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Su Jin loudly said: "These three legacy are erected by Taizu in the form of a stele with inscriptions in the secret room of the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the capital. As a member of the royal family, the prince will probably have to engrave the words on this stele every year when he pays homage to his ancestors."
I read it once, I wonder if the prince remembers it?"
King Teng remembered that there was indeed a stone tablet in the secret room of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Every year when the royal family offered sacrifices to their ancestors, the Holy Emperor would summon the male members of the royal family to read the inscription three times in front of the tablet and order everyone to remember it firmly.
It's just that King Teng never took the inscriptions on this stele seriously. The ancestors of the previous emperors left hundreds of ancestral injunctions, and there are dozens of inscriptions on the stone tablets in the Ancestral Temple. Who can keep them all in mind; in Zhao Zongdan's case,
It seems that this monument, like other admonishment monuments, is just part of the many legacy instructions left by our ancestors.
Zhao Zongdan had never disdained these things. He thought it was just a ritual. The purpose of doing this was to express the respect of the descendants for their ancestors. In fact, it was done for the common people and courtiers to see. As for the admonitions on the inscriptions, who
Remember it patiently, just read it, it goes in with one ear and out with the other.
As for why that stele is different from other stele and is kept in a secret room, Zhao Zongdan has not thought about this issue.
Su Jin glanced at King Teng, and saw that his face seemed to have no meaning of enlightenment. He guessed that King Teng had simply forgotten this instruction, so he said: "Today, King Teng agrees, and I will inform Grandfather Taizu."
The admonitions in the inscription are made public, and if there are other consequences, the prince must bear them."
King Teng was unable to get off the tiger, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "I will take the responsibility myself, why do you need to say more."
Su Jin nodded, looked around the audience and said: "The first injunction of Taizu: The descendants of the Chai family shall not be punished with additional punishments if they are guilty. Even if they are guilty of treason, they will be sentenced to death in prison. They may not be punished or killed, nor may they include their relatives.
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As soon as this was announced, the whole audience was in an uproar. The so-called Chai family was the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty that Taizu served before he established the Song Dynasty. Before Chen Qiao, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, became emperor, he was the military envoy to the German army from Songzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After Taizu came to the throne, these descendants of the Chai family were properly resettled. Taizu did not kill all the Chai family because of fear of the restoration of the Zhou Dynasty.
Among the thousands of people present, except for Teng Wang Zhao Zongdan, no one had seen the stone tablet with their own eyes. The stone tablet was erected in the Taimiao Temple. Where is the Taimiao Temple? It is the place where the ancestors of the royal family are worshiped. Of course, there are also side halls in the Taimiao Temple.
Enshrining important ministers who have made great contributions to the country is called "worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple". However, without exception, these ministers have made countless extraordinary achievements, and were given the status of princes after their death. Only with the emperor's approval can they be worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple.
In other words, the Imperial Ancestral Temple is the most sacred and inviolable place in the imperial court. It is impossible for ordinary people to enter. Let alone ordinary people, most of the ministers have never entered, let alone know about the neutrality of the secret chambers of the palace.
There is a tablet with ancestral teachings engraved on it.
The people were indeed surprised by what Su Jin said, and Zhao Zongdan was even more surprised, because this sentence had evoked his memory. After all, he had to worship this monument every year.
It was confusing to get them all mixed up, but as soon as Su Jin announced this, Zhao Zongdan completely recalled it.
Zhao Zongdan's surprise was different from that of the people. The people were impressed by Taizu's broad-mindedness. They must know that since ancient times, it is a common principle that the weak and the strong prey on the weak and the strong. Taizu could not forget the survivors of the Zhou Dynasty, not only
Rather than killing them, he treated them kindly. This was considered unusual among the emperors of the past and present. As for carving inscriptions to remind himself and his descendants to never forget them, this further reflects the courage of a generation of heroes who not only feared the rebellion of the Zhou Dynasty survivors, but also cherished their ambitions.
How can such an emperor not be admired if he repays the kindness he received with a grateful heart?
What surprised Zhao Zongdan was how Su Jin could know the content of this inscription. It was absolutely impossible to enter the Ancestral Temple, but someone revealed the content to him? This was quickly rejected. He had clearly investigated Su Jin's background.
, none of the people he interacted with had anything to do with the royal family dating back eight generations, and it was even less likely that anyone would know the content of the inscription; then the only explanation is that this person was really entrusted by Grandfather Taizu in his dream.
, came to announce the teachings of his ancestors; thinking of this, Zhao Zongdan suddenly started to sweat profusely and his legs began to tremble.
"Article 2 of Taizu's legacy: Do not kill scholar-bureaucrats or ministers." Su Jin said loudly.
"Article 3 of the Taizu's Instructions: Those descendants who take this oath from Yu will be killed by Heaven."
Su Jin's words were like thunder rolling past everyone's ears. This is not a monument of admonishment, but an oath monument. This is an oath monument erected by the great ancestor in the Ancestral Temple to represent the descendants of the Zhao and Song royal family.
The emperor's words are called a word and nine tripods. What is the emperor's oath? A word of ten thousand tripods is indescribable, not to mention it is a poisonous oath, 'Anyone whose descendants have this oath will be killed by heaven.' No one can convict the emperor.
, if the oath says something like willing to be reviled by the world, then it is hypocritical and false. Only God can control the emperor. Breaking the oath and being punished by God is the greatest expression of the solemn attitude towards the oath.
Already.
Tang Jie quarreled and looked at Prince Teng who was also pale in panic. Qin Fei still didn't know the seriousness of the matter and asked quietly: "Your Majesty, this is compiled by Su Jin. Look at the second article.
It’s clear that it’s to excuse Wang Anshi and others, how could it be such a coincidence?”
Zhao Zongdan suddenly fell to the ground and knelt down, bowed to the sky and shouted: "The unworthy descendants comfort the heroic spirit of Taizu. They dare not or forget this lesson. They will act according to Taizu's instructions immediately. I pray that Taizu will forgive the sins of the unworthy descendants."
King Teng's kneeling was equivalent to announcing the authenticity of the three admonitions Su Jin said, and it was also equivalent to announcing that Taizu had indeed entrusted his dream to Su Jin. The officials and people in the audience all knelt down and shouted: "Taizu"
Long live Emperor Taizu, long live Emperor Taizu!" He didn't even consider that Emperor Taizu had been dead for decades, so how could he say "Long Live"?
The panic in Tang Jie and Zhao Zongdan's hearts was indescribable. They were not afraid because of the words of divine condemnation in the oath, nor were they afraid because Taizu entrusted a dream to others for this matter. These things can be easily solved. They just need to correct them immediately and let them go.
Wang Anshi and others can end it; what they fear is another thing, and that is the disclosure of the contents of the oath monument.
Originally, Su Jin wanted to announce the admonishment to Zhao Zongdan alone, but Zhao Zongdan thought that Su Jin wanted to talk to him alone to beg for his life, so he rejected his request. He did not expect that Su Jin would really know the contents of the oath monument.
This is a big mistake.
First of all, Emperor Taizu's purpose of erecting the oath stele in the secret room of the Imperial Ancestral Temple was to allow the descendants of the royal family to remember this oath forever. It is equivalent to a code that restricts the behavior of the royal family. However, this self-imposed rule must not be made public.
This is like someone swearing to sleep with all the beauties in the world, but you can just keep this vow in your heart. If it spreads, it will expose your heart; as the supreme royal family, internal restraint is necessary, but if it is made public
, which is tantamount to making yourself uncomfortable. This is probably the reason why Emperor Taizu did not erect this monument majestically in public.
How can the bottom line of the royal family be known to outsiders? Emperor Taizu was sincere in erecting this monument, and it was not to attract the attention of the world. If it was the latter purpose, he could have publicized the matter and erected the monument in public.
Accept the supervision of the world and win the favor of the people; but since the monument is erected in secret, we have to say that there is something interesting in it; can't the scholar-officials kill people if they read people seriously? At critical times and occasions, for the sake of their own majesty and
Dominance is a matter of right and wrong. Compared with the so-called divine punishment and the inheritance of ancestors, the latter is obviously more important.
However, once the content of this monument is leaked, the murder of the scholar becomes an excuse for the people of the world to attack. With one swing of the sword, what was originally an ordinary public case will immediately rise to the height of disrespecting the ancestral precepts and oaths. This move will have great consequences.
Lost popular support.
Secondly, a bad consequence of the disclosure of the contents of the oath monument is that from now on, scholars and officials all over the world will use this monument as a reference. Anyway, without losing their heads, they dare to say anything and fart; everyone will do it.
Using this inscription as a shield, if the time comes to talk nonsense and use it as a noble reason, and cannot be punished with capital punishment, the dignity of the court will be greatly damaged. It is conceivable that many people will take advantage of this loophole.
, to gain political capital.
Zhao Zongdan couldn't help but be afraid that his carelessness had actually led to such consequences. How could he stop the thousands of mouths present at this moment?
Tang Jie naturally understood the seriousness of the problem. He regretted it and wanted to slap himself. Why did he have to fight with this Su Jin? He could just ignore it. The prince had a grudge against him. The prince could just solve it by himself. He just insisted on it.
If you want to find an excuse to seize someone, the current situation is really out of control.
Two words quickly popped into Tang Jie's mind: remedy.
Quickly make amends, first let him go, then apologize, and at the same time plead guilty. The prince's thighs should still be hugged tightly. After all, Prince Teng has studied with the emperor since he was a child, and they have both kinship and mutual affection. This matter
It may lead to disaster, but as long as you deal with it properly, it may be just a scolding.
Thinking of this, Tang Jie couldn't stay still. Before Su Jin could speak, Tang Jie said first: "Student Su has passed down the instructions from Grandpa Taizu. I am very grateful, so I released Wang Anshi and others, and announced my apology.
If it had not been for Mr. Su today, our government would have made a big mistake."
Su Jin let out a long breath, his whole body was wet and cool, he didn't know whether it was cold sweat or rain, this test was finally passed; he had no idea whether there would be such an inscription in the Ancestral Temple, but later generations - Kanwang ^ - had passed this section at that time.
I lamented that someone had erected such a monument thousands of years ago. They were indeed responsible and ambitious, so they paid special attention to it.
But no one has witnessed the historical records, and it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false. Su Jin took a gamble. If he wins the bet, he will not only save Wang Anshi and others, but he will also move to a new level in less than a month.
, the whole Song Dynasty will know him Su Jin.
However, if the bet is lost, the consequences will be disastrous. Fortunately, Su Jin has died once, so he is not afraid of dying again. Who can die twice in this life? Dying twice is also a kind of pride.dd