Zhu Gaochi was a little puzzled. Looking at Zhu Yunxi who started to call people to come and obey the order, he didn't understand why he suddenly chose to stop now that he had evidence against the Kong family.

Although the boxes of account books cannot cover all the things that the Kong family has committed over the years, if we really want to implicate the nine tribes, there will still be great resistance and infeasibility.

After all, a family of saints is enough for any court. When facing this problem, it must carefully consider the consequences.

Although Xie Jin and others have been promoting Xinxue for several years now, the world is still dominated by Neo-Confucianism, which is deeply rooted. If all the scholars in the court are to be scholars with new ideas, it will take decades or even a hundred years of hard work.

The Kong family cannot be moved easily.

Without greater evidence of crime, it would be difficult to silence the world, completely wipe out the influence of the Confucian family in the court, and suppress the Kong family's memorial tablet in the hearts of the world.

However, it is possible to suppress and make the Confucius family submit. At least Kong Gongjian, who inherited the title of Duke of Yansheng, cannot be willing to have the title taken away by others.

But now there is still no substantial action.

Zhu Gaochi watched a banner officer under Zhang Hui's command rushing over, and his eyes couldn't help but move over.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Yunxi agreed and said: "There are chief officials in Yanzhou Prefecture and the counties under its jurisdiction. Please arrest them all and bring them here."

The flag officer clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates take orders."

However, Zhu Yunxi continued: "Think about it, the Department of Literature and Selection has also left Beijing for the selection of official vacancies on Henan Road. They thought they were taking the canal. Then send some people to Xuzhou Mansion to wait, bring Gu's handwriting, and tell them half the time.

Someone bring it here."

The flag officer paused and raised his head slightly.

This operation does not comply with the process.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the flag officer: "Only those who are attentive to study and have good background in politics."

The flag officer in uniform immediately clasped his fists and lowered his head: "I understand."

In response, the flag officer bowed and waited for two breaths. He no longer heard any orders coming, then he clasped his fists and lowered his head and backed away slowly, and finally turned around and walked away quickly.

Not far away, there was a roar.

Earth and rocks flew everywhere, and the unsuspecting guards rushed forward and surrounded Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi.

Not long after, Zhu Shangbing hurried over and spat a few mouthfuls of earthy spit: "It's Zhang Zhiyuan and the others who are using gunpowder to blow up the trench."

Zhu Gaochi immediately couldn't laugh or cry. He came all the way to Qufu and heard what Zhang Zhiyuan and the others had done. Unexpectedly, they were still doing it now.

He laughed and cursed: "That ditch is almost wider than the canal!"

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "Tell him to stop it from now on. There is no need for these things. If he continues, he will never even think about going into battle to kill the enemy. I will just let him dig trenches and build camps for the entire Ming army.

"

Several people talked all the way and arrived outside the wooden wall erected by the trench dug by Zhang Zhiyuan and his men.

Zhu Yunxi glanced twice, then turned to look at the chubby guy next to him: "Don't you want to know how I will deal with the Kong family?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Replace the officials of Yanzhou Prefecture and strictly control the influence of the Kong family in the local area?"

Xiaopang was silent for a moment, after all, the influence of the Kong family was invisible.

Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "You have to eat food one bite at a time, and do things one by one. Both Confucius and the Huaxia were sages who taught the country, and no one can deny it. But from now on, the words of the sages will mean what they mean on paper.

The Six Classics annotate me, and I annotate the Six Classics. How complicated it is.

There are so many truths in the world, what is the biggest truth?

It is to make the people richer and richer, so that everyone can have a full stomach. This is the greatest truth in the world. What the sages say should be explained less. Now in this world, has anyone seen a sage?

Hum hum.

If you want to do this, it must be done by the Kong family."

Literati are shameless, and the most shameless thing is that they can pluck the words of sages from various favorable angles to support their own bullshit principles.

What is the meaning of a sentence said by a sage if you are poor all day long? Since there have been countless arguments, it is better to think more about how to make one person full.

Zhu Gaochi lowered his head slightly: "If you do this, the plaque of the Kong family will fall off."

"Isn't this exactly what we want?" Zhu Yunxi looked at Xiaopang indifferently.

Seeing Xiaopang, he didn't say anything.

Zhu Yunxi continued: "This is just one of them, how to use the Confucius family in the future. Some time ago, Gao Yangzhi came with a secret report. Jiaozhi Road and Zhancheng Road are new expedition areas, and the general is still marching westward.

The country's education there is lacking. Gao Yangzhi believes that although a family like the Kong family has committed crimes that are difficult to punish, if they are sent there, they can still do their best for the country, and I deeply agree."

"You want to send members of the Kong family to the south?" Zhu Gaochi was a little surprised.

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said: "Not only the distribution, but also the acres of land in Yanzhou Prefecture have to be checked. Hundreds of thousands of people are all tenants of the Kong family. If this continues, where will the court collect taxes? To continuously increase the number of farmers.

Share?"

Apart from chopping off all the heads of the Kong family, they would use any method to kill the Kong family.

However, Zhu Yunxi did not end the topic.

He continued: "Last time when I was in Yingtian, I got the sweet potatoes from that European called Fan Chong. I looked at these Europeans, and now they came to pay homage to me, but in my eyes there was

Covet it. That sea-going ship is more like a warship, you must guard against it."

Zhu Gaochi groaned, not knowing why it was related to something so long and far away: "Our country is thousands of miles away from Europa. Even if they have wild ambitions, I'm afraid they can't even match it."

Zhu Yunxi snorted: "Have you forgotten the steam engine that the supervisor brought out? There is news that Zhang Ergong and his men had several wars of words with the people of Longjiang Shipyard, and finally the steam engine was installed in the warship.

If everything goes well, we may need more Japanese workers to mine."

Why is it that if it goes well, more Japanese workers will be needed to mine?

Because steam engines need to burn coal.

Zhu Gaochi also reacted at this time: "I understand what you mean. Our country is developing, and the Europeans will also develop. When they are stronger than our country, they will definitely find ways to come over."

We have reached a certain historical node, Zhu Yunxi thought silently in his heart.

And they will definitely come.

unless.

"The power of the Ming Dynasty needs to set foot on the land of Europa first!" Zhu Yunxi said in a deep voice: "The Kong family is very good. As a saint's bloodline, with thousands of years of inheritance, it is enough to look down on the entire Europa. Maybe it can also cause some trouble there..."

If those white-skinned pigs dared to kill the Kong family, he would not want it, and Ming would have enough reason to vent his anger.

If nothing happens, let Neo-Confucianism flourish in the new land.

Step by step, pull out the stubborn diseases entangled in Daming's body, it is best to throw them out from afar.

"This is a long-term plan. If the Confucius family is moved now, there will be controversy in the court." Zhu Gaochi added.

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly: "Chaotang? Once the affairs of the Kong family are temporarily settled, it's time to go back to Beijing to settle accounts with those people."

After saying that, he stepped forward and walked towards Zhang Zhiyuan's Chinese army camp.

Zhu Gaochi quickly called for Zhu Shangbing to follow him.

…

The Confucius Mansion, because of Zhu Yunxi's words about changing the title of Duke of Yansheng, has already set off a thousand waves.

The big house has been passed down for so many years and has been honored from generation to generation. Although the other houses belong to the Kong family and receive monthly money, they can also study and gain fame, but other than that they have no other use.

It's different now.

The emperor's grandson had no intention of implicating the nine clans of the Kong family, and even showed his intention to change the Duke of Yansheng.

In the Confucius Mansion, those people who had been silent in the past also had vivid thoughts.

Princes, generals and prime ministers would rather have the seed!

If you don’t fight now, it will affect future generations!

"There is no hope for the Nanzong branch. If there was, the imperial court would not have attacked Duke Yansheng here in the early years."

In the Kong family, there was already a fight over the death of the Third Master. In the back palace, several elders from a certain room of the Kong family gathered together and chatted.

"After all the calculations, it will fall on our house in the end. If you really want to give it a try, you will have to put pressure on the big house."

"What does Taisun want? I still need to think clearly about this."

"The Third Master died today. If things go wrong, it will become an excuse for them to seize the throne."

In the room, several people looked solemn.

But once you decide to fight, it is a road of no return, with no chance of turning back.

"Anyway, it's like this now. Anyone with a discerning eye can see why Zhang Zhiyuan didn't go to suppress the rebellion, but came to Qufu with his troops. There must have been instructions from the emperor's grandson."

"In the troubled times of the former Yuan Dynasty, when the world was in chaos, do you remember the things that were done secretly in the mansion? The Jin Yiwei really didn't know about this half of the Yanzhou mansion. They were just protected by the holy name of our ancestors and the group of scholars in the world."

"Now that the Crown Prince is determined to do this, His Majesty and the Crown Prince have always trusted him, so this matter will probably not be eased."

There was silence in the room again.

In fact, they know very well where the contradiction lies. Like the entire Ming Dynasty, everyone knows where the contradiction lies, but it is very difficult to correct it, because no one is willing to give up the benefits that have been obtained.

After a while, there was another sound in the room.
To be continued...