At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 219
The Confucian family in Qufu was conferred by the Mongols as Yan Shenggong, and it was reasonable to do things for the Mongols.

However, the Mongols have been beaten away long ago. The Great Ming's Yan Shenggong was canonized by Emperor Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

At the beginning, Gong Zhu of Yansheng was unwilling to do things for the Mongols, and he could still take the initiative to resign from the title of Duke of Yansheng. But why, when the Mongols returned to Mobei, the Kong family in Qufu secretly hooked up with them.

This is very abnormal!

Moreover, it can be seen from the letter that the Mongols seem to have some secrets about Yan Shenggong, so that he dare not refuse and can only evade.

What is the secret?

Bellin saw that the other party was puzzled, and said: "Jin Yiwei is still investigating the reason, and that old boy Kong Yanjin is also a difficult master. He even confessed to peeking at the widow taking a bath, but why didn't he explain these letters?" The problem!"

Kong Mingbo asked: "What... explain?"

Bellin said: "Oh, you don't know yet, but that Kong Yanjin from Qufu has already been arrested by Jin Yiwei and taken to Zhao Prison, and is under trial."

Kong Mingbo: ...

That Kong Yanjin from Qufu, you said it so easily, he is the current Yansheng Gong!

Was it captured by Jin Yiwei?

Still want to be locked up in Zhao Prison for interrogation?

what's the situation……

Bei Lin said again: "Actually, the emperor ordered me to come to Quzhou, and I also want you to help me figure out what is the mystery in these letters, and what secrets do the Mongols hold about Yan Shenggong?"

Kong Mingbo nodded and said, "Caomin do their best!"

"Since that's the case, don't bother."

Belin saluted the wooden statue of Confucius and his wife before turning away.

Kong Mingbo hurriedly said: "Your Excellency has come from a long way, after dinner, stay for one night before leaving!"

"I will stop eating!"

Bei Lin returned to the yard, got on the horse, and said: "The emperor said, give you three days to think about it. I will stay in the inn in the county seat. After you think about it, come to me. After three days, I will leave."

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and led the people away.

Kong Mingbo was still standing blankly in the wind, feeling a little dazed.

"Father, what's the matter with you?"

"It's okay, it's okay, being a father... I'm a little confused..."

"What happened? Did Qufu want us to hand over the icon again?"

"No, you...forget it, you go find the family tree first."

"Which day does father want?"

Kong Mingbo thought for a while, and said, "Find out all the diaries and miscellaneous notes of the Song Dynasty, the branches and collaterals, and the clansmen!"

"Yes!"

Kong Mingbo has no hope of returning to Qufu to succeed Yan Shenggong, because there is already Yan Shenggong in Qufu, even if he committed something and was arrested by Jin Yiwei, there are tens of thousands of Confucian people in Qufu. Choose an heir.

To say that those letters were all written by the former Yan Shenggong, and they didn't promise anything, so they can't be regarded as collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country.

However, the most strange thing is what kind of secrets are hidden behind these letters?
Kong Mingbo came to the study and looked up the genealogy one by one.

During the Jingkang change, Jin soldiers went south, and Emperor Gaozong Zhao Jian established the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, Yansheng Gong Kong Duanyou was determined to follow the Southern Song court to guard half of the rivers and mountains, so he took the statue of Confucius and Qiguan's wife to build a Confucian family temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang. Clan Nanzong.

When Kong Duanyou was traveling south, he decided to let his younger brother Kong Duancao take care of the Confucian Temple, and the Jin Dynasty also emphasized the legitimacy of entering the Central Plains, so he named Kong Duanyou’s younger brother Kong Duancao as Yansheng Gong and asked him to preside over the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong. The sacrifice is for the Northern Sect of the Kong family.

Kong Duanyou and Kong Duancao are the No.40 descendants of Confucius for seven generations. There are detailed records in the genealogy, so there should be no mistakes.

After the rise of Mongols and the occupation of Qufu, the Duke of Yan Sheng granted by the Jin Dynasty was passed on to Kong Yuancuo, and he also fled to Kaifeng with the Jin Dynasty.

Kong Yuancuo and Kong Yuanyong are also recorded in detail in the genealogy.

After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, Kong Yuancuo was captured by the Mongols, and he and Kong Yuanyong competed for the position of Yansheng Gong, which led to mutual competition for power and profit within Beikong. The Mongols were so annoyed that they simply abolished the title of Yangong Sheng .

However, this move is undoubtedly a hornet's nest.

Scholars all over the world saw that Yan Shenggong had been abolished, is that okay?

So people gathered to make trouble, demanding that the court restore the title of Duke Yansheng.

At this time, Kublai Khan discovered that the Confucius family in Quzhou also had Yan Shenggong, Kong Mingbo's ancestor Kong Zhu. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had perished, but Kong Zhu refused the court on the grounds that he had been in the south for several generations and wanted to guard his ancestor's grave. The Mongols re-canonized a Yan Sheng Gong Kong Zhiquan.

Kong Zhiquan is the son of Kong Yuanyong and the nephew of Kong Yuancuo, so it is reasonable to inherit the title of Duke Yansheng.

For this record, Kong Mingbo has read it several times, and he can almost recite it, but he is still concentrating on searching for information.

Suddenly, Kong Mingbo froze.

In a record compiled by the Kong family, a passage was found: "In the fourth year of Song Shaoxi, Kong Yuanyong gave birth to a son, Kong Zhiquan, who died young at the age of six."

He even suspected that he was wrong, so he hurriedly looked carefully, and it was recorded that Kong Zhiquan died young at the age of six.

Since he died at the age of six, who will succeed him?

Kong Mingbo looked around frantically, looking through all the genealogies and records of various descendants of the Kong family, looking for clues.

…………

Three days later, Belin was ready to leave.

This is how he behaves. He agreed to wait for you for three days. If you don't come, I can't find you.

However, just as he came to the door of the inn and was about to go downstairs, he saw a man kneeling at the door, it was Kong Mingbo.

Beside him, there are two tightly packed packages.

"Mr. Kong, why do you..."

Belin hurried forward and helped him up.

Kong Mingbo's eyes were red, and he said: "My lord, please take me to Beijing, I have something important to do, and I need to meet the emperor immediately!"

Bellin laughed dumbfounded, and asked, "Have you considered it clearly?"

Uncle Kong Ming nodded heavily, and said: "I have already considered it very clearly. The title of Yan Shenggong must not fall into the hands of foreigners!"

Now, it's Belin's turn to be confused, what's going on?
Kong Mingbo immediately said: "Yan Shenggong, who was conferred by the Mongols back then, was not a descendant of the Kong family, but... a Mongol!"

"What did you say?"

Belle turned pale with shock, Yan Shenggong of Qufu is a Mongol?
how is this possible……

However, it seems that this can explain what happened to those letters.

Only then did Kong Mingbo tell the truth about the information he found in the past few days. At that time, Kong Zhu flatly refused to be canonized. In order to fool the world, the Mongols changed the name of a Mongol to Kong Zhiquan and inherited the title of Duke Yansheng.

Under the protection of the imperial court, Duke Yansheng of Qufu multiplied like this, and continued to spread its branches and leaves. Today, there are tens of thousands of clan members.

After the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he didn't know the secret behind it, so he continued to canonize him as Yan Shenggong until today.

(End of this chapter)