The Kong family is proud.

There was a Confucius, who has been revered as a saint for thousands of years, and his legacy is so thick that even many emperors can't compare.

The children of the Confucian family do have arrogance and ridicule Fengyang Zhu as a nouveau riche and a small family.

So the Kong family is also angry now.

This nouveau riche is now going to order someone to destroy the statue of Confucius. In the Temple of Confucius, for many years, who has entered here is not respectful and sincere?

Except for the officials and soldiers, the guards here are cautious and proud, and the handymen and craftsmen who come in to do their work are cautious and respectful.

Now there is that blasphemous excitement in the eyes of these reckless people!

No matter how straw a bag Kong Wenshao is, he also knows that all the grace of the Yansheng Mansion comes from the ancestors.

In the face of the current situation, he is proud and angry and has nothing to do, the best expression is to cry.

Crying is a sign of weakness, crying is also unable to stop the protest after that, and crying can also show that he, a descendant of Confucius, is filial piety.

Therefore, Kong Wenshao cried so much that he grabbed the sky, Zhang Fujing frowned and waited for a while, but then asked: "Yan Shenggong, the holy will is clear, this statue is going to be demolished, not where to move." ”

Kong Wenshao raised his head with a sad expression on his face: "That's the statue of the ancestors, how is destroying it different from killing the remains of the ancestors?" I invite you back to the back house, just like a portrait by the Kong clan to pay tribute to the memory, the governor will not let me? ”

The formal sacrificial occasion has been decided to worship the wood master, but now it is a private matter in the Kong family's house, and there is no problem with Kong Wenshao's metaphor.

Indeed, there are those who pay homage to the portraits of their ancestors.

Zhang Fujing shook his head: "This governor is just acting on orders. If Yan Shenggong wants to pay homage to the statue in the future, he can pay a lot of money to invite a skilled craftsman to reshape it. The old statue in this Confucian temple must be demolished to set an example for the world. ”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "The ritual has been decided, and the worship statue is not in line with ancient etiquette, and it should be demolished in front of Dacheng Wenxuan and the sages, so as to correct the etiquette and comfort the sages." With respect, after bowing, it was carefully dismantled and moved to the courtyard, and then the incense case was set up to worship the Dacheng Wenxuan Master, and then destroyed it! ”

"Yes!"

Kong Wenshao couldn't cry anymore.

He asked Zhang Fujing's subordinates to show mercy, saying that Zhang Fujing would not let him, and Zhang Fujing replied that this was the holy will, and he was just acting according to orders.

Moreover, the statue of Confucius in the Confucius Temple in Qufu must be destroyed in front of Confucius and the sages, which is to set an example for the world and establish the authority of the new rituals.

But Kong Wenshao only felt that this was punching the face of the Kong family, slapping him in the face of the Holy Father.

It's too much of a deception!

"Wait!" Kong Wenshao stood up, walked in front of Zhang Fujing, stared at him and asked, "How to demolish the statue of the ancestors in the Confucian Temple, is it Your Majesty's clear decree?" ”

"The Governor is in charge of such small matters." Zhang Fujing smiled, "If Yan Shenggong thinks it's inappropriate, he can go up and impeach the governor." ”

Kong Wenshao looked at him angrily.

It is certain that he will be destroyed in person, but if Shangshu impeaches him, what results can be impeached?

Kong Wenshao nodded: "In this case, when the governor dismantles the statue of the ancestor to the courtyard and pays tribute, can I let the children of the Kong family and the gentry and scholars in the city pay tribute together?" ”

Zhang Fujing's eyes narrowed slightly, and then replied calmly: "I have no choice!" ”

"Please wait!"

Kong Wenshao left first.

"Governor, do you want the general to transfer all the pacesetters?"

Beside Zhang Fujing, he, the commander of the Governor's Pacesetter Battalion, had a solemn expression.

"It doesn't have to be." Zhang Fujing smiled, "The more people come, the better, and they don't dare to do anything, just to show that the governor is disrespectful to the master and acts mean and domineering." Shixian, you are an honest and upright official, and you have military exploits, so you were selected by the Ministry of War as the camp officer of the Governor's Pacesetter Battalion. Your Majesty has also listened to another will of the Governor, so you are not in a hurry. ”

“…… The last will obey! ”

He did listen to that will, and Zhang Fujing, the governor, is almost the same in Shandong at the moment. Everything is granted on the basis of rebellion, and in the entire Shandong, there are only four governors, political envoys and Yan Shenggong, and a few generals above the third grade, and he can't directly cut them down.

However, it can also be dismissed first, investigated, and reported to the capital.

Zhang Fujing still had the leisure to chat with him: "Shixian, you are fifty-two." Now that the great achievement is close at hand, you can't have no successor to the hereditary position of the commander of the Dengzhou Guard. Why don't I help you talk about a family affair and marry a side room? ”

The two are of the same age, and Zhang Fujing is actually two years younger than him.

“…… With the care of Lao Dutai, the last general will have this heart. These days, I have already fallen in love with a Wang girl, but she is busy with military affairs......"

Zhang Fujing nodded: "When I'm done with the things in front of me, I'll help you handle it personally." ”

The two of them were just chatting here, waiting for the pacesetters to dismantle the statue of Confucius placed in the original Dacheng Hall.

And this character is the camp officer of the Shandong Governor's Pacesetter Battalion, whose surname is Qi Jingtong.

Their family's ancestral name was Qi Xiang, and he died in battle after following Zhu Yuanzhang for 28 years. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that General Mingwei, the son of Qi Xiang, be granted hereditary replacement.

To this day, the hereditary military attache position of the Qi family is the commander of Dengzhou Wei in Shandong.

For the Qi family, as soon as the juniors are born, the starting point is very high, after all, the hereditary official position is the fourth grade.

And after Qi Jingtong was appointed as an official in this position, he was even more meritorious in breaking thieves, and he had previously served as the commander of Jiangnan Caoyun and Shandong Beiwei Dusi, which was no small official.

Shandong Beiwei Capital Division is located in Dengzhou, under the jurisdiction of Jimo, Dengzhou, Wendeng coastal defense three battalions, as well as 24 coastal guards.

In Shandong, the capital division has both canal and inland military affairs to deal with, as well as coastal defense military affairs to deal with. After this rule was formed during the Hongwu and Yongle years, the Bei Du Division actually controlled more troops in Shandong.

And the imperial court selected Qi Jingtong to be the camp officer of Zhang Fujing's barracks, and the intention was already obvious: to reuse Qi Jingtong, who had a good official reputation and talent, to make Zhang Fujing's strength stronger in Shandong.

Therefore, Qi Jingtong, who is fifty-two years old and has no son, can be called a sweetheart, and I don't know how many people want to marry him and have a son with hereditary official positions.

Now the hereditary is the commander of the fourth grade, and maybe it will be promoted to another grade in the future!

Zhang Fujing and Qi Jingtong don't know what kind of character the "heir" they are chatting about now will be in the future, at this moment in Qufu City, Kong Wenshao is actively running.

If you want to destroy the statue of Confucius, it's okay to cry?

Qi Jingtong is worried about what will happen when there are more people, but Zhang Fujing has already seen many strong winds and waves.

He calmly instructed the people to prepare the incense case, as well as a little simple sacrificial supplies.

Then, he looked at the people who entered the Confucian Temple one after another after asking for instructions.

The first to come was naturally the Kong Yan Meng San clan, and after they came, they didn't do anything else. The patriarch of the Kong clan was over seventy years old, and without saying a word, he knelt in the courtyard first, whimpering and wiping his tears.

Then, there were some scholars who "pilgrimaged to study" in Qufu. Zhang Fujing also agreed to their request.

Could he be afraid? Will Your Majesty be afraid?

What did Zhang Fujing do in Shandong, and he was about to spread it out to these people.

As for the smear and swearing during the talk, Zhang Fujing didn't care - he already had a violent reputation for killing his head.

Anyway, there will be a lot of crimes in the Yansheng Mansion later, and the world can take a look at what the descendants of Dacheng Wenxuan are like.

More and more people arrived, Kong Wenfang, the magistrate of the county, also came, as well as the officials of Yanzhou Mansion, who accompanied Zhang Fujing here to participate in the politics of the Shandong Domain.

The officials saw that Zhang Fujing hadn't started yet, and they couldn't kneel there like these Kong clansmen to be "filial sons and grandsons" first.

This scene is quite like a funeral, except that he is not wearing mourning clothes.

Just when the statue of Confucius was carried by several strong soldiers from the temple gate, Kong Wenshao also came back again.

This time, he really took off his previous Yansheng Gongxing python suit and put on a filial piety robe.

As soon as he saw the statue that was slowly moving, he ran to the front and knelt on the ground, and cried loudly: "The descendants are not filial, kneel to welcome the statue of the ancestors!" ”

The statue was carried and slowly approached, although the face on the statue was very kind, but the deliberately shaped tall painted wooden statue has been incense for a long time, and there is indeed another sense of majesty and oppression.

Except for Zhang Fujing and Qi Jingtong, the rest of the officials naturally joined the kneeling team when they saw the statue appear.

Zhang Fujing saw that some of the pacesetters guarding around him couldn't help but kneel, and he couldn't help frowning.

Qi Jingtong glanced at Zhang Fujing, and just whispered: "Do you want to reprimand Yan Shenggong for his dereliction?" ”

It's not that there is really a funeral, Kong Wenshao came here wearing a filial piety dress, which is indeed not in accordance with the etiquette system.

Zhang Fujing shook his head: No need. The more loyal and filial he appears at this moment, the more ridiculous he will be in the future in the lineage of Yan Shenggong.

When the statue was carried to the incense table and put it away, Zhang Fujing walked over and burned the incense in his hand first.

His face was full of respect, but the salutes he performed were all the gifts of his disciples, and then he said loudly: "Dacheng Wenxuan is the first teacher, and the disciple Zhang Fu of later generations respectfully serves the holy will of His Majesty, and prays to the ancestors and sages: Today is the right ceremony, missionary education, and the disciples have a sincere heart, and there will be disrespectful actions to destroy the statue of the ancestors!" ”

"This ceremony is decided by His Majesty's order of the Ministry of Rites. The disciple is the first to advocate the people, because for thousands of years, the disciples of later generations have gradually gone astray, respecting the ancestors and sages and forgetting to preach and teach the foundation of the world! ”

"The ancestor once said: There is no way in the world for a long time, and there is no way to give it. However, thousands of years have fallen, there is Taishi Gongshao Ming Shi, which is easy to pass on, following the Spring and Autumn Period; There is Zhang Hengqu for the heart of heaven and earth, for the people, for the saints to continue learning, for the eternal peace; There is Cheng Zhu Cuntian, destroying human desires, and the unity of heaven and man. The avenue is not endless, and future generations have long pursued it. ”

"Today, he is gifted and intelligent, and his saints are unsurpassed. Inheriting the teachings of the sages of the ancestors, and starting the practice of dialectical new learning, everyone in the world can step on the road of inquiry, which is the true inheritance of the mantle of the master's lifelong learning. ”

"Your Majesty went to the ancestor of the king and descended to the ancestor of the ceremonial system, which is not disrespectful, but also the source of the truth. His Majesty's knowledge, the disciple's understanding, Yuyao Wang Bo'an's examination, the disciple has hand-copied several volumes, specially burned the sages, and presented the sages of the ancestors in the dark. The younger generations have the green better than the blue, and the sages of the ancestors will also smile and comfort the avenue. ”

After that, Zhang Fujing first inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then waved his hand.

A few volumes of books were brought out, and this was indeed hand-copied by Zhang Fujing in his spare time after coming to Shandong - anyway, Gao Zhong gave him enough materials and saved a lot of trouble.

Now I see Zhang Fujing burning the "Heresy Learning" to Confucius and the sages there, and he is ashamed to say that the emperor is the true inheritance of Confucius's knowledge, and the green is better than the blue, and Kong Wenshao and Kong Wenfang both have their pupils shrinking.

What do you mean?

Did the emperor want to replace him and become a living sage?

Is this practice compatible with dialectics?

Most of the kneeling crowd had sad and angry expressions, but they didn't dare to shout anything.

The person Zhang Fujing said was, after all, the emperor.

Could it be that the emperor is blamed here for being shameless, conceited, and ridiculous?

But most of them, who do not bother to study or think about this new knowledge, think so in their hearts.

With the skills of many people, they also cannot comprehend the subtlety of this new learning - philosophical things, the threshold has always been higher.

But Zhang Fujing's face did not have the slightest emptiness.

He's not that majority.

In his heart, he also recognized Zhu Houxi's words: Today's people are better than the ancients.

If today's people can only follow the ass of the ancients and do something that can never reach the ideal state of "antiquity", then what is the point of all the efforts?

What Zhu Houxi pointed out is indeed the crystallization of more thinking and experience summary from later generations. In terms of logic and method, it is clearer, more reasonable, and easier to use than the current schools of science, psychology, etc.

Zhang Fujing has a clear conscience.

What's more, this new study is already closely linked to the new law.

What the emperor is determined to do, there is no one to stop under the rules of etiquette today.

Blocking is rebellion.

This is not the emperor sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai and watching the new party and the old party fight, and there is room for advance and retreat.

The emperor himself was the real leader of the new party.

Zhang Fujing has such a character to support his waist, but he feels that his waist pole is very hard.

A few volumes were quickly burned, and Zhang Fujing said solemnly: "Withdraw the incense case, take the big saw!" ”

This statue is made of wood, and if you want to destroy it, you can see it.

Seeing that Zhang Fujing's personal soldiers withdrew the incense case, and the two strong soldiers carried a pair of big saws to the statue of Confucius, Kong Wenshao howled and cried again, kowtowing more than once.

And the statue is smiling.

The two strong men aimed their serrations at the crook of the statue's legs, and then looked at Zhang Fujing.

The statue is very tall, and the position where they are so hard is just here.

To be honest, the two strong men also had a little hair in their hearts - this is indeed a little too disrespectful, like sawing off Confucius's feet.

Zhang Fujing only nodded: "Let's start." ”

The piercing voice came out, and Kong Wenshao, the Kong clan, and many kneeling gentlemen all knocked their heads to the ground and cried bitterly, as if they couldn't bear to witness it.

Today, in this Confucian Temple, the scene in front of me is full of the feeling that the emperor "humiliated" the ancestor with the authority of the Son of Heaven.

Not even the word holy.

After holding back for more than a month, Zhang Fujing finally said what he proposed to Yang Tinghe and others that day in front of the statue of Confucius in this Confucian temple.

With Xinxue, the Son of Heaven actually wants to encroach on the Dao system.

News will soon spread from Qufu, including the news that the statue of Confucius was cut off in the temple of Confucius, in the midst of Yan Shenggong wearing filial piety clothes and the cries of Confucius's children like mourners.

And Zhang Fujing, who had done this, only told Kong Wenfang again to prepare for the sacrifice of Confucius on August 27 according to the new ceremony, and then left Qufu for Jinan.

What went faster than him was his Zhang Fujing's impeachment of the crimes of the Holy Duke in the name of the governor of Shandong.

Between Shandong and the capital, people who pass back and forth to deliver news are staggered.

On the night of the third day, Kong Wenshao and Kong Wenfang received bad news.

A few days ago, after the re-determination of the Confucius ceremony was announced, nearly 300 officials and scholars in the capital knocked on the que.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, fourteen people were killed with a rod.

Kong Wenfang's eyes darkened and he fainted: his son was also beaten with twenty rods, and now he is lying on the bed, and he has been stripped of his reputation.

The son committed this kind of "crime", and he still wanted to do a good job in Qufu Zhixian and still think about the dream of attacking the Holy Father of Yan?

This emperor is so stupid and cruel, as soon as he is!

Kong Wenshao staged a "mourning" scene in the Yansheng Mansion, and treated the next month's birthday sacrifice as a funeral.

The news of Shandong spread to the north and south of Zhili, and everyone who heard it was shocked.

In the Fengtian Palace, at the August 1 Shuori court meeting, Zhu Houxi asked Zhang Zuo to read Zhang Fujing's bullet seal, and then asked: "Zhang Fujing's impeachment of the Holy Father of Yan and many other crimes are all accompanied by solid evidence. It's just that Dacheng Wenxuan's birthday is imminent, and the secretaries think that what to do with it should be discussed. ”

Fan Ting, who couldn't "escape", had been quickly promoted to the head of the six grades, and he had to participate in the Shuowang Day court meeting as a rule.

Listening to the emperor's words, he was terrified.

A court staff outside the Chengtian Gate, a saw inside the Confucian Temple, Zhang Fujing's bullet seal...... The emperor was already holding a knife and was about to cut people.

What to discuss?

The quiet days passed, and although there was still no rain in the south, the Ming Dynasty was in a storm.

Fan Ting secretly glanced at the emperor from a distance at the end of the court counselor train: the king of Liao is again, and there are so many victims.

Your Majesty, there are many people in the world who are just waiting to be the first to stand up and rebel!

You're pressing too hard!

Listening to the opinions of the important ministers in the front row, Fan Ting felt that this was just going through the motions, after all, Yang Tinghe meant that if there was solid evidence, it should be investigated, and those who were guilty should not preside over the sacrifice to Confucius.

Then, I saw one or two Praetorian Guards supporting one person and hurriedly walked up to the cloud platform of Fengtian Palace, and after walking quickly to the front of the hall, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, Huguang Army Situation Emergency, King Ji of Changsha Mansion respects King Rui of Hengzhou Mansion as the orthodox banner and rebels, and Changsha Wei, Hengzhou Wei and other Huguang four guards are rebellious!" ”

There was silence inside and outside the Fengtian Hall for a while.

The words are very clear, it is a rebellion against the flag, not the side of the Qing monarch.

And it is the first generation of King Ji of Changsha Mansion, and Zhu Jianjun, the younger brother of Emperor Chenghua who is still alive.

It is orthodox that was passed on to Zhu Houzhao's son Rui Wang under the auspices of Zhu Houxi, and the grandson of Zhu Youbin, the king of Jianchang Mansion in Jiangxi.

Zhu Houxi stood up: "Order Zhang Fujing to investigate and deal with Yan Shenggong." Scattered Dynasty. All the counselors, enter the imperial study to discuss matters! ”

What should come will always come.

After the king of Chu and the king of Liao were all killed, at the moment when the vassal king Xun Qi was about to enter Beijing to congratulate the emperor on his longevity, at the time of the great drought in the south, there were finally people who couldn't wait.

On July 23 of the third year of Jiajing, King Huguangji rebelled, and King Rui was coerced.

It's been nine days since the flag was raised over there!