My Daming New Empire

As far as the crimes committed by the Kong family are concerned, most of them are not his responsibility, but if he wants to be held accountable, he can only bite the bullet and come to the capital to face the punishment.

If he is capable and does not encounter the current situation, maybe after 20 years, he can gradually regain power.

But now, all this has become a mirror image.

Zhu Gaochi, the hard-working prince, vomited blood three times in a row. Zhu Zhanji was still worried that he would not be able to survive. Who knew that after half a month, he became more energetic.

What he is most worried about now is Zhu Zhanji's extermination of Confucianism, and he has always been concerned about the disposal of the Confucian family.

Most of those officials were given light sentences, and Zhu Zhanji also told him, but he was not satisfied, and wanted Zhu Zhanji to let the Kong family go.

In his heart, Zhu Zhanji is his son after all, and he doesn't want Zhu Zhanji to be called a tyrant in the history books compiled by Confucianism because of Zhu Zhanji's dealing with the Confucian family.

Zhu Zhanji also knew that he had good intentions, and knew that he would never drive the Kong family to extinction.

In this era, the existence of Confucianism has more advantages than disadvantages, and the advantages of Confucianism are also irreplaceable. Now that Confucianism is knocked into the dust, there is no replacement theory at all, and it will only make people have no faith and become extremely vicious.

This is like the later generations, although Confucianism has been knocked down, but in only 40 years, the whole society has become morally corrupt and the human relationship is chaotic.

In the era when Zhu Zhanji traveled, he picked up many things that had been knocked down and filled up the lack of people's beliefs again.

Take the Europeans as an example. No matter how developed they are, they will never overthrow their religious beliefs.

Don't they know that religion is just fake?Is the god of belief non-existent?

Of course they know, but they need their own spiritual sustenance, they need to be afraid, and they need the human relations and social relations established by religion.

Therefore, he deliberately called Kong Yanjin to let Zhu Gaochi meet.Of course, he can't just let him see the brilliance on the surface, but also let Zhu Gaochi see how many dirty things the Kong family has done behind the scenes.

At the same time, let the Kong family know that the imperial court will never allow them to grow barbarously, and everything they do must be within the scope stipulated by the imperial court.

Of course, this is only the first step. When the development of the technology industry is not enough to change the entire social structure, Zhu Zhanji will not dig the foundation of Confucianism.

When the development of society can change the small-scale farming economic structure of today's Ming Dynasty, when social ethics enters a stage of freedom, then is the time to truly change Confucianism.

Zhu Zhanji is very skeptical. Maybe Confucianism will have changed on its own initiative by then, and it will no longer be said that industrial technological innovation is a miracle.

Zhu Gaochi had a very good impression of Kong Yanjin, and his image of a pretty face fit the Confucian description of a scholar.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't listen to the two of them talking about the scriptures, but he could also know that Kong Yanjin was a man of real talent and learning.

Facing Zhu Zhanji, Kong Yanjin felt tremendous pressure in his heart. Seeing Zhu Zhanji's face and feeling his aura, Kong Yanjin was terrified.

"Your Highness, Yan Shutong, the former magistrate of Qufu County, brought you here."

The two people who were smiling and chatting suddenly disappeared.The arrival of Yan Shutong means that Zhu Zhanji will reveal the filth under the glamorous appearance of the Kong family in front of them.

"Xuan..."

"Uncle Yan, the county magistrate of Qufu in Xuanyuan, met you..."

After a while, Yan Shutong, who was still wearing the county magistrate's uniform, knelt down on the ground as soon as he entered the door. "Sinful Minister Yan Shutong has seen His Highness the Grandson and His Highness the Crown Prince."

Although the prince is older than his grandson, Zhu Zhanji is now the grandson of Jian Guo, so there is nothing wrong with putting Zhu Zhanji first.

"Pingshen, come forward."

Uncle Yan got up, lowered his head, walked to the middle of the side hall with small steps, and saluted again.

Zhu Zhanji said, "Look up."

Yan Shutong raised his head. He was about 30 years old, and he looked upright, but he did so many things that shouldn't be done with the Kong family.

Zhu Zhanji didn't save him face, and asked directly: "You were born in poverty, read sage books since childhood, and became a county magistrate from a poor man. Tell me, this saint is the same body as the saint? "

Chapter 69 Starting to Ask for Debt

Although Yan Shutong was born in a poor family, but because of his cleverness since he was a child and the support of his family, he has grown from a scholar, to a scholar, to a Jinshi.

Originally served as a county magistrate in a small county, but was transferred to Qufu to serve as the county magistrate because of his excellent officials, and he did not go through detours in his life.

In the first half of his life, he was always high-spirited, and he didn't have time to settle down and sum up his life.

However, when he encountered the greatest setback in his life in Qufu, especially during the months of being detained in prison, he also seriously recalled his own experience and summarized each of his mistakes.

He also entered the officialdom with the lofty ideal of "establishing a heart for the world, establishing a life for the people, inheriting the knowledge of the past, and creating peace for all generations".

But after entering the officialdom, in order to adapt to the officialdom, he gradually changed from an idealist to a realist.

After the Kong family became a sage, he was an official in the hometown of the sage. He naturally attached great importance to the relationship with the Kong family, and also violated his own ideals, providing too much convenience for the Kong family.

It wasn't until he was imprisoned that he gradually realized that he was an official of the imperial court, not an official of the Kong family, and he had crossed the line.

After seeing this, he naturally wanted to understand why His Majesty wanted to let the grandson supervise the country, and why the grandson wanted to deal with the Kong family.

This world belongs to the Zhu family, not the Kong family.

Because of his closeness to Confucianism and Confucianism, the prince even lost the position of supervisor of the country.

Now that he is a prisoner, there is no room for maneuvering. The most correct choice now is to follow in the footsteps of the grandson, instead of thinking about the past friendship of the Kong family, let alone caring about the prince's thoughts.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, he knelt down without hesitation, kowtowed three times to Zhu Zhanji and said: "The sinner didn't understand in the past, but now he has understood. A saint is a saint, and after a saint is a saint." after.

There can be ministers in the common people's family, and scum can also be born in the sage's family.The world has changed dynasties, and the old king Xie's family is no longer heard today.Since the Qin Emperor, how many families in this world have been swept away by the waves, and how many families have risen.

In the past, the guilty minister did not understand these things, and was deceived by the name of a saint, so he made a move that was not in line with the righteousness of the world, and he regretted it too late.Your Highness is magnanimous today, but the criminals are exiled to Luzon, and the criminals must abide by the righteousness, and it is no longer absurd. "

Kong Yanjin turned pale when he heard this, and looked at Yan Shutong, but didn't know how to respond.

He is very clear that today's interrogation is related to the future fate of the Kong family. As for the joint trial of the three divisions in a few days, it is just a formality.

His Highness Taisun's question directly dug the foundation of the Confucian family. Without the protection of the name of a sage, the Confucian family has not many officials in the court.

However, he couldn't say what the grandson asked, and what Uncle Yan replied was wrong.If judged by the standards of saints, there is indeed no one in the Confucian family who can bear this name.

Moreover, he was summoned alone now, and there was no one around him who could give advice...

Suddenly, he suddenly realized that His Royal Highness Taisun did this on purpose, and he also gave himself a good chance to cut off a strong man's wrist!

Yes, His Royal Highness is also a young man. He is very clear that many things about the Kong family were not done by himself.

Now that he was pushed out to shield him from the wind and rain, His Royal Highness also felt sympathy for him.

However, he didn't know if his guess was right. If he guessed wrong, he would be a sinner of the Kong family!

After hearing Yan Shutong's reply, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but take a deep look at him.This county magistrate is a smart man, if he is kept, the secrets of the Kong family will never be covered up.

He suddenly thought of the officials who had served as chief officials in Qufu and Yanzhou before, and they were also useful if they wanted to deal with the Kong family.