In the fifth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprising broke out. After conquering Jining, the insurgent army rushed into southwest Shandong and conquered ten counties, including Qufu County. The insurgent army attacked Queli (former residence of Confucius, Dai), which is ten miles away from Qufu County.
(referring to Confucius Mansion) carried out massive destruction.
After the uprising was suppressed, the imperial court, which was disgraced by the destruction of the saint's house, learned from the painful experience and moved the city of Qufu to Queli, enclosing the unobstructed Confucius mansion in the newly built masonry wall in the middle of the land that had been rewarded.
It is called the New City. The original Qufu County seat is called the Old City.
This is probably the story of a city being built to protect a non-royal family in Chinese history, which is unprecedented.
From the eighth year of Zhengde to the 1930s, Qufu was almost equated with Confucius Mansion, and Confucius Mansion was equated with Qufu.
Since Kong Xu became the county magistrate of Qufu in the Xiantong year of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, the county magistrates of Qufu City had only one surname. Occasionally, some county magistrates resigned due to committing crimes and dereliction of duty, but because of the successive dynasties, Duke Yan Sheng recommended his family to serve as county magistrate.
, the imperial court generally gave face, and later it became a routine.
Although the Qufu County Magistrate has been controlled by the Kong family for hundreds of years, the relationship between the County Magistrate and Yan Shenggong may not be good after the establishment of a routine - when Yan Shenggong is short of money, the County Magistrate's performance evaluation and other matters cannot be completed.
It is not enough for the county magistrate to rely solely on Yan Shenggong for the sake of performance appraisal. If the county magistrate were to rely solely on Yan Shenggong, who was out of control, he would not be able to perform his duties well and cover up illegal crimes. These two crimes would not be trivial.
At this time, the county magistrate Kong Zhenjiao was not from the same branch as Kong Shangxian. He was the county magistrate only because of his family. This guy was almost incompatible with Yan Shenggong Kong Shangxian.
During the Longqing period, because the county magistrate Kong Chenghou hindered Kong Shangxian, Duke Yansheng, from managing the new city, Duke Yansheng petitioned the court, saying that the establishment of a magistrate in Qufu was entirely due to redundant officials and redundant personnel: this meant that Qufu could be handed over to the Confucius Mansion. The post of county magistrate could actually be used.
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As a generational duke, Kong Shangxian actually wanted to touch the bottom line that his relatives were not allowed to participate in politics, and almost stirred up a hornet's nest in the matter of all the censors and officials.
The imperial court discussed for a long time and gave Kong Shangxian half face. It was decided to select four people from the Kong family's Linshan students. After two examinations, one person was selected to be appointed magistrate of Qufu County and live in the old city.
This magistrate carries out assessments like other magistrates, and does not interfere with the government affairs of Confucius Mansion and Confucius Temple with Yanshenggong. In this way, the jurisdiction of the county magistrate who manages civil affairs and the jurisdiction of Yanshenggong are separated.
The next two county magistrates after Kong Chenghou were Kong Hongsheng and Kong Zhenjiao. After Kong Hongsheng took over, he obeyed the advice of Duke Yansheng. When he was the county magistrate, the people in the Kong family were the local emperors in the old and new cities and the countryside.
When Kong Zhenjiao took over, Kong Hongsheng left him a pile of chicken feathers. Not to mention the old and new city walls were in disrepair, the tax revenue was managed by the Confucius government, and the office funds of Kongzhenjiao had to beg for money from the fingers of Yanshenggongfu.
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Who can tolerate this? Confucius still had to accept the legal examination. So, the first thing he did after taking office was to deprive the Confucius government of collecting and entrusting Qufu tax administration. Duke Yansheng was not polite and notified hundreds of hectares of tax payers
The landowners of the Kong family jointly owed taxes. At the same time, for all tenants who rented land in the Kong Mansion, the dingyin could only be paid to the Kong Mansion, and the Confucius Mansion paid it on their behalf, and could not be handed over to the old city.
After a back-and-forth, the two sides fought really hard. Kong Shangxian, the Holy Duke of Yan, wrote another memorial and sued Kong Zhenjiao. He committed three major crimes, including unfilial piety and bullying the emperor. Judging from the charges, beheading by Kongzhenjiao was a minor crime.
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As mentioned above, the imperial court had spoken first, and the powers of Duke Yansheng and the county magistrate were separated. Duke Yansheng was not allowed to participate in the performance of the county magistrate in the old city, because this was the scope of authority of the Shandong Inspectorate or the Shandong Patrol Magistrate.
Kong Shangxian took advantage of his status, and of course there was no problem in the past when the imperial court respected the Kong family, but when he met Zhu Yijun, there was a problem.
The memorial was left unmentioned, but Zhu Yijun severely rebuked Kong Shangxian in the early court. He scolded him for betraying Emperor Jiajing's love for him, and ordered him to only take care of the affairs within the Confucius Mansion and Confucius Temple. His orders would not dare to leave Kong Shangxian again.
If the palace is small, Yan Shenggong will have to replace him.
Kong Shangxian disappeared since then, but Kong Zhenjiao became arrogant because of the emperor's support. In recent years, people in Kong's family were cautious, fearing that he would catch him in the wrong place.
Before Zhu Yijun came to power and carried out the great reforms, the bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty was very interesting and cannot be understood with the thinking of later generations.
According to the understanding of later generations, the governor is in charge of the prefect, and the prefect is in charge of the county magistrate. Each level is responsible to the next level, and the central court is like an arm and a finger.
In fact, this is not the case. For each county jurisdiction, apart from the emperor, the county magistrate is the largest - because the power of the county magistrate and the governor are the same, both are appointed by the emperor himself. The so-called only difference in division of labor, there is no level of official position, this is the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty
This is a reality that must be taken into consideration when handling government affairs. Otherwise, even the seventh-grade ministers will not be afraid of the matter.
The prefect only has the power to coordinate and guide the county government and has no actual jurisdiction. From the perspective that officials are only responsible for the source of power, if the county magistrate does not listen to the prefect, the prefect has no good solution. At most, he can submit a memorial to impeach the county magistrate.
The emperor had to listen or not - completely different from the fact that in later generations the county magistrate had to go through the municipal committee for election and resignation.
Smarter emperors generally support those with higher officials. Of course, there are exceptions. This is the essential reason why there are so many strong points.
After the reform, the "returning fire to the public" was implemented, which strengthened the power of the governor and prefect from the perspective of financial rights. In addition, higher-level officials can toss the prefect in judicial cases, and the obstacles to the issuance of government orders were reduced to an acceptable level.
In short, in places where the county magistrate can stand, Duke Yansheng must also be under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate - this is the institutional reason for the emergence of the "broken family county magistrate". Confucius was supported by the court, and Yansheng
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Therefore, the emperor's order to visit Qufu was made in duplicate, and Kong Zhenjiao and Yan Shenggong each received one - making their division of labor clear. Within the Confucius Mansion, it was under the control of Yan Shenggong Mansion;
Other than that, it is under the jurisdiction of Qufu County.
For the Confucius Church in Qufu City, this matter is a bit stressful but not too big - the old city of Qufu is not worth seeing. Apart from the Confucius Mansion and the Confucius Temple in the new city, how can the emperor have leisurely strolling anywhere else? Repair the roads and walk along the way.
Just make some superficial remarks.
After receiving the decree, Duke Yansheng also thought of this and hurriedly convened a meeting of officials of Duke Yansheng's mansion. At the meeting, Duke Yansheng said: "Since Taizu of this dynasty, our treatment in Queli has been the same, and it has become more and more common.
Youwo. The emperor is on a tour to the south. Dezhou is five hundred miles away from Qufu, and the next stop, Liaocheng, is also four hundred miles away from Qufu. We still have to come to pay homage to the saint, so we can see that the legacy of our ancestors has been preserved forever. This time, we will pick up the emperor and his family.
We have to see the mansion and the temple, and everyone must get ready starting from today."
His cousin Kong Shangtan heard this and said: "Where can I get the money to take over?"
Kong Shangxian's face darkened when he heard this. Although the Kong family was known as the largest family in the world, it spent a lot of money and couldn't save any money. Not only did the family have many sacrifices, the emperor also sent people to offer sacrifices during various festivals, and the imperial missions cost a lot.
All dignity also requires money.
Because the saint's court has to maintain its posture, merchants are at the bottom of the four peoples, and the Confucius family does business well. Although there is a lot of land, how much money can be dug out of the dirt? If the tax revenue of Qufu City is in charge,
It was still possible to get away with it, but the emperor supported the county magistrate and Duke Yan Sheng could not do anything.
At this time, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "I have no choice but to squeeze in. Let's make a line first and pay the big money. We need to paint the mansion and the temple, which is eight or nine hundred taels, or a thousand taels if it's wide. Now that spring is coming, flowers are blooming, and we need to put them everywhere.
Flower pots, pile up some patterns, this item costs five hundred taels; buy some new ones for the red felt used to pave the way in the mansion, four or five hundred is enough, and use old ones to scrub the side hall."
"This is the first time I have offered sacrifices to Confucius since I ascended the throne. How can I make do with it?"
Duke Yan Sheng stumbled and heard Kong Shang say frankly: "This time the emperor is on a tour, bringing the queen, the prince, and the whole family - where is the palace located? It is generally decorated according to regulations, and there are no more than 1,800 in this item.
I can't come down. If I stay for two days, all the services and entertainment will cost several thousand. How can two or three thousand be enough? Even ten thousand taels is too much."
Duke Yan Sheng had a toothache after hearing this.
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