During the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, Anhui was quickly recovered. Due to Zhu Kezang's special confession, the Ming army basically did not commit any crimes against the Zhang family!

It seems that Zhu Kezang coveted Zhang Tingyu.

At this time in Zhang Mansion, Sun Zaifeng, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, said with a heavy heart: "Brother Dunfu (Zhang Ying's nickname), my return from Zhili has gone through many twists and turns. It's a long story! The world is in chaos, and the Qing Dynasty has already

His energy has been exhausted, even if Zhuge is reincarnated, there is nothing he can do to save it!"

Zhang Ying also looked solemn.

"Qizhan (Sun Zaifeng's name), you and I are both ministers of the Qing Dynasty. As the saying goes, eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are all about doing your duty! It is not in vain to read the scriptures and receive the teachings of the saints." Zhang Ying sighed.

"Brother Dunfu, I have come here in a hurry, day and night, just to tell you a shocking news from the capital." Sun Zaifeng's eyes widened, obviously the news was very shocking.

"But the Ming army captured the capital?" Zhang Ying asked.

Sun Zaifeng looked shocked and said in surprise: "Brother Dunfu, how do you know? But it's not just that!"

"My son Hengchen (Zhang Tingyu's alias) read in the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty that Tongcheng was almost the first to be conquered by the Ming Dynasty. The newspapers of the Ming Dynasty have long been popular in Tongcheng."

Zhang Ying didn't know whether he should be happy that his Zhang family was not liquidated by the Ming Dynasty, or feel sad about the crisis of the Qing Dynasty. He just asked: "What happened to the Qing Dynasty? Has the capital been captured by the Ming army? Qizhan

, stop showing off!"

Zhang Ying was also worried that the Ming Dynasty newspapers were fake news, so he wanted to check with Sun Zaifeng.

Sun Zaifeng gave a wry smile and said, "Brother Dunfu, what the Ming newspapers wrote is true. The capital was captured by the Ming army a month ago! The emperor went to the Mulan paddock in the north. He said he was hunting in the north, but in fact he led 18,000 soldiers.

The New Banner Army fled north!"

In Sun Zaifeng's words, the respect that previous ministers had for the emperor was completely gone.

"The emperor ran away and asked Prince Gong Chang Ning to pretend to be him, but was captured alive by the Ming army. The Ming Dynasty recognized Prince Gong as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, directly changed the Qing Dynasty title to Shunming, and also asked the fake emperor to announce his abdication

, the Qing Dynasty fell!"

"Our Qing Dynasty has become two emperors, one is hunting in the north and the other is captured, but there is no imperial city situation!" Sun Zaifeng said sarcastically.

What he said was news that was not in the newspapers. It turned out that Kangxi who surrendered was a lie!

Zhang Ying was silent, but he sighed.

Sun Zaifeng was originally from Deqing, Zhejiang Province. He had a heroic nature and was often said to be audacious!

If there had not been a new Ming Dynasty, he would have become a famous official in river control in the Qing Dynasty.

Sun Zaifeng was very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Manchu nobles who arbitrarily repositioned themselves, acted arbitrarily, and bullied Han officials.

And this time Kangxi was in a hurry to hunt in the north, which made him even more cold-hearted and extremely disappointed.

In addition, the rule of the Qing Dynasty was rapidly collapsing and the country was unstable. Like many Han officials, he began to think about the future.

"Brother Dunfu, besides this, there is even more exciting news." Sun Zaifeng continued.

But Zhang Ying was a little too pitiful to pay attention to the breaking news from Sun Zaifeng, and said in a low voice, "The Qing Dynasty has fallen to this point. As ministers, we have an unshirkable responsibility!"

Zhang Tingyu on the side fully demonstrated the curiosity of this age, but said: "Father, our family does not owe the Qing Dynasty, it is the shocking news Mr. Sun said!"

Zhang Ying's face was full of surprise: "Is there any more shocking news than the fall of the Qing Dynasty?"

Sun Zaifeng lowered his voice and said: "I heard this news on the way, I don't know whether it is true or not."

"It is said that Duke Yansheng of Qufu, in the name of the direct descendants of Duke Yansheng and Kong Sheng, ordered all the scholars and Confucian disciples in the world to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

"What? Did Duke Yan Sheng really say that?" Zhang Ying was shocked and asked hurriedly.

Zhang Ying was a little unconvinced. Everyone was a scholar and regarded Duke Yansheng's Mansion in Qufu as a holy place. As a saint, Duke Yansheng had the same weight in his heart as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, this recognition

The Manchu people were the monarchs because Yan Shenggong said that the Qing emperor was the common ruler of the world.

Zhang Tingyu, who was standing next to him, was even more shocked. Although he was young and had no fame, he was still one of the scholars, so he naturally knew the importance of Yan Shenggong in the hearts of the scholars.

Moreover, every time there was a change of dynasty, Duke Yan Sheng would come forward to support the new ruler, and the people he supported often did win the world in the end.

Zhang Tingyu had nothing to do and read several past issues of "Huangming Daily". He suddenly discovered that the Ming army, which was originally claimed by the Qing court to be plundering the south, burning, killing and looting everywhere, was not what it was at all.

After verifying several events reported in the "Huangming Daily", he found that what was said in the Ming Dynasty newspaper was basically true.

Moreover, the various novel knowledge published on it, including trains, ships, electric lights and other novel objects, greatly amazed him and opened his eyes to the power of studying objects to gain knowledge.

The increasingly better life of the people in the south made him discover at a young age the difference between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of this newspaper that he began to have a huge fondness for Zhu Kezang, a pseudo-Ming pirate who was scorned by the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Tingyu, a little prodigy, has secretly packed his luggage without telling his father, and is preparing to take the entrance examination of the Ming Dynasty Gewu Zhizhi College next year!

Hearing that Duke Yan Sheng was going to submit to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tingyu was excited: "Uncle Sun, it is destiny to submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Good nephew, Duke Yansheng's public declaration of surrender to the Ming Dynasty caused dissatisfaction among the Manchu banner nobles in Shandong. According to rumors from passers-by, last month, Duke Yansheng's mansion was attacked by thousands of Eight Banners rebels overnight.

The holy land that has existed for thousands of years was plundered and plundered by the illiterate Eight Banners rebels. Someone saw that one of the rebels was the Yanzhou General Soldier."

Sun Zaifeng said in a low voice.

The commander-in-chief of Yanzhou was truly wronged.

Zhang Ying was suddenly shocked and asked anxiously: "Is this really true? Could it be that Duke Yansheng really surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the Yanzhou General Soldier of the Qing Dynasty must have become angry and attacked Duke Yansheng in order to stop him?"

As a Confucian disciple who is familiar with the classics, he has great respect for Yan Shenggong.

"What is the truth, I don't know yet!"

Sun Zaifeng sighed angrily: "No matter who it is, they sent troops to kill Yanshenggong's family and snatched away all the scriptures left by the saint. It is really abominable! Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army happened to pass by Shandong and encountered those who robbed

After the Eight Banners rebels from Wanyan Shenggong's Mansion, the two sides fought fiercely. The Ming Dynasty defeated all the rebels, took back all the scriptures snatched from the holy temple, and also rescued several descendants of the saint, which was equivalent to saving the saint's face and reputation.

Future generations, this is a great good!

"I didn't expect that the barbarians, pirates, and demons that the Qing Dynasty talked about not only did not reject Confucianism, but also respected saints. This is a great thing!"

Zhang Ying's face changed drastically, and she said with a complex expression: "Is this why Brother Qizhan is here?"

He already understood Sun Zaifeng's intention.
Chapter completed!