Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 257

Xu Jin's master and apprentice sang together, pointing at Kong Renjing's title of Great Confucianism every sentence, which not only made Kong Renjing blush, but also made the guests in the hall try their best to hold back their laughter.

Don't laugh, they are not Liuyuan Wenkui Xu Qingteng, and they don't have a good father named Jia Enhou. The Confucius family in Qufu can't afford to offend them!
Compared with the ignorant Kong Renjing, although Kong Xianglian didn't like the arrogance of Xu Jin's master and apprentice, Wang Ji and others, he also knew that these people in front of him were not easy to offend.

Moreover, I did not come to Wei Mansion today to offend anyone. I have already offended the chief minister of the cabinet. If I offend people like Rong Guo Mansion and Xu Jin who are in the emperor's heart, then the Kong family will not even think about coming to the capital in the future.

Maybe there will be a few people inexplicably missing in one visit, and that fellow Jia Enhou can definitely do it without anyone noticing it.

Liu Baozhen was an honest person who was not good at speaking. Shen Benyuan kept staring into the eyes of the Kong family and did not speak. Zhou Yichang looked at Kong Renjing and smiled after entering the door, but Jia Cong could vaguely see his arms trembling slightly in his sleeves.

Jia Cong shouted in his heart: Hero, hit him!Hammer him!
"The fourth prince is here!"

The sudden sound of singing from the door saved the guests who were about to suffocate. Everyone looked at the door together, and the fourth prince Liu Hong strode into the front hall in a blue dragon robe with a red background and gold pattern.

"The ministers (grassmen, students) pay respects to the Fourth Highness, Your Highness Wanan!"

Liu Hong bowed his head in return, cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, hurry up and calm down. Today is Master Wei's birthday. I am here as a student to pay my respects to Teacher Wei, so there is no need to be too polite."

After all, he looked around and immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was not right, especially Jia Cong who looked like a fighting cock and Kong Renjing who looked like a toad.

The Kong family, that didn’t run away, this is the enemy!

"Brother Cong, why are you so angry? If someone bullied you, tell fourth brother, fourth brother will help you avenge."

hiss!
Rumor has it that Jia Cong is very fond of the Second Sage, and has a unique Sacred Heart, and now it seems that His Royal Highness the future Crown Prince also likes this guy quite a lot...

Many people in the hall looked at the nephews beside them in unison, making these youngsters feel cold all over.

When other people's children are in front of you, your own little bastard is an eyesore.

"The child of the Jia family insulted my Confucianism, but His Highness only treats the child of the Jia family. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do so."

Because Liu Hong's arrival had just created an atmosphere of relief, and with Kong Renjing's words becoming cold again, Kong Xianglian really regretted that he didn't gag the idiot's mouth just now.

Offending two people with one sentence, I really don't know how Kong Renjing made friends with those civil and military ministers.

"Hey, I have a bad temper, dare to scold the young master, see if I don't beat you to death..."

Jia Cong felt that the backing was strong enough, rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush over to beat him, but Liu Hong grabbed the back of his neck.

I saw that Liu Hong's originally smiling face turned cold, and he looked at Kong Renjing coldly.

"Doing things alone, do you need to teach me?"

A few days ago, the future crown prince showed the majesty of the crown prince in Fengtian Hall. Seeing the young master's cold face, everyone in the hall held their breath and took a step back secretly.

Kong Renjing came to Beijing in a hurry. Although he had heard about Liu Hong's strong suppression of the officials, he dismissed it. He always thought that Liu Hong was only a 16-year-old child, and the current emperor was respectful to him as well as the Kong family.

He even used the usual words to persecute Liu Hong: "Your Highness is a prince and has a noble status. Naturally, he cannot be taught by a minister. But my ancestor Dacheng, the most holy King Wenxuan, is the master of the world. It is recorded in the "Book of Rites". , It is forbidden to say something that has not yet been issued; it is called Yu when it can be called; it is called grandson if it is not mausoleum festival; If there is a mistake, it will be corrected..."

"presumptuous!"

Xia Shouzhong took a step forward, and scolded: "Your Highness learns from the sage, Your Majesty, and learns from the Grand Master. Do you mean that the sage and Your Majesty have no way to teach? Or is it that Erkong's family is better than Wei Ge, who is full of peaches and plums?"

puff~
Kong Xianglian kicked Kong Renjing to his knees on the ground, and then knelt down to plead guilty: "My nephew made a mistake in his words, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"Gu feels that what Kong Renjing said is his truth..."

Liu Hong raised his feet and took a few steps forward, condescendingly looking down at Kong Xianglian, Kong Renjing, who were kneeling on the ground, and the two younger generations of the Kong family behind them.

"The Dacheng Supreme Saint Wenxuan King? If I remember correctly, Taizu issued an imperial edict when he ascended the throne, seizing the title of the previous dynasty, and enshrined Confucius as the most holy teacher, and his descendants inherited Shenggong. Kong Renjing, you use the imperial title of the previous dynasty to suppress it." Prince of this dynasty, do you want to rebel?"

Bang!

Kong Renjing was finally frightened. He prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed to apologize.

"Your Highness forgive me, I was confused for a while..."

"No, no, no, I don't think you've been fooled for a while. Dacheng the most holy Wenxuan King, this is much louder than the title of Yan Shenggong. I think you miss the previous dynasty and think about it. In this way, Tatar and The envoys of Oala are in the Sifang Pavilion, and I will send you there alone, how about you and the envoys of Tatar and Oara to catch up on the past?"

Pfft!
dong dong dong...

This time, Kong Ren's camera slammed even more fiercely. Those who wanted to say a few words to ease the atmosphere all shut their mouths tightly, for fear of being implicated by this fool of the Kong family.

There were also a few senior officials who stared at Liu Hong carefully as if they were looking at a monster. Why did they never realize when the gentle and elegant Fourth Highness became so vicious.

"Kong Xianglian..."

"The minister is here."

Liu Hong glanced at Kong Renjing contemptuously. If Kong Shengren saw his descendants so hopeless and spineless, he would probably be able to lift the coffin and beat these shameless people to death.

Compared with Kong Renjing, Kong Xianglian's performance is much better.The Qufu Confucian family is a bit rotten, but there will always be a few clear-headed people in a thousand-year-old family.

Liu Hong recalled the teachings of his grandfather and Lao Tzu, and said to Kong Xianglian heartbrokenly: "The Confucius family in Qufu is descended from saints, and the teaching of the descendants should not be sloppy. Today is fine, here are all the people of my Great Xia. If other countries see The descendants of the saints are like this, isn’t it a disgrace to the Kong family and even my Great Xia Dynasty?”

Regardless of whether the speaker intended it or not, Kong Xianglian lowered his head, and a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes.

Following Liu Hong's words, he let out a long sigh: "What Your Highness taught me is that in the Kong clan, I only manage common affairs, and have no right to intervene in matters of teaching..."

"in this way……"

Liu Hong was silent suddenly, Kong Xianglian clenched his hands in his sleeves, and his lowered eyes showed ambition.

Everyone in the hall was waiting for the response from the future crown prince, and Jia Cong was also curious about what Liu Hong was preparing for in his sudden silence.

"Although I live in the capital, I still know the situation in Qufu very well. There are many unworthy people in the Confucius family, and some people even sell hibiscus ointment in the capital. It can be seen that the teaching of the Kong people to their descendants has reached a point where it has to be changed. To an extent."

Liu Hong took a step forward and helped Kong Xianglian who bowed his head.

He patted Kong Xianglian on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Your name has been heard for a long time, and your character and ability are all outstanding among the Kong people. I will invite my father to enshrine you as the most holy teacher enshrinement officer." Firstly, you preside over the worship of the Confucian Temple, and secondly, you have to take on the responsibility of teaching the descendants of the Confucian people, and don’t let the Confucian saint bear the infamy that he shouldn’t have.”

What the hell!

Jia Cong's eyes widened: Fourth brother, you are too insidious!
The worship of the Confucian Temple has been presided over by the head of the Confucian family in all dynasties, and the person who inherited the highest title of the imperial conferment of the dynasties presided over it. Whether it was Liu Hong's whim or premeditated, he pushed out the concubine Kong Xianglian alone. This is to let Kong Xianglian and Yan Sheng The male one is in the ring?

You said that Kong Xianglian has a good relationship with the contemporary Yansheng Gong Kong Renxuan?

Brothers are still competing for property, how can Kong Xianglian withstand such a temptation?

Long Jianwei's information on the Kong family is enough to fill two rooms, and the concubines that Kong Xianglian recruited privately account for one-third of the Kong family.

According to seniority, Kong Xianglian is Kong Renxuan's uncle, but he and Kong Renxuan have been called brothers and sisters for decades.He even did a lot of servant work and lost his face. If you say he has no ambitions, would the devil believe it?
Kong Xianglian refused modestly, and Liu Hong persuaded him again and again. Under Kong Renjing's frightened and angry eyes, a scene of the monarch and his ministers getting along with each other appeared.

Xu Jin, Wang Ji and others silently retreated to the side, all with aunt smiles on their faces.

"Teacher, what should we do next? I really want to punch him."

Jia Cong really wanted to beat someone up, but Kong Renjing just scolded him as the child of the Jia family, but the fourth prince would get along with Kong Xianglian and his ministers, so it was not easy to do it.

Shen Benyuan lowered his head and whispered in Jia Cong's ear, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, there is no fun in hammering people. Watching a play, watching a play, the play is not over yet."

Um?Punishment?

Jia Cong was a little puzzled, but seeing that the teacher Xu Jin and several uncles were confident, he had no choice but to continue to wait for the good show to unfold.

Sure enough, the more Liu Hong got along with Kong Xianglian and his ministers, the worse Kong Renjing's complexion became. If it wasn't for Liu Hong's imposing manner and the hat he wore just now, he would have walked away.

"Meet the Fourth Highness!"

The weird harmonious atmosphere was interrupted, and Wei Ershu walked in with a bookcase in his arms.

Shen Benyuan smiled slightly: "Look, the big show is about to be staged."

Wei Ershu bowed to Liu Hong first, and then bowed his head with everyone.

He opened the bookcase in his hand, and said to everyone: "My father asked me to send a new set of "The Analects of Confucius", which was calibrated by my father. Afterwards, I would like to ask everyone to be honest..."

Whoa!
"What? A new method of sentence reading? Look at this old man."

"Annotate "The Analects of Confucius"? Although Lin Hai is talented, but reading the annotations by himself is a bit exaggerated."

"Actually, it is not the case. I have worked with Dr. Lin in the Imperial Academy for several years. Dr. Lin is extremely talented, and he is also a leader in the officialdom. The commentary on "The Analects of Confucius" is also reasonable."

"Shh, brother Li be careful, the Kong family is still here."

"So what? Didn't you hear what Wei Shaoqing said, the calibration done by the great minister himself, and it's not bad if you can take it out and let me wait for it to be corrected together."

A book caused a lot of waves. Lin Ruhai commented on "The Analects of Confucius" with a new method of sentence reading. Everyone praised and criticized him, but Wei Ershu was surrounded by people.

"Interesting, let's not talk about whether Lin Hai's sentence reading and annotations of "The Analects" are wrong, this new method of sentence reading is not bad."

"Mr. Zuo also thinks it's good?"

"Of course, the old man's little grandson is at the age of enlightenment. Every time he talks about reading a sentence, he can force the old man to want to stuff the book into his head. If there is a way to read a sentence, I don't know how much easier it will be."

"The younger generation deeply agrees with Zuo Gong's words, but the dog still can't tell the difference: You, teach you, you know it! Knowing it is knowing it, not knowing it is not knowing, this is knowledge."

"The sentence reading method is good, but..."

"Lin Hai is really exaggerating. This "Analects" is where the sage's law lies. He should submit the sentence reading method to the Shenggong Mansion, and the Confucian Mansion will come forward and call all the sages to comment together."

"The Kong family? Hehe!"

"I think otherwise, even if it is necessary to re-read and annotate the classics of various scholars, the imperial court should also appear, and the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Academy, or the imperial court should appear to preside over it."

"In this way, isn't it true that the opinions of all schools are only one word? How can the court imprison the words of hundreds of schools when a sage speaks a thousand words? What is the strength of our scholars?"

"Gao Jin, are you going to spread those disobedient words again? Don't you even look at where this is? If I hadn't been charged with the crime of speech and let go of the previous court, your head would have been chopped off eight times."

Several new works of "The Analects of Confucius" in Wei Ershu's hands were circulated one by one by everyone, and it was not passed to Liu Hong's hands until half an hour later.

Everyone has different opinions, praises and criticisms, but they all start to discuss the use of the new method of sentence reading.

The world has been reading bitter sentences for a long time, especially the nephews in the family who are at the age of enlightenment, and they can't wait to go home and open the books immediately, and try the new method of sentence reading.

Kong Renjing's hands were trembling constantly. He was a fool, but he was not a fool.

Lin Ruhai's new book "The Analects of Confucius" has not been criticized by everyone, which is a signal: the control of Confucianism in Qufu has been weakened to an extremely dangerous level.

In particular, among those who supported Lin Ruhai were Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, as well as several great Confucians here.

In fact, Kong Xianglian was also very surprised and shocked. He originally assisted Kong Renjing to come to the Wei residence to reconcile, but he didn't want the old man Wei to not even show his face.

First, the idiot Kong Renjing offended the Rongguo Mansion and angered the future crown prince, and then Wei Qinghe threw out a sharp weapon that was extremely unfavorable to the Kong family.

His mind was in a mess, and in a trance, Liu Hong handed the "Analects" spread out in front of him.

Liu Hong laughed and said, "Kong Qing might as well take a look. I think Dr. Lin's new book "The Analects of Confucius" is very good. What do you think?"

"Your Highness..."

Kong Xianglian took the "Analects of Confucius" in a daze, and it was the Tai Bo chapter that caught his eyes.

The Master said: People can be made, let them do it; if they cannot be made to do it, they will know it.

Bold!

Kong Xianglian wanted to smash the Analects of Confucius on the ground angrily, but he looked up at Liu Hong who was smiling at him.

"What does Kong Qing think?"

Liu Hong's voice was very gentle, but Kong Xianglian subconsciously felt a chill down his back.

He immediately bowed his head and replied: "Your Highness is right, Dr. Lin is worthy of being a great talent in the world, I admire you."

Kong Xianglian wanted to fool the past with his words, but he didn't want Liu Hong to let him go easily.

I saw Liu Hong glanced at Kong Renjing who was staring at "The Analects of Confucius" in Kong Xianglian's hand, frowned, and asked again: "I just said that the "Analects" re-annotated by Dr. Lin with a new sentence reading method is very good, what does Kong Qing think? "

It's not that the threat is better than the threat, Kong Xianglian gritted his teeth, and replied in a deep voice: "What Your Highness said is that I also think this book is excellent."

puff!
"Kong Xianglian, you...you...you..."

As soon as Kong Xianglian said this, Kong Renjing suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, pointed at Kong Xianglian and called you three times, then rolled his eyes and passed out.

Jia Cong clapped his hands and shouted, "No, our Kong Daru was so excited that he vomited blood!"

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　Thanks knightr, Yun Xinwu, Qing Ning丨丨 for their rewards.

　　The low-grade fever persisted, my head was stuffy, and my writing was a little watery, sorry.

　　It should be much better tomorrow, I will start to make up the changes, I don't know how much I can make up, so I don't know what to write.

　　Good night, gentlemen readers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)