Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 238 Simplify etiquette, everyone expects it

The Wenhua Palace fell into silence, and the dozen or so ministers who participated in the meeting did not make a sound, but just looked at the dozen or so drawing boards in front of them and fell into deep thought.

The contents of these portraits are similar, the only difference lies in the location and color application.

For example, the two indispensable stars, the sun and the moon, appear in almost every image.

This is equivalent to two main dishes, and the other supplementary images are all side dishes.

There are pictures of dragons, pictures of phoenixes, the Great Wall or the outline of Jinling City.

Among them, there is only one image that Chen Yunfu likes the most.

It was a blue dragon with its head raised to the sky, and a golden sun spewed out from its mouth, while the background was the dark night with the moon still high.

"Master, it's time."

When a servant came to remind him, Chen Yunfu came back to his senses and called everyone to vote.

In this kind of thing, the big guys don't need to distinguish between parties, it's all based on personal likes and dislikes. When counting the votes, Chen Yunfu himself didn't expect that the picture he photographed won the highest number of votes.

"The dragon is the envoy of the heavenly emperor, and Jinri is the Supreme Emperor. The background is midnight and twilight. It is regarded as the corruption of officials in the Yuan Dynasty, and the people are miserable. bright."

Qi De nodded frequently and said with emotion: "It just so happens that the country name of our country is Ming, and the bright one is also bright. What a picture!"

What a fart, what a fart.

Chen Yunfu shook his head and smiled. At first he just thought the picture was pretty, but he didn't really think about it. He didn't expect to be able to explain such a statement from Na Qi De's mouth.

Not to mention, you have to touch it carefully, it really has such a taste.

"Since all the colleagues are interested, then it is decided. Immediately draw this picture, and the Ministry of Industry will print [-] copies first. In the future, it will be the national flag of my Ming Dynasty."

The national flag is sacred, but choosing and confirming does not mean that it will take many days to delay, nor does it mean that the longer the decision time, the more respectful it will be.

Chen Yunfu can determine the pattern of the national flag in just a quarter of an hour, but it will take Chen Yunfu's life to protect this flag!
"Next, ask the musicians to play eight pieces. Let's listen to each other and see which one resonates more."

After another round of selection, it was finally determined that "Taiqing Zhiqu" will be the national music of the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining seven pieces will not be used any more, which greatly simplifies the ritual time of various ceremonies in the future.

Whether it is a grand meeting, a grand ceremony, or a triumphant conquest, this song is used, and the drums are played to finish.

"There is already Chinese music, the only thing that is missing is the lyrics. After the meeting, some well-educated students from the Imperial Academy will be selected to go to the music class, and see if they can match a set of lyrics with the music."

So far, the music of the national anthem is ready, only a set of lyrics is missing.

When it came to the national dance, everyone thought that Chen Yunfu would choose the dancers in the palace to dance for the big guys, but they didn't expect Chen Yunfu to wave his hand and make up his mind.

"If I dance several kinds of dances once, then nothing can be done in today's office meeting. I will use the dance of the guests from all over the world as my Ming Dynasty's national dance, and everyone can vote directly."

Well, the dance can't be seen anymore.

Although everyone was a little disappointed, they quickly shifted their minds to the serious matter, and raised their hands to pass, including Xu Huizu, who expressed his attitude on this matter instead of continuing to abstain.

First of all, it is because this kind of matter is not related to government affairs. Secondly, Zhu Biao has expressed his position. All matters are decided by the cabinet. Chen Yunfu brought the imperial edict to a meeting with the big guys. Who is still contradicting Chen Yunfu on this matter? .

Now, the national flag, the national anthem, and the national dance have all been settled, leaving only one of the most troublesome and cumbersome national gifts.

As I said before, the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty cannot be written in 59 characters. It is because the author is ignorant and superficial. I made a rough calculation. To be precise, it should be from the fourth and third volumes of the Minghui Code to the first and second volumes. [-] volumes.

On average, a volume is about 60 words, that is [-] words!

There are 60 characters in the etiquette and law of the Ming Dynasty, which is more than the current number of words in this book.

From the ceremonies of emperors and empresses, down to folk weddings and funerals, they are all clearly and clearly distinguished.

Chen Yunfu felt that if he fell from power in the future, as long as he could memorize these dozens of volumes of etiquette, he would be able to be a servant of the Ministry of Rites no matter what.

Therefore, resetting the etiquette law is a big project when you think about it.

"Nowadays, there are roughly four types of rites and laws in the country: meeting rites, sacrificial rites, ceremonies, and civil rites."

"According to the ceremony, it is divided into the audience of the emperor, the empress, the crown prince, etc., paying homage to the vassal king and superior officials, meeting colleagues, receiving subordinates, subordinate officials, assistant officials, common people, etc.

For example, if Benfu goes to Tongzhengshi, from when Benfu is still on the way to Tongzhengshi, to when Benfu enters the door, Cai Tongzheng envoy is busy, how long will it take? Well, more than one hour or even two hours.

When Benfu was a knife and pen official in the Metropolitan Procuratorate before, at that time, today, he was driving around as the crown prince, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a busy job. It took hundreds of people a day and a night to clean up the Metropolitan Procuratorate. .

Let’s not talk about this labor-intensive thing, just saying that a greeting gift is already a waste of time. Bensuke means that these etiquettes can be simplified as much as possible, and those that can be erased can be simply erased. Do something serious, better than anything. "

"What does the young master plan to streamline and what to erase?"

"We have streamlined the national music, so the court ceremony will naturally change accordingly. In the future, the big court meeting, the big ceremony day, the outskirts, the ancestor worship, and the shrine. After the music stops, we will get down to business today.

Daily visits to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Empress, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are enough to bow to each other.

Pay homage to feudal kings and Shangguans.

When meeting colleagues, you can bow your hands or nod your head.

When interviewing subordinates, subordinate officials, assistant officials, common people, etc., don’t put on airs and put on airs. If you have something to do, just explain it. If there is nothing to do, you should do what you should do. "

Zid frowned.

"Does that mean that I don't need to be very respectful when I see the young master in the future?"

"This assistant doesn't need your awe." Chen Yunfu pointed to the official robe on Qi De's body: "Old Qi Ge, what you should really respect is not this assistant, but the official robe you are wearing."

Many people nodded their heads if they realized something, and couldn't help being distracted for a while.

"The meeting ceremony can be simplified, so it is even more necessary to simplify the sacrificial ceremony, ceremony, and civil ceremony one by one. Four words, change customs!"

As soon as the words "changing customs and customs" came out, even Qi De hadn't jumped, someone raised doubts.

Taichang Temple Minister Wang Yiguang hesitated and said: "Master, it's not good to change the customs. The difference between Han and Yi, don't be on top of this custom. If sacrifices, ceremonies and other big ceremonies are all simplified, folk weddings and funerals are freed from the rules of etiquette. If there is no restraint, then decades later, what is the difference between Han Feng and Hu Feng?

"Can Wang Siqing recite the rituals of Zhou?"

"This officer can't do it."

"Then Wang Siqing thinks how different my Ming's etiquette is from Zhou's etiquette today."

Wang Yiguang groaned for a long time before saying: "There are indeed quite a few differences."

"Are the people of the early Zhou Dynasty our ancestors?"

"Of course it is."

No one just popped out of a rock, as there are today's people, there must be ancient people.

"That's easy to say." Chen Yunfu smiled at Wang Yiguang: "Didn't we come here from the Ming Dynasty to the present, have we lost the ancestor's worship or the Han people's country?

Furthermore, where did etiquette and customs come from? It is not a rule of heaven bestowed by the heavenly scriptures, which must be followed by all generations. It is also a written constraint written down by our ancestors with pens and bamboo slips.

What can be settled by human beings can naturally be overthrown by other people.

There will always be a generation where the present replaces the ancients. What is this called, this is called development, and this is called pragmatism. It is not wrong to abide by the etiquette, but it is never right. Our generation should not only be responsible for the ancients, but also for the future generations Responsible. "

Wang Yiguang didn't say much, nodded frequently and then cupped his hands to Chen Yunfu.

"The lower officials have been taught."

Although Wang Yiguang withdrew, Qi De did not intend to do so.

"Simplifying the constraints of etiquette and law will corrupt the morality of the people, and the people need the education of etiquette and law."

"Old Qige, I need to correct you a little bit. What the people need is education, not enlightenment!" Chen Yunfu corrected: "The people don't even know how to read. If you talk about etiquette with him, I would like to ask you a few thousand questions. Over the past few years, which dynasty has sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to the people every day to teach the common people how to learn etiquette?
Where did the imperial court's etiquette come from? Do you think it was formulated by officials with a slap in the face?It is something that the common people understand in the blood inheritance, and then it is written down by the officials, and then some additional rigid requirements are added to today's etiquette constraints.

Before Zhou Ri, could it be that my ancestors were all beasts who killed their fathers and brothers?With Zhou Li, will there be fewer murders of fathers and brothers?

Mr. Qi Ge, I don't want to waste time by cross-examining you with examples. I just want to say that as long as the court can provide the common people with a stable living environment, they know better than us what it means to be kind to fathers, filial to sons, and respectful to brothers and sisters.

But if the imperial court does not allow them to have enough to eat, there will inevitably be some gangsters and strong men who rob their homes and rob houses.

As long as the law is clear, there will be no collapse of etiquette. Those who try to elevate etiquette above the law mostly aim to evade the sanction of the law, indulge evil and commit crimes with peace of mind, and use this as an excuse. "

What are the disadvantages of etiquette over law?

It is the head of the family who has the power to lynch anyone in his family!

He can use the so-called family laws he made privately to punish anyone who tries to violate his will.

This is a violation of basic human rights.

All kinds of darkness in the feudal era are unimaginable.

Before the imperial power went to the countryside, before the big clans in the country were split up, Chen Yunfu had to pierce this layer of protection called rituals!

Only by rectifying the source of the ritual can the Dharma be spread widely.

"A country ruled by law may lack human affection, but a country ruled by laws will definitely be liked by no one."

Qi De looked at Chen Yunfu, seeing that the latter was so persistent, he said ironically.

"Since the young master has made up his mind and won't listen to other people's opinions, then why bother, anyway, the cabinet is your voice."

"The cabinet should be more reasonable."

Chen Yunfu ignored his bitter words and raised his hand to initiate a vote.

What Qi Dewan didn't expect was that at this moment, fifteen of the eighteen people raised their hands!

Let go of the strict rules of etiquette and law, not only to reduce the burden on the common people, but also to reduce the burden on these officials.

Who wants to get up every day when they are ugly and run outside Chengtian Gate to take those stinky and long rituals.

Who would want to pass the New Year’s Eve every year, line up to pay homage to the emperor, empress, and crown prince, and then go to pay homage to a large group of leaders, elders, and colleagues, hungry, hungry, and cold.

The most important point.

What does it have to do with me if the seven aunts and eight uncles of Yuanfang die, why should I travel thousands of miles to keep my filial piety!

Although I don't keep my filial piety for three years (27 months) like my real parents, but after all, there is still one month, one month, I can't do anything wrong, it's comfortable to rest.

As for the others, there are too many restrictions on etiquette and law, let alone alive, just looking tired.

Officials are human too.

Therefore, Chen Yunfu said that streamlining and removing is a good thing for both officials and people.

Zid didn't suffer from this disastrous defeat at all.

Because he overlooked one point.

Party struggles belong to party struggles, but there are more important things besides party struggles.

Only those who are really thinking for others can gain the support of others.

Whoever is fighting for everyone's interests is our leader.

Qi De is not Chen Yunfu's friend, but he is even more unworthy to be Chen Yunfu's enemy!
(I'll see if I can make the picture tomorrow and send it to the easter egg chapter)

(End of this chapter)