Chapter 1618 Return

And these things didn't start with Kong Yinzhi. The previous generations of Yan Shenggong were similar to Kong Yinzhi. They all regarded themselves as descendants of saints, and they talked about benevolence and righteousness every day, but in fact they were inhumane. Unrighteous things; so many problems have been dug up, naturally there is no reason to keep the position of Nayan Shenggong.

Shen Long did not let Nan Kong of Quzhou replace Kong Yinzhi as Yan Shenggong, but directly abolished this title; since then, starting from the first generation of Yan Sheng Gong in the Song Dynasty and the 45th generation grandson of Confucius Kong Zongyuan, This is the end of Yan Shenggong, which lasted for 600 years; if Kong Teng, the 8th grandson of Confucius, was granted the honorary emperor in the 12th year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and since then the eldest grandson of Confucius’ direct line has hereditary titles, they will last for 1,800 years The knighthood ends here.

South Zhang Bei Kong, these two families that have lasted for more than a thousand years, no matter how the dynasties change, they can continue to prosper, and finally one of them fell.

After the news spread, the world was in an uproar, and there were many different reactions; many scholars felt that the imperial court treated Confucianism with too little respect, but seeing the crimes of the Confucian family that clearly violated the teachings of Confucius, they were speechless It can be said, how can such a family have the qualifications to enshrine Confucius? Some people wanted to persuade the imperial court to allow Nan Kong to inherit the title of Lord Yansheng, but as soon as this opinion was sent to the court, someone impeached Nan Kong for many illegal things. That is also a well-known local landlord. During this period, can the hands of that landlord be clean?

So this incident disappeared without a trace as soon as it started, and it even had a counterproductive effect; many speculators focused on the descendants of other Confucian saints such as the Meng family, the Zeng family, the Yan family, and the Zhu family. Although it is not as good as Yansheng Gong Kong's family, there are also hereditary officials who have accumulated a lot of wealth and committed many crimes.

This is a good time, the flags of those scholars fell one after another, and they even implicated the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, they are also the largest local landlords; this is a good time, everyone will accompany the Kong family to die together! The thoughts of many scholars have also been confused because of this. The theory of Confucius is naturally fine, but why are his descendants acting so unbearably? Beizhai, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, released a big bomb at the right time, throwing out the "Xinxue Apocrypha" and the scholars were in an uproar for a while.

Since then, Beizhai has continuously released articles written by Shen Long. These articles catered to the development of the times, fully considered the interests of many emerging classes, and immediately won the favor of many people; even many literati participated in the review of these articles Gradually, in the land of Ming Dynasty, industrialization and capitalist trends of thought began to prevail.

Coupled with the fact that people continue to get rich because of engaging in maritime trade, setting up factories, or opening plantations in Dayuan and Jiugang Xuanweisi, people no longer only focus on the land of the Central Plains, but on these brand new lands. In the field, under Shen Long's secret promotion, factories were set up one after another, and merchant ships rushed to the ocean...

The old privileges enjoyed by literati were also abolished, and policies such as the gentry’s one-time payment of food, the distribution of gentry into the mu, and the return of fire consumption to the public were vigorously implemented by Shen Long, which also aroused some resistance during the period, but under the suppression of Dongchang and Jinyiwei , did not cause much waves, but instead added a lot of manpower for overseas colonization.

In this context, the imperial examinations were naturally changed. Stereotyped essays and poems and poems were thrown aside, and the examination questions were replaced with more pragmatic ones. Due to the prosperity of commercial activities, the demand for precious metals has naturally increased, and Da Ming has always been short of silver. After Da Ming took over Essibania, the export of silver from South America to Da Ming was restricted, so Da Ming had to start selling silver. And a headache.

Then Wa country was unlucky, who let them have such rich mines as Sado Gold Mine and Iwami Silver Mine? After the news spread, the officials of the Ming Dynasty immediately became excited, and many people started to trouble the Wa Kingdom.

Some people found out the old story of the Japanese kingdom's attempt to conquer Daming during the Wanli period; The envoys from the Kingdom of Ryukyu wept in the hall to complain about the invasion of Wa Kingdom against them,

They asked Daming, the suzerain country, to help them drive away the Japanese pirates; even Zheng Zhilong, who was far away in the Old Port, also produced evidence that the Japanese pirates assisted the Esibanians in massacring the people of Daming.

All of a sudden, the country of Wa changed from a country appointed by Emperor Taizu Gao to not be conquered by everyone. No one in the court mentioned the instructions of Emperor Taizu Gao back then. They kept emphasizing the crimes of Wa country and strongly demanded Send an army to conquer.

This time Yu Zigao was very happy, his hope of becoming a Marquis finally came, and Shen Long quickly followed the public opinion and agreed to conquer the Wa Kingdom, so the East China Sea Fleet rushed to the Wa Kingdom under the command of Yu Zigao. With little effort, several important ports were taken, and then infantry continued to land on the mainland of Japan from these ports.

The Wa Kingdom soon succumbed. They surrendered to Ming Dynasty, compensated a large amount of gold and silver, donated gold and silver mines such as Sado Gold Mountain and Iwami Silver Mountain, and sent countless servants to follow Daming to continue to conquer other regions.

And the fleet of Ming Dynasty continued to sail. According to the route given by Shen Long, one fleet headed east, and finally arrived at the American continent to return, while the other fleet went south from Xuanweisi, the old port, and finally found Australia; I heard so The vast two pieces of land are now rarely inhabited, and the people of Daming were extremely excited.

The ports of Daming were crowded with adventurers eager to get rich, and the imperial court complied with their request, sending fleets to choose suitable places to build ports in America and Australia, and then opened regular flights from Daming to these two places, and Encourage the people of Ming Dynasty to go to these two places for reclamation and exploration.

Now, most of the problems faced by the previous Ming Dynasty have been solved. Isn't the land annexation serious? Now there are two more pieces of land that are bigger than Ming Dynasty, no matter how serious the annexation is, I will go overseas to become a local owner when my land is gone. When I get there, I can have as much land as I can reclaim. In the first few years, the court will still Tax-free, receiving and giving them farm tools and cattle, isn't this day much more comfortable than at home? When Daming established the first port city in the Americas and Australia and gained a firm foothold, Shen Long also received a reminder that the mission was completed in his mind, and he could finally return to the real world.

A white light flashed, and Shen Long returned to his hometown.