Chapter 6 The Search for the Descendants of the Saints

Murong Yanchao's envoy came and sent a lot of congratulatory gifts, but apart from the surprise of congratulatory congratulations and condolences to Liu Chengyou, there was nothing else to say. Ma Yunxing was summoned to the meeting, but he returned disappointed. Obviously, this Murong Yanchao is still hesitating and waiting. He has a certain good impression of Chu State, but he has no practical plan for the next step.

Ma Yun sent this person back to rest. He stood up, patted his buttocks, and was about to go back to the palace to find Zhao Ziying to make love. At this moment, Zhang Shun walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the Chinese scholar asks to see Master Fan Zhifan." ”

"Oh, he's coming. Let him in. Jack Ma had no choice but to sit down again.

"Your Majesty, when I heard that Murong Yanchao's envoy was coming, I suddenly thought of something and reported it to Your Majesty!" Fan Zhen said, looking at his light steps all the way, his heart seemed to be full of joy.

Ma Yun smiled: "Fan Aiqing, there is something, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"Your Majesty, isn't the banner of our Great Chu 'Zunkong Ping Thief'? As for the flat thief, now that His Majesty has ascended the throne as the emperor, this flat thief has naturally become justified, and Zunkong, the minister thinks that he should not just stay in Xingxuetang, from the perspective of heavy scholars, some superficial articles should also be done! ”

Ma Yun was stunned: "A few years ago, didn't I specifically approve the construction of a Confucian temple in Jinling, and I am still going to erect a giant statue of Confucius at the gate of Ma's Academy?" Aren't these all concrete actions? ”

"Of course they are. However, the influence of Sage Kong in Shilin is very great, even his descendants are extremely respected, and the ministers think that it is better to send someone to recruit them. ”

"Looking for it? Where are the descendants of Sage Kong now? Ma Yun asked, in fact, he was not very interested in this matter, Zunkong was just a political slogan at that time, thinking that the Jiangnan area, the atmosphere of reading was very strong, and the reputation of Confucius was extremely high. Putting on a banner of Zunkong is helpful to win over scholars, but after experiencing the opposition of Jiangnan West Taoist Shilin, Ma Yun can't help but think highly of his ability, reading people are like this, as long as they are human, they can't escape the shackles of fame and fortune, he always has to eat, drink, and sleep, and he always has weaknesses.

Fan Zhen didn't understand Ma Yun's state of mind, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the forty-third generation grandson of this Confucian saint, the hereditary Wenxuan Gong Kong Renyu is in Yanzhou. The Kong family is generally in Qufu. Now with Murong Yanchao's help, and Qufu is not far from Xuzhou, it is the right time to invite him to Jinling. ”

"Oh, then invite him to Jinling." Ma Yun said nonchalantly.

With Ma Yun's supreme instructions, the Ministry of Rites of Chu immediately took action, and they sent an official Gao Zaiming to follow Murong Yanchao's envoy to Yanzhou as soon as possible. Hearing that Ma Yun had sent an envoy to come, Murong Yanchao, the envoy of Taining Jiedu in Yanzhou, immediately opened the city gate to welcome Gao Zaiming.

It's a pity that this Gao Zai Ming is determined to be a Confucian saint, and he doesn't have time to talk nonsense with this "Yan Kunlun", he met Murong Yanchao and presented Ma Yun's reply, and after Murong Yanchao read the letter, he opened his mouth to ask about Kong Shengren.

Ma Yun's letter praised Murong Yanchao for a while, and promised to support Murong Yanchao's activities behind enemy lines. After reading Ma Yun's letter and hearing that his new eldest brother was looking for someone on his one-third of an acre, Murong Yanchao immediately took action.

The patriarch of the Confucian sage clan is also quite famous in Yanzhou, Murong Yanchao recruited his subordinates to ask, and immediately knew where Kong Renyu was, it turned out that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "dismissed a hundred schools and respected Confucianism", the status of the Confucian family has been rising, and the county order of Qufu County has always been in charge of the Wenxuan Gong of the past dynasties. Until a while ago, after Murong Yanchao, who was scraping the ground, came, there were very few offerings in Qufu County, which made Murong Yan very angry, and directly sent someone to fire Kong Renyu, the Duke of Wenxuan. Now Wen Xuancheng has been laid off at home, waiting for re-employment.

Murong Yanchao thought that Ma Yun was looking for some kind of master, and he also wanted to get some oil and water from it, if it was really a character like Zhuge Liang, then I'm sorry, this new big brother also has to stand on the side, and this Zhuge Liang himself will use it first. I didn't expect the person I was looking for was a literati, but unfortunately, he was quite pedantic and had no workarounds. When he was in Qufu County, Qufu County only contributed a little bit of tax every year, but now that he has changed his person, this tax is getting louder and louder. It's still the new big brother Ma Yun who is right: "Money, there will always be a tight trouser belt." (From Jack Ma's important speech at Mars University Hall last year). It's just that Ma Yun is diligent and thrifty, while Murong Yanchao is scraping the ground wildly.

Hearing that Jiedu had summoned the adult, Kong Renyu did not dare to delay, and hurriedly rushed to Yanzhou in a donkey cart from Qufu County. There is no way, the world is in chaos, even the descendants of the Confucian saints can not completely stay out of the matter, if it is a scholar in power, how to say that the Confucian family will also respect one or two, but unfortunately, this year is the martial arts in power, many people are not only illiterate, but also despise scholars. Fortunately, these big and coarse people are illiterate and have not mixed in the intellectual circle, otherwise, as the descendants of the intellectuals, I am afraid that the Confucian family will be in trouble.

He also hurriedly put down his identity as Wenxuangong and rushed to Yanzhou. Although he is the Duke of Wenxuan, but the new dynasty has not yet issued an edict, he can only be regarded as the former dynasty, and this former dynasty is quite far away, it still seems to be from the Great Jin Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, far away Even he can't remember clearly, it's better to keep a low profile!

Kong Renyu arrived at the Yanzhou Jiedu Embassy and met with the arrogant Murong Yanchao. Murong Yanchao said to Kong Renyu: "Old Kong, your great joy, His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order to canonize you!" This is the envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor, Lord Gao. ”

Kong Renyu was a little excited when he boarded, the sky finally opened his eyes, and the country finally attached importance to the Kong family again. He was so excited that he wanted to bow and bow, but Gao Zaiming stopped him with a smile: "The student dares to accept the great gift of Wen Xuangong." Aren't we all disciples of King Wenxuan (referring to Confucius)? ”

The two of them were polite, Gao Zaiming read out the holy decree, Kong Renyu received the holy decree according to the rules, and was ready to return to his post and continue to serve as the county magistrate of Qufu County. Unexpectedly, after Gao Zaiming helped Kong Renyu to get up again, he said: "Your Majesty, I am very worried about Mr., and I want to invite Mr. to the capital for a while, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Kong Renyu was happy in his heart, but he was worried in his heart and was reluctant to go to Bianjing. The willingness is very simple, the former Wenxuan officials, because the world is peaceful, they often attend some big scenes and are well-informed. But now that the world is in turmoil, "it is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar." "The people who read the book said that the biggest official that the famous Wen Xuangong has ever seen is the Jiedu envoy. He was afraid that he would leave when he stepped on Bianjing's nest of right and wrong.

Kong Renyu hesitated: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, minister... The minister has been unwell recently, and when he gets better, he will rush to Bianjing to face the saint. ”

"Bianjing, what are you going to do in Bianjing? Let's go to Jinling! ”