Such a big thing happened to Beikong, and the whole world was sad.
Only a group of people are happiest.
That is Nan Kong.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kong Duanyou, the 48th generation descendant of the feudal clan, led his people to follow Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty to the south and settled in Quzhou. This was the beginning of Southern Kong.
After the Yuan Dynasty was unified, Kublai Khan allowed the descendants of the Kong family to return to Shandong.
Kong Zhu gave way to the Kong family in Shandong on the grounds that his ancestors were in Quzhou.
So there are North Kong and South Kong.
At that time, it seemed that Kong Zhu was not a foreigner and had great integrity, which was worthy of praise.
However, times have changed, and subsequent dynasties only recognized Northern Kong as Zhengshuo, while Southern Kong really could only study in the farmland of Quzhou, without any commendable gains in politics, reputation, or interests.
Watching Beikong continue to be prosperous and wealthy, Nankong looks indifferent on the surface, but in fact you can imagine the resentment in his heart.
This time, the whole family of Beikong was wiped out and the legal system was cut off. Nankong immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to compete for the inheritance of the Kong family.
So they sent the most famous Kong Zhenyun.
Nankong wants to get back the inheritance rights of the Kong family?
Chongzhen was somewhat unprepared for this unexpected situation.
However, thinking that the Kong family is the most popular one in the world, someone must take over as Duke Shengxian, so he opened his mouth and said: "I also have the same intention, and I love your words..."
"His Majesty!"
Before Chongzhen could finish speaking, Zhou Yanru suddenly jumped out and forcibly interrupted.
"This is a big matter, and it concerns the views of scholars. We must gather the opinions of everyone before we can do it."
Wen Tiren followed closely behind.
"What Mr. Zhou Ge said is mature and prudent, I second my opinion."
"I second the proposal."
"I also second my opinion."
Wow, among the ministers, as many as 7 out of 10 people jumped out to oppose it.
Chongzhen was a little confused.
what happened?
Aren’t you disciples of Confucianism?
Why are you opposed to derivative public succession?
Chongzhen thought of a possibility.
Could it be that because Kong Zhenyun was born in Nankong, the ministers were afraid that he would serve as a descendant and intensify the conflict between Nankong and Northern Kong?
Seeing so many people opposed, Chongzhen had to temporarily suppress the appointment.
He felt that these people would tell him the reason later.
But before he could wait for explanations from Zhou Yanru and others, Wang Chengen told him the truth.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are not against Kong Zhenyun taking over as Duke Shengxuan, but they are against Duke Shengxuan."
Chongzhen didn't believe it.
"All the ministers are disciples of Confucianism, why do you refuse the appointment of Duke Shengxuan?"
Wang Chengen was a little nervous. After checking Chongzhen's expression, he spoke.
"They are also ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but they are also dissatisfied with the various vassal kings."
Chongzhen's face was filled with blood in an instant.
He got it.
Although these ministers consider themselves Confucian disciples every day, it is because occupying this status can bring them benefits.
But they don't like having a great god above their heads, which also restricts their words and deeds.
It would be best for this god to live well in ancient times, away from the rights and wrongs of the world, so that they don't have to be kidnapped and have their hands tied no matter what they do.
This principle is actually quite similar to what Zuo Mengeng thought.
Because of the existence of the Confucian family, it was difficult for civil servants to obtain the right to interpret Confucianism and Taoism.
No matter what you say, it is certainly not as convincing as the words and deeds of the Confucius family.
The emperor only needs to control the Kong family, and he will always have the initiative in the orthodoxy dispute.
The Kong family would endorse all the emperor's actions.
If there is no Confucian family, who is the most qualified person to explain Confucianism and principles?
Apparently they were great Confucians who were on the same side as the ministers.
Guguo
In this way, civil servants could arbitrarily modify the inherent rules and regulations, and gain a moral advantage in the process of competing for power with the emperor.
Don't think that only the Donglin Party will fight for power with the emperor.
The struggle between monarchical power and ministerial power in the Ming Dynasty began when the country was founded.
Once the Qi Party, Chu Party, Zhe Party, Kun Party, and Eunuch Party were no longer threatened by the Donglin Party, they also wanted to take back power from the emperor.
With Wang Chengen's reminder, Chongzhen finally understood the sinister inner thoughts of the civil servants, and he couldn't help but feel angry, and his self-willed nature took over his brain again.
"Declaration. In view of the extermination of the Miao descendants of the Kong family in Shandong, Kong Zhenyun is appointed as the descendant. In order to continue the unique learning of the past saints, we must not slack off."
The emperor is a lonely creature.
Once he senses that someone is threatening his authority, his counterattack is violent and unreasonable.
Chongzhen didn't care how much negative impact this appointment would have. He only knew that this appointment would allow him to capture the orthodoxy and continue to suppress civil servants.
So he did it.
The civil servants were still celebrating, feeling that the Dongjiang rebels were no longer so hateful. When the mountains above their heads finally disappeared, the imperial edict came from the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
What does extreme joy bring about sorrow?
That's it.
The civil servants were in a mess and were all caught off guard by Chongzhen. In desperation, they had no choice but to stand up and exercise their power to block the passage of the imperial edict.
They originally wanted to use this method to delay time and discuss countermeasures.
But when Chongzhen learned that the imperial edict had been rejected, he immediately showed murderous intent.
He felt that someone was up to something evil and was committing an act of disobedience.
Immediately, the imperial edict was handed out, and the Jinyiwei was ordered to seize the people who rejected the imperial edict and send them to prison.
Not to mention this, Chongzhen called Wen Tiren over again and showed him another imperial edict.
"How about it, Wen Qing, do you understand my feelings?"
Wen Tiren was dripping with cold sweat and crawled on the ground, not daring to neglect.
"I will take care of your Majesty's urgent needs and share your worries."
The next day, just when the ministers were planning to make a big fuss in the court and ask Chongzhen to withdraw his decree, a huge thunder exploded.
Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, first responded passively to the Wuqiao mutiny, which caused the rebels to wreak havoc in Shandong. Later, he was dismissed by Chongzhen's decree for forming a clique for personal gain and excluding dissidents.
Not to mention this, Wen Tiren and his party members suddenly changed the direction of the situation and strongly supported Chongzhen's appointment of Yan Shenggong.
The officials were completely dumbfounded.
The weak fortress was completely destroyed.
Once Chongzhen started playing tricks, he was so handy that he easily took back the initiative.
Holding the imperial edict in his hand, Kong Zhenyun burst into tears.
How many years!
I, Hu Hansan... I, Nan Kong, are back!
The top priority is to rush to Shandong immediately to receive Beikong's legacy.
Nankong has been in poverty for so many years, and it's time to enjoy glory and wealth.
"Oh, let's have his eternal dream."
Zuo Menggeng commented on Kong Zhenyun’s actions.
How did Kong Zhenyun know that Kong would never come back?
Qufu.
The vigorous division of land is in progress.
Huang Zongyan did what he said. In the name of taking care of the descendants of the saint, he collected all the land in Qufu and then distributed it to the surviving people.
Use the Dongjiang rebels to clean up the Yanshenggong Mansion, and use the name of punishing crimes to kill the vested interests of the Kong family.
Nowadays, the only people left in Qufu are the ordinary Kong clan and people who were once oppressed.
These people originally had no place to stand, were impoverished and had no hope.
Now, through the allocation by the Qufu County Government, each family member has been allocated more than thirty acres of land.
All of a sudden, they changed from oppressed people to vested interests.
The newly arrived male derivatives want to take back the land and property from them, and they are their life and death enemies.
"This is an internal matter of the Kong family. I think we should leave it alone and let the Kong family and the local people express their voices."
Zuo Mengeng is wilted and bad.
He had already had a premonition of how embarrassing Kong Zhenyun's end would be!