Kong Zhi never expected that this time, he came to Daliang not only did not get any benefits, but also aroused the Tang Lord's anger.

The Shijue is gone, the land, money and food are gone, and even life is difficult to protect.

In fact, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning had already discussed how to deal with the Kong Mansion. The basic policy was decided a few years ago.

Confucianism must be preserved, but it must be improved, remove the drought and preserve the essence, and be classified into Taoism.

The Kong family cannot be destroyed, but the Chou and political and economic privileges must be abolished.

The Confucius Temple must be preserved, but it must be changed to the Supreme Saint Wen Palace.

Therefore, Li Luo's edict issued by the Confucius Mansion today seemed to be due to the incident, but in fact he had planned it.

No one said anything about the dozens of Kaifeng scholars in the hall.

Because the emperor did not handle it in a biased manner. Although Your Majesty respected Taoism, he still respected Confucianism. Otherwise, the Confucius Temple would not have been changed to the head of the Supreme Saint Wen Palace.

The Confucius Mansion, a super family that has enjoyed the priests for more than a thousand years, has completely entered the dust of history with several edicts.

From now on, there is only the Kong family and no Kong Mansion.

The Confucius Mansion and the twelve families, which had been thriving in Qilu for thousands of years, would not exist. The large amount of land they monopolized would be taken back and became ordinary wealthy families.

The great power of sacrifice in the Confucius Temple will be jointly governed by the imperial court's Tianshi Mansion and the Ministry of Rites.

The guards took down the absent-minded Kong Zhi and others and handed them over to the Judicial Office of the Court. The scholars who were waiting for news outside the palace soon saw the emperor's handling of the Kong family.

Although they were talking a lot, they no longer sympathized with the Kong family and the twelve families.

The emperor has already made it clear that the Kong family is the Kong family, and the Confucian family is the Confucian family. We cannot let too much secular profit and power, so that the Kong family will continue to degenerate and defile Confucius's sage.

This is not only a punishment for the Kong family, but also the emperor's painstaking efforts.

In fact, the scholars did not care whether the Confucius family had titles and wealth. What they cared about was the emperor's attitude towards Confucius. Since the emperor still respected Confucius, they had nothing to say.

There were Confucian temples in prefectures and counties across the Tang Dynasty, as well as the top major Supreme Saint Wen Palaces. The Confucius Temple in Qufu was also set up as the first palace of the Supreme Saint Wen Palace. What else can I say? It's enough.

As for adopting Confucianism as Taoism... Confucianism originally considers itself Taoism, and adopting Confucianism as Taoism seems to be correct in principle.

The only thing that made them unhappy was that the Taoist priest actually served as the sacrificial officer of the Wen Palace.

But the problem is that everyone knows that the Taoist priests of the Tang Dynasty are different from the Taoist priests before, but are new Taoist priests who are like Taoism but not Taoism, and are like Confucianism but not Confucianism.

It is said that these new Taoists only believe in the way of heaven. They also divide the way of heaven into the true way of studying things, the way of kings, the way of ministers, the way of martial arts, the way of humans, the way of medicine, the way of craftsmanship, etc. Therefore, from the emperor to the people, they are all Taoist believers.

The unity of these ways is the complete way of heaven. And the one who dominates the way of heaven is God Haotian. The Taishang Laojun is the manifestation of the Haotian God in the world. The Taishang Daojun represents Haotian, not Haotian itself.

The way of heaven is the greatest truth, which is "yes", which is the highest law of the universe. Following the way of heaven is following the law of truth.

The Tang Dynasty's claim to the way of heaven, that everyone adheres to their own ways, is the prosperous era of Taipingchang.

However, the original Taoist set of things that draw talismans to catch ghosts, cultivate immortals and understand mystery were all abandoned.

In this way, the Taoist priests before may not be the winner.

Confucianism may not be a loser. Because the many principles of the way of heaven are originally Confucianism adopted. For example, the way of the king, the way of the minister, the way of human beings, etc. are highly consistent with Confucianism.

Not only that, the emperor also improved Confucianism, principles and religion to regulate whether all the ways were followed.

In the past, Confucianism and Buddhism only regulated the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, but now we have to care whether warriors and soldiers follow martial arts, whether doctors follow medical arts, whether craftsmen follow craftsmen, and whether merchants follow business ways...

Everything is subject to the norms of the principles and teachings. Anyone who does not follow the principles and teachings will be subject to moral sanctions. The emperor is equivalent to giving the principles and teachings more supervision power.

The profoundness of the Emperor's Temple, the grand layout, and the comprehensive thinking are truly unprecedented and unparalleled, and it makes people admire it.

It is truly a saint emperor who is rare in the ages. It has been surrendered to the third generation, and no one can do it first.

In such a great Tang Dynasty, Confucianism pursued the true kingly land of thousands of years and achieved great achievements in the prosperous era.

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The next day, Li Luo, who was still in Kaifeng, finally received reports from all over the country.

Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Guide, Luoyang and other places where the Yuan army was stationed, a total of more than 170,000 taels of gold and more than 1.8 million taels of silver were seized.

He also rescued more than 143,000 Yuan army slaves, most of whom were Han people, and a few were Jurchens who were no different from Han people, nearly half of them were female slaves. What so many female slaves in the army used for? It was outrageous to say what they said.

Li Luo ordered the gold and silver to Luoyang, all military slaves were released, registered for the people, and distributed land.

Not only did he make a fortune, he also made a great deal of morality.

Then, Li Luo issued an edict to use Kaifeng City as the location of Yuzhou's governor, and Kaifeng became the capital of Yuzhou. At the same time, Zhengzhou was restored to Xinzheng County. All counties with prefectures were restored to their old names.

In addition, it was ordered to find the Yuzhou tripod in the old path of Sishui.

Because after analysis, Li Luo speculated that the Yuzhou Ding is located on the Ancient Sishui Road near Hulao Pass, and the area of ​​more than ten miles on the south bank of the Yellow River.

On the third day, Liu Mengyan, Kong Zhi, Wang Jiweng and others executed the death penalty in Ma City, west of Kaifeng City. The people watching Kaifeng were crowded with people.

"The second hour of noon has arrived, and I will be proved to be true!" The prison officer shouted.

The military police stepped forward and carefully verified the correct body, and replied: "The correct body has been verified, but there is no substitute!"

More than 80 death row prisoners and the unlucky Kong Zhi were all blocked, and they were tied up and could not move on the execution ground. However, their ears could still hear the abuse around them, and their eyes could also see the contempt and disgust around them.

Traitors... don't have a good reputation even if they die.

"It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the execution is executed!" The prison officer ordered.

The gendarmes stepped forward to perform lynching together. The process was very bloody and scary, but not only did the onlookers not reduce, but also more and more.

"Quick! Hurry up! Look at the behead!"

"It's bitter! It's too late!"

Several half-aged children rushed into the crowd in sweat and tried hard to push forward.

However, in vain, because there were too many people, they could not squeeze in, so they could only jump up with anxiety and stretched their necks to look.

But when people blocked this, how could they see the Dharma field? But when they saw thousands of people standing on tiptoe together, their necks were as if they were being lifted invisibly, everyone was much taller.

"Silly guys, squeeze into the pile of women! Once you squeeze, they can only let them go and squeeze into the front!" a slick man said to the group of children.

Of course what he said was a good idea. But the problem is that he dare not do this.

This group of children could do this. When they disturbed the women, he took the opportunity to squeeze in.

Sure enough, when a few children heard this, they rushed to the place where the eldest lady and the younger lady gathered.

"Oh! Little thing! Are you trying to die!"

"Which family doesn't care about the boy they raise, what are you trying to squeeze!"

"Oh, where did the monkey come from..."

The women either stamped their feet and gritted their teeth or scolded them in anger, but they could only try their best to get out of the way and let these boys squeeze in like loaches.

At this time, in the law field, there was only a creepy sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed, and a group of military policemen pulled out the Tang sword together.

Although the Tang sword is very narrow, the Tang sword is now the most exquisite knife in the world. With the sharpness of the Tang sword, military-trained military police can easily cut off their heads with one knife.

The military police wearing black armor, covered with a vest embroidered by a shaman, and holding a slender Tang sword is much more beautiful than the executioner with a panthered chest and a big sword.

There was no so-called executioner in the Tang court, and the execution of the prisoners was carried out by military police or police officers. Li Luo believed that using executioners is a manifestation of cowardice. In a great country, execution of prisoners must be specially trained. What is it not cowardice?

As military policemen and police officers, both of them are afraid of executing prisoners. How can they still expect them to prevent public security and riots?

The blood light was shining together, and with a "boom", the crowd suddenly retreated, accompanied by screams. The woman's voice was particularly loud.

They all wanted to see it, but as soon as the prisoner's head was cut off, they felt scared again.

However, driven by hopeless curiosity, retreating because of fear was temporary. Soon, the crowd rushed forward again, trying to see the heads on the ground.

Outside the crowd, the prisoners' families also arrived. They all wore mourning, pushed the carriage carrying coffins, and everyone cried.

But I only heard the crying sounds, but no sadness.

Because they are all fake and are not real families of prisoners. The families of prisoners are all in Hebei and have no family members in Henan. But they have servants and old friends, and these people spend money to hire people to collect the bodies as their families and then be responsible for the burial.

This is a funeral. Even a traitor cannot enjoy it after death.

Kong Zhi's family was all in Qufu and did not come here so quickly.

As a result, these corpse collectors who acted as "extras" suddenly started a lot of business.

A scholar immediately wrote a poem with emotion:

"The sinful bones are still being hired to collect them now. Who will sacrifice to the tomb next year? Qianjun cherishes his feathers and guards the Han Dynasty, so that he will not let the odor fill the country."

After the traitors were killed, the prison officer returned to the palace to pay the imperial edict. Li Luo ordered the traitors to be buried together, named Jingshi Tomb, erected a monument to engrave his crimes, and warned the descendants of the world.

What Li Luo didn't know was that, not long after, the second year of Qingming Festival, a scholar wrote a poem saying:

"During Qingming Festival, the rain has not yet cleared, and worship ancestors everywhere outside the city. If you ask where the loneliness is, the weeds are overwhelming the tombs of the police officers."

After doing all this in Kaifeng, Li Luo is about to leave Kaifeng.

The next day, Li Luo ordered a western tour of Luoyang.

As soon as Li Luo set out, the Luoyang authorities' "exploration" team rushed to Xinzheng to pay tribute to the emperor and report on Luoyang's affairs.

Then, the "trailer team" followed the way west. Every time every fifty miles, two people rode fast horses and left the emperor's brigade, and rushed to Luoyang to report on the emperor's itinerary and the place where they stayed along the way. This is called "trailer".

Along the way, local officials would kneel down on the side of the road and send them to you for dozens of miles. This is called "sending a car".

Visiting the car, reporting the car, and sending the car are etiquettes for picking up and dropping off the emperor. As long as you pay attention to it, you cannot be spared.

As the Tang Dynasty became more and more stable, etiquette became more and more complete. Many things did not need to be concerned about Li Luo at all, and the Ministry of Rites and his subordinates would take the initiative to arrange them.

"Report—The Imperial Lord has arrived in Xinzheng!"

"Report—The Imperial Master has arrived in Xingyang!"

...

Just tell me all the way, send my way, and travel west, with a great show.

On September 21, the Tang Lord personally led an army of 50,000 to Luoyang. Luo Wei, the new leader of Luoyang Jingzhao Yin, led the newly established Jingzhao Yin official team to go out of the city to welcome the emperor.

The Luoyang elders who had been welcomed ten miles away from the city reached nearly 10,000. The gongs and drums were loud and the flags were like forests. Many white-haired old men held kettles and wine and meat. The boys and girls tied with red-headed ropes held incense burners that ignited cigarettes and plates containing papayas.

Of course this is just a ritual, not really for the emperor to enjoy.

"The emperor came to Luoyi - kneel down to welcome him!" The ritual officer shouted, and with a cannon, thousands of people knelt down the mountain and shouted.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long live!"

Li Luo walked out of the imperial carriage, stood on the high imperial carriage, and held his hands in vain: "Let's flat."

The official ritual shouted: "The emperor has an order, and the officials and the people are calm!"

The crowds of people all thanked each other, and everyone looked at the emperor in awe and excitement.

"Your Majesty, this ancient capital of Luoyang has finally come to you!"

Sure enough, an old man started to cry.

So the crying ceremony began again.

Many people started to cry, and soon cried loudly. Although this was a crying ceremony, it was symbolic in theory, and it was enough to be meaningful. But in fact, the people in Luoyang were really crying, and the more they cried, the more they became, the more fierce they became.

Just like a bullied child, crying and crying when he sees his parents.

Why?

Because in recent years, the lives of the Han people in Luoyang have been more sad than those in Kaifeng people and have been bullied more severely. The reason is that Luoyang is a military center and Mongolian cavalry has been stationed for a long time.

And there are many troops stationed.

It is conceivable what that was going on.

In Luoyang, the people are almost in a dark and humiliated.

Almost every family is a slave, and no daughter with a perfect jade. As Yuan Haowen said in his poem: "The white bones are chaotic like hemp, and the hometown has become a dragon sand for a few years", "The red pink cries with the Uighur horse, and who will turn back step by step?"

This led to the population of Luoyang dropping from one million during the Jin Dynasty to only more than one hundred thousand.

"I didn't expect that before I died, I could see the Emperor of Tang entering Luoyang again! I have no regrets in my death..." A white-haired old man held up a handful of loess and burst into tears. "Your Majesty, this is the land of Luoyi. Please accept it! Your Majesty, we will finally be buried in the Han territory!"

Li Luo was finally moved. He could not have imagined that Luoyang people would be so sad. When Liu Yu made an Northern Expedition, he once recaptured Luoyang, and the people of Luoyang cried to welcome him. When Liu Yu left Luoyang, the people of Luoyang pulled his horse and refused to let Liu Yu leave.

I am so attached to the Han rulers, but how many of those rulers take them to heart?

You can't be Liu Jinu, and let the Northern Expedition be destroyed by one's own efforts, and all your previous efforts will be wasted.

Li Luo sighed with moist eyes and said, "Since I have recovered Luoyang, Luoyang is the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty. I am determined to fight the Northern Expedition, so I can rest assured! I will return to Luoyang and the Central Plains will be at ease!"

After saying that, he got off the car in person, came to the white-haired father-in-law, took a handful of loess with both hands, and said to the sky: "The heaven is above! The ancestors are above! The ancestors are above! The minister Luo, returned to Luoyang! The god capital of Luoyi has returned to Han territory!"

After saying that, tears rolled down, and drifted in the autumn wind with the falling loess.

"Your Majesty..." Everyone around them burst into tears and bowed to the ground again. The people also worshiped from near to far into the dust again. The 50,000 Tang troops also worshiped in turn, with Li Luo as the center, spreading out like huge ripples.

"His Majesty…"

"Long live…"

The crying and the sound of mountain cries resounded through the sky for a long time.

"The people of Luoyang were destroyed by the Tartars, and nine out of ten families were empty. I sympathized with him. I issued an order to exempt Luoyang from tax exemption for three years, thinking that the people of Luoyang would restore the Eastern Capital. I ordered the allocation of 100,000 shi of military rations to help the people in the city..." Li Luo ordered.

The people shouted long live the mountain again.

Immediately, Jingzhao Yin Luo Wei stepped forward and asked the emperor to enter the city.

Luo Wei has always been Li Luo's civil servant, and was previously Ma Zhiyuan's deputy. After Ma Zhiyuan served as the Minister of Silu Temple, Luo Wei and Wei Su became the regular civil servants around Li Luo. Although he was not as talented as Wei Su, he was considered an old minister who had been with Li Luo for five years.

Now, he has finally been released from the public and has been promoted to the third-rank Luoyang Jingzhao Yin.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang has been cleaned up and cleaned up. Please enter the city!" Luo Wei, who had changed into a purple official, reported respectfully.

Although it is very enviable that he has been promoted several levels in a row, Luo Hui actually hopes to stay with the Holy Lord forever, even if he is a fifth-rank official and joins the army.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's just sit still." Li Luo saw Luo Wei staring at two dark circles and knew that he had worked very hard to pick him up these days.

Li Luo came to the south gate and looked at Luoyang City, which was no longer as charming as before, and said nothing for a long time.

Luoyang!

In the whole of China, there is no city that is more qualified to represent the Central Plains than Luoyang.

The clear waves of Luo River and the thick soil of Luo River carry thousands of years of Chinese civilization.

Luoyang was once a magnificent capital, shining with radiance and civilization. Its splendid style and gorgeous posture were the best in the world.

The pearl of China is Luoyang.

But now, it has fallen to this point.

At first glance, it is a ruined city, like an old man who has been blighted and repeatedly destroyed, bathing in the sunset in the autumn wind.

Li Luo knew that Luoyang's complete decline began with the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Jin and Song dynasties, Luoyang was still the Xijing and was still the first-class city in the Upper City.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, Luoyang completely became a small city. Since the Yuan Dynasty, Luoyang has never become a first-class city again.

The decline of Luoyang and Chang'an is actually a microcosm of the decline of the entire ancient Chinese destiny.

Li Luo's eyes gradually became calm and firm. He walked to the city wall, stroked a mottled blue brick, and felt the vicissitudes of time.

The sunset shone on the Tang Lord, leaving a dim light and shadow on the city wall.

The Tang Lord patted the city wall, turned around and looked at the civil servants and generals who accompanied him, narrowed his eyes in the sunset, and said in a strong tone: "Luoyang will always be the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Eastern Capital will flourish again and shine in the world! This is my promise to Luoyang. You are no longer a joke and a word!"

Everyone was moved together, and the elders of Luoyang were so excited that they could not control themselves.

Luoyang will flourish again and shine in the world!

No jokes!
Chapter completed!