I want to be a grandson

Chapter 358 The Insult to Zhu Yuanzhang
"At that time, the Ming army not only completely controlled Shandong, but also sent a large army to advance to Henan. The soldiers were strong and strong, and they would be able to unify the rivers and mountains immediately... At this time, Kong Kejian finally packed his bags and set off for the south."

"When I arrived in Huai'an, I happened to meet the imperial emissary. When Kong Kejian heard the content of the imperial edict, he was very panicked, and hurried to the capital to meet His Majesty..."

At that time, the situation for the Ming army to seize the world was already very clear. Coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's threatening edict, it is no wonder that Kong Kejian was not afraid!

Ma He only felt that his throat was congested, so he cleared his throat secretly, and continued under the pressure: "His Majesty knew that Kong Kejian had arrived in Jinling, so he summoned him in the Jinshen Hall of the Imperial Palace."

"In November of the first year of Hongwu, His Majesty asked Kong Kejian's son, Kong Xixue, to inherit the title of Duke Yan Sheng, and appointed Duke Yan Sheng to belong to six officials."

The conversation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Kong Kejian was recorded in the history books, and the content of the conversation was also engraved and preserved on the regular script vernacular stele in the second gate of the Confucian Mansion.

The content is: "I think you are a blessed and happy person, and I will not entrust you with your work. You often write books with your children. I think your qualifications are also gentle, and you are a married person. Your ancestors left the three cardinal guides and five permanent rules, which will last forever. Law. Your family doesn’t study, it means you don’t abide by your ancestor’s law. How can you do that? You often write books to teach people, don’t be lazy. In my dynasty, can you have another good person in your family?”

Here Zhu Yuanzhang is also trying his best to beat him, first of all, let him be happy and happy, and no longer appoint official positions!
However, Kong Kejian was a hereditary duke in the late Yuan Dynasty, and his official rank was second rank. He had real positions such as minister of rites and servant censor, which was not comparable to ordinary scholars.

Because Yan Shenggong concurrently served as Guozijian Jijiu from the Yuan Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang kept him away from the court, and he had no chance to contact the government affairs of the court.

Coupled with the fact that there are no direct teachers, it is tantamount to weakening the influence of Yan Shenggong.

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone to Kong was a lesson. First, he taught Kong Kejian to abide by the laws of his ancestors and to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

The second is to teach the Confucian family not to read, and let Kong Kejian read and write more books to admonish the children of the Confucian family.

Qi Tai was full of complexities, saluted and said: "Your Highness, the Kong family can't be moved easily. Back then, His Majesty showed kindness to the Kong family in many ways. Your Highness should follow His Majesty's example..."

Zhu Yunxie understood Qi Tai's meaning very well, because Zhu Yuanzhang stumbled twice in a row when dealing with Confucius!
In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that all places except Qufu should not offer sacrifices to Confucius.

In addition, the Confucian family was also allowed to move away from the Confucian Temple and no longer lived in the Confucian Temple. "

This means that Confucius cannot be worshiped anywhere except in Qufu!

You must know that scholars in the school, in various places, often have activities to worship Confucius.

After all, although Qufu is the hometown of saints, it is too far away after all. How many people can make a special trip to Qufu to worship?

And letting the Confucian family leave the Confucian Temple is to further deprive the Confucian family of influence!

To burn incense in a temple, you must worship the temple gate first!

With Kong's family there, whoever goes can't get close to them?
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to further weaken the influence of the Confucian family.

It's just that he was blocked by hundreds of officials, and the resistance was too great.

Even as tough as Zhu Yuanzhang, he had to withdraw his order.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Mencius' tablet to be removed from the Confucian Temple, so that he would no longer enjoy sacrifices.

In order not to listen to the officials' advice to him, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered after Mencius' tablet was taken out of the Confucian Temple: "If anyone who advises is disrespectful, he will order Jinwu to shoot him."

Qian Tang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, carried the coffin to the hall to die, even if he died, he would ask Zhu Yuanzhang to take it back.

Even if he was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, he didn't flinch, and he had to climb up to Zhu Yuanzhang. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to fear that if he went on like this, he would make everyone angry.

So he ordered Qian Tang to be taken back for treatment, and he was not killed, and he withdrew his decision to remove the tablet of Mencius from the Confucian Temple.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still ordered to delete some remarks that were unfavorable to the imperial power in "Mencius", but this deletion deleted one-third of the whole book.

In terms of offering sacrifices to Confucius and removing Mencius, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely defeated!
Qi Tai's intention was to tell Zhu Yunxi that the Kong family had a great influence and would cause all officials to backlash!

But Zhu Yunxi said: "And I was just thinking about how to deal with the Confucius family. I still respect the teachings of the saints..."

"Besides, the emperor was not perfect in all affairs because of the early establishment of the Ming Dynasty, so he didn't have the same knowledge as them, but today is different!"

"The Confucian family behaved illegally and did a lot of evil. The scholars can bear it! If they are not severely punished, what is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty! No one can override the imperial power, otherwise, this king will cut off his head!"

I think Zhu Yuanzhang belittled Confucianism back then, and even wanted to put the legal system above the orthodox system. This is to dig the roots of scholars!
That, of course, would provoke fierce opposition.

But Zhu Yunxi was not prepared to do so.

The food needs to be eaten bite by bite. Even if the Confucianism goes too far, the Confucianism can't be changed easily, and it will threaten the rule!

What I have to deal with is only the Kong family represented by Yan Shenggong!

Relatively speaking, the resistance will be much smaller.

Even if the Kong family is overthrown, as long as scholars are still respected, scholars should not shake the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunxie said angrily: "Have you heard the saying that there are two and a half families in the world, the Zhang Tianshi family in Longhushan is one family, the emperor's family from one dynasty to another is half a family, and the Kong family who entered the house is one family!"

"Hmph... the emperor is only half of the family, and the Kong family dares to become a family! Really brave!"

Qi Tai felt bitter in his heart, so he could only persuade him: "Your Highness, these are just rumors and gossip, don't take it seriously..."

Tie Xuan also hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Highness, gossip and rumors cannot be taken as true, they are just jokes of ignorant people!"

But Zhu Yunxi said: "Don't pretend to be confused by pretending to understand. You say it's gossip, so let me ask you, where did such remarks come from?"

The two were immediately speechless!

Because of this kind of saying, it was only spread in Qufu at the beginning, and then it spread to the world.

And Qufu is the hometown of sages, and the Kong family has over ten thousand males alone. This kind of remarks come from their mouths!
Qi Taidun felt his scalp tingling, and said against his will: "Your Highness, this should be a vulgar fellow from the side of the Kong family, who spread the word of drunken nonsense..."

"Qi Tai, the Confucian family is the largest family in Qufu, and someone is the county magistrate of Qufu, why didn't anyone come out to stop it? Could it be that Lord Yansheng is deaf and blind? Why didn't you clarify this matter?"

Zhu Yunxi said: "Even if these words did not come from the mouth of Yan Shenggong, but he indulged in the flood, it can be seen that in his heart, he did not take the authority of the Ming Emperor into consideration at all!"

The Confucian family did this because Zhu Yuanzhang tried to suppress Confucianism twice, but he was rejected by all officials and failed.

So the Kong family felt that all scholars in the world were on the side of the Kong family, and even the emperor would back down!
Therefore, arrogance was born, and this kind of insult to the royal family was acquiesced!

However, Zhu Yunxi did not say this.

After all, this is an insult to Zhu Yuanzhang, and it also damages the royal dignity!

"Such humiliation to the royal family is a serious crime against the Nine Clans!"

"You have to know, what's the difference between this and Zhao Kuangyin pampering his subordinates and adding a yellow robe to him!"

By default, it means agreeing!

If there are disrespectful words, you, as the head of the family, pretend to be deaf and dumb there. What is the difference between this and saying it yourself?
Zhao Kuangyin also acquiesced, but he usurped the throne!
Neither of them dared to say anything, since it was about imperial power, who would dare to talk nonsense?
Everyone knows that what the Kong family did is really too much, and if they try to defend them, they will annoy His Highness!

Moreover, you can't be shameless for the sake of the Kong family!
Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang endured humiliation. This was his heart disease, and it was also the humiliation he suffered!

However, Zhu Yunxi did not want to be humiliated!
If you live a new life, if you still live like a wimp, you are really ashamed of God!

Tie Xuan clenched his palms tightly and said with determination, "Your Highness, please forgive me for being stupid. I don't know how Your Highness plans to deal with the Kong family and Duke Yansheng..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't say it clearly, but said: "The Kong family has done so many harmful things, and they must be dealt with seriously! Otherwise, it will not be enough for the common people to be angry, and it will not be enough to show the court's law!"

"As for Yan Shenggong himself, it depends on how deeply he is involved in this matter!"

Qi Tai lifted his robe, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, no matter what, please keep the title of Duke Kong Jiayan!"

"Yan Shenggong can change to someone else, but he must keep this honorary title, otherwise this will cause an uproar among scholars in the world! It is not good for His Highness, please think twice, Your Highness!"

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