The weather is dry and things are dry, and the heart is burning. Kong Yinzhi, the head of the Kong family, has been depressed and anxious these days. This year is his fifty-third birthday, and it is also a good day when the imperial court has just awarded his eldest son Kong Xingxie the second rank of the imperial palace. However, something happened to him.
An extremely difficult matter.
Twenty-four years ago, his uncle Kong Shangxian passed away without an heir, and he succeeded him as Duke Yansheng. Now more than twenty years have passed. During this period, he has been loved by the people and received numerous awards from the emperor. It can be said that everything is going smoothly, but he did not expect that he would die before his birthday.
In the year of 1988, he encountered a difficult matter related to the survival of the Confucius family.
A few days ago, a monk and a nun were discussing Taoism in front of the Confucius Mansion, but the conversation was directed at Duke Yan, saying that he was extremely shameless in seeking fame and reputation.
exposed to the world right now.
Immediately, refugees poured into the city and asked the Confucius Mansion to release food for disaster relief. In fact, this was not a big deal to the Confucius Mansion. It was just a little food. It was something that deeply frightened them. However, the public opinion that harmed the Confucius Mansion became more and more intense, not only among the refugees.
It spread among the media, and even the people in the city began to talk about it without hesitation.
At this time, even a child on the street can open his mouth and call him Confucius, seventy-two generations of domestic slaves, twenty-seven ministers of the second dynasty... The world cultivator has surrendered to the outside world, his morals are extremely corrupt and shameless, how can he be a teacher, how can he be a saint...
This wave of public opinion made everyone in the Confucius family restless, and there was a very bad feeling that something big was going to happen. For thousands of years, when people wanted to rebel, they always had to find a reason and a place to vent their anger. Some people killed rich gentry, claiming that they were rich and unkind.
Officials said that officials forced the people to rebel, but they never targeted the Confucian government. In fact, the Confucian government was a god worshiped by literati and civil servants, and ordinary people respected it so much that even thieves who rebelled did not dare to say anything against them.
No matter who rebels or wins the world, they will need Confucius to stabilize people's hearts. In this era, literati are the backbone of society. To stabilize the world, we must first stabilize the sons of literati, and then we must stabilize their gods. This is also true for thousands of reasons.
The fundamental reason why the imperial court has enshrined Confucius from generation to generation over the years.
But now, someone is actually attacking the Kong family!
And they are the most popular among the common people, monks, Taoists and nuns!
By the way, how could Kong Yinzhi not be afraid!
Because he has received the latest news, now not only the public opinion in Qufu City is boiling, but ordinary people from ten miles and eight villages outside the city are gathering towards Qufu, and they have heard rumors about this in the surrounding Surabaya, Zoucheng, and Ningyang County.
, the Confucius Mansion now smells terrible.
Afraid that something big was going to happen, Kong Yinzhi could no longer keep his composure and hurried to the county office through the back door to find the county magistrate Kong Yinchun (some say, Kong Zhenkan) to discuss countermeasures. The top priority now was not to control public opinion, because he didn't know
Where does the source of public opinion come from? The city must be closed down!
Closing the city can cut off the spread of public opinion outside the city and keep the danger out of the city. The rest is easy to deal with. Search for the source of public opinion in the city and control the public opinion at the same time. At least the hundreds of refugees in the city cannot cause any big problems.
movement.
The two were of the same race and hit it off immediately, and they had experience of joining forces to defend against enemies several times before. For example, in previous years, the White Lotus Sect rebelled and mob riots were suppressed by their joint efforts. However, this time they were obviously targeting the Kong family.
Moreover, we must first create public opinion that the Confucian government is unkind, unjust and unfaithful, making it difficult for them to attack them when they come forward. Otherwise, they will be able to confirm the authenticity of the public opinion. This is the tricky part, so we decided that it would be best to flatter first and then take it slow.
This matter can be settled at the minimum cost.
The so-called price is nothing more than food. It is very likely that the refugees were hungry and were tricked into making trouble. Once some of them were eaten, they would naturally disperse.
It's just that Kong Yinzhi still underestimated Chang Yu's methods, or to be precise, he underestimated Li Muxian's ability. Throughout the ages, all riots and rebellions have the shadow of religion. The power of religion in this era is simply appalling. There is a saying from later generations that is very appropriate. , preaching is like pyramid selling.
Those who believe in religion and those who believe in pyramid schemes are both poor and want to get rich.
In this era, when there were the most poor people, as long as someone lit a fire, they would give themselves chicken blood. In the environment of later generations, there are still so many fools who fall into the trap, and even many of them are highly educated people who can be brainwashed. Now these How can a commoner who is illiterate and just wants to have a full belly and make some money withstand Li Muchian's temptations?
"Confucius is unkind and immoral and unworthy of the name of a saint. We should take him to his own death."
A single spark can start a prairie fire. In the counties around Qufu, one monk, one Taoist, and one nun each enchanted thousands of believers in just three days, and they are gathering their strength and ready to go.
Forbidden City.
Qianqing Palace.
Gao Shiming bowed and stood behind Emperor Chongzhen, gently waving the folding fan in his hand: "Eunuch Chang is playing with fire, Your Majesty."
As the temporary head of Dongchang, Gao Shiming immediately received the secret report from Dongchang to the capital and immediately forwarded it to the palace. After reading it, he was the same as Emperor Chongzhen.
shocked.
"The Confucius Mansion is the sacred place for scholars in the world. If you touch him, you will be the enemy of the scholars in the world. Eunuch Chang went to some vassals to fight against the autumn wind, but he actually had the idea of building the Duke Sheng's Mansion. Your Majesty, what is he doing? Playing with fire will only burn him to death, but if it harms you..."
Gao Shiming couldn't speak anymore because Emperor Chongzhen gave him a fierce look.
"How can Chang Yu's mind be compared to yours?" Emperor Chongzhen scolded: "He didn't send the letter to discuss with me, but to tell me that he was going to take action, so that I could be mentally prepared. At the moment, I'm just afraid of him The fire has been lit."
Ah, Gao Shiming was shocked: "Your Majesty, what can we do? The Kong Mansion can't do anything!"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't know, but... maybe, I can't move, others can't, but he can move."
Gao Shiming didn't understand what he heard, but he was also a person whom Chongzhen trusted greatly, otherwise he would not have been allowed to be the eunuch in charge before, and he would not be allowed to take temporary charge of the East Factory now.
"Whether he was fighting with the rebels, fighting against the Tatars, or being slandered in the court, you can see that he had injured a single hair, and never escaped with his whole body. Since he planned to light a fire, he must have been injured all over his body. The plan to retreat is just..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard that another eunuch had arrived urgently, saying that it was a secret report from the Jinyi Guards. Emperor Chongzhen frowned and opened it, and couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't move even for a moment.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Gao Shiming was worried and whispered a few words. Emperor Chongzhen finally calmed down, with a wry smile and helplessness on his face: "This little thing, such a sinister move, is not a slap in the face of the imperial court, but a slap in my face." His face?"
"That's all, that's all. Why do you need to be embarrassed at this time?"
"Your Majesty, what trouble has Eunuch Chang caused again? Why is he so careless?" Gao Shiming screamed and stamped his feet anxiously.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, I, now I like to watch him poke at me, but I'm also afraid that he will do it too much. It's so contradictory!" Then he threw the secret report in his hand to Gao Shiming: "Just look at it, it's useless. In three days, the capital will be in chaos."
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