Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 458 Yan Sheng Gong?How many towns does he have?

Suncheon City.

Looking at the piles of loyalty letters on his desk, Zhu Kezang didn't have much trouble in his heart.

These gentry, just follow the wind and make the rudder.

"Your Majesty, this servant has already sent a secret letter to Qian Yu, the Governor of Shandong, that all Shandong will eat pots of pulp to welcome the Imperial Master!"

Nalan Mingzhu, the number one traitor, knelt down on the ground and said servilely

"Da Ming doesn't like the idea of ​​slaves." Zhu Kezang said flatly.

"What the emperor said is, the villain will change it now!"

Zhu Kezang opened a letter of loyalty casually, flipped through it casually, and casually asked the old eunuch Li Zhongjie beside him.

"How? Have you counted how many letters of loyalty there are here?"

Old Li bowed slightly, just smiled and said: "Reporting to the emperor, there are a total of 120 letters of loyalty here, and the gentry in many places are expressing their allegiance to me, Daming, with a very sincere attitude."

After saying this, Lao Li's tone paused, as if he remembered something, he spoke.

"Among these letters of allegiance, the most important one comes from the "Te Jin Biao Wen" in Qufu, Shandong."

When Zhu Kezang heard this, the smile on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye.

All that's left is barely veiled disgust!
With a cold snort, Zhu Kezang asked, "It's the Kong family, right? It's really experienced. They surrendered faster than the French!"

The irony and disgust in Zhu Kezang's words can be heard by almost anyone.

But Lao Li was at a loss: France is far away in Europa, have our soldiers already beat them up?

Over the years following Zhu Kezang's travels all over the world, old eunuch Li has a lot of knowledge.

"Your Majesty, it's a letter from the Kong family, how should I deal with it? Do I, Daming, want to respond?"

Zhu Kezang fell into silence, how to deal with them?
At this time, in order to demonstrate her ability, the servile Nalan Mingzhu suggested: "Your Majesty, the villain suggests accepting the allegiance of the Duke of Kong Jiayan. The influence of the world is needless to say."

After pondering for a while, Zhu Kezang asked, "Yan Shenggong? Nalan Mingzhu, can you tell me how many towns he has in the army?"

This time, it is impossible to mess with Nalan Mingzhu, the emperor of Ming Dynasty did not follow the routine at all!

"Your majesty, this... this, the villain estimates that Yan Shenggong may have hundreds or thousands of family members."

Nalan Mingzhu really didn't know how to answer, so she could only talk nonsense.

"In this case, let me write a letter to the Kong family!"

During the conversation, Zhu Kezang dipped his pen in ink, spread out the rice paper, and wrote four types.

"Shixiu lowers the list!"

The four big characters of flamboyant and phoenix dance are full of sharpness.

Zhu Kezang nodded, and traveled over by himself. He didn't know anything else, but his calligraphy was getting better and better anyway.

"Nalan Mingzhu, since you have a relationship with the governor of Shandong, you will send this letter to the Kong family!"

Lao Li didn't even read it, so he handed the letter to Nalan Mingzhu.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Nalan Mingzhu's expression changed slightly, and she couldn't help persuading her: "Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this reply!"

Zhu Kezang put down the brush casually, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Nalan Mingzhu said with a look of hesitation: "If the emperor offends Yan Shenggong like this, it may be harmful to Daming's reputation."

Although the Kong family does not have an army, the reason why the Kong family has such a high status is not because of the strength of the Kong family, but because scholars all over the world recognize the status of the Kong family.

Now that Zhu Kezang has offended the Confucius family to death, it may be difficult for Daming to gain a foothold among the northern scholars in the future.

Although the Kong family has no ability to cause any substantial harm to Daming!

But by virtue of its influence in the northern scholastic community, it is not a problem to disgust Daming.

Zhu Kezang heard this, but he just sneered and said: "The foundation of our Ming Dynasty is our outstanding contribution to expelling the Tartars twice to restore China, to the community of the common people, and to the Han family's clothing culture."

"Yan Shenggong, is he a bird?"

Zhu Kezang hated Yan Shenggong, a sour thing.

Don't do production, rely on the name of the ancestors, ride on the heads of the common people, why?
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was also the founding emperor, also disliked the Confucian family very much.

In March of the first year of Hongwu (1368), Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da to the Northern Expedition and successfully captured Jining Road in Shandong, where Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, was located.

Lao Zhu had just worshiped Confucius in Yingtiancheng Guoxue in February of this year, and sent envoys to Qufu to pay homage, showing great respect for Confucius.

Now that the hometown of the most holy teacher is under his control, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to meet the descendants of Confucius and show his respect to Confucius to Confucian scholars all over the world.

Therefore, he issued an edict to summon Kong Kejian, the fifth generation grandson of Confucius, to go to Yingtian City to have an audience.

The emperor summoned him, and it was no small matter. Kong Kejian had to set off immediately and go there in the starry night.

But the situation was different at this time, because there were still two emperors in the world: Zhu Yuanzhang and Emperor Yuanshun.

This year, Zhu Yuanzhang had just proclaimed himself emperor, and the situation in the world was still in chaos. No one could say for sure whether the final winner would be the Great Yuan or the Great Ming. Many literati and gentry in the north still supported the Great Yuan, and more people were waiting and watching.

If this is a gesture of goodwill to the just-emerged Daming, what if Zhu Yuanzhang is beaten down and the emperor Xingshi of the Yuan Dynasty asks about his crimes?
Moreover, compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty also respected Confucius more. This Kong Kejian was still in the Yuan court as the Imperial College Jijiu. This is not a petty official. some of the effects.

After much deliberation, Kong Ke hesitated, and finally came up with a compromise.

He claimed to the envoy that he was sick, and he wanted to go to the call but was unable to go, so he could only send his son Kong Xixue to Yingtian City to meet Zhu Yuanzhang on his behalf.

In Kong Kejian's view, this hand can stabilize Zhu Yuanzhang without falling into the hands of the Yuan Dynasty, and he can continue to wait and see. It really kills two birds with one stone.

It has to be said that the Kong family has built-in fence-sitting skills.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang had a tough personality and couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. He was furious when he heard that the descendants of Confucius were unwilling to go to court.

Lao Zhu originally came from a humble background. He never studied or received the education of Confucius when he was a child.

Now that he was finally in power, he wanted to show respect to Confucius, but the descendants of Confucius found excuses to shirk. In his opinion, this Duke Yansheng looked down on him as well as the newly established Ming Dynasty.

What kind of hooligans has Zhu Yuanzhang never seen?The routine of pretending to be sick is too low-level, and it can't stand on the stage in front of him.

Lao Zhu felt that he had been greatly insulted. Although he suppressed himself repeatedly, he finally couldn't swallow the breath, so he simply picked up his pen and wrote a letter, and sent someone to send it to Kong Kejian immediately on a fast horse. The letter read as follows:

"Although I started as a commoner, the ancients proclaimed themselves emperor from the people, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. There is a disease, unknown. If you call the disease to slow me down, it is impossible."

The meaning in the text is obvious, although I am a commoner, but you can't look down on me, Han Gaozu Liu Bang is not the same as me.

What made Kong Kejian shudder even more was Lao Zhu's question: Are you really sick?I don't quite know yet, if you dare to lie to me by pretending to be sick, then I won't be able to spare you!
Those who sit on the fence are most afraid of those who come by force. In the end, Yan Shenggong's condition improved overnight, which can be called a medical miracle, and he rushed to Yingtian Mansion overnight.

Zhu Kezang was not used to Yan Shenggong in the north. Seeing that his attitude was so tough, Nalan Mingzhu could only follow suit.

After Nalan Mingzhu retreated, Zhu Kezang finally decided the fate of the Kong family: "Telephone Wang Xianwu: Yan Shenggong, take it away!"

(End of this chapter)