In the Ming Dynasty, the Confucian Mansion was the existence of a soil emperor in Qufu County, Shandong Province and adjacent areas. For the Confucian Mansion, all dynasties and generations respectfully offered him to him. No dynasty wants to be the enemy of the scholars of the world because of offending the Confucian government.

Therefore, even if there is a change of dynasty, the impact on the Confucian government is quite small. And for a long time in Qufu, the entire Confucian Mansion has accumulated huge wealth by now. In particular, he has a huge amount of land, and has become one of the top landlords in the entire Ming Dynasty.

And because the Ming Dynasty gave preferential treatment to Confucius, it formed a system of letting Sheng Yangong concurrently serve as the magistrate of Qufu County, and the officials at all levels in the county government were also served by Confucian people. In fact, it doesn't work if you don't give preferential treatment! Who dares to be the magistrate of Qufu County to manage the Confucian Mansion? It's better to let Confucius play by himself.

Moreover, because the Confucian Mansion owned a large amount of land in Qufu County and several neighboring county seats, there were tens of thousands of slaves and tenant farmers in the Confucian family, and there were at least tens of thousands of young and strong people drawn by the Confucian Mansion at any time.

It should be said that the strength of the Confucian Mansion is not something that ordinary thieves can compete with, and even an army of several thousand people may break a few teeth if they want to defeat Qufu County.

So if Confucius has such a strong strength, there should be no problem with the self-protection of Qufu County. But this is not good, now we have to look at the performance of the county prince of Qufu County, Sheng Yangong.

Confucius, no matter what the purpose of later generations to praise or discredit him, he can definitely be called the word "great". And his descendants at the beginning were basically full of poetry and books, and they were rich in learning.

But starting from Kong Rong in the Three Kingdoms period, the descendants of Confucius are not as good as the next. They are content to enjoy a life of luxury, relying on the glory of their ancestors, and living a life of drunken dreams and death.

And the same is true of this generation of Shengyan Gong. In the eyes of outsiders, Sheng Yangong still pretended to be respectful, but behind the scenes, he had done everything that bullied men and women, and he would do it. But he doesn't do anything serious.

You can imagine, how could Sheng Yangong, who had been cultivated by such a rich and noble family, have the courage to fight desperately against the rebellious army?

When the chaos in Shandong appeared, the Shengyan Gong was also panicked, and he wanted to escape from the danger as soon as possible to save his precious life.

Fortunately, there were several knowledgeable Qingke in the Shengyan family who persuaded him. They and Sheng Yangong analyzed that it is also dangerous to blindly flee in this mess. Besides, Sheng Yangong can escape, but how can so many people in the entire Confucian family escape? Can't you ignore such a big foundation of Confucius? Even if you want to escape, you must understand the situation before escaping.

So, Sheng Yangong sent the house slaves of the family to inquire about the news outside, and the focus of the investigation was Ningyang County, where Wu Shiwen was the magistrate.

This Ningyang County is located in the northwest of Qufu County, if the rebel army comes to attack, the first thing is to attack Ningyang County, and then it is the turn to get Qufu County.

However, Wu Shiwen's escape caused chaos in Ningyang County. And this turbulent situation happened to be inquired by the house slaves sent out by Sheng Yangong.

Therefore, Sheng Yangong immediately judged that the rebellious army had already arrived in Ningyang County, and it was about to reach his own Qufu County. didn't have anything to say, Sheng Yangong immediately began to pack the package and prepare to slip his feet. But at this moment, another message came from the house slave who was observing the situation in Ningyang County.

A Ming army marched into Ningyang County, quelled the chaos in Ningyang County, and hung the heads of the rebels who were cut down by the Ming army on the battlements of the city walls around Ningyang County.

Then there was no hesitation, and Sheng Yan Gong immediately sent a messenger to Ningyang County, ordering this Ming army to rush to Qufu County immediately to defend the great Confucian Mansion and the honorable Sheng Yan Gong. This is what Wu Shigong encountered.

But Sheng Yangong, who grew up in a comfortable environment, has no knowledge after all. He himself knew that even if Kong Youde's rebellious army wanted to fight Qufu County, they would first have to conquer Ningyang County. But Sheng Yangong still had to order the Ming army defending Ningyang County to come to Qufu County, and he had to put them by his side to feel at ease. He didn't know the truth of his lips and teeth.

Besides, this is in the Ming Dynasty, unlike modern people are basically literate, at that time, the proportion of illiterate people was quite high, and those illiterate people are to believe in and listen to the knowledge of literate readers, so for the totem of the world's scholars - Confucius, in the hearts of the common people, it is like a fairy-like existence.

In addition, the Confucian Mansion has long been prestigious in the nearby area, so there are no bandits and homeless people who dare to approach the behemoth of the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County to send them to death.

And as an aside, even if Kong Youde's rebellious army hits here, maybe Kong Youde doesn't have the courage to attack Qufu County and harass Confucius. It's not that this chaotic army is incapable, it's because Kong Youde definitely doesn't want to become a public enemy of the world. This can be seen that the influence of Confucius in the Ming Dynasty is unimaginable to us in modern times.

But the messenger who sent the letter couldn't manage so much, in order to make Wu Shigong make up his mind to send troops, he described to Wu Shigong and Wu Shiwen a tragic picture of Qufu County: What Qufu County has been besieged by tens of thousands of troops! What a crisis! There are so many rebels and rebels outside the city! ……。

Wu Shigong, of course, would not fully believe the messenger's words. However, because they had too few cavalry, they mainly had to reconnoiter the north of Ningyang County, so they had relatively few reconnoiters in the direction of Qufu County. Therefore, for the situation in Qufu County, Wu Shigong can only estimate it by himself.

Wu Shigong thinks that Sheng Yangong is making a big fuss. Also because of the reason why Kong Youde's rebellious army wanted to attack Ningyang County first and then Qufu County, Wu Shigong believed that the people besieging Qufu County were at most some displaced and chaotic people. The number of people will not be much higher. At most, it was similar to the homeless bandits around Ningyang County at that time, and there were five or six thousand people who stood up to the sky.

So what is Wu Shigong to be afraid of? It was not Wu Shigong who underestimated the enemy, Wu Shigong's first battle, he dared to charge tens of thousands of chaotic people with 200 cavalry, and the result was that he had zero casualties. Now, with these five or six thousand chaotic people, wouldn't it be easy for him to clean them up with more than seven hundred horsemen?

But no matter how cautious or thoughtful it is, Wu Shigong is still very timid about any military action. This character is the same as Shumo. It is nothing more than one who hides in his heart and the other who manifests himself outwardly, and this master and servant are in the same vein at this point.

Therefore, although Wu Shigong galloped to rescue Qufu County, he still arranged a large number of spies in front of and on both sides of the army. But to Wu Shigong's surprise, there was no along the way. I didn't encounter any rioters at all.

What's even more exaggerated is that when Wu Shigong arrived in Qufu County, although the gate of Qufu County was closed, there were no chaotic people outside the city. In this wild and empty land, there are no people at all, except for a few homeless people who are sporadically digging in the soil. Not to mention five or six thousand people, there are not even five or six thousand grasses to be found in this snow-covered land.

Seeing this situation, Wu Shigong was so angry that he didn't even have the strength to scold his mother. It seems that this Shengyan Gong is not making a big fuss, but the grass and trees are all soldiers.

But no matter how angry he is now, when he arrives in Qufu County, the army still has to go into the city to rest, and he and his fifth brother Wu Shiwen still have to visit Sheng Yangong. So Wu Shigong sent someone to call the door.

But when he saw the army outside the city, the gate of Qufu County refused to be opened. Fortunately, there are still people on the city wall who know the messenger and Wu Shiwen, the magistrate of Ningyang County. After telling Sheng Yangong, he finally put Wu Shigong's army into Qufu County. This finally prevented Wu Shigong from drinking the northwest wind outside the city.

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