Chapter 862: The Trouble of Yan Shenggong (Part 2)

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"Yan Sheng Gong?"

Zhang Zhun nodded to himself, but the stone in his heart was quietly put down. It turned out that it was Yan Shenggong's affairs. He thought it was something, but he was really a false alarm. It was also funny. If he calmed down and thought about it, he should have thought of it. Apart from Yan Shenggong, who else could help the three of them at the same time?

In fact, the matter of Yan Shenggong will explode sooner or later. It is also a good thing that breaks out today. The pustules will always be pierced, and after they are pierced, they will always get better. The three of them came to find themselves together, obviously to put some pressure on themselves and hope to make some concessions. However, in the issue of Yan Shenggong, Zhang Zhun, he, could not have retreated too much. This is a matter of principle and would never give in easily.

In fact, he didn't want to give in at all, but if the three of them came together and didn't give in, it would definitely not work. Gao Hongtu was okay, but Zhang Shenyan and Qiao Yunsheng never asked for help. Since he came this time, if he didn't give him any face, it would be too unkind and would hurt their hearts.

Seriously speaking, the matter of Yan Shenggong is indeed a trouble! Until today, Zhang Zhun has not completely figured out how to deal with this very special family. It is difficult, it is really difficult. Yan Shenggong is a unique name in heaven and earth. The origin of this name is because of a man named Confucius. How much influence is Confucius, just look at the worship of scholars all over the world.

The biggest problem of the Hu Ben Army occupying Yanzhou Prefecture was not to deal with the Lu Palace, but to deal with the descendants of Yanshenggong and the sub-saint Mencius. Confucius and Mencius were both examples of scholars all over the world and were put to the point of "saint". According to the Chinese people's always thinking, the saint was a little worse than the gods. Zhang Zhun had known for a long time that the handling of Yanshenggong and the descendants of Mencius would definitely cause some storm.

In order to win over the scholars of the world, Zhang Zhun could not come forward in person to pick Yan Shenggong off the divine platform. However, if he did not give Yan Shenggong some blow, he would cause great obstacles to the development of the Hu Ben Army. Therefore, Zhang Zhun's approach was to allow the local people to organize themselves and open the cannon to Yan Sheng, but he deliberately ignored it.

Zhang Zhun knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for scholars to stand up and oppose Yan Shenggong. No scholar had such courage. The only possibility was the poor people, even gangsters and gangsters. In order to survive, they did not care who Confucius was! As long as you Confucius blocked my way, I would take your life!

To be precise, Zhang Zhun stood by and watched by intentionally letting go, the poor people in Yanzhou Prefecture kept rising against Yan Shenggong and wanted to divide the fields of the Yan Shenggong family. Because Zhang Zhun's attitude was unclear and even a little biased, the people within the Hu Ben Army remained silent. As a result, Yan Shenggong was indeed hit hard, and Qufu, Shandong, where Yan Shenggong's Mansion was located, had basically completed the land reform. The only remaining one was Yan Shenggong's own field.

The current Yan Shenggong is the 65th generation grandson of the Kong family, named Kong Yinzhi. He was named Yan Shenggong in Tianqi resentment. In addition to Yan Shenggong, he also has a lot of empty titles, such as Prince Taibao, Prince Taifu, etc.

The storm that should come is finally coming. It is absolutely impossible to just escape from Yan Shenggong's handling, and to blindly escape. The three words Yan Shenggong have attracted too many people's attention, too many people's attention, and too many people's interests.

It can be said that as long as you are a scholar, you cannot ignore it. Perhaps this is the reason why the three giants came together. This is not just a family issue, but a scholar's status. Once Yan Shenggong was pulled out by Zhang Zhun, the status of a scholar will naturally be reduced.

To be fair, the three of them have no intentions towards Zhang Zhun and work very hard. However, their background is destined to protect the interests of scholars and the status of scholars. In particular, Zhang Zhun vigorously developed technical schools and vigorously promoted the status of craftsmen, making them feel uneasy.

The problem of Yan Shenggong seems simple, but in fact, it is really not simple to do. Because this is no longer a family problem or a force of the Hu Ben Army, but a problem related to the entire world. As a symbol of scholars, Yan Shenggong's status symbolizes the status of scholars. Of course, they do not want to see Yan Shenggong being taken away by Zhang Zhun.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Everyone can speak freely!"

Zhang Shenyan said in a deep tone: "Some of the family members of Yanshenggong fled to Jiangnan and kept writing letters to Nanjing. They sent people to wander around Jiangnan, trying to incite Jiangnan scholars to stand up and oppose our Hu Ben Army. They were indeed a little difficult for us to deal with the name of Yanshenggong. The three of us received blood letters of scholars, at least one hundred seals, and they were all bloody and tears, and they could not sit still."

Gao Hongtu nodded and said cautiously: "Now, the Fushe in Jiangnan and others are attacking us fiercely and doing everything they can. Even the brothel women in Jiangnan dare to write to us, and the ones who scolded us are not. Yulin, you know that their group of people... have some origins, and they have always been the best at doing such superficial articles."

Zhang Zhun said indifferently: "Fushe? Is it the Fourth Young Master and the others?"

Gao Hongtu nodded with a serious expression and said earnestly: "Yu Lin, don't underestimate them. These people have a strong ability to connect with each other."

Zhang Zhun sneered at Fushe. The four young masters of Fushe, such as Mao Pijiang, Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, etc., were all good at chanting poems and seducing women. As for doing things in a real way, that would not work. However, Gao Hongtu was his nominal teacher after all, so he couldn't refuse it at once.

Gao Hongtu naturally understood Zhang Zhun's thoughts. Zhang Zhun was not a person who surrendered easily. He took out a letter from his arms and sent it to Zhang Zhun's hand, and whispered: "This is written by Gu Hengbo. The writing is very strong, so you'd better not be angry."

Zhang Zhun took the letter in confusion and frowned and said, "Why are Gu Hengbo joining in the fun of Yansheng Gong? Who is she a scholar?"

Zhang Shenyan sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Now the entire Jiangnan has been in trouble. Yanwen is right. Those people have strong connection skills, and with the appeal of Yan Shenggong, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a verbal criticism."

Zhang Zhun frowned disapprovingly, opened Gu Hengbo's letter, and looked at it roughly. As a result, although Gao Hongtu had said something first, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but get angry. It turned out that Gu Hengbo adopted the strategy of pointing fingers and scolding the poor, and attacking Gao Hongtu on a large scale would not teach his apprentice, but was actually accusing Zhang Zhun of his ignorance.

Gu Hengbo was scolding Gao Hongtu in the lines, which was terrible. If others saw this letter, they might really think Gao Hongtu was such a shameless person. No matter how strong Gao Hongtu's psychological endurance is, I'm afraid he can't help it. Since Gao Hongtu is like this, I believe that the other two people are probably the same.

"What do the three seniors mean?"

Brigadier General Zhang put away his letter, pondered for a moment before asking slowly.

"Donald Yansheng promised to pay taxes according to regulations, and he would never be short of weight. However, the land under his name will no longer be redistributed, but it will still belong to the Duke Yansheng alone."

Gao Hongtu said slowly word by word.

"How many acres of land does he have?"

Zhang Zhun asked curiously.

“Twenty-eighty-seven hundred and fifty-five acres.”

Gao Hongtu answered cautiously.

"so much?"

Zhang Zhun was slightly stunned.

There are really a lot of land with 280,000 acres!

"When the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were only about 30,000 acres, and later it gradually increased, which reached this number. If it weren't for the fact that some had been divided, I'd probably be more."

Gao Hongtu said in a heavy mood.

"It seems that Emperor Taizu is not very interested in Yan Shenggong, right?"

Zhang Zhun frowned and said.

He vaguely remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was also from a poor family, had a very good attitude towards Yan Shenggong. When he ascended the throne, Yan Shenggong was sick and asked not to go to Nanjing to congratulate him, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not allowed. So, Yan Shenggong had to go to Nanjing with illness and congratulate him in a regular manner. Because of this reason, people in later generations said that Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately suppressed the status of scholars.

It can be said that the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, when dealing with Yan Shenggong, he raised his feet high and kept his feet from being able to keep his feet on. Simply put, it was to give you good food, clothes, and accommodation, but not give you power. In another way, it was to raise pigs. The emperors after Zhu Yuanzhang followed this principle. Every emperor ascended the throne or had any celebrations and festivals, must not be without the rewards of Yan Shenggong.

It must be mentioned that due to Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression, the status of scholars in the early Ming Dynasty was once depressed. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang died and the status of scholars gradually increased. Especially after the Tumubao Incident, the civil servant group completely controlled the national court. They desperately instigated the emperor to enhance the status of Yan Shenggong.

Over time, Yan Shenggong's property naturally became more and more. Most of the property was converted into land. The fields around Qufu, Shandong basically belonged to Yan Shenggong. It can be said that in Shandong, the largest landlord, except for King Lu, was the Yan Shenggong family. Even King De and others, they had to stand aside.

With so many fields, according to the upper limit of 50 acres per person, they can only be divided up to 30% of the other fields, and 70% of the others must be distributed to others. No wonder the Yanshenggong family is so anxious. If Zhang Zhun refuses to give up, at least half of their property will be removed. This is a very fatal loss!

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Do I need to continue to emphasize the significance of Junta Ling?"

The three of them looked at each other, wanting to speak but stopping. Of course, they could feel Zhang Zhun's strength. Zhang Zhun was very protective of Juntian Ling and would never let go easily. The Liaodong entrance is unprecedented. I hope he can make an opening in the Yanshenggong family unless there are very important reasons or there is a huge exchange of interests.

Obviously, it is quite difficult to do this. If Zhang Zhun is accidentally angered, the consequences will be even more serious. In private, they have thought that if Zhang Zhun gets angry, he will directly send someone to erase all the Yan Shenggong family, and then an accidental fire will happen, and Yan Shenggong will be completely finished.

Anyway, Zhang Zhun is not a small reputation for being accused of being debaucherous, cruel and ruthless, and bloodthirsty, and everything. If he really gets angry, Zhang Zhun can do anything like that.

In fact, Zhang Zhun didn't need to do it himself. He just had to give him a look and someone would do it. It was like that Mo Luo, a gorilla-like guy, if he asked him to search Yan Shenggong's house, I'm afraid no one would dare to say anything. Then a group of hooligans and gangsters came to the bottom of the Yan Shenggong family, which was completely possible.

Of course, this result is not what they need. Zhang Zhun is not afraid of being criticized for all generations, but they don’t want it. They really don’t want to do too much in dealing with Yan Shenggong. After all, they are from scholars. The existence of the Yan Shenggong family is of great significance to them.

Zhang Shenyan said expectantly: "Yu Lin, is there any flexible solution?"

Zhang Zhun nodded without hesitation and said affirmatively: "Yes!"

Zhang Shenyan asked hurriedly: "Tell me quickly."

Zhang Zhun stood up and said in an orderly manner: "I can agree to the Duke of Yan Sheng to protect his own fields. However, he must make a public statement, break away from Emperor Chongzhen and the court, and instead support our Hu Ben Army."

The three of them looked at each other, exchanged their eyes, and nodded gently.

Zhang Zhun's reaction was reasonable. It was worthwhile to retain Yan Shenggong's land in exchange for Yan Shenggong's public statement. Because as long as Yan Shenggong makes such a remark, then the scholars in the world will not have any obstacles to surrendering to the Hu Ben Army. Even the three of them don't have to worry about the attacks of other scholars. Yan Shenggong surrendered to the Hu Ben Army, what's the point?

Qiao Yunsheng said with some concern: "Does the Yansheng Anglican accept such an arrangement?"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "This is what he should consider, not what we should consider."

Qiao Yunsheng nodded softly and said nothing. Zhang Zhun's words were not unreasonable. You must keep your own fields, and Zhang Zhun has agreed. Of course, you, Yan Shenggong, have to respond to this. It is necessary to publicly declare support for the Hu Ben Army. Even if you are Yan Shenggong, it is impossible to take two boats.
Chapter completed!