The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 46 Does Your Majesty Want to Destroy Our Kong Family?
In the carriage returning home, Kong Taichang's expression was very serious: "Alas..."

The son who was sitting by the side couldn't listen anymore, so he had to interrupt his father's sigh: "Father, don't sigh anymore, think of a way."

"What can we do? We can't resist the decree." Kong Taichang's heart was in a mess at the moment, his mind was in chaos, and he completely lost his usual calmness and wisdom.

"Father, do you want to watch my younger sister marry the king as a side concubine?" Seeing his father's resignation, Kong Yuan said in disbelief, "Do you want our Kong family to be involved in the struggle for imperial power?" Are we going to be scolded by scholars all over the world again? Do we have to repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty?"

Kong Yuan's words deeply touched Kong Taichang's Ni Lin, and his expression suddenly became stern, "Our Kong family must not repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty, absolutely not!"

In the previous dynasty, the head of the Kong family at that time was obsessed with ghosts and supported King Yun, making him the first prince to be granted the eight beads in the previous dynasty.King Yun was not born to the queen, but the son of Concubine Lan Gui who favored the harem.Concubine Lan Gui is arrogant and domineering, and so is King Yun.

The Confucian family supported King Yun, which violated the Confucian rule of establishing a son and a son.Not only that, the King Yun at that time was very domineering and had no reputation at all.The Confucian family supported such a person to compete for the throne, why didn't the world's scholars be angry?
With the support of the Kong family, King Yun became more powerful and more authoritarian.King Yun did a lot of absurd things, which made the people complain.Furthermore, many scholars were persecuted at that time, which made scholars all over the world hate the Kong family.It was also at that time that the reputation of the Kong family was discredited.

Afterwards, Emperor Xia Ling of the previous dynasty was so absurd that he made his life miserable. The common people couldn't bear it any longer, and they rebelled one after another.The first emperor at that time was the most outstanding one among the many righteous men in the uprising, and he was also the most benevolent one.

The first emperor himself was born as a farmer and had been exploited by the officials of the previous dynasty. He deeply understood the pain and difficulty of the people, so he always asked his soldiers to treat the people well.Everywhere his army went, they never killed, burned or looted, but comforted and helped the people.

The common people felt that the first emperor was a benevolent monarch and respected him very much.Everywhere the late emperor went, the people warmly welcomed him.At that time, the common people had nothing to eat, but they actively sent wine and food to the late emperor.

Kong Taichang's father saw that the late emperor was well-known among the people and had a heart of benevolence and righteousness, so he decided to take refuge in and support the late emperor.

The first emperor himself did not read any books, but he knew the importance of reading.The surrender of Kong Taichang's father made the late Emperor very happy.The first emperor asked Kong Taichang's father to teach his children to read, and also taught the soldiers to read and write.

Kong Taichang's father was highly valued by the late emperor, coupled with his own integrity and respect for corporals, the reputation of the Kong family gradually recovered.Later, Kong Taichang's father, He Xiang and some of them helped the late emperor establish the Great Zhou, and helped the late Emperor formulate the laws and etiquette rules of the Great Zhou.

At the beginning of the Great Zhou Dynasty, military generals were very popular and had a high status, while the status of scholars plummeted.With the efforts of Kong Taichang's father, the first emperor began to reuse Confucianism, which greatly improved the status of scholars and gradually gained reuse.Because of this, scholars all over the world no longer resent the Confucius family.After more than ten or twenty years, the Confucius family finally regained the respect of literati and students all over the world.However, the status and reputation of the Kong family is still not as good as that of the Li family.

Before he died, Kong Taichang's father held his hand tightly and told him repeatedly that he must abide by the rules set by his ancestors, and he must never do foolish things like the former patriarch and ruin the Kong family.

Kong Taichang swore in front of his father that he would not let the Kong family make the same mistakes again.

"Father, we can't resist the decree, but if my younger sister can't marry the acting king, the emperor can't blame us, can he?"

Kong Taichang understood what his son meant, "You mean to destroy this marriage?"

Kong Yuan nodded and said, "This marriage must be destroyed."

"It is necessary to destroy it, but we have to think about how to destroy it so that the emperor will not be angry."

"I said to decide on the marriage before my younger sister and Ji. You and your mother said that there is no rush, and that you have to choose slowly. Now that it's done, the emperor will directly marry you to the acting king." Kong Yuan said, "If my younger sister decides If we are married, today we can reject the emperor's offer of marriage."

Kong Taichang also regretted in his heart: "I didn't know that the emperor would marry your little sister to the acting king. If I knew this, I would have arranged a marriage for your little sister a few years ago, and I will marry your little sister when she is ready." The youngest daughter is He and his wife's old daughter, talented, clever, cute and cute, he and his wife have always loved her, so how could she be willing to marry early.He and his wife plan to keep their youngest daughter for another two years, and slowly choose a good husband-in-law for the youngest daughter during these two years.Unexpectedly, the emperor would suddenly give a marriage to the youngest daughter, and she would marry the acting king as a side concubine.

"When the first emperor was around, he didn't let the daughter of our Kong family enter the palace as a concubine. The emperor didn't let our daughter of the Kong family enter the palace as a concubine during the years when the emperor was on the throne." Kong Taichang was full of confusion, "At the beginning, His Royal Highness and When His Royal Highness Dai Wang got married, the emperor did not let our daughter of the Kong family marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Dai Wang. What happened today, the emperor suddenly married your younger sister to the Dai Wang?"

"It's very simple, the emperor wants our Kong family to support His Royal Highness Dai Wang, so that His Royal Highness Dai Wang can become [justified] in the future..." Kong Yuan stopped talking suddenly when he said this, and did not continue.

Kong Taichang's face became heavy again in an instant, "This is the emperor..." He really wanted to say how the emperor could do such a stupid thing.

"Father, our Kong family cannot support Dai Wang!"

"It's natural!" Kong Taichang said awe-inspiringly, "Even if we resist the decree, we can't let your little sister marry the acting king!" The reputation of their Kong family can't be ruined anymore, otherwise they really don't have the face to meet their ancestors.

"We have to discuss this matter carefully."

Kong Taichang and the others have not yet returned to the mansion, and everyone in the mansion knows about the marriage.

Mrs. Kong and Miss Kong waited anxiously for Kong Taichang and their return.Seeing them come back, he hurriedly asked what was going on with the marriage.

Kong Taichang then told his wife and little daughter what had just happened in the morning court.After finishing speaking, seeing the panicked faces of his wife and little daughter, he hurriedly comforted them and said: "Don't worry, madam, I will never let Yao'er marry and become the king's side concubine."

"The emperor has given you a marriage, how can we refuse it, do you want to resist the order, sir?"

"In addition to resisting the decree, there are other ways, but Yao'er will be wronged."

Seeing Kong Tai often looking at her with guilty eyes, Kong Yao smiled sweetly at him: "Father, I am wronged to marry Dai Wang as a side concubine. As long as I can not marry Dai Wang, I will not be wronged. "

"Yao'er, from today onwards, you will pretend to be sick."

"Fake illness?" Kong Yao said in shock, "Father, I fell ill as soon as the emperor gave me the marriage. This is too obvious, the emperor will definitely be suspicious."

"At that time, I will say that you were frightened by this marriage offer." On the way back home, Kong Taichang and his son had already thought of several ways to reject this marriage offer. "If pretending to be sick doesn't work, then pretend to be crazy. I don't believe it. If you are crazy, the emperor will let you marry the acting king..." Before he could finish speaking, his arm was severely twisted by his wife.

"What kind of bad idea did you come up with?"

Kong Yao thought it was a good idea: "Father, let's do it this way. Pretending to be sick won't work, so I'll pretend to be crazy." She would rather pretend to be crazy than to marry the acting king as a side concubine.

"Let's pretend to be sick first." Kong Taichang said, "Tomorrow I will apologize to the emperor to test his attitude."

Kong Yuan on the side said: "Fortunately, my younger sister is not yet ready, so don't worry about my younger sister getting married as soon as Dai Wang comes back."

Mrs. Kong heard her husband and son say this, and said with a look of surprise: "You really want to do this?"

"Actually, there is another way, and that is to let the younger sister destroy her reputation, but it is not good for the younger sister." Kong Yuan said, "At present, the best way we think of is to pretend to be sick or crazy."

"Father, brother, it's nothing if my reputation is ruined, but our Kong family's reputation must never be ruined again."

Seeing that the youngest daughter is so sensible, Kong Taichang was very relieved: "Tomorrow, I will speak to the emperor carefully, and hope that the emperor can take it back."

"Why did the emperor suddenly grant the marriage?" Mrs. Kong asked very puzzled, "Does the emperor want to destroy our Kong family?" Mrs. Kong also understood the real purpose behind this marriage decree.The emperor asked their Kong family to support the acting king, which is to destroy their Kong family.

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