The king is responsible for the daylight and for observing the earth. He offers sacrifices to the sky in the round hills in the southern suburbs and to the earth in the square marshes in the northern suburbs. Therefore, he follows the position of yin and yang.
Yuanqiu in the southern suburbs has been the place where emperors prayed for rain, harvest, and made accusations since ancient times.
The so-called confession simply means that the emperor blames himself to heaven.
Today, in Yuanqiu, the southern suburbs, we have encountered for the first time the expression "taking responsibility on behalf of ministers" - the star in the sky portends sin, and it is not me who foretells sin, but the treacherous ministers and traitors.
At this time, when the officials heard the emperor's words, they almost jumped up in shock.
I thought that the emperor was making concessions for the sake of the government today, but who knew that he would become so arrogant and arrogant!
How is this a sacrifice to heaven? It is clearly a political mutiny!
Recently, there have been many officials who have been disobedient to the emperor, such as Shen Shenxiao, Ai Mu and others who caused a lot of commotion. They all showed horror on their faces and frequently exchanged glances.
However, the assistant ministers Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing, the Imperial Procuratorate Wen Chun and other close ministers of the emperor stood with their hands tied and expressionless.
There was only a group of young ministers, doctors, and principals who were totally unaware of the situation, and they were in a mess, at a loss.
The respectful ones among them, almost as a conditioned reflex, immediately knelt down and apologized: "I am guilty!"
Lu Guangzu, who was originally lost in thought about the emperor's words, saw someone bowing down and immediately came back to his senses.
He snorted coldly and looked around at the courtiers who were pleading guilty: "Your Majesty said 'this kind', which means 'that generation', and you are so eager to plead guilty..."
"Is this what Your Majesty calls a minister without a king and a people?"
After this reminder, the courtiers who had just knelt down to apologize suddenly realized that they did not know whether they should continue to bow down or get up in embarrassment.
Just at this moment.
There was a commotion at the end of the train.
At some point, Yushi Liu Tai had already taken off his crown and hat, held it in his hands, and walked up from the end of the shift with his head held high.
Everyone paid attention.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Tai walked to the front, raised his head and said: "Your Majesty said that there are many crimes in the world, so as to bring peace to heaven. Such great words will make those who hear them cry."
"However, His Majesty said that Yuan Fu was a loyal minister, but I thought otherwise."
"Of the rebellious ministers and traitors, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, should be the most important!"
"Nothing but the omens of the stars can be given!"
Seeing this Zhang Juzheng student come to the fore, the officials couldn't help but understand.
The focus of today's debate has never been about whose crime is predicted by the star in the sky - Dong Zhongshu's tactics were used by the officials in the court, but they knew it better than anyone else.
Therefore, after the emperor insulted the courtiers, no one argued with him about what the comet was as an omen, but immediately retaliated at the key points.
The key lies only in the New Deal!
Zhang Juzheng is in his mourning period, which is the weak point of the current New Deal.
Even though the emperor has a tough attitude at the moment, he looks like he wants to stand up for the New Deal.
But as long as Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister who has been in power for eight years, is gone, whoever replaces him will be greatly affected.
In this case, if not Zhang Juzheng, who else could be the rebellious official and traitor of the star sign that day?
Sure enough, after Liu Tai launched an attack, the emperor also stopped boasting.
Zhu Yijun made no secret of his disgust towards Liu Tai: "You just slander your teacher like this?"
Liu Tai had already prepared what he said: "Your Majesty, I am first the censor of the Ming Dynasty and your Majesty's minister, and then I can talk about teachers and students."
Zhu Yijun sneered: "Then Liu Yushi, please tell me what kind of traitor you, teacher, are."
Liu Tai was happy and undaunted, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"
"When the late emperor passed away, he was in charge of the throne and asked for help. Since he became the first assistant, he has been intimidating himself and has no court. He created the test method to threaten his colleagues. Not long after he assisted the government, he became rich and powerful in the whole Chu. He rose to the rank of the first emperor. Jiangling cost up to 100,000 yuan to prepare palace bans; there are thousands of concubines to serve as emperors and equal to the king."
"Isn't this the traitorous traitor?"
As soon as these words were spoken, several people immediately echoed them.
Thinking deeply about filial piety, Aimu came out in unison and said loudly: "Your Majesty."
"After Yuan Fu lost his father, he has been lingering in the capital and refused to return to his hometown. Then suddenly there were strange phenomena in the sky, and the stars changed terribly."
"This sign of loyalty and betrayal is self-evident!"
"Everything must make people's hearts feel at ease, first obey the will of heaven, and then the changes of heaven can be eliminated."
"Your Majesty, please think again!"
Zou Yuanbiao followed closely: "Your Majesty, Zhang Juzheng is greedy for power, disregards human ethics, and violates the harmony of nature. Please respond to the changes in nature and obey the people's will!"
No matter how much the emperor tries to use his words, he still has to pass the test of human ethics.
This is Shilin’s long-lasting reputation!
Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet who presided over the new law, must go!
Lu Guangzu, Liu Tai, Shen Shenxiao, Ai Mu, Zou Yuanbiao...
Zhu Yijun saw these people popping up one after another in the blink of an eye, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether he was sad or happy.
He stared at Liu Tai, who was the first to show up, and spoke slowly: "What Liu Yushi said is that Yuan Fu was rich and powerful, and he instituted palace bans and had thousands of concubines. Is there any evidence?"
Liu Tai was about to speak.
Zhao Jin on the side suddenly came out: "Your Majesty, there is no need for proof when the censor hears something."
When Liu Tai saw someone speaking for him, he stopped saying anything and just saluted the emperor calmly to show his sincerity.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhao Jin and came again.
He passed Zhao Jin, his eyes fell on Liu Tai again, and said seriously: "In this case, why doesn't Liu Qing become an official?"
Liu Tai was startled, thinking that the emperor was going to depose him, and was speechless.
Zhao Jin of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but remonstrated: "Your Majesty, there has never been any rumor that the imperial censor was dismissed by the imperial court!"
Chen Yan, a member of the staff, also stepped forward and advised: "Your Majesty, think twice."
Zhu Yijun heard this and shook his head: "It's not that I want to depose him, but that Liu Yushi should ask himself to serve."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Tai was stunned.
Zhao Jin and Chen Yan even had their words stuck in their chests.
Zhu Yijun did not hesitate to explain. He looked at Liu Tai seriously: "Didn't Liu Yushi say that he was first the Yushi of the Ming Dynasty and then a disciple of Yuan Fu?"
"Now Liu Qing, as the censor, has fulfilled his duty of hearing about the affairs."
"So... clearing the teacher's grievances, isn't it what you, a student, should do?"
"If you truly care about human ethics and are not talking about duplicity, then you should avoid suspicion and become an official and rush to Jiangling to find out the truth."
"In this way, we not only fulfilled the role of monarch and minister, but also fulfilled the relationship between teacher and student. Regardless of whether he will be revived in the future, and whether Yuan Fu is pure or dirty, Yu Qing will be a good story that will be passed down to future generations."
Zhu Yijun paused, then his tone turned cold: "Or is it that the Code of Human Ethics is always just a chamber pot for Liu Yushi's strict discipline?"
As soon as the words came out, Liu Tai opened his mouth, the words went around in his mouth, and then he swallowed them alive.
He looked as if he was caught off guard and hesitated to speak.
Liu Tai turned his head slightly and looked at Zhao Jin and Chen Yan.
It's a pity, but I can only look helpless.
Seeing this response, Liu Tai, who had held his head high just now, lost his momentum.
Lu Guangzu watched the whole process with a cold eye, feeling once again in his heart that the emperor really deserved to say that he was wise enough to refuse remonstrance.
For this reason, Liu Tai could not have chosen a second path.
Not only that, if Liu Tai couldn't find any palace in Jiangling, then he might have to wear the hat of "ignoring human ethics" that he knocked on Zhang Juzheng!
Look at the literary leader on the stage writing vigorously, I am afraid his reputation will be passed down through the ages.
It’s really heartbreaking!
Liu Tai, who faced this matter head-on, was stunned on the spot and found himself in a dilemma.
After murmuring for a long time, he finally knelt down with difficulty, as if his spine had been broken, and said in a weak voice: "I invite you to become an official."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand, indicating that he was right.
Seeing that the emperor easily disposed of Liu Tai, those who were just about to make a move and were about to follow him couldn't help but hesitate.
Zhao Yongxian was frightened for a while and buried his head behind Zheng Zongxue again.
Unfortunately, someone will always hit the south wall.
Ai Mu was not afraid at all and spoke again: "Your Majesty, even if Liu Yushi is suspected of inviting names, it has nothing to do with Yuan Fu's rule."
Zhu Yijun didn't look at Aimu. Regardless of the person's behavior, just looking at the name, it was also a deliberate style of asking for the emperor's staff.
He was too lazy to pay attention to Aimu, and looked at the ministers: "The matter of Yuan Fu's defense has been troubled since the end of August."
"It just so happens that we have come to this point today, so I will ask for clarification..."
"Yuanfu lost his father, how can he not win his love?"
The emperor asked sincerely.
The reaction of the courtiers was also unexpectedly fierce.
The official Chen Younian suddenly came out of the queue. Xu Fu saw the situation and wanted to stop him, but it was too late and he could only close his eyes and not look.
The former came closer, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Fu is confident and said to Yang, only the principles of the sages and the laws of the ancestors."
"Confucius said: 'Have I loved my parents for three years?' When the prince asked for mourning, Mencius said: 'Even if you add one day to it, it will make it better.'"
"Then you will eventually lose the teachings of the sages and sages, and if you violate it yourself, you will not be able to bear it."
Wang Xijue glanced at the emperor with some worry.
Zhang Juzheng's abiding by the system was not only people who were dissatisfied with the new law, but also old-fashioned scholars like Chen Younian.
Even Wang Xijue was happy to see Zhang Juzheng return to his hometown to maintain the system.
This is the filial piety of the Ming Dynasty.
Even when Wang Xijue was in charge of the Criminal Department, when he encountered the case of Lao Tzu's ashes, the verdict still had to read: "It is enough to expel his wife to hide his evil for his father."
Under this kind of filial piety, in order to seize Zhang Juzheng's love, in addition to people with evil intentions, it is natural that there are also moral scholars who speak out for justice.
The two merged together, and if the emperor did not distinguish carefully, he might make a big mistake. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt something in his heart.
After Wang Xijue pondered for a moment, he slowly came out of the queue: "Your Majesty, it's not that you can't win love, but there is no such precedent in ancient times."
I don’t know if the emperor accepted his helping hand or if he was simply being gentle to him.
The emperor explained softly: "If Chen Qing said that Yuan Fu couldn't bear it, it's because I insisted on seizing her love."
"If Wang Qing said that the ancestors established the law, there are also the old examples of assistant ministers Yang Pu and Li Xian."
"Why?"
Chen Younian was about to say more when he felt a tightness behind his back, and he stumbled and was dragged back to the train.
Wang Xijue immediately answered: "Your Majesty has learned from this."
"Even if there are Yang Pu and Li Xian, the past can be traced, and it is not over for three years, not for one day."
"Your Majesty can order Yuan Fu to return to his hometown and wait for the edict at home. After the funeral is completed, we can discuss the affair."
There is no precedent for not observing filial piety for a day, but there is a precedent for not observing filial piety for less than three years.
This is just a matter of waiting for the first half of the year.
In the same way, it can be regarded as removing some of Shilin's obstacles for the emperor.
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he nodded slowly.
Then he cast a questioning look at the officials: "Do you think so?"
Chen Younian, who had been speaking righteously just now, sighed in his heart after hearing this, and finally decided to give up.
Zhao Zhigao, Yu Shenxing and other Hanlin officials each looked at each other with hesitation on their faces.
At this moment, Zou Yuanbiao suddenly said: "Your Majesty."
"I thought otherwise. At that time, Li Xiangu stole love, but was impeached by his disciples. He was criticized at the time and ridiculed by later generations."
"Even Yang Tinghe won his love, resigned and left, and was praised by scholars."
"Yuanfu's honors have been accumulated for several years, but your majesty is worried about defeat for one day. I don't know how your majesty can bear to do this."
Zhu Yijun suddenly shook his head and laughed: "So, what Zou Qing means is that if Yuan Fu fails to speak out, he is clinging to power, and if I insist on going my own way, I am doing injustice to my ministers?"
"Once love is stolen, will the minister be disloyal and the master disloyal?"
Zou Yuanbiao didn't seem to hear the displeasure in the emperor's words, and said solemnly: "That's exactly it!"
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He no longer paid attention to Zou Yuanbiao, but looked at Chen Wude: "Chen Qing, you are a recognized gentleman, and you are also the court official who first went to Shu to ask me not to steal my love."
"I don't understand something, please clarify."
This is also why Zhang Juzheng's love-stealing incident caused such a big fuss.
Ministers like Chen Wude, who had worked with the emperor for seven years and advocated new laws, also disapproved of Zhang Juzheng's seizing love.
He even repeatedly took the lead in speaking out, and his fierce words were even more intense than those of Zhao Jin and others.
Chen Wude was unwilling to disgrace the emperor on such an occasion, so he kept silent.
However, when the emperor pointed it out, he could only respond: "I know everything I know."
Zhu Yijun went straight to the point: "Since human ethics are fundamental, why can't we be polite to common people?"
"Since it is a matter of human ethics, why did I only observe mourning for twenty-seven days when my father died?"
Questions like these naturally do not trouble old-fashioned people.
Chen Wude blurted out: "Your Majesty, we, the scholars, have the most important task in the world, which depends on the whole world. We must rectify ourselves and then we can rectify the common people."
"The Master said, "The warehouses are real and you know the etiquette. The common people have too many clothes to cover their bodies and not enough food to eat."
"Therefore, etiquette cannot be extended to common people."
"As for your Majesty..."
"The great filial piety of a saint depends on good succession, the importance of the central affairs, and the military and state's Yin. He should inherit it without hesitation. The sun and the moon change, but the old chapter is suppressed."
Zhu Yijun asked: "The changing of the sun and the moon was created by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty on his own initiative. It was not taken from the "Li" of Zhou, right?"
Chen Wude was startled.
But he still nodded reluctantly: "It's just as your Majesty said."
Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Wude, Wang Xijue, Chen Younian, Yu Shenxing and other scholars: "It is not true that the common people have warehouses, but the emperor has the power of the military and the state. In this way, there is a way to adapt the mourning system."
"In this case, now Yuan Fu is in charge of the new policy and the urgency of war..."
He paused and said seriously: "There is no escape from the golden leather, is that okay?"
This question is not only asking Chen Wude, but also Chen Wude, Zhao Zhigao and others.
They are also carefully distinguishing between the two groups of people who are now converging.
As soon as the word "Jin Ge Wushao" came out of his mouth, all the officials in the Han Dynasty who were in motion suddenly stopped.
Chen Younian's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.
Chen Wude hesitated for a long time and seemed to be still thinking about it.
Wang Xijue opened his mouth again to speak.
At this time, Zhao Jin of the Ministry of Rites suddenly said: "Your Majesty's statement that Yuan Fu is in urgent need of war is a bit far-fetched."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, his face fell instantly.
He took a deep breath and calmed down all his expressions.
Then he quietly looked around at the courtiers: "In that case, taking advantage of today's ceremony to worship heaven in the southern suburbs of Yuanqiu, there are six hundred court officials..."
"My lords, please state your stance one by one."
"Those who think it is right to win love should stand to the left! Those who think it is not right to win love should stand to the right!"
"Ma Qing! Shen Qing! You two will lead a class!"
After saying that, Zhu Yijun pointed at Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing again.
When the officials saw this, they were instantly in an uproar.
What is the emperor doing!?
Even though Wang Xijue loved the emperor, he couldn't help but change his face and bowed hastily: "Your Majesty, think twice!"
If the emperor does this, doesn't it give those who oppose the new law a legitimate chance to unite the party!?
How unwise!
Zhu Yijun turned a blind eye: "I have thought twice!"
Chen Wude, the censor of the right capital, who had been restraining himself for a while, suddenly regretted that he had not responded to the emperor's words.
He looked pale and remonstrated with a stern voice: "Your Majesty wants to provoke a party struggle with your own hands!?"
The emperor's behavior was beyond his expectation!
Even with the trust of seven years of working together, he couldn't believe that this was what the emperor would do!
When Zhu Yijun saw this, he finally became angry: "Isn't there already a party dispute in the DPRK? Why should Chen Qing pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
"Do you think that Yuan Fu's love-stealing affair is only about human ethics?"
"Do you think that King Lu could not surrender to the vassal state for a time, just because my mother doted on him?"
"Do you know how many rebellious officials and traitors were secretly colluding with the stars last night?"
The emperor suddenly became angry, and his words were full of tiger and wolf words, which shocked people's hearts and minds.
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Chen Wude murmured for a long time, but couldn't find the words to respond.
Zhao Jin and Lu Guangzu subconsciously looked at each other, and then they separated at the first touch.
Wang Xijue looked at the emperor in astonishment, then turned to count the number of guards around him.
Chen Yubi, the minister of Dali Temple, suddenly staggered out of the queue, bowed and fell to the ground.
He said in a sad tone: "Your Majesty!"
"Since I came to Dali Temple, I dare not say that I have fulfilled my duties and served with loyalty, but I have never violated the law in any matter, and I have never shown favoritism to anyone!"
"In the past three years, we have cleaned up the prisons, sorted out the laws and regulations, and learned the legal principles thoroughly. Your Majesty and colleagues can see it for all to see!"
"When it comes to my duties, I can swear to heaven and say that I have a clear conscience!"
"Could it be that just because I care about the emperor's heirs, care about human relations, and disobey His Majesty, I will be regarded as a rebellious minister and a traitor by Your Majesty!?"
After that, he bowed three times again and kowtowed.
The dignified third-grade official actually shed tears in the southern suburbs!
Zhu Yijun suddenly clapped his hands in praise and said loudly: "Okay! Now that I have talked about it for this reason, I also have something to say."
"You may wish to ask yourselves, how many people are dedicated to the conduct of human ethics and keeping an eye on Yuan Fu's rule?"
"Looking at the origin, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty created the sun to change the moon, and you all also regard it as a model."
"In terms of established precedents, the auxiliary ministers of the country and the dynasty seized the favor, including Li Xian, Yang Pu and others."
"Speaking of flexibility, I don't know how many people I have stolen their love from in the past seven years."
"In the final analysis, isn't it because Yuan Fu has implemented the New Deal for eight years, which has made some people regard it as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh!?"
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhao Jin: "Zhao Qing, tell me, do you simply disagree with Yuan Fu's seizure of love, or do you disagree with the new policy implemented by me and the cabinet?"
I took sleeping pills this weekend. Although I had a good sleep, I was confused for two days and delayed the update. I'm really sorry.
Chapter completed!