Chapter 714 Old Stories
It turns out that the historical allusion "Xu Jie, a villain, will never be used" really existed, and it was engraved on this Wuyishan pillar.
Every day when Xu Jie comes to work in Wuyishan, he will see these eight characters on the pillars.
By the way, Xu Jie’s experience is so great.
According to Zhu Ping'an's modern history, 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. It has been seven years since I passed the Jinshi exam.
Speaking of these eight words, we have to explain a famous event in the history of the DPRK - the "Great Etiquette Dispute".
The "Great Etiquette Dispute" 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, was the emperor.
Emperor Zhengde is a strange flower in the history of Ming Dynasty.
On the one hand, Emperor Zhengde was wise and powerful, handling national affairs resolutely and resolutely, and reviewing memorials wisely and decisively. In a blink of an eye, he overturned the rebellion of the great eunuch Liu Jin, the rebellion of King Anhua and King Ning, and often provided disaster relief and exempted taxes. He also personally led the army to defeat the Mongolian prince, and achieved a great victory in Yingzhou and defeated the Tatar army. The key was Yes, in response During the Battle of Zhouzhou, Emperor Zhengde, as the emperor, even ate and lived with the soldiers in a down-to-earth manner. He also rode his horse into battle and cut melons and vegetables. He rushed into the enemy's formation and killed an enemy, which immediately boosted morale. Defeat the enemy.
But on the other hand, Emperor Zhengde was debauched, grotesque and shameless, and had excessive fun. He was a famous fatuous emperor. Building a leopard house, hiding countless girls, having fun day and night; playing war, he likes to give himself official titles, and makes himself a mighty general. I wonder if Emperor Jiajing likes to give himself Taoist titles, he learned it from his cousin. Moreover, it is said that Emperor Zhengde often ignored the affairs of the country and took his royal guards out of the palace to look for flowers. Regardless of whether the person had a husband or not, as long as he liked her, he would have people snatch her to the palace, which caused 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 entire dynasty. 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.
The then Minister of Gu Ming, Yang Tinghe and others, checked the emperor's family tree and discussed letting Emperor Xianzong's grandson, Xiaozong's nephew, Wuzong's cousin, and the second son of Emperor Xingxian Zhu Youxuan, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong, to inherit. The reason why Datong is the second son is because the eldest son died long ago.
Originally, things were very simple, but once they landed in the royal family, it became more complicated.
This is a feudal society, a feudal society governed by the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius, especially the royal family. According to Confucius' theory, Confucius respected Zhou Rites. The core of Zhou Rites is the eldest son inheritance system, which means the inheritance of the royal family. It's about pedigree. Since you, Emperor Jiajing, 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.
So, Yang Tinghe and others believed that Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong had to be adopted as a son by Emperor Zhengde's biological father and cousin of Emperor Jiajing. In this way, 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 didn’t want to do it.
Even though Emperor Jiajing was only fifteen years old, 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 tolerate my uncle as my father? !
What the hell, even my biological father and mother cannot be recognized. Am I the kind of unfilial person? ! Isn't it going to be poked in the spine from now on?
What is tolerable is unbearable!
"The edict asks me to be the emperor, not the prince. I'm sorry for not obeying the order." The fifteen-year-old Emperor Jiajing firmly disagreed at the city gate.
Emperor Jiajing refused to obey, but the country cannot live without a king for a day. Therefore, Yang Tinghe and others gave in and allowed Emperor Jiajing to ascend the throne and inherit the throne first.
After ascending the throne, Emperor Jiajing wanted to worship his deceased biological father, King Xingxian Zhu Youhang. As a result, Yang Tinghe and others used Confucius and Mencius to oppose and firmly opposed it. Emperor Jiajing said that if you don't let me call him my biological father, I will go home with my mother. This emperor will not do it anymore.
So Yang Tinghe and others backed down again. However, Yang Tinghe still did one thing. You can recognize your biological parents and call them emperors and empresses, but you cannot call them "emperors". Your uncle Xiaozong must be the emperor.
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, Emperor Jiajing's throne was stable, and he named his biological parents "emperor" again. Yang Tinghe was finally dismissed from office, and dead officials from various ministries reported against Emperor Jiajing, and more than 200 ministers went to The left gate of the imperial palace petitioned, and 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 they will be beaten. Eighteen people died.
Therefore, due to the Dali Conference incident, Emperor Jiajing had great opinions on Confucianism, such as the eldest son inheritance system and whether small sects should succeed to large sects. The large sect should be the main one. Therefore, Emperor Jiajing had great opinions on Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. very.
In the ninth year of Jiajing, the young and energetic 23-year-old Emperor Jiajing, at the suggestion of Zhang Cong, the chief minister of the cabinet, wanted to remove Confucius's royal title, lower the standards of Confucius' sacrifice, destroy statues, use wooden memorial tablets, etc. wait.
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 continued to grant and posthumous titles to Confucius. You actually want to undermine the king. Cut the sacrificial specifications!
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, went to Emperor Jiajing, firmly opposed it, and said NO to Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing asked Zhang Cong to deal with it. Zhang Cong angrily lectured Xu Jie, and Xu Jie argued with reason. Zhang Cong angrily scolded Xu Jie and said, "Are you going to betray me?" Xu Jie sneered. Betrayal is based on attachment. When did I, Xu Jie, ever depend on 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 I can’t help it.
I can't put you in jail, so let's find another way. I'll demote you to a place where nothing matters, and become a small official in charge of the prison, and stay 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 with his own hands on the pillar with anger "Xu Jie villain, never talk about it" Use the words "" to remind myself that Xu Jie is a villain and I can never reuse him.
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