Father can be an enemy to the country

In fact, the deeds of Nan Kong and Bei Kong are not a secret. Not only are they recorded by both sides, but they are also clearly remembered in history books and local chronicles. Therefore, Kong Ne couldn’t just talk nonsense, so he could only say the truth:

"The story has to start with Jianyan's southern crossing. At that time, the Jin soldiers captured Bianliang and kidnapped the two emperors Hui and Qin. Then King Kang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianyan, who later became Gaozong of the Song Dynasty."

"After that, the Jin soldiers continued to invade the south. Gaozong moved his palace from the Huaihe River to the Yangtze River and then to Hangzhou. There he ordered all officials in the occupied areas to return south as soon as possible. Our Kong family was naturally among them."

"The Duke Yansheng at that time was the 48th ancestor Sun Duan Yougong. After receiving the decree, he discussed with the clan leader Kong Chuangong and decided to mobilize the entire clan to escort the treasure of the temple to move south to avoid being robbed by the golden soldiers, leaving only me. The ancestors Duancao Gong, Duan Binggong and others guarded the ancestral home Linmiao."

"After that, Duan Yougong and Kong Chuangong led more than a hundred people from their clansmen and people with the three surnames of Yan, Meng and Zeng to drive and harness their horses, support the old and the young, say goodbye to their homeland, and finally escorted the treasure of the temple to Lin'an. After the audience, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty issued an imperial edict The temple is located in Quzhou, which is the origin of Nankong."

"At this time, the Kingdom of Jin regarded Duan Yougong's younger brother, my ancestor Duan Cao Gong, as the official successor of Confucius, and named Duan Cao Gong as Yan Sheng Gong. Duan Cao Gong refused and died of illness the next year. After that, The Kingdom of Jin also forcibly conferred the title of Duke Duancao, my eighth ancestor Kong Fan, as Duke Yansheng."

"Since then, there have been two eldest sons and two Yanshenggong in the world at the same time. This is the origin of South Kong and North Kong." Kong Na sighed:

"After that, the northern and southern Yansheng Dukes each had their own inheritance. Until the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty and unified the world, the separation of the north and the south could no longer continue. At that time, the sixth generation of the Yansheng Duke Kong Zhugong of Nankong, although for the Duke Yan of the Song Dynasty was still recognized as the leader of the great sects in the north and south, and our Northern Sect also actively petitioned the emperor to recruit Kong Zhugong to return to Lu for worship. "

At this point, Kong Ne changed his previous vagueness and suddenly described it as his nose and eyes were opened.

"In the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Kong Zhugong responded to the imperial edict and entered the palace as the 'Jiangnan Raid Feng Yanshenggong'. He left Quzhou and went north, arriving in Qufu in August. He stayed in Queli for more than two months, worshiping ancestors in temples and temples. In Ting Zulin, all the relatives, old and young, expressed their homesickness and nostalgia for their ancestors."

"He also deeply felt the great changes in the ancestral family in the past 160 years: the ancestors who stayed at the Quelilin Temple were ravaged by war, and they had long since changed and were very different from the Nanzong. At the same time, he also learned that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty By allowing himself, the head of the Southern Sect, to take charge of the Northern Sect, he wanted to use himself to 'make holes out of holes' and instigate Confucius' descendants into division."

"This made him very worried. After more than two months of careful consideration, Kong Zhugong decided to use the unique golden mean of his ancestors to 'give up the title' to prevent the Yuan Dynasty ancestor's attempt to divide the saints of Confucius and safeguard the saints of the north and the south. of unity and dignity.”

"After leaving Qufu, Kong Zhugong went to Dadu to have an audience with the Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty. When he entered the court, he accepted the imperial wine given by the Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, promoted the affairs of the Zhejiang East Taoist School, and various generous rewards; he also received various generous rewards from the imperial court. The guardian of the Linmiao Seal also accepted it gladly, but politely declined to offer sacrifices to Guilu."

"He said that he would inherit the ancestral precepts and be loyal, filial, benevolent, ethical, righteous, wise and trustworthy; so he must return to Quzhou to protect the tomb of his ancestors who moved south and serve his elderly mother, so he resolutely resigned from the title of Duke Yan. The ministers around Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty repeatedly advised him He acted according to the order, but Kong Zhugong was unmoved and insisted on submitting the bronze seal issued by the former Song Dynasty royal family to the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty."

"The Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was not angry at Kong Zhugong's refusal to return, but instead praised him: 'It is better to violate honor than to violate Tao, and you will be a true saint!' He did not force him to return to Qufu to worship, but he also There is no other official named Yanshenggong to preside over the worship services in Qufu."

"Later, before Kong Zhugong passed away, he called his children and grandchildren to swear an oath in front of his bed, asking them to never become Yanshenggong. It was not until many years after his death that the Yuan Dynasty re-canonized us descendants of Beikong as Yanshenggong."

"It was passed down to the end of the Yuan Dynasty. My father hoped that Duke Xue would succeed him. During the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was responsible for the unification of the north. My father led his clan to personally welcome the king's division. He was sent to Nanjing by General Xu to have an audience. The emperor and my father hit it off, and he recognized his destiny and obeyed his will. The move was greatly appreciated, so he ordered my father to continue to serve as Duke Yan."

After a long discussion, Kong Ne raised his head and said confidently: "So our current position as Yanshenggong in Beikong was not snatched by ourselves, nor was it stolen from anywhere! It was Nankong who took the initiative to give it up back then. Yes, he is the one who is personally sealed by the current emperor! I wonder what the dispute is about, and the people in Nankong are still entangled in it!"

Zhu Zhen listened patiently and asked Kong Ne almost to the point of vomiting blood. "Have I said that there is a dispute? Aren't you bringing this on yourself?"

"This, this..." Kong Na said in shock: "If the prince thinks it's okay, why do you ask it?"

"Although you both have different opinions on this past history, it is generally quite reliable." Zhu Zhen said lightly: "Kong Xilu did not deny that there was a problem with your Yan Shenggong. I just raised one point. At the beginning, he Our ancestor Kong Zhu was a loyal minister and did not want to be the Duke of Yansheng in the Yuan Dynasty. Now that the Yuan Dynasty has died, the Ming Dynasty is our Han family, so naturally there is no such obstacle. "

He said with a smile and said: "You can't say that I am not qualified to succeed Yan Shenggong. After all, the regular wood statues of Confucius and his wife are still enshrined in the Confucius Temple in Quzhou!"

"..." Kong Ne's face turned blue and white, and he was speechless, unable to refute a word. Because the regular wooden statue of Confucius and his wife mentioned by Zhu Zhen is the "treasure of the temple" that he just stated, but it was unclear.

It is said that this wooden statue was carved by Zigong. According to legend, after Confucius passed away, his disciples stayed in mourning in front of his grave for three years before saying goodbye in tears. But Zigong still couldn't bear to leave, so he built a hut next to Confucius' tomb and stayed there for another three years.

During this period, he collected regular wood from the forest and carefully carved the seated statues of Confucius and his master Qi Guan. These two regular wood statues are less than two feet high. Confucius's robe has long sleeves, holding a scepter in his hand, and Mrs. Qiguan's long skirt hangs to the floor, which is vivid.

Later, Duke Ai of Lu established the residence where Confucius lived during his lifetime as a temple to worship Confucius, and these two regular wood statues were enshrined here after they were carved.

Later, this wooden statue became the most authoritative image of Confucius and was regarded as the most sacred object of the Confucius family. It was kept in the Qufu Ancestral Temple by the eldest grandson of Confucius in all dynasties until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty. Kong Duanyou, the Duke of Yansheng, carried two statues on his back. After crossing to the south, this sacred object of Confucius was located in the Confucius Temple in Quzhou.

These two regular wooden statues are also Beikong's biggest worry, because no matter how many Yanshenggong they produce, as long as these two statues are in Quzhou for a day, Nankong will still be the direct descendant! They are just a head shorter than Nan Kong.