Ten miles away from the Wanren Palace Wall (Yangshengmen) in the south of Qufu City, Kong Yinzhi, the 65th generation of the most holy teacher Confucius, stood in front of the road wearing a python robe and black gauze, just letting the southeast wind blow.

The loose robes made a rustling sound.

Hundreds of concubine children of the Confucius family in Qufu, those with official positions wearing official uniforms, and those without official positions wearing Confucian robes and Taoist attire, lined up behind them, just waiting quietly.

Of course, there is only one person in the world, Emperor Ming Dynasty and Mongolian Heavenly Khan Zhu Youjian, who can make the contemporary Yanshenggong, Crown Prince and Taibao Kong Yinzhi, who is as noble as a vassal king, lead his people ten miles out of the city to greet him.

However, such a grand event as the emperor's visit to Confucius' hometown could not dispel the shadow that accumulated in Kong Yinzhi's heart.

Because Yanshenggong, who was very adaptable to the situation, had noticed Zhu Youjian, the great leader of the Ming Dynasty, towards the Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu over the years.

Although not long after Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, he named Kong Zhenyuan (previously written as Kong Zhenyun), a concubine of the Southern Kong Dynasty who was two generations older than Kong Yinzhi, as the chief lecturer. After that, he continued to increase his rank and rank, and now he has

He took on the official title of Prince and Grand Master and became known as Grand Master Kong.

However, the Yanshenggong Mansion, the direct line of the Kong family, was so indifferent to the point of ignoring it at all. Since Zhu Youjian came to the throne, no one of the direct descendants of the Kong family, including Kong Yinzhi, has been promoted to an official.

No commoner from the Beikong tribe ever got an official position - that's not because he had never applied for an official position for someone from the Yanshenggong family, but every time he got stuck in the hands of Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cihong.

Neither of them can say anything without nodding!

In addition to no longer conferring official posts to the Northern Confucius, after Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty did not give any property to Yan Shenggong's Mansion. For things like building Confucian temples, building city walls, or compiling classics...

.No matter what Duke Yan Sheng’s Mansion wants to do, Zhu Youjian will not stop doing it.

At the same time, Zhu Youjian granted official positions to many of the disciples of the Confucius family of Nanzong, rewarded money and gifts to the Confucius family temple in Quzhou, and even publicly praised Kong Zhu of the Confucius family of Nanzong in an imperial edict for refusing to return to Qufu.

The granting of the title of Confucius was an act of integrity and loyalty, and he was worthy of being regarded as a true descendant of Confucius.

What this means is... Kong Zhu of South Kong is a true saint, so what is Kong Zhi of North Kong? A false saint who defected to Mongolia and betrayed his country for glory?

Thinking about this makes me anxious!

Just when Kong Yinzhi was getting angry because of Zhu Youjian's attitude, Zhu Youjian, who had been ignoring the Kong family in Qufu, suddenly issued an imperial edict during the southern journey, saying that he would go to Qufu to worship Confucius and ordered him to

Yinzhi and Kong Yinzheng went to the junction of Qufu County and Ziyang County to greet him.

After seeing the imperial edict, Kong Yinzhi was not only excited but also had doubts - who was Kong Yinzheng? Judging by his seniority, he should be a brother of Kong Yinzhi. But there are so many branches of the Kong family, and there are too many brothers of the Yin generation to count.

I can’t count them... But Long Live Lord asked Kong Yinzheng to come, and Kong Yinzhi didn’t dare to say that he couldn’t find them!

So I asked people to go to various branches to check the genealogy, and finally found a man named Kong Yinzheng, and asked them to take a look... Well, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was already six feet tall, with big shoulders and a round waist.

That's so vicious! It doesn't look like a descendant of Confucius! Kong Yinzhi checked the genealogy himself and found that this guy's ancestors branched off directly from Yanshenggong Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty. I don't know about the side branches.

Is it a wild species?

But no matter how much Kong Yinzhi looks down on this little brother, he doesn’t dare to kick him out of the family tree!

This is the person Long Live Lord wants to see... If Kong Yinzhi dares to resist the decree, then he might be on the list of loyalists in the next issue.

"Brother Holy Gong, Brother Holy Gong..."

As soon as Kong Yinzhi thought of his little brother, the call of "Brother Shenggong" rang in his ears - this was the honorific title given to Kong Yinzhi by the silly boy Kong Yinzheng.

It sounds a bit like the White Lotus Sect... Kong Yinzhi even doubted if someone in Kong Yinzheng's family did this? The White Lotus Sect in Shandong has a large market, and a major uprising was launched in the second year of Tianqi.

They also besieged Qufu City for several months!

"Ah, what's going on?" Kong Yinzhi turned around and glanced at Kong Yinzheng. He saw that this silly boy was wearing a large Confucian uniform. He looked like a robber pretending to be a scholar.

"Here he comes!" Kong Yinzhi smiled stupidly, "Long live the Lord is here, I have seen the flag!"

"Did you see it?" Kong Yinzhi turned around and looked, but saw nothing.

"Brother Shenggong, I am tall and have good eyesight. I can see farther... You are short, and you still can't see."

Am I short? Kong Yinzhi rolled his eyes, I am a standard height, where am I short?

However, Kong Yinzhi had no time to quarrel with this "silly brother", because Zhu Youjian had really arrived! Accompanied by Zhu Yipai, a prince of the Prince's Palace of Lu, and Zhu Yihai, a general of the country, he led thousands of people

The soldiers in front of the tent rode their horses along the official road in Yanzhou Prefecture.

Zhu Yipai and Zhu Yihai were both kings of Lu in their previous lives, but now their uncle Zhu Shouhong is not dead yet (he is about to die), and their father Zhu Shouyong is still the king of Taixing.

Because Zhu Shouhong was childless and seriously ill, the Lu vassal family that had been inherited for more than 200 years was now in a precarious position just like the Qin vassal in the past. In order to succeed to the throne after his brother's death, Taixing King Zhu Shouyong replaced his bedridden brother to welcome him.

While driving, I was given a sentence "Please settle your children's appointment", which was regarded as a soft submission to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian's attitude towards Zhu Shouyong, Zhu Yipai, Zhu Yihai and his son was also unexpectedly friendly. At that time, he promised to let Zhu Shouyong succeed his brother after his death, and also took Zhu Yipai and Zhu Yihai with him.

Among them, Zhu Yihai joined the guard corps and studied military affairs. Zhu Yipai was awarded the title of Shusheren among them, and he was also responsible for painting with Zhu Youjian - Zhu Shouyong, Zhu Yipai's two father and son, and Zhu Shouyong's

The three clan uncles, Zhu Yiya and others, are all famous painters, and they also co-authored a book "Painting Techniques" which has been handed down to the world.

"Long live my lord, Yan Shenggong and the others are right in front!" Zhu Yipai was a tall and thin man, almost as tall as a bamboo pole, with good eyesight. From a distance, he saw Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi wearing a big red python robe.

Zhu Youjian was also taller and had better eyesight. Of course, he also saw Kong Yinzhi, who he hated very much... This guy was tricked to death by a traitor in his previous life, but Zhu Youjian didn't sympathize with him at all.

He deserves it!

Li Zicheng had just entered Beijing, and he rushed to surrender! When Dorgon arrived in Beijing, he was ready to surrender again... Later, he was coerced by the traitor about surrender, and then he stood up and declared that he would defend Kong Lin from Dorgon.

Gon dug. As a result, when Dorgon came, he ran faster than a rabbit. Finally, he fed Shi Kefa the crane's crown red and became a loyal hero.

The Ming Dynasty was really kind to the Kong family in Qufu! The Ming Dynasty drove out the Tartars and established China, and the Kong family in Qufu was the Yanshenggong granted by the Tartars, and he was not a direct descendant. It was justifiable to abolish them and let Nan Kong go north, but

The ancestors made an exception and showed mercy, maintaining Beikong's status, and continued to grant officials and fields... But these people don't know how to be grateful, and they are so quick to surrender!

"My prince's Taibao, Kong Yinzhi, the 65th generation of Yanshenggong, respectfully greets you!"

Kong Yinzhi's voice of greeting interrupted Zhu Youjian's thoughts. When he looked down, he saw the descendant of Confucius in a python robe and black gauze, already a few steps in front of his horse and bowing to him.

"Yan Sheng is fair." Zhu Youjian's tone was still so cold, which made Kong Yinzhi shudder.

Kong Yinzhi straightened up and took a sneak look at Zhu Youjian who was riding on the horse. When he saw Zhu Youjian's smiling expression, his heart skipped a beat.

Something bad is going to happen!

"Mr. Yansheng," Zhu You asked, "I got a strange book in Mongolia called "The Posthumous Chapters of Confucius". It is said that it was stolen from the sage by Faqiu Daru Hua Chi Yelu Chucai who was conferred by Kublai Khan.

What was obtained during the tomb...is this relevant?"

What? Kong Yinzhi was stunned at that time. What is going on? What is "Confucius' Posthumous Chapter"? What is Qiudalu Huachi? Yelu Chucai has done this before? He is also a great Confucian, even if he works part-time, it will be useless
Chapter completed!