The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 158 Deserving to enjoy the Taimiao?

In this way, the descendants of Confucius were granted the hereditary Duke Wenxuan without any surprises.

Speaking of the "emperor's sage", these civil servants are all disciples and grandchildren of Confucius. Now that his descendants have received the emperor's royal title, they are also happy.

So they are all flattering Zhao Kuangyin here, and the emperor shouted sagely, in fact, what the emperor did was in line with their mood.

This is the fault of writing civil servants, they are waiting for you here, what can you do.

"Father, you are very right to do this. I think the descendants of Confucius will also do their best to serve our Song Dynasty."

This is all nonsense. Which one of the Confucian family in Qufu, Shandong, in the past dynasties, did not try their best to be loyal to the court, otherwise why would they use you?
"Yes, what His Majesty the Crown Prince said is quite right. This is the court's great favor to the Kong family, and it is a great gift from heaven. They will not be ungrateful."

The ministers jumped out to support Zhao Xu, or to support what Zhao Xu said. They had now formed a group of civil servants.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't care whether his Kong family was grateful or not, what he wanted were scholars from all over the world, and whether he was loyal to the court because of this matter.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi, who hadn't shown up for a long time, also jumped out. It seemed that he had something to say, but it was actually arranged by Lao Zhao.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"The principle is Guangyi. If you have something to say, just say it."

"Yes, Your Majesty. I also highly respect Confucius. I have heard that many emperors invited him into the Taimiao and let him enjoy sacrifices. I don't know what His Majesty means? Will my court do the same? "

Inviting him into the Taimiao to offer sacrifices is actually acknowledging Confucius' transcendent status and being worthy of enjoying the Taimiao.

You have to know whose spiritual tablets and gods are placed in the Taimiao, those are the tablets of the royal ancestors and ancestors.

That is to say, there are either royal relatives and clans, that is, those who have made great contributions to the country. These people can be specially granted by the emperor to enjoy the Taimiao.

Isn't it just a memorial tablet placed in an ancestral hall?What is there to say, do you need to make a big splash here?

If you think this way, you are wrong, and it is a very wrong type. What is wrong is that there is no point of spectrum. If others hear you say this, they will definitely beat you.

You should know that Taimiao is the ancestral temple of ancient emperors. It has a long history, and she appeared in the Xia Dynasty.

But at that time, she was not called Taimiao, but was called "Shishi", and later called "Chongwu" in Yin and Shang Dynasties.Zhou Qiu called it "Mingtang".It was not officially called "Tai Temple" until the Qin and Han Dynasties.

People in ancient times attached great importance to the sacrifices of this ancestral temple. When King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he even made Weizi, the prince of Shang, a prince, and let him continue the sacrifices of Yin and Shang!
At first, the Taimiao was only a place to enshrine the emperor's ancestors. Later, with the emperor's special approval, the empress and heroes could also put the gods in it.

This means that as long as the country's society exists for one day, you will not be forgotten, and as long as you can enter the Taimiao, your descendants will not have to worry about it.

So for the ministers, it is definitely their dream to be able to enjoy the Taimiao after death. Who wouldn't want it?

Now Zhao Guangyi proposed to let Confucius enter the Taimiao, that is to say, he will definitely be indispensable for sacrifices in the four seasons in the future.

This is not what they consider. This is what the descendants of the Confucian family should consider. The court ministers, especially those civil servants, consider the future direction of the court.

To be an official, you have to watch all directions and listen to all directions. You must learn to watch the court's movements, such as this one.

If the emperor really agrees with Zhao Guangyi's proposal and let Confucius enjoy the Taimiao, it is not just a matter of putting a memorial tablet.

You mean that the imperial court will reuse civil servants in the future. Isn't that obvious? What do you mean by inviting a cultural person into the Taimiao?

These people who can stand in the court are the most intelligent or cunning people in the empire, and their hair is empty.

Just like a hound smelling the prey, all of them are happy, they think this is their chance to wait for others.

Fighting the world depends on generals, but if we want to rule the world, don't we need civil servants? It seems that His Majesty is preparing to withdraw the power of troops.

Fan Zhineng and the old fellows began to ponder in their hearts, and they guessed pretty well.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao is right. We should invite Sage Confucius into the Taimiao, set an example for the scholars in the world, and let them devote themselves to the Great Song Dynasty for me."

This time, Wang Pu was the first to leave the class. He is also a student of Confucianism, so he naturally agreed with both hands.

After he came out, there was a large group of people kneeling behind him, all of whom overwhelmingly supported Confucius's right to enjoy the Taimiao.

It doesn't matter that these are all civil servants, they are staunch supporters and believers of Confucius, so naturally they spare no effort in their support.

None of the generals in the first class came out in favor, and what's more, there were some who opposed it. With Zhao Xu's look in his eyes, Hu Yanzan came out.

"Report to Your Majesty, there will be different opinions in the end."

"Oh, General Huyan also has an opinion, let's get Endu down, and listen to what the general has to say." Zhao Kuangyin greeted everyone to get up.

Everyone also wanted to see what this big-headed Hu Yanzan could say. In fact, everyone was deceived by his simple and honest appearance.

"Your Majesty, I just don't understand. I wait for the generals who have fought bloody battles to be worthy of enjoying the Taimiao after death. Why can an old man who has died for more than 1000 years?"

Huyanzan scratched his head with his hands, with an innocent look that made everyone want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. After Huyanzan finished speaking, several generals came out under Zhao Xu's signal.

It is nothing more than one thing, or that Confucius deserves to enjoy the Taimiao, and it is about to turn into a civil and military war.

"All my lovers, stop arguing, and I will explain to you. This Confucian sage established Confucianism, and also established the rules of the three cardinal guides and five constant rules..."

Zhao Kuangyin asked Fan Zhi to explain Confucius to him just now, but now he speaks it better than anyone else, isn't that nonsense?

"So Guangyi said that it is quite in line with the rules to let him enjoy the imperial temple. Do you have any opinions?"

These big bastards didn't know what to say next, they all came out after Zhao Xu's signal.

Now that the emperor asked, they didn't know what to say, so they could only look at Zhao Xu for help.

It seemed that it was time for Zhao Xu to step up again. In fact, he really didn't want Confucius to be worthy of the Taimiao.

Taimiao is my family's ancestral hall, why do we have to worship you every day, is this possible, I must stop it.

Zhao Kuangyin stared at him, as if saying:
"Didn't it be discussed yesterday, why did you change your mind now, you must give me an explanation."

"Father, I think Mr. Zhao is right. Sage Kong was indeed respected by the emperors of all dynasties, and I agree."

Zhao Guangyi has not been crowned king yet. Zhao Xu can call him Second Uncle in private, but he cannot be called Uncle Wang here.

He could only be called Mr. Zhao. This was a problem with the system, and Zhao Xu gradually got used to such rules.

Hearing that the crown prince, Zhao Xu, also supported him, all the civil servants were beaming with joy. The current top and second leaders agreed, so nothing happened.

"However, we have established a new state, and it has not yet been unified. Officials with meritorious service are not allowed to enter the Taimiao. If you invite Confucius into the Taimiao now, I will chill the hearts of the meritorious officials."

Zhao Xu dropped another blockbuster. I personally agree, but I also have to consider the overall situation.

In many cases, I am not the only one who can make the decisions. I can't just go my own way, and our country will soon be over.

Before Zhao Kuangyin and the ministers could react, he struck while the iron was hot and continued:
"But since Confucius is a saint, do we still have to respect him? Can we build a temple to worship Confucius?"

There is a Confucian temple in Qufu, Shandong. Isn’t that a Confucian temple?

"Maybe all the ministers will say, isn't there a Confucian temple in Shandong, where is the largest Confucian temple, what else should we build?"

How could Zhao Xu not know what they were thinking, and explain their little thoughts with a single word.

"Hehe, my lords, you have overlooked one point. Since we want to honor the sage Confucius, we must have a place to worship him. In the future, the emperor will also worship him."

"But it is impossible for the emperor to go to Qufu often, so we will build a new Confucian temple and put the saint's tablet in it, so that it will be convenient for us to worship from time to time!"

Nonsense, whoever has nothing to do always goes to Shandong to worship Confucius, so there is no time to deal with government affairs.

Those Wencheng people still strongly opposed it, but Zhao Kuangyin didn't care about you. His son said that my heroes are not qualified to enjoy the imperial temple, and neither can you.

So Zhao Kuangyin made a final decision and built a Confucian Temple in a place separated from the imperial city by a wall to worship the sage Confucius.

But this time, Zhao Xu came out to make trouble. He said that the former Guozijian was going to be repaired, or a Guozijian should be rebuilt next to the Confucian temple.

His reason is very good. Guozijian is an official school of the imperial court, so it is natural to pay attention to it. Besides, being with the Confucian Temple can always play a supervisory role.

Since the reason is so good and no one objected, let's do it this way, Confucius did not deserve to enjoy the Taimiao in the end.

He could only go to his Confucian temple to settle down. Zhao Xu did not expect that Zhao Guangyi would be the biggest beneficiary of this incident.

It is because he proposed to allow Confucius to share the Taimiao.Although he was unsuccessful, he won the favor of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

This is something that Zhao Kuangyin and his son regretted endlessly, but they still don't know how serious this matter is.

(End of this chapter)