Eradicating hidden dangers?

Kong family!

"Dingguo Gong, the Kong family will not rebel! They have a lot of merit for the country! Yuan Gang's tone almost cried.

Xu Jingchang was not in a hurry, "Yuan Yushi, you told me clearly, why did you get confused when you arrived at the Kong family." This matter is no longer what happened to the Kong family, the thousand-year-old family is there, and the self-proclaimed scholars who are disciples of the master are all over the government and the opposition. This is a force that can control the world. In our Ming Dynasty, there is only one monarch father, and the Kong family is also a minister of the Ming Dynasty, are you right? ”

Yuan Gang nodded stupidly, is it wrong!

But what the hell are you going to do?

"Dingguo Gong, the lower officials uphold the right path and write a letter of impeachment, but now I think that the lower officials are wrong. If you want to kill or chop, just do it, just ask you not to force the lower officials! ”

Xu Jingchang shook his head with a smile, "Yuan Yushi, why are you confused." I'm not saying you're wrong, on the contrary, I agree with you. You let Xu Wang Temple be closed, of course I agreed. It's a matter of course. You did the right thing, and I want to thank you. It's just that I hope you can take a step forward and show more courage to change the wrong ideas of the scholars in the world and free them from the prison of Confucius and Mencius. Let them understand that they are the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and they want to share weal and woe with the Ming Dynasty, rather than learning from the Confucian family, seeking to survive forever and stand tall. This will not work! This kind of thinking is also inconsistent with the Confucian Guidelines. ”

Xu Jingchang is good at persuasion, and he can listen to Yuan Gang's ears, which is no less than the magic sound asking for his life.

"Dingguo Gong, the whole dynasty is up and down, all are loyal ministers, and only the family of Confucius can last forever, no one dares to expect to be like Kong, and I hope that Dingguo Gong will raise his noble hand!"

Xu Jingchang smiled again, "Since ancient times, there are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, and the Confucian family is high, which is unreasonable. You say that the Confucian family is a family of benevolence, filial piety, loyalty and righteousness, and I believe this. After all, there are no people from the Kong clan, so they ascended and shouted, and came out to rebel. But every time there is a change of dynasty, the Kong family will stand up to welcome the new monarch. Seeing the surrender of the Kong family, many spineless scholars and doctors also surrendered. Then with the new monarch, continue to be prosperous and rich, and high-ranking officials are generous...... Not to mention anything else, the Zheng family, which has just been split by His Majesty's decree, is like this. Even if you don't want to learn from Confucius, there are still people who want to learn, and they have all been passed down for hundreds of years. ”

Xu Jingchang's words were completely based on Yuan Gang's words to gag his mouth...... And basically Xu Jingchang also made Kong's problem clear.

This is not a question of discussing how the Confucian family is, in the final analysis, who has the final say!

A family that pursues continuous inheritance, when facing the crisis of the country, is definitely different from those benevolent and righteous people who are willing to live and die with the country.

"Yuan Yushi, I am telling you this, and I also advise you to put state affairs first. As a loyal servant, you shouldn't refuse! ”

Yuan Gang is already speechless, don't say it, let me die!

At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly said: "Dingguo Gong has already made his words clear, Yuan Gang, you should know what to do!" ”

Yuan Gang trembled, raised his head slightly, looked at Zhu Di with a grim expression, and immediately lowered his head again.

Cold sweat flowed down his sideburns, he thought about it again and again, turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is talking nonsense, and he is willing to cut it with a thousand knives, and he does not dare to have the slightest complaint." It's just that the Confucian family is the foundation of Confucianism and the place where scholars all over the world look up. If the Confucian family is shaken, the world will be in chaos, and the country will not be a country. I beg your Majesty not to be disrespectful to the sages! ”

Yuan Gang obviously lost his sense of proportion, and what he said not only did not make Zhu Di dispel his thoughts, but on the contrary, made Zhu Di more convinced of what Xu Jingchang said.

Confucianism, Confucianism, and gentry...... These three cooperate with each other to form the largest force today. Even if you are the Son of Heaven, you must bow your head.

But I just don't admit defeat.

In a corner of Beiping, Jing was difficult to succeed and won the world.

At this time, in the face of the Confucian gentry, I can also turn their minds around.

In addition to the Zhu family, there can't be a second family in this world!

"Am I not respecting the sages? Nankong crossed the river, and the loyalty and righteousness were inherited, and I admired it very much, and after Fang was a sage, he was worthy of loyalty. On the contrary, there are those who have turned their backs on the teachings of their ancestors and disgraced the faces of the sages, but still have the face to make me fear them? It's a laugh! ”

Zhu Di spoke sharply and reprimanded angrily: "Yuan Gang, you write now, write clearly about the crimes of the Confucian Mansion, if you don't write, I will cut off your head!" ”

Yuan Gang was stunned, and suddenly threw himself to the ground without saying a word.

Zhu Di saw this and was also angry.

All right!

You're bent on dying, aren't you?

Then I will fulfill you!

He was just about to make an order, Xu Jingchang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please ask Rong Chen to say a few more words to Yuan Yushi." ”

Zhu Di reluctantly agreed, "Well, if he still dies and does not repent, I will not be polite." Thousands of troops have been killed, will they care about him? ”

There is no doubt about Zhu Di's murderous intent, Xu Jingchang squatted down, first sighed lightly, and then said: "Yuan Yushi, you are an honest and honest official, you impeach me, that is also a righteous statement, I don't resent you, on the contrary, I wish there were people like you all over the court." But you should also have the courage to face reality. The situation of the Confucian family has been very clear, one is the hereditary Yan Shenggong, and the other is the family of the saint who is looked up to by the world's scholars, this has passed. ”

"When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, it loses. The good things in the world can't all fall to their families, right? Either the title of Duke of Yansheng will be abolished, or the scholars in the world will give up their identity as disciples of Confucius and Mencius, or they will stop worshipping Confucius...... These three should at least do the same, don't you say? ”

Yuan Gang was dumbfounded when he heard this, if he really did this, he would become a Confucian sinner, and he was the heinous kind.

He kept shaking his head, desperately refusing.

Xu Jingchang's face gradually became serious, and he smiled lightly: "In this way, I was also mistaken, Yuan Yushi did not put the truth in his heart first...... Your impeachment of me is just a fame and a direct invitation to pet! It's really disappointing, I thought I had met a real Confucian, and it was really disappointing! ”

Yuan Gang shook his head painfully, and after being entangled for a long time, he said: "Where the Tao is, there is no turning back." It's just that this matter is about the sages, and it will shake the foundation of the country, and I would rather die than be a sinner for the ages! ”

If you don't want to do it, then die!

Zhu Di's brows furrowed, and he wanted to kill again.

Xu Jingchang said again and again: "Yuan Yushi, since you are unwilling to choose, can you write an article to explain the harm of this matter clearly, and let the people of the world give a judgment." ”

Yuan Gang still shook his head, "I, I don't know what's wrong with this matter, I, I won't write." ”

At this time, Yuan Gang only felt that it was dark in front of him, and something was thrown in front of him.

hurriedly looked at it, it was the note he wrote to Zhu Di, which was full of things he impeached the Xu family.

Zhu Di snorted: "Didn't you see it very clearly and write it very clearly!" You just write according to this, and replace the King of Zhongshan and the Xu family with the Yan Shenggong and the Kong family! ”

Yuan Gang stared at the music on the ground and almost cried.

Is this self-inflicted, lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot?

He was unwilling, but what could he do about it.

I could only tremble, picked up the brush sent by the eunuch, lay on the ground, and began to write intermittently...... It took him half an hour to finish.

The moment he stopped writing, it was as if all the strength in his body had been drained.

He collapsed, panting, and had no strength to speak.

Xu Jingchang was quite concerned about him, took what he had written, handed it to Zhu Di, and then gave the eunuch a look, and soon sent a bowl of lotus seed soup and honey.

"Yuan Yushi, please use it."

Yuan Gang lowered his head and thanked him softly.

Then I took a sip, which was warm and sweet, straight into my heart and lungs.

There is such a delicious thing in the world, why didn't I know it before?

At this moment, he really turned around from the ghost gate several times, and then came back around.

Death is not allowed.

I have mixed feelings in my heart, and I can't say it clearly.

At this time, Zhu Di looked at this thing, thought about it again and again, and then said slowly: "The courtiers of the past dynasties formed a party for personal gain, set up the imperial power, and did evil...... I can see some clues to the truth in this. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, the Confucian Mansion has a long inheritance, a prominent status, and all the disciples of Confucius and Mencius are looking at the world. There are so many new students every year, and they all boast of being disciples of Confucius and Mencius. The world's great families all follow the example of the saint's family...... The so-called family and country are in the world, and the home is in front of the country, and it is not surprising that there are many national policies, but they can't be pushed. ”

Zhu Di deeply believes that the resistance he has encountered for more than a year has been the same.

You want to improve the status of craftsmen, but the scholars obstruct it in every way, want to promote loans, and make it convenient for the people, and smash the gentry's job. There are also many obstacles to straightening out finance and taxation.

The gentry always wanted to pay less tax and take advantage of more.

Even if the country encounters a fiscal and tax crunch and the treasury is empty, they will not care, anyway, the Ming Dynasty will not die, and it has nothing to do with us.

Great Yuan, Great Song, Great Tang, Great Han...... How many dynasties have we sent away, not less than you!

The scholars are so high and alienated from the country that they are unwilling to share the same fate...... In the final analysis, they are a being beyond the dynasty.

And the representative of all this is the Confucian family!

The fact that they exist and enjoy the glory and wealth shows that the dynasty cannot help them.

"There are very few people in the world who are benevolent, and there are very few people who can be loyal to the country. This is from the root, there is a problem. Zhu Di gritted his teeth and was furious.

"Xu Jingchang, you gave three prescriptions, which one do you say I should start with and make changes?"

Xu Jingchang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you want the minister to say that the inheritance of the Holy Duke of Yan is from generation to generation, even Emperor Taizu also recognizes it, and Your Majesty does not have to abolish the title, it is nothing more than spending a little more." ”

Zhu Di frowned, nodded for a while, and said, "What about the others?" ”

"There are so many scholars in the world, it is neither realistic nor feasible for them to give up their identity as disciples of Confucius and Mencius."

"Then the only way to stop the sacrificial hole?"

"It's not stopped." Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "The minister pondered, it is okay to sacrifice holes, but the court cannot participate, or the specifications cannot be too high, and it is handed over to the local yamen." Those loyal ministers and martyrs who really need to be sacrificed by the imperial court, this is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Di thought for a moment, and said vigorously: "Good! ”

(End of chapter)