Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 544 Huang Zongxi (VIII)
one year later
Spring of the 340th year of Yan State (550 years)
Yandu
"Trash! It's all trash!"

Over the past year, Hou Jing has become more and more restless and angry as the battle line is getting closer and closer.

He still underestimated Yan Guo's accumulated heritage overseas for hundreds of years, and its strength after the outbreak is terrifying.

The scene where the five hundred catapults of the parliamentary army launched at the same time was terrifying, and all the projectiles were flint.

The arrows of the parliamentary army seemed to be inexhaustible, and each person was heavily armored. The ordinary soldiers each had a thousand-mile horse, and the senior officers each had a red rabbit horse.

Without any skills, just relying on strong firepower, he pressed Hou Jing step by step, and captured one city after another.

Since the food and grass transportation of the parliamentary army is through the sea, Hou Jing can't cut off the food supply road of the parliamentary army, and almost all of Yan's fleet is in the hands of the parliamentary army.

Apart from the countless gold, silver and jewels in Yandu, Hou Jing has nothing.

For more than a year, a young man named Huang Zongxi suddenly rose up and led the parliamentary army to conquer the city, which became a nightmare for Hou Jing's rebels.

Hou Jing's own 4-strong army had been completely wiped out, and the remaining [-] or so people were acting on the basis of wind and wind. Seeing Hou Jing's continuous shrinking of the front line, they had the idea of ​​leaving the battlefield.

Goguryeo was the first to act. Seeing that it was impossible to destroy the Yan Kingdom, Goguryeo returned directly to the northern mountains and forests after burning, killing and looting Hou Jing's territory, so that there was no need to worry about accidentally bumping into the parliamentary army on the Liaodong Plain.

Later, the Jin State of Yan and Wei State of Yan also secretly contacted Huang Zongxi, the representative of the parliamentary army, expressing their willingness to abandon the dark and turn to the bright to assist the king's division to destroy the rebels.

Whoever wins, they help whoever, there is nothing to say.

"What I can't get, I will never keep for the people of Yan!" Hou Jing gave up on himself, and since he couldn't get Yandu, he would destroy Yandu.

Immediately, Hou Jing ordered: "Everyone is going to go back to Shandong Road. Take away what Yan can take away, and destroy everything that cannot be taken away. All areas of the city are piled up with firewood and coal, ready to burn Yandu!"

He wanted to follow the example of Dong Zhuo at the end of the Han Dynasty and set fire to this rich city.

The next day, a killing began.

Hou Jing's army massacred wantonly in Yandu, houses were burned, and every corner of the beautiful Yan Palace was filled with coal. This palace, which took 500 years of painstaking efforts of the Wang family, was about to be destroyed by flames.

Hou Jing also ordered the removal of the huge statue of Confucius on the pier of Taohuagang, and it was replaced by ruins.

another two months later

Summer of Yan Kingdom 340
When Huang Zongxi led the parliamentary army into the unguarded Yandu, what he saw was a scene like hell.

The streets are full of corpses, women's bodies have been inserted into various objects, men's heads are piled up into large and small Jingguan, the luxurious Yan Palace has been turned into ruins, and even the night pearls and moonstones on the street lamps have been detained. .

At his feet, there is also a pregnant girl. Judging by her clothes, she is still a noble lady, but her stomach has been cut open, and half of the dead baby's head is exposed.

"This is the national calamity day for our country of Yan." Huang Zongxi lamented, the scene in front of him was too sensational.

"Hou Jing must be torn to pieces!" An officer gritted his teeth. He has relatives living in Yandu, including his parents and sister. The first time he entered the city, he went back to his home to look for his parents, but After discovering that the parents had already beheaded, and the younger sister was defiled, she was stabbed through the private parts with a spear and died.

"A ruler with supreme power brings terrible damage to the people. For example, the first emperor who suffered all the world, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty whose household registration was halved, and Hou Jing who slaughtered people and burned the city."

"I don't want to discuss their merits, I just hope it doesn't happen again in the future."

Looking at the human tragedy in front of him, Huang Zongxi became more and more determined in his heart, that is to limit the power of the monarch and not allow the monarch to have supreme power, otherwise it is very likely to bring great misery to the people.

Of course, some wise rulers can put the country on the right track, but the probability of such a so-called wise ruler appearing is too small, and the probability of being a tyrant and foolish ruler is very high.

Look at the Central Plains next door. Almost every emperor in the Jin Dynasty was a faint emperor. Except for the founding emperor Liu Yu, who was a Ming emperor for a short time in Liu Song Dynasty, the others were all faint and tyrants. Xiao Yan of the Liang Kingdom is even more typical. He has been in power for decades, and only worked hard in the first ten years, and he has been repeatedly tossing the people for the next few decades.

It takes ten wise kings to make up for the damage caused to the people by the emergence of a tyrant, but the probability of a tyrant becoming a fool is often more than ten times that of a wise king.

Throughout the history, it is a miracle among miracles that the Wang family appeared consecutively at the beginning of the Ninth Mingjun. Even the Qin State, which survived the sixth generation, is too inferior compared to the Wang family.

Even the number of wise monarchs in the Han Dynasty was far less than that of the Wang family, but even so, the Wang family's Yan Kingdom was still plagued by disasters.

The patriarchs of nine generations in a row have considered the family wholeheartedly, even at the cost of sacrificing their own happiness. The quality of such a monarch is hundreds of times higher than that of Qin and Han.

That is to say, the Wang family was small at the time, otherwise they would have ruled the Central Plains long ago.

another two months later

夏末
Yecheng
"Long live! Long live! Long live!"

Gao Cheng was assassinated and died last year. His younger brother Gao Yang took over the power of the Gao family and accelerated the pace of usurping the throne. He finally accepted the abdication and proclaimed himself emperor this year. The country was named "Qi" and the capital was established in Yecheng.

Although Jinyang is the headquarters of the Gao family, it is a little far from the Central Plains. Although Luoyang is the old capital of the Wei State, it is located on the border and is very unsafe, so it is more appropriate to set the capital in Yecheng.

Gao Yang, who became the founding emperor of Daqi, was very excited, and he was going to work hard to rectify the administration of officials.

"Give me 20 years, and give you back a strong and rich Qi!"

He has many ideas, such as combating corruption, recuperating and developing farming, controlling the grasslands to the north, promulgating more sound laws, and so on.

In the past two years, more and more grassland tribes rebelled against Rouran, and the grassland entered a big melee, so Gao Yang had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to control the grassland.

Of course, none of the above is the most urgent.

The most urgent thing is the land of Shandong. A few days ago, Hou Jing's envoy came to Yecheng and was willing to give the entire land of Shandong to the Gao family.

During Gao Huan's time, Yan State took advantage of the war in the Central Plains to seize the land of Shandong. Now, their Gao family finally has the opportunity to take back the land of Shandong, and it doesn't cost a single soldier. How can this not be exciting?

As for the armistice agreement signed with Yan before?Isn't an agreement meant to be broken?

After the enthronement ceremony, Gao Yang couldn't wait to deal with Shandong affairs, such as dispatching troops into Shandong and appointing civil officials to manage the counties and counties in Shandong.

You Yan State took advantage of the civil strife in our Central Plains to seize Shandong, and now we in the Central Plains will also take advantage of the internal turmoil in your Yan State to take back Shandong.

And when Gao Yang was about to receive the Shandong sent by Hou Jing, the Kong family in Qufu was in a state of anxiety.

Prior to this, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Kong family first attached themselves to Cao Cao who occupied Shandong.

Later, Yuan Shao sent Wang Jue to conquer Shandong, so the Kong family returned to Yuan Shao.

Later, Zhen Mi won the war of succession to the throne and became the queen mother of the founding emperor, so the Kong family returned to Zhen Mi.

After that, Sima Yi succeeded in the coup, so the Kong family belonged to the Sima family again, and after Sima Yan usurped the throne to establish the Jin Dynasty, he continued to serve the Jin Dynasty.

Later, when the Jin Dynasty crossed south, Cao Yi captured the land of Shandong, so the Confucius family returned to Cao Yi.

After that, Shi Le defeated Cao Yi, so the Kong family returned to Shi Le.

Afterwards, Ran Min launched a coup, so the Kong family returned to Ran Min.

After that, Murong Ke defeated Ran Min, so the Kong family returned to Murong Yan.

Afterwards, Fu Jian destroyed the Murong Yan State, so the Kong family returned to Fu Jian.

After that, Murong Chui returned to the country, so the Kong family returned to Murong Yan.

Later, Tuoba Xianbei entered the Central Plains, so the Kong family returned to Wei.

After that, Liu Song's Northern Expedition captured Shandong, so the Confucius family returned to Liu Song.

After that, Wei Guo took advantage of the civil strife in Liu Song Dynasty and took back Shandong, so the Kong family returned to Wei Guo.

Afterwards, there was a civil turmoil in Wei, Liaodong Yan took the opportunity to seize the land of Shandong, so the Kong family returned to Liaodong Yan and pledged allegiance to the female monarch Yan Lian. They also painted a portrait of Yan Lian and transported the female monarch in the most luxurious carriage of the Kong family. In the portrait, the head of the Kong family knelt at Yan Lian's feet and kissed the tip of Yan Lian's shoe.

Later, Hou Jing launched a coup and separated Shandong Road, so the Kong family returned to Hou Jing, drew a portrait of Hou Jing, and hung Hou Jing's portrait next to the portrait of their ancestor Confucius, and the head of the Kong family also sent his family One of the concubine's daughters was given to Hou Jing as a concubine.

Now that Gao Yang is preparing to take over the land of Shandong, the Kong family hesitates, should they follow Hou Jing and join the Gao family?Or should we go back to the embrace of Yan Guo in Liaodong?
No matter what choice is made in the end, the Kong family has made preparations in advance.

The Patriarch of the Kong family ordered the painters to draw the portraits of Gao Yang and Yan Ji in advance. If the time comes and decides to submit to Qi, they will carry Gao Yang’s portrait to express that the Kong family is willing to submit. The portrait of the Confucian family is willing to surrender.

(End of this chapter)