The twenty-second year of Wuxing, that is, the second year of the military government, May.

The Yue Wang's Mansion stands quietly in the palace city, extremely majestic, it is not very splendid, but it looks very close to the atmosphere.

At this time, when the first assistant of the dynasty and the king of Yue were in the mansion, the king of Yue sat at the desk and listened to the lecture of the first assistant.

Before an attendant came to the room, he told a courtier to come.

The voice in the room paused, and the young voice of King Yue sounded:

"Xuan."

The attendants left in a hurry, and the two of them were dressed and ready to meet the courtiers who had arrived.

"The king, the first assistant, the village elders, the gentry, etc., jointly sparse, request the restoration of the eight-share system, with the four books and five classics as the method of taking scholars, saying that the Confucian law of governing the world is the ancient inheritance, with the effect of stabilizing the country, now changing, with strange skills and tricks, the left way of the side door for the art of taking scholars, will definitely be unstable in the hearts of the people, the world is in chaos."

"Of course, the main thing is that their children have barely passed our official exams, so they are very dissatisfied."

Shang Shu from the Ministry of Education came to them, reported the latest situation to the two men, and presented a note.

Yan Quan finished reading the recital, handed it to Yan Ling, and said in his still immature voice:

"Nowadays, the method of taking officials is quite scientific, rich in theory, and can be applied to practice at any time, Confucianism seems to be full of economic avenues, but in fact it is not conducive to governing the country, and it should not be changed."

He turned his gaze and looked at Yan Ling:

"The landlords and gentry are not unaware of this, and they are still so sloppy, half of them are the influence of the corrupt Confucians, and the other half is afraid that they are still trying to publicize their influence and occupy a place in the military government."

Yan Ling nodded approvingly, which was not much different from what he thought:

"Ask the Propaganda Department to write an article that will be published tomorrow on top of the current commentary, and refute them one by one."

"The military government is different from the previous regimes, it does not need the support of the landlords and gentry, and there is no room for the survival of old antiques that eat the old!"

So, not long after, the long-awaited landlords and gentry got an answer in the newspapers.

A large number of the literati of the Propaganda Department were all from the Dongqian Academy, and they were not used to this ritual and music scripture, so they refuted it at this time, of course, they were very happy, and simply refuted it one by one, and refuted the Eight Strands of Confucianism and the rule of Confucianism.

When the scholars and doctors from all over the world saw this, they wanted to refute it, but they didn't know where to start, and they were speechless for a while.

They also finally knew the attitude of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments towards Confucianism.

Although they already knew that the military government did not treat scholars as favorably as the previous dynasty, they did not expect that there would be no room for such a thing.

These landlords and squires were immediately disappointed, and discussed in private:

"I don't respect etiquette and music, I don't learn Confucianism, but I respect this strange skill...... This is not the new policy of the new dynasty, but it is still just a thief. ”

"In vain, I thought it was the Lord of Destiny coming, and I didn't want this bandit habit, but I didn't change it at all, and it was difficult to achieve great things."

"If this continues, we will never see the future."

A group of people were filled with righteous indignation and began to run in tandem, plotting to overthrow the rule of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang military government and usher in a regime that was willing to plan for them.

Some of the squires were cowardly and did not dare to participate in it, and some of the squires, having already tasted the sweetness of the steam engine, did not care much about these things, but there were also some squires who did not want their interests to be violated in this way.

What they didn't know was that all of this was being observed under the noses of the Intelligence Department, and Yan Ling had already received the information, but he ordered the troops to stay put.

Soon, some unwilling squires were connected in tandem, and they sent representatives to Runing to meet Wang Er, who claimed to be the king of Yu.

"Today's southeastern provinces are hated by everyone, but the thieves are powerful and have not been released. If the king commands the army to the south, we will think that we will be able to fight a battle, and dedicate the great rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River to the real master. ”

In Wang Er's glorious palace, three middle-aged people kowtowed and said, their mouths overflowing with beautiful words, hoping to persuade Wang Er to go south.

After some deliberation, they did not go to the imperial court in the end, it was really the previous few battles, the performance of the imperial court was really unsatisfactory, if the other party could really defeat Yan Ling, it would not be repeatedly defeated before, and even the heartfelt place like Nan Zhili fell into the hands of the enemy.

On the contrary, Wang Er, who has been in the limelight recently, has captured Luoyang again in the north, and to the east, his army has entered Shandong, occupied Huguang in the south, and set foot in Shaanxi and Jin in the north.

Moreover, Wang Er has not been wantonly plundering the gentry and wealthy merchants as before, but has opened a branch to take scholars, reusing some people left over from the Ming Dynasty, etc., and has made enough gestures, so that the landlords and gentry are very satisfied, and they have joined one after another.

At this time, Wang Er heard the words of the gentry, and he couldn't help but smile, and his heart set off ambition:

Yan Quan is in the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so unpopular, if I go south, won't the land south of the Yangtze River be all mine?

And Gu Junen, after the gentlemen retreated, also smiled and congratulated:

"The king has now won the hearts of the people, and this is a sign of the favor of heaven."

"It's just that if it can be recognized by Yan Shenggong, it will be more smooth."

Therefore, Wang Er immediately ordered the general Liu Zongmin to lead his troops to Yanzhou, they had already begun to attack Shandong, repeatedly defeated the Ming army, occupied several cities, and at this time went straight to Qufu.

And when they came to the city, they were greeted not by the closed gates, but by the Yan Sheng Gong, who was holding the table.

Although he was actually very reluctant to express his position, after all, the situation was not yet clear, and the forces of all sides were still competing, even the imperial court seemed to be quite powerful, but the other party's soldiers had already arrived at the city, and the goal was extremely clear, and it was no longer his turn at this time.

The Holy Duke of Qufuyan presented a surrender table to King Wang Er of Yu, indicating that he was the lord of the Mandate of Heaven. Although there are many landlords and gentry loyal to the Ming Dynasty who refuse to admit it, the influence of the Confucian family is indeed very great, and there are many scholars who are shaken by this, thinking that it may have come to change the dynasty.

With the expansion of the trend, Wang Er's subordinates also immediately persuaded him, and he pretended to excuse himself, and he also accepted it.

He said to Gu Junen:

"What is the name of the country, please consider it for me."

Gu Junen spoke without thinking:

There is a proverb among the people, saying that Taizu once asked Xiangshi to count the length of the calendar, and Xiangshi said: "

"'If it goes well, it stops.'" ”

"The king is the destiny of heaven, and he should take 'Shun' as the name of the country and command the world."

Wang Er laughed and agreed, even more convinced that he was destined for heaven.

In that year, Wang Er changed his name to Wang Chongzu, officially ascended the throne in Luoyang, set the country name as "Dashun", the year name "Yongchang", and the following year as the first year of Yongchang, and set Luoyang as the capital.

(End of chapter)