Zhu Han cleared his throat and interrupted their discussion.
"Ahem!"
"Well, what the world cares about is the erudition and wisdom of the saint. What is truly immortal is the wisdom left by the saint, not the so-called descendants of the saint from his unfilial descendants. Now whether Kong Kejian is fake or true, Well, they have all gone to the Mongols anyway, and now the Kong family’s mansion belongs to the public!”
"I plan to set up a Confucius Museum in the front yard, and the school and dormitories of Shandong Imperial College in the back yard."
Zhu Han's words immediately made all the officials applaud and praise him.
"Your Highness cares about students and is the hope of all people!"
"Shandong is a land of saints and sages. With His Highness's support, I will definitely inspire the students to work hard."
“The prosperity of literature begins from here!”
…
Zhu Han never expected that Duke Yan Sheng's residence was so large in scale.
He originally thought that Yanshenggong's mansion was only 30 to 50 acres, which was considered very large, but he never expected that it would be more than 30 to 50 acres, or even hundreds of acres.
If such a large area is used to build a Confucius Museum, it will be a serious waste.
So he immediately decided to turn this place into the first new-style university in Shandong Province.
There is a huge flat space in front of the gate of the Kong family mansion.
When Zhu Han led a group of officials here, he immediately felt something.
"It would be a pity if this place is empty. What do you think of the statue of the first Confucius sage here?" Zhu Han asked.
"A statue?"
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to use clay puppets to replace sages?"
These officials who were scholars were all Confucian scholars, and they naturally agreed with the Confucian doctrine from the bottom of their hearts.
The Buddhist behavior of using clay statues to worship saints is considered unpopular in the eyes of scholars.
"You all don't understand. Many ordinary people have not read books, and they cannot understand the meaning of small words. If there is a statue of an inspiring sage here, as long as you come to this statue, you can feel the influence of Confucius. Education, then wouldn’t it mean educating the people invisibly?” Zhu Han immediately expressed his thoughts.
Tall and majestic buildings or statues can be spiritually impressive.
Now that His Royal Highness the King had already made up his mind, the accompanying officials naturally said nothing more.
Everyone immediately agreed.
Zhu Han sent people to transfer a group of newly learned painting and sculpture talents from Yingtianfu in Nanjing. They were all Zhu Han's disciples and disciples, and they all studied the realistic painting and sculpture pioneered by Zhu Han.
Soon after, a sculpture more than ten meters high was erected here.
This sculpture of Confucius is pointing forward with a sword in one hand, and beckoning behind with a raised palm in the other hand. There are layers of bamboo slips under the feet. Stepping forward seems to be calling people to rush to the battlefield.
The statues of Confucius’ saints basically refer to the image of the motherland calling the Soviet Union in later generations.
"The saint is calling!"
Zhu Han couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when he looked at the sculpture for which he had provided a sketch, and named it on the spot.
Zhu Han used patrol censorship in Shandong to combat local tyrants and body hunters, and then established a new image of Confucius and promoted new Confucianism. The whole atmosphere of Shandong suddenly took on a new look.
In less than three months, ordinary people and scholars in Shandong strongly supported the Ming Dynasty.
Those local tyrants and evil gentry who still miss the benevolent rule of Meng Yuan naturally have no good results waiting for them. Zhu Han used the troops under Qi Xiang, the commander of Shandong Dusidu, to launch another round of attacks on these remaining local tyrants and evil gentry. Not only were their properties confiscated, but they were all sent to Guangnan Road in Hunan and other places for military confinement.
Under the new atmosphere of the Qingming Dynasty, thousands of Shandong people and martyrs petitioned the British King Zhu Han for war. They wanted to immediately organize a Shandong rebel army to march to Dadu in the Northern Expedition to completely eliminate those hateful Mongols. These Shandong rebels The people generously donated their money, and the news that an unprecedented number of people requested orders for the Northern Expedition immediately spread like legs to the capital of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
The entire metropolis was suddenly shaken inside and outside.
Within the Great Yuan Palace.
Empress Dowager Dayuanqi immediately summoned the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to discuss countermeasures.
Now Empress Qi's concubine Wang Baobao is stationed in Liaoyang Province and is not in the capital city, so Empress Dowager Qi herself is a little undecided about these matters.
"Now the Ming army is recruiting troops in Shandong with great fanfare. It may come north to attack Dadu at any time. Does any of you have a way to deal with the enemy? Tell me quickly!" Empress Dowager Qi said with an anxious look.
The group of civil and military officials from the Yuan Dynasty below suddenly looked at each other, and they had no good way to deal with the aggressive posture of the Ming army.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I feel that at this time we should mobilize troops and horses from Huli Gaiwanhu and other places to go to Shandong to conquer these rebellions. As long as these rebellions are driven out of Shandong, we can further recover Henan and Guanzhong." One person remained. The Mongolian nobleman with big braids suddenly spoke.
Regarding this suggestion made by the Mongolian general.
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty had sarcastic smiles in their hearts.
Even Empress Dowager Qi of Dayuan looked displeased after hearing this.
"Thousands of Huli Gai households are full of wild Jurchens. If you want to come to the Central Plains to send troops to suppress bandits, you must provide a large amount of food and grass as rewards. Now that the national treasury is almost empty, how can you make those Huli Gai wild Jurchens come to the Central Plains to attack the bandits? ?”
Empress Dowager Qi's words immediately made the Mongolian general speechless, unable to utter a single word of strategy.
"Your Majesty, now that the Han people are resurrected, there are millions of people. Such a large number of soldiers and horses is really beyond the hundreds of thousands of people in Mongolia who can compete. I think the best suggestion is to recruit Dadu, Liaoyang, Hebei, and Shanxi. The population, treasure, and food must be moved north to the grasslands!" At this time, another minister said.
This minister is also a Mongolian, and his name is Saiyinchi Dahu.
This Sai Yinchi is none other than Wang Baobao's biological father.
If we were to count, this Sai Yinchi is still the father-in-law of the current Empress Dowager!
Therefore, Saiin's words were of great weight, and his words immediately received support from some civil and military officials.
Even Empress Dowager Qi agreed very much after hearing this.
"Wang Taibao once said before that he wanted me, Dayuan, to preserve my strength and move to the Mobei grassland. At that time, the Ming army was not so eager to attack. Now seeing Zhu Han's layout in Shandong, I'm afraid it won't be long before he attacks Dadu. It seems that moving the capital to Mobei Grassland is imminent." Empress Dowager Qi said.
"What the Queen Mother said makes sense. The situation now is different from before, and even more critical than before. If Mongolia does not preserve its strength, once the Ming army attacks Dadu, it will be too late to leave by then. Even if They can barely break through the siege, but they can't take away so much population, food and treasure." Saiyinchi Dahu said.
"However, the matter of moving the capital is of great importance after all. We still need to get a positive answer from Wang Taibao." Empress Dowager Qi finally said.
In today's Yuan Dynasty, only Wang Baobao has the most elite troops in his hands, and major affairs in the court cannot be implemented without Wang Baobao's consent.
Although Wang Baobao only had 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, he was already the last main force of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty.
So now throughout the Yuan Dynasty, even if there are any policy changes, Wang Baobao needs to be recognized.
Without the protection of Wang Baobao, these thousands of civil and military officials from Dadu rashly embarked on the journey north to the grassland. They were afraid that they would be plundered by various tribes along the way before they could settle down on the grassland.
After all, despite the fact that Mongolia was founded hundreds of years ago, the grasslands are still fragmented. The leaders of the vassal tribes who stay on the grasslands often fight among themselves. Once you see these Mongolians who have become seriously Chinese, The nobles came to the grassland with a large number of gold, silver, treasures, people and food, and there were not enough troops to protect them.
Various tribes will definitely pounce on them and eat them clean. It doesn’t matter who you are, the Mongol Khan or the Yuan Emperor. Anyway, there are still many descendants of the Golden Family on the grassland. When the time comes, just pull out one of them to be a pawn. The Great Khan of Mongol is.
In fact, the most dangerous people are the bloodlines of the golden families on the grassland, that is, the Mongolian kings who have enfeoffed themselves on the grassland.
If these Mongolian princes who stayed on the grasslands killed the Emperor Aiyou and the Queen Mother Qi, then they themselves could sit on the throne of the Mongol Khan.
Therefore, if most of the Mongolian nobles want to move north to the grasslands, they must be protected by Wang Baobao's soldiers and horses.
"Okay, that's the end of today's court meeting. You all can go your separate ways." Empress Dowager Qi waved her hand lazily.
"As ordered, I will leave!"
Saiyin Chidahu and other officials from the Great Yuan Dynasty immediately saluted and then exited the palace.
When the courtiers retreated, Queen Mother Qi also stood up with a little force.
He twisted his slightly fat figure and walked to the side hall.
Empress Dowager Qi took the pen and ink, wrote a secret letter with her own hands, and arranged for her confidant eunuchs to rush to Liaodong and deliver it to Wang Baobao.
The content of this letter is naturally to summon Wang Baobao to return to Dadu as soon as possible to discuss the matter of moving the capital of Meng Yuan to Mobei Grassland. Without Wang Baobao, the Queen Mother, to make the decision on such a big matter, Empress Dowager Qi would not dare to make up her mind.
Although Wang Baobao is many years younger than Empress Dowager Qi, Wang Baobao's methods and abilities have already made it impossible for Empress Dowager Qi to leave Wang Baobao.
Queen Qi's secret letter was quickly handed over to Wang Baobao.
After Wang Baobao opened the letter, he was greatly surprised by the series of layouts of the Ming army in Shandong.
If we follow Zhu Han's layout in Shandong, it won't be long before Shandong becomes an important base for the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
If we use Shandong's food and grass population to carry out the Northern Expedition, there will not be much preparation time left for the Mongols.
"I originally thought that the Ming army wanted to use the food and grass population in the south of the Yangtze River as the basis for the Northern Expedition. Now it seems that they want to use the manpower and material resources of Shandong. Then we really don't have much time to prepare."
After Wang Baobao saw the letter, he said to his second brother Alu Timur with a worried look.
"In my opinion, these rebels in Shandong are vulnerable. If they hadn't had more firearms in their hands, we wouldn't have suffered such a big loss in Qufu." When Aru Timur mentioned the situation in Shandong, he immediately said: His face was full of dissatisfaction.
Wang Baobao's defeat in Qufu, Shandong Province can be said to be the most important defeat in his life.
Not only did he lose a lot of soldiers and horses, but he also took the life of his uncle Chahan Timur there.
"What you said makes sense. Although the Ming army is strong, it is indeed not so powerful that it is so desperate. They only rely on the more firearms in their hands. Therefore, before we retreat to the Mobei grassland this time, we must also have in our hands Accumulate enough firearms." Wang Baobao said.
Regarding the overall relocation of the Great Yuan Dynasty to the Mobei Grassland, Wang Baobao already had his own plan in mind. However, in his plan, there was another item that was more important than population, food, gold and silver, and that was to have adequate preparations. of gunpowder and firearms.
Several previous battles with the Red Scarf Army and the Ming Army made Wang Baobao fully aware that the gunpowder weapons in the hands of the Ming Army were many times more advanced than those of the Mongols. Often, the Ming Army's firearms would indiscriminately shoot down the Mongols before they even entered into close combat. Those who were beaten were thrown off their backs and suffered heavy casualties.
With such a big advantage at the beginning, the Ming army is naturally invincible.
Therefore, after Wang Baobao led his troops to flee to Dadu, he ordered craftsmen from all over the country to gather in Dadu and began to develop advanced firearms, mainly imitating the Ming army's firecrackers and artillery.
If you want to win, you must have more guns and artillery.
"Brother, I don't understand something." Alu Timur suddenly said.
"Tell me what you don't understand." Wang Baobao looked at his reckless brother and asked.
"The Mobei Grassland is thousands of miles away from here. As long as we take our troops and escape to the Mobei Grassland, it will be impossible for the Ming Army to catch up with us again in this life. If this is the case, why are we building muskets and artillery? Let's directly Kill all the Han people in Dadu, Liaoyang, and leave all the women, food and livestock with them, leaving the Ming army with a blank field. How can they still catch up with us?! Can they still waste so much time here?"
Alu Timur always felt that Wang Baobao's series of preparations in Dadu, Liaoyang, were a waste of time. In his opinion, since he could not defeat the Ming army, wouldn't it be better to simply flee far away?
"You really haven't made any progress. You always think of things so simply. You have forgotten all the things I have taught you for so many years!?" Wang Baobao scolded first.
Then Wang Baobao got up and paced back and forth in the hall, and then explained to his brother Alu Timur:
"You are so stupid to think so. Our enemies are not just the Ming army, nor are they just the rebels in the Central Plains and Han Dynasty. The grasslands are also full of dangers. Those leaders who have been vassal kings for hundreds of years, they are really Would you like Emperor Yuan to go to the grassland with us?"
For this reason, even the stubborn Aru Timur understood what Wang Baobao said.
The fact is exactly the same. These Mongolian vassal kings on the grassland were originally local emperors. Suddenly, a real Mongol Khan and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty came from the sky and issued orders on their territory. Naturally, they were very unhappy. .
Even more so, if the Yuan Dynasty further centralized its power in order to strengthen its rule on the grassland, I am afraid that the various vassal kings would also start an uprising.
Rebellion is not only exclusive to the Han people, these Mongols will also rebel.
After all, for more than a hundred years, the Great Mongolia has always been in a dominant position of expansion. Even if it stopped the pace of expansion after the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, it would still collect a large amount of taxes in the Central Plains every year in order to reward and trade with each other. The name flows to the grassland.
The tribal leaders on these grasslands were all loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, relying on countless rewards from the Yuan Dynasty.
Once the Yuan Dynasty became a bereaved dog and fled to the grasslands, the leaders of the various tribes in the grasslands would naturally lose all kinds of generous rewards from the Central Plains, and their loyalty to the Yuan Dynasty would be greatly reduced.
"If we use manpower, although our soldiers and horses are numerous, they cannot resist the bite of wolves. We must have absolutely powerful force to make each tribe obey our orders and work together to target the Ming army. This is Our hope of survival in the Mobei grassland."
Wang Baobao was not very sure about the loyalty of various tribes on the grassland.
If Dayuan's army could possess a large number of powerful gunpowder weapons like Xiang Ming's army and form a crushing military advantage over various tribes in the grasslands, then Wang Baobao and the others could maintain the rule of the Dayuan court in the Mobei grassland.
Otherwise, once the Yuan Dynasty moved to the Mobei grassland, there would be no need for the Ming army to attack them. All they had to do was show a hint of weakness, and all the tribes in the grassland would pounce on them and wipe them clean.
Empress Dowager Qi said in the letter that she hoped Wang Baobao would return to Dadu immediately, so Wang Baobao did not waste time and immediately handed over all major military and political affairs in Liaoyang Province to his younger brother Alu Timur, and then led thousands of elites The cavalry hurried back to Dadu.
After three days and three nights of driving all the way, Wang Baobao returned to the capital city under the cover of darkness.
As soon as he returned to the capital city, Wang Baobao didn't even go to see his father, Sai Yinchi.
Even Ye entered the Great Yuan Palace.
"Queen Mother, I'm here!"
In the palace of Queen Mother Qi, all the eunuchs and maids retreated out of the door. Only Queen Mother Qi and Wang Baobao were in the room.
After hearing Wang Baobao's words, Empress Dowager Qi, who was dressed in cool embroidered clothes and exuded the fragrance of powder, plunged into Wang Baobao's arms. As the saying goes, a short farewell is better than a wedding. Of course, this pair of siblings and monarchs are not newlyweds. Generally speaking, they are indispensable. Very exciting.
Wang Baobao was only in his early twenties, a prime age. When he saw such a charming Empress Dowager Qi, he picked her up and strode towards the golden bed with withered flowers.
However, Empress Dowager Qi grabbed Wang Baobao's arm and did not twist and cry in her lover's arms as usual.
"Good brother, can't you do it today?" Empress Dowager Qi said with a shy look.
"Ah, not today. Could it be that the Queen Mother is ill today?" Wang Baobao said with some regret.
The expression on Queen Mother Qi's face became more complicated, and she said in Wang Baobao's arms in an extremely thin voice.
"It's not that I'm sick, but that I'm happy...!"
boom!
Upon hearing this, Wang Baobao suddenly felt a roar ringing in his mind.
"What!?"
"What.
. What's so exciting? "Wang Baobao began to stutter involuntarily.
Queen Mother Qi rolled her eyes at him and said while stroking her belly with her slender white hands.
"Of course I'm pregnant, you're going to be a father!"
Wang Baobao is actually not very unfamiliar with becoming a father.
Although he is only in his early twenties, several concubines in his family have already given birth to three or four children for him.
But it was absolutely the first time for Wang Baobao to ask the current Empress Dowager Dayuan to give birth to a child for him.
"Queen Mother, I, I am guilty!"
Wang Baobao's arm relaxed and he placed Empress Dowager Qi on the ground. Then he took a step back and knelt on the ground to kowtow in apology.
Well, the situation suddenly became very embarrassing.
On one side, Empress Dowager Dayuan was happy, on the other side, the Taibao was guilty.
