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The staff said: "Since Duke Yansheng went north to the capital, Kong Xingxie has been in charge of the Kong family. He said that the money and food donated to the court a few days ago had depleted the Kong family's wealth, so this time they only collected three thousand taels of silver, one Thousands of stones of food.”

"That's all?" Gao Yigong was so angry that his beard stood up straight, "You're going to treat us like beggars?"

This staff member is from Yanzhou. He is well aware of the wealth of the Kong family and has long been jealous.

Seeing that Gao Yigong was very angry with the Kong family, he suggested: "Uncle, we have to evacuate from Yanzhou anyway, why not ask for more money and food from the Kong family before leaving."

Gao Yigong heard that his staff added an accent to the word "want", so he asked with interest: "How do you want it?"

"Didn't the capital collect bribes and pay for the officials and nobles of the former Ming Dynasty before? Then Kong Yinzhi can be regarded as a noble and official of the former Ming Dynasty, and the Kong family is naturally also among the officials and nobles of the former Ming Dynasty."

"That makes sense!" Gao Yigong laughed, "In this case, didn't the Kong family promise to give out another three thousand taels of silver and a thousand stones of food?

At that time, eight hundred elite soldiers were sent to disguise themselves as laborers to carry food and silver, and took the opportunity to enter the Confucius mansion, capture Kong Xingxie and other important people, who were direct descendants of the Confucius family, and let them have a taste of the power of clamping sticks. "

The staff immediately praised: "Uncle, you are brilliant!"

This staff member is a scholar, and he can be considered a scholar and scholar. After receiving his praise, Gao Yigong felt that he felt inexplicably better and couldn't help laughing happily...

Kong Yinzhi, who was waiting for Li Zicheng to surrender, was still very good. The previous shun army had not offended the Kong family. In addition, he had lived under the aura of the descendants of Kong Sheng since he was born. Kong Xingxie and other main male members of the direct lineage of the Kong family They never expected that Gao Yigong would use force against them.

Unprepared, eight hundred elite soldiers disguised as servants easily opened the gate of Confucius Mansion with the convenience of transporting food (the Confucius Mansion's specifications were no less than that of a vassal, and was actually Confucius City), and then took control of Confucius. Mansion.

Kong Xingxie and other male descendants of the Kong family and senior leaders of the Kong family were arrested in this way.

Subsequently, these eight hundred soldiers plundered the gold, silver and grain of Kong's house while tortured Kong Xingxie and others with sticks.

Kong Xingxie, like his father Kong Yinzhi, was a weakling, and the same was true for several other Kong family leaders, so under the pinch of a stick, he kept revealing the places where money and food were hidden.

However, it was not easy for the eight hundred soldiers to get all the money and food confided by Kong Xingxie and others, because some of the money and food were hidden outside the Confucius Mansion - either in Qufu County or elsewhere.

Qufu can also be considered a large county, and the county seat is not small. It has a population of 70,000 to 80,000, of which the Kong clan accounts for a considerable part.

During the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, the position of Qufu County Magistrate was the same as that of Yan Shenggong, which was hereditary by the direct descendants of the Kong family. In the Ming Dynasty, although the Kong family elected the most talented people in the clan, most of the people elected were in collusion with the head of the Kong family and the contemporary Duke Yansheng.

The same was true for Kong Xingde, the current magistrate of Qufu County.

After he surrendered with Kong Yinzhi, Li Zicheng expressed his magnanimity and attitude of "respecting Confucianism and respecting Confucius", so he allowed Kong Xingde to continue to serve as the magistrate of Qufu County.

Therefore, Kong Xingde was nominally a minister of Ming Dynasty and Dashun, but in fact he was still a member of the Kong family.

This man did have some abilities. After learning that the Shun army had taken control of the Confucius Mansion, he immediately ordered the city to be closed. While guarding the county seat, he sent troops to try to recapture the Confucius Mansion.

Originally, Gao Yigong was really planning to cooperate with the elites who had sneaked into Confucius' mansion and directly capture Qufu County. However, on the second day after these elites entered Confucius' mansion, the Yi army broke through Zoucheng, crossed the Yishui River and headed straight for Ziyang and Qufu.

Although Gao Yigong had never fought against the Yi army, he also knew about the power of the Yi army through Li Zicheng, Yuan Zongdi and others.

Moreover, although he was named Ziyang Bo and General Zhi and led hundreds of thousands of troops to guard Shandong, he actually had less than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command.

Most of the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command were born in the past year and defected to Dashun, and have no combat effectiveness at all. Even so, these soldiers and horses were scattered everywhere, making it difficult to summon them at the moment. In addition, Gao Yigong knew that after Li Zicheng withdrew from the capital, he did intend to shrink his troops and establish a new line of defense based on Shanxi and Shaanxi, so he naturally would not stick to Ziyang.

After hearing the news that the Yi army was about to attack Ziyang, he ignored the plan to attack Qufu and pick up the eight hundred elite troops who occupied Confucius' mansion. He led tens of thousands of subordinate troops and abandoned the city.

In this way, the Yi army easily took over Yanzhou Prefecture and governed Ziyang.

On the second day after the Yi army captured Ziyang, Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen (military and political officers of the Sixth Brigade) led the Sixth Brigade to the outside of Qufu City, preparing to capture it.

As a result, they set up their military formation and the Dashun flag at the top of the city was removed.

Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen had some knowledge of Qufu through Xunfengwei's information, and knew that Qufu was actually the Qufu of the Confucius family.

The contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi took the initiative to surrender as early as last year and was named prime minister by Li Zicheng.

They originally thought that the Kong family was so favored by Dashun that they would persist for a while and defend the city before surrendering. They did not expect that Qufu could change its flag so quickly.

Just when the two of them were confused, a man was put down on the wall and timidly came to the military formation.

"I am Hao Weizhi, the guest of the magistrate of Qufu. On orders from the magistrate, I have come to discuss with your army the matter of dedicating the city to Wei."

Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen looked at each other, and then someone brought Hao Weizhi to them.

"Greetings to the two generals." Hao Weizhi couldn't tell who was the general for a while, so he simply paid homage to them both.

Ning Wen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. Just tell me. What do you want from the magistrate of Qufu to present the city?"

Hao Wei knew: "There are no requirements, as long as your army follows the old rules of the Ming Dynasty, conferring the title of Duke Yansheng on our clan leader, and still hand over Qufu to the Kong family for governance."

After hearing this, Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen looked at each other and thought to themselves: Is this what you call no request?

Then Qu Xiaofeng couldn't help but frowned and said: "We have never had this in Dawei. Besides, if Qufu is handed over to you to govern, what will we do if we capture it?"

After hearing this, Hao Weizhi was slightly surprised at first, and then felt a burst of contempt in his heart. He thought to himself: This general of the Wei army does not know the specialness of the Kong family. He is simply not as good as the Dashun Ziyang Hou.

Then he said: "The Kong family in Qufu is an authentic descendant of Kong Sheng. There is only this family in the world. Naturally, your army has no precedent to follow, and there is no need for any precedent.

As for whether to accept the request, if you two can't decide, you can report it to the superiors. I believe the superiors will know how important the Kong family's surrender is to Da'ei. "

Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen couldn't help but frown after hearing this.

Because there was no decree or document on how to treat the Kong family in Qufu, they did not dare to directly refuse the request of the Qufu magistrate.

At this moment, a small group of Yi troops came from behind on horseback.

One of the riders came to the front of the formation and handed Qu Xiaofeng a wax-sealed bamboo tube.

Qu Xiaofeng opened it and read it with Ning Wen. Then he looked at Hao Weizhi and sneered: "Go back and tell Kong Xingde that if he doesn't open the door and surrender within a quarter of an hour, our army will attack and capture Qufu ourselves!" (End of this chapter)