The Confucius family in Qufu was a Mongolian enthroned by the Mongolians. It is reasonable to do things for the Mongolians.

However, the Mongols had long been beaten away. The Yan Shenggong of the Ming Dynasty was personally enthroned by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the beginning, Yansheng Gong Kong Zhu was unwilling to do things for the Mongols, so he could voluntarily resign from the Duke of Yansheng. But why, when the Mongols retreated to the north of Mo, the Kong family in Qufu secretly hooked up with them.

This is very abnormal!

Moreover, it can be seen from the letter that the Mongolians seemed to have some secrets of Yan Shenggong, so that he did not dare to refuse and could only refuse.

What's the secret?

Seeing the other party’s doubts, Belin said, “The Jinyiwei is still investigating the reason. Kong Yanjin is also a difficult master. He even explained the peek at the widow taking a bath, but he didn’t explain the problem of these letters!”

Kong Mingbo asked, "What...explain?"

Beilin said, "Oh, you don't know yet. The only thing Kong Yanjin from Qufu has been arrested by the Jinyiwei and is under trial."

Kong Mingbo:...

That Kong Yanjin from Qufu, you said it so easy. Is he the current Yan Shenggong?

Just been captured by the Jinyiwei?

Do you still need to be imprisoned in Zhao Prison for trial?

What's going on...

Beilin said again: "Actually, the emperor ordered me to come to Quzhou, and I wanted you to help me figure out what mysteries are there in these letters, and what secrets do the Mongolians have in their hands to see Yan Shenggong?"

Kong Mingbo nodded and said, "The people do their best!"

"Since that's the case, I won't disturb you."

Belin gave a gift to the wooden statue of Confucius and his wife, and then turned and left.

Kong Ming Bo hurriedly said, "Sir, come from afar, have dinner, stay for one night before leaving!"

"I won't eat it!"

Beilin returned to the yard, rode on her horse, and said, "The Emperor said, I will give you three days to consider. I will stay in the inn in the county. If you think about it, come to me. After three days, I will leave."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and left with the man.

Kong Mingbo was still standing in the wind and was confused, feeling a little confused.

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just a little confused for my father..."

"What happened? Does Qufu want us to hand over the statue again?"

"No, you... forget it, you go find the genealogy first."

"Which dynasty is my father going?"

Kong Mingbo thought for a while and said, "Finish all the branches, side branches and tribe diaries from the Song Dynasty!"

"yes!"

Kong Mingbo did not have any hope of returning to Qufu to succeed Yan Shenggong, because there was Yan Shenggong in Qufu, and even if he committed anything, he was arrested by the Jinyiwei. Tens of thousands of people from the Confucius family in Qufu could not find any heir.

If you want to say that those letters were written by the former Yan Shenggong, and they didn't agree to anything, they couldn't be considered as colluding with enemies and treasoning the country.

But the most strange thing is what kind of secret is hidden behind these letters?

Kong Mingbo came to the study and looked up the genealogy one by one.

During the Jingkang Incident, the Jin army went south, Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou established the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Yansheng Gong Kong Duanyou was determined to follow the Southern Song Dynasty court to defend half of the rivers and mountains, so he brought Confucius and Qi Guan’s wife Kaimu statue to establish the Kong family temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang, which was the Southern Song Dynasty.

When Kong Duanyou crossed south, he decided to let his brother Kong Duancao take care of the Confucius Temple. In order to emphasize the legitimacy of entering the Central Plains, the Jin Dynasty also named Kong Duanyou's younger brother Kong Duancao as Yansheng Gong, and asked him to preside over the sacrifices of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong, for the Kong family Northern Sect.

Kong Duanyou and Kong Duancao are the 47th generation descendants of Confucius. There are detailed records in the genealogy, so there should be no mistakes.

Later, Mongolia rose and occupied Qufu. The Yansheng Gong, who was conferred by the Jin Dynasty, was passed on to Kong Yuancuo and fled to Kaifeng with the Jin Dynasty. The Mongols themselves conferred the Yansheng Gong Kong Yuanyong.

Kong Yuancuo and Kong Yuanyong were two of them,

There are also detailed records in the genealogy.

After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, Kong Yuancuo was captured by the Mongols, and he fought with Kong Yuanyong to establish the position of Yansheng Gong, resulting in mutual struggle for power and profit within the Northern Kong. The Mongols were frustrated and simply abolished the title of Yansheng Gong.

However, this action undoubtedly stabbed the hornet's nest.

When the scholars in the world saw that Yan Shenggong had been deposed, what was so great?

So they gathered to cause trouble and demanded that the court restore the title of Yansheng Duke.

At this time, Kublai Khan discovered that there was another Yansheng Gong in the Kong family in Quzhou, Kong Mingbo's ancestor Kong Zhu. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had already perished, but Kong Zhu refused the imperial enthronement on the grounds that he had been in the south for several generations and wanted to guard the ancestral tombs, and the Mongols re-enthroned a Yansheng Gong Kong Zhiquan.

Kong Zhiquan was the son of Kong Yuanyong and the nephew of Kong Yuancuo. It is reasonable to inherit the Duke of Yansheng.

Kong Mingbo has read this record several times and can almost recite it, but he is still concentrating on finding the information.

Suddenly, Kong Mingbo was stunned.

In a record compiled by the Kong family, a passage was found: "In the fourth year of Shaoxi of Song Dynasty, Kong Yuan gave birth to his son Kong Zhiquan and died young at the age of six."

He even suspected that he had read it wrong, so he hurriedly looked at it carefully, and it turned out that Kong Zhiquan died young at the age of six.

Since he died at the age of six, who succeeded to the throne?

Kong Mingbo searched around like crazy, and read all the family tree and various records of the descendants of the Kong family one by one to find clues.

…………

Three days later, Belin is ready to set off.

This is his style of conduct. I agreed to wait for you for three days. If you don’t come, I will never go to find you.

However, just as he came to the entrance door and was about to go downstairs, he saw a person kneeling at the door, which was Kong Ming Bo.

Beside him were two packs of tightly wrapped.

"Mr. Kong, why are you..."

Belin hurried forward and helped him up.

Kong Ming Bo's eyes were red and he said, "Sir, please take me to Beijing. I have something important to do and I need to meet the emperor immediately!"

Belin laughed silently and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Kong Mingbo focused his attention and said, "I have considered it very clearly. The title of Yan Sheng Gong must not fall into the hands of foreign tribes!"

Now, it was Beilin's turn to be confused. What's going on?

Kong Mingbo immediately said, "The Yansheng Gong, who was conferred by the Mongols, was not a descendant of the Kong family, but... a Mongolian!"

"What did you say?"

Beilin was shocked. Is Yan Shenggong from Qufu a Mongol?

How is it possible...

However, it seems that this can explain what those letters are.

Kong Mingbo then told the truth about the information he found in recent days. At that time, Kong Zhu flatly refused to enthrone the title. In order to fool the world, the Mongolians asked a Mongolian to change its name to Kong Zhiquan and inherit the title of Yansheng.

Under the protection of the imperial court, the Yan Shenggong of Qufu grew up and continued to scatter. To this day, there are tens of thousands of tribes.

After Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he did not know the secret hidden behind him and continued to enthrone him as Yan Shenggong until today.


Chapter completed!