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Chapter 161 North and South Yan Shenggong

Nanjing.

On this day, Zhu Yijiong summoned hundreds of cabinet officials to the court.

"Your Majesty, Kong Chuanjin has arrived outside the palace!"

"Xuan!"

“Promote Confucius’s mission to visit you!”

The old eunuch who accompanied him and was now the chamberlain shouted in a high-pitched voice.

After a while, Kong Chuanjin, who was dressed in Confucian robes, quickly came to the main hall, and as he was in the hall, he knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Zhu Yijiong on the dragon chair.

"The common man Kong Chuanjin bows to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Kong Chuanjin, the direct son of Kong Yuyuan, was also the next successor of the Kong family of Nanzong in Quzhou.

In fact, Zhu Yijiong had discussed the matter with the cabinet as early as Enke's tenure, and even the edict was issued here.

Because Kong Yuyuan, the leader of the Southern Sect, was old, he sent his legitimate son Kong Chuanjin to come.

Kong Chuanjin and his son had no resistance at all to Emperor Zhu's edict.

After all, unlike the Northern Sect of Shandong, their Southern Sect does not have the tradition of cultivating and surrendering.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Northern Sect of Shandong first worshiped Dashun Li Zicheng, and then worshiped the young emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was a skilled yuppie.

Kong Zhenyun, the head of the Southern Sect at that time, oh, there were actually two people with the same name as Kong Zhenyun at this time, one was the head of the clan, and the other was an official in the court, and almost reached the rank of chief minister.

Kong Zhenyun, who had been the elder of the cabinet, heard that Chongzhen died for his country and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and he fell ill and died in the same year.

Kong Zhenyun, the leader of the Southern Sect, also refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Until later, the Qing Dynasty could not show off its face and appointed a governor of Quzhou in Bei Kong specifically to force the surrender of the Southern Sect.

It can be said that the Southern Sect was forced to surrender by the Beizong family, and there was no benefit at all from surrendering.

In fact, in order to prevent the rise of the Southern Sect, the Beizong suppressed it in every possible way. This was all done before the Ming Dynasty, and it was still the case in the Qing Dynasty, and it seemed to be intensified.

Who makes Nanzong unwilling to surrender?

The Southern Sect even formulated two special family rules with the purpose of disgusting the Northern Sect.

That is to say, others are prohibited from pretending to be the Kong family, because the Kong family is exempted from corvee, and the Kong family is not allowed to trade privately when buying and selling land. It must be reported in official official documents, because the Kong family's land is also exempt from corvee, but the tax is still the same. They have to pay taxes, who makes them belong to Nanzong.

Quzhou Nankong also held a hereditary official position. He was a doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy. In terms of rank, he was two levels lower than the county magistrate (the seventh rank of the county magistrate in the Qing Dynasty and the sixth rank of the county magistrate of Qufu, Shandong).

The Southern Sect was punished so miserably by the Northern Sect, so Kong Chuanjin knelt down to Emperor Zhu without any psychological burden, no matter whether he recognized Emperor Zhu in his heart or not.

As for calling himself a grassroots citizen, it was what his father Kong Yuyuan meant.

"No gift, flat!"

Zhu Yijiong raised her hand, and even moved her buttocks to show off, making a gesture of getting up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Naturally, Kong Chuanjin did not dare to let Zhu Yijiong stand up. This was something officials from the Ministry of Rites had taught him before.

Kong Chuanjin stood up, and Zhu Yijiong also saw the whole person. He was indeed a talented person, which was normal. He was the legitimate son of a wealthy family after all.

Even if the life of the Southern Sect is as good as that of the Northern Sect, he still has the surname Kong. The living standard and family cultivation of the legitimate son of this family are definitely not bad, so it is only natural that he looks good.

"You are really a talented person. I believe that the Kong family of Nanzong is also of high moral character. In this case, I canonize your father Kong Yuyuan as the Holy Duke of Ming Dynasty, with the right to worship!"

Zhu Yijiong nodded and immediately issued the canonization decree as agreed in advance.Kong Chuanjin below was already prepared to bow down and thank him.

The remaining civil and military officials were also prepared to kneel down and shout long live the mountain as promised.

However, Zhu Yijiong suddenly added: "Wang Aiqing, ordered the cabinet to invest in selecting an idle place in the city to hold sacrifices for Yanshenggong. This time Aiqing will move his family to Nanjing and give Aiqing a mansion." !”

In a few words, this is directly to move Duke Yansheng to Nanjing.

It seems that he is being promoted to the emperor's feet because of his kindness, but in reality, he is just watching from afar.

And, most importantly, if they move to Nanjing, what will happen to the Nankong industry in Quzhou?
Although Nan Kong's life is not as good as that of Beikong, he can still be regarded as a big landowner. House rules are one thing, but how to enforce them is another.

Blood and blood belong to flesh and blood, and you will still be greedy if you should be greedy.

This is the plan to uproot the Southern Sect, no longer like the Shandong Northeast Sect, just like the earth emperors of the world, even the former Ming Dynasty and the current Qing Dynasty have a hard time swallowing it.

Kong Chuanjin was a little stunned. Not only was he stunned, but His Highness the officials and the Chief Assistant Wang Li were also a little confused.

This is not right!

This is not the same as what was discussed before!
What was discussed before was that Emperor Zhu canonize Nanzong as Yanshenggong and obtain political and legal authority. Emperor Zhu's move is obviously involving private goods!

However, after only being dazed for a moment and seeing Emperor Zhu looking at him with a smile on his face, Wang Li understood. Then he bowed and bowed, shouting: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! Long live, long live, long live my emperor!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Wang Li took the lead in expressing his position, and the other three cabinet ministers Liang Wenxuan, Zhu Chengxun, and Lu Youlong also shouted one after another.

Upon seeing this, all the officials of His Highness had no choice but to follow the mountain and shout long live the mountain.

After this move, Kong Chuanjin understood what it meant, and then he kowtowed and thanked you without hesitation: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness. Long live, long live, long live!"

Thanks, the matter is settled.

Zhu Yijiong finally smiled again.

There was no way, Zhu Yijiong was really angry.

As someone who had read countless history books and historical novels in his previous life, he really didn't have the slightest fondness for Yan Shenggong.

If it weren't for political considerations, Zhu Yijiong would have wanted to abolish the title of Yanshenggong directly.

Now, all he could do was take advantage of the imperial meeting and forcefully tie Yan Shenggong under his nose, and then tell Wu Wai to keep an eye on him and not let him cause trouble.

Moreover, this is actually not a loss for the Southern Sect itself. After hundreds of years of suppression by the Northern Sect, the Southern Sect only has a hereditary title of Doctor of the Five Classics. Apart from presiding over the Southern Sect's sacrifices, the Southern Sect has no privileges.

In this wave, Nanzong's pitiful property in Quzhou was exchanged for the Duke of Yansheng. The Kong family of Nanzong still made a profit.

Of course, if Zhu Yijiong did this, he would be labeled a willful, tyrant or something like a tyrant in the civil history books a hundred years later. This is why the founding emperors like Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to abolish the Dukedom of Yansheng without permission.

It was only later that the Confucian family had gone too far, so Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to transfer the position of Qufu County Magistrate from the Yan Shenggong line to the side line, intending to make them fight among themselves, so as to prevent the Beikong family from becoming dominant in Qufu. .

Although I started wearing a pair of pants a few generations later...

Kong Chuanjin thanked him, and Ming Dynasty Yanshenggong was born. As the saying goes, there will be no two Yanshenggong in the world, just like there are no two Longhushan Celestial Masters.

The Ming court established Yan Shenggong, so Yan Shenggong of Beizong was regarded as a pseudo-lord.

The next step is for the Propaganda Department to write articles and spread them throughout the world through various methods such as smuggling.

Ha ha.

After a lifetime of practicing surrender, he also worshiped the Tatar emperor three times in a row. What qualifications do he have to claim to be a descendant of Confucius?
(End of this chapter)