marquis of jingan

Chapter 1068 Yan Sheng

"Shen Shilang."

When Kong Shangde heard the word "gun" in Shen Yi's mouth, he knew that it was probably a concocted word. He didn't know whether Shen Yi accidentally let the word out or deliberately let it go to scare him.

If it's the former, it's even scarier.

His posture at this moment was obviously lowered a little, and he said in a low voice: "Shen Shilang, the Kong family is also a Han family, and naturally they are facing the Han family court in their hearts, but the Kong family has been aloof from the world for 2000 years..."

"Never take part in world battles."

He cupped his hands and said, "Shilang Shen, you are also a disciple of the saint. Why don't you put the saint's court into danger?"

Shen Yi snorted.

"Mr. Kong's words are a bit of a city, unlike your nephew, who is innocent."

Master Shen said indifferently: "Shen has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and studied his studies. Naturally, he is a disciple of a sage, but..."

He looked at Kong Shangde and said with a sneer, "But he is not a disciple of your Confucius family. The Master's knowledge has already been spread all over the world. The scholars in the world are all in the Master's family. In my eyes, the sage's family is not so great."

"Even if others look at this..."

Mr. Shen said slowly: "In Jiankang City, there is still a branch of the Kong family. It has been passed down since Emperor Shizong went south and was named Chongshenghou. It has been four generations and has more than a hundred children."

"They, aren't they saints?"

Kong Shangde was speechless.

The Kong family who followed the Southern Dynasties to the South were indeed their same clan, and most of them were direct descendants, which the Kong family had to admit.

Even now, due to the pressure of the Northern Qi court, the Kong family's genealogy has no longer found the Chongshenghou branch, but this fact is undeniable.

Moreover, Jiankang's current Chongsheng Hou Kong Zhenying, in terms of seniority, is still the uncle of the Kong brothers in Qufu.

After Kong Shangde was silent for a while, he said, "Shilang Shen, I don't know how you plan to deal with our Kong family?"

"As I said, it depends on the attitude of the Kong family."

He glanced at Kong Shangde and said, "Can you represent the Kong family's attitude?"

Kong Shangde sighed and shook his head slightly.

Master Shen waved his hand and started to chase people away.

"Then please come back. I have a lot of things to do and I don't have time to chat with you."

Kong Shangde hesitated for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Shilang Shen, can you ask Kong to send a letter to Yanzhou to see if you can ask Qi people to release my eldest brother?"

Shen Yi glanced at him with a half-smile.

"Brother Ling, did the Qi people really kidnap him?"

Kong Shangde looked serious: "This is natural."

Master Shen sneered and said: "I don't know what kind of grade the Qi people in Yanzhou City are, who dare to kidnap the first-rank officials of Northern Qi."

Yan Shenggong is a first-grade man, and a genuine first-grade man.

"That's all, I'm too lazy to argue with you. I can allow you to write to Yanzhou."

Shen Yi stretched out a finger: "You are only allowed to write one letter, and after I finish writing, I have to read it first, lest you send out information about Qufu."

Kong Shangde hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

He bowed his hands to Shen Yi, turned and left.

When he walked out of Shen Yi's study, he heard Shen Yi's voice from afar.

"Send a word to Mr. Kong."

Kong Shangde turned around and stopped: "Shilang Shen, please teach me."

Master Shen squinted his eyes, and said flatly: "The old master has left his legacy for 2000 years."

Having said that, Shen Yi didn't continue talking.

Kong Shangde didn't answer either, and after taking a deep breath, he turned and left silently.

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In the next three days, Shen Yi basically dealt with official business in Qufu. During this period, he went to the Confucius Mansion. However, he did not meet the Confucius family. He only went to the Confucius family library and borrowed a few interesting books. come out.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Su Ding came to report that there was a middle-aged man outside Qufu who was about to enter the city, claiming to be the head of the Kong family, Kong Shangzhen.

At this moment, the four gates of Qufu were closed, and only Shen Yi's warrant could open the gate. Master Shen wrote a note to Su Ding and stamped it with an official seal. Su Ding took the note and quickly picked up the middle-aged man from outside the city.

At dusk, the middle-aged man was brought to the courtyard where Shen Yi was. Master Shen also showed a rare face, and walked to the door of the room to welcome this first-rank official from the Northern Qi Dynasty.

At this time, Kong Shangzhen was only wearing a blue robe, and she looked much more plain than his brother Kong Shangde, with a straight face, and even looked younger than his brother based on his appearance.

Master Shen stepped forward with a smile, and lightly cupped his hands.

"I have met Yan Shenggong."

Kong Shangzhen looked Shen Yi up and down, bowed his hands in return, and even bent slightly.

"Meet Shen Shilang."

Master Shen turned sideways and said with a smile: "The tea is ready, let's talk inside."

Kong Shangzhen nodded slightly and followed Shen Yi. The two of them entered the living room and sat down. Shen Yi poured a cup of tea for Kong Shangzhen and said with a smile: "I heard that Duke Yan Sheng was kidnapped by the Qi people and trapped in Yanzhou. Shen Yi's heart I am still very worried, and I am planning to send troops to Yanzhou in a few days to rescue Yan Shenggong, but Yan Shenggong is so powerful that he came out of Yanzhou by himself."

Kong Shangzhen took the tea handed over by Shen Yi with both hands, smiled wryly, and said, "Master Shen, don't need to be stingy."

"It is true that Kong was... detained by the people of Qi, and he was not allowed to return to Qufu. Otherwise, if something happened to Qufu, Kong would have returned long ago."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "Northern Qi court, is there really someone who dares to restrain Yipin Yan Shenggong?"

"If you don't get a title, you don't become an official. A first-grade official is just three words."

He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Just like Shen Shilang, although he is only a third-rank official, but given a chancellor, Shen Shilang might not be willing to change."

"Yan Shenggong made fun of him."

Master Shen said with a smile: "Now Jiankang has given me a document to let me go back to be the prime minister. Without saying a word, I left the errand in hand and went back to be my prime minister."

Kong Shangzhen smiled, did not answer, but asked: "Shen Shilang, Kong Mou heard that the Confucius Temple in Qufu was burned, may I ask who did it?"

The smile on Mr. Shen's face faded and he said calmly: "I was about to ask Duke Yan the same question."

"Who burned down the Confucius Temple?"

Hearing Shen Yi's question, Kong Shangzhen sighed silently and said, "That's it, Kong understands."

He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Chen Guo is the country of the Han people, and Shen Shilang is also a Han family child. Kong believes in Shen Shilang, so he can't do such a thing as burning down the Confucius Temple."

This sentence is still human.

Because he, the head of the family, was willing to take the initiative to wash away this sin for Shen Yi, which is not easy.

Kong Shangzhen looked at Shen Yi, paused, let out a long sigh, and said, "From the brother's letter and the conversation just now with Minister Shen, Kong can tell that Minister Shen doesn't have a good impression of the Kong family."

Shen Yi had a half smile but not a smile: "Should there be?"

"There are some misunderstandings in this."

Kong Shangzhen said: "Shen Shilang Rong Kong, how about distinguishing one from the other?"

Shen Yi smiled faintly: "That's what you say."

"It has been 2000 years since the Holy Master."

"Over the past 2000 years, dynasties have rotated, rising and falling endlessly."

"The Kong family has not declined much so far, so when people mention the Kong family, it is inevitable that there will be more criticism. Some people say that I am the Kong family, and Shixiu has lowered the table."

"Some people say that the Kong family is a family slave."

Shen Yi looked at Kong Shangzhen quietly and said nothing.

But the meaning in his eyes is clearly four words.

Is not it?

Kong Shangzhen did not rush, and continued: "The Kong family has not declined from generation to generation, it is indeed because Shixiu lowered the table."

"However, the rise and fall of the world, and the loss of dynasties, it is not the Kong family who can influence it."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said: "The Kong family has been passed down since ancient times, and the imperial courts of all dynasties have given them the word Yansheng. Shen Shilang is a Jinshi on the second list, so he should know what this word means."

"The first purpose of the Kong family is to ensure that the bloodline of the sage is not lost."

He said slowly: "When Kong took over the word Yansheng from his father, he also passed on this responsibility."

"Kong and even the Kong family can be humiliated, trampled in the dust, criticized by the world, and despised by the world, but..."

"The inheritance of the most holy teacher must be there, and the family of the Confucius family must be there!"

With a serious face, he said in a deep voice: "This is the original meaning of the word Yansheng."

Shen Yi took a sip of tea.

"If the reputation is gone and the old master loses face, what is the meaning of the existence of the Kong family?"

Kong Shangzhen smiled: "When I was young, Kong didn't understand much either."

"Later I slowly understood."

"As long as the Confucian family exists and the Confucian Temple exists, the world will know that in the ancient world, there was indeed a most holy teacher who educated the world!"

"The deeds of the saints will not be castles in the air, but real things."

"Confucianism is real knowledge!"

Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said softly: "Without the Kong family, the old master would still live in the hearts of the annals of history, shining forever."

"Then where is Yang Zhu now?"

"The ancient sages can be seen in today's books. If only their names are left, how many are left?"

"Can you remember now, hundreds of years ago, or 1000 years later?"

Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea. After being silent for a while, he said with a smile: "The fact that Yan Shenggong has a lotus tongue does not affect Shen's dislike of the Kong family in Qufu."

"Besides, without the Kong family in Qufu, Jiankang's lineage of Chongshenghou would not be able to do Yanshenggong."

"Shen Shilang is a Han from the Southern Dynasties, and he is dissatisfied with the Kong family, which is normal."

"This is the second reason why Kong Mou came to see Shen Shilang."

"Although the Confucian family of Jiankang is also a Confucian family, if Kong, the Holy Duke of Yan, can surrender to the Chen court and go to see the Emperor of Chen in person, his weight will naturally be different in the hearts of scholars all over the world."

"exist…"

He looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "In Emperor Hongde's heart, it will probably be different."

"Shen Shilang, your contribution will be different."

"Is this the truth?"

"As expected of Duke Yan Sheng."

"Seeing things is transparency."

Master Shen stroked his hands and smiled.

"But the credit is not credited..."

He looked at Kong Shangzhen indifferently.

"Ms. Shen doesn't think much of it."

Yan Shenggong heard the words and looked up at Shen Yi.

Finally, his expression changed slightly.