Shandong, Qufu.
Kong Gongjian carried a pot of wine and walked through the long stone path. The green cypress trees on both sides left a green shade, which made people feel cool. Deep in Konglin, cicadas have been chirping, and there are still shed shells on the trunks of poplar trees.
Standing in front of his father Kong Na's tomb, Kong Gongjian fell into a long silence. He put down a pot of wine and then said to himself: "Father, the Kong family has been favored by the emperor for nearly two thousand years. It is because of the shadow of our ancestors and God's will." Favor, or groveling, flattering, and begging for glory? I don't know the weight of family inheritance, but I know that the world's educated people only respect Confucius, and have not respected Yan Shenggong for a long time."
Confucius Mansion, Yan Shenggong.
Unparalleled glory, high and high.
However, this was just an illusion. After Kong Gongjian jumped out of Qufu, he discovered that the people in the world only respected Confucius and Mencius and had nothing to do with Yan Shenggong's mansion. Even the important officials in the court only catered to Yan Shenggong himself in a ceremonial way, and did not Don't want to have close friendship, or even avoid them.
After many years of ups and downs, the impulsive young man at that time has become a mature, wise and middle-aged man.
Kong Gongjian believed that people in the world lacked respect for Duke Yansheng’s Mansion. The problem did not lie with the people of the world, but with Duke Yansheng’s Mansion.
Not to mention the kneeling and licking during the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties, but also the loyal service during the Yuan Dynasty, it was enough to make Duke Yansheng's mansion lose the hearts of the people.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Zhu Yuanzhang did not even capture Beiping (Dadu). To be more specific, he did not even capture Shandong.
At that time, Kong Ne felt the danger and hoped that the Yuan Dynasty could rise again and block the attack of Zhu Yuanzhang's army. The entire Yanshenggong Mansion sincerely hoped that the Yuan Dynasty could win.
Even after Zhu Yuanzhang's army captured Beiping, what Duke Yansheng's Mansion longed for was not to stay under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, but for the Yuan Dynasty to counterattack.
If it weren't for Lao Kong's inability to move, Yan Shenggong's mansion would have been moved to the grassland long ago.
Kong Gongjian believed that the reason why Yan Shenggong's Mansion lost people's hearts and lost the respect of scholars all over the world was that Yan Shenggong's Mansion did too many dirty, groveling, and shameless things.
To put it nicely, it is for the inheritance and continuation of the family. Yes, this kind of outsider's behavior and villain's allegiance did bring huge political status to Yan Shenggong's mansion.
But so what, people in the world remember Confucius and his seventy-two sages. Not many people remember Yanshenggong Mansion, and not many people are willing to talk about the Confucius family in Qufu!
Kong Gongjian was unwilling to let the Kong family be bound to Qufu forever, unwilling to be forgotten, reviled or ashamed to be mentioned. As a passionate and ambitious young man, Kong Gongjian longed to make achievements, to be remembered by the world, and to have his name be honored and pursued. In the meantime, it can still appear in the history books!
"Father, I want to change Yan Shenggong's mansion. The inheritance of the family is important, but it's okay not to lose the inheritance of integrity and integrity."
Kong Gongjian stood up after saluting, patted the soil on his body, turned and left.
Duke Yansheng sent word that all Confucius members, no matter old or young, regardless of status, should come to the Confucius Temple to wait.
Kong Shen, Kong Mingde, Kong Guanzhi and other elders of the Confucius family showed up. The strongholds of the Confucius family, mainly Kong Gongli, Kong Yangxiao, Kong Shizhong, etc., came one after another. There were also some children, dressed in scholar uniforms, standing respectfully. Dare to mess around.
"Mr. Yan Shenggong has arrived."
The sound came out, and Kong Gongjian stepped forward.
No matter old or young, everyone bowed to welcome the Holy Duke.
Kong Gongjian returned the greeting, stood on a high place, looked at the people in the clan with a majestic look, and shouted angrily: "I have called you here today for one thing only, and that is to announce the new rules in the clan."
"new rule?"
Kong Guanzhi, Kong Shen and others looked at each other, wondering what Kong Gongjian was doing, why he didn't discuss such an important matter with everyone.
Kong Gongjian raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion: "It's hot today, so I'll tell you the truth. There are only three new rules. The first one is that the Ming Dynasty will never be destroyed. Even if the Kong family falls, we will not serve two masters!"
Kong Shen was panic-stricken and hurriedly walked out: "Mr. Yansheng, be careful what you say, be careful what you say. How can you openly say such words to others? Why is the Ming Dynasty immortal and the Confucius family fell? It is inappropriate and inappropriate." ah."
Kong Guanzhi looked a little pale, and Kong Gongjian was too courageous. He said this as if the Kong family often served the two masters.
Ahem.
Although this is the case, sometimes there are not only two masters, but also three masters, but people have a reputation. If this is really written into the family rules, what else can people do? Live, do you still want this face?
After all, the Kong family’s surname is not Lu, Bu!
Kong Mingde stood up and opposed Kong Gongjian: "This is extremely inappropriate. Why did the Confucius family fall? Confucius lived in Qufu, Qufu lived in Shandong, and Shandong lived in the Ming Dynasty. When Yan Shenggong said that the Kong family fell, wasn't he cursing the Ming Dynasty for its broken country and heavy war? Burn? If these words reach the ears and eyes of the imperial court, wouldn't it bring trouble to Duke Yansheng's mansion? This new rule cannot be added."
Kong Gongjian fearlessly looked at the elders in the clan, and said solemnly: "Are you not allowed to do anything, or are you ashamed to do so? Everyone, everyone! If you don't talk about what Yan Shenggong's family did in the past, if you don't talk about it, how can the world If people don’t know, why don’t they say it? Who can stop the mouths of all the people?”
"As Duke Yan, I have the authority to modify the rules within the clan. I would like to warn you today that the Kong family must not have villains anymore, let alone use the excuse of family inheritance to do humble things! If one day in his year, the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty are shattered, As long as there is a breath left in the Ming Dynasty, the Kong family should be loyal to the end, instead of turning around and joining the new masters and becoming traitors who are laughed at by scholars all over the world!"
Kong Guanzhi was trembling with anger: "How presumptuous!"
Kong Gongjian sternly scolded: "Kong Guanzhi, I am Yan Shenggong, the patriarch of the Kong family. If you commit the following offenses, are you afraid that I will not dare to use the family rules to discipline you? I have made these family rules and imposed them! Whoever disobeys them?" , If you don’t listen or obey, get rid of the Kong family and drive them out of Qufu!”
As soon as this statement came out, no one dared to say it.
No matter how old Kong Gongjian was, he was still the patriarch, Duke Yansheng, and the magistrate of Qufu. He was not joking when he said he wanted a person to leave Qufu.
Kong Gongjian said solemnly: "I know this family rule is heavy, but for the sake of the Kong family for generations to come, and in order not to let future generations bear the shame, we, the ancestors, can only bear it ourselves."
Kong Gongli came out and saluted: "I think the new regulations are very good. This is the scar of Yan Shenggong's mansion. No one dares to mention it, no one dares to talk about it. But the hearts of scholars in the world are bright. We can deceive ourselves, but You cannot deceive the people of the world. Taking this as a family rule will be beneficial and harmless to the Kong family."
Kong Gongjian took a deep look at Kong Gongli, nodded slightly, and continued: "The second family rule is not to get involved in the high hall, concentrate on learning, promote culture and education, and convert people's hearts." As soon as this sentence came out, Kong Gongli's face became a little ugly.
Gaotang refers to the imperial court, not to Gaotang, which means that in the future, the children of the Confucius family can only engage in learning and practice in Qufu, and will not enter the imperial court as officials.
Kong Gongjian used family rules to force the Kong family to be content with learning and not to run the court or participate in government affairs.
Although the words didn't sound good, no one objected.
In fact, in the past two thousand years, Yan Shenggong's Mansion has been more of a sign. There is only Yan Shenggong on the sign. At most, there are some green leaves to set it off, but these green leaves also revolve around Yan Shenggong's Mansion. Not many people actually entered the court and had real power.
Kong Gongjian's words were more like reinforcing a wall to this reality, nothing more.
Seeing that no one objected, Kong Gongjian raised his hand and said sternly: "The third family rule is that you are not allowed to do business, let alone collude with businessmen. I know that some people open shops in partnership with businessmen behind the back of Yan Shenggong's mansion, and some people spend all their money. The savings were used to support the merchant's voyage, but for a little treasure, someone actually wrote a play for the merchant!"
"I will not pursue matters in the past. I will give you three days to cut off your relationship with the businessman, return home well, farm where you need to farm, and teach where you need to teach. Work should be done. Confucius taught the civil and military principles of Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, and the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Constant Principles, which have been taught to all generations. As his descendants, we should stand firm and hold our chests high!"
Duke Yansheng's Mansion, under the awakening of Kong Gongjian, began to reshape the Kong family.
Soon after, the imperial court summoned Kong Gongjian to take Kong Gongli and Kong Yangxiao to the capital with the envoy of Shandong Province.
The family rules in Duke Yansheng's mansion were written down by the Security Bureau and placed on Zhu Yunwen's desk.
Zhu Yunwen looked through it carefully and nodded repeatedly.
Kong Ne was played to death by the White Lotus Cult. According to the original history, Kong Gongjian should have accompanied his father in the fourth year of Jianwen. But Kong Gongjian didn't die, he was still alive and well. I wonder if it was because of Zhu Yunwen's attack on the White Lotus Sect that this kid survived.
Compared with Kong Na, who had too many thoughts on the city and his thoughts, Kong Gongjian was an ambitious and courageous scholar.
Zhu Yunwen didn't like the historical Duke Yansheng's mansion, but he didn't hate Kong Gongjian. He made contributions to the court.
As early as the seventh year of Jianwen, while the imperial court vigorously recruited the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, in order to assimilate the Jurchens and let them learn Ming Dynasty etiquette, culture and education, the imperial court needed a group of gentlemen.
At that time, various prefectures and counties were developing culture and education, and social studies were being built. There was a shortage of teachers. Where were the extra people to teach the Jurchens?
Zhu Yunwen chose Yanshenggong Mansion.
Kong Gongjian followed Zhu Yunwen's order and spared no effort. He selected more than 300 gentlemen from the Kong family in Qufu to go to Liaodong. Aha Chu, Meng Ge Timur and others were able to write Chinese characters because of the careful teachings of Mr. Kong.
Seeking truth from facts, putting aside the history and past of the Confucius family, Kong Gongjian was a good person, and his consciousness surpassed that of his father.
Zhu Yunwen knew very well that the number of teachers needed in Liaodong was not a small number, especially with the beginning of immigration to Guandong, the emergence of sociology in Liaodong was inevitable.
When it comes to education, the Kong family in Qufu is still good at it.
Zhu Yunwen specially ordered Kong Gongjian in order to let Kong Gongjian provide more gentlemen to accompany the people to Guandong. With their people around, the people immigrating to Shandong would feel more at ease.
