Even though the Kong clan had long thought that the Tiger-Character Flag would divide their fields in Qufu, when they heard the people from the Tiger-Character Flag personally saying that they wanted to divide their fields, the expressions of many people present changed.
These are all assets that have been accumulated by the family over the years, and many of them have been accumulated by several generations. No one will be willing to part with the tiger-character flag in one word.
Land is their lifeblood, more important than the shops outside.
After making money, the first thing a squire's family does is to buy as much land as they can get. If they can't get money, they will find other ways to get more land.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the greater the power of the squire family, the more fields the family would have.
The Kong family in Qufu alone cannot be considered the top gentry family in the Ming Dynasty, but the entire Kong family in Qufu together is definitely one of the top wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty.
The most important thing for such a large squire family is fertile land.
On the ground in Shandong, the number of fields owned by several vassal kings was not comparable to that of the Kong family, but many of the Kong family's acres did not exist on the surface.
"The tiger character flag is going too far! The land of the Kong family was accumulated little by little by the ancestors of the Kong family. You have to divide the land as soon as you come. What is the difference between this and robbery!" The elder of the two clans said with a cold face. said.
After hearing this, Yu Huai shook his head slightly and said: "You are wrong. I don't want the land, but I will give it to those who have no land. Although the Kong family is a big family with a thousand years of history, there are still many people in it." If you don’t have your own land, you can only rent and cultivate other people’s fields, and our Tiger Character Banner is to distribute the land to them so that they can cultivate their own fields, and those assigned fields still belong to you Kong family, why? Come and rob me."
"You are using strong words to make excuses." The elder of the two tribes laughed angrily at Yu Huai's words. He said, "Even if the Kong family's clan land needs to be divided, it will be divided by the Kong family themselves. As for the other fields, it will be divided by one of the Kong family members." People cannot take out their own things and distribute them to others. If they can do this casually, then whoever is rich can just share their property directly. There will be no need to farm or work in the future. Live to feed your family.”
"That's right. We have worked hard to save the land we have. Why should we give it to others for free?"
"Yes, you give our land to the poor. At best, it's called robbing the rich and giving to the poor. At worst, it's banditry."
Several clan elders spoke one after another.
Among the people of the Kong family in Qufu, they may not be the richest people, but among the rich people of the Kong family, there must be clan elders like them.
"Yes, you're right." Yu Huai pointed at one of the Kong clan elders and said, "I'm just robbing you. You don't have to be convinced, but you must do what I say."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over the faces of the old Kong clan members in front of him one by one.
He continued: "I brought you all here for discussion to give you face. If I am shameless, then don't blame me for being rude. I don't mind finding a few chickens who are looking for death to scare the monkeys. "
"You are a robber!" A clan elder stood up and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Yu Huai leaned back on his chair, stared at the other party and said, "I, Tiger Flag, are rebels in Daming's eyes. You are right to say that we are robbers, but I remind you, robbers must Those who drink blood and eat flesh.”….
As he spoke, he chirped a few times in return.
The clan elder who scolded Yu Huai as a bandit trembled.
"We are the Kong family, the family of saints." The elders of the Kong family looked at Yu Huai with ugly expressions.
After hearing this, Yu Huai smiled and said, "The Kong family is not the Kong family of you. There are still many people from the Kong family who don't even have land. They are also descendants of the Kong family."
"What on earth do you want to do!"
Yu Huai's words stimulated the elder of the second clan, making his tone become excited.
Yu Huai said in a dull tone: "I said it from the beginning, land equalization, and as some of the most powerful people in the Kong family, I hope you can cooperate with us in equalizing land, including the Kong family's clan land must also be divided. Give it to others in need."
"The Kong clan's land is a gift from the emperor and cannot be divided!" The two clans of the Kong clan always argued with each other.
Yu Huai smiled softly when he heard this and said: "Which emperor are you talking about? The emperor of the Ming Dynasty or the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty? Or do you think the face of these emperors is useful here in my Tiger Flag?"
After asking three questions in a row, the faces of the two elders of the Kong clan turned red with anger.
"Scholars all over the world respect Saint Kong. If you, Tiger Character Banner, have offended me, the Kong family, aren't you afraid of retribution one day in the future?" the elder of the Kong family threatened.
The only person Kong could use to threaten the tiger-character flag was Kong Shengren, the Confucian sage.
After hearing this, Yu Huai pressed forward, looked at the second clan elder with a playful look and said, "Don't you think this is ridiculous?"
"It's ridiculous? How ridiculous!" The elders of the Kong clan were stunned by what Yu Huai said and didn't understand what it meant for a moment.
Yu Huai said sarcastically: "Let me ask you, do you think the scholars in the world respect Sage Confucius for the sake of becoming an official, or do they choose to be dogs to you, the descendants of Sage Confucius, and never be officials in their lives?"
The elders of the Kong clan opened their mouths, but in the end they said nothing.
Because he knew in his heart that the reason why the Kong family is today is not only because of the relationship between Kong Sage, but also because the court needs Confucianism.
If one day the court no longer needs Confucianism, and is replaced by Legalism, Mohism, or other schools of thought, then the Kong family will be nothing and will only slowly become lonely until one day they can join the other schools of thought. Likewise, if there is only one name left, even if there are some things left down, no one will care about the Kong family anymore.
Kong, who was of no use to the imperial court, was waiting for death.
When Yu Huai saw that the other party was silent, he continued: "I have come to you today to tell you that from now on all the land in Qufu belongs to my Tiger Character Banner. I, the Tiger Character Banner, have the final say on how to divide it." , and whether you people agree or decide, you can't stop me from dividing the land with the tiger-character flag."
"You can't do this. This is my Kong clan's thing." This time, the elder of the second clan of the Kong clan did not speak, but another clan elder stood up.
Yu Huai took a look at the elder of the Kong clan who stood up, and said with contempt: "You can stand up to oppose the division of land, but you must also be prepared to bear the consequences of preventing the division of land."
"You can't do this. If you divide the Kong family's land, you will be stabbed to the bone by the people of the world." The clan elder did not dare to stop it himself, and directly used the name of the world's righteousness.
Yu Huai said with a look of disdain: "Our Tiger-Character Banner allots fields from Datong Road to Shandong. There are people who resist the land-dividing, but there are more people who welcome our Tiger-Character Banner's land-dividing. Those who oppose will either have their graves covered with grass." Gao, you can either dig in the mine day and night and contribute to my Tiger Flag. You can try it and see if someone will poke the spine of my Tiger Flag."
After saying this, all the clan elders present became frightened.
They can use all kinds of righteousness to prevent the tiger-character flag from dividing the land, but they know that once the tiger-character flag is raised, they can only wait and die.
What etiquette, justice, integrity, filial piety, loyalty and trust are of no use in front of a knife. .
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