After hearing what Kong Zheng said, Kong La understood.
Kong Zheng wanted him to suffer misfortune and spend money to eliminate the disaster.
He was resisting in his heart. Who knows whether these rebels were being unreasonable or not? If they cut him off after a disagreement, who would they be talking to?
The name of the descendants of Saint Kong is very useful to scholars, but for this group of rebels, that is not necessarily the case.
If he cuts himself off in a rage, then he can only be an unjust ghost.
So his boss is unwilling.
But there is no way, the eldest brother is like his father, he must obey the orders of his eldest brother.
So he set out reluctantly with all kinds of reluctance.
Su Yonglin was a little surprised when he learned the news about the visitor from the Kong family, but since someone was here, it showed that he was willing to give in, so Su Yonglin nodded and prepared to meet the person.
Kong Lao was in his thirties, with a gentle appearance, narrow eyes and a long beard. He was wearing a Confucian robe and looked like a cultured man. He came completely unarmed with some gifts and some entourage.
Su Yonglin met him in the Chinese army's tent.
"Kong Li, the younger brother of Duke Yan Sheng of the Kong Mansion, has met His Excellency the General."
Kong Li stepped forward and saluted.
Su Yonglin stood up and bowed slightly to return the salute.
"Commander of the Victory Army, General of the Hussars of the Liberation Army, Su Yonglin."
Kong La straightened up and looked at Su Yonglin for a while.
Seeing that he has a dignified appearance, even though he has a beard, you can still see that he is too young.
Can you command so many armies at such a young age?
Or some hussar general?
Can this rebel group known as the Liberation Army really go far?
Kong Lao expressed doubts - mainly because he didn't know the specific situation at hand.
"General Su, may I ask why your army is here?"
Su Yonglin sat down again.
"Come and occupy Qufu County."
"occupied?"
Kong Lao was surprised: "Your army has conquered the city and captured the territory, has it reached the point where it can occupy Qufu County?"
"Shandong East Road, Shandong East Road, Damingfu Road, these three roads will be occupied by us in the short term. The main force of the gold thieves army has been defeated. You should not know this yet, right?"
Su Yonglin looked at Kong La with a smile.
Kong Lao was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened.
"this……"
"This is surprising, right? But it is exactly what it is. The reinforcements you are expecting will not come again, and the entire Shandong will not be reoccupied by gold thieves. Shandong will return to the hands of the Han people. This is the current situation. fact."
Su Yonglin leaned back, looked at Kong Lai, and said, "I know what you Kong family are thinking, but unless you insist on going north, you probably won't be able to see your emperor."
Kong Lao was so shocked that he couldn't say anything.
"Is this...impossible?"
"Do you think I'm lying to you? Don't you want to think about why my more than 10,000 troops came from the west? Where is the west? It's Dongping Prefecture. Dongping Prefecture has been occupied by me. Dongping Prefecture Yin Yelv Chenghui has been captured by me. "
Su Yonglin looked at Kong La.
Kong La was stunned for a while, and suddenly shuddered, realizing that the Kong family was now deeply within the control of the Liberation Army, and had been cut off from contact with Jin Ting. At this moment, the Kong family was like a sea. A small boat can capsize anytime and anywhere.
As long as the young general in charge of the army gives an order.
The survival of the Kong family is difficult to ensure.
Although there is indeed a Southern Sect still within the Southern Song Dynasty, and the destruction of the Northern Sect may not necessarily affect the inheritance of the Southern Sect, but...
He doesn't want to die.
The noble status of the Kong family is not easy to use in front of weapons, especially a group of rebellious rebels. Don't even think about expecting them to show any respect or preferential treatment to the Kong family!
What needs to be confirmed most right now is...
Do they want to kill people or not.
If they want to kill people without hesitation, the saliva of scholars in the world cannot drown them.
Scholars can only talk, but talking can't kill people. If talking can kill people, the Jin Kingdom would not be able to occupy the Central Plains.
The Jin Kingdom's occupation of the Central Plains was purely based on force and was unreasonable.
Kong La swallowed, put away his slightly casual attitude, and looked at Su Yonglin carefully.
"I didn't know about this matter. I didn't know that General Su and the Liberation Army were so powerful. It's really admirable."
"Hahahaha, do you just say things like this when you see people who have won battles?"
Su Yonglin looked at Kong Li with a playful expression.
Kong La didn't think deeply.
He was more concerned about another issue.
"No, the general is full of martial virtue, and Confucius admires him. I wonder if the general is here... In addition to occupying Qufu County, what else do you need?"
Su Yonglin put away his smile and looked stern.
"It's nothing, I just want to establish the occupation and rule of Qufu by our Liberation Army, and invite the head of your family, Kong Zheng, to serve as the magistrate of Qufu."
Kong Lai's pupils shrank, his face full of shock.
this……
This is putting the Confucius family in an unkind and unjust situation!
The Kong family of the Southern Sect who followed Zhao Gou served as officials in the south, while the Kong family of their Beizong family followed the Jin Kingdom and served as officials in the north. In this way, no matter which side wins in the future, the Kong family can still maintain their status as the final interpreter of official thoughts.
Beizong's Kong family was working well as Yanshenggong in the Jin Kingdom, and suddenly he was going to serve as the Qufu County Magistrate of the Liberation Army. If Wan Yanliang knew about this...
Remembering Wan Yanliang's brutal move to massacre the Jin clan, Kong Li swallowed, filled with fear.
"General, this matter...is this matter a bit abrupt? People of the Kong clan have always given priority to their studies and rarely hold official positions, so..."
"Very few, that means there is. Since there is, my invitation is not too abrupt."
Su Yonglin interrupted him and said with a smile: "And this is considered normal in the Liberation Army. We respect the locals very much. Generally, when we conquer a place, we will invite the most famous locals to take up official positions and govern the local area.
Kong is the most prestigious in the local area. Of course, it is best for him to serve as the magistrate of Qufu. Moreover, Kong’s prestige and virtue should not only be the talent of the county magistrate. If he does well in the future, I will appoint Kong Gong as the magistrate of Yanzhou. Jiedushi. "
"This this……"
"Don't you think that the Liberation Army will soon be wiped out by the army of gold thieves, so you are unwilling to follow the Liberation Army and hope wholeheartedly that your Emperor Wanyan will come to save you?"
Su Yonglin looked at Kong Lao with a face full of ridicule and said with a smile: "You guys, you don't understand the truth. Calling far water can't quench near thirst. Far water is indeed delicious, but you can't drink it. Now you are very thirsty. Don't drink near water. You are about to die, so should you drink it or not?"
Kong La swallowed, thinking about it and felt that this was not a question he could answer.
He didn't dare to answer this question.
"The general's question is profound and I can't answer it. Can I go back and ask my brother and give you an answer?"
"Can."
Su Yonglin nodded: "But you only have one hour, I only wait one hour. You must know that a very hungry person can only endure for one hour at most before drinking water, otherwise, he will die of thirst. risks of."
Kong Lai was frightened and worried after hearing these words. He hurriedly left and returned to the city to tell Kong Zheng what Su Yonglin had said.
Kong Zheng was shocked.
"Isn't this an act of chaos? I am the Holy Duke Yan of the Jin State, and I am serving as the county magistrate under the rebels. Doesn't this require me to declare my separation from the Jin State? Who knows when the Liberation Army will be put down? How can I be with it? cooperate?"
"But... water from afar cannot quench the thirst that is near."
Kong Lao said with worry: "I think what the rebel leader meant is not a joke. If I don't respond, he will really attack the city."
"To be able to say such words and think of ways to force me to submit, this rebel leader must have read books."
The more Kong Zheng thought about it, the angrier he became: "This is forcing me to make a choice between two options, but how can I make this choice? Even if Shandong falls, the entire Central Plains and Liaodong will still be in the hands of the Jin Kingdom. The emperor will be angry and raise millions of troops to go south. How can the rebels confront this?
In the end, the best outcome should be to go south and return to the Song Dynasty. If I followed, the best outcome would be to go south and return to the Song Dynasty. However, there is the Nanzong in the south. If I return to the Song Dynasty, my life will not be in danger, and the Beizong will cease to exist. existence, the Kong family's ancestral land will also be unguarded. This...how can this be done? "
"But the rebels will attack the city."
Kong Li's words shook Kong Zheng's worries away.
ps: I am going out to have a mahjong date with my friends today and have a bloody battle, so I will update one less chapter. Please bear with me~
