marquis of jingan

Chapter 1075 Yanzhou is in Danger

The so-called Xiaozong entering the Dazong refers to letting people from the lineage of Jiankang Chongsheng Hou enter Qufu and become the Dazong of the Confucian family in Qufu.

This is indeed Shen Yi's opinion.

When Shen Yi raised this opinion with the emperor, he didn't think too much, he just wanted to punish the Kong family so that the Kong family wouldn't make repeated jumps without paying any price.

But this incident actually had some bad effects.

Because...it goes against the patriarchal system.

If the emperor agreed to this plan and nodded, then the officials in the court would not only object, but also think too much.

What are you thinking about?

They would think of the empress's childlessness, and of Li Wang, the eldest son of the emperor concubine Hui.

If one day in the future, the empress empress gave birth to a prince, and the emperor insisted on making the eldest son Li Wang, it would be a small sect becoming a grand sect.

It violates the patriarchal system for thousands of years.

Zhao Changping discovered this problem very keenly. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that I could choose a 65th generation descendant of the Kong family from among the descendants of the Chongsheng Houfu to adopt to Kong Shangzhen..."

"Kong Shangzhen doesn't need to confer the title of Duke Yan. In the future, when this child grows up and inherits the family business, he will be granted the title of Duke Yan."

The emperor glanced at Zhao Changping lightly, and sighed slightly in his heart.

In the eyes of these Confucian disciples, the patriarchal system is unbreakable.

Even Zhao Changping, who obviously favored Shen Yi, did not agree with Shen Yi's plan.

The emperor touched his chin and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "What Mr. Zhao said makes sense. I will consider it as appropriate."

He looked at Zhao Changping and said, "The Huai'an army in the north is attacking Yanzhou Mansion. At this time, the money and food supply at the front line cannot be cut off. The household department will send a servant or doctor to take charge of the money and food for the front line army."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, and said: "The money from the Bureau of Shipping in my city can be temporarily allocated to the household department for the past two years. Prime Minister Zhao took the money and asked people to buy more grain for military use."

His Majesty the Emperor said slowly: "Now the Huai'an Army's momentum is just right, we can't let Shen Yi fight, it's useless."

In the past few years, Shibosi has earned a lot of money for Emperor Hongde.

After a few years, the internal funds in the palace were already very abundant, and the emperor did a lot of things with the money.

Originally, no one was willing to spit out this kind of fat and water that had already been eaten, but now, the Northern Expedition was the most important thing, and His Majesty the Emperor had to generously donate a little gold coins.

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhao Xianggong was delighted, bowed his head and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is holy, I obey!"

His Majesty the Emperor smiled slightly: "If I don't pay, I'm not holy, is it?"

Zhao Xianggong smiled awkwardly and did not speak.

The emperor yawned, and said, "Gao Ming, send me off to Prime Minister Zhao."

Zhao Changping resigned.

After Eunuch Gao sent Zhao Changping away, the emperor walked slowly to Shen Heng's side, and asked with a smile, "Did you write down what I said to Zhao Xiang just now?"

Shen Heng got up quickly, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, I have written it down."

The emperor patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Do you know why your elder brother wants the Kong family to change his family, but you, uncle, are not so willing?"

Shen Heng thought for a while, then shook his head slightly.

"Wei Chen doesn't understand."

"Because of your elder brother."

The emperor laughed.

"Not like a scholar at all."

………………

Yanzhou Prefecture.

The wind of Jiankang has not yet reached Yanzhou.

At this moment, Shen Yi, who was still harassing Yanzhou, didn't know the situation in the Jiankang court.

In other words, he didn't know the exact condition of Jiankang.

To be honest, if Shen Yi knew that those big-headed scholars in Jiankang were criticizing him behind his back, he might ride back to Jiankang and meet those civil servants face to face.

After all, when it comes to family background, Shen Yi is a serious second-class Jinshi, and he is also a Hanlin official. Those bastards in the court have no higher papers than him, and he has no need to be afraid of anyone.

But now, most of his attention is still on Yanzhou City.

This night, it was the seventh day that the Huai'an army attacked Yanzhou.

The right army was led by Zhang Meng, and the left army was replaced by Zhong Ming.

At this time, Zhong Ming's Xuanjia Guards had reached more than 200 people, and after going through several battles, this Xuanjia Guards had basically taken shape, whether it was personal quality or combat awareness, they were all qualified.

It was night, and the artillery battalion of the Chinese army still took the lead in reaching the reserved position and began to bombard Yanzhou City.

After six or seven days of "practice training", the gunners of the artillery battalion at this time have mastered this new type of artillery shells with ease.

Setting up cannons outside of a stone's throw away, although it is not possible for every shell to explode accurately in the crowd of people on the tower, but it can already guarantee about [-]% of the explosion rate.

This is enough.

After all, the artillery formations were set up within a stone's throw away, and Yanzhou's bows and crossbows were basically not a threat. Only the large bed crossbows and the artillery on the city wall of Yanzhou could threaten the artillery formations.

But the artillery array is far away from Yanzhou, and the artillery is relatively scattered.

The artillery of Huai'an Army can be fired directly on the city tower without aiming, which is relatively easy to shoot, but it is more difficult to accurately hit the artillery with the bed crossbow and solid bullet artillery that cannot be aimed at the head.

Although Yanzhou city also had experienced old gunners, only one cannon was damaged in the bombardment of Yanzhou for seven days. As for the gunners, only two people were injured and no one was killed.

It can be said that for now, the Qi people have no way to counter this kind of artillery.

Of course, there are countermeasures, but they don't dare to use them.

Now, Shen Yi's troops have arrived in Yanzhou for a while. No matter how stupid the Qi army in Yanzhou is, they can still know the approximate strength of the Huai'an army. Open the city gate, give up defending the city, and use cavalry to directly attack the artillery camp of the Huai'an Army.

The difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and there is no reason to be beaten all the time.

With such a short-distance charge, the artillery array can't retreat quickly, and maybe they can grab a few cannons to go back.

However, for more than a year, the people of Qi have suffered too much at the hands of Shen Yi, and now that the reinforcements from the imperial court have not arrived, no one of these Yanzhou defenders dares to take responsibility. They only dare to be turtles and stick to the city.

As one shell after another hit the Yanzhou city tower, the shell exploded, filled with the smell of gunpowder and an inexplicable spicy smell.

These spicy smells quickly spread on the tower, making the Qi army guarding the city on the tower almost unable to open their eyes.

Zhong Ming had already put on the armor given to him by Shen Yi. He pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted angrily: "Xuanjia Guard, charge into battle with me!"

More than 200 Xuanjia Guards followed closely behind, taking advantage of the fact that the Qi people on the city tower were under control and had no time to take care of them, they almost rushed to the bottom of Yanzhou City, and then started to build ladders as quickly as possible.

Zhong Ming still took the lead, because it was the first time he used the flowering bomb with chili powder tonight, and the effect was quite good. They climbed up the Yanzhou city tower with almost no obstacles.

Zhong Ming raised his knife and slashed, cutting off a Qi man almost in half. Then he roared angrily, and slammed across the body, knocking a few Qi people who rushed over but had no time to react, a full four or five meters away.

At this time, more Xuanjia Guards had already boarded the Yanzhou City Tower!

There is a touch of black on the entire south tower of Yanzhou.

Shen Yi was still watching the battle from a distance. When he saw Zhong Ming ascending the tower, Mr. Shen clasped his hands behind his back and said, "It's so fierce."

"Is this the first time he has climbed the Yanzhou City Tower?"

Su Ding bowed slightly, and replied, "It's the third time."

Shen Yi nodded slightly, and said, "Last time, the gate of Yanzhou City was already opened."

Su Ding nodded.

"If our main force is here, we will be able to break into Yanzhou City last time."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes, looked into the distance, and said lightly.

"The battle in Yanzhou has become critical..."

"The Qi army on both sides, why don't they come to rescue?"