Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

At the Confucius Temple in the capital, many people, led by Liu Sanwu and others, have gathered here.

Liu Sanwu led his men and respectfully bowed to the statues of the Great Sage, the Second Sage and others, and recounted what had happened today.

I hope the saints can understand these practices.

Then they used red silk, wooden sticks wrapped in red cloth, etc., and laboriously lifted out the statues of Confucius and Mencius.

When the statue was carried into the temple, cheers broke out from the crowd.

However, the cheers soon turned into the sound of many people reciting the books of sages.

One says Confucius said to achieve martyrdom, the other says Mencius said to pursue righteousness.

I will go even if there are tens of thousands of people against me.

It was extremely lively and the momentum was astonishing.

It seems that with the statues of Confucius and the second sage, they will be invincible.

Some people who were originally feeling nervous, when they saw this scene, all the nervousness in their hearts disappeared at this moment.

Don’t you see that so many people of noble character and lofty ideals have gathered together, ready to fight and risk their lives for the rise and fall of Confucianism?

Don’t you see that even the statues of the two saints have been carried out at this time. Will they do such things together with the two saints?
What's there to panic about?
The two sages Confucius and Mencius are with them, and morality is with them!
All the Confucian sages since ancient times are with them!

So these people followed the statue of Confucius, the Second Sage, which was placed on the ox cart, and headed towards the imperial city.

This posture is like going to force the emperor to abdicate.

However, these people do not think that what they are doing now is forcing the emperor to abdicate.

On the contrary, I feel that what they are doing at this time is the moral right.

It is extremely just.

But with so many of them coming together and acting in the spirit of justice, they will surely be able to defeat those evil doctrines.

It can make Confucianism flourish again.

The orthodoxy of Confucianism cannot be challenged or destroyed by anyone, not even the emperor!
In a short time, the huge noise attracted countless people to watch.

But when they were about to reach the imperial city, an accident happened.

Duke Yansheng, who came hurriedly from Qufu, stopped the team and scolded and criticized the behavior of Liu Sanwu and others.

They said that their actions put the Confucius family in an unjust position and put the great sage in a difficult position!

It is perverse and short-sighted!

It is not helping Confucianism, but harming Confucianism!
The words were extremely impolite.

He also rebuked Liu Sanwu and others, asking them to return to the right path.

Liu Sanwu and others naturally responded tit for tat.

Duke Yansheng rebuked Liu Sanwu and others and asked them to leave behind the statues of their ancestors.

These people must not be allowed to coerce his ancestors into making statues and do whatever they want.

Under such circumstances, these people were ultimately unable to overcome Confucius's genuine descendant, the contemporary Duke Yansheng.

It could only be the final choice, leaving behind the statue of Confucius.

With only a heart full of indignation, he took the statue of Mencius and headed towards the imperial city...

Duke Yansheng immediately led the Kong family to bring the statues of their ancestors back to the Confucius Temple and place them there.

During this process, his expression was extremely serious, and he completely ignored the disdain of the many literati who had pointed fingers at him, or were full of anger or even insulted him.

He saw very clearly that these were actually all false, and the real winner was not here, but on the emperor's side.

No matter how disdainful these people are at this time, it won’t be long before they realize that what they are doing is right.

There are times when these people cry!
Even if he had offended Confucianists by doing these things, but relying on the status of his ancestors, these people would continue to praise his ancestors and his Kong family highly in the future.

After placing the statue of his ancestors, Duke Yansheng went straight to seek an audience with the emperor.

This matter must be explained clearly to the emperor, and the Kong family's attitude towards this matter must be made clear.

This matter must be explained clearly to the emperor.

Otherwise, it is unknown whether Confucianism will suffer a major blow this time, but the Kong family will definitely not be in good shape.

He didn't want to suffer such an unexpected disaster.

When he heard that the contemporary Duke Yansheng was coming to see him, and before that, he had already publicly rebuked Liu Sanwu and his people, and forcefully sent the statue of Confucius back to the Confucius Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile to himself.

According to the information he had, Duke Yansheng could have arrived in the capital yesterday.

We can take action in advance and stop Liu Sanwu and others.

But what’s interesting is that Duke Yansheng, who had been in a hurry before, actually slowed down after approaching the capital.

It was as if they had stuck in timing, entering the city only after Liu Sanwu and others had caused such a big commotion today.

And this happened right in the street.

Zhu Yuanzhang was certainly not a fool and could see what Duke Yansheng was doing.

This is a special opportunity to express my sincerity to myself.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang had already prepared to pull Nan Kong out if things didn't work.

But when he saw that Duke Yansheng was so understanding and considerate, he gave up the idea.

He immediately asked someone to call Duke Yansheng to meet him.

After Duke Yansheng arrived here, he immediately paid great respects to Zhu Yuanzhang and then admitted his mistake.

People say that people like Liu Sanwu are ignorant and have no regard for the interests of the country and family. They only care about their own selfish interests and do evil things under the banner of saints.

Then he said that their Kong family would stand firmly on the emperor's side and would always be of one mind with the emperor.

I would never do anything like this.

The posture is called low.

He even said in front of the emperor that this new learning was a particularly good discipline that complemented Confucianism and could help Confucianism flourish.

It should be promoted vigorously in the future.

It can be said that he fell to his knees in an instant.

Seeing Duke Yansheng like this, Zhu Yuanzhang did not force him any further.

They affirmed his actions and praised him highly.

“We are assured that you are in the Kong family.

With you, the Kong family can be passed on.

You are absolutely right, this is what we mean by this matter.

Times are changing, everything is changing, and knowledge must also change.

You did a great job on this.”

After hearing what the emperor said to him, Duke Yansheng finally let go of his worries.

I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

The whole person felt exhausted for a while.

Great, simply great!

This is really the best choice I made!
Fortunately, I was wise and did not make any mistakes.

Otherwise, the Kong family would suffer an extremely devastating blow this time.

What happened next made him even more grateful. "Capture all those rioters who attacked the imperial city and threatened the emperor.

Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!

The statue of Mencius...Now that you're out, don't go back!
Revoke Mencius' title of Second Sage and he is no longer allowed to enter the temple from now on!"

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Duke Yansheng's face turned pale and he couldn't help but shake his body.

I am also more and more fortunate that I made the decision before.

Fortunately, I knew that this matter was not easy to handle and that the emperor's order could not be disobeyed.

Made this choice directly.

Otherwise, judging from the attitude shown by the emperor at this time, it would be difficult for his ancestors and his own Kong family to have a good ending.

The current emperor is indeed a man of tough measures!
So many people gathered together, carrying the statue of the sub-sage, and he actually gave an order to arrest them!

That would have been fine, but they actually announced that Mencius' title of the Second Sage would be revoked.

From now on you are no longer allowed to call him the Second Sage or enter the temple to enjoy sacrifices.

This kind of thing is really too shocking!
That was the sub-sage! The emperor actually dared to do such a thing to such a person.

As expected, the law of not punishing the masses does not exist at all in front of the emperor.

There is nothing that the current emperor dares not do, except what you dare not think of.

No matter how outrageous the thing is, it is still done as if it is natural and justified.

And he can really get things done!
People like Liu Sanwu probably never imagined that their self-righteous resistance would bring them this!

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the numerous troops of the Five Military Commandery, who had already received his orders, immediately took action under the leadership of Duke Cao Li Wenzhong.

In just a moment, all the people involved in this incident were surrounded.

Arrest the person on the spot.

"According to your majesty's order, arrest the rebels!

Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Many soldiers shouted in unison, with an iron-blooded murderous spirit surging out.

These were all soldiers who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world and had experienced countless battles.

One can imagine how strong the murderous aura is on him.

For a moment, even the voices of those people reciting Confucian classics were suppressed a lot.

Someone immediately stood up and explained to the soldiers that they were not rebels.

They are all righteous men of the country, and they all follow the right path.

But unfortunately, what happened next vividly illustrates what it means when a scholar meets a soldier and cannot explain his reason clearly.

How could these soldiers listen to their explanation?

Arrest the person directly.

Such actions eventually aroused resistance from Liu Sanwu and others.

Liu Sanwu and others were furious. They really didn't expect that the emperor would dare to do such a thing.

Without even a little room for easing the tension, they directly mobilized troops to capture so many of them!

I've never seen anyone do things this way!
He immediately shouted angrily: "Don't arrest anyone!"

At the same time, he also stood in the front line and revealed his identity as a senior official of the court.

However, his identity as a high-ranking official in the imperial court was usually useful, but it was really not useful at this time.

After two warnings from the generals in person, Liu Sanwu and others became more and more certain that these people would not dare to really take any action and would not dare to do anything to them.

With so many Confucianists gathered together, even the emperor could only scare them at most. How could he dare to take real action against them?

So, Yue stood there refusing to give in and fought with his troops.

Then, a long spear suddenly thrust out, stabbing Liu Sanwu directly in the heart.

At the same time, there were seven or eight people who were stabbed to death. They were people of high status, or people with strong blood circulation, and they were trying to stop the soldiers from arresting people.

This scene frightened many other people at once.

They really didn't expect that under such circumstances, these people would actually dare to kill people!
The effect is very obvious.

Leaders like Liu Sanwu were killed in the first moment, which had an enormous impact on people's hearts and morale.

As a result, many people became obedient and allowed themselves to be captured by the soldiers.

The sound of reciting scriptures is basically inaudible...

And during the subsequent arrest process, there will naturally be some resistance.

But these resistances did not cause any waves.

Instead, it caused a lot of blood to splash.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from the Five Military Governor's Office were dispatched, and in less than an hour, they captured all those who had gathered to cause trouble.

More than 15,000 people were arrested.

For a moment, the entire capital was in a state of silence!
Many people were no longer stubborn. They really did not expect that the emperor would actually dare to do this.

How dare you treat scholars like this?
Zhu Yuanzhang then issued an order to behead all the diehards.

More than three hundred people were killed.

Apart from these, all the rest were found guilty and exiled.

They were all moved to the southwest.

With so many people, it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill them all.

Just kill the diehards inside.

As for the remaining people, after this operation, the stupid ones have probably become sober, and as for the bad ones, many of them have been scared and dare not have any bad thoughts anymore.

In fact, he had already thought about how to deal with these people from the very beginning.

The southwest is difficult to govern, and it is even more difficult to completely integrate it into the Ming Dynasty.

During this time, people have been migrating there.

However, it is not difficult for ordinary people to immigrate there. The key is that it is very difficult for scholars and officials to go there, and no one is happy about it.

Except for a few people, most people are unwilling to endure the suffering of the wilderness.

Even if the conditions offered by the court were very favorable, it would still not work.

Now, with these more than 10,000 people filling the gap, we can solve the problem of talent shortage at once.

These people had given them the choice before and they could refuse it.

Now, they are all guilty, so whether they go there or not is not up to them to decide.

But you have the final say!
The initiative suddenly came into his hands.

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also told these people clearly when he was doing things.

These people who participated in the rebellion were originally going to be beheaded.

Regardless of their identities, it is illegal to do so. It was only because the crown prince and his wife, Mei Yin, who founded a new school of thought, pleaded for them that they were given such extra favors.

He even wanted to abolish Confucianism.

It was also because of the pleadings by Mei Yin and others that he was allowed to stay. Confucianism was not abolished, and only the new learning was promoted!

(End of this chapter)