Chapter 1058: Knowledge is not lost yet

A stall owner cupped his hands and said, "Captain, do you want to tell His Majesty?"

Zheng Mu put the information away: "File it first. These officials in the court... are almost perfect at discerning trends. I'm afraid they will be slapped in the face again this time..."

After saying that, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, Huh? Why did I just say that again?

In May, Yichou closed the door and played: "Every year during the hot summer, Your Majesty will stay in the rear hall to facilitate decisions. Please start this period from May 1st to the end of July."

If His Majesty wishes to visit the front hall during this period of time, he will take the order from the gate and release it to the imperial court."

Zhao Xu issued an edict: "The late emperor was diligent and hard-working, and I have never heard of anyone who failed to get married due to the cold and heat. Although all the ministers love you, I do not dare to slack off in political affairs, so I will continue to act as usual, and I will still stay in the front hall during the third volt."

The ministers were greatly moved. Our Emperor, Song Shengjun, was different. He was not like the foolish king of Liao who spent all day hunting to escape the heat and despised him!

Countless flattering articles praising virtues were sent to him, and Zhao Xu was secretly happy in his heart. The front hall has now completed the renovation of the buried pipes, and there is water flowing under the floor and in the walls. There is no need to make things like warm in winter and cool in summer.

Is it public?

Although the ground-sacrifice ceremony in May was not perfect, it was considered a great ceremony that all parties were satisfied with.

The ceremony of joint sacrifice between Ren and Ying Dynasties was inconsistent with the regulations. This was the most distasteful thing for conservative ministers, and they had to perform it once a year.

Now His Majesty has upheld the righteousness of respecting heaven and earth, restored the old system of separate sacrifices, and performed great ceremonies in person. Especially in matters related to Fangwang, he has handled it very appropriately.

The so-called "Fangwang" refers to the issue of worship after offering sacrifices to the land.

As the saying goes, "The gods of heaven and earth use their own species and worship them with rituals."

However, there is "no clear evidence" in historical records regarding the observance of sacrifices at the sacrificial site.

Now we need to divide heaven and earth and increase the great rituals in summer. We can't make it so that there are a lot of people when worshiping the sky and all alone when worshiping the earth, right?

Therefore, Wang Gui wrote a letter requesting that "it be based on ethics and ethics."

Finally, Zhao Xu issued an edict: "I only follow the instructions of the late king to attend the ceremony. No one should be more filial than a strict father, and no one should be more strict than a strict father."

"There are differences in respecting relatives, and there are differences in rituals. Therefore, those who are respected far away, ancestors, are enshrined on a round hill in the suburbs and are worthy of heaven; those who are close to you, you, are enshrined in the bright hall of the country and are worthy of God."

Next is a question involving logic.

"Therefore, the sky is enough to reach God, but God is not enough to complete the sky. Therefore, worshiping the sky on a round hill is in opposition to all the gods, and in the bright hall, it is only God."

The next step is a question of induction - "Therefore, it deserves to be like this, and then it is enough to respect the meaning of being close and far away."

There is a purpose in arranging sacrifices in this way, which is to respect relatives, far and near, and put each in their own suitable position.

Finally make a decision.

Throughout the ages, the matching of palaces should not be based on the classics, but the classics are too confusing.

Otherwise, it should not be mixed with the theories of Confucianism, but it is ignorant of ancient times and unreasonable.

"I don't want to take it."

Therefore, we can only proceed from the purpose and reason. In the future, we will only offer sacrifices to the father's spiritual place in the Mingtang. One person will be worthy of God, and the rest will be offered to the gods. That's all.

For this dynasty, it is only reasonable and reasonable to worship the heaven and match the Renzong and the earth and match the Yingzong.

All the ministers bow to you. Your Majesty's thinking is so clear. What a blessing to the Emperor and Song Dynasty...

Under the guidance of this guiding ideology, the summer festival in the third year of Yuanfeng was carried out in an orderly manner.

However, Su You still prepared a large amount of heatstroke prevention medicines, and also used the power of Tianshi Mansion and Daxiangguo Temple. Some minor things happened in the middle, but he was still able to deal with it.

Just after the sacrifice, Xing Shu, a member of the staff, wrote a letter requesting that the content of arithmetic and astronomy be reduced in today's government-run primary schools. The reason was exactly the same as Cai Que's previous suggestion to Zhao Xu - astronomical research could easily be exploited by traitors.

Deceive the people, create heresies, and plot evil.

This theory was quite popular for a while, because the ban on astronomy has a history in China itself.

Wang Gui went out to report: "Your Majesty, the prohibition of folk astronomy was not initiated by my dynasty. It is recorded in "Book of Jin: Records of Emperor Wu", "Forbidden star energy and the study of prophecy."

"In the Tang Dynasty, all kinds of Xuanxiang utensils, astronomical books, prophecies, military books, Qiyao calendar, Taiyi, and Lei formula were not allowed for private use, and those who violated it would be punished with a two-year penalty."

"If the teachings are used and the words are not followed smoothly, the method of "demon speech" will be created. "Those who study astronomy privately" are said to be those who do not have their own books. Those who turn to physiology and study will also have to serve as apprentices for two years."

""Tang Lv Shu Yi": 'Anyone who creates demonic books and demonic words will be hanged.'"

"In our dynasty, Xuanxiang utensils are prohibited. Si Tianjian and staff of the Hanlin Academy are not allowed to let astronomical books be read outside. All calendar days will be issued every calendar day before private seals are allowed to be passed down.

, the law shall not be circulated in advance, and those who violate it will be punished."

"Looking at it from a minister's perspective, it is better for the country to do more than to do less; the people can follow it, but cannot know it. Astronomical arithmetic should be banned a little to enlighten the good and praise the loyal, so that the people can return to the simplicity of the three generations."

Su You smiled and said: "I have objections to what Mr. Wang said."

"For more than three generations, everyone has known about astronomy. Why is it that now it is impossible to get back to it?"

Wang Gui was a little angry: "For more than three generations, everyone knows about astronomy? Su You, do you have evidence? How can you talk nonsense before your majesty?"

Su You turned around and said, "Your Majesty, what I said is true, as evidenced by the Book of Songs and the Spring and Autumn Annals."

"'Fire flowing in the seventh month' is a farmer's speech; 'three stars are in the sky' is a woman's speech; 'the moon leaves at the end of the day' is a garrison song; 'dragon's tail lies in the morning' is a children's rhyme."

"These are all celestial phenomena. Are today's scholar-bureaucrats not as good as the women and children of ancient times who guarded the peasants? From my perspective, this is just for the sake of prohibition."

Wang Gui was worried, Moman, why did you forget this?

There are also many people in the court who don't understand and are still confused, but those who are sharp in writing have already begun to nod secretly.

Zhao Xu actually likes to learn, but he can't help but forget what he has learned.

The Book of Songs was his weak point, and he knew about the Flowing Fire in July, but the specific meaning had long been returned to Wang Anshi.

Su You also knew that Zhao Xu might not understand, so he bowed and explained: "Your Majesty, the Fire in July comes from "Book of Songs, Guofeng, Binfeng". This poem itself reflects the agricultural production conditions and farmers' daily life in the early Zhou Dynasty.

Poetry.”

"The meaning of this sentence is that farmers discovered that in the seventh month of the lunar calendar when the weather turns cooler, people can see Mars falling from the west when it gets dark."

"Three Stars in the Sky comes from "The Book of Songs·Tang Feng·Cui Miao". It is a poem that praises a happy marriage from the perspective of a wife."

"The word 'three stars' appears three times in this poem, which has different meanings in ancient and modern times. According to the research of Guan Shu School combined with science and engineering research, it is believed that these three stars refer to the three stars of Rigel, Antares, and Hegu respectively."

"In the poem, the girl observed the three stars and wrote about the romantic encounter in the long night."

"The Moon is Leaving at Bi, although it comes from "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Gradual Stone", the style of this poem is more like "Guofeng"."

"The moon is leaving at the end of the month, and the sky is pouring. It writes about the difficulties of the garrison soldiers marching in the rain."

"The ancestors believed that when the moon appears near Bisu, there will often be heavy rain. This is the law of celestial phenomena they have summarized for a long time."

""Lunheng Mingyu Chapter" records an example of Confucius:

One day Confucius went out and asked Zilu to put on his rain gear. Not long after he went out, it rained heavily. Zilu asked Confucius why, and Confucius explained that the moon had finished last night.

One day later, the moon appeared near Bisu again. The next day Confucius went out. Zilu asked to bring rain gear, but Confucius refused. Sure enough, it didn't rain this time.

Zilu asked Confucius the reason again, and Confucius explained: "Although the moon is at Bi, the moon was close to the yin of Bisu the day before yesterday, so there was rain; the moon was close to the yang of Bisu yesterday, so there was no rain."

"

At this point, Su You handed over to Wang Gui and said, "Ms. Wang, what Su You said is not a big fallacy, right?"
Chapter completed!