Zhao Bing knew that the question of Yan Shenggong was still more sensitive. Why? Because there were too many Confucius' children in the world, and it can be said that they were all over the government and the country.

In the past, because the Northern Confucius Sect was established by the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was established by a different clan, and the Southern Sect was abolished because they entered the capital to pay homage to the Emperor's Khan and accepted the imperial title. Everyone was still able to understand, but there was no inheritance in the past few years, which meant that Zhao Bing had lost the land of the ancestral school. However, Zhao Bing did not take it seriously, but the scholars in the world were unwilling to accept it.

Of course, they were not comfortable if the Confucius Party lost the imperial edict. However, in the past, the two sects in the north and south had a displeasure in fighting for orthodoxy, and even disputed and sued the imperial court. This caused trouble for the Mongol Khan and put the matter aside, and no one got the benefits. The throne was in vain for many years.

Now that the Mongol Yuan lost its power, the Southern Dynasties rose again. After Shandong was recovered, people from the Confucius Sect became active again, and they both wrote letters to regard the Song Dynasty as orthodox and expressed surrender. Of course, they also politely proposed that the emperor would follow the tradition and enfeoff the title of Yan Shenggong. At the same time, they also implied that they were the orthodox and wanted to get the title.

Zhao Bing actually didn't agree with Confucius' eagerness to take sides. This was not only because he came from his past life and modern times, but Confucianism was no longer so important in the past. Confucius Temples have become cultural relics and historical sites and tourist destinations. Instead, they are really not interested in them in their hearts, and even a little disgusted with them.

Confucius was the founder of Chinese Confucian traditional culture. Since the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism has become the ruling idea of ​​traditional Chinese dynasties, and Confucius himself has also been praised by dynasties of all dynasties. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the ranks of sacrifices to Confucius became higher and higher, and the descendants of Confucius also enjoyed the kindness of their ancestors. They were not only exempted from corvee labor, but also preferred to be recommended as academic officials.

But I don’t know if you have ever thought about why the Confucius family can last for more than two thousand years? After a dynasty was destroyed, loyal ministers and righteous men basically followed this dynasty to sacrifice their country. However, the old Confucius family was different. Under the leadership of Yan Shenggong, they never considered dynasty for a certain dynasty in order to preserve the vitality of the family.

When the Song Dynasty came, he followed the Song Dynasty. When the Jin people came, he followed the Jin people. When the Mongols came, he could also follow the Mongols. Later, the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, and Yan Shenggong turned around and defected to the old Zhu family. The most ridiculous thing was that when the Ming and Qing Dynasties were handed over, Yan Shenggong immediately sent a congratulatory message to Emperor Shunzhi. Before Chongzhen's body was cold, he was in a hurry to change the door.

In this case, Confucius's family continued to flourish and was "favored" by the rulers. Zhao Bing thought that it was more because of political needs. They needed to govern the country with Confucianism, capture the hearts of the people, and also demonstrate that they are the righteousness of the country, so they had to maintain the practice of respecting Confucius and treat their descendants well.

Although Zhao Bing was dissatisfied, in order to maintain the overall situation, even if political factors were eliminated, he had to consider this issue. Starting from the Five Dynasties, some descendants of Confucius left Qufu's "ancestral home" due to avoiding chaos and official positions, and settled in Jiangnan to form the Southern Confucius clan. As a result, descendants of Confucius became increasingly widely distributed in Jiangnan.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, in addition to the Southern Sect in Quzhou, descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan also included: Pingyang Kong family, Linjiang Kong family, Yixian Kong family, Liyang Kong family, Taizhou Kong family, Yongjia Kong family, Jiankang Kong family and Jiangyin Kong family. They used the favorable conditions given by the imperial court to consolidate and expand their social influence through social interactions, marriages, etc., and strive for more opportunities to become an official.

The descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan also expanded their social networks through social interactions and other forms to expand their influence. The descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan in the Yuan Dynasty had a higher social status and had a relatively prosperous life. The descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan in the Yuan Dynasty were a relatively active group of Confucian scholars in Jiangnan society. Their social activities had certain positive significance for expanding the influence of Confucian scholars in Jiangnan and inheriting and developing Confucianism.

During the period when the descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan were officials, they were generally able to rehabilitate unjust prisons, equal taxes, relieve famines, punish thieves, and achieve "subjects as good officials, teachers and scholars as Confucian scholars", be honest in officials and benefit the people, and make certain contributions to improving politics and maintaining stability in Jiangnan. Moreover, they have a special sense of responsibility for the development of Confucian education in Jiangnan, and generally can do their best to promote the development of local Confucian education.

Ten fingers are not ordinary, and even the descendants of saints have officials who are "stupid and uneducated". But in general, the officials of the descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan were successful. Whether they are academic officials with lower positions or ordinary local officials, they can abide by the teachings of their ancestor Confucius and fulfill their duties in different positions, becoming an important force in Jiangnan society to safeguard traditional Confucian culture and values.

Zhao Bing knew that the power that the descendants of the Kong family could use in politics should not be ignored, but they could not be controlled by them, so he decided to let them go, and did not immediately accept their enslavement. The reasons are easy to find. There are many descendants of the saints and their genealogy are chaotic, so they should be carefully identified.

This reason is sufficient and cannot be argued, and those who asked to establish it are also guilty. After all, they were established by the Mongol Yuan and served the "enemy". In fact, their status is not as good as that of the Southern Sect. After all, they followed the Southern Dynasties during the turmoil, and it would give them face if they did not immediately reject it.

Of course, it is also a major event to choose "Yan Shenggong" to rebuild Confucian integrity. Zhao Bing issued a special order, mainly the Secretariat of the Secretariat, set up a special team to conduct a detailed investigation of the existing descendants of Confucius, strictly select, and select those with pure bloodlines to follow. You must not be perfunctory and ruin the inheritance of the saint lineage.

Zhao Bing is no longer the time to do everything personally. You can leave this trouble to the people below to do it, so that they can bother them. If you ask about it from time to time, you will pay attention to it. Now the Northern Expedition is a major event for the country. The more anxious they are, the more stable they must be, so that they can choose a "concerned" Yan Shenggong...

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Zhang Gui was ordered to return to the capital to organize the war against the Southern Dynasties, but he had no right. In fact, he was just a setter, summarizing and sorting out the battle reports sent back from the front and sending them to Shangdu. After September, border affairs worsened. Based on his analysis, the Southern Dynasties had exceeded the scope of border conflicts and punishment-oriented military operations, but an organized invasion.

According to custom, the Khan should return to Dadu from Shangdu in September, but this year, if he was reluctant to take up his way back to Beijing last year, Zhang Gui and Buhumu could only send their analysis to Shangdu with the war report, hoping that the Khan would return to Beijing as soon as possible to preside over the war against the Southern Dynasties. However, the memorials sent were like mud cows entering the sea without any echo.

Until the Song army landed in Dengzhou from sea and launched a full-scale attack on Shandong, Zhang Gui judged that the Southern Dynasty had many plans for this battle, at least it would annex Shandong and occupy the land south of the Yellow River. He once again submitted his analysis to Shandong, but this time he became more careful and informed An Tong of his judgment, hoping that he would advise the Khan to give up his fantasy, organize troops to reinforce Henan and Shandong as soon as possible, and drive the enemy back to the south of the Yellow River.

This time, it was not known whether the war ahead made Khan realize the seriousness of the situation or whether Zhang Gui's private message played a role. Khan finally decided to take the lead back to Beijing and issued an order to mobilize the personal guards guards guarding the capital surrounding the capital to prepare for reinforcements to Henan and resist the enemy south of the Yellow River.

Zhang Gui then learned from the rumors that the Khan was reluctant to return to Beijing because the inner court astrologer Ardam several times were unlucky and were not conducive to the Khan. Then it was said that Antong met Ardam in private and forced him to return to Beijing for death, which was beneficial to the Khan and divination of the Song war, which made him determined to return to Beijing.

Based on Zhang Gui's understanding of the Khan, he believed that the latter statement was the truth, but the Khan finally took action no matter what. At this time, the left and right guards of the five guards of the Han army followed the Khan to the upper side and served as a warning, and were on the way back. The other three guards were scattered around the capital of the capital to farm. Now the harvest of crops has not been completed, so it is not easy to gather.

Due to the financial difficulties of the court, there was not so much money to support soldiers. Cultivating farms was not only an important source of income for the country, but also a very important guarantee for the guards. Moreover, more than 10,000 guards were scattered around a hundred miles in units of thousands and hundreds of households. At this time, Dianji wanted all departments to give up the harvest they received and gather from all places to rush to the front line. They would definitely be reluctant.

However, the war was urgent, and the war reports in front continued to come. The Zongwang army was defeated again and again under the heavy army of the Southern Dynasty, and continued to retreat northward. The messengers who requested reinforcements continued to go to the capital day and night. Zhang Gui did not care about it and ordered the divisions to complete the assembly within five days and arrive at the site of the site. Those who were delayed were executed.

Under strict orders, the Han army, the front and back guards, and the three central guards directly under Zhang Gui, put down their hoes and hurriedly picked up swords and guns to the suburbs. After a day of resignation, Zhang Gui led reinforcements, known as 100,000, on the journey to the south. They left the capital to go to Zhending, Xingzhou, Handan, and entered Henan, and established a defense line based on the natural danger of the Yellow River to prevent the southern army from continuing to advance north.

The process of going south was not smooth. Since they were marching in the territory, they should provide food and grass by the prefectures according to customs. However, everyone was poor and it was difficult to supply the 50,000 troops. Therefore, insufficient supply or delays occurred from time to time, and it was inevitable that the army would plunder the people. In addition, the situation of military forces before, they rushed to help thousands of miles, and the daily march was more than fifty miles, which led to exhaustion of the army and morale.

What worries Zhang Gui even more was that the battle situation ahead changed very quickly. When they arrived in Xingzhou, they learned from the fleeing people that the Southern Army had crossed the Yellow River and occupied the Fengqiu Ferry. Only Luoyang and Zhengzhou remained in Henan and had not lost their way. Shandong was not optimistic. The vanguard of the Song army had arrived at the city of Jinan. The Song army landed on the sea swept across the Shandong Peninsula. Dengzhou and Laizhou were all lost and were heading towards Qingzhou.
Chapter completed!