Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 130 The Conflict of the Kong Family
In the meeting hall of the Confucius Mansion, the contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi saw Kong Yinchun who was beaten half to death and had a pig-headed face. He was so frightened that he was speechless for a long time.

Kong Zhenlai was shocked and secretly gloated about his misfortune.

With Kong Yinchun's condition, even if he recovers, his appearance will probably be ruined.That person with an open mouth and missing front teeth will lose face to the Kong family. How can he still be the magistrate of Qufu County?
Hearing the report from his servants that Li's army had already moved toward Qufu, Kong Yinzhi, who came to his senses, was immediately confused and said in panic: "What should we do? What should we do?"

He was completely panicked!

Kong Zhenkan, the current magistrate of Qufu County who came after hearing the news, saw the situation at the entrance of the lobby and immediately turned around and left, as if he had never been there.

At this time, Kong Zhenlai stood up and said to Kong Yinzhi: "The student saw that Yuanju was just sitting on a donkey before, riding alone to meet him, so he knew that something bad was going to happen. Yuanju didn't even think about it. He was not a scholar. They are rebel thieves. If they don’t accept this, they deserve to be beaten!”

When Kong Yinzhi heard this, he turned to look at him and said, "Didn't the thief general think that the money and food given to him was too little?"

"Mr. Yan Shenggong doesn't know anything!" Kong Zhenlai said immediately, "Those thieves are all gangsters, reckless men, and they value face most. Yuanju doesn't give him face, you see, they all beat him personally. If it were Yuanju, who else would do such a disgraceful thing?"

At this point, he did not wait for Kong Yinzhi to speak, and continued: "We are after Kong Sheng, let alone those thieves and generals. Throughout the dynasties, even if you are the emperor, you have to give us face. Therefore, as long as we give If you save the thief's face, everything will be easy to talk about. This is the most important thing for such a reckless man!"

Kong Yinzhi seemed to be very confident when he heard his talk. He suddenly turned from worry to surprise and said quickly: "Okay, then I will leave this matter to you. If you can help Qufu avoid this disaster, I will recommend it." You are the magistrate of Qufu County!"

Kong Zhenlai had been waiting for this sentence, so when he heard it, he was immediately overjoyed and responded quickly: "Well, just wait for the good news about the student!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed to Kong Yinzhi and drifted away.

When Kong Yinchun heard their conversation, he felt angry and wanted to speak, but the pain was so painful that he couldn't speak and could only moan.

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About an hour later, not far outside Qufu City, Liu Zongmin clapped his hands, looked at the servants of the Kong family who were carrying their master back in embarrassment, and said with some surprise: "Are these people named Kong all studying to improve their brains?" I read it badly, do you think I am so easy to get rid of? But it’s okay, let me stretch my hands and feet, and I feel much better!"

After a pause, he mocked again: "These people from the Qufu Kong family are still reluctant to pay even though I'm attacking the city. They're just like that Fu Wang Zhu, who's still unwilling to pay even after I'm attacking the city!"

At this point, Liu Zongmin loudly ordered: "Come on, send an order for Qufu to open up the city. Anyone who dares to resist will destroy the city and massacre it!"

Upon hearing this military order, his personal guard commander quickly reminded: "Master Marquis, is Qufu going to be massacred too?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zongmin curled his lips slightly and said in a cold voice: "I have concluded that this person named Kong will definitely not give this opportunity. Do you want to make a bet?"

"What if?" After hearing this, the commander of the personal guards did not answer the question, but just confirmed.

Liu Zongmin was a little bored after hearing this, and said: "If you dare to resist, you will kill as many brothers as you lose! If you put on a posture, you can scare them to death even if you are obsessed with studying!"

The commander of the personal guards understood that Liu Zongmin did not really intend to massacre the city, so he immediately went to deliver the order.

As a result, Liu Zongmin's vanguard troops were seen, taking up their posture. There seemed to be thousands of troops, charging toward Qufu County with murderous intent.

The Kong family in Qufu had never seen this scene before. They were all so frightened that they almost hid under the bed.

The soldiers of the Dashun Army just shouted, and the city gate opened. Kong Yinzhi, wearing the official uniform of Duke Yansheng, came out to greet him cautiously.

The soldiers of the Dashun Army quickly entered the city to take over Qufu, and Liu Zongmin rode up to Kong Yinzhi, looked down at the old man, and sneered: "If you don't drink a toast, you will have to drink a fine wine, I am..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that the person opposite was a duke. Although he was granted the title of Ming Dynasty, he was still a duke and was higher than his marquis, so he directly changed his words and said: "...I originally wanted to be polite, but you guys have a lot to do. , You have to make me go crazy! I want to ask you, can you write an article to praise our Highness and express your support, and also hand over the money and food? "

As they spoke, the guards who cooperated tacitly drew their swords, showed their powerful murderous intent, and shouted sternly: "Can it be done?"

Judging from their posture, as long as they dare to say "no", the knife will definitely cut through them.

Kong Yinzhi had never seen such a scene before. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. His legs were trembling. The ground between his legs seemed to be wet. His face was filled with fear, and his mouth opened and closed, and he uttered stammering words. The voice said: "It can... it can... it must be possible..."

Hearing this, Liu Zongmin couldn't help laughing, and then ordered his men: "Come on, invite Yan Shenggong inside to write an article. If you dare to fool him, cut off his ears and serve them as food and drinks!"

"Yes!" His men responded loudly, all of them were very excited and felt an inexplicable sense of joy!

So, when the army led by Li Zicheng arrived in Qufu, a beautiful article was presented to him.

"In the current world, the people are in decline, traitors are in power, and the country is in decline. However, a hero has risen to save the people from the fire and water. This person is Your Highness."

"His Highness is brave and unparalleled in the world. He created a prosperous country, eliminated corrupt officials, rectified the army and the people, and revitalized the country. His ambitions are as high as the sky and as thick as the earth. He is passionate about serving the people of the world and the royal family. An inheritance for all eternity!"

"..."

"Your Highness has blessed the earth and spread trust all over the world. Inheriting the favor of Heaven, all the people will return to their hearts. Brave men will flock to assist the Li family and jointly establish unparalleled achievements. Soon after he ascends the throne, he will inherit the power of Heaven and succumb to the people with virtue. The admiration of the sacred learning makes one stagger and fear others; the admiration of the emperor's generosity makes one admire the emperor deeply..."

Li Zicheng read it once and felt that it was very good. He was happy and itchy in his heart, so he asked Niu Jinxing to read it again, then translated it into vernacular and told it to the generals.

Most of Li Zicheng's generals were uneducated. At this time, I heard a high-sounding article praising Li Zicheng for being so good. The world should belong to Li Zicheng, and they are all brave men. Sooner or later, they will all be the founding heroes, and for a while, everyone is very happy.

Seeing their appearance, Liu Zongmin approached Li Guo who was standing next to him and said, "This man deserves a beating. He was not willing to write like this at first. I flashed my fist as big as a bowl and wrote immediately. Do you want to Ask him to write a good article for you, just use my method, it will definitely work. If nothing happens in the future, you can show your descendants the achievements of their ancestors!"

When Li Guo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Yan Shenggong who was respectfully facing Li Zicheng. Then he turned to Liu Zongmin and asked, "Really?"

Hearing this, Liu Zongmin said nothing, took out a folded rice paper from his arms, carefully showed it to Li Guo, and said at the same time: "Look, I asked him to write this for me. I'm looking for it." People have read it and said it was well written!”

While saying this with a proud look, he pointed to the lower left corner with his hand and said, "Did you see it? This is the seal of his Duke Yan, stamped!"

It's a pity that Li Guo only knows a few words.

But when he saw that the writing on the paper was really good, and there were a lot of them written, he thought it must be good. After listening to Liu Zongmin's introduction, he immediately became envious.

But he raised his head and glanced at his uncle, and then said hesitantly: "I'm afraid His Highness won't agree!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zongmin carefully put away the rice paper in his hand and said nonchalantly: "You are stupid. This matter has nothing to do with His Highness. Why don't you just go to him privately!"

When Li Guo heard this, he suddenly understood, smiled and said, "That's right, I'll treat you to a drink later!"

The two of them were chatting and laughing. Naturally, someone else noticed them, so they came over and asked, "What are you so happy about?"

When Liu Zongmin heard this, he proudly took out the rice paper he had just stuffed into his arms and introduced it again.

When Li Zicheng was led by Kong Yinzhi to visit the Confucius Temple, other generals gathered around Liu Zongmin to find out what made them so happy.After going back and forth, all the generals in Li Zicheng's army knew about it.

At night, when Dai Shenggong returned to the inner courtyard where he lived, he found a large group of generals from the Dashun Army sitting here.Suddenly, his face turned pale, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't see his wife and daughter.However, he was just relieved, and the generals of the Dashun Army surrounded him and asked him to write an article.

When Kong Yinzhi heard this, his face turned green.With so many people, wouldn’t it be difficult for him to write a good article based on everyone’s different experiences?
So, with a grimace on his face, he cupped his fists and bowed: "Generals, please don't make things difficult for me. I am really..."

As soon as he heard that he was not happy, Li Guo immediately darkened his face, pulled out a shiny dagger, and gestured in front of his eyes: "Since you don't want to write, then I don't want to force you, just say it yourself. Do you want a left ear, a right ear, or a nose? I am a very respectful person, so I will let you choose..."

Kong Yinzhi was so frightened that his face turned green, and he quickly said: "I am willing to write, I am willing to write..."

After being busy until midnight, the generals of the Dashun Army took their own portions with satisfaction and left, commenting on each other.

Seeing this, Kong Yinzhi couldn't sit still anymore and almost collapsed to the ground.

Dealing with so many people, writing so many different articles, and being threatened from time to time was really draining on him.

At this time, he no longer cares about the consequences after the articles he wrote spread. He just wants to deal with the current disaster first.

But who would have thought, before he could catch his breath, he saw the door of the main door being pushed open again, and a man who looked like a junior high school student pushed the door and came in. He looked around and finally set his eyes on Kong Yinzhi, who was blocked by the table. body.

So, I saw him smiling, walking over kindly and saying, "Mr. Yansheng, come on, come on, I'll help you sit up!"

Kong Yinzhi looked at the small school with some worry, and quickly sat up and said: "I dare not trouble this...general, what are you doing with me?"

He wondered if the thieves were the first to summon him.

Unexpectedly, he saw this young schoolmaster saying to him: "After hearing that Yan Shenggong is a saint, I have written a good article. Please trouble me, Yan Shenggong, to write one for me..."

When Kong Yinzhi heard this, he immediately became angry.

Even if those bandit leaders forced him to write those flattering articles, now even the junior high school in the bandit army came to ask him to write. Do they really think that he is a mule and horse, just at their mercy?
After all, after being a saint, the emperor had to speak politely, and even the elementary school was bullied.

So, he turned his head and replied coldly: "I am too tired to pick up my pen!"

Upon hearing this, the primary school teacher immediately turned his back, pointed at Kong Yinzhi's nose and said, "Damn it, you can't even lift a pen? How dare you lie to me? Believe it or not, I'll treat you well, and even Can outsiders not see it? Don’t worry, it will definitely make you want to die. In this way, I will seal your mouth first to prevent you from shouting and embarrassing your old face..."

Kong Yinzhi's angry face turned into astonishment, then became very ugly, and finally turned into a look of fear. Before the principal finished speaking, he quickly begged for mercy and said: "Hero, hero, I'll just write it down!"

When the principal heard this, he snorted and said, "I'm so shameless to you. Write it carefully for me. If I find out that you didn't write well later, when I'm on duty again, I'll make you know what regret is!"

After a while, the principal left with a piece of rice paper satisfied.However, before Kong Yinzhi could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw another small school from Dashun Army coming in.

When Kong Yinzhi saw it, he immediately sat down on the ground.

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At the same time, Li Zicheng was discussing matters with his advisers, listening to Niu Jinxing's report: "Your Highness, there is indeed only so much grain, grass and silver in the warehouse of Yan Shenggong's Mansion!"

This amount was far less than Li Zicheng expected, which made him unhappy again after he was originally happy because he got Yan Shenggong's article.

Song Xiance, who was standing next to him, heard this and said, "Your Highness, I have heard that the public treasury is indeed small in terms of money and food, but they are actually scattered among the families of the Confucius. The Confucius family here is like a small imperial court. There is no money, but the civil and military officials below, that is, the various branches of the Kong family, including those in charge, are extremely fat. Even if you check the private wealth of Shenggong Yan, you will probably find a lot."

Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng suddenly understood and immediately instructed Niu Jinxing: "In this case, I don't want to quarrel with each other. Tomorrow, I will summon the heads of each house in the Kong family and divide the money and grain quota among them and let them pay it themselves. As for everyone, How much does it cost to pay for the house? You can set up a schedule and guarantee at least half a month's expenses for the army."

The more troops there are, the more food and grass will be consumed.

Unfortunately, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty took away the grain stored in Zhending, so that Li Zicheng was short of food and grass. When he arrived in Shandong, he couldn't even fight back.Because everything along the way was looted by him, there was no food left to loot.If the army returns along the original route, there will be nowhere to raise this food and grass.

If he could collect more money and food in Qufu, he would have more options, and he would not have to worry about the army going hungry if they could not raise food in a few days.

The next day, Li Zicheng took his seat in the meeting hall of Duke Yansheng's Mansion. Civil servants and military generals lined up on both sides, and the rooms of the Kong family who had been waiting in the courtyard were brought into the hall.

Li Zicheng suddenly saw that the contemporary Yan Shenggong was being helped into the lobby. He seemed to have aged more than ten years, with two big dark circles under his eyes, and he looked very tired.

At this time, Li Zicheng became curious and asked immediately: "Mr. Yan Shenggong, what's wrong with you?"

When Kong Yinzhi heard this, he felt as if he had met Mr. Qingtian. He wanted to cry and tell what happened to him last night and beg Li Zi to make the decision for him. As a result, he heard Liu Zongmin laughing and saying: "Ha, you are really old and handsome." Ah, at such a young age, you can still do it all night long, it’s really amazing!”

But no, Kong Yinzhi's face was similar to that of someone who had spent the whole night struggling with sex, not sleeping well and being sucked dry.

As a result, the generals of the Dashun Army burst out laughing.

When Kong Yinzhi heard this, he did not expect that these thieves would slander him for having good sex.In his life, he was used to being pampered, but he had never been threatened or insulted by someone at the same time. His blood suddenly rushed to his heart, and he fainted without even uttering the word "you".

There was chaos in the lobby, and the disciples of the Kong family panicked.

Under normal circumstances, this matter may not be discussed, so save people first and then talk about it.

However, what Li Zicheng cared about the most was the money and food for the army, so after asking the doctor to rescue Duke Yansheng, he did not let Kong Yinzhi rest, let alone why Kong Yinzhi became such a ghost, so he asked Niu Jinxing announced the amount of money and food for each house of the Kong family.

When these disciples of the Confucius family heard this, they immediately panicked. They all shouted that they had no money or food, and they seemed to have become poor people all of a sudden.

However, they forgot that they were used to seeing this kind of scene, and chasing stolen money for payment was one of their specialties.

Duke Yan Sheng looks so restless, what else do other people have to worry about?

So, spank the buttocks, pinch the fingers, pinch the fingers, anyway, there are ready-made torture tools in Yan Shenggong's house, and they are used directly.

They just killed a few chickens and frightened the monkeys. Listening to the howling ghosts and wolves, many Kong family members could not stop them and had no choice but to hand over their money and food.

What surprised the Dashun Army was that when the army went to collect money and food, they found that many families actually had a lot of money and food after they donated it, so they reported it to Li Zicheng and then added more money and food.

The Kong family in Qufu ushered in the first large-scale disturbance in thousands of years.

In the meantime, all the fig leaves of being a saint were completely torn away.There is no sense of propriety, justice or shame in these Confucius family members.On the contrary, he was greedy for life and fearful of death, which was vividly displayed; during the pursuit of stolen goods and subsidies, it was also discovered that men were stealing and women were prostitutes, and there were also many cases of cheating.

The usually aloof Kong family, not to mention the soldiers of Dashun Army, even the tenants of the Kong family can see clearly what kind of goods they are.

(End of this chapter)