Chapter 350 The Treasure of the Kong Family [Subscription Request]

Jia Xu handed a bamboo slip to Cao Cao to read.

After Cao Cao read it, Director Jia took the bamboo slips back, keeping it mysterious.

"Let's go to the back house of the Confucius Mansion and take a look."

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Cao arrived at the inner courtyard of Confucius Mansion, Jingge, which is known as the "mountain of books and sea of ​​learning".

The Jianshu books here fill several floors of the wooden building.

As soon as you come in, it feels like you are walking into a mountain of books.

"Take all these books back. Use them in the Imperial College, pass them on to students, and educate people everywhere."

Cao Cao went up to the attic.

After he came in, he felt that the aura on the top floor of the library was incredibly strong.

When he climbed up to the attic, the entry also gave a push:
[This building has more than 10,000 volumes of books, and the texts are classics. There are handwritten scrolls of 12 ancient sages. Including Xunzi, Mencius, Confucius, Zengzi, Yanzi, Zisi and other sages]

This attic is nothing short of a treasure house for Confucianism.

Among them, Zengzi and Yanzi were both among the seventy-two sages under Confucius and his most outstanding disciples.

Yan Zi is Yan Hui, the leader of the seventy-two sages under Confucius.

Both of them are from Lucheng.

There is also Zisi, who is the direct grandson of Confucius.

This attic is like a complete history of the development of Confucianism.

No wonder people say that Confucius Mansion is a holy place of Confucianism.

Almost all the scrolls of Confucian saints and semi-saints throughout the ages are collected here.

Cao Cao came to a row of bookshelves and found several ancient scrolls with a thick purple halo.

He picked it up and saw that it was written by Xunzi.

He put it down and picked up another one, which was written by Mencius.

Looking further, there are also Confucius's experience in collating and revising the Six Classics, some scattered records, and volumes.

Cao Cao's mood was in turmoil.

He loved reading, and the scrolls of sages here were priceless treasures to him.

There are also books of other genres, including the complete Gongshuzi Handscrolls in twelve volumes.

Gongshuzi is Lu Ban, whose surname is Ji. He is the ancestor of civil engineering and craftsmanship, and he is also from Lucheng.

He and Mozi are good friends. They have collaborated and produced many things.

"King Wei, here is a lost musical score left by Boya and Shi Kuang, two great sages of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

Yao Jing followed beside him, looking agitated.

Shi Kuang and Boya are the sages of music.

Shi Kuang is known as the Saint of Music.

"Yangchun", "Bai Xue" and "Xuan Mo" were all created by him.

Boya was known as the Immortal of the Zither.

The famous "High Mountains and Flowing Water" and "Narcissus Dance" are his masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

Confucius passed down rites and music to future generations, so it is not surprising that the Confucius Mansion has two unique copies of his works.

[This scroll contains a mystery, and is a hand-me-down from a lineage of craftsmen]

When Cao Cao picked up the Lu Ban Book and looked through its contents, the entry gave a clue again.

With the help of the entry, Cao Cao soon made a discovery.

There are twelve volumes of Lu Ban Book, made of bamboo slips, which are nourished by good fortune and have survived intact.

Inside the tail roll, you need to move the small buckle back and forth to open it, like a delicate mechanism.

Cao Cao finally found the hidden storage space on the back of a seemingly ordinary bamboo slip, just like an ink bag, and pulled out a bronze slip about seven or eight inches long.

There are special scales on it.

Cao Cao looked at it for a while, and suddenly something came to his mind:
"Is this the Lu Ban ruler, the first ruler in the world?"

It is said that Lu Ban's ruler can identify directions and measure the void, and when it is completed, it can move the harmony of heaven.

With the help of this ruler, Lu Ban measured the imaginary numbers of heaven and earth and disappeared from then on.

Many relevant records have mentioned this incident, which is very mysterious among craftsmen.

If it is true, Lu Ban is the only great master who can use his craftsmanship to understand the secrets of heaven and earth.

It is said that he and Mozi made two wooden kites at the same time.

The one he made could fly longer than the one made by Mozi, lasting for three days and three nights.

There was also a mother bird that led the hard-to-identify wooden kite back to its nest and spent the night there.

Well... she's a wooden kite who loves to commit marriage fraud.

Cao Cao played with the Lu Ban ruler in his hand, it was an unexpected surprise.

It is said that many people in power love to confiscate people’s property.

This Confucius Mansion is like a treasure trove, and the gains from it are much greater than those from a king’s tomb.

Cao Cao ordered these things to be moved back to Yecheng, took the Lu Ban ruler, and turned to walk out.

Yao Jing held the two volumes of music books tightly in her arms and was still looking around eagerly as she left to see if there were any other rare books on music theory.

The sky has darkened.

Outside the Confucius Mansion, the crowd was in an uproar.

"Even if you are the King of Wei, you cannot bully the weak and offend the Kong family. Without the Confucian lineage, the world would not be what it is today."

"Confucius's merits in education will last for thousands of years."

"To destroy the lintel of a saint is disrespectful, hurts the people's hopes, and harms the harmony of nature. It is intolerable by heaven."

"There is no precedent of confiscating the home of a saint in ancient and modern times. This is an ominous act."

The commotion in the Confucius Mansion just now, and the turmoil caused by the birth of the sage's artifacts.

And then there were the screams.

These unexpected events made the people gathered outside the palace, including thousands of Confucian students, look indignant.

Zheng Xuan and his personal army brought out many nobles and explained the whole story.

The Kong and Li families were accomplices of foreign nations in stealing the vitality of the Han Dynasty and participated in the assassination of the King of Wei.

"Impossible. The Confucius family has been following the teachings of their ancestors. How could they have done something like assassinating the King of Wei?"

"It is even more nonsense to say that they were used by foreign races."

"In the Kong family, everyone reads books to improve their intelligence. How could anyone deceive the Kong family?"

“I absolutely do not believe that the Kong family would do these things.”

Citizens and students outside the palace continued to gather after nightfall.

However, when more noble families came out and pointed out the problems of the Kong and Li families.

Especially the foreign preachers, they were also dragged out and beheaded as a public display. The crowd outside the Confucius Mansion gradually quieted down.

The preacher of the scriptures is undoubtedly a real witness.

When Cao Cao came out of Confucius's Mansion, there was a slight uproar among the crowd.

Because Cao Cao offered up the writing knife and the sage's scroll.

These two things were left by Confucius.

Almost all the students who came to worship Confucius had seen these two objects from afar and knew that they were placed in the Confucius Temple and regarded as sacred objects. These two objects were used by Cao Cao and brought out the luck of the saint.

The sacred object betrayed the Kong family?
For a moment, there was complete silence outside the Confucius Mansion, and the color on some people's faces slowly faded.

"From now on, there will be no saint to pass on the family business, so you should all guard yourselves."

Cao Cao's voice came from the carriage, deep and majestic.

"All the things in the Confucius Mansion will be moved to the Imperial College. Those who are determined to learn can come to the Imperial College to study."

The carriage slowly drove away under the escort of the personal troops.

After the things in the Confucius Mansion are moved away, the door will be sealed.

Among the crowd watching outside the Confucius Mansion, there was a figure wearing a Confucian robe and about 28 or 27 years old.

After Cao Cao left, the man dispersed with the crowd and returned to a mansion in the city, where he met another middle-aged man.

"All living things are forms. You have practiced this Hinayana magical power well. You have transformed into a person from the Eastern Land of Gods. There is nothing unusual about it."

Both of them were Gentile preachers of the Bible.

They have been in Middle-earth for several years and also speak Chinese.

"how's it going?"

“The King of Wei slaughtered many people from the Li and Kong clans.

Although it will be a deterrent to the nobles on the surface, everyone will be in danger behind the scenes. His cruelty will only make the nobles gather together and rebel against him secretly. Our plan is going smoothly. "

The young man said, "There should be plenty of opportunities to take advantage of others."

The elder said:

“Then the King of Wei may want to use killing to force some nobles to be in danger and expose themselves.

His attitude towards the nobles and local tyrants has always been to suppress and eradicate them, without mercy."

“He is different from the other lords of Middle-earth.

The troops under his command were originally formed by surrendering refugees and only obeyed his orders. It was difficult for them to take advantage of the unrest among the nobles to pose a threat to him.

The young one disagreed: “But killing Kong this time is different after all, Kong’s influence is huge.

No matter how the King of Wei's reasoning was, those who were close to the Kong family would certainly regard him as an enemy and be hostile to him.

This is exactly what the Supreme Lord wants to see.”

"You leave the city tomorrow and pass the news back to see what the Supreme says."

The two had a secret discussion in the house.

Outside their mansion, Wang Yue, two experts from Caoying, and two Taoists were standing in the shadows.

On the night Cao Cao was assassinated, he felt a force reappear and woke up in the middle of the night.

At that time, someone secretly went out to investigate and find the source of the power that made Cao Cao feel that way.

The one who followed was Wang Yue.

Later it was discovered that the power was deliberately revealed by the preacher to lead Cao Cao to deal with the Li and Kong families.

They are looking for opportunities to stir up unrest.

At this moment, Cao Ying is also waiting for an opportunity.

Waiting for these foreign preachers to gather, waiting for the fake preacher Shi Zimiao who has been active in Middle-earth for several years to appear and uproot them.

Cao Cao's carriage left Lu and headed south to watch the naval training on the southern front.

At the same time, news came that Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong army, conquered Jiangxia County, and Liu Qi was killed.

Zhou Yu then expanded his military forces and began to advance southward.

A direct confrontation has arisen between the Jiangdong Army and Changsha County controlled by Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei went to Yizhou, Guan Yu was responsible for guarding Changsha County in Jingzhou.

Given his personality, he would never give in to Jiangdong and had had several conflicts with Zhou Yu.

Cao Cao always felt that, whether in this world or in history, it was inappropriate to let Guan Yu guard Jingzhou.

He is too proud to seek perfection.

Under the strong pressure from Cao's camp, Shu should have sought an alliance with Jiangdong earlier.

Guan Yu is loyal and has a strong sense of responsibility.

If he defends Jingzhou, it will only consume the energy of Jiangdong.

If Liu Bei did not trust other generals, he could have guarded Jingzhou himself and brought Guan Yu with him, which would have been better than Guan Yu guarding it alone.

However, because he had few generals, Liu Bei did not have many choices.

Of course, this is beneficial to Cao Ying now.

Liu Bei also quickened his pace in Yizhou.

The latest news Cao Cao received was that Liu Bei was about to have a showdown with Liu Zhang.

After Liu Bei entered Yizhou and stationed his troops north of Ba County, he did not follow Liu Zhang's wishes and help him deal with Hanzhong.

After Liu Bei had secured a firm foothold in the area north of Ba County, he first sent out troops to attack the foreign tribes to the west in order to eliminate the potential for instability and continue to strengthen himself.

He has been consciously expanding and controlling all aspects of Yizhou.

Liu Bei's personality would not allow him to be so hasty in taking action.

But he had no other choice.

Cao's army was in Hanzhong, north of Jingzhou, and was making frequent moves, constantly mobilizing troops and attacking Yizhou.

Liu Bei felt an urgent sense of urgency, so he dared neither delay nor hesitate.

It was the end of October when Cao Cao returned to Jizhou from the southern route.

The news that the Li family, the Ni family and other aristocratic families surrounding the Kong family were uprooted also reached Yizhou at this time.

After receiving the news, Kong Rong collapsed to the ground and cried:

"Cao Cao is as poisonous as a wild beast or a snake. My Kong family has been passed down from generation to generation, and he dares to eliminate my Kong family. He said that my Kong family has colluded with foreign countries, which is actually a frame-up, and he slandered my entire family's innocence. Ah——"

Kong Rong sat on the ground and cried blood, wailing until he fainted.

Emperor Liu Xie came behind him and started crying too.

Both of them were filled with grievances, and the more they thought about it, the sadder they felt.

Kong Rong never expected that Cao Cao would dare to kill the Kong family.

In the past, before the Battle of Guandu, he had spoken ill of Yanzhou, spread rumors, and shaken the morale of the army, which was a capital crime.

Afterwards, he secretly asked Liu Bei to pass through Qingzhou Beihai and go to Xuzhou by sea to help Yuan Shao transport troops, which was aiding the enemy.

There were several subsequent incidents, all of which were capital crimes.

The reason why Kong Rong dared to do this had a lot to do with his family background.

The Confucius family is the banner of scholars all over the world. Even when dynasties change, the Confucius family will remain standing.

Anyone who dares to touch the Kong family will be condemned by everyone.

But Cao Cao resolutely got rid of the Kong family... Kong Rong was so heartbroken that he had difficulty breathing. He woke up from crying several times and then fainted again.

……

Yecheng in late October.

Cao Cao received great news. At the same time, Ling Jin and others also returned with the production method of Qin crossbow.

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