At the end of April, in Yingtianfu, the most sensational thing was that those nobles pulled carts of gold and silver one by one to pay off their debts.

But for the entire Ming Dynasty, the biggest sensation was not His Royal Highness Taisun's debts, nor did he ask the transfer departments and inspection departments to jointly set up cards to prevent large amounts of gold and silver transfers, but a lawsuit.

This lawsuit has attracted the attention of countless people from the beginning, and even many civil officials think that this lawsuit is not necessary at all.

The Kong family has indeed occupied a lot of land over the years, far exceeding the scope allowed by the imperial court, and hiding nearly 100,000 households, which is indeed hateful.

But there are historical reasons for all this, and many peasant households have been working in the Confucian family for several generations, more than 100 years.

In other words, before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, these farmers were already farming for the Confucian family.

At such a time, they should not be restricted by the present law, but should be blamed for the past, let them re-clarify the fields, and the population will be good.

But after Kong Lenan recklessly made a statement, causing the prince to vomit blood and become critically ill, no minister dared to speak for the Kong family anymore.

Everyone can see clearly that Taisun is to completely rectify the historical problems left by the Confucian family.

Are there many problems with the Confucian family?

And so many more!

Although they were not in the bad villages, they occupied the land, raised the price of grain, concealed the households, and requisitioned the court to serve.

Because of the big family business, it is inevitable that some branches have done some bullying things, which have been exposed one by one.

In Shandong, the propaganda team led by Yu Qian exposed all the actions of the Confucian family, so that the people of Shandong hated the Confucian family one by one.

And their family has one of the biggest problems, that is, the historical legacy of the separation of property.

Because it is a saint family, a family of Yan Shenggong, the Confucian family is not like an ordinary people's family, and more than three adults have to be separated.

In the past few hundred years, except for the Kong clan people who left Qufu, most of the Kong clan people who stayed in Qufu have not separated.

In Qufu alone, the number of the main family and the branch family combined exceeded 4,000, which far exceeded the current royal population.

And because these people are sheltered under the wing of the Kong family, they don't have to pay taxes, which is one of the main reasons why Zhu Zhanji must break up the Kong family.

In the Han Dynasty, the aristocracy had to pay taxes, but in the Ming Dynasty, not only did the nobles not have to pay taxes, but even those who were admitted to the examination did not have to pay taxes.

The Ming Dynasty encountered a financial crisis in later generations, mainly because of this problem, the real rich people don't have to pay taxes, just rely on the people who farm at the bottom, how much tax can they collect?

Of course, there is also a serious reason that the internal control of the Ming Dynasty controlled the economy of the entire country, but after the civil fort, the economic power was gradually taken over by the civil servants.

No matter how much they are greedy, the emperor is not short of silver.

But when the ministers controlled the economy, the emperor could control less and less gold and silver, and the money was earned by the big families.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji's bank will resolutely not let the civil servants interfere, as long as the royal family controls the army and the bank, the civil officials will not be able to turn the sky upside down.

To the surprise of the hundred officials, Kong Yanjin, the head of the contemporary Confucian family, was extremely low-key after arriving in the capital.

He did not contact the ministers of all parties, nor did he think about exonerating the Kong family, and pleaded guilty to the accusations of various evidence collected by the Criminal Department.

And then the Jinyi Guard went out in a big way and arrested all the Kong clansmen who had bad deeds.

With this arrest, a full 200 people were arrested, including Kong Gongzhuo, who was the most powerful in the Kong family.

Kong Yanjin, who came to the capital to await trial, was not arrested, but Kong Gongzhuo, who stayed in Qufu, was arrested, which was also a big surprise.

Today's Daming is not without glasses, in addition to the production of telescopes and microscope lenses in recent years, the glasses industry has become another profit point for them.

Today's Ming not only has a single lens, but also glasses that are not much different from later generations, and in addition to a variety of lenses with different functions, there are also various gold and silver, including tortoiseshell glasses frames.

Now many ministers with poor eyesight will now go to Ma's house to choose a pair of glasses that suit them, so in the court of the Ming Dynasty, it is not uncommon to see many ministers wearing glasses.

Imperial Palace, inside the Donghua Gate.

In the yamen of the Counseling Department, Kong Yanjin sat opposite Zhu Zhanji with some restraint at this time, and today by his side, the two clan elders Kong Yan and Kong Yi also followed him.

It was the first time they saw Zhu Zhanji, and at the same time, they could also feel the intimidating domineering spirit of Zhu Zhanji.

"The general trend of the world is long-lasting, long-lasting, but only the family continues. Although Lone is not a brilliant person, he knows very well what he wants and what he wants to achieve.

In the past, everyone talked about the world, but Lone preferred to replace the world with the word "country". Because the world is too general, although a group of corrupt Confucians keep saying that the shore of the land is not the king's land, but they don't even know how big the world is.

After three years of being alone at sea, the itinerary is only half of the world, and there are still large areas that cannot be visited. The world is so big, it takes several years to come and go, how can the imperial court effectively manage and rule?

Therefore, it is inappropriate to use the world to describe the territory of my Ming Dynasty, because some remote areas cannot be controlled by the imperial court at all. What we want to build is the concept of the state, and to bring this world into effective rule. ”

The concept of the state was not gradually formed in the East until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Even at that time, Liang Qichao, an inspirational and innovative minister, still regarded the clan as the main body of the country.

Kong Yan stroked his long beard and asked, "Your Highness, what is the country?" How is this different from the world? ”

Zhu Zhanji thought for a moment and said: "In a broad sense, a country refers to a group of people in the world who share a common language, culture, race, bloodline, territory, government, or history. In a narrow sense, the state is a form of community formed by a certain range of people. For example, the clan is the most basic structure of the country. ”

Kong Yan was puzzled: "Then there doesn't seem to be much difference between this country and the world?" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "In detail, the concept of the state has regional divisions and administrative legitimacy, that is, legitimate power. The legitimacy of a country refers to the rational standard of a regime, the rational standard refers to the standard of judicial review, the standard of the establishment of the legal system, and the country can accommodate multiple ethnic groups.

The concept of nationality refers to a unique culture that has been formed, including language, writing, beliefs, admiration, customs, clothing, ornaments, architectural styles, eating habits, taboos, and so on. Nationalities can also be nationalized.

Structurally, the word state has a variety of interpretations, including geographical, political, and ethnic levels, all of which form the concept of a state.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, small countries and tribes in all parts of Central-china have accepted the idea of great unification and formed a large multi-ethnic country. Although dynasties have changed, no matter who has the advantage, they will want to dominate the world, rather than a corner of peace.

And other regions are different, they do not have a perfect ideological unity, so in one region, there may be countless small countries, small tribes, no one is subordinate to anyone, and they are even more unwilling to provoke wars for unification.

In this respect, Confucianism has a great merit. Not to mention the Confucianism of human ethics and righteousness, which is a stable component of the entire social structure. Therefore, Confucianism will never be abandoned, Confucianism is the foundation, and this will not change in Lone's hands. ”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji say this, the three of them were much more relieved, and the expressions on their faces were much more relaxed.

But Zhu Zhanji did not say that he would not abandon Confucianism, which does not mean that he will not suppress Confucianism.

The strength of Confucianism has seriously squeezed the living space of other disciplines, and they have many irrational aspects that must be improved.

Zhu Zhanji also said: "Confucianism should establish a more perfect theoretical system between the country and the family, and the country should be small for everyone, and the country should be the country first, rather than the country before the country." If you can make a proper interpretation of this, Lone will not be stingy with the title of a holy duke.

However, the Confucian family must be divided according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, except for the eldest son and eldest grandson, all other branches must pay taxes according to the rules.

The royal family is not good, there is the worry of losing the country, and the descendants of the Confucian family are not good, but they can still lie under the ancestral tablet and enjoy privileges, this matter cannot continue forever.

Before the Tang Dynasty, your Kong family was no more noble than other families, don't be greedy and greedy. Instead, you should keep pace with the times and actively participate in the development of the country, only in this way will you not be eliminated. ”

Kong Yan looked at Zhu Zhanji's serious face, thinking about the task he had assigned, and felt a little headache.

He is not Kong Yanjin, and he still can't see the importance of Zhu Zhanji's theory of national consciousness in asking them to establish it, but he can easily see that if they really do what Zhu Zhanji wants and establish a new theoretical system between the country and the family, then it is really the responsibility of the country to rise and fall.

The human mind is the most stubborn, but it is also the most fickle. When people accept the theory that the state is more important than the family, the clan in the future must serve the state.

However, they have nothing to push on this matter, because if they don't do it, Zhu Zhanji will naturally be able to arrange for others to do so.

At that time, Kong Jiake will really be eliminated.

Just for this reason, their Kong family must also do this.

The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, of course, is most appropriate for them to annotate and interpret the scriptures.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji also thinks the same way: The concept of building a country cannot be accomplished overnight.

Even if he now has Xie Jin, the first genius of the Ming Dynasty, as a teacher, he is still not as suitable as the Kong family to do such a thing.

His commentary on the scriptures will be refuted by some people, but the Confucian family's commentary on the scriptures will basically not be opposed by the literati.

Now, the Kong family has been subdued by him, and the people who should be arrested have also been arrested.

What's more, the Confucian family is separated, and after he always publicizes a saint, he is not equal to a saint. This Kong Yanjin is as timid as a mouse, and he is not afraid that they will dare to make trouble with the demon moth in the future.

On the first day of the fifth month, Dali Temple officially announced the disposition of the Confucian family.

First of all, in addition to the ancestral field, the 5,000 acres of sacrificial land allocated by the imperial court for the Confucian Temple, the Confucian family occupied more than 4,000 hectares of fertile land since Hongwu, and all of them were confiscated.

Secondly, all of the 100,000 recluses of the Kong family will move to the north of Shanhaiguan, where there are still large tracts of fertile land that no one cultivates at all.

In recent years, all the people of the Kong clan who have committed evil deeds have been exiled to Beihai for grazing.

In this way, there are less than two thousand people of the Kong clan who remain in Qufu.

All of them were divided into households and driven out of Confucius. In the future, the Confucian Mansion was not allowed to be expanded, and the number of rooms could not exceed the current three hundred and forty rooms.

Moreover, only the main branch of the Confucian family can live in the Confucian Mansion, and the rest of the people, etc., can only live in the Confucian Mansion in the name of the clan elder if they are over sixty years old.

Zhu Zhanji originally planned to take over the sacrifice of the Confucian Temple by the imperial court, but he felt that this step was too radical, and this matter was also a trouble, so he still left them 5,000 acres of sacrificial land, and their Confucian family itself presided over the sacrifice.

In addition to these, other cases related to the Confucian Mansion were also tried one by one.

For example, in the case of the digging of the ancestral graves of Ma Dezhong's parents, Kong Gongzhuo, the head of the Kong family at that time, was sentenced to pay 300 taels of silver, and he was exiled to Ezo Island because of his many bad deeds.

Ezo Island is the Hokkaido of later generations, and it is now the territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the cold climate, it has not been developed much nowadays.

Nowadays, in addition to a Ming naval water village, there are mainly some natives.

The total population of the island is now nearly 100,000, but the number of Confucian students is scarce, and there are no teachers to teach the children of the natives and sailors.

Although Kong Gongzhuo was a bully and had a bad record, because there was no Confucian student to teach there, he let him become a teacher in the past, which was considered to be the best use of his talents.

Ma Dezhong is already very satisfied with this kind of disposal, the bones of his parents can no longer be found, and it is already an unexpected joy to be able to bring down the Confucian Mansion.

And Kong Yanjin can't say whether he is happy or sad, because in this way, Zhu Zhanji is tantamount to completely cleaning out his constraints, and the eldest son and eldest grandson in the future, as long as there is no worry about the heir, the other branches will have no chance to meddle in the Confucian Mansion.

But the huge Confucian family was divided all of a sudden, except for the main branch, the other branches could only be ordinary people in the future, and it was impossible for them to be exempt from taxes.

Unless, too, they start to gain fame.

Of course, in the future, everyone's privileges will be abolished, and everyone will have to pay taxes, and Zhu Zhanji has not been in a hurry to take this step.

In the future, the privileges of all will be abolished, including the royal family and the clan.

But the road has to be taken step by step, and for now, the main focus is on prohibiting the circulation of gold and silver.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhu Zhanji met with several chamberlains who returned from Linzhou, and they brought Liu Wan's letters.

Seeing Liu Wan's letter, Zhu Zhanji became more and more satisfied with him.

From this matter, Liu Wan was able to think of some of his current plans for the clan, which showed that he was a brain.

Although this matter is not big, it is indeed a very representative case, which is a collision between the clan law and the court law.

Although this case happened when Zhu Di first ascended the throne, for this era, this matter is not outdated.

Today's imperial court's management of the world is basically only at the county level, and basically, when it comes to the township, it is the implementation of villager autonomy.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, countless village elders associations were established in the countryside of Daming, and most of these village elders were composed of patriarchs and veterans who had been disarmed and returned to the fields.

They have the power to discuss and handle affairs, and they can even see officials and do not worship.

The power of the village elders is basically related to their own prestige, and when they deal with many affairs, most of them are based on past experience or local customs.

This method of handling affairs does have the effect of civil contradictions, and has become an effective supplement to the law of the imperial court.

But, of course, there are many collisions and contradictions.

Moreover, many patriarchs have also become powerful and beneficial because of this, and have become a local evil.

At this time, the imperial court did not have a complete set of handling plans, and even if there were unjust cases and wrong cases, they could not be corrected.

The imperial power went to the countryside is a very difficult thing for today's productive forces.

If the imperial court wants to send the imperial power to the countryside, the cost will definitely be staggering, and it may not achieve good results.

First of all, there is a shortage of officials in the imperial court. If you want to increase the number of officials in charge, you need to increase the number of low-level officials not by double, but even by several times.

Secondly, the development of people's wisdom is not enough, most of the people are illiterate, and they have never been out of the county in their lives, what insight can they have?

If you want them to accept this set of the imperial court, the energy spent is amazing.

Therefore, the imperial power to the countryside is not only a problem of system, nor is it just a problem of cost, but also involves the issue of education.

However, through this case, although Zhu Zhanji did not see an opportunity to change all this, he was at least able to formulate a law to restrain the clan forces and legalize everything, rather than relying on human feelings.

The clan power has a long history and goes far beyond the existence of the state. Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the priority of clan power was greater than that of imperial power. If officials want to become officials, they do not rely on the imperial examination, but on recommendations.

Because the Sui Dynasty wanted to reform, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was too big, and he was directly ousted from power, and he also achieved notoriety through the ages.

During the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty, the clan power was really hit by a huge blow, and since then, the imperial examination has become the main promotion channel for officialdom.

Since then, clan power has gradually been standardized and institutionalized.

Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty pioneered Yitian.

At that time, although Fan Zhongyan was in a high position and lived a richer life, he was very frugal and spent his money where he thought it was most important. He saved some money to set up a righteous village.

Fan Zhongyan and his elder brother Fan Zhongwen "agreed to put ten acres of Ueda in the middle of the house, and give it to the clan with a year, although the poor no longer have to worry about cold and discouragement." They donated the fields to their clan and established thirteen rules so that even the poor of their own clan could survive.

Since then, there has been not only Yoshida, but also Yoshigaku. The fruits of heaven and earth donated by the rich men of the clan may be used for the poor children to go to school.

In addition to Yitian and Yixue, there are even Yizuka, which are used to bury the poor people of their clan, so that they will not even be able to afford the funeral after death.

The development of this kind of Yitian has made the clan power swell again, and the clan power has become an extension and supplement of the imperial court management.

However, in this era, the clan forces do not have the power to decide life and death. Even if the imperial court wants to report the death penalty, it must be at least at the level of the political secretary or above to determine the sentence, and the capital must also report to the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.

Therefore, it is completely illegal for the patriarch of the Liu clan to sink the Mao family into a pig cage, that is, in a remote area, so that there can be such a thing.

The real patriarch can judge life and death, which is a system that only existed in the Yongzheng period hundreds of years later.

During the Yongzheng period, the provinces were required to implement the armor protection law.

The Baojia Law required each clan to select one person to serve as the clan chief, that is, the person who actually managed the affairs of the clan, and the following year a rule was formulated - "the wicked are exempt from the death of the elder patriarch".

In other words, the patriarch and the elder of the clan can kill the bad people in the clan without bearing "legal responsibility" and without compensating by death. This gave the patriarch great power to kill and kill, and the power of the clan was rapidly expanded.

Therefore, there were many such things as sinking pig cages in the Qing Dynasty, but there were few in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji did not rush to reply to the letter, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the ministers are going to celebrate the festival, and he is also going to celebrate the festival.

Today, he invited Concubine Zhang Guifei, who was in the harem, to come out and celebrate in the palace. A group of children like to celebrate the festival the most, because the festival means that they can play freely.

Since Liu Wan said that he would wait in Linzhou for some time, it would not be too late for a day or two.

Although he knew that he should adjust in that direction, he did not know enough about the details of the law. Wait until tomorrow to summon Gu Zuo, Zhao Qi, Li Qing, and other officials who are proficient in the law, and then ask them for advice.

With these things arranged, he was getting ready to go out. Zhu Xue led Zhu Shuang, and the two villains lay in front of the threshold. "Father, you promised us to go rowing."

Zhu Zhanji looked at his two daughters, his mood became happy, he stepped out of the door, only to find that the other children were also looking at him with blank eyes, this was to send Zhu Xue and Zhu Shuang to be representatives.

Yingtianfu Imperial Palace has a river, this small river is a tributary of the Qinhuai River, and there are three entrances and exits, the southeast from the ancient and modern scriptures library to enter, forming a north-south direction, and then become an east-west direction of the small river.

A water outlet is in the north of Xihuamen, leading to the inner reservoir. The other outlet flows north through most of the palace and exits at the Imperial Garden, towards Yanque Lake.

Although the river in the palace is not big or long, the total distance is also two miles long.

But the children in the palace are not allowed to swim, they usually can't go to the river, and they rarely have rowing time.

So it's going to be a holiday, and in order to make the children happy, Zhu Zhanji promised that they would arrange a few small boats and take the children to row and play.

One by one, they were looking forward to it.

Zhu Zhanji picked up Zhu Xue with his right hand, and Zhu Shuang, who was half a year younger with his left hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, Father will take you to row now." ”

The two daughters who were tied with their beards laughed coquettishly, and he quickly let them go. He has many children, and he can't favor one over the other, especially when they are there, he must pay special attention to not let the children feel that they are close and distant from each other.

With a group of happy children came to the small river at the Wenhua Palace, there are several small boats prepared here, these boats are not big, you can paddle, you can also swing, you can also hold bamboo poles, you can add some fun to play.

At this time, he saw the blue smoke like an orchid in the hollow valley, she was originally sitting on the big stone by the river with two maids, and when she saw Zhu Zhanji, she hurriedly went to the woods behind the stone.

Zhu Zhanji frowned, remembering her abnormality......