First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 68 Controversy of Confucianism

  Father and son walked around the imperial garden alone, and saw a few concubines from a distance on the road, but they didn't dare to speak, they all bowed and avoided.

   Zhu Biao recalled the face of that Duke Yan Sheng and said: "I see that Duke Yan Sheng is not in good health."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Last year we called Kong Kejian to see him, but he said that he was sick in bed, so he sent his own son to explain why his father couldn't come to congratulate the new emperor. We immediately issued a "hand letter" to Kong Kejian, It clearly stated that "it is not allowed to call the disease".

  Zhu Biao laughed when he heard the words. This is the ability of Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, to do such a thing. Even the Yuan and Qing dynasties respected Yanshenggong's mansion, and it was impossible for the dignified Yanshenggong to come to court with illness.

  Zhu Biao said pointedly: "The Confucius family is too noble in the hearts of the people in the world. Just now not only the civil servants but also the two princes greeted them in person."

  Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened: "That's all for Li Shanchang, Tang and that guy are also joining in the fun!"

  Zhu Biao said with a smile: "I see that the situation in the court is already a little tense, and I still want to ask the godfather, how to deal with these?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just after the founding of the country, Wu Xun's power is huge. Originally Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were fighting outside, so the leader of the Huaixi party was Li Shanchang. Now Xu Da and Chang Yuchun have separated a lot of Li Shanchang's power. Tang He thinks he is the boss I don’t want to be under the subordinates of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, so I get close to Li Shanchang.”

  Then stopped and pointed to his son: "The current situation is actually very good. Li Shan is in charge of literature, and Xu Dachang Yuchun is in charge of martial arts. These few people are not of the same mind."

"In addition to these two factions, there is the Royalist Party headed by Li Wenzhong, and the three factions are the Censor Yanguan headed by Liu Bowen, plus the pro-military Duwei's Mansion to monitor the Quartet, so that the emperor's power can be demonstrated under such mutual checks and balances! "

  Zhu Biao sternly bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang to show that he was taught. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled a few times and pulled up his son, and then the father and son went to have lunch together.

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Shanchang to represent him, and hosted a banquet for Yan Shenggong. Everyone who ate at that meal was silent, and the people in Yan Shenggong’s mansion looked uneasy. No longer the enthusiasm of the morning.

  In the morning court the next day, Zhu Biao first went to have breakfast with Zhu Yuanzhang and then went to Fengtian Hall together.

  Father and son came up from the side, and Zhu Biao stopped after reaching the six steps, turned around and stood sideways on the throne.

  Zhu Yuanzhang sat directly on the throne and swept his eyes, and all the officials knelt down neatly and shouted long live!

  Zhu Yuanzhang said something about the family of all the ministers, and when they got up, they said: "I heard that Yan Shenggong is here, let's come in!"

   After a while Kong Kejian, the contemporary Yansheng Gong, was helped in by his son Kong Xixue, and the father and son knelt down with difficulty and slowly.

  So everyone just watched silently, and the cloud in their hearts became thicker, and Emperor Ming didn't even say a single polite word...

   "The minister Kong Kejian brought his son to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

  Only a little smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face and said: "The Qing family has worked hard from afar, let's get back together!"

  The father and son stood up after thanking him. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him how old he was, and Kong Kejian said he was fifty-three years old.

  Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You are still young and sick. I can't bear to add another official position. Let's rest first!"

  Kong Xixue was about to say something, but was stopped by Kong Kejian. He looked up at the calm Zhu family father and son above and bowed his head to thank him. There was no other way. The Yuan Dynasty still needed the Kong family to support their legitimacy, but Daming did not!

  Zhu Yuanzhang immediately announced that he would give Kong Kejian a house, a horse, and twenty stones of rice, and then Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao: "The descendants of the first saints should be gifted with courtesy, and they will be raised without doing anything!"

After Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately bowed and agreed. This is the opportunity for the Confucian family to become an official. Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian, who was named Guozijian Jijiu in the Yuan Dynasty, was also a big official, but in the Ming Dynasty he had no official position , which is also interesting.

  Afterwards, no one took care of the Kong family and his son. The imperial court began to operate and deal with various affairs. In fact, the main thing was to restore people's livelihood.

  Zhu Biao silently absorbed the suggestions of the ministers, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's decision, these are precious wealth.

   After the court, Zhu Yuanzhang invited Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian to Jinshen Hall for a meeting. Zhu Biao didn't join in the fun and led Chang Yuchun and others back to the East Palace.

  The affairs of the Northern Expeditionary Army were almost arranged, and Zhu Biao arranged a few more minor matters and let them go down.

   Nuan Yu walked in and poured him a cup of hot tea, Zhu Biao directly grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. Nuan Yu was born with a body heat, so it was very comfortable to hold her.

  Nuanyu was a little shy at first, but when she saw that His Royal Highness was just hugging her, she felt relieved. Her big eyes narrowed into crescents and she leaned tightly against Zhu Biao's arms, feeling Zhu Biao's warmth.

  Zhu Biao hugged Nuanyu and leaned on the chair. The hall was magnificent, but a little empty. There was only a couple of teenagers and girls sitting on the throne.

  Zhu Biao closed his eyes contentedly and leaned back on the chair, gently stroking Nuanyu's back, thinking about the matter of the Kong family.

  Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son aimed at the Confucian family. In the final analysis, it was a dispute over the line of governing the world. The ancients have long said that the so-called "governance" and "orthodoxy" govern the world.

  In short, "governance" refers to the implementation of actual political power to govern the world; while "orthodoxy" refers to the thoughts and theories that manage society and guide various relationships in society.

  "Government" is inherited by the kings who have a powerful state machine, and its power can be seen everywhere; while "Orthodoxy" seems to be relatively illusory, but its influence has a long history.

  The ancient literati regarded the "orthodoxy" as extremely sacred. Therefore, there were many literati in ancient times, even if they lived in remote villages and their homes were surrounded by walls, they would still point out the country whenever they had the opportunity, inspire their writing, and look at the situation with a smile, as if there was no one else around.

  The reason is that they believe that they are the heirs of the "Orthodoxy".

  The rule of emperors is "governance", and the rule of Confucianism is "orthodoxy", and the emperors of all dynasties in the past have also recognized the "orthodoxy" of Confucianism.

  However, when it comes to Zhu Yuanzhang, this method will not work. He not only wants to be the emperor who controls political power, but also the "leader" of ideology.

  So just after the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the sick Yan Shenggong to come to Nanjing for an audience, because what Zhu Yuanzhang needed was not only the attitude of the descendants of saints to his new dynasty, but also to delete all symbols representing "orthodoxy". Let the literati all over the world understand that it is no longer enough to look at the old Huangli.

  Look at today's world, it is no longer the world of Confucianism, but the world of Zhu Ming Dynasty!

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