It turns out that the historical allusion "Xu Jie villain will never be used" really existed, and it was engraved on this Wuyishan pillar.
Xu Jie would see these eight characters on the pillars every day when he came to work in Wuyishan.
In other words, Xu Jie's experience is so great.
According to Zhu Ping'an's history in modern times, these eight characters were carved by Emperor Jiajing in the ninth year of Jiajing. In this year, Emperor Jiajing was 23 years old and nine years after he ascended the throne. In this year, Xu Jie was 28 years old and it had been seven years since he passed the Jinshi examination.
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Speaking of these eight words, we have to explain a famous event in the history of the DPRK, the "Great Etiquette Controversy".
The "Great Etiquette Controversy" happened when Emperor Jiajing first ascended the throne.
In fact, Emperor Jiajing had no chance to become emperor. Before Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, his cousin, the famous Zhengde Emperor Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, became emperor.
Emperor Zhengde is a strange flower in the history of Ming Dynasty.
On the one hand, Emperor Zhengde was wise and brave, handled national affairs resolutely, and reviewed memorials wisely and resolutely. In a snap, he overturned the rebellions of the great eunuch Liu Jin, King Anhua, and King Ning. He also often provided disaster relief and exempted himself from taxes, and personally led the rebellion.
The little Mongolian prince won a great victory in Yingzhou and defeated the Tatar army. The key is that during the battle of Yingzhou, Emperor Zhengde, as the emperor, ate and lived with the soldiers in a down-to-earth manner, and even rode the horse himself.
Like chopping melons and vegetables, he rushed into the enemy's formation and killed an enemy, boosting his morale and defeating the enemy.
But on the other hand, Emperor Zhengde was debauched, grotesque and shameless, and had excessive fun. He was a famous fatuous emperor. He built a leopard house, hid countless girls, and had fun day and night; he played war, and liked to give himself official titles and powerful titles.
General, I don’t know if Emperor Jiajing liked to give himself Taoist titles. He learned it from his cousin. Moreover, it is said that Emperor Zhengde often ignored state affairs and took his royal guards out of the palace to look for flowers and willows. No matter whether the other party had a husband or not, as long as he looked at
If he was successful, he would be rushed to the palace, which caused a lot of complaints among the people around the capital.
Such a weird emperor finally played himself to death.
However, Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes and left, but he left a mess for the civil and military affairs of the court. The key thing is that he has no heirs yet.
what to do?
A country cannot live without a king for a day. Who will inherit the throne?
Then, Emperor Jiajing's opportunity came.
At that time, Yang Tinghe, the Minister of Gu Ming, and others checked the emperor's family tree and discussed letting Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong, the grandson of Xianzong, nephew of Xiaozong, cousin of Wu Zong, and second son of Xingxian King Zhu Youqi, to inherit the throne. The reason why
The second son is because the eldest son died long ago.
Originally, things were very simple, but once they fell into the royal family, they became more complicated.
This is a feudal society ruled by the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius, especially the royal family. According to Confucius' theory, Confucius admired the Zhou rites. The core of the Zhou rites is the eldest son inheritance system, which means that the inheritance of the royal family pays attention to blood. You Jiajing
Since you want to be emperor, you must have a direct blood relationship with the previous emperor. Moreover, Confucianism stipulates that when a small sect succeeds a large sect, the large sect should be the main one.
Therefore, Yang Tinghe and others believed that Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong must first be adopted as a son to Emperor Zhengde's biological father and cousin of Emperor Jiajing, so that there would be a direct blood relationship, and Emperor Jiajing would inherit the throne.
Therefore, when Yang Ting and others welcomed Emperor Jiajing to the capital to inherit the throne, they held an adoption and crown prince ceremony outside the capital, allowing Emperor Jiajing to enter the capital as Xiaozong's son and the current prince, and inherit the throne.
but
Emperor Jiajing won’t do it.
Although Emperor Jiajing was only fifteen years old at the time, he was a genius, and a proud genius.
You want me to be adopted by my uncle?
You don’t want me to recognize my biological parents, but you want me to accept my uncle as my father?!
What the hell, I can’t even recognize my biological father and mother. Am I the kind of unfilial person?! Wouldn’t I have to be stabbed in the spine in the future!
It is unbearable!
"The edict asks me to be the emperor, not the prince. I apologize for not obeying the order." The fifteen-year-old Emperor Jiajing stood at the city gate and firmly disagreed.
Emperor Jiajing refused, but a country cannot be without a king for a day. So Yang Tinghe and others backed down and let Emperor Jiajing ascend the throne first and inherit the throne.
After he ascended the throne, Emperor Jiajing wanted to worship his deceased biological father, Xingxian Wang Zhu Youhang. As a result, Yang Tinghe and others used Confucianism and Mencius to oppose it and firmly opposed it. Emperor Jiajing said that if you don't let me title my biological father, I will follow my mother.
Go home, this emperor is done with it.
So, Yang Tinghe and others backed down. However, Yang Tinghe still did one thing. You can recognize your biological parents and make them emperors and empresses, but you cannot call them "emperors". You must be your uncle Xiaozong for the imperial examination.
Because Emperor Jiajing had just ascended the throne and his throne was unstable, he reluctantly agreed to call his father "Emperor Xingxian" and his mother "Queen Mother Xingguo".
In the third year of Jiajing's reign, Emperor Jiajing's throne was stable, and he named his biological parents "emperor" again. Yang Tinghe was finally dismissed from office. Officials from all ministries and departments petitioned against Emperor Jiajing, and more than 200 ministers went to Zuoshunmen of the palace to petition.
The reason for their opposition was the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
Of course, Emperor Jiajing's throne was secure, so he would not be polite. More than a hundred people were arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Jiajing's order. Officials above the fourth rank were given their salaries, and those below the fifth rank were beaten with imperial sticks. This time, eighteen people were beaten to death.
Therefore, due to the Dali Conference incident, Emperor Jiajing had very strong opinions on Confucianism. Regarding the eldest son inheritance system and the succession of small sects to large sects, the main sect should be the main one. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing had very vehement opinions on Confucius, the founder of Confucianism.
In the ninth year of Jiajing, the young and vigorous 23-year-old Emperor Jiajing proposed to Zhang Cong, the chief minister of the cabinet, that Confucius's king title should be removed, the standards of Confucius' sacrifices should be lowered, statues should be destroyed, wooden memorial tablets should be used, etc.
This is Confucius, the sage Confucius. In the minds of scholars, Confucius is a god-like existence. In order to show their respect for Confucius, emperors of all dynasties have been constantly granting titles and posthumous titles to Confucius. You actually want to undermine the king and sacrifice standards!
Although the officials were opposed in their hearts, they were afraid of being beaten by Emperor Jiajing. Eighteen officials from Zuo Shunmen who opposed Emperor Jiajing were beaten to death. They were also afraid of Zhang Cong, the chief minister of the cabinet, and dared not speak out in anger.
However, the 28-year-old Xu Jie, who was also young and energetic, stood up and went to Emperor Jiajing. He firmly opposed it and said no to Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing asked Zhang Cong to deal with it. Zhang Cong angrily taught Xu Jie a lesson, and Xu Jie argued with him. Zhang Cong angrily scolded Xu Jie and said, "Are you going to betray me?" Xu Jie scoffed. Betrayal is based on dependence.
When did I, Xu Jie, become attached to you?! Then, Xu Jie wrote another letter firmly opposing it.
After taking a liking to Xu Jie's Shang Shu, the young and energetic Emperor Jiajing was furious. Are you still in high spirits?
Okay, you think I can't be a foolish king, I can't be notorious for not being able to accept advice from my subordinates, and I can't put you in jail, right?
Don't think there's nothing I can do.
If I can't put you in jail, then let's try another way. I'll demote you to a place where nothing matters, and become a small official in charge of the prison, so you can keep company with the prison.
Therefore, Xu Jie was demoted to Yanping Prefecture in Fujian Province to work as an official in charge of the prison.
In this way, Emperor Jiajing was still angry. After abandoning the edict of relegation, he angrily ran to Wuyi Hall and carved the words "Xu Jie villain, never use it" on the pillar with his own hands.
Remind yourself that Xu Jie is a villain and I can never reuse him.