Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 83 Abolition of Taichang Temple

Chu Feng, the current Minister of Taichang Temple, was full of anger at the moment, and his eyes were red.

As soon as everyone's eyes fell on Chu Feng's face, Chu Feng came out more and more, and said angrily, "Shang Yang, you are too deceitful!"

"Master Chu, Shang Yang is just telling the truth, why should Master Chu be so angry?" Shang Yang looked at Chu Feng indifferently.

Chu Feng didn't talk to Shang Yang anymore, he is a lunatic, the more you talk to him, the more angry you will be, Chu Feng turned his head to look at Wang Mang, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, Shang Yang is doing something wrong, alienating the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, feel free Insulting the minister and violating court etiquette, I ask Your Majesty to kill this treacherous minister to rectify the law of the country."

"How to say?" Wang Mang's eyes flashed.

Chu Feng seemed to be encouraged by Wang Mang, and said, "Taichang Temple, Dali Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple, and Honglu Temple belong to the same five temples. They are the yamen established by Emperor Taizu when he established the empire. The ancient yamen has made great contributions to the Great Qin for countless years, how can it be abolished if it is said to be abolished, if it is true what Shang Yang said, how should the people of the world view the imperial court, and how the officials of the world should view the imperial court, please learn from your majesty."

Wang Mang nodded, then looked at Shang Yang and said, "Shang Yang, what do you think about this?"

Shang Yang bowed to Wang Mang, then looked at Chu Feng and said, "Lord Chu, Shang Yang admits that Taichang Temple has indeed made outstanding contributions to the Great Qin and Wanmin in history, but what about now? Apart from the old glory, Taichang Temple What achievements does Changji have today?"

"Why not?" Chu Feng exclaimed, "Taichang Temple is in charge of the etiquette of the ancestral temple. When the court did not offer sacrifices to the former emperors and meritorious ministers who came to Jianguo, where there were no officials from Taichang Temple, how could there be no achievements?"

"Is there anything else besides these?" Shang Yang asked lightly.

"This..." Chu Feng suddenly lost his temper.

Different from the other four temples, the status of Taichang Temple is embarrassing now. If it is not for the power to offer sacrifices to the former emperor, then Taichang Temple really has no business work all year round, so the democratic life meeting that Wang Mang held some time ago, Taichang Temple was actually the first to be developed and completed. For this reason, Wang Mang also commended Taichang Temple.

Shang Yang saw that Chu Feng was silent, so he said: "When Taichang Temple was established, there was a Ritual and Music Department under Taichang Temple, which was in charge of rituals and music, suburban temples, shrines, mausoleums, etc. These are now the responsibilities of the Rites Department; The Music Department is in charge of court music and various acrobatics, which are now also assigned to the Ministry of Rites; the Ministry of Advocacy is set up to take charge of advocacy and travel support for His Majesty, which is now divided in half by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Imperial medical care, now the Imperial Medical Department has become an independent imperial hospital; now the only thing left in Taichang Temple is the sacrifice, and to be precise, it is a small part of the right to sacrifice..."

"So what if there are only sacrifices left? Sacrifice is a major national event and the most important part of court etiquette. Don't you think that sacrifices are not important?" Chu Feng's face was ugly. Chang Si slapped him on the face, and at this moment, he didn't care about his old face, and directly put his hat on Shang Yang.

Sacrifice is of course important, and it can even be said to be the most important part of a country, just like the six ministries of the imperial court. In theory, the Ministry of Rites ranks first, because sacrifice is an important part of ritual law, and ritual law is the legal symbol of a country , For example, Wang Mang wants to sacrifice to the late emperor, because Wang Mang's power comes from the late emperor, if Wang Mang does not sacrifice to the late emperor, then there is a problem with the source of Wang Mang's power.

Naturally, Shang Yang did not dare to say that sacrifices are not important, and said loudly: "Lord Chu, Shang Yang has never said that sacrifices are not important. In Shang Yang's view, sacrifices are the most important thing."

"Then you still dare to say that the Taichang Temple will be abolished?" Chu Feng said loudly: "Could it be that you, Shangyang, are a sensationalist."

Shang Yang's eyes sharpened, and he said slowly: "Master Chu's words are wrong. When can Taichang Temple represent sacrifices?"

Before Chu Feng could open his mouth to refute, Shang Yang continued: "Rong Shang Yang is playing with axes in front of your lords today. As far as Shang Yang knows, there are four types of sacrifices. One is to worship the gods, the other is to sacrifice to the gods, and the other is to sacrifice One is to worship the ancestors, among them, the gods of heaven, the gods of the earth, and the ancestors all need to be sacrificed by the emperor himself, and the sacrifice of the gods, the emperor can send a prince to go instead, Master Chu, is Shang Yang wrong about this?"

Chu Feng looked at Shang Yang with some surprise. Although Shang Yang had only briefly mentioned the sacrificial priest, it could be seen that Shang Yang was an insider and what he spoke was insider jargon.

For such an insider, Chu Feng frowned and nodded.

Seeing Chu Feng nodding his head, Shang Yang continued: "Now the court sacrifices are divided into two. Among them, the sacrifices of the gods of heaven and earth are in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the sacrifices of humans and gods are in charge of the Taichang Temple, and the sacrifices of the ancestral land are in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites. The Taichang Temple cooperates, Your Majesty, my lords, this is the most important function of the Taichang Temple today."

What Shang Yang said was actually for the ministers and the emperor to hear, especially the emperor. After all, sacrifice is a great court etiquette and cannot be ignored at all.

Who dares to say that the emperor does not need to offer sacrifices to his ancestors?

I'm afraid this person will be beheaded by the angry emperor without waiting for the ministers to tear him up.

But now as soon as Shang Yang said this, the expressions of all the officials in the entire court were different. Some smart people had already thought of what Shang Yang was about to say, but Chu Feng's expression changed drastically at this moment, and the other Taichang Temple officials in the hall also They all regretted in their hearts, thinking that they were so full after waiting for others, and they had nothing to do to provoke Shang Yang, a bastard.

It is not without reason that Shang Yang used Taichang Temple as a target at the court meeting. Previously, Shang Yang went to Taichang Temple to review the files in the name of reform ministers, and let a group of Taichang Temple officials who claimed to be the pillars of the imperial court proudly kick them out. After coming out, who knew that Shang Yang held grudges so much, not to mention the whole country, there are countless zombie yamen in Chang'an city alone, and Shang Yang didn't bother with those zombie yamen, but suddenly found Taichang Temple, one of the five temples .

But at this moment, no matter how regretful the officials of Taichang Temple were, Shang Yang's face was still slightly darkened, and he continued: "Your Majesty, you have also seen that the ancestor sacrifices in the imperial court were divided into two, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple cooperated in charge. Is this respect for ancestors or disrespect for ancestors?"

Sacrificing sacrifices is a major event of the court, and offering sacrifices to the ancestors of the emperor is even more of a major event in the court, but now such a major event has been divided into two, so do you say it is respect or disrespect?
Before Wang Mang could open his mouth, Zhang Jian, Zhao Xin and other ministers led all the officials of the court and pushed the Jinshan upside down jade pillar to kneel on the ground, and said loudly: "The ministers are negligent, so that the ancestors have been wronged, and the humble ministers have committed crimes." I deserve death, now I request His Majesty to abolish the Taichang Temple, and merge the sacrificial duties of the Taichang Temple into the Ministry of Rites, so as to improve His Majesty's virtue."

Wang Mang looked up at the officials kneeling on the ground, pondered for a moment, and said, "According to the words of the ministers."

(End of this chapter)