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Zhang Tieniu had nothing in common with cultural people, and after a few casual greetings, the mission officer came to contact and communicate.

After the two sides got acquainted, Zhang Tieniu said: "I am a pioneer, and I only brought 2000 people with me, and I didn't have much food and grass with me. Brother Zheng, get some food first!"

Zheng Baolu immediately sent someone to prepare food and said, "General Zhang, please go to the city to rest."

"No need," Zhang Tieniu said, "I'm just resting outside the city, and I will continue to march tomorrow morning. I heard that uprisings are happening everywhere here. How many cities have you captured?"

Zheng Baolu said sadly: "The five counties in Quzhou originally occupied four counties, but now there is only one county left in Jiangshan. I heard that 32 rebels were killed in Longyou. General Zhang wants to avenge them!"

Zheng Baolu's so-called occupation of several counties specifically refers to the seizure of several county towns, and the outside of the city is still dominated by landlord forces.

"How many defenders are there in Quzhou Prefecture?" Zhang Tieniu asked.

Zheng Baolu said: "There are several thousand. Headed by the Confucian family, many landlords and merchants were recruited as generals, and many domestic slaves, homeless people and farmers were recruited as soldiers."

"Go to Quzhou Fucheng tomorrow, and you will be the guide." Zhang Tieniu said.

There is only a group of mobs under Zheng Baolu's command, and there are more than a thousand people.He left 1000 men to guard the city, led more than [-] men himself, and followed Zhang Tieniu's [-] elites.

In addition, the merchants of the Longyou Merchant Gang provided many ships to help transport food and grass with the army.

These merchants are mainly small and medium-sized merchants.

Before the uprising, they didn't help.The big landlords counterattacked, but they did not help.

Anyway, it's just watching a play, it doesn't matter who wins or loses.

Now that Zhang Tieniu arrived with his troops, the merchants immediately moved after hearing the news and provided ships to help fight the war.If they don't see rabbits, they won't scatter eagles. They are used to seeing the wind.

The prefect of Quzhou is called Jin Zhong, a son of a military family in Guiyang.This guy feels that the situation is not good. He ran away last winter, and the new magistrate is still on the way.

The magistrate is absent, the dragons have no leader, and the Tongzhi, Tuiguan, and county magistrates dare not call the shots.

At this time, the city guard of Quzhou was Kong Shangqian, the third grandson of Confucius No.60.

Seeing the soldiers approaching the city, Kong Shanggan suddenly panicked.

The rest of the gentry who participated in the suppression of the uprising were also panicked. They thought that Zhao Tianwang would not attack Zhejiang, otherwise how would they dare to recruit troops to suppress the Quzhou uprising?

Xu Shaoqing's eyes wandered, looking at the other gentry leaders, wondering if he could dedicate the city to make meritorious service.

Zheng Tai was also glancing around, meeting Xu Shaoqing's eyes, and immediately understood each other's thoughts.

The Xu family, the Zheng family, the Wang family, the Zhou family, the Wu family, the Chen family, and the Mao family are the seven major families in Quzhou Prefecture.

"Why don't you surrender," Zheng Tai said, "we took back Fucheng, and we didn't kill a few people, they were all locked up in prisons. Longyou killed a lot. Longyou couldn't surrender, but we could. "

Wu Huixian said: "There are only more than 2000 people outside the city, and we have more than 7000 soldiers. Maybe we can fight."

Xu Shaoqing sarcastically said: "These are Zhao Tianwang's elites. Although there are only two thousand of them, they are well-armored and the lineup is clean. Let's see what our 7000 people look like?"

"I said you shouldn't mess around," Chen Yuzhong complained, "Quzhou is too close to Jiangxi, waiting for the land to be divided. You insist on recruiting soldiers, and you don't want to part with the few acres of land. Now it's good, you're riding a tiger! "

Mao Zhongmao said: "It's not a problem, it's not a problem. There were more than 300 people rioting in Quzhou Fucheng. We only killed four and injured more than a dozen. The rest either ran away or were locked in prison. This There is no big enmity, honestly offering the city should not be a big problem."

The uprising launched by the scholar is so fragile.

More than 300 people occupied Fucheng, and when the landlord counterattacked, only four were killed and more than ten were injured, and the whole army was beaten to collapse.

And these landlords are similar.

Zhang Tieniu came with two thousand soldiers, and the landlords thought about how to surrender.

Kong Shanggan was in an extremely irritable mood, and there were a lot of people around him clamoring to surrender.Although he was afraid of fighting, he was unwilling to surrender. How could the descendants of the sages of Confucius surrender to the thieves because of the rewards of the emperor and the matter of loyalty to the emperor?

This is the southern sect of Confucianism, not the northern sect of Shandong!

Dad, why don't you come back?

It seems that after hearing Kong Shanggan's prayer, his father Kong Zhenyun really came back.

A passenger ship sailed from the direction of Longyou, Kong Zhenyun brought two long followers, did not enter the city at all, and went directly towards Zhang Tieniu's army.

"Stop comers!"

The vanguard soldiers raised their weapons.

Kong Zhenyun said with his hands behind his back: "Kong Zhenyun, the southern sect of the Kong family, wants to see your general!"

Hearing that Kong Zhenyun had arrived, Zheng Baolu, who was with the army as a guide, hurriedly said, "General Zhang, Mr. Kong is the head of the Southern Sect and also served as a cabinet minister in the imperial court. As long as he is recruited, Jiangnan can be settled!"

Zhang Tieniu, a vulgar man, heard that he was a descendant of Confucius, but he was also in awe, and quickly said: "Please."

Kong Zhenyun had the opportunity to be the chief assistant. Last spring, as long as he agreed to Chongzhen's appointment and dismissal list, he would be the chief assistant [-]% in terms of qualifications and prestige.

Probably something like this:

Chongzhen personally inspected the selection of ministers and drew up a list.Kong Zhenyun thought that some of the officials were too bad, so he changed the list.Chongzhen was not happy, so he denied all the proposals proposed by the cabinet, and bypassed the cabinet to let the six ministries discuss it.

It happened that the newly appointed censor, Guo Jingchang, went to the cabinet to meet Kong Zhenyun, and heard Kong Zhenyun say that there was a problem with the list of appointments and removals.Therefore, Guo Jingchang was impeached, and Kong Zhenyun was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.

After being dismissed from office, Kong Zhenyun first went to Hangzhou to go on an outing with Qian Qianyi for two months, and then gathered in the mountains to give lectures.

This spring, Xu Ying paid a visit to Kong Zhenyun, hoping that he would return to Zhao Han, but Kong Zhenyun angrily reprimanded him.

Historically, although Chongzhen's bones were not cold, the Confucian family in Shandong quickly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and even took the lead in shaving their heads and leaving their braids.But the Quzhou Confucian family performed much better.When Kong Zhenyun heard the news of Chongzhen's death, he burst into tears. He was seriously ill and died in the same year as Chongzhen.

Kong Zhenyun, who almost became the first assistant, and also the master of the Southern Sect, how could he easily follow the thief?

However, news soon came from Zhejiang that there were uprisings everywhere in western and central Zhejiang. He was so frightened that he immediately returned to his hometown from Hangzhou.

Zhang Tieniu cupped his hands and bowed, "I've met Mr. Kong."

Zheng Baolu quickly introduced: "Mr. Yuheng, this is General Zhang Tieniu."

Kong Zhenyun didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "If the city of Quzhou falls, please treat the people kindly, and don't hurt innocent people."

Respect is respect, and I don’t like to hear this. Zhang Tieniu said angrily: “Our Datong army has strict discipline. Where have you killed innocent people? Drop as soon as you fall, fight as you want, stop talking so much!"

This is a reckless person, Kong Zhenyun is not as knowledgeable as him, and said in a gentle tone: "General Zhang forgive me, the old man is just a reminder."

Zhang Tieniu said: "Why don't you remind me, just say whether to surrender or not."

How can there be such a question, I am a descendant of Confucius!

Kong Zhenyun sighed helplessly: "I wish to surrender."

What else can I do if I don't surrender?

Jiangxi's pioneers have all come, and the army will definitely arrive in a blink of an eye. Resisting the city will only increase casualties in vain.

What's more, although Xu Ying did not convince Kong Zhenyun, she also let him understand many of Zhao Han's policies.Even Kong Zhenyun finished reading "The Collection of Datong" in Hangzhou, and read it carefully more than ten times.

When meeting Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, Kong Zhenyun really wouldn't surrender.

If the Confucius family in Shandong is compared to the Zhang family in Longhushan, then the Kong family in Quzhou is similar in status to Zaoge Mountain.

The hereditary doctor of the eight ranks and the five classics only talks about the rank, not even the county magistrate.

Moreover, apart from presiding over local sacrifices, the Kong family in Quzhou did not have any privileges.Even the sacrificial fields used to sacrifice Confucius were granted relief by the court only after Emperor Hongzhi was dying.

It's a deduction, not an exemption.

The Kong family in Quzhou had to pay taxes on the sacrifice fields, but they were exempted from corvee.

Due to Beikong's continuous interference and suppression, Nankong simply formulated a family rule with only seven contents——

Article [-], prevent fake surnames.The Confucian family can be exempted from corvee. If anyone impersonates the Confucian family, the descendants of the Confucian family and the neighbors should report to the government.

Article [-], Sneaky posting is strictly prohibited.The property of the Confucian family can escape corvee, and children of the Confucian family must report to the government for registration when buying or selling property.

Regardless of whether these two things are done or not, at least the family rules are good.

This kind of family rules may be intentionally disgusting Beikong!

The Kong family in Quzhou has a lot of land, after all, it has been living and multiplying since the Song Dynasty.But there are also many descendants, and the land is distributed to the Kong family, and there is not much left, maybe a few thousand acres.

Kong Zhenyun came to the city with his long attendants, and ordered: "Kaicheng!"

The gate of the city opened immediately, and everyone went out of the city to welcome them.

Zhang Tieniu first took over the gate of the city with his troops, asked the defenders in the city to lay down their weapons, and then divided into several groups to guard.

"Arrests!"

After completely controlling the situation, Zhang Tieniu suddenly changed his face.

Except for Kong Zhenyun, even Kong Zhenyun's son was arrested by soldiers.

Kong Zhenyun was furious, pointed at Zhang Tieniu's nose and said, "You have no credibility!"

Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "They are human beings, so the volunteer soldiers are not human beings? The volunteer soldiers took the lead in suppressing the city, and they are all guilty. I will not kill them. I will try again when the general town comes. They should be killed or released, please the general town. Come call the shots."

"Please calm down, both of you, and speak slowly if you have something to say." Zheng Baolu quickly smoothed things over.

Zheng Baolu is also the leader of the uprising army, although he doesn't agree with Zhang Tieniu's move, he likes it emotionally.But he also respected Kong Zhenyun, and was afraid that the two would fall out.

Zhang Tieniu's vanguard did not leave, but stayed in Quzhou to guard these guys.

Chapter 301 [Smashing the Statue of Confucius, Rescuing Confucius]

Zhao Han's fleet had to disembark and walk after passing through Yushan County.

The grain can be transported away, but the boat has to be replaced.Because the following river is only 20 meters wide at its widest point and 10 meters at its narrowest point. This is a small artificial river connecting the two major rivers in two provinces.

When he arrived in Jiangshan County, Zhao Han received a letter from Zhang Tieniu.

The interrogation has made it clear that more than 300 rebels ambushed Quzhou City for many days and captured the government and county government offices in one fell swoop.

Since the rebel army is mainly composed of scholars, plus some domestic slaves and businessmen, the military discipline is fairly strict.They did not kill indiscriminately, but maintained law and order, and then recruited more than a thousand vagrants to guard the city.

Among those vagrants, many are gangsters, and it is these people who do bad things!

They robbed the shops in the city and angered the merchants in the city.

And the scholar who led the uprising is also very funny.Instead of guarding the city honestly and waiting for Zhao Han to take it over, he took the officials to divide the land outside the city, causing conflicts with the big landlords outside the city.

As a result, merchants in the city and landlords outside the city united to recruit troops to counterattack.

The rebel army killed four people and injured 17 people. The whole army collapsed and fled from the city, and 36 people were captured during the escape.

As for the vagrants who were temporarily recruited to defend the city, seeing the landlord leading troops to kill them, they directly abandoned the city wall and ran into the city to set fire to disrupt the situation. Only when the chaos broke out could they survive and rob.

How to deal with this?

Zhao Han arrived in Quzhou Fucheng by boat and immediately ordered the release of the captured Xiangyong.

As for the gentry and merchants who suppressed the uprising, since they did not kill people indiscriminately, they can be extra merciful.They had to pay for compensation. For each rebel who died in battle, the family members were compensated 1000 taels of silver, and the wounded were compensated 300 taels.

In addition, the act of suppressing the uprising must be punished accordingly.

When dividing the fields, members of these families can only keep ten mu of land each. Within 30 years, members of these families cannot obtain franchise licenses or engage in franchise trade.The sons and grandsons of the main clan are not allowed to be officials within three generations!

These are all punishments on the surface, and special strikes will be carried out next.

Among the seven great clans, find out the two who are the most evil, and the main clan will directly search the house for public trial!

Seeing Zhao Han releasing those gentry and merchants, Kong Zhenyun, the leader of the Southern Confucius, was very happy and finally willing to come to see them in person.

"I've seen Zongzhen Zhao."

Kong Zhenyun cupped his hands, he had convinced himself in his heart that he was worshiping the General Soldier of Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Han was recruited by the imperial court, and even today, he has not been dismissed from the post of Ji'an Chief Soldier despite successive wars.

"Dr. Kong doesn't need to be polite." Zhao Han smiled and helped him up.

Kong Zhenyun flattered and said: "The soldiers of Zhao Zongzhen came to Quzhou in the autumn without any crime, because they are elites with strict military discipline." Help the imperial court to wipe out the thieves and slaves. I will surely seal my wife and son, and help the country!"

These words did not anger Zhao Han, but made him feel ridiculous.

Kong Zhenyun said this for three purposes: first, to express his loyalty to Daming; second, to maintain Nan Kong's poor dignity; third, to gain Zhao Han's appreciation and recognition.

Sometimes, if you have strict military discipline, you are considered easy to talk to.

Just like now, Kong Zhenyun is sure that he will not be killed.Because a commander who can restrain the army and treat the people well must be tolerant, not to mention he is a descendant of Confucius.

The Manchu Qing was so cruel that they didn't dare to kill Nankong who refused to surrender, so they could only ask the people from Beikong to persuade them to surrender.

The descendants of the Confucian family, the descendants of the saints, can speak with confidence.

Zhao Han laughed loudly, took Kong Zhenyun's hand and said, "Dr. Kong's words are very much in line with my opinion, and the hero sees the same thing!"

Kong Zhenyun was stunned instead: "Zongzhen Zhao is really willing to help the court?"

"I am willing to accept the recruitment," Zhao Han said with emotion, "Thanks to Your Majesty for not giving up, let me be the commander-in-chief. Your kindness is deep, and I keep it in my heart every day. Therefore, I work hard to clean up corrupt officials for the court." A filthy official who governs the people of the world on behalf of the imperial court. When I have governed the world well, I will hand it over to His Majesty to rule. This so-called, to the king, Yao and Shun!"