The result of the Battle of Baigouhe spread throughout the world and shocked the whole world.
No one was initially optimistic about King Zhao's rebellion this time. After all, there was no successful precedent in history for someone using his position as a vassal king to commit rebellion.
The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the former Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion of the former Jin Dynasty failed to succeed.
If the vassal king wanted to seize the throne, it would be fine if he relied on a coup d'etat; if he wanted to use force to provoke the emperor and seize the imperial power.
The central court will let this vassal king know what a unified dynasty with centralized power is!
And like Zhu Kai, he was the first person to use the power of a vassal king to fight against the central government and achieve such a great victory.
Originally, King Zhao was just a relatively powerful vassal king in the hearts of the people in the world, but now, King Zhao has the capital to compete in the world.
After this battle, Jizhou returned home.
Cao Xueyang, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army who originally confronted Zhang Shimei in Pingshan, led his army back to Jinyang to defend.
King Zhao's troops are directed towards Qingzhou and Qizhou, and even Xuzhou will be exposed to the iron hoofs of King Zhao's elite cavalry.
"Master, King Zhao is coming, what should we do?!" This place is Qufu in Qizhou.
It was originally just an ordinary county, but because of a family, it became anything but ordinary.
The world's aristocratic families are open to the north and open to the south!
These are the two largest aristocratic families in the Central Plains since ancient times.
Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu, Qizhou.
Qingtian Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain.
Yanshenggong Mansion is the largest aristocratic family in the north, and it is also a holy place in the hearts of Confucian disciples all over the world.
Since the emperor of the Han Dynasty consecrated Kong Teng, the eighth grandson of the most holy master, as the enshrined king, the eldest grandson of Confucius had a hereditary title. In the following time, emperors of any dynasty and generations would regard the blood descendants of the most holy master.
All with due respect.
The title also changed many times. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, he was called Feng Sheng Tinghou, and in the Tang Dynasty, he was called Baosheng Hou and Wenxuan Gong. It was not until the former Song Dynasty that the title of Yan Sheng Gong was finally determined.
"A dynasty of flowing water, an iron-clad Confucius family", the descendants of the Kong family have been enjoying glory and wealth, and the rulers of all dynasties have continued to worship the sage Master Kong, even if the land of China fell and was invaded by foreigners, Confucius
The sound of the waves at home remains the same. Therefore, no matter who takes control of the Central Plains, they will choose to use Confucianism to assist themselves.
Even though Confucianism is not the only religion in the Great Zhou Dynasty today, it is still the most mainstream theory.
After the Battle of Baigouhe, the Yanshenggong Mansion, which had been deliberately suppressed by Emperor Taizongwen, became active again.
During the reigns of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen, the Confucius family was always unpopular.
Although Kong Qinli was revered as a bachelor of Dongge, one of the bachelors of the four palaces and two pavilions of the imperial court, Emperor Taizong Wen never gave him real power. Instead, he was transferred to the Imperial College to serve as the imperial minister.
In this dynasty, those born in the imperial examination and those who were born as supervisors would be ostracized by orthodox civil servants in the officialdom.
The Imperial College's offering of wine is equivalent to a false title without rights.
During the reign of Emperor Xizongli, Kong Qinli served as a powerful bachelor for several months because of his timely support.
But the good dream did not last long. After Yang Qingyuan supported Shi San to ascend to the throne, Kong Qinli could no longer keep his title as a bachelor of Dongge University. He was dismissed from his post as a wine minister in the Imperial College and had no choice but to return to Qufu.
With Thirteenth's throne firmly established, Kong Qinli originally thought that his generation would have no chance to ascend to the imperial court. Unexpectedly, there was no way out, and there was a bright future after another.
"Uncle, you have held an important position in the imperial court, how do you think our Kong family should deal with ourselves now!?"
The Kong family is the local emperor of Qufu. If they are not the real emperor, they must make a choice when the iron hoof of King Zhao Zhu Kai comes.
Is it temporary surrender or complete surrender?
Although they are both surrenders, the difference is huge!
The temporary surrender is just to welcome King Zhao Zhu Kai, and there is no loss of etiquette. However, whether the surrender will be effective depends on King Zhao's future development.
If King Zhao really conquers the world and takes control of the central government, then the Kong family will naturally wave the flag and advocate for King Zhao, argue scriptures and create a legal basis for public opinion for his ascension to the throne. This method is undoubtedly the safest. For a long time, Duke Yan Sheng
This is the trick used by the government.
Another option is to completely fall to King Zhao! Under normal circumstances, Yan Shenggong's Mansion would never choose this extreme investment method, otherwise if King Zhao fails, it will be a serious injury.
But now King Zhao's power is rapidly expanding, allowing local gentry and aristocratic families in Yanshenggong Mansion and even all states to see his muscles.
This is equivalent to the company's gorgeous financial statements before its IPO.
These speculators are very excited!
However, this is not the most important thing. What makes the wealthy families headed by Yan Shenggong's family the most excited is King Zhao's attitude towards them.
Since the cabinet headed by Wang Hua came to power, it has begun to implement the concept of allocating land to acres, and at the same time promoted the acquisition of private land by the court, and then the common people would contract it.
For the imperial court, this national policy would stabilize the foundation of the country and replenish the national treasury.
But for landlords and gentry like the Kong family, it is a bad government, a heinous bad government that must be abolished!
The Kong family was the largest landowner in Qizhou, and it was the Kong family that was most affected by the imperial government.
Yanshenggong's mansion has 463 halls and pavilions, nine courtyards, and covers an area of more than 200 acres. Just one renovation cost more than 66,400 taels of silver.
On both sides of the gate of Confucius' Mansion, there is a pair of gold-lettered couplets hanging. The upper couplet is: "Xiu Guoxianxiu An Fu Zunonggongfu", the second couplet is: "Tongtian and Lao Wenwen moral saint's family". The emperor is stamped on it.
Baoxi, I don’t know its geometry.
The land owned by the Confucius Mansion covers millions of acres in Qi, Qing, Hebei, and Xu prefectures.
These lands were, firstly, rewards from past dynasties; secondly, they were plundered and annexed in disguise while farmers were in danger of bankruptcy; thirdly, they were occupied by local officials in the name of running schools and offering sacrifices to the most holy teachers; fourthly, they were directly and forcibly occupied by the Confucian government.
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According to Jinyiwei's investigation: In the name of checking the sacrificial fields, the Confucian government sent nearly a thousand servants to Xuzhou and other places under the pretext that there were 90 hectares of sacrificial fields allocated by the previous dynasty, and "inserted the words 'Shenggong's Mansion' all over the territory.
Banner", "More than a hundred places in Miemeizhuang Village" actually occupied "more than 3,200 hectares", more than 35 times the original acres of Kong Mansion.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is just one of them, the Kong family has done this behavior as many as nine times.
The ancestors Taizu and Taizong had some scruples about it, so they kept it secret for the time being, but the evidence was preserved.
Kong Qinli was also aware of the imperial court's fear and distrust of the Confucius family.
Just like Emperor Taizu Gao who didn't let Kong Qinli interfere in practical affairs, just like Emperor Taizong Wen didn't hide his disgust at all.
For the imperial court's new policy, the Confucius Mansion was a cancerous tumor that needed to be eradicated sooner or later.
The people in Confucius' mansion also knew this, but although they were powerful, they were unable to fight against a dynasty.
But now the goodwill released by King Zhao gave hope to the landlords and gentry headed by the Kong family.
It is impossible for King Zhao to compete with Emperor Linde for the basic base, so he can only find other ways to gain the support of others.
"We have already made enemies of the imperial court by preventing it from acquiring private land. The reason why the imperial court did not take action against us is because it was distracted by King Zhao. Once the imperial court takes care of King Zhao, how will we survive?!"
Kong Qinli’s nephew, Kong Zhidong, speaks volumes.
A large group of people in the hall also agreed with what he said. These people are all vested interests in the Kong family's land, so they naturally cannot give it up.
Seeing that everyone favored King Zhao, Kong Qinli, who was still a little hesitant at first, completely made up his mind.
"When King Zhao comes, open the gate of the palace and welcome him with a dance of eight hundred cents!"
Yi refers to the procession of music and dance, and also represents the level and specification of music and dance indicating social status. One Yi refers to a row of eight people, and eight Yi refers to a row of sixty-four people.
According to Zhou Rites, only the emperor can use eight yi, the princes can use six qi, the ministers and officials can use four yi, and the scholars can use two yi.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, only Emperor Linde could accept this Eight-Yuan Dance. Now the Confucius family opens the door to welcome Zhu Kai with the Eight-Yuan Dance. Its purpose is obvious!
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The behavior of the Kong family is representative of the behavior of most landowners and gentry in Qizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. From this moment on, King Zhao's rebellion turned from power and ambition into a collision of two eras.
In the Wuying Hall, Emperor Linde was discussing matters with his ministers. Suddenly, a guard in royal robes hurried to the emperor's side.
"Your Majesty! Commander Jinyiwei has something urgent to do with Master Zhi Qinglong. Please see me!"
The Jinyiwei not only monitor the world, but are also the emperor's personal army. Although they are also affiliated with the Jinyiwei, the group of Jinyiwei who protect Thirteen do not belong to any town and Fu division.
All the ministers who were discussing the matter stopped.
One of the pavilion walkers expressed slight dissatisfaction with this, and when he was about to speak, he saw Wang Hua, the cabinet scholar, had already stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guards and Zhi Qinglong are here to stabilize him. He is asking for an audience when the Wuying Palace is discussing something. It must not be the case."
Little things!”
Seeing that his boss had said so, he naturally had nothing to say to Qinglong, who had just wanted to impeach Qinglong for defying the pavilion.
He walks alone in the cabinet and is not even a bachelor of the cabinet. How can he question the words of Wang Hua, the apparent second-in-command in the cabinet but actually the first-in-command?!
Emperor Linde nodded slightly, "Xuan!"
Qinglong then walked into the Wuying Palace, "Your Majesty, a secret report from the front line!"
Looking at Qinglong's solemn expression, Emperor Linde knew something was wrong. Looking at the bamboo tube in Qinglong's hand, it was painted with red paint, indicating that it was an urgent matter.
Seeing this dazzling red mass, Thirteen suddenly hesitated, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger!
"read!"
"yes!"
Qinglong opened the bamboo tube and unfolded the information inside.
"The guilty minister, General Zhao Wu of the Pingjing Army, is the leader! On the third morning of the twelfth lunar month, the governor took advantage of the heavy fog and led an army of 150,000 to cross the Baigou River and directly attack the main camp of the rebel chief Zhu Kai. The guilty minister led an army of 100,000 to defend the main camp.
However, the rebel chiefs had already made preparations. They dug a waterway in the upper reaches of the Baigou River and used the water of the Daqing River to block the governor's return route. I wanted to lead an army to meet him, but the rebels suddenly appeared in Baigou with an army of more than 50,000 cavalry.
On the south bank of the Gou River, the bandits sent cavalry to break into the camp. The guilty minister Zhao Wu failed to defend the camp and deserved death!
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The general used an ambush formation from ten sides on the north bank of the Baigou River to defeat the rebel Zhu Kai. Just as he was pursuing and killing the enemy chief, a sudden wind blew up and broke the commander's flag of the governor's command. The rebel chief Zhu Kai took the opportunity to counterattack.
Our army was severely defeated. The governor-general was surrounded by rebel cavalry. Although he killed more than 400 rebel cavalry with a single sword, he finally died from exhaustion and died for his country. All his troops and horses were wiped out.
Qu Neng, the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, and his son Qu Yu were obsessed by the evil wind while pursuing Zhu Kai, and fell into Zhu Kai's siege. The entire army was destroyed.
Ningyuan general Yu Tongyuan and his deputy general Teng Ju, in order to support the commander-in-chief, fought hard to attack the enemy's formation, and all five thousand of their elite cavalry were wiped out.
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"That's enough!" Emperor Linde, who had always been gentle, now exuded a frightening chill, and his deep voice interrupted Qinglong who was reading out the military situation.
There was deathly silence in Wuying Hall.
Ever since the commander-in-chief, Zhao Tianlin, died of exhaustion and sacrificed his life for the country, Thirteen had not listened carefully. All he could hear in his ears was, "all gone", "all gone"!
There is no reason why the Pingjing Army could be defeated so miserably.
In this battle, almost all the high-ranking generals of the Pingjing Army were wiped out.
Among those killed in the battle was Zhao Tianlin, the trusted commander-in-chief of the Pingjing Army! This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Longwu Army and the Tiance Army.
Zhao Tianlin was a veteran of the four dynasties. He had guarded Jinyang and wiped out the Hou Jin Dynasty. He was also appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Pingjing Army.
The commander-in-chief of the Great Zhou Dynasty at the military district level.
There were originally only five such people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They were the commanders of the Sixth Army of the Emperor, excluding the Changlin Army.
Although the Pingjing Army was newly organized, its 250,000-strong army was organized according to the organization of the Sixth Army of the Emperor.
Thirteen didn't see that veteran many times.
But during the Jinyang defense war, he once followed Yu Yanyi to turn the tide.
The old general also fully supported the registration of Thirteen.
To be honest, Thirteen didn't have many memories of Zhao Tianlin. Even apart from these few brief memories, he found that he and Zhao Tianlin had no intersection to commemorate him!
But the anger and grief in Emperor Linde's heart were almost uncontrollable.
It's just that he is the emperor of Zhou Dynasty and cannot express such emotions clearly on his face, but his clenched fists show his mood.
"continue!"
"In this battle, a total of more than 93,500 soldiers and horses were killed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and more than 37,000 were wounded! Fifty-three thousand people were captured. A total of 221 generals above the rank of lieutenant were killed... Minister
Integrate the defeated army, be good at 54,000 men, take part of the food, grass and baggage to retreat westward, temporarily establish a defense line at Yanmen Pass, and wait for the emperor to deal with it... The guilty minister pays homage!"
This top-secret information was sent by Zhao Wu through the Jin Yiwei of Pingjing Army.
There was silence in Wuying Hall. This defeat was so serious that the emperor had to express his attitude first.
"With the Royal Forest Army deploying 70,000 troops, we set off immediately, traveling under starry night, to Yanmen to assist Zhao Wu in defending the city. Order Zhao Wu that when General Zhao died for his country, he could pass it on to the remaining troops, but he was not allowed to worship to prevent riots!
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The reason why I chose to let the soldiers of the Pingjing Army know about this was to stimulate their fighting spirit.
Zhao Tianlin's death can certainly damage the morale of the Zhou army, but conversely it can also ignite morale.
Just how to use it!?
"In addition, report this matter to Cao Xueyang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Longwu Army, Li Chengen, the Commander-in-Chief of the Tiance Army, and the garrison troops in various counties to prevent the enemy from sneaking a surprise attack with General Zhao!"
Seeing that Emperor Linde, who was originally a bit weak, was now wielding imperial power and ordering orders in an orderly manner, most of the civil servants and generals in the Wuying Palace had to admit that they had underestimated this young emperor.