Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 203 There is a faint sign of a great world coming!Let the imperial power go to the countryside! (seeking subscription)

The roots of Confucianism have been dug up!
But the one who dug up the roots of Confucianism was the 56th generation descendant of Confucius, Wenxuan Gong Kong Xilu!

This left the court ministers with no reason to refuse and could only continue to work for the court.

Many ministers were very uncomfortable. Driven by the general trend, they could only follow the trend.

At first, they still wanted to resist.

Since Nan Kong helped the tyrant and took the initiative to dig the roots of Confucianism for the imperial court, what about the benevolent and benevolent Bei Kong?
However, in Beikong at this time, those who have been exiled, those who have their heads beheaded, the trees have fallen and the monkeys have scattered, and there are chicken feathers all over the place.

It is said that when the Confucian Mansion was flattened, the people of Qufu clapped their hands and applauded, with tears in their eyes and tears of gratitude, and kowtowed several times in the direction of Yingtian Mansion.

These people were oppressed and exploited by the Confucian government, and they were all angry and afraid to speak out, very desperate, because no one would care about their life or death.

That is the Confucian mansion, the descendants of Confucian saints. In all dynasties, no emperor would treat the descendants of saints harshly because of the life and death of ordinary people like them!

Song to Jin, Jin to Yuan, Yuan to Ming, no matter how the dynasties changed, the Confucian mansion has always stood firm.

Because they represent Confucianism, standing behind them are literati from all over the world.

No matter who becomes the emperor, they dare not touch them.

But this is extremely desperate for the people under the Confucian Mansion.

The patriarch of the Confucian Mansion can decide life and death with one word, even the imperial court has no authority to govern...

Such unfettered rights made the Confucian government more unscrupulous and able to do whatever they wanted.

These ordinary people thought that they would have to swallow their breath in this life and pass through the torment. Suddenly one day, a team of Jin Yiwei rushed over and besieged the Confucius Mansion.

Next,

Confucian mansion, down!

The mountain that had been pressing on their heads for countless years suddenly disappeared like this!

Soon, the officials of the imperial court came to Qufu and announced the charges against the Confucian family of Beizong.

Listening to the crimes pronounced, all the people wept bitterly one by one, and then fell down and bowed their heads. The sound of kowtowing was endless.
Even well-informed officials of the imperial court, after seeing such a situation, could not help but be moved by it, and their mood was extremely complicated for a while.

They were sent here by the imperial court to pronounce the crimes of the Beizong Kong family, all of them were reluctant. After all, as Confucian students, but to do such a thing, it would be infamy.

However, fate is hard to violate. As court officials, if they refuse, the consequences will not be as serious as death. The black hat on their heads must be gone.

There has been precedent for this...

Some people really refused the emperor's dispatch. Of course, they did not directly refuse, but euphemistically stated that they were sick and could not work for the court for the time being.

But even with such a tactful refusal, the emperor was directly dismissed and ordered the official's descendants to never be hired!

This is really a hundred times more uncomfortable than killing him. Not only is the official body gone, but also his descendants are implicated, so that the descendants will not have the opportunity to step into the officialdom again, which is tantamount to extinguishing the flame of the clan's rise.

If the emperor simply killed him, and allowed him to retain his reputation as a loyal and virtuous minister, his family would also be looked up to by other Confucians, and it would be normal for him to be taken care of.

However, he was dismissed and ordered his descendants never to be hired. This kind of punishment is really frightening.

With such an example before, no one dared to easily disobey the order of the emperor. They came here with reluctance. They will also insult them as lackeys of the imperial court, which is insulting to the gentlemen, and dare to come to condemn the Kong family, how will they see the ancestor in the future?
As a Confucian literati, I am most afraid of seeing such a scene...

But the reality is completely opposite to what they imagined!

Not only did the people in Qufu not insult them, but they were grateful for the court's legislation as high as a mountain, the law is not expensive, and it is truly impartial! !

When many officials saw this scene, they couldn't believe it at all. They subconsciously thought that these people were crying for Kong. After careful questioning, they realized that what they were crying was that Kong finally fell. It was not easy. After so many years It's finally down!Very good!

No one knew how long they had been oppressed, how desperate they were, and how excited they would be when the court sentenced the Beizong Confucian Mansion.

After hearing such a response, the officials who pronounced the sentence were all paralyzed!

The official who was reluctant to come here at the beginning has a very complicated mood at the moment.

How... how could this be?

And this incident soon spread to the surrounding counties, and became the talk of many people. Everyone kept discussing Beikong's various actions. Being judged like this really deserved it.

Of course, the things about these people were quickly covered up by people, and they were not completely spread.

It is really because this kind of thing is indecent and damaging to the reputation of a saint. It is impossible for those literati and Confucianism to let go of it, and they all took action to stop it.

How could such a thing happen under the rule of the descendants of the saints?Someone must have maliciously slandered and spread related rumors!

but.

There was no way for them to cover up the news that the court tried Bei Kong for his crimes, and there was no need to cover it up. After all, this was an atrocity committed by the court!
As these things go.

These great Confucian scholars have already had an extremely bad impression of the new dynasty.

In fact, as early as the founding of the People's Republic of China, the emperor wanted to eliminate Confucian sacrifices from all over the world, but fortunately he was prevented, and later he even wanted to expel Mencius from the Confucian Temple.

Who is Mencius?Confucian Yasheng.

If Confucius is the founder of the building, then Mencius is the builder and perfecter of the building. One can imagine the sensation caused by inviting such a heavyweight out of the Confucian Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated attempts and repeated jumps on the edge of the limits of the Confucian literati's tolerance naturally aroused the resentment of many great Confucians.

but.

What Zhu Yuanzhang did before did not shake the foundation of Confucianism, so it is not a particularly serious problem.

But soon, Su Che deprived Yan Shenggong of his title, and then tried and sentenced Yan Shenggong's family.

This caused a wide-ranging sensation.

The Kong family in Qufu has never encountered such violent treatment. This incident is truly unprecedented.

The most infuriating thing is that when the officials pronounced the crime of the Kong family in Qufu, the people under the rule of Yan Shenggong all clapped their hands and cheered, and they didn't know how to protect the reputation of the saint!
It's okay for the common people to suffer, but how can the descendants of saints be treated unfairly?
Really put the cart before the horse!
For such things, great Confucians can only shake their heads and sigh, lamenting that the world is declining and people's hearts are not old.

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The Hundred Schools of Schools launched half a year later, as well as a large number of Enlightenment Schools, have directly dug the foundation of Confucianism!

This time, these great scholars really couldn't sit still.

How can those low-level learning be compared with Confucian learning?
This matter is very serious.

Many great Confucian scholars gathered together to discuss countermeasures. How can the current situation be alleviated?
If this continues, the consequences will be disastrous!

The situation of Confucian dominance will completely disappear!
In a dim library, a few candles were lit, and a few famous Confucian scholars sat at the table.

A gray-haired old Confucian known as Bi Shenggong said in a low voice: "I really didn't expect that Wenxuan of the Southern Zong would be so ignorant, openly betrayed Confucianism, and said such outrageous words for the court. Kong, I can't find it anymore..."

"Hey, when the imperial court dealt with Beikong, we should have acted. You just said that the situation is irreversible. If you want to support Beikong now, it is no longer possible. I really regret it!" A young scholar said through gritted teeth. with.

"Brother Beiyue, it's useless to talk about these things now, let's discuss and discuss what to do!" The middle-aged man with a beautiful beard waved his hand and said.

The young Confucianist named Beiyue glanced at the old man standing in the corner of the room reading, and asked, "Master Xinyu, you are proficient in the technique of observing Qi. Does the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty have the courage to act so retrogradely?" Luck is not stable, the foundation of the dynasty is shaken?"

"If luck is unstable and the foundation of the dynasty is shaken, we may be able to..."

This sentence was not finished, and the young great Confucianist Bei Yue didn't dare to finish, anyway, everyone understands as long as it is.

Layman Xinyu put down the book in his hand, glanced at the expectant eyes of everyone in the room, his face was a little strange, and he didn't speak, just shook his head silently.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads, they were immediately disappointed, and said a few times that it's a pity!

"Is it not shaken at all?" A Confucianist asked, he didn't believe that the emperor acted so perversely, and there was no sign of shaking the foundation, even if it was a little bit, it was a little comfort to them.

"Yeah, isn't there any change at all? Why don't you tell me what's going on!" Someone asked again.

"If there is a change, there will be a change." Lay Xinyu smiled bitterly, and said helplessly.

When everyone heard this, they immediately fell silent.

Only layman Xinyu said slowly: "From my perspective, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty has not been shaken, but has become more stable, and there is a faint sign of the coming of the great world!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and each of them showed an unbelievable look, and they couldn't believe that such a result would happen.

"The great world is coming?"

"What kind of great world is coming?"

"how can that be!"

"Master Xinyu, you are joking!"

"How is it possible? How is this possible! The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty acted in such a perverse way, digging out the roots of our Confucianism, which has already caused a lot of dissatisfaction. How could there be a sign of a great world coming? This is too absurd! It's so strange!"

"Heartless layman, what nonsense are you talking about!"

The great Confucians didn't believe it at all, and what's more, they directly reprimanded them, unwilling to accept such a reality.

These words are equivalent to negating everything about them, making them all clowns!
"Hey..." Layman Xinyu also knew that everyone would have such a reaction, so he didn't want to speak out at all at first, but after repeated questioning by everyone, he opened his mouth to tell the truth.

"I know you don't want to believe it, let alone accept it. I couldn't believe what I saw at first..."

"Before I was in Yingtian Mansion, observing the luck of the Ming court, and saw a phenomenon of a prosperous age that I had never seen before, that scene, that movement... If the Emperor of Ming really made it, he might create an unprecedented prosperous age!"

"An unprecedented prosperity!"

"No!"

"Even if he doesn't make it, it will still be a rare great world if it continues to develop according to the current situation!"

"This is the result of my observation, whether you believe it or not."

After saying these words, the layman Xinyu shut his mouth, and the faces of these great scholars were extremely ugly.

After talking about this, naturally no one will talk nonsense about the layman Xinyu.

If you want to mess around, it's really out of style.

Those who can enter this room can trust each other.

But the more so, everyone is so uncomfortable.

Why?
Why did the Ming emperor act so recklessly that he could create an unprecedented prosperity?
Is their Confucianism really not important at all?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who respected Confucianism to the present, the world has prospered and declined with the help of Confucianism for so many years. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats had formed a pattern of sharing the world.

Now that Confucianism is flourishing, who would have thought that such a sudden change would happen!
Many great Confucian scholars were silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

They agitated Yan Shenggong, instigated all kinds of public opinion, united the literati in the world to fight against the will of the emperor, and covered up those scandals of Beizong. What they did secretly was to protect everything Confucianism.

And now, their Confucianism seems to be abandoned by this era?

After everyone was silent for a long time, the young Confucian named Beiyue suddenly said quietly: "Do you still remember what Wen Xuangong said?"

"Wen Xuangong??"

"What did he say?"

"He said... His Majesty changed his studies. This is a great thing. We should learn from it and improve ourselves. How can we prevent opposition? This is an inappropriate behavior! Confucianism, how can it be so short-sighted and self-interested?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into silence again.

Do you really want them to learn those low-level knowledge? ?
……

at the same time.

Inside the palace.

Su Che is thinking about one thing.

How to let the imperial power go to the countryside?
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the county was the most grassroots administrative organization, with grassroots organizations that managed the people under it, and the chiefs were generally not directly appointed by the central government.

How did the past dynasties establish the "autonomous" management of the grassroots people?
In the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was a village system, such as the three elders, and the Shiwu organization.

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were Lijia system and Baojia system.

For the countryside, of course an empire probably has control.

However, the so-called imperial power not going to the countryside does not refer to the imperial power’s control over local administrative work, but the actual control ability of the imperial power over the towns.

In ancient China, large local households or clans had a strong voice in the local area, and their power and economic influence directly affected the daily life of the people in towns and villages.

Local officials often had to compromise with the local gentry in the process of governing, and they became more of a communication hub between the local gentry and the upper-level yamen.

If the imperial power can reach the county magistrate level, the county magistrate and below must rely on the local clan!

This is the so-called imperial power not going to the countryside.

(End of this chapter)