Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 196 Do something, don't do something!The true legacy of a saint! ! (seeking subscription)

The sky is falling!
Duke Yansheng's title was taken away, and the roots of the literati all over the world were trampled on. Such actions are tantamount to standing on the opposite side of the literati all over the world.

As soon as this news came out, the whole world and the four seas were filled with excitement, and the whole world was shaken.

All literati were stunned by this news!
Since the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, the status of Confucianism has always been high, unmatched and unmatched.

This is the hometown of the sage. The people of the Confucian family here have the blood of the sage flowing in their veins. Even if the barbarians enter China and become rulers, they still have to seal the Confucian mansion. They dare not mess around in the homeland of the sage, because This represents the scholars of the whole world!

It is precisely because of this that Yan Shenggong dared to stand up and appealed to scholars all over the world to "admonish" the emperor, hoping that the emperor would take back his order and stop a hundred schools of thought from contending.

The relationship between Yan Shenggong Kong Xixue and Zhu Yuanzhang is actually pretty good.

In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to exempt all the land tax of Yan Shenggong.

But Lao Zhu felt that he was still not satisfied with his care for the Kong family, so he asked the Ministry of Rites to find out all the records of how the Kong family was cared for in the Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties. He wanted to honor and favor the Kong family even more than in previous dynasties.

This is the loss of being uneducated, not knowing that there is another Nankong.

Lao Zhu has great respect for Yan Sheng Gong Kong Xixue, and has always called him Kong Chengxi.

In order to strengthen the connection and heart-to-heart relationship with Yan Shenggong, he stipulated that Yan Shenggong would come to Nanjing every year to chat with him and catch up on the old days.

Yan Shenggong Kong Xixue could feel Zhu Yuanzhang's incomparable respect for him, and concluded that he didn't dare to touch himself at all...

What's more, he is just admonishing, even if the admonition fails, it's nothing, that's Zhu Yuanzhang's business, and Zhu Yuanzhang will bear all the consequences!
Even the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan can't fight against all the literati in the world, can he?

Even the founding monarch Hongwu had to make concessions.

Keyan Shenggong Kong Xixue never dreamed that Zhu Yuanzhang would be so ignorant of martial arts, directly deprive him of his title, and punish Kong's mansion openly and aboveboard!
What made Kong Xixue even more horrified was that after Zhu Yuanzhang deprived him of his title, he actually registered Kong Xilu of Southern Kong as Duke Wenxuan! !

Kong Xixue never dreamed that there would be such an operation!

This tactic caught him off guard!
Duke Wenxuan inherited the Tang Dynasty. It is obvious what this means—it is declaring to the people of the world that the Confucian family of the Southern Sect is the great sect, the orthodox, and the direct line!
This is really a good method! !
Qufu, Confucius Mansion.

Previously, there was a lot of cultural energy here, and the Confucian fundamental righteousness was entrenched in the sky, forming colorful auspicious clouds. At this moment, these scenes have disappeared, and what appears instead is black clouds overwhelming the sky. .

Inside the Confucius Mansion, Kong Xixue, who was deprived of the title of Duke Yansheng, was full of anger in his eyes.

"Emperor Ming... how dare you do that!"

Kong Xixue roared angrily, his face was distorted and ferocious, and he hated to the extreme in his heart: "My Qufu Confucian Mansion has been passed down for countless years, and I have been the Duke of Yansheng for so many years. No one dared to touch us. This beggar emperor dared to do this... "

"Don't he know the consequences of doing so? He has only been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and he dares to be so unscrupulous. Isn't he afraid of the loss of the country?"

"Damn! Hateful!!!"

Kong Xixue vented his anger.

But this much anger is just incompetent rage.

As for those great Confucian scholars who fooled Kong Xixue and the world's literati to persuade the emperor, after hearing the news, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. No one thought that such a deadlock would be easily broken by the emperor.

This is equivalent to causing Kong Xixue to lose his title of Duke Yansheng. Since then, the Confucius Mansion will probably decline, and a towering tree will collapse like this...

I can't imagine it!

Nowadays, the sage knowledge governs the world, and other studies are worthless. This has been an established fact for many years. How difficult is it to change all this?

If it were someone else, I really couldn't find a solution for a while, but Su Che quickly thought of a solution!
He did not deprive the title of the descendant of the saint, but gave the title to the more orthodox descendant of the saint, provoking disputes between the southern sect and the northern sect!
Who is orthodox, the Southern Confucian family or the Northern Confucian family?

Nanzong is a great sect, and the blood of the direct line flows in his blood. It is just because he was deprived of his title, and he didn't want to squeeze the people to death in Yurou Township, so his life was extremely poor, and his influence was getting smaller and smaller. Basically, there were no people there. Become an official.

This is also true, as time goes by, scholars in the world subconsciously ignore that there is another Confucius family in the south, even if they are the former Dazong.

As for the Kong family in the north, they were originally bastards, but since the south was unwilling to serve the Mongolian monarch and gave up the title to Bei Kong, since then, Bei Kong's influence has grown, and everyone has gradually recognized that this is the real saint descendants.

Nankong has completely declined, the temples are unable to be repaired, the ancestral house is dilapidated, and the family has a few acres of Susukida, barely eking out a living. These days are extremely difficult.

But despite such hardships, these Confucians still have their own backbone. They never thought of going to Beikong, let alone relying on the reputation of the descendants of Confucius for income. They lived down-to-earth, just like ordinary people.

If it weren't for those who knew the inside story, they wouldn't even know their past glory, let alone that they were the direct descendants of Confucius. The young people in the neighborhood only knew that they were from a down-and-out scholarly family.

But now, following Su Che's decree, scholars all over the world know that there is a Confucian mansion in the south, and they seem to be the orthodox Confucian family?

If Su Che just abolished Beikong, it would be an earth-shaking situation, and the consequences would be unimaginable. The backlash of the entire world of literati would even overthrow Da Ming, which Su Che absolutely did not want to see.

But when he canonized the Confucius family in the south, and was once a knight in the Tang Dynasty, Wen Xuangong even declared that he would go back to the source and establish the lineage of the great clan as orthodox. In this way, many literati had nothing to say!
Many literati have never even heard of the Confucian family of the Southern Zong. They consulted the classics and asked the old people to know the story of the Confucian family of the Southern Zong.
In this way, there is really no problem at all for the current emperor to go back to the source, abolish the concubine, and establish a direct line, which is completely reasonable!
Compared with the orthodox Southern Confucian Confucianism, the deeds of Northern Confucianism seem to be less upright and spineless. They first surrendered Jin and became Yan Shenggong of the Jin Kingdom, and then served the Mongolian monarchs and became the descendants of the Great Yuan Dynasty. Shenggong, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, they fought from the south to the north. When they had no hope of seeing the monarch of the grassland rule China again, they reluctantly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

This compares to the sassy Nam Kong...

The gap is simply too great.

of course.

There are also many literati who are unwilling to accept such a thing. Most of these people have a lot to do with Beikong, have deep connections, and have many conflicts of interest. Naturally, they are not reconciled to seeing Beikong fall like this, and they are still cheering for them.

However, the general situation is like this, no matter how they shout, it will be of no avail.

Zhejiang, Quzhou.

Kong Xilu, who was plowing in the field, was tanned by the sun and dressed very plainly, just like an old farmer who had just walked home from the field.

Before they got home, they saw a group of people from a distance. This group of people had already been waiting here for a long time with the support of the royal family.

Kong Xilu stepped forward and hurriedly saluted: "Cao Min pays homage to the imperial envoy!"

The imperial envoy who came to reward him was the well-known Song Lian. He was originally exiled to Maozhou because his eldest grandson Song Shen was involved in the Hu Weiyong case.

Since Su Che crossed over, he was brought back, and this was the first time he was reused, representing the emperor to reward Nan Kong.

Power is a man's aphrodisiac. Originally, when Song Lian's family was exiled to Maozhou, Song Lian was already sick when he was on the way.

After arriving in Maozhou, there was basically only one last breath left.

Not surprisingly, he was about to die in Maozhou.

However, when the emperor's imperial decree arrived, Song Lian, who had been paralyzed on the bed and could not move, opened his eyes suddenly and sat up straight after the luck was added to his body.

I really sat up in shock in a dying illness!
After being raised by Ying Tianfu for a few days and bestowed with various treasures, Song Lian quickly recovered.

Coming here on behalf of the emperor at this moment, his weight is heavy enough to show the sincerity of the emperor.

Song Lian said with a smile: "I brought His Majesty's will! Kong Xilu, why don't you take it quickly?"

"The grassroots accept the order!" Kong Xilu hastily saluted.

Song Lian withdrew his smile and said seriously: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said:

I have heard for a long time that the Kong family in Quzhou is a direct descendant of a sage.

The grandson of Confucius II, Kong Zhu, the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.

He said that "the descendants of Qufu have contributed to their ancestors in guarding the tombs of their ancestors", and that six generations of ancestors have been tombed in Quzhou, and they have built a family temple. They have lived in Quzhou for many years, and there is an old mother in the hall. The Kong family of the northern sect in Qufu.

Every time I hear about this matter, I feel deeply that a saint's integrity is rare through the ages.

Today, the Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars, helped the Han Dynasty, and restored China. How can the saints' direct line be dusted?
Therefore, the Kong family in Quzhou was granted the title of Wenxuan Gong, and the hereditary successor was appointed as the great master of the Kong family!
Appreciate this! "

Kong Xilu, who was still kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but frowned. When Song Lian asked him to accept the order, he was still unwilling to stand up.

"Wen Xuangong, do you have any scruples?" Song Lian asked.

"Caomin kowtows to God, thank Your Majesty Long!
It's just this decree... No matter what, I can't continue. I, the Kong family of Quzhou, have lived here for generations. "

Kong Xilu raised his head firmly, and said seriously.

He had long made up his mind that even if he killed him, he wouldn't let the saints fight each other and let others see the joke.

After Song Lian heard this, he laughed, and asked back: "The Kong family in Qufu conferred the title of Duke Yansheng, and you are Duke Wenxuan. How can this be called a competition for the title?"

Kong Xilu was taken aback when he heard this.

It seems... makes sense.

Kong Xilu recognized the person in front of him, the famous Song Lian, who was nicknamed Song Longmen.

He said helplessly: "Tai Shigong, His Majesty rewarded us and rewarded us, but why did you want to deprive the Kong family of Qufu of the title of Duke Yansheng?"

Obviously, Kong Xilu already knew about Bei Kong's deprivation of his title, and this matter spread like wind. Within a few days, the whole country knew about it, and Kong Xilu was no exception.

Song Lian smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Mr. Wenxuan, this matter is His Majesty's decision. Let's not talk about the dirty things of the Kong family in Qufu before. It doesn't matter if you invest money or yuan. Your Majesty is generous and can bear it. They instigate scholars all over the world to intimidate His Majesty, trying to get His Majesty to take back the decree, what kind of behavior is this?"

"Great treason, pervert!"

"Your Majesty just wanted to do some practical things, but was blocked like this. Is this what it should be?"

Hearing this, Kong Xilu couldn't help but fell silent.

Song Lian continued: "Mr. Wenxuan, I know your worries. Nankong abdicated for the sake of fame and fortune. As a descendant of a saint, he didn't want to serve the monarch of the Yuan Dynasty. Even Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, couldn't help but praise him for his integrity. .”

"You are worried that if you inherit the title of Duke Wenxuan, you will have a dispute with Beikong. When the saint's descendants will fight, people will see it as a joke and ruin the reputation of the saint."

"Since this is the case, why does Your Majesty force others to make things difficult?" Kong Xilu couldn't help but said with a wry smile.

"No, as the saying goes, do something and don't do something, the past ancestral precepts are important, but the future is equally important!" Song Lian narrowed his eyes, stared at Kong Xilu, and asked seriously: "Wen Xuangong, I'm asking you now. A question, this question, is a question spoken by His Majesty himself!"

Kong Xilu's heart trembled, and he said quickly, "Please tell me!"

"Your Majesty asks: If a sage is alive, would he think that his face is more important, or his cultural inheritance is more important?" Song Lian stared at Kong Xilu and asked seriously.

As soon as these words came out, Kong Xilu's pupils shrank slightly, and he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he stood there in a daze.

Song Lian continued to repeat Su Che's words: "Relying on the reputation of betraying saints, the people of the Northern Confucius became Yan Shenggong in the Jin and Yuan dynasties, and then wantonly oppressed the people. In the fish and meat village, they colluded with officials and did all kinds of evil. In the near future, they will inevitably be infamous forever. , is despised by the people of the world!"

"Don't talk about the future, just talk about the present."

"Now they unite with scholars all over the world to threaten the implementation of the New Deal! They only care about their own interests, how can they care about the lives of the people?"

"You Nankong is noble, generous, tolerant, and has cultivated and studied for generations, but you don't think about it carefully. Is the inheritance of Confucius more important, or is the reputation more important?"

"You can let go of some things, but you must fight for some things!!"

"Nowadays the world is clear and bright, and the Ming Dynasty has only been founded for more than ten years. It is so difficult to wash away the imprints of the Jin and Yuan dynasties. If you don't fight and do it, it will be too late in the future!"

"You only think about your love for Kong, and the reputation of the saint, but you don't imagine what the saint would think!"

"If the saint is alive, he will definitely slap you hard and tell you how stupid this behavior is!!"

"There are some things that can't be disputed, but some things that must be contested!"

"If you want the true inheritance of saints to be in this world, then you must fight for it, you must do it, instead of just shrinking back! Just be patient!"

"If in the future, when talking about the descendants of saints, the first thing that comes to mind is the ugly appearance of the Kong family in Qufu, and the dirty behavior of the Kong family in Qufu, what face do you have to meet Confucius?"

After saying these words, Kong Xilu was so ashamed and ashamed that he knelt on the ground with a thud, crying like rain!
(End of this chapter)