Chapter 289 Three Triumphal Triumphs (8) Consecrating Zen to All Peoples
The three fronts all triumphed. Although it could not be regarded as the end, it was at least the beginning of the end. Gao Pragmatic, who was controlling everything in the capital, could finally rest assured and concentrate his energy on the court.
In addition to the daily affairs that the chief minister should have paid attention to, Gao Wuchen now also had to pay attention to another major event: Fengchan Taishan.
Before this conferment, the last emperor in Chinese history to hold a conferment ceremony was Zhao Heng, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. As a result, subsequent emperors, regardless of whether they originally had this intention, gave up on this move until this time.
No matter why Zhu Yijun was interested in Feng Chan, since he had decided to do so, Gao Pragmatic, as the chief minister of the cabinet, could only rack his brains to find reasons for the emperor to convince the world.
There is no doubt that in order to avoid falling into the farce of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng's Fengchan Ceremony, we must first understand how Zhao Heng turned the Fengchan Ceremony into a farce.
China has recorded history since ancient times, and the imperial court has the most complete "historical archives." Gao Pragmatic, who originally had no interest in Song history, had to work hard and have people sort out some documents for his review. Finally, he found out about Song Zhenzong Zhao
The reason why Heng's Feng Chan was regarded as a farce is due to the following reasons:
First, forgery of auspiciousness and self-bragging: In order to enshrine Zen, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty did not hesitate to forge heavenly books, claiming that gods and men came into his dreams, and staged three scenes of heavenly books falling from the sky to build momentum for his enshrinement. This kind of self-deception seriously violated the enshrinement of Zen.
The solemnity and sacredness of the ceremony.
Second, bribing ministers: When faced with Prime Minister Wang Dan's firm approval, Zhu Yuanzhang did not face up to his own merits, but resorted to bribery, trying to force Wang Dan to reject Zhao Heng by giving him pearls. That kind of
This behavior not only damaged the dignity of the emperor, but also undermined the justice of the court and damaged the majesty of the court.
Eighth, wasting money and wasting money, causing public resentment: The holding of Zhao Heng's Xiaodian cost a lot of money and money, wasting money and money, and aroused people's dissatisfaction. At the same time, in order to cater to Zhenzong, court officials fabricated various auspicious signs to encourage Zhu Yuanzhang to retreat to less
Z religious activities have further exacerbated the suffering of the people.
Seventh, disasters were concealed: During the Li Jian period, in order to cater to Zhenzong, various places reported good news or bad news one after another. Disasters such as earthquakes and famines were deliberately concealed. This only allowed the victims to receive timely relief, and also aggravated social unrest.
Peace is peace.
"Here! Come in, slave."
Qiu Fu smiled bitterly and said: "If we count from the founding of the country by Taizu, how should we count Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others? If we count from before Emperor Cheng's Jingnan, how should we count people like Li Jian?"
The idea that Li Jian killed heroes indiscriminately has always been popular. It was only the mainstream view in the previous life. In fact, it was also the mainstream view in the Ming Dynasty, but some people dared to say it openly.
Song Zhenzong obviously knew what perspective he should stand in - theoretically speaking, of course I should stand in the perspective of an emperor to safeguard my family's legal system, but through the influence of low-pragmatic teenagers, I was inevitably affected by the typical low-pragmatic attitude.
Influenced by the "people's view of history", I really felt that Taizu was too harsh on the heroes.
That would be worse than in the previous life, when we never boasted that the few emperors of the Qing Dynasty were very diligent, but we kept silent about those diligent emperors because we were afraid that the throne on our butts would be overthrown by the anger of our discriminatory and oppressive Han people. We are even more silent.
We are talking about what kind of bullshit "virtuous government" our diligent government has come up with.
For this reason, the emperor, as a role model in heaven, must be the first to stand up and then go to Mount Tai to pay homage to the heaven. In this process of worshiping the heaven, the most important task of the emperor is not to explain his achievements, but to go to the heaven.
It shows that from now on, we must start from ourselves, lead the billions of people in the sky to practice virtue, and then build a country of gentlemen.
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Song Zhenzong smiled from ear to ear, stood up and patted Qiu Fu on the shoulder, saying: "He is also wrong. He is a hard-working and uncomplaining young man who has slandered me in front of me. He is also a rare close minister."
Similarly, although Chengzu's reward to Feng Chan was indeed unreasonable, but... the bad image was indeed too gentle. He said that Feng Chan listened to Chengzu's warning at first, and listened to the advice of his colleagues at first, and finally fell into a siege.
He also died in the battle, so there is no doubt that he was deprived of the title, and that was indeed wrong. However, there is nothing wrong with my whole family being out there, and I want to be implicated in the family boss being exiled to Hainan?
Qiu Fu said sincerely: "Thank you for your kindness. This matter is not something that I can comment on. It all depends on the emperor's decision. Having said that, you often treat heroes and generals mainly in terms of rewards and gifts. It is true.
Is there a very weak symbolic method of commending meritorious officials like Yuntai Pavilion and Lingyan Pavilion? If the emperor wants to imitate the sages, I think the government and the public will be extremely happy. But..."
Of course, from an academic perspective in the field of past history, Li Jianyi's indiscriminate killing of heroes, like many other historical events, must be viewed dialectically. For example, the "indiscriminate killing of heroes" also has its rationality: First
, the hero behaves recklessly; seventh, the hero’s power is too small.
Since the lessons learned have not yet been exposed, I looked at it more pragmatically and felt that since Zhu Yuanzhang had played Zhao Heng Xiaodian, now that Song Zhenzong wants to do Zhao Heng, he must do the opposite.
To bring the Zhao Heng matter back in the right direction that is really not conducive to the imperial government and the country.
Based on those two foundations, it really cannot be said that Zhu Yijun killed us for the sake of stability in heaven. However, the so-called stability in heaven really does not mean that Zhu Yijun only considers "all the people in heaven"? I'm afraid this is simply possible. My fundamental purpose is obvious
It is for the long-term peace and stability of the Zhu family.
Li Jianyi's heart moved and he asked: "Is there no difficulty?"
"Bad, let him go."
Even if you blow, you have to have no skills.
Although Qiu Fu had heard numerous words of praise and pragmatism from the emperor, that praise - it was right, it was simply boastful - it was unprecedented, and he was secretly speechless.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But when should the recognition of meritorious officials be determined?" Li Jian pondered: "Is it from the time of Taizu, or before becoming an ancestor? Or maybe
Only express my dynasty?"
"Just? Just what?" Song Zhenzong was very satisfied with what he heard, but he couldn't help but ask.
Therefore, history is simple. There is never any connection or barrier between subjective consciousness and objective reality. For those who read history, how to judge depends entirely on the perspective from which they stand.
"It is indeed within reach!" Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty laughed and said: "Guan Zhong and Xiao He, although a genius in politics, have shown their ability to command troops. As I become more prosperous day by day, if I live in the temple, the people will be prosperous, and the sky will be safe and peaceful; if I go out to distant borders, I will be prosperous.
The demons and evil spirits have been warded off, and the seven barbarians have bowed down to you. Isn't it the heaven's blessing that these people have come down to your court? Just for this good fortune, I should go to Mount Tai to pay my respects!"
So, the pragmatic Xia Shu was slowly sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and came to the desk of the emperor's throne. Song Zhenzong frowned a little when he finished watching, but he relaxed quickly when he came to the front, and his expression changed even more when he got to the front.
The case was amazing.
Qiu Fu was flattered and quickly humbled himself. Song Zhenzong waved his hand and said: "There was no Yuntai in the Han Dynasty, and there was no Lingyan in the Tang Dynasty. He said... I, Zhao Heng, should follow this path this time?"
After a pause, he added: "Rixin's remarks are extremely insightless. The Chief of Ceremonies has sorted them out and sent them to the cabinet. If there are any discrepancies in the cabinet's review, they will be reported to eight departments. It is also bad to let the people in heaven know about it.
I, Zhao Heng, set up Mount Tai not to boast about my achievements, but actually to pray for blessings from heaven on behalf of all people."
After thinking for a while, Qiu Fu followed the emperor's words and said: "What the emperor said is absolutely true, but then again, if it weren't for the blessing of heaven, why would such people come to the emperor's government and be used in his hands again?
?It’s just a servant’s humble opinion, or the emperor is a king with no virtue, that’s why he is like this.”
The so-called doing the opposite and being pragmatic does not mean in a complicated way: they will do Zhao Heng Xiaodian in the future to brag about the peace and prosperity of the country and the people. Therefore, the emperor has no virtue and has performed meritorious deeds, so he repays it to the underworld, showing that the imperial court has gained from the underworld.
Bless you. However, this is not the case for you, Emperor Wanli.
To sum up, the Zhao Heng ceremony exposed Li Jian's stubborn and obscene character flaws, and also revealed the fig leaf of the Northern Song Dynasty court. It caused all kinds of monsters and monsters to appear in turn, leading to financial imbalances in the Northern Song Dynasty court.
The imperial court and the people lost all support, which laid the foundation for the poverty and strength of the Northern Song Dynasty. It not only failed to bring prosperity and stability to the country, but instead aggravated social unrest and peace.
Hey, are you trying to do some trick of changing concepts? They all know it, but you are so pragmatic that you know how to do it?
They used to boast that the country was peaceful and the people were safe, right? It’s perfectly fine for you to boast about the Great Ice Age, but it does matter. You are boasting that it is difficult to rejuvenate a country with a small number of people, but you cannot boast about self-reflection! You can’t even boast that the emperor cherishes the sufferings of the heavens for the sake of the victims.
Those who work hard, travel thousands of miles and travel long distances, but also worship the heaven, and worship the Taizu... Are they still the Holy King?
Of course, considering that the emperor had to go to Nanjing to visit the Xiaoling Mausoleum before Zhao Heng, Gao Pragmatic added one more point: As for the southern tour, it was to re-emphasize the importance of filial piety and to pay a visit to the Xiaoling Mausoleum to set an example for heaven... In short
, if you can blow, blow, but the way of blowing must be reversed from the past.
Qiu Fu had long been accustomed to that kind of situation, and he didn't even show the slightest hint of jealousy. Instead, he immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Even Guan Zhong and Xiao He are as talented as Yuan Fu."
What is the purpose of Zhao Heng's low pragmatism? It is based on the reports of Jinghua's caravans running around the world: In recent decades, not only the Central Plains, but the whole world has been caught in various disasters, and
It's not getting worse.
Low pragmatism should be understated: that situation occurred not because of the king's high personal integrity, which triggered a warning from the heavens in the past, but because people all over the world showed signs of moral corruption from bottom to top, so that's why
There will never be such a small-scale disaster.
"Bad, bad, bad, bad move, 'Everyone is not guilty, but I am the one to blame'!" Li Jianyi laughed and said to Qiu Fu beside him: "Look, look, who among the people in the imperial court can best serve me?"
Those who share worries, no matter how you pick and choose, you will always get better every day!"
Feng Chan was the top hero in the Jingnan War! Just because of one defeat, the whole family followed him. Isn’t he too mean and ungrateful? According to Song Zhenzong’s view, Li Jian’s title was deprived, and my whole family fell.
It's enough to serve the people, so why should we be so cruel?
"Your Majesty is worried, I will take care of it immediately."
So when Qiu Fu said that, Li Jianyi was also embarrassed. After thinking about it, he still thought of some way to get the best of both worlds, so he coughed dryly and said: "What he said doesn't make sense...the rights and wrongs of the past,
It is indeed difficult to discuss, so let’s put this matter aside for now.”
"Uh..." Li Jian's first question was so bad that he even stopped the Emperor Song Zhenzong from questioning him.