The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 1002 The World Shakes
The result of the Battle of Baigouhe spread throughout the world and shocked the whole world.

No one was originally optimistic about King Zhao's rebellion this time. After all, there was no successful precedent in history for someone who was in the position of a vassal king to commit rebellion.

The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the former Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion of the former Jin Dynasty failed to succeed.

If the vassal king wanted to seize the throne, it would be fine if he relied on a coup d'etat; if he wanted to use force to provoke the emperor and seize the imperial power.

The central court will let this vassal king know what a unified dynasty with centralized power is!
And like Zhu Kai, who used the power of a vassal king to fight against the center and still achieved such a great victory, he was No. 1.

Originally, King Zhao was just a relatively powerful vassal king in the hearts of the people in the world, but now, King Zhao already had the capital to compete in the world.

After this battle, Jizhou returned home.

Cao Xueyang, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army who originally confronted Zhang Shimei in Pingshan, led his army back to Jinyang to defend.

King Zhao's troops are directed towards Qingzhou and Qizhou, and even Xuzhou will be exposed to the iron hoof of King Zhao's elite cavalry.
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"Master, King Zhao is coming, what should we do?!" This place is Qufu in Qizhou.

It was originally just an ordinary county, but because of a family, it became no longer ordinary.

The world's aristocratic families are divided into two parts: Confucius in the north and expansion in the south!
These are the two largest aristocratic families in the Central Plains since ancient times.

Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu, Qizhou.

Qingtian Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain.

Duke Yansheng's Mansion is the largest aristocratic family in the north, and it is also a holy place in the hearts of Confucian disciples all over the world.

Since the emperor of the Han Dynasty canonized Kong Teng, the eighth grandson of the most holy master, as the enshrined king, the eldest grandson of Confucius has had a hereditary title. In the following time, emperors of any dynasty and generations will regard the blood descendants of the most holy master. All with due respect.

The title also changed many times. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, he was called Fengshengtinghou, in the Tang Dynasty, he was called Baoshenghou and Wenxuan Gong. It was not until the former Song Dynasty that the title of Yanshenggong was finally settled.

"A dynasty of flowing water, an iron-clad Confucius family." The descendants of the Kong family have been enjoying glory and wealth. The rulers of all dynasties have continued to worship the sage Master Kong, even if the land of China fell and was invaded by foreigners, Kong The sound of waves remains the same at home.Therefore, no matter who takes control of the Central Plains, they will choose to use Confucianism to assist themselves.

Even though Confucianism is not the only religion in the Great Zhou Dynasty today, it is still the most mainstream doctrine.

After the Battle of Baigouhe, the Duke Yansheng Mansion, which had been deliberately suppressed by Emperor Taizongwen, became active again.

During the reigns of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen, the Confucius family was always unpopular.

Although Kong Qinli was respected as a bachelor of Dongge, one of the bachelors of the four palaces and two pavilions of the imperial court, Emperor Taizong Wen never gave him real power. Instead, he was transferred to the Imperial College to serve as the imperial minister.

In this dynasty, those born in the imperial examinations and those who were born as supervisors would be ostracized by orthodox civil servants in the officialdom.

The Imperial College's offering of wine is equivalent to a false title without rights.

During the reign of Emperor Xizongli, Kong Qinli served as a powerful bachelor for several months because of his timely support.

But the good dream did not last long. After Yang Qingyuan supported Thirteen to ascend to the throne, Kong Qinli could no longer keep his title of Dongge University Scholar. He was dismissed from his position as a wine minister in the Imperial College and had to return to Qufu.

With Thirteen's throne firmly established, Kong Qinli originally thought that his generation would have no chance to ascend to the court.Unexpectedly, there is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers.

"Uncle, you have held an important position in the imperial court. How do you think our Kong family should deal with ourselves now!?"

The Kong family is the local emperor of Qufu. If they are not the real emperor, they must make a choice when the iron hoof of King Zhao Zhu Kai comes.

Is it temporary surrender or complete surrender?

Although they are both surrenders, the difference is huge!
The temporary surrender is just to welcome King Zhao Zhu Kai, and the etiquette is not lost, but whether the surrender will be effective depends on the subsequent development of King Zhao.

If King Zhao really conquers the world and takes control of the central government, then the Kong family will naturally wave the flag and shout for King Zhao, debate scriptures and treatises, and create a legal basis for public opinion for his ascension to the throne.This method is undoubtedly the safest. For a long time, Yanshenggong Mansion has used this method.

Another option is to completely fall to King Zhao!Under normal circumstances, Yan Shenggong's Mansion would never choose such an extreme investment method, otherwise if King Zhao failed, it would be a serious injury.

But now King Zhao's power is rapidly expanding, allowing local gentry and aristocratic families in Yanshenggong Mansion and even various states to see his muscles.

This is equivalent to the company's gorgeous financial statements before its IPO.

These speculators are very excited!
However, this is not the most important thing. What makes the wealthy families headed by Yan Shenggong's house heartthrob the most is King Zhao's attitude towards them.

Since the cabinet headed by Wang Hua came to power, it has begun to implement the method of allocating every acre to an acre, and at the same time, it has promoted the acquisition of private land by the court, and then the common people will contract it.

For the imperial court, this national policy was to stabilize the foundation of the country and replenish the national treasury.

But for landlords and gentry like the Kong family, it is a bad government, a heinous bad government that must be abolished!
The Kong family was the largest landowner in Qizhou, and it was the Kong family that was most affected by the imperial government.

Yanshenggong Mansion has 460 three halls and pavilions, nine courtyards, and covers an area of ​​more than 200 acres. Just one renovation cost more than [-] taels of silver.

On both sides of the gate of the Confucius Mansion, there is a pair of gold-lettered couplets hanging. The upper couplet is: "Together with Guo Xianxiu An Fu Zunong Gong Mansion", and the second couplet is: "Tong Tian Bing Lao Wen and the moral saint's family".The emperor's precious seal covered on it is of unknown size.

The land owned by the Confucius Mansion covers millions of acres in Qi, Qing, Hebei and Xu prefectures.

These lands were, firstly, rewards from past dynasties; secondly, they were plundered and annexed in disguise while farmers were in danger of bankruptcy; thirdly, they were occupied by local officials in the name of running schools and offering sacrifices to the most holy teachers; fourthly, they were directly and forcibly occupied by the Confucian government. .

According to Jinyiwei's investigation: In the name of checking the sacrificial fields, the Confucian government sent nearly a thousand servants to Xuzhou and "inserted the words 'Shenggong's Mansion' all over Xuzhou and other places. "Flag", "More than 35 areas of Miemeizhuang Village" actually occupied "more than [-] hectares", more than [-] times the original acres of Kong Mansion.

This was only one of them, the Confucius had behaved like this nine times.

The ancestors Taizu and Taizong had some scruples about it, so they kept it secret for the time being, but the evidence was preserved.

Kong Qinli was also aware of the imperial court's fear and distrust of the Kong family.

Just like Emperor Taizu Gao didn't let Kong Qinli interfere in practical affairs, just like Emperor Taizong Wen didn't hide his disgust at all.

For the imperial court's new policy, the Confucius Mansion is a cancerous tumor that needs to be eradicated sooner or later.

The people in Kong's mansion also knew this, but although they were powerful, they were unable to fight against a dynasty.

But now the goodwill released by King Zhao gave hope to the landlords and gentry headed by the Kong family.

It is impossible for King Zhao to compete with Emperor Linde for the basic base, so he can only find other ways to gain the support of others.

"We have already made enemies of the imperial court by preventing it from acquiring private land. The reason why the imperial court did not take action against us is because it was distracted by King Zhao. Once the imperial court takes care of King Zhao, how will we survive?!"

Kong Qinli’s nephew, Kong Zhidong, speaks volumes.

A large group of people in the hall also agreed with what he said. These people are all vested interests in the Kong family's land, so they naturally cannot give it up.

Seeing that everyone favored King Zhao, Kong Qinli, who was still a little hesitant at first, completely made up his mind. "When King Zhao comes, open the gate of the palace and welcome him with a dance of eight hundred cents!"

Yi is the procession of music and dance, and it is also the level and standard of music and dance that expresses social status.Yiyi refers to a row of eight people, and eightyu refers to a row of 64 people.

According to the rules of Zhou Li, only the Son of Heaven can use the eight yao, the princes can use the six yao, the high officials can use the four yao, and the scholars can use the two yao.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, only Emperor Linde could accept the Eight-Yuan Dance. Now the Confucius family opens the door to welcome Zhu Kai with the Eight-Yun Dance. Its purpose is obvious!

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The behavior of the Kong family is representative of the behavior of most landowners and gentry in Qizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. From this moment on, King Zhao's rebellion turned from power and ambition into a collision of two eras.
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Gods.

In the Wuying Hall, Emperor Linde was discussing matters with his ministers. Suddenly, a guard in royal robes hurried to the emperor's side.

"Your Majesty! Commander Jinyiwei has something urgent to do with Master Zhi Qinglong. Please see me!"

Jinyiwei not only monitors the world, but is also the emperor's personal army.Although they are also affiliated with the Jinyiwei, the group of Jinyiwei who protect Thirteen do not belong to any Zhenfu Division.

All the ministers who were discussing the matter stopped.

One of the pavilion walkers expressed slight dissatisfaction with this, and when he was about to speak, he saw Wang Hua, a cabinet scholar, already standing up and saying, "Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guards and Zhi Qinglong are here to stabilize him. He is asking for an audience when the Wuying Palace is discussing something. It must not be the case." Little things!"

Seeing that his boss had said so, he naturally had nothing to say to Qinglong, who had just wanted to impeach Qinglong for defying the pavilion.

He walks alone in the cabinet and is not even a cabinet bachelor. How can he question the words of Wang Hua, the apparent second-in-command in the cabinet but actually the first-in-command? !

Emperor Linde nodded slightly, "Xuan!"

Qinglong then walked into the Wuying Palace, "Your Majesty, a secret report from the front line!"

Looking at Qinglong's solemn expression, Emperor Linde knew something was wrong. Looking at the bamboo tube in Qinglong's hand, it was painted with red paint, indicating that it was an urgent matter.

See this dazzling red mass.Thirteen suddenly hesitated, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger!
"Read!"

"Yes!"

Qinglong opened the bamboo tube.Expand the information.

"The guilty minister, General Zhao Wu of the Pingjing Army is here! On the third morning of the twelfth lunar month, the governor took advantage of the heavy fog and led 15 troops across the Baigou River to directly attack the main camp of the rebel chief Zhu Kai. The guilty minister led an army of [-] to defend the camp. . However, the rebel chief had already made preparations. He dug a waterway in the upper reaches of the Baigou River and used the water of the Daqing River to block the governor's return route. I wanted to lead an army to meet him, but the rebels suddenly showed up in Baigou with an army of more than [-] cavalry. On the south bank of the river, the bandits sent cavalry to break into the camp. The guilty minister Zhao Wu failed to defend the camp. He deserves death!

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The general used an ambush formation from ten sides on the north bank of the Baigou River to defeat the rebel Zhu Kai. Just as he was pursuing and killing the enemy chief, a sudden evil wind broke the commander's flag of the governor's command.The rebel chief Zhu Kai took the opportunity to counterattack and our army was severely defeated.The governor-general was surrounded by rebel cavalry. Although he killed more than [-] rebel cavalry with a single sword, he finally died of exhaustion and died for his country.All the Chinese troops and horses under his command were wiped out.

Qu Neng, the deputy commander of the Yulin Army, and his son Qu Yu were fascinated by the evil wind when they were chasing Zhu Kai, and fell into Zhu Kai's siege. The entire army was destroyed.

Ningyuan's general Yu Tongyuan and his deputy general Teng Ju, in order to support the governor, fought hard to attack the enemy's formation, and all five thousand of their elite cavalry were wiped out.

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"That's enough!" Emperor Linde, who had always been gentle, now exuded a frightening chill, and his deep voice interrupted Qinglong who was announcing the military situation.

There was deathly silence in Wuying Hall.

Ever since the Governor Zhao Tianlin died of exhaustion and sacrificed his life for the country, Thirteen had not listened carefully. All he could hear in his ears was, "all gone" and "all gone"!
There is no reason why the Pingjing Army would be defeated so miserably.

In this battle, almost all the high-ranking generals of the Pingjing Army were wiped out.

Among the dead was the trusted Commander-in-Chief of the Pingjing Army, Zhao Tianlin!This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of Longwu Army and Tiance Army.

Zhao Tianlin was a veteran of the four dynasties. He had guarded Jinyang and wiped out the Hou Jin Dynasty. He had been appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Pingjing Army.

The commander-in-chief of the Great Zhou Dynasty at the military district level.

There were originally only five such people in Dazhou.They are the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army of the Emperor, except for the Changlin Army.

Although the Pingjing Army was newly organized, its 25-strong army was organized according to the organization of the Sixth Army of the Emperor.

Thirteen didn't see that veteran many times.

But during the Jinyang defense war, he once followed Yu Yanyi to turn the tide.

The old general also fully supported the registration of Thirteen.

To be honest, Thirteen didn't have much memory of Zhao Tianlin. Even apart from these few brief memories, he found that he and Zhao Tianlin had no intersection to commemorate!

But the anger and grief in Emperor Linde's heart were almost uncontrollable.

It's just that he is the emperor of Zhou Dynasty and cannot express such emotions clearly on his face, but his clenched fists show his mood.

"continue!"

"In this battle, more than 3000 soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were killed and more than 220 were injured! 4000 people were captured. A total of [-] generals above the rank of captain were killed... I integrated the defeated army and was good at five [-] people, carrying part of the food, grass and baggage, retreated to the west, temporarily established a defense line at Yanmen Pass, and waited for the emperor to deal with it... I pay homage to the guilty minister!"

This top-secret information was sent by Zhao Wu through the Jin Yiwei of Pingjing Army.

There was silence in Wuying Hall. This defeat was so serious that the emperor had to express his attitude first.

"With the Royal Forest Army deploying [-] troops, we set off immediately, traveling under starry night, to Yanmen to assist Zhao Wu in defending the city. Order Zhao Wu, when General Zhao died for his country, he can pass it on to the remaining troops, but he must not worship to prevent riots! "

The reason why I chose to let the soldiers of the Pingjing Army know about this was to stimulate their fighting spirit.

Zhao Tianlin's death can certainly dampen the morale of the Zhou army, but conversely it can also ignite morale.

Just how to use it! ?

"Also report this matter to Cao Xueyang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Longwu Army, Li Chengen, the Commander-in-Chief of the Tiance Army, and the garrison at all counties and counties to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks by General Zhao!"

Seeing that Emperor Linde, who was originally a bit weak, was now wielding imperial power and ordering orders in an orderly manner, most of the civil servants and generals in the Wuying Palace had to admit that they had underestimated this young emperor.

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(End of this chapter)