Jingming

Chapter 237 The Great Ritual of the Supreme Enhanced Version
When the decree came out, both the government and the public were shocked.

How many people spend their whole lives climbing from the sixth or seventh rank to the second rank, and even only a small number of them.

It has only been three years since Zhang Fujing won the third prize in May 16.

If it had been in the past, when Zhang Fujing was acting temporarily as governor of Guangdong, there would have been a flood of advice.Already 47, so what if the ability and experience are not bad?How can it rise so fast?

But now it is different, now there are people who "conspire against", the Seven Counselors leave Beijing, and the position of senior officials in the court has been flowing like water, just like the new law that has become a trend.

Zhang Fujing has the power to kill people and has experience in presiding over the implementation of the new law in Guangdong. Now he is going to Governor Shandong.

The holy will is clear, and there is no cover.

Zhang Fujing responded that His Majesty took the initiative again this time, which is what he said, "There should be a sparse".

"A Discussion on the Confucian Sacrifice Code".

[The table of everything in the ceremony must be correct!There are those who should correct the rituals of the ancestors. 】

[One of the injustices is offering sacrifices to statues.Cheng Zhenggong said: If a shadow is not the same, then it is not the person. What's more, the workers do it with confidence?Zhu Wengong also said: It is not appropriate to set up a statue of Xuansheng, but only the main one during the Spring and Autumn Festival. 】

[There are statues in Guozijian today, but because they are old in the Yuan Dynasty, they are not made in the holy dynasty.For the ceremonial ceremony of Confucius, it is appropriate to use a wooden main body, and its statue should be destroyed. 】

[The second is the injustice, the ceremony is the same as worshiping the sky.Today, there are twelve beans, and calves are used for livestock, all of which are sacrificed to heaven, which is not a formal ceremony. 】

[Siyu is called a hall but not a temple. Shuliang He is the father of Confucius, Yan Lu, Zeng Dian, and Kong Li are the fathers of Yan, Zeng, and Zisi. How safe is your heart?For the sake of the Confucian ceremonies, it is appropriate to call the temple a temple rather than a hall, and it should be discussed again from the worship of the sages. 】

[The three who are not right, the posthumous title is not right!Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", and the first book was the king of spring and the first month, so he respected the king of Zhou.All the vassals in his list who have usurped the title of king will be punished by special writings.Therefore, Meng Ke said, "Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", and the rebellious officials and thieves were afraid." ']

[Looking at this, we can know the heart of Confucius.From Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty added the title of King to Confucius, and to Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty added the title of Dacheng. Because of this, the country did not correct it, so that Confucius received this false and unacceptable name.In order to honor Confucius' ceremonies, it is advisable to go to the king's name.Confucius blamed Lu for tyrannizing the king, and would rather pretend to be the emperor's rites? 】

[Confucius, who steals Wei and has no teacher, has merits and virtues for all generations in the world. If there are still unsettled rituals, it must be corrected.I would like to adopt the proposals of Confucian ministers in the past and present, and ask the sages to look at them, and still follow the general meeting of the Ministry of Rites to wash away the bad habits of previous generations, and it will always be a code that can be followed by generations...]

An eloquent memorial is even more shocking and inexplicable than the will of the emperor.

The end point is just that the etiquette of offering sacrifices to Confucius is wrong.

Sacrificing statues is not in line with the views of Cheng Zhu and other Confucianists, and it is an etiquette that only existed since the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

What does it mean that the specification exceeds the standard, which is equivalent to offering sacrifices to heaven?Only the Son of Heaven can sacrifice to Heaven, and the standard of offering sacrifices to Confucius is the same as offering sacrifices to Heaven. Could it be that the Son of Heaven is the son of Confucius?
The posthumous title is not right either. Confucius himself hated others for arrogating the title of king. As a result, his posthumous title is Dacheng Zhisheng King Wenxuan. Is it in line with his old man's original intention?
Zhu Houcong slapped his legs and exclaimed: Is this attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son and defeating the magic with magic?
Zhang Fujing’s argument is based on the remarks of Cheng Zhu and Confucius and Mencius. He said that Confucian officials in the past and present also had opinions on these matters, including but not limited to Xiong He, Wu Cheng, and Song Lian, the great Confucians of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Moreover, the most ruthless of this discourse is naturally the proposal to give Confucius the title of king.

Zhu Houcong had already seen what kind of discussion Zhang Fujing would stir up in the world.

Because of Zhang Fujing's identity, this Taoism has naturally had a relationship with the new law, or it has a very strong connection in essence.The new party naturally has to support it. What about those who still want to stir up trouble?If you want to bear it any longer and let Confucius' title of king be removed like this, you will still think that this is an excellent opportunity to fight back.

How dare you touch this thing?

Zhu Houcong once said with emotion: The so-called power struggle is ultimately a worldly sophistication mixed with interests and ideal beliefs.

Now, the new law is about interests, and Confucius is about ideals and beliefs. If you can’t stand up in this big debate, how can you say if you stand up, that’s the sophistication of the world.

So Zhu Houcong picked up a pen to criticize Zhu: Discussion!
……

In the third year of Jiajing, Kong Yi was worshipped.

The original ceremony of the Jiajing Dynasty has long since disappeared, but there is still a meeting of offering sacrifices to Confucius, and the protagonist is still Zhang Fujing.

The topic of discussion is no longer Zhu Houcong's way of inheriting the throne, but essentially the competition between the emperor's legal system and the Confucian orthodoxy's influence on the world.

If etiquette is actually order, then this is essentially a grand ceremony.

It is much more important than the dispute over who the emperor recognizes as his father and the power of the emperor, and 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 officials and gentry and wealthy businessmen have been arrested for treason, Zhang Wei and other relatives have also been interrogated for treason, and bullets against King Liao have been intensively sent to Beijing. Nanzhili and Huguang, Many places in Jiangxi are "actively reforming evils" to stir up the interests of the people.

The emperor sent Zhang Detou to the governor of Shandong, and he actually approved his "Discussion on Confucius Sacrificial Code": Discussion.

How to discuss?
The first person to be determined was Li Guan, the censor.

Now 43, in the prime of life.A 12-year Jinshi in Zhengde, he is currently the supervisory censor of Shaanxi Province in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

A native of Conghua County, Guangzhou Prefecture.

Under the circumstances that Guangdong officials tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, and those who survived Zhang Fujing's previous massacre all "stand in line" with the new law, Li Guan's refutation was impassioned:
【At the beginning of the sacrificing ceremony of the holy ancestor, all the gods in Yuedu all over the world removed his name, but the ancestor Confucius remained the same, which has a deep meaning. 】

[Your Majesty suspects that the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven is intended to be sacrificed to Confucius.The master is already out of reach, just like the sky is impossible to rise up, even if you imitate the heavens, it is not an exaggeration. 】

[Since the Tang Dynasty respected Confucius as the king of Wenxuan, he has used the rituals and music of the emperor. 】

[Song Zhenzong tried to make Confucius the emperor, or Zhou Zhi was called the king, and it is not appropriate to add the title of emperor.As for Luo Congyan's theory, it is also possible to add the title of emperor.To Zhou Dunyi, he believed that the eternal king worshiped Confucius, while Shao Yong thought that Zhongni regarded the eternal king as the king.Wu Cheng was the only one who judged that Confucius should not be called king. 】

[Don't respect heaven and earth, and don't respect your father and teacher.Your Majesty respects heaven and respects relatives, and you should not only suspect that Confucius is a tyrant.His Majesty Fu Wang reads the words of the group and strives for the best. 】

Very short.

Zhu Houcong's response was also very short: hit.

When Mao Cheng scolded the faint king face to face, he didn't get the court rod, but Li Guan got it.

the reason is simple.

At the court meeting, Zhu Houcong said coldly: "Just discuss the matter, don't put a big hat on my head. Li Guan's ignorance is really mocking me for suspecting that the name of Confucius is usurped with a villainous heart, so I follow Zhang Fu's respect. Please discuss the Confucian sacrificial ceremony. Is the Confucius sacrificial ceremony suitable, whether it should be changed, and how to change it? Let’s discuss the matter according to the facts. What do you say that I only suspect that the king of Confucius is a tyrant?"

At Zuo Shun's door, there was the sound of crackling and spanking and Li Guan's mournful cry.

People inside and outside Fengtian Hall felt complicated and trembling.

But the emperor, are you beating the top bird with a stick?

For the first time, Zhang Fujing, who had not officially set off for Shandong, stood up at the front of the court meeting and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Before Wang Nietai of Zhejiang took office, I heard something from him, which was so deafening. Everyone, Wang Nietai asked, 'My husband said first. Holy Master, the emperor is lucky to have the Taixue worship, but if he is called a king, how can there be a son of heaven 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 this appointment is still before Li Xiang's death.

Zhang Fujing mentioned it by name, proving that he didn't just think of it because he wanted Governor 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 sacrificial ceremony is inappropriate!
If it is not changed, the emperor will stop respecting and worshiping Confucius in the future.

Zhu Houcong was very calm about this, with no waves on his face.

Zhang Fujing was about to resign from his majesty and leave Beijing after attending the court meeting, so he only asked Wang Hung's questions.

Anyway, Zhang Fujing himself doesn't need to participate in the next thing, and the other big home game is in Shandong.

What he invited and what the emperor approved was for the Ministry of Rites to organize and agree.

Zhang Zilin, Minister of Rites, had to stand up, and Yang Tinghe naturally had to stand up earlier.

Don't mention it, the path of the new party leader is getting more and more outrageous, and now he wants to use a knife on the head of the master.

"Li Guan's words are absurd! The master can illuminate the way of the ancestors, and with the merits of all ages, equalize the infinity of the heaven and the earth, wait for the sun and the moon to shine for a long time, and inherently surpass the sages. Mencius said the speech of Zaizai Said: "To observe the Master, he is far more worthy than Yao and Shun." From Yao and Shun to the Spring and Autumn Period, the Master was superior to the ancients; Learning, isn't this system better than the inspections of the Han, Jin, and North and South?"

"Cheng and Zhu have carried on the past and opened up the future. In the Ming Dynasty, we used Neo-Confucianism to promote culture and education and stabilize the world. Today, the scholars in the world are those who study the ancient books of the ancient teachers of the Spring and Autumn Period, or are the many people who study the annotated works of Cheng and Zhu? All these, through the practical study of your majesty, today's people can be better than others. Proof of the ancients!"

"Li Guan has no sincerity in Shi Qiandong's thinking, but only has the ambition of generosity. It can be said that he does not know how to keep his heart in order to clarify the meaning. The master said: three people, there must be my teacher. Therefore, disciples don't have to It is not as good as a teacher, a teacher does not have to be better than a disciple, there is a priority in learning the Tao, and there is a specialization in the arts, that's all."

"Han Changli's "Teacher's Talk", Li Guan forgot it. A man of witch doctor and musician, a gentleman despises him, but his wisdom is beyond his reach now. It's no wonder! Only your majesty understands the principles of things and the way, and sets the emperor The University of Ming Dynasty invited hundreds of workers to teach the ten thousand dharmas for the enshrinement, this is an act of a sincere sage and teacher of impermanence."

"Song Zhenzong called Confucius the best. Since the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, the master has been regarded as the best. It is no longer in line with the teaching of the master that "disciples do not have to be inferior to teachers"! We respect the master, and we should carry on the past and make the future! According to my opinion, the master is a great achievement. The posthumous posthumous posthumous title of King Wenxuan of the Supreme Sage means great achievement, and Wenxuan can demonstrate his merits. The great success is the contribution of the master to inherit the knowledge of the past; If you don't claim to be king, Fang He Dacheng Wenxuan is the original teacher's original intention!"

After Yang Tinghe finished speaking these words eloquently, he felt strangely refreshed.

To be honest, it is also a bit addictive, this feeling of not being afraid of what people will say about him in the future.

All in all, the evidence is the words of the Master himself.A disciple doesn't have to be inferior to a teacher. When we regard him as a teacher, why don't we dare to have some ambitions and say that in the future, the blue will be better than the blue?

The master has a spirit in heaven, so he should also say "children can be taught"!
Looking at Yang Tinghe, Zhang Zilin sighed in his heart: You have finished filming the dragon fart, and there is also an argument that His Majesty's practice and learning are deeply in line with the way of the sages?
But sometimes, the more things challenge beliefs, the more people will lose their minds.

Finally, Wang Rumei stood up and said with grief and indignation: "When the Zhou Dynasty declined and the king was daoqi, Confucius continued to write "Spring and Autumn" with commoner clothes; "" "Book". The Six Classics, the legacy of the ancient sages and kings, was passed down by Confucius. This is why he is more virtuous than Yao and Shun and fits the heaven and the earth!"

"The careers of Yao and Shun are just like a passing cloud. Those who see the merits are broad but short; those who preserve the customs of the people are short but long. The careers and achievements are external, and sometimes disappear; the customs of the human mind are all inside. , live forever."

"Master, on behalf of the son of heaven, bears the orthodoxy, educates, and spreads the holy learning to a hundred generations. It has a wide range of people's customs and customs! All flesh and blood respect their relatives. This is why this master is more virtuous than Yao and Shun. Every man is a teacher of a hundred generations. Words are the law of the world, something Yao and Shun could not do."

"What Mr. Gai said is the constant way, which is universally applicable; what he does is the constant virtue, which can be passed on to all generations and can be followed. If he is of the same virtue as the heaven and the earth, and as bright as the sun and the moon, is he not a great sage! Not a great sage And who can do this! How can he change his posthumous title of King Wenxuan, the most holy man of Dacheng, and be worshiped by generations to come? If his merits and virtues are belittled today, and his holy image is destroyed, he will be punished by the famous sect!"

"Your Majesty is a lesson! The teacher of all ages, the venerable man of virtue, the title of Su Wang, the general knowledge of Han and Confucianism, Tang and Song Dynasties have no objection, and the emperor also worships it, so respect the teacher. Taizong was in power, and he worshiped it four times. It! Although it is higher than the emperor's rite, it is not arrogant!"

"If you don't respect the sage, the ruler will be a proud ruler, and the ministers will be obnoxious ministers. Is it clear that there is no end?"

After the last sentence was spoken, there was a deathly silence inside and outside Fengtian Hall.

If you don't respect Confucius, Zhu Houcong is a proud ruler, and the Xindang gang are just clowns who make fun of others. Daming is going to perish?

This was still in front of Zhu Houcong, in the capital city where he knew most about the court's movements, it was the capital officials who spoke.

Zhu Houcong hit a real pain point, so that some people's brains were filled with blood.

So he smiled: "Continue to discuss."

Simply grinning, this would be the best political awareness filter ever.

He turned his head and looked at Huang Jin, only to see him nodding his head to signal: the internal file department is frantically recording.

Seeing that the demented Wang Rumei was not caught by the imperial staff, the quarrel continued inside and outside Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Houcong quietly watched Yang Tinghe, Zhang Zilin, Wang Qiong and others stand up to argue with those who opposed Zhang Fujing's proposal. The first round did not end until noon.

This "Extremely Enhanced Great Ceremony" started in the capital, but it will not end here.

And Wang Shouren, who was not aware of the changes in the capital, sent the "Ding You Achievements" to the capital before leaving for Jiangxi after the end of Ding You was also delivered that afternoon.

"Examination of Practice and Dialectics".

(End of this chapter)