Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 457
From extreme loneliness and solitude, when one suddenly sees the sun, one really has a feeling of rebirth.

In the past, Yang Chao only thought it was a metaphor and rhetoric, used to contrast the degree of loneliness, but now he believes it.

And based on his personal experience, this feeling of being resurrected from the dead has lasted for a long time, which is a rare life experience.

But Yang Chao was not in the mood to enjoy this experience at all. At this time, his will was still very depressed, and he was still doubting the meaning of life just now. When he walked out of the small door of the confinement room, everything was forgotten , What a boring guy must be to think about the meaning of your life, if he can think about it in the confinement room, I will accept him.

Yang Chao, who walked out of the confinement room, only wanted to live well. As for the meaning of life, anyone who dared to ask him would beat someone.

Yang Chao looks at everything now with a hysterical mood of Wen Qingnan. The seriousness on the faces of the soldiers who hadn’t noticed before, the battle flags fluttering in the wind, and even a dog’s tail grass swaying on the wall are all so serious at this time. It is vivid and full of vitality.

Seeing the concubine running over crying, Yang Chao had never felt that she was so beautiful.

All of a sudden, he threw himself into his arms in front of everyone, and Yang Chao hugged her silently for a long time.

It's very strange, it was just yesterday or the day before yesterday, anyway, the time won't be too long, Yang Chao also had an idea, after he came out, he must teach this unlucky concubine a good lesson, what an unlucky child, he forced his man into her Brigade.

But now Yang Chao has no resentment at all, his mood is not as peaceful as it is now.

Now he really wants to be a peace ambassador, go to the whole world to promote peace and the preciousness of life.

Dong Xiaowan raised her head and saw that Xianggong was looking at her calmly, with a smile on her face, and trembled for no reason.

She wondered if there was something wrong with Xianggong's brain, why did he have such an expression of seeing through life and affairs.

Dong Xiaowan has seen that kind of eyes before, in some temples, he has seen the eyes of the most ordinary old monks, this kind of old monks are unknown and do not bear the name of a master, but like a master, they have practiced for a lifetime, Do not fight for fame or profit, the clouds are calm and the wind is light.

But how could such unlucky eyes appear in my husband's eyes? Didn't Xianggong always give people a kind of sharpness and rebellion, as well as full of intoxicating fighting spirit?

"Sir, let's go."

Dong Xiaowan said timidly.

Yang Chao nodded slightly.

The concubine thoughtfully prepared a sumptuous meal for Yang Chao.

Yang Chao was really hungry. On the first day in the confinement room, he still wanted to eat, but later on he didn't even want to take a bite.

Now I have an appetite, but I eat in a leisurely manner, and I chat with Dong Xiaowan from time to time, but the content has nothing to do with the army, the country, or the general situation, just talking about some parents' gossip.

After eating, Yang Chao suddenly felt a little sleepy, so he took a nap. This sleep was really sweet. In his dream, he was in an apple orchard, and the intoxicating fragrance was so real, but a flying bird The birds woke him up.

Stretch and feel comfortable.

"There is no movement in the Qing army. Wang Pu has stabilized the situation in all the prefectures and counties. There are [-] people in the green camp of the Qing army who have surrendered. Wang Pu asked whether he should be recruited. He reported that these people are good soldiers, all of them are strong, and more or less Or at least have combat experience."

"That's nothing strange. The Qing court is poor and crazy. They don't support idlers. They just hold them in their hands. That's what stupid warlords like the four towns did. It's not that Wang Pu didn't like surrendering all the time. Didn’t he always advocate that all surrendered soldiers should be killed?”

Yang Chao was a little curious.

Huang Yuandao: "I don't know about that either."

Yang Chao nodded: "The [-] green battalions of the Qing army are all strong men selected by the Qing court from the north, and they have been trained for a period of time, so they can be incorporated. Let Wang Pu hurry up to practice. Shandong's money, food, taxes and taxes are not needed. Hand it in, it's enough to raise soldiers."

Huang Yuan wrote it down in his book, and said: "There is one more thing, please make a decision with the governor."

Yang Chao said, "What's the matter?"

Huang Yuan said: "Shandong Confucian Mansion!"

Yang Chao asked suspiciously, "Confucius Mansion? What happened to Confucian Mansion?"

The Confucian Mansion is a very special place. The direct descendants of Confucius, the identity is too sensitive, and the symbolic meaning is too important. If you respect the Confucian Mansion, it will reassure the scholars all over the world, and make them feel that you are respecting the holy religion. If you attack the Confucian government, you will make them panic, even the descendants of Confucius, let alone ordinary scholars.

Therefore, the dynasties of the past dynasties have been extremely wooing to the Confucian family. Even the Mongols did not move the Confucian family. I heard that the worst thing was to shoot the plaque of the Confucian family with an arrow. Later, the Mongolian barbarian who shot the arrow in the legend died soon. And it died inexplicably, of course, this must be a nonsense spread by scholars.

But the Mongols did not move the Confucian family, and now the Qing court has not moved the Confucian family either.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty honored Confucius, the Kong family has been honored for thousands of years. Every dynasty has rewards. Their family has more fields than ordinary vassals. It can be said to be the top wealthy family. It is said that later generations Qianlong dreamed, I want to marry my dearest daughter to a higher-level family than theirs, but Aixinjueluo is already a royal family, so there is no higher-level family. At this time, the minister thought of the Kong family, and Qianlong only thought of it Such a detached family married off their daughter, of course in order to conform to the old custom of not intermarrying between Manchu and Han, so the daughter was married as the daughter of a minister.

Of course this is still a legend, it was made up to uplift the Kong family, bullshit Man and Han do not marry, Princess Jianning even married Wu Yingxiong.

But since it was compiled and believed by people, it means that it is reasonable, that is to say, in the minds of a large number of people, the Kong family is the first family in China, a family that is even higher than the royal family.

Faced with such a family, Yang Chao is also very difficult to deal with. He does not intend to move his family, because the impact is too great, but he is not reconciled, because the Kong family occupies too many fields in Shandong, and the land near Qufu is basically They all belong to his family, and there are still some scattered farmlands in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that the land occupied by the Confucian Mansion is more than 20 mu. , the land occupied by the descendants of Confucius is probably an astronomical figure.

Yang Chao didn't look down upon the Kong family because they were rich. He wasn't a man who hated the rich, but because the Kong family was a little bit unkind. Such a big family, such a wealthy family, was like a bully. People in Qufu basically They are all slaves of their family, even ordinary people, the Kong family can also take life and death. All dynasties have given the Kong family the power of life and death in Qufu.

In fact, most places in China are regarded as a centralized system after the Qin Dynasty, but Qufu, a ghost place, is like the serfdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. But they don't want to keep them.

With such power, the Kong family can arrest people at will. In fact, they are not only in Qufu, but have even expanded to their manors in various places. up.

Maybe the head of the Kong family didn't know the matter, maybe it was just Zhuangtou and the housekeeper colluding, but the Kong family is a big umbrella, and the reason why the Kong family can't interfere with the government is because they have their own judicial power, and the local government has no The authority governs them, and all matters concerning the Kong family must be approved by the emperor.

As long as the Kong family's privileges are taken and local officials are allowed to intervene in local affairs, the Kong family will obviously not be able to do the kind of thing that invades the fertile land and bullies men and women, at least someone will take care of it.

"What happened to the Kong family?"

Seeing Huang Yuan's hesitation, Yang Chao couldn't help asking, if he hasn't offended the Kong family yet, is it possible that the Kong family dared to come to him.

Huang Yuan said: "The Kong family persuades you to come in!"

"Persuade?"

Yang Chao didn't understand for a moment.

"The Kong family put on a persuasion form for you!"

Yang Chao understood and recovered Shandong by himself. The Kong family put their idea on Yang Chao's head and persuaded Yang Chao to become emperor.

Yang Chao was surprised, but not surprised. When Li Zicheng arrived in Beijing, the Kong family couldn't wait to send people to Beijing to persuade him to enter. As a result, he was halfway there, and the Qing army entered Beijing. He immediately changed his name and continued to persuade him to enter.

I took the persuasion table in Huang Yuan's hand and looked at it. The rhetoric is gorgeous and full of ancient style. After all, it is a big family. coming.

Yang Chao was a little speechless. For such a family, the Ming court has not completely perished, so they jumped out and persuaded them to join three times.

But what can I say, people just eat this bowl of rice, the persuasion of the Confucian family means that Confucius has approved a certain regime in a certain sense, and it means that this regime is in line with etiquette and law. It is extremely useful for the emperor who tried his best to whitewash himself. Therefore, he was happy to accept the Kong family's persuasion.

For the Kong family, if the other party accepts their persuasion, they have to continue to treat the Kong family favorably, otherwise they will lose their legitimacy, so their family actually eats this persuasion, and as for other meanings, it has no meaning. I have never heard of any important figures in the Confucian Mansion, or any figures who have made great contributions to history, and of course there are no particularly destructive figures.

Apart from the mysterious halo of a saint, this is nothing more than a mediocre family that has lasted for a long time.

"Great Governor!"

When Yang Chao watched it, he advised him to enter the table.

Huang Yuan suddenly fell to his knees, his body trembling and his heart heaving.

"what happened to you?"

Yang Chao asked.

Huang Yuan swallowed his saliva and said, "The governor might as well just accept the persuasion!"

Yang Chao threw the persuasion watch on his face, knowing why he was agitated, if Yang Chao really accepted, he would be the first one to make a contribution at this time.

Suddenly Yang Chao realized something and asked: "This thing, you and Wang Pu have a good tradition and threatened the Kong family, right?"

Yang Chao already knew that his subordinates wanted him to be emperor, it was inevitable, it was traditional culture.

But when he thought about it, if his subordinates wanted to forcibly add a yellow robe to him, Yang Chao would feel a little unhappy.

Huang Yuandao: "There is absolutely no such thing. In fact, the Kong family has long wanted to persuade them to come in. Wang Pu has limited troops and cannot protect their envoys, so it has been delayed until now."

Yang Chao said, "Is someone from the Kong family here?"

Huang Yuan said: "He came the day before yesterday, do you want to meet the governor?"

Yang Chao shook his head: "No, this family is too terrifying. I don't even know what to say when I see the governor. If you don't come here, don't be rude. Since you are a member of the Kong family, you must know etiquette. Tell the Kong family , I respect Confucius, let them feel at ease, and cooperate with Wang Pu to stabilize Shandong, which is a great achievement. I also told them that the officials and gentry pay food together. The Confucius family is the world's first official and gentry. They should set an example, not the Japanese governor When people measure the acres of land in Shandong, the first family will measure the Kong family and ask them to cooperate."

"This this!"

Receive talents from the descendants of Confucius?Huang Yuan didn't even think about it, this is too unbelievable, and he will be scolded.

And it will be scolded miserably, and it will be scolded for a long time, and it will be scolded in the history books.

"Don't go soon!"

Yang Chao shouted.

Huang Yuan was helpless: "Yes!"

Knowing that he is a bit of a maverick as the governor, and he does things very differently from ordinary people, Huang Yuan can only obey his orders. I hope that after being scolded, the governor will not become angry and blame the Kong family, because the ones who scolded people must not be the Kong family , but those old masters who make their own claims.

(End of this chapter)