My Daming New Empire

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On February 29, a group of people who had lost their loved ones due to the disaster, led a dog to the Confucius Temple, Confucius Forest, and Confucius Mansion.

In front of these three statues of Confucius, they chopped off the dog's head with a knife, and poured the dog's blood on the stone statues of Confucius.

It was an act of gross sacrilege in this day and age, but not too much.

But for hundreds of years, Confucian Mansion has become a symbol of Qufu, and even the new Qufu County is built around Confucian Temple and Confucian Mansion.

It's an exaggeration to say that a family is a city, but a family is half a city, but it is worthy of the name.

The Kong family is a big family. Even if the dependents are not counted, the population of their own family is several thousand, and they have their own guards and guards.

They went to the county government office, but Yan Shutong, the county magistrate, had already been arrested and taken to the capital. The original government servants did not dare to stand up for the Kong family.

This move also annoyed Kong Gongzhuo, who was used to domineering.Since you guys don't show up, don't blame me for being cruel to those muddy legs.

If the Kong family did something wrong, you can beat me up, but if you blaspheme my ancestors, that's not acceptable.

So when he came back from the county government, he immediately ordered his clansmen to tie up the group, beat them with a whip, and ordered them to clean the stone statue.

But he didn't expect that this move would annoy more people who were watching.

On the second day, under the intentional bewitchment of Jin Yiwei's spies, tens of thousands of people marched towards Qufu from all directions.

Only then did the whole Confucian mansion panic, and they summoned their clansmen to stand ready.

But the conflict finally broke out. The stone statues of Confucius on the outside were pushed to the wall, and even the Confucian mansion was pushed to the wall, and a small half of the Confucian mansion was burned down.

Seeing that the Kong family was about to suffer catastrophe, Kong Mou, the elder of the Kong family and the grandfather of the current patriarch Kong Yanjin, stood up.

He is a well-known elder of the Confucian family, who has lived from the Yuan Dynasty to the present, and is highly respected among scholars.

He is an upright person, and he couldn't understand the pomp of the descendants of the Kong family. Now that the family is in danger, he can't stand by.

In front of thousands of people, he shouted out that the unworthy descendants of the Confucius family paid for their lives, and directly crashed to death on the pedestal of the stone statue of Confucius that was pushed, which shocked everyone.

Because of his death, a storm turned into calm, but the reputation of the Kong family was completely ruined this time.

(I can’t sit still because of the toothache, let alone write, the update is late, I’m sorry. I haven’t paid off the change yet, I will remember it.)

Chapter 54 Birthday Banquet

There is no need to doubt Zhang Fu's loyalty. A veteran who died heroically at the age of 30 75 years later, there is no need to doubt his loyalty at all.

In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Hongwu Dynasty or the Yongle Dynasty, the vast majority of civil officials were not greedy for money, and military generals were not afraid of death.

Compared with the former Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty, the generals were afraid of death and the civil officials were greedy for money. The difference is huge.

The reason is not that people have higher moral qualities.It's because today's civil servants, generals, and eunuchs restrict each other in a reasonable way.

As long as Zhu Zhanji keeps this framework unshakable, neither party has absolute power to suppress the other two.

Zhang Fu was kept, not because he was afraid of his high achievements, but because he wanted to use him to stabilize the hearts of domestic generals.

On this point, Zhu Di obviously communicated with Zhang Fu a long time ago, but as Zhu Zhanji, he must also reach a consensus with Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu is not an ordinary person, and Zhu Zhanji, an ordinary person, needs to remain unpredictable in front of them.But for Zhang Fu, who is an extremely personable official and has a close relationship with the royal family, what is needed is for him to clearly understand the mind of the superior.

Zhang Fu is a smart man, and so is Zhu Zhanji.

Even if there is a gap in experience between him and Zhang Fu due to his age, the industry he controlled in his previous life had millions of people, and the gap in Zhu Zhanji's strategy and experience has long been made up, and it is even worse.

So the two of you don't need to have an in-depth conversation on this occasion, just a few words, a wink, an expression, and a gesture can make the other party understand what you mean.

On the contrary, other nobles took this opportunity to play emotional cards with Zhu Zhanji. This time Zhu Di set off, almost every family had children to follow.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty also need inheritance and training, and the battlefield is the best school.

The big waves wash the sand, those who can survive the storm and perform well are really worth cultivating.

As for the nobles who stayed in the capital, they can now be sure that Zhu Zhanji is destined to be the future emperor, or the emperor in power, no matter whether the prince will succeed or not.

Because of Zhu Di's expedition, all the military and civil affairs of Ming Dynasty were handed over to Zhu Zhanji.With two or three years of transition, Zhu Zhanji will never let the power fall by his side.

Even if Zhu Gaochi can be remembered by Zhu Zhanji as a father and son in the future, and let him transition to the position of emperor for a few years, power will still be controlled in Zhu Zhanji's hands.

Zhu Gaochi will always be just a puppet.

What's more, according to Zhu Gaochi's current physical condition, whether he can live until Zhu Di returns from the Western Expedition is still a question.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang who had 26 sons, Zhu Di only had three adult princes.

Zhu Zhanji is definitely not Zhu Yunqi, he has the same cognition and strategy as the previous two emperors, and he is even better.

Today's nobles of the Ming Dynasty almost all have common interests behind Zhu Zhanji. At this time, who can be his opponent?

No!

Zhu Gaoxu had already conceded defeat. The news that he bowed his head to Zhu Zhanji during the Chinese New Year had already spread throughout the capital.

And this time he is going to go west with the emperor, and he wants to go to Xizhou to have a look, and he is going to lay down a piece of land in Xizhou in the future.

Not to mention Zhu Gaosui, his biggest supporter in the army is Meng Xian, Commander of Chang Shanwei, who is also the current Marquis of Baoding, the eldest brother of Mengying, the sixth generation grandson of Yasheng Mencius.

Now that Meng Ying has stood closely behind Zhu Zhanji, it is very doubtful how much Meng Xian still has loyalty to Zhu Gaosui.

Moreover, Zhu Gaosui now focuses all his energy on making money, and has long made it clear that he wants to be a rich and idle person.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji is very likely to become the second Emperor Jianwen and ascend the throne directly as the emperor's grandson, but he will definitely not become the second Emperor Jianwen to be seized by the emperor's uncle.

Of course Zhu Zhanji knows the thoughts of these nobles, and he also needs these nobles to stabilize his position, so he will never refuse their attachment.

It's just that whether they are reused or not is not determined by their titles and official positions, but by their abilities.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has already entrusted you with the matter of recruiting new soldiers, but this time the recruiting is mainly to fill His Highness's young barracks. This recruitment is only a standard, and I hope His Highness will show you."

The person who spoke was Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng. He was the son of Zhu Neng, the second hero in the Jingnan War. He was only seven years older than Zhu Zhanji. He was just 30 years old this year.

In his early years, Zhu Neng served as the Deputy Qianhu of Yanshan Central Guard, and he followed Zhu Di to conquer Mobei, and he was brave and good at fighting.

During the Battle of Jingnan, he captured the Nine Gates of Beiping, defeated Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong successively, captured Pingan and other famous generals of the Southern Army in Lingbi, and surrendered [-] Southern Army soldiers. Prince Taifu.

In the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Neng served as the general who conquered Yi and conquered Annan. Unfortunately, he died of illness in the army.

In the memory of Zhu Zhanji's previous life, this person was considered loyal and died in the Tumubao Incident.

In this life, he had already known Zhu Yong's deeds clearly.

His father died at the age of 15, and he became the Duke of the country at the age of 16. Although he is close to standing this year, because he has never fought, no one can guarantee his leadership ability.