Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 359 Zhu Gaoxuan: Bow Your Head or Die
Naturally, the boat on which the crown prince was riding was heavily guarded.With the painting boat as the axis, there are twelve small boats on the left and right wings. The guards on the boats are all the elites of the upper twelve imperial guards, wearing chains and light armor, wearing bamboo hats, shoulders and shoulders. The waist is slightly bloated, because there is a mechanism crossbow hidden in the wrist, just a slight movement of the finger can make the poison-soaked crossbow arrows burst out of the air with lightning speed.

The old man in sackcloth surnamed Kong was holding an oil-paper umbrella, and under the cover of the rain, he pretended to casually glance at the armored guards on the boat. Although the guards were located in different places, they looked in the same direction surprisingly. His eyes were fierce.

The old man in sackcloth couldn't help feeling a subtle feeling in his heart: he was like a lamb surrounded by wolves, and he was going to meet the wolf king.

With his knowledge, he could naturally see that the guards in charge of the Prince's painting and defense were not ostentatious, they were warriors who came out of a sea of ​​blood and corpses, and their loyalty was only dedicated to the Prince.

Standing in the rain, the old man in sackcloth was full of thoughts, thinking strangely in his heart: If the crown prince and the emperor were enemies and gave orders to the imperial guards of the upper twelve guards, who would these imperial guards listen to?

Before he could think too much, he suddenly saw the escort boats around the painting boat gradually spread out, making way for him.

The old man in sackcloth looked up, and saw Yu Qian holding the prince's jade tablet at the handrail of the deck of the painting boat, waving his hand to signal the imperial guards to order.

Just a prince's waist card can make the guards of the upper twelve guards obey.

The old man in sackcloth already had an answer to the hypothesis just now: It seems that even the noble emperor is not as good as the crown prince.

At the very least, if the emperor wants to mobilize the imperial army, it is not enough to rely on the waist card.

The upper twelve guards only recognize imperial edicts and tiger charms.

But now it seems that the crown prince's waist card is more useful than imperial decree and tiger charm.

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The old man in sackcloth just walked into the painting boat, and before he could see the situation clearly, he heard a bang, and Yu Qian closed the door from the outside. The candles in the room flickered and almost went out in shock.

His eagle eyes narrowed slightly, but he saw Prince Zhu Gaoxuan and young master Yao Guangxiao drinking each other behind the desk, the prince drank wine, young teacher drank tea, the two chatted happily.

Zhang Muzhi was wearing a flying fish suit given by the emperor, holding an embroidered spring knife in his hand, and the powerful eagle, dog, eyes and ears beside the prince put his hand on the handle of the knife, looking at the old man in linen with murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhu Gaoxuan raised his hand to signal, the singers and dancers stopped one after another, and left slowly through the back door.

After all the idlers had retreated, the crown prince drank a glass of strong wine and asked unhurriedly, "Who is here?"

The old man clad in sackcloth cupped his hands and said, "Confucius is the 56th descendant of the Southern sect."

Zhu Gaoyi glanced at the other party and asked, "Why doesn't Yugu kneel?"

The old man in sackcloth said leisurely: "Why does the inner sage kneel to the outer king?"

Zhu Gaoxuan chuckled, and said: "You are still a descendant of Confucius, and you don't even understand the Confucianist way of managing the world. The so-called inner sage refers to a person's perfect inner scholarly cultivation. On the basis of the realization of the inner ideal personality, the sage's kingly ideal is reflected in social life and national politics, so as to realize the sage king's ideal of governing the country and pacifying the world."

"The inner sage is the basis of the outer king, and the outer king is the natural result of the inner sage. But whether it is an inner sage or an outer king, it is a reference to Confucian knowledge, and there is no other meaning."

"When it comes to you old man, the inner sage refers to the descendants of Yan Shenggong, and the outer king refers to the emperor and heirs. Such a ridiculous statement, if Confucius heard it, he would crawl out of the coffin in anger and beat you. .”

The eyes of the old man in sackcloth flickered: "I never thought that His Highness the Crown Prince would have such a deep view on my Confucianism. It really surprised me."

Zhu Gaoxuan said lightly: "Cultivation, Qi, Governance, Peace, self-cultivation is the foundation, and it is the key to achieving the inner sage. With benevolence and wisdom, everyone is a saint. There has never been a single person in this world who was born That's the saint."

Speaking of this, he paused, pointed at the old man in sackcloth and said with a smile: "Kong Zhu, the ancestor of the Kong family temple, is the eldest grandson of Confucius II and the son of Kong Wanchun, the sage of Song Yan. Zhu is Yan Shenggong, in the 12th year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, he allocated 36 yuan of official money to build a family temple for you Kong."

"Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty was 12 years old, and there are only 20 years left before the Southern Song Dynasty's subjugation. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty is already in jeopardy, and the national treasury is running a deficit, but it still spends 36 yuan of official money to build your family temple for the Southern Song Dynasty court. The Southern Song Dynasty court, to you Kong’s kindness can be said to be as heavy as a mountain, how did your ancestor Kong Zhu repay the court?”

The old man in sackcloth said with a blushing face, "When the Song and Yuan regimes changed, the ancestors of Kong Zhu perfectly used Confucian wisdom, calmly dealt with coercion and temptation, abided by loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and preserved Confucian culture and inheritance. The allusion of Kong Zhu let Feng, It has been passed down and praised by the world.”

Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes were gloomy: "Fuck your mother, you will put gold on the face of your ancestors. Your Kong family, who ate Song Lu and received Song's favor, betrayed you without hesitation when the country fell. Southern Song Dynasty. Surrender as soon as you surrender, you, the Kong family, surrendered the Yuan Empire established by Mongolian Kublai Khan! Such behavior, betraying the monarch, betraying the nation, is it different from a beast?"

"The experience of being reviled by anyone in any dynasty is still turned upside down by you and regarded as a saint. Your Confucian culture originally learned that you are wolf-hearted, disloyal and unrighteous!"

"Er Tsao's body and name are all destroyed, and the rivers and rivers will not be destroyed forever!"

After such words, Zhu Gaoxuan tore off the fig leaf of Confucianism and Kong with extremely pungent words, and used the tip of a writing knife to gouge and puncture Kong's spine, which can be said to be heart-wrenching.

Yu Qian and Zhang Muzhi were all dumbfounded, and the skinny old hand of the black-clothed Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao holding the teacup was also hanging in the air, his eyes were a little dull, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This prince is really amazing.

Confucianism and descendants of Confucianism who have been respected by the world for thousands of years seem to be shameless and evil insects in Zhu Gaoyi's mouth.

However, the old man in sackcloth who was scolded bloody just smiled slightly.

"Well said, well said."

"It seems that His Royal Highness not only has amazing achievements and views on my Confucianism, but also has a good understanding of the history of my Confucianism."

The smile of the old man in sackcloth remained unchanged, "Since the crown prince knows everything, then the old man will not talk nonsense today, let's just discuss the matter?"

Zhu Gaoyi stood up, took out the yellow silk scarf from his sleeves, held the white porcelain jug warming on the corner stove, and leaned against the carved window.

He said lightly: "Before Gu drinks up this pot of wine, finish talking."

The old man in sackcloth didn't talk nonsense, and said simply and neatly: "Before sunset tomorrow, seventeen families in Yangzhou will send 20 shi of grain and grass to the Yangzhou government's grain and grass, and do our best for His Majesty and His Highness's Northern Expedition."

"20 per family is indeed a meager effort."

Zhu Gaoxuan said lightly, "This sweetness, do you want to send Gu away?"

"Of course it's more than that."

The old man in sackcloth smiled and said, "Within one month, the aristocratic families in the southern provinces will join hands to collect 5000 million shi grains and 5000 million taels of silver. Don't worry, Your Highness, we will be responsible for transporting these grains to Beijing, and the transportation cost will not cost the court 1.1 Rice money."

Hearing this number, even Yao Guangxiao couldn't help gasping: "It's really a big deal."

The logistics standard of the Ming army is that a sergeant has one liter of five liters of rice beans per day, and four buckets and five liters of grain in a month.

The army horse has three liters of concentrate every day, and a bunch of licorice is no different from what the sergeant eats, because the army horse cannot only be fed with grass, otherwise the horse will rest after charging.War horses in the army need to be fed with bean cakes, wheat bran, salt and other feeds.After a month, it is almost nine buckets of grain and three stones of grass.

For an army of 4500, the war horses and pack horses are calculated at 4500 shi, the human food is 15000 shi, the horse food is 24000 shi, and the grass is [-] shi, which means that the monthly consumption of food and grass is [-] shi.

In addition, there is also the huge consumption caused by the long transportation of grain and grass. The ox carts and horse-drawn carts all need to be fed with grain and grass.I'm afraid that the consumption in the middle is more than what the sergeant eats.

His Majesty the Emperor will consume at least 40 shi, grain, and grass for this northern expedition.The Ministry of Industry has built tens of thousands of Wugang vehicles, which are specially used to transport grain and grass.

With 5000 million shi of grain, His Majesty the Emperor would not be able to spend his annual vacation with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, let alone 5000 million taels of silver.

Zhu Gaoyi asked with great interest: "You said you asked them to give food and money, and they will give it? Is that how the southerners listen to you?"

The old man in sackcloth smiled and nodded: "Yes, I have to give it to them."

Speak the most arrogant words in the calmest tone.

It was as if he was the emperor of the south.

The fact is indeed the case, the influence of Kong's Nanzong in the whole south is not far from wealth and power.It is more about the influence that is quite similar to religious belief brought by the gold-lettered signboard of "After the Most Holy Teacher".

All court officials, how many people are not born in Confucianism in the imperial examination?Whoever came from Confucianism in the imperial examination, how many people dare to refute the face of the most holy teacher?
Under the monopoly of the discourse power of the system that has lasted for thousands of years, the Kong family has long become a towering tree that stands tall in the changing feudal dynasties, with roots covering every inch of soil and absorbing nutrients.

Zhu Gaoxuan's tone was also very calm: "What do you want?"

It is impossible for the other party to offer such a good condition just to let him let the Seventeen Houses of Yangzhou go.The Seventeen Families of Yangzhou can be regarded as a strong one in Southern Zhili, but looking at the whole south, what is the Seventeen Families of Yangzhou in the eyes of the Confucian Southern Sect?
With Kong's status, it is no longer easy to show up, because once he makes a move, the impact will not only be the tide on the surface, but also the undercurrent under the water.A dynasty would never tolerate such a huge thousand-year-old family threatening its rule.

If Kong wants to last for a long time, it is not to show off his fists all the time, but to make it transparent and reduce its sense of existence, so that no one notices that under the calm water surface, there is a hidden monster with the same volume as the lake. Shadow Behemoth.

For the old man in sackcloth to come forward, it shows that the pressure brought by Zhu Gaoxuan in the south has already made Kong feel a little out of breath.

The emperor's southern tour was to stabilize power.

Zhu Gaoyi's southern tour was to destroy the foundation of the family.

This is the biggest problem that frightens Kong.

Facing Zhu Gaoxuan's question, the old man in sackcloth said slowly, "I only have one request, and that is—"

"Your Highness will never set foot in the south again in this life."

Boom!

Suddenly there was thunder and lightning rushing outside, illuminating the canal at night like daytime. After the flash of light, the thunder came like thousands of troops battling each other, like the waves of the vast sea overlapping, almost shattering the oppression of the sky.

The pattering rain was infinitely magnified after the thunder, crashing like a dragon king turning over, and the noisy and majestic sound of heavy rain was extremely loud in the quiet room.

On the calm canal, the water is rushing, and the comfortable painting boat is swaying on the water, and it may turn over in the next moment.

The general of the Forbidden Army standing guard outside the room couldn't help shouting inside: "Prince, it's raining too much, and it's too dangerous for the boat to float on the canal. Please let our boat dock quickly!"

Zhu Gaoxuan responded in a deep voice: "Send the order to the solitary person, and the solitary person will not make a sound. No boat or boat can move without authorization. Also, no one is allowed within a hundred steps!"

"promise!"

The general of the forbidden army got the order and took a small boat to convey the order to the ships guarding the boat.

"The prince has an order, no one is allowed within a hundred steps, and without the order of the prince, no one can move a boat or a boat!"

"Order!"

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Inside the boat, Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes flickered with a cold gloomy light: "Can Gu be understood as that you are threatening Gu?"

The old man in sackcloth lowered his head slightly: "Don't dare."

In the past few decades he has been in charge of the Kong family, he has seen the great grandfather bloodbath the world with the four Hongwu cases, killing the Fengtian Palace to the point of blood flowing into rivers.

I have also seen that Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassals at the beginning of his succession, the vassal kings of Kyushu were turbulent, and the world was unstable.

I have also seen that His Majesty is fighting against thirteen provinces with the power of one place. Suddenly, some lunatics sharpen their knives at night, and the emperor's star flutters like a firefly, causing the world to change masters but not Zhu.

But in the eyes of this old man in sackcloth, everything is nothing more than mediocrity. It belongs to the waves that often occur in the cycle of the dynasty. No matter how many people die, they will not die on Kong's head.The appearance of only one person gave him an urgent sense of crisis.

——Zhu Gaoxuan.

From being an unfavored king of Qi to later conquering the north and south to secure the military power of the Ming Dynasty, the three huge northeastern provinces only listen to his orders.He changed the situation of this dynasty step by step, with countless dead bones under his feet, and the influence he brought has surpassed that of His Majesty today.

If it's just like this, it won't make Kong fearful.

What really frightened him was that after Zhu Gaoxuan came to power, he was destroying the foundation of the aristocratic family bit by bit.Reforming the administration of officials and the tax system, he used two knives called taxation and officials to destroy the monopoly of the aristocratic family invisibly.

And now, this man has revealed his true ambition.

He came to the south, blatantly wanting to push down the proud head of the family.

Either bow your head.

or die.

(End of this chapter)