Chapter 266: To cut off the roots of the Kong family
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"Whether the imperial examination system is reformed or not is a matter for the imperial court, but we must let the imperial court see the attitude of the scholars in the world, the concern for the country and the people among the scholars in the world, and the desire of the scholars to defend the orthodoxy of the saints! "
I have to say that Hou Fang is indeed very cunning.
Almost without saying a word, the concept of the main contradiction was secretly replaced.
This was also what Liu Fulin and the three of them had discussed before.
In fact, they also know that although these students are angry and dissatisfied with the imperial court, they may not have the courage to resist the imperial court.
However, after Hou Fang said this, he divided the obstruction of the imperial examination reform and the defense of the saint's orthodoxy into two things.
If so, the situation will be different.
This gave many students the illusion that they were only defending the orthodoxy of the saints and not fighting against the imperial court. In this way, their courage naturally increased a lot.
At this moment, Zhang Hong stood up at the right time, raised his arms and shouted: "Defend the orthodoxy of the saints and preserve the seeds of the saints!"
In an instant, it aroused the enthusiasm of countless students.
They all shouted together: "Defend the orthodoxy of the saints and preserve the seeds of the saints!"
"Defend the orthodoxy of the saints and preserve the seeds of the saints!"
"Defend the orthodoxy of the saints and preserve the seeds of the saints!"
When Liu Fulin and the other three saw this, they looked proud. As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public. According to their official experience, if the scholars in Zhejiang made such a big fuss, the court would definitely give in!
But they didn't know that Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, had already led two thousand Jinyi Guards cavalry into Zhejiang...
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In the city of Hangzhou, there is Jinguan Street, which is very prosperous, but the local people also call it Sanguan Street.
Because Hou Fang, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Hong, the prefect of Hangzhou, and Liu Fulin, the chief envoy of Zhejiang, all have their residences on this street.
On weekdays, the maids and servants of these three mansions would run rampant when going out, with their noses in the air, and they were extremely arrogant!
But today the street was silent.
Da da da!
With the sound of horse hoofbeats, two thousand royal guards quickly filled the street. Mao Xiang took the lead, dismounted, and landed first in front of Liu Fulin's mansion.
The people in the Liu family who used to be arrogant and domineering are now like quails with their necks shrunken, hiding behind the door and looking out through the cracks in the door with frightened faces.
They are arrogant, but they are not stupid either. These people are wearing flying fish suits and carrying embroidered spring knives. They are Jin Yiwei!
Mao Xiang stood on the steps and looked up at the large characters "Official Residence of the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang Province" written on the plaque above. He couldn't help but smile coldly and said softly: "Call the door!"
He said he was calling the door, but several Jinyiwei Xiaoqi stepped forward and kicked him. Amidst the exclamations, the door opened wide, and Mao Xiang waved his hand: "Copy!"
In an instant, the royal guards rushed into Liu Fulin's mansion like wolves and tigers, and soon the sound of wailing and crying could be heard inside.
Mao Xiangtou also turned around and went down the steps: "Let's go and see Master Zhang and Master Hou's home!"
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On Qixia Ridge, Liu Fulin was still preaching at the top of his lungs about the glorious prospects of Dongshan College.
"Students, as long as you enter our Dongshan College, the imperial court in the future..."
"Master! Run! Run quickly!"
Liu Fulin had just begun to speak when he heard a voice coming from afar.
Liu Fulin was stunned for a moment. The voice seemed familiar. Then he looked at the person carefully. Although his face was covered in blood and his expression was frightened, Liu Fulin had already recognized him. Isn't this his old housekeeper?
With his heart sinking, Liu Fulin grabbed the old housekeeper who rushed over and asked, "What's going on?"
The old housekeeper said with a miserable face: "It's Jin Yiwei..."
"It's Mao Xiangte, the commander of Jinyi Guards, coming to visit!"
Suddenly, a joking voice sounded, followed immediately by the splash of horse hooves and the sound of swords and guns being unsheathed!
"Quick, quick, we're surrounded, don't let anyone go!"
More than two thousand Tiqi quickly surrounded the crowd gathered here, and all the students burst into an uproar.
"The Jinyi Guards are in charge of this matter. No one should act rashly. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed!"
Liu Fulin, Zhang Hong, and Hou Fang's hearts sank completely. Although they didn't know what happened, it was definitely not a good thing!
Hou Fang took a deep breath: "Mao Xiang, what do you mean? We Confucian scholars are gathering here. What are you doing here, wolves and vultures that harm loyal ministers and people? Why don't you retreat quickly!"
Hou Fang's words seemed to give many students courage, and they started to reprimand them one by one.
"Yes! You jackals and vultures, how dare you disrespect the saint's children!"
"We are here to discuss the study of saints. What are you doing here, a treacherous villain?"
"Get back! Get back quickly!"
Mao Xiang looked at the angry students around him in a funny way, and then looked at Liu Fulin, Zhang Hong, and Hou Fang, who had gloomy expressions on the opposite side. He first smiled, then shouted loudly, and raised a roll of yellow silk above his head: "Yes.
Will!"
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone was at a loss for a moment. Even though they had scolded the emperor and the court very harshly before, when the time came, fear showed in everyone's heart.
It was Liu Fulin who responded quickly: "I'll wait for the order!"
The scholars around him hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Mao Xiang did not look at them and unfolded the imperial edict: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says..."
"The four thieves, Hou Fang, Zhang Hong, Liu Fulin, and Huang Jiuyan, are deeply indebted to me, formed a clique for selfish purposes, and have evil intentions. Their crimes are unpardonable!"
"Here, these four thieves were dismissed from office, their property was confiscated, they were punished as treason, and the nine clans were executed!"
boom!
The three of them felt like they were struck by thunder!
Liu Fulin yelled crazily: "Impossible! I don't believe it! I am a local official appointed by the imperial court. How could the emperor punish my nine tribes..."
Suddenly, as if grasping a life-saving straw, he pointed at Mao Xiang and cursed: "Mao Xiang, you evil thief, you must have falsely conveyed the imperial edict, you have falsely conveyed the imperial edict!"
As for Zhang Hong and Hou Fang, they were already paralyzed on the ground. Now, listening to Liu Fulin's words, they seemed to have had a flashback and got up in a hurry.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With the last trace of hope, he screamed: "Yes, yes, yes! You must be the one who faked the imperial edict!"
Mao Xiang smiled coldly and said nothing. He just waved his hand and heard the sound of women and children crying.
The three people's hands and feet suddenly felt cold, and their feet felt weak.
But it turned out that it was the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi who had put pressure on the three people's respective family papers.
It’s over!
It's completely over now!
"Haha, do you think that no one will know about gathering together in private to slander the imperial court and insult the Holy Emperor and the King of England?"
Mao Xiang mocked: "Let me tell you, you have colluded with Nan Kong to gather students. The students intend to fight against the imperial court and the new imperial examination system. The saint knows it very well. Don't have any illusions. Tomorrow at three o'clock at noon, the whole family will join us." Go to hell!"
Suddenly, a scholar in white rushed to Mao Xiang: "That's ridiculous! The three adults are concerned about the country and the people, and defend the way of the saints. How can they be guilty of this!"
Mao Xiang was stunned at first, and then asked funnyly: "Who are you?"
The scholar in white said proudly: "Duan Zhixuan, a student of Dongshan College in Shaoxing!"
This Duan Zhixuan was not really a passionate person. He just saw that the imperial court had executed Liu Fulin, three people, and nine tribes, so he thought that the imperial court wanted to cut the knot quickly and not cause more trouble.
If I stand up at this time and "speak uprightly" for Liu Fulin and the others, I will not only be complaining about these three people, but also safeguarding the interests of the entire Zhejiang and even the scholars in the world who have studied the Four Books and Five Classics.
At that time, how prestigious it must have been...
It's hard to believe that you can become a new generation of scholar leaders!
As for saying that I am a student of Dongshan College, even though I wasn’t before, that’s it after saying this!
By then, the three people who initiated the establishment of Dongshan College are gone, and my reputation is high enough. If I can attract a few more Confucian elders to strengthen my momentum, who knows, I will be the president of Dongshan College!
Duan Zhixuan was also greedy and obsessed. He never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would not let go of anyone related to Dongshan College.
Perhaps inspired by Duan Zhixuan's enthusiasm, many students stood up one after another with their heads burning!
"Brother Duan said it well. I am worthy of being a student of Dongshan College. From today on, I am also a student of Dongshan College!"
"And I!"
"Me too!"
"Haha, how can such a big thing happen without me? From now on, I am also a student of Dongshan College!"
For a time, under Duan Zhixuan's "encouragement", these more than 3,000 students actually joined Dongshan College one after another.
Mao Xiang's face showed ecstasy: "Are you all students of Dongshan College?"
"Yes, we all are!"
"good!"
Mao Xiang slapped his thigh fiercely: "Your Majesty has decreed that all students from Dongshan College will be sent to Yinzhou overseas to educate the descendants of the Yin people!"
As soon as this statement came out, the students in the audience were stunned.
Mao Xiang didn't care about this and waved his hand directly: "Get someone!"
The students wanted to resist, but how could they be the opponents of the Jinyiwei armed with real swords and guns?
These three thousand students first yelled and cursed endlessly, and then began to cry and cry. Soon they were all arrested by the Jin Yiwei.
The most unlucky ones were the wealthy businessmen and landowners who were just on the outside and wanted to build relationships. None of them escaped and were arrested by Dongshan College gang members.
Mao Xiang looked at the students being escorted away, smiled, got on his horse and said, "Let's go to Quzhou!"
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Nankong, Quzhou, Zhejiang.
Kong Mingde was lost in thought in the ancestral hall.
He looked at the layers of tablets on the altar table in front of him and thought a lot.
After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, our ancestors followed Emperor Gaozong and Zhao Gou to migrate south and settled in Quzhou ever since.
Later, when the Yuan Dynasty unified the world, Kublai Khan, the founder of the family, asked Kong Zhu, the head of the Kong family at that time and the 53rd generation eldest grandson of Confucius, to move north from Quzhou and carry him to Qufu to worship.
But at that time, there were tombs of the fifth generation of the Kong family in Quzhou, and the foundation of the Kong family had been established in the south. If they moved north again, the foundation created by the ancestors of the five generations would be destroyed again, which is a pity.
So Kong Zhu came forward and said that he really couldn't bear to abandon the tombs of his ancestors. If he did not abandon the temple tombs of his ancestors, it would be against the holy will...
Kong Zhu was willing to give up his title of Duke of Yansheng to his clan brother in Qufu.
The ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty praised Kong Zhu for "he would rather violate honor than violate Tao, and he is the successor of the true saint." Since then, Beikong, who was originally weak, became a latecomer and suppressed Nan Kong.
This pressure lasted for more than a hundred years.
Until the Mongols were driven out of the Central Plains, Emperor Zhu ruled the world.
The former Beikong was rejected by his current emperor because of his loyalty to the Meng Yuan Emperor and was labeled a traitor. Kong Mingde was very excited.
In his opinion, governing the world is always inseparable from the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. Whoever becomes the emperor must respect the blood descendants of Confucius.
If the Northern Confucius falls, then the Southern Confucius must be supported.
But a scene that stunned Kong Mingde appeared. Emperor Zhu and His Royal Highness not only wanted to trample Beikong under their feet, but even wanted to overthrow Confucius completely.
After the reform of the imperial examination system, the Four Books and Five Classics were no longer tested?
What this means is almost clear to Kong Mingde. This is to completely cut off the roots of the Kong family!
At that time, who is Nan Kong, and who is Kong Mingde?
With no other choice, he contacted Hou Fang and others who were also dissatisfied with the new imperial examination system, and encouraged them to form a college to confront the imperial court. This was also a test of the imperial court...
Of course, Kong Mingde did not dare to show his face.
As the head of the Nankong family, he is responsible for the rise and fall of the Kong family. Once something happens to him, the Kong family will be finished!
Kong Mingde was thinking a lot, and for a moment he thought of Hou Fang, Zhang Hong and others who were far away in Hangzhou and planning to establish Dongshan College. He didn't know how things were going.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in Qianyuan, followed by the exclamations of men and women.
Kong Mingde frowned and shouted: "Come here! Let's see who is so unruly!"
"Haha, there's no need to look, I've already come in!"
As soon as Kong Mingde finished speaking, he heard a chuckle, and then there was the sound of a large number of people hurriedly landing on the ground.
Looking at the man in front of him wearing a flying fish suit, with an embroidered spring knife on his waist and an ivory token hanging on his waist.
Kong Mingde's voice was extremely bitter: "It turns out to be Commander Mao!"
Mao Xiang chuckled: "Master Kong, something has happened between you and Hou Fang, Zhang Hong, Liu Fulin and others. The emperor has a decree, Kong..."
"Master Mao!"
Mao Xiang was startled. Before he could finish his words, he saw Kong Mingde kneeling on the ground with a plop.
"It is not a pity that the Kong Mingde family should die, but the Kong family is the blood descendant of a saint after all. I would like to ask Your Majesty, Master Mao, to leave a bloodline of the Kong family, so as not to deprive the saint of sacrifice!"
After saying that, Kong Mingde kowtowed on the bluestone floor. After a while, he started bleeding profusely.
Mao Xiang shook his head: "The emperor has decreed that the nine clans of the Kong family should be exiled overseas to Yinzhou to educate and transform the Yin Shang natives, and they will never be allowed to return to the Ming Dynasty!"
Kong Mingde was stunned and looked at Mao Xiang in disbelief. He didn't even care about the blood on his forehead flowing to his mouth, and asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, won't you kill my whole family? You won't even kill me?"
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Mao Xiang did not answer, but sneered: "Your Majesty is so benevolent as heaven, the Kong family immediately summoned the clan members, and set off in three days to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment in the capital. Of course, the family will still be confiscated!"
After saying that, Mao Xiang waved his hand, and those Jinyiwei primary schools rushed over like wolves and tigers, rummaged through boxes and cabinets and began to search their property...
For a moment, the huge Nankong was filled with gloom and gloom. Only Kong Mingde showed a relieved smile on his face...
OK!
Compared with keeping the whole family alive, what does searching the property mean?