prosperous age

Chapter 492 Chapter 491
"The Three Great Halls have been returned many times. Now, taking advantage of its re-completion, I want to use it to change its name, and hope to use this to keep the Three Great Halls safe."

Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

It's just that Xu Jie, Yuan Wei, and even Huang Jin didn't hear a thunderbolt when these plain words fell into their ears.

How does this work?
When the news spread to the outer court, if the courtiers knew about it, they didn't know how they would make a fuss.

Although they wanted to object in their hearts, the emperor hadn't finished speaking after all, and they couldn't talk for the time being.

In front of the emperor, without His Majesty's permission, they could not speak casually, they could only wait for Emperor Jiajing to finish speaking.

"The Fengtian Hall is called Huangji, the Huagai Hall is called Zhongji, and the Jinshen Hall is called Jianji. What do you two ministers think?"

Seeing the reactions of Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, Emperor Jiajing was very relieved. No one jumped out to object immediately after he stated his purpose.

obedient.

This is the cabinet minister he wants.

When I wrote Qingci to please the emperor, I was criticized a lot, but what's the matter, anyway, I have joined the cabinet now.

Or support the emperor on the surface, but secretly oppose it?

"Your Majesty, why don't you change the name of the hall to Huangji Hall, this will not only have "Emperor Heaven" at the top, but also connect you and the people closely, which is very meaningful!"

After telling the story, Emperor Jiajing said again.

"I called you here today but didn't summon the officials of the Ministry of Rites, just to see what your attitude is?"

For example, the six characters "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor" in the imperial decree actually occupy two lines, the word "Feng" occupies one line alone, and then the five characters "Tian Chengyun Emperor", the reason is that the word "Tian" must be in every first in line.

In fact, Lan Daoxing had not entered the palace very long at this time, even though he had already won the nickname "Blue Immortal" with the help of someone consciously or unconsciously in the ruling and opposition parties.

"According to the order."

Want to know what the three halls are?
That represented the supreme imperial power, and the burning of the three halls seemed to represent that his imperial power was unstable.

Yan Na, even if Gao Gong won't support it, he probably won't openly oppose it. As for the others, their opinions don't seem to have much influence.

The names of Huangji Hall, Zhongji Hall, and Jianji Hall are actually no better than Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall, and Jinshen Hall. But if Emperor Jiajing wants to do this, what can they do?
What's more, they are still in the palace now, if they say something, if it is heard by the eunuchs around, it may be recorded in the small notebook of Dongchang and sent to the emperor, no matter how quiet their conversation is.

While talking, he also drew the word "Fengtian" on Ling Kongxu, one up and one down.

Of course, there are many taboos in the writing besides mentioning the line.

As soon as this sentence was finished, a alchemist stood up and vetoed it: "You can't do this. When you read it, the word Feng is still in front, and the word 'Heaven' is still not highlighted."

At this time, the two people in the palace, neither Xu Jie nor Yuan Wei, were willing to offend Emperor Jiajing, and they wanted to continue to be officials.

Emperor Jiajing heard what he said, so of course he wouldn't immediately say "Yes, this idea is very good, I like it very much!" After that, Emperor Jiajing did indeed start to summon Lan Daoxing often.

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing didn't understand, the alchemist reminded again: "Your Majesty, where should the word Tian be when writing?"

You are the cabinet ministers, and you are my help. I hope you can persuade the officials of the Ministry of Rites. As for the opinions of other courtiers, as long as the Ministry of Rites does not publicly oppose this matter, other people's words will naturally not be considered. "

Indeed, placing the word "Tian" horizontally on the plaque is the first place, but who knows whether God will approve this approach, maybe what God wants is that the word "Tian" will not be suppressed at all, and the word "Tian" should be placed in the first place.

Xu Jie and Yuan Wei then directly bowed and answered.

Think about it too, Emperor Jiajing has been thinking about it for many years, how could he give up because some ministers objected.

"Huangjian Qiyouji" means: the teachings of the emperor can always be used as the code of conduct for the people.

In fact, as long as Yan Na and Gao Gong acquiesce in this matter, the Ministry of Rites' opinion will basically be finalized, and it will be difficult for others to change the story.

How good it is to be an officer.

Emperor Jiajing began to talk about the reason why he changed the name of the three halls. In fact, it was because the fire in the 36th year of Jiajing made him understand why the three halls suffered repeated fires after they were completed.

It turned out that after the three main halls were burned back to the Meridian Gate, the terrified Emperor Jiajing called all the alchemists to discuss the matter, because he was afraid that it was God's dissatisfaction with him, so he sent down fire from heaven.

Emperor Jiajing first spoke approvingly, and then continued: "That's why I summoned you two this time, instead of the officials from the Ministry of Rites.

Although he received the attention of Emperor Jiajing, facing so many competitors, he also needed this opportunity to reveal his face.

Since Xu Jie was like this, Yuan Wei said without hesitation, expressing his intention of being one with the emperor earlier.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing had already asked their opinions, so Xu Jie and Yuan Wei naturally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, and still wanted to say a few words.

In fact, it is not a big deal to change the name of the three halls, but it represents inheritance.

And this alchemist's words were quickly endorsed by other people, who all expressed their correct answers.

Huangji, Zhongji, and Jianji have all been named.

It's just that it's really not difficult for the emperor to accomplish this. It's good to just keep the opposition's memorials. The most important thing is the attitude of the Ministry of Rites.

Lan Daoxing expressed his own idea and the name of the new palace. Although it was just an idea, it might not be adopted, depending on Emperor Jiajing's wishes.

When everyone was trying to figure out a way, Lan Daoxing keenly realized that if he continued to use the name of "Fengtian Temple" by the previous people, it would not be able to solve the taboo they said, so he thought of changing the name directly , completely avoid the word "heaven" to solve this matter.

In fact, both myself and Xu Jie had a mediocre reputation among scholars. If it wasn't for Mr. Yan Ge standing in front of us, the firepower would have hit us long ago.

At this time, another alchemist stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think you can turn the plaque horizontally, so that Tianzi stands in the middle, and God will know the importance of his status."

And Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, who were below, immediately understood that the idea of ​​changing the name of the three halls was definitely not a temporary idea of ​​Emperor Jiajing.

Although I thought that the officials of the Ministry of Rites would not object violently, but the officials of other yamen couldn't say it well, especially the Qingliu officials.

At that time, a alchemist stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that the natural disaster was caused by the words Fengtian Temple.

After leaving Yuxi Palace, the two were still discussing the meanings of Huangji, Zhongji and Jianji.

So next, everyone started a discussion on this, how to solve the dissatisfaction of the heavens.

Moreover, due to the particularity of the Ministry of Rites, many officials of the Ministry of Rites come from Qingliu, and they are often not attached to their superiors. After all, the real power is in their hands.

At this time, the two cabinet ministers were thinking more about whether the people in the Ministry of Rites would accept this matter.

At the beginning, it was natural to follow the text. Someone proposed to write two lines on the temple plaque, and put the emperor in the first position on the second vertical line, but no one agreed, because it would appear nondescript.

It was only the next day that Wei Guangde and the others knew the emperor's intentions from the note Gao Gong sent, but they didn't speak for a while.

"Your Majesty, I am also worried about this."

Emperor Jiajing didn't understand what it meant at the beginning. Since he came to the capital and became emperor, when he saw Fengtian Hall for the first time, the plaque hanging on the hall was just like these three characters, arranged from top to bottom.

It seems that it is true, because the word "Heaven" was pressed down by the word "Feng", which caused dissatisfaction from the sky, so the sky fire was sent down.

Not only that, Lan Daoxing also thought of a sentence in "Shang Shu Hong Fan Pian", which said: "Huangji, Huangjian has its own pole" to change the name of Fengtian Temple, that is Huang pole hall.

Yuan Wei at the back heard Xu Jie's words and understood that Xu Jie would not object publicly. In fact, he also had a similar idea to Xu Jie.

"You guys have this idea, I am very pleased."

Yuan Wei didn't care about Xu Jie's consideration. He quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally realized that if he actually changed his name, some people might accuse them of being infatuated with the cabinet ministers. As for the others, it seemed that there was not much loss.

With this in mind, Xu Jie bowed and replied: "Your Majesty's thoughts, I can understand, but I am afraid that the Ministry of Rites and courtiers will oppose this proposal on the grounds of the ancestral system."

Today's summoning is extremely secretive. In the past, none of the eunuchs and eunuchs who served in the hall were summoned, only Huang Jin stood aside.

But vaguely, the two of them still had other thoughts for no reason. They always felt that Emperor Jiajing wanted to change the name of the three halls, and there seemed to be other meanings in it, but they just couldn't figure it out for a while.

In this case, the first slip that is written is always on the far right, and then it is arranged from right to left, and the slips held by the left hand are upright, while most people hold slender objects. It is perpendicular to the human finger, so the Chinese characters have become from top to bottom, from right to left.

Hearing what the two said, Emperor Jiajing was very pleased, because he was very satisfied with the attitude of the two cabinet ministers he had found.

"Huangji" means that the emperor built Wuji, and the emperor came to formulate the highest standard for the establishment of Zhongzheng, which means to emphasize the highest imperial power and rule the world forever.

At this time, the text is written from right to left, from top to bottom, without punctuation marks. Originally, one vertical line should be filled and then moved to the right to continue writing, but sometimes it is necessary to advance the line, that is, no writing Man also needs to continue writing on the right line, among which there is the word "Heaven".

The two of them left Xiyuan, and quickly arranged their itinerary. Naturally, they were going to meet the officials of the Ministry of Rites. They did not summon them together, but met alone, testing and persuading them.

Perhaps Lan Daoxing had told Xu Jie about this, but after all, it had been so many years, Xu Jie had long forgotten about it, and now he heard Emperor Jiajing mention him.

Just when everyone was chattering and having disputes, until a person appeared to break the hustle and bustle, he was the famous blue fairy Lan Daoxing.

If you put this statement in modern times, you don’t even need to think about it. It must be nonsense and fallacy. Come up with a solution.

Fengtian Temple, should it be renamed "Tianfeng Temple"?
In fact, up to this time, neither the alchemists nor Emperor Jiajing had thought of changing the names of the three halls, replacing the original names with brand new ones.

When Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, none of the three halls changed their names. Why?Still honestly and practically named by Zhu Yuanzhang?

As for the reason why Western writing uses horizontal lines, while in the East they always use vertical lines, there are many speculations about the formation of such writing habits in later generations.

Sure enough, consistent with what Xu Jie and Yuan Wei thought, Emperor Jiajing only needed the support of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, at least the acquiescence, but absolutely no public opposition was allowed, and the matter had to be pushed forward.

Your Majesty, please see, the word Feng is in front of the word Tian, ​​which blocks the word Tian. The sky is naturally not happy, so it sent fire from heaven to burn the hall to warn us. "

Among them, Mr. Qian Cunxun's understanding is the most accepted by the public, all because of the inheritance of ancient writing habits.

"Zhongji" is the Polaris referred to by the ancients, and it is also defined as the position of the emperor, just as the so-called "Ziwei Palace is the middle palace, so it is called Zhongji."

When writing, the left hand holds the bamboo slips, and the right hand writes. Generally, there is a single line of bamboo slips, and for the convenience of holding the slips in the left hand, the blank slips are placed on the left.After finishing writing a bamboo slip, in order not to mix the written slips with the blank slips, one by one with the left hand is pushed to the right one by one, and they are lined up.

"Your Majesty, I don't know why you want to change your name?"

But having said this, Emperor Jiajing already understood why the three halls were repeatedly hit by fire as if he had suddenly understood.

It's just a pity that the person who proposed it has died in the imperial prison.

As we all know, before the invention of paper, bamboo slips were mainly used for daily writing.

"A few years ago, I saw that the three halls were burned by the sky fire again, and I felt extremely distressed, thinking hard about the reason."

Do you want to object?

Going down today, you first communicate with the ministers of the Ministry of Rites in private to see their attitudes.

Hearing the reminder, Emperor Jiajing instantly understood what the man meant.

The two talked while walking, and felt that the three hall names chosen by Emperor Jiajing were not bad, and the group of alchemists beside the emperor seemed to be not useless.

So, after the alchemists arrived, he asked, "Why does the heavenly fire always burn down the Fengtian Temple? Is there any way to avoid it?"

"Building the pole" refers to the way of establishing the center, that is, "to establish, to establish. The pole is like the pole of the North Pole. The meaning of the extreme, the name of the standard, the one who is neutral and the four directions are right."

Emperor Jiajing wanted them to deal with the officials of the Ministry of Rites. Of course, not only the Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but also other officials of the Ministry of Rites such as Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang. These people are also powerful figures in the Ministry of Rites. not weak.

The contents of the cabinet's re-recording of the grand ceremony had already been circulated last night. After all, an imperial decree has to go through many yamen, and it is easy for the news to leak out. Both Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were secretly happy at this time.

They knew that their names were on the selection list, but in the end Emperor Jiajing chose them, so naturally they were very lucky.

"Is it necessary to change the name of the Three Great Halls?"

But at this moment, King Yu really looked at them puzzled, hoping for an answer.

(End of this chapter)