In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 310 The last thousand-year-old family is finished
Since Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, canonized Kong Teng, the eighth descendant of Confucius, as the enshrined king, the direct line of Confucius has had hereditary titles.

In the following 2000 years, although the title changed many times, the status of the Kong family remained unchanged. It was passed down for more than 70 generations. It was not until the Republic of China that the Kong family's privileges were completely ended.

Such an enduring and long-established family is definitely unique in China's 2000-year history.

Qufu, Shandong.

At this time, the head of the Confucius family was Kong Yanzhi, the 64th generation descendant of Confucius. During the Tianqi period, the hereditary Duke of Yansheng was granted the title of Crown Prince and Tutor. He was also required to be ranked above all officials when he went to court. Such an honor was not as good as that of the Liao and Jin Dynasties. Song and Yuan dynasties, but not much different.

Due to the longevity of the family, for thousands of years, almost all the land in Qufu has been directly descended from the Kong family. People with the surname Kong account for sixty-seven out of ten of the county. They are the true emperors of the land.

After the fall of Chongzhen and the establishment of Dahua, the news spread to Shandong. Civil and military officials, gentry and landlords from all over the country were all panicked. Only the Kong family sat firmly on Diaoyutai and did not worry at all.

When the overall situation in the north was decided and Lin Rui ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Kong Yanzhi saw that Lin Rui still had no expression towards the Kong family. Although he was slightly dissatisfied, after thinking about it, he still took the initiative to submit a memorial. He originally thought that he would take the initiative to submit a memorial. Now, Lin Rui should remember what to do, right?
Who would have thought that the report would have fallen into disgrace. A whole year had passed, and Lin Rui still had no intention of canonizing the Kong family. This made Kong Yanzhi shocked and angry, but he also couldn't figure out what Lin Rui meant?
But even though he couldn't figure it out, Kong Yanzhi had no intention of sending anyone to the capital to find out the news.

Because in his opinion, with the identity and status of the Kong family, he didn't need to worry at all.

He didn't believe that Lin Rui still dared not to enthrone the Kong family. He wanted to see how long Lin Rui could delay it.

They even planned to wait until Lin Rui canonized the Kong family and reject him once or twice to see who would be anxious then.

But he never expected that after waiting for more than a year, the Kong family not only did not receive the imperial decree of canonization, but also waited for a group of Lao Shizi agricultural officials who came to measure the Kong family's land. This really made him very angry, and he immediately ordered someone to do it. Beat him to death.

It was so unbelievable that the Kong family was measured when the land was measured.

Naturally, he had heard of and understood the new land policy implemented by the Hua Kingdom, but he never thought that it would include the Kong family, so he just watched the show happily.

After all, all the gentry and landlords in the north will have to rent their fields to the government, with the exception of the Kong family. Wouldn't it better reflect the status of the Kong family?

But who would have thought that Lin Rui would be so ungrateful? In this case, it's no wonder he stood up for justice.

"Father, it has been so long and there is still no news from the court. Why don't you send someone to the capital to find out?"

"After all, Lin Rui is from a reckless background. Not only did he dare to canonize a Mongolian woman as queen, but he also did such a thing of forcibly renting the land of all the landlords and gentry in the world. It really makes people... I worry about us doing this. What if It angered him..."

Compared to Kong Yanzhi, the eldest son Kong Xingxie was a little worried, and he also disapproved of his father's public call for scholars all over the world to boycott the New Deal.

After all, the most important reason why the Confucius family has been able to endure for a long time and enjoy privileges and honors in all dynasties is that they never go against those in power, apart from being descendants of Confucius.

Especially Lin Rui, the founding emperor who was like a madman.

Kong Yanzhi also frowned when he heard this. In fact, he didn't know this. It was just that he was angry at the time and didn't think so much about it. But the deal was done, and even some regrets were useless.

If you want to blame it, it's Lin Rui who went too far.

What's more, he is not too worried. The status of his Kong family lies here. Unless Lin Rui dares to be an enemy of the entire world's scholars and dares to govern the country without Confucianism, no matter how angry he is, he will not dare to touch the Kong family.

So he waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, at most you will inherit my position as Duke Yan."

Seeing his father say this, Kong Xingxie felt relieved a lot after thinking about it.However, in the end Kong Yanzhi decided to send someone to the capital to inquire about the specific situation, and at the same time asked the children of the Kong family to restrain themselves and stop opposing the New Deal in public.

After all, the Kong family still has a southern sect in Zhejiang.

Although Lin Rui would never dare to touch the Kong family, it would be troublesome if the canonization of the Southern Sect was changed.

At this moment, the youngest son rushed in hurriedly
"Father, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court has arrived, but..."

"Hmph, are you finally here? I thought Lin Rui really dared to ignore my Kong family, but what?"

Kong Yanzhi also snorted coldly when he heard this, and then asked.

"It's just that there are a lot of people, four to five thousand, and most of them are soldiers." The younger son said worriedly, and Kong Xingxie also stood up in shock.

"Father, this...does Lin Rui really dare to risk the disapproval of the world..."

"Why are you panicking? Look at your potential, you just want to give my Kong family a show of strength. Hmm, how dare you come to scare my Kong family with such childish tricks?"

After Kong Yanzhi reprimanded his two sons, he snorted again, and then decided that when the imperial envoy arrived, he would let the eldest son pretend to be sick and delay for a few days before receiving the title again.

Obviously Kong Yanzhi believed that the imperial envoy must have come to canonize the Kong family, but he also knew that after he publicly opposed the New Deal, Lin Rui would no longer be able to canonize him, and would only choose to canonize his eldest son.

After all, he is the emperor, so he must have a way out, and he cannot bow his head and admit his mistake.

Not only Kong Yanzhi thought so, but almost the entire Kong family and scholars in Qufu County thought so. After all, the identity and status of the Kong family lay here.

Even when the ferocious Mongols came, they still gave preferential treatment to the Kong family. The arrogant people captured both emperors of the Song Dynasty and humiliated and ridiculed them to their heart's content, but they still did not dare to touch the Kong family.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were so chaotic that almost all the millennium-old families were overthrown. Only the Kong family was safe and standing.

In the past 2000 years, the Kong family has seen the rise and fall of many dynasties, and has also seen too many emperors pulled down from the altar.

So other people and other families are afraid of imperial power, but the Kong family, the only remaining aristocratic family, is really not afraid of imperial power, especially the Han imperial power.

But when the joint law enforcement force came to the Kong family, read out the imperial edict to confiscate the family and exterminate the family, and loaded all the men, women, old and children within five direct generations of the Kong family into the prison car, Kong Yanzhi still couldn't believe that he was in the prison car. He felt as if he was in a prison car. It's like a dream, all I can hear is mumbling, how is this possible, how dare you?
There are many people in the Kong family, but facing the wolf-like Yu Lin Army, those except Wu Fu only dared to stand on one side and be indignant and did not dare to stop them at all, while the people not named Kong all clapped their hands and applauded.

Now the Kong family is not popular among the people in Qufu, and even many branches of the Kong family with long bloodline are gloating in their hearts.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Punishment escorted hundreds of people, old and young, and left that day. The eunuchs from the Supervision Bureau only came to announce the decree. After announcing the decree, they also returned to the capital, leaving only a group of wives and Yu Linjun to take charge of the next step. The house was confiscated.

As for the construction of the Confucius statue, it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Works.

When the bank rooms and treasure rooms of the Kong family were opened, even though they were used to seeing the wealth of money and silver, the wives of special envoys still opened their mouths in shock.

(End of this chapter)