I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 312
Kong Chuanduo didn't panic at all, this was normal.

Because there will definitely be countless scholars who will come to plead for their family. In the previous Ming Dynasty, there was a Duke Yan who committed evil crimes and killed people. As a result, when the scandal came out, he was only stripped of his title and his son inherited it in advance.

That's bullshit for me.

This is not because those literati are all licking dogs of the Confucius family. It is purely because the Duke Yansheng’s palace does not fall. In this world, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats will still share the world.

Just like the Great Ceremony Incident initiated by Emperor Jiajing of the former Ming Dynasty, Jiajing was so ruthless and ruthless. How could he really not want the throne and also promote his old father as the emperor?

It is nothing more than a power struggle to determine the right to speak in the court.

Even Kangxi would follow the old practice of the Ming Dynasty and give more rewards to the Kong family. Kong Chuanduo was already a second-rank official before he ascended the throne.

Historically, Yongzheng later also conferred kingships on the Kong family for five generations, showing his kindness.

However, Kong Chuanduo was destined to make a wrong calculation this time.Perhaps his judgment is correct, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is indeed declining.

But Zhu Yijiong never thought of retaining Yan Shenggong and the Kong family. The Southern Sect was only used as a substitute and did not grant any privileges to the Northern Sect.

This Beikong was Zhu Yijiong's first blow against the gentry and clans all over the world.

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Outside Qufu County.

Yu Kecheng married and led a large army to suppress the situation. Tens of thousands of Ming troops stretched for miles with just their banners. Just looking at them made him feel cold all over his body.

As the territory of the Confucius family, Qufu was naturally garrisoned by Qing soldiers.

But even the Yanzhou Prefecture was defeated by the Ming army, and Jining Zhizhou even abandoned the city and fled.

There were only a few soldiers in Qufu City, and less than five thousand of them were able to hold them to death. They were asked to take the lead in fighting tens of thousands of Ming troops.

Guard Cao Shan was still hesitating, but the deputy general on the side had already started to persuade him: "General, surrender! Even the big city of Yanzhou can't withstand it, how can our mere county town resist it?"

Cao Shan had doubts in his heart: "But... the imperial army has not arrived yet. What if I surrender at this time? What if the imperial army comes and the Ming army is defeated?"

He was a general retained by Jue Luoman and knew that the main forces of the Ming and Qing armies had not yet engaged in battle.

If the Ming army were defeated, wouldn't those of them who surrendered have to be reckoned with by Queen Qiu?
The deputy general said: "The Ming army is defeated, and we are just running with them. What's the problem with this?"

Cao Shan looked troubled: "This is not easy. My family members are all in the hands of the general. We ran away. What should the family members do? Moreover, what should we do if the Ming army enters the city and plunders and disturbs the Kong family?" "

The deputy general looked serious: "For the sake of our Han family's righteousness, we have no choice but to take care of our family members, wives and children?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of noise from the top of the city.

But it was the contemporary Yanshenggong who took more than a hundred Kong family members, thousands of servants and common people, took wine, food, money and food, and ran out of the city to meet Wang Shi regardless of the guards' obstruction.

Those Qing soldiers didn't dare to stop them at all, so they could only rest assured.

Cao Shan and the deputy general were all stunned. Isn't this Duke Yansheng's family too shameless?
The deputy general struck while the iron was hot: "General, even Mr. Kong surrendered, why don't you surrender?"

Cao Shan struggled for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Since Duke Yan Sheng has surrendered, I can only live with my wife and children."

Yu Kecheng, who was outside the city, naturally didn't know what was happening at the top of Qufu City. In his opinion, since even the squires in the city went out to greet the army, then Qufu must have surrendered.

In order to bring the Mingming army closer to the people, Yu Kecheng personally dismounted his horse to greet them.

Kong Chuanduo, who had just held his head high in front of the soldiers of the Ming army and showed his magnanimity, saw Yu Kecheng dismounted and came in person, and then knelt down and kowtowed: "Kong Chuanduo, the lower official, and the Kong family from Qufu, pay homage to the general of the Ming Dynasty!"

Although Kong Chuanduo was the Duke of Yansheng, he also held an official position.

This is a direct automatic transfer of the Kong family in Qufu to the Ming court. If he were replaced by an emperor who wanted to conquer the world, he would probably go down the slope.

But Yu Kecheng's movements froze, his expression instantly changed from amiable to serious, and he confirmed: "Are you the Beizong Yanshenggong?"

Kong Chuanduo noticed something was wrong, but didn't think much about it and said, "Exactly!"

"...Come here, please help me!" Yu Kecheng was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and gave the order.

When the Ming soldiers in the front row heard this, they immediately rushed forward to arrest them without any hesitation.Kong Chuanduo, who was already over fifty and in increasingly poor health, was pinned to the ground by two soldiers before he could react.

Among the thousands of Kong family servants and civilians who were forced to carry the goods, none of them escaped, and they were all captured by the Ming army who rushed out.

The scene suddenly became chaotic, accompanied by various threats and curses.

The gates of Qufu City were wide open, and Cao Shan and his defenders were about to return, but were immediately stunned by what happened outside the city.

what happened?

Why are Wang Shi's heavenly soldiers arresting the Kong family?
However, no one answered him. When those Ming soldiers saw the city gate open, a force immediately rushed forward and quickly controlled the city gate.

Although Cao Shan couldn't figure out the situation, he could only cooperate and surrender honestly at this moment.

In a short time, the Ming army took Yan Shenggong Kong Chuanduo, his son Kong Jiyi, and all the Kong clan members and servants into Qufu City, who came out of the city to greet him.

After Yu Kecheng entered the city, he summoned Cao Shan: "First order all the soldiers to cut off their braids. From now on, you don't need to take care of the Qufu city defense anymore. You can lead your troops to fight with the army. Do you understand?"

Cao Shan did not dare to refuse, and quickly kowtowed and said, "The general will understand!"

These serious Qing surrender troops, as well as the rebel bandits who surrendered, naturally could not be asked by the Ming army to defend the city. Instead, they were all temporarily organized into surrender camps.

How to deal with it specifically will basically wait until the battle is over. The frontline generals have no right to deal with it.

The surrendered troops were dealt with here, and Yu Kecheng immediately started doing business.

"Where did you soldiers come from?"

The clan leader of the Kong family was helped out of the palace by his servants. He was holding a pine tree, crane and black-brown rattan staff. He roared and shouted at the Ming soldiers who were ransacking their homes and arresting people in Duke Yansheng's palace: "This is the Kong family, Yansheng." The palace is not a place for you and Qiu Ba to run wild!"

In the second year of Chongzhen, the emperor ordered Yansheng Gong to select a member of his family to be the judge and official, that is, he would be inherited by his parents. This is where the name of the clan leader comes from.At the same time, a responsible person was set up to help parents supervise the Lin Temple.

In the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, forty deacons were set up in the Confucius Temple, all of whom were members of the descendants of Shenggong.

However, the clan chief of the Kong clan existed as early as the Song Dynasty. It was first established by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. In the reign of Emperor Hongwu, Zhu also gave a cane to govern the family. The staff was engraved with "Given to the clan clan chief of the Kong clan".

In addition to the patriarch Yan Shenggong, the patriarch is the highest leader and manager of the family.

The generation of the clan leader is, for example, selected by Yan Shenggong. The selection criteria are "respected by the elders and excellent in both moral and moral character".

It's a pity that the words of the Kong clan leader are completely useless to the Ming soldiers who are responsible for ransacking their homes. Instead, they attract the attention of those Ming soldiers.

A group of soldiers rushed up. Before the Kong clan leader could react, he was pinned to the ground by three big hands, and the imperial cane in his hand was also knocked to the ground.

"Crack~~"

The cane rolled down and was trampled on by someone.

The head of the Kong clan also felt his heart skip a beat, and immediately cursed hysterically: "You guys, Qiu Ba, you actually... ugh!"

Before he could even finish cursing, his mouth was stuffed with a ball of cloth that came from nowhere, and a strong stench poured into his throat and nose.

The Kong clan leader was so angry that he lost his temper on the spot.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

In addition, the clan leaders who were alarmed wanted to incite the clan members to resist, but the Ming army only fired a round of gunfire and killed several Kong slaves.

The Kong clan members who had just gathered dispersed in a hurry.

In the entire Yanshenggong Mansion, arrogant curses can be heard everywhere, and most of them cry for father and mother.

The carnival of 200 years before the Ming Dynasty resulted in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties almost exterminating the Zhu family.

As for the Kong family's thousand-year carnival, Zhu Yijiong will naturally not let them go.

　By the way, the Kong family also advised Yuan Datou to proclaim himself emperor during the Republic of China, and even wrote a form of persuasion to him.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)