There was a silence above the hall, waiting for breath, and Hou Xuanyan did not disappoint everyone.

"The Confucius family in Qufu was greatly favored by the emperor and was enfeoffed by the emperor, and was inherited from generation to generation. The Confucius family should have been loyal to the country, but they turned against the Tartars, bowed down and flattered the thieves. They even had countless evil deeds that harmed the people, so I did not report them one by one. The most hateful person was that this thief actually raised troops to resist the Ming Dynasty and injured our Northern Expedition General in his own home. Today, I requested to behead the rebels who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and show them to the public to warn the thieves who surrendered to Jiannu in the world."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and even the spiritual medicines on it were stunned.

After a brief silence, the ministers in the hall were in an uproar. Whether they were watching the show or Hou Xuanyan’s confidants, they were whispering and whispering.

As Chen Yingwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, rushed out and opposed it loudly, a large number of civil officials went out to work, and his words were fierce as if they had smashed his ancestral grave. The little emperor Jingyou often paid court in the morning and had never seen such a lively situation, and he was so happy that he was dancing.

Hou Xuanyan shook his head secretly. These birds had forgotten the original face and true meaning of Confucianism, and regarded this knowledge and law of dealing with things as religion. No matter what theory it is, once it starts to imitate a person or a family, its original core changes and begins to decay quickly.

In the center of Fengtian Temple, Hou Xuanyan stomped his feet and immediately became quiet.

"The war in Huguang is urgent, I don't have time to argue with you here. This is the matter. The whole Confucius Mansion has been taken to Jinling. After the autumn, I asked for it and killed it in the downtown area!" After saying that, he stepped out of the hall, and the personal guards followed closely, left the Forbidden City, and headed straight to Jiangning Ferry outside the city, preparing to enter Huguang from Wuchang.

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The hall was quieter than before. Duke Yue had not returned to the court for a long time. The officials in the court had forgotten how arrogant he was at the beginning. Seeing this arbitrary behavior again, he was still a little uncomfortable for a while.

Hou Xuanyan was unintentionally arguing with them, and the war in Jingxiang was urgent, so it was useless to argue with these corrupt scholars who had been deeply poisoned.

On the third day after Duke Yue left Beijing, the downtown area of ​​Nanjing was crowded with people, and countless people rushed to the streets, as well as people from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and other places.

Xu Yuanbao was nervously guarding outside, next to him was Hong Yizhuo who was drinking tea. The Jinling defenders were on high alert, and the spies from Qianxiang Camp were also paying attention to the situation around him.

In the prison of the Ministry of Justice, the officials asked about their name, origin, age, and that was called verifying the right person. It was the step before the execution of the attack. Everyone knew it. Only then did the Kong family know that the deadline had come, and everyone was miserable, and there was no arrogance that was superior to others in the past. Kong Yinzhi could not have thought that his name of Yan Shenggong could not intimidate others. His family knew about it. After the so-called descendant of the saint, he had no other thing to rely on. Thinking of the life of Yan Shenggong, who was better than gods in these years, his heart was full of nostalgia, and he turned into fear of the blood-stained knife. He even cried loudly.

The direct descendants of the Kong Mansion with pale skin and tender flesh were pushed to the Caishikou, and the crowd was immediately amazed. The sign behind them clearly stated their identities.

Originally, those who were qualified to come to the prison were all respected first-rank officials in the court. However, although these people refused to plead for the Kong family openly, no one was willing to come to the prison. Ma Shiying was happy to come, but his identity was sensitive. Recently, there have been rumors that horses outside the palace, horses inside the palace, two horses were stolen, and people were eaten with fat. So, such a highly anticipated job came to the prison and killing, Qin Muyun, the Minister of Rites.

Qin Muyun was originally a soldier of the Northern Expedition Army and had no fear of the Kong family. When he saw such a big scene, he couldn't help but feel proud. He looked up and saw that noon had arrived, so he picked up the red pen from the tin pen holder, hooked the slashing sign, and shouted: "The time has arrived, kill!"

More than thirty heads fell to the ground at the same time, and the crying sounds shook the sky for a while, and more were the noise of watching the excitement. The first time in the Caishikou in Nanjing was so lively, even if Duoduo was executed in Yangzhou, it was not as big as today's scene.

On this day, many scholars from all over the country committed suicide by hanging themselves, but few caused trouble.

Beheading the descendants of saints in the downtown Nanjing, and the whole family was full of them. The sensation caused by such a thing was far from what was expected. In the past, almost all the officials were scholars, and they had the right to speak.

However, with the rise of martial arts lecture halls, medical museums, and craftsman schools in various places, students in these places also read books, but if they do not read the Four Books and Five Classics, do not memorize the Analects of Confucius, or write eight-part essays, they can still become officials.

This is the demolition of the Kong family store from the bottom to the top, and unconsciously removed the cornerstones that supported them. Although there are also upper-level officials and scholars from Jiangnan who are optimistic about the Kong family, from wealthy businessmen to the lower-level people, they have already felt the benefits brought to them by Hou Xuanyan's reform. Who is willing to give up their current life and make a fuss for the Kong family who have no kindness?

In the past, scholars made trouble together, which was an absolute major event for the country, because in this way, the state's managers would passively slacken in work and the entire state machine would be difficult to operate.

But nowadays, the scholars have awkward status. After the "May Encyclopedia", the court has become more and more powerful, and almost openly abolished the tradition of taking scholars from the eight-legged essays. Most of the time, those who take the school exams are all practical knowledge. These scholars who have mastered the eight-legged essay skills are also the people who believe in the Confucius family the most, and have completely become useless people.

Those officials who had just gone to various counties and counties were promoted by Hou Xuanyan. They were not good at eight-part essays, but they still became officials. They were the most loyal to Hou Xuanyan, because once Hou Xuanyan collapsed, their official positions would probably be immediately rejected.

With the loyalty of these grassroots officials from all over the world, Hou Xuanyan raised his arms and established a theory at this time, and could quickly surpass Confucianism by establishing any theory.

You should know that the original controversy of hundreds of schools of thought was ended because of Emperor Wu of Han’s words "Abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone". The influence of a person who truly masters a country’s ideas on this country is not comparable to that of a nominal monarch.

At this time, Hou Xuanyan had already arrived in Wuchang Prefecture. The moment he entered Huguang, he felt the fighting spirit coming to his face.

Unlike Jinling, which has been peaceful for a long time, there are public people everywhere. They coordinate the transportation of grain and recruit people... All combat preparations are underway in a tense and orderly manner.
Chapter completed!