Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 457 Holy Duke, will you surrender? (Please vote for me, please subscribe)

In the South Study Room where the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was staying, a group of well-dressed ministers were busy discussing military affairs around a table covered with a large map while Emperor Kang was not here.

"The troops are divided into six groups to attack Heze, Juye, Jiningzhou, Ziyang, Qufu, and Sishui? Jinqing, Danren, and Dunfu, are you not mistaken?"

"That is, the distance between Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Sishui ranges from dozens of miles to hundreds of miles. There is no way for any two armies to support each other. Isn't this the Sixth Route Lone Army? "

"That's right! This is basically the situation in Saarhu back then. The 80-strong army was divided into six groups. There were only about [-] people along the way. After deducting half of the civilians, only [-] people could really go into battle. Our Dongping Camp can fight here. There are at least more than [-] people. If we gather together and beat him all the way, if more than [-] people fight against [-] people, isn’t this a sure win?"

"There can't be any fraud, right? Li Zhongshan is also a hero who conquers the world, so he wouldn't make such a stupid move, right?"

Just as the generals in Dongping were talking among themselves, they suddenly heard a voice with a drake's voice: "The emperor has arrived!"

Hearing Kang Mazi's arrival, the ministers who were discussing the military situation hurriedly lined up according to the big and small shifts. Outside the door, they saw a middle-aged man in blue uniforms striding forward, led by two eunuchs carrying lanterns. , they knew that their Mazi Emperor was coming, and they hurriedly made a salute to Mazi Emperor together: "I respectfully wish to greet you, Your Majesty."

Since the Great Qing Dynasty established the alliance of the princes, the Mandarin people no longer call themselves slaves. They have all united, and it is inappropriate to call them slaves anymore.Many Manchus were already noble princes, not retainers of the emperor, so the common courtesy when meeting a king was changed to paying a thousand greetings to the ministers.

Then Kangxi's voice rang out, and he sounded quite happy, as if he had just picked up money when he came over. What he said was even more unexpected: "There is also a queen! You can't Don’t just pay my respects, don’t forget that there is also the Queen!”

And the queen?

Everyone took a sneak peek and saw that Queen Yang was twisting her plump figure and following Kangxi, looking so proud of herself. How could she have the slightest intention of being crippled?
It seems that the emperor still can't pass the queen's beauty test!Fortunately, they did not bet on the downfall of the Yang family too early. In fact, none of the loyal officials of the Qing Dynasty were willing to bet on the downfall of Empress Yang. Empress Yang was just a little bit watery, had an ambiguous relationship with her brother-in-law, Prince Gong, and was a bit involved in harem politics, but she was not Difficulties, he is also very good at handling things. He also handled things in an orderly manner when he was the regent. It seems to be better than when Emperor Mazi himself was in power.The most important thing is that everyone has saved money in Ruixintang!
Thinking of this, the ministers bowed to Empress Yang again: "I respectfully invite the Empress Jin'an."

Kangxi waved his hand: "Everyone, get up. How are Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying doing?"

Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying were all the closest ministers of the Southern Study Room to Emperor Kangxi, and they had always been with Emperor Kangxi.The three of them, plus Laita, who was among the original eight ministers, and Fei Yanggu, Malji, Langtan, and Pengchun who had followed Kangxi back from the Western Regions, formed a new "eight ministers", called Nanshufang. Eight ministers.

Among them, Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying were Kangxi's "big secretaries" and staff officers, while Laita, Feiyanggu, Malji, Langtan, and Pengchun each led a new army, and there were three new armies. Nominally it was led by Kangxi himself.These new banner armies are all large formations of 1 people, similar to the divisions of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, there are now 12 new troops in Dongping Prefecture, plus 21 troops in the six castles in Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya. Kangxi’s troops on the Shandong front line are The total amount is [-], which is only about half of Li Zhongshan’s if we don’t count the civil servants.

However, Wu Sanwei had already informed Kangxi when he left Kaoxian. Prime Minister Wu Yingqi of the Great Zhou Dynasty had already protected Emperor Wu Shifan and led an army of 15 to station in Luoyang. Prime Minister Wu learned that Li Zhongshan's back road was flooded. After that, they will definitely send troops to attack Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in terms of total military strength, Kangxi did not suffer too much.

"Your Majesty, according to the report from the scouting horse," Li Guangdi was the first to report to Kangxi, "the Ming army divided into six groups and left the Pizhou camp around the third day of October, and attacked Heze, Juye, Jining Prefecture, Ziyang, Qufu, and Sishui respectively. Advance, and the marching speed is quite fast, and it can reach sixty or seventy miles a day."

Gao Shiqi added: "Your Majesty, according to detailed reports, every time these six Ming armies march twenty miles, some civilians will be left behind to dig trenches and build forts to protect their retreat."

Zhang Ying said again: "Your Majesty, if the ministers and others have predicted correctly, Li Zhongshan's plan is to attack six castles at the same time, including Heze, Juye, Jiningzhou, Ziyang, Qufu, and Surabaya. In order to force the powerful Shandong power to turn to the Ming Dynasty and provide food and fodder for his 80-strong army."

Kangxi turned to look at Yang Xiaomi again. Yang Xiaomi's Ruixin Bank not only served the princes and ministers of various countries, but also had close relations with local powerful people in Shandong, Zhili, Liaodong, Shanxi, Henan and other places.

Of course, Yang Xiaomi knew the details of Shandong's powerful people. With her beautiful eyebrows, she said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the powerful people in Shandong are headed by Kong Shaobao, a famous religious sage in Qufu. Kong Shaobao is also the head of a county in Qufu. He is also considered a prince. He was previously recruited to the capital by his concubine as the head of the Capital University, and the emperor not long ago ordered him to return to Qufu to take charge of military affairs. If Qufu loses the food and grass for Li Zhongshan's 80-strong army, I am afraid it will be in trouble! "

"What?" Kangxi was surprised, "Does the Kong family in Qufu have so much food?"

"Yes," Yang Xiaomi said with a smile, "The Kong family in Qufu is nominally the owner of Qufu County, but the land and tenants owned by his family are all over Shandong. The Confucius family's sacrificial land alone has more than 130 million acres, which is light every year. Just the land rent can earn 20 shi! In addition, the Kong family has cooperated with the concubine, my brother, and Prince Gong in the grain business in recent years. They bought grain from various places in Shandong and the Huaihe River, and then shipped it to the capital and North Korea by sea. It will also be transported to Monan Mongolia. This business is very big! In order to facilitate the transportation and storage of grain, his family has large warehouses in Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou! Hundreds of thousands of grains and grains are stored in them all year round. Plenty of fodder”

There is a profound meaning in Yang Xiaomi's words. Not only does she have 1000 million taels of private property in her hands, but she also controls the passage of grain transportation from the south to the north, and has formed an alliance with the Kong family in Qufu!

Kangxi dared to depose her, not only the 1000 million taels of private property were lost, but there was also famine in Beijing and Monan Mongolia.
However, Kangxi was still a little suspicious and glanced at Laita.

The veteran general who had previously served as governor of Henan's military affairs nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen is right. The water transportation from Shandong to Beijing was interrupted a few years ago. Now the food in the capital depends entirely on sea transportation. And this food transportation by sea The business is being watched by Yang Jianguo, Kong Shenggong, Prince Gong and the Queen."

This is actually another way to make a fortune!

Kong Shenggong was responsible for the "supply chain" - purchasing grain in Shandong and Lianghuai, Yang Qilong's fleet was responsible for shipping, Queen Yang and Prince Gong were responsible for sales in Beijing and Monan Mongolia, and also purchased large livestock from Monan Mongolia to be sold to the Ming Dynasty. This is actually a trade channel for livestock to exchange food.Through this passage, the Qing Dynasty under the governance of Queen Yang had enough food to supply the capital and stabilize Mongolia, and the court dignitaries, Mongolian princes, Yang's maritime merchants, Shandong tycoons, and Shanxi imperial merchants could all profit from it. Common people and Mongolian herders can also fill their bellies.

The only problem is that the Ming Dynasty also obtained a large number of animals that can be used as livestock to implement the "mules and horses" of the army!
Oh, now there is another problem, that is, Qufu cannot be lost, and Kong Shenggong cannot be lost!
Otherwise, Li Zhongshan would have obtained the "general hub of Shandong grain supply chain"!With this "general hub", Kangxi's dream of starving Li Zhongshan to death was just a dream.

Kangxi looked at Yang Xiaomi with a reproachful look - Why didn't you tell me about such an important thing earlier?

Yang Xiaomi, on the other hand, looked at Kangxi with an aggrieved look - you are the one who wants to destroy me, so how can I speak?
"Your Majesty," Laita reminded at this time, "Li Zhongshan seems to have ignored the importance of Qufu. Otherwise, he would not have divided his troops into six groups."

"Yes, yes, yes" Kangxi clapped his hands and said as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Anyway, there are tens of thousands of soldiers. I have 11 soldiers on hand, plus Qufu's [-], a total of [-]! Advantage! It's me! This is Sal Hu's game! We don't care which way he comes, as long as we defeat one of them, we will be invincible!"

When the people below heard this, they all hurriedly flattered Kangxi: "Your Majesty!"

Kangxi also felt that he was quite sage, and turned to Yang Xiaomi and said: "Queen, I asked Suo'etu, the minister of bodyguards, to lead the Zhenghuang Banner new army to stay in Dongping. How about watching the old camp with you?"

Of course Suo'etu and Yang Xiaomi couldn't be dealt with because there was another Hesheli in Kangxi's harem, who was the concubine of Queen Xiaochengren and Suo'etu's niece.This Hesheli family is actually not favored. No matter in terms of beauty or intelligence, he can't compare to Yang Xiaomi, and the backstage is actually not good either.Yang Xiaomi's brother is the supervisor of North Korea, the de facto leader of the country, and the largest banker and second-largest maritime merchant in East Asia. "Suojia" can't even compare!

But the Suo family didn't think so. They always felt that it was Yang Xiaomi who deceived the emperor with her beauty, causing little Hesheli to lose the opportunity to replace her sister as the queen.

"Okay," Yang Xiaomi certainly couldn't object to Kangxi's arrangement, "With Suo'etu guarding Dongping Prefecture, I can sit back and relax."

Kangxi nodded: "Beat the drums, order the generals, and send out troops!"

"Whoo!"

Qufu, Confucius Mansion.

The current name of Kong Shenggong is Yuqi, and he is the eldest grandson of Confucius. He is only 60 years old this year. In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, his father was killed and he became the "Shenggong" himself.Later, with the support of Empress Yang, he was granted the title of Prince Shaobao and became the head of the Capital University. He was a die-hard rear party member!

Well, does a 27-year-old Holy Duke in his prime still need to consider whether he prefers a charming queen or a pockmarked emperor?Moreover, the queen also joined forces with him to make money. Now Kong Shenggong is not only "holy" but also rich. People in Shandong call him "Kong Dafu" behind his back.

After Kong Shenggong became rich, he would of course have to enjoy more luxurious food and drink. It was not a problem for Kong Shenggong. His biggest luxury after becoming rich was to repair walls and build houses - Qufu City must be repaired, and the double fortress must be repaired first. Repair it!And it's not made of rammed earth. The inner and outer layers are made of bricks. It's really impregnable!
Then there is the Great Xiu Shenggong of the Shenggong Mansion. His house must be magnificent, so that he can be worthy of his status as the richest man in Shandong and the Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty!
Besides, it’s all about learning!
Is it unreasonable for the 67th generation of Confucius’ direct grandson to be ignorant and incompetent?Although he doesn't really like reading books about sages, B still has to pretend!So he was particularly grateful to Queen Yang for making him the head of the university. This was more prestigious than making him a king!

In order to pretend to be bad, for a while he often wrote to Leibniz, the master of Jinling University in Nanjing, to discuss knowledge. Discuss the reason why the apple fell from the tree!
But that Leibniz seemed to be extremely knowledgeable, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western knowledge!Even calligraphy can compare with Kong Shenggong!
In order to pretend to be a bad guy, Kong Shenggong had to hire a group of intellectuals at a high price, including masters who studied Chinese studies and Westerners. They all helped Kong Shenggong come up with ideas and taught him Western mathematics and physics.This Holy Duke may be a science guy and learn quickly, but he still can't "pretend" as well as the guy named Lai.

Fortunately, a foreign scholar from England recommended to Kong Shenggong an English university scholar named Niu. He was a professor at Cambridge College. He was very knowledgeable and could definitely surpass Leibniz.Therefore, Kong Shenggong prepared to offer a high salary of 1 taels of silver a year to invite this professor named Niu Mington to serve at the Capital University.

Unfortunately, before Professor Niu came, Kong Shenggong was driven back to his hometown by Emperor Kang Mazi to prepare for the war. This is really nonsense. He is the 67th generation grandson of Confucius, not the 67th generation grandson.Where can he fight?Doesn't this delay his studies?
Besides, isn't it okay to surrender to anyone who comes when the Ming Dynasty comes?
But now the queen is about to fall, and the emperor has great power. If he is asked to return to Qufu, he has no choice but to return to Qufu.Not long after he arrived in Qufu, Kangxi sent another stubborn Prince Kang, Jieshu, with 10000 fresh troops!

What does this mean?Are they going to force the Kong family in Qufu to be buried with the Qing Dynasty?

What made Shenggong even more anxious was that within a few days of Jieshu's arrival, a large group of Ming troops also followed. They set up camp in the south of Qufu City and began to dig trenches in the south of Qufu City. It was not known whether they were going to If you want to besiege the city, you still have to attack it. Nothing good will come of it!

"Sister Shuying, this is "On the Attack and Defense of Fortresses"

Deep in the Confucian mansion, in a secluded study room, a man and a woman were alone in the same room, studying geometry and engineering.
The lonely man was of course Kong Shenggong Kong Yuqi, and the widow was Li Zhongshan's plenipotentiary representative Shang Shuying.Of course, Shang Shuying came as Li Zhongshan's lobbyist to persuade Kong Shenggong to surrender, and she also brought Leibniz's gift to Kong Shenggong - his personal translation of the book "On the Attack and Defense of Fortresses" by the Marquis Vauban of France. !
For Kong Shenggong, who was already proficient in science, he immediately knew what the content of this book was for?
This book talks about how many ways the Ming army outside the city can break through the Qufu Fortress. This is already a science!

"Brother Shenggong, this book is a textbook for the Engineering Department of the Ming Army Lecture Hall!" Shang Shuying said with a smile, "The Ming army outside is following the methods in this book to attack your Qufu step by step. According to their Calculating, your Qufu City can only hold on for 28 days at most. After 28 days, you will be a loyal martyr of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Zhonglie?" Kong Shenggong was anxious, "I am the 67th generation grandson of Kong Shengren. He can't treat me like this! If I die, who will be Kong Shenggong?"

"Who should be the Holy Duke of Kong?" Shang Shuying said with a smile, "There are at least tens of thousands of people with the surname Kong in Shandong Province, all of whom are from your same clan. Is it so difficult to find someone more suitable to be the Holy Duke than you? Shenggong , you have to think clearly. The reason why your Kong family has been able to last for 2000 years is because you know how to surrender! You will surrender to whoever comes. Holy Gong, I ask you, will you surrender?"

(End of this chapter)