Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 187
Old Zhu looked at Zhu Xiongying, and said seriously, "Yinger, you also know what we are thinking. We know that burial is cruel, but we also control this matter. Only our royal family is allowed to be buried, and other nobles are not allowed to be buried."

This is still a fact. Although Lao Zhu has 'restored' the sacrificial burial system, it is not a complete restoration.

"You have also read the history books. Han Wu killed Gou Yi because he was afraid that his son would be young and his mother would be strong. You also know about Empress Lu's dictatorship. If we take those people away, the situation of foreign relatives meddling in politics will be gone." Old Zhu said to Zhu Xiongying said earnestly, "We don't treat them badly, we live in glory and wealth, and we will give some benefits to our mother's family after death."

This is also the fact that the natal families of concubines who are buried have some advantages, and it is common for them to be appointed officials and rewarded with titles.Therefore, for those natal families who buried their concubines, many people are happy to see the success, which is also their benefit.

Zhu Xiongying also became serious, and said, "Grandfather, my grandson really doesn't think this is a good way. You will bury a batch today, and your grandson will bury some more tomorrow. In the future, the emperor and clan of my Ming Dynasty will all die before leaving." Some people have to be taken away. Five or six at least, dozens of people may be more."

Lao Zhu didn't speak. If he were to leave, there would definitely be more than five or six concubines buried.In fact, when Zhu Biao died, he wished that the Lu family would also be buried.It's just that Zhu Yunxi was still young at that time, so the Lu family had recovered his life, otherwise he would have been buried.

"This is a direct burial, which is really cruel." Zhu Xiongying said, "During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the burial of living people was changed into pottery figurines. It is unreasonable for us to bury living people. Besides, many people watched For the Tian family, my Tian family is buried alive, those aristocratic families dare not come to it publicly, and they will do so in private."

This time Lao Zhu stopped talking, he knew that Zhu Xiongying was not scaremongering, and there must be a family in private, a family of honorable scholars.At that time, it is not impossible for the trend of sacrificial burial to prevail, and it may even become a semi-open secret in a few years, and many people will use the Tianjia as an issue.

In fact, Lao Zhu did not disagree with the system of sacrificial burial, because the world has been under the hands of the Mongols for more than 90 years, and sacrificial burial has become a habit.Especially when they were buried, many of them chose those who had no children.This is also worried that some human relations jokes will appear if the concubine stays.

There are many negative cases in the past dynasties, and Lao Zhu, who has read some history books, is naturally more afraid of these things.

Zhu Xiongying said to Lao Zhu, "Grandfather, the royal family is an example for the world. Originally, the Mongolian Yuan has poisoned the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, and many things are not easy to change. If the royal family starts to be buried, the people will naturally have to follow suit. The grandson himself It's not very good if you don't like Cheng Zhu's Taoism."

Lao Zhu became more serious this time. In fact, Cheng Zhu's Taoism is of great benefit to the ruler.

Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism did not have much superior status in the Southern Song Dynasty. Since the Yuan Dynasty Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was designated as a prosperous official school by the rulers, its influence began to grow.The principles of heaven in Neo-Confucianism are moral theology, and at the same time become the basis for the legitimacy of Confucian theocracy and kingship.

The fundamental feature is to form a more complete conceptualized and systematic philosophy and belief system with Confucian society, nationality, ethics and personal life beliefs.Nowadays, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is getting more and more attention.

Lao Zhu thought about it carefully, and said, "We didn't study much in the past, and we have thought about fighting the world these years. This Mongolian Yuan vigorously supported Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, probably because Meng Yuan wanted the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers to surpass the debate between Hua and Yi. Let's think about it. Come on, those scholars have lost their minds, and many of them have given those alien races a thought."

Zhu Xiongying does not deny these, in fact, according to Zhu Xiongying's current research, the so-called Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is not so "distorted".This is more or less due to the processing of some rulers, especially the distortion of some scholars and so on.

For example, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism restricted women. This was also why Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not favored in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the status of women was still relatively high, and the folk customs were relatively open.

The serious, upright, sacred and inviolable, even impersonal Taoist face actually started from Meng Yuan.Especially in the Song Dynasty, the tacit understanding was constantly abused by foreigners, which also led to social chaos. The values ​​of morality and chastity were all abandoned and forgotten.

Zhu Xiongying also continued to speak, saying, "Meng Yuan valued Neo-Confucianism, that's because they are in line with the principles of heaven. Scholars like these, although Meng Yuan keeps them out of court. But it is also kind to Confucian scholars, and those scholars themselves like it. "

In the Yuan Dynasty, Confucianism was recognized as a religion, and Confucian students were not required to pay taxes. The Yuan Dynasty was deeply missed by Confucianists. Many celebrities died for the Yuan Dynasty, and many Han celebrities even followed Emperor Yuan Shun to the grasslands.In the final analysis, it is the privilege of scholars, which is one of the reasons why land annexation in the Yuan Dynasty was extremely serious.

Old Zhu was still silent, and Zhu Xiongying continued, "My grandson reads and thinks that this is actually a way of suppressing the monarchy. Grandpa Huang also knows that this means that reason is more important than power, and that the emperor is required to be honest. Now that we are centralizing power, his method will make the power lose its reasonable legitimacy, and those scholars will naturally think too much."

Old Zhu was stunned for a moment. He thought Neo Confucianism was an important helper in strengthening the centralization of power. Why was it 'distorted' by Zhu Xiongying?

Zhu Xiongying continued, "Preserving the principles of nature and eliminating human desires, this is the emphasis on the principles of ethics, and to some extent constrains the thinking of the people."

Lao Zhu nodded, quite approving, "That's great, people don't think so much, it's easier to govern the world."

Well, Zhu Xiongying choked on his words, and Lao Zhu actually likes 'fooling the people' very much.This can also be seen from Lao Zhu's many policies, because Lao Zhu doesn't like so many "smart people" and he wants to govern the world in a simpler way.

"Grandpa Huang, his teachings have some shadows of Buddhism, which is not good!" Zhu Xiongying began to emphasize, "It is also morality and religion, the unity of morality and religion. The so-called theory of inner sages is somewhat empty and empty. .It is said that the rule can be maintained, but if it is interpreted, it is also distorted."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Lao Zhu, and said seriously, "From the emperor to the devotion of one's life, it is called Tianlu. Tianlu comes from agriculture, and Lu comes from agriculture. Grandpa, it's okay to say so! This is a piece of Neo Confucianism. That’s the trick, we’re admitting that the salaries of the emperor and officials are actually provided by the peasants, and it’s the peasants who support us!”

In fact, it’s okay to say that, and many people now understand Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in this way.The result is that it is easy to be regarded as the basis of Neo Confucianism by interested people, and various norms are imposed on the emperor's behavior, and even directly accuse the emperor, curse and attack the emperor!
This is not an exaggeration. This was the case in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history.

The set of "inner sage" also makes many scholars easy to become "the study of mind and nature".

At that time, the other extreme is the study of the mind.It can easily become the style of study of talking empty talk about mysticism and introducing Confucianism into Zen. The Donglin Party and the like are also more fond of these.

Although the current Confucianism has a tendency to become stronger, in Zhu Xiongying's view, it has not yet reached the so-called "human-eating etiquette". "Preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires" has been proposed, but it has not been regarded as a dogma by some vulgar Confucians, and they are not so strong yet.

Old Zhu was silent, which could be regarded as a conflict of ideas between him and Zhu Xiongying.In Lao Zhu's view, the Confucianism is somewhat helpful to maintain the stability of the country.But he also felt that what Zhu Xiongying said was reasonable, and some people misunderstood it, and it was indeed easy for some scholars to mess around.

Old Zhu, who was somewhat lacking in interest, suddenly said, "We can't take care of so many things anymore. Now we are busy abdicating the throne, moving the capital, and getting into trouble with the courtiers. We don't have the energy to take care of these things. You can make a fuss after you register. Let's move the capital and abdicate now, and we don't care about other things."

"What about the burial?" Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth and continued to ask, "Grandson has thought about it. When the time comes, concubines who have children can make offerings, and add an honor. You can also let the prince take care of you, just like your predecessors. Can."

Old Zhu glared at Zhu Xiongying, and said, "You are not allowed to leave the palace, and remarriage is not restricted in the previous dynasty."

This is probably also a man's desire for monopoly. The Song Dynasty really did not restrict things like remarriage.At that time, there were indeed some cases that only prohibited remarriage in mourning, forced remarriage, and remarriage.In fact, such things should be restricted in any era.

As for marrying after the death of a husband, it is definitely out of integrity, and Zhu Xi has no objection, he also thinks that these things cannot be forbidden by a sage.Cheng Yi, on the other hand, came up with the idea of ​​"starving to death is a minor issue, but injustice is a major issue".

Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is not only the knowledge of Zhu Xi alone, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai, Shao Yong, and Er Cheng also contributed a lot.

Little Zhu ran around cheerfully, but soon became tired from running.As soon as he turned around, he rushed over and hugged Lao Zhu's thigh.For the great-grandson's request to hug him, Lao Zhu happily picked up the fat great-grandson, and he also knew that the little guy was tired and wanted to sleep.

Don't look at Zhu Wenyin's energetic appearance at ordinary times, but children are always like this, and he was still alive and kicking just a moment ago.But the next moment, I immediately dozed off, as if the power was cut off, and I was offline when I said I was offline.

Seeing his son going to bed, Zhu Xiongying was speechless, "Look at the time, grandson should go back too."

Lao Zhu nodded his head as a matter of course, and said, "The princess is here too, it's inconvenient, you guys go back!"

This is a mess, and it is not an easy task to take my son back to raise him personally!
(End of this chapter)