Yan Shenggong Kong Shangxian sighed at this time: "But if you don't change it, it will be easy to bring death to our entire Confucian Mansion!" ”

After Kong Shangxian said this, the clansmen present fell silent.

"It is really the sky that has no eyes, and let the thieves be the masters of China, that makes the descendants of saints such as us live so aggrieved now!"

Boom!

Kong Shangtan couldn't help but get up at this time and gritted his teeth and said.

Then he slammed his fist on the desk and sat back, and for a moment he couldn't help but hold his head and cry.

"Let's change it."

"Those who have the mandate of heaven should be the lord of China, if the son is the one who has the mandate of heaven today, he is our father, we should consider the feelings of our father, and my ancestors will understand us."

At this time, Kong Shanghe, a member of the side branch of Kong's family, said a word.

Kong Shangxian nodded, and finally made up his mind: "Then change!" In addition, if anyone dares to reveal the slightest rumor, once discovered, they will be killed directly! ”

"Yes!"

"Wait!"

At this time, Kong Shangtan shouted, then looked at Kong Shangxian and the others, and said:

"Now because of the new ceremony, those subordinates in our house are becoming more and more stubborn, and they refuse to serve on errands without giving money, and even run away, refusing to do anything for our Kong family anymore."

"And now, we are so afraid of his Zhu family, we are afraid that those subordinates below will be even bolder!"

"So, we might as well be stronger! His Zhu family will only do anything to us because we are descendants of saints, so that the people below can also know that on their heads, only my Kong family is their heaven! ”

"I'm not talking nonsense, I think back then, he was as ruthless as the ancestor of the Zhu family, and didn't he dare to directly treat the behavior of the fifty-fifth ancestor (Kong Kejian) at that time who only respected Meng Yuan and did not give the Zhu family face?"

"And in the end, the Taizu of the Dynasty could only express his protest by changing the fifty-sixth ancestor (Kong Xixue) as the Holy Prince, and he didn't dare to do anything to our Confucian Mansion!"

Kong Shangtan continued to insist at this time, and he did not agree with the opinion that because Zhu Yijun wanted to come to Qufu, he would replace the tablet sealed by the Yuan Dynasty of Confucius Temple.

Meantime.

Kong Shangli also echoed: "That's right! Not only that, but when the sixty-first ancestor committed such a big crime of careless disregard for human life, it was just a reduction of the lord for the people; It can be seen that no matter what the Zhu family does today, they will look at the face of the saints in the world, and will not treat the descendants of our saints like this, otherwise their Zhu family itself will fall into the crime of disrespecting saints! ”

The sixty-first ancestor mentioned by Kong Shangli refers to Kong Hongxu, the Yansheng Gong in the Chenghua period.

During the Chenghua period, Kong Hongxu was impeached by the Nanjing Yanguan for "exceeding the palace system", so Emperor Chenghua ordered to send a Qin to investigate the Kong family.

In the end, the Qin messenger sent to find out that Kong Hongxu himself had committed adultery with more than 40 women and killed four innocent people with a rod.

It's just that in the end, Kong Hongxu was only ordered by Emperor Chenghua to be cut to the people, and ordered the title of Duke Yansheng to be inherited by his younger brother, and did not let him lose his life, nor did he let his family lose the title of Duke Yansheng, so naturally he did not take away the privileges of Confucius in Qufu.

In short, for the Kong family, this is equivalent to no punishment.

Therefore, at this time, Kong Shangli said that the Zhu family did not dare to do anything to their Kong family.

After Kong Shangtan and Kong Shangli both said this, Kong Shangxian, the Holy Prince, was a little shaken himself:

"That's right, the Zhu family is not Jurchen, Mengyuan and the like, as Han people, they are not like Hu people, it is impossible not to even have face."

"Brother is right, not to mention that his Fengyang Zhu family is still a thief, as the saying goes, the more people lack something, the more they want to get something, what his Zhu family lacks most is not because he is a thief and cannot be recognized by the corporal doctor, and he can get the recognition of the world's corporal doctor, the fundamental reason is that he respects Confucius and Mencius, since he wants to respect Confucius and Mencius, it is impossible for him not to treat us saint descendants well!"

Kong Shangtan sneered at this time and said, and continued to persuade Kong Shangxian: "So, brother, don't change the tablet, and don't be afraid of him the emperor of the Zhu family!" If it is a Hu emperor like Meng Yuan, you have to be more careful, the Han emperor, it's not too late to withdraw when the blame comes, maybe it's the emperor who endures in the end, not us! ”

Kong Shangxian was still a little hesitant after hearing this: "But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, in case I don't want to endure it one day." ”

"If the Son of Heaven is unwilling to endure it, he would have had a seizure a long time ago, does my brother think that Dongchang and Jinyiwei have not let the emperor know about our Kong family?"

Kong Shangli asked at this time.

When Kong Shangxian heard Kong Shangli say this, he nodded, and he really didn't want to change the prince's tablet to the duke's tablet, so he made up his mind: "Then don't withdraw it." ”

……

"I'm about to arrive in Qufu, for this Yan Holy Mansion, I think you all know very well what kind of saint it is."

"Today, I call you, but I also want to ask, what do you think of the Yansheng Mansion?"

And before Zhu Yijun arrived in Qufu, he also specially passed all the ministers who accompanied him and mentioned the Yansheng Mansion.

Li Chengliang knew what Zhu Yijun was thinking, so he sneered first: "Your Majesty said that he is a saint, which is a little unrealistic, in the eyes of the ministers, they should be wearing the skin of a saint, but they are actually Tartars, who doesn't know that this Northern Sect Kong is of Hu blood, and he is not a descendant of a saint at all." ”

Shen Li, a scholar, also knew Zhu Yijun's thoughts, so he followed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the minister said is that now the imperial court respects learning and pragmatism, and the Hanlin Academy has already researched it before, headed by Bachelor Li, who is now teaching His Royal Highness the Prince, and also published a special article, if it were not for the opposition of many Confucian ministers to publicize this matter, Your Majesty also considered that King Zhu and Zun had caused a big repercussion among the scholars, so there was no publicity, but it does not mean that he does not exist in this matter. ”

"Therefore, if you really want to pay tribute to Confucius, you should also base it on the facts, and you can't let the Hu people pretend to be descendants of Confucius in the future."

"In addition, in the opinion of foolish ministers, Confucius and Mencius can only be called sages, not saints, so they cannot be called descendants of saints."

When Shen Li said this, Zhu Yijun asked, "Why?" ”

"Your Majesty, the sages are the sages of the ancients, and they have great merits at that time, but they may or may not have them in the future, and the sages are the so-called perfect people, but in combination with reality, those who have great merits and great merits in the ancients are not perfect people, and regardless of their private virtues, even if their academic merits are not completely free from disadvantages while benefiting the world."

Therefore they cannot be called saints, but because the saying has been fulfilled, it is okay to call them saints, but it must be clear that they are not really saints, so since they want to honor them as saints, they should not be honored alone, but should be honored with the saints of the world, so as not to make one or two foolish people in the world only know how to respect the saint but not the king; And even if it is a combination of respect, it should not be too respectful, only in the sacrifice of more preferential treatment, not because it is too generous to his heirs, so as not to make his heirs arrogant, but not conducive to the survival of his heirs. ”

After Shen Li said, Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked Zhang Jingxiu: "How is Jinyiwei's investigation of the Kong family?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, now the Confucian Mansion is in the Qufu area of Shandong, the land rent is still the highest, the Confucian Mansion itself is still in the title of Meng Yuan to build a temple, and even the sacrificial texts are still using the 'Zhizheng' year name, and many people in his clan say that after the royal family is a thief, he is not worthy of being the three families in the world."

Zhang Jingxiu replied at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked again: "How are the people under the Qufu Kong clan doing?" ”

"It is very heavy to be exploited, and the land rent is much higher, not to mention, because there is a clan law, the clansmen under the Kong clan are not allowed to move elsewhere, otherwise they will be executed once they are caught."

"In addition, the people in the Confucian Mansion are still required to abide by the old etiquette, men can only read four books, and women must bind their feet, so now many scholars and doctors are more proud of marrying a Confucian woman and a Confucian man."

Zhang Jingxiu replied.

Zhu Yijun sank his face and said, "Shen Qing is right, the sage cannot be exalted, this is the consequence of the sage being exclusive!" ”

"Your Majesty, because many Confucian ministers asked the Yansheng Mansion to give itself the opportunity to reform its own rites and religions, and to maintain the dignity of a sage, did not publicize some of the sins of the Yansheng Mansion that had been investigated by Jinyiwei a long time ago, and punished them with the royal law, and only issued an order to introspect themselves; But I didn't expect that it would encourage its arrogance, and it is still doing the old rituals! It has simply become the last place in the world to hide filth and dirt! ”

"The minister believes that when the foundation of the DPRK and China is now dominated by noble military households, this place of filth and filth should be thoroughly cleansed to prevent the resurgence of old rituals, and still only ask the compatriots to live like cattle and horses from generation to generation, so that they can live comfortably for a lifetime; I don't want to be the spring breeze, and work hard all my life for the growth of all things, so that the place where the sun and the moon shine is my Han civilization, and then the world is the same! ”

Wang Xijue also expounded his point of view at this time, he could not accept the revival of the old rites, after all, the new rites were the hard work of him, Shen Shixing, Yu Youding and others, and it was the foundation for his Wang family to be rich in Jiangnan.

As Wang Xijue said, now Zhu Yijun's power base is indeed no longer a scholar, but a military aristocratic group composed of clans, honorable relatives, and military households, so Zhu Yijun can liquidate the Confucian family without caring about the feelings of the children of Confucius and Mencius in the world, that is, some scholars and doctors who respect Confucianism.

What's more, ideologically, Zhu Yijun has actually been letting all the saints coexist for a long time, even Wang Yangming has entered the Temple of Literature, and the coexistence of all saints is equivalent to having no saint to be honored, and no one can use the only saint to stop the emperor from doing what he wants.

Zhu Yijun also nodded at this time: "It is no longer possible to widen the Confucian family, since Jinyiwei has found out that they have not corrected it according to the order, then Jinyiwei will immediately control the Qufu Confucius Gate, and they must not have the opportunity to cover up their guilt!" At the same time, the Dongchang side immediately asked the people in the Confucian Mansion to mobilize the people to make trouble. ”

Zhang Jingxiu and Tian Yi said yes.

So, that night, Zhang Jingxiu asked his younger brother Zhang Maoxiu to personally take someone to Qufu first.

(End of chapter)