Daming heir

Chapter 405 The Calm Before the Storm

tonight.

The Kong Sheng family that has existed for thousands of years has maintained the face and dignity of the ages, and all of them have been trampled on the ground and crushed deeply into the soil.

The saint is not wrong, the sin is in the moment.

What Taisun said is very clear, and it is also the bottom line, and above this bottom line, no matter what you do, you can do nothing wrong.

Tang Keke stared at the people in the Confucian Mansion headed by Kong Gongjian with a gloomy gaze.

By the ear, the explosion in the southern ditch has come to an end.

The sky and the earth are constantly shaking, and accompanied by the night wind, the smell of gunpowder smoke from the burning and explosion of gunpowder, mixed with the smell of soil that has only appeared for countless years, penetrates into people's nostrils.

Tang Keke has read books since childhood and discerned the principles of the world, but now he has completely different feelings.In front of him is the blood of a saint, and that wealthy compound is a family of saints that has been passed down for thousands of years.

I lit a fire tonight, and even lit a fire in front of the saint's family.Quietly, some things in Tang Keke's heart and past cognitions began to undergo slight changes.

The people in the Confucian Mansion, who were still a little noisy at first, became silent amidst the flickering fire and the roaring sound coming from the night, feeling the surge brought by the soil under their feet.

It was something that happened five miles away, but it was still so clear.

What if it happened in Confucian Mansion?

In everyone's mind, tacitly thought of such a question.

At this moment, these generations of glorious and noble disciples of the saint family finally felt the threat of blood and fire under the glory and nobility.

Whether you can save your face is no longer important.

Being able to save one's life seems to be a really important thing and a top priority.

Kong Gongjian's chest was rising and falling, but he always felt out of breath, and his heart seemed to be crushed by a big stone.

Do not!
That's a big mountain.

Tang Keke also felt that there was a big mountain lying in front of his eyes, but the foot of this mountain had been blown open by himself with gunpowder.

He doesn't need to learn from Yu Gong, and he will send hundreds of generations of descendants to Yishan.

Because he has the most powerful gunpowder in the world and the most elite soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Tang Keke looked at Kong Gongjian who hadn't spoken for a long time, and said again: "How strong is our army?"

The sword kills physically, but words devour people invisible.

If he hadn't been the established successor of the Confucian Mansion, Kong Gongjian felt that he would probably vomit blood and faint for the sake of the last decency of the Confucian Mansion.

There was a strange sweet taste in the throat.

Kong Gongjian understood that it smelled like blood.

He arched his hands, his face looked extremely pale, without a trace of emotion: "The officers and soldiers are so strong and majestic."

Kong Gongjian felt that when he said these words, there was resistance in his throat and eyes, braving fiery fireworks.

Tang Keke snorted twice, with a smile on his face.

Kong Gongjian glanced at the moat that had just exploded in the south, his eyelids sank slightly, he waved his arms and bent over, with the utmost etiquette: "The army has worked hard, and the government dare not disturb you, so let's go."

Tang Keke cupped his fists and raised his hands indiscriminately.

This is the way to deal with people who are not willing to return the courtesy.

Kong Gongjian didn't speak, he took two steps back with his mouth tightly shut before turning around, looked at those clansmen with angry eyes, shook his head silently, and then went to the high gate of Confucius Mansion alone while these clansmen were unwilling to look around. go.

The Kong family can't regain their face today, let alone win the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

As Kong Gongjian turned and left, the remaining members of the Confucian clan had no choice.

Originally, they dared to roar and reprimand, but after the roar, no one had the courage.

In the end, he could only wave his robe silently, expressing his anger and dissatisfaction silently.

Tang Keke kept calmly ignoring them all the time, watching these Kong family members rush over, and watching these people leave like walking corpses.

Wait until the crowd is crowded under the high gate of Confucian Mansion.

Only then did Tang Keke turn around and raised his arms, and said loudly: "Order to the west, act according to the established military order, and be sure to protect the saint's family before the traitors arrive."

In the darkness, under the high gate of the Confucian Mansion, it seemed that the steps were built too high, and there were inadvertent muffled sounds of people stepping on the air and falling to the ground.

……

"Hahahahahaha..."

"Tonight...hahahahaha...when...haha...really..."

"Hahaha……"

A burst of bold and unrestrained laughter rang out from the camp of the Chinese Army outside the Confucius Mansion, resounding through the night, startling a few wild birds scattered in the fields.

Tang Keke, who returned to Daying from outside the Confucian mansion, was already smiling with tears in his eyes, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

The exhalation with a big laugh caused the candlelight between him and Zhang Zhiyuan to flicker, and the candlelight illuminated the figures of the two people constantly shaking on the tent, dragging out long or short shadows .

Zhang Zhiyuan frowned and poured a cup of warm tea soup for Tang Keke: "Drink some tea before we talk."

At this time, Tang Keke was already laughing until his stomach ached. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with one hand, and held the teacup with the other.

Tears of laughter were wiped away, Tang Keke also held the teacup to his mouth, raised his head and drank it down in one gulp, then let out a long breath, his face full of joy.

He put it on the teacup, slapped the table, and smiled all over his face: "Brother Zhang really should go and see what kind of stuff this so-called family of saints who have been kind for thousands of years is like.

Tonight is really a good time, even when I was a child in the middle test, I never had such a good time. "

Zhang Zhiyuan snorted: "As long as there are smart people in the Kong family, they will choose what to do tonight. Tens of thousands of troops are lying on the bed, how dare they not back down? But besides that, you and I can really use it Slashed at this family?"

A rational voice sounded in the big tent. Tang Keke immediately suppressed all his smiles, and even raised his hands to rub his cheeks fiercely.

"However, according to our plan, everything is proceeding as expected."

Tang Keke restrained his happy smile, and his eyes were full of mature eyes.

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded: "It's not bad. With you making such a fuss tonight, it's impossible for the Kong family to stand by and watch. Unless, they really don't want any face."

"Hmph!" Tang Keke snorted coldly, with murderous looks in his eyes: "If it wasn't for their family's unrighteousness, but there is a sage's archway guarding them, why should I wait so much?"

"The sage is not wrong!" Zhang Zhiyuan stared at Tang Keke, repeated what Zhu Yunxi had sent over, and continued: "The rebellion in Shandong Province is different from that in Henan Province, but it is similar. The 28th year of the Ming Dynasty was the first year of the founding of the country. , Why did such a big rebellion arise? Is it true that I lost the hearts of the people? I don’t think so. It’s these people who are afraid and worried, and they feel that their interests have been lost.”

Tang Keke sighed softly, probably because he had too much activity tonight, and just now he suppressed another cup of tea, and now his stomach was rumbling.

Zhang Zhiyuan shook his head and said: "The Confucian Mansion occupies half of the mansion, and the people of the half mansion farm day and night, just for this one family. The imperial court promoted reforms, and the tenements were divided into acres. How can the people of the half mansion still occupy half the mansion?
When our army went south, the Daodu Division of Shandong Province went out every day, and the Yamen of the Three Divisions was in violation of the Yin and Yang. It was because they did not know the imperial court's order, or had other family's orders.

A rebellion that shook the government and the public, where are the rebels past and present? "

"In my opinion, the rebellion on Shandong Road has nothing to do with the Kong family!" Tang Keke angrily accused the case again: "Afore-mentioned, His Highness had just toured the west, and was ambushed when he arrived at Xuzhou Mansion. It was found out that it was the White Lotus Sect." For. Can..."

Tang Keke paused for a moment, looked at Zhang Zhiyuan in front of him, turned his eyes around twice, and then lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "The truth is found out, the planner is the surname Kong, and everyone respectfully calls him Mr. Kong."

Even though he had thought about it a long time ago, Zhang Zhiyuan, who had been conclusively confirmed for the first time, opened his mouth silently.

"If this is the case, then this rebellion has already been premeditated, or they have already had various considerations and planned it out."

Tang Keke nodded heavily: "It must be so. When they saw His Highness patrolling the west, they were afraid to find out the real situation in the area, so they boldly intended to attack and kill His Highness.

Afterwards, His Highness was in Henan Province to help the disaster situation, and at the same time to check the places in Henan Province, they began to panic, knowing that they had reached the end of the road.

So they planned the rebellion in Henan Province and Shandong Province, and the so-called Wanmin wrote a letter to impeach and beg His Majesty to abolish His Royal Highness. "

Zhang Zhiyuan felt even more disgusted with the family surrounded by the army at the moment.

He said firmly: "So, this time, our plan must be carried out even more. Only by surrounding the Confucian mansion, by forcing them to lose face, can we force them to take the initiative to recruit traitors.

As long as the rebels come and our army quells the rebellion in Shandong Province, we will no longer have a reason to stay in Shandong Province.At that time, their predicament will be solved. "

This was the real reason why Zhang Zhiyuan and Tang Keke decided to continue going south and lead the army to Qufu.

Besiege the Confucian mansion and spread fictitious military intelligence.

It was not to suppress the so-called Shandong Dao rebellion, but to force the Kong family to hand over the so-called traitors.

However, Tang Keke shook his head and said with a somewhat uncertain expression, "It's just what happened tonight, I don't think things will be that simple."

Zhang Zhiyuan frowned: "Why? What did you see?"

"Kong Gongjian!" Tang Keke pressed his hands on the table and looked directly at Zhang Zhiyuan: "He is really smart, even if I slapped him in the face again and again in public and stepped on the dignity of the Confucius family, he never behaved aggressively.

But the more he was like this, the more worried I became.Perhaps they will not be as we think, for the sake of a moment's face, they will take the initiative to call or contact those rebels, come to Qufu, and let us wipe them out. "

"You mean, they have other means?"

Zhang Zhiyuan is also a little uncertain at this time, after all, this is a family of saints that has been around for thousands of years.

It is the Ming Dynasty, a family that has been highly respected by all dynasties, and it is the only Yan Shenggong in the world.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has abolished the prime minister's official position, the imperial court is ruled by six ministers. As the head of the sage family, Yan Shenggong naturally has the status of a master of scholars in the world, although he does not live in the capital.

This is the vague status of the number one civil servant in the world.

In the court, how many people have never been to Qufu, but they still have a friendship for it in their hearts?
Zhang Zhiyuan didn't dare to think too much, he could only raise his eyes to look at the night outside the tent, and let out a soft sigh.

Tang Keke completely lost the good mood before, and said in a low voice: "Confucian mansion is besieged, and we can only do things five miles away. But they can't say, they can do more things in the capital thousands of miles away .”

As he spoke, Tang Keke folded his hands and faced Zhang Zhiyuan: "Brother Zhang will probably die from the court when the time comes."

Zhang Zhiyuan chuckled: "The headquarters led the rebellion in Pingzhen Shandong Road, and the enemy's situation outside the country is changing rapidly. Even if the imperial court is responsible, the headquarters should personally defend themselves after the incident. The most urgent task at the moment is to stop the rebellion in Shandong by any means. !"

When Zhang Zhiyuan finished speaking, Tang Keke clapped his hands and got up to pour him a cup of tea.

The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

Afterwards, they raised their teacups together and drank them all in one gulp.

……

boom……

At noon, in the land of Qufu, there was a sudden roar from the wilderness, the thunder was loud, the earth's crust shook, calcium carbide sparks, and countless flying stones splashed, falling into the distant field.

At this time, it was time for the crops to mature, and the people went out of their homes one after another, and entered the fields that had already been watered and dried to harvest the long-awaited crops.

The flying stone fell into the field, and the peasants who bent down and bowed their heads in shock got up and raised their heads in worry, and looked outside the Confucian mansion where there had been such a movement for half a month.

Seeing the same group of officers and soldiers, the same few trenches, busy harvesting the crops, and paying the rent, the rest can be packed into the rice jars of their own granaries, no panic and curiosity, and bowed their heads again , Harvesting the already heavy crops deftly and skillfully.

The mansion of the Confucian Mansion, which occupies an extremely large area, has already been covered with patches of yellow-gray spots on the towering white walls that were frequently refreshed in the past.

I don't know if it was the cause of the gunpowder explosion, or why.

Every time the gunpowder was detonated in the trench five miles away, countless mud clods would splash heavily and hit the white walls, or fall into the Confucian mansion.

Regarding this, the Confucian Mansion has changed from being shocked and angry at the beginning of the night to a state of being silent and taking it for granted that everything is happening day after day.

Even the servants who used to guard outside the mansion gate did not go out in the early days, and there were also patches of mud spots on the closed mansion gate.

The trenches were dug deeper and deeper, but the rebellion on Shandong Road seemed to have really disappeared.

According to the rumors, the traitor who intends to come to Qufu to loot the thousand-year-old saint's family has disappeared.

People from the Shandong Dao Sansi Yamen, Yanzhou Prefecture, and Qufu County all came, as if they wanted to persuade the army to make some changes.It's just that after looking at the closed Confucian mansion, and Zhang Zhiyuan who can't see him because he is always busy with military affairs, he can only be lobbying.

On the contrary, the offices of the various departments are not far from the camp of the Chinese Army, and Qufu County was tired of building a small camp. battalion direction.

It seemed that he wanted to see when Zhang Zhiyuan, who was worried and busy with military affairs all day long, would be able to meet them.

Shandong Road, where no good news has ever spread to Yingtian City, seems to have fallen into a stalemate in the originally turbulent rebellion.

And in Yingtian City thousands of miles away.

The turmoil of the former emperor Lei Ting and Jin Yiwei's arrest of Xiao Banchaotang has just subsided, and the matter of Jingcha has officially been put on the agenda.

His Highness King Qin, who was placed high by the emperor and trusted by the crown prince, was busy day and night with disdain.

The voices in the court are getting smaller and smaller, and everyone is in danger.

No one wanted to be sent to Jinyiwei Zhao Prison.

These days, anyone who walked outside Jinyiwei's yamen could intuitively hear the groans and miserable cries of those former colleagues who were imprisoned in Zhao Prison.

just.

This peace will eventually be broken.

Another ten days.

During the court meeting in the imperial city, the emperor listened to the government at the imperial gate outside the Fengtian Hall, and the crown prince stood beside him.

In the early morning of summer, with dew and coldness, all officials in Beijing, regardless of their rank, must enter the palace to attend the court.

Starting from the Thousand-step Corridor, there are red flowers, willows and green all the way, and all the eyes are full of clothes and beasts.However, there is a clear distinction between civil and military.

The civil servants lined up and walked towards the palace one by one according to the color of their clothes and patches.

As for the military officers, there is little difference in rank, and they are in groups of three or four. If they were not in the palace, they might be hooked up.

"His Royal Highness, will he continue his westward tour, or return to Beijing? If he returns to Beijing, when will he come back?"

The speaker was Zhang Yi, Marquis of Heqing, and beside him were Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, Zhu Shou, Marquis of Chaga, Bo Herong of Dongguan, Bo Sangjing of Huixian, and others.

The few people did not speak, but looked at Dudu Tangli, the governor of the Chinese Army, and Chang Sen, the commander of the Imperial Army, who was walking side by side.

When Kai Guogong, Cao Guogong, Liang Guogong, Xipinghou and others led the army out, these two were the leaders of the generals in the capital.

The generals walked very close to each other, unlike the civil servants who had to bow and distance themselves.

The words behind him naturally reached the ears of Tang Li and Chang Sen who were walking in the front.

Tang Li slightly turned his head and looked sideways at Chang Sen, who was in command of the imperial army.

Chang Sen shook his head. Ever since his elder brother led the army to the south and he took the post of commander of the imperial army, the Chang family has become more and more low-key in Yingtian City.

The limelight can't be too ostentatious, especially now that my nephew has become the grandson of the emperor of Jian Guo, His Majesty Quan Tong.

He also looked sideways at Tang Li, the brother-in-law of the emperor's grandson.

All in all, the two families were originally the nobles who founded the Ming Dynasty, and they were originally relatives of the royal family, and now they are even closer.

Tang Li also shook his head, how could he know what Chang Sen didn't know.

Bo Herong of Dongguan saw that the two in front were silent, so he raised his voice and said, "The rebellion in Henan Province has been put down, but the rebellion in Shandong Province has not been put down yet. When will it be? Zhang Zhiyuan heard that he is a well-known underling of King Yan." Little Killing God, how come you can't kill him when you go south from the Great Wall to Shandong Road?"

It looked like he was complaining and disgusted, but no one laughed in agreement. Instead, he looked sideways at the group of civil servants on the other side with neat movements.

"There were no killing gods in the Ming Dynasty, only generals and soldiers loyal to His Majesty."

Walking in front with Tang Li, the commander of the imperial army, Chang Sen, who had never spoken, finally turned around and said something.

He Rong immediately lowered his head, but let out a smile.

Beside him, the rest of the people also smiled, and even let out low laughter.

Looking at the eyes of the group of civil servants on the opposite side from time to time, they became more and more expectant.

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