Kong Yinzhi was the father of Yanshenggong and the current Yanshenggong Kong Xingxie. He died in the Yanshenggong Mansion in Beijing in the third year of Shunzhi. After Kong Xingxie succeeded Yanshenggong, he did not stay in Beijing, but returned to the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. The reason was that the general trend of the world was still unknown when his father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and it was still unknown whether the Qing court could completely defeat the Ming Dynasty. After Kong Xingxie took over Yanshenggong, although the Ming Dynasty established Yongli, almost all the major provinces in Jiangnan and Jiangbei had fallen. It was a foregone conclusion that the Qing court immediately rushed back to Qufu from Beijing. After all, compared with Yanshenggong Mansion in Beijing, the Confucius Mansion in Qufu was the real power and influence of the Kong family.

Kong Xingxie really got the "true teaching" of his father Kong Yinzhi, and the "true scriptures" that the Confucius Mansion has been in existence for thousands of years. When the Qing Dynasty still had several northern provinces, Baba sent his younger brother Kong Yuanzhen to Zhenjiang. This behavior was like Kong Yinzhi who had given birth to the red scriptures early in the year, and worshipped the Dragon Position of Emperor Yongchang, Dashun.

However, compared with his father Kong Yinzhi, Kong Xingxie was still a little more conservative. He did not dare to set up an incense case at the gate of the Confucius Mansion. He directly announced his return to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he secretly sent envoys. After all, the soldiers and horses of the Taiping Army were hundreds of miles away from Qufu.

Kong Xingxie's thoughts were naturally not hidden from Zhou Shixiang. This man is now betting on both ends. The Ming Dynasty won, so he sent his younger brother to express his surrender early. The Xin Dynasty would definitely treat him well. If the Qing Dynasty did not lose, he would still be the Yan Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Qing court knew that he had contacted the south, he would not take his life, but would appease him. After all, the Kong family in Qufu was not only Yan Shenggong, but also the successor of Dacheng's master, and also the example of the gentry in the world. Kong Xingxie was even against Confucian scholars in the world. No matter how stupid the Qing court was, he would not do such a thing.

Unfortunately, Kong Xingxie met a person who did not follow the norm. His hot face was pressed against Zhou Shixiang's cold butt. Zhou Shixiang did not pay attention to it at all, and would never recognize the so-called Yan Shenggong. In his plan, the Qufu Confucius Mansion would be uprooted, and there would be no Yan Shenggong in the world from now on.

Although Xu Yingyuan has been brainwashed by various "strange theories" of Zhou Shixiang in recent years, it is related to the descendants of Confucius and the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. He rarely advised Zhou Shixiang with great difficulty, believing that Confucianism must not be abolished, nor can he not refuse to recognize Yan Sheng Gong. Otherwise, no matter in the south or the north, all scholars in the world would not support the Ming Dynasty, and even the emperor and all civil officials in the court would not support Zhou Shixiang.

While strongly opposing it, Xu Yingyuan proposed a plan, that is, after the success of the Northern Expedition in the future, Nankong, Quzhou, could be moved back to Qufu and replaced the cartilage of the Northern School with the Southern School.

The so-called Southern Sect refers to the 48th generation grandson of Confucius, Kong Duanyou, who was the 48th generation grandson of Confucius, who inherited the Fengyan Shenggong, and personally led his clan members to follow Emperor Gaozong to go south and gave him family in Qu. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, the pseudo-Yuan Kublai Khan asked the descendants of the Kong clan to move from Quzhou to Shandong. Kong Zhu, Quzhou, refused to go to Shandong on the grounds that his ancestors were in Qu, and was willing to give him the title to the Confucius clan (Northern Zong). From then on, the Southern Sect completely settled in Quzhou. After the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Mongol Yuan, the Southern Sect's hereditary Five Classics Doctor.

Xu Yingyuan's plan seems very safe and more likely to win the hearts of the people, because the Southern Confucius School of the Southern School is almost completely stained compared to the Northern School. Letting them replace the Northern School will undoubtedly establish the integrity and integrity of the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. Behind this plan is what Xu Yingyuan insisted on not abolishing Confucianism.

Zhou Shixiang was a little moved when he heard this. After all, this era was not his previous life. Confucianism had a deep-rooted influence on people's hearts. Whether in court or countryside, the word Confucius Sheng had a far superior prestige than the emperor. More importantly, all scholars, or everyone who knows literacy, were theoretically members of Confucius Sheng and disciples. Therefore, he wanted to completely abolish Confucianism, innovate politics, and establish a new study, which was equivalent to doing the same with scholars all over the world. In Chinese history, no one dared to do this. The only one who did it was immediately counterattacked and felled after his death, and was even stigmatized for decades.

Although Zhou Shixiang was a scholar, he was actually a half-hearted person and did not understand it deeply. But he knew very well that the disadvantages of this era were 100% extended from Confucianism, such as the folk clans, the imperial examinations of the imperial examinations of the court, and the concept of governing the country.

Confucianism is a basket, and everything is filled in. For two thousand years, this basket no longer contains Confucius' original ideas, but the concept that conforms to the interests of the ruling class.

The interests of the ruling class will inevitably harm the interests of the people. Confucianism needs the support of the rulers and must serve the rulers. Therefore, this theory has stifled the creativity and pioneering nature of the Han people. At least, at present, it has completely become a shackle that restricts the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Shixiang wanted to reform the imperial examinations, establish new academic studies, and select scholars from new academic studies, and cultivate a new military class, connect the broken backbone of the Han people again, so that they can stand proudly in the East again, and compete with Westerners in this era when the great voyage has arrived, then Confucianism must be abolished. Because Confucianism is closely linked to this era and does not completely abolish it, then the various measures taken by Zhou Shixiang are nothing more than building walls and filling holes on the rotten foundation. Even if a building is barely built, it will still collapse in the future.

In this world, there are individuals who betray the class, but there are no classes who betray the class.

Among the Confucians that have obtained ruling power, there can be several "rebellious" Confucians, but it is impossible for everyone to betray them the status and benefits.

Gu Yanwu, a great scholar, was a member of "rebelliousness". His theory was actually completely different from the traditional Confucian thoughts. Confucianism advocated loyalty to the emperor, but Gu Yanwu openly proposed the vain king in Nandu. In the big discussion, he even believed that the affairs of the world could be handled by capable people, and the emperor could not do anything about it.

This must be deeply agreed with Zhou Shixiang. But to other Confucian disciples, it would be no less than killing his parents.

Why did Huang Zongxi and others get so many officials and gentry in Nandu? It can be said that 80% of the officials in the entire Nandu city, including the chief minister Guo Zhiqi, were strongly opposed to the statement of Xu Jun, who strongly opposed Gu Yanwu. The essence is that although Gu Yanwu did not clearly state that Confucianism is useless, he dug a hole in Confucianism. If this hole is not filled, the dominance of Confucianism will definitely be severely damaged.

I have read the books of sages and worshipped the Confucius Temple for my whole life. Suddenly one day, the books of sages became a waste, and the Confucius Temple became a place that everyone disliked. What do these people think and see?

Gu Yanwu's failure was expected. His opponent was all scholars, all officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, a new idea was born, it would inevitably be severely counterattacked by the old doctrine. This has nothing to do with whether the idea itself is correct, and it is entirely due to interests.

Gu Yanwu's failure made Zhou Shixiang completely let go of his fantasy of scholars. He thought that even if Gu Yanwu could not gain a foothold in Nandu, he could attract a considerable number of gentry to join, thus gathering a new bureaucratic group that conforms to his Highness the King of Qi's ideas. In this way, he could have a bureaucratic team that could help him implement policies. Even if one day in the future, he would want to take over the Ming Dynasty, and a group of people would shine flags and shout for him.

But the reality once again ruthlessly hit Zhou Shixiang. Even though Jiangnan Qingguai and the three major cases seriously weakened the gentry group in Jiangnan, and even if the anti-revolutionary movement is killing people, these scholars still refuse to bow their heads to admit their incompetence, admit that the uselessness of what they have learned, and admit that the country has today is entirely their responsibility.

In the past, forming a "unified front" to unite anti-Qing forces has always been the thing that Zhou Shixiang attaches most importance to.

This "unified front" has army, officials, gentry, scholars, and even merchants. As long as they are willing to fight against the Qing Dynasty with them, even if they are not fighting on the front line, as long as they do not drag themselves back, Zhou Shixiang admits them and is willing to cooperate with them. He gives them all territory, money, food, official hats, and whatever he can. But now, this "unified front" has become a chicken's strait, and it is really tasteless to eat.

Zhongzhen Camp and a large group of local gangs continued their former behavior of bandits, and their destructive power was not inferior to that of the Qing army. If it weren't for the internal strife between father and son, Zhou Shixiang would have an opportunity to take advantage of it, now, I'm afraid it would be another warlord group independent of the central government. The court yamen were formed, but those who came in were all helping officials who were unwilling to help them sincerely. The recruitment order of the Qi Palace was issued for so long, but there were only a few scholars who came to vote. The gentry refused to pay the food, and forced Zhou Shi to get into trouble. The scholars refused to abandon their literature and joined the army, learned the Dingyuan class, but instead made a big fuss for the landlords and gentry and their own interests. They also arranged countless novels to slander the Taiping Army as bandits. Even these people colluded with the Qing Dynasty again in order to avoid being deprived of their privileges and to preserve their influence in the clan.

The facts tell Zhou Shixiang that if you want to reform, no one else can trust except the talents you have cultivated.

After thinking for a night, Zhou Shixiang did not accept Xu Yingyuan's advice. He summoned Zhang An, ambassador of the Military Intelligence Department, and handed him a note.

Above are a few cold words: "Those who follow me advocate, and those who go against me die."

It is better to make drastic moves than to put energy into compromise.

Zhou Shixiang wanted to expand the suppression of rebellion, from the gentry of Tonglu to all scholars who refused to cooperate with him, whether they were officials, gentry, or students from the Imperial College.

Only by overthrowing the old class can a new class be created.

It is true that there are many scholars, but there are more people. Compared with the huge base of the people, conservative scholars are only a small number of scholars after all.

As long as he is loyal to himself, as long as he can mobilize the 200,000 Taiping Army soldiers who fought in the north and south, as long as he can make the people live in food and clothing, Zhou Shixiang felt that he didn't have to care about the so-called scholars, the so-called Confucian scholars, the so-called great scholars, and even the so-called descendants of Confucius.

The eight words from Zhenjiang were soon spread to Nandu, to the hands of Zhou Dian, to the garrison and the personal army.

Zhang An personally led his men to Nandu and took over Nanzhen from his personal commander Zhou Baoguo. Zhou Shixiang did not give him much time, and Zhang An only had one month. If the court in Nandu was not cleaned from top to bottom within a month, he would have neglected his duties.

Zhou Shi passed on a message to Yuan Kuoyu and Ding Zhixiang, telling them that he would enter Beijing at the end of May, and that the government would be reformed.

In addition to bringing his brother Kong Xingxie's personal "rejection", Kong Xingzhen also told Zhou Shixiang a good news about the movements of the Eight Banners in Xuzhou.

According to Kong Xingzhen, an anti-Qing uprising broke out in Denglai, Shandong, and the leader was a great hero named Yu Qi.

Zhou Shixiang is familiar with Yu Qi, because the military intelligence personnel stationed in Shandong reported the information of this person in detail.

In Zhou Shixiang's view, Yu Qi is a tycoon in the martial arts world and a thief in the green forest. Information from the Military Information Department shows that Yu Qi had been studying for several years and became a disciple of martial arts at the age of 14. He passed the martial arts examination in the second year of Chongzhen and passed the martial arts examination the following year. He was a heroic and righteous person and often resolved disputes for his fellow villagers. Therefore, he had a high prestige in the local area and was loved by the people.

In the fifth year of Shunzhi, Yu Qi mobilized hundreds of gold mining workers and joined forces with farmers from Jiaodong to launch an anti-Qing uprising. He led a thousand people to attack Ninghaizhou and beheaded the governor Liu Wenqi. The Qing government had no time to take care of Shandong because the main force was dealing with the Daxi Army, so he asked Dengzhou magistrate Zhang Shangxian to come forward and adopt a policy of mercy and recruit Yu Qi as the general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general general secretary, so he secretly opposed the Qing again because of his identity as a general.

In the original time and space, the inducement of the Yuqi Uprising was that the Zheng army entered the Yangtze River, but now it is entirely because of Zhou Shixiang.

I heard that a scholar in Guangdong raised an army and killed several princes of the Qing Dynasty one after another. After restoring the Nandu, Yu Qifen was encouraged and decided not to wait anymore and immediately responded. Because of the harsh policies of the Qing Dynasty, the people of the two palaces of Denglai responded one after another, and the anti-Qing fire had burned all over Jiaodong. When Kong Yuanzhen came to Zhenjiang, the Qing court's auxiliary minister Sony had secretly ordered Beiletuntai, who was stationed in Xuzhou, to draw one of the few Eight Banners soldiers to join the Shandong Green Camp to fight against Qi.

Sony issued a strict order to Tuntai, and must suppress the Yuqi Uprising as quickly as possible, and then return to Xuzhou immediately. The Taiping Army in front of him must not let the emptiness of Xuzhou be noticed.

It has to be said that Tuntai has done a very good job in confidentiality. The Taiping Army military intelligence personnel sent to Xuzhou did not find that the Eight Banners in the city had quietly driven to Shandong. Although the staff of the Shandong Military Intelligence Department knew about the Yu Qi Uprising that broke out in Denglai and sent people to contact Yu Qi, they did not know that the Eight Banners soldiers in Xuzhou had quietly driven to Shandong.
Chapter completed!