"It's really worthy of a thousand-year-old kneeling clan."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Kong Shangtan was not angry, but said very respectfully: "Your Majesty, although the new ceremony has abolished the kneeling ceremony, but our Confucian Mansion, as a saint, has always advocated loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety. ”

"In that case, then kneel."

Zhu Yijun sneered, and then said this.

Then, Zhu Yijun asked these Confucian family members again: "Your Confucian Mansion intends to restore the Ming Dynasty, so you still set up the tablet sealed by Meng Yuan, isn't it?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is naturally not!"

"All of this was framed by someone, and we don't know how we suddenly had such a tablet in the temple."

Kong Shangtan hurriedly denied it.

Kong Shangli also replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, this must have been deliberately framed by someone, our Confucian Mansion has always been loyal to the imperial court, and it is impossible for us to have such a rebellious mind!" Your Majesty, please be wise! ”

"I believe you, but what's the matter with this table?"

Zhu Yijun took the table and asked.

Kong Shangtan and Kong Shangli couldn't help but look at each other.

Then, Kong Shangtan first kowtowed to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are doing this for a while, in order to preserve the bloodline of the saint, and they have to use this expedient measure for a while!" ”

"This is the same as when the ancestors of the ministers had to descend to the Yuan, just to save the bloodline of the saints, and therefore, Taizu also understood the ancestors of the ministers back then, and now he only asks His Majesty to be kind and considerate of the ministers!"

"Your Majesty, Taizu didn't understand them at that time, but issued an edict to reproach, and it is precisely because of this that the son of Yan Sheng Gong at that time inherited the title of this dynasty, and did not let the Yan Sheng Gong of Yuan Feng inherit it directly."

At this time, Shen Li, a scholar, refuted Kong Shangtan's statement.

Zhu Yijun bowed his head because of this: "What Shen Ge Lao said is extremely true, if other people's families do this to save incense, it would be fine, but your family is different!" If you can't do this, then what qualifications do you have to rely on the loyalty and filial piety of Confucius to get preferential treatment in the world? ”

"If it is said that because the ancestors are sages, they can betray the country and the nation and the way of loyalty and filial piety on the grounds of preserving the bloodline of the saints, then wouldn't it encourage everyone in the world to be sages, or encourage the people of the world to work hard so that their descendants can freely betray the country and the nation and betray loyalty and filial piety?"

"What Your Majesty said is that in the opinion of the ministers, although it is important to pass on the bloodline of the sages, it is even more important to pass on the knowledge of the sages!"

"If it is only for the sake of the bloodline of the saints, and does not hesitate to sell the learning of the sages, it is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse, and it is even detrimental to the spread of the learning of the sages;"

"As a saint's family, since Confucius is a descendant of a saint and has accepted the preferential treatment of the imperial court, it is equivalent to accepting the preferential treatment of the people of the world, and being supported by the people of the world with the fat of the people, then there is an obligation to practice the teachings of the saint, if you can't do it, it is equivalent to betraying the people of the world!"

Wang Xijue said at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "That's exactly the reason!" ”

Zhu Yijun then looked at Kong Shangtan and the others: "You should feel guilty for your actions, you should also feel guilty for the people of the world, and you should also feel ashamed of your ancestor Sage Kong." ”

"Yes! What His Majesty said was that the ministers were very guilty. ”

Kong Shangtan admitted very frankly at this time.

Kong Shangli said: "The ministers are indeed worthy of being descendants of saints. ”

"I heard that your Confucian Mansion is still using the old rites to govern the family?"

Zhu Yijun asked about Kong Shangtan and the others at this time, and after asking, he continued: "Even binding feet, lynching the clansmen, and even prohibiting the migration of other clans? ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian, this is all what my brother meant!"

Kong Shangtan decisively threw the pot to Kong Shangxian, who had been hanged in the temple.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers have actually persuaded him, but he doesn't listen!"

Kong Shangli also chimed in.

……

After Zhu Yijun heard what these Confucian family members said, he said: "The new rites have been implemented for so long, and the edict prohibiting foot binding and prohibiting the private punishment of the clan has been issued for so many years, and your Confucian Mansion still turns a deaf ear, and you also say that you are a loyal and filial family!" And you said that this was all done by Kong Shangxian, and you also persuaded but didn't persuade you, so why didn't you report it to me? ”

"The ministers were confused, thinking that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so they did not report it."

Kong Shangtan replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun said: "It's a good family ugliness that can't be publicized, you really put everything on a dead man!" ”

"I still believe you, you first write a self-confession, write these sins done by your family master into Zi Chenshu, and deeply reflect on your own disloyalty and unfilial piety, and deeply criticize the sins of your family master, write it now, and submit it to me after writing!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, Kong Shangtan and the others all wrote from Chen Shu and handed them over to Zhu Yijun.

After Zhu Yijun looked at it one by one, he ordered: "Hang them up as well to maintain face for the saint." ”

Zhang Jingxiu said yes.

Kong Shangtan was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, are you going to let us hang ourselves?" ”

"You have made unfaithful and unfilial acts, and even when you see your own head of your family making disloyal and unfilial deeds, shouldn't you be very guilty now, and feel that you are sorry for your ancestors and ancestors, and you are sorry for me, the monarch, shouldn't you cut yourself off by hanging yourself at this time, and save the respect of Confucianism?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Kong Shangtan and Kong Shangli were stunned when they heard this.

Kong Shangtan was inspired at this time and cried: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not descendants of saints at all, the ministers are actually just attached tartars, and the blood of the Mongolian people flows in their bodies, and the ministers are now just pretending to be the descendants of the saints, although the ministers are guilty of deceiving Your Majesty and the previous emperors for many years, but in this case, there is no need for the ministers to save their respect for the Confucianism created by their ancestors, but to apologize for their loyalty and filial piety, Your Majesty!" ”

"You, how brazen you are! In order to survive, he didn't even recognize his ancestors. ”

Shen Li couldn't help but scold at this time.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand to stop Shen Li, and only said: "In this case, you write another self-Chen Shu, and write down the argument that you are not descendants of Confucius in Chen Shu, so that I can believe it, and the people of the world believe it, so that I can consider not letting you hang yourself for loyalty and filial piety." ”

"Yes, the minister is willing to write."

Kong Shangtan agreed.

Kong Shangli also followed at this time: "The minister is also willing!" ”

"And the minister!"

"The minister is also willing!"

……

For a while, many adult males of the Confucian lineage actively expressed their willingness to write arguments that they were not descendants of Confucius.

In order to survive, these people don't want to recognize Confucius as their ancestors at all.

And only a few members of the Kong family wept there, scolding how these people didn't even recognize their ancestors, and chose to hang themselves.

After another half an hour, it was already getting dark.

In the huge Confucian Temple, there are many torches, bright as day, and there are many soldiers, but they are extremely quiet.

At this time, Kong Shangtan and others also wrote a self-confession that they were not descendants of Confucius.

Zhu Yijun looked at these Zi Chen Shu one by one, and then said: "Since you are not a descendant of Confucius, but a Mengren, then you have committed the crime of defrauding the king, and you will be directly beheaded, and your family will be destroyed!" Even the book version of the family motto and patriarchal law was burned! ”

After Zhu Yijun gave such an order, Kong Shangtan and the others were quite stunned after hearing it.

"Zhu Yijun, you!"

Kong Shangtan even shouted out in a gaffe at this time.

Zhu Yijun pointed at Kong Shangtan: "This Yi doesn't follow the Han etiquette and doesn't say it, but he dares to call me by my name, it's really rebellious, and the five horses are divided!" The rest are still at the mercy of the people. ”

"Yes!"

Kong Shantan froze, and then was dragged down.

Kong Shangli and the others heard Zhu Yijun deal with it like this, but they didn't dare to be like Kong Shangtan, because they were tricked by Zhu Yijun, and showed the anger in their hearts, so they had to hold it in their hearts, and let Jinyiwei drag him down.

Not much.

Kong Shangtan and Kong Shangli were executed.

And here, Shen Li took the initiative to say to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, although Kong Shangtan, Kong Shangli and others claim that they are of Mengyuan Tartar blood, they can't fully believe their words after all, after all, after hundreds of years, many things are difficult to verify; Otherwise, do you really have to admit that Confucius has no queen? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Quzhou Kong clan is extinct, but the incense was continued after the Northern Sect Kong passed the step-son, if now, if the Northern Sect Confucius is really not after Confucius, then wouldn't it really mean that Confucius has no queen, which may make it difficult for Confucian students in the world to accept it!"

Wang Xijue also followed, and he was also a little reluctant to see Confucius end up directly.

Zhu Yijun said: "They admit it themselves, what can I do." ”

Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "However, what Shen Ge Lao said is also reasonable, this matter is difficult to verify, not to mention, it is not because of these people, after turning all the Kong people in Qufu into Mongolians, they will be expelled from their Han nationality." ”

"In this way, the Kong clan of the Northern Sect continues to destroy the pedigree book, and all the Kong clan that remained in Qufu is merged into the Confucian clan of the Southern Sect, and the same is true for the pedigree, the imperial court only temporarily recognizes the Confucian clan of the Southern Sect as the descendants of the Confucian saint, but because the research is not clear, and to avoid any more descendants of the saint who will not hesitate to shame the ancestors for the wealth of the family, they will no longer be sealed."

"Later, the Confucian Temple and the Confucian Mansion were directly managed by the Hanlin Institute of the Imperial Court, and the Confucian Temple was changed to the Chinese Liesheng Temple, which was dedicated to the sages who had made great contributions to the progress of Chinese civilization.

"In addition, the patriarchal laws that were originally practiced by the old rites in the mansion have been destroyed!"

"Yes!"

……

"The fields are divided, the fields are divided, we don't have to be angry in the house!"

"Sure enough, Your Majesty is here, and our life will be better!"

After Zhu Yijun made such an order, the ordinary Kong people in Qufu were so happy that they rushed to tell each other.

Therefore, after Zhu Yijun left Qufu, many ordinary people in Qufu came to see him off. (End of chapter)