Chapter 875 After today, there will be no more Kong family in Qufu
Chapter 875 After today, there will be no more Kong family in Qufu
Author: Feng Shaoyu
Chapter 875 After today, there will be no more Kong family in Qufu
"Shandong Babaili urgent!"
"Shandong Babaili urgent!"
The messenger rushed all the way to the capital, attracting the attention of the people in the capital.
"It seems that last time it was a six-hundred-mile expedited trip?"
"Yes, yes. Last time, Prime Minister Zhang's army unexpectedly landed in Shandong, catching those corrupt and corrupt officials in Shandong by surprise. This time, it's 800 miles away. Could it be that Prime Minister Zhang's army has already captured Shandong?"
"If that's true, that's a good thing! Think about the years when Prime Minister Zhang was in charge of the world. The Ming Dynasty was prosperous. When all the nations came to visit, we ordinary people could hold their heads high when walking on the street. Moreover, prices were stable and we had no worries about food and clothing.
, how can it be like now, where we can’t even afford a bucket of rice.”
"Who says otherwise? If Prime Minister Zhang's army arrives at Shuntian Mansion, they will have to help lead the way and open the door."
"Looking at this, the imperial court must have suffered a huge defeat. It deserves it, it deserves it!"
The people were discussing in low voices, which made the teahouse owner on the side become a little scared: "You guys, please don't talk about state affairs. Don't talk about state affairs, or you will risk your life."
Ever since the Datong Party landed in Shandong, Zhu Youjian's face has never looked good, and the Shuntian Prefecture has become more and more strict. Yamen and Jin Yiwei searched the streets for Datong remnants, openly demanding bribes and blackmail, and the people were miserable.
Once you are unable to satisfy the government officials, you will be charged with making irresponsible remarks about government affairs and Datong's remaining evils, and you will be thrown into prison and tortured.
Originally, the people of Shuntian Prefecture, the best place under the feet of a good emperor, should have no shortage of food and clothing. But now, the income of the people of Shuntian Prefecture is getting less and less, rice is getting more and more expensive, prices have skyrocketed, the market is chaotic, and the people
The people were in dire straits, but the prices of various things had increased sharply. The imperial government only issued treasure banknotes but not gold and silver to rescue the market. The large amount of treasure banknotes flooding into the market had no effect at all on rescuing the market. Instead, it caused the market that was already unsustainable to completely collapse.
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Nowadays, the people in the capital have a difficult life, lack of food and clothing, and all of them are complaining. In addition, the government officials are now acting recklessly and unscrupulously, and the children of noble officials are even more condescending and arrogant. The people are living an extremely difficult life.
I scolded my mother in my heart.
Now that they heard the news that Zhang Haogu's army had invaded Shandong, many people were looking forward to Zhang Haogu's invasion of Shuntian Mansion so that everyone could return to the good old days.
The people and merchants were looking forward to Zhang Haogu's coming, but Zhu Youjian didn't want Zhang Haogu to come to the capital at all. Especially under the current circumstances, wouldn't Cao Cao come to the capital to seek power and usurp the throne?
After issuing an imperial edict to let Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian block Zhou Yuji's army to buy Zhu Chunchen time, Zhu Youjian actually still held on to the hope that Xue Lian could defeat Zhou Yuji independently. After all, as long as Xue Lian's partial army could block Zhou Yuji, Zhu Chunchen could march north.
Attacking Liaodong.
However, facts have proven that after the Chongzhen Dynasty abandoned its original policy of elite troops, abolished the new laws and new policies and lowered the status of soldiers, once again promoted Confucianism, and even vigorously promoted Donglin Party members, those soldiers who originally dared to fight without any worries in the Tianqi Dynasty
, and instantly turned into a soft-legged shrimp.
To put it bluntly, the brothers received more money in one month during the Tianqi Dynasty than in two years during the Chongzhen Dynasty. Moreover, during the Tianqi Dynasty, they were in charge of food and housing, and they had enough meals. One small piece of meat every day and one big piece every three days.
He also made detailed training plans and exercises. At that time, there was a head start in fighting a war, and the rewards he deserved if he won the battle were no less than generous.
But now?
Humph, two coins a month, what the hell are you trying to do? If you fire one shot in battle, you will be worthy of the Ming Dynasty. Taking into account the emperor and the superior officer, at most two more shots will be fired. After all, firing too many guns will consume gunpowder and bullets.
Yes, the brothers have to pay for these themselves.
Zhu Youjian didn't know what the life of the lower-level officers and soldiers was like. He just felt that one hundred thousand against thirty thousand, no matter how hard he fought, he should win.
However, the eight-hundred-mile rush in Shandong destroyed Zhu Youjian's hopes.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. On April 26, the sixth year of Chongzhen, Xue Lian, the Governor of Shandong Military Affairs, ignored the advice of Shandong Governor Wang Shunyi and others and insisted on going his own way. He was greedy for power and advanced recklessly. He was defeated by the Datong bandit Zhou Yuji, and a hundred thousand troops fell into an ambush.
The whole army was wiped out, and it was useless to abandon the artillery and ordnance!"
"There is not a single capable soldier left in Shandong. Now the three prefectures of Shandong are in turmoil. Datong bandit soldiers are roaring in each prefecture as if they are in an uninhabited land. Shandong is in danger!"
"What?! Xue Lian was defeated?! Who asked him to take the initiative!" Zhu Youjian was shocked and quickly took the military newspaper to check.
Sure enough, the governor of Shandong, the chief envoy of Shandong, the envoy of Shandong and other officials jointly submitted a petition: It's not that they didn't work hard, but that dead man Xue Lian must be blamed!
In the military newspaper, Shandong Governor Wang Shunyi and others gave a very detailed introduction, including how much manpower and material resources were concentrated in this half of Shandong, how much money was collected through hard work, and how many weapons were prepared, all in response to Xue Lian
Requesting supplies to the front line. Now that half of Shandong's resources have fallen into the hands of Datong thieves, Shandong is completely in danger!
According to the thinking of Wang Shunyi and others, when the three of them become tigers, Zhu Youjian will definitely investigate Xue Lian, who has neither seen alive nor dead. When there is no evidence of Xue Lian's death, all suspicion will be pointed at Xue Lian. Then
The three of them were naturally relaxed and relieved.
However, Zhu Youjian was a person who did not act according to the rules. He was originally a headstrong and jealous person. Now Wang Shunyi and the other three were of the same caliber. Zhu Youjian directly issued an order: "The governor of Shandong, the administrative envoy, and the inspector-general,
As an official of the imperial court, I have the responsibility to protect the land, but now it has led to the fall of half of the country. I immediately sent someone to take off their official robes and put them in jail!"
That's right, according to normal logic, one should label the dead while appeasing everyone who is still alive. Let's compromise with each other, and it will be good for you and me.
But Zhu Youjian didn't think so. His idea was: Xue Lian died, he was the culprit, and he deserved it.
But even if Xue Lian is 99% at fault, don't these local officials in Shandong have 1% at fault?
Now that Xue Lian can no longer be found, it is necessary to capture a few important ones to shock the court and the world, so that the officials of the world know that he, Zhu Youjian, is still the emperor who says he is true to his word. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty still has majesty, and the influence of the turmoil in Shandong is nothing
Not until tomorrow
In short, Zhu Youjian needs a few people to take the blame, and dead people cannot take the blame for the living, so Zhu Youjian still focuses on Wang Shunyi and others.
So when Wang Shunyi and others were still sitting on their dreams and planning to use some money to move to another place to continue to be governors, they did not wait for the court's instructions and comfort. Instead, they waited for the royal guards and prison cars.
After the angel read out the imperial edict, Wang Shunyi and others, who looked confused, shouted grievances repeatedly, but it was useless to shout grievances at this time.
After all, the governor of Shandong can't even look down on Shandong, so what's the use of you as a governor?
A supervisor who has lost his place can rub him as much as he wants.
Wang Shunyi and others happily thought that everything could be solved by trapping Xue Lian and an army of 100,000 people. They never expected that they would trap themselves this time.
In fact, this is not their fault, after all, Zhu Youjian is such an emperor.
As long as you are still useful and have some local strength, Zhu Youjian will not attack easily. But once you are useless and your power is gone, then Zhu Youjian killing you is no different from killing a chicken.
When Wang Shunyi and others were taken to Beijing in a prison car to wait for the Qiu Queen to be executed, another bad news came from Shandong: "Shandong Babaili is urgent. Yan Shenggong's family has been captured by the bandit Zhou Yuji. Zhou Yuji wants to fill the whole family of Yan Shenggong."
Behead!"
When this news reached Zhu Youjian's ears, Zhu Youjian was really stunned!
Lord Yansheng!
That is the descendant of Saint Kong, the Duke of Yan, who is the core of the world's cultural heritage.
How could that warrior Zhou Yuji have the guts to arrest Yan Shenggong's family in the Ming Dynasty, when the nobles were noble but the military was lowly?
This must be the instigation of that living Cao Cao in Liaodong!
He really deserves to be a living Cao Cao. He goes to the palace with swords and shoes, enters the court without following, and praises and worships without fame. Then he burns books and humiliates scholars. The next step is to stand up for Ming Dynasty, right?!
Moreover, Zhang Haogu is not worried about the turbulence of the world's cultural context, and is he criticized by scholars?
How dare he be so disrespectful to Yan Shenggong's family?!
While Zhu Youjian was puzzled, he suddenly saw Wen Tiren and others hurriedly entering the palace: "Your Majesty, it's not good. The scholars knew that Yan Shenggong's family had been captured by Datong thieves. They were furious and asked the court to rescue Yan Shenggong's family.
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"This is a matter of course. Yanshenggong's lineage is the world's Wen Sect, and it is the core of the culture. How can I turn a blind eye?" Zhu Youjian said this orally, but he murmured in his heart. Zhu Chunchen went to Shandong at this time to return.
is that useful?
Shi Fenglai and Yang Changsi are also smart. They saw Zhu Youjian's little thoughts and knew that Zhu Youjian was very entangled at the moment. He didn't want to see Yan Shenggong's family beheaded, but he didn't want to suffer too much loss.
Tian just wants to take advantage without paying the price.
So Shi Fenglai quickly knelt down and said: "I am guilty and have not been able to gather the food and grass needed for the army so far."
Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up: "In this case, why don't you hurry up and prepare food and grass? I will issue another imperial edict to Zhang Haogu, asking him to entertain Yan Shenggong's family well. He must not be neglectful or contemptuous, otherwise when Master Wang arrives, he will be killed.
You will die without a burial place!"
The corner of Yang Changsi's mouth twitched, Your Majesty, are you worried that Yan Shenggong's family will not die soon enough?
But Zhu Youjian had already made up his mind. He was just an emperor from a small family, without the broad-mindedness and sense of grandeur that an emperor should have. He was timid and hesitant in doing things.
When Zhu Chunchen was ordered to lead a large army to conquer Liaodong, it was a decisive decision, but he quickly betrayed him afterwards; after Zhou Yuji landed in Shandong, he ordered Zhu Chunchen to conquer Zhou Yuji in Shandong, but as Zhou Yuji defeated Shandong's Nine Guards and Ten
After tens of thousands of troops, Zhu Youjian fell into hesitation again.
With such a capricious emperor, what else can be said?
It was already May when the imperial edict issued by the capital was delivered to Zhang Haogu.
As expected, Zhou Yuji swept through Shandong within twenty days. First, he quickly captured the three prefectures, and then defeated the Shandong soldiers and horses in a decisive battle. Then, like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, he easily captured the entire six prefectures of Shandong.
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Now the whole of Shandong is once again under the control of the Datong Party, and this time, the Datong Party will never withdraw like before.
In Liaoning, in the Qinzheng Hall, Zhang Haogu looked at the imperial edict sent by Zhu Youjian. After reading it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Our Emperor Chongzhen is looking forward and backward again. He is still the same petty spirit and cannot achieve great things."
Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Yes, as an emperor, he has no ambition and vision, is full of conspiracies and tricks, acts sneakily, and has no grandeur at all. This matter has come to an end, and I am still hesitant."
"Yuanfu, now we have captured all of Yanshenggong's lineage. These people are all imprisoned in Yanshenggong's mansion. Zhou Yuji has come three times to ask what to do." Zhang Ruitu said.
Zhang Haogu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then slowly said: "To be honest with the elder and Jiandou, I am thinking about this matter now."
"The line of Yan Sheng Gong must be abolished. The Yasheng even said that the noble character will decline in the third generation, and will be killed in the fifth generation. How many generations did the Yan Sheng Gong line last from the early Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty? What happened again?
How many dynasties?”
"Old Master Kong's spirit in heaven probably doesn't want to see these younger generations who bully men and dominate women and run rampant in the countryside ruin his reputation in the name of the most holy teacher."
"The Yan Sheng Gong line will definitely be abolished, but what about the people of the Kong family?"
Lu Xiangsheng said: "Yuan Fu still feels compassion."
Zhang Haogu smiled: "Yes, there are too many members of the Kong family, and there are so many direct lines and branches. If we hate one lineage and want to drive everyone out, then that is not our principle."
Zhang Ruitu suddenly laughed and said: "Speaking of which, our Datong Society doesn't have its own law yet, right? We are still using the new law from the Tianqi Dynasty. Shouldn't we have our own law for Datong Society people, one that is better than the Ming Law?
A law that is more suitable for the people of the world?"
Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "Yes, yes, we should have our own laws. Take the new law as an example, revise and compile our laws of Datong. The Ming Dynasty has the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so why can't we Datong Party members have the laws of Datong?"
"In my opinion, this handling of the Kong family is a good opportunity."
Zhang Haogu nodded: "Well, that's right. Then who is more suitable to go to Shandong to handle this matter?"
Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a while and said, "How about Taichong?"
"After all, he is going to represent the center of our Datong Society, and he is also dealing with a major event that affects the world, such as Yan Shenggong and his family. Everyone in the world will definitely be watching."
"But if we are really allowed to go, it will seem like we are giving too much face to the Kong family. It is better to let Taichong go. His status and position are suitable, and he has been teaching you by words and deeds for so long. It is time to go and take a look at it on his own."
Zhang Haogu nodded: "Then let Taichong go away for a while, and go to Shandong to promote our Datong Law. The content is tentatively designated as a new law, so that the people can adapt to it first. It also tells the people that we are back."
"Okay, let's do it this way, use the new method to deal with the Kong family, and let the world see that we are back again." Lu Xiangsheng smiled happily.
A few days later, a large treasure ship docked at Laizhou Port. Huang Zongxi, director of the Central Secretariat of the Datong Society, got off the treasure ship. When he saw Zhou Yuji waiting at the port, he quickly stepped forward and said, "How dare you trouble the general to come and wait in person?"
Zhou Yuji laughed, but didn't care about it: "I heard it was you who arrived, so I stopped by to greet you. After all, you, the director of the secretariat, are no worse than me, the president of the two towns."
"The general is joking. How can I compare with the general?" Huang Zongxi smiled bitterly. He really didn't expect Zhou Yuji to come in person.
"Forget these polite words, I came here mainly to ask Taichong what Yuan Fu meant. There are so many people from the Kong family imprisoned in Yanshenggong's mansion, and it is very noisy now." Zhou Yuji asked decisively.
Exceeded what was in my heart.
Huang Zongxi suddenly realized: "Is the general afraid that the Central Committee will let the Kong family go?"
"That's not the case, I'm just worried that the Kong family will be sentenced lightly," Zhou Yuji said.
Huang Zongxi smiled and said: "General, this is too much to worry about. Although Yuan Fu does not intend to kill them all, he will never let go of the Kong family, direct line and branches of the Kong family. There are so many people who do evil and cause harm to the place. According to me,
According to the law of Datong, you can decide whatever you want, and even those who are not guilty will have to change their surnames."
"Yuan Fu means that people with the surname Kong will not be allowed in Qufu in the future. Qufu is the Qufu of the people and the Qufu of Datong Society, but it is not the Qufu of the Kong family."
Zhou Yuji laughed and said: "Okay, that's how it should be. One family and one family occupies the place and brings trouble to the hometown for thousands of years! How can there be a thousand-year-old dynasty or a thousand-year-old family in this world? Even the princes, generals and ministers all live in a hurry for a hundred years. The Kong family
Treating Qufu as one's own private property, treating the people as cattle and sheep, and driving them around as they please, while still trying to cater to the barbarians, this is really a scourge left over thousands of years and should be eliminated!"
"Let's go, let's go. I'll accompany you this time. I've long wanted to see the Kong family come to an end."
A few days later, a news spread throughout Shandong: Someone from the Datong Society Center came to put the Confucius family on trial.
After the news spread, students, gentry, merchants and common people from various prefectures rushed to Qufu. This was a public trial for Yanshenggong's family. This was a line of saints appointed by all dynasties. Datong Society really dared to interrogate!
What does it mean to dare to be the first in the world?
When the time came for the day of trial, Qufu was already surrounded by students and gentry from all over. On the high public trial platform, Huang Zongxi was sitting on it wearing official robes, while the contemporary Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi and others were tied up with five flowers.
Press and listen and then deal with it.
After all, these people are old, and there is no reason for Datong Society to force people to kneel down. In addition, respect the old and love the young, and let Yan Shenggong stand and hold down. After all, if he is shot in a while, he will have to be there.
He has been lying in the coffin.
After calculating the time, Huang Zongxi clapped the gavel: "The public trial begins now!"
"Bringing people to commit crimes"
In front of the people of Qufu and the students and gentry from Shandong and other places, Huang Zongxi detailed the numerous crimes committed by the Confucius family.
The unclear tenant slaves are stained with the blood and tears of the people of Qufu.
After counting the crimes in detail, people came on stage to complain. As a large number of people came on the stage to complain and cry out about the Kong family's crimes, the people in the audience could not hold back their emotions. Facing the largest landlord and the most powerful person in Qufu, they were also
The most evil family, the people have endured it again and again, and finally the Datong Party has made the decision for the people!
And those in the Kong family watched the people criticize each other and listened to many people telling what they had done. They couldn't help but tremble when they looked at the shiny big blade. They finally experienced what thousands of people have pointed out.
, the next step is to walk on the guillotine.
Huang Zongxi looked at the sanctimonious Kong family members who were full of male thieves and female prostitutes. He snorted and threw out the death lot: "According to the law of Datong, I will sentence you to death for your crimes!"
"After today, there will be no more Kong family in Qufu!"
