Chapter 459 Confucius’s affairs are discussed and secretly planned!
Hearing what Xia Yuanji said, cabinet scholar Yang Shiqi was stunned for a moment, hesitated to speak, and finally remained silent.
After all, Mr. Xia's status in His Majesty's mind is different. Although he has entered the cabinet, he may not be able to compare with the dean of the Academy of Arts in terms of identity and status.
However, he felt a little strange in his heart. Why was His Majesty so dissatisfied with the Kong family?
Not even willing to show some apparent tolerance?
Logically speaking, everyone knows that the Kong family is not a kind family. After all, the sage was killed in three generations. After so many dynasties, the Kong family has already become a greedy behemoth.
Just one piece of land, I don’t know how much I swallowed.
But for the sake of the saint, the Confucian school of Chinese Confucianism must not be defeated. Even the Yuan Dynasty, after conquering the world, still politely invited the Confucian family back and rewarded them generously.
After all, thousands of years of circulation have made the name of the saint resound throughout the land of China, and it has also been deeply engraved in the hearts of almost all Chinese people. Regardless of whether they really agree with it in their hearts, at least this superficial skill is still
You have to do enough, otherwise what can you do to calm people's hearts?
Yang Shiqi was thinking about it when he was suddenly startled.
"Your Majesty is not going to attack the Confucian family and then rectify it and abolish Confucianism, right?"
In that case, things will really get into trouble...
At this time, Zhu Gaojie also sat back again and began to give instructions:
"Although Wang Zhi and others are dead, the imperial court still comes to the final conclusion of the case. The cabinet must draft an edict as soon as possible to make their crimes known to the public, so that everyone in the world knows. It is not that I am too hard-hearted, but that these people
Seeking death!"
"I have to think about the Kong family matter again, so I'll just ignore it for now."
"Although the Northland has temporarily stabilized, in my opinion, it is still not enough!"
"The food on the market has slowly started to rise again, and other oils, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. have also started to rise. These people are really not afraid of death. Do they think I am a fool?"
Zhu Gaojie gritted his teeth and felt fierce in his heart:
"I already said in the court that day that we must rectify the wealthy families in the North!"
"These people are really determined to see the Yellow River. Do they think I will care about their network?"
Yang Rong's face also looked very heavy. He was the chief minister of the cabinet and had more channels to obtain information. Therefore, it was clear that those Beidi families were still trying to make trouble secretly, and even wanted to take advantage of the huge fluctuations in prices and food.
Create huge chaos again.
"Well, Your Majesty seems to have made up his mind. Could it be that the Kong family is really going to be in trouble this time?"
"We can't really peel off all the dignity of the descendants of saints and Chinese Confucianism..."
He quietly glanced at Zhu Gaojie, who was meditating, and felt a little heavy.
If there is another bloody storm, His Majesty's reputation among the government and the public will be unfavorable!
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Qufu.
Ever since the housekeeper of the Confucius family fled and fled back to Qufu on horseback, the entire Confucius family began to fall into an inexplicable turmoil and uneasiness, which was also mixed with a bit of restlessness.
The contemporary successor to the title of Duke Yan is Kong Yanjin, the fifty-ninth generation grandson of Saint Kong. This person actually likes reading and is not very interested in money and property. He is the kind of person who likes silence and does not like to move.
Although he, the head of the family, is usually a hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't care about anything other than having fun and studying. Anyway, the people working in the house are all members of his own family, so there won't be any big problems. However, the Confucius family has a great cause, and
It has been passed down for thousands of years, and the house has long been filled with twilight and discord.
Anyone who has an errand in the house is basically greedy and greedy. The ones who usually help handle all the matters of the Kong family are several elders of the Kong family. In terms of seniority, they are all considered to be Kong Yanjin's.
Uncles and the like, these people have become extremely greedy because it is impossible for them to seize the title, and because the Kong family has grabbed wealth for so many years.
The housekeeper of the Confucius family who went to the capital to make secret contacts was sent out by these elders of the Confucius family.
"Huh," somewhere in a courtyard, an old man smashed his cane on the ground angrily, with a particularly dissatisfied look on his face:
"When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Zhu Hongwu was always polite to Ke Jian, treated him as a distinguished guest, and awarded titles and honors. However, he, a young boy, was so rude to our Kong family right from the start!"
"You dare to say who our Kong family is? Who is he?"
Another middle-aged man also frowned and said:
"When King Yan seized the throne, we, the Kong family, were not involved. During the Yongle period, the emperor and the court were also polite to us and never said a word. Why is Zhu Gaojie so harsh?"
"It is said that he started his career in the army, was rude, ignorant of culture, and uneducated. It seems that this is indeed true."
"Such a person can actually become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Humph!"
The Kong family was actually extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Gaojie.
In addition to thinking that Zhu Gaojie's attitude toward wealthy families was relatively poor, the liberal arts academy he founded and prospered with his own hands was also a very important factor.
You must know that the reason why the Confucius family has survived for thousands of years and has always enjoyed prosperity and wealth is because of the light of Confucius and Confucianism, which made the entire China respect the Confucius family.
After all, no one can offend a descendant of a saint, a Confucian scholar...
But now that Zhu Gaojie has opened a liberal arts college, others may only think that it is seizing opportunities for scholars, but the Confucius family is an expert in this field, and they immediately realized that Zhu Gaojie wanted to cultivate students from poor families, suppress or even suppress them.
It is the abandonment of Confucianism!
Look at what kind of nonsense courses those liberal arts students take on weekdays?
Is there any hint of Confucianism?
Since ancient times, intellectual disputes have always been the most dangerous thing!
If Zhu Gaojie was really allowed to do this, in a few decades, liberal arts students would spread all over the court and the world, forming an overwhelming trend and becoming a prominent school in the world. Where would there be room for Confucianism and Confucianism?
Once the status of Confucianism is abandoned, how can the Confucius family maintain its current status? What else can they use to ensure their current prosperity and wealth?
Therefore, the elders of the Confucius family present were quite dissatisfied with Zhu Gaojie, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Why do you want to trample our Confucius under your feet when you become the emperor?
You have to use our Confucius Mansion as a stepping stone, right?
We are not made of clay either! We are the descendants of serious saints, the leader of Wen Zong in the world!
"Do you want to tell the head of the family about this?"
While everyone was discussing, someone suddenly remembered something and asked:
"After all, we are also involved in it. I'm afraid it won't be good if we don't inform the head of the family, right?"