Chapter 372: Confucius will be expelled tonight!!!
One mile outside the old wall of Confucius, there is a very dilapidated small courtyard. At this time, Kong Kun, Zixiang and other Confucian scholars are mostly inside, but their faces are extremely ugly now, and their eyes are looking out the door from time to time.
, looking extremely nervous.
Not long after.
There were hurried footsteps outside, and when they heard the noise coming from outside, the original whispers in the room immediately disappeared. Everyone tensed up and looked outside the door in panic. After seeing the person clearly, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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Kong Yu said: "Shu Sun Tong, you are finally back. Did something really happen in Kong Li?"
Shusun Tong didn't care about etiquette at this time.
Out of breath airway:
"Brother Zixiang is right, something happened in Kongli."
"Qin Luoheng and hundreds of soldiers have surrounded Kongli. At this time, they are afraid that they have broken into the house."
Hear the words.
The expressions of all the Confucian scholars in the room suddenly changed.
Anxiety said:
"what on earth is it?"
"Why did Qin Ting suddenly think of attacking us?"
"Could it be that the private school affair was exposed?"
"It's over, we're done!"
"The private study must have been exposed. I have said before that you cannot do this, but you are so obsessed with it. Now that we Confucians are completely hated by the Qin court, from now on we can only hide around like mourning dogs, and we will be in panic all day long!"
"Our Confucianism is finished!!!"
"It's impossible that no one knew about Qin Ting's attack on us. Why didn't we know about it before?"
"wrong!"
"There is a problem with the nobles of the Six Nations."
"Why didn't they tell us in advance?"
"I knew these nobles from the Six Nations were unreliable. They clearly wanted us to die!"
"If Brother Zixiang hadn't discovered something fishy in advance this time and asked us to leave urgently, we might all have become the dead souls of Qin Zu's men now."
"Just what are we doing now?"
"..."
All the Confucian scholars in the room were chattering away, but their expressions were getting more and more frightened and uneasy. Many of them even trembled nervously, and their faces turned pale with fright.
They were really frightened!
Zixiang's face was equally ugly.
His eye sockets were sunken, full of anger and fear.
Almost.
It's really just a little bit off.
If he hadn't reacted quickly, noticed something strange in time, and responded hastily, they would all have been trapped in the hole.
Kong Yu's face was also ugly.
He looked at Zixiang and asked: "Zixiang, it was you who reacted this time. What do you think happened?"
Zi Xiang glanced at everyone in the room with cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "I'm not sure yet. The last time my Confucian family escaped, although it violated the law, the affairs of the nobles of the six countries were more important at that time. In order to avoid this, the imperial court
Pushing us towards the nobility of the Six Nations, we will only choose to turn a blind eye, and now..."
"I'm afraid something really happened."
"Judging from the decisiveness of the court this time, it seems that the private school has been exposed."
Hear the words.
The expressions of the Confucian scholars around him changed greatly.
Naturally, they knew about private schools. The Qin court had strictly prohibited the establishment of private schools in local areas, and the Confucianists even defied the law and set up private schools all over Shandong. Once this was exposed, they were afraid that they would never be able to get ahead again.
Zixiang took a deep breath.
Continued:
"I just thought about it carefully."
"It is indeed possible that the private school was exposed."
"It was farming time and all private schools were suspended, so nothing happened. But after the farming was over, it was the time for private schools to teach. And the First Emperor has been sending officials to inspect the place in the past few months. I am afraid that the private school incident happened at this time.
Found out."
"We were negligent!"
"Once a private school is discovered in one place, it is easy to implicate private schools in other places by following the clues. I am afraid that the court has made such a big move this time because it has found out the reason. This time it is here to bring us to justice.
of."
There was dead silence all around.
The faces of all the Confucian scholars were ashen.
Kong Yu asked uneasily: "What should we do?"
Zixiang shook his head.
He said helplessly:
"My Confucianism is in decline, and I have encountered such a catastrophe. I am really helpless."
"It's a blessing to be able to save my life this time, but my ancestors' old walls may not be saved."
Kong Yu's face changed slightly.
He said hurriedly:
"Brother Xiang, do you think Qin Luoheng will destroy the house?"
Zixiang nodded.
Sighed:
"Nine times out of ten."
"This time he led his troops to capture us, but we have all escaped this time, how can he not be angry?"
"At that time, I am afraid that I will vent my anger on the old walls of our ancestors. It is a pity that the old walls of our ancestors have remained intact after hundreds of years of war, but today, under the unification, they are going to be burned to the ground. We really feel ashamed of all the ancestors of Confucius.
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immediately.
Zixiang couldn't help but laugh at himself:
"Fortunately, when we returned from our escape, we collected the books early just in case. As long as Qin Luoheng did not destroy them too seriously, the collection of books should be safe. With the books here, our Confucianism can continue to burn. This can be regarded as
Inherited the ambition of our ancestors."
It turned out that after the last escape, although Zixiang thought that Qin Ting would not take action against them, he still did not have much confidence in his heart, so he asked the Confucian disciples to sort out the books, chisel a stone strip in the old wall, and add these to the wall.
All the bamboo slips were hidden in it.
Hear the words.
Kong Kun felt lonely and regretful.
Sighing softly:
"There are hundreds of sects and sects in the world, why do Confucians alone have so many misfortunes?"
"However, since the ancestor Confucius, there have been nine generations of Confucianism. Which generation has worshiped the monarch? Would you rather not cherish the high status of the monarch, so that it falls into neglect and neglect, or even brings about the danger of extinction for the school?"
"This is my retribution, Kong Yu!"
Other Confucian scholars also looked sad.
They had a good life in Xianyang. Although they could not enter politics, their lives were very prosperous. However, they wanted to find another way because their ambitions were difficult to achieve. But if they had known that they would end up like this, they would be willing to continue to be bachelors in Daqin.
.
At least there was no fatal disaster!
Just when Kong Kun sighed, Zi Xiang suddenly became alert. He vaguely noticed something and said, "I thought about it carefully just now. I, a Confucian, may indeed be destined to have this calamity, but this time there is a vague sense of danger."
Something is wrong, this matter must be much more than as simple as it seems."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kong Yu was a little confused.
asked:
"What does Brother Xiang mean by this?"
"Qin Luoheng's trip is obviously for us, does he have other plans?"
"Brother, have you had any contacts with the nobles of the Six Kingdoms recently?"
"Recently? I've only had a few meetings with Mr. Wei Chen Yu, but I haven't had much contact with other people. Brother Xiang asked what's going on?" The confusion in Kong Yu's eyes became even more intense.
Zixiang said:
"Private education matters involve many things."
"In addition to us Confucians being involved, the nobles of the six countries are also involved."
"We Confucians are indeed limited in information, but to put it another way, the nobles of the Six Nations may not be our eyes and ears. In the past, when there was a slight disturbance in various places, the nobles of the Six Nations would choose to pass on the information in order to win over us and let us return.
Let me know, but will any nobles from the six countries come to report this time?"
"The First Emperor's hunting patrol is far away in Jixian County."
"Qin Luoheng also set out from Jixian."
"Did the nobles of the six countries really have no knowledge of this hundreds-of-mile journey?"
"If they really didn't know anything, why did they appear near Kongli from time to time last night and this morning? Don't you feel a little strange about this?"
Kong Yu's expression condensed and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Xiang thinks that the nobles of the six countries knew about this, but deliberately concealed it?"
Zixiang frowned slightly.
He opened his mouth and said:
"That's how it should be."
"The nobles of the six countries are tied to us. They have spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources on our Confucianism. Normally, it is impossible to abandon us directly, but this time they abandoned us so decisively. I'm afraid
The nobles of the Six Kingdoms have secretly communicated with each other, and based on the historical behavior of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, do you know that you are not using our Confucianism as bait to catch big fish?"
"Big fish? What big fish?" Kong Yu said with puzzled eyes.
Zixiang shook his head.
He just had this guess, but he actually didn't know what kind of fish it was.
He knows too little information!
Zixiang hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Now that we have all escaped, brother, you can send someone to ask Wei Gongzi Chen Yu. He should know about this matter."
Kong Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, it's just that the nobles of the Six Nations have concealed it from us once. If we go to ask this time, will they really tell us the truth?"
Zixiang's eyes narrowed slightly and he said: "If they were not plotting against us, they would have told the truth. Moreover, my Confucian family does not pose much threat to the nobles of the six countries, so they will not kill them all."
Later.
Zixiang looked at the other Confucian scholars in the room and asked, "Do you still remember those nobles from the Six Kingdoms appearing in Kongli these days?"
There was silence for a moment, and finally a Confucian scholar answered.
The man said solemnly: "In addition to Wei Gongzi Chen Yu and his friend Zhang Er, I seem to have also met Korean Gongzi Zhang Liang, Chu Gongzi Xiang Liang and others, as well as other nobles, but I don't know
No."
Zixiang looked slightly strange.
He said in a low voice: "So many people who are working for the restoration have appeared. I'm afraid they really have an agenda. It's just that my Confucius family has been plotted among them. I don't know if it's good or bad. If they can't withstand the tiger and wolf Qin Zheng, they may be the first to bear the brunt."
It’s me, Confucianism, but what are their plans? That they would rather abandon me, Confucianism?”
Zixiang didn't understand for a moment.
I can’t figure it out either!
Kong Yu said: "Perhaps it's just that the nobles of the six countries no longer want to spend resources on my Confucian family?"
Zixiang shook his head and said:
"impossible."
"If the nobles of the six countries want to succeed, they cannot do without my Confucianism."
"Brother, I have said before that if the nobles of the six countries want to be restored, they must restore the old system of princes, kings, and benevolent government. Otherwise, there will be no banner to call the world. In terms of restoration, restoration, restoration of etiquette, benevolent government, and many other aspects, I am the only one who can
Confucianism has the deepest understanding of it. When the nobles of the six countries help the Confucians, they are actually helping each other. Moreover, the nobles of the six countries have been helping each other for many years, so there is no reason to give up suddenly."
"Besides."
"Now that our Confucian family is in trouble, the nobles of the six countries should have taken action to help us tide over the difficulties, and in this way, the Confucian family and the nobles of the six countries can get closer, and even directly form alliances with them."
"As for the First Emperor's abandonment of Confucianism, it was already destined. After all, the Qin Dynasty implemented a legal system. If Legalism dominates the court, our Confucianism is destined to have no future. And the nobles of the six countries also see this clearly."
"They won't add insult to injury."
"And joining forces with my Confucian school is the cornerstone for the nobles of the six countries to oppose tyranny and stand on their own in the world."
"If our Confucianism disappears, the nobles of the six countries will only inherit the tyranny of Qin's government. Is this what the nobles of the six countries want to see?"
Kong Kun said in confusion:
"Then what's the reason this time?"
"The nobles of the Six Nations have no reason to betray us, but they did it without hesitation this time. That means there must be other reasons. But what other reasons are there? It can't be to target Qin Luoheng, right? Isn't that even more absurd?
Don’t you know?”
Listening to his brother's complaints, Zixiang's eyes lit up.
He has already figured it out.
The nobles of the Six Kingdoms were targeting Qin Luoheng.
Only Qin Luoheng.
Apart from this reason, he could not think of any other reason, and there was only one reason for this reason, that is, the nobles of the six countries already knew Qin Luoheng's true identity.
Only this reason can explain why the nobles of the six countries were willing to betray Confucianism.
Because Qin Luoheng was the tenth son of the Qin Dynasty.
Judging from the current situation, Qin Luoheng is already the best candidate for the crown prince of Qin.
Compared with other princes, Qin Luoheng was more harmful to the nobles of the Six Kingdoms and was more unfavorable to the restoration of the Six Kingdoms. Confucianism had begun to take shape in the local area, and it would be difficult for the Qin court to completely clean it up. In the eyes of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms,
Just paying the price of Confucius can completely kill the continuation of Qin Ting, which is undoubtedly very worthwhile.
Even worse.
Confucianism has always been dominated by Confucianism.
They have always been aloof from the nobles of the Six Nations, and have not really been completely attached. Instead, they have been relying on the power of the nobles of the Six Nations to expand the influence of Confucianism. This obviously made the nobles of the Six Nations somewhat dissatisfied. If Confucius was involved in this accident
If something goes wrong, Confucian scholars from all over the world may have no choice but to join the nobility of the Six Nations in order to survive.
This strategy can be said to kill two birds with one stone!
It is completely beneficial and harmless to the nobles of the six countries!
even.
In the end, they could just use the excuse of ignorance and turn the matter over. In order to survive, other Confucian scholars could only pretend to be ignorant even if they were aware of it, and completely became vassals of the nobles of the six countries.
At this moment.
Zixiang has thought everything through.
Their Confucianism became the bait for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms to lure Qin Luoheng into submission.
Zixiang walked towards the door and looked at Confucius' old wall in the distance, his expression extremely ugly.
How long ago did they Confucians suffer from this kind of anger?
The key is that they can't have an attack yet, they can only pretend not to know anything.
Think of these.
Zixiang's face turned even more livid.
After a long time, he finally couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Nobles of the Six Nations, you are going too far!"
Seeing this, Kong Kun asked doubtfully: "Brother Xiang, have you figured out the reason?"
Zixiang looked at Kong Kun, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not say anything. He shook his head numbly and said: "Brother is too worried. We don't know anything about the situation outside now. What can I guess? But brother, don't
If we have too much hope for Chen Yu, he probably won’t tell us the truth.”
Hear the words.
Kong Yu frowned.
Naturally, he noticed something strange about Zixiang.
But seeing how ugly Zixiang's face was, he didn't ask in the end.
Gradually.
A deathly silence fell in the house.
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the other side.
After the soldiers broke into the door, they soon found that there was no one in the room.
Yang Wu went back and reported: "We have been informed by the Minister of Qin that the disciples of Confucius heard the news at some point, and now they have all fled. There is no trace in the cave, and the subordinates have sent people to search everywhere."
Qin Luoheng frowned slightly.
He vaguely sensed something was wrong.
The lights in Confucius's old wall are brightly lit, indicating that there were people inside before, but now there is no one inside. This is obviously because Kong Yu and others learned the news in advance and escaped on the way.
After he received the order, he did not tell the soldiers the purpose of his trip. He only told the purpose when he got near Kongli. How did Kong Kun and others know their purpose?
Qin Luoheng asked: "Is there anything suspicious visible in the Kong Mansion?"
Yang Wudao: "I haven't seen it yet, but my subordinates feel that something is fishy. There are more than a thousand people from the Confucius family and Confucian disciples. If no one informed them, it would be impossible for them all to evacuate and flee so quickly."
"The subordinates believe that someone leaked the information along the way."
Qin Luoheng's expression was slightly condensed. He knew very well that the soldiers he led were unlikely to leak the news. The only people who might have the chance to leak the information were the officials on patrol, so the matter would be more seriously involved.
He said:
"There will be no further investigation into this matter for the time being."
"You should immediately notify the local government and set up checkpoints everywhere to closely search for the Confucian and Confucian disciples. They should not have gone far."
Yang Wu hurriedly said: "No."
Qin Luoheng rode his horse and looked at the empty courtyard in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "Confucianists in the Confucius family, after all, you still choose to stand on the opposite side of the Qin Dynasty, and you still choose to be enemies of the Qin government. Since you are determined to cause chaos,
World, then don’t blame me, Qin Luoheng, for being unethical."
"If someone comes, first open the stone wall of Confucius' mansion and destroy its courtyard."
"Expelled from the Confucius House tonight!!!"
In a moment.
Fires were everywhere, and hundreds of soldiers, under the guidance of engineers, began to excavate all the walls in the Confucius Mansion. In less than two hours, all the walls outside the Confucius Mansion collapsed, leaving only dust and ashes on the ground.
The soldiers who were the first to search the mansion had already sorted out all the things collected in the mansion.
There are only hundreds of volumes of books on agriculture, industry, and medicine, but not a single volume of poetry.
Gu informed Qin Luoheng of this matter.
Hear the words.
Qin Luoheng's face became even more grim.
He looked at it for a while and sneered: "It seems that Confucianism has also learned how to deceive soldiers and deceive others. They have opened private schools in various places and taught poetry and calligraphy, but they have not left a word in the former residence of Confucius. This is enough to prove that Confucianism's words and deeds are inconsistent.
He is a great hypocrite and a thief who deceives the world!"
"continue!"
"I would like to see how many tricks the Confucians can use to deceive others after the collapse of the Confucian government."
Suddenly the fire became bright again.
Gu hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, your Majesty ordered us to capture the disciples of Confucius and Confucius, so as to deter lawless people in the world. Although we traveled under the stars and at night, at this moment we are not
Since no one has been seen, this operation may be in vain."
Qin Luoheng nodded.
said:
"How could I not know?"
"I didn't even tell you the purpose of our trip before we rushed to Kongli. How could the people in the Kong family know about it?"
"The Kong family is a big clan here, and many students are attending classes here, but they all fled at this time. Maybe the Kong clan people had already done some evacuation after Kong Yu and others escaped last time, but
Half a year has passed, and some members of the Kong clan should have returned, but what is the current situation? There is no one in the mansion."
"Not even the books were left out."
"This is actually enough to show that the Kong family has known about this for a long time and made preparations to escape in advance."
"How can we succeed if we calculate mentally but not intentionally?"
"Shang Shuling thinks that someone has tipped off people in the Confucius Mansion? But no one except Shangshu Ling knew the purpose of this trip before, so it can only be..." Guman's eyes were horrified.
Qin Luoheng said coldly: "Whether it was someone who tipped off the news, or the people in the Kong Mansion were alert and noticed something strange, their actual escape time would not be too long, and there are hundreds of people, even if they are hiding in the mountains.
It’s a large number, they can hide for a while, but not for a lifetime.”
"Immediately write a notice and post it in the county to inform the public of the Confucian crimes. At the same time, warn the local people that anyone who fails to report the knowledge or deliberately shields the criminals is guilty of violating the official position!"
"Nuo." Gu quickly accepted the order.
However, Qin Luoheng did not think that the instructions he gave would be effective.
The influence of Confucianism on Confucius was too great. Even if the people were afraid of Qin Lu, they would still not be able to expose the Confucian people in the end, and his arrest would really come to nothing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking at the increasingly intense fire in front of him, Qin Luoheng's expression became extremely deserted.
In fact, when he came, he was still a little hesitant. He actually still had some thoughts about Confucianism. After all, later generations were greatly influenced by Confucianism, and he actually did not want to see Confucianism disappear because of this.
But at this moment.
His thoughts disappeared.
Because Confucianism's tentacles are too long.
It has even affected the court.
Today's Confucianism is not even a prominent school, but it already has such a terrifying influence, and the ambition of Confucianism is so great that it makes Qin Luoheng a little uneasy.
A few more hours passed, and the sky became brighter.
The Confucius Mansion, which originally occupied a vast area, has been reduced to ashes.
Qin Luoheng stood outside the Confucius Mansion all night, witnessing the disappearance of the Confucius Mansion.
After the Confucius Mansion was completely reduced to ashes, Yang Wu said solemnly: "Shang Shu ordered that all the walls of the Confucius Mansion have been torn down, but no other books have been found."
Qin Luoheng didn't reply.
Said to himself:
"As far as I know, the Confucius family has gone through many twists and turns since the death of Confucius, but the Confucius have always been rooted here and have never moved. It has been nine generations since Confucius, and most Confucian scholars will come to express their condolences.
Confucius, whenever he came, would give Confucius some books as a gift. Over the course of hundreds of years, the scriptures would probably fill up the walls."
"How could Confucius memorize such a huge scroll?"
Gu frowned and said: "Yes, of course, where would Confucius hide these thousands of scrolls? Or would he even worry about these scriptures being stolen?"
Yang Wu looked at the two people, cupped his hands and said: "I have an idea. Although the Confucius Mansion is large, it is not easy to store books, and it is also easy to be discovered. I asked the magistrate of Lu County last night, and the magistrate said
You know, the tomb of Confucius is actually as big as a hill."
"General Yang, what do you mean, the book is hidden in the tomb?" Gu's expression changed slightly.
Yang Wudao: "I do have this idea."
"It is said that the Mausoleum of Confucius covers an area of more than 100 acres. It is under Confucius' former residence. There are stone chambers above and below the ground. It never attracts attention..."