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

Chapter 179

"Don't say such things again."

Kong Yinzhi glared at Kong Yinxi, and then said calmly, the status of the Kong family among scholars in the world is too high, and the imperial court is already quite jealous. The previous design to relocate the county was because the core interests of the Kong family were involved, so they had to Do it, if you show great power now, the Kong family will wait for the imperial court to suppress it.

A well-known Kong family is still within the tolerance of the royal family and the court officials, but a Kong family with great strength cannot be tolerated.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang suppress the Confucian family in the first place? Apart from being dissatisfied with the Confucian family, it was mainly to suppress the Confucian family. Although the Mongols conquered the Central Plains, they respected Confucianism and favored the descendants of Confucius to appease the Han people, but the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty was the Mongols. People, Semu people, they don't believe in Confucianism, the Confucian family only has the name of Yan Shenggong, but they have always had no status in the court.

But now the Ming Dynasty is dominated by Han people, and Confucianism is the dominant school in the world, and all civil servants are Confucian and Confucian disciples. In this way, the status of the Confucian family is too high. The officials didn't want to, so suppressing the Kong family was the general trend of the court.

Of course, it is impossible to destroy the Confucian family. At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang also had the idea of ​​abolishing Yan Shenggong, but at that time Zhu Yuanzhang’s power had already taken shape. Many civil servants under his command were Confucian children. The Confucian family was equivalent to One flag, no one wants Zhu Yuanzhang to abolish Yan Shenggong, which will make the status of civil servants plummet.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang at that time could not find a way to replace Confucianism, so he could only pinch his nose to recognize the title of Duke Kong Jiayan, but suppression was inevitable, and this attitude of suppression has continued until now.

"Patriarch, the rebels stopped forty miles away."

At this time, a young man hurried in and said, "But they sent hundreds of people here with drums and gongs."

stopped?
Everyone was stunned, and they were all ready to escape, but they didn't expect that there would be a turning point.

However, Kong Yinzhi was the first to react, and asked in confusion: "Why did those rebels come here with drums and gongs? Our Kong family should have nothing to do with the rebellious Jinyiwei Qianhu, right?"

Hearing this, the others also came to their senses. Although it was a good thing for the rebels to stop, the beating of gongs and drums was a bit confusing. In order to avoid suspicion, the Kong family basically did not get involved in the court Even the civil servants in the court seldom take the initiative to contact, let alone Su Hao, a thousand households of royal guards.

Seeing that everyone was in a daze, Kong Yinzhi waved his hands and said, "Since the other party has stopped, let's wait until the other party comes."

...

The next day, noon.

In Qufu County, on the city tower, Kong Yinzhi, many elders of the Kong family, and Kong Xing, the magistrate of Qufu County, looked into the distance from time to time.

At this moment, a faint sound of gongs and drums came from a distance, everyone followed the sound, and a group of people and horses appeared at the end of the road, and after more than half an hour, the people and horses stopped at a distance of more than ten feet in front of the city gate .

"Who is coming?"

Kong Xing, the magistrate of Qufu County, walked out of the tower and shouted loudly, although Kong Yinzhi, the Yanshenggong, was above him, but this is Qufu County, and he was the magistrate, so he naturally had to come forward.

"Send the invitation."

Yan Xia stepped forward and shouted loudly: "I'm here to send the invitation card by the order of the leader, please come out and see Duke Yan."

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Kong Yinxu walked out of the city tower, snorted coldly and said, "Yan Shenggong is such a cat and dog that he can see him whenever he wants!"

"is it?"

Yan Xia sneered and said: "My family's leader said, first salute and then soldiers, since you don't want to come to salute, then wait for the soldiers to meet each other! Let's go back!"

After finishing speaking, Yan Xia made a gesture to leave.

Now it's Kong Yin's turn to sit on the wax. Originally, Yan Xia was a little upset about seeing his elder brother as soon as he opened his mouth, so he taunted him. He didn't expect that he was tougher than him, so he just left and brought someone back. Siege.

At this time, Kong Yinzhi couldn't sit still anymore. It would be really stupid if the matter that could have been resolved peacefully had to be fought in battle, so he hurried out of the tower and shouted: "Little brother, stay a step It's Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi, I don't know why your family leader asked you to send an invitation card?"

"You are Yan Shenggong?"

Hearing Kong Yinzhi's voice, Yan Xia didn't continue to walk, but turned around and looked at Kong Yinzhi for a while, and then urged his inner strength to raise his voice: "My family's leader is going to hold the enthronement ceremony in half a month. Shenggong Wangyan can come to watch the ceremony!"

The high-spirited voice instantly spread over a distance of two hundred feet. Not only Kong Yinzhi and others on the city wall could hear it clearly, but also other soldiers guarding the city, and even faintly heard it in the city. .

For a moment, everyone subconsciously looked at Kong Yinzhi. It's not surprising that Su Hao wants to become emperor. Rebels have ambitions. Su Hao now occupies more than half of Shandong, and he has the capital to become emperor. Unexpectedly, Su Hao would invite Kong Yinzhi to watch the ceremony.

At this time, Kong Yinzhi felt as if he had eaten a lump of cake. He already regretted why he had to come out. Su Hao didn't send an invitation, he sent a reminder!
Who is he?
Yan Shenggong!
Yan Shenggong, who was conferred by the imperial court!

Su Hao is a traitor. Now that Su Hao is about to ascend the throne, he even sent him an invitation. What does the emperor think of this?What do the officials in the court think?
After his complexion changed a few times, Kong Yinzhi gritted his teeth and roared angrily, "Shut up, I am Yan Shenggong, who was appointed by the imperial court. Su Hao is a rebellious minister and a traitor. He still dares to speak out here today. Kongzhi County, will you?" Take down all these rebellious officials and thieves!"

"It turns out that this is the upbringing of your Confucian family."

Hearing Kong Yinzhi's words, Yan Xia laughed loudly and said: "The two armies are at war and have not killed the envoys. I didn't expect that the dignified Kong family would not even tolerate me alone to send invitations!"

Being ridiculed by Yan Xia, Kong Yinzhi's face turned red instantly, but what Yan Xia said was right, the two armies did not fight each other, let alone Yan Xia came to send invitations.

The most important thing is that Yan Xia and his team will be sent here, obviously they are also some unpopular little people, taking them down will have no effect at all, but will only lose face to the Kong family.

"Ma Butou, you lead people to take down these rebellious officials and thieves!"

Seeing this, Kong Xing hurriedly told the head catcher beside him, he didn't want Kong Yinzhi to let Yan Xia and the others go after being provoked by Yan Xia. Yan Xia and the others came here with great fanfare. Yan Shenggong, this kind of trivial matter will not be held accountable by the court, but he, the county magistrate, will inevitably be punished by the court.

"Yes."

Hearing Kong Xing's order, Ma Zhi clapped his hands and went down the city wall with many yamen servants.

Yan Xia and the others were not far from the city wall. Although they couldn't hear Kong Xing's words, they could clearly see the movement on the city wall.

"Everyone, let's all live in peace."

Yan Xia laughed out loud, then moved and fled towards the distance. He was originally a knight-errant, because he couldn't understand Pan Chunwu, the young master of the wealthy Pan family in Qingzhou Prefecture, who bullied men and women, and wanted to have a little girl. Teach him a lesson, but he accidentally hit too hard, Pan Chunwu's body was too weak, and he died immediately, so he was caught by the head arrester of Qingzhou Mansion.

This time he was selected from the prison. Su Hao had promised him that as long as he survived, he would be pardoned for his crimes. The situation of other people is similar to him.

As soon as Yan Xia ran away, the others immediately exploded like a swarm of bees and went their separate ways. When the city gate opened and Ma Zhi led the people out, they had already run hundreds of feet away. People chased after him.

...

As the news spread from Qufu, for a while, the entire Yanzhou Mansion erupted. Everyone knew the news that Su Hao was going to proclaim himself emperor. They even sent people to Qufu to invite Kong Yinzhi, Duke of Yansheng, but they were rejected by Yansheng. Gong Kong Yinzhi righteously denounced him as a traitor and traitor, so he could only run away in despair.

Of course, for the news to spread so quickly, the Kong family must have contributed to the flames secretly.

.........

Jinan Prefecture.

When the news of Qufu reached Fucheng, all the civil servants who took refuge in Su Hao were terrified. No one thought that Su Hao would be so whimsical that he would send someone to Qufu to invite Kong Yinzhi, the Duke of Yansheng, to attend his meeting. Enthronement ceremony.

Among them, Zhou Xian, the magistrate of Laizhou prefecture was the most panicked one. Among all the civil officials who took refuge in Su Hao, he had the highest status. The magistrate of Dengzhou prefecture set himself on fire after the city was destroyed.

"Liao Baihu, I don't know why Su Qianhu called the officials here for something important?"

Zhou Xian cautiously looked at Liao Qing who was leading the way ahead, and he could not stop cursing in his heart. While scolding Su Hao for not knowing what to say, he didn't think about how much he was. He actually wanted to recruit the Kong family. Shenggong, with a high status, Su Hao is just a traitor, what qualifications does he have to recruit the Kong family, while scolding the Kong family for being ignorant, back then even the Mongols could take refuge in him, now he is pretending to be a loyal minister and filial son.

"Prefect Zhou don't have to worry, Qianhu didn't make you angry."

Hearing Zhou Xian's words, Liao Qing also knew what he was worried about, so he said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhou Xian breathed a sigh of relief, there was no need to lie to him as Liao Qing.

After a while, the two came to the floor where Su Hao was, and Liao Qing retreated.

"The next official pays homage to Qianhu."

Zhou Xian saluted respectfully, but he felt a little awkward. Su Hao had already rebelled, but he still retained his previous official title, which made it nondescript now. Fortunately, Su Hao is going to proclaim himself emperor now, otherwise he would continue. I don't know who is a big official or a small one.

Su Hao said indifferently: "Get up."

After receiving Su Hao's response, Zhou Xiancai stood up cautiously.

"I have heard for a long time that Zhou Zhifu has studied Legalism for a long time, and he is a master figure who studies Legalism."

At this time, Su Hao suddenly said: "My leader has a legalist classic, I wonder if Zhou Zhifu can help me solve my doubts?"

Legalists?

Grandmaster?

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhou Xian looked blank. He could understand every word Su Hao said, but he couldn't understand it together.

However, Zhou Xian quickly realized that he was an old fritter who had been in the officialdom for many years, and said modestly: "This official only has a little research on Legalism, and I dare not be called a master."

Although he still doesn't understand what kind of medicine is sold in Su Hao's gourd, it doesn't prevent him from going down the slope. Anyway, following Su Hao's words, there will be no mistakes.

"The prefect of Zhou will take a look at it for the leader."

Su Hao smiled and handed over the book in his hand.

After receiving the book, Zhou Xian looked through it carefully. It doesn't matter if you don't read it, but Zhou Xian was stunned when he read it, because most of the content in the book is the law of the Ming Dynasty, but there are more Confucian cores of monarch, minister and minister. idea.

At this time, no matter how stupid Zhou Xian was, he knew Su Hao's plan. Su Hao was planning to replace Confucianism with Legalism, but Zhou Xian didn't object to it. Su Hao wanted to kick Confucianism away. He has nothing to do with him, he is not from the Kong family.

Besides, now that Su Hao handed over this book to him, the meaning is very obvious. He wants him to carry the banner of Legalism. To him, this is like a pie in the sky. If it really replaces Confucianism, then he will also be famous in history.

But the risk is also high. This kind of thing is equivalent to digging the roots of Confucianism. Once it spreads, the ancestral graves of his Zhou family will probably have to be dug up, but he has no choice. After surrendering, he has already sent people back to his hometown to inform , Let his family find a place to hide their names, and he really can't care about the ancestral grave.

"Qianhu, the truth in this book is really profound, and the lower officials can only roughly understand it, please give Qianhu some pointers."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Xian cupped his hands and said, since Su Hao is ready to let Legalism replace Confucianism, he must have his own ideas, he doesn't need to be smart.

"In this case, the prefect of Zhou might as well take it home and study it carefully. The enthronement ceremony will be held in a few days, and the Ministry of Punishment will ask the prefect of Zhou to carry the banner."

Hearing this, Su Hao said calmly.

Ministry of punishment?

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhou Xian frowned. This result was beyond his expectation. According to what he thought, if Su Hao wanted Legalism to replace Confucianism, then his official position should be in the Ministry of Rites. After all, the Ministry of Rites He was in charge of education, imperial examinations, etc. Only in the Ministry of Rites could he promote Legalism to replace Confucianism, but now Su Hao asked him to go to the Ministry of Punishment, which made him a little confused.

"The next official must study hard and live up to Qianhu's painstaking efforts."

But if you don't understand it, you don't understand it, Zhou Xian still bowed in response.

...

After Zhou Xian retreated, Su Hao asked Liao Qing to bring Hou Yuangao over again. Now Hou Yuangao is in charge of all the weapon manufacturing workshops under his command. Since he wants to revive Baijia, Hou Yuangao is naturally the only one in charge of the Ministry of Industry. Candidates.

He has already made arrangements for other theories, whether he or his descendants, as long as the officials are firmly in control, civil officials divided into hundreds of schools will basically not be able to cause any trouble. Sometimes the struggle is more brutal than other struggles, and the soil for the civil servants' united front no longer exists.

(End of this chapter)