blueteamnovel Chapter 262: The Prerequisite For A Good Bird To Choose A Tree To Roost In, And A Good Minister To C
Chapter 262: The Prerequisite For A Good Bird To Choose A Tree To Roost In, And A Good Minister To C
For a long time, more than 100,000 people of Wanying Tianfu continued to yell and curse until their voices became hoarse, venting their extreme grief, anger and unwillingness before they slowly calmed down.
The sound that shook Yunxiao's Yingtian Mansion gradually calmed down.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the unconscious sound transmission warrior on Yan Changqing's side was also carried down and sent for treatment.
And another sound transmission person was replaced, and he continued to be responsible for conveying Yan Changqing's words to everyone.
On the high platform, Kong Xixue, Kong Kebiao, Liu Sanwu, Zhu Shan, Su Boxeng, Gui Yanliang, and Wu Chen finally dared to raise their heads after feeling the public anger that was gradually subsided.
It’s just that Liu Sanwu, Zhu Shan, Su Boheng, Gui Yanliang, and Wu Chen are either full of vegetable leaves and rotten eggs [or full of leftover rice and leftovers].
Chopsticks etc.
As for Kong Xixue and Kong Kebiao, who were at the center of the fire, their hair was even more disheveled at the moment, and their heads were bruised and bloody by the lottery cups, cups, dishes, stones, etc. thrown at them by the people of Yingtian Mansion.
Kong Xixue stood up tremblingly, wiped the blood and dirt on his face and forehead, looked at Yan Changqing angrily, and roared hoarsely:
"Good birds choose trees to roost in, and wise ministers choose their masters to do their work. This has been the case for wise men and women since ancient times. What is wrong with the Confucius family?!"
Yan Changqing smiled. He felt that he still underestimated the thickness of Yan Shenggong's face.
"You are the 17th descendant of the Confucius family and the 17th son of Saint. You should know where the allusion of "A good bird chooses a tree to roost" [a good minister takes charge of the Lord and does things] comes from, right?!!"
""Zuo Zhuan: The Eleventh Year of Ai Gong"."
"Kong Wenzi is about to attack Taishu and visit Zhongni."
"Zhongni said: 'The things about Hu Gui have been studied for a while; the things about Jia soldiers have not been heard of.' He retreated, and ordered him to go on the road, saying: 'The bird chooses the wood, but how can the wood choose the bird?'"
"The meaning of these sentences is that Kong Wenzi, the leader of the Wei Kingdom at that time, was preparing to go on an expedition and wanted to listen to Confucius's opinion.
"So Confucius said that he only knew etiquette and did not know how to fight. After retreating, Confucius urged the students to prepare to drive away from Weiguo.
"The students didn't know the reason, so Confucius said: 'The bird chooses the wood, but the wood cannot choose the bird.'"
"Because what Weiguo needs are talents who know how to organize soldiers, not talents like Confucius who only know etiquette."
"That's why Confucius couldn't be reused in Weiguo, so he just wanted to leave Weiguo."
"So later generations gradually evolved the saying of Confucius, 'A bird chooses a tree, but a tree cannot choose a bird'" into "A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a wise minister chooses his master to serve."
Having said this, Changqing looked at Kong Xuechaofeng with a sneer and said:
"But on the other hand, the premise that good birds choose trees to roost in and good ministers choose their masters to serve is that the trees they live on are not parasol trees, and good ministers themselves are not valued by the monarch!"
"However, Confucius was not reused by Wei Guo, and your Kong family was not reused by the Song Dynasty court and the emperor, either?"
"Song Renzong conferred upon you the successive heads of the Kong family the title of Duke of Yansheng. It is hereditary and will not be replaced. Even the emperor will respect your Kong family even more!"
"Even more so, you, the Confucian family, are allowed to take charge of the world's literary world and cultural context, to lead the world's Confucian students and literary students, to set an example for the world's literati, and to be the leader of the Confucian community!!"
"Under the general environment of the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and suppressed military power, the Holy Duke of Kong Jiayan became the leader of countless literati princes in the world."
"The respect of his status is not only comparable to that of the Emperor, but it can also be said to be the first level of dignity just below the Emperor!!!"
"Does the Song Dynasty court consider your Kong family to be of high importance?!!"
"If one is inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people, then it is not considered important."
"Then the only person who can be better than the respectful treatment just mentioned is the Zhao family who gave up the position of emperor."
"Is it true that the Zhao family was the only one who gave up the throne of emperor to your Kong family, and that the Zhao and Song armies were the ones using your Kong family?!!"
"Is it true that only your Kong family became the emperor of Zhao and Song, and replaced Zhao and Song with Kong and Song, so that you would not do that kind of thing like 'a wise minister chooses his master'?!!"
"If that's the case, then I'm afraid that only if His Majesty abdicates the throne of Emperor to you, Duke Yansheng of the Confucius family, can the Ming Dynasty be considered to have reused your family of Confucius and Saints!!!"
"Otherwise, one day, the Ming Dynasty will be attacked by foreign enemies just like the Song Dynasty. The country will be unstable and the world will be in turmoil."
"I'm afraid you, the Kong family, will still be the first to do that kind of thing like 'a good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a wise minister chooses his master to work'!!!"
"In other words, you, the fifty-fifth descendant of Confucius, are the contemporary Duke Yan."
"I feel that what your ancestor Confucius said is wrong, and you plan to overturn the premise of Confucius' saying, 'The bird chooses the wood, but the wood cannot choose the bird'?!!"
After hearing Yan Changqing's series of pressing questions, Kong Xixue felt his eyes darkened, his head was dizzy, and he didn't know how to answer.
Do you agree with what Yan Changqing said, that the Song Dynasty did not put enough emphasis on the Kong family, so the Kong family only "selected the wise ministers to act as leaders"?!!
If you agree with this, it will immediately prove that the Kong family has the intention to rebel and usurp the throne!!!
Because as Yan Changqing said, in the general environment of the Song Dynasty where military culture suppressed military force.
As members of the Confucius and Saints family, their identity and status can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people.
If you want to "use" the Kong family more, you can only give the Kong family the seat that is dominated by millions of people, and let Zhao Song become Kong Song.
According to the same argument, when it comes to the Ming Dynasty, doesn’t it mean that the Ming Dynasty did not reuse the Kong family?!!
Unless Zhu Yuanzhang abdicates the throne of emperor to him, Yan Shenggong, the Kong family will always have plans to do "good ministers choose their masters" at any time?!
If this is confirmed, maybe the Kongxin family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will be given to the Tang Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang in the next moment.
After all, more than 50,000 people died in the previous rebellion by Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and others, but it has still not come to an end.
If we agree with the fact that the Song Dynasty reused the Kong family, then the reason why the Kong family "will choose their masters" cannot be justified.
Because as Yan Changqing said, the prerequisite for a wise minister to choose his master and serve is that the wise minister cannot be trusted by the monarch, and then he can choose his master and serve.
This was said by Confucius, the ancestor of the Confucius family!!!
Once this is confirmed, it means that as descendants of Confucius, they themselves have violated the teachings of Confucius!!!
This is definitely an unacceptable blow to the reputation of the Kong family that has been passed down for thousands of years.
As for him, the fifty-fifth descendant of Confucius and the contemporary Yan Shenggong, he felt that what Confucius said was wrong, and it was even more unthinkable to overturn what Confucius said.
Everything about their Confucius family comes from Confucius. If they overthrow Confucius, then everything about their Confucius family will cease to exist.
It can be said that Yan Changqing gave them several choices, but each choice was either a dead end or a dead end.
For them, “there are simply no ten choices to choose from.
Suddenly, Kong Xixue thought of what Yan Changqing had said before, turned around and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang on the high platform opposite, bowed to the ground, saluted and came down:
"Your Majesty, Yan Changqing, deputy dean of Chen Yansheng Minister-Council Agricultural College, just cursed the Ming Dynasty for encountering foreign enemies, which caused instability in the country and the country, and the world was in turmoil. This is truly treason. I beg your Majesty to punish him for his crime of death to set an example!!!"
After saying that, Kong Xixue rang his head three times in a row and knocked heavily on the wooden board of the high platform.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the high platform opposite, seemed not to have heard Kong Xixue's words. He even looked elsewhere and had no intention of replying at all.
Bang!!!
Yan Changqing stepped on Kong Xixue's head, and stepped on Kong Xixue who was about to raise his head again, and said coldly:
"Whether Your Majesty will punish me with death or not, that is a matter for later. Now I still trouble you, the contemporary Duke Yan, to answer."
"It was the Song Dynasty that did not value your Kong family enough, so you, the Kong family, collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and sought glory?!"
"Or is it that the premise of Confucius' saying, 'The bird chooses the wood, but the wood cannot choose the bird', does it seem wrong to you, a descendant of the Confucius family?!!"
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice intervened just right:
"I also want to know this question, so it's better that Duke Yan Sheng can answer it, otherwise..."
Otherwise, what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say, but not saying anything is precisely what is most terrifying.
"Yes, yes, it was a mistake made by Kong Yuan, the Holy Duke of Yan in the past!!!"
"In the past, Yan Shenggong Kong Yuanyong violated the teachings of the Confucian family and led the Confucian family in the past to do things that insulted the lintel of the Confucian family and the reputation of Confucius' sages and sages."
"I, I, I, I will take Kong Yuanyong out of the Kong family and record the genealogy when I get back, and cut off the name of Kong Yuanyong who was the Holy Duke in the past!!!"
Kong Xixue struggled to answer while lying on the wooden board.
After Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he had to answer.
Faced with the two questions that he could not answer, Kong Xixue could only blame all the mistakes on the former Yanshenggong Kong Yuanyong.
Anyway, Kong Yuanyong has been dead for hundreds of years. Even if the blame is put on Kong Yuanyong, he will not jump out to object.
When Kong Yuan used the reputation of a dead man to compare it with the reputation of the Kong family that had been passed down for thousands of years, he naturally could tell clearly which one was more important.
Sacrifice Kong Yuanyong's reputation to preserve the reputation of the Kong family that has been passed down for thousands of years. Even if Kong Yuanyong, the senior of the Kong family, knew about it under Jiuquan, everyone would agree with his decision!
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