strictlysupreme Chapter 269: Excavating The Graves Of The Kong Family, Exposing Their Corpses In The Wilderness, And
Chapter 269: Excavating The Graves Of The Kong Family, Exposing Their Corpses In The Wilderness, And
Is the inheritance of Kong Sheng based on bloodline?
Or is it based on ideas?
This issue has never been discussed separately before.
Because in their view, the blood descendants of Confucius should naturally inherit Confucius' thoughts, and the two are integrated into one.
But facing the examples cited by Yan Changqing, whether it was Song Lian, a group of civil servants, or all the Confucian students and literary students present, they all fell into deep thought.
In the Battle of Yashan, one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea and died for their country, for the sake of justice!!!
Such an act of loyalty that could move heaven and earth. If they are not the inheritors of Confucius's thoughts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, then they would be the first to refuse!!!
However, the children of the Confucius family who did not inherit the slightest bit of Confucius's thoughts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness were criticized by Yan Changqing as being unfaithful, unfilial and unbenevolent. If they are the inheritors of Confucius's thoughts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.
Unless they are willing to speak on behalf of their own conscience, they really cannot agree that the descendants of the Confucius family and the descendants of Confucius are the inheritors of Confucius's thoughts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.
After all, every reason why Yan Changqing criticized the descendants of Confucius and the disciples of the Confucius family for being unfaithful, unfilial, and unkind were not slanders or fabrications out of thin air, but had solid basis that could not be refuted.
Therefore, in this way, the answer will naturally appear as to whether the inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on blood or thought.
Therefore, after Song Lian pondered for a long time, he slowly raised his head, looked at Yan Changqing with complicated eyes and said:
"I believe that the inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on thought."
Yan Changqing nodded slightly, then looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and asked the same question:
"530 I dare to ask you, do you think the inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on ideology? Or is it based on blood?!!"
After Song Lian opened his mouth, all the civil and military ministers all responded in unison:
"Based on ideas!!!"
Yan Changqing nodded again, turned around and looked at the Confucian students and literary students outside the high platform in all directions, and asked again and again:
"I wonder if the Confucian students and literary scholars present here think that the inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on ideology?! Or on bloodline?!!"
Most of the Confucian students and literary students present were silent, and only a few responded casually:
“Based on ideas!!!”
Yan Changqing glanced at the Confucian students and literary students who were not very active, and finally his eyes fell on the more than 100 Wanying Tianfu people present, and asked with a smile:
"Do you think the inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on ideology? Or is it based on blood?!!"
Compared with only a few Confucian students and literary students who responded, the responses from more than 100,000 people in Tianfu were much more positive and loud.
"The inheritance of Confucius and Saints is based on thought!!!"
"The children of the Confucius family are not worthy to be the inheritors of Confucius!!!"
"The children of the Confucius family are all bastards and are not worthy of being descendants of the Holy Confucius!!!"
Yingtian Mansion's more than 100,000 people responded with noisy laughter and curses, temporarily dissipating the original atmosphere of sadness and anger among the people of Qufu.
Yan Changqing, who received answers from more than 100,000 people in Yingtian Mansion, nodded with satisfaction, and finally looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Your Majesty, it can be seen from the answers of the ministers of the imperial court and the people of the world that everyone believes that the true inheritor of Confucius lies not in blood, but in thought.
"Anyone who can practice the moral principles of gentleness, courtesy, frugality, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame and courage can be called the inheritor of Confucius and Mencius' thoughts."
"Anyone who abandons the moral principles of gentleness, courtesy, thrift, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, shame and courage should be deprived of their status as a descendant of Confucius and Mencius, even if they are descendants of Confucius and Mencius.
"He is not allowed to pretend to be a descendant of Confucius and Mencius and continue to cheat, oppress the people, and exploit the people."
"As long as the thoughts of Confucius and Mencius persist in the world, then everyone in the world is the inheritor of Confucius and Mencius' thoughts, so why do we need the Confucian family to propagate and inherit them!!!"
"The title of Holy Duke Kong Jiayan can be abolished from now on!!!"
As soon as Yan Changqing said this, Kong Xixue, who was kowtowing to pray for forgiveness, immediately raised his head and looked at Yan Changqing with a pale face.
Yan Changqing's move is not only to abolish his title of Duke Yansheng, but also to completely abolish the title of Duke Yansheng of the Confucius family for generations to come!!!
Without the blessing of the title of Duke Yansheng, the Kong family's power and status will drop a lot in the future. It will be difficult to regain the glory of the past.
But that's not all. Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and continued:
"The imperial court can establish another title of Kong Si Gong and select it every five years. Each time, five different people will be selected from among the common people in the world."
“From now on, all the people in the world, regardless of whether they hold an official position or not, whether they have a title or not, whether they are literate or not, and regardless of their background or profession.
"As long as they practice Confucius and Mencius' thoughts and morals of gentleness, courtesy, thrift, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, shame and courage, and make acts of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice that move the people of the world, then they will have the opportunity to be awarded the title of Confucius Sigong!!!"
"Everyone who is awarded Confucius Sigong is a model of morality in the world, and is the orthodox inheritor of Confucius' thoughts!!!"
"Mr. Jinghui, in my opinion, has the qualifications to be able to bear the title of Kong Sigong!!!"
Song Lian, who was listening silently on the sidelines, was suddenly startled. He had no idea that Yan Changqing would elect him as the new Kong Sigong.
Kong Sigong!!!
According to Yan Changqing, this is a title that represents the moral model of the world and the orthodox inheritor of Confucius and Sheng’s thoughts!!!
If he can get such a title, then he will definitely be indispensable in the history books!
As a scholar or a civil servant, who doesn’t want to be able to make his name in history books and pass it on to future generations?!!
(bhba) Finally, Yan Changqing glanced back at the pale Kong Xixue and Kong Kebiao, and said calmly:
"In addition, the Confucius family no longer need to be responsible for offering sacrifices to Saint Kong in the future. You, the unfaithful, unfilial, and unbenevolent children of the Confucius family, have you offer sacrifices to Saint Confucius, but it will tarnish the reputation of Saint Confucius."
"In the future, the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court and Honglu Temple will re-select a day as the country's great sacrifice for Confucius, Mencius, Lao'zi, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi and other scholars!!!"
"The emperor himself will lead the civil and military officials, as well as the people of the world, to sacrifice and educate the people of the world, and to have bequeathed and nurtured the sages for two thousand years!!!"
After hearing the last words, Kong Xixue couldn't hold on any longer and spurted out a mouthful of blood. He was so angry that he fainted on the spot.
After Yan Changqing's words, it can be said that the Kong family was completely wiped out and driven into a place of eternal destruction.
Based on the inheritance of Confucius and the theory of ideology, the children of the Confucius family are deprived of their identity as descendants of the blood of Confucius!
Replacing Duke Yansheng with Kong Sigong will abolish the responsibility of the children of the Confucius family to propagate and inherit the bloodline of Confucius!!
Replacing the Confucian sacrifices with the national sacrifices will cut off the foundation of the Confucian family's power, status and authority!!!
After all, the main reason why the Confucian family has the powerful position it has today is because as the descendants of Confucius, the Confucian family controls the power to represent the world's Confucian students and literary students to worship Confucius.
And lost the power to represent Confucian students all over the world and to worship Confucius.
Then the power and position that the Kong family has always had will naturally collapse, and they will also lose their identity as the leader of the world's literary world.
From then on, it became an ordinary family that was no different from other aristocratic families. No one would look up to the Kong family again.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Yan Changqing's three-step operation has dug up the graves of the Kong family and exposed their corpses in the wilderness.
That's why Kong Xixue, who finally heard Yan Changqing's words, was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out.
After hearing Yan Changqing's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang, Song Lian and other civil servants, as well as the Confucian students and literary students present, all fell into deep thought.
Yan Changqing was not in a hurry, and stood quietly on the high platform, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's decision.
However, he believed in this plan and finally got Zhu Yuanzhang's approval.
Because after this set of plans, Confucius will be able to be superior to other scholars since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Even the altar that was vaguely superior to the emperor's imperial power was pulled down, and Confucius' status was lowered to the level of other scholars from hundreds of schools of thought!!!
If Confucius' status was reduced, then the emperor's power and status would naturally be further improved.
Similarly, the potential threat of Confucianism's "Subduing the Dragon" has naturally been reduced accordingly.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang will basically agree with his plan.
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, but also Song Lian and other civil servants, as well as Confucian students and literary students all over the world would agree.
Because although he completely wiped out the Kong family, they were driven into a place of eternal destruction.
But he also gave other Confucian students and literary students in the world the opportunity to become the orthodox inheritors of Confucius and Sheng’s thoughts!
That is Kong Sigong!!!
In the past, the title Yanshenggong has always been a unique title for the Confucius family, and the Kong family has always relied on this title as a strong proof of the identity of the orthodox inheritor of Confucius.
Other Confucian students and literary students cannot get involved in the title of Yan Shenggong and the identity of the orthodox inheritor of Confucius and Sheng.
But it's different now. Once Yan Shenggong was deposed, Kong Sigong was established.
So whoever obtains the title of Confucius Sigong in the future will be the orthodox inheritor of Confucius, and they can even call themselves the Confucian family in a grand manner!!!
This is a real opportunity to magnify one’s family background and add to one’s family heritage for generations!!!
Faced with such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and temptation, basically no civil servant, or in other words, any Confucian scholar or literary student could refuse.
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