The so-called small sect became a large sect, which meant that people from the lineage of Jiankang Chongshenghou were allowed to take charge of Qufu and become the major sect of the Confucius family in Qufu.
This is indeed Shen Yi's opinion.
When Shen Yi proposed this idea to the emperor, he didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to give the Kong family some punishment so that the Kong family wouldn't have to jump around repeatedly without paying any price.
But this matter actually has some not-so-good effects.
Because...it goes against the patriarchal system.
If the emperor agrees to this plan and nods, then the officials up and down the court will not only object, but also think too much.
What are you thinking about?
They will think of the Queen Empress having no children and the Emperor's eldest son Li Wang, who was born to Concubine Hui.
If one day in the future, the empress gives birth to a prince, and the emperor insists on having the eldest son, Li Wang, this will also be the transition from a small sect to a large sect.
It goes against thousands of years of patriarchal rule.
Zhao Changping discovered this problem very keenly. He lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I think that I can choose a 65th generation descendant of the Kong family from among the descendants of the Chongsheng Hou Mansion to adopt Kong Shangzhen..."
"Kong Shangzhen does not need to be granted the title of Holy Duke. In the future, when the child grows up and inherits the family business, he will be granted the title of Holy Duke."
The emperor glanced at Zhao Changping gently and sighed slightly in his heart.
In the eyes of these Confucian disciples, the patriarchal system is unbreakable.
Even Zhao Changping, who is obviously biased towards Shen Yi, does not agree with Shen Yi's plan.
The emperor touched his chin and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "What Mr. Zhao said makes sense. I will consider it as appropriate."
He looked at Zhao Changping and said: "The Huai'an Army in the north is attacking Yanzhou Prefecture. At this time, the supply of money and food to the front line cannot be cut off. The Ministry of Household Affairs will send a minister or doctor over to take charge of the money and food for the front line army."
Having said this, the emperor paused and said, "The money from the Shipping Department of our city can be temporarily allocated to the Ministry of Household Affairs for use in the past two years. Prime Minister Zhao will take the money and ask people to buy more grain for military use."
His Majesty the Emperor said slowly: "The Huai'an army is now in good momentum. Shen Yi cannot be allowed to fight until there is nothing to eat."
In the past few years, Shibosi has really made a lot of money on behalf of Emperor Hongde.
After a few years, the palace's internal funds were already very abundant, and the emperor did a lot of things with the money.
Originally, no one would be willing to spit out this kind of oil and water that has already been eaten. But now, with the Northern Expedition being the most important thing, His Majesty the Emperor had to be generous and spit out some gold coins.
Hearing the emperor's words, Mr. Zhao was very happy. He lowered his head and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is holy and virtuous. I will obey your orders!"
His Majesty the Emperor smiled slightly: "If I don't contribute money, I won't be saintly, right?"
Mr. Zhao smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
The emperor yawned and said, "Gao Ming, give me a gift for Prime Minister Zhao."
Zhao Changping resigned.
After Eunuch Gao sent Zhao Changping away, the emperor walked slowly to Shen Heng and asked with a smile: "Have you written down everything I said to Prime Minister Zhao just now?"
Shen Heng stood up quickly, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, all the ministers have taken note of it."
The emperor patted his shoulder and asked with a smile: "Do you know why your brother wants to change the Kong family, but you, the junior uncle, are not willing?"
Shen Heng thought for a while, then shook his head slightly.
"Wei Chen doesn't understand."
"Because of that brother of yours."
The emperor chuckled.
"Not like a scholar at all."
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Yanzhou Prefecture.
The wind of Jiankang has not yet reached Yanzhou.
At this moment, Shen Yi, who was still harassing Yanzhou, did not know the situation in the Jiankang court.
In other words, he didn't know the exact situation of Jiankang.
To be honest, if Shen Yi knew that the big-headed scholars in Jiankang were criticizing him behind his back, he might ride back to Jiankang and meet the civil servants face to face.
After all, when it comes to his background, Shen Yi is a serious second-class Jinshi and a Hanlin official. There are really not many bastards in the court who have higher academic qualifications than him, so there is no need for him to be afraid of anyone.
But now, most of his attention is still on Yanzhou City.
This night was the seventh day that the Huai'an army attacked Yanzhou.
The right army was led by Zhang Meng, and the left army was replaced by Zhong Ming.
At this time, the number of the Xuanjia Guards in Ming Dynasty has reached more than 200, and after experiencing several battles, this Xuanjia Guards have basically taken shape, and they are already qualified in terms of personal quality and combat consciousness.
That night, the Chinese artillery battalion was still the first to reach the predetermined position and began to bombard Yanzhou City.
After six or seven days of "practical training", the artillery battalion gunners at this time were already familiar with this new type of artillery shells.
Setting up artillery just a stone's throw away would not guarantee that every cannonball would explode accurately among the people on the tower, but it could already guarantee an explosion rate of about 50%.
This is enough.
After all, the artillery array is located outside the one-shot area, and Yanzhou's crossbows are basically not a threat. Only the large bed crossbows and the artillery on the Yanzhou city wall can threaten the artillery array.
However, the artillery array is far away from Yanzhou, and the artillery is relatively scattered.
The Huai'an Army's artillery can be fired directly at the tower without aiming, which is relatively easy to hit. However, it is more difficult to hit the artillery accurately with the crossbows and solid projectile artillery, which are not accurate at all.
Although there are experienced old artillerymen in Yanzhou City, during the seven days of bombardment of Yanzhou, only one artillery was damaged in the artillery array. As for the gunners, only two were injured and no one was killed.
It can be said that for now, the Qi people have no way to counter this kind of artillery.
Of course, there are countermeasures, but they don't dare to use them.
Now, Shen Yi's troops have arrived in Yanzhou for some time. No matter how stupid the Qi army in Yanzhou is, they can still know the approximate strength of the Huai'an army. If Shen Yi is in charge of Yanzhou's defense, he will probably take advantage of one night to directly attack Open the city gate, abandon the defense of the city, and use cavalry to directly attack the Huai'an Army's artillery camp.
The difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and there is no reason to be beaten all the time.
In such a short distance, the artillery array cannot retreat quickly. Maybe they can grab a few cannons and go back.
However, for more than a year, the people of Qi have suffered too many losses at the hands of Shen Yi, and now that the imperial court's reinforcements have not arrived, none of the Yanzhou defenders dare to take responsibility. They can only act as turtles and hold on to the city.
As the cannonballs hit the Yanzhou city tower one after another, the cannonballs exploded, filled with the smell of gunpowder and an inexplicable spicy smell.
The spicy smell quickly spread on the tower, making it almost impossible for the Qi troops guarding the tower to keep their eyes open.
Zhong Ming had already put on the armor given to him by Shen Yi. He pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted angrily: "Xuanjia Guard, charge into battle with me!"
More than two hundred Xuanjia guards followed closely behind. When the Qi people on the city tower were controlled and had no time to care about them, they almost rushed to the foot of Yanzhou City, and then began to set up the ladder as quickly as possible.
Zhong Ming still took the lead, because tonight was the first time to use the explosive bomb with pepper powder, and the effect was quite good. They boarded the Yanzhou Tower with almost no hindrance.
Zhong Ming raised his knife and slashed, almost cutting a Qi Ren in half. Then he roared angrily and bumped his body, knocking several Qi Ren who rushed over but had no time to react, four to five meters away.
At this time, more Xuanjia Guards had already boarded the Yanzhou City Tower!
There was a touch of black on the entire southern tower of Yanzhou.
Shen Yi was still watching the battle from a distance. When he saw Zhong Ming ascending the tower, Mr. Shen clasped his hands behind his back and said, "It's so fierce."
"Is this the first time he has climbed onto the Yanzhou Tower?"
Su Ding bowed slightly and replied: "The third time."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and said, "Last time, the gates of Yanzhou City were opened."
Su Ding nodded.
"If our main force were here, we would have been able to break into Yanzhou City last time."
Master Shen squinted his eyes, looked into the distance, and said lightly.
"The war in Yanzhou has become critical..."
"Should the Qi troops on both sides not come to rescue us?"
