The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 253: Slavish and servile
why?
Why are you surrendering?

Fan Wencheng stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

How dare Kong...how dare he surrender to the rebels?
They are the blood descendants of the most holy master!
They are the Kong family who are respected and respected by literati all over the world!

Could it be that the loyalty to the emperor and patriotism that they have been shouting about, and the justice of the family and country that they have been shouting about, are all bullshit?
Fan Wencheng thought about many possibilities. He was even worried that the Kong family's stubborn resistance would trigger a bloody massacre by the rebels. He was even more worried that the Holy Land of Qufu would be destroyed and defiled because of him and others...

But he never thought that these damn bitches would directly beg for surrender from the rebels in Kaicheng!
Fan Wencheng rushed to the Qufu County Magistrate, grabbed him, and shouted angrily: "How can you surrender? You are the blood descendants of the most holy teacher!"

Qufu County Magistrate Kong Zongwen took a quick look and found that this guy was obviously a rebel leader, so naturally he did not dare to neglect him.

"Sir, the first priority of my Kong family is to protect the bloodline inheritance of the most holy master, so..."

"What nonsense is the first priority!" Fan Wencheng said angrily: "Kong is a role model for the gentry, and he is also the leader of the gentry in the world. Where are the etiquette, justice and integrity that you advocate in daily life? What about the loyalty to the emperor and patriotism that you usually shout about? Why does it fall on you? But made such a shameless move?"

Yes, shameless!
And it’s extremely shameless!
This group of Confucian family members, who are praised to the heavens by scholars all over the world, can pick out any one of them at random on weekdays, and they are all scholars and famous scholars. They enjoy the noble status and superior status brought to them by the children of the Confucius family, guide the country, and inspire writing. They can be called Generation after generation, they controlled the world's scholars.

But now?
Facing the rebel siege, they didn't even put up any decent resistance, and they actually just opened the city and begged for surrender!

"Who is the contemporary Duke Yan?"

"Control all Kong family members!"

Even Qi Yanming never thought that there were actually one or two Kong family members with such integrity.

However, they did not expect that in the face of the ferocious tiger-like Bazhou rebels, these guards would directly choose to surrender, so that the entire Kong Mansion changed hands in an instant, and they also became prisoners.

After a brief battle, everyone in the Kong family quickly chose to surrender. After all, they were often exploited and exploited by the Kong family, and now it was even more impossible for them to fight for the Kong family, who usually regarded them as slaves and bastards!

No literati character at all!

Duke Yan Sheng, this is the last face of the Kong family.

All the core members of the Kong family were forced to the ground. Qi Yanming was holding a knife and pacing back and forth in front of these normally pampered masters.

Or, then go to hell with Qufu County and this Confucian holy land!

"Fight in!"

"Now, tell me, who is that Duke Yan?"

As more than a dozen rebels used a big log to knock open the door of Yanshengong's Mansion, Yanshenggong's Mansion was like a little girl who had stripped naked and became the target of the rebels.

Then, he really came today, but he brought the rebels to kill people.

Qi Yanming just glanced at it coldly and didn't pay too much attention. Instead, he directed Liu Liu and Liu Qi to control the city gate, and then led the team to the core of Qufu County - Kong Mansion.

Fan Wencheng was going crazy. He kept grabbing Kong Zongwen's lapels and asking him why he wanted to surrender!

In fact, after more than half a year of massacring the gentry, Qi Yanming had long discovered a ridiculous and ironic fact.

In all the prefectures and counties of Zhili, every wealthy gentry's home is filled with mountains of gold and silver and food. However, the local people have no food and no clothing. A large number of refugees starve to death in the middle of the road, and no one cares about them. !

No sense of family and country justice!

That is, these damn literati, the literati who usually shout about loyalty to the emperor, patriotism and righteousness, are the most bastard thieves in the world!
If they hadn't been corrupt and bribed, if they hadn't cleverly set up their names, if they hadn't plundered the people's wealth and anointment, how could the lives of lower-class people like me have been so miserable?

For a time, cries, curses and begging for mercy echoed throughout the Confucius Mansion, accompanied by the disgusting smell of blood.

Because of this, Qi Yanming went crazy and slaughtered the gentry and country squires. Even now, he is not ready to let go of the Kong family in front of him, the first family respected and loved by the literati in the world!

All the Kong family members were silent and did not dare to say a word. Kong Wenshao, who had never experienced such a scene before, was so frightened that he lowered his head, fearing that these damn rebels would find out the details.

"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"

What kind of bastards are these?

He was a little tired after being chased by the damn Ming army for so long.

After all, the entire Qufu County was surrounded. The only safe place these children of the Kong family could think of was the Kong Mansion, which was guarded by some guards anyway.

Half an hour later, all the core members of the Kong family were arrested, including the 62nd generation Yanshenggong Kong Wenshao and his eldest son Kong Zhenqian, as well as a large number of Kong family elders and young masters from various branches of the Kong family.

However, this time Qi Yanming was not ready to escape again.

Or, use these Kong family members as bargaining chips to negotiate with the Ming army to give themselves and these brothers a way out.

Qi Yanming still knew the name of Yanshenggong. He was also a disciple of a famous religion in the past, and he also obtained the title of scholar, so for a certain period of time, he also longed to come to Qufu for pilgrimage.

In desperation, the Kong family member, who wanted to protect the face of the Kong family, finally laughed miserably, knocked himself down, and died on the spot!

There is no moral bottom line!

"it is good!"

Qi Yanming ordered coldly, then looked at Liu Liu and Liu Qi, signaling the two brothers to take their men to guard the city gate.

If nothing unexpected happens, according to the habits of the Ming soldiers behind them, they will come over soon and then surround Qufu County.

However, once Yanshenggong Kong Wenshao also surrenders to the rebels, the Kong family's last face will really be lost!
Qi Yanming glanced at Kong Zongwen coldly, then suddenly kicked him to the ground, then grabbed the guy's hair and put a knife on his neck.

Kong Zongwen yelled in panic, but unfortunately Kong Wenshao had no intention of coming out to save him.

Seeing this, Kong Zongwen stepped forward and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, I am Kong Zongwen, the magistrate of Qufu County. If you have anything, you can tell me..."

It’s this group of damned gentry and gentry, they deserve to die more than anyone else, and they deserve to be killed more than anyone else!

Kong Zongwen, the magistrate of Qufu County, could surrender to the rebels. Afterwards, the Ming court would investigate him, and at worst, he would be deposed.

Qi Yanming believed that the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty would not dare to do this, and the gentry in the world would not allow him to do this!
So no matter what, they still have a glimmer of hope.

"very good!"

"I underestimated you!"

"Come here, draw one out of ten, and kill until Na Yanshenggong comes out and admits it!"

Draw one out of ten, this is the most shocking and most human way of killing.

Because no one knows whether they will be hit inexplicably and then beheaded with a knife.

The rebels held down these Kongjia people, and the next moment they beheaded them with swords in a pattern of one out of ten.

Such a cruel and bloody scene was something that the proud Kong family had never experienced before. They were immediately frightened to the point of crying for father and mother, and some even wet their pants from fear.

Kong Wenshao stared blankly at the scene in front of him, his whole body trembling with fear and unable to move.

When he saw that his eldest son Kong Zhenqian had also been hit by the lottery, and that damn rebel was about to be chopped down with a knife, Kong Wenshao finally used all his strength to stand up.

"stop!"

"I am Kong Wenshao, the contemporary Yanshenggong!"

Hearing this, Qi Yanming laughed evilly, then stepped forward and struck Kong Wenshao with the back of his knife, causing Kong Wenshao's face to be covered in blood.

"The old guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Are you going to continue hiding?"

Kong Wenshao was beaten until his face was covered with blood and his heart was in pain, but he did not dare to get angry. Instead, he knelt down at Qi Yanming's feet humbly.

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Dominated by the desire to survive, Kong Wenshao had long forgotten all etiquette, justice and shame, and kowtowed to a rebel like a pug, begging for mercy.

Fan Wencheng stared blankly at this scene. His eyes suddenly turned red. He grabbed the long knife from a rebel and rushed forward, intending to kill this bastard who had shamed the Jinshi people. Unfortunately, Qi Yanming stopped him. Got it!
"Mr. Fan, what do you want to do?" Qi Yanming shouted angrily.

"Kill him! Let me kill him!" Fan Wencheng roared with red eyes.

He couldn't accept it, and his faith slowly collapsed before his eyes!

Qi Yanming slapped him directly, without even looking at Mr. Fan.

"Take him down and watch him carefully!"

Duke Yansheng was such a golden brand, he couldn't just die like this.

This old fate of Kong Wenshao is the life path for the rebel brothers!
After Fan Wencheng was taken away, Qi Yanming put a knife on Kong Wenshao's neck.

"Kong Wenshao, right?" "I need your cooperation, Master Yan, do you understand?"

"Cooperate!" Kong Wenshao replied hurriedly: "The common people must cooperate with the king!"

Seeing that this old guy was so smart, Qi Yanming had no intention of continuing to torment him.

However, at this moment, a rebel flag suddenly rushed in.

"General!"

"The soldiers of the Ming army came and blocked Qufu County!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell into deathly silence.

Qi Yanming's pupils suddenly shrank, and finally he smiled miserably: "It came so fast. This damn Marquis of Zhongshan, you wish I could kill these Kong family members, right?"

Kong Wenshao was startled when he heard this, and then he fell into despair.

Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan!
The life and death enemy of his cheap father-in-law Li Dongyang!

Damn it, why did this beast lead the army to suppress the rebellion?

For a time, all the Kong family members were in despair.

Qi Yanming kicked Kong Wenshao and scolded him sternly: "Write a letter immediately, then send your son to deliver the letter, and tell Tang Hao to retreat immediately and let us live, otherwise I will slaughter your Kong family, and then A fire burned down the entire Qufu County, do you understand? "

Hearing this, Kong Wenshao's heart trembled even more.

If this traitor is allowed to do this, the Kong family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will really be wiped out!
These Kong family members are all the sinners of the Kong family!

Therefore, Kong Wenshao did not dare to neglect, and immediately asked the rebels to bring paper and pen, and then sent Kong Zhenqian to deliver the letter.

As for why it was Kong Zhenqian, does this still need an explanation?

Kong Wenshao wanted to go and deliver the letter himself, but unfortunately Qi Yanming would not agree.

So he could only give his only chance of survival to his eldest son Kong Zhenqian!
Even if Qufu is gone in the end, the Kong family still has a trace of blood left!
Kong Zhenqian bid farewell to his father and clan members with tears streaming down his face. Then, escorted by two rebels, he left Qufu County and went straight to the Ming Army camp.

At this moment, Tang Hao was discussing the march plan with Tang Mu and others.

Well, where should we drive these rebels next?

The Shandong gentry had been bloodbathed before, but now that they all appeared to be quite virtuous, there was no need to massacre them.

So the next suitable place is the south.

There is no doubt that the country gentry who were in charge of half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue were actually the best choice.

But the problem is that if Tang Hao really does this, those guys above the court will definitely not be able to tolerate it, and they may be forced to commit rebellion.

Therefore, their "march plan" still needs to be carefully planned.

At this moment, Leng Hantie walked in with a strange expression.

"Master Marquis, the rebels sent Kong Zhenqian, the son of Duke Yansheng Kong Wenshao, out. Seeing this posture, they want to order us to retreat!"

"Kong Zhenqian?" Tang Hao sneered, "Order us to retreat?"

"Qi Yanming, do you want to eat shit? Even if the King of Heaven comes, I will not retreat, let alone Kong Zhenqian, who is so troublesome!"

"Lock them up and throw them into a horse pen. Don't make me sick!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the generals in the camp changed.

They had long seen that their prince was very hostile to the Kong family, but they did not expect it to be so hostile!

Without waiting for Leng Hantie and Tang Mu to persuade him, Kong Zhenqian barged in directly.

After all, he was Kong Zhenqian, the next generation of Duke Yansheng, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the prince of the dynasty, so the soldiers at the door did not dare to attack him.

As soon as Kong Zhengqian broke into the camp, he cursed Tang Hao.

"Tang Hao!"

"You damn cruel eagle dog!"

"If you don't retreat, those rebels will burn down the entire Qufu!"

"The inheritance of my Confucian family has been cut off because of this, and the Holy Land of Qufu has been destroyed because of this. No scholar or gentry in the world will let you go!"

At this moment, Tang Hao couldn't laugh anymore.

He looked at the eldest son of Duke Yansheng coldly, then stood up slowly, walked up to the boy, and slapped him hard.

The pampered Crown Prince Yansheng was knocked to the ground by this slap and was stunned on the spot.

"Mr. Yan Shenggong?"

"Holy Bloodline?"

"Do you think you are really a noble person from Tianhuang?"

Tang Hao knelt down and looked at Kong Zhenqian with disdain.

"Do you still need me to remind you of these disgusting things that you Kong family has done?"

"During the former Song Dynasty, there were jokes about two sects coexisting and even three Yanshengong!"

"When the Mongolian barbarians conquered the Central Plains, what did your Kong family do?"

"Instead of upholding the integrity of the civilized people and leading the people to "serve the country with loyalty" to resist the foreign barbarians, they instead competed to flatter your new master Kublai Khan. In order to compete for the title of "Yanshenggong", the nephews of the Kong family all You ran to Kublai Khan to compete for his favor, and when he saw your ugly behavior, Kublai Khan laughed loudly and responded: "You all come back, and you must study hard. If you are talented, I will be able to appoint you to an official position." Even if you fail to flatter me, you, the Kong family, still have an ugly face of being servile and servile, and even gave Kublai Khan the title of "Grand Master of Confucianism"..."

"The various behaviors of you descendants of saints can be said to have lost the character of the literati, the integrity of the literati, the pride of the literati, and the face of the Chinese people. He claims to be an example of a gentleman, and he claims to be the best in the world!"

To be honest, Tang Hao really hated these Kong family members.

In the case of the former Song and Yuan dynasties, it is understandable that they were forced by the situation, so they had to compromise.

But that's not all, it's just the beginning!
This group of "blood descendants of saints" have performed the behaviors of "sizing up the situation", "being able to bend and stretch", and "being servile" to the extreme!
Before the Ming Dynasty, it was well known that when the Jin soldiers went south, "two sects stood side by side", and when the Mongolian, Yuan, Jin and Southern Song kingdoms stood side by side, the "three sects stood side by side" made the world's literati feel shameful. But what refreshed Zhu Hou's three views was his subsequent behavior.

When the Manchus came, they began to kneel and lick again. In the first year of Shunzhi, Kong Yinzhi wrote the "First Admission Statement" to express his willingness to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

His words are extremely flattering and disgusting: "All nations admire the rule of the Reform, and the principles are upright; the benevolence of Jiuzhong Gengshi, lead the return of the land! The whole world is celebrating, respectfully honoring His Majesty the Emperor, inheriting the heavens to rule the country, and appeasing the people with virtue! Look at the sacred learning Chonglong, staggering and fearful; looking up to Huang You's majesty, admiration is deep!"

In the second year of Shunzhi, the Manchu and Qing court issued an order to shave their heads. Kong Yinzhi led his tribe to take the lead in shaving their heads and presented the "Head-Shaving Memorial" to the Manchu and Qing court!
In modern history, Duke Yansheng's Mansion still has not straightened its back and shouldered the heavy responsibilities that a "literary leader" should shoulder as the world expected. On the contrary, it is even worse than those previous servile behaviors!

In a word, the attitude of these "blood descendants of saints" towards the Yi Di is "whoever surrenders will be surrendered"!
The golden man is here, bringing gold!
Meng Yuan is here, lower the Yuan!
Jiannu is here, surrender to the Qing Dynasty!
The island country is coming, keep descending!

As "literary leaders" and "scholar role models", they turned out to be the most uncharacteristic and disrespectful literati. It's really unbelievable!
I don’t know how Confucius, who once proposed: “It is better for the Yi and Di to have kings than for the Xia to perish”, how he would feel if he knew that his descendants were so servile!
It’s no wonder that the saying “seventy-six generations of domestic slaves and twenty-five ministers of the second dynasty” has been circulated in later generations!

Even if it is biased, it is by no means groundless!

Tang Hao really didn't have any good impressions of this so-called "first family in the world"!

Because Zhu Houqing clearly knew the disgusting behavior of this first family in the world since it established its status, until modern times and until later generations!

Just talking about what Yanshenggong Mansion did in the Ming Dynasty is enough to make people sick.

He is obviously the blood descendant of a saint, and he is obviously shouting about benevolence, justice and morality, but secretly he has done all kinds of dirty things!

These pampered men of the Kong family can be said to be representatives of the world's gentry. They have done all kinds of bad things, such as taking bribes and bending the law, exorbitant taxes, withholding financial subsidies, seeking benefits for relatives and friends, keeping prostitutes, addicted to gambling, and embezzlement. Official property, public property for private use, general property...

So, what is the significance of this kind of family existence?

Is it just to torture and enslave the people of Qufu from generation to generation?
Tang Hao stretched out his hand, grabbed Kong Zhengqian's neck, and lifted him up.

"If you want to live, beg for mercy. If you want to die, I will grant you mercy!"

Feeling the threat of death, Kong Zhenqian finally gave up and struggled frantically to beg for mercy.

"Spare my life... Lord Marquis... have mercy..."

Seeing this, Tang Hao threw it to the ground with disgust on his face.

"The first servile family, they deserve the title!"

(End of this chapter)