In Fengtian Hall, Liang Cai, who had previously tried to protect the Kong family, was roaring the loudest at this moment.
Luo Qinshun was also very angry. He had doubts about the case of burning the Confucius Temple, thinking that the Confucius family should not be so bold. But now Kong Hongren's memorial, coupled with the confessions collected by Dali Temple, have confirmed such shocking things. Luo Qinshun
Holding a wat tablet in his hand, he went out of the procession, knelt down and said: "Kong Wenli's crimes are all unforgivable. Don't say anything about the saints. He is no longer worthy of being a descendant of the saint. There is no need to wait for the autumn, he can be executed!"
Xia Yan, the Prime Minister of Taipu Temple, said: "Before he is executed, he should be deprived of his official position as a doctor of the Five Classics and take away his right to worship Zisi Academy on behalf of the emperor!"
These people spoke with indignation, but they all pointed their finger at Kong Wenli.
Nie Xian, the censor of Youdu, suddenly said: "Can Kong Wenli alone be able to surround and kill the envoy of Youbu in Shandong? Did Kong Wenli set the main hall of the Confucius Temple on fire? Didn't the Kong family know about it? Why did Youbu in Shandong
The ambassador has been impeached for several months, but the Kong family has been hiding it and refusing to report it? How many people were involved in colluding with the crime? How many people knew about it but did not report it? Please order a thorough investigation, your Majesty!"
All the officials were shocked. How could this matter be thoroughly investigated? We had to help the Kong family cover it up.
Zhang Cong, who had just become Minister of the Ministry of Works, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is so big that it cannot be covered up. Otherwise, the dignity of the imperial court will be lost. We must order Dali Qing to investigate to the end."
Xu Zan, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, perhaps the Kong clan, forced by Kong Wenli's power, dared to be angry and dare not speak out. It was not intended to help him hide it. The case can be investigated, but a big prison must not be set up, otherwise innocent people will be hurt."
Mao Bowen, the left deputy censor of the capital, retorted: "Shilang Xu's words are wrong. Even if a prison is set up in Qufu, innocent people may not be caught. In the past few months, Dali Temple has tried numerous crimes against the Confucius family.
There has been a collusion between the whole family for a long time. I know you want to protect the facade of Saint Kong, but even if Saint Confucius is resurrected, will he really protect those unscrupulous descendants? Saint Kong is afraid that he will personally kill this disobedient person with his sword!"
Liang Cai said: "No matter what, the Kong family in Qufu has caused too much bad news, and we cannot continue to investigate like this. It is not to protect the face of the Kong family, but to protect the face of Confucianism."
Zhang Cong sneered: "Is this really Confucianism?"
Liang Cai argued: "Confucius and even the sage teachers were once teachers and lifelong fathers. We Confucian scholars defend Confucius just like we protect brothers and sisters. It is upright to hide from each other."
Zhang Cong sneered: "Shilang Liang could have stolen the goods and fled!"
"I..." Liang Cai was speechless for a moment.
This debate between the two belongs to the classic paradox of Confucianism.
Confucius believed that hiding relatives from each other was a sign of "uprightness". However, this kind of "uprightness" was often illegal, so Mencius said that Shun's father committed a crime, and Shun could not bend the law for personal gain, but he could not surrender his father to violate his filial piety.
.It would be best for Shun to give up the world, run away quietly behind his father's back and become an ordinary person.
Liang Cai believed that the Confucian family was a family member of Confucian scholars, and helping the Confucian family to hide from each other was to follow the teachings of Confucius.
Zhang Cong said that no one will stop you from kissing each other, but you must "steal your burden and run away" as Mencius said. That is, you should go and defend the Kong family, but you should resign first, otherwise you will abide by filial piety.
, but it violates morality.
Zhang Cong was so cruel that he only used the words "stealing the burden and running away" to silence all those who wanted to help the Kong family.
It's okay to speak for the Kong family, but please resign first before speaking. Not resigning is a false filial piety that doesn't follow morality!
All civil and military officials in the dynasty looked at Zhang Cong, feeling that this man was too scary and they would never quarrel with him in the future. He quoted scriptures one after another, making it impossible to refute him.
He stole the news and fled, with a final word, ending the dispute instantly, and the emperor ordered a thorough investigation into the arson case of the Confucius Temple.
What else would you do? Resign to help the Kong family?
I'm afraid that as soon as you resign, the emperor immediately agrees and invites you out of Fengtian Palace. What will you do to help then?
There was no solution to the dilemma, and Zhang Cong's combat effectiveness was already at its fullest.
Wang Er, who is the Minister of Rites, can kill people, and I, Zhang Cong, who is the Minister of Works, can also criticize people!
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Jin Lei had always exercised sufficient restraint when investigating cases in Qufu, but now his nature has completely changed.
Wu Liande directly requisitioned the Qufu County Yamen Prison, and all 200 Jinyi Guards were dispatched, and some people with foreign surnames were temporarily recruited as auxiliary police. All day long, I saw Jinyiwei arresting people everywhere, and tortured them severely when they were captured back to the prison. I guarantee that they would beat you until you were a child.
I can tell you about the old incident of peeking at the widow taking a bath.
The efficiency of case trial has been doubled, and countless old cases have been brought up. It is shocking to see them one after another.
The head of the Kong family couldn't find a few clean people. Even if he didn't do evil, his servants would definitely do evil, because they were free to live and die, and there was no one to supervise them.
When Jin Lei sent the investigation results back to the capital, all civil and military officials were speechless.
The focus of people's attention is no longer the arson case of the Confucius Temple, but the dense criminal content of the Confucius family.
At the Tianchao meeting, Luo Qinshun, the Minister of Rites, said: "According to the report of Zhejiang's imperial censor, Kong Chengmei, a doctor of the Five Classics, was very charitable and helped countless poor scholars. There were many people living in the mountains of western Zhejiang. The Kong family in Quzhou donated 60% of their land to help the prefect of Quzhou recruit refugees.
Greatly alleviated the banditry in western Zhejiang. Your Majesty, please commend Dr. Kong."
Zhu Zaiyi sighed and said: "They are all descendants of Confucius. Confucius in Quzhou brought blessings to one side, but Confucius in Qufu brought harm to others. What's the difference?"
Wang Yuan said: "I asked, Nan Kongfang is the authentic descendant of the saint, who traveled south with the Song Dynasty and lived in Quzhou. The Northern Kong branch was exterminated by the Jin. Now the Northern Kong branch is the Jin Kingdom. The Kingdom of Kong has not been destroyed. Kong Yuan
Kong Zhiquan and his son surrendered to the Mongols. The Mongols were a foreign race at that time. Whether the Kong family was eating Song Lu or Jin Lu, they should not surrender to foreign enemies before the king of the country was destroyed. This second minister should not be regarded as Duke Yansheng.
, Otherwise, wouldn’t it mean that all scholars in the world should learn to be second ministers?”
Note: In the previous chapter, Kong Yuanyong who surrendered to Mongolia was written as Kong Yuancuo who attached to the Jin Kingdom. This has been corrected.
Wang Hong immediately cooperated: "I would like to welcome back the Southern Kong Zhengzong and remove him from surrendering to the enemy of the Northern Zong!"
"How...how could this happen?" Mao Ji was shocked. Wang Yuan did not discuss this matter in the cabinet.
Liang Chu said: "Your Majesty, this matter is against the ancestral system."
Zhang Cong said with a smile: "Taizu did not set such an ancestral system. Taizu only had one comment about the descendants of Confucius. Taizu said that Confucius was a 'good man' and hoped that there would be more 'good people' in the Confucius family. Nowadays, Bei
Confucius is already filthy, and good people are hard to find. If Confucius in the south brings blessings to a place, there are obviously good people. Abandoning Confucius in the north and welcoming Confucius in the south is just following Taizu's words and giving the Confucius family a few more good people!"
This is not nonsense. Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation of Confucius really only had two words: "good man", and he hoped that the good people of the Confucius family would educate the people.
If you dare to talk about the ancestral system, then go back to the time of Zhu Yuanzhang and welcome back the good people of the Kong family as the ancestral system!
Wang Yuan no longer had to argue in person. Zhang Cong came out of the queue with a scepter in hand and stood there asking to fight ten of them.
The civil servants who still wanted to speak for Beikong swallowed their words back in their stomachs one by one when they saw Zhang Cong's short and thin figure, for fear of being reviled by Zhang Cong and losing face.
The emperor once again issued an imperial edict, conferring the title of Duke Yansheng to Kong Chengmei of Quzhou, and ordered the cancellation of the Confucius family temple in Quzhou. The Southern Confucius sect immediately went to Qufu. Together with the same hand, he once again took back part of the Confucian sacrificial land in Qufu, leaving only 100,000 acres of sacrificial land for the Confucius family.
Live life.
If the clan is changed, of course the clan leader must also be changed.
Kong Hongren, who had been secretly enjoying himself, realized that he had been taken advantage of and ran to Wu Liande to cry loudly.
Wu Liande sighed: "Oh, you Beikong have committed too many crimes, how can we avoid the emperor's anger? Let's do this, I will help you find an official position, and I will not let you work in vain."
Kong Hongren felt like there were ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping around in his heart, but he still had to squeeze out a flattering smile on his face, crying and laughing and said: "This will give you the command of Laowu, I will definitely thank you very much."
Kong Hongren of the Northern Sect was granted the title of hereditary Doctor of the Five Classics, and was responsible for offering sacrifices to Zhusi Academy for generations. At least a sampan was left for him when the bridge was demolished across the river, and a nail was left there for Nan Kong.
Kong Wenshao's son Kong Zhenqian was Li Dongyang's grandson after all. He was also named a hereditary Doctor of the Five Classics. He was responsible for worshiping Nishan Academy for generations, and once again set a nail for Nan Kong.
After two nails were hammered down, Kong Chengmei, who became Yanshenggong, felt like he had a lump in his throat. He hurriedly petitioned the imperial court to appoint and remove the magistrate of Qufu County.
The matter ended like this. As the clan leader and Yanshenggong, the people from Nankong were only responsible for the Confucius Great Sacrifice and the sacrifice of Zisi Academy. The sacrificial rights of Zhusi Academy and Nishan Academy were left to the two branches of Northern Kong respectively. Once
If Nan Kong is causing trouble, then it will be replaced by Beikong taking charge, and a top five-level magistrate of Qufu County will be installed to supervise it.
The private land of Beikong's clan, who was accused of having his family confiscated, was all given to the poor families of Beikong and South Confucius. The descendants of the lower class Kong family immediately supported the court's decision.
As for Kong Wenli, he was the leader, his house was ransacked, and his family was exiled overseas.
Shi Dao impeached Kong Wenli for his meritorious service, canceled his three-month salary, rewarded him with five taels of silver, increased his salary by ten stones, and was promoted to Wenxun and Sanxun by one level each.