Great time travel

158 Chapter [-]

South Zhili, Jiangbei, Yangzhou Prefecture
This piece of land was originally Hancheng in the State of Wu. Guangling County was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was renamed Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south and connected to the Central Plains in the north.The oldest section of the Grand Canal is here. It was built by Fuchai, king of Wu, and it was called Hangou at that time.

After the opening of the North-South Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty, Yangzhou became a large port integrating the river and the sea. With its unique advantages, it became the center of shipping and commerce in the world.After the mid-Tang Dynasty, China's economic center slowly moved southward, and the population and economic development in the Jiangnan area made Yangzhou's commercial status more stable. It connected Bashu, Lianghu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang through the Yangtze River Basin, and connected the north through the Grand Canal. , connecting Fujian and Guangdong through the coast, as well as overseas trade with Japan, Dashi, Persia, and India, it became the most prosperous commercial city in Tang Dynasty China for a while. , Tall buildings and red sleeves." Even the famous Japanese envoys sent to Tang Dynasty often landed in Yangzhou.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was completely connected, and there was no land transfer. Because Yangzhou was located in the golden location of the Grand Canal, where the north and the south meet, it was very prosperous for a time, with a population of as many as 80.There are not only the rich and extravagant salt merchants, the Yangzhou skinny horse coveted by the world's lustful people, but also the famous 24 Bridges of Fengyue, where literati and inkmen from all walks of life hang around, leaving countless poems that have been recited throughout the ages.

Although after more than half a year of tug-of-war between Wenxiang believers and Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, the charm of this famous Huaizuo capital has been destroyed by the flames of war.But in the eyes of the Manchurian Tartars from the Baishan Heishui in Liaodong, they are still so prosperous and rich that they admire and covet them - even though these Manchurian uncles are no longer the rural soil turtles in the remote and desolate areas of the past, but in this year's Central Plains conquest During the period, I have seen many markets.

"...The ancients said, take a hundred thousand guan and ride a crane down to Yangzhou! This land of Huaiyang is really prosperous and rich, it can support an army of one hundred thousand!"

Holding the whip in his hand with great interest, Huang Taiji rode his horse slowly on the streets of Yangzhou Fucheng. But after all, thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, this prosperous land thousands of miles away, and so many Eight Banners warriors capable of conquering and fighting well, it can be said that we still have the foundation to fight for world hegemony, once the time turns around, why not worry about it not being able to flourish again?"

Kong Yinzhi, who was walking beside Huang Taiji and "accompanied him", could only squeeze out a smile uglier than crying when he heard the words, nodded and said in agreement, "...what the emperor said is true, the emperor is the court of heaven. The stars come down to earth, and the person who shoulders the great destiny of the world will surely be able to come back to life soon..."

"...Yes! Now I have brought your Confucian family under the flag of Zhenghuang, not only giving the surname Aixinjueluo, but also allowing the Confucian family to intermarry with me in the Eight Banners of Manchuria. There is also a share of the descendants of saints like you!"

Huang Taiji, who had just accepted Miss Kong as his concubine, said with a smile, "... I will ask Mr. Guozhang to help me a lot in the future!"

Hearing these words, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi couldn't help but reached out and touched the money rattail braids on the back of his head. Although he kept thanking him, his heart felt even more bitter—by Qing Emperor Huang Taiji After raising the flag and bestowing surnames, the descendants of the saints in their family have been forced to change their surnames to Aixinjueluo, God knows if they are considered Han Chinese!Will the scholars in the world recognize the honorable status of descendants of saints in their family in the future?

If a person is unlucky, he might be settled by those damn shabby gangs in the south and take away the signboard of Yanshenggong Mansion...

(When the Northern Song Dynasty fell, some descendants of the Confucian family stayed in their hometown and took refuge in the Jin Dynasty, but some people followed the Song Dynasty to the south of the Yangtze River and set up another family. After the establishment of the Ming Empire, the two Confucian families in the south and the north were still I have been in a long-term lawsuit for "who is the authentic descendant of the sage".)
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Speaking of it, if there is a choice, Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi is definitely one of the 1 people who do not want to be carried into the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria.

The problem is, in front of the swords and bows of the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers, he has no right to choose at all.

——Before, when Fan Wencheng came to Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu to report according to the etiquette, saying that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was coming to "tour" the Confucian mansion, the Confucian family even held a closed-door meeting for this purpose.Although not long ago when Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in Xuzhou, Kong Yinzhi not only took the initiative to persuade him to enter the table, but also paid tributes such as money, silk and satin, and wrote a few extremely nasty articles, desperately flattering the Qing court. Do what you can to flatter.

But the problem is, there is an old saying that this is one time and that is another time.The Qing Empire at that time in July was indeed an invincible opponent in sweeping the Central Plains, with the momentum of sweeping the world and annexing Liuhe.But after three months, the Qing Empire, which not only lost its hometown in Liaodong, but was also driven out of Beijing by the Guan Ning Army, has become a dead bone in the tomb in the eyes of everyone in the Confucian Mansion, with only the ability to survive up.

However, although the current Qing court, which looks like a bereaved dog, is obviously not as good as a chicken with hairy hair, no matter how you look at it, it will not be able to jump for a few days, but at any rate, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, at least the tens of thousands of sturdy and bloodthirsty The Tartar cavalry must be unstoppable by the rich and idle people of the Confucian Mansion.

Therefore, the Confucian Mansion deliberated for a while, and finally decided to entertain the barbarian emperor politely, with a lot of flattery, and if it didn't work, he would give some money and fodder to reward the soldiers and horses. As long as possible, try to send these Manchurian uncles away safely.

It is a pity that these descendants of Confucius seriously overestimated the degree of awe these Manchurian Tartars had for the sage Confucius, and did not flee with their family in the first place. Disaster: As soon as Huang Taiji led the army into Qufu, he ordered the siege of the Confucian mansion to prevent the descendants of the saints from leaving. Then he pretended to summon Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi, saying that he would raise the flag and give him a surname.

Kong Yinzhi shied away a bit at first, but after learning that if he refused to carry the Zhenghuang Banner, the Qing emperor had no choice but to chop off his head and replace him with a more obedient person as Yansheng Gong of the Qing Dynasty. This guy shrank shamefully, and has since become a Zhenghuang Banner, changing his surname to Aixinjueluo.

Next, Huang Taiji ordered the people in Qufu city to shave their hair and wear it easily. Under the threat of knives, Yan Shenggong and his family had no choice but to take the lead in responding positively, and held a very grand hair shaving ceremony in public.In return, Huang Taiji not only continued to enshrine Kong Yin as Yan Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty, but also gave him the empty title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.It’s just that the head has been shaved and sealed off. Since the Kong family has also become Zhenghuang Banner people, their whole family is naturally Huang Taiji’s slaves, and what belongs to the slave is the master’s, and what belongs to the master is still the master’s…

Keke, digressed.In short, according to the above logic, all the land and property of the Confucian Mansion became the Huangzhuang of the Lord of the Eight Banners, and all the tenant farmers of the Confucian Mansion became the coated slaves of the Eight Banners. host.As for the splendid and magnificent Yanshenggong Mansion, it was also ordered by Huang Taiji to be requisitioned as the Qing Palace, which was used to house some of the Eight Banners' family members who had returned from Beijing.

But the problem is, in this case, since the Kong family's property has changed owners, where should the Kong family move themselves?
Regarding this question, Huang Taiji waved his hand boldly: All the young female relatives of the Confucian Mansion can sleep in the same bed with the master of the Eight Banners!

Therefore, since Huang Taiji and below, many nobles from the Eight Banners practiced the way of national integration of "Manchu and Han families" in Qufu.Those few noble ladies of the Kong family were all divided up by the wolves and tigers of the Eight Banners dignitaries. If they were lucky, they could even become concubines or concubines, while those who were unlucky could only get the title of concubine.To make matters worse, even Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi and his son's favorite beautiful concubines, and even two granddaughters-in-law married by the media, were snatched away by several Baylor masters unreasonably. To be able to sing and sing joyfully under the crotch of these nobles of the Eight Banners...

As for the men of the Confucian Mansion, there is no need to worry about having nothing to do. As Zhenghuang Qiding, he is born to be the emperor's slave.When the female family members of the Confucian family were serving the Manchurian uncle, it was natural for the men to undertake such things as chopping firewood, drawing water, feeding the horses and cleaning the house.It doesn’t matter even if you don’t know how to work, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty never raised lazy people, they all killed them and fed them to dogs—so, in the face of the threat of death, these old and young men who originally needed to be served by others quickly learned Various jobs of serving people: Those who didn’t learn how to serve people are said to be buried in mass graves.

Of course, as the head of the Confucian Mansion in Shandong, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi and his sons do not have to handle such lowly labor, but enjoy the honor of being accompanied by the royal driver, and can receive daily instructions from His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The benefits of being slaves of Zhenghuangqi...

Compared with Yan Shenggong's family who wanted to cry but had no tears, Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, can be said to be proud of his spring breeze.The harvest from the raid on the Confucian mansion was far more abundant than imagined. The grain alone was worth 50 shi. As for gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, and spiced cloth, the value of cash equivalents was as high as more than 300 million taels.The soldiers of the Eight Banners made a huge fortune, and they were all so happy from ear to ear.Although according to the moral standards of this era, such acts of looting the Confucian mansion can be regarded as insane, it can be said that he is an enemy of the scholars all over the world, and he has cut himself off from the scholars in the Central Plains.But Huang Taiji is also very helpless: After losing his homeland and suffering repeated defeats, his ability to restrain the Eight Banners of Manchuria has dropped rapidly to a very dangerous level.If you can't find a fat sheep and slaughter it as soon as possible to satisfy the appetite of the soldiers of the Eight Banners, I'm afraid the Qing Empire will really collapse!

But now the Northland has suffered repeated wars and is extremely dilapidated. Apart from the aloof Confucius Mansion, where are there other fat sheep to slaughter?

Fortunately, under the ingenious publicity of Fan Wencheng and other civil servants, Huang Taiji called "marriage marriage" to the Confucian Mansion in Shandong this time. —Otherwise, how could the Qing emperor marry Miss Kong as his concubine?But even Huang Taiji himself is very clear, after all, this matter cannot be covered with paper, and he himself has no idea how long he can fool the world.

In addition, there is another thing that makes Huang Taiji feel a little bit uncomfortable, that is, Wang Ke, the leader of the Wenxiang sect who was captured before, unexpectedly took advantage of the chaos and escaped while Huang Taiji led his troops to search the Confucian mansion. He even took away the fox tail that was a sacred object of the Wenxiang Sect!

However, when the furious Huang Taiji hurriedly sent people to track down the escape of the leader Wang Ke, and finally found that he did not return to Lianghuai in the south, preparing to start a new incident, but fled all the way to his hometown in the north, he was too lazy Mind your own business.Anyway, in the current territory of the Qing Empire, the northernmost point is Yanzhou Prefecture.As long as you don't continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the Lianghuai area, then you can make trouble in the north as you like!If the demon Wen Xiangjiao could give Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou some more trouble in the north, those two bastards who made fun of him, maybe Huang Taiji would applaud him!
In addition, a great joyful event happened recently that made Huang Taiji's heart flutter, and this is also the purpose of his current tour of Yangzhou in the south.

——Because, this probably means that the Qing Empire will come and go!Of course, this also means that his Huang Taiji's rejection is welcome!
Just as Huang Taiji swaggered through the city all the way, and slowly came to the vicinity of the Yangzhou pier, Abatai, the Yangzhou guard of the Qing Dynasty, finally ran over panting, bringing the long-awaited good news to Huang Taiji. "... Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Jiangnan really sent a boat over!"

After taking a few breaths, Abatai muttered again, "... I hate that those Southern Dynasty officials are really stingy. They clearly begged us to rescue Nanjing, but there was no reward of one tael of silver on board. They just gave them away randomly. I brought some wine and meat to settle the matter, it was like sending a beggar..."

"...a few trivial things, why bother too much? As long as these smart fools are willing to send ships to Jiangbei to transport my Manchurian cavalry across the river, that's enough!" Huang Taiji sneered, "... If the scholars in the Southern Dynasty don't pay them , my Eight Banners, won’t you go get it yourself?”

——On October [-]th, the sixth year of Chongzhen, after the disastrous defeat in the Wuhu War and the loss of the main force of the Eastern Army, facing the danger of the army approaching the city, Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the Yonghe court in Nanjing, finally made up his mind to "borrow the teacher's help from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangbei" Suppress".On the [-]th, under the carriage of the Yangtze River Navy of the Nanjing court, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty personally led [-] cavalry, crossed the south of the Yangtze River from Yangzhou, landed in Zhenjiang, and declared that he would rescue Nanjing.

At the same time, after learning that the Western Army had won in Wuhu, Emperor Chongzhen hurried to the front line, preparing to personally supervise the invasion of Nanjing.

Another battle that will determine the fate of the world is about to begin in the city of Nanjing...