After Ma Shiying finished speaking, the rest of the cabinet ministers were waiting for Zhu Yu'a to speak, wanting to see if Zhu Yu'a was satisfied with the punishment of the Kong family.

After all, in their opinion, this is already considered a severe punishment.

Zhu Aelao's face was still as cold as frost and snow.

She patted the dragon chair and said: "The crimes of the Qufu Confucius family don't stop here? As far as I know, the Qufu Confucius family was not authentic in the first place.

During the Jingkang disaster in the Northern Song Dynasty, Kong Duanyou, the contemporary Yanshenggong, was summoned to the south to re-establish the Kong family temple in Quzhou.

The Jin Kingdom re-consecrated Kong Duancao, Kong Duanyou's younger brother, as Yanshenggong in Shandong. Later, when the Mongols went south, they re-consecrated another Yanshenggong, Kong Yuanyong.

Later, when Kublai Khan unified the world, he wanted to summon Kong Zhu, the then Shenggong of Yansheng in Quzhou, to the north to receive the title. Kong Zhu refused on the grounds that he wanted to guard his ancestral graves.

Subsequently, the internal strife in Beikong, which was granted by the Meng Yuan Dynasty, was serious, so that the direct lineage was eliminated. During the Yanyou period of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, a Mongolian was granted the title of Duke Yansheng of Beikong, and this was passed down."

Having said this, Zhu Aao stopped.

Because the ministers were stunned.

In later generations, Yanshenggong was suspended more than 20 years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty and was replaced by the Dacheng Supreme Saint Master Enshrinement Officer. Later people learned that Beikong was replaced by the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty by studying the documents left by the Confucius family.

The inside story was finally confirmed by Beikong possessing Mongolian DNA.

Therefore, Yuan Jixian and other cabinet ministers learned about this matter for the first time.

When everyone came back to their senses, Huang Daozhou was the first to ask: "Is what your Majesty said true?"

Generally speaking, ministers should not question the emperor.

However, Zhu Yu'ao saw that Huang Daozhou and others were still a little distracted at this time, and did not care about it, and replied: "You know that I can come and go in future generations, and this matter has been verified by later generations. If we can synthesize the internal documents of the Confucian family in the north and south, we should be able to

Find out this.

In addition, it is proved by scientific means, but with the current level of science and technology in Ming Dynasty, it is still difficult to do so.

However, not to mention that Beikong is now of Mongolian blood, even if he is a Han, is it acceptable to surrender to the Jin, Yuan, Qing and other foreign courts? No!"

Zhu Yuluo expressed her attitude and gave the cabinet ministers some time to react.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, and even subconsciously nodded in agreement, she continued: "Therefore, I have decided to abolish the title of Holy Duke Yan of Beikong, and as Cifu said before, we will strictly investigate all kinds of evidence of crimes within Beikong and carry out severe punishments.

In addition, all the Beikong sacrificial fields will be cut down, their direct private fields will be confiscated, and the sources of their branch private fields will be strictly investigated. Any illegal gains or tax evasion will be confiscated!

The tribesmen within the fifth lineage, regardless of whether they are illegal or not, all migrated to the other provinces in the north!

The rest of the Kong clan in Qufu who have violated the law during this strict investigation will also be forcibly relocated to other provinces in the north!

Kong Yinzhi's family members were severely punished for their crimes. Even if they were not guilty, they were sentenced to exile in Dongbo Island (Taiwan). As for Kong Yinzhi, they were escorted to Nanjing, where his crime would be publicly announced on a certain day and he would be hanged!"

Zhu Yuluo's words almost condemned the Confucius family in Qufu.

But none of the cabinet ministers raised any objections.

For one thing, they knew that since Zhu Ailao said this, it meant that he had made the decision with the holy will.

Secondly, they now also hate the Kong family in Qufu deeply - the Kong family in Qufu successively invested in three foreign dynasties of Jin, Yuan and Qing Dynasties, but in this dynasty they are still of Mongolian blood. This does not mean that they have deceived more than 200 scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

year?

Is it tolerable or not?!

The cabinet ministers were speechless, but Zhu Yuyao continued: "I will send Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi to participate in this matter, and strive to find out the documentary evidence that Beikong is of Mongolian blood. At that time, we will announce it to the world in the "Da Ming Bao" and order the world

Scholars know the true face of the Kong family in Qufu!"

At this time, the cabinet ministers completely came to their senses.

Ma Shiying was the first to hold up his hands and said: "Your Majesty is wise, this Beikong has deceived me, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, for more than two hundred years, and he should be punished in this way."

Zhang Youyu, He Yingrui and others also seconded the proposal.

Huang Daozhou asked: "Your Majesty, since the title of Holy Duke Yan of Northern Kong has been abolished, can it be granted to Southern Kong?"

"What contribution did Nan Kong have to our dynasty?" Zhu Aao asked back.

The zodiac is silent on Monday.

In the final analysis, Nankong and Beikong are just two families descended from the descendants of Confucius. Although Nankong is a true descendant of Confucius, he also showed a certain degree of national integrity in the change of dynasties, but he did not contribute much to the Ming Dynasty.

Probably because he couldn't accept the absence of Yan Shenggong, after more than ten seconds, Huang Daozhou persuaded him again: "Your Majesty, after all, Nan Kong is a descendant of the saints, and he has a lot of integrity, and he can set an example for the world's scholars.

Respecting Confucius and Confucianism will not only stabilize the hearts of scholars all over the world, but also contribute to the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty."

This time it was Zhu Ailao's turn to be silent.

Because Hao Guangming was talking on the other side.

"Confucianism is indeed an important core of our Chinese heritage and has become inseparable from our national culture.

In addition, Confucianism is not all bad. It has many merits, but it has gradually become crooked since the Song Dynasty.

Another point is that if you want to expand abroad in the future, you can transform Confucianism and make it serve the expansion of Ming culture.

Therefore, you might as well learn from later generations and confer Nan Kong a sage and ancestor as a sacrificial official, Dangdang, which can also stabilize the mentality of the Confucian scholars over there and prevent them from suddenly becoming chaotic."

Zhu Aelao felt that what Hao Guangming said made sense.

Seeing that Huang Daozhou was still looking at him eagerly, she said: "Yan Shenggong has chosen a foreign race three times, and his reputation is already ruined. Even if the imperial court canonizes Nan Kong again, it will not be able to inspire scholars.

In this way, the Confucius family of Quzhou is appointed as the Most Holy Master Worship Officer, with the same rank as the Imperial Academy. He is responsible for offering sacrifices to the imperial court and scholars all over the world, and offering sacrifices to Confucius. This matter will be left to the Ministry of Rites."

Huang Daozhou knew that Zhu Ailao did not attach great importance to Confucianism, so to do this was to give in.

If he tried to persuade Zhu Aona again, it might be counterproductive, so he responded: "I accept the decree."

···

After the cabinet meeting, Zhu Yurao summoned Li Zhenwu and asked the Fusi of Jinyiweinan Town to participate in the investigation of the Confucius family in Qufu.

"We must try to obtain the Qufu Kong family tree and related documents to find out the evidence that his ancestors were Mongolians, do you understand?"

'It seems that His Majesty is going to completely defeat Beikong.'

With this thought in his mind, a strange color flashed in Li Zhenwu's eyes, and he clasped his fists and replied, "I understand."

Li Zhenwu did not leave after that, but talked about another thing.

"Your Majesty, the Nanzhen Fusi has found out some problems with Commissioner Qingzhang. It is suspected that there are nobles and nobles behind this kind of thing, and the big landowner is the mastermind behind it."

With that said, Li Zhenwu presented a memorial.

Forsythia was passed over, and Zhu Auao opened it and quickly finished reading it, frowning.

Because he was worried that there would be problems with the abbot team, which would ruin the major issue of land tax reform, Zhu Yucao asked Li Zhenwu to assign people to secretly monitor the abbot team in each county of Yingtian Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, in less than ten days, more than a dozen of the husband-clearing commissioners had problems.

Either they could not withstand the temptation of corruption, or they fell into a trap and did the wrong thing when handling affairs, or they were found to have connections to persuade them to become Xungui, a traitor to the landlord...

Fortunately, Zhu Yuluo was mentally prepared for the occurrence of such things, otherwise she would have been furious when she saw this memorial.

Hao Guangming has long said that the Qingzhang commissioners are also human beings, and there are more than a thousand of them. The land tax reform has given them considerable rights. The court also requires that the land tax reform be promoted efficiently. Therefore, some people will definitely have problems.

But Zhu Aelao didn't expect that the problem would arise so quickly.

After coming back to her senses, she said: "Continue to monitor these people and collect evidence of their crimes. In addition, secretly find out who is behind the scenes."

When Li Zhenwu heard this, he understood that Zhu Yuluo wanted to use these troubled Qingzhang commissioners as bait to find out the masterminds behind the scenes, and even to catch them all.

For General Fusi of Nanzhen, this is undoubtedly an opportunity to make a great contribution.

Without hesitation, he clasped his fists and responded: "I accept your order!"
Chapter completed!