back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 233

The Chinese nation has always paid attention to filial piety, and various stories of filial piety emerge in endlessly, which is also one of the virtues that is very conducive to national stability.Lu Chengqi never denied the practicality of "governing the country with filial piety". After all, everyone followed this practice, which was also beneficial to the court's rule.

Confucianism has been able to occupy the academic dominance of the great country in the Central Plains for thousands of years, and there is a reason for it.The five constants of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith" advocated by Confucianism are the basic moral principles of being a human being. Taking this as the ethical principle can well handle the relationship between people and make each other harmonious status.

The Confucian principle of dealing with people is "warm, kind, respectful, frugal, and yielding", which means the five virtues of "gentleness, kindness, respect, thrift, and humility".I respect you even if I disagree with you.This is actually the same as the "I don't agree with your point of view, but I will defend to the death your right to speak" put forward by the West later.However, this is just mutual respect between scholars and scholars, not like the Western doctrine, which includes respect for scholars and other classes.This is also a place where Chinese culture is very contradictory.

Finally, on top of all these good principles, there is a higher moral standard, which is "loyalty, filial piety, integrity, shame, and courage", which are the five virtues.Why put loyalty at the top?This is why Confucianism can become the favorite theory of rulers. Advocating loyalty to the emperor will naturally be loyal to the court.A courtier should be loyal to the king, and a son of man should be filial to his parents. Integrity refers to honest conduct and knowing shame.Needless to say, courage does not refer to martial courage, but courage.

These [-] words have exhausted the essence of Confucianism and explained why it has become the largest school of thought.In fact, the sage Confucius only proposed "benevolence, righteousness, and propriety," and Mencius extended it to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom," but none of them can become the ruler's dish.Only when Dong Zhongshu further interpreted it as "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith" and proposed the interaction between heaven and man, did Confucianism establish its status as the emperor's theory.After that, Confucianism continued to develop, and then derived the ten moral standards of "warmth, kindness, respect, thrift, concession" and "loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame, and courage", which firmly allowed Confucianism to dominate the ideological world. status.

And Zhou Zhiruo was affected by this, so naturally she couldn't avoid the vulgarity, thinking that Lu Chengqi hadn't visited his concubine and concubine for more than half a year, which was a kind of unfilial behavior.And Lu Chengqi, who was not the original soul, how could he know that the ancients valued filial piety so much?
Lu Chengqi had also heard about the Jingfu Palace, but firstly, he was afraid of being dismantled through the diorama, and secondly, he really couldn't think of showing filial piety to a stranger.Maybe deep in his soul, he still misses his parents in the previous life, and that's why he resists so much?

After being emperor for a long time, Lu Chengqi also understood that some things are necessary even if they are superficial.If the emperor does not practice filial piety, how can tens of thousands of people be convinced and respect the way of loyalty and filial piety?

As soon as he thought about it, Lu Chengqi immediately said: "I was negligent about this matter, and Zi Tong reminded me rightly. Today coincides with nothing important, so let's go and see my concubine and concubine with Zi Tong. In Jingfu Palace, the palace Although there are many people, she must be very lonely."

Seeing that Lu Chengqi must correct his mistakes, Zhou Zhiruo showed a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty can know about mistakes, and Ming Jun's evaluation must be inevitable."

Lu Chengqi smiled wryly, if he hadn't dismissed everyone, including the servant who recorded his daily life notes, I'm afraid this meme would have been circulated for thousands of years.The empress praised the emperor as a wise monarch through the ages. This is probably the first time in history, right?

Thinking about what to do, Lu Chengqi also ate faster.But after a cup of tea, you will be full.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chengqi took a short rest, and let his servant lead him to Jingfu Hall.Empress Zhou Zhiruo naturally wanted to follow her.

In the palace, even if Lu Cheng started to move his footsteps, the imperial guards would follow closely behind, not daring to slack off.As time passed, Lu Chengqi got used to the existence of these people and almost ignored them.

Jingfu Hall is located in the innermost part of the harem of the Dashun Imperial Palace, very close to the back garden.From the perspective of the environment alone, this is the most suitable place to retire in the imperial palace.But also because there are too many views, it seems a bit sparsely populated.

Passing through the dark green tile-colored promenade, and then passing through the long palace road, it is considered to be from the Chuigong Hall to the Jingfu Hall.Before entering the gate of the palace, I saw many court ladies weaving in the palace.Of course, the cloth woven by court ladies cannot be the linen cloth used by ordinary people, but the precious silk cloth.The tool used was a spinning wheel that Lu Chengqi didn't know.

In fact, the spinning wheel appeared very early, and it was already very popular in the Qin and Han Dynasties.After the Dashun Li Dynasty, large spinning wheels appeared.The spinning wheel used by the court ladies at the moment is this kind of large spinning wheel.

This kind of large spinning wheel requires two people to work together, and the work efficiency is much higher than that of the previous hand spinning wheel and pedal spinning wheel.But Lu Chengqi, who came from rebirth, still felt that such weaving was too slow.

After noticing some court ladies for a while, the servant said loudly: "The emperor is here!"

Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, these court ladies immediately stopped their work and bowed to salute.Lu Chengqi said: "Excuse me, do you know where the empress dowager is?"

At this moment, an extremely pleasant voice came from the hall: "But Your Majesty has arrived?"

As soon as the words were finished, a graceful middle-aged woman, wearing a Juyi, walked out of the palace slowly.The color of this kind of clothes is yellow Luo, the knees are covered, the belt is big, and the leather cuffs are in the same color as the clothes. The shape is very similar to the queen's Yiyi clothes, but without Zhai Wen. It is worn by the royal women when they are tending silk.

Lu Chengqi noticed that the woman in front of him, even though she was over 40 years old, still looked very young, with no wrinkles on her ruddy face.Maybe they are members of the royal family, they are all well maintained.She has a gentle and gentle temperament, which is exactly the same as Zhou Zhiruo's, showing everyone's ladylike demeanor with each step.This kind of temperament, even after the woman is old, still continues to exist.Just like a jar of old wine, it gets better and better with age.

This Liu family was originally Lu Chengqi's cheap father, Shu concubine of Emperor Yuanshou.Ever since Lu Chengqi's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, passed away, it was the Liu family who raised Lu Chengqi and treated him as his own.However, the unlucky ghost from before was weak and mischievous, and it was quite difficult for Liu to discipline him.She was not her biological mother, so she went to complain to Emperor Yuanshou when she spoke up.Because of this, Mrs. Liu received a lot of admonitions from Emperor Yuanshou, which were all wronged.But she never thought so, and still treated Lu Chengqi as before.

(End of this chapter)