Standing on the dragon boat, there were shouts of long live on both sides.
Zhu Yuanzhang blushed and waved vigorously to the people, his face full of joy.
Before he left, another prince was born in the Yingtian Palace. To be precise, it was the first prince born after Lao Zhu ascended the throne. He was a fat boy who cried very loudly. He could eat and scream. Lao Zhu was quite good.
Strangely enough, I named the little guy Zhu Di.
The family is getting more prosperous, the children are more blessed, and the country is getting stronger day by day... It seems that the hardships in the first half of life have to be compensated for in one fell swoop.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be happy?
There was just one thing that Zhu Yuanzhang was still dissatisfied with, and that was Zhang Ximeng!
Things are done beautifully, but you are too soft-handed and always miss the mark. No matter how good your reasoning is, if you don't have a butcher's knife, who will be really afraid?
You must work hard for us!
Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet arrived in Jining, and military supplies from all over the country, as well as civilians, cattle and horses, all gathered here.
In order to support a war involving hundreds of thousands of people, there are so many things needed that even if they are piled up like a mountain, they cannot withstand consumption.
People were walking around on the pier, including Kong Kejian and Kong Xixueye.
The two of them were carrying a stretcher with a bag of 180 kilograms of grain on it. They were stumbling forward. Kong Kejian's legs were dangling and he almost fell.
Kong Xixue couldn't help complaining from behind, "Dad, you have to hold on. If you break it and let it out, you will be scolded again."
Kong Kejian was panting and had no energy to speak, but when his son said this, he couldn't care less.
"Bunny, you are young and strong, you can carry a bag yourself, why bother your father?"
Look to both sides, these people carrying bags can at least carry two bags, and some can carry three bags at a time, and they can walk as fast as flying without any difficulty at all.
After working for a long time, people's physiques are really different... Except for those specialized porters in later generations, ordinary people are already out of breath after carrying twenty or thirty kilograms of stuff climbing stairs.
But now, carrying two or three bags at a time, with three to five hundred kilograms on my shoulders, it seems like nothing is wrong. Even children aged eleven or twelve can carry one bag... Of course. This happens day after day.
Working day and night takes a huge toll on the human body. Many people become ill after thirty, and only a limited number of people can live past fifty.
It can only be said that people's livelihood is very difficult.
But the Kong family and his son obviously couldn't do it. The two of them could only carry one bag.
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but roll their eyes.
But it was just a lack of strength, and the two of them even started to quarrel.
"Dad, it's not that the child is making things difficult for you. You also wanted to sell your son before you got old. It's a pity that Zhang Xiang was not fooled. You also wanted to go around behind him and stabbed him in the back... It's a pity that this knife couldn't hit Zhang Xiang.
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Kong Kejian's head buzzed and he roared angrily: "Beast, what are you talking about with your mouth full of excrement?"
Kong Xixue winced when he was yelled at, "No, it's nothing. Just work with peace of mind."
"Bah!" Kong Kejian loosened the stretcher and threw it to the ground.
"I'm not going to do it anymore, I'll have to bear it on my own!"
Kong Xixue was stunned and looked at his father blankly.
Kong Kejian hummed: "Our family is a saint's family, moral and loyal. As my son, you must be filial to me and work for me!"
Kong Xixue muttered and went to grab the grain bag, but he didn't have enough strength. He grabbed it twice, but he didn't catch it. Kong Xixue was also anxious, "What kind of filial piety are you talking to me about? You work for Yuan Ting, help make suggestions, and surrender to the enemy."
, serve the barbarians...I am unfaithful as a minister, why should I be expected to be filial to my son?"
Kong Kejian didn't believe his ears for a moment. How dare this bastard disobey him?
Is there any more royal method?
Where are the rules?
Where does heaven exist?
"Tirty son, kneel down!" Kong Kejian's beard and hair were spread out, he raised his palm and tremblingly wanted to teach the naughty son a lesson... Kong Kejian was frightened in his heart, but seeing his father trembling, he was no longer so afraid.
"I'm already in my prime, so I don't need to be afraid of you! It's really funny to ask others when you don't stand upright!"
"Beast! I'll beat you to death, you beast!"
Kong Kejian rushed forward, grabbed Kong Xixue's lapel and beat him.
Although Kong Xixue did not dare to fight back openly, he kept struggling and swung his arms hard. As a result, he used too much force and made Kong Kejian fall to the ground.
He hurried over to help him, but Kong Kejian actually grabbed him by the collar and beat him hard.
"Beast, traitor, I'm going to kill you!"
The two men rolled together and had a fight.
It was very lively now, and it immediately attracted a lot of spectators.
Did you see that it was the two men who were fighting, or the Kong family, Yan Shenggong and his son, and they fought so fiercely!
Isn’t this talking about filial piety?
Now that we've reached this point, can't we support each other and tide over the difficulties together?
Why bother making people laugh?
They pointed and talked.
Kong Xixue's eyes turned black and he was almost furious.
The Kong family has lost all face!
Just kill me, I don't want to live anymore.
At this time, someone from the Arch Guards Department came, separated the crowd, and came to find Kong Kejian and Kong Xixue.
"Let's go, His Majesty wants to see you!"
"Your Majesty is here!"
It was as if these two men had been granted an amnesty. They were already unlucky enough, and life would be worse than death. Zhang Ximeng was really bad, and he needed His Majesty to come over, win people's hearts, pardon them, and let them return to Confucius' mansion.
Don’t worry, as long as His Majesty can do this, the Kong family will definitely be grateful and praise the Ming Dynasty. With the Ming Dynasty, they will enjoy wealth and glory for generations to come...
The people from the Guards Department took them, cleaned them briefly, dusted off the dust on their bodies, and then went to the imperial tent to meet Lao Zhu.
The father and son crawled in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, trembling with fear and fear.
"Sinners pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven. Long live our Emperor!"
Lao Zhu just looked at them and didn't even pay attention to them. Instead, he turned to Zhang Ximeng and said, "Why don't you kill me, sir?"
Zhang Ximeng was startled for a moment, then he smiled helplessly and said: "Heaven is kind, and although the Kong family has done a lot of evil, if they become ordinary people, they may be able to educate the people better."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sullen face: "Kill them, peel the lasts, and hang them in the temple. The effect will be the same!"
Boom!
Thunder exploded and the sky collapsed.
The Kong family father and son were simply shocked out of their wits.
Isn't it a red face and a white face?
Why is Zhu Yuanzhang more ruthless than Zhang Ximeng?
Could it be that we have misunderstood?
In fact, it was Zhang Ximeng who played the popular role?
Realizing this, both the Kong family and his son felt that something was about to rush out from the middle of their bodies... They could only clamp it hard and not be embarrassed, otherwise they would be turned into human skin pillows.
"My lord, ministers, and ministers boldly advise me that although the Kong family is guilty, the fault lies with the Yuan Dynasty. The emperor of Dadu gave them preferential treatment and allowed them to do whatever they wanted. It seems that they should not just be condemned as a family."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "Sir, what you said seems reasonable, but it doesn't make sense! The Kong family raised so many evil slaves, how many people were killed and injured? How many evil things were done in the fish and meat village?
What happened? We can't ignore these villains. Why don't they have the support of the Kong family and their sons? Calculating it this way, even if we kill all the Kong family members, it is reasonable. Sir, you are too kind."
Zhang Ximeng simply bowed his head and remained silent.
Anyway, that's what's wrong with him. If Your Majesty doesn't want to, just kill them. You don't care anyway.
Seeing that Zhang Ximeng remained silent and Zhu Yuanzhang became murderous again, the Kong family were really panicked. It was better to die than to live. They didn't want to lose their lives!
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, our sins are serious and we don't ask for forgiveness, but your Majesty's noble hand can set an example for the people in the world. Especially the officials of the Yuan Dynasty, so that they can have a chance to survive and not follow the Yuan Dynasty wholeheartedly. So
, this can also reduce the casualties of the soldiers, I hope your Majesty will learn from it!"
Kong Kejian stuck his butt out, kowtowed hard, and kept begging. Kong Xixue had to admire his father at this time, how fast his head turned.
He also kowtowed and kept praying.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "It's hard for you, but you are self-aware. I know that you are no different from the traitors who took refuge in Yuan Ting! Beasts like you should be killed one by one, no one left! The Central Plains has been transformed for thousands of years.
Come on, it is the accumulation of too much dregs that makes the world depressed and defeated again and again. When we inherit the throne, we naturally have to clean up the accumulated evil and eliminate the staleness. It seems that your Kong family is the most important one!"
It’s over!
This was going to be a real death. The two men were in despair. They had no doubt that they were pushed out and chopped to death in the next second.
Zhu Yuanzhang paused at this moment and looked to the side, "Kong Kejian, Prime Minister Zhang is our confidant and great sage. Have you read the land equalization proposal he formulated?"
"I've seen it... I've seen it!" Kong Kejian said quickly. If he hadn't seen it, how could he be so afraid of the Ming Dynasty!
"Then what do you think of what Xiang Zhang said?"
"How?" Before Kong Kejian could react, Kong Xixue knelt down and crawled half a step, "Zhang Xiang is so talented that he is unparalleled in the world. There is no one person in history, even Confucius and Mencius, who is far inferior to Xiang Zhang!"
Good guy, I sold all my ancestors directly!
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sullen face: "It's ridiculous, don't talk nonsense! What Prime Minister Zhang said, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius was used in the last thousand years. Now that the new millennium has come again, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is outdated and needs to be replaced by the old and the new. We deeply agree, what do you think?"
"Yes! That's right!" Kong Kejian finally got the words and said hurriedly: "Xiang Zhang is a sage of the world. The Ming Dynasty was founded, everything was renewed, the world was refreshed, and the atmosphere took on a new look... It is exactly the time to abolish Confucius and Mencius and establish the teachings of Zhang Xiang as the prominent school of the world.
ah!"
In a word, Confucianism should be dead and Zhang Xue should be established.
These two men are really competing to see who is more filial!
Lao Zhu looked at them and just muttered: "You can say that, and you are a little bit repentant. But what exactly have you done and how many sins have you committed... The people of Qufu still have to judge. We can't do it now.
What are you talking about... Come here, send them to work at the canal dock. Continue to investigate the Kong family case, thoroughly understand it, write it down in a file, and tell the world."
No one is as ruthless as Zhu Yuanzhang.
It is both murderous and heartbreaking, and it will make you infamy for thousands of years.