In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 307 The Kong Family Rebellion
Although Lin Rui was far away in the capital, he always paid close attention to the situation of the three armies in the south.

Originally, he thought that the East Route Army would be unstoppable, while the Middle Route Army and the West Route Army would be slightly hindered due to terrain reasons. But who would have thought that both the Central and Western Route Army would go very smoothly. Instead, the East Route Army was blocked on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

He was really surprised. Although it was only temporarily blocked, it was still beyond his expectation. After all, the Qing army in history wiped out Nanming in a devastating manner.

However, after careful analysis, Lin Rui was relieved.

Historically, although the Southern Ming Dynasty had four towns in Jiangbei, with a total of no less than 20 troops, they were infighting and not united. In addition, Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei's military affairs, only knew how to accommodate the four towns and did not know how to recruit and train troops. This allowed the Qing Dynasty to The army easily broke through the Huaihe defense line.

Even at that time, due to internal strife in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Huang Degong led his troops to resist Zuo Liangyu's army from Wuchang. How could he defend Jianghuai with such a desperate attempt?

Although the Chuang Army is now a ragtag group, after all, there are so many people and King Chuang is the backbone. In addition, the Chuang Army has been struggling for more than ten years, so it is not surprising that they can barely hold on to the Huaihe River defense line.

After all, a group of soldiers and horses are struggling, but as long as the military orders can be unified, they will still have some combat effectiveness.

Although he figured out the reason, Lin Rui did not intend to go south to Jianghuai to take command personally. With Li Yan at his side to advise, the Chuang Army would not be able to hold on for long as long as they did not make obvious mistakes.

It just takes a little longer and is a little more troublesome.

However, Lin Rui still asked the general staff of the Metropolitan Governor's Office to recruit a group of young recruits aged [-] or [-] in Shandong, Shanxi, and southern Hebei and send them to the capital for training.

He plans to split the first legion, recruit [-] new soldiers, and form two more legions, just in case, if that group of troops is defeated and unable to achieve the set strategic goals, it is better to send reinforcements and fight again.

After nearly a year of preparations, the Government Affairs Council finally began to launch a vigorous new land reform policy in the north. Countless talented people were sent to various states and counties to serve as agricultural officers and judicial officers for various production teams. As for the reserve officer Lin Rui, Not sending at the moment.

This time the new land policy will not only be implemented in Shandong, Shanxi, and Hebei, but also in the northwest and Henan. Lin Rui's order is that before the spring of next year, the entire north must complete the census, and the measurement and distribution of land.

Before the end of next year, the Ministry of Commerce must also keep a clear count of all shops, restaurants, inns, etc. in the entire north, and then collect commercial taxes.

Although many officials wrote letters to advise, hoping to wait until the world is unified before implementing it, so as not to cause unrest in the north and affect the war in the south, Lin Rui couldn't wait any longer.

As a modern person, Lin Rui found that he was not used to the administrative efficiency of ancient times. In the past, he did not realize that the territory was small, but now every policy can be implemented in as little as three months, as long as half a year, or even a year. It made him a little unbearable, even going crazy.

At first, Lin Rui called Hong Chengchou in from time to time to inquire about the progress. Later, he simply stopped asking and only sent a special envoy to inspect the results after the results came out.

With the establishment of branches of the Supervisory Bureau composed of eunuchs in various places, officials in the northern states have restrained themselves a lot. Obviously everyone understands that the Supervisory Bureau is a complete replica of Dongchang.

Although Lin Rui has greatly restricted the power of the Supervision Bureau, Dongchang's reputation has long been deeply rooted in the bones of civil servants, and it is not comparable to the wives of special envoys.

Since Lin Rui promised that after the reform is completed, all tax and commercial taxes in various states and counties will be collected and managed by the Government Affairs Council, which makes the eight ministries of the cabinet very enthusiastic.After all, the capital of Hua has been established for more than a year. The Ministry of Household Affairs still has no income, the ministries do not have any funds, and the government affairs office has no financial power at all. Hong Chengchou and the ministers and ministers of the ministries have long been fed up.

With the examples of Datong and Xuanfu, coupled with the deterrence of local garrison forces, although the new land policies in various places have encountered considerable resistance and resistance, they basically only dared to make some small moves in private. In the end, they could not stop the implementation of the new policy. .

However, Shandong was an exception. The Kong family in Qufu actually took the lead in resisting. Not only did they connive with the clan members to kill and injure more than a dozen agricultural officials who went to measure the land, they also publicly called on scholars to oppose the New Deal.

"Pah! It's so lawless. I think the Kong family wants to rebel."

In the imperial study room, Lin Rui was so angry that his face was livid, and he slammed the memorial on the desk.

Hong Chengchou and the officials from various ministries in the hall all knelt on the ground, not daring to take a breath.

The Kong family openly resisted the New Deal and killed and injured agricultural officials. The local civil servants and garrison did not dare to deal with it, so they had to report it level by level to the cabinet. Hong Chengchou also did not know how to deal with it and did not dare to deal with it, so he had to Immediately reported to Lin Rui.

Obviously everyone knows that if this matter is not handled properly, it will inevitably cause huge turmoil, or the entire New Deal may be directly shelved.

Seeing that His Majesty directly said that the Kong family wanted to rebel, everyone was shocked. Hong Chengchou was sweating profusely and quickly admonished: "Your Majesty, as saints, the Kong family has set an example for the world's literati. If someone is going to be rebellious, there must be something hidden in this matter, so it is better to send an imperial envoy as soon as possible, and it will not be too late to make a decision after investigating clearly."

"Yes, your majesty. When your majesty came to the throne, the head of the Kong family sent someone to express his congratulations. He is absolutely sincere and loyal to your majesty and Dahua. As for the reason why he resisted the new deal this time, I think he must have been influenced by the villain. "What misunderstanding has arisen? As long as His Majesty sends an imperial envoy to Qufu to explain it clearly, and summons the head of the Kong family to the capital to appease him, I believe the Kong family will understand the general situation and support the new deal."

Other officials also followed suit.

In fact, everyone knows why the Kong family openly resisted the New Deal. That is, His Majesty has not yet canonized the head of the Kong family as Duke Yansheng of Dahua. How can the Kong family not be angry?
Earlier, everyone had written to remind His Majesty openly and secretly, but His Majesty remained indifferent, as if he didn't know that he wanted to canonize the head of the Kong family as Duke Yansheng.

Now, the Kong family publicly called on all scholars to oppose the New Deal, and completely broke with His Majesty. Even if the matter was settled in the end, the impact was irreparable.

"The Kong family not only beat to death the officials of the imperial court, but also openly opposed my new policy. They even called on scholars all over the world to boycott it. Isn't this a rebellion?"

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"His Majesty…"

When everyone saw that His Majesty was going his own way and actually wanted to attack the Confucius family, they were immediately anxious. They couldn't help but be impatient. Once His Majesty really accused the Confucius family, it would not only shake the foundation of Confucianism, but also chill the hearts of scholars all over the world.

(End of this chapter)