"Your Majesty, Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi would like to see you!"
"Kong Yinzhi?"
Listening to the Fang family's report, Chongzhen was slightly stunned, but then he said coldly: "No!"
"Also, if he wants to submit a memorial, I don't want to read it!"
"Other people, such as retired officials, great scholars, etc., I will not see them all!"
"My slave understands!"
Looking at the leaving Fang family, Chongzhen put down his hands on Lu Xiangsheng's records of what happened in Qufu County during this period and the results of Jin Yiwei and Qin Liangyu's investigations.
Coming at this time is nothing more than begging for mercy, wanting to make a deal with myself, using gold, silver, treasures, fertile land, etc. in exchange for the lives of the Confucius family's children and letting the Confucius family go.
Nowadays, not only the people in Qufu are standing shoulder to shoulder and waving their sleeves, but they can definitely hit two or three people if they throw a brick.
Everyone was staring at the Kong Mansion and the Qufu County Government where they were staying. It was definitely not a good thing to receive Kong Yinzhi at this time.
As he had guessed, when the Fang family appeared at the gate of the county government office, countless people's eyes gathered over them.
"Mr. Yansheng, your Majesty is not free now, let alone read the memorial. Please go back. Your Majesty will be at the Confucius Temple in person tomorrow at midnight. If you have anything to say, please tell me at that time tomorrow!"
Kong Yinzhi's face suddenly darkened. He didn't expect that the emperor would be so decisive and not give him any chance.
Everyone in the Kong Mansion who watched this scene from a distance felt despair, and the luck in their hearts was instantly shattered, dragging heavy steps towards the Kong Mansion.
The other scholars and scholars who stood on the side of the Confucius family also had extremely ugly expressions. The emperor's determination put another shackle on their already heavy hearts.
But there were still some old antiques with angry expressions on their faces, muttering that they would discuss matters with the emperor tomorrow.
Amid the discussion in Qufu City, it was dawn and countless people had gathered in front of the Confucius Temple.
But they were all unusually quiet, waiting to see whether the emperor would offer sacrifices to the Confucius Temple, and how the emperor would deal with the Confucius family.
While waiting, Chongzhen's driver slowly approached the Confucius Temple. Through the curtains, Chongzhen saw the expressions on the faces of the people along the way, which were a mixture of solemnity, expectation, disdain, etc.
These people believe that the Confucius family is so powerful that the imperial court does not dare to touch the Confucius family. This is mainly reflected in four aspects. First, the money accumulated. After several dynasties, no one can say how much money they have. It is possible for them to be rich enough to rival the country;
The second is the disciples of Confucius, a thousand-year-old family with more than sixty generations and many branches. It is conservatively estimated that there are 50,000 disciples;
The third is the connections of the Confucius family. The marriages between each generation of Yanshenggong and his children and other families are hard to say. It is said that the contemporary Yanshenggong’s heir is the granddaughter of the treacherous official Yan Song who has been in power for twenty years.
The great-grandmother is the granddaughter of Xuancheng Bo Weiying, and the heir-grandmother is the niece of Empress Xiaozong Zhang of the Ming Dynasty and the daughter of Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang.
The first wife of Duke Yan Sheng was the granddaughter of Hou Ning, the governor of Henan Province, and his second wife was the eldest daughter of the same dynasty as the former prefect of Honglu Temple.
There were many aristocratic families and merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and no one knew which family was supported by the Kong family, let alone which guard commanders and generals were secretly trained by the Kong family.
The fourth is the descendants of Confucius, who control the Confucius Mansion, Confucius Temple, and Confucius Forest. All three are places of pilgrimage for scholars all over the world. Whether a scholar can be an official and how high an official he should be, in a sense, the Confucius Mansion has partial decision-making power.
If the Confucian government came forward to condemn an official, that official's career would basically be over.
To have money, to have people, to have influence, to have appeal, this is the most terrifying thing about the Confucius Mansion.
Why did dynasties in the past dynasties confer sageships? Is it really just because the Confucius family was a saint?
Of course not, the power of the Kong family has been feared by all dynasties.
Let’s take a guess from the conspiracy theory. If Confucianism hadn’t constrained the Confucian family, the Confucian family might have directly launched an army at the end of the dynasty.
It's a pity that they made a wrong calculation. The court has no shortage of money, so what if they have many children. They have nothing to fear with a large army.
These connections have been almost wiped out by my own liquidation of nobles and the major investigations of the past two years. The rest are just small shrimps and cannot be brought to the table.
Finally, there is the way to call on the scholars of the world, but now that the court has revealed that the Holy Son is collaborating with the enemy, the disciples have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and have impure blood, etc., the prestige has long been lost.
Coupled with the mass killings and special recruitment of talents in Southern Zhili, it is hard to say whether the position can be stabilized.
After planning for two years, just for this moment, he wanted to see if he could completely destroy the Kong family if he was so stubborn.
While thinking, Luan Jia arrived at the Wanren Palace Wall in front of the Confucius Temple. Before he stepped out of Luan Jia, the sound of worship came from outside.
"The sixty-fourth generation Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi is here to see your majesty!"
"Get up!"
Chongzhen's voice was very calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or happy.
Looking at the thin middle-aged man, Chongzhen had a sneer on his lips. This was the first time he saw the famous Duke Yansheng of the third surname in history.
Historically, as soon as Li Zicheng's uprising army entered Shandong, Duke Yan made a statement and asked people to enshrine the dragon throne of Emperor Yongchang of Dashun Kingdom, offer horses and silver, and kneel to accept the seal.
Who would have known that the Dashun Army was chased away by Jiannu within a few days of entering Shandong. Yan Shenggong saw that he had made a mistake, and he knew his mistakes and could correct them, so he immediately wrote the "First Advance Biao Wen". Express your loyalty.
The wording is an exaggeration, for example, "The whole world is celebrating, respectfully honoring His Majesty the Emperor; carrying the heaven to the extreme, staggering and fearful, the scenery is so deep...".
If I use the name of later generations, it would be the ultimate dog licker.
Subsequently, Jiannu issued an order to shave his head, and Yanshenggong responded positively. He wrote the "Head-Shaving Memorial", set an example, and asked the Kong people to follow suit.
After licking it twice in a row, Jiannu saw that Kong Fu was 'loyal' and gave him a lot of rewards.
You know, at the same time, Jiangyin, Jiading and other places were massacring countless people who refused to shave their heads and change clothes.
How ironic that the descendants of Confucius, who represent Chinese orthodoxy and are worshiped by the Chinese people, act like this.
Later in modern times, he couldn't remember which Duke Yan was the one who actually brought the portraits of King Edward and Kaiser Wilhelm of England into the Confucius Mansion with gongs and drums to enshrine them.
It is so sad to know that only four years have passed since the Old Summer Palace was burned down.
What is even more shameless is that during the war of aggression against China, the last Duke Yansheng became very popular in poetry and advocated that China and Japan "same culture and species". After the fall of Qufu, Yanshenggong's uncle immediately hosted a banquet for the leader of the invasion of China.
Recalling the various crimes committed by the Confucius family in later generations, Chongzhen could no longer suppress the murderous intention that he had suppressed for nearly two years.
Abolition of the Confucian family and reform of the imperial examinations are one aspect, but the most important thing is to prevent the emergence of those shameless people in later generations.
But now we still need to be patient and not disrupt the rhythm.
After taking a deep breath to calm down, he glanced around and suddenly said: "Thousands of people ahead of me will follow me into the Confucius Temple to worship Saint Confucius!"
