The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

It was the Ming Dynasty that really applied Shang Fangjian to inspections and military affairs.

The frequency of use of the Shangfang sword in the Ming Dynasty was very high, and the regulations were also more perfect than those in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.The "Shangfang Sword" of the Ming Dynasty symbolizes the supreme imperial power. The sword holder must be the emperor's most trusted confidant or the imperial censor, who has the extraordinary power of beheading first, then slaying, and taking life and death.The Ming Dynasty pursued the principle of "first seal the sword of Shangfang, and punish the traitor according to the law." It can be seen that the person who holds the sword of Shangfang has the privilege of beheading first and then filing and disposing of it on the spot.

Yan Song drew the sword, the cold light flickered, and the clear voice echoed in his ears.

"This sword is not bad..."

At this time, Nie Gai, the sword saint, appeared outside the door at some point, leaning against the door, looking lazily at the Shang Fang sword.

"This should be Daming's top casting method."

Yan Song pulled a piece of hair directly from Yan Nian's head, and it fell onto the blade of the sword, and the hair was directly divided into two.

Broken hair? !

Yan Song couldn't help being surprised. Yan Song remembered that this technology (ajcf) was not easy to achieve even in later generations, right?

(Yan Nian covered his head and burst into tears: Why did you pull my hair out.)

Yan Song put away Shang Fang's sword.

"Pack up and set off in four days!"

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Shandong, Qufu City.

Confucius House.

The Confucius Mansion is located in the center of Qufu City, facing south, facing a large white wall. In front of the door, on the left and right sides, there are a pair of round carved male and female stone lions more than 2 meters high.The red-edged black lacquer door is inlaid with the head of the shop, and the "Holy Mansion" plaque hangs high above the center of the door.

The Confucius Mansion occupies a very large area, and the free land is also very terrifying. The entire Qufu has a total of 1.3 hectares of land, all of which belong to the Confucius family.That's not all, the deterrent power of the Confucius Mansion continued to use various kinds of collections of fertile fields in the surrounding areas with the constant disasters.

The vast number of toiling people all offered their land and offered their daughters, serving as slaves and servants, and changed their surnames to Confucius in order to gain the holy grace of Duke Yan.This exemption from Confucius's military service is just the icing on the cake. Of course, money does not bite, not to mention this is a gift from the "Great Master of Confucianism"!

The influence of the Confucius Mansion in Shandong is extraordinary. Even the high-ranking officials sent by the imperial court can only hold their tails in front of the Confucius Mansion.

However, this time the Confucius Mansion felt in trouble.

Because the big corrupt official and the big traitor Yan Song are coming, and this is the first assistant of the dynasty, not those three-rank and four-rank cats and dogs.

Although the Confucius Mansion has 'Yanshenggong' (the hereditary title of the descendant of Confucius), it is known as a first-class product, but it cannot participate in the decision-making of the court. Therefore, in the face of Yan Song, the first assistant of the dynasty who did not play cards according to the routine, the Confucius Mansion used to deal with it. The official's method is a bit confusing.

At this time, when Kong Zhen, the current Duke of Yansheng, heard that Yan Song was going to go to the south of the Yangtze River, his mood was literally filled with countless grass~mud~ horses running back and forth countless times.

"You are not good at being the first assistant, come here to make trouble!"

When I think about it recently, the Confucius Mansion has taken advantage of the robbers and horses, natural and man-made disasters, and has acquired a lot of fertile land, as well as a lot of serfs. After the world is at peace, the Confucius Mansion will be even more brilliant.

As a result, there was such bad news.

Yan Shenggong is so angry!

He quickly summoned the senior officials of the Confucius House to discuss countermeasures.

"This Yan Song traitor is rumored to be insatiable. Our Confucius Mansion's goal is too big, and I'm afraid it will become his first target."

"Hmph, what are you afraid of? Don't forget that we are the Confucius Mansion, a holy place for scholars all over the world. I don't think he has the guts!"

"That's right, if he dares to come, we'll let him go back in shame!"

"Yes, what about the first assistant? We are descendants of Confucius, and he dares to offend us?"

The Kong family members sneered.

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Chapter 85 Yan Song goes south to the Confucius Mansion [3]

Yan House.

With the arrival of spring, the yard is full of life.

"Yuantu's letter has arrived, and it said some suggestions for going to Jiangnan...~"

Yan Song and Gai Nie were drinking tea in the courtyard and chatting about some strategies for going south.At this time, Yan Song held a letter in his hand, which contained advice from Feng Ji.

"Yuantu said in the letter that the best way to go to Jiangnan is to raise enough food and grass, and where does the food and grass come from? That is the Kong family in Shandong... Yuantu's idea is the same as me, to do a big thing, then We just need something for sacrificing a knife, the Kong family is so fat, it’s a pity not to use it to open a knife…”

To say the Confucius family, it is a wealthy family. In later generations, it has several titles that have been circulated [China's No. [-] Noble Surname: Kong Surname], [China's No. [-] Noble House: Confucius House], but its reputation on the Internet is not very good. , because it is too 'a sense of current affairs to be a handsome man', and has been scolded by many netizens as "China's first traitor family who never fails."

This kind of scolding is not groundless, but has historical evidence.

When the Zhao family sat on the throne in the Song Dynasty, the grandson of Mr. Confucius was named Duke Yansheng, and he also took on all the construction costs of the grand building—the Confucius Mansion in Qufu. .

It is said that this Confucius family has been greatly favored by the emperor, and Confucius once talked about the "differentiation between Huaxia and barbarians" (distinguishing between Huaxia and barbarians). The overall situation followed the general trend, cooperated with the foreign barbarians who entered the Central Plains, and made outstanding contributions to the "unification" of China, Yuan and Qing.

When Zhao Song was beaten to the south by Jin, the Confucius House immediately dispatched Kong Duancao to show loyalty to Da Jin and was conferred the title of Duke Yansheng.

Decades later, Meng Yi rose up and destroyed Jin Yi. Under the leadership of the new generation of Duke Yansheng Kong Yuanyong, the Confucius House reviewed the situation and turned to Kublai Khan in a dignified manner. He led his clansmen to join the Yuan army and suppressed the "rebels" of the Han people.

In order to please Kublai Khan, the Confucian mansion also dispatched great scholars Zhang Dehui and Yuan Haowen to visit Kublai Khan, kneeling and asking him to be the "Great Master of Confucianism" (to worship Kublai Khan as a Confucian teacher).

Although he did not know a few Chinese characters, Kublai happily accepted their request and became the "Great Master of Confucianism".In a good mood, Kublai Khan exempted the Confucian government and Confucian households from the army, and all the Confucian scholars cheered and cheered.

After the rise of the Ming Dynasty and the expulsion of the Mongols, the Confucius House turned back again (how many times? I can’t count them), although Zhu Yuanzhang despised the Confucian family’s character, but he also knew the wonderful use of the Confucian Village in maintaining the Zhu family’s court, so he continued to seal the Duke Yansheng. .