"It is always the human heart that rebels, not the thoughts bound by academics."
"Think about it carefully. Over the past two thousand years, dynasties have changed and people have sought power and usurped the throne. How many of them really wanted to create laws? How many of them were forced to do so?
Let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about Taizu. If the Yuan Dynasty hadn’t been dissolute and immoral, exorbitant in taxes, and cruel and unkind, with a family of eighteen and only Taizu left, do you think Taizu would have rebelled?
If you say that Taizu was poor since he was a child and had no Confucian education, what about Chengzu?
Chengzu was a prince and the king of the Nine Great Sails. His teachers included Song Lian, Liu Ji, Li Xiyan, etc. Who was not a great Confucian? Chengzu rebelled anyway.
If Jianwen had not abolished the feudal vassal and forced him to protect himself, would it have happened?
Excluding those who have no choice but to do so, others are dissatisfied with the status quo and have great ambitions. Such people cannot be restrained by any ideas, so there is no issue of Confucian rule. "
Following Kong Zhenyun's statement, everyone carefully thought about it, and found that those who rebelled in the past were all due to these two reasons.
Looking at the silent crowd, Kong Zhenyun, who was sitting at the head of the table, sighed in his heart. He also had a guess. He could vaguely guess that the emperor wanted to rule the country by etiquette and law, with law as the mainstay and etiquette as the supplement. Under the general trend, there was no resistance. In any sense.
In this case, it is better to go with the flow and leave a good impression on the emperor, so as not to be missed by the emperor.
While countless people in Qufu were discussing, three days passed by in a flash, and Luan Jia from Chongzhen also arrived in Qufu.
Different from other royal trips, this time Luan Jia did not have 46 royal objects such as pumpkins and axes to accompany him, nor did he have too many maids, eunuchs, etc.
Some only have more than 15,000 Tengxiang left guards wearing armor, 1,500 warrior battalions full of murderous aura, and hundreds of Jin Yiwei.
When they were three miles away from Qufu, more than 10,000 soldiers were walking with a little force in their steps. Their neat and powerful footsteps were like thunderous explosions, which filled the sky with a chilling air and made the people waiting outside Qufu City full of surprise and suspicion.
This posture is not like an emperor's inspection, but like leading troops to suppress a rebellion.
"coming!"
Amid everyone's confused expressions, a black streak appeared at the end of Guandao's sight, slowly approaching Qufu.
As Luan Jia's team approached, a murderous atmosphere enveloped the people waiting outside Qufu, making them terrified.
At this moment, they finally knew what it means to be like a forest of swords and spears, to swallow mountains and rivers with force, to be unstoppable, to be like a horse, to have a force like the wind, and to be able to penetrate a rainbow.
I also know what it means to be nervous and oppressed when dark clouds are pressing down on a city and the city is about to be destroyed, and the light of armor is opening towards the golden scales of the sun.
I also know the domineering power of a silver spear and an iron horse, and the domineering power of a hundred thousand golden swords penetrating the rainbow.
With such a domineering army, the emperor still controlled more than ten armies. Even if the enemy army numbered millions, he could still defeat them. How could he still be afraid of the native chickens and dogs in the Ming Dynasty?
"The 64th generation of Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi led the disciples of Confucius and the scholars of Qufu to welcome His Majesty!"
When Luan Jia arrived within a mile of Qufu City, Kong Yinzhi led everyone to salute Luan Jia.
Everyone behind him, whether they were officials, disciples of the Confucius family, or ordinary scholars, all knelt down. The scene of tens of thousands of people was a spectacular sight.
But their salutes did not cause Luan Jia to stop. Luan Jia continued to enter the city without even the slightest pause.
This made everyone who greeted him a little confused. It was so inconsistent with convention.
While everyone was thinking, an eunuch fell back and whispered a few words in Kong Zhenyun's ear. Kong Zhenyun, who was full of doubts, slowly stood up and left.
This made the hearts of Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi and everyone in the Kong family sink to the bottom. The emperor's attitude said everything.
He is Yan Shenggong, the only real first-class civil servant in the dynasty. As the head of the civil servants, he naturally has the privilege of not kneeling before the emperor, but he cannot withstand the scorching sun at noon in August, let alone the kneeling officials. Son.
But they didn't dare to make the slightest move, because they were surrounded by rows of sergeants holding long spears.
They were roasting here, while in the second hall of the Qufu County government office where guests were received, Chongzhen drank slowly with a tea cup, and started with Lu Xiangsheng, whom he had not seen for more than a year.
"Lu Aiqing, last year Zhou Yuji went back and praised me for your Heavenly Hero Army. I just took a look at your Heavenly Hero Army. It is better than what Zhou Yuji described. You have worked hard over the past year.
You originally wanted to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but I asked you to guard Qufu for one year. Don't you blame me? "
"I don't dare!"
Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said seriously: "Although I long to kill the enemy on the battlefield, I can't just think about myself now, and I am the commander of the nearly 20,000 Tianxiong army. I have to think about the sergeants.
Innate deficiencies, insufficient training, and unfamiliar battle formations. Going to the battlefield will only lead to death. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your weapons. There are many foreign enemies, so you are not in a hurry. I understand this! "
"Okay, after handling the affairs of the Kong family, I will transfer you to Liaodong. Then we will see if your Tianxiong army dares to fight and whether you can fight! Whether you can win the battle and fight a tough battle!"
Lu Xiangsheng did not respond, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
For more than a year, although he served as the county magistrate in Qufu, the training of Tianxiong Army never failed.
With sufficient military pay and powerful training and martial arts exercises, the Tianxiong Army's sergeants have already become strong and powerful, and the difference is just an opportunity.
"Okay, let's talk about Qufu and Kong Mansion first!"
"yes!"
After Lu Xiangsheng responded, he took a stack of question books from the table on the side: "Your Majesty, in the past two months, nearly 20,000 scholars have come to Qufu to register.
Most of them wanted to gain fame, with scholars and candidates accounting for 10% of the total. There were hundreds of Gongsheng students, more than 10,000 businessmen, and more than a hundred officials who had resigned.
Finally, there are the branches of the Kong family. There are fifty-seven branches in total. The people who come are the clan leaders and accountants of each branch, with an average of three to five people.
Looking at it now, 50% support the Kong family and 30% oppose it. The only reason is that they have doubts about the impure blood of the Kong family.
Although he did not support the Confucius family in Qufu, he supported the Nanzong who welcomed back to Quzhou and attacked Yan Shenggong.
The other 20% are waiting and watching. They can see that the imperial court is deliberately suppressing the Confucius family, but they also know that the Confucius family is a thousand-year-old family, a descendant of Confucius, and a holy place for scholars in the world.
Relationships, connections, and interests were complicated and affected their whole bodies. They expected that the court would only make loud noises but not raindrops, and nothing would happen in the end.
After the news of Nanzhili came, the scholars in Qufu restrained themselves a lot, but they were still active. "
In the next half hour, Lu Xiangsheng told the story of the Kong family and the scholars who had gathered in Qufu. Although Chongzhen's face was indifferent, there was a sneer in his eyes.
According to what Lu Xiangsheng said, including the 20% who were waiting and watching, that means 70% of the scholars supported the Confucius family. This was a blatant challenge to the court and him.
It seems that Suzhou has not killed enough people in Nanjing. If these people are really looking for death, then he will not tolerate it.
"Come here, wait until those people outside the city have knelt for two hours before going to deliver the message. I will come to the Confucius Temple in person at midnight tomorrow!"
