After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, the whole place fell into silence.
For a moment, the entire Qufu City Gate was so quiet that even a pin dropping on the ground could be clearly heard.
The civil and military officials present felt that they had heard something wrong.
Your Majesty, is it the Kong clan that is asking the question?
After a long time, a member of the Kong family spoke angrily, seemingly dissatisfied with Zhu Houcong's words: "Kong Yinzhi was responsible for all this. He shaved his hair and changed his clothes. He disgraced our saint's blood, and What does it matter if we wait? Your Majesty is just laughing!"
"That's right, what sin does my Kong family have?"
"Your Majesty, don't try to cover up the whole situation with partiality. After we are all saints, it is a great shame to have a servile person like Kong Yinzhi. Your Majesty actually wants to confuse Kong Yinzhi with us. It is really inappropriate. When you say this, aren’t you afraid of being chilled by scholars all over the world?!”
"..."
One stone stirred up a thousand ripples. Regarding Zhu Houcong's words, the Kong family were like dogs with fried hair. They were filled with indignation and shouted one after another. Their faces were full of dissatisfaction, and their eyes seemed to be able to shoot out flames, declaring that they His loyalty is unparalleled, and he is extremely disappointed with the Ming Dynasty.
This feeling is as if they are loyal men like Yue Wumu and Wen Tianxiang who are famous in history.
Seeing them say this, Zhu Houcong couldn't help but sneered.
OK OK.
It seems that all of you in the Kong family are filial sons, virtuous grandsons, loyal ministers and good generals!
Zhu Houcong snorted coldly, and his sleeves automatically moved without any wind. Under the drift, a terrifying momentum burst out from Zhu Houcong's body, overwhelmingly attacking the descendants of the Confucius family and all the civil and military officials of Shandong!
This terrifying momentum instantly silenced the originally noisy Qufu City Gate. Then, Zhu Houcong flicked his sleeves and said unceremoniously: "The world's scholars are disappointed? Are you worthy of being a role model for the world's scholars?!"
Zhu Houcong waved his sleeves, and then scolded: "Take off Kong Yinzhi's felt hat and official uniform, and depose Yan Shenggong!"
"Take him to the prison car and go to the entrance of the vegetable market. I will publicly try and punish Kong Yinzhi in front of the people of Qufu!"
After hearing Zhu Houcong's instructions, the Jin Yiwei beside him immediately took action. He came to Kong Yinzhi very simply and roughly, and dragged Kong Yinzhi out like a dead dog.
Kong Yinzhi's face was pale, and he had no excuse at all. Of course, he had no way to defend himself and could not defend himself.
His official uniform was stripped off, his felt hat was also removed, and his ugly, bald head was displayed in front of everyone. Kong Yinzhi felt extremely embarrassed, but he had no choice but to be escorted into the car with a pale face.
Seeing this, Zhu Houcong smiled slightly, and then shouted to the Kong family in a cold voice: "You guys should go with us."
After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, an elder of the Kong family immediately realized the problem. He immediately stood up and stood in front of the prison car. He bowed in the direction of Zhu Houcong and said, "Your Majesty, although Kong Yinzhi is treasonous, But after all, he is of the blood of saints, how can he openly suffer such humiliation?! Please give Kong Yinzhi a quick death for the sake of the saints and sages!"
He has no interest in the position of Duke Yan.
He had no interest in Kong Yinzhi's life and death.
The only thing he is interested in is the reputation of the Kong family!
Although everyone in the upper class praises "Yanshenggong", everyone is fully aware of Yanshenggong's behavior every time there is a change of dynasty.
but,
The lower class people don’t know!
Especially the people of Qufu.
In Qufu, the words of the Kong family are more useful than those of the Zhu family, and the orders of Yanshenggong are more terrifying than the emperor's imperial decree!
In the past, when the Kong family made mistakes, they would deal with them behind closed doors or inform the court, but never inform the people.
For example, during the Jingtai period, Kong Yanjin, the fifty-ninth generation Yanshenggong, had an internal fight with members of the Kong family and reported on each other.
Emperor Jingtai sent people to investigate and found that most of them were true. However, due to the pressure of public opinion, his throne was unstable and he could only settle the matter hastily.
And the 61st generation Yan Shenggong Kong Hongxu was even more of a beast. He killed people at will, secretly set up military tactics, and raped women... Compared with the beast Qin King Zhu Xi during the Hongwu period, he can be said to be a normal person. .
Even if there are punishments for these various activities, it is just to cut off the title and demote him to a commoner, but Yan Shenggong can still be hereditary and replaceable, which is even more enviable than the king's title! After all, if the prince makes such a mistake, he will be deposed directly! King Qi of Shandong is the most typical example.
The Kong family has such a transcendent status in Qufu, so the local people in Qufu and the victims who fled from Shandong, Henan and other places naturally respect the Kong family.
Now, Zhu Houcong wants to openly try Duke Yansheng in a despicable place like Caishikou. Isn't this a slap in the face of the Kong family and an attempt to shake the Kong family's rule in Qufu? !
This is not possible. As an old man of the Confucius family, Kong Shangfan will not agree to it!
Therefore, he stood directly in front of the emperor's dragon attack, stretched his neck, and shouted loudly: "If your Majesty insists on doing this, please kill me first!"
After Kong Shangfan made such a fuss, many members of the Kong family immediately understood and stopped in front of Long Chu. About seven or eight people, including old and young, were all filled with indignation and shouted at Zhu Houcong: "I The Kong family is loyal to your majesty and to the Ming Dynasty, and their determination to serve the country with all their might can be seen from the sun and the moon! If your majesty is still stubborn, please use the orders of my ministers to awaken your majesty!"
After hearing these words, although Zhu Houcong was very calm, a trace of anger arose in his heart.
Loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon?
The entire responsibility falls on Kong Yinzhi, right? So why did no one stop the Manchus in history after they entered the customs?
Only one Kong Wenxi didn't want to shave his head, so he wrote a letter to Dorgon, saying that he was a descendant of a saint and had the pride of a descendant of a saint. How could he not shave his head? This made Dorgon very angry, and Kong Wenxi could only act like a clown. The same dingy guy shaved his head and took it easy, but he was frightened to death within a few days.
The most holy sage, Confucius.
Why are there such a group of descendants who are ignorant of etiquette, justice and shame? !
Isn't it really like what the unofficial historian said, that it was replaced by the Jin people and the Mongols?
And Zhu Houcong came from later generations, and he knew the situation of later generations. The four major families in the Republic of China, the Kong family, were full of evil, struggling in front and struggling in the rear, making great fortunes for the country!
Due to some reasons, I cannot go into details one by one.
Zhu Houcong could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and said coldly on the dragon's shoulder: "Okay, I will satisfy your desire to serve the country with fists and fists!"
"Luo An!"
"I'm here!"
Because Lu Bing went to raid Jiade Fan and Heng Fan, Luo An was currently in charge of the Jinyi Guards. After hearing Zhu Houcong's call, Luo An did not hesitate and came out with his sword.
"Anyone who dares to block the road will be punished!"
"Jinyiwei, follow me into the city!"
Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, the descendants of the Kong family who stood up next to him were dumbfounded, and their momentum instantly weakened. They who were still shouting arrogantly retreated decisively, and for a moment only Kong Shangfan remained.
Seeing the Jin Yiwei pressing forward step by step, Kong Shangfan could only curse in his heart, then forced out a smile, stepped out of the way, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I just thought about it again and feel that your Majesty's words are reasonable. If Kong Yinzhi, a rebellious villain, must do this, otherwise the people will not be angry! On behalf of the Kong family, I will be the first to support!"
After saying that, he immediately knelt down by the road, showing great respect, as if he was not the one who just angrily rebuked Zhu Houcong.
Looking at this clown-like behavior, Zhu Houcong sneered, which fit the image of Yan Shenggong in his heart, and then said: "Gather the people, put Kong Yinzhi and this old man in a prison car, and parade them through the streets! Half an hour later , I want to personally interrogate the Kong family!"
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