The whip-wielding eunuch wearing a bright red python robe bent down, rounded the long leather whip, and made an explosive sound that resounded throughout Fengtianmen Square.
Then the second whip, the third whip...
After three whips were fired, all the officials, led by Hu Weiyong, knelt down and paid homage to the curtains of the golden platform.
Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne accompanied by the prince, and looked expressionlessly at the group of ministers in the audience who had their own evil intentions, as well as the particularly eye-catching Yasheng tablet.
After the ministers Xie Enping died, before Eunuch Wu could say anything, he looked at the tablet of Yasheng next to Zheng Jiuzheng and asked in a cold voice: "When did Zheng Butang's tablet become so big?"
"Back to the emperor," Zheng Jiucheng came out and said loudly: "This is not the tablet of the minister, but the tablet of the Ya Sheng."
"The Yasheng's tablet is not placed in the Confucius Temple. Why bring it to the temple?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked knowingly.
"I am returning to the emperor for the sake of the holy religion." Zheng Jiuzheng was disturbed by Yan Shenggong, and all the manuscripts he had prepared were ruined. He could only reorganize his words and said: "In front of Yasheng, please ask the emperor to learn from Guozi.
Rebuild the Confucius Temple, order the King of Chu to stop suppressing Confucian classics, stop the wrong reform of the imperial examination, and cancel the official reform!"
"Please, Your Majesty, order King Chu to apologize in front of Yasheng!" Deng Duo and others led the crowd and shouted in agreement.
Then the civil servants knelt together in front of the golden platform. Zheng Jiucheng and Zhang Du raised the Mencius tablet high. They would not put it down until the emperor agreed.
At this time, Zhu Zhen was standing under the golden platform, next to the prince.
Usually he was too lazy to go to court, but today he was determined not to miss the scene where hundreds of officials were carrying the saint's tablet to impeach him.
"How is it?" the prince asked softly: "Have you been restrained?"
"Shit." Zhu Zhen said nonchalantly: "How many teachers does Mencius have?"
"How many divisions?" The prince was stunned for a moment before he understood, and whispered: "Mencius has no army, but he is very powerful."
"It's okay, my father is even more powerful." Lao Liu had full confidence in Boss Zhu. "Our father!"
"Young Saint, then you are not a saint yet," and sure enough, the aloof Emperor Hongwu asked coldly: "You are just a half-hearted person, do you deserve to seek face from us?"
"The emperor's words are wrong. Our Confucianism has always been called the 'Tao of Confucius and Mencius'. Mencius is the only sage who can be compared with the sage Confucius!" All the civil servants said with sorrow and anger: "God did not give birth to Confucius and Mencius. Eternity will be like a long night, and the emperor will not be able to sit down."
A stable one!"
"Yes, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor must not destroy the Great Wall!"
"Confucius said Chengren, Mencius said righteousness, we would rather die to protect the two saints and defend the orthodoxy!" Someone took the lead, and it was a scene of hundreds of dogs barking.
Zhu Yuanzhang watched their performance expressionlessly until the civil servants finished speaking, then he smiled coldly and said:
"Mencius died early. If he were alive today, how could he be spared our sword?"
"..." This sentence is like boiling soup and pouring snow, and all the officials will be unable to do anything at once. What is the situation? Not only does the emperor not give Mencius face, but he also kills Mencius?
Then Boss Zhu said in a deep voice: "When we first read Mencius, we already felt that there was something wrong with him. He always said that 'the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important'. This is not a good idea!"
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"He is right when he says 'the people are the most precious', and we think so too, but he actually said 'the king is the most important'. Isn't this a blatant contempt for the king and father? We are the king and father of all people in the world, who dares to talk about his own father?
Why? Only the unfaithful and unfilial Meng Ke!"
"Your Majesty has misunderstood." Hearing this, Zheng Jiucheng quickly argued for Mencius: "What Mencius meant by this is to tell you that he who wins the hearts of the people will win the world!"
"Then why did he add the sentence 'the king is of minor importance' after him?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "This old man is a habitual offender. We remember what else he said, 'If the king treats his ministers as his brothers and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart;
If you treat your ministers like dogs and horses, then your ministers will regard you as a fellow countryman; if you regard your ministers as dirt and mustard, then your ministers will regard you as a bandit!"
"Isn't this inciting the ministers to rebel? Is this the same thing as the 'loyalty to the emperor and patriotism' of Confucius? Where have your Confucianism's three cardinal principles and five permanent principles gone? When you defend him, do you think the same as he does?"
As he spoke, he smiled coldly at Zheng Jiucheng and said, "We already treat you like a piece of shit, so you also want to treat us like enemies?"
"I don't dare..." Zheng Jiucheng's heart suddenly trembled, but he dared to nod. With this nod, the Nine Clan Xiaoxiaole was about to be arranged. He really couldn't bear it.
"This is not the most unbearable thing for us. The most unbearable thing for us is the saying, 'If you have a serious fault, you will remonstrate. If you repeat it and don't listen, you will lose your position.'" Zhu Yuanzhang said, and couldn't help but slap the dragon chair hard.
Armrest, roared at the civil servants under the golden stage:
"You brought Meng Ke's memorial tablet here, obviously you think we have done something serious. If I don't listen to you this time, you will destroy me and replace me with an emperor?!"
"I don't dare..." The civil servants were frightened to death. They were just here to maintain orthodoxy. How could they be involved in rebellion?
"Didn't you say that your Confucianism is called the way of Confucius and Mencius? Then among you disciples, are there any good men who can stand up and say that Mencius is right? It means that 'the ruler is insignificant', that is, 'like enemies and bandits', that is, I want to destroy you.
Ah?!" Boss Zhu's cold gaze swept across all the civil servants, and no one dared to look at him.
"It seems that you can still tell the good ones from the good ones." Seeing that no one said anything, Boss Zhu looked a little brighter and said:
"The emperor is in charge of all directions in Jiuzhou. Any decree he issues will definitely benefit some people and harm others. If you do anything, even if you have the best intentions, you will not be able to satisfy everyone. Someone will definitely criticize you. Could it be that
Those whose interests have been harmed and those who are dissatisfied will regard the emperor as a hostile bandit and try every means to change the emperor? Aren't these standard traitors and traitors?"
"Mencius is not a treacherous minister..." Finally, a civil servant couldn't help but muster up the courage to say a word for Mencius.
"He even instigated the overthrow of the emperor. What else is he than a rebellious minister and a traitor?" Boss Zhu stared at him, pointed at the civil servant and said coldly:
"You defending this old man shows that you agree with Meng Ke's words, so you are also a potential traitor."
As he spoke, he ordered in a deep voice: "Here comes someone, drag him out and beat him to death with sticks, and expose his body for three days!"
Boss Zhu still couldn't understand his hatred, so he paused and said: "Everyone can find the rebellious ministers and traitors and punish them. Then copy his nine tribes and eradicate them!"
"Ah..." The young civil servant was so frightened that he peed. This was not an exaggeration, but he actually peed.
When he was dragged down like a little chicken by someone with a knife, he woke up as if from a dream and desperately begged for mercy.
"It's too late." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil servants with an expressionless face and said: "Any hero who wants to accompany him as a traitor and traitor might as well come forward, so that he can still have a companion on the road to hell..."
All the officials were so scared that no one dared to stand up.
Although Confucius said it was benevolence and Mencius said it was righteousness, it is not worth taking the lives of the whole family.
"Okay, that means we all agree that Meng Ke is a traitor and a traitor." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice:
"It is my decree that from today on, Meng Ke will be expelled from the Confucian Temple and will not be allowed to enjoy it!"
Then he warned the officials one word at a time: "Anyone who advises me will be disrespectful and I will order King Wu to shoot him!"
It means that anyone who dares to dissuade will be treated as disrespectful and will be shot to death by the guards at court...
