Chapter 202: Deprived of the title of Duke of Yansheng!Search the Kong family!Use public opinion to destroy the Confucius family!
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chen Han's words, he applauded loudly: "Well said! From today on, the imperial examinations for daimyo can continue, but in addition to the imperial examinations, students who pass the daimyo engineering college can also enter the official career! Chen Aiqing, I grant your request! "
After hearing this, Chen Han was very grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang for supporting him at this time, and immediately saluted: "Thank you for your affirmation, Your Majesty!"
When the emperor said this, all the readers were surprised.
They had known before that the engineering college established by Chen Han was a place where one could bypass the imperial examination and directly become an official after graduating from the college.
At that time, everyone thought it was a joke and that it was just temporary.
Moreover, when the reform first started, everyone was fooled by Chen Han.
Chen Han set up a test for them as soon as he came up. If the officials below don't work hard and pass the test, they will take your hat.
By the way, it is really good to pass the law test this year.
Some officials were promoted and some were dismissed.
It also allowed many officials to get real money and silver benefits when they passed the legal examination.
The key is that now Chen Han has obtained a lot of silver from the Japanese slaves, which is a real reward.
So the officials seemed to be against Chen Han, but with the encouragement of real money, it was just like Chen Han said, any Confucian principles and the principles of officialdom are all bullshit under real money. .
I have received so many benefits from others, and now I am opposing it. The intensity and motivation seem to be much more pretentious.
Even if some officials objected to what Chen Han said now, Chen Han trampled the Kong family under his feet in front of so many people, and everyone's opposition was not strong enough.
Zhu Yuanzhang was such a smart man. The most important part of Chen Han's reforms was to get rid of the common people's worship of scholars.
After the exemption of scholars who passed the imperial examination, there was a provision of tax exemption and exemption. Now the common people can see the effect most when the peasants work as farmers and the officials and gentry work as errands to pay the grain.
Anyway, the privileges of scholars have been reduced a lot now.
And now Chen Han has trampled the Kong family under his feet in this debate on etiquette.
Confucianism, which makes oneself and others proud, is no longer the only thing that holds office now.
Scholars believe that in the near future, Chen Han’s scientific methods will be on par with the imperial examinations, and it will be hard to say who can compete with him by then.
Of course, in the near future they will discover that in fact, most of the talents trained by Chen Han's engineering school are technical talents.
However, those who came out of the imperial examination were theoretical talents, and they had complementary roles in the officialdom.
But by that time, the two schools were competing with each other, and Confucianism was no longer the dominant one.
If Confucianism is still so self-proclaimed and arrogant, it will definitely be overtaken by scientific latecomers.
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Kong Na's face turned pale after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's affirmation of Chen Han's statement.
He understood that the Kong family was finished.
Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly in the stands: "From now on, the title of Yansheng Duke is officially revoked! The Kong family hides evil and bullies the people. The evidence is conclusive. I declare that the Kong family will be raided and all the assets of the Kong family will be used to make up for the loss of the Kong family." The person who was harmed.
The sacrificial fields given by the Confucius family over the years were returned to the imperial court, measured and distributed to the landless people!
If the Confucius family members are proven guilty, they should be beheaded or exiled. Even if they are innocent, they will be demoted to common people from now on, and we will never tolerate it! Chen Han, the Marquis of Pinglu, and Jiang Ying, the commander of Jinyiwei! "
Chen Han and Jiang Huan stood up: "Wei Chen is here!"
"As you two go to Shandong in person to deal with the affairs of the Kong family, you must eliminate all evil and do not tolerate anyone! Matters concerning the sacrifice of Saint Confucius shall be handed over to the Ministry of Etiquette. The worship of Saint Confucius must not be neglected! ! "
Chen Han and Jiang Huan accepted the order: "Wei ministers obey your orders!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, scholars and officials felt relieved.
They thought that all the memorial services for Saint Kong would be cancelled.
It doesn't seem to be.
As Chen Han said, what he opposed was not Sage Kong, but the Kong family who did evil under the banner of Sage Kong. At the same time, they were also scholars who felt superior to others under the banner of Sage Kong.
However, after the Confucian family was overthrown, scholars wanted to say that the only way to be good is by studying, but they had no confidence.
Chen Han was very interested in this matter.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's trial, the people burst into cheers: "Okay!"
"Okay, Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
After Kong Ne listened, he never thought that the Kong family, which had been passed down for thousands of years, would be defeated by his own hands.
And all this was done by the boastful man in front of him.
I originally thought that I was sure of victory. As long as I united with the conservatives in the capital who had long been dissatisfied with him, I could besiege Chen Han.
But I didn't expect that the siege had not yet taken shape, and I became the target of public criticism, and failed miserably.
It's all this guy in front of me!
It's all him! At this time, Chen Han was listening to the cheers of the people and enjoying his achievements.
But wouldn't this be the biggest humiliation for Kong Ne.
"It's all him!"
"It's all him!"
"If it weren't for this bastard, how could our Kong family be like this!"
"Since our Kong family is going to be destroyed, he must die first!"
As he spoke, he roared: "Chen Han, the thief!!"
Chen Han looked at him and saw that after Kong Ne finished shouting, he yelled and rushed over.
Upon seeing this, the monarch of Jiangdu shouted: "Husband, be careful!"
Xia Yuanji even shouted: "Zhinian!!"
Ling Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs, did not expect that things would change like this.
Never thought that Kong Ne would want to die with Chen Han at the last moment.
Zhu Biao was furious: "How dare you!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so anxious that he almost shouted.
But again, Chen Han's skills are not limited.
Long-term training may not give him the ability to fight ten, but he still has flexibility.
Just as Kong Ne rushed over, Chen Han dodged to the side amid the flashes of lightning.
ah ah! ! !
Kong Ne couldn't help but fell down from the five-meter-high podium.
When he was in mid-air, Kong Ne didn't forget to shout loudly: "Chen Han, thief, even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go!"
Snapped! !
He only had time to shout these words before he hit his head on the ground, and his big head fell into a bloody mess like a big watermelon.
A generation of Duke Yan unexpectedly ended his career in this way. It was indeed a fateful moment.
However, no one would blame Chen Han for this crime, because in the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people, everyone could see that it was this Yan Shenggong Kong Ne who had committed the crime himself.
However, many scholars still feel that it is not very sad.
Although Chen Han has now trampled the entire Kong family under his feet, at least Kong Ne was still Yan Shenggong whom he and others respected very much.
After seeing this scene, many officials from the Ministry of Rites petitioned: "Your Majesty, after all, he was once a prince, can you..."
Before they finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already said: "The Duke Yansheng has been deprived of his title. How can Duke Yansheng come? His attempt to murder Lord Pinglu failed, but he fell off the platform and died. Do you still want to plead for him?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his eyes immediately turned cold.
After hearing this, everyone understood that if he lost weight any more, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably go on a killing Chen Han said, many officials actually respect the Kong family.
Do you really think the Kong family is sacred?
Can you get a lot of benefits by currying favor with the Kong family?
Not also!
It's just to let everyone know that they respect Saint Kong. In fact, what they want is just a sign like the Kong family.
Everyone understands that respecting the Kong family will not actually lead to promotion and wealth.
But at least you can give yourself a little more fame.
Let others know that you have not forgotten your roots.
The life and death of the Kong family actually have little to do with them.
Chen Han also said that it is not enough to be contrary to Confucianism.
At least he can still be an official now.
What they were afraid of was that if Confucianism fell, their official positions would not be guaranteed, but that would be fine if that didn't happen.
As for Kong Ne, who fell to his death from the high platform, it is his own fault.
So not many officials are saying anything.
Only a few white-haired scholars cried loudly after seeing Kong Ne fall to death. They walked tremblingly to Kong Ne's body, knelt down on the ground, looked up to the sky and roared, and shouted at Chen Han again. Swearing.
Chen Han understands that these great Confucians have nothing else. These great Confucians have believed in the Confucian family all their lives. They feel that the Confucian family carries the blood of Sun Sheng, the sage of Confucius, and is an inviolable existence.
So they always felt in their hearts that the Kong family was sacred.
Chen Han has now shattered all their beliefs.
Let them see the ugliness of the Kong family.
Of course they can't accept it, and of course they will be disgusted with Chen Han, but none of these can shake Chen Han's current status.
Chen Han used his actual actions to knock the Kong family, which had been passed down for thousands of years, to the ground.
Moreover, it ended the thousand-year prestige of the Kong family in such a tragic way, letting the people know that the Kong family is just an ordinary family, and more hateful than ordinary families.
In order to preserve their family business, they will do whatever it takes, even if it means betraying the country for glory.
Even when he was kneeling at the feet of foreigners, he never missed the chance to survive.
Worse than ordinary people.
Worse than ordinary local tyrants and evil gentry.
They ignored the interests of the nation and did dirty things while wearing the skin of Confucius.
After this battle, Chen Han's reputation as the Saint of Science and Technology became more solid, and no one dared to doubt Chen Han's ability and prestige.
Suddenly, another saint monument landed on Chen Han, putting more responsibilities on his shoulders.
Ten days later, Chen Han did not leave for Qufu.
He asked the old man to allow him to do something.
what to do?He used his newspaper of Daming Engineering College to publish the results of this argument with the Confucius family, and published all the evil done by the Confucius family over the years.
Of course, he did not blindly label all descendants of Saint Kong as shameless traitors seeking glory.
At least during the Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Kong family actually made many contributions.
In that era when the martial spirit was still there, the Kong family had many talented people in both civil and martial arts.
During that time, the Kong family was not so shameless.
On the contrary, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Kong family appeared inexplicably and began to kneel down and lick all the masters.
I don’t know if all the bloodlines were really replaced after the Kong Mo Rebellion.
Their bones suddenly softened.
After the Jurchens from the Jin Kingdom arrived, they immediately knelt at the feet of the Jurchens.
The Confucius family split into the Northern Sect and the Southern Sect.
Nanzong moved to Quzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, which was quite a tough one.
People did not kneel down and lick foreigners. Even later under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, they were oppressed because of their arrogance.
So that it gradually became a very ordinary family.
However, Beizong actually became more and more prosperous with the support of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty.
This also confirms what was speculated in later generations. The Kong family of the Beizong was completely descended from the Mongols, so they were favored by the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty.
It was also the Beizong branch that survived in the Ming Dynasty. After the Manchu and Qing Tatars entered the pass, they knelt very smoothly.
Even at the back, when the Germans came, they knelt down to the Germans, and when the Japanese came, they knelt down to the Japanese.
Therefore, people in later generations speculate that they were changed by blood or seed, and this is all well-documented.
Therefore, Chen Han analyzed this speculation very rationally and objectively in the Daming Engineering College Journal, and published it in the Daming Engineering College Journal.
Therefore, what Chen Han wants to liquidate is the generations of Yanshenggong starting from the Kingdom of Jin.
The previous Yan Shenggong is quite reasonable.
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July 25, the [-]th year of Hongwu, Qufu
A newsboy carrying dozens of newspapers was hawking along the street: "The latest issue of the Daming Engineering College newspaper is out, the debate in the capital is over, Pinglu Marquis criticized the Confucian family, and His Majesty deprived the Duke of Yansheng!"
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! The argument in the capital is over, Lord Pinglu criticized the Confucius family, and His Majesty deprived him of the title of Duke of Yansheng!"
As soon as the newsboy shouted, the nearby scholars immediately called him: "Come here, kid! I'll buy a newspaper."
"Okay, two coins!"
The scholar took the latest issue of the newspaper, and his eyes were splitting when he saw it.
In fact, newspapers have only recently spread from Beijing to Qufu.
I have only seen two issues so far.
But the contents of these two issues of the newspaper are really exciting.
The first issue is about Yan Shenggong coming to the capital to discuss matters with Chen Han, the current reform pioneer.
It is the confrontation between Confucianism and science.
Today, the second issue has come out, and the Confucian Confucian family was completely defeated.
Duke Yansheng even fell from a five-meter high platform and died in a foreign country.
Now Chen Han and the commander of the Jinyiwei are on their way from the capital to Qufu to raid the Confucius family.
After hearing the news, the scholars felt incredible and even couldn't believe it.
But after the people heard the news, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep.
In their eyes, the Qufu Kong family is even more powerful than bullies.
More people died at their hands than at the hands of bandits.
Why there are bandits in Shandong? It's just that everyone can't survive anymore and they become thieves one after another.
These people were forced by the Kong family in Qufu.
Now that they heard that they had lost, how could the common people be unhappy.
However, after the Kong family heard the news, they were shocked at first, and then they closed the door tightly and were ready to fight to the death...
(End of this chapter)