Outside of Konglin, there were more than a thousand scholars surrounding him.
When the boxes of things were dug out from the grave, except for the people in Yan Shenggong's mansion who started to tremble, everyone else became extremely angry.
Co-author Yan Shenggong's Mansion is treating us like fools, can you bear this?
The people who originally supported Yan Shenggong's Mansion immediately changed the target of their spitting, and pointed the finger directly at Kong Renqiao, who was already under the custody of the Forbidden Army.
"The Holy Land of Confucianism has been regarded as a place to harbor filth and evil by your unfilial descendants. You are the ones who will be cut to pieces with a thousand swords!"
"I was so blind that I listened to you rebellious people and came all the way to lend a helping hand. I didn't expect to become an accomplice."
"Nothing can atone for his sins even if he is cut into pieces!"
"Then Shen Tang!"
"Burn them to death!"
The crowd was excited, even more intense than when Xia Jiang was tied to the pile of firewood.
Jia Cong looked at the teacher Xu Jin, who was full of grief and anger, and secretly sighed in his heart that Jiang was still too old. After today, the reputation of Yanshenggong Mansion will be gone.
The imperial court then took advantage of the situation to divide the power of the Confucian family in Qufu, gradually implemented the reform of Confucianism, and increased its support for the hundreds of schools of thought. From now on, it will be much easier to control public opinion between the government and the opposition, or to control reforms and new policies.
The scholars outside Lin who had originally criticized the government now changed their focus to Duke Yansheng's Mansion. However, Chen Baoliang did not feel relaxed at this time. Instead, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and black back.
Is Kong Renxuan crazy? How dare he touch the holy tomb of Saint Kong?
"My lord? My lord? My lord..."
The captain shouted several times, and Chen Baoliang's lips began to tremble. He looked pleadingly at Jia Cong, who actually controlled this place, and saw Jia Cong holding Kong Xiang'an and comforting him with words of anger and sorrow.
"Let's dig it. It's already like this. It's better to check it out all at once. Even if we are to blame then, we won't be able to blame it. It was him, Yanshenggong Mansion, who disturbed the Holy Tomb in the first place. What does it have to do with us?"
Song Zhaolin looked at the excited crowd outside the forest, then quietly glanced at the officials, big and small, who were whispering beside him, and gave Chen Baoliang some words of advice.
After hearing this, Chen Baoliang finally gained some confidence. He gritted his teeth and said, "Dig! Dig for me. I want to see how much these rebellious people have hidden!"...
Perhaps the people in Yanshenggong's Mansion were a little afraid. The secret room next to the Holy Tomb did not actually dig into Confucius's mausoleum, but it was only separated by a wall.
There are too many things hidden in the huge secret room that are enough to kill the nine members of the Kong family.
Not to mention the armor, the crown, green dragon robe, royal seal and other things given to Duke Yansheng's mansion by the previous dynasty were placed in front of everyone.
"The Greatest Saint King Wenxuan of Dacheng..."
This royal seal was given to the Confucius family in Qufu by the former captive chieftain after his posthumous title of Confucius. Unexpectedly, it was hidden in the secret room of Confucius.
Jia Cong held up the golden seal and looked at it for a moment, and sighed: "Even if the saint is in heaven, he would probably be so sick of this golden seal that he can't sleep. The Kong family are really filial sons and virtuous grandsons. They actually buried this royal seal given by the captor chief in the holy mausoleum." On the edge."
Snapped!
Seeing Kong Xiang'an's face turn red, Xu Jin slapped his disciple on the head to stop his evil aura.
"Mr. Huaili, please forgive me for being naughty. I will teach you well when I go back..."
Kong Xiang'an shook his head bitterly: "He didn't say anything wrong. After all, I, Mr. Kong, was dazzled by the glory and wealth and forgot the will of my ancestors. That's all. How can I have the nerve to stay here and how can I still have the qualifications?" Wear this official uniform given by the imperial court."
"Sir, you must not..."
Without waiting for Xu Jin and others to stop him, Kong Xiangan took off his hair crown on the spot, took off his purple sacrificial clothes, folded them respectfully, and handed them to the stunned Xu Jin.
Then he knelt down to the north, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and said sadly: "The sinner Kong Xiang'an, from today onwards, will live in Konglin and wait for His Majesty's disposal!"
Thousands of scholars surrounded Yan Sheng Gong's Mansion, and the excited and angry crowd continued to attack Yan Sheng Gong's Mansion.
In the past, he was called the Confucian sage
Had it not been for the imperial guards guarding Yanshenggong's Mansion, it might have been trampled to the ground by the angry crowd.
People who were still complaining about the Confucius family in Qufu began to protest and petitioned the court to kill the Confucius family for insulting the saint.
"A saint is a saint among scholars in the world, not a saint from the Confucius family!"
"The Confucian sect is the Confucian sect of the whole world, not the Confucian sect of Duke Yansheng's mansion!"
"Be removed from the rank, dismissed from office, and cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
"Confucius's hundred thousand tombs, the resting place of the sages, how can they harbor filth and evil?"
"In the Confucius family in Qufu, Mr. Huai Li is the only one we respect!"
"Yes, yes, no wonder Mr. Huaili did not accept the rice and grain from Yanshenggong's mansion back then. Mr. Huaili's heart is like a mirror, and he should be the true descendant of the saint."
Among the angry crowd, there were indeed people who sincerely complained about Confucianism, but most of them were angry after being teased by Yan Shenggong's mansion.
This feeling of being fooled made this group of self-proclaimed scholars unable to suppress the anger in their hearts. After being provoked by a caring person, they jointly completed a 10,000-word memorial and went to the Qufu County Government to hand it over. They introduced Shandong Inspector Chen Baoliang, who presided over the case of the Confucius family, and Inspector Song Zhaolin.
There are thousands of words in the book, but only two things.
The first is to petition the emperor to remove the titles and official positions in the Duke Sheng's palace. The second is to recommend Kong Xiang'an, the priest of the most holy ancestor, to be in charge of Confucius' family affairs and responsible for the worship management of the Holy Tomb, Confucius Temple and Confucius Forest.
"If you are dismissed from office, you will definitely be dismissed from office. But it is not appropriate to recommend Kong Xiang'an to take charge of the affairs of the Confucius family in Qufu."
Chen Baoliang handed the Wanyan book to Song Zhaolin and others beside him, shook his head and said, "Mr. Huaili is indeed highly virtuous and highly respected, but he is a distant branch of the Kong family. Even if the direct branch is punished with all the crimes, it will not be Mr. Huaili's turn. Quzhou can There is also the Nankong lineage."
According to the practice of past dynasties, the heir to the title of Duke Yansheng will only be selected from the direct branch. Both South and North Kong have direct branch blood. I think it will be the same this time.
Is the case involving Yan Shenggong Mansion big? Very big.
But in the eyes of the world, even if a large number of soldiers and armor were found in Konglin, the imperial court would still not really kill the nine clans of the Kong family in Qufu.
Thousands of years of habits have made the people of the world reach a consensus. How can the world be without Yan Shenggong? Just like the world cannot live without an emperor.
"Send it to the capital. It's not something we can decide."
Jia Cong rarely raised his opinion, and Chen Baoliang and Song Zhaolin nodded.
He was rushed to the capital six hundred miles away. Along with Wan Yanshu were the direct descendants of Duke Yansheng's Mansion who petitioned the emperor to detain him in Beijing, and asked the Third Division to take over the case.
The matter involves many wealthy families such as Yan Shenggong's Mansion, Zhongxin Prince's Mansion, and Jiangnan Zhen Family. The case is too big to be handled by the small inspectors and censors.
Kong Xiangan put on coarse linen clothes and built a thatched house in Konglin. Every day he either paid homage to the sages of Konglin or read Confucian classics, leaving all the affairs of the academy to other professors.
Xu Jin once took Jia Cong to visit Confucius, but was blocked by Kong Xiang'an.
There were many people visiting Kong Xiang'an. Some came to comfort and visit sincerely, and many took the opportunity to come to burn the cold stove.
However, the old man turned them away and put up a sign at Kong Linyi's door with eight characters: "I am wearing a sinful body, and I only ask for atonement!"
Master Xu Jin and his apprentice stood outside the Yimen and looked at the thatched cottage in the distance, and finally sighed and left.
All the files, evidence and other items related to the case were sealed. After Xu Jin gave careful instructions, he ordered Jia Cong to return to Beijing quickly.
It can be said that the outcome of the matter in Shandong has been decided, and the rest is up to him, the teacher, and the loyal and shun king Liu Ke himself.
The Confucius incident quickly spread to the capital like a prairie fire. Six hundred miles of urgent documents were placed on the emperor's desk, and officials from the six cabinet ministries went to the Qinzheng Hall to discuss the matter.
The emperor was furious and ordered the Long Imperial Guard to seize the Confucius Mansion in the capital, and imprison all the Kong family members including Yanshenggong Kong Renxuan.
At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple were ordered to jointly interrogate the case, and Shandong was ordered to escort the persons involved in the case from Duke Yansheng's Mansion to Beijing. Kong Xiang'an, the priest of Zhicheng's ancestors, was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Confucian people, waiting for the court's decree.
Wait for the ministers to retreat
After that, the emperor was silent for a long time.
"Oh, I didn't expect that this matter would involve this bitch like Old Fourteen. I originally wanted to spare his life for the sake of my father, but now it seems that he is too ignorant."
Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to answer this and kept silent.
The emperor raised his head and glared at him: "You old man, you usually talk a lot, but now you are pretending to be dumb to me."
Xia Shouzhong squeezed out a wry smile: "My Lord, I can't accept your words!"
The two had known each other for half their lives, and the emperor also understood that Xia Shouzhong, a slave, would not dare to get involved in this matter, so he laughed and scolded the old man and changed the subject.
"Xia Jiang can't return to the capital. You go to the Neifu Division to have a look, evacuate our people, and take advantage of this incident to take the rest to the imperial prison to see who has mixed sand into the Neifu Division. This time Qufu's This case has solved a lot of trouble for me. You go to Yikun Palace and ask Yang to give something to the Rongguo Mansion. Isn’t his old lady sick? Please give me more warm and tonic things."
Dong dong dong...
At the sound of bells in the morning and drums in the evening, Jia Cong and his entourage hurriedly rushed back to the capital in the evening of March 30th.
When they entered the city, night had fallen and the palace doors had been locked. It was impossible to enter the palace to reply to the decree. Jia Cong could only send the document of the reply into the palace through a hanging basket and wait for the emperor's decree.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the emperor's oral instructions came from the city wall, asking him to go home and rest for a day, and then order him to go to the palace to see him the day after.
On the way back home, Jia Cong was still thinking about the strangeness in this decree. It is said that he, who had witnessed the events in Qufu, had a better understanding of why the emperor was not in a hurry to see him.
After he returned to Rongguo Mansion, he learned from Jia Jing, who was waiting for him in the mansion, that the capital was now in a state of affairs, and everyone was waiting to see what the court would do with the Kong family.
But the emperor was "sick" again, and Prince Liu Hong was ill. The affairs of the Kong family have been handed over to the cabinet.
Tomorrow's first meeting will be presided over by Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, who will discuss matters concerning the Confucius family.
Letting Jia Cong hide away for a day to relax is because he doesn't want him to get involved. No one knows whether severe punishment of the Kong family in Qufu will have any bad effects.
hiss! The emperor really knows how to play!
Before he could say much more, Jia Jing went back to Dongfu to arrange family affairs. Jia Cong washed himself hastily, changed his clothes and went to Rongxi Hall to pay his respects to the old lady.
Mr. Jing just said that the old lady is very worried about his grandson these days. No matter why he was worried, he had to accept this feeling.
After entering the city, Jia Cong sent his own soldiers to report the news to his home, where all the boys and girls at home were waiting in Rongxi Hall.
Rich meals were laid out in the front hall, and the old lady was still in good spirits today. A smile appeared on her face after seeing Jia Cong come in.
"You hozen, if you don't come back, I'm going to have someone capture you and bring you back."
Jia Cong knelt down and kowtowed in greetings, and responded with a smile: "My grandson wishes to greet my grandmother. I am an official of the emperor and am unable to fulfill my filial piety. I hope my grandmother will forgive me."
"Get up quickly, I can't blame you."
At the old lady's signal, Yuanyang stepped forward to help Jia Cong stand up. The old lady looked her up and down and then continued: "You have become darker and thinner. I don't want you to come back just to ask you to serve me. It is really that we cannot do without you and your son..."
Halfway through his words, Jia Cong's stomach growled.
The old lady smiled, stopped nagging and ordered the servants to serve the food. A bunch of grandchildren gathered around the round table and had dinner with the old lady.
There was a lot of fun talking and laughing during the dinner. Jia Cong didn't talk about Shandong, but acted as a listener, and Jia Baoyu told interesting things about Beijing.
Dinner took nearly an hour, and it was only at the end of Xu that they dispersed.
Jia Cong didn't even have time to whisper to Yu Daiyu before he was left alone by the old lady.
Yuanyang served tea to Jia Cong to relieve his fatigue.
The old lady waved away the maid in the room, and then asked about Shandong.
Jia Cong did not hide anything. From the siege in Yanzhou to the major case in Qufu, he told each case in detail.
The Rongguo Mansion could receive the royal court's report, but the content in the report was not as detailed as Jia Cong's account.
The look on the old lady's face gradually became solemn, and finally she sighed: "I don't know about scholars, but the Kong family in Qufu has been prosperous for thousands of years. Even if it involves treason this time, the court will not really punish him in the end." Killed the nine tribes. Your teacher is right, the Kong family can't be brought down. The most it can do is change the person in charge. The previous dynasties of Nan Kong didn't get involved in Beikong's affairs. It seems that the position of the person in charge of the Kong family is most likely to be that person. This is Mr. Huai Li."
Tsk…
It must be said that the old lady had very sharp eyes and she immediately grasped the crux of the matter.
Chen Baoliang also secretly sent a message to Quzhou, hoping to hug Nankong's thigh in advance. Little did he know that the people in Nankong had already expressed their stance to the emperor and had no intention of going north to take over Beikong's mess.
Sure enough, people will become stupid after staying in Shandong for a long time. A third-grade inspector cannot see clearly as an old lady staying at home.
"That teacher of yours is a personal assassin. He has weaved a protective net for you early to protect you from the impact of this matter. But don't be careless. Since the matter involves the Zhongxin Prince's Palace and the Zhen Family, someone may be involved. The grudge is on you."
The old lady thought about it again and again, but still worried about her trouble-loving grandson, and solemnly told her: "Don't go out during these days, and stay at home. I think there will be some storms in Beijing, so let's stay close to home. Don’t get involved in anything, wait until everything calms down.”
Jia Cong grinned and complimented: "People often say that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. With you protecting me, my grandson will feel more at ease. It's busy outside. I don't know how much trouble is going to happen in the court tomorrow. Come on."
The wife of the Rongguo Mansion was still ill. Jia Cong, who had just returned to Beijing from Shandong, thanked the guests behind closed doors and concentrated on attending to the illness.
There are many people who want to inquire about Shandong from Jia Cong, but they can't even enter the gate of Rongguo Mansion.
At the first court meeting in early April, the Jingyang bell rang and the officials entered the Fengtian Hall. There was no one on the throne, and neither the emperor nor the prince showed up. Wei Qing, the chief minister of the cabinet, and the grand master in the high chair, ordered the Ministry of Punishment to report the progress of the Kong family case first.
This is a big case, but the facts are simple. Apart from anything else, the evidence dug out by the soldiers from under the Konglin all points to the loyal king Liu Wei and the Zhen family of Jiangnan.
The emperor's Dragon Head Palace had banned entry and exit early on. Not to mention the ministers, even Liu Ao, who had long been panicked and wanted to plead guilty and beg for mercy, could not enter the gate of the Dragon Head Palace.
Today in the DPRK, when the Third Division placed a big label of rebellion on his head, Liu Wei immediately became angry and cursed.
He had thoughts of rebellion, but he really didn't know anything about the armor buried in Kong Lin and the "fake national jade seal"!
Seeing that Wei Qinghe, who was in charge of the dynasty, acquiesced to the three divisions to convict him, Liu Wei directly pointed at Wei Qinghe and cursed: "What does the stuff buried by his Kong family have to do with this king? Wei Qinghe, this king knows You have always looked down on me, but if you want to put a blame on me, you are not qualified..."
Wei Qinghe frowned and said coldly: "Come here, drag Liu Wei out, imprison the palace, and wait for the court's decision. The Dragon Guards have guarded the loyal palace for us. No one is allowed to enter or leave without the decree of the cabinet." !」
"Who do you think you are? You're just a dog of my Liu family..."
Liu Yan was so angry that he snatched the big golden melon from the golden melon warrior in the palace and wanted to throw it at Wei Qinghe.
However, with just one look from Wei Qinghe, the Han general restrained him.
"Gag your mouth and drag it out!"
Officials from Liu Bo's group stood up and said that this move was not in line with the court rules. Wei Qinghe stood up directly, looked at the man with cold eyes, and smiled.
Wei Qinghe turned his attention to Liu Wei, who was still yelling and cursing, and scolded: "I am the Crown Prince and Grand Master of the Cabinet, and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. You say that I am not qualified? Don't forget that I still have an emperor. The decree is to act as regent for Heaven. Not to mention imprisoning you, even if I behead you today, it will not break the rules of the court!"
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