Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

When Qin Shao looked up, he saw a crowd gathered outside.

"what's the situation?"

Wang Yin and Jiang Bin stood up vigilantly out of habit.

I saw that the street was quickly crowded with people, including small merchants and hawkers, people who went shopping on the street, and some women and girls.

The most exciting thing is some children.

"Kong Dasha is here! Kong Dasha is here!"

A group of children shouted, accompanied by a burst of noise and laughter.

Qin Shao saw that the surrounding merchants seemed to have stopped doing business, and they crowded into the street to watch the excitement.

Even the fat boss and the work of the restaurant rushed out to watch the excitement regardless of the customers.

"Father!"

Wang Yin and the others looked at each other, and looked around nervously. They didn't understand why this happened suddenly.

His grandma, since he came to this small town of Qufu, he feels that everything is mysterious, and the gods and gods here seem to be very different from other places!
Jiang Bin and others quickly surrounded Qin Shao, ready to fight.

"Don't be nervous, this is our young master Kong from Qufu coming out!"

The old man was very surprised when he saw that the people in front of him who looked to be merchants pulled out their shining guys one by one.

You must know that it is a time of peace, and the management of ordinary people holding equipment is relatively strict.

Those who can be equipped with equipment and weapons are generally government personnel. Of course, people with fame, such as scholars, can wear swords if they want to go out, but many of them are for decoration.

There are also some dart runners who can also be equipped with equipment, but they must be certified by documents, and the clothes must also have the name of the escort agency, and they are all listed in the book. Generally speaking, it is not right to equip those bright guys. Allowed.

The old man intuited that the identities of these people were unusual.

The clothes seem to be merchants, but the behavior is not the same, and those guys in the hands look like valuable weapons.

Those people also looked at him warily, and the old man hurried out to explain.

"Young Master Kong! Young Master Kong!"

"Master Kong!"

The old man wanted to say something more, but he saw a man staggering towards him from the side of the street!
Qin Shao looked at the man in surprise!
grandma's!
This Daming actually had such a rough person, running leisurely in the street naked, singing while running, followed by a group of watching children.

On both sides of the street stood people with concerned expressions on their faces, including men and women.

Men are normal, it's normal to see a man with no clothes on, but those women...

There are also some young girls who don't seem to be married, who are shy and pretend to be shy if they want to see it. Qin Shao and the others are stunned by the expression that Se secretly looks through the fingers.

Now it seems that Qufu basically belongs to the private territory of the Confucian family. According to the Confucian family's style of doing things for fame, in their impression, this Qufu should definitely be a relatively conservative place, which can be said to be a relatively "pretentious" place.

But here, the folk customs here are... even more jaw-dropping than the open border areas...

A naked person is running on the street, so no one cares about such an indecent thing?

Qin Shao thought so, so he naturally said it.

"Young master, you must be the first time a foreigner has come to Qufu, right?"

Asked a friendly business owner next to him.

"Well, we came to Qufu from other places to discuss some business. It is indeed the first time we have come to Qufu. This boss, this Qufu is also the hometown of Confucius. How could there be such a person running on the street without anyone caring about him? ? And you seem to be very sympathetic and understanding when you see this person... Can you tell me about the twists and turns..."

Qin Shao cupped his hands and asked.

"Oh! This boss doesn't know something. This person who runs around without clothes on the street is not ordinary!"

The boss is also kind and talkative. Qin Shao and the others are well dressed. Although they don't know what kind of business they are in, the businessman's shrewdness is that he likes to communicate and meet people.

Find a business opportunity or get a big deal because you don't know who to meet!

"Why is it unusual?"

Wang Yun asked.

"This man is Young Master Kong, a young master of the Confucius Mansion!"

The boss said directly.

"The young master of the Confucian mansion? But Kong Zhenqian?"

Qin Shao asked in surprise.

Because he suddenly wanted to visit Qufu this time, Qin Shao learned about the situation of the Confucian mansion.

In the previous life, when Qin Shao was studying the four major families in the history of the Republic of China, he was a little curious about the Kong family, and then learned about the famous Yanshenggong family in history, which can be described as a miracle in the vast history.

According to the history learned in the previous life and what Wang Yun and the others know now.

Today's Duke Yansheng is Kong Wenshao, who is considered a long-lived person in this Ming Dynasty. He seems to have lived to be nearly 70 years old. He has assumed the position of Duke Yansheng since he was in his 20s. Among them, he has been a saint for more than 30 years. male.

Kong Wenshao's character and Qin Shao's are not very clear, because of the special status of the Kong family, although eating a big pot of rice from the imperial court has made a lot of autumn winds in the imperial court, but they are all vain jobs.

And although this family doesn't have much character when seeing one dynasty submitting to another dynasty, for many kings, they just put it there for appearances, so many don't care.

It also didn't make Jin Yiwei pay attention to Kong's affairs.

Qin Shao didn't care about it at first, until he heard that Qufu had moved to a new city and built a Confucian garden. When the court was so poor, their family actually encroached on the court like mice, and lived more freely than they, the Ming emperors. .

Compared with those officials in the past who were harsh and indifferent to the emperor, those people have almost reached the point of worshiping the Yanshenggong family, which has a false name.

Not only did Li Dongyang marry his granddaughter to Kong Wenshao, but when he was in power, he even personally presided over the construction of the Kong family garden!
His grandma, the emperors were saving money and worrying about money, but the Kong family was good, they didn’t do anything, let alone a good daughter-in-law marrying into the house, the Yue family even offered a lot of dowries, and even helped to offer various discounts, pulling the court’s wool, No wonder the Ming court was impoverished!
Because the information he learned was rather hasty, and the ancient information was lagging behind and underdeveloped, what Qin Shao can understand is that the current Duke Yansheng is Kong Wenshao, and his son is Kong Zhenqian, who is only in his teens and has not yet reached the age of marriage. , but the marriage partner has already been decided and that is Zhang Yanling's daughter!
The members of the DPRK and China are proud to be married to the Kong family!

As far as Qin Shao knows, although the Zhang brothers have been driven to their hometown now, and the family has gone from bad to worse, it seems that the Kong family has not withdrawn their marriage.

Thinking about it, the Kong family relies on their reputation, even if they don't want to, they are ashamed to withdraw.

Qin Shao knew that Yan Shenggong after Kong Wenshao was his son Kong Zhenqian, and this Kong Zhenqian was not born to Li Dongyang's granddaughter, he seemed to be a child of a concubine.

Based on this calculation, Kong Wenshao has no legitimate sons, which means that there are not many children!
According to the original history, Kong Zhenqian became the later Duke Yansheng. Although he would not live as long as Kong Wenshao, he had never heard that Kong Zhenqian went crazy and ran naked on the street!

Could it be that the folk custom in Qufu has become a trend of naked running?

"This young master Kong is not Kong Zhenqian. Kong Zhenqian is Yan Shenggong's favorite son and was born to a concubine. This young master Kong is also the son of Yan Shenggong, but he was born to a servant girl. Yan Shenggong's eldest son, but he is not as favored as his younger son, Kong Zhenqian..."

The merchant explained.

"It's also a child born to a concubine. Although the eldest son of Confucius was born to Tong Fang, Tong Fang will generally be promoted as a concubine if he gives birth to a child. What's the difference? According to the rules, we should establish a concubine instead of a concubine, and not a concubine if he is an elder. Younger, this Kong family should be the most respectful family, why do they dote on the youngest son? Could it be that the eldest son is crazy because he was not taken seriously by his younger brother?"

Qin Shao expressed his doubts.

Not only in Ming Dynasty, but also in ancient times, the distinction between concubine and concubine is the same as the difference between elder and younger, which is a deeply rooted traditional concept.

On the surface, it seems to be a family matter, but it is actually bound by the whole society, not only the royal family, but also the folks.

The reason why it is valued is, in the final analysis, to maintain the interests of Zhengzhi.

The big frame structure of the whole society is the eldest son inheritance system of the eldest son. Although there are also younger sons who are superior, the general situation is that there is no eldest son of the eldest son.

The overall social environment is like this. Most of the illegitimate sons and eldest sons control the power structure of the family. If the illegitimate sons and youngest sons control the power at will and suppress the illegitimate sons and eldest sons, more and more people will follow suit. Harm the interests of the legitimate son and the eldest son.

And in many cases, a family's wealth and fame are often the result of the struggle of the original branch.

Don't forget the poor and humble friends, and the poor wife will never go to court!
The wife of the filth is the original spouse. It sounds like it is protecting the interests of the woman's original wife and eldest wife, but in fact it is protecting the interests of the eldest son and the eldest son.

When the whole society forms this kind of normative understanding, the concubine and the youngest will not dare to have delusions at will. Once someone touches their interests, they will be judged by the morality of the whole society. The power of public opinion is terrible and huge.

Although the power of public opinion is to advocate the so-called justice on the surface, in fact, it is often to protect their own interests. How can they not be active!
The reason why the Confucian family is famous is because the Confucian culture advocated by the Confucian saints is to maintain these. If the Yanshenggong family took the lead in violating it, wouldn't it be more embarrassing?

Although Kong Wenshao did not have a concubine, only two concubines, but the concubines were also divided into elder and younger. If Kong Wenshao ignored the elder son because he liked the younger son and concubine, it would violate the entire social regulation.

Although this kind of cultural regulation has been weakened a lot in the society where Qin Shao lived in his previous life.

But it's just a diminution of the general public. For some big families and some wealthy families, many times, after the old retires, they will support a head, instead of a few children who are completely divided according to the so-called law.

Especially for big family businesses, if Lao Tzu conquers the world and several children share the principals equally, the business will basically be over.

This was even more so in ancient times. In order to consolidate the interests of the entire family and avoid the weakening of the family's power after the division of the family, the general family property and title will be fully inherited by the eldest son of the legitimate son, and the rest will only be divided into a small part, as long as it can take care of life. The division of the middle power is actually the wisdom of human beings.

"That's not true! This eldest son looks good right after he was born, and he looks handsome! Even if he was born in Tongfang, but Tongfang gave birth to the eldest son and went away, he is also unlucky! Lord Yansheng Mrs. Li has not had children for many years. She took a lot of medicine and raised her for many years, but she did not give birth to a child. After seeing many doctors, they all said that there was something wrong with her health, so she gave up a long time ago, thinking that the concubine below will give birth. Son, take him to my side to raise, the house is gone, this eldest son was carried by Li's side to raise him, he was fine at the beginning, smart and strong, very likable, but when he was five years old... "

"What happened when you were ten years old?"

"When I was ten years old, I fell into the water playing by the pond and almost drowned. Although I was rescued, my personality changed drastically. I didn't want to go to the Confucian Academy to study, saying that the things I learned were stereotyped essays, which hurt people! He argued with Yan Shenggong all day long, and said that his father, Yan Shenggong, was so old that he had a concubine in his teens by his side, endangering the underage girl, etc... so angry that Yan Shenggong almost fainted several times In the past! Later, that kid didn’t know where he learned that his mother’s death was caused by Li’s tricks, and he wanted to drag Li to the government, saying that it was Li who killed people..."

"Anyway, that kid is talking about it, and he doesn't even think about it. His mother is a housekeeper, or she was sold to the Kong family, and she is just a slave. What kind of life or death is there! Even if she was directly beaten to death by Mrs. Li blatantly, at most With a bad reputation, the government won't care about so many things..."

"Could it be that Yan Shenggong got tired of this elder son and kicked him out of the house?"

Wang Yun asked directly.

"That's not the case. Back then, the eldest son Kong Zhenhong was only in his teens. He was disobedient and was beaten by Duke Yan Sheng many times. He even ran away from home once. I heard that he went to the Jinan Mansion. He was just a child. The child was just wandering around, and ran back when he was so hungry that he became a lot more honest, and slowly followed his studies. He is quite smart and knows a lot of strange things..."

"Then why is he crazy?"

Jiang Bin felt that although the shopkeeper was enthusiastic, he was talking in a long-winded manner. He couldn't make a point for a while, and he was already impatient, so he asked directly.

"This young master Kong is also a strange thing. You said that although he behaved strangely, he was not liked by Yan Shenggong, and Yan Shenggong's concubine gave birth to Kong Zhengan for him. The child was strict and mature since he was a child. His family is raised by his side, but Kong Zhenhong is the eldest son after all, with his status, even if he can't be Yan Shenggong in the future, he will definitely live in the nest of wealth, something we can't get if we look up to him for a lifetime!"

"They have several million hectares of fertile land. Let me tell you, basically two-thirds of the land in Qufu belongs to the Kong family! That kid will definitely want to eat and drink spicy food in the future. Money and Ming coins are absolutely not worth it." What is lacking, let alone beauties... Not to mention our Qufu, even the children of the royal family are proud to marry into the Kong family. Except for the emperor, the women in this world are probably chosen by the Kong family... But This kid is disliked by so many wealthy families and beauties, who do you think he has his eyes on?"

"Who are you looking at? Tell me quickly, don't be a mother-in-law!"

Jiang Bin was already a little impatient.