With a bang, the bookcase in the south study room of the Xingqing Palace fell to the ground. The little emperor Tongzhi, who was drowsing, was startled. He stared at the pockmarked man who had just turned over the bookcase with a frightened look, which was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
Several ministers from the South Study Room were all lying on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
Only Kong Shenggong, the great warlord political king, was still sitting as steady as Mount Tai. He looked at Kangxi who just stood there blankly and said calmly: "Brother, don't worry, you are still Kangxi. You will always be Kangxi. There is only one in the world." Kangxi, that is you... I can prove this!"
Kangxi? Only one Kangxi? What does it mean? The little emperor Tongzhi looked confused when he heard this. Children of his age are just half-understood. Of course he knew what Kangxi was, but he was not familiar with it. Emperor Kangxi did not take care of children, and he was busy rescuing them all day long. In the Qing Dynasty, family was naturally ignored. If he hadn't been promoted to the Supreme Emperor during this period and needed to use his son Yinreng as a puppet, the time he spent with Yinreng would have been shorter and their relationship would have been more intense.
And now the little emperor already knows that Kangxi is a name of his own mother, and his mother's name is Aixinjueluo Xuanye, also called Kangxi. But he still didn't understand what "there is only one Kangxi in the world" meant? And... who is his Ama who is the same as the young emperor, and why does he need Uncle Shenggong to prove it?
"Kong Yuqi!" Before Xiao Tongzhi could figure out what was going on, Emperor Kangxi pointed at Kong Shenggong who was talking nonsense and roared, "Whether I am Kangxi or not, you don't need to prove it!"
Don’t you need a certificate from your holy uncle? The little emperor thought to himself, are you Kangxi? Are you my Amma?
Kangxi didn't know that his confused son had doubts about his true identity and was still angry with Kong Shenggong, Chang Ning, Mingzhu and others!
"Chang Ning deserves to die! Mingzhu deserves to die! Kong..." At this point, Kangxi glared at Kong Shenggong, and found that the other person was also looking at him, and he was not afraid at all.
Kong Shenggong was not only frightened, but also angry! He is powerful! And his strength is getting stronger... Recently he has accepted two more capable apprentices, one named Zhang Yong and the other named Wang Jinbao!
Kangxi was so angry, he really had nothing to do with Kong Shenggong now... This kid is even more obeisant than Obai!
Oboi is just an old slave who looks after the house. No matter how domineering he is, he has no real strength that belongs to him. And Kong Shenggong is a Confucian saint, and he has a group of disciples who are familiar with the anti-Confucian scriptures!
Moreover, Confucianism was open to accepting disciples, and Kong Shenggong himself even accepted disciples widely. The people of the Qing Dynasty who moved west to Xingqing Mansion were panicked and wanted to stay together, so more and more people joined Confucianism.
In addition, Confucianism, like Confucianism, can provide an order for grassroots governance.
Among them, the core of Confucianism's grassroots governance is land equalization based on clans and villages. At first glance, this kind of land equalization seems to support the clans and may cause powerful clans to be domineering, but in fact it is harming the clans. The group has set an upper limit, and also banned the engulfing between clans. Because the land and land have been "equalized", a clan with a few hundred people can own thousands of acres. They wanted to expand, but they were restricted by the principle of "equal land cannot be sold", and the adjacent land was controlled by other clans. It is much more difficult for a clan to illegally annex the land that another clan relies on for survival than for a powerful tyrant to annex a farmer's land!
Therefore, when the population of a certain clan increases to a certain level and cannot extract enough wealth from the existing land to survive, they will either let some of their children go to the city to work, or they will apply to the government to immigrate to a place where there are fewer people. Broaden the countryside and prevent unrestricted local expansion... Of course, the prerequisite for this order to function well is that the country can continuously provide new fertile land, or the booming industry and commerce can provide There are enough employment opportunities.
As for the things within the clan, such as the eldest brother bullying the second and third brothers. Haha, it’s hard for an upright official to stop doing household chores! And if a person is not loved by his parents, receives too little property, and is bullied by his brothers... Can the emperor and the court be blamed for this?
In short, the Confucian approach actually protected the weak clans and split up the strong clans, which was conducive to the centralization of power.
The basis of the Confucian tax system of rural sages is actually clan. However, this system cannot protect weak clans and inhibit mergers. Instead, it can help powerful clans speed up the pace of mergers. Then the court can rely on these powerful clans to obtain money, food and troops. . Although this routine is not conducive to centralization, it is still very practical for the Northern Qing Dynasty, which is currently in turmoil and may have to move westward... Because there is a group of powerful clans following it, it is easy to take root wherever it goes. !
The Qing court, whose prestige had been greatly damaged, used to control the disciples of these powerful sects by forming an alliance with Confucianism - this method was actually the same as the weak dynasties in history who relied on this religion, that religion, or some noble clan.
So from this perspective, Confucianism has now become a partner of the Beiqing!
Kangxi now has to rely on Confucianism, so of course he can't point his nose at Kong Shenggong and scold you that you deserve to die.
"It is Chang Ning and Mingzhu who deserve to die!" Kangxi gritted his teeth, "I will never spare them lightly... According to my decree, Yongshou, Manduhu, Haishan, and Nalan Kuixu will be imprisoned. !No, give me death!”
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
"The Supreme Emperor..."
As soon as Kangxi said he wanted to kill people, the silent ministers below began to persuade him.
Yongshou, Manduhu and Haishan are all the sons of Chang Ning, while Nalan Kuexu is the son of Nalan Mingzhu.
That Nalan Kuixu should die, but the other three were all Aixinjueluo, close relatives of the emperor, and cousins of Emperor Tongzhi. How could they be killed so easily?
"Stop trying to persuade them," Kangxi roared, "I have to kill them!"
He only said half of what he said, and the other half was, "If you don't kill them, you can't prove that you are the real Kangxi!"
That Chang Ning who killed a thousand swords may have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in the name of Emperor Kangxi, and he also said that the real Kangxi of Xingqing Mansion was Chang Ning... This is really outrageous!
Kangxi must now prove that he is himself...and killing Chang Ning's son is the best proof!
Tiger poison does not eat its seeds! If he was really Chang Ning, would he be willing to kill his own son?
"Brother Taishang, I cannot agree to this!" Kong Shenggong said categorically at this time, "The reason Prince Gong voluntarily stayed in Beijing was all because of brotherly love. He stayed in Beijing for you... ..Now that he is in the hands of the traitor, with the knife on his neck, isn't that why he needs to be convenient and round? It's even possible that Prince Gong has been killed, but the traitor has found someone to play him. No, I'm playing you! How could you kill his three sons just because of this?
There is no news now that the fake Kangxi in Beijing is Prince Gong pretending to be! "
"You, you..." Kangxi was a little dumbfounded when Kong Shenggong said this.
Leaving Chang Ning in Beijing is already very unethical, and now he wants to kill Chang Ning's three sons... And there is really no evidence that the fake Kangxi in Beijing is Chang Ning!
Not to mention evidence, there are not even rumors!
It is also possible that Chang Ning had already died for the country in Kangxi's place, and Zhu Heji just randomly found someone to pretend to be Kangxi, but Kangxi killed all three of Chang Ning's sons... This is too chilling.
"Then, then put them in prison temporarily..." Kangxi suddenly felt that something was wrong when he said this. After thinking about it again, he finally remembered. He looked at Kong Shenggong and said, "Shenggong, you just said What? You don’t agree? Why do you disagree?”
"I am the regent!" Kong Shenggong replied, "Brother Taishang, have you forgotten? Now it is you, me, and the Taishang, the Empress and the Queen Mother who are regents and assist the Emperor."
Chapter 661 Who is Kangxi and who is my Amma? (Please vote for me, please subscribe)
