Chapter 663 Hasty
"Since Pangu opened the sky, the three emperors established the country, and the five emperors expanded the frontiers. The major events of the country lie in sacrifice and Rong."
Sacrificing to heaven is Feng, and offering sacrifices to land is Zen.
Bachelor, Secretary and Young Supervisor Yan Shigu shook his head and asked Feng Chan.
It is said that the Fengchan Grand Ceremony was originally organized by a group of Qi Confucianism instigated by Qin Shihuang during Qin Shihuang's time. Originally, offering sacrifices to Mount Tai was just a small ceremony, but they made a mighty grand ceremony, and it was still the set of the emperor's power granted by the gods. Confucian view.
Li Shimin's face was flushed, and he was very happy.
However, as an emperor, Feng Chan has to take it easy when he puts money on his face, and he can't be too proactive, otherwise he will be easily criticized.
With excitement, Li Shimin stood up from the royal couch, stood with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile, "In the matter of enshrining Zen, you don't take credit for yourself, but attribute it to heaven. For example, although meritorious officials such as Xuanling Huailiang are beneficial to the country, Being able to humble myself and give it back to me is not as if I want to take it for myself without saying anything. If I go to Mount Tai, I owe the credit to the sky, which is similar to this."
Superficially, I’m not going to Taishan to ask for credit from the heavens, to give money for me, but to attribute the achievements of the world’s great security to the heavens.
When Wei Zheng heard this, he immediately stepped out.
Li Shimin's heart tightened.
Just listen to Wei Zheng's loud voice, "All the courts consider enshrining Zen as a grand event for the emperor, and the ministers don't agree with it."
"If the world is safe and the family is full, even if you don't enshrine Zen, what harm will you do?"
Wei Zhengxiong faced the emperor with high spirits, and looked like he was fighting against heaven and earth. "In the past, the first emperor of Qin granted Zen, but Emperor Wen of Han did not enshrine Zen. How can later generations think that Emperor Wen is not as good as the first emperor? Why bother to climb to the top of Mount Tai , Seal a few feet away, and then feel that it is a show of respect?"
Li Shimin's heart is full of shit.
Originally, I was just superficially polite. After all, this kind of thing always needs three invitations and three speeches to make it look good. The ordinary people treat guests, and they also know that they have to decline a few times before they are polite.
Can't you, Wei Zheng, see why you insist on obstructing like this?
Why did Qin Shihuang enshrine Zen, but Han Wendi did not, and Han Wudi also enshrined it? Isn't Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more famous than Emperor Wen in the history books when he granted Zen?
Now I can't pretend to be humble anymore.
Li Shimin sat back on the imperial couch angrily, stared at Wei Zheng, and said in a loud voice, "At the end of the Sui Dynasty, they were separated, and the gangs competed. It was me who carried the three-foot sword, and within a few years, it was all over the world. It is determined by my martial arts."
"The Turks are strong and powerful, and the world is changing, but now they take over my clothes and become my ministers. Different recipes and different kinds, convergent Hongnai, and my culture and education come from it!"
"The Turks were defeated, Tuyuhun was destroyed, the monarch and his ministers were captured, and the love of comfort and care was the same as that of a child. This is the way of my benevolence!"
"There are also Linyi's tribute to a bird that can speak, Silla's offering of female music, Fushi's offering of a dog that can control a horse, and the country of Japan's offering of a dwarf, who is sympathetic to his origin, and all of them are ordered to return to the country. This is also the original."
"Rewards must be used to reward meritorious deeds. To punish evil and punish crimes must be based on criminal records. Cut off loved ones, let go of hatred, and promote the way of justice. This is what I believe in."
"It's not like I'm self-defeating. It's not in vain to try to understand the teachings of the saints. Every year, the grain and crops grow frequently, and the sickness is not done. It is sincerely appropriate to display the famous mountain of rites to thank the world!"
Li Shimin was annoyed, and he didn't care to keep his face when he said it. He directly stood up and counted martial arts, culture and education, benevolence, dunben, Chongxin, Wang Po sold melons, and boasted a lot.
In the end, I may feel that the boasting is a bit too much, so I added that I am not boasting, but just to promote the way of a saint. It's like spreading the word everywhere after doing a good deed, and then saying that I did it for my own fame, but just to promote righteousness.
Anyway, Li Shimin went off in person and told Yan Shigu and other former Qin Palace scholars that it was right to praise me like this.
The enshrining of Zen is also to promote the system of rites and music, and the rituals of Sanyong, it is definitely not for my personal reputation, Li Shimin.
Of course, I, Li Shimin, are absolutely qualified to enshrine Zen. You see, I have been regent in June of the ninth year of Wude, and ascended the throne in August. It has been less than five years since I was in power, and the people are harmonious and the world is in great order. The Turks who used to dominate the Central Plains, now Khan Teqin and other nobles have come to Chang'an to be my courtiers, wearing the clothes of my Han family, and the capricious Tuyuhun, now the Khan Fuyun The heads have all been made into gold wine utensils, which are displayed in the Great Tang Taimiao.
Where am I, Li Shimin, unqualified?
Wei Zheng immediately retorted bluntly.
"Your Majesty has been on the Great Treasure of the Son of Heaven for more than four years. In the past few years, he was still harassed by foreign enemies and plagued by natural disasters. In the past two years, he can be regarded as politically sound and harmonious. The people have just lived a stable life for two days. Your Majesty does not want to continue to cultivate. It’s so inflated to engage in such a face-saving project!”
Facing Wei Zheng's unceremonious rebuttal, Li Shimin was very angry.
"If the public doesn't want me to enshrine Zen, is it because of meritorious deeds?"
Wei Zheng stood in the hall, proudly and fearlessly, "High!"
"Isn't that moral?"
Wei Zheng said again, "Thick!"
Li Shimin suppressed his anger, "Is China safe?"
"Is that the Siyi unconquered?"
"Impressed!"
"The harvest is not yet abundant?"
"Ye Feng!"
"Has Fu Rui not arrived yet?"
"It's here, isn't this the hall?"
The monarch and the minister stared at each other, one sentence after another.
Li Shimin even asked six questions, but also to show his merits. Look, the Tang Dynasty under my governance has a prosperous year, the surrender of the barbarians, China's great security, and the appearance of Fu Rui. Isn't this a manifestation of my merits and virtues?
Wei Zheng did not refute this.
But Lao Wei still thinks it’s not suitable to enshrine Zen, at least not right now. You’ve only been emperor for a few years, how much credit can you have?
Besides, the people of Tang Dynasty have only had enough to eat for a few days. Don’t you remember that you just ran from Chang’an to Luoyang to beg for food two years ago, and just returned after staying for two years?
Although the Tang Dynasty has been established for more than ten years, it was still fighting in the second year of Zhenguan. In the first year of Zhenguan, Liang Shidu, the last separatist, was wiped out. Several years of locust plagues, frost and drought have displaced many people. Although the harvest has been bumper for two consecutive years, and the price of grain has indeed dropped sharply, but after all, the foundation is weak, and no matter how much it compares, it is far inferior to the prosperity of the previous emperor Wendi, even Yang Guangda's early stage.
Under the current prosperity on the surface, it is actually the foundation of the country waiting to be revived and the people empty.
Running to mount Taishan at this time to enshrine Zen, there must be civil servants and generals, attendants of hundreds of officials, imperial guards, and chariots accompanying them. The scale is huge, and it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 people.
Another one, Fengchan Mount Tai is just like holding a birthday banquet at a common people's house. At that time, barbarian chiefs and monarchs from all directions must be invited, and these people will bring guards and so on. Once these barbarians come, they will have to come. There are generous rewards. After all, the grand ceremony of Fengchan Taishan is different from the ordinary Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting. It does not mean that the rewards are dismissed casually. It is impossible for a rare event in a hundred years to be rich in rewards.
But generous rewards will cost a lot of money. Moreover, the influx of barbarians from all over the country will easily cause some conflicts and troubles, and even some barbarians with a heart will take the opportunity to spy on the reality of our Central Plains.
"Your Majesty, Wei Zheng risked his life to remonstrate that although His Majesty's merits are very high, the people have not fully benefited from his reign. Since the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people have not recovered. Although His Majesty's virtues are strong, the grace has not yet spread. From every angle. Although the world has achieved peace after all the wars, it is not enough to oversupply and waste extravagance. Foreign races admire benevolence and righteousness, but they cannot satisfy their needs. Although Fu Rui Jia Zhao has appeared many times, it is a dark and ominous sign There are quite a few."
"The harvest has been bumper in the past two years, but the treasury is still empty, especially the people's homes, and there is no surplus food."
"For the time being, let me make an analogy. A person who has been suffering from a long-term illness has improved after treatment and recuperation, but he is skinny and weak. At this time, he is ordered to carry one or two hundred catties of rice on his back, and he has to walk a hundred miles a day. Lu, think about it, can this patient do it?"
"The disasters in the Sui Dynasty lasted more than ten years. Our country is like a dying patient suffering from a serious illness. Your Majesty cares for him and treats him. His condition is stable and starting to improve, but his body is still weak and his vitality has not recovered. If you say that you are already light and healthy, you are definitely deceiving yourself!"
"Now His Majesty is going to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, I think it's not the right time."
"At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the war in the Kanto area was the most serious. Since Zhenguan, the land of Henan and Shandong has also suffered serious disasters. Up to now, many areas are still full of barren mountains and wild swamps. There are thousands of miles, no human habitation, no chickens and dogs. Depression, wouldn't this scene make the people of the Central Plains worse?"
"How can those foreigners of different races be in awe of my Tang Dynasty when they see such a scene with their own eyes?"
"It is true that there is still some money and food in the granary of the treasury, but the people's family does not have any savings. In case of a flood, drought, or political turmoil, what will we use to resist and save it? If it is true at that time, Your Majesty But it’s too late to regret it.”
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng has already ignored everything.
You, Li Shimin, want face and gold, I understand, but now is not the time.
Li Shimin, who was originally in a hot head, fell silent after hearing these long words.
In fact, what Wei Zheng said was somewhat one-sided. At least the Tang Dynasty is much stronger than what Wei Zheng said. The treasury is full of money and silk, and the granary is full of grain. A situation where chickens and dogs don't know each other. After all, after he ascended the throne, although wars and disasters continued, through tax reforms, household registration reforms, etc., a large number of escaping households were cleared out, and a large amount of tax revenue was increased.
The burden on the common people is much lighter than when the first emperor was in his prime.
Fengchan Taishan will indeed cost a lot of money, but with the current financial situation of Datang, such a ceremony can be fully afforded.
But Wei Zheng's resolute opposition means that there are still many opposing attitudes in the court. This is definitely not Wei Zheng's idea alone. The emperor glanced at all the prime ministers, but everyone lowered their heads, and no one stood up to speak for the emperor.
Li Shimin sighed in his heart.
Sloppy!
Looks finally fell on Qin Lang, the virtuous son-in-law who had previously deciphered Qin Guzhengwen was smiling again.
"Does Huailiang have anything to say?"
"Your Majesty, I think that your majesty's merits can be granted to Mount Tai, but after all, to worship Mount Tai is to worship the heaven and the earth, and to show merit to the gods. Preparations, and now the barbarians from all over the world are watching the ceremony, etc., you must be fully prepared."
"My minister thinks that the Ministry of Rites can start the preliminary preparations. After three to five years, everything will be ready. Then I will choose a good day and auspicious sunrise to patrol the mountains and seas. It will not be too late to enshrine Zen and Mount Tai!"
This is to give Li Shimin a step down.
Li Shimin borrowed the **** to get off the donkey, "What Huailiang said is right, it is approved!"
(end of this chapter)