After wearing the book, Ben Gong lay down all the way to win

Chapter 16 Patriarchal Clan (2)

In history, there is no shortage of great traditions that were inherited by offshoots. Before they succeeded to the throne, they basically had to discard the minor sects and join the grand sects.

The most typical example is Guangxu. Cixi's son Tongzhi died of Hualiu disease. After his death, there was no son to inherit the throne, so he adopted his nephew and nephew Guangxu as emperor.

Since he was adopted by a branch of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Cixi must be recognized as his mother, and his biological mother, Cixi's sister Yehenara Wanzhen, although she is the emperor's biological mother, has never had the title of empress dowager. Who told you The son has been adopted, so of course the mother cannot be the empress dowager based on the son.

The offspring inheriting the Datong must recognize the mother of the Dazong as their mother. This is a law of etiquette and a rule.

But An's quit. In her opinion, her son was conceived in October and she worked so hard to give birth. Why should she be someone else's son? Queen Mother.

She didn't want to think about it, your son doesn't recognize him as a parent, so why should he pass on his hard-earned wealth to your son? There is no free lunch or free stuffing in this world.

Regarding the issue of whether the Xiaozong should change his parents when he became the heir of the Dazong, it triggered round after round of discussions in the previous dynasty.

A group of old ministers who have read poetry and abided by etiquette strongly opposed the emperor's honoring An's as the Queen Mother, but there were still some flatterers who wanted to please Jin Mingxuan, a freshly baked emperor. How can a son become an emperor and not respect the principles of his own parents? Wouldn't this violate filial piety?
As a result, the former court was divided into two factions, arguing endlessly, advocating abandoning Xiaozong and only respecting the late emperor's biological mother, Yushi, a minister of the empress dowager who believed: "Since the emperor has entered into the Datong, he should take Dazong as his parent and respect the emperor's mother." The Empress Dowager can only respect the mother of Da Zong, so it is in line with the law."

The minister who opposed the abandonment of Xiaozong thought: "The kindness of parents is greater than the sky. The emperors of the Zhou Dynasty have ruled the world with filial piety. How can they abandon their biological parents casually? The emperor is the master of the world, and he should set an example for the people of the world. The late emperor's birth mother, Yushi, was the aunt and empress dowager, and his birth mother, Anshi, was honored as the holy mother and empress dowager, with complete filial piety."

In fact, it is unreasonable to object to abandoning Xiaozong. An emperor should indeed uphold filial piety and respect his parents, but what he should respect should be patriarchal parents, not blood parents.

From the moment Jin Mingxuan inherited the Datong as a side branch, he was the patriarchal son of Empress Dowager Cishou Yu's clan. The only person he should be filial to and respected was Empress Dowager Cishou.

Therefore, the arguments of those ministers who opposed the abandonment of Xiaozong were totally untenable.

But the blood of a mother and child is thicker than water, and a son naturally favors his own mother. Jin Mingxuan really didn't want to abandon his mother, and also wanted to make her a queen dowager, so he sided with the opposition.

However, Jin Mingxuan had just ascended the throne, his wings were fledgling, and his foundation was not yet stable. All power was subject to the old ministers left by Emperor Xiaozong and the late emperor.

Ever since, the previous dynasty has been deadlocked like this.

The former court had endless disputes over the matter of honoring the empress dowager, and the harem also caused turmoil and chaos.

Regarding the question of whether or not to enshrine An's as the Queen Mother, the Min family, who is about to be crowned the queen, does not want to be enshrined in his heart.

(End of this chapter)