There was actually someone who had successfully flown into the sky. Tens of thousands of households were overjoyed when they heard about it. They immediately left for Yingtian to visit Zhu Su, the "first person to fly into the sky" throughout the ages, to seek enlightenment.
However, thousands of families are already old and have passed their destiny. As the saying goes, "A person should not travel far after he is sixty", so the family members are naturally reluctant in every possible way. The son of Wanhu persuaded his father: "Why did my father deviate from the teachings?"
"That fifth prince has no sages and talks about the way of heaven. I, the Tao family, have been studying and studying for generations, and all I have learned is the learning of Confucius and Mencius, Cheng Zhu Dao. The knowledge was learned in Sangzi. An Neng went to seek advice from an uneducated and incompetent man. The young prince?"
Who would have thought that this sentence would actually make Wanhu furious. He chased his son with a beard with a broom and beat him. While beating him, he cursed: "What a saint's way, can you fly into the sky?" Side by side with the sun and the moon?"
"You and I are already the same age. I just want to go to heaven and risk my life with gunpowder. You won't let me go. Now that there is a safer way, you still want to stop me!"
I don't know who heard these words, which was fine at first, but the bad thing is that Jinan, where the Tao family is located, is the land of Qilu.
This place at this time was the headquarters of Neo-Confucianism, and there was also a big shot in Qufu, adjacent to Jinan.
That is the fifty-sixth generation of descendants of Confucius, today Yan Shenggong and Kong Xixue.
I don't know who conveyed these words to the Confucius Mansion. Most of the Tao family's business was related to the Confucius Mansion. Upon hearing this, Yanshenggong immediately cut off all contacts with the Tao family and ordered people to go and reprimand Wanhu, asking them to reflect on themselves. Unexpectedly, Mi Jian, a member of the Ten Thousand Households family, refused to give in and kicked the housekeeper of the Confucius family out of the house on the spot. He also used slang that he heard from somewhere and angrily accused Yan Shenggong and his family of "respecting the world"...
This stirred up a hornet's nest, and Yan Shenggong Kong Xixue was furious. He smashed a priceless blue and white porcelain vase that he had loved for a long time on the spot, and ordered his disciples to attack Tao Mansion in all possible ways. Not to be outdone, Wanhu actually raised the banner of "a hundred schools of thought contend" in the land of Qilu, funded the common people of Li and the new scholars to write a book of ten thousand people, and asked the court to "reform the imperial examinations, not favor one thing, and restart a hundred schools of thought."
"Wanhu wants to ask people to restart hundreds of families?" Lao Zhu grinned, with a smile of gloating on his face. "This move hit the snake seven inches in the face. After restarting the Hundred Schools, Confucius was the Duke of Yansheng. Then the descendants of Mozi, Laozi, and Han Feizi appeared. Do you want us to also be granted the title of Duke of Yanshenggong? ?”
"The name Yan Shenggong is worthless when there are too many names. When the Ming Dynasty has a large group of Yan Shenggong fighting cocks, how can the Kong family still stand out?"
Judging from the emperor's appearance, he seemed a little eager to try. Liu Bowen saw this and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if that's all, it doesn't matter."
"But now we have received news that Yan Shenggong and a group of Neo-Confucian disciples are preparing to go to the capital to inquire."
"They spread rumors along the way that the 'pioneering and enterprising' approach promoted by the New School was a militaristic fallacy."
"When I come to Beijing this time, I must nip this heresy in the bud, so that we can protect our Ming Dynasty for thousands of years."
"Haha." Lao Zhu sneered slightly when he heard this. "Protect our Ming Dynasty for tens of thousands of years? He just wants to protect his Duke Yansheng's Mansion for tens of thousands of years!"
"Without the new learning, even if the dynasty changed, the Duke Yan would still be well-dressed and well-fed, and his wealth would be passed down to his family. But with the new learning, the ten thousand households would start a hundred schools of thought to contend... If they started to contend, what would happen to the Kong family? ? How can the Kong family still rely on the name of Confucius to continue to be my Ming Dynasty’s rice worm and continue to ring for food? "
"Shi Xiu surrendered and restarted hundreds of schools... This opened up the fig leaf of his Confucian family, and also dug up the foundation of his Confucian family. It's not surprising that Kong Xixue is jumping up and down like this."
"Yes." Liu Bowen looked at his words. I thought His Majesty would be furious, but now he is calmer than expected. Maybe the words "Shixiu surrenders to the table" were spread secretly by His Majesty's people.
Your Majesty and the Prince have been reorganizing their fields over the years. The Confucius family has a "Kong Half City" in Qufu. Most of the fields in Qufu are the property of the Confucius. Even the county magistrate is appointed by the Confucius. It is like a country within a country. This has been true for hundreds of years.
Perhaps His Majesty would have turned a blind eye before. After all, it was only a county. Since it has been like this for thousands of years, the Confucius family is the heart of all scholars in the world. Even if it is only a county, it will attract scholars from all over the world. People's hearts, this business can still be done.
But now, His Majesty's eyes have become increasingly filled with sand. First spread some rumors, and then slowly take care of the Kong family. This is also a common method used by emperors.
What's more, the words "Shixiu surrenders to the outside world" are not just rumors used to slander...
"How can one merchant from ten thousand households think of a way to raise the banner of hundreds of businesses... Is there some hidden secret in this?" Lao Zhu looked at Liu Bowen.
"Your Majesty, the Holy Ming, is a new scholar named Yang Shiqi who advises him." Liu Bowen said. But in his heart, he was thinking whether Yang Shiqi would be angered by the power of God for disrupting His Majesty's plan by rashly encouraging Wanhu. "Your Majesty, I think the person coming to the Confucius Mansion this time is not good, so we need to be careful in dealing with them."
"They are here for new learning, and my new learning is closely related to the national policy of pioneering and enterprising. If the new learning is blocked, I am afraid that Yingzhou, which has been acquired, will also be lost."
"The court should treat this with caution."
Lao Zhu nodded. Liu Bowen was right when he said that intellectual disputes cannot rely on those thunderous methods in the court. Moreover, now that new learning is also flourishing, there is no need to neglect the Confucius family.
"The fifth brother is now far away in a foreign country. If the Kong family comes, can the Imperial College handle it?" Zhu Biao said, still a little worried in his tone. "Are those few ships of gold enough to refute the Kong family?"
"No. It's just money. I'm afraid Yan Shenggong will rebuke my new school for pursuing fame and fortune and enjoying great achievements." Ru Taisu said at the side. "The people who come to Yanshenggong's mansion are not good. We still need to find better ways to control them."
"Now is the time when the old school is on the verge of a counterattack, and it will definitely use all possible means. I would like to report to Your Majesty, and announce that His Highness the Fifth Prince will come to the capital. With the power of His Highness' victory, he will subdue the Confucius Mansion and destroy the old school."
"Recall Lao Wu?" Lao Zhu was stunned. "It would be okay if everything in Japan goes well. We don't want him to work too hard in that remote place."
"However, the Kong family still needs Lao Wu to return to the country in person?"
"I'm just taking precautions," Ru Taisu said. "After all, my new learning is also to respect the learning of Confucius. And the Confucius family..."
"After all, it is the flag of our scholar-officials..."
…
It's on the outskirts of Yingtian City, more than thirty kilometers away.
Yanshenggong Kong Xixue opened the curtain of his car and looked in the direction of Yingtian, with a bright light in his eyes.
"The new learning...is deviant and misinterprets my ancestors of the Confucian family."
"No matter what, we cannot let this trend continue to spread!"
(End of chapter)
