Kong Renjing spurted out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.
The junior behind him hugged him hard and looked at Kong Xianglian pleadingly.
Kong Xianglian frowned slightly and bowed to ask Liu Hong for instructions: "Your Highness, my nephew has been spoiled very much since he was a child. Today I offended Your Highness with my words. Please forgive me. I will definitely discipline him strictly after I return and will never let him go." It will happen again."
Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction. Kong Renjing's life and death didn't matter. Being able to stir up Kong Xianglian's ambition today and insert a knife into the Kong family's heart was the biggest gain.
Moreover, Kong Xianglian was very wise. Even before the imperial edict had been paid, he was already showing his loyalty to him.
Listen, he wants to go back and discipline Kong Renjing strictly.
Kong Renjing was a bit stupid, but he had a special status. He was the younger brother of Duke Yansheng and one of the direct rulers of the Kong family.
The hidden meaning in Kong Xianglian's words is already obvious. As long as the emperor seals him, he will start a war with the direct branch of the Kong family or the lineage of Yansheng Gong Kong Renxuan.
"Of course I believe Kong Qing, but Kong Renjing is arrogant and rude, and he is suspected of being a disobedient criminal..."
Holding Kong Ren's mirror, the younger Kong family member's heart skipped a beat and his face turned pale.
Fortunately, Liu Hong did not gasp for breath. He glanced at the unconscious Kong Renjing and continued with a cold snort: "For Kong Qing's sake, I can spare my life. I will win the imperial title and reward from Kong Renjing's court. I will mention Shandong." If he learns Taoism, his fame will be stripped away, and his descendants will not be allowed to take the exam for three generations!"
puff!
I don’t know when Kong Renjing woke up, but it is no longer important.
Just after Liu Hong announced his punishment, another mouthful of blood spurted out. This time he fainted for real, his face was as golden as paper, and he looked like a dead person.
There were officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites in the front hall of the Wei Mansion. They secretly moved together and discussed in a low voice Liu Hong's treatment of Kong Renjing.
One of them felt that the punishment was too severe and wanted to make a rebuttal, but was quietly stopped by his colleagues.
"Brother Du, please don't be impulsive. This is probably not His Highness's own intention. Think about the Analects of Confucius..."
"Brother Dong, is this what the Grand Prime Minister meant? Does the Grand Prime Minister want to take action against the Kong family? It makes sense, after all, the Kong family killed the Grand Prime Minister's grandson."
"No, no, no, think higher!"
"I also feel this way. The power in the hands of His Highness is almost equal to His Majesty. The Second Sage is still here, but Your Highness dares to directly attack the Kong family, stripping off the official robes and honors of the direct descendants of the Kong family without any sanction. , if you say that there is no intention of the Two Saints, who would believe it?"
hiss!
Several people nearby took a deep breath and looked at Liu Hong who was having a cordial conversation with Kong Xianglian in horror.
The discussion among them was not loud, but the gossipy Jia Cong still got a general idea.
Jia Cong secretly laughed in his heart: The fourth brother is simply the most stable prince in history. The Second Saint hopes that the fourth brother will participate in government affairs as soon as possible.
It's just stripping away the official robes and honors of the little Kong family. Believe it or not, the fourth brother went crazy today and threatened to destroy Yanshenggong's Mansion, and the Second Saint will also try his best to wipe away any trace of the existence of Yanshenggong's Mansion.
After the lessons from the late prince, the saintly old man poured all his efforts into Liu Hong, his grandson.
Not to mention the emperor. He himself had suffered the hardship of not receiving the orthodox imperial education, and he wished he could tie Liu Hong to his belt and educate him every day.
How difficult it is to cultivate a qualified heir to the dynasty, the Second Saint felt like a mirror. As long as Liu Hong didn't kill his father and brother, making some mistakes that men would make is not worth mentioning.
"The saint has arrived!"
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
"Long live Long live Long live!"
Perhaps to confirm what a few people had guessed, the two saints came together.
Everyone bowed and shouted long live. Emperor Liu Heng supported the Supreme Emperor, Dai Quan supported the chief minister Wei Qinghe, and the three strongest and most powerful bosses in the dynasty nodded with everyone.
"Let's all be flat."
The Supreme Emperor raised his hand and said with a smile: "Old man Wei celebrates his birthday today. I will do this for you."
I came here to celebrate my old friend's birthday. This is not the Forbidden City, so don’t be restrained. Eat when you need to, and have fun when you need to. Hong'er, your teacher's birthday is celebrating. Where's your birthday gift? Why don't you take it out quickly? "
Liu Hong took a step forward and bowed to Wei Qinghe: "The students respectfully wish the teacher to be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Nanshan Mountains. To celebrate the teacher's birthday, the students specially found a jade statue of the Antarctic Immortal..."
Um?
Why do I have a bad feeling?
Liu Hong nodded to Xia Shouzhong. Xia Shouzhong glanced at the Supreme Emperor secretly, gritted his teeth and walked out.
After a while, he came in with a big Han general, holding a large brocade box in his arms.
The moment the brocade box was opened, the Supreme Emperor's face almost turned green.
This turtle grandson, take your grandfather's treasure to be filial to your teacher, right? Prodigal son, prodigal son, it doesn’t hurt that you are betraying me...
The corner of Wei Qinghe's mouth raised. He was a frequent visitor to Longshou Palace, so he naturally knew that this jade statue was a favorite of the Supreme Emperor. He raised his eyebrows at the Supreme Emperor and said, "The gift from His Highness the Fourth Highness looks very familiar to me. It seems to belong to a saint." I feel ashamed that I don’t dare to accept my love for things.”
"I've brought them all, just accept them. I don't have anything good, so why don't I need a jade statue?"
I feel sorry for you, my silly grandson is so irritating, Old Man Wei is obviously irritating me on purpose!
"Take it, take it, I'm out of sight and out of mind!"
Wei Qinghe felt a lot relieved when he accidentally said his true feelings.
Just now, the Supreme Emperor took away several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. If he didn't replace them, he wouldn't have a clear idea.
"Who is this person? Why is he lying on the ground? What is this blood about?"
The Supreme Emperor was a little embarrassed, so he used Kong Renjing, who was half lying on the ground, to change the topic.
Liu Hong briefly talked about what happened just now, and the Supreme Emperor waved his hands impatiently: "It's such an annoying thing again, Hong'er, you can deal with it. Who is that... Kong Xianglian, right? Go back and teach the descendants of the Kong family, don't It’s an embarrassment to Kong Sheng. Old man Wei, hurry up and send people to clean the floor. Where are the songs and dances? Where are the wines? Are you going to let me starve?"
Wei Qinghe is not only the crown prince's grand master, but also the enlightenment teacher of the current emperor. His status is extremely special.
The Supreme Emperor sits in the first place, with Wei Qinghe on the left and Emperor Liu Heng on the right. Then came the fourth prince Liu Hong and Liu Hong's little friend Jia Cong.
Sitting next to Wei Qinghe were Su Lao from the court and Xian Da from the countryside. A total of ten people sat at the round table.
The singing and dancing are just embellishments, and today's highlight has actually been made clear by Wei Qinghe, which is Lin Ruhai's new book "The Analects of Confucius".
If the shock when I took out this book was enough to make everyone talk, then what Wei Qinghe said after drinking for three times was enough to make officials in both the government and the public get angry.
"The method of reading this sentence was created by Rong Enbo's son Jia Cong. Lin Ruhai, the imperial envoy who inspected the salt administration of the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and his daughter perfected this method. Lin Ruhai personally read the annotations from the trial sentences of "The Analects of Confucius". I just calibrated it. "
The sound of silk and bamboo made up for it, but everyone had lost interest in singing and dancing.
There was an uproar in the hall, and some people even held up their wine glasses blankly, with their mouths wide open not knowing what to say.
Wei Qinghe handed over to Liu Heng: "Your Majesty, this method has made great contributions to culture and education. Both Jia Cong who pioneered this method, Lin Ruhai and the girls of the Lin family who are responsible for perfecting it should all be highly praised."
"The Grand Prime Minister is right, and I also have the same intention. However, the Grand Prime Minister missed a hero. Without the Grand Prime Minister's calibration, there would be many mistakes and omissions with just the little ink in Jia Cong's belly."
Liu Heng deliberately gave too much credit to Wei Qinghe, but Wei Qinghe made modest remarks. In the end, the Supreme Emperor made the decision and announced the holy gift on the spot.
"We are granted special titles to the Guanglu Doctor, Zuo Zhuguo, the Crown Prince Taifu, and Wei Qinghe, the great scholar of the Zhongji Palace. We are dedicated to the Yiyun of Heaven and are loyal civil servants Linjiang Marquis. We are specially granted the title of hereditary descendant for three generations."
"The senior official of Jin Jiayi, the left deputy censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lin Ruhai, the imperial envoy to inspect the salt administration of the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, are the senior officials of Zhongfeng, the minister of Zhengzhi, and the censor of the right capital."
"Prince Zuo Wei of the Jin Dynasty led Jia Cong, the general of Yu Linlang, as the commander of Shaoyin Zizhi and the captain of Qingche.
Awarded to General Zhaoyong. "
"The daughter of Lin Ruhai is granted the title of Princess of Wen'an County, and she is given the honorary guard of the County Lord. I have two swords and two standing melons. One red Luo embroidered precious flower umbrella, and two Qingluo embroidered precious flower fans. There are two people in front, three maids, and a kiss Fifty soldiers and guards. Enjoyed the princess's salary. Posthumously named her mother Jia as the second-grade wife. She ordered the Suzhou Prefecture to build a plaque and erect a monument, and the Ministry of Rites paid tribute."
"The Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy are ordered to use the new method of sentence reading to rewrite the Four Books and Five Classics. From now on, all provinces and vassals will use the new method of sentence reading as the standard..."
Although the official imperial edict of the award has not yet been issued, the capital was abuzz in a very short period of time.
Among them, the most discussed ones were not Jia Cong, who created a new method of sentence reading, but Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet who was a civil servant, and Lin Daiyu, who was granted the title of Lord of Wen'an County.
As for Jia Cong and Lin Ruhai's rewards, they were only promoted to one level, and most of them were useless posts.
Wei Qinghe was different. Civil servants were granted the title of marquis. Except for a few ministers who followed the dragon at the founding of the country, Mr. Wei set a precedent today.
Many people are speculating on the deeper meaning of the two saints' actions. The most credible theory is that the two saints want to push Wei Qinghe out to compete with the Kong family in Qufu.
Lin's daughter was considered to be in the favor of her maternal uncle's family, and Lin Ruhai clearly sided with the emperor and Wei Qinghe, and was considered a helper promoted by the Second Saint to Wei Qinghe.
As soon as Jia Cong returned home, the emperor sneaked him into the garden and cursed him.
"You are getting more and more courageous. Who do you think you are? You dare to fight against the Kong family in Qufu with open fire. Do you really think that you can do whatever you want with a hard fist? If Hong'er hadn't blocked the front, believe it or not, you wouldn't have been able to survive the spit of those literati for a few days. Xingzi can drown you!"
The more the emperor thought about it, the angrier he became, so he slapped Jia Cong on the head several times.
This little brat is crucial to his future plans for the court, and he must not be excluded by the literati.
Jia Cong took advantage of the situation and hid behind the Supreme Emperor. He exposed half of his head and said aggrievedly: "The Kong family is so arrogant. They dare to scold me and say that the fourth brother is a partial believer. How can I not be angry? Besides, I haven't taken action yet. Well, fourth brother stopped me..."
"You still dare to be stubborn?"
Liu Heng was about to get angry again, but the Emperor glared at him: "Okay, so what if you really hit someone?"
"Father, that is not an ordinary civil servant, that is the Kong family of Qufu!"
"What about the Kong family?"
The Supreme Emperor rubbed Jia Cong's head, patted it gently and said: "Go back and study hard. Don't worry about the Kong family's affairs, and don't worry about the new way of reading sentences. I will go hunting in a few days. I will test you personally. If you fail the test, I will hang you on the camp gate and whip you!"
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed and said, "Don't worry, sage, I will not listen to what is going on outside the window, and I will only read the books of sages. I will never let you down."
After saying that, he was about to retreat, but saw the emperor glaring at him angrily...
Uh~
Jia Cong slipped to the wall and slowly moved out along the wall. As soon as he went out, he ran away like the wind without a trace.
"Fourth, you are too cautious."
The Supreme Emperor sat by the stove, drinking some wine... fruit wine, and said with a slight smile: "Now is not the founding of the People's Republic of China. Why did Taizu suppress his nausea and seal the Confucius family in Qufu? Was it not because they controlled the literary world of scholars? What about now? ? The imperial court is the holy place for scholars in the world. In the morning, I am a farmhouse minister, and in the evening, I ascend to the emperor's hall. What is the purpose of studying for the imperial examination? It is to be an official! "
Liu Heng gradually regained his composure, and he asked respectfully: "Father, are you saying that the Confucius family in Qufu is no longer able to control scholars?"
"Maybe, time has changed, and a thousand-year-old family cannot withstand the pretense of three consecutive generations of dandy idiots. The Kong family has gradually lost the respect of scholars all over the world. They have forgotten why the Kong family gained scholars. Support. When your reputation is ruined, you have to scrape the bones and cure the poison if you want to save it. But do the Kong family have the courage?"
The Supreme Emperor smiled contemptuously: "Hong'er's performance today impressed me with admiration, especially the fact that he provoked a split in the Kong family. This move was something I didn't expect."
Thinking of Liu Hong's magic stroke in Wei Mansion today, both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor laughed.
Have children and grandchildren
The joy of making a career and having successors is the same whether rich or poor, high or low.
The emperor took up the topic: "Hong'er's move also felt that his son should be useful. The Confucius family in Qufu paid too much attention to the distinction between direct descendants and concubines. Now the direct descendants are too stupid to be used, but there are many talented concubines. Like today's Kong Xianglian. It's one of them. If Kong Xianglian and Kong Renxuan can really fight, my son is sure to win Qufu without bloodshed."
"Not only Kong Xianglian, Old Man Wei is also a sharp sword."
The Supreme Emperor patted the brand-new Analects of Confucius on the table next to him, and said with a smile: "If I hadn't left some room for you and Hong'er, I would have pushed Old Wei to the position of Duke today. The living Wenzong is right The dead saint, do you need to think about which side the scholars in the world should stand on?"
"In this case, wouldn't Master Wei have to confront the family?"
After all, he was his first teacher, so the emperor couldn't help but feel a little guilty for cheating his teacher.
But he saw the Supreme Emperor laughing loudly, and it took him a long time to explain: "Fourth, you still don't understand. What old man Wei wants to do most in his life is not to kill for officials, but to break the influence of the Confucian family in Qufu on the world's literati. Imprisonment!"
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