The result of the joint review was that there were two versions, and the civilian and factory security systems could not agree.
According to the opinions of the civil servants, the gathering of people to rebel has nothing to do with the Confucius family in Qufu. The contemporary Duke Yansheng is responsible for instigating trouble, and the Confucius family has done many illegal things. Therefore, the contemporary Duke Yansheng should be abolished and another worthy person from the Kong family should be selected to take over as Duke Yansheng.
Position. The magistrate of Qufu County is responsible for governing the local area. He can no longer be selected from the Confucius family, but must be appointed by the court.
The result of this treatment is very serious from the previous point of view. The power of the Confucius family has been further reduced to the Confucius Mansion, and is only responsible for the Confucius Temple.
However, according to this punishment, the house should not be searched and all the property of the Kong family should be returned to the Kong family.
As for the opinion of the factory guards, although the Kong family did not participate in the rebellion, they were the instigators of this matter. There were so many illegal things, and they should be confiscated and exterminated. Keeping such a family alive would be of no use to the Ming Dynasty!
This dispute has been quarreling since the outcome of the trial, and for a while it will be impossible to reach a result that both parties can agree on.
As a result, the quarrel between the two sides quickly spread to the ears of people outside who were waiting for the news, and spread at a very fast speed.
Just like that, people outside also have support and opposition to these two views.
Generally speaking, most people who eat melons support the factory guard's point of view. If the Confucius family in Qufu broke the law and did not punish them according to the law, then what use is the "Da Ming Code"?
It is said that when the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the people. Who do the Confucius family in Qufu count? How can they be exempted?
However, a small number of scholars, especially those sour scholars, feel that the Qufu Confucius family was after all Confucius, so they beat him to death like this, which is a disgrace to the sages and should not be punished so severely. Whoever breaks the law will be punished, and the entire Confucius family cannot be blamed.
On the family.
Based on the difference in buttocks, people on both sides expressed their opinions and argued endlessly.
And the capital was the favorite place in the country to discuss government affairs. Suddenly, the streets, teahouses and restaurants all seemed to have transformed into ministers of the Ministry of Justice, talking about this matter.
The three halls will review this side, and if the argument is fruitless, the only choice is to report the outcome of the argument to the emperor, who will make a ruling.
However, most officials know that the factory guard's meaning should be the emperor's. According to convention, the final decision on the outcome of the three-party trial is still in the hands of the emperor. In other words, the Kong family in Qufu may not be able to escape.
The result of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
In order to avoid this result, these civil servants racked their brains and finally decided to report to the emperor at the time of the morning meeting.
At that time, all the officials in the capital, big and small, will have to go to court. In front of so many officials, if you say something to you or me, the momentum will be very loud. Unlike the Wenhua Hall, where there are only a few ministers and the like to discuss matters.
If you attend, you will be easily manipulated by the emperor.
Of course, generally speaking, when the court is discussing, it is just a formality, and the real discussion occurs after the meeting is over.
But this matter, after all, concerns the sage, and as a Confucian disciple, he must fight for it no matter what.
Sometimes, civil servants are the most shameless. Black people can be called white, and white people can be called black. The word "guan" has two mouths, which means civil servants.
However, sometimes, civil servants are extremely shameless. For example, they would rather have a royal staff than a reputation, which is a kind of shame. But now, as a Confucian disciple, if he does not speak for the sages and saints, he will
This is contrary to the Confucian philosophy of respecting teachers and teaching, and I am afraid of being poked in the back.
If one person faces this matter alone, he may not have the courage; but with so many civil servants in the capital, they will be more courageous!
On the day of the imperial meeting, it was still dark, so the civil servants went out earlier than usual and gathered outside the Meridian Gate, waiting for the palace gate to open.
During this period, as long as they were civil servants, even if they didn't usually deal with each other, they would get together to talk about this matter, remind each other, and encourage each other.
To a certain extent, this can be regarded as another challenge to imperial power by a civil servant group.
That night, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department and the governor of the West Factory, rarely slept well and got up earlier than usual.
He should not be too clear about the thoughts of civil servants.
He had already objected when he knew that the civil servants wanted to report the results of the three-division review and force the emperor to express his position in public when he chose this major court meeting.
Because Wang Chengen knew very well that some of these civil servants were very stubborn, and they would really dare to go against the emperor for the sake of Kong Sheng.
Of course, in his eyes, it was all about fame and reputation, trying to win a reputation.
For example, he threatened the emperor that if he dared to confiscate the Kong family in Qufu, he would be killed in the Jinluan Palace.
Of course, he won't really get killed, it's just a chance to get a reputation! That way, everyone will know that he is a sage, and he won't be afraid of death!
Wang Chengen is not afraid of all these things, because he will not worry about reputation. As a eunuch, in the eyes of literati, he has long lost his reputation.
There really is such a person. According to his wishes, if he can't be hit to death, he will help him to hit him to death. I'm afraid that this kind of person will show off!
However, the emperor is different!
The emperor still wants his reputation and will worry about what is written in the history books. If he is really going to be made trouble by them, there will definitely be no good words in the history books.
Based on this, Wang Chengen quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen, hoping that the emperor would issue an order for them to go to the Wenhua Hall immediately to discuss the matter, directly obtain the results first, and break the conspiracy of those civil servants.
But who knows, Emperor Chongzhen still told him with a smile, telling him not to worry, as those civil servants could not change the situation, so just let them start during the court meeting.
In this regard, Wang Chengen, as before, didn't know where Emperor Chongzhen had the confidence. However, the emperor had said so, and he didn't seem anxious at all. What's the use of being anxious as a eunuch?
In the end, I had no choice but to accept this reality.
No, after he got up early that day, he went to the Meridian Gate Tower and looked coldly at the officials below the city. They were gathered in clusters on the east and west and were whispering. Occasionally, you could even hear individual officials.
, suddenly got a little louder, sounding like he was filled with righteous indignation, as if there was a huge injustice.
"Bah!" Wang Cheng'en spat when he saw this, disgusted with these civil servants.
But he had no choice but to take it one step at a time. In short, it was the right thing to protect Long Live the Lord!
Unlike these civil servants, many times they are not of the same mind as Long Live Lord!
I don’t know how long it took, but the time to go to court finally arrived.
The civil and military officials stood on two sides according to their official positions, and entered the palace through the small doors on both sides in turn.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Long live the mountain, the ceremony is over, and a battle between dragons and tigers is about to begin.
The civil servants were all gearing up to fight the emperor;
The generals were all looking intently, but they were actually watching a show;
Everyone looked at Xu Shiqi, the Minister of Punishment, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Censor of Zuodu.
The show begins!
With a cough, Xu Shiqi stepped out of the queue first, followed closely by the minister of Dali Temple and the censor of Zuodu.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!" Xu Shiqi reported to Emperor Chongzhen according to etiquette, "The important case in Gongyuan has been reviewed and the result has been reached!"
Although Emperor Chongzhen actually already knew the result, he still followed the usual practice and said calmly: "Accurate performance!"
So Xu Shiqi took out a memorial, presented it with both hands, and at the same time said: "The important case of Gongyuan has been found out. The contemporary Yan Shenggong is indeed the initiator. However, the development of the situation is not his original intention and has nothing to do with it. The evidence is conclusive
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When the chamberlain on the side saw it, he immediately stepped forward and presented the memorial to the emperor.
"Absurd!" Wang Chengen gave a look at Eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who was responsible for etiquette, and then the eunuch Bingbi immediately came out and shouted, "The Kong family in Qufu is the mastermind behind this. The evidence is conclusive, so why not say it?"
The mastermind and the instigator behind it seemed to be similar, but the severity of the crime was completely different. The debate in this court meeting started with word-for-word rhetoric.
It was expected by the civil servants that the Chief of Ceremonies would cause trouble. Immediately, a group of censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate jumped out one by one and began to argue with the Supervisor of Lis regarding this matter.
debate.
Just from the beginning, the quarrel in Jinluan Palace turned into a vegetable market!
Emperor Chongzhen watched with cold eyes and did not stop him.
In his opinion, it is good for the inner court and the outer court to be at odds with each other. For example, when Wang Dehua was the censor of rites and the eunuch in charge, he colluded with the outer court and fooled him, the emperor, into the palm of his hand, which was the most embarrassing thing.
He was embarrassed.
During this quarrel, the troubled affairs of the Confucius family in Qufu were discussed again, which was a matter of course.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Emperor Chongzhen signaled to the superior officer in charge of etiquette.
"Pa..."
The quiet whip was whipped, and the Jinluan Hall suddenly became quiet.
Everyone looked at the emperor, waiting to speak.
At this time, there is quite a feeling of trying to figure out the final result.
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the ministers below and said coldly: "As for the Confucian family in Qufu, I believe you and others are well aware of it. Extermination of the family is avoidable, but it is necessary to confiscate the family. In addition, the Confucian family in Qufu will be exiled to Qiongzhou."
Upon hearing this, all the civil servants were shocked.
Although the emperor absolved the Confucian family of Qufu from the crime of genocide, according to the emperor's sentence, from now on, there will be no more Confucian family in Qufu! This was a very heavy blow to Kong Sheng.
This punishment is not acceptable to civil servants.
No, Chief Assistant He Fengsheng immediately came out and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, such a punishment will harm your Majesty's prestige!"
"Your Majesty, do you know that there are people's opinions about the emperor's property confiscation?" Liu Zongzhou also followed and said unceremoniously, "Your Majesty's move has confirmed the people's opinions and must not be allowed!"
The Minister of Rites also said: "Your Majesty, Confucius has been revered by all generations. If your Majesty treats Confucius like this, it will probably make Confucius in heaven feel chilled, and it will also chill the hearts of scholars all over the world!"
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These big bosses among the civil servants, who had not been punished before, were dismissed one after another at this time. Their weight was so great that they were prepared to force Emperor Chongzhen to change his sentence.