Chapter 105: Yan Shenggong, I'll Tell You a Story (Part 2)
Sitting still does not mess with Yang Yishi......
Since he said that it was a bed and a bed, then even if it was, who knows what the two of them did all night, anyway, after this incident, it is impossible for Fang Tinglan to marry someone else.
Yang Xin and his entourage quickly headed south.
As for Huang Ying, of course they won't follow, they just came to see them off, and Huang Ying didn't react much to this result, in fact, she herself knew that it was inevitable. In these years, the merchant's daughter was a concubine, a farmer and a businessman, and the merchant was the lowest, although in fact the strength of the merchant at this time was second only to the scholar, and even began to merge with the scholar. For example, Zhang Siwei, who set things right after Zhang Juzheng, was the first assistant in the Jinshi examination with a business status, and then his younger brother Zhang Sijiao was a salt merchant in Yangzhou.
But this does not include small businessmen like Huang Zhen.
The best result for a merchant daughter like them is to marry an official gentry as a concubine, and from then on they will be protected by the class of scholars.
That's the reality.
Yang Xin and his entourage set off on this journey.
Xu Xianchun and Liu Shimin, who arrived outside the capital, immediately revealed their true colors, extorted and abducted along the way, showing their true colors of eunuchs and traitors......
Of course, this is inevitable.
A lieutenant and a Jinyi guard command servants, they are not worth mentioning in the capital, they are all uncles when they go out of the capital, and Xu Xianchun's command in the capital is a sentry and errand in the palace, and when they go out of the capital, they are four rank members. In the palace, Liu Shimin was just a copyist and wrote by the emperor's side, and when he left the capital, needless to say, a celebrant was so frightened that the officials along the way were weak-legged, although he was not even a eunuch with a pen, he was a Fengyu similar to an office clerk.
But that is also in the red sticker, and the color of this dress represents his particularity.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Yang Xin.
Because the canal was frozen, they could only go south by land, and in the cold winter season, there was ice and snow everywhere, and they did not walk very quickly, until twenty days later, they finally reached Qufu.
At this time, it was already the first month of the forty-eighth year of Wanli.
Qufu Ting'en Gate.
"Zhiqufu County Kong Zhencong greets the angel!"
A white-haired old man, wearing a seven-grade civil official uniform, with a group of officials and Confucian scholars waiting in front of the door, there are a bunch of people on both sides to watch the excitement, but it can be seen that the common people in the land of sages are not very rich, most of them have vegetables, but the clothes on their bodies are very neat, and they seem to be specially made.
"Kong Xianzun is too polite!"
Liu Shimin hurriedly stepped forward to help Kong Zhixian.
Qufu Zhixian is hereditary, to be precise, the Confucian family is hereditary, and it is generally nominated by the Yan Sheng Gong to be appointed by the imperial court, so it is equivalent to the great housekeeper of the Confucian Mansion, and this Confucian County has been in office for more than 20 years, and his hair is gray.
"Qufu student Kong Yinzhi greets the angel!"
A young Confucian beside him followed suit.
The future Yan Shenggong, who wrote the Eight Wilderness and Xian Song Shengshi, was still very young at this time, he was the cousin of the current Yan Shenggong, who had no son, so he was succeeded by him, but at this time his seventy-year-old cousin was still alive, although he had basically decided to be succeeded by him, he could only greet him as an ordinary student, and behind him there were other families in Qufu, such as the Yan family and the like, who saluted Liu Shimin one by one.
Yang Xin and Xu Xianchun watched the excitement in the back.
"Is the Kong family very rich?"
Yang Xin asked in a low voice.
"More than 200,000 acres of tax-free sacrificial fields, a family that lasts for thousands of years, what do you say?"
Xu Xianchun said in a low voice.
"Their family is so rich, there is no bandit nearby to rob it?"
Yang Xin said.
"Who said no, the Yansheng Mansion was still repaired by Emperor Shizong, and it was burned down after being ransacked by the rebellious Liu Liu and Liu Qi, their ancestors are indeed saints, but this descendant may not be, the Confucian family is the emperor of the soil in this Qufu city, the county is his family, this land is also his family, and the taxes for doing business in the city are also collected by his family. This city is said to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they are all slaves of the Confucian family, life and death are all words of Yan Shenggong, his family is more happy than the Lu Wang family next door, Lu Wang said that it is the vassal king, but in fact, it is not so easy to get out of Yanzhou City, but Yan Shenggong is different. ”
Xu Xianchun said.
"The ransacking of the Yan Shenggong Mansion can't help but make people fascinated when you think about it!"
Yang Xin said with emotion.
"It's a pity that we can't be bandits!"
Xu Xianchun also said regretfully.
"That's not necessarily, then you just listen to me, in short, the two of us have to make a fortune this time, not only do we have to make a profit, but by the way, we also have to make a fortune for the Long Live Lord, since the Yansheng family is so rich, it is time to worry about the country!"
Yang Xin said.
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the right, and the two stout men in the crowd quickly lowered their heads.
Yang Xin looked at them suspiciously.
At this time, Liu Shimin had already finished there, and began to introduce them to Kong Yinzhi and others, Yang Xin gave up continuing to pay attention to these two people, and turned to deal with Kong Yinzhi and others, and soon the cumbersome etiquette ended, and Yang Xin and his party entered Qufu City in the sound of gongs and drums. This is actually the north gate, they continued to the south in the middle of the welcome of the people on the street, and then officially turned to the south gate of the Confucian Mansion, the current Yan Sheng Gong Kong Shangxian led the clan to officially greet him, this seventy-nine old man this year trembled and knelt on the ground to receive the order.
Liu Shimin finished reading the very unnutritious holy decree, and the public task of their trip was over.
"This is Yang Yishi?"
Kong Shangxian took Yang Xin's hand and said.
"Yan Shenggong also knows the name of the faith? I am really flattered by the letter! ”
Yang Xin said hypocritically.
"Yang Yishi turned the tide and saved Liaodong from danger, who in this world doesn't know? Although the old man has been in a remote place for a long time, he also knows that this Ming Dynasty has produced a young hero again! ”
Kong Shangxian took his hand and chattered like a chatty old man.
Yang Xin immediately understood, someone must have reported to him in advance, so that he could be wary of this scourge, I have to say that Yang Xin at this time is indeed very valued, at least those Wenchen no longer regard him as a reckless man who does not learn and does not know. And he came over this time, which is obviously a little abnormal, including the reward that Wanli suddenly gave to Kong Shangxian inexplicably, Kong Shangxian's age, as long as he is not senile dementia, he has already evolved into an old fox.
He was trying to win over first.
"Yan Shenggong has won the award, and the letter is just a common person!"
Yang Xin said.
"The common people are even more admirable! Yinzhi, you and Yang Yishi are the same age, this Yang Yishi will be accompanied by you, we must let Yang Yishi enjoy in our Confucian family, Yang Yishi kills the enemy for the country, we can't go to the battlefield with him, then we must let Yang Yishi enjoy himself in our Confucian family! ”
Kong Shangxian said.
Kong Yinzhi hurriedly stepped forward to greet Yang Xin again.
The next banquet is not nutritious, nothing more than a bunch of guys hypocritically, Yang Xin has always pretended to be a decent gentleman, after drinking, Kong Yinzhi sent him to the residence, this is a separate courtyard, what servants and maids are all matched, and two of them look quite cute, it is estimated that they are left for Yang Yishi to warm the bed, how can there be no warm bed in the winter?
"Brother Yang, we can't have fun at the banquet, why don't we drink again?"
Kong Yinzhi said.
"Of course, it's a guest!"
Yang Xin said with a smile.
The little maidens quickly put on the dishes.
Yang Xin unceremoniously pulled a beautiful maid, the latter smiled coquettishly and sat directly next to him, and the other sat next to Kong Yinzhi, the hot wine was full, and the pretty woman brought it to her mouth, Yang Xin smiled at Kong Yinzhi with great satisfaction......
"Yes, Brother Huan, do you want to know the real purpose of my group here?"
He said.
"Please give me advice!"
Kong Yinzhi said.
"This, it's inconvenient for me to say!"
Yang Xin said.
Kong Yinzhi took out a stack of silver tickets without hesitation, and then pushed them directly to his hand.
"This, that's convenient!"
Yang said confidently and satisfied.
"But before I do, I'll have to tell you a story."
Then he looked at Kong Yinzhi with a strange gaze and said.
"Actually, it can't be counted as a story, it's just that Your Majesty heard some things about the Taixi Kingdoms, and as for where Your Majesty heard it, I don't know about this.
It is said that all the kingdoms of Nataixi believed in Yawei, just as I believed in Confucius in the Ming Dynasty, so the priests who presided over the sacrifice to Yawei were the most revered, and even an emperor gave a piece of land to the head of his priests, who was elected by those high priests to be called the Pope.
Just like the Ming Emperor also gave this Qufu to Yan Shenggong.
In every city, and even in every village, in these countries, there is an ancestral hall that belongs to the Pope and is presided over by the priests he has sent to preside over it.
Just like our Temple of Literature.
Moreover, these priests also had the right to collect taxes, and a tenth of their income was given to the ancestral hall.
It is because of this belief that the Pope and the priesthood system under his control, eventually gradually take control of all the nations, all of which must do as they say, they are the law, and even the succession of all monarchs, must be crowned by the priests sent by the Church, otherwise it is a false name, and the subjects can no longer submit to his power, because his power is not recognized by Yahweh, or rather, by the Pope. Those who dare to disobey the monarch are punished with extermination, that is, the monarch is no longer protected by Yahweh, not only does he no longer have the power to rule over his subjects, but he does not even have the right to stand in all the countries that believe in Yahweh, anyone can kill him, any prince can replace him, and any enemy nation can take his land.
Unless he can be pardoned by the Pope.
An emperor of the largest empire of Tessie, because of his disrespect to the Pope, was finally punished, and in desperation, in order to seek forgiveness, he took his empress, barefoot, climbed the mountains in the wind and snow in such winters, and knelt in front of the Pope's door for three days and three nights in exchange for pardon.
So what do you think of Brother Huan, isn't this story exciting? ”
He said grimly.
Kong Yinzhi on the opposite side was already in a cold sweat, and although the fire in the room was baking like spring, he was trembling there as if he was standing in the ice and snow.