In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 308 There will be no more Yan Shenggong
Lin Rui naturally knows what the Kong family means to scholars all over the world, and how much turmoil it will cause if it is disturbed.

The reason why the emperors of the past dynasties gave preferential treatment to the Confucian family was to show their attitude to the scholars in the world that they would continue to follow Confucianism, and the dynasty would still govern the country with Confucian ideas, so as to gain the support and support of the gentry and literati all over the world.

Therefore, the founding emperors of the past dynasties, even foreign emperors, as soon as they occupied the Central Plains, rushed to canonize the Confucian family in order to gain the support of the Confucian family and thereby eliminate the resistance of scholars all over the world.

Over time, the Kong family was raised to a special height, and its political status and influence became higher and higher day by day. This also made the Kong family become more and more arrogant and arrogant. As a result, each generation became worse than the last.

To put it bluntly, if you have breasts, you will be a mother. There is no principle or loyalty. As long as the dynasty is willing to confer favors on the Confucius family, it does not matter whether it was established by Han people or foreigners, and it does not matter whether the political power is legal or not. The main thing of the Kong family is to ignore everything and cooperate and support everyone.

In history, whether it was the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the Jin, Liao, Manchu and Qing dynasties, or even the later Japanese wooing, the Kong family chose flattery and cooperation without any bottom line.

It can be said that the Confucius family is the largest traitor family in history. What they did is not worthy of being a descendant of Confucius.

Because of the special status and huge political influence of the Kong family, they often become the main accomplices of foreign invasions of the Han people. The compromise platform of the Kong family will not only greatly damage the morale of those scholars with integrity, but also give scholars all over the world an excuse to behave with peace of mind. Traitor.

How could Lin Rui receive preferential treatment from such a family?
Originally, if the Confucian family was honest and honest, in order to take into account the feelings of scholars all over the world and prevent them from misunderstanding and causing great turmoil, he also planned to slowly separate the Confucian family and Confucianism and then clean up.

But now the Kong family actually relies on their so-called political weight and their special status in the hearts of scholars. Seeing that they have not been canonized, they dare to jump out and openly oppose his new policies. Naturally, they will no longer be as accustomed as in previous dynasties. With the Kong family.

But in order to prevent scholars all over the world from misunderstanding that he wanted to overthrow the Confucian way of governing the country, Lin Rui planned to promote Confucius, continue to follow the Confucian way of governing the country, express his attitude, and clean up the Confucius family at the same time.

Because in his opinion, there is no conflict between obeying Confucianism and cleaning up the Confucian family.

As for the operation, it is very simple. It is nothing more than building a huge statue of Confucius in Qufu and setting up a Confucian academy in Beijing.

After all, what those scholars really care about is whether the new dynasty will overthrow Confucian governance, and will the status of Confucianism in the new dynasty be shaken?I believe there are not many people who really care about the life and death of the Kong family.

A country or a dynasty must have a core idea to govern the country. Otherwise, it will be ideologically confused and lack cohesion. If things go on like this, it will definitely cause huge turmoil. This is true whether it is the 5000-year history of China or the history of foreign countries. All prove this.

The Confucian thought of governing the country has long been engraved in the bones of every Han Chinese. It is absolutely unwise and undesirable to rashly abolish Confucian thought and beat it to death without a new and complete set of thoughts on governing the country.

After all, as a newcomer, Lin Rui has seen lessons.

What's more, Confucian thoughts on governing the country are not without merit, but have been distorted by scholars and emperors of all dynasties.

Lin Rui never intended to directly deny Confucianism entirely, but planned to take its essence, eliminate the dross, and then add some advanced ideas from previous lives to create a country governed by law, supplemented by benevolence and morality, and advocating scientific creation. A new Confucianism that advocates the spirit of martial arts and self-cultivation.

After all, the core ideas of Confucianism, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, are absolutely fine, it just depends on how you understand them.In the past, the emperor's scholars could distort understanding and tamper with other things for the purpose of ruling. Now, in order to liberate the mind and promote scientific creation, he can also redefine the core ideas of Confucianism according to his own understanding.

Lin Rui then explained the difference between cleaning up the Confucian family and not meaning that Dahua would no longer follow Confucianism in the future.

Hong Chengchou and other officials were relieved to see that His Majesty simply wanted to capture the Confucian family and was not seeking to attack Confucianism. He was also willing to build a statue of Confucius and establish a Confucian academy.

Confucian governance, imperial examinations, and land can be said to be the foundation for scholars all over the world. Now that land has to be rented to the government, scholars all over the world are complaining. If the Confucian way of governing the country is shaken again, all scholars in the world will explode. , it’s okay if you don’t serve as an official in this country of Great China.

Because once the scholars in the world are completely alienated from morality, even if Lin Rui can use force to pacify the world, the dynasty will not last long. Resistance and turmoil will probably continue, and sooner or later they will be defeated, so it is better to get out as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, the Confucian family in Qufu indeed has many faults and is no longer worthy of setting an example for scholars in the world, let alone enjoying the title of Holy Duke. However, the lineage of Confucian Saints in the south..."

"Your Majesty, I have reconsidered that the Confucian family of Qufu has indeed become unworthy of the throne. Now they dare to commit treason and immorality. They must be severely punished. The Confucian family of the south can take over the position of Duke Yansheng."

With Hong Chengchou taking the lead, other officials also turned the tide, accusing the Confucian family of the crusade against Qufu, and began to praise the Confucian family lineage in the south.

Obviously, in the view of these civil servants, as long as Lin Rui canonizes a descendant of the Confucius family as Yanshenggong to show his attitude of obeying Confucianism, it doesn't matter who it is, and the life and death of the Confucius family in Shandong is not at all among their considerations.

However, Lin Rui did not intend to canonize any more Yanshenggong. He shook his head and said: "My dear friends, from now on, Confucianism will be Confucianism and Confucianism will be Confucianism. They must not be confused. Confucius is a saint, which does not mean that he is a saint." Descendants are also saints, so from now on there will be no more Yanshenggong, and no family will receive special treatment."

"His Majesty…"

Everyone was obviously unwilling to give in and wanted to fight for it again, but Lin Rui was resolute and didn't bother to talk anymore. He directly announced that the Ministry of Punishment, the Supervision Bureau and the royal envoy would form a joint law enforcement team and go to Qufu, Shandong Province to deal with the Kong family's rebellion. One thing.

When everyone saw this, they had no choice but to give up.

Immediately, Lin Rui selected a dozen eunuchs from the Supervision Bureau, led by Wang Huade himself, and then selected a dozen ladies, led by a second-grade imperial wife named Huang, and then removed two thousand Lin Jun Along with him, he took the imperial edict and rushed to Shandong quickly.

The Punishment Department was led by Zuo Shilang.

Obviously Lin Rui also knew that the Kong family was no better than other families, and he certainly could not just let local officials and garrison troops raid their homes and arrest them. If such a move was not successful, it would cause even greater turmoil.

(End of this chapter)