Qufu, Yanshenggong Mansion.
The weather is dry and the heart is burning. Kong Yinzhi, the head of the Kongfu family, has been depressed and anxious these days. This year is his fifty-third birthday, and it is also a good day when the imperial court has just awarded his eldest son Kong Xingxie a second-rank imperial palace. However, something happened to him. Extremely difficult thing.
Twenty-four years ago, his uncle Kong Shangxian passed away without an heir, and he succeeded him as Duke Yansheng. Now more than twenty years have passed. During this period, he has been loved by the people and received numerous awards from the emperor. It can be said that everything is going smoothly, but he did not expect that he would die before his birthday. In the year, he encountered a difficult matter related to the survival of the Confucius family.
A few days ago, a monk and a nun were discussing Taoism in front of the Confucius Mansion, but the conversation was directed at Duke Yan, saying that he was extremely shameless in seeking fame and reputation. exposed to the world right now.
Immediately afterwards, refugees poured into the city and asked the Confucius Mansion to release food for disaster relief. In fact, this was not a big deal to the Confucius Mansion. It was just a little food. It was something that deeply frightened them. However, the public opinion that harmed the Confucius Mansion became more and more intense, not only among the refugees. It spread among the media, and even the people in the city began to talk about it without hesitation.
At this time, even a child on the street can open his mouth and call him Confucius, seventy-two generations of domestic slaves, twenty-seven ministers of the second dynasty... The worldly cultivator has surrendered to the outside world, his morals are extremely corrupt and shameless, how can he be a teacher, how can he be a saint...
This wave of public opinion made everyone in the Confucius family restless, and there was a very bad feeling that something big was going to happen. For thousands of years, when people wanted to rebel, they always had to find a reason and a place to vent their anger. Some people killed rich gentry, claiming that they were rich and unkind. Officials said that officials forced the people to rebel, but they never targeted the Confucian government. In fact, the Confucian government was a god worshiped by literati and civil servants. Ordinary people also respected it so much that even thieves who rebelled did not dare to say anything against them.
No matter who rebels or wins the world, they will need the Confucian government to stabilize people's hearts. In this era, literati are the backbone of society. To stabilize the world, we must first stabilize the sons of literati, and then we must stabilize their gods. This is also true for thousands of reasons. Over the years, the fundamental reason why the imperial court has enshrined Confucius from generation to generation.
But now, someone is actually attacking Kong Mansion!
And they are the most popular among the common people, monks and nuns!
By the way, how could Kong Yinzhi not be afraid!
Because he has received the latest news, now not only the public opinion in Qufu City is boiling, but ordinary people from ten miles and eight villages outside the city are gathering towards Qufu, and they have heard rumors about this in the surrounding Surabaya, Zoucheng, and Ningyang County. , the Confucius Mansion now stinks.
Afraid that something big was going to happen, Kong Yinzhi could no longer keep his composure and hurriedly went to the county government office through the back door to find the county magistrate Kong Yinchun (some say, Kong Zhenkan) to discuss countermeasures. The top priority now was not to control public opinion, because he didn't know Where does the source of public opinion come from, but to close the city!
Closing the city can cut off the spread of public opinion outside the city and keep the danger out of the city. The rest is easy to deal with. Search for the source of public opinion in the city and control the public opinion at the same time. At least the hundreds of refugees in the city cannot cause any big problems. movement.
The two were of the same race and hit it off right away, and they had experience of joining forces to defend against enemies several times before. For example, in previous years, the White Lotus Sect rebelled and mob riots were suppressed by their joint efforts. However, this time they were obviously targeting the Kong family. Moreover, we must first create public opinion that the Confucian government is unkind, unjust and unfaithful, making it difficult for them to attack them. Otherwise, they will be able to prove the authenticity of the public opinion. This is the tricky part, so we decided that it would be best to flatter first and then take it easy. This matter can be settled at the minimum cost.
The so-called price is nothing more than food. It is very likely that the refugees were hungry and were tricked into making trouble. Once some of them were eaten, they would naturally disperse.
It's just that Kong Yinzhi still underestimated Chang Yu's methods, or to be precise, he underestimated Li Muxian's ability. Throughout the ages, all riots and rebellions have the shadow of religion. The power of religion in this era is simply appalling. There is a saying from later generations that is very appropriate. , preaching is like pyramid selling.
Those who believe in religion and those who believe in pyramid schemes are both poor and want to get rich.
In this era, when there were the most poor people, as long as someone lit a fire, they would inject themselves with chicken blood. In such an environment in later generations, there will still be so many fools who fall into the trap, and even many of them with highly educated people can be brainwashed. Now these How could an illiterate commoner who just wanted to have a full belly and make some money withstand Li Muchian's temptations?
"Confucius is unkind and unworthy of the name of a saint because of his lack of virtue. We should take it upon ourselves to cross over."
A single spark can start a prairie fire. In the counties surrounding Qufu, a monk, a Taoist priest, and a nun each enchanted thousands of believers in just three days, and are gathering strength to attack.
Forbidden City.
Qianqing Palace.
Gao Shiming bowed and stood behind Emperor Chongzhen, gently waving the folding fan in his hand, "Eunuch Chang is playing with fire, Your Majesty."
As the temporary head of Dongchang, Gao Shiming immediately received the secret report from Dongchang to the capital and immediately forwarded it to the palace. After reading it, he was the same as Emperor Chongzhen.
shocked.
"The Confucius Mansion is the sacred place for scholars in the world. If you touch him, you will be the enemy of the world's scholars. Eunuch Chang went to some feudal princes to fight against the autumn wind, but he actually came up with the idea of Yan Shenggong's Mansion. Your Majesty, what is he doing? Playing with fire will only burn him to death, but if it harms you..."
Gao Shiming couldn't speak anymore because Emperor Chongzhen glared at him fiercely.
"How can Chang Yu's mind be compared to yours?" Emperor Chongzhen rebuked lightly. "He did not send the letter to discuss with me, but to tell me that he was going to take action, so that I could be mentally prepared. At the moment, I am afraid that he has already Light the fire."
Ah, Gao Shiming was shocked, "Your Majesty, what should I do? The Kong Mansion can't move!"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't know, but... maybe, I can't move, others can't, but he can move."
Gao Shiming didn't understand what he heard, but he was also a person that Chongzhen trusted very much, otherwise he would not have been allowed to be the eunuch in charge before, and he would not be allowed to take temporary charge of the East Factory now.
"Whether he was fighting with the rebels, fighting against the Tatars, or being slandered in the court, you can see that he had injured a single hair, and never escaped with his whole body. Since he planned to light a fire, he must have been injured all over his body. The plan to retreat is just..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard that another eunuch came urgently, saying that it was a secret report from the Jin Yiwei. Emperor Chongzhen frowned and opened it, but he couldn't help but be stunned and couldn't move even for a moment.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Gao Shiming was worried and whispered a few words. Emperor Chongzhen finally calmed down, with a wry smile and helplessness on his face. "This little thing, such a sinister move, is not a slap in the face of the imperial court, but a slap in my face." Face?"
"That's all, that's all. Why are you so embarrassed at this time!"
"Your Majesty, what trouble has Eunuch Chang caused again? Why is he so careless?" Gao Shiming screamed and stamped his feet anxiously.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No, my god. Now I like to watch him poke people, but I'm also afraid that he will make trouble too big. It's so contradictory!" After saying that, he threw the secret report in his hand to Gao Shiming, "Let's see, it won't take three days." , the capital is going to be in chaos.”
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