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Chapter 317 Don’t make great contributions to your family and country, but seek small favors from your king

"Even if you are wrong, you can overthrow everything and start over. It is not a big deal." Zhang Juzheng spread out Wang Chonggu's memorial and said with certainty.

Over time, Wang Chonggu discovered that the speaking styles of the little emperor and Zhang Juzheng were very similar.

Whenever it comes to major affairs of the country, they will be so sure, not the vague and imaginative clichés. Many people will interpret this kind of clichés as human feelings and sophistication.

When the empire's decision-makers say vague things, they are not worldly and have no political responsibility. Anyone can say vague clichés, but not everyone has responsibility.

Zhang Juzheng asked You Qi to bring his seal, and then put his seal on Wang Chonggu's memorial and gave it back to Wang Chonggu. This means that Zhang Juzheng really supported this memorial instead of just talking about it.

Zhang Juzheng was in the Yicheng Prefecture in Xishan. After Ding You, the courtiers were more or less wary and unwilling to come. Zhang Juzheng thought that Wang Chonggu came to him to sign a seal and jointly sign a memorial. After all, Wang Chonggu still lacked the skills to handle this matter. Got some courage.

Wang Chonggu was in the court next to His Majesty. He knew that Zhang Juzheng disliked him and that His Majesty valued Zhang Juzheng's opinions. In fact, he came to ask Zhang Juzheng for his opinion.

The purpose is different, but the result is good.

Wang Chonggu and Zhang Juzheng talked about the dangers of supervising officials. Wang Chonggu, as the supervisor of the Woolen Official Factory and Xishan Coal Bureau, could not be more clear about what Gao Gong said.

Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "During the Song Dynasty, official activities occupied an important position in the financial affairs of the country and were the main source of the court's finances. The income from land tax in the Song Dynasty was less than [-]%, while commercial taxes exceeded More than [-]%, so the two Song dynasties did not establish a land system, did not suppress mergers, and the country was still wealthy."

"The system of supervising officials has gradually exposed many problems in its operation. First, it is an official operation to ensure harvests despite droughts and floods. There are too many people to work. Officials at all levels have to work without food. Production efficiency is extremely low and they cannot make ends meet. As a result, monopoly goods can only be continuously increased. The selling price finally reached the point where it was two hundred cents per pound of coal.”

"There is no law to speak of in management. There are no rules. With just one note, the official factory may be destroyed after a few years of operation. There is serious waste. Everyone is harming the public and enriching the private. It has been seen since ancient times. It is not uncommon. This It’s a problem caused by a lack of system, it’s a loss, it’s waste and misappropriation.”

"Third, as time goes by, rigidity becomes common, and rigidity will bring huge administrative costs and operating costs. It is like a centipede insect. It seems to be alive, but in fact it is already dead, and the cost is like It is as high as nine days, and the biggest problem with rigidity is that any technological progress will be regarded as a change, and changes will cause damage to the interests of vested interests. The result of suppressed technological progress is a gradual increase in costs."

"Fourth, due to the combined effect of the above reasons, the prices of goods sold in official factories and government-run activities are extremely high, and the people generally do not recognize it. At this time, in order to survive, it is necessary to use administrative power to All commercial goods have become a government-run monopoly and privileged economy. At this time, the government-run and official factory activities have reached the most dangerous period, and the country has also become dangerous."

The content in Wang Chonggu's memorial not only talks about the advantages and disadvantages of the prison system, but also the disadvantages, as well as the lessons of the two Song Dynasties. As the supervisor of the official factory, Wang Chonggu felt deeply about this aspect, so he has been encouraging minfang to join Come into the wool business, both upstream and downstream.

If you enter, you will be unable to control the people at home, if you leave, you will be invincible against foreign patients, and the country will be permanently destroyed.

The same is true for the official factory. If you want the official factory to survive, you must be under pressure, both inside and outside, and you must turn your sword inward, and you must not be afraid of competition from private factories. This is the way for the official factory to maintain long-term stability. The two Song dynasties are ahead. , had to prevent such a thing from happening.

After listening to what Wang Chonggu said, Gao Gong asked with confusion: "You know this, so why are you doing this?! If there is more space, there will be trouble; if there is more space, there will be a reward." .”

"Yes, these prison officials are as docile as domestic dogs in front of you big officials, but when they go out and face the people, they are like wolves, tigers and leopards, they are monsters, and they can eat the people alive!"

"You are doing evil!"

Gao Gong was talking about the things these supervisors did in the local area. The supervisors were just official bandits who plundered everywhere in the name of the court. They were never the only ones who preyed on the villagers. Mr. Hao, there are also various yamen.

"A yamen has thousands of yamen servants, and the restrictions are not strict. Every time when the summer and autumn taxes are collected, these yamen servants go to the countryside to collect taxes, and they will be beaten to death. This memorial of yours is simply an aid to the tiger!" Gao Gao Gong was furious, stood up with a flick of his sleeves, walked around twice, and sat down angrily.

Wang Zhigao didn't say a word. He felt that what Gao Gong said made sense. There were three big mountains pressing on the people's backs. One was taxes on land, one was grain rent, one was private requests from the countryside, and taxes were from the imperial court. , the grain rent belongs to the gentry landlords, while the private demands of the rural departments are the lackeys of the local government.

For thousands of years, it has never changed.

"During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, in the 18th year of Hongwu, he stopped all [-] official factories in the country and recuperated with the people. This is exactly the reason. I think although Duke Xinzheng's words are a bit fierce, his words are not unreasonable." Wang Zhigao agreed. High arch argument.

In the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, Emperor Taizu Gao saw the lessons learned from the mistakes of the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea, looked at Gao Gong and Wang Zhigao and said: "At that time, Emperor Taizu Gao couldn't even find all the officials and had to recommend officials. This situation was still the same until the Yongle period. Fang Xiaoru of Heaven is not a Jinshi, or even a Juren, and Yang Shiqi, the first assistant during the Zhengtong period, was also recommended to the Hanlin Academy during the Jianwen period, and is neither a Jinshi nor a Juren."

"Conquer the world immediately, but the world cannot be ruled immediately, but there is no one here. Emperor Taizu Gao is the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu, and there is nothing he can do. So at that time, the government and factories were corrupt, so we just dismissed them all."

Zhu Yuanzhang had no one available. At that time, the anti-capital movement in Jiangnan was becoming popular. Administrative power required administrative personnel to implement it. There were no people, so where could the power come from?
There was really no choice but to abolish it across the board. By the Yongle period, government-run shipyards were everywhere in Nanya.

Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and said: "If today, like Emperor Shizong and the late emperor, His Majesty lives in the ninth level and is indifferent to the government, and does not even approve the official memorials, and more than half of the people in the world are short of personnel, then all the laws of the imperial court will be ignored. It’s just a piece of paper.”

"Of course it's just a hypothetical."

The absence of administrative power was an extremely terrifying disaster in the Ming Dynasty. This was true in the early years of Hongwu, and it was also true in the late Jiajing and Longqing years when official governance was dim.

If the Ming Dynasty's bureaucratic machinery is no longer functioning, the Ming Dynasty should die.

"Now that you are still alive, His Majesty is afraid of you and doesn't dare to do it. Just wait and see when you die." Upon hearing this, Gao Gong said immediately.

To this day, Gao Gong still has no trust in the emperor. The emperor is afraid of Zhang Juzheng and is now working hard to govern him. If Zhang Juzheng burps, the emperor will definitely show his true colors. The lazy energy of the born nobleman is too strong. Saw too much.

"You should treat each other with admiration after three days of separation. Mr. Xinzheng can't always look at people in the same old way, right?" Zhang Juzheng still defended his apprentice, "Lazy?"Who dares to say that His Majesty is lazy today!

Such diligence is only slightly inferior to that of Taizu.

In the fourth year of Longqing, the prince Zhu Yijun began to study. Until the first year of Wanli, the emperor who had ascended to power was still reading "The Analects of Confucius".

Your Majesty, who is still the prince, is indeed lazy. He has been reading for three years without even turning the pages. After all, there is a bookkeeper here, so why bother the prince to turn the pages by himself?

"You taught me well! You taught me well! That's it." Gao Gong flicked his sleeves and became sulky with himself.

This thing is very irritating. When he taught Gao Gong, His Majesty knew nothing. When Zhang Juzheng taught, His Majesty even learned Zhang Juzheng’s tricky tricks, and there were those who were better than others. Blue's posture!
Who's to make sense of this?

We still have to thank Zhang Siwei. If this guy had not frightened the emperor by having Wang Jinglong enter the palace and assassinate the king, Zhang Juzheng actually had no good solution.

Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong were discussing why the government and factories in the world were abolished during the Hongwu period. The reason was the lack of administrative power and no one could use it. The current world situation has changed. Now three people are waiting in a trap of the Ming Dynasty. These three people can't wait to occupy it. Kick down those who cheated.

"Why am I willing to issue the seal? Because now the Ming Dynasty is struggling." Zhang Juzheng once again explained the reasons for his agreement. The matter of supervising officials can be done because the Ming Dynasty can try and make mistakes. It is really impossible to carry out it any further. No matter how thorough it is, It was bulldozed and it was treated as if nothing happened.

This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng decided to become an official from now on. Ming Dynasty is no longer standing on the edge of the cliff, and one more wrong step will lead to catastrophe.

Gao Gong looked at Wang Chonggu, then at Zhang Juzheng, and suddenly a sentence appeared in his mind: Don't make great contributions to your family and country, but ask for small favors from the king.

Zhang Juzheng is the former, and Wang Chonggu is the latter. Zhang Juzheng was born in a military family, and his family was not powerful. How could he become the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty? How far did he go to reach his current position?Does Zhang Juzheng really not understand the principle of protecting oneself wisely?

Zhang Juzheng understood very well that you cannot have both the country and your life at the same time. He is the one who sacrifices his life to gain the country.

Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu chatted for a long time, and finally determined the general direction of the Ming Dynasty's supervisory official system. They will take the lead in piloting it in Songjiang Prefecture, constantly adding regulations, and then promote it to the entire Nanya pilot, and finally generalize it, just like the Ming Dynasty All new policies are so orderly.

"Zhang Juzheng, you really deserve to die." Gao Gong expressed his opposition to the supervisor. He is a former chief minister who has lost his power, and he still offended the emperor's former chief minister. If he does not die, it is already a great favor of the emperor. , he has no decision-making power over government affairs.

It is his right to express his opinions, and it is Zhang Juzheng's right whether to adopt them. You can say it, but I don't have to listen.

If Ming Dynasty has the confidence to try and make mistakes, it can continue to improve in practice.

"Emperor Taizu Gao once said: In the future, the successor king will not be able to discuss the appointment of the prime minister. The person who has been appointed by the ministers will be punished with the death penalty. Now, what is the difference between you and the prime minister? On this point, you deserve to die." Gao Gong was not innocent, this was the ancestral law after Emperor Gao deposed the prime minister. Now that Zhang Juzheng is alive, no one dares to mention it. If Zhang Juzheng burps, then Zhang Juzheng cannot be blamed.

"I'm not the prime minister." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile on his face: "I'm just the chief assistant."

"Shameless! Shameless!" Gao Gong was shocked by Zhang Juzheng's shamelessness. At that time, Zhang Juzheng had the character of a scholar no matter what, he just did it, but now he has learned to make amends for himself!

Isn’t it clear to everyone in the world whether Zhang Juzheng is the prime minister or not? !If you are not the prime minister, how can you return to power?

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile on his face: "The prime minister has the power to participate in, discuss government affairs, and make decisions at the same time. He can supervise the execution of all officials. At the same time, he has his own staff and establishes government agencies. He is a prime minister. Zhang is not talented, so he is indeed qualified." A lot of characteristics, but I don’t have my own staff, so it’s not like that.”

"Who said this?" Gao Gong asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng said matter-of-factly. The only one who dares to define and can define the prime minister is the emperor.

"How shameless! How shameless!" Gao Gong was very angry, why is this little emperor so wicked!

If you can’t change the facts, then change the definition?This is the ultimate skill of the humble Confucians. How could the emperor use it so proficiently?

Does that mean that the definition of a powerful minister should be changed to include adding nine tins, wearing a ten-haired crown, riding a golden chariot, driving six horses, and using the emperor's ceremonial rites when entering and leaving?Then how far did he go, and why was he knocked to the side of the powerful minister, and he will never be able to stand up!

This little emperor was extremely shameless. The definition of prime minister was not very precise. Now, just because Zhang Juzheng has no staff, he is no longer prime minister.

Gao Gong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, where is your Zhang Dang? Isn't that your staff? They are all your lackeys, and you still say that they are not your staff?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Gao Gong's appearance and said with a smile: "Don't worry." "What do you think I am doing as the uncle of Yicheng in Xishan? Now Zhang's party is an imperial party. They used to take care of me, and now You are under His Majesty's protection, why are they all my staff? I have already said that I am the Tutor, and all the disciples I have accepted have been given to Your Majesty. Isn't this a matter of course? Where do I get my staff? You can't tell me."

"Shameless!" Gao Gong slapped the table and stood up. He was so angry that he was dizzy. Everyone was doing the same thing and overstepping the authority of the Lord. Why was he, Gao Gong, defined as a powerful minister, while Zhang Juzheng was not even a prime minister? !

"Haha." Zhang Juzheng slapped his leg with joy. He couldn't understand why Gao Gong was so anxious. You must know that this year's relocation of wealthy households was from Nanya. As a result, His Majesty moved Gao Gong to the capital. The purpose was to make Gao Gong Gong is alive and watching the resurgence of Ming Dynasty. Gao Gong's evaluation of the New Deal is not important. Gao Gong's discomfort is important to His Majesty.

Your majesty, the emperor, will retaliate.

In Gao Gong's view, Zhang Juzheng was bound to die because he had conflicts with the system.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister. During the first five years of Zhang Juzheng's reign, his power far exceeded that of the prime minister, and he was almost a regent. Your Majesty could not change the fact that Zhang Juzheng was the regent, so he changed the definition of prime minister!
Zhang Juzheng also had conflicts with the system, which restricted his speech. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six subjects were originally not under the control of the cabinet. However, after the examination was passed, the six subjects were under the cabinet. If officials feared power, they would destroy strength and turn it into softness. He didn't dare to speak out, and the emperor even said that Mr. Yan's fault would be punished by death.

The error correction mechanism of the Ming Dynasty was implemented by the six departments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the governors of the world, the inspectors, and the hundreds of officials who reported their words and deeds. However, His Majesty's words directly blocked the way for the officials.

Zhang Juzheng had conflicts with the emperor and the inner court. The first conflict was that Zhang Juzheng continued to be frugal, forcing the emperor to wear green robes instead of purple robes.

Regarding her relatives, Empress Dowager Li planned to give her father and brothers a hereditary marquis. Li Wei was the uncle of Wu Qing, not the marquis of Wu Qing, but Zhang Juzheng was opposed to the title. Wu Qingbo Li Wei wanted to build a house, but the Ministry of Household Affairs and Industry would not give him the money; later Wu Qingbo Li Wei wanted to Zhang Juzheng still refused to pay for the tomb repair, and finally the inner court provided the money; Wu Qingbo's shoddy cotton clothes and other bad things were directly exposed to the emperor by Zhang Juzheng's cabinet, making it impossible for the emperor to step down.

In February of the fifth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty ordered the completion of the Dalongxing Temple pagoda. Empress Dowager Li wanted to grant amnesty to the world and temporarily exempt those who were not pardoned from execution. Zhang Juzheng took the lead in opposing it. ,explain:
If the virtuous are discarded but not used, and the guilty are exonerated but not punished, then the punishments and rewards will miss the mark and the punishment will be misplaced, which is not what God intended for the king to govern the people.

The Holy Mother only sees the mercy of the criminals who are killed, but does not know that those who are harmed by them all hold their grievances and anger in the netherworld, so that the pain will not be felt, and the anger of resentment will be harmed by heaven and earth, and they will be hurt many times.

The crimes committed by all the prisoners were to destroy the laws of heaven and harm Yilun, and the harm caused by them was not limited to just one person in the family, who suffered from his poison.

Why can't Du Nai tolerate the evil of the guilty but tolerate the goodness of the innocent?

The order of temporary exemption of indecision, that is, no execution of the death penalty, was a benevolent policy implemented by Emperor Sejong in his later years. It was mainly for the purpose of cultivating immortals, fasting, and worshiping. However, it was not a complete non-execution. Instead, it was decided based on what the emperor wrote and what he did. Later, it became Areas hardest hit by the evils of appeasement.

And Zhang Juzheng’s memorial can be said to point at Empress Dowager Li’s nose and scold Empress Dowager Li for her benevolence as a woman, especially the last sentence: How can the Holy Mother not bear to see guilty people suffer misfortune, but can bear to see innocent and kind-hearted people? Generations that have suffered?
This sentence directly broke the Queen Mother Li's guard, and she was so angry for several days. The pagoda was built, and the emperor was about to get married. This plan to stop killings and grant amnesty to the world was just to express a benevolent and benevolent attitude. The temporary exemption from the indecision order does not mean that he will not kill him. He can wait until after the wedding. However, Zhang Juzheng pointed his nose at him and scolded him. He scolded her as harshly as possible.

The conflict between Zhang Juzheng and Empress Dowager Li did not stop there. Empress Dowager Li believed in Buddhism, and Zhang Juzheng further reduced the number of ultimatums for monks and Taoists in the fourth year of Wanli, even to the point where the issuance of ultimatums for monks and Taoists was stopped. At this point, Zhang Juzheng did She was so decisive that Empress Dowager Li asked the emperor himself for his opinion.

Zhu Yijun explained the inside story. The suspension of issuing ultimatums was to clear the emperor's order to return the land. Empress Dowager Li finally understood the inside story. However, to be honest, Zhang Juzheng had offended Queen Mother Li by stopping issuing ultimatums. How did you ask Queen Mother Li to give it to Buddha? What about the explanation?

The conflict between Zhang Juzheng and the inner court is not only these, but also one thing, that is, Zhang Juzheng was the pig killer of the Ming Dynasty.

In the sixth year of Longqing, there were a total of 3 people above the clan and county kings. In the fifth year of Wanli, there were only 5000 people above the clan and county kings. All of them were eliminated, and Emperor Shizong strictly abided by the regulations in the 41st year of Jiajing. According to the regulations of vassalage and vassalage, people below the county king can make a living on their own, and above the county king, except for salary, no two things are given, neither this nor that.

The conflicts between Zhang Juzheng and the literati include, but are not limited to, the test of the law to rein in hundreds of officials and not allow them to eat and wait for death, the law of the father-in-law to check the hidden acres, the ban on gathering of disciples to give lectures, the closure of 63 academies, and the killing of famous people such as He Xinyin. Confucian scholars, the Qing Dynasty ordered the academic and political affairs, resulting in students who failed to pass the exam three times and could not receive the royal salary.

Gao Gong believed that Zhang Juzheng deserved to die. Zhang Juzheng had frequent contacts with the generals and wrote many private letters. He also protected many generals. The Ming Dynasty general and Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of the Beijing camp, were all Zhang Juzheng's lackeys.

Zhang Juzheng deserves to die. Zhang Juzheng has a close relationship with Feng Bao. This is because he has a close relationship with the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Zhang Juzheng also has a close relationship with Tishuai Zhu Xixiao and invited the prince Zhu Xizhong to the Duke of Cheng.

As for Zhang Juzheng himself, he was a bad person who retaliated with anger, tooth for tooth, eye for eye, and did not cultivate his personal ethics.

Is this a minister?This is clearly the Regent!
If Zhang Juzheng should not die, who should?

He was driven back to his hometown as soon as Gao Gong planned to knock down the ceremonial supervisor. He was almost made a scapegoat twice. Everyone wanted him dead. Why!Is Zhang Juzheng alive? !
Wang Chonggu looked at Gao Gong and said with a complex expression: "I can explain this matter. The last time His Majesty discussed something in the Cultural Hall, there was a difficult matter. The first and second ministers and the old courtiers were not very good. As for the method, His Majesty said: It is better to have a mediocre appearance than to be saved."

"Hahaha!"

Wang Chonggu thought for a while and suddenly smiled with relief.

many!big!point!thing!
Of course you can criticize Zhang Juzheng in other aspects, but in terms of ability, if you are not as good as Zhang Juzheng, you are not as good as Zhang Juzheng. What’s the big deal? Your Majesty is the only one in the world who can compete with Zhang Juzheng for a few moves. Zhang Juzheng is a minister who is naturally at a disadvantage and often fights. But Your Majesty.

"Is it a matter of the Kong family?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

"Yes." Wang Chonggu nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Juzheng immediately shook his head and said, "Your Majesty thinks highly of me. I am helpless to deal with the Confucius Mansion. This matter can only be done by Your Majesty, not the ministers."

The more the case of the Kong family was investigated, the more frightened they became. The courtiers did not know how to determine the cause of the commotion. It was because the Kong family had gone too far.

To visit the Confucius Temple, before entering, you need to buy a door to enter, which means you have to pay. If you don’t pay, you will not be allowed in. Even if you are a Confucian scholar, you have to pay, and it is expensive. Each person needs three taels of silver. This is to repair the Confucius Temple. All that was collected was collected from adults and children. If the child in his arms wanted to be a saint, he would have to pay more.

It is a holy place in the eyes of scholars all over the world. You have to pay money before you go to the place to worship. The temple of Saint Confucius smells of copper.

The sage Confucius advocated education without discrimination, but if you don’t have money, don’t enter the Confucius Temple.

As soon as you enter the Wengcheng, you will see a pavilion with a plaque on it that says "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai's Reading Place". The love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai happened in Zhejiang. As a result, there is actually a pavilion in the Confucius Temple. Such a place is really ridiculous. The reason why such a card is set up is to collect cash.

Yes, if you are looking for a beautiful marriage, you can also find it in the Confucius Temple. The prices vary, 110 or [-] tael for a lifetime, a pair, etc. Confucius has a wide range of business, including marriage.

After passing the Wengcheng, there is the Yimen. If you look closely, you will see a cypress tree planted by Confucius. People in the Confucius Mansion said that this cypress tree was planted by Confucius. It has become spiritual and is a thousand-year-old cypress tree.

It died in the third year of Yongjia under Emperor Huai of the Jin Dynasty. After that, there was the Yongjia Rebellion and Yiguan's southern migration. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the thousand-year-old juniper tree came back to life with its dead wood.
In the third year of Emperor Gaozong's reign of Emperor Qianfeng of the Tang Dynasty, the tree withered again, and it lasted until the fourth year of 370, which was the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty.

This tree is very interesting. When the Southern Song Dynasty was established, it withered. In the 31st year of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, it once again bloomed with spring!This tree had a spirit, and it withered again at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. This time it withered for a short time. In the 22nd year of Hongwu, it once again became lush and prosperous.

Why does the Confucius family tell such a story about a tree that has been planted for thousands of years?

Naturally, the reason is that the descendants of the Confucius family always regard its prosperity and decline as a way to divine the fate of the world.

Since this tree is so magical, it can naturally predict good and bad luck. Anyone who comes under the cypress tree planted by Confucius can buy dead leaves and burn them to predict good or bad luck. Drinking it can obtain the blessing of the tree king.

Does the thousand-year-old cypress tree have spirituality?Confucius knew that he was afraid that he could jump out of the coffin and kill these unscrupulous descendants. You must know that Confucius had only one attitude towards the theory of ghosts and spirits. In front of the temple, there is a juniper tree king. I don’t know whether the master is angry or not, but the Confucian scholars are very angry.

After passing Shujun, there is the Xingtan Pavilion. There is a stone tablet on it with the word "Xingtan" written on it. It was the place where Confucius gathered his disciples to teach and teach. The word "Xingtan" was written by Dang Huaiying.

Who is Huaiying in this party?
Dang Huaiying and Xin Qiji were both from Shandong. They came from the same school and lived and studied together. However, they were completely different. Xin Qiji later went to the south and became a minister of the Song Dynasty, while Dang Huaiying was a great Confucian of the Jin Dynasty.

Few people in the world know about Dang Huaiying, but they are very familiar with Xin Qiji, and they feel no sympathy for Xin Qiji's talent.

The words "Xingtan" written by the great Confucian scholar of the Jin Dynasty were displayed in the Confucius Temple grandly, and there was a fee, so that they could smooth their official career. It can be described as extremely ironic.

The most outrageous thing about this matter is that Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty once gave the Confucius Mansion a painting with two characters, Xingtan. However, the Confucius Mansion did not use Ming Xiaozong's calligraphy for the monument, but Dang Huaiying's calligraphy.

When the Jin army went south, they destroyed all the Confucian temples. The temples and books were burned to ashes. The Confucian government did not use the calligraphy of Xiaozong, but actually used the calligraphy of the Jin minister. This is not outrageous, because the Confucian government has rules.

The rules of the Confucius Mansion: All Ming Dynasty titles in the temple should be discarded. The Confucius family said: Jiangxi Zhang means Taoist morale; Fengyang Zhu means breaking out of others and showing petty family spirit.

Therefore, even if it is a calligraphy given by Ming Xiaozong, who is the best and best to the Confucius family, the Confucius family will never use it, because the calligraphy given by the nouveau riche uses elegance that insults a thousand-year-old family.

However, wouldn’t it be disrespectful to burn the words given by the Jin Dynasty Confucian scholar?

The same treatment is given by Emperor Renzong of the Ming Dynasty. The wind-milled bronze crocodile with a height of [-] meters was given by the emperor. The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the crocodile was specially responsible for the camel stele. The crocodile in the Confucius Temple was given by the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Wanli period, the wind-milled copper crocodile given by Renzong was still collecting ashes in the haystack, and the crocodile given by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, was still on the camel stele.

Is it over here?No.

In the main hall, the statues of Confucius and the ten philosophers all wear crowns. The crowns are the twelve pearls and jade hanging in front of the emperor. The emperor has twelve sulfur, the prince has nine, and the prince has five. During the Jiajing period, Confucius was deprived of the royal title by Emperor Jiajing. Therefore, the Confucius Temple cannot use crowns. This is transgression.

But Confucius and the Shizhe still used Mianqi.

Confucius can discuss it. After all, Confucius has been King Wenxuan for a long time, and the Taoist master is a bit of a bastard. Everyone just laughed about the deprivation, but these ten philosophers also used Mianqi, so what's going on!

Confucius valued etiquette the most, but Confucius Temple was the most rude.

The Confucius family can be killed, but what about the temple of Confucius?It becomes a problem.

　In this chapter, all the details of the Confucius Mansion come from the first chapter of Volume [-] of "Tao'an Dream Memories" written by Zhang Dai in the late Ming Dynasty.Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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