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Chapter 267 Li Zicheng is floating

Surrender to Jiannu?
After listening to Liu Sheng's words, Zhang Kuang looked very ugly, but did not refute.

Because he felt that it was really possible for the Kong family in Qufu to do it!
After all, it is a fact that the Kong family (Northern Kong) who stayed in Qufu surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Now they have surrendered a bandit with a bad reputation. In the future, in order to preserve their wealth, is it strange that they will surrender to the Jian slaves again?
In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, scholars with a little knowledge only respected Confucius and despised or even were hostile to the Confucian family.

For one thing, Beikong, who stayed in Qufu, first surrendered the Jin Dynasty and then the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. He had lost the integrity of a scholar.Nowadays, the Kong family named by Zhu Ming is regarded by scholars as a distinguished person rather than a scholar.

Secondly, knowledgeable scholars can see that Beikong was a sign used by the royal family to order scholars.For this reason, they even ignored the Confucian virtues that scholars despised, and gave them a very high status and rewarded them with many gold and silver fields.

For example, during the Ming Dynasty, from Hongwu to Renxuan alone, more than 20 acres of land were awarded to the Confucius Mansion!
The output of these fields is either used for sacrifices in Confucius temples, or falls into the pockets of the Confucius family, and there is no need to pay taxes at all.

The Confucius family in Qufu had Duke Yan in the court, and the local magistrate of Qufu County was also held by a member of the Confucius family. The head of the Confucius family made final decisions on family affairs.

It can be said that Qufu has become Kong's Qufu and the Ming Dynasty's state within a state!
Not only that, the Kong family in Qufu oppressed non-Kong people outside the clan, and the direct lineage of the Kong family oppressed the people of the side branches of the Kong family.

Because Qufu was the home of the Confucian family, the imperial laws were difficult to access, and it is unknown how many crimes were born therein.

The hometown and temple of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, have become a place where filth and evil spread, and where human life is neglected!

During the Jiajing period, Zhang Cong, a famous reform minister, noticed the serious problem of the Confucius family in Qufu. He wrote "On the Confucius Sacrifice Code" three times, proposing to reform the Confucius Sacrifice Code and restrict the rights of the Confucius family in Qufu.

One is to demolish the statue of Confucius.

The reason is that the sacrificial ceremony is the table of all things and must not be improper, but worshiping the statue of Confucius is not correct.

Because there is definitely a difference between the current statue of Confucius and the real person. If the image of the sacrifice is not found correctly, it is better not to sacrifice at all - sacrifice is a very serious matter, and there is no room for error.

The second is to remove the title of "Dacheng Supreme Saint Wenxuan King" given to him by the Meng Yuan Dynasty for canonization.

The third is to rename Confucius as "the most holy teacher".

The above three points caused widespread debate among Ming scholars at the time, but in the end only part of them was implemented.

For example, the statue of Confucius was only partially destroyed at that time, but later many were rebuilt.

As for the last two items, scholars in the Ming Dynasty today call Confucius "the most holy teacher" instead of "King Wenxuan".

But Zhang Kuang heard that the Qufu Confucius still placed the tablet of "Dacheng and the Most Holy King Wenxuan" in the Confucius Temple instead of "The Most Holy Teacher".

As far as the Zhu Ming royal family was concerned, the Qufu Kong family was actually a sign they could use when needed. In fact, they did not take it seriously, so they did not investigate the matter in detail.

However, no matter how dirty the Qufu Kong family name is, they are the descendants of Confucius in the eyes of scholars all over the world.

The most important thing is that Kong Yinzhi was obviously the Duke Yansheng granted by the Ming Dynasty, but he persuaded Li Chuang to be king.

Doesn't this tell scholars all over the world that Zhu Ming is no longer worthy of his country?

After standing there for several seconds, Zhang Kuang sat down feebly and murmured: "Isn't Kong afraid that the imperial court will punish the trespassers after they are driven out of Yanzhou?"

"Mr. Zhang's concern leads to chaos." Liu Sheng saw this matter clearly, "Not to mention that Li Chuang is now powerful, it will be difficult for the Ming army to recapture Yanzhou. Even if they can, they will have to leave Kong Yinzhi alone in the future. Just taking the blame, the Qufu Kong family can still enjoy wealth."

He then added, "Speaking of which, the Kong family's operation is not surprising, but Li Zicheng's choice is quite disappointing.

He actually let go of the Kong family because of this, accepted Kong Yinzhi's persuasion to join, and prepared to become king - he had already drifted away before he even entered the capital. "

Only then did Zhang Kuang come back to his senses and said slightly surprised: "Li Chuang really wants to become king?"

"Yes," Liu Sheng nodded, "the time has been set for the eighth day of the first lunar month next year."

Liu Sheng recalled what Li Zicheng had done in history and felt that this incident was not an accident.

Historically, after Li Zicheng occupied Henan, he went south to capture Xiangyang, where he proclaimed himself the king and established the government.Now that it occupies one-third of Henan and one-fifth of Shandong, and the contemporary Yan Shenggong persuades it to join, it seems reasonable to think that it can become the king.

The intelligence also revealed that Li Zicheng originally wanted to send the main force to attack south and continue to pursue the remaining Ming troops led by Zhang Guowei.

But as soon as Yan Shenggong's persuasion came out, Li Zicheng changed his mind and planned to concentrate his forces to capture Zhili City in Jinan Prefecture first, and use this city as a celebration ceremony for him to become king.

This matter has a great impact on the Ministry of Finance.

Now that the Wei tribe has captured almost the entire Huguang, there were many people inside who wanted Liu Sheng to become king, but no one in Huguang dared to say this to Liu Sheng.

Now that Li Zicheng will become king, it is estimated that Li Changwen will come to persuade him to join him after he returns to Queshan.

So, will he also become king next year?

Liu Sheng stood up and walked outside the tent, looking at the darkening sky and thinking deeply.

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It finally started snowing during the night, and by morning it had already fallen two inches thick.

After breakfast, Liu Sheng and others quickly marched.

Although the snow is pleasant, the snow is too thick and it is not convenient to travel.

Xinyang County is not too far from Queshan County, but the team still walked for more than a day and arrived on the afternoon of December [-]th.

After entering the city, Liu Sheng didn't care about anything and went straight to the Marshal's residence (residence).

When he came to the backyard, Liu Sheng happened to hear the child's cry.

When I went into the house, I saw the red lady getting out of bed and holding the child in her arms.

"Why did you get out of bed?" Liu Sheng asked worriedly.

"My husband is back." The red lady first handed the child to the maid next to her, said hello to Liu Sheng, and then asked another maid to lead Liu Sheng out, saying: "My husband is cold, be careful not to let the child catch a cold. "

Only then did Liu Sheng feel that it was inappropriate for him to barge in like this, so he immediately went to change clothes and wash up.

By the time he took a shower and put on a home cotton robe, it was already an hour later.

Seeing that the red lady was still teasing the child, he went over to take a look.

I found that the little thing was white and tender, but the facial features had not been opened yet, so I couldn't tell whether it looked like him or the red lady.

Liu Sheng had already learned about the child's basic condition in the telegram - he weighed seven pounds when he was born and was very healthy.

After teasing his son for a while, Liu Sheng asked again: "Doesn't Madam need confinement?"

The red lady smiled and said: "I'm not in confinement period - don't you think that you have to sit on the bed all the time during confinement period?"

Liu Sheng was slightly embarrassed.

He really thought so.

The red lady said again: "My son hasn't even got a nickname. Can you give me a nickname for my husband?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "You can choose the nickname, and I will choose the big name after the full moon."

　Second more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)