Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

Imperial Palace, Taiji Hall,

Kong Yingda, the chief priest of the Imperial College, heard Du Zhenglun say, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." When he heard this, his whole body and soul trembled.
Because he recalled what happened in the past few months.

He also took several leave because of this.

He walked out tremblingly: "Your Majesty, this matter is too bizarre. I wonder if Your Majesty believes what I say."

"Oh, then tell me how bizarre it is," Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne and looked at Kong Yingda with interest.

Kong Yingda looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the days when I was on sick leave?"

"Um,"

"That was when I was sleeping. I was beaten in my dream, and the man who beat me claimed to be our ancestor. That person was Confucius." Kong Yingda's words immediately caused a lot of gasps in the entire court.

Li Shimin calmly asked, "Then why did Confucius hit you?"

"Your Majesty, I feel ashamed to talk about this. I regarded the classics left by my ancestors as treasures, but I never thought that my ancestors told me in a dream that I was very wrong. The meanings of some sentences were completely distorted, such as: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise. " Kong Yingda really shed tears when he said this.

"Oh? Then tell me, what did your ancestors mean when they said, 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise? '" Li Shimin was extremely curious.

First, Yu Zhining was criticized by Zheng Zhengjin.
Now Du Zhenglun was beaten directly.

Kong Yingda continued, "Your Majesty, I am an unfilial subject. In fact, I had the same idea as Du Zhenglun at first, thinking that women were the same as those treacherous villains.

But when my ancestors told me the answer, I suddenly understood. Some of our ancestors began to distort the meaning of this sentence. "

"In that case, Lord Kong, please tell us what the real meaning of this sentence is?" Li Shimin watched with relish, he found it very interesting.

"Your Majesty, my ancestor told me in a dream that when he said this, my grandmother was in labor, and later gave birth to a girl. My ancestor loved her very much, but because of this, the mother and the baby were difficult to take care of, and it was very taxing on my mind. My ancestor then lamented, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." What he meant was that we, the people of later generations, should treat our wives and children well, especially mothers who have just given birth. We must not neglect them, because mothers at this time will have some inexplicable emotions, but as a husband, we must take good care of them, otherwise, once the mother gets older, she will have a headache.

Your Majesty, this is what my ancestor in my dream explained. I didn't know what to do during this period. I didn't expect that His Royal Highness Prince Xian would ask about it today, so I just explained it to him. "

Li Shimin looked at Zheng Zhengjin, his eyes seemed to be asking, do you really know Confucius?

When Kong Yingda finished his explanation, all the civil and military officials in the court took a deep breath unconsciously.

After all, there are not many gossips about Confucianism. I didn’t expect to hear the gossip of the contemporary great Confucian scholar, Kong Yingda’s ancestor, today.

"Kong Yingda, is what you said true?" Li Shimin, sitting on the dragon throne, was very confused. This matter was indeed bizarre.

Kong Yingda said: "I learned this in a dream. If I say even a word of it is false, I will be struck by lightning." You know, in ancient times people could not swear casually, because in the feudal society, people believed that once they swore an oath, they would take it seriously if it came true.

Several other scholars of the dynasty were confused by Kong Yingda's explanation.

Even the great critic of the dynasty, Wei Zheng, was shocked. After all, that was Confucius, and the meaning of Confucius' words was misinterpreted by later generations. If Wei Zheng dared to say this, I'm afraid those great scholars of the dynasty would definitely criticize him. After thinking about it, Wei Zheng shuddered, "These great scholars are not human beings."

Li Shimin said to Wang De, "Wang De, go and ask the head of the Imperial Hospital to come to the Taiji Hall."

"I obey your command." After saying this, Wang De trotted towards the Imperial Hospital.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne and asked the ministers below: "Do you think what Kong Yingda said is true or false?"

In fact, Li Shimin had already believed it was true. After all, Confucius was the saint of the Kong family. How dare they be so disrespectful as to hype up their own immortal board?

"Your Majesty, Confucius, since he is a saint, why would he look down on women? So, I think what Lord Confucius said is true. After all, who doesn't have a few unfilial descendants? Maybe he deliberately distorted the saying 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise' in order to belittle the status of women." Zheng Zhengjin said nonsense in a serious tone.

The head of the Imperial Hospital arrived, looked up at Li Shimin, and bowed, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Li Shimin asked directly: "I want to ask you, if many women give birth, do they need to be taken care of? If they are not taken care of, they will suffer from headaches and other diseases in the future?"

The head of the Imperial Medical Bureau said, "Your Majesty, this is true. Moreover, if a woman does not rest well after giving birth, it will affect her life span." This imperial physician was also a straightforward person, and he said it directly.

Li Shimin waved his hand, signaling the head of the Imperial Medical Service to go back quickly.

He then thought of Empress Changsun. His queen would definitely treat him well. But he, Li Shimin, could never say such nonsense as women and villains are difficult to raise.

"My dear ministers, are you all willing to acknowledge what Lord Kong said?" Li Shimin was just laughing at the joke. Damn it, Kong Yingda had overturned the words left by his ancestors and now replaced them with a new one, which was to treat women and the wives who gave birth to children for one well.

"Your Majesty, I, Old Cheng, think that what Kong Yingda said this time does make some sense and sounds like human language." Cheng Yaojin stood up and praised Kong Yingda with a smile.

Kong Yingda's face turned dark when he heard this.

But at this moment he really couldn't refute it.

Afterwards, almost all the military generals stood up, including Wei Zheng, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Du, the Dali Temple Minister and others, all of whom stood up and said that what Kong Yingda said was human.

But there are always some people who think Kong Yingda is talking nonsense. They have been insisting on "only women and villains are difficult to raise" for so long, and now they are told that they should love their wives and children.

"Why, do you still think that what I just impeached, that Du Zhenglun was ungrateful and unfaithful, is not true?" Zheng Zhengjin really disliked these literati.

"He grew up drinking his mother's milk, and his last words were: 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise.' He picks up the bowl to eat, and turns the table over when he puts it down. How powerful." Zheng Zhengjin will not be polite to Du Zhenglun, because he is the one who is willing to put himself in danger.

Du Zhenglun was speechless. He did not apologize either. His pride as a scholar prevented him from apologizing.

Zheng Zhengjin saw something, and smiled as he looked at Li Shimin sitting on the dragon throne and said, "Your Majesty, I want to write a poem and give it to Du Zhenglun, Lord Du, for free."

(End of this chapter)