It is true that civil servants often push back the emperor's wishes. As for the methods, they are both hard and soft, but the current situation is not the same as usual.
Although this group of nobles and nobles are all unreliable and all kinds of scum when it comes to fighting, but when it comes to official matters, even if they are platinum per capita and all kinds of people are clean.
The reason why this matter is different is actually what Gao Pragmatic himself said just now, that is, "the mausoleum work is extraordinary."
How extraordinary, this is rooted in Chinese cultural tradition.
Because of the Confucian tradition, Chinese people have always been relatively superficial about belief in God and Buddhism. Many people seem to believe in it, but in fact they believe in it if it works well, and abandon it if it doesn't work.
My begging was of no use, so I came to fulfill a wish, which means that you are still of some use, so I came to thank you; my begging was of no use, so I just pretended that you don’t exist, and I won’t bother to talk to you anymore in the future. I love so and so.
.Belief in God and Buddhism is like a business to the Chinese, just an exchange. There is absolutely no "spirit" like other civilizations that are willing to sacrifice everything for their own gods.
People always have to have some faith. Since the Chinese people since ancient times have not really believed in gods and Buddhas, then what exactly is the belief of the Chinese people? In fact, the Chinese, especially the traditional literati, only have two kinds of true worship, namely "the worship of heaven"
” and “ancestor worship.”
What is heaven worship?
Chinese myths and legends may be the most unique in the world. Among a lot of unique myths, there is one god that can be called the most unique. The status of this god in the hearts of the Chinese people is the same as that of God in Western mythology.
equated, but there has never been any myth or legend that has any detailed description of this almost omnipotent god. "He" is also the only one among the many myths and stories of the Chinese nation that has not been transformed into a facial expression or a totem.
We don't even know whether there should be one god, one statue or one god.
Yes, this strange existence is the "God" we often talk about. Foreigners will say "Thank God" when they feel they are very lucky, but what about the Chinese?
"God bless you."
Chinese mythological stories are very coherent, just like narrating an unknowable history, from "Pangu opened the sky" to "Nuwa created man", to "ten suns came out together", and then from "Hou Yi shot the sun"
From "Chang'e flies to the moon", to "Gonggong's anger touches Buzhou Mountain" to "Nuwa mends the sky", followed by "Dayu controls the floods" and so on, it seems that there has never been a god named "Heaven"
He was directly involved in it, but such a god who could not be verified has been worshiped by the people for five thousand years.
Some people say that "Heaven" is the "Emperor of Heaven", which seems to make sense at first glance, but anyone who has a little knowledge of Chinese mythology will know that this statement is untenable.
Ancient kings all called themselves "Son of Heaven". It seems that as long as it is related to "Heaven", it is orthodox. However, the amazing thing is that Chinese literary legends have real meanings to the "Heaven", "Emperor of Heaven", "Jade Emperor" and so on in Chinese mythology.
The person you are actually referring to is not so respected at all.
Putting aside the "havoc in heaven" in "Journey to the West", as long as you read "The List of Gods" you will know that the status of gods is lower than that of immortals, and the highest achievement of immortals is "immortality" and "longevity and heaven"
"Qi". From this we can see that "Heaven" is an existence far higher than the gods in "Heaven".
Some people say that "Heaven" refers to the "Way of Heaven". This statement is much more reliable than the "Emperor of Heaven". However, if we examine it carefully, there are still big loopholes.
"The Way of Heaven" or "Tao" was proposed by Laozi in the "Tao Te Ching", and the Chinese people's worship of "Heaven" was formed much earlier than this. In fact, long before the emergence of writing, the worship of "Heaven"
It has already existed, and it is not difficult to find from the titles such as "God" and "Son of Heaven", and from slang such as "people are doing it, God is watching", "God has eyes", etc., for the ancestors of the Chinese people,
"Heaven" is something or someone that is deified, not an illusory "heaven".
So what exactly is heaven? So far, no one has been able to come up with a point of view that everyone is convinced of. They can only roughly believe that "God" is the specific manifestation of "the way of heaven" - but they cannot be "concrete" into a specific image.
So when Chinese people worship heaven, they never place a statue in front of people and say: "This is heaven."
But ancestor worship is much more specific than heaven worship. Academic circles believe that there are two major symptoms of Chinese civilization that are particularly important. One is the clan system (Tribe System) based on blood-line patriarchal families, and the other is the rationalized shamanistic history tradition (Tribe System).
Shamanism rationalized). The two are closely connected and integrated into one body, and have continued in various forms for a long time.
Ideological historians believe that the archaeological discoveries of the Neolithic Age prove that one of the indisputable major primitive phenomena of Chinese culture is ancestor worship. Many other cultures also have ancestor worship, but China's ancestor worship has its own unique characteristics.
The words used by scholars of intellectual history are relatively unfamiliar to ordinary people, so I won’t go into them here. Let’s just “speak in human terms”. One of the important keys is that from the primitive era, “the family is a shaman’s history” to “Jedi”.
After "Tian Tong", "witchcraft" became the privileged function of "jun" (political leader). This "unity of witch and king" (i.e., ****) is unified with the worship of ancestors and gods (i.e., the unity of humans and gods),
In fact, it is the same thing. It has gone through a long process. Although the royal power increasingly overwhelms and replaces the divine power, the unity and combination of the two has never been disintegrated.
This means that from the great wizards in ancient times to Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Duke of Zhou, all these famous ancient and ancient political figures, including Yi Yin, Wu Xian, Boyi and others
Inside, they are all great shamans who combine political power (royal power) and spiritual power (divine power). This is obviously different from when "witches" became folk Nuo culture after royal power overcame divine power.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As we all know, China's rulers of all dynasties like to "canonize gods" and canonize some outstanding ancients as gods. But most people will not consider the basis of this matter.
What is it-that is, why the emperor has the power to consecrate gods.
Because he is the "Son of Heaven", he represents "God", and the origin of this idea can be traced back at least to the era of "Unity of Witches and Kings".
By the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the process of "history from witchcraft" in ancient China had reached a qualitative turning point. This turning point was Zhou Gongdan's "making rituals and music". It finally completed the rationalization process of the "tradition of shamanism and history", thus laying the foundation for
The foundation of Chinese cultural tradition.
The realization of the thoughts of "virtue" and "ritual" is the symbol of this completed form of rationalization.
"Virtue" is derived from the magical power of witchcraft and the following "witchcraft etiquette" and other meanings, and gradually transformed into the meaning of king's behavior and character, and finally became the meaning of individual character and morality.
The "virtue" discussed in the early Zhou Dynasty is in the second stage. "Virtue" refers to a set of behaviors of the king, but it is not an ordinary behavior, but mainly major political behaviors such as sacrifices and expeditions.
Over time, it was combined with the witchcraft etiquette of ancestor sacrificial activities, and gradually evolved into a set of social norms, orders, requirements, and habits that maintain the survival and development of clans, tribes, and chiefdoms.
In other words, "De" is first of all unwritten laws and regulations related to major activities of clans, tribes, and chiefdoms such as "Sacrifice" and "Rong". "De" was mentioned to an unprecedented high position in the early Zhou Dynasty, and it was fully established by the Duke of Zhou at that time.
It is related to the entire normative system of clan, tribe, and country with the king's political behavior as the core, that is, "making rituals and making music".
This "moral policy" of "making rituals and making music" can be divided into two aspects, internal and external: "respect" and "rituals".
Next, Confucius refined and sublimated the requirements of "virtue" and "ritual". Here again, we need to bring out the classic sentence from "Zuo Zhuan": The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military service.
However, "sacrifice" has a prerequisite. You must build and carefully maintain the tombs of your ancestors, and you must have a place to worship your ancestors' spiritual tablets. Why have Chinese people been afraid of leaving the "ancestral land" for a long time? Because
The ancestors are there. If you cannot guard the tombs of your ancestors and offer sacrifices seriously, then you are "evil". It is not that the Chinese are afraid of unfamiliar environments and dare not leave their familiar places. Without that, the Chinese
Pioneering is inherently strong.
In this way, since ancient times, China has attached great importance to matters of death as matters of life. This is true for the people, and even more so for the royal family.
Now that the cultural roots have been explained clearly, looking back, we can clearly understand why "Ling Gong" is important.
The most important thing about the emperor's mausoleum is not to provide the emperor with enjoyment after his death, but actually to give future generations of emperors a place where they can "sacrifice".
The ideological level of this matter is not to flatter the emperor of the day, but to serve as an example for the world.
In the era when Confucianism governed the world, as long as anything was linked to "virtue", it would definitely not be a trivial matter. What's more, the "virtue" here is not the "virtue" cultivated by individuals, but "the major affairs of the country, including sacrifice and military service."
That worldly virtue.
Who dares to ignore this, and who dares to oppose it? Those who dare to take this matter lightly, do not cooperate, and do not try their best may end up being criticized by thousands of people and ending in nothing.
But Gao Pragmatic took over this death-defying job, saying that he could stand in front and withstand possible threats from the Ministry of Works, and even asked the emperor to find him in person.
So awesome?
Seeing the expressions of these many nobles as if they had seen ghosts in the day, Gao Pragmatic was also a little happy, and thought to himself: How can you see through my methods at a glance? Confucianism talks about virtue, but now Confucianism almost only engages in "programmes"
, isn’t the specific thing being done by us legalists dressed in Confucianism?
What does Legalism emphasize? As long as things are done well, the means are not important! Whether it is cruelty or tactics, even if it is a compromise without a bottom line, Legalism actually doesn't care at all! In history, Legalism is famous for its cruelty, so
It's just that under the circumstances at that time, Ku Lie was the most effective.
As for the "virtue" of Confucianism, you can talk about it at the Ministry of Industry and Technology, but I, a pragmatic and six-student scholar, can't talk about it? There are so many places to argue. Is Neo-Confucianism orthodox from the beginning? The Xin School and the Real School are both based on thin air.
Coming out of nowhere?
To be fair, you have your own way, and I have my own way. If you say that it is virtuous to repair things on time, then if I say that you work slowly and carefully, it is not virtuous. I don't say not to cultivate!
Gao pragmatically smiled and said nothing, and his confident look gave the nobles some confidence. After everyone looked at each other for a while, Zhu Yingzhen asked: "To be honest, have you thought about this clearly? It won't hurt you, right?"
His question moved Gao Jingshi a little. The friendship of more than ten years was finally not in vain. The first thing he thought about was not whether he could handle this matter well and save their future interests. Instead, he was worried about someone Gao.
Will he be implicated?
Although if Gao Jingshi is really implicated, their situation may be even worse in the future, but Gao Jingshi still appreciates people asking this question.
"Don't worry, Mr. Cheng Guo. When the soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth. Since my chess move has been seen through by my husband and he came here to remind me, so that I won't be caught off guard again, there is nothing to be afraid of." Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Now Rong Rong.
The political assistant minister is temporarily vacant. If the Ministry of Industry takes action at this time, it will be difficult for you to deal with it. But since Shi Xing... haha, I have to respond. You can just hand over all financial matters to the Ministry of Accounts for processing. I will do something new here.
With the custom-made system, there is absolutely no risk of the Ministry of Household Affairs plucking it out."
With Gao Jingshi taking action, Zhu Yingzhen and the others really weren't worried that Gao Jingshi would embarrass them - there were too many things Gao Jingshi could do to embarrass them, and he was not bad at it. But Hube Yanguo plucking their feathers, they were really a little worried.
Panic, after all, everyone in the yamen these days is equally shady, so there is no reason why the household department should be particularly clean.
However, now that Gao Pragmatic said this, they felt confident. It does not mean that because of Gao Pragmatic's existence, the household department would be clean immediately. Even if he had such a method, it would take some time to be effective. They
The reason why I feel confident is that the systems Gao Pragmatic has implemented so far are quite reliable. It will be much more difficult to circumvent the obstacles he has set up to play tricks. In this way, even if there are people in the household department, there will still be some moves.
As for the hands and feet, the impact will not be great.
Moreover, at least Gao Pragmatic himself will not cause trouble here, so no matter how the people below do it, they can only make a small fuss, and it will not become a big deal.
By the time the nobles and Gao Pragmatic reached an agreement, they had already finished their meals and left one after another when the lanterns were lit.
That night, many people learned about the news that a large group of distinguished nobles visited Gao Pragmatic. Everyone either started to inquire about the news or began to speculate and doubt, and they all wanted to know what kind of drama this was.
Is a distinguished minister or a distinguished minister communicating with you? This kind of thing can be big or small. Although a large number of distinguished ministers visiting in public are generally not regarded as "honored ministers and ministers" or "important ministers and distinguished ministers", it will definitely be considered.
There is an explanation afterwards.
Now that Gao Pangshi has just stepped down as Minister of Rongzheng, with such a large group of nobles visiting him, they cannot just simply congratulate him on taking up his new post. So... the most reasonable explanation is probably that the nobles persuaded him to stay in office. Although this kind of thing is not possible
He is not a pragmatic person who can stay in office if he wants to, but the collective power of the entire Jingnan family is no joke. Even the emperor has to consider the impact.
Is that so? How would Gao Pragmatic choose?
The entire capital spent the night in confusion, and everyone was waiting for Gao Pragmatic's movements tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the day when Gao Pragmatic officially takes office as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
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