Beijing, the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
In a quiet room next to the archives room, four people were glaring at Zhou Peigong's. To be more precise, it was Huang Zhisheng, Zhang Ying, and Li Guangdi's three pairs of big eyes that were glaring fiercely at Zhou Peigong's. A pair of small eyes.
Zhou Peigong seemed to be a little guilty. After looking at each other with Huang, Zhang and Li for a while, he lowered his head and continued to read a thick, yellowed and moldy thread-bound book.
The room was quiet, only the faint sound of paper being turned could be heard.
I don’t know how long it took before Zhou Peigong closed the yellowed and moldy old book. His fingers were still tapping the table unconsciously, and he said softly: "This book from Jin Yiwei's "White Lotus Secret Files" is still a bit real. All aspects of religion are explained very clearly, how they organize, how they preach, how they make money, how they make trouble, how they hide their traces... everything! If anyone has learned the above things and then wants to oppose the imperial court, say Maybe it can really cause a storm!"
After hearing Zhou Peigong's words, the eyes of Huang Zhisheng, Zhang Ying, and Li Guangdi were full of vigilance, as if the person sitting in front of them was no longer a colleague in the officialdom, but a rebel lurking among the minions of the Qing Dynasty!
Zhou Peigong seemed to have noticed that the gazes of these three people were abnormal, and he smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zhi Sheng, Brother Dun Fu, and Brother Jin Qing, sooner or later the four of us will be sent to Jiangnan to incite an uprising. If you have learned all the tricks, then you will just have to kill someone!"
Huang Zhisheng said coldly: "I, Mr. Huang, am a disciple of a well-known famous religion and a member of the Confucian sect. How can I learn the tricks of the White Lotus Sect?"
Zhou Peigong shook his head and said: "Brother Zhi Sheng is here. Confucius said: If three people are walking together, there must be my teacher! Can't the strengths of the White Lotus Sect be used by our famous Confucianists? Besides, Zhu Heji used a set of methods to kill Confucians. They are not all Confucian, right? Back then, the most sage masters wielded their swords to kill people and drew their bows to shoot people... They definitely didn't use rocket launchers and grenade hammers!"
"Zhu Heji is not a true Confucian!" Huang Zhisheng said plausibly, "If he is a true Confucian, even if he does not surrender to the imperial court, he should follow the example of Boyi and Shu Qi and starve to death in Danan Mountain. How can he do it for his own benefit? What about setting off a huge war disaster and causing the world that had finally settled down to fall back into a world of great strife?"
"Yes, if you are a true Confucian, that's how it should be!" Zhang Ying also nodded heavily.
Li Guangdi also said seriously: "Exactly, even though there is a sage king in the court, he still attempts to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and he does not hesitate to cause disasters. How can such traitors deserve to be called Confucian scholars?"
Zhou Peigong's nose was almost turned off by these three nonsense guys. He nodded repeatedly and said: "You are all born in the second rank, and you are all great scholars... You don't bother to use the methods of the White Lotus Sect. When you go to Jiangnan, you will be beaten by the Jin Yiwei." When Tiqi captures him and brings him to Zhu Heji, tell him these great principles!"
"How could we be captured by the Jinyi Guards?" Huang Zhisheng said this with great confidence.
He is not afraid of the Jinyiwei... He has joined the Jinyiwei himself! His current true identity is the fourth-grade investigator of the Yousi Division of the Ming Dynasty Military Advisor. With this status, is there any need to be afraid of Jinyiwei's Tiqi?
Zhang Ying also said: "Brother Zhi Sheng is right, how could we fall into the hands of the Jin Yiwei? Although we have not learned the methods of the White Lotus Sect, haven't you learned the methods of Pei Gong? You can decide how to do it. "
Li Guang nodded and said: "That's right...Brother Pei Gong, please tell me!"
It turns out that Huang, Zhang and Li were determined to enjoy the success. They refused to read the "Guide to Rebellion" to death, but they were still very happy to adopt the method of rebellion proposed by Zhou Peigong after reading it. ....If one day in the future Emperor Kangxi wants to settle accounts with his wife, the three of them should be less guilty, right?
How could Zhou Peigong not understand the thoughts of the three people? But these three people were implicated by him after all, so he had to take more care of them.
Zhou Peigong said: "In that case, I will say it." He considered it for a moment, "If you want to rebel, you must first have a name that is loud and impressive. This is Yan Shenggong's" Yan' is a bit redundant, why not remove it and rename it 'Shenggong'!"
"Holy Duke?" Huang Zhisheng nodded, "It tastes good!"
Zhang Ying also said: "Yes, yes...it's called 'Holy Duke'."
Li Guangdi also said: "It's better to call her Shenggong. You will know what you are doing!"
Zhou Peigong went on to say: "With a resounding name, we have to establish a sect, give orders, and establish family laws." He thought deeply, "With a sect, we can strictly enforce hierarchy, set up duties, and establish branch offices. .....The name of this Confucian sect can be called Confucian sect or Confucian sect."
"Let's call it Confucianism!" Zhang Ying said, "Yanshenggong is the first sage after Confucius, so he deserves the word 'Zong'."
Li Guangdi also agreed: "Using the name of Confucianism can let people in the world know that Shenggong is the authentic Confucianism in the world!"
Huang Zhisheng also nodded in agreement.
"Then we call it Confucianism!" Zhou Peigong said again, "After you have a sect, you will naturally issue strict orders... In the past, Confucianism only paid attention to education and preaching, and did not pay much attention to orders and commands. Now Zhu Heji often issues The Saint’s Order, we also have to have an order here, why not call it the Saint’s Order! Let’s go back and have someone use the best black iron from the Western Regions to make a few Dark Iron Saint’s Tokens, which will make them appear sacred and solemn.
Orders must be accompanied by family laws, otherwise what will happen if the people below don’t listen? You can ask the Lord Long Live to give the Holy Duke a Dharma-protecting dragon-headed stick... Whoever dares to disobey orders will be served with a Dharma-protecting dragon-headed stick! "
When Zhou Peigong said this, he looked at the three people in front of him and said with a smile: "This is all I can think of for the moment. Is there anything else you three can add?"
Zhang Ying and Li Guangdi both shook their heads.
And Huang Zhisheng asked: "Pei Gong, who are we? Who among us are considered senior among Confucianists?"
"Forget it..." Zhou Peigong thought for a moment, "Let's count the bosses! Each of the four of us will have a boss, and we will ask Long Live Lord to designate an old Manchu as the chief boss. There will be five bosses in total! From now on, Confucianism The Holy Dukes still have hereditary descendants of the most holy masters, but the real power of Confucianism is held by the five big brothers. The candidates for the five big brothers are appointed by the emperor."
"What about the sect's expenses?" Huang Zhisheng asked again.
"The income from the sacrificial fields and academic fields in Yanshenggong's mansion can be used." Zhou Peigong was not polite at all, "In addition, you can also ask the emperor to grant a few more manors... By the way, the Confucian sect can also be used If you open a school to accept disciples, the disciples’ tuition fees can also be used for the sect.”
Huang Zhisheng asked: "Can we do business?"
"Business?" Zhou Peigong was stunned and couldn't make up his mind, so he looked at Li Guangdi and Zhang Ying.
Li Guangdi was from Fujian, and of course he was more interested in business activities, so he nodded and said: "Of course we have to do it... Firstly, we can earn funds, and secondly, we can cover the infiltration of Confucianism into the pseudo-Ming Dynasty. "
Zhang Ying is from Tongcheng. Her hometown is close to the base camp of Huizhou merchants. She is no stranger to business. She immediately said: "Buddhism and Taoism both do business. Why can't we Confucians do business?"
Zhou Peigong nodded: "Then let's do some business... There is never too much money!"
Huang Zhisheng smiled and said: "Now that's good, all the major matters have been finalized, and the remaining details can be discussed slowly... Long live the Lord said that one of us should go to Qufu, Shandong with his imperial edict to ask for Yansheng. The public is heading north. Why don't you let me go on this errand?"
A trip to Yanshenggong's Mansion must be a "greedy job", but Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, and Zhang Ying were all servants with great ambitions. They were not as greedy as Huang Zhisheng, so they didn't want to fight with each other, so they all nodded and put this aside. The job of traveling in oil and water was given to Huang Zhisheng.
However, the three of them never expected that Huang Zhisheng left Beijing and headed south with the imperial edict and his personal entourage. He fell ill due to "unacclimatization" when he arrived in Jinan, and the illness lasted for nearly a month. Moreover, during this month, he had been recuperating in Guanyi's courtyard without seeing anyone...
