Bang bang bang.
The thick door of Kong Mansion was knocked heavily by the soldiers.
These days, the servant at the gate of Confucius Mansion is very happy. The master's family had spoken, and the door was tightly closed, allowing the wind and rain outside, and had nothing to do with the Confucius Mansion.
Precisely because of this, the servants who used to look after the door rarely had the opportunity to take some time off to do some casual things with the ladies in the house.
Today, because the head of the family, Yanshenggong Kongne, is going south to Beijing to meet His Majesty the Emperor, the family has made preparations early.
After seeing off the owner of the house, the concierge was not willing to scare him away, so he huddled in the small room behind the gate of the house.
When there were knocks on the door of the mansion, several porters' hearts jumped and they immediately stood up from their beds and couches.
Outside the Confucius Mansion, the knocking on the door by officers and soldiers became louder and more urgent.
"Who?"
"If you are coming to visit, please submit the post. My master will see it and arrange a meeting later."
From behind the door, the concierge's response came.
This is a well-behaved statement.
The officers and soldiers outside the gate of the mansion stopped, and one person stepped forward and said in a serious voice: "His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Emperor of the State of Supervision is here and wants to visit the door to pay homage to the statue of Saint Confucius."
"How can anyone worship my ancestor?" Behind the door panel came the concierge's teasing voice, but soon there was a sound of neck twitching and gasping: "Yes... yes... it's my great-grandson." Your Highness?"
"The main doors of Kong's Mansion are all open! Welcome His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson!"
The soldier raised his eyebrows and shouted in a deep voice.
Behind the door, there were footsteps, but the sound was getting farther and farther. It was probably the concierge who was going to inform the Kong family.
Creak.
Ahead, the door of Kong Mansion was slowly opened, and several concierges cautiously poked their heads out, looking at the people outside.
When Jin Yiwei's flying fish uniform came into view, they finally chose to believe it.
"Young ones, please pay homage to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince."
The concierge of Kong Mansion opened all the doors, walked out and knelt aside.
Zhu Yunxi, surrounded by everyone, turned around and looked sideways at the open door of Kong's mansion.
Behind the door, the master has not yet appeared, but wherever he can see, servants and maids are kneeling on the ground, waiting for His Royal Highness the Grandson to enter the house.
"In a thousand-year-old family, the rules are even greater than those in the palace."
Zhu Yunxi said a few words casually.
Zhu Gaochi echoed beside him and muttered: "The Confucius Mansion has a huge collection of books. Sage Confucius studied Zhou rites in his early years and paid the most attention to etiquette education. When we go in later, we may see many more shops that we have never seen before."
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"Your Highness, Kong Gongjian, the legitimate son of Yanshenggong Kongne, is here with his people."
Zhang Zhiyuan said softly from the side.
Everyone looked up one after another and saw that the Kong Mansion was in full force.
Led by several elders of the Kong clan, Kong Gongjian walked outside with an anxious expression.
Who would have thought that the emperor's grandson, who had just left home for the capital and had just settled the rebellion in Henan Province, and who was supposed to be continuing his western tour, would suddenly arrive outside his home.
This made Kong Gongjian, who had just closed his eyes not long ago and just wanted to rest for a while, feel like a fire was burning in his heart.
It was really too much suffering.
"My ministers and clansmen respectfully welcome His Highness the Emperor Grandson. I have not made any preparations and have not done any cleaning or flushing. Please forgive me."
From afar, Kong Gongjian shouted outside the house.
His voice was loud, as if he wanted everyone to hear clearly.
Zhu Yunxi stood outside Confucius' mansion, motionless as a mountain.
And he can be distinguished at a glance.
After a while, Kong Gongjian and the elders and clan members of the Kong family finally walked out of the house.
Zhu Yunxi turned sideways slightly and squinted.
Kong Gongjian walked to the front and surrounded him with the elders of the Kong family, but his eyes were still surprised.
Zhu Shangbing had been standing at the back before. When he saw the Kong family members coming out, he immediately shouted: "Hit Your Majesty's Emperor's Order. Don't forget the rules and punish you later."
The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard, who were already responsible for guarding the ceremonial guard, immediately displayed the ceremonial guards of the emperor's grandson.
Then Zhu Shangbing nodded with satisfaction, his eyes faintly looking towards everyone in the Kong Mansion.
But Kong Gongjian, who was originally just planning to cross his hands as a salute, now looked a little ugly.
He and the elders of the Kong family looked up at the emperor's grandson, who was standing sideways, and saw no action from him. Instead, he seemed a little tired from the long journey.
After the Emperor's ceremonial guard was carried out, everyone in the Kong family had no choice but to accept this fact.
"My lord, I would like to pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun, and respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun into the residence."
"Students pay homage to His Royal Highness the Emperor."
"The villain pays homage to His Royal Highness the Emperor."
For a time, the entire floor in front of Kong's mansion was full of people with high buttocks and low heads.
Kong Gongjian and Yanshenggong were both regarded as ministers. Members of the Kong family, whether old or young, all call themselves students. The sons of the Confucius family can only be described as villains.
From a distance, Tang Keke looked at this scene and said softly: "Look now, they are all the same people, and there is no difference."
"Where can there be different people? They don't all have two eyes and one mouth." Zhang Zhiyuan crossed his arms and greeted His Highness Taisun himself and sent him to the Confucius Mansion. After receiving a lecture, there was nothing wrong today. There were still things outside. He has to protect me.
As for His Royal Highness Taisun's stay in the Confucius Mansion, it was naturally the errands of the Jinyi guards.
Everyone in the Kong family knelt down and saluted, Zhang Zhiyuan and Tang Keke chatted in idle chatter. Zhang Hui, the guard in front of the Kong Mansion, already had a serious look on his face and led people around the Kong family on the ground to both sides of the mansion gate.
"Enter!"
Zhang Hui just said a brief and powerful word, and the guards in uniforms poured into the Confucius Mansion like a tide.
When Jin Yiwei entered the house, the noise was of course insignificant. In an instant, there was a burst of noise in the Kong Mansion.
Only then did Zhu Yunxi remember waking up from his slumber. He blinked and looked at everyone in the Kong family: "Why are you all so generous? Please get up quickly. You are indeed worthy of being from my family of pilgrims, Duke Yansheng's family."
As Zhu Yunxi spoke, he turned around and walked up to Kong Gongjian. He just extended his hand in vain, and Yutian who was waiting beside him immediately stepped forward.
Yu Tian glanced at Kong Gongjian, the elder of the Kong family who was closest to him and the oldest. He stepped forward, stretched out his hands and grabbed the man's arms.
Although Yutian is an eunuch serving in the chamber, his body and bones are well polished. When I first saw that I was careless, I couldn't support this old man from the Kong family. The other person didn't understand the rules and stood up just like me.
Yu Tian sneered in his heart, and silently rubbed the toes of his right foot on the ground. He first pressed his arms down, and then held a breath in his chest.
In full view of everyone, Yutian immediately lifted the elder of the Kong family up. The tribe elder's original belief that it would be easy to kneel down but difficult to get up was instantly shattered.
When Kong Gongjian and his clan members saw that they were in a state of defeat one after another today, they stopped trying to show their strength and stood up.
"Thank you, His Royal Highness the Emperor."
Zhu Yunxi hummed, then walked in from the middle gate of Kong Mansion.
He didn't speak, and Zhu Gaochi who was following him had to act as a communicator, talking to Kong Gongjian about boring but enduring topics from time to time.
The entire Confucius Mansion covers an area of hundreds of acres, with more than 400 halls and buildings. It was built in the 10th year of Hongwu, with nine courtyards and three roads.
Entering through the middle gate of Kongfu Middle Road, Zhu Yunxi did not go to the third and sixth halls of Qianya Yamen on Kongfu Middle Road. Instead, he paused for a moment and looked to the northwest.
"After thinking about it, this is my first time in Qufu. To pay my respects to the Saint of Confucius, I should go to the Confucius Temple, right?"
Kong Gongjian's expression changed again as he stepped forward to greet Zhu Yunxi.
After entering the mansion, I had to go to the Confucius Temple.
Kong Gongjian bowed and lowered his head with a smile: "Your Highness is a man of great wealth, and has been given the gift by imperial order, with the same authority as Your Majesty. When Your Highness first came to this mansion, it has already filled the walls with brilliance. All ministers and ministers must follow his instructions."
Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Kong Gongjian who had finished speaking and looked up at him with a smile on his face.
He shook his robe and said casually in a soft voice: "The Confucius family lived in Qufu for a long time. I originally thought that the Confucian family was a family heirloom and did not care about worldly affairs. But I didn't know that the Confucius family actually knew many world affairs."
The emperor's grandson was dissatisfied with the Kong family.
When Zhu Yunxi said these words, Kong Gongjian's heart was already in his throat. Especially now that the Kong Mansion is surrounded by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, this has to make Kong Gongjian concentrate on thinking and dealing with it.
His father's words before leaving still echoed in Kong Gongjian's mind. All the gains and losses were outweighed by the eternal inheritance of the Kong family.
Kong Gongjian folded his hands and said: "I am a concubine first, and then a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Apart from farming and studying, I also hope that I will rule the country for thousands of years. Your Majesty gave you the favor to build the government, and set up three halls and six halls in front of the Yamen. Xu officials came to the government to discuss Regarding state affairs, I hope that my ministers can work and study, and not be blind to the affairs of the world."
Kong Gongjian couldn't help but explain, and everyone went to the Confucius Temple to the west of the Confucius Mansion.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly stretched out his hand.
"Going this way?"
Kong Gongjian and everyone in the Kong family who followed him, bowed their heads and carefully prepared to wait, were stunned.
The emperor's grandson's leap of words was completely unexpected.
Kong Gongjian had no choice but to look at the west door of his house and nodded respectfully: "Go back to Your Highness, you can enter the Confucius Temple through this door, but recently..."
He was about to say something about the recent chaos in the Confucius Temple due to Zhang Zhiyuan and his gang. It was full of dust and looked quite messy.
Zhu Yunxi, however, grabbed the words and said: "When I was alone in the palace, I often communicated with saints and sages. Today, I can worship all the saints, which is enough for my wish."
Immediately, Zhu Yunxi had already stepped out of the west door of Confucius Mansion and headed outside to the Confucius Temple.
Probably at this time, a small door was opened on the east wall of the Confucius Temple to make it easier for people in the Confucius Mansion to go to the Confucius Temple.
Pushing the door open, you will find Dacheng Hall, the main hall of Confucius Temple.
At this time, Dacheng Hall is not a later one, but it is also exquisitely constructed. There are five open rooms with glazed roofs and glazed components.
A group of Wuyangyang people arrived in front of Dacheng Hall with their own thoughts.
The servants of the Kong family were already in a hurry and opened all the five rooms of Dacheng Hall.
In an instant, the tablets and portraits of the most holy master Kong Shengren, as well as Confucian philosophers and sages were enshrined inside and displayed in the eyes of everyone.
At that time, the emperor's grandson wanted to pay homage to Confucius. Although he came temporarily, he had an impromptu intention. But the Confucius family still tried its best, or in other words, the children of the Confucius family tried their best.
It only took a tea stick incense to prepare a complete set of procedures.
Zhu Yunxi was very serious, his attitude and appearance were extremely pious, and he followed the etiquette guidance and completed the entire process.
When he raised his head, the portrait of Confucius, wearing Confucian robes, with big ears, thick nose, big teeth, sideways and bowed hands, was clearly reflected in front of his eyes.
He let out a long sigh, and his sigh contained a lot of unusual things.
Then, Zhu Yunxi snorted again.
When Zhu Yunxi turned around, Kong Gongjian and the people in the Kong family bowed their heads and stepped back.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Kong Gongjian indifferently, and took a few steps forward to reach the threshold. The group of people had already exited outside the Dacheng Hall.
Zhu Gaochi glanced around and bumped Zhu Shangbing's foot with his toe.
Zhu Shangbing turned his head, with confusion on his face.
Zhu Gaochi blinked and motioned for Xiaohan to go outside and prepare for the situation.
But how could Zhu Shangbing understand this? He winked for a while.
And this time.
Zhu Yunxi's face was already livid, his face was extremely deep, and he said in a cold tone: "You stand in front of Confucius, don't you feel ashamed?"
Kong Gongjian, who had already had countless ideas, finally came to his senses.
The emperor's grandson is here to cause trouble.
I'm afraid the Kong family is really going to suffer this time!
The Kong clan members behind him were also completely stunned.
After Kong Gongjian experienced the initial confusion, he gradually calmed down. He led the Kong family members to kneel down silently in front of Dacheng Hall.
There was no confusion or sullen expression on his face.
Kong Gongjian just folded his hands calmly and looked at Zhu Yunxi calmly: "I have been greatly favored by the emperor, and the place where I sleep is also built by your majesty. The Kong family is incompetent, and Duke Yansheng is already in the court. The civil servants are the first, but they have no good ideas for governing the country to contribute to the court.
However, ministers and others dare not forget the teachings of the sages and cultivate and educate the family. Under the ancestral apricot grove, there is still the sound of reading. In the school, children can read and write, and the Confucius family never forgets to nurture their children, help their neighbors, and develop a prosperous society.
We dare not forget the words of our ancestors, and we have never forgotten our ancestors' aspirations. I don't know why His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun paid tribute to his ancestor Kong Sheng today. Why would you ask this question? This really makes me feel embarrassed. "
Zhu Yunxi chuckled twice, and the expression on his face became a little calmer. He just asked calmly: "Can the Kong family really hide what they have done over the years from everyone? Or are you hiding it from yourself?"
Kong Gongjian spread out his hands, leaned down and kowtowed, slapping the ground.
The Kong family members behind him spoke one after another: "I don't know what crime we have committed to make His Highness so suspicious."
Kong Gongjian shouted: "I would like to ask your Highness for a clear warning. There are more than a thousand people in the Kong family. They are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. They remember the kindness of the court day and night and are diligent in the king's loyal affairs. If there is any treacherous and fawning instigation, please have your Highness's discernment and tell all the scholars in the world to take a look." , what a treacherous person he is, actually..."
"enough."
Zhu Yunxi was a little tired, because he had been rushing around for days, and because he was tired of these flies and dogs playing tricks on each other, he said something in a low voice and waved to the outside of Dacheng Hall.
Then, Zhu Yunxi looked at Kong Gongjian who was interrupted by him.
This almost undisputed and only next Duke Yansheng actually tried to use the entire world of scholars as an excuse and explanation.
Zhu Yunxi sneered, but made no more moves.
In his eyes, Kong Gongjian was not Yan Shenggong, but just an ordinary person, and a person with a short life.
And following his wave, a series of footsteps could be heard from outside the main entrance of the Confucius Temple.
The footsteps passed through the Dacheng Gate, the Apricot Altar, and reached the outside of the Dacheng Hall.
It was a group of Jin Yiwei officers and soldiers, but it was led by Tian Mai.
The arriving Jinyiwei officers and soldiers arrived in groups of four, carrying a mouthful of wooden boxes, in front of Kong Gongjian and others.
Zhu Yunxi picked a box, walked out of the hall, and landed on it. Then he tilted his head and looked at the statue of Kong Sheng in the hall, and said in a loud voice: "Come, close the door of the hall, don't dirty the saint's eyes." .”
The officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and tightly closed the doors of the five-bay Dacheng Hall.
At this time, Zhu Yunxi kicked away the front box.
"Kong Zhaowen, do you want to see what's in these boxes?"
Zhu Yunxi stared at Kong Gongjian sarcastically and asked teasingly.
Ever since the officers and soldiers came in with the boxes, Kong Gongjian had already buried his head on the ground, with a strong premonition growing in his heart that the Kong family might be in trouble this time.
When he heard the question, Kong Gongjian silently raised his head. He could only see that there were many account books in the box, so he replied: "They are books."
Zhu Yunxi chuckled: "Do you know what you wrote?"
Kong Gongjian's legs on the ground twitched twice. He once again leaned over and lowered his head: "I don't know."
"They say that they are all from the Confucius family, a family of saints that has been passed down for thousands of years. Everything they have done in these years, even..." Zhu Yunxi's voice sounded outside the Dacheng Hall where Saint Kong was housed, and there was the sound of paper being turned during the period: " Oh! There are even those shameful things done by the Kong family in the Yuan Dynasty here!"
After receiving the last message, Zhu Yunxi's voice suddenly became angry, and the account book in his hand was slapped heavily on the wooden box.
"The Ming Dynasty has only been twenty-eight years, and the Kong family has more than doubled their land. You guys are really cruel!"
Outside the Dacheng Hall, many Jin Yiwei had already arrived, and everything was silent. The person in the corner who originally wanted to escape and report the news had been knocked down by two Jin Yiwei.
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing were leaning in the shade in front of the palace, with their hands in their pockets, staring blankly at the Kong family members.
From the moment they left Luoyang City and came to Shandong Road, the fate of the Kong family was already doomed.
Zhu Yunxi picked up another account book and took a deep breath: "It's a good day today. How about doing the same thing in front of Kong Sheng, carefully, and counting the sins you have done! "
"In twenty years, half of Yanzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty belonged to your Kong family. Where did the imperial court's taxes come from? The border troops shed their blood outside the Great Wall. How many people were there? Those who went out to Yanzhou, will they know when they come back that all their land belongs to your Kong family?"
"The family doesn't remember the birth of a child. There is a beautiful girl in the countryside, so she and Luo Hongqian are brought into the mansion for training, thinking... thinking she is elegant?"
"This is what you people who claim to be the descendants of saints have done!"
Zhu Yunxi just flipped through the records about the crimes committed by the Kong family that were verified by the secret guards, and he couldn't stand it anymore.
He angrily took down the account book, stood up, and paced back and forth in front of the hall.
The five or six boxes all record the words, deeds and actions of the Confucius family over the years. It is really too numerous to write down!
Kong Gongjian finally panicked.
The Kong family members behind him were also afraid.
Everyone was squirming on the ground like maggots.
"Your Highness, please spare your life!"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. We know that we are guilty. Please, Your Highness, please let me go..."
Zhu Yunxi had no intention of letting these people go. He kicked a box in front of him to the ground. The scattered account books blocked Kong Gongjian who was about to crawl in front of him.
And he said in a cold voice: "Come here, read it one by one for the people of the Confucius Mansion."
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