Chapter 237 Supreme Enhanced Edition Grand Ceremony
Chapter 237 Supreme Enhanced Edition Grand Ceremony
When the decree was announced, both the government and the public were shocked.
How many people have to spend a lifetime to climb from the sixth or seventh level to the second level, and even only a very small number of them.
It has only been three years since Zhang Fujing picked the third flower in May of the 16th year of Zhengde.
If it were in the past, when Zhang Fujing was temporarily appointed governor of Guangdong, there would have been a lot of advice. He was already forty-seven, so what if his talent and experience were not bad? How could he be promoted so quickly?
But things are different now. Now there are people who are "conspirators", Qi Cunce has left the capital, and the positions of senior officials in the court have been moving as fast as water, just like the huge waves of the new law that has taken shape.
Zhang Fujing has the power to kill and has experience in presiding over the implementation of new laws in Guangdong. Now he is going to be the governor of Shandong.
The holy will is clear and there is no concealment.
Zhang Fujing responded that the reason why His Majesty once again took the initiative this time was because of what he said, "There must be a gap."
"On Confucius' Sacrifice Code".
[The list of all things in the sacrificial canon must not be incorrect! The ancestors’ sacrificial canon must be corrected.]
[The first thing that is not right is to sacrifice statues. Cheng Zhenggong said: If the shadow is not the same, it is not the person. How about the workers doing it casually and with faith? Zhu Wengong also said: There should be no statues in the book of Xuan Sheng, only in the Spring and Autumn Festival.
It’s up to the master.]
[There are statues in Guozijian today, but because they were old in the BC Yuan Dynasty, they were not made by the Holy Dynasty. In order to correct the Confucius ritual, it is better to use a wooden master, and its statues should be destroyed.]
[The second thing that is not right is that the rituals are the same as those used to worship heaven. Today there are twelve animals, calves, and all the rituals are used to worship heaven, which is also not the right etiquette.]
[Sacrifice to a house is called a palace, not a temple. Shu Liang He is the father of Confucius, Yan Lu, and Zeng Dian. Kong Li is Yan Zeng, the father of Zisi. The three sons share the temple courtyard. He and his fathers worship in the two verandas. They were the original sages.
How can your heart be at peace? In order to correct Confucius' sacrificial canon, it is better to call the place of worship a temple rather than a palace. We should also discuss it further if we worship the sages.]
[The third incorrect thing is that the posthumous title is incorrect! Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and first wrote about the Spring King's first month, so he respected the King of Zhou. If any prince among the princes arrogated the king's title, he would write a special book to punish him. Therefore, Meng Ke said
'Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and the rebellious ministers and traitors were afraid.']
[Looking at this, we can know the heart of Confucius. From the time when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty gave Confucius the title of King, and to Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, he gave it the title of Dacheng. Because of this, the dynasty did not correct it, and Confucius received the name of false accusation and arrogance.
In order to correct Confucius' sacrificial rituals, it is appropriate to remove the king's title. Confucius thought it was wrong for Lu to tyrannize the king, but would he rather arrogate the emperor's rites?】
[I maintain that Confucius, who has no teacher, has meritorious deeds in the world for all ages, but his sacrificial rituals are not yet established, so he must not be incorrect. I would like to adopt the opinions of the Confucian officials of the past and present, and ask the saints to look at them. The Ministry of Rites still gathers for discussion, and washes the previous generations.
The ugliness of getting used to each other will always be a standard that can be followed for hundreds of generations...]
A eloquent memorial was more shocking and inexplicable than the emperor's decree for him.
The final point is just to say that the etiquette of worshiping Confucius is wrong.
Sacrificing statues is not in line with the views of Neo-Confucian masters such as Cheng and Zhu, and it is a ritual that only started in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
What does it mean that the standards exceed the system and are equivalent to offering sacrifices to heaven? Only the emperor can offer sacrifices to heaven. The standards for offering sacrifices to Confucius are the same as offering sacrifices to heaven. Could it be that the emperor is the son of Confucius?
The posthumous title is also wrong. Confucius himself hated others for claiming the title of king. As a result, the posthumous title he was given now is King Wenxuan of Dacheng, the Supreme Saint. Is it in line with his original intention?
Zhu Houcong clapped his legs and exclaimed: Is this using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son, and using magic to defeat the magic?
Zhang Fujing's argument was based on the remarks of Cheng, Zhu, and Confucius. He said that Confucian officials of the past and present also had opinions on these matters, including but not limited to Xiong He, Wu Cheng, Song Lian, and other great Confucian scholars of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.
And the most cruel thing about this book is naturally the proposal to dethrone Confucius.
Zhu Houcong had already seen what kind of discussion Zhang Fujing would cause in the world.
Because of Zhang Fujing's identity, this Dao Shu has naturally had a relationship with the New Law, or it is essentially a very strong connection. The New Party will naturally have to support it, but what about those who still want to muddy the waters now? Should we endure it any longer and let Confucius'
Even if the king number is removed like this, he still thinks that this is an excellent opportunity to fight back.
How dare you touch this matter?
Zhu Houcong once lamented: The so-called struggle for power is, after all, a human worldly affair mixed with interests and ideals and beliefs.
Now, the new law is about interests, Confucius is about ideals and beliefs, and if you don't stand up in this big discussion, what can you say if you stand up, it's just human nature.
So Zhu Houconn wrote to criticize Zhu: Discuss!
…
In the third year of Jiajing's reign, Confucius was worshiped.
The original great ritual discussion in the Jiajing Dynasty has long since disappeared, but there is still a discussion about worshiping Confucius, and the protagonist is still Zhang Fuking.
The topic of discussion is no longer Zhu Houcong's way of inheriting the throne, but essentially the struggle between the emperor's legal system and the Confucian system for their influence on the world.
If etiquette is actually order, then this is essentially a great ceremony.
The battle between the emperor and the emperor is much more important than who the emperor recognizes as his father. It can be called the enhanced version of the supreme ceremony.
The background includes: Gao Kewei, Meng Chun, Fang Dingchang and a large number of important ministers, gentry and wealthy businessmen have been arrested for treason. Zhang Wei and other nobles have also been interrogated for treason. The bombs against the King of Liao have been intensively sent to Beijing, South Zhili and Huguang.
Many places in Jiangxi are "actively reforming corruption" and disturbing the interests of the people.
The emperor sent Zhang Shatou to governor Shandong, and he actually approved his "Discussion on Confucius' Sacrifice Code": Discuss.
How to discuss?
The first one who was stubborn was the censor Li Guan.
Now forty-three, he is in the prime of life. He was a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Zhengde's reign and is currently the censor of Shaanxi Province in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
A native of Conghua County, Guangzhou Prefecture.
Originally, Guangdong officials tried to keep a low profile, and those who had survived Zhang Fukjing's previous massacre were all "taking sides" in adopting the new law. Li Guan's rebuttal was impassioned:
[The Holy Ancestor was worshiped at the beginning of the ceremony, and all the gods in the world lost their names, but the ancestor Confucius remained the same, good and profound.]
[Your Majesty suspects that Confucius’s sacrifices were modeled on the rituals of worshiping the heavens. The master is no longer able to reach them, just as the heavens cannot be ascended by steps. Even if they are modeled on the heavens, it is not an exaggeration.]
【Since the Tang Dynasty, when Confucius was honored as King Wenxuan, he has used the emperor's rites and music.】
[Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty tried to make Confucius emperor, or that Zhou Zhi was the king, but it was not appropriate to add the title of emperor. However, according to Luo Congyan's theory, it was okay to add the title of emperor. By Zhou Dunyi, he thought that Confucius would be worshiped as an infinite king, and Shao Yong thought that
Zhongni regarded Confucius as a king for all eternity. He argued that Confucius should not be called a king, and only Wu Cheng was the only one.]
[Don’t respect heaven and earth, nor do you respect your father and master. Your Majesty respects heaven and relatives, and you should not only doubt that Confucius’ title is a blasphemy. I hope that your Majesty will study the opinions of the public and be sure to do the right thing.]
Very brief.
Zhu Houcong's reaction was also very brief: Beat.
When Mao Cheng scolded the emperor in person, he didn't even get a stick from the court, but Li Guan did.
the reason is simple.
At the court meeting, Zhu Houcong said coldly: "Let's discuss the matter, don't put a big hat on my head. Li Guan's remarks are really mocking me for suspecting that Confucius has usurped the title of king with a villain's heart, so he followed Zhang Fijing.
I would like to ask you to discuss the Confucius Sacrifice Code. Is this Confucius Sacrifice Code appropriate? Should it be changed? How should it be changed? Let’s discuss the matter as it stands. What do you mean, I only suspect that Confucius’ king’s title is a tyrant?”
At Zuo Shunmen, there was the sound of a spanking and Li Guan's cry of grief.
People inside and outside the Fengtian Hall felt mixed emotions and trembling with fear.
But Emperor, are you trying to beat the first bird with a stick?
Zhang Fuking, who had not yet officially set off for Shandong, stood up at the front of the court meeting for the first time and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Before Wang Zhejiang took office, I heard something he said and was enlightened. Everyone, Wang Zengtai asked, 'Sir, sir
Holy Master, Your Majesty, it is your honor to be worshiped by the Imperial Academy. If you call me a king, how can there be a son of the emperor who can worship the king? My minister Zhang Fujing deeply agrees!"
It has been a long time since Wang Hong went to Zhejiang, and the time for his appointment was before Li Xiang's death and impeachment.
Zhang Fujing named them by name to prove that he did not just think of it because he wanted to be the governor of Shandong.
Now this question is extremely sharp: If Confucius is the king, how can the emperor worship Confucius?
If you want the emperor to still respect Confucius and worship Confucius in the future, then today's ceremony is inappropriate!
If this is not changed, the emperor will no longer respect Confucius or worship Confucius.
Zhu Houcong acted very calmly about this, with no emotion on his face.
Zhang Fujing was about to resign and leave the capital after attending this court meeting, so he only left Wang Hong with this question.
Anyway, Zhang Fujing himself does not need to be involved in what happens next, and the other major home stadium is already in Shandong.
What he requested and what the emperor approved was left to the Ministry of Rites to organize and decide.
Zhang Zilin, the Minister of Rites, must stand up, and Yang Tinghe naturally had to stand up earlier.
Don't mention it, this new party leader's path is getting more and more outrageous, and now he is going to go under the knife on his head.
"Li Guanzhi's words are fallacious! The master can illuminate the way of the ancestors and accomplish the merits of all generations. He can limit the infinity of heaven and earth and wait for the sun and the moon to shine for a long time. He is inherently more virtuous than the teachings of the saints. Meng Ke's remarks about killing me
He said: 'If I look at the master, he is far more virtuous than Yao and Shun.' From Yao and Shun to the Spring and Autumn Period, the master was virtuous than the people of ancient times. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination has been the step for Confucian students to enter the world, and the world's talents can show their talents.
"Study, isn't this system better than that of the Han, Jin, and North and South?"
"Cheng and Zhu continued the past and opened up the future. We, the Ming Dynasty, used Neo-Confucianism to develop literature and education and bring peace to the world. Are the scholars in the world today mostly those who study the ancient books of the Spring and Autumn Masters, or those who study Cheng and Zhu's annotations? In this regard, according to your Majesty's practical studies, what can today's scholars say?
Proof of the ancients!”
"Li Guanwu Shiqian Dongxiang's sincerity, he only had generous ambitions, and kept his humble heart to hide his clear meaning, which can be said to be immeasurable. The Master said: If three people are walking together, there must be my teacher. Therefore, disciples do not have to
He is not as good as a teacher. A teacher does not have to be more virtuous than his disciples. He has a priority in learning the Tao and specializes in skills. That's all."
"Han Changli's "Shi Shuo" was written by Li Guanwang. Gentlemen despise people who are witch doctors, musicians, and musicians. Now their wisdom is beyond their reach. It's strange! Only Your Majesty understands the principles of things and the great way. He established the emperor
The Ming University College invites hundreds of workers to teach and teach all kinds of Dharma. This is the act of a sincere saint and an impermanent teacher."
"Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty called Confucius the supreme master. Since the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, everyone has regarded the Master as the supreme master. This is no longer in line with the Master's teaching that "disciples do not have to be inferior to the master"! We respect the Master and should carry on the past and open up the future! In accordance with my opinion, the Master has achieved great success.
The posthumous title of "The Most Holy King Wenxuan" only refers to great achievements, and literary propaganda can highlight his merits. Great achievements are the result of Master's inheritance of past knowledge; "Wenxuan" is the result of Master's enlightenment in the future. Later generations will respect him and call him the first teacher.
If you don’t call yourself the king, then you can achieve the great success of Wenxuan Master’s original intention!”
After Yang Tinghe Yangyang said these words, he felt strangely happy.
To be honest, it's a bit addictive, this feeling of not worrying about how people will spray him in the future.
All in all, the argument is the Master's own words. A disciple does not have to be inferior to a teacher. We regard him as a teacher. Why don't we dare to have ambitions and say that in the future we will be better than others?
The Master has a spirit in heaven, so he should also say, "You can teach me"!
Zhang Zilin looked at Yang Tinghe and sighed in his heart: After you have photographed the dragon's fart, there is still an argument for His Majesty's practical learning to be in line with the path of the sages?
But sometimes, the more things challenge faith, the more people will lose their minds.
Finally, another one, Wang Rumei, stood up and said angrily: "When Zhou Dynasty declined and king Daoqi died, Confucius continued to write "Spring and Autumn" in commoner clothes; when feudalism was destroyed and ritual music declined, Confucius taught "Poetry" as the king's teacher.
"Book". The Six Classics, the legacy of the ancient sages and kings, were passed down due to Confucius's deletions and revisions. The collapse of the rituals and music of the Spring and Autumn Period was due to Confucius's uncompromising principles. The ancestors recounted Yao and Shun, chartered civil and military affairs, and gathered the sages to achieve great success.
This is why he was more virtuous than Yao and Shun and allowed him to match heaven and earth!"
"The deeds of Yao and Shun are just like a passing cloud. The deeds that can be seen are broad but short-lived; the deeds that remain in people's hearts and customs are short but long. The deeds of their deeds are external, and sometimes disappear; the customs and customs of people's hearts are all within.
, exist forever.”
"The master carries the lineage of Taoism on behalf of the emperor, transmits teachings, and spreads the holy knowledge to hundreds of generations. His influence on people's hearts and customs is astonishing! All people of flesh and blood respect their relatives. This is why this master is more virtuous than Yao and Shun. A common man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations.
What he said became the law of the world, and what Yao and Shun could not do."
"What Master Gai said is the eternal Tao, which is universally applicable; what he practices is the eternal virtue, which can be passed on to all generations and can be followed. If he is as virtuous as heaven and earth, as bright as the sun and moon, isn't he a great sage! Not a great sage.
But who can reach this far! He is posthumously called King Wenxuan of Great Accomplishment and has been worshiped by hundreds of generations. How can it be changed? If he denigrates his merits and destroys his holy statues now, he will be punished by the famous sect!"
"Your Majesty is a clear example! He is a teacher of all generations, a venerable person of virtue, and he is known as the Su Wang. He is the general knowledge of all Han Confucian scholars. There is no objection in the Tang and Song dynasties. Emperors also paid homage to him, so he respects his teacher. When Taizong was on the throne, he even worshiped him with four bows.
It! Although it is higher than the gift of the emperor, it is not arrogant!"
"If you don't respect the saints, your ruler will be arrogant and your ministers will be harmonious. Is there any way to understand this?"
After the last words were spoken, there was a deathly silence inside and outside Fengtian Hall.
Without respecting Confucius, Zhu Houcong will be a arrogant king, and the New Party and others will be clowns and amused ministers. Will the Ming Dynasty be destroyed?
This was still in front of Zhu Houcong. In the capital, which knew the court's movements best, it was the capital officials who spoke.
Zhu Houcong hit a real pain point, so much so that some people's brains were filled with blood.
So he smiled and said, "Continue the discussion."
Literally grinning, this would be the best filter for political awareness.
He turned around and looked at Huang Jin, only to see him nodding his head to indicate: The internal files department was recording like crazy.
Seeing that the demented Wang Rumei was not imprisoned, the quarrel inside and outside the Fengtian Hall continued.
Zhu Houcong watched quietly as Yang Tinghe, Zhang Zilin, Wang Qiong and others stood up to argue with those who opposed Zhang Fujing's proposal. The first round did not end until noon.
This "Supreme Enhanced Ceremony" started in the capital, but it will not end here.
And Wang Shouren, who was unaware of the changes in the capital, also delivered the "Ding You results" that he sent to the capital before leaving for Jiangxi after the end of Ding You's war.