After the end of the battle of Liangguang, a group of people were secretly sent to Nanjing, and Kong Yuxun, the governor of Liangguang, was one of them, of course, the key point is not what kind of governor he is, but because this person was born in Kong, more precisely, he is a member of the Northern Sect of Kong.

Needless to say, the descendants of the first saints have a lasting impact on Shilin, how to treat the Kong family is still a matter that Ning Yu needs to consider carefully, officialdom can be chaotic, but Shilin can't be chaotic, or can't be chaotic, then Kong Yuxun is a key person who needs to be used.

In the Confucian family, the position of Kong Yuxun, the governor of Liangguang, is extraordinary, not only because of the official position, but also because he has a very close relationship with the current Yansheng Gong Kong Yuqi, and is a figure who can really influence the Confucian family, so his ideas are also very important on the issue of the Confucian family.

Ning Yu sat on the Fengtian Palace, looking at the gray-haired old man kneeling in front of him, and probably knew in his heart, this person thought it was Kong Yuxun, but looking at his old appearance, he really couldn't connect with the famous Governor of Liangguang.

"The criminal minister Kong Yuxun has seen Your Majesty."

Kong Yuxun knelt on the ground, his attitude was sincere and fearful, very humble, and he seemed to have a very clear understanding of the environment he was in now.

"Kong Yuxun, why do you call yourself a criminal minister? What is the sin? ”

"The guilty minister resisted Wang Shi in Guangzhou, and he was naturally guilty."

"Oh? Isn't it natural for you to hold the important position of the puppet governor of the Qing Dynasty and Guangzhou, and to be responsible for resisting our army? Ning Yu threw out a very sharp question, of course he understood what these people were thinking.

For a large part of the Han officials in the Qing court, they have always had the mentality of the grass on the wall, the so-called king and defeat, whoever becomes the king is the king, and whoever loses is the king, which is nothing more than to see which side of the Qing court and Ning Chu fell first, and then went to the other side, the senior officials continued to do it, Houlu continued to hold it, and the beautiful concubine continued to enjoy it.

The Confucian family has a deep tradition in this regard, when the Eight Banners entered the customs, just after entering the Beijing Division, the Confucian Mansion Yan Shenggong presented the "First Entry Table", praising the Manchu monarch "Chengtian Yuji, with virtue and Suimin", claiming that the Qing Emperor is "the Emperor of the Six Universes and the Emperor of the Eight Wildernesses", and the stay in the Central Plains is "the prosperity of the new dynasty today....... The face is unmistakable.

Later, after the Qing court issued a shaving order, the Confucian government resigned from shaving his hair, but after Jiangyin resisted the Qing Dynasty, the Confucian government completely chose to surrender, and also put on the "Manuscript of the Shaving of the Head", claiming, "On the 12th day of the leap month of this year, the Shandong Fu pressed the text to the minister, and the minister immediately gathered his subordinates, and chose to set up an incense case on the 26th and read the holy edict....... Obey the holy commandment, and shave your head. ”

With such a precedent, Ning Yu naturally wouldn't worry about the Confucian Mansion in this era growing hard bones, and his question directly pointed to the core of the Confucian Mansion at the moment, which side do you want to stand on? If you want to be a wallhead, then wait for death!

Kong Yuxun naturally understood the core meaning of Ning Yu, in this weather that was already October, the sweat on his face was dripping down, and he once again attached himself to the ground, and said in a low voice: "The criminal thinks that I, the people of China, should recognize the blood of China." ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was reasonable after all, and Ning Yu waved his hand lightly at the moment, "Come on, give me a seat." ”

Soon, two guards came over with a small table and asked Kong Yuxun to sit down, but in this way, Kong Yuxun felt a little unsteady, and he didn't even dare to sit down, just leaning on the side, such a strange sitting posture was a little more uncomfortable than kneeling.

Ning Yu looked at Kong Yuxun with a smile and said softly: "Kong Yuxun, you have such an idea, it is not in vain that I came to see you, do you know that some people really don't want me to see you." ”

Kong Yuxun's body shook, and he quickly thought of this so-called person - who else is there besides the Kong Southern Sect? It can be said that for the Confucian Northern Sect, the biggest threat is not who will be the emperor in the imperial court, but the Confucian Northern Sect in Quzhou.

In fact, the issue of the separation of the Kong family from the north and south also involves a regrettable incident in China, that is, the change of Jingnan.

In the second year of Song Jingkang, the Jin soldiers destroyed the Song Dynasty, and then the king of Kang, Zhao Gou, crossed to the south, and re-established the Great Song Sheji in Nanjing Yingtianfu, changed the name to Jianyan, and ordered the 48th generation of Yan Shenggong Kong Duanyou to participate in the ceremony, Kong Duanyou and some Confucian descendants followed the Nanduan, carrying the Zigong hand copy Confucius and the wife of the official Kaimu statue, regarded as a holy relic, and the purpose was to establish a family temple in Quzhou, no longer return to Qufu, and it was officially divided into two branches in the north and south.

After the Fu Han army captured Fujian and Zhejiang, the Confucian Nanzong of Quzhou naturally went to Nanjing to meet the emperor at the first time and declared his allegiance, the purpose of which was naturally for the title of Yan Shenggong, hoping to be recognized by the new dynasty.

"Your Majesty, although the Kong clan is divided into north and south, but this world is not divided into north and south, and it will be Your Majesty's territory in the future." Kong Yuxun said euphemistically, his meaning is very simple, the descendants of the Kong family have long been clearly divided, and they are also willing to be loyal to the emperor and become his courtiers of Great Chu.

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "Since the world is not divided into north and south, if I let the Kong family cut the braids immediately, you don't want to." Speaking of which, after all, I still have to fight the Yellow River, and when the time comes, your Kong family doesn't need me to say it, and it will naturally be attached to me, in that case, why don't I support the Southern Sect? ”

Kong Yuxun's heart sank, this was what he was most worried about, in the end, his Northern Sect was still in the palm of the Qing court, or his Yan Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty, if he really wanted to go all the way to the dark, he would die with Emperor Yongzheng at that time.

But who can't see it at the moment, the world designation of the Qing Dynasty is gone, and if they really treat the children of the Eight Banners of the Beijing Division as a dish, they can't get on this table, just looking at this war, Kong Yuxun has already concluded in his heart that if he continues to fight like this, even if the Eight Banners are all stuffed in, it will not be enough to reimburse, and once the Han people are used on a large scale, the Qing Dynasty will be gone.

In fact, there is basically no problem with Kong Yuxun's judgment, the biggest knot in the Qing court is in this place, it is impossible for them to let the Han people take charge of the military power, even if it is a cloth like Nian Qianyao, there are countless constraints below, in this case, there is no need for the courage of the Han people.

"Your Majesty....... The criminal ministers and others have naturally admired His Majesty for a long time, His Majesty has done great things, and the criminal ministers should also be pawns. ”

Ning Yu smiled lightly, and immediately threw out his true thoughts, "Since Beizong is a saint, it is not completely impossible to inherit the Holy Duke of Yan, but I think that you need to cooperate with me and contact the Shandong gentry to support Dachu, in addition, when my new policy is implemented in Shandong, you also need to take the lead in cooperating, and make it clear today, so as not to misunderstand again tomorrow." ”

"This ......"

Kong Yuxun was dumbfounded, it was just a matter of contacting the Shandong gentry to support Da Chu, there was nothing wrong with these, but it was unacceptable to take the lead in implementing the new policies in Shandong, he had studied a series of new policies of the Fu Han Army, it can be said that they were all cutting their own flesh with a knife and putting their own blood!

Ning Yu saw Kong Yuxun's hesitation, and sneered, "If you don't want to wait, I won't be reluctant, but there is one thing to remind you, Nanzong agreed." ”

As soon as these words came out, Kong Yuxun secretly complained in his heart, of course he understood why the Southern Sect should agree, after all, this is the meat of the Northern Sect! But the question is, once he agrees to this condition, what will the Qufu Kong family think of him in the future?

Thinking of this, Kong Yuxun's face showed a bit of pleading, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister...... Sinner...... I also ask for your Majesty's forgiveness. But he couldn't even sit on the stool, so he slipped and kowtowed to the ground.

Ning Yu is not specifically to deal with the Kong family, no matter what, if you want to master Shilin now, the Kong family is an excellent flag, especially in the future education reform plan, you can also let the Kong family carry the black pot and attract the firepower of Shilin, but before that, you need to train the Kong family to listen to your own words obediently.

"You think about it first, if there are any letters that need to be brought back to Shandong, you can also forward them, and I can help you hand them over, go down."

Ning Yu had a somewhat meaningful smile on his face, but it made Kong Yuxun have a little ominous premonition in his heart, he let out a low breath, and then said no more, and withdrew, what happened to this matter, he still had to think about it.

The transformation of Confucianism has always been Ningyu's plan, from the constitution at the beginning of the founding of the country, to the later reform of education, the reform of the imperial examination, and then to win over the Jiangnan Confucian sect Lu Yi and others, so that today the two sects of the Confucian family in the north and south are all for one thing, that is, to gradually remove the traditional Confucian set of things and replace them with new content.

Just like Ning Yu has always insisted on a point, that is, in order to defeat Confucianism, it is necessary to have a new ideological tradition, otherwise whoever does this will offend the world's scholars, there is no ideological tradition of the same level, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the influence of Confucianism in traditional culture by relying on others alone.

In this era, the only thing that can fight against the ideological tradition of Confucianism is religion, which is also the most common thing played by rebels in the past dynasties, but Ning Yu knows that religion is a more pitiful existence than Confucianism, so it will not be touched, in this case, Ning Yu has only one choice left, that is, to accept Confucianism, transform Confucianism, and make it something that can be used for himself.

Under the premise of this idea, what Ning Yu wants is actually only in the name of the Kong family, and it doesn't matter who is the Holy Duke of Yan, cats and dogs are fine, and it is okay to abolish this title in the future, so the Southern and Northern Sects are not important, and obedience is the more important thing.

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Jingshi, the Forbidden City.

Emperor Yongzheng received a secret report from the south, Guan Yuanzhong was killed in battle, the Eight Banners of Liangguang and the Green Camp were all wiped out, and the governor of Liangguang, that is, the following hundreds of generals, were all captured, and the captured soldiers were even more innumerable, and all the materials, grain and grass were also captured, and more importantly, all the Qing court's troops in Liangguang were all lost in this battle.

The losses were so heavy that the Fu Han army almost no longer had any worries about the future in Liangguang, and occupied the provinces of Liangguang almost at the speed of marching, and it was expected that the occupation would be achieved by November at the latest. The Fu Han army was dispatched from August to November, and it only took more than three months in between, which made Emperor Yongzheng angry again, and even his face began to turn blue.

What's more, the imperial court really has no silver!

The previous Yongzheng promulgated the edict on the reclamation of Manchuria, not in vain to let people go to Manchuria, this went to the land, had to send seeds to plough cattle, and had to send the grain in front of the other dry things, so many Eight Banners disciples were unwilling to go, the court really had no choice, so each person had to make up some silver, and only mobilized 100,000 people to return to Manchuria, but at this stage, the court was completely out of money.

"Your Majesty, since the imperial court raised the army and put down the rebellion, the military expenditure has become more and more abundant, and half of the place has fallen, and it is a land of abundant and lush, and the annual income has gone to two-thirds, and it may be reduced again next year...... However, the imperial court spent a lot of money on reclaiming Manchuria, and now there are only three million taels of silver left in the household......"

Zhang Tingyu, the head of the household, knelt on the ground, his face was already full of ashes, the court had no money, it was already a certainty, even if the emperor had more ideas, it would be difficult to cook without rice.

Yongzheng heard that Zhang Tingyu was settling accounts with his fingers, his face couldn't help but turn black, but his brain was getting more and more painful.......

The world is in chaos, Yongzheng thought in his heart, this country is not something he can lose alone, from the next few years of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty has been going downhill, lost Hunan, Hubei, lost Anhui, Jiangxi, lost Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and now lost Guangdong, Guangxi, Guanzhong is also occupied by bandits, the following may be this Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou? What else in this world can't be lost?

The Great Qing Kingdom has come to this point, and it is completely dragged to death by its own shortcomings...... Officials are greedy for ink, the people are displaced, and local tyrants are everywhere, and the world has vaguely seen a little bit of the scene of the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Previously, I sent the governor of Shanxi [bwx.xyz] to Shanxi to sell officials and collect money, but I was afraid that this was not enough, and this business could only be done once or twice....... Ladies and gentlemen, what else can I do? ”

Yongzheng's gaze wandered over the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, and he was quite expecting someone to give him advice, even if it was poison now, he would have to drink to quench his thirst.

"Your Majesty, at the moment, we need to open source and reduce expenditure, in order to meet the use of the imperial court, the so-called open source method, in addition to selling officials, you can also set up a wide range of gold checkpoints along the way, but wherever there is a business traveler passing by, a part of the tax can be levied, which may be enough to meet the use of the imperial court......." Zhang Tingyu offered a bad idea seriously.

The so-called centijin is not a new thing, it has existed for a long time, but with the current business situation in the Qing Dynasty, it is basically almost dying, and there is no way to receive more money if you really want to set up a wide range of centijin....... Yongzheng shook his head with some disappointment, but he faced the ministers and asked another question.

"The open-source strategy can be tried, but this throttling policy, Aiqing might as well say it together."

"The so-called throttling....... Take the Eight Banners first......." Zhang Tingyu stammered, his face was a little obviously worried, and a cold sweat was left on his face, he really poked the hornet's nest down this time.