Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 178
After igniting all the incense, Su Hao cupped his hands and said: "Fathers and fellows, Su Hao broke his promise before and caused all the folks to be trapped for several years. Today, Su Hao apologizes with the incense. I hope all the folks will accept it!"

After finishing speaking, Su Hao planted all the incense sticks on the ground, and immediately the incense was lingering.

The next moment, all the lonely ghosts gathered around Faxiang, greedily absorbing the incense from Faxiang. As the incense was absorbed, the bodies of the lonely ghosts became a little bit solid.

Of course, if you want to be promoted from a lonely wild ghost to a fierce ghost, that's not something that can be done with these sticks of incense. At most, these sticks of incense can make their souls more solidified.

When the incense was almost burned, Su Hao took out all the white paper that had been folded for the silver ingots. With a wave of his hand, all the white paper turned into silver ingots and fell to the ground with clangs.

"Fathers and folks, these ingots are enshrined and sacrificed by Su Hao earlier. Today, Su Hao completes them. Please accept them."

Su Hao lit all the silver ingots on fire. This kind of offering that contains mana belongs to the highest hard currency in the underworld. Whether it is a lonely ghost or a ghost king of the underworld, it can be used. It is much better than ordinary offerings.

After absorbing the incense, the lonely ghosts blew a dark wind and disappeared into the night with the ashes of the silver ingots.

Looking at the grave, Su Hao called out three natal paper figurines, and after saluting in front of Su An's tombstone, he controlled the three natal paper figurines and began to dig the grave.

Under the powerful force of the three natal paper figurines, an ebony longevity coffin slowly emerged. It was Su An's coffin. After a short while, the three natal paper figurines lifted the ebony longevity coffin up.

After putting away the three natal paper figurines, Su Hao put the ebony birthday coffin on the paper bird. The next moment, the paper bird flapped its wings again and flew towards Jinan Mansion.

Two days later, the paper bird landed near Mount Li. On a hilltop, a half-built cemetery stood out. There was a backing mountain in the back, a green dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, a case mountain in front, a bright hall in the middle, and winding water. If the ancestors are buried here, it will make future generations extremely rich, obviously it is a rare geomantic treasure.

This is the geomantic treasure land he re-selected for Su An. This geomantic treasure land is not the best among the many geomantic treasure lands he found before, but it is the closest to Jinan Fucheng. It is a kind of help, but it is not the key to success or failure, so for him, the safety of Su An's body is the most important thing. It is only ten miles from Fucheng, and with his speed, he can get there in a short time.

The reason why he rushed to move Su An's coffin here was mainly because he was worried that the imperial court would take the idea of ​​Su An's grave. There is a saying in this world about dragon veins and dragon energy, so it is very common to dig graves and break dragon veins. Emperor, then the court will 100% send people to Yu County to find Su An's tomb or the tombs of Su's ancestors.

However, the tombs of the grandpa's ancestors are all in his hometown in Shaanxi, and not many people know about them. After all, their Su family was not a big person before, and few people would specifically remember the ancestors of the Su family tens of hundreds of years ago. Few people know about his grandfather's tomb, because his grandfather's reputation is even less, and there are very few people who know him, let alone remember his cemetery.

The only person who is in danger is Su An. Although Su An's tomb was buried very carefully, the time is still too short. Su An's birthday coffin moved over.

When he came to the cemetery, Su Hao put the ebony longevity coffin into the deep pit, then put the dragon energy crystals on top of the coffin, and finally filled it with soil.

Sensing the changes in himself carefully, Su Hao didn't find any abnormality, but he also knew that it is normal if there is no abnormality, if the dragon aura left by the last emperor of the previous dynasty can make him feel, Then Zhu Youjian, the emperor with the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty, must be so terrifying.

The effect of this bit of dragon energy is at most to subtly influence the Su family, so that the Su family will have a few more talents in the next 200 years, making the Su family prosperous. that's it.

...

Jinyiwei yamen.

"Master, the enthronement ceremony is ready."

Ding Zimo came to Su Hao with a list in his hands: "I wonder who will be invited to watch the enthronement ceremony?"

Who is invited to the ceremony?
Hearing Ding Zimo's words, Su Hao lightly tapped on the handrail. Naturally, this invitation was not casually invited, but a kind of team invitation. If you are willing to come, then you are naturally one of your own. If you don't come, then you must not be own people.

"Send an invitation to Meishan and Yinshan."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said: "The wealthy families in the other prefectures should also give a copy."

Now the meaning of the Meishan faction and the Yinshan faction to join him is obvious. Since defeating the imperial army in Dongchang Mansion, the Meishan faction and the Yinshan faction have been sending disciples to join him. Now the disciples of the two factions under his command are all There are more than 60 people, and none of them are weak, at least they are at the first-rate level, and nearly half of them are at the second-rate level.

For the Meishan faction and the Yinshan faction, sending so many second-rate masters is already costly. Now that the Meishan faction and the Yinshan faction are invited to participate in his enthronement ceremony, the other party should not refuse.

As for those wealthy families, inviting them to come over is just to find a reason to steal another wave of family or harvest a wave of wealth. After all, to attend his enthronement ceremony, those people have to prepare a decent gift no matter what.

But to make him see the past, it is either cultivation materials or rare treasures. This time, those wealthy families will definitely bleed a lot.

At this time, Su Hao suddenly remembered something, and said with a light smile, "By the way, send an invitation to the Kong family in Qufu."

"the Kongs?"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Ding Zimo was stunned for a moment. After recovering, Ding Zimo said: "Master, this Kong family will definitely not come over. We send invitations over. If the other party doesn't come, we will Isn't it embarrassing?"

"Send it over there."

Su Hao said calmly, a strange look flashed in his eyes, he naturally knew that the Kong family would not come over, and now Da Ming is still the ruler of the world, although it is already on the decline, but there is no sign of disintegration, in the eyes of the world, He was just a rebel who didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, even if the Kong family was out of their minds, they wouldn't come to his enthronement ceremony.

Of course, he is not doing nothing to make himself unhappy, but to kick Confucianism out of his ruling system. Although the Confucian concept of monarch and ministers is indeed the most suitable for the emperor's ruling concept, the biggest hidden danger of Ming Dynasty is also Confucianism. , the entire court is from the same sect, which poses too great a threat to the imperial power.

Because the officials in the entire court are Confucian children, this represents that they have a united front foundation. Many people say that the party and factional disputes in Ming Dynasty began during the Zhengde period, but in fact, the party and factional disputes in Ming Dynasty It has not stopped since the early Ming Dynasty, even when the civil official group had the least status in the early Ming Dynasty, there were regional disputes such as the "North-South List Case", but after Zhu Di, there was almost no struggle between the civil official groups , then it is self-evident who the civil service group is fighting with.

So he doesn't want Confucianism to continue to rule the court, but kicking Confucianism out of his political system for no reason will only make all Confucian children in the world hate him, which will be a big obstacle for him to conquer the world in the future.

So he had to set up a target of hatred for the Confucian children all over the world, and let the Confucian children all over the world think that this target was the cause of the disaster, which would cause him to be dissatisfied with the Confucian children, and this target must be the Confucian family. After all, the Confucian family is the source of Confucianism. The Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Yangming's Psychology are all just branches derived from Confucius' theories.

Of course, what he wants to kick is only the school of Confucianism, not all students who have studied Confucian classics. After all, except for a small number of old-fashioned Confucians, for most scholars, Confucianism is just a step up. Without Confucianism, Legalism , Mohism is not impossible, as long as there are steps to advance.

He was going to rearrange the concepts of the various schools of thought and use them to recruit scholars from all over the world. Anyway, the current Confucianism is also formed by integrating the essence of the various schools of thought. It is necessary to retain the core of the Confucian set of monarchs and ministers.

Although dividing officials into schools of thought would make faction more blatant, human beings live in groups. Since ancient times, factions and factions have never stopped. family, let the officials of the Manchu Dynasty become hundreds of schools, so that the officials will not have the foundation of a united front, which is good for the emperor and the people. After all, party struggle is also a means of restraining officials. Staring at it is better than a nest of snakes and rats.

Thinking of this, Su Hao went on to say: "Let Gao Ting lead troops to capture Sishui and Ningyang, and then send invitations to the Kong family with great fanfare. Remember, you must make great fanfare, and it's best to make it known to the world! "

"Master..."

Hearing this, Ding Zimo's face changed again, and he said anxiously: "In this way, we will really become the laughing stock of the world."

If they sent invitations in a low-key way, even if the Kong family didn't come, they would just be a little embarrassed, but if they made a big fanfare and made it known to the whole world, then if the Kong family didn't come, their face would be really humiliated. LOL!

"Do as I tell you."

Hearing this, Su Hao waved his hands and said, the reason why he wants to make a big fanfare is mainly because he remembered one thing, the Kong family is a master at hedging, if he doesn't make a big fanfare, the Kong family will give him a hedging bet, then But it's disgusting.

This is also a precedent. After Zhu Yuanzhang drove Emperor Yuan Shun from Dadu to Mobei, he summoned Kong Kejian, the head of the Confucian family at that time. The family association was liquidated by the Yuan Dynasty, so he bet on this. He said he was sick, and sent his son Kong Xixue to visit Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry, and Kong Kejian obediently went to Nanjing to visit Zhu Yuanzhang.

If he sent the invitation in a low-key way, it is estimated that the Kong family will secretly send a bastard over here, and then kick the bastard out of the family tree before the court pursues it, and separate the relationship. If this is the case, it will be disgusting!
...

Soon, an army of tens of thousands of people came out from Jinan Mansion and headed for Yanzhou Mansion.

As the army approached, the entire Yanzhou Mansion suddenly became chaotic. Some rich families in the counties close to Jinan Mansion even fled the county in a hurry. Although Su Hao's guards were different from the previous White Lotus Sect members, they never looted rich families. Big guy, but no one wants to take the risk.

The two county towns of Ningyang and Surabaya fell into Gaoting's hands without much resistance, and then the army went straight to Qufu.

...

Qufu.

At this time, in the main hall of the Confucian mansion, more than a dozen elders from various families of the Confucian family gathered together, among them was Kong Yinxi, the elder of the Confucian family that Su Hao was familiar with.

"Everyone, now that the rebels have come towards us in Qufu, what should we do?"

Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi looked dignified. They were not afraid of any court officials. The Kong family had a high status. Any official would have to bow their heads here. title.

The last time the White Lotus Sect rebelled, Xu Hongru surrounded Mencius's Yasheng Mansion after breaking through Zou County, and killed Meng Chengguang, a doctor of the Five Classics of the Hereditary Imperial Academy, his mother and his eldest son Meng Honglue, destroyed the Mencius Temple, and brought The Yasheng Mansion was razed to the ground, and then the White Lotus Sect surrounded Qufu. If they hadn't blocked it, the Kong family would be gone now.

Although the rebel army this time is not like the previous White Lotus Sect, its strength is not comparable to that of the mob organized by Xu Hongru. Once the rebel army really attacks, it is impossible to stop it with Qufu's city wall of less than two feet .

"Organize the village braves to defend the city, and give out silver rewards to boost morale."

One of the clan elders said: "I stayed in Qufu, and the clan leader took other clansmen to protect the ancestor's icon and go to Fucheng to take shelter temporarily, and come back when the troubles pass."

Although the Kong family's status is comparable to that of a vassal king, the Kong family does not have the position of guarding the land. As the saying goes, a gentleman cannot stand under a dangerous wall. Now that the rebels have come here, they naturally cannot continue to stay here.

As long as the statue of the ancestor Confucius is safe, the Confucius Temple and everything can be discarded. Anyway, it is not the first time that Qufu has been captured. In the fifth year of Zhengde, Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled and captured Qufu. They all took them to the Confucian Temple and burned the classics left in the temple to keep warm.

"This Su Hao is just a traitor who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth. Don't be so afraid."

Hearing this, Kong Yinxu was instantly dissatisfied and said: "It's not that my Kong family has no strong men, if you dare to come, you must kill them!"

Their Confucian family has been passed down for thousands of years, and with thousands of years of profound heritage, how could there be no masters? As far as he knows, there are two strong martial arts masters, one of whom majored in heretical techniques, and the other majored in Confucianism Yuanshen, this is on the bright side, how much there is in the dark, only Kong Yinzhi, Yan Shenggong, knows.

The reason why their Confucian family allowed Liu Liu and Liu Qi to trample on the Confucian Temple was to turn Qufu into a county and regain the actual control of Qufu. Before the Ming Dynasty, the prefect of Qufu was appointed and dismissed by the Confucian family. Yes, the system of "Da Zong" and "Xiao Zong" is implemented, that is, the eldest son of Da Zong is Yan Shenggong, and the second son Xiao Zong is the county magistrate of Qufu. The candidates are all selected from the descendants of Kong Yuanyong, especially the descendants of Kong Zhi. Qufu is actually also the fiefdom of their Kong family.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he abolished the privilege of the Confucian family, and changed the Xiaozong hereditary county Yin system to the secular magistrate system, that is, the imperial court selected from all the descendants of the Confucian family living in Qufu.

This is equivalent to depriving the Confucian family of the right to control Qufu. After all, the Confucian family has been passed down for thousands of years and has countless branches. These people were selected as magistrates, how could they fight against the imperial court for the benefit of the Kong family.

More importantly, the Confucian Temple and Confucian Mansion are not located in the county seat, but outside the county seat, which makes them lose their ability to control Qufu, so they let Liu Liu and Liu Qi trample on the Confucian Temple, and then joined forces with the Confucian family The allies, reported to the imperial court, moved the county seat to the place where the Confucian temple and the Confucian mansion were located, and this was considered to have regained the actual control of Qufu.

If it wasn't for this, how could the thousands of mob led by Liu Liu and Liu Qi trample on the Confucius Temple!

(End of this chapter)