(The previous chapter 194 is the continuation of chapter 193. It was posted incorrectly before and cannot be changed. Please forgive me.)
"Where is Kong Changshun?"
"Where is Kong Zhiyue?"
"Where is Kong Pengtuan?"
"Where is Kong Andao?"
"Where is Kong Jianzi?"
....
After a while, when no one came out, the soldiers roared again.
"Kong Changshun, male, 27 years old, grandson of Kong Yinzhi, in December of the 7th year of Tianqi, ignored the laws of the Ming Dynasty and bought and sold people.
In February of the first year of Chongzhen, the bodies of two girls bought by Kong Changshun were discovered. Kong Changshun was highly suspected, but no one did a thorough investigation! "
The law of the Ming Dynasty prohibits the sale of people.
But in fact, the law is bullshit in the eyes of those privileged people.
Apart from making them sick, it doesn't cause much damage to them at all.
In addition, people have no money or capital, and their ability to resist risks is extremely low.
Once there is a disaster, the result will be a large number of people going bankrupt.
What should I do if I have no money? They can only sell their family members to rich people as slaves.
What Kong Changshun did was essentially buying and selling people and trampling on the laws of the Ming Dynasty. But once it reached the mouth of literati, it would turn into a good deed to save people from suffering.
If the bodies of the two girls had not been discovered later, this incident would not have been a reason to arrest Kong Changshun.
"Kong Zhiyue, male, 27 years old, born in March of the second year of Chongzhen..."
"Kong Pengtuan..."
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On the city wall, one by one what the Kong family had done was exposed.
The Kong family below and the people watching suddenly couldn't stand.
Do not use it for the fantasy of the Kong family elsewhere.
Many people in Qufu, especially those at the bottom, have been bullied by the Kong family.
The irony is that after being bullied a lot, the court didn't care, so these people got used to it and became numb.
Nowadays, court officials regularly talk about the Kong family's crimes.
The Kong family felt fear.
The people around him were full of disbelief.
"I am not dreaming. Ten years ago, the seventh son of the Kong family left 5 taels of silver and forcibly bought ten acres of fertile land from my family. I complained to the county government. When the county magistrate heard that it was the seventh son of the Kong family, he said nothing. He kicked me out immediately. Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that the Kong family's status is comparable to that of the royal family.
Now this official is publicly announcing the crimes of the Confucius family without giving any face to the Confucius family. Isn't he afraid of the Confucius family's revenge? "
An old man with a hunched waist and a wrinkled face said that since the Kong family forcibly bought their family's farmland ten years ago, the old man's hair turned white overnight.
Over the years, I have been hoping that the court will clean up these beasts, but the court has never taken any action. To be honest, the old man had already lost confidence in the government and the Ming Dynasty.
"What are you worried about? Haven't you seen that all the former masters of the Kong family have been arrested out of the city? If you were really afraid, would you have arrested these people?"
"Hey, I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse." A fat businessman who came after hearing the news said.
The world is difficult. I recall that with the help of my backers, that taxman dared to collect my taxes?
After His Majesty came to the throne, he, Niang, reduced taxes for farmers several times, but he still refused to reduce taxes for us.
Not only that, the commercial tax was directly raised from 1 in 30 to 1 in 10.
Even if the tax is increased, the previous tax arrears still need to be checked.
If you don’t pay, it will double in 6 months. A year later, the house was confiscated directly.
Under the cold-blooded policies of the imperial court, countless once-high-ranking businessmen had their homes confiscated.
Now that even the Kong family, a thousand-year-old family, has been purged, will there be any force in the Ming Dynasty that can survive?
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"Those who just read it out, when will you all stand up, the rest of the Kong family can go back."
General Zhu continued to shout from the city.
You must know that the total number of Kong family members in Qufu City is just over 10,000.
Nearly 100 people were called out just now.
Although there were many domestic slaves of the Kong family who bullied others, doing so also completely threw the Kong family's face to the ground.
How could the Kong family, as the first aristocratic family in the Celestial Dynasty, endure this?
"Ignore him, I will see how the little emperor ends up." Kong Hui, the patriarch of the Kong family, said.
Scholars all over the world respect the Confucius family, and scholars like to consider themselves disciples of Confucius.
Although many people do this to put themselves in a better position, since they regard themselves as disciples of Confucius, they should protect the Confucius family when they are in trouble. Speak for the Kong family.
Although the news is now being transmitted slowly, Kong Hui still knows that Zhu Youjian has taken all the military power in the world into his hands.
But is it the army’s turn to arrest criminals?
Even if there was a reason to arrest criminals, how could little Qiu Ba bully the Kong family?
If the emperor does not give a reasonable explanation for this matter, the Kong family will not agree.
All scholars from other aristocratic families and the Ming Dynasty would not agree.
This is not the family of scholars. The scholars' hearts are towards the Confucius family.
There is really no benefit.
As the first aristocratic family in the Ming Dynasty, the Kong family was treated like this. Other aristocratic families and scholars who were not allowed to do so were not allowed to have the little emperor sit on their heads and shit?
Does the family have no face? Scholars don’t want face?
Whose family doesn’t have a few dandy boys?
If the Kong family is like this, won't other aristocratic families have to be bullied by Qiu Ba sooner or later?
Either he bullied a few untouchables, he violated several Ming laws, or he treated the law like shit.
Wouldn't it just lead to the collapse of the law, the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the massacre of tens of thousands of Ming people?
How are these things as important as the faces of the Kong family?
"Patriarch, I'm afraid this won't work. This morning's newspaper said that Your Majesty is cleaning up the family for Confucius.
From now on, all crimes committed by members of the Kong family will be punished according to the standards of a first-grade official, which is three times the Ming Law!
Not only that, the head of the Kong family, He Yanshenggong, will no longer be succeeded by the eldest son, but will be selected by the emperor from among the Kong family who are highly respected.
And even if the patriarch and Yanshenggong did something inconsistent with their status, the emperor could directly remove them. " shouted a young man from the Kong family on the side.
"How dare he do this? Don't you know that primogeniture is the foundation of national stability?
By doing this, isn't he afraid of trouble in Ming Dynasty? Kong Hui said in horror.
"The world is in chaos. The world is about to be in chaos."
The eldest son inheritance system is an inheritance principle (system) implemented under the monogamy and polyconcubine system in ancient China. It is one of the core systems that maintains the patriarchal system.
The legitimate wife is the first wife and the first wife, and the eldest son born to the legitimate wife is the legitimate eldest son.
The law stipulates that the eldest son has priority in inheritance.
This system started at the end of Shang Dynasty and was set at the beginning of Zhou Dynasty.
The specific stipulation is "to establish a direct descendant for the purpose of eldership rather than for virtue, and for the establishment of a son for the purpose of nobleness rather than for seniority."
This system embodies the concept of hierarchy, which is different from the patriarchal system and the concubine system. However, under the conditions of polygamy (concubine) system at that time, conflicts in inheritance were avoided to a certain extent. Maintained social stability.
Why did Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang have to pass the throne to his eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen instead of to his son Zhu Di?
In fact, the reason is very simple, it is because of the eldest son inheritance system.
Zhu Yunwen was the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, Zhu Biao, and his eldest grandson, but Zhu Di was not his eldest son.
The reason for choosing the eldest son's son (the eldest grandson) as the legal heir is that "the emperor's grandson is the legitimate son, rich in age, in the right position, and has the heart of the world."
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, had three sons. The second son, Li Shimin, was superior to the prince in terms of ability and military exploits. If it were not for the Xuanwumen mutiny, he would not have the right to inherit the throne.
