One hundred Confucian youths from Shandong were quickly picked out by Kong Yinzhi. They all wore Confucian uniforms and held long swords, holding weapons and bows on their backs. They lined up and walked in front of Zhu Youjian's horse.
It seems like you are trying to persuade others with your virtue!
"Mr. Kong," Zhu Youjian turned back to Kong Zhenyuan, the newly appointed Duke of Yan who was walking beside him, "Look, this is the momentum of the most holy master when he traveled around the world. It seems that Confucianism is expected to flourish!"
In fact, Kong Zhenyuan was not a direct lineage, but a collateral lineage of Nanzong. The head of the direct line of the Southern Sect is named Kong Zhenyun, who is the same generation as Kong Zhenyuan.
It stands to reason that Kong Zhenyun should take over the position of Duke Yansheng who resigned from Kong Yinzhi. However, Kong Zhenyun was a virtuous gentleman. He repeatedly declined and refused to leave Quzhou and go north to seize the title. He also recommended his elder brother Kong Zhenyuan to be the Holy Duke of Yan.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian did not insist anymore and asked his teacher Kong Zhenyuan to become the 66th Duke Yansheng.
At the same time, Zhu Youjian also conferred the title of Holy Duke of Mongolia on Kong Yinzhi and asked him to open a palace in Guiyi City.
Now let’s make a start. When all the Confucian boys who wield swords and guns in the future learn to reason properly, they will be able to promote the spread of Confucianism to the north and west with Guiyi Shenggong Mansion as the center.
In addition, after arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Youjian had to pluck out Kong Zhenyun of the Southern Confucian Sect from Quzhou... An eighth-grade doctor of the Five Classics was still addicted!
By the way, I never heard that the Southern Sect of the Kong family received any benefits from Nizi in my previous life. How many people benefited from it at that time, and even many people in Japan followed suit, but there was no movement from the Quzhou Kong family.
Why are these people so Buddha-natured? This is not going to work. We have to get them started and set up a Nanyang Shenggong Mansion later. We also need to spread the knowledge of the Holy Master in Nanyang...
After presiding over the enthronement ceremony of the 66th generation Yan Shenggong, Zhu Youjian left Yanzhou Fucheng with his "100,000 troops" and went to Xuzhou.
And Kong Zhenyuan, who had just picked up Yan Shenggong, of course had to send him off all the way... He was Zhu Youjian's "Founding Teacher". He had received the true biography from his students, and now he became a disciple under the guidance of his students. He met Yan Shenggong, who had never dared to think about it in the past.
The kindness of this student’s teaching and support is truly as heavy as a mountain!
Thinking of this, Kong Zhenyuan hurriedly gave a high hat to the good student, "Confucianism is now flourishing, and it is the benevolence of Lord Long Live that moved God, so the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" reappeared in the world."
Zhu Youjian nodded. This is a fact. He is indeed a rare benevolent king, and he also has a destiny!
"Mr. Kong," Zhu Youjian brought the topic back to the rise of Confucianism, "you said that if the most sage master saw that most of the current disciples of the northern and southern sects of the Kong family do not want to make progress, but just rely on their blood and honor to live their lives, what would they do? What do you think?"
"This..." Kong Zhenyuan's heart sank!
He knew that the benefits of Long Live Lord were not so easy to obtain!
"Your Majesty," Kong Zhenyuan said, "during the delivery yesterday, I checked the government's account. There are still five to six hundred thousand taels of silver in the government's warehouse. In addition, there are more than 100 taels of silver in the government's grain account. Wanshi Maizi..."
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "Can I still covet this? I, the gentry and wealthy businessmen who sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the south of the Yangtze River to protect the south of the Yangtze River... have to collect money!"
One hundred thousand?
Kong Zhenyuan looked back and saw that there were only three or four thousand cavalry holding the sky! Where are the other ninety-six thousand?
Zhu Youjian saw that Kong Zhenyuan was still looking around, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Kong, stop looking, that's all... there are 3,600 cavalry in total, all of whom are from the left army in front of us.
I have given a hundred thousand words just to get more military expenses from the gentry and wealthy merchants in the southeast. "
Kong Zhen said far away: We sent 3,600 troops, but collected protection fees based on the standard of 100,000 people...Does your conscience as an emperor really not hurt?
Zhu Youjian said: "Sir, do you think I shouldn't ask for more money from those wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen?"
"It should be, it should be..." Kong Zhenyuan nodded without conscience, "Long live the money and food you get is also for the country and the people."
Zhu Youjian thought deeply: "That's right! I don't spend this money myself... Such a big country, so many captives, and endless disasters all have to spend money! There is no money , I will die of poverty, and Ming Dynasty will also die of poverty!
But in the Ming Dynasty, there are so many people who occupy land, run businesses, and make a lot of money, but they don't pay me a penny in taxes... What do you think I should do? "
Kong Zhenyuan didn't know what to say, because his family was one of those who received many benefits but didn't pay a penny in taxes. And the Yanshenggong Mansion he was in charge of had hundreds of thousands of acres of sacrificial land alone! From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, have you ever paid a penny in taxes? Even the walls of Qufu City, owned by the Kong family for generations, were built with the help of conscripts from the Ming Dynasty.
However, in the eyes of the disciples of Yanshenggong Mansion, such kindness was just and justified... No one was grateful.
Zhu Youjian continued: "Although I am the emperor, the country of Ming Dynasty does not belong to me alone, nor does it belong to the Zhu family.
The world belongs to the people of the world. If the people of the world get clothes to keep out the cold and food to eat from the world, they should give something in return and contribute some effort and money to the world. Only when everyone contributes money and effort to the world can things in the world prosper and people in the world can live and work in peace and contentment. Sir, do you think this is true? "
"Yes, yes," Kong Zhenyuan nodded repeatedly, "What Long Live the Lord said is correct."
Zhu Youjian snorted: "But now there are many people in the world who only know how to take benefits and don't know how to contribute money... For example, those southeastern gentry and wealthy merchants who rely on me to send troops to protect them do not contribute to protecting their homes and countries." , and they don’t give me money to recruit troops to suppress bandits! If everyone in the world is like this, how can I continue to be the emperor?"
"Long live my lord," Kong Zhenyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Yanshenggong Mansion has more than 600,000 acres of sacrificial land. If the mu tax is five liters, the annual grain payment is 300,000 dou..."
"No, no need," Zhu Youjian still waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have not fallen into the eyes of money...
Moreover, those who have benefited from the world do not necessarily have to pay taxes and food to repay the world. They can also contribute their strength and wisdom!
Isn’t Kong Yinzhi of Beikong going north to the grassland with 1,000 young men from Beikong to contribute to the world? "
"Your Majesty, veteran...are you going to spread Confucianism and Taoism?" Kong Zhenyuan's heart was aroused...his Yanshenggong might be at a loss!
"That's not necessary." Zhu Youjian glanced at Kong Zhenyuan's slightly pale face, smiled and said, "My Ming Dynasty wants to show off its power in foreign lands, and we can't just have power without virtue. Therefore, the spread of the teachings of Confucius and Mencius must be carried out with the open arms of the Ming Dynasty. The expansion of territory is carried out at the same time, and it must be done continuously. How can the 1,000 people brought by Kong Yinzhi to Guiyi Mansion be enough? There must be a steady stream of saints to travel to all directions like the 1,000 people brought by Kong Yinzhi , to spread the Taoist tradition. I plan to entrust a county in Qufu to Yanshenggong Mansion, and use the power of one county to help Yanshenggong Mansion build a school specifically to educate Confucian scholars who preach and propagate Buddhism...Mr. How about the next one?"
In fact, Qufu County was originally under the rule of Duke Yansheng. Duke Yansheng was the magistrate of Qufu, and the magistrate of Qufu was Duke Yansheng. The land in Qufu County is also the property of the Kong family. It's either Kong Lin's sacrificial land or the Kong family's private land.
"Long live my lord," Kong Zhenyuan is Zhu Youjian's teacher, and he is very clear about his disciple's thoughts, "The land outside Qufu County that belongs to Duke Yansheng's Mansion...should it be like Mintian?" Increase taxes?”
"Haha," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "If you don't want to raise taxes, sir, 500 fields per cavalry... I won't charge you for the Kong family's help."
Either blood tax or money and food, choose one yourself!
Of course Kong Zhenyuan would not choose the blood tax, and said quickly: "Then, I will go back and send you a memorial. Please implement the method of paying grain and tax to the property of Duke Yansheng in Shandong and the property of the Kong clan!"
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded. The teacher is the teacher, and he can get through with just a few dials. "Your memorial will be uploaded later. I'll upload it when I get to Nanjing!"
