Hundreds of Tuan Yong, wearing fat double-breasted jackets, large cotton trousers, and wrapping their heads with cloth handkerchiefs, were standing in a loose column, carrying their luggage, large knives, and spears.

Armed with matchlocks, they headed straight for Qufu County. Most of these regimental warriors who came from unknown sources were young and strong, and everyone looked cheerful and energetic... There were seven more people walking in front of them.

The eight strong men riding mules and horses did not ride well. Instead, they straightened up on the backs of the mules and horses as if to show off their riding skills. They also looked left and right and saw the Qufu City Wall in the distance. They were still training in groups in the open space outside the city.

Tuan Yong started yelling.

"My God, isn't this Qufu just a county town? Why does it have such a tall city wall? It's still the strongest brick city, and it looks no worse than our Daming Prefecture city. If a hundred thousand enemy troops come, even the lives of them won't be enough.

Pile it on the wall?"

"This is the hometown of Kong Shenggong. If our Daming Palace was in the Song Dynasty, it would indeed be much stronger than Qufu, but now how can it be as prosperous as Qufu? Even the big and small are probably not as prosperous as Qufu."

"This Holy Duke holds such a strong city and has so many brave men. Is he planning something big?"

"Does that need to be said? The world is in chaos now. The Ming Dynasty is resurrected in the south, the Qing Dynasty is ruling the roost in the north, and the Wu and Zhou Dynasty are in the west. Only the east is missing an Eastern Emperor, and it seems that it must be Shenggong!"

"Then we have made the right decision to vote for the Holy Duke now. Once the Holy Duke ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, we will be regarded as the founding heroes of the country, and we will no longer have to act based on the face of the county magistrate."

These turned out to be Tuan Yong from Daming Prefecture in North Zhili Province, who crossed the province and came to Qufu County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province to "vote for the Holy Duke". From what they said, it seemed that they did not intend to defend the Qing Dynasty, but intended to help Kong Shenggong.

Being the "Eastern Emperor"...this means going against it!

This group of Tuan Yong from Daming Prefecture loudly discussed the rebellion while walking outside the Zonglu Gate of the Ximen of Qufu. The Zonglu Gate was open generously, and several people from Qufu County who were guarding the gate, including

I didn't even bother to ask. Needless to say, I already knew that they must be powerful local warriors from Shandong, Henan, Huaibei, Zhili and other places who came to seek refuge with the Holy Duke.

Although the Qing court had issued an explicit order long ago, it only allowed Kong Shenggong to recruit and train warriors in several state capitals in Shandong. But now the main force of the Qing army in Shandong has been transferred to Huguang, leaving only some Fu bids, and the bids are still being raised.

To maintain the dignity of the Qing Dynasty in Shandong. In this case, how could the Qing government in Shandong have the intention to restrict Shenggong from recruiting regimental warriors? After all, the more people Shenggong has, the safer they will be. If

The Holy Duke really didn't have many people under his command, but when the Ming army came over, were they supposed to be second-in-commands? Or should they die in retribution to the king in the face of danger?

They may not accept the second minister, but they will die in the face of danger... Although they are unwilling to do so, what can they do if the soldiers of tomorrow want to kill them?

Therefore, these local officials in Shandong not only ignored the constraints imposed by the Qing court on Kong Shenggong, but also opened the door to convenience. Some even took the initiative to provide food and accommodation to these foreign Tuanyong who came from afar... Of course, they secretly reported to Kong Shenggong.

He plotted something evil, crossed provinces to worry about local bravery, and shouted from a high place, and tens of thousands of followers were sent to Jingzhao Mansion like a flowing stream of memorials!

This is called the officialdom philosophy of "cutting both sides with a knife" - if the court wanted to investigate Kong Shenggong for the crime of rebellion, these people would have exposed it, so they are not accomplices. If Kong Shenggong officially raised the flag of rebellion and became Confucius Sheng, then they would all

Anyone who has provided support to the "Holy Soldiers" can be regarded as a founding hero.

At this time, in the Shenggong Mansion in Qufu City, Kong Shenggong Kong Yuqi had almost become "Kong Depressed"... Could he not be depressed? He had done nothing. In the past few years, he had just worshiped puppets and made clay sculptures.

Let the Confucian disciples below worship him on the stage. All the "Shenggong Orders" issued in his name were issued by those big bosses based on the secret edicts of Emperor Kangxi and had nothing to do with him.

But he is so good, why do so many people still falsely accuse him of rebellion?

"...It's unjust, it's unjust. The ancestors are above us. The unworthy descendant Kong Yuqi is unjustly accused of rebelling. Rebellion will destroy the nine tribes! The Kong family has been passed down for so many generations, and now it will perish in my hands. Ancestor,

what do I do?"

In a large hall of the Confucius Institute in Qufu, Kong Yuqi was kneeling in front of a full-length portrait of the saint named Confucius, complaining to his ancestors with runny noses and tears.

The only person beside him was Huang Zhisheng, Kong Yuqi's only confidant... Fortunately, Huang Zhisheng had informed Kong Shenggong, otherwise he would not have known that there were so many people behind his back telling him that he was going to rebel.

This false accusation of rebellion is really immoral!

"Brother-in-law, what do you think I should do? Should I give the emperor a note?"

After complaining to his ancestors for a long time about his sufferings, his ancestors ignored him, so Kong Yuqi had no choice but to seek help from Huang Zhisheng.

Huang Zhisheng is now his brother-in-law. But he is not his biological brother-in-law, but his cousin-in-law. Huang Zhisheng actually has a wife and children in his hometown in Guangdong, but they did not follow him to the north. So Huang Zhisheng was single for a while.

Although the several widowed girls in Monk Zhixin had a good relationship, they couldn't marry them after all. So Kong Yuqi, who wanted to win over him, asked the clan to choose a beautiful girl aged 16 or 17 to marry Huang Zhisheng - then

The girl is really fair-skinned, beautiful and long-legged, a standard Shandong beauty, and she is also knowledgeable and courteous... This person named Huang is really cheap!

Huang Zhisheng frowned, with a sad look on his face, "It's obvious that there are no tigers in the city; but three people's words turned into tigers... Not to mention that when the Holy Duke called out today, more than 100,000 people jumped up and followed. Today in Shandong

All the officials in the province have embraced Confucianism, and everyone looks up to them with the Holy Duke's horse head. What is the use of the Holy Duke's manifesto at this time?"

"No, it's useless? Then, then I should..." Kong Yuqi burst into tears of sadness, "Should I tie myself before the emperor and let him be careless?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Huang Zhisheng shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not necessary. The Holy Duke only needs to sit in the palace, and I will handle the big things."

"Just sit still?" Kong Yuqi looked at Huang Zhisheng with some uncertainty.

Huang Zhisheng nodded: "Yes, just sit still. I and other bosses will handle it, so you don't have to worry about mundane matters."

"Then, then I will just sit and wait for death..." Kong Yuqi said in an inaudible voice.

Huang Zhisheng bowed to Kong Yuqi and said, "Students receive the holy decree!"

After bowing, he turned around and walked out of the lobby, then left the heavily guarded Kong Lin and returned to the Shenggong Mansion located next to Kong Lin.

In the lobby of the Shenggong Mansion, the four big bosses including Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong, Zhang Ying, and Fu Honglie were waiting a little impatiently.

The selection of this Confucian boss has been adjusted twice in the past few years. Mingzhu and Li Guangdi were adjusted out. Then Xiong Ci came in as the chief boss, and Fu Honglie, the stupid servant of the Qing Dynasty, also joined the bureau to be in charge of military affairs.

The boss.

This time the five big guys gathered in Qufu, obviously to discuss some important matter. The four people waiting inside the Shenggong Mansion saw Huang Zhisheng coming, and they all started asking questions.

"Where is the Holy Duke?"

"Brother Zhi Sheng, is the Holy Duke still unwilling to take matters seriously?"

Huang Zhisheng nodded and said with a smile: "King Su, of course, we should take care of things... We, the bosses, have to be more patient."

As he spoke, he sat down by himself, picked up a bowl of still hot tea on the coffee table next to him and took a sip, then turned his attention to Zhou Peigong - in the top five, Xiong Cilu was responsible for deception.

In the imperial court, Huang Zhisheng was responsible for coaxing the Holy Duke, Zhang Ying was the chief steward, Fu Honglie was in charge of regiment training, and Zhou Peigong was the "chief rebel" and was responsible for making suggestions.

Zhou Peigong was already confident and said with a smile: "I will write a book in the name of the Holy Duke and postpone the appointment of governor of Shandong and admiral of military affairs!"

Xiong Cilu frowned: "What did you push for? When did Shenggong become the governor of Shandong and the admiral of military affairs? How can you push for this job that you don't have?"
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