Chapter 68 Gift to Duke Yansheng
Qufu is now called Xianyuan County. The magistrate has always been appointed by Yan Shenggong. After the State of Lu was destroyed by Chu, the State of Chu established Lu County. During the Western Han Dynasty, this was the fief of the royal family, King Lu, also known as the State of Lu. In order to build the Lingguang Hall in the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu, King Gong of Lu, demolished Confucius's old residence and unearthed a large number of lost Spring and Autumn documents at that time.
Liu Yu built a new city wall on the north and east walls of the Lu Palace. The area of the city was reduced, with two gates on each side: the Jimen and Yumen of the Zhou Dynasty were retained in the south; the Limen were retained in the west, and a new Maimen was opened in the south; the north wall was the Longmen and the Kitchen Gate; the east wall was the Qimen and Zhangmen.
Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty successively appointed Liu Xinghe as the King of Lu, and continued to use the Lu city of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty, Lu County was re-established, and the city was the capital of Lu County, and the city wall was reduced again. In the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed Qufu County, and was named after "there is Fu in the east of the city, and the long distance of Qu Qu was seven or eight miles". It belonged to Yanzhou. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, it was renamed Xianyuan County.
The mansion where Confucius' direct descendants lived for generations was called Yanshenggong Mansion. After Confucius' death, before the Song Dynasty, the eldest son Changsun lived in his old house in Queli, guarding Confucius' relics and worshiping Confucius, and was called "Xifeng Mansion". While respecting Confucius and promoting Confucian culture, emperors of all dynasties repeatedly awarded titles to their descendants and granted land to build a mansion. During the Baoyuan period, Confucius's forty-sixth generation grandson Kongzong was the first to be named "Yanshenggong", and was also the magistrate of Qufu County, and established a new mansion and renamed Yanshenggong Mansion.
The purpose of Yun Zheng's trip was naturally the wish of Yansheng Gong Confucius.
Confucius, Yan Hui, Zuo Qiu Ming, and Lu Ban were all born in Qufu. Except for Confucius' family, the other three tribes have disappeared in the long river of history. Only the Kong family has continued to flourish from Kong Zhongni until the first year of Zhihe of the Song Dynasty. In fact, Yun Zheng also knew something that the Song people did not know, that is, the Kong family was still "the first family in China after a thousand years!"
China has always been a society that respects the elderly. Most things except women are more valuable as they grow older. How can the Kong family be exceptional? A family has lasted for thousands of years. If there is no uniqueness, it will have been flooded by the torrent of history.
The biggest reason why the emperor gave the Kong family a title was that he took a fancy to the Kong family's huge influence in Shandong. This influence not only spread within the Song Dynasty, but also was effective in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun occupied by the Liao Kingdom.
Since Shi Jingtang, the only person whom the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the Song Dynasty recognized Confucius. This was Yun Zheng keenly discovered this in the information of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun collected during this period. However, the emperor seemed to have discovered this. When the title of title was enfeoffed in the spring of this year, the first title was Yan Shenggong. During the Tianbao period, the only title was Wen Xuangong. The word "Saint" was enfeoffed high and the Kong family was enfeoffed high.
However, Yun Zheng's purpose is different from the emperor. The emperor wants to win over the hearts of scholars all over the world, but Yun Zheng's purpose is to win over the hearts of the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun through the Kong family.
The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty believed that the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were longing for the arrival of the king's army, just like wheat seedlings longing for spring rain. In fact, it was not the case. The rule implemented by the people of Liao in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was much gentler than other places, because the people here bear 70% of the grain output of the Liao Kingdom, which is the most important place and granary for the Liao Kingdom.
The lives of the people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are generally better than those in Hebei, the people are like this. As long as their lives are stable and they have a bite, they do not care who is their emperor. They care about who is the emperor's skill. It is better to consider who is their village chief.
When Yun Zheng and Pang Ji talked about this, Pang Ji actually said that Yun Zheng was not kind and had no righteousness and should not think of the miserable people living under the iron hoof of the Liao people. He also said with great enthusiasm that once the royal army arrives, the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will rise up and echo the royal army. He did not think that the little favors of the Liao people could bribe the people there.
God knows where he got these confidences. You know, before the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom had already been established. You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, Xin, Gui, Ru, Wu, Wei, Yun, Ying, Huan, Shun, Shun, Han people in the sixteen states had been under the rule of the Liao Kingdom for a hundred years. Even if they still felt grateful that they were Han people, they probably didn't have much sense of belonging when fighting with the Song Dynasty for a long time over the years.
Yun Zheng knew better than most people in the Song Dynasty what the people were doing. It can be seen how difficult it was for Hong Kong and Macau to return in later generations.
There is no big difference between the Song Dynasty and the dynasties in Chinese history. The most powerful one is the founding monarch. If the founding monarch has not completed something and if it is left to future generations, there is basically no possibility of success. Of course, the two powerful emperors, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Zhi, were not in this sequence.
The offensive tactics implemented in the founding of the Song Dynasty were also problematic. The unification strategy of the Song Dynasty was to start with the south and then the north, with the easy first and then the difficult. The problem of the north was finally abandoned halfway. The "Zhenyuan Alliance" put the Central Plains in a long-term passive situation.
The Song Dynasty had no kindness to the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, so why do you want others to welcome you?
Yun Zheng and Di Qing have discussed these issues countless times. Don’t be afraid of fighting. Once the time comes, it will not be too difficult to conquer the strong city of Yanyun’s Sixteen Prefectures. However, if the people there do not agree with you, once the army falls into the vast ocean of the people, it will be troublesome. The most important part of Yun Zheng’s army is the supply line. He knows very well that although his army is brave, his huge logistics support is also the most important link. Once the war begins, the expenditure of his own army will inevitably be very terrifying. If the supply line cannot be guaranteed, this battle will be almost impossible to fight. The land under the jurisdiction of Yanyun’s Sixteen Prefectures is about 1,200 miles from east to west, about 400 miles from north to south, and the entire area is about 120,000 square kilometers. If such a vast land is full of enemies, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The people there did not recognize the Zhao Dynasty. The only thing Yun Zheng could do was their recognition of culture. This was also the only mistake in the Liao Dynasty. Khitan literature was not popular in this generation, and the Khitan nobles were also proud of using the beautiful Song Dynasty writings, and language and writing were exactly the biggest factors that distinguish a population.
Based on this, Yun Zheng had to have a long talk with Yansheng Gong Kong Zongyan and would show him the arguments between him and Di Qing. This was supported by Di Qing strongly. Yun Zheng said that these things should not be shown to outsiders, but Di Qing insisted that outsiders would definitely not include Kong Zongyan! This is the power of Confucius. He had already used his character and morality to guarantee his descendants a thousand and five hundred years ago.
What motor, what about Zhang Qing, these two men and the hundreds of thieves he led were not taken seriously by Yun Zheng. He did not hate these two guys at all, and he was even sincerely grateful. Without their appearance, he could not have the excuse to climb to the gate of Confucius' mansion.
The trouble now is to drive these guys out of Zoucheng, and it is best to drive them to Xianyuan County. The magistrate of Xianyuan County is Kong Zongyuan. A great scholar is of course invincible in academics, but it would be too difficult for him to fight the thieves with weapons. Xianyuan County has 50 constables, 100 archers, and there are some team trainers in the countryside. Yun Zheng didn't think that the old man could defeat the motor who was said to be a thief with these people. Zhang Qing, now he was worried that these thieves were not fierce enough and could not have the purpose of coercing the Kong family.
In order to make the thief more fierce, Yun Zheng started to take his family members to suppress the bandits after leaving Kaifeng Prefecture. So the heroes in Shandong began to rush and run a little slower, and if they were nailed to the trunk of the crossbow arrows.
Starting from Xingren Mansion, the Yun family's generals were in a team of twenty people, constantly searching on this plain like a net, Dingtao, Jiyin, and Juye Jeju. He did not let go of any of them until the bandits who occupied the mountain and became king fled into Liangshanpo.
Liangshanpo, which was only found in the seventh year of Qingli, was flooded by the Yellow River. Now the Yellow River has returned to its old path, so the Liangshanpo is now just a huge swamp. If you want to become a 800-mile water boulevard, the Yellow River needs to flood two or three more times. Only in the period of the Frog Emperor of the Song Dynasty can we get enough water boulevards that allow the heroes of Water Margin to gallop.
Yuncheng, Shandong Province, Yun Zheng stationed here, eating the plump Yellow River carp, and confronted the motor through the water pool, but his name had already spread on this land. Yun Zheng did not believe that those bandits had conquered the motor that had already captured Zoucheng. Zhang Qing and bandits were the most normal thing.
Yun Zheng believed that as long as he killed Ma Da or Zhang Qingzhong's man in Zoucheng, the remaining bandits would flee in a hurry. Under the encirclement of the surrounding prefectures and counties, the only direction they could go was Xianyuan County. Only after robbing the wealthy Xianyuan County, they had the capital to escape into the Kulai Mountain behind Xianyuan County. If those guys could not help them achieve their goals, Yun Zheng would not mind hanging them all in Xianyuan County!
Yun Zheng did not find Ximen Qing wearing flowers in Yuncheng. He was lying on the fence of the restaurant and drinking wine. He didn't see a three-inch dick carrying a load to sell sesame cakes. However, there were a few women like Pan Jinlian who saw Yun Zheng, who looked handsome and handsome with a young and rich man, kept glaring at him, or standing on his pavilion, probably putting up the window to dress up. Some of them were more courageous and even holding their own dishes and greeting Yun Zheng over and tasted it.
It seems that we have all wronged Ximen Qing. In this environment, good people will become Ximen Qing. Although Yun Zheng’s two wives are pregnant, he has no intention of leaving a romantic affair here. Don’t kill a few poor Wu Da, Liu Da, etc. just because he becomes Yun Menqing. The force around him is too strong. Even if Wu Erlang wants to take revenge, he will probably follow his brother to be wronged. In that way, Wang Po, who gets the silver, is not something Yun Da wants to see. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!