Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 197

To say that Kong Xilu of Nankong really has no selfishness at all?
There must be.

People are not saints, if they don't even have their own selfishness, they have already become saints.

Kong Xilu lived a life of poverty and poverty, farming and studying to support his family. It was extremely difficult. Not to mention enjoying, even basic food and clothing became a problem. When he saw a book in a bookstore, he had to think for a long time, and finally chose to give up.

On the other hand, the splendor and wealth that should have belonged to them was occupied by the concubines of Beikong. They became the root of the world's literati, won the title of Duke of Yansheng passed down from generation to generation, and owned a country within a country, where they could enjoy life as much as they wanted. To do what you want to do, you don't have to be intimidated by your nervousness.

Who wouldn't want to live such a life?
Even as a descendant of a sage, adhering to the ancestral precepts of his ancestors, he would never compete with Bei Kong for the title and let the world see the joke, but Kong Xilu had a different idea while obeying, and it was inevitable. .

Before that, for a long time, Kong Xilu was struggling with his deepest thoughts.

In the end he endured it.

This maybe...

Is it the fate of Nankong?
However at this time.

Su Che's imperial decree, as well as his oral instructions, were like a ray of light, directly shining in.

This gave Kong Xilu a chance to break through the self-styled prison door.

He can live differently too!
He can also walk as a descendant of a saint!
He can do what he wants too!
He can also preach the teachings of Confucius!
Kong Xilu never dared to disobey the ancestor's ancestral precepts, but the emperor's reprimand made him wake up like a dream.

Is the inheritance of the saint more important, or the face of the saint more important?
If the inheritance is lost, the teachings of Confucianism are completely distorted, and gradually become obstacles and dross, whose fault is it?

Push all this to Beikong?
Could it be that Nan Kong is not responsible?

Su Che's words made Kong Xilu tremble uncontrollably, the trembling came from the depths of his soul, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and then burst into tears!
It was not his fault that he lost his composure.

It is really because of the perseverance of this lifetime that I found out that it is meaningless until today. It would be strange if it didn't collapse.

Song Lian could roughly understand Kong Xilu's mood at this moment. He thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wenxuan, you don't have to be so sad. Before the Ming Dynasty was established, it's understandable that you didn't go out of the mountain. After all, the integrity of your Southern Sect is here. ..."

"It's only been a dozen years since the founding of Ming Dynasty, and everything is waiting to be done. If you want to realize your ideal revenge, there is still time."

These words also made Kong Xilu gradually calm down. Tai Shigong was right. If the Ming Dynasty had not been established and he was serving the Mongolian monarch, no matter what he said, he should not have left the mountain.

But now that the Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars and restored China, he should stand up and do his part to set things right and let Confucian orthodoxy reappear.

Is it really possible to let the descendants of the saints of the Kong family in Qufu, who first descended to gold and then descended to yuan, represent the inheritance of saints?

No.

Absolutely not.

After thinking for a long time, Kong Xilu's gaze became firm. He stood up and said seriously: "Tai Shigong is right, Your Majesty has taught you very well. I was the one who was stupid before. I only wanted to obey the ancestral precepts, but I didn't pay attention to it." Think about the meaning of the ancestor's instruction!"

"This old man is willing to serve as the Duke Wenxuan of this generation and serve His Majesty with allegiance!"

"Some things cannot be given up, but must be fought for."

"Blindly forbearing and avoiding will not solve any problems."

"Since His Majesty is willing to set things right and go back to the source, then Nankong can represent the descendants of the saints, explaining scriptures and commenting to scholars all over the world, and let them know the true principles of saints' learning!"

Hearing this, Song Lian couldn't help admiring in his heart. In this way, scholars in the world will no longer oppose His Majesty...

A few days ago, His Majesty deprived the title of Duke Yansheng, and there was an uproar in the government and the public. Everyone was no longer as simple as being shocked. Many ministers wanted to retire and wanted to resign and return home.

This imperial court has no way to stay any longer, and even the titles of the descendants of the saints have been deprived. As long as there are literati with backbone, they will not be loyal to such an imperial court.

But soon, when the news of the conferment of the Nanzong Kong family came out, even more people were shocked. All the ministers were all dumbfounded... Nanzong?
By the way, there is also a Nanzong Kong family!
As a result, many people who wanted to resign had no choice but to resign. After all, what His Majesty wanted to do was to set things right, and establish the saint's direct lineage as the master. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

The only problem is that Yan Shenggong of Qufu seems to have persuaded His Majesty, so he was deprived of his title. If they didn't stand up to persuade His Majesty, His Majesty would never have thought of such a thing!
This made many ministers a little aggrieved.

So some people even hoped that Nanzong would refuse the reward again, so that the court could not close the game, and let His Majesty take back his order and return the deprived title...

But after Song Lian brought the news to Yingtian Mansion, everything was settled!

And the news spread like wildfire, and suddenly, Kyushu was shaken.

Beikong was abolished.

Nan Kong is determined to confer the title! !
Under the impetus of those who are interested, the whole world knows this matter, whether it is the scholars or the common people, they all know the story of Nan Kong and the reason why His Majesty canonized Nan Kong.

After the shame of Jingkang, the loyalty and integrity of Nankong's lineage were impeccable. In order not to serve the Mongolian monarch, they would rather give the title to Beikong who had served the Jin people.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has restored China and expelled the Tartars, the lineage of Nankong, after all, is the guardian of the cloud and sees the bright moon, and can stand up to serve the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

After hearing the story of Nan Kong, no matter who it is, they can't help but give a thumbs up and praise again and again.

Even some passionate young scholars who were encouraged by those with a heart to prepare to make troubles and complain about the descendants of the saints in Qufu were speechless after hearing this.

This……

What's wrong with this?
Who is the direct descendant of the saint?
obviously.

Nanzong!

Why did His Majesty reward Nanzong so much?
Why does His Majesty look down on Beizong so much?They even deprived them of the duke title of Yansheng because they were ashamed!

They are out of character!
Bending knees to the barbarians, serving the Jin people, serving the Yuan people, as a descendant of the master, but for the sake of his own glory and wealth, the world cultivator surrendered his appearance, so can he still be called the descendant of a saint?
Confucianism likes to say: Life and death are small things, but injustice is big.

Could it be that when it comes to the descendants of Confucius, these words will not work?

Of course not!

Everyone hates double-standard dogs, even descendants of saints.

How can a descendant of a sage who first surrendered to the Jin people and then bowed down to worship the Yuan people can still be the Ming Dynasty’s Yan Shenggong?
Previously, Duke Yansheng of Qufu brought the literati from all over the world to threaten the emperor and wanted to withdraw his life. At this time, no one thought there was a problem, but when Su Che played the card of the Kong family of the Southern Sect, it was called a lore!Everything reversed in an instant!
The effect is simply not too good!
Now, the literati in the world are no longer in a hurry to deal with the affairs of those academies, let's talk about the affairs of Nanzong first!

Qufu, Confucius Mansion.

When Nan Kong Kong Xilu accepted the title, the dispute between the north and the south of the Kong family came to an end, which made the former Yansheng Gong Kong Xixue completely desperate.

"He...how can he accept the title?"

Kong Xixue originally had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Nan Kong would keep his original promise.

As long as Nan Kong surrendered the title again, Bei Kong would still be a descendant of a saint. Maybe the title of Duke Wen Xuan would fall on their heads.

It's not a loss if Yanshenggong is replaced by Wenxuangong!
But this is clearly wishful thinking of Kong Xixue, he is dreaming.

When Nanzong accepted the title, Beikong was in a very embarrassing situation.

Just when Kong Xixue was heartbroken for his lost title, he didn't know that the crisis had come quietly...

Jin Yiwei had already disguised themselves as ordinary people, sneaked into Qufu, and began to secretly investigate many criminal evidences of the Confucian Mansion in Qufu.

If you don’t check it, you don’t know.
The Confucian government's status in Qufu is so high that even the local officials in Qufu dare not move.

Relying on the name of the descendants of the saints, they do harm to the village, fish and meat the common people, treat human life as nothing, wantonly annex land, and rob people's daughters, they simply do whatever they want.

Under the glamorous appearance, all they do is dirty and nasty things. Even if they see a lot of dark brocade guards, they will be shocked-after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a bold person!

Even those arrogant nobles, relying on their own meritorious service, dare not go so far.

How dare the Confucian family in Qufu?

Just because they are saints?
After the collection of criminal evidence was completed, the criminal evidence was sent to Ying Tianfu's palace one after another.

After seeing these criminal evidences, Su Che couldn't help but sneer.

It is not surprising that they can do these things. During the Yuan Dynasty, they did this. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, many crimes were not pursued, but they were treated more politely, and all kinds of treatment were not left behind. This increased their self-confidence. Big and arrogant!

They are descendants of saints, who in the world dares to move?

"Receive the Internet cafe."

Su Che closed the folder and spoke softly.

The Jinyiwei lurking in Qufu has already woven a big net to catch all the criminals in the Confucian Mansion wearing the cloak of descendants of saints!
With Su Che's order, the net was put away, and all sinners could not escape the sky net after all.

Qufu.

the Kongs.

When Jin Yiwei broke in and was about to collect the net, the Confucian government immediately organized private soldiers to fight. These private soldiers were not weak in combat effectiveness. They were well-trained and cooperated with each other to repel the first wave of Jin Yiwei's attack. !
Although Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was a little surprised, he didn't care, and shouted directly: "Listen up, the private soldiers of the Confucian Mansion. We are the Jinyiwei of the imperial court. Now we will investigate the crimes of the Confucian Mansion and give up the futile resistance! If you continue to resist, Then you are disobeying the court, intending to rebel, and the crime is to punish the clan!"

"Think carefully about whether or not to commit the crime of treason for the Confucian Mansion..."

As soon as these words came out, the private soldiers of the Confucian Mansion couldn't help but looked at each other, and they all panicked. If it was an ordinary thief, it would be fine for them to kill them, but this is the Imperial Guard in front of them, so they are also going to be killed?
Even if they really won the battle and repelled all these Jin Yiwei, so what?Could it be that the imperial court only had these brocade guards?
Thinking of this, many private soldiers inevitably retreated, and some private soldiers even planned to turn against each other and welcome the master Wang!This should be regarded as... taking a crime and doing meritorious deeds?
At this moment, Kong Xixue, the patriarch of the Confucian Mansion, heard the words of the Commander of Jin Yiwei, his scalp was numb, and his eyes were full of despair.

But he was not willing to just sit and wait for death like this, so he took a step forward and shouted loudly: "I am a descendant of a sage, and I am a descendant of a saint. Want to force me to die and let the whole world see how mean and ungrateful Emperor Ming is? Is this how you treat the descendants of saints?"

Kong Xi learned from the descendants of the saints who opened his mouth and the descendants of the saints who kept his mouth shut, and wanted to use this identity to exonerate himself from guilt.

But his thinking like this is obviously naive.

Mao Xiang, the commander of Jin Yiwei, sneered, and said lightly: "The prince violated the law and the common people are the same crime. Is it possible that the descendants of saints who violated the law can not be held accountable?"

"How to deal with you is based on the guilt and the evidence, not if you just say that you have committed any crimes, and you can just expose it."

"To deprive you of the title of Duke of Yansheng is to restore the orthodoxy of the Southern Sect. Could it be possible to expose your guilt?"

"You really think the law of Ming Dynasty is too simple!"

"If you are really so noble, then you should die and apologize. Maybe His Majesty will really look at you with admiration?"

Mao Xiang's tone was full of ridicule, which directly stunned Kong Xixue. He never expected that when he took out his identity as a descendant of a saint and forced him to die, this person was completely ignored, and he was in a dilemma for a while. , the whole person was embarrassed.

Kong Xixue's face was flushed, and he was angry and angry for a while, how could the Ming emperor do this?

Why is this? !

Could it be that he killed a few untouchables and took dozens of concubines, such a trivial matter, can he be investigated to the end?

In the past dynasties, how did Yan Shenggong's family receive such treatment?
As for dying to show one's ambition...it's just talk, it's impossible to really die.

Even at this point, he still didn't want to die, and he still had a little bit of luck in his heart.

Maybe, the Ming emperor just wanted to embarrass him?
Shouldn't let him die?
At such an old age, he was once the Duke Yan of Ming Dynasty, and he was a descendant of a saint, so he should never be executed!

With the arrest of the Confucius family in Qufu, this major case was handed over to the three judicial departments for joint trial.

The so-called three law divisions are: Ministry of Punishment, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple.

At this moment, these judicial officials, after seeing the case, were as big as a bucket, and were in a dilemma.

Who is the criminal?

Former Shenggong Kong Xixue!
According to the guilt, he should be executed according to the law!
But they really want to sentence the descendants of saints to death?
If they are really sentenced to death, they will inevitably be stabbed in the back.

But if they are not sentenced to death, where is their majesty as a judicial department?

If you ask His Majesty how to handle this case...I'm afraid you will only be scolded, because Your Majesty entrusted them to handle this case.

last of the last.

They still made a decisive decision!

When Su Che heard this disposition, he nodded and said, "Then kill him! Make the crime known to the public and set me up with the power of the criminal law!"

(End of this chapter)