When the Kong clan of the Northern Sect was busy opening the ancestral hall to expel Kong Wenshi and seek to seize his family property, Kong Shangqian, the chief of the Southern Sect, had also arrived in Qu 0 Fu. As soon as Kong Shangqian came www.biquge.info he met with Li Mingrui, a cabinet scholar, and Li Mingrui even immediately recognized him as a disciple.

Kong Shangqian couldn't help but be overjoyed, he could become a student of the current pavilion elder and the hottest pavilion elder beside His Majesty, which was enough to make him proud of the literary world.

Li Mingrui took Kong Shangqian to see Zhu Youxiao immediately, and at this time, Kong Zhiqi had also listened to Zhu Youxiao's training.

"Kong Zhiqi, I heard Elder Li Ge say, you are also a descendant of Sage Kong, and you are still a descendant of his line, but is this the case?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Kong Zhiqi with a smile who sat half of his body on the pestle.

Kong Zhiqi had changed into a half-new copper coin straight coat given by the pavilion elder Li Mingrui at this time, looking a little uncomfortable, and he was even more afraid in front of Zhu Youxiao and did not dare to raise his head, and replied in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Back to the emperor, the grass people don't know if they are descendants, and they don't dare to pretend to be saints, but the pavilion elders and several masters all said that the grass people are the descendants of the saints, and the grass people are also confused, and it is all up to the emperor to decide." ”

Pretending to be a clan is a big crime among the people, especially in places like Qu 0fu that are deeply rooted in the rule of traditional clan ideology, Kong Zhiqi naturally does not dare to say that he is also a saint at will, but he also knows that if he becomes a saint, it will definitely be beneficial, so he does not directly say that he is not, but that the elder of the pavilion and several pedants have said so, and he doesn't know whether to believe it or not, it depends on whether your majesty is willing to give me this kindness.

The common people have the wisdom of the common people, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he saw this Kong Zhiqi throwing the question to himself.

But although Zhu Youxiao is the king of a country, and he is used to posing the majesty of a king in front of the ministers and hundreds of officials, but in front of ordinary people like Kong Zhiqi, he also unconsciously lost his condescending shelf, and suddenly became very gentle, and said with a smile: "Li Ge is old and rich in five cars, since he said that you are a descendant of a saint, it is naturally true, but whether it is specific or not, and the blood relationship with the descendants of the saint is far and near, and when the Kong family of the Southern Sect arrives, all the truth will be revealed." ”

"The Confucian family of the Southern Sect", Kong Zhiqi has also heard of it, but since he was a child as a tenant farmer in the Confucian Holy Mansion of the Northern Sect, he has only heard that the Confucian family is divided into two sects, the north and the south, so although he is a little surprised, he doesn't know anything.

At this time, Li Mingrui walked in, and behind him was Kong Shangqian.

Kong Shangqian was also facing the saint for the first time, and his mood was also a little apprehensive, but he did not dare to show his timidity in front of His Majesty today, and when he saw Zhu Youxiao, although the saluting action was a little stiff, his words did not appear to stutter because of nervousness.

"Student Kong Shangqian has seen Your Majesty."

"Get up, you are Kong Shangqian, how is your grandfather doing now?"

Zhu Youxiao asked casually, before that, he had learned from Li Mingrui that Kong Shangqian's grandfather, the current patriarch of the Confucian sect of Nanzong, Kong Zhenyun, was still the leader of the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and finally returned to Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude, but also because of Zhu Youxiao's purge of officials in the Donglin Party that year, Kong Zhenyun was also deposed.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't have a good look at a gentry official like Kong Zhenyun, but compared to Kong Yinzhi, who shaved his hair and volunteered to be a slave, Kong Zhenyun was a martyr who cried to death after hearing about the Jiashen State Change, so Zhu Youxiao didn't have a paranoid view of him, and now since his eldest grandson came to see him, he gave a symbolic greeting, which was also a due gift for the monarch and the minister.

"Back to Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty, my grandfather is still healthy," Kong Shangqian replied.

"Very good, let you wait to come here, I think Li Ge Lao has roughly told you, King Kong Wenxuan is the founder of Confucianism, is the master of the dynasty's education, his saintly virtue is in the eternal world, the benefit is in the future, and the bloodline inheritance of his descendants is not sloppy, you are not only a descendant of Confucius, but also the grandson of the head of the Southern Sect, it is incumbent on you to sort out the family context."

After Zhu Youxiao said something, Kong Shangqian naturally knew that His Majesty was reminding himself not to let some people with impure blood occupy the title of Confucius Sage in vain, since His Majesty was more inclined to his own Southern Sect, he was naturally overjoyed in his heart, and said busily: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the student has been instructed by his grandfather to bring the family tree that has been passed down from generation to generation, which can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties, and there are countless Confucian tribes recorded, and there are also ancestral inscriptions from all over the country, which can be used as evidence of the pure blood of the family. ”

Kong Shangqian asked for orders to bring the genealogy he brought, but Zhu Youxiao naturally did not refuse, and hurriedly ordered people to fetch a basin of water according to Li Mingrui's suggestion in advance, and after Kong Shangqian's servants brought up a box of genealogy booklets, Kong Shangqian personally opened the seal and the copper lock.

Then Kong Shangqian thanked Zhu Youxiao and took the initiative to wash his hands in the water, wiped them dry with a rag, put on homemade gloves and began to pick up a family tree: "Your Majesty, there are a total of sixty-six generations of descendants of saints in this genealogy, and it also records the change of the original ancestor of the Confucian sect of the Northern Sect, Kong Yuancuo, who caused the bloodline to be chaotic due to his defection to Meng Yuan. ”

"In this way, the Northern Sect Confucius Sect is a mongrel?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but say this, which made Kong Shangqian surprised for a while, but he couldn't say anything, so he just arched his hand and said: "That's what Your Majesty said." ”

"I believe in you, but how far and close this Kong Zhiqi lineage is with the bloodline of Kong Sage, do you know now?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Kong Shangqian again, and at this time, Kong Zhiqi himself pricked up his ears, he heard the remarks about what genealogical inheritance just now, he was confused, but now that the emperor mentioned his name, he paid attention to it, after all, for him, if he really became a Confucian saint, he would definitely be able to gain self-confidence that he had never had.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the student has found out that the three princes and one line are the eldest son of the lost saint, according to the genealogical records, this line has been cut off since the two Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect that there is still one that has been passed down to the present, so to speak, the three princes are the most orthodox descendants of the saint of the Southern Sect."

Kong Shangqian turned around and knelt down towards Kong Zhiqi as he spoke, and kowtowed directly: "According to the seniority in the family, the younger generation should call you the third duke, and ask the third duke to accept the three knocks of his grandson, so as to make the mistake of unfilial piety and disrespect in the past." ”

Kong Zhiqi was flattered, looked at the current emperor and others, and hurriedly helped Kong Shangqian up: "I can't help it, I can't help it, if you have this heart, you should kowtow to the emperor a few more times." ”

"The order of the three dukes, the grandson does not dare to disobey", Sun Shangqian was about to kneel down and kowtow to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao saw this and accepted the salute calmly, only to let him get up, and asked him about his studies, and after a few words of encouragement, he ordered him to reorganize the family tree, and after bathing and burning incense, Kong Zhiqi was officially recorded in the book of the Confucian lineage of the Southern Sect.