Daming heir

Chapter 409 Counting the crimes in front of Confucius

Bang bang bang.

The thick gate of the Confucian Mansion was knocked heavily by the soldiers.

These days, the servants of the Confucian mansion are very happy.The master's house had spoken, and the door was tightly closed, allowing the ups and downs outside, not to have anything to do with the Confucian mansion.

Because of this, the servants who guarded the gate in the past rarely had the opportunity to take a break, so as to do some things with the girls in the mansion.

Today, however, because the head of the family, Yan Shenggong Kong Na, is going south to Beijing to meet His Majesty the Emperor, so the family has already made preparations.

After seeing off the Patriarch, the concierge didn't want to scare him away, so he shrank in the small room behind the gate of the mansion.

When there were knocks on the door of the mansion, several gatekeepers jumped in their hearts, and immediately stood up from the bed and couch.

Outside the Confucian mansion, the knocking on the door by officers and soldiers became louder and more urgent.

"Who?"

"If you come to visit, please pass the post. My master will see it and arrange a meeting later."

Behind the door, came the porter's response.

This is a well-behaved word.

The officers and soldiers outside the gate of the mansion stopped, and one of them stepped forward, and said solemnly, "His Royal Highness, Emperor Jian Guo, is here, and he wants to pay homage to the statue of Confucius."

"My family's ancestor can be worshiped by anyone?" Behind the door, there was a teasing voice from the doorman, but soon there was a sound of neck twitching and gasping: "Yes... yes... it's the grandson Your Highness?"

"The middle door of the Confucian Mansion is fully open! Welcome His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager!"

The soldier raised his eyebrows and shouted in a deep voice.

There were footsteps coming from behind the door, but the sound got farther and farther away, presumably it was the concierge who was going to inform the Kong family.

creak.

Ahead, the gate of the Confucian Mansion was also slowly opened, and several gatekeepers cautiously poked their heads out, sizing up the people outside.

When Jin Yiwei's flying fish suit caught the doorman's eyes, they finally chose to believe.

"My little ones, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."

The concierge of the Confucian mansion opened all the doors, then came out and knelt aside.

Surrounded by everyone, Zhu Yunxi turned around and looked sideways at the open gate of the Confucian Mansion.

Behind the door, the master's house hadn't shown up yet, but wherever he could see, the servants and maidservants were kneeling on the ground, waiting for His Royal Highness to enter the house.

"In a thousand-year-old family, the rules are even greater than those in the palace."

Zhu Yunxi said a few words casually.

Zhu Gaochi chanted beside him: "The Confucian Mansion has a huge collection of books. The sages of Confucius studied Zhou rituals in their early years, and they paid the most attention to the etiquette education. Let's go in later, maybe we will see many shops that we have never seen before."

"Your Highness, Kong Gongjian, the son of Yan Sheng Gong Kong Na, has brought people here."

Zhang Zhiyuan said softly at the side.

Everyone raised their heads one after another, only to see that the Confucian Mansion was in full swing.

Led by several elders of the Confucian family, Kong Gongjian walked outside with an anxious expression on his face.

Who knew that my father had just left home to go to the capital, had just finished solving the rebellion in Henan Province, and was supposed to be the grandson of the emperor who continued his western tour, and would suddenly arrive outside his house.

This made Kong Gongjian, who had just closed his eyes for a while and just wanted to rest for a while, as if a fire was burning in his heart.

It's really too much to suffer.

"The courtiers and clansmen welcome His Royal Highness, the Emperor Taisun, but the manor has not prepared and did not clean and wash. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

From far away, Kong Gongjian shouted to the outside of the mansion.

His voice was loud, as if he wanted everyone to hear him clearly.

Zhu Yunxi was standing outside the Confucian mansion, as motionless as a mountain.

And he's also recognizable at a glance.

After a while, Kong Gongjian and the elders and members of the Kong Family finally walked out of the house.

Zhu Yunxi turned sideways slightly, squinting.

Kong Gongjian came to the front and embraced with the elders of the Kong family, but his eyes were still surprised.

Zhu Shangbing had stood at the back earlier, and at this moment, seeing the members of the Kong family come out, he immediately yelled: "Strike up your Majesty's order from the Son of Heaven, don't forget the rules, and punish you later."

The officers and soldiers of Jinyiwei, who already had the duty of guarding the guard of honor, immediately showed off the honor guards of the emperor's grandson.

Then Zhu Shangbing nodded contentedly, and his eyes scattered to everyone in the Confucian residence.

But Kong Gongjian, who was only going to cross his hands and make a salute, now looked a little ugly.

He and the elders of the Kong family raised their eyes to look at the emperor's grandson who was standing sideways, but they didn't see him making a move, but it seemed that he was a little tired from the long journey.

After the ceremonial guard of Tian Zi Ling was carried out, everyone in the Kong family had no choice but to accept this fact.

"Sir, pay homage to His Highness the Emperor Taisun, and welcome His Highness the Emperor Taisun into the mansion."

"Students pay their respects to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."

"The villain pays homage to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."

For a time, the entire ground in front of the Confucian Mansion was filled with high buttocks and low heads.

The publications of Kong Gongjian and Yan Shenggong are all in terms of courtiers.The members of the Kong family, no matter how old or young they are, all call themselves students.Those Confucian families who gave birth to children can only be described as villains.

In the distance, Tang Keke looked at this scene, and said softly: "Look now, they are all the same people, and there is no difference."

"Where can there be different people? They don't all have two eyes and one mouth." Zhang Zhiyuan folded his arms, greeted His Royal Highness by himself, and sent him to the Confucian Mansion. To be guarded by him.

As for His Royal Highness Taisun being in the Confucian Mansion, that is naturally the job of the Jin Yiwei.

The members of the Kong family bowed and saluted, Zhang Zhiyuan and Tang Keke were gossiping, Zhang Hui, the front guard of the Confucius mansion, had already looked coldly, and led people around the Kong family on the ground, to both sides of the gate of the mansion.

"Enter!"

Zhang Hui just said a short and powerful word, and the Jinyi guards poured into the Confucian mansion like a tide.

When Jin Yiwei entered the house, the movement was of course not trivial, and in an instant there was a burst of noisy movement in the Confucian mansion.

Only then did Zhu Yunxi remember waking up from his doze, and blinked at everyone in the Confucian Mansion: "Why are you all so generous, please hurry up. It really is worthy of my family of pilgrims, the mansion of Yansheng Gong."

Zhu Yunxi turned his face as he spoke, and walked up to Kong Gongjian. He just stretched out his hand vaguely, and Yu Tian, ​​who was waiting on the side, stepped forward immediately.

Yu Tian glanced at Kong Gongjian who was the closest and oldest elder of the Kong family.He stepped forward and stretched out his hands to hold the man's arms.

Although Yutian is an eunuch serving in the house, his bones are well polished.Seeing that I was being casual for the first time, I couldn't afford to support this old thing of the Kong family, and the other party didn't understand the rules and stood up along with me.

Yutian sneered in his heart, rubbed the toe of his right foot silently on the ground, first pressed his arms down, and then held his breath in his chest.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yu Tian immediately lifted up the elder of the Kong family.Let this clan elder, who originally thought that kneeling was easy but difficult to get up, suddenly lost his mind.

Kong Gongjian and his family members saw that they had suffered one after another today, and they didn't want to be more energetic, so they stood up with hands clapped.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager."

Zhu Yunxi hummed, then picked up his steps and walked in through the middle door of the Confucian mansion.

He didn't speak, and Zhu Gaochi who was by his side had no choice but to act as a communicator, talking to Kong Gongjian about some boring but enduring topics from time to time.

The entire Confucian mansion covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, with more than 400 halls and buildings. It was built in the tenth year of Hongwu, with nine courtyards and a three-way layout.

Entering through the middle gate of the Confucian Mansion, Zhu Yunxi did not go to the Six Halls of the Third Hall of the Qianya on the Middle Confucian Mansion Road, but paused for a while, looking to the northwest.

"Thinking about it, it's the first time for Gu to come to Qufu to worship Confucius, so he should go to the Temple of Confucius?"

Kong Gongjian, who was already standing sideways to greet Zhu Yunxi, changed his face again.

After entering the mansion, we have to go to the Confucian Temple.

Kong Gongjian bowed his head and smiled, "Your Highness is the body of a thousand pieces of gold. I have given you the same power as His Majesty. Your Highness first came to the Bi Mansion, and it has already made the walls full of brilliance. All the ministers will follow."

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Kong Gongjian who had finished speaking, and raised his face with a smile on his face.

He shook his robe, and said casually in a soft voice: "The Confucian family lived in Qufu for generations. Gu Yuan thought that Nai Geng read the heirlooms and didn't care about world affairs, but he didn't know that the Confucian family knew many world affairs."

The emperor's grandson was dissatisfied with the Kong family.

When Zhu Yunxi said these words, Kong Gongjian's heart was already in his throat.Especially now that the Confucian Mansion was surrounded by tens of thousands of officials and troops, Kong Gongjian had to devote all his energy to think and deal with it.

The words of his father before he left still echoed in Kong Gongjian's mind. All the gains and losses were nothing more than the legacy of the Kong family.

Kong Gongjian clasped his hands together: "Your ministers should be Li Shu first, and then ministers of the Ming Dynasty. After farming and studying, they also hope that I will be in the country for ten thousand years. Your Majesty gave grace to build the mansion in the past, and set up three halls and six halls in the front office, allowing officials to enter the mansion for discussion. As for state affairs, I also hope that the ministers and others can spend their time farming and studying, and don't keep their ears off the affairs of the world."

Kong Gongjian couldn't help explaining, and everyone also went to the Confucian Temple to the west of the Confucian Mansion.

Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand suddenly.

"Going this way?"

Kong Gongjian and everyone in the Confucian mansion who followed him, bowed their heads and carefully prepared to serve, were taken aback for a moment.

The emperor's grandson jumped in words, which was completely unexpected.

Kong Gongjian had no choice but to look at the west door of his house, and nodded respectfully: "Go back to Your Highness, you can enter the Confucius Temple through this door, but recently..."

He was about to talk about the recent Confucian Temple, which was full of dust because of Zhang Zhiyuan's gang's misconduct, and it looked quite messy.

But Zhu Yunxi snatched the words: "When I was alone in the palace, I often communicated with the sages and sages. Today, I can worship the sages and fulfill my wish."

Immediately, Zhu Yunxi had already stepped out of the west gate of the Confucian Mansion, and went outside to the Confucian Temple.

Probably at this time, in order to make it easier for people from the Confucian Mansion to go to the Confucian Temple, a small door was opened on the east wall of the Confucian Temple.

Pushing the door and entering, it is the Dacheng Hall, the main hall of the Confucian Temple.

At this time, Dacheng Hall is not a later one, but it is also exquisitely constructed.The five rooms are open-faced, glazed tiles are laid on the top, and glazed components are made.

A large group of people arrived in front of the Dacheng Hall with their own thoughts.

The servants of the Kong family were already in a hurry, opening all five doors of the Dacheng Hall.

In an instant, the portrait of the tablet of the most holy teacher, Confucius, and the Confucian sages were all enshrined inside and displayed in the eyes of everyone.

When the emperor grandson wanted to pay homage to Confucius, although he came here temporarily, it was on a temporary basis.But the Confucian family still tried their best, or the children of the Confucian family did their best.

It took only the effort of a cup of tea sticks to roughly prepare a whole set of procedures.

Zhu Yunxi was very serious, with an extremely pious attitude and appearance, and followed the etiquette guidance to complete the whole process.

When he raised his head, the portrait of Confucius, wearing a Confucian uniform, with big ears, thick nose, big teeth, and bowing sideways with bare hands, was clearly reflected in front of his eyes.

He let out a long sigh, and there were many unusual things in his sigh.

Afterwards, Zhu Yunxi snorted again.

When Zhu Yunxi turned around, Kong Gongjian and the people in Kongfu bowed their heads and stepped back.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Kong Gongjian indifferently, and walked a few steps forward to the threshold, and the group of people had already retreated outside the Dacheng Hall.

Zhu Gaochi looked around and bumped Zhu Shangbing's foot with his toe.

Zhu Shangbing turned his head with doubts on his face.

Zhu Gaochi blinked and signaled Xiaohan to go outside and get ready to suppress the scene.

But how could Zhu Shangbing understand these things, and winked for a while.

And this time.

Zhu Yunxi's face was already ashen, his face was extremely deep, and his tone was cold: "You are not ashamed to stand in front of Confucius?"

Kong Gongjian, who had already had countless ideas, finally came to his senses.

The grandson of the emperor came to find fault.

The Kong family is afraid that this is really going to happen!
The group of Confucian family members behind him were also completely stunned.

After experiencing the initial trance, Kong Gongjian gradually calmed down. He led the members of the Kong family and knelt down silently in front of the Dacheng Hall.

There was no puzzlement or sullenness on his face.

Kong Gongjian just folded his hands calmly, and looked at Zhu Yunxi calmly: "The ministers are deeply favored by the emperor, and the place where the whole family lies is also given by His Majesty to build. The Kong family is incompetent, and Yan Shenggong is already a court The civil servants are the first, but there is no good strategy for governing the country to offer to the court.

However, none of the ministers dared to forget the teachings of the sages, and the cultivation and study of the family.Under the ancestral apricot forest, there is still the sound of reading.In the school, young children can read and write, and the Confucian family never forgets to raise their children, help their neighbors, and make their careers prosperous.

We dare not forget the words of our ancestors, and never forget our ancestors' great wishes.The ministers don't know why His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun paid homage to the ancestor Kong Sheng today, why would he ask such a question, it really makes the ministers look embarrassed. "

Zhu Yunxi chuckled twice, the expression on his face also restrained a little, and he just asked calmly: "What the Confucian Mansion has done over the years, can you really hide it from everyone? Or, did you hide it from yourself?"

Kong Gongjian spread his hands, leaned over, kowtowed, and slapped the ground.

The members of the Kong family behind him said one after another: "We don't know what crime we have committed to make His Highness so suspicious."

Kong Gongjian shouted: "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to learn from you. There are more than a thousand members of the Kong family who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. They will remember the kindness of the court day and night, and be diligent in the king's loyal affairs. If there are treacherous provocations, please be discerning. I also ask all scholars in the world to take a look." , What kind of treacherous and sycophant, actually..."

"enough."

Zhu Yunxi was a little tired, because he had been on the road for several days, and because he was tired of these scheming dogs, he said something in a low voice, and waved to the outside of Dacheng Hall.

Then, Zhu Yunxi looked at Kong Gongjian who was interrupted by him.

This almost undisputed and only next Yan Shenggong tried to use the entire world's scholars as an excuse and statement.

Zhu Yunxi sneered, but didn't move any more.

In his eyes, Kong Gongjian is not Yan Shenggong, but an ordinary person, and even a person with a short life.

And following his beckoning, a series of footsteps came from outside the main entrance of the Confucian Temple.

The footsteps passed through the Dacheng Gate, the Xingtan, and reached the outside of the Dacheng Hall.

It was a team of Jinyiwei officers and soldiers, but it was led by Tian Mai.

These Jinyiwei officers and soldiers arrived in groups of four, carrying wooden boxes, and arrived in front of Kong Gongjian and others.

Zhu Yunxi picked a box, walked out of the hall, landed his butt on it, then tilted his head to look at the statue of Confucius in the hall, and raised his voice: "Come on, close the door of the hall, don't dirty the saint's eyes!" .”

The officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and tightly closed the doors of the five-bay Dacheng Hall.

At this time, Zhu Yunxi kicked away the front box.

"Kong Zhaowen, would you like to see what's in these boxes?"

Zhu Yunxi stared at Kong Gongjian ironically, and asked teasingly.

Ever since the officers and soldiers came in with the mouthfuls of boxes, Kong Gongjian had already buried his head on the ground, with a strong premonition growing in his heart that something might happen to the Kong family this time.

At this moment when he heard the question, Kong Gongjian raised his head silently. He could only find the books in the box, so he replied, "It's the books."

Zhu Yunxi chuckled lightly: "Do you know what was written?"

Kong Gongjian's kneeling legs twitched twice, and he bent down again and lowered his head: "I don't know."

"They said that they are all the Confucian family, a family of saints that has been passed down for thousands of years. All the actions they have done in these years, even..." Zhu Yunxi's voice sounded outside the Dacheng Hall where the Confucian saint was housed, and there was the sound of paper flipping during the period: " Oh! Here it is, and there are even those shameful things that the Kong family did in the Yuan Dynasty!"

At the end of receiving it, Zhu Yunxi's voice suddenly became angry, and the account book in his hand was slapped heavily on the wooden box.

"It's only been 28 years since the Ming Dynasty, and the Kong family has more than doubled their property. You guys are really cruel!"

Outside the Dacheng Hall, Jin Yiwei had taken over many people, and there was silence all around, and the people in the corner who wanted to sneak out to report the news had already been brought down by the two Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing leaned against the shade in front of the hall, put their hands in their pockets, and stared at these Kong family members indifferently.

From the time they left Luoyang City and came to Shandong Road, the fate of the Kong family was already doomed.

Zhu Yunxi picked up another account book and took a deep breath: "It's a good day today, it's better to be alone in front of Confucius, well, carefully, and count all the sins you have committed! "

"In 20 years, half of the Yanzhou Mansion in the Ming Dynasty belonged to your Kong family. Where did the court's taxes come from? How many people are from Yanzhou when the frontier soldiers threw their heads and blood outside the Great Wall? If they go out, will they know when they come back that their land is now your Kong family's!"

"I don't remember having a child, but there is a beautiful and handsome daughter in the countryside, so she and Luo Hong were sent to the mansion to be trained, thinking... that she is elegant?"

"This is what you, the group of self-proclaimed descendants of saints, did!"

Zhu Yunxi only looked through the records of the Kong family's crimes checked by the secret guard a few times, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

He photographed the account book angrily, stood up, and paced back and forth in front of the hall.

The five or six boxes all recorded the words, deeds, and deeds of the Confucian Mansion over the years. It is really too numerous to write down!
Kong Gongjian finally panicked.

The Kong family members behind him were also afraid.

Everyone was wriggling on the ground like maggots.

"Your Highness, please spare me!"

"Forgive me, Your Highness. I will confess my crime. Please forgive me, Your Highness..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't intend to let these people go, he kicked a box in front of him to the ground, and the scattered account books blocked Kong Gongjian who was about to climb up to him.

But he said in a cold voice: "Come here, read one by one, and read it to the people in the Confucian Mansion."

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