Perhaps due to his own reasons, Chen Zhi actually felt a sense of intimacy after hearing this special identity.
This image of Kong Qinghan became three-dimensional in an instant, giving Chen Zhi a sense of intimacy with him.
Descendants with the mother's surname are a very embarrassing existence.
This land of China has favored sons over daughters for thousands of years, and children's surnames have always followed their father's, not their mother's.
The status of maternal heirs is actually lower than that of concubines.
"Then what?" Chen Zhi continued to ask, "Tell me about what happened next!!"
"Then!
Then he became my brother and grew up with me!!"
Kong Shoucheng spoke silently, with two lines of turbid tears flowing from his eyes, and began to talk about his distant memories.
It turns out that this man named Kong Qinghan is not named Kong. His original surname is Li, and his original name is Li Qinghan.
The daughter of the Kong family, Kong Shoucheng's aunt, had a difficult life after marrying into the Li family.
At that time, the society was in turmoil and medical care was backward. Within two years, both the newlyweds died, leaving only the orphan.
But this child was extremely talented. He was well-known in private schools at a young age. He knew all the Four Books and Five Classics. He was also very upright and tough. He took the teachings of Confucius and Mencius as his principles and was quite a model for the ancients.
Kong Shoucheng's father took pity on his nephew and cherished his talent, so he took him into his home, raised him with his own children, gave him the surname Kong, and regarded him as his own son.
When Kong Qinghan grew up, he was already famous among scholars for his talent and integrity. Unfortunately, he was not a direct descendant of the Kong family and could not inherit the position of the head of the Kong family.
But Kong Shoucheng was like a brother to him.
After Kong Shou got married, Mr. Kong felt that he was old, so he handed over the management of the family to him.
Kong Shoucheng inherited the great treasure of the Kong family and became the head of the Kong family.
And this Kong Qinghan was given the position of second head of the family because he was protected by Kong Shoucheng's father and had a high reputation in the family.
This is a false distinction, mainly to assist Kong Shoucheng as the housekeeper!!
At that time, the feudal dynasty had just ended its rule~~
In this land, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is still highly respected. Confucian disciples are all over the world, and scholars still speak the words of saints.
The status of the Kong family was very high at that time. As the second head of the Kong family, Kong Qinghan was quite dazzling at the time!!
He is bold and upright by nature, upright and aboveboard, and loves to make friends.
He hung a pair of poems, "It's not easy to be happy when friends come from far away~~" in his study.
He made friends with literati all over the world, helped scholars go to school, helped many people without any selfish motives, and left a lot of good deeds.
What was originally an excellent future was ruined by the turbulent times.
Later, when the Japanese invaded, the entire Shandong Province was plunged into flames of war, and the entire Confucius Mansion was also brought into the sea of fire.
The Japanese at that time were very cruel, but at the beginning they were very polite when they came to visit Confucius, talking about benevolence, justice and ethics.
Later, when they found out that Kong's family was not welcome to see him, they began to intimidate and threaten him.
They poisoned the children in schools outside and intimidated Mr. Confucius's doctors, preventing him from entering Confucius' residence for treatment.
All this was done to control the descendants of Confucius and become their tool to control China.
At that time, everyone in the Confucius Mansion was terrified and did not dare to sleep in fear every day.
But in the end, a shocking thing suddenly happened, that is, Kong Qinghan, the second head of the Confucius family, suddenly had a secret affair with the Japanese commander in Shandong.
At that time, Kong Qinghan was in charge of the important properties of the Kong family. All the funds and banknotes were in his hands, and even the private treasury of Mr. Kong was in his hands.
He flattered the Japanese and used a lot of money as military pay. He also delivered to them many ancient maps of Shandong and the resources of the Kong family in various places.
In exchange, the safety of the Kong family and the entire Qufu will be guaranteed.
I don’t know why, but people from the newspaper office found out about this matter that night?
What the passionate young people at that time hated most were traitors who betrayed their country and sought glory. Students and newspaper reporters caught Kong Qinghan, beat him up, and took him to the Kong Mansion to be dealt with by Mr. Kong.
At that time, the old man of the Kong family, Kong Shoucheng's father, was so angry that he vomited blood. In a rage, he wanted to punish Kong Qinghan with the most severe family laws.
The most severe family law of the Kong family is to fill in wells.
Filling wells is a cruel family ritual that dates back a long time.
Chinese people attach great importance to family honor. There is a saying that family scandals should not be publicized. Scandals committed by family disciples are often dealt with by the patriarch of the family. The purpose is to preserve the family honor and prevent the reputation from being damaged.
Some tribesmen who made mistakes were thrown directly into a dry well, where they were left to die without anyone collecting their bones.
In this case, this person can be completely eliminated from the family.
In the Kong family, there is indeed such a place where family law is practiced, and that is the two-story small foreign-style building behind the Kong mansion, which is the mansion where they are now.
At that time, this place was completely closed, and few people outside knew about it. There was only one small building and an old courtyard that was tightly surrounded.
But this courtyard is old. It is said that it was established during the Spring and Autumn Period. There is an old stone well in the courtyard, which is where they enforce family laws.
In the history of the Kong family, no one has filled a well for a long time, so no one knows what it is like underground!!!
At midnight that night, Mr. Kong was so angry that he had Kong Qinghan tied up, deprived of his surname in front of all the Kong family members, gagged, and thrown into the well.
Then someone built a stone wall around the well and capped it, and no one was allowed to enter from now on~~
Chen Zhi listened to the story silently, then stood at the window and looked at the sealed stone wall in the backyard, and said softly,
"Mr. Kong, if it is true what you said, this Kong Qinghan had his well filled during the Anti-Japanese War!!!
Then he died before the founding of the People's Republic of China!!
Then how could he write a letter later?",
After Chen Zhi finished speaking, he turned on his phone and handed Kong Qinghan's letter addressed to the officer to Kong Shoucheng to read.
"Take a closer look. Is this your cousin's note?"
Kong Shoucheng's eyes were obviously a little blurred, but he looked at the screen on his mobile phone carefully and tears fell again.