.