Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() In the Ming Dynasty, the Confucian Mansion was a local emperor in Qufu County, Shandong Province and nearby areas.For the Confucian mansion, all dynasties respectfully offered him up.No dynasty would be willing to make enemies of scholars all over the world just because they offended the Confucian government.

Therefore, even if there is a change of dynasty, the impact on the Confucian government is quite small.And dominating Qufu for a long time, the entire Confucian Mansion has accumulated huge wealth by now.Especially with a huge amount of land, he has become one of the top landlords in the entire Ming Dynasty.

And because the Ming Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the Confucian Mansion, a system was formed in which Sheng Yangong concurrently served as the magistrate of Qufu County, and officials at all levels in the county government were also served by people from the Confucian Mansion.In fact, it’s okay not to give preferential treatment!Who dares to manage the Confucian Mansion in Dangzhi County, Qufu County?It's better to let Confucius go to play by himself.

Moreover, because the Confucian Mansion owned a large amount of land in Qufu County and several nearby counties, there were tens of thousands of households in the Confucian Mansion with slaves and tenant farmers, and there were at least tens of thousands of young and strong people that the Confucian Mansion could draw at any time.

It should be said that the strength of the Confucian Mansion is not something that ordinary thieves can contend with. Even an army of thousands of people may break a few teeth if they want to take down Qufu County.

Then the Confucian government has such a strong strength, then there should be no problem with Qufu County's self-protection.But this is not enough, now we have to look at the performance of the county magistrate of Qufu County, Sheng Yangong.

Confucius, no matter what purpose later generations use to praise or discredit him, he definitely deserves the word "great".And his descendants at the beginning were basically well-educated and well-educated.

But since Kong Rong in the Three Kingdoms period, the descendants of Confucius have been inferior to each other.They are content to enjoy a life of extravagance, relying on the glory of their ancestors, to live a life of drunkenness and dreams.

And the same is true for Sheng Yangong of this generation.In the eyes of outsiders, Sheng Yangong still pretended to be highly respected, but behind his back, he had done and knew how to bully men and women.But he just doesn't do anything serious.

Just imagine, how could Sheng Yangong, who was cultivated by such a wealthy family, have the courage to fight to the death with the rebellious army?

When the chaos in Shandong appeared, Sheng Yangong was also panicked, and he wanted to escape from the dangerous place as soon as possible to save his precious life.

Fortunately, a few knowledgeable Qings from the Shengyan family persuaded him.They analyzed with Sheng Yangong: It is also dangerous to flee blindly in this chaos.Besides, Duke Sheng Yan could escape, but how could so many people in the Confucius family escape?Does the Confucian Mansion ignore such a large foundation?Even if you want to escape, you must understand the situation before you escape.

Therefore, Sheng Yangong sent his family slaves to inquire about outside news, and the focus of the inquest was Ningyang County, where Wu Shiwen was the county magistrate.

This Ningyang County is located in the northwest of Qufu County. If the rebel army invades, they will first attack Ningyang County, and then they will take Qufu County's turn.

However, Wu Shiwen's escape caused chaos in Ningyang County.And this turbulent situation happened to be probed by the servants sent out by Sheng Yangong.

Therefore, Sheng Yangong immediately judged that the rebel army had already reached Ningyang County and was about to reach his own Qufu County.Not much to say, Duke Sheng Yan immediately started to pack his parcels and prepared to skate.But at this moment, another piece of news came from the slave who was observing the situation in Ningyang County.

A Ming army marched into Ningyang County, quelling the chaos in Ningyang County, and on the crenels of the city walls around Ningyang County, the heads of the rioters who were hacked and killed by this Ming army were hung all over.

Then there was no hesitation, Sheng Yangong immediately sent a messenger to Ningyang County, ordering this Ming army to rush to Qufu County immediately, to defend the great Confucian Mansion and the honorable Lord Shengyan.This is what happened to Wu Shigong.

But Sheng Yangong, who grew up in a comfortable environment, has no knowledge after all.He also knew that even if Kong Youde's rebel army wanted to attack Qufu County, they had to take down Ningyang County first.But Sheng Yangong still wanted to order the Ming army defending Ningyang County to come to Qufu County, and he had to put them by his side to be at ease.He didn't know the reason for the cold lips and teeth.

Besides, this was in the Ming Dynasty. Unlike modern people who were basically literate, the proportion of illiterate people at that time was quite high, and those illiterate people believed and followed the knowledge of literate scholars. The totem of scholars all over the world - Confucian Mansion, exists like a fairy in the hearts of ordinary people.

In addition, the Confucian Mansion had a long history of prestige in the nearby area, so there were no bandits or refugees who dared to approach the behemoth of the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County to die.

And to make a digression, even if Kong Youde's rebellious army came here, maybe Kong Youde would not have the guts to attack Qufu County and harass Confucius' mansion.It's not that this chaotic army is incapable, it's because Kong Youde definitely doesn't want to become a public enemy.It can be seen from this that the influence of the Confucian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty is beyond our imagination in modern times.

But the messenger who sent the letter couldn't control so much. In order to make Wu Shigong decide to send troops, he described a tragic picture of Qufu County to Wu Shigong and Wu Shiwen: What Qufu County has been besieged by tens of thousands of troops!What a crisis!There are so many rioters and troops outside the city! ....

Of course Wu Shigong would not completely believe the messenger's nonsense.However, due to the fact that there are too few cavalry, and the main task is to reconnoitre the north of Ningyang County, there are relatively few reconnaissances in the direction of Qufu County.Therefore, Wu Shigong can only estimate the situation in Qufu County by himself.

Wu Shigong thought that Sheng Yangong was making a big deal out of a molehill.Also because Kong Youde's rebellious army wanted to attack Ningyang County first, and then Qufu County, Wu Shigong believed that the people who besieged Qufu County were at most refugees and rioters.The number of people will not go anywhere.At most, it was similar to the bandits and refugees around Ningyang County at that time, with 6000 to [-] people, it would be enough.

So what is there to be afraid of Wu Shigong?It's not that Wu Shigong underestimated the enemy. In his first battle, Wu Shigong dared to charge tens of thousands of rioters with two hundred cavalry, and the result was that he had zero casualties.Now there are only five or six thousand rioters, can't I clean them up easily with more than 700 riders?

But no matter how cautious or thorough, Wu Shigong is still very timid about any military action.This character is the same as Shumo.It is nothing more than one hiding in the heart and the other expressing outwardly. The master and servant are in the same line in this regard.

Therefore, although Wu Shigong rushed to rescue Qufu County, he still arranged a large number of spies in front of and on both sides of the army.But to Wu Shigong's surprise, nothing happened along the way.Did not encounter any rioters at all.

What is even more exaggerated is that when Wu Shigong arrived in Qufu County, although the gates of Qufu County were tightly closed, there were no mobs surrounding the city at all.On this wild and empty land, there were no people at all except for a few scattered refugees who were planing in the soil.Not to mention five or six thousand people, on this snow-capped land, even five or six thousand grasses cannot be found.

Seeing this situation, Wu Shigong was so angry that he didn't even have the energy to scold his mother.It seems that this Sheng Yangong is not making a fuss over a trivial matter, but that everything is like a soldier.

But no matter how angry he is now, when he arrived in Qufu County, the army still had to go to the city to rest for a while, and he and his fifth elder brother Wu Shiwen still wanted to pay a visit to Sheng Yangong.So Wu Shigong sent someone to call the door.

But seeing the army outside the city, the city gate of Qufu County refused to open.Fortunately, there are still people on the city wall who know the messenger and Wu Shiwen, the magistrate of Ningyang County.After reporting to Sheng Yangong, Wu Shigong's army was finally put into Qufu County.This finally prevented Wu Shigong from drinking the northwest wind outside the city.