Chapter 197 Kneel down and ask Kublai Khan to become the great master of Confucianism!How could the Kong family be so shameless? Neither Kong Ne on the stage nor the scholars and people in the audience expected that Chen Han's curse would be so unpleasant.
That couplet simply called the entire Confucius family, including thousands of people, traitors.
And it seems to be true.
It can be said that every dynasty and every generation treated the Confucius family with great courtesy, but when each dynasty fell, the Confucius family did not share the worries of the court.
It is said that they eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries, but every time they are not destroyed, the Kong family goes along with the tide. The tide rises, the treatment is getting better and better, the fiefs are getting more and more, the descendants are getting more and more, and the mansion is getting bigger and bigger. .
Now, all the fertile land with a radius of hundreds of miles around Qufu has been collected, and there is no need to pay taxes on these.
Such courtesy is hundreds of times better than any other family.
But when did they ever worry about the imperial court? Watching the imperial court collapse, they not only had no people with lofty ideals to save the imperial court.
There was no money or effort to help the court.
Just by submitting a letter of surrender and a letter of congratulations every time the dynasty changes, they can obtain such a status. Isn't that a traitor?
After this sentence was clarified, the people below were scolding one after another.
"Traitors are indeed traitors!"
"After receiving so much favor from the imperial court, I didn't do anything for the imperial court. Instead, I helped the imperial court's enemies sing congratulations."
"It's simply shameless, yes, shameless, they are all shameless things."
"Master Chen summed it up brilliantly. You are really shameless."
There were louder voices below, all yelling at the Kong family for being shameless.
The scholars were all very angry.
But thinking about it carefully, they had nothing to say.
Because it's a fact.
There was no time when the Confucius family did not gain a higher status through the collapse of the imperial court.
During the Han Dynasty, they were just ordinary kings, but by the time of the Tang Dynasty, they were already Dukes.
Until the Northern Song Dynasty, after becoming Yan Shenggong, his status was even more respected.
Even when the northern foreigners occupied by the Liao and Jin Dynasties ruled the country and the Han people were reduced to slaves, the Confucius Mansion still stood strong. What did it rely on?Flattery.
Isn’t it just that those who know the current affairs are distinguished?
They even helped foreigners like Liao and Jin rule the Han people.
Of course they live a happy life, because he will kneel down and lick whoever becomes his master. Who wouldn't want such a loyal dog?
Who wouldn’t want a dog that could help rule over the scholars?
Thinking of this, the scholar also feels that his face is dull.
I originally thought about yelling and refuting, but I also felt that it was very unreasonable.
Now we have to see how this Yanshenggong Kongne will refute.
Standing on the high platform, Zhu Yuanzhang almost laughed when he heard Chen Han scolding Kong Ne and his family as traitors.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to worship such a home.
However, when the Ming Dynasty was established, it was very poor, so we couldn't let the gang of thugs under us govern the world.
Those civil servants must govern the world, and isn't the best way to win over the Kong family? The reason why the imperial court treated the Confucius family with courtesy was not because the Confucius family was kind to the imperial court. There was nothing they could do about it.
Only by showing kindness to the Confucius can we win over the hearts of scholars all over the world, and it is absolutely necessary for them to help the court.
So now Chen Han calls the Kong family traitors.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to clap his hands and applaud Chen Han in his heart. The scolding was good, it was indeed like this, they were a bunch of traitors.
When foreigners from the Yuan Dynasty came to dominate the Central Plains, they would lick their horses and kneel down, wouldn't they be traitors? Zhu Biao burst out laughing when he saw his father's expression.
Zhu Yuanzhang even asked Ling Han, the Minister of Rites next to him.
"Ling Aiqing, is what Chen Han said true?"
As the Minister of Rites, Ling Han was well-read in poetry and history, so he was also very embarrassed.
Because what Chen Han said is true.
He immediately replied, "According to historical records, what Chen Han said does have some truth."
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Does that mean that the Kong family is indeed a traitor?"
Ling Han laughed dumbly, not knowing how to answer.
After all, he is a scholar. After all, he has received the favor of the Four Books and Five Classics. If he follows suit and scolds traitors, wouldn't he just smash the pot after eating?So it was difficult for him to answer.
On the podium below, Kong Ne almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He pointed at Chen Han and cursed: "Thieves, don't talk arrogantly. Do you have to let all the courtiers in the world have to die together when the court changes its tune? Ignorant birds choose trees to roost in.
The corruption and stupidity of the imperial court led to the uprising of the people in the world, which led to the change of the political system. The decline of the imperial court was the manifestation of the pedantry of good ministers.
Now the Ming Dynasty is as bright as the sun. This is the great banner that we should follow. This is what a gentleman does.
Do you think, in your eyes, that all the elders of the previous dynasty should commit suicide and follow the fatuous imperial court? "
As soon as these words came out, the veterans behind him started shouting angrily.
"This is very true. The Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty were ignorant and incompetent. When we followed the Ming Dynasty, we were following the bright road. We were thinking about the people of the world and the country.
Could it be that in your eyes, Mr. Chen, it is the right way for us to follow the former Yuan Tatars and let the people perish along with them?
You are talking nonsense. "
"Indeed, what Yan Shenggong said is true. Good birds choose trees to roost. This is the right principle."
Chen Han laughed loudly: "Sure enough, those who understand current affairs are heroes. Since you said that the imperial court is corrupt and incompetent, that is why you surrender.
Then I would like to say that the Sui Dynasty was due to Yang Guang's tyranny and the Tang Dynasty was destroyed. It was the rise of the last eunuchs and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed due to the incompetence of the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong.
However, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed at the Battle of Yashan. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were running out of ammunition and food. However, the soldiers and civilians drank seawater and ate raw fish and shrimp, but they still preferred death over surrender.
In despair, not a single soldier or civilian surrendered to the Mongolian Tatars.
At the last moment, in order not to be humiliated, Prime Minister Lu Xiufu tied the nine-year-old emperor to his back with a ribbon and threw himself into the sea to die for his country.
One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians also threw themselves into the sea! Could it be that such a vigorous feat has become pedantic in the eyes of you, Duke Yan? Wen Tianxiang was captured for three years. He endured hardship in prison and refused to surrender. In the end, he died heroically. He would rather die than surrender to the barbarian Tatars. In the eyes of you, Yan Shenggong, does this also become pedantry? "
Chen Han stood up, glared at Kong Ne in a condescending manner, and asked loudly: "Excuse me, Lord Yan Shenggong, what is the pedantry you are talking about? Is it because the late Southern Song Dynasty emperor would rather die than surrender to the Meng Yuan Dynasty? Or was it written by Wen Tianxiang in prison? Who has never died in life since ancient times, leaving a loyal heart to reflect the history?
Is it because hundreds of thousands of people, who were running out of ammunition and food, would rather drink seawater than resist desperately? When they were unable to resist, they followed Lu Xiufu and the late emperor and threw themselves into the sea to die for their country and become pedantic? Or was it the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty who had an extremely deep desire to serve the country with their fists and fists, and used their own actions and determination to resolutely resist the Mongolian and Yuan armies? Do you have to be like you, no matter what kind of weapons the invaders use, as long as they are stronger than you and make you think they are irresistible, you must kneel before them and call yourself master? "
The more Chen Han talked, the more excited he became, and the more he said that he was already out of , he is questioning whether these scholars represented by the Confucius family have always emphasized the so-called so-called "keeping to oneself" and "good birds choose trees to roost in".
However, their thoughts are full of the idea of killing for life. Chen Han understands very well that Chinese people have a dialectical way of thinking.
Nothing has two sides, and any benevolence, righteousness, and morality must be based on the current situation and things.
But in terms of true justice, should we still insist on the so-called good birds choosing trees to roost in? In terms of true justice, do we have to give up for the sake of our own survival?
But those residents of the Southern Song Dynasty, didn't they know that surrendering could save their lives?
Don’t you know that if you surrender, you don’t have to throw yourself into the sea?
But why do they still drink sea water, causing vomiting and diarrhea?
Why do they still fight desperately when facing the iron-heeled invasion of aliens, knowing that the weapons in their hands are completely powerless to resist? It’s not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that if they surrender like this, it will not only destroy a country, but also the integrity of the nation.
Every time he read about the tragic Battle of Yashan, in which hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians threw themselves into the sea, Chen Han felt the national justice burning deep in his heart.
It is precisely because of this spirit of righteousness that has inspired the Han people to continue to advance for thousands of years that they have the power to rise on the edge of the desperate situation of national subjugation and genocide.
Chen Han's question made Kong Ne's face turn pale. He mumbled a few times, but finally said nothing.
At this moment, the scholars and common people below were no longer on opposite sides, nor were they insulting each other. Instead, they all felt that during the Yashan naval battle, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, including those scholars, did not choose to surrender.
Why did the Han people hate the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty so much? It was because they never truly treated the Han people as citizens.
Regardless of whether they are Han Chinese in the north or Han people in the south, they are ranked first and second from the bottom among their races.
They are just slaves who provide the means of production for them to eat, drink and enjoy themselves under the iron heel of abuse.
Under the tax farming system, the Yuan Dynasty court encouraged many local tyrants and evil gentry to exploit the people.
They never care whether the people at the bottom can afford taxes. They just get the monthly quota from the local tyrants and evil gentry every day every month.
The local tyrants and evil gentry who provided the tax package exploited the people a hundred times a thousand times.
So in just 99 years, the Yuan Dynasty returned to the grassland to herd sheep.
This is truly the victory of barbarism over civilization.
The systems, ideas, culture, and economy that had reached their peak in the Song Dynasty were all trampled to the ground by this barbaric race.
As a result, in the past nearly a thousand years, the Chinese nation has not returned to its peak during the Song Dynasty, leaving behind many eternal regrets.
Why do people still hate these barbaric peoples to this day?
Just because these barbarians have never shown any sympathy for the ideological development of the past thousand years.
Never appreciate the hard-won results.
It is precisely because they interrupted the process of civilization that future generations of children and grandchildren are still struggling to this day.
This bunch of bastards, bastards, why everyone who is familiar with history wants to go back in time, and this is why they will be exterminated.
The people asked loudly after a period of silence.
"Mr. Yansheng, haven't you read so many books? You answered the Marquis' question, what is not pedantic?"
"Yes, when faced with an enemy invasion, you don't even dare to resist but just kneel on the ground to greet them. That's why you're not being pedantic.
Still receiving great favor from the court, eating the food provided by the people, and then not being pedantic regardless of whether the people live or die.
Or maybe officials like you, instead of correcting the emperor's mistakes, are thinking about your own career, which is not called pedantry? "
At this time, the people also realized that Chen Han had said what they wanted to say the most.
Even scholars feel that it makes sense after listening to what Chen Han said.
At the time, Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu, and the scholars and officials who followed Lu Xiufu into the sea did not choose the right tree to roost as Conner said.
If the Southern Song Dynasty was really so corrupt, why did hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians still resist to the death? Are they all blind?
Are all of them a bitch? The court treats them so poorly, why do they still want to defend it?
Can one person be so stupid and 10 people be so stupid?
Scholars also began to reflect at this time.
I also feel that what Yan Shenggong said is really unreasonable.
On the high podium, Chen Han stared down at Kong Ne.
Kong Ne's body was trembling slightly at this time, and he was unable to answer Chen Han's words.
Because what Chen Han listed were all loyal and filial sons and patriotic soldiers and civilians, how could he refute this?
To refute it is to refute thousands of years of public order and good customs.
What is public order and good customs? It is loyalty to the country! But if you don't refute it, you will have to admit in the future that his suggestion that good birds choose trees to roost in, and that the Confucius surrendered because of the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court are simply untenable.
Only now did he realize that Chen Han was really not simple, and the questions he was asked were too difficult for him to handle.
Chen Han didn't even wait for Kong Ne to speak again, but asked aggressively.
"One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians. Maybe the Southern Song Dynasty court did not distribute military rations to them. Maybe those people were still squeezed by some officials, but they still picked up simple weapons, even poles, shovels, sickles, hoes, and armed The Yuan army fought to the death! On the other hand, your Kong family has been deeply favored by the imperial court for generations, and every emperor has treated you with courtesy.
Every time, the fertile land given by the Kong family is the best for you.
Let your descendants of the Kong family enjoy an endlessly luxurious life for generations to come.
But on the other hand, how do you treat the court? The saying "Eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries" has simply had the opposite effect on you.
To put it bluntly, everyone knows to keep a dog as a gatekeeper, but raising a dog like you is simply a waste of food.
No matter how much grain is spread, it still can't feed you dogs.
It was you who surrendered immediately when the foreign invaders invaded.
Even when hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were fighting to the death in the Yashan naval battle, and even the emperor personally went into battle, what were you doing? Historical records clearly show that the great Confucian scholars Zhang Dehui and Yuan Haowen from Qufu visited Kublai Khan and sang a congratulatory speech to Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
You even have the shamelessness to kneel down and ask Kublai Khan, who doesn’t even know Chinese characters, to be your great Confucian master.
It’s a kneeling request! !
It was simply embarrassing to the extreme.
Your Excellency Yan Shenggong, I would like to ask you, in your eyes, what kind of person is qualified to be the great master of Confucianism?
Let me answer you!People who don’t even know Chinese characters or haven’t even read the Analects of Confucius can do it! How can you be so shameless! How could this be? "
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(End of this chapter)