The next day

When the Forbidden City was broken, the news of Emperor Chongzhen's death was completely spread from the capital and went to all directions.

As the news spreads all over the world, it won’t take long to make the world completely chaotic.

The vassal kings in various places will probably soon raise their flags to fight for orthodoxy, and some families who were already thinking about it will not delay for long, and they will start betting on their own.

Jiang Hao on the other side also set out from Taiyuan City and came to the capital.

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Confucius family in Qufu, Shandong

The land of the three caves - Kong Mansion

In the palm of the book

The head of the Kong family, the current Yansheng Gong Kong Yinzhi, was sitting in the hall.

Seeing everyone coming, I pressed the cup in my hand and said:

"You must have heard of the news that the capital was broken!

I am also sad about the emperor's sorrow and the city's destruction!

What do you think?”

The Confucius Mansion of the Kong family is actually equivalent to a small court. The front part of the Confucius Mansion is called the official office, and there are even three halls and six halls to correspond to the three provinces and six ministries of the court.

At this time, the palmistry hall where you are talking is one of the six halls.

Although the people coming downstairs were all from the Kong family, they also included a large number of officials in Qufu.

How to say it?

Posts like the magistrate of Qufu are almost not appointed by the imperial court, and are completely a member of the Kong family!

The kind passed down from generation to generation.

This kind of inheritance relationship is more tough than the inheritance of other people's titles.

"Head of the family, I heard that one of the three princes had never escaped, and all of them were captured by the rebels!

What should I do!"

Kong Zhenkan, the magistrate of Qufu, did not express his opinion, but instead proposed that all three princes did not escape.

The fact that the royal orthodoxy is almost broken is now considered to be a fact.

"In this case, I'm afraid I can only find the successor from the vassal kings!"

Kong Yinzhi was very satisfied with his tactfulness and continued to say as he said.

"The head of the family, King Dai of Shanxi, King Jin of Jin, had already died tragically by the rebels, King Fu of Henan was cut to death by thousands of knives, and King Tang was also killed.

Now there is only the King of Shu in Sichuan, and the King of Lu in our Shandong, King De can barely be considered as a climate!"

When everyone heard Kong Yinzhi say that he could only look for him from the vassal kings, they already understood what he meant.

Although there are many vassal kings left in the world, there are not many who have names and surnames.

There are even fewer people who are still alive.

Originally, there were two more famous vassal kings in Shanxi and Henan, such as the Fu Wang, who was favored by Emperor Wanli at that time.

However, since the rebellion of Shanxi and Henan, the vassal kings in Shanxi and Henan have been living a bad life.

After the fall of the entire Shanxi region, not to mention the vassal kings, there were not many members of the royal family living in the entire Shanxi region. Even those who were alive would probably have hidden their names.

Although Henan has not yet completely fallen, the two famous vassal kings have all been captured by the rebels.

Among them, King Fu was full of resentment and was cut into pieces. It is said that on the day of the execution, King Fu's body was robbed by everyone.

Those who robbed crazy are all civilians who hate King Fu deeply and wish to swallow their flesh and bones.

The Tang King was a little better, but his whole family was killed.

Although the King of Shu in Sichuan is also considered one, Sichuan is now besieged by Zhang Xianzhong. Even if someone wants to go over and support him, he has to be rescued first.

So after careful calculation, there are only the remaining vassal kings in Shandong, and they are the easiest to support them.

Thinking of this, isn’t it clear that it is clear at a glance when you try to figure out what their head means?

Their head obviously wanted to support another emperor.

However, at this time, an old man from the Kong family spoke out against it.

Although the identity of the clan elder is often not as good as that of the clan leader, many clan elders have higher seniority than the clan leader.

Therefore, no one dared to stop the objection at this time.

“Are you going to be involved?

No, you must not participate in the battle for the throne and the support of the dragon. This is the ancestral teaching of my Kong family and one of the reasons why my Kong family has stood for thousands of years!

You can’t lose it just because you alone!”

“Why not?

Now that the world is in chaos, why can we help the country?”

Kong Yinzhi didn't like the elders of their family very much, because those elders had fewer seniority than him, and they always spoke with accent and always had their own behaviors that were disgusting.

"Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. If this doesn't work, it won't work!

Do you think there is any possibility for me, Kong's family?

Isn't this status good now?

No matter who is the emperor, he must use the knowledge of the Holy Ancestor to govern the world, and the position of the Holy Lord of the Kong family will never move!

If you participate in it, it will make others afraid. At that time, even the position of Yan Shenggong may not be stable!

The Kong family’s thousand-year foundation cannot be destroyed because of your temporary greed!”

Compared to a patriarch who wants to go further, these older patriarchs think more.

In their opinion, the royal family inheritance of just two or three hundred years is far inferior to their thousand-year-old family inheritance.

Why give up your own thousand-year foundation in order to compete for the throne of two or three hundred years?

What's more, the dispute between the world has just begun, and what is going on in the future is not certain, so why bother to get involved so early?

With their Kong family's status, at the last moment, as long as they write a note, they can still maintain their own status.

There is no need to participate in it, and it is useless to spend your family's wealth.

"Don't be shameless, respect you, call you the elders..."

Kong Yinzhi was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and he even spoke harshly.

"Kong Yinzhi!

Don’t forget that we clan elders have the right to dismiss the clan leader!

My words are left here. If you dare to act alone, we will dare to dismiss the clan leader and choose another legitimate branch!"

Kong Huiwen, the head of the group of clan elders, also said a fierce sentence, and stood up and left.

As soon as he left, most of the remaining elders of the clan also bid farewell and left.

Kong Yinzhi stood there in vain, so angry that his teeth were itchy, but he could do nothing.

In the Kong family, the patriarch has a high status and can command almost everyone in the family.

But it's just almost, it doesn't mean it's complete.

The elders of the clan are the exception!

If converted into royal family, then these clan elders can be considered as royal family members.

However, Kong Yinzhi must not be as powerful as the emperor, so he can make some decisions, but once some matters in principle are violated, they can be suppressed by the clan elders in an instant.

Undoubtedly suppress it.
Chapter completed!