Chapter 247: The Rise of the Southern Confucian Clan
Of course, Kong Xiyu is willing to hand over Kong Xixue, but if he comes forward to report Kong Xixue, I am afraid that his reputation in the clan will not be good, and the position of the patriarch of the Kong clan may not be able to sit down safely at that time.
Kong Xiyu said hesitantly.
"Then I don't know what Lord Ha thinks of the position of the patriarch of the Kong clan?"
As soon as He Qiu's eyes rolled, he understood Kong Xiyu's concerns, and he also began to promise with a big package.
"I can go to the court and let Brother Xiyu be the hereditary patriarch of you."
Kong Xiyu was overjoyed, this is pie in the sky? In his opinion, the name of the patriarch of the Kong clan was much easier to use than that of Yan Shenggong.
To put it bluntly, Yan Shenggong is glamorous on his face, and he looks at the distance of his bloodline, as far as Kong Xiyu is from the bloodline of the main vein, he himself does not have this mind.
But the patriarch of the Kong clan is different, this is a benefit that he can really get in his hands, and he has the power of life and death in the clan, and it is hereditary, which means that the future Yan Shenggong may not be as majestic as his descendants.
Kong Xiyu held back his excitement and looked at He Qiu and said.
"Kong Xixue has lost his conscience, and I can see that he is not a good person! I will personally go up to the court and let the court punish this evil obstacle! ”
The next day, Kong Xiyu privately co-opted some people to discuss, and soon reached an agreement, throwing Kong Xixue out as a scapegoat, first calming the anger of the court before anything else.
Soon, Kong Xiyu reported Kong Xixue: he used the royal name given to Kong Sheng by the previous dynasty with the intention of rebellion; burned the Confucian Temple, deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors; intends to attack and kill Jinyiwei, and the evidence is conclusive!
When his recital was sent to the capital, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and he thought that he had taken so many Qufu Zhixian and Yan Shenggong.
Unexpectedly, now He Qiu is still planning to kill his predecessor Yan Shenggong, so he directly threw this matter to the surface and forced the imperial court to deal with Kong Xixue.
This is not an ordinary person reporting Kong Xixue, it is a fight between the patriarch of the Kong clan, the patriarch of a clan and the lord of a country, at least in the clan, sometimes the patriarch speaks more effectively than the emperor.
What's more, Kong Xiyu's recital completely condemned Kong Xixue to death, confirming that the burning of the Confucian Temple, the attack on the Jinyi Guard, etc., are indeed true, which is different from the situation that the imperial court was still hiding before.
At the beginning, some ministers who were biased towards the Kong family couldn't sit still, and they all stood up to draw a line with the Kong family.
Although He Qiu and Chen Mo's recitals before, these ministers also had doubts in their hearts about Kong Xixue's burning of the Confucian Temple, but in the end, they were the descendants of Confucius Sheng, and they thought that they would not be so bold.
Maybe it was He Qiu, the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, who wanted to handle a big case and make it out.
But now Kong Xiyu's letter lists a bunch of large and small crimes, and there are confessions attached by Liu Yan, who are the three law divisions, and Kong Xixue is indistinguishable.
If you want to say that Kong Xiyu still has the possibility of joining forces with He Qiu to harm Kong Xixue, Liu Yan and they don't have this motive, these Wenchen have always looked down on Jinyiwei, and they are mostly afraid of Jinyiwei.
All of a sudden, many radical ministers were already about to shout and kill the entire Kong family, and they also saw from your person that the wind was not in the right direction, so they naturally wanted to move closer to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Anyway, it's nothing to shout, maybe you can get a good name.
Zhu Yuanzhang coldly wrote down the names of the most powerful people who were agitated, and the cadres were arbitrary, and ordered He Qiu and the people of the three law divisions to investigate thoroughly, so that the Kong family would not be spared any face.
Things have come to this point, the Confucian family in Qufu has changed from a descendant of a saint to a piece of stinky cow dung, Zhu Yuanzhang can rectify it as much as he wants, as long as the Kong family is not extinct, no one will dare to stand up and say sour words.
He Qiu was also overjoyed when he received Zhu Yuanzhang's order, and took advantage of Chen Mo's relationship to mobilize more than 100 officials from the Shandong Political Department to arrest people at Kong's house.
Liu Yan decisively requisitioned the prison of the Qufu County Ya to detain the Kong family who were arrested, and directly filled the prison.
The whole Qufu was in a state of rumor for a while, and they could only see the Jinyi guards and the officials running around to arrest people, and after they were arrested, they were severely tortured to ensure that they could even recall what color open crotch pants they wore when they were children.
After such means, Liu Yan's trial efficiency was doubled, and many cases related to the Confucian family were implicated, and the people sent to Qufu by the three law divisions began to rotate.
After working like this for a week, the number of cases gradually decreased, and in the end, Liu Yanyi summed it up, which was shocking.
Almost every patriarch of the Confucian family who can escape the punishment of exile is that there are many people in the side who have cases, not necessarily homicides, but there are still circumstances of rape of silver women.
Liu Yan also had a headache when he looked at the files in his hand, but he didn't dare to judge the case directly now, there were too many things involved.
In desperation, Liu Yan directly handed the file to the capital, giving the bigwigs in the court a headache, he can't bear this little shrimp, as long as he does his own job and investigates the case.
When the important ministers in the court saw these files, they were all speechless, and there were many nobles who were saying strange things in private.
This is more than us have no bottom line, tsk, I have seen a lot!
Even though the ministers in the court were angry, they were powerless to refute these nobles, because the facts were clearly laid out in front of them and could not be refuted.
Even they began to ignore the fact that Kong Xi learned to burn the Confucian Temple, and instead focused their attention on the dense case of the Confucian family.
Some of these are cases committed at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, if they are in accordance with the regulations, they can no longer be pursued, but more of them are cases committed after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty has only been established for more than 20 years, and there is such a thick pile of files, what if it is more than a few decades?
I really don't dare to think about it!
At this court meeting, a waiter from the Ministry of Rites stood up and said.
"I heard that the Confucian people in the south are kind and charitable, have an excellent reputation in Quzhou, and also vigorously support the new policy of the imperial court.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked displeased.
"The northern and southern clans have been separated for more than 100 years, how can the southern Confucian clan go back to attack the lord?"
The ministers of the imperial court have understood his intentions since Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the Southern Confucius last time, and now they are just accompanying him to make a show.
Someone quickly stood up and said.
"I heard that the Confucian people in the south crossed the river with the Southern Song Dynasty back then, and they were descendants of Confucius, and the Confucian people in the north lowered their gold and restored their Yuan, so they had no backbone, and they really shouldn't inherit the lord of the Holy Duke of Yan."
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to know and asked in surprise.
"And that matter?"
The ministers said one after another.
"If this is true, please also ask Your Majesty to welcome back the Confucian Sect and remove the surrendered Northern Confucian clan."
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
“……”
Seeing the ministers chanting together, Zhu Yuanzhang was hindered by public opinion, so he had no choice but to let Kong Sipu of the Southern Confucian Clan inherit the Duke of Yansheng, and ordered the entire Southern Confucian clan to move back to Qufu.