Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 283 Vision
Wang Ancheng, who brought Daniu and Niu Niu back to Huangzhuang in the capital on the streets of Ji County, has now been promoted to the position of Baihu. Household.

"My subordinates thank Baihu for their support! This matter is entirely due to the proper planning of Baihu and the two general banners. The subordinates are only following orders. Baihu and the two general banners should be the first to contribute!"

The ugly Qiao villager with a horse face has a lot of eyes. After hearing Wang Ancheng's words, he immediately threw his high hat out.

"I can't talk about support. I, Mr. Wang, are definitely not people who take credit and blame, so I can do whatever I want! Li Li, answer my words!"

"Reporting to Baihu, Zhang Wenxiang, Qiu Yulian, and Huang Yun are on their way back in a pre-arranged carriage! The subordinates have discussed several times on the way back, and they all believe that there is no flaw in this operation! Even if an autopsy is performed, it will be regarded as Drowning!"

General Banner Li Li replied.

"After Zhang Wenxiang and the others turn back, take a short rest and immediately transfer their family to Jinan Mansion. There will be a place to settle there. Yanzhou Mansion can't stay. If they are recognized by people in Confucian Mansion today, there will be some troubles ! Tell the three of them that they will double their family's salary at the summit starting next month!"

Those three women are all peripheral staff of Jinyiwei, and they appear as street performers on a daily basis.His family members are also peripheral to Jinyiwei. On weekdays, they would go to the designated hidden place at the beginning of each month to receive the salary and expenses from Jinyiwei. The money is enough for his family to live a comfortable life.And after this meritorious service, Jin Yiwei's experience department will double his salary.

"The humble leader!"

Li Li clapped his hands back.

"The rules of this matter are as usual, family members and relatives are not allowed to tell!"

Wang Ancheng warned, Li Li and the other three all nodded in agreement.

This is an old rule within Jin Yiwei. Li Li and the others are all hereditary, so they are familiar with the rules of the guard. Wang Ancheng reminded him again because of the cautiousness of the superior.

The action of killing Kong Yinzhi this time was carried out under the instruction of Zhu Youjian and Luo Yangxing, and no one knew about it except those who participated in the assassination.

Immediately after receiving the order, Wang Ancheng summoned Li Li and Zhou Qiang, two secret merchants of the general banner, in order to successfully complete Shangfeng's instructions.

Assassinating Kong Yinzhi is not difficult. After all, no matter how the dynasties are changed for thousands of years, no one has murdered the head of the Kong family. In addition, the Yanshenggong Mansion has no armed forces, only a few servants, and the defense against the outside world is equivalent to nothing. , so it is very easy to secretly get rid of Kong Yinzhi.But Luo Yangxing's secret order was to make the outside world think that Kong Yinzhi's death was accidental and had nothing to do with anyone, so the difficulty of this matter suddenly increased several times.

Wang Ancheng, Li, and Tuesday dressed up as vendors, beggars, farmers, wandering Taoist priests and other identities, and went to Qufu City to learn about Kong Yinzhi's daily habits. After several months of follow-up and investigation, they finally found out. Some rules of life of Kong Yinzhi.

After returning to Yanzhou, the three of them discussed several times and finally decided on today's action plan.Then Wang Ancheng appointed Qiaocun, the school lieutenant nicknamed Water Duck in the institute, as the candidate for the specific implementation, and Li Li and Zhou Qiang were the supporters.

After Qiao Cun and others stepped on the site several times, the personnel involved in the operation calculated and practiced several times during this period.

From the time when Zhang Wenxiang and others attracted the servant's attention, to the time when Qiao Cun dived into the water and got under Kong Yinzhi's eyes, until he was dragged to the bottom of the lake and drowned before returning, the three of them ran several miles away under the cover of weeds and bushes. The place where the horses were tied, Zhang Wenxiang and others went to the back of the woods and left in a carriage, etc.After the time spent on these details was basically under control, and after confirming that there was little possibility of failure, Wang Ancheng gave the order to do it.

Near noon, Kong Yinzhi's swollen and deformed body was salvaged from the lake, and the secret agent in plain clothes of Jin Yiwei mixed in the crowd quickly sent the news back to Yanzhou on horseback. Go straight to the capital.

Three days later, Zhu Youjian in the palace received the news of Kong Yinzhi's drowning. While marveling at the precise planning and arrangement of this operation, he ordered Luo Yangxing to reward all the officials who participated in this operation. , and should be promoted first when there are vacancies in higher positions, the person who can formulate such an impeccable plan cannot be buried.

The reason why Zhu Youjian wanted to kill Kong Yinzhi was purely out of righteous indignation in the thinking of later generations, which is a typical cynic extremism.

For Kong Yinzhi, a family slave with three surnames, Zhu Youjian in later generations despised his behavior very much.

Kong Yinzhi, who bears the titles of Prince Taishi and Prince Taifu of the Ming Dynasty, first surrendered to Li Chuang when the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He has completely lost his Confucian character and turned into a complete speculator, a despicable villain who can abandon the country and the nation for the benefit of the family.

As early as last year, Zhu Youjian ordered Jinyiwei to spread the word, saying that the southern sect of the Confucian family was unbearable and declining, and wanted to get involved in Confucianism and regain the title of Duke Yansheng.

He is laying the groundwork for the future division and weakening of the Confucian family's position in the scholarly society. It is hard to say whether the success or failure is now, but it is the general trend to take advantage of the weakening of the Confucian family to take the opportunity to reform Confucianism.

The status of the Kong family cannot be shaken overnight. The result of rash action is obvious, that is, he will become the public enemy of the literati all over the world. If no one dealt with it, the consequence would be that soon after, the Great Ming would be in chaos and the Great Ming would perish.

Regarding raising the butcher's knife to punish the Nine Clans, Zhu Youjian would have a picture in his mind: the Japanese pirates carried an infant baby with a bayonet, because that was also a member of the Nine Clans.

The ignorant are fearless, and the ignorant have great destructive power. The typical representatives are the thieves and Man Qing in the previous life.

Zhu Youjian is extremely disgusted that some people forcibly indoctrinate many ignorant young people in the name of righteousness with their barbaric and backward concepts full of violence, evil, destruction, power, destruction, cruelty, cruelty, and anti-humanity. If you become a top decision-maker, it will bring a huge disaster and trauma to the entire country.

Fortunately, such a fool traveled back to harm the ancients.

Dayi is not the massacre of compatriots, how is that different from Japanese pirates?

How terrible would it be if such a narrow, rude, barbaric and backward thinking prevailed in later generations?Disobedient, kill, and then create a new batch of slaves in the name of liberating slaves.

How many crimes are in the name of justice.

In Zhu Youjian's cognition, any thought has its merits, and Confucianism is no different.

But no matter any thought or theory, it should not be a tool or an excuse for the ruler to exploit the people.Just like Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust are its foundation, but the implementation of this foundation cannot only be aimed at the people at the bottom, but must be consistent from top to bottom.

In other words, for all the excellent virtues, those in power must first implement them, instead of asking others to do them, and they can make exceptions.

But the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.If you want those with vested interests to give up their self-interest, you cannot restrict them by simply reforming their minds. Only by restricting them through strict laws and systems can they be successful.

The basic idea of ​​Confucianism to achieve conscience is to try to use morality to restrain people's words and deeds, but countless facts in later generations have proved that using laws to restrict citizens' behavior is more effective than using morality.

The death of Kong Yinzhi this time inevitably involved a sensitive issue: the inheritance of the title of Duke Yansheng.

According to common sense, Kong Xingxie, the eldest son of Kong Yinzhi, is the logical successor of the 66th generation Yanshenggong, but in Zhu Youjian's plan, the title of Yanshenggong will be suspended for a period of time.

To weaken Confucianism is to weaken Confucianism.Zhu Youjian’s goal is to get rid of the incumbent Yan Shenggong, and then use other means to provoke the Confucian family to fight for the position of Yan Shenggong, and finally make its reputation and influence among scholars and the people plummet. .

The gentleman is like righteousness, and the villain is like profit.

This is what the saints said.

But if, for the benefit of Yan Shenggong, you turn to a big fight, completely disregarding the righteousness of a gentleman, aren't you a villain?
The symbol of Confucianism has become a villain in the eyes of everyone, so what qualifications does Confucianism have to use its own theories to govern the region and the people?

This is just an idea, and it may be quite difficult to implement it.After all, he is a descendant of a saint, so he always has to worry about face, and for the sake of the long-term interests of the whole family, he will not easily tear his face for the title.

Besides, the imperial courts of all dynasties have regulations prohibiting the Confucian family from fighting among themselves for the title of Duke Yansheng, thinking that it will lose the face of scholars and lose the duty of Confucianism.

Strictly speaking, Nanzong is the true honor of Duke Yansheng.

In the second year of Jianyan, Kong Duanyou, the eldest grandson of the sage No. 40, followed Song Gaozong Zhao Gou to the south, settled in Quzhou and established a family temple, and was granted the title of Yan Shenggong by Song Gaozong.Until the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty from the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered Kong Zhu, who was the sixth generation of Yan Shenggong of Nanzong at that time, to go to Beijing to discuss the feudal title.Kong Zhu said that because the ancestral tomb of this branch has been in Qu for five generations, it is difficult to abandon it.The descendants of Qufu have made great contributions to guarding the tomb, so they are willing to give the title to Beizong. Since then, Beizong has established its lofty status today.

In Zhu Youjian's view, the reason why the Confucian family was divided into the northern and southern sects was entirely a speculative act of betting on both sides for the survival of the family. This practice is not uncommon among aristocratic families.Just like at a certain stage in later generations, father and son brothers seem to turn against each other for the so-called ideals, but in fact it is just the arrangement of the elders in the clan. At that time, no matter who is in power, the whole family will also get enough benefits.

Just when Zhu Youjian was planning to weaken the status of Confucianism, in the prosperous and prosperous Jiangnan, a turmoil caused by the imperial court's collection of commercial taxes was also brewing.

(End of this chapter)