Chapter 198 Ants on the Hot Pot
The strong wind rose at the end of Qingping. When the emperor Zhu Youxiao, who is currently visiting the border of Shandong, and all officials from Shandong, speculating whether the recent major case of dozens of girls being tortured to death was related to whether the current Holy Lord Kong Yan was related to the current Holy Lord Kong, a scholar from the Southern School published an article entitled "A Study on the Family of the Descendants of the Wenxuan King" in the Daming Daily.
I don’t know if this is the rise of Puxue, but it was like a wind blew a pool of spring water into the already silent scholars in the eighth year of the Tianqi period. Suddenly, the retired Hanlin Academy official also published in the newspaper that he concluded from the documents that the Southern School was actually the orthodox conclusion of the world.
Immediately afterwards, other scholars also began to debate. The two Song Dynasty, Jin and Meng countries established Yansheng Gong three times, which caused chaos in the inheritance of Yansheng Gong at the beginning. Finally, due to the concession of the situation, the matter became silent. However, they did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would cause trouble again after more than two hundred years of its establishment.
Kong Yinzhi didn't know that his and his family's status in the Kong family had been questioned. At this time, he was worried about the murder of the girl. He did not expect that such a great disaster would be caused by the failure of his sent people to assassinate Kong Zhiqi. Now he couldn't help but scold Kong Zhenkan, the magistrate of Qufu, standing in front of him:
"When Kong Zhiqi reported the case, you should have arrested him instead of letting him go. Now it's fine!"
Kong Zhen, the magistrate of Qu0fu, couldn't help but defend himself: "How could I know what's going on here? I didn't care much because I knew he was also a member of the Kong family. When you sent someone to tell me, it was too late."
"What is he a member of the Kong family, just a tenant who came from the south to offer," Kong Yinzhi said, and asked again: "What did they find out?"
"Your Majesty has asked Ling Xin in your mansion to identify it. I heard that he has recognized a few maids in the mansion." Kong Zhenkan couldn't help but say, "Maojia, let's not fight against Your Majesty. This official and gentry paid food together but lost some money and food. If you offend Your Majesty, you can't get it."
"You're pretty good. If I agree to the officials and gentry paying food together, can the tenant farmers and servants who come to offer me agree? Can I still survive? Can the Zhu family give me tens of thousands of salary every year like the descendants of the Zhu family? Even if my whole family begs for the officials and gentry paying food together, can the other gentry agree?
Our prestige in Qu0fu for thousands of years will be destroyed. Do you know that your county magistrate is not the light of his Zhu family until now, but the light of my Duke of Yansheng. Do you know that if you change to the emperor, we will still be Yansheng Gong!"
Kong Yinzhi said angrily, and Kong Zhenkang was so scared that he ran outside to look. When he saw that no one was there, he sighed and said: "I said, Maojia, you just said nothing. This song is right now. It is true that you are the world of Yan Shenggong, but don't forget that the world belongs to His Majesty, and the Confucius Sect is more than you are the descendants."
Kong Yinzhi felt a little slack when he heard this, but he couldn't help but sit down angrily and slapped his hand heavily: "Then tell me what to do."
"What can I do? Although I am a magistrate, I am not yours here." Although Kong Zhenkan is a seventh-rank magistrate, he is also a high-ranking person in the clan, so he can speak well in front of Kong Yinzhi. Although Luo Maoji is higher than Kong Zhen's official position and is also his direct superior, because he is a slave of the Kong family, he has no status in front of Kong Yinzhi.
Kong Yinzhi couldn't lose his temper in front of Kong Zhenkan anymore. Suddenly, he remembered Kong Zhenkan's mention that the maid named Lingxin just now recognized a few female corpses and was indeed from the mansion, so he couldn't help but scold: "This little hoof had already known, so he had done her. Now he has been discovered by His Majesty. I really don't take myself seriously. I want to see how long his Majesty can spoil her!"
At this time, Kong Xingxie walked in, and Kong Yinzhi hurriedly asked him: "Have you gone to His Majesty to pay his respects again?"
"Yes, Your Majesty is still having fun in the yard with Ling Xin. He didn't do anything, nor did he see anyone. But when his son went there, the governor Yuan Keli went there once, and it seemed that he would summon his father to the yamen once." As Kong Xingxie said, Kong Yinzhi snorted: "Yuan Keli is very active. Wasn't it just that when I impeached his son to shock his holy vein and was kicked out of the Imperial College when he was traveling to the Confucian Temple, but now he is here to take revenge on me."
Kong Xingxie was not easy to argue about this because his father fell in love with his sister and wanted to deliberately cause a major incident. The result was that Yuan Keli, the Holy Family, was solemnly that his son had lost the opportunity to be promoted to the Imperial College for the Imperial College and did not get much.
"What my father said is, but now we should think of a solution. It is better to go find the Seventh Duke if my son is not right." Kong Xingxie said, which made Kong Zhenkang stand up in surprise and look at Kong Xingxie: "Let me tell me why you are looking for your Seventh Duke."
"The Seventh Duke was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi and was considered a disciple of the emperor. If he was responsible for this matter, Your Majesty might give him some face. Secondly, although the Seventh Duke was at home, there were some friends in the court of the same year, and Your Majesty probably didn't want to touch him. Moreover, the Seventh Duke was honest and famous. Even if Your Majesty moved him, the scholars and people in the world would not agree. In the end, the Seventh Duke always paid attention to Confucianism. Now Your Majesty wants to suppress Confucius and Mencius and act domineering, the Seventh Duke will definitely make the decision for us. If he hadn't been sick again this time and Ding Woo was still alive, I would have come to Your Majesty to speak out for advice soon."
After Kong Xingxie said this, Kong Yinzhi couldn't help but slapped his thigh: "What I'm saying is very true."
Kong Yinzhi couldn't help but get excited. The seventh Duke in Kong Xingxie's mouth refers to Kong Wenshi. This person, who was a high school scholar in the second year of Tianqi and was also a student of the Zhongshu Seizure, is regarded as the most eye-catching Jinshi in Qufu. However, Kong Wenshi was indifferent and belonged to the prosperous fruit house. Therefore, he did not have a deep relationship with Kong Yinzhi and others. He had never been to Qufu City outside of the clan affairs and had always lived in seclusion outside the city.
"But father, don't forget that when the Seventh Duke's family was poor, we didn't give his family a good look, so this matter was a bit difficult." Before Kong Xingxie finished speaking, Kong Yinzhi glared at him: "Things without a king's law dare to block me with words. Is the Seventh Duke the kind of person? Will he keep this kind of old sesame and bad rice in mind? Is the Seventh Duke's heart immediately? Is the generous gift I will go there in person."
Just when Kong Yinzhi came to find Kong Wenshi in person, Li Mingrui also told Zhu Youxiao about the specific situation of the Kong family in Qu0fu:
"The current Yansheng Gong Kong Yinzhi is the son of Kong Shangtan and the grandson of Kong Zhenning. Yansheng Gong Kong Zhengan Congsun, whose courtesy name is Twelve and whose nickname is Maojia, his eldest son Kong Xingxie and his second son Kong Xingkai;
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Luo Maoji, the current governor of Yanzhou, is his milk brother, and his personal slave. Later, after he was released from his post, he became a juren. Now, the magistrate of Qufu, Kong Zhenkan, is actually the name of the Kong clan. According to principles, even Yan Shenggong had to call him "Old ancestors";
Secondly, there is another person who has to be mentioned, that is, Kong Wenshi, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, who has a higher seniority. Most of the Kong clans call him Seven Dukes, but because he is relatively distant from the direct lineage of Yansheng Duke, he is not very close. However, since he became a Jinshi, he has written him into the family tree in the clan."
Chapter completed!