First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Song Lian smiled wryly: "The old minister has received dozens of letters from old friends in the past two days, and eight of them want to cut off their robes with the minister. This is still only close."

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "Master Song, tell me the truth, do you have other ways?"

Song Lian shook his head: "More than 20 people from Qin Tianjian will be beheaded tomorrow. We have nothing else to think about. We can only persuasion from the side of the daily performance."

Song Lian looked at what Zhu Biao wanted to say but held back, Zhu Biao said calmly: "Master Song wants me to persuade you?"

Song Lian was a little embarrassed, sighed and said: "The old minister does not want His Highness to participate in these matters, but at this time, no one can persuade the Holy Majesty except you and the empress."

Zhu Biao looked at his husband and said, "Does Master Song want Mencius to return to the Confucian Temple?"

Song Lian nodded. Yasheng was expelled from the Confucian Temple and apparently it was caused by his prelude to not answering well. This naturally worried Mr. Song. Don't talk about old friends in a while. I am afraid that the students he accepted in the early years You're going to cut ties with him.

Zhu Biao slowly opened his mouth and said: "What my father was angry with was not Mencius, but the discordant remarks in his book "Mencius". If it can be deleted, maybe I can ask my father to send Mencius back. Confucian Temple."

Song Lian was startled and said in a panic: "How can this be possible? How can the works of the sages be deleted at will? No, "Mencius" has been passed down for thousands of years and has not been revised. How is this proper? It will be infamous in history."

Zhu Biao waited quietly for Song Lian to calm down before saying, "It's not that you are asked to do it alone. Besides, compared with Mencius' tablet being blown by the wind outside, deleting some content is nothing."

Song Lian leaned on the chair wearily: "Who else have you told Your Highness?"

Zhu Biao shook his head: "I only told Master Song."

Song Lian smiled wryly: "It seems that this is what you discussed with the Holy Majesty. As expected of the Tian family, once the example of deleting and revising the works of the sages is opened, what books the scholars will read in the future will only depend on what the imperial court wants them to read."

Zhu Biao did not deny that he still had feelings for Song Lian. Song Lian thought for a while and said: "You should not participate too much in this matter. In a few days, the eyes of scholars all over the world will turn to this place. God's merit, no one can blame anything."

"However, Your Highness has a literary name since childhood. If you get involved in this matter, it will be a great blow to your reputation. You will be the eternal sage king in the future. Leave the infamy to the veterans. It is my idea to delete "Mencius" , I will go to Qian Tang and others to discuss it, Your Highness should not speak during this time, and you will beg for mercy after the deletion is completed."

This is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang not allowing him to participate too much in this matter. The writing is like a knife. A scholar may not be able to kill you, but it is enough to disgust you to death.

They will make up some things and write them down, and then spread them secretly, or just hide them at home. After hundreds of years, who will know whether what he wrote is true or not, and the world will only eat melons with relish.

There are countless examples like this. Although Zhu Biao himself doesn't pay much attention to his posthumous name, but too many others do, just like Zhu Yuanzhang will never tolerate Zhu Biao's slightest stigma.

Zhu Biao looked at Song Lian, who was about to sacrifice himself for him, and said: "Master Song misunderstood, you are my husband, so naturally this matter should be entrusted to others, just to let you know first."

Song Lian took a sip of tea and said: "The qualifications of other people are not enough, and the old minister has awakened a lot after this. To put it bluntly, the minister considers himself a great Confucian in the world and has taught His Royal Highness, so it is normal to be famous in history. But the letters received in the past few days have demoted the minister to nothing."

Song Lian sighed and said: "The old minister really didn't expect that the reputation that he has worked hard for a lifetime is so fragile. If this is the case, what is left for the minister to pursue in this life?"

Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao at the side: "If others mention it, they will inevitably be besieged. Only the old minister's reputation is big enough. Now the old minister only hopes that His Royal Highness can create a prosperous world, so that the minister will die without regret."

Zhu Biao reluctantly began to comfort Song Lian. He was suddenly stimulated too much, which made him feel a little bit broken now, which is not acceptable.

Zhu Biao finally said: "The imperial examination is considered complete. Mr. Song will go home and recuperate for a few days. I will ask for leave for you. As for the deletion and revision of "Mencius", there is no need to worry. The Kong family has not responded yet."

Zhu Biao ordered Liu Jin to lead people to send Song Lian home safely, and also told his son not to let Song Lian be stimulated any more.

After sending Song Lian away, Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head. Of course it would be good for Song Lian to do this, but this big pot will have to be carried for a lifetime.

Other civil officials would only scold Song Lian for daring to propose deletions and revisions of the works of the sages, and then cheerfully credit Mencius for sending him back to the Confucian Temple.

Zhu Biao narrowed his eyes. Wouldn't it be better if this matter was proposed by Yan Shenggong? In this way, the sanctity of the Confucius family in the hearts of scholars will not be much, and the rest of Yan Shenggong's mansion is just a piece of meat under the knife. .

Zhu Yuanzhang had arranged for Mao Xiang to go to Shandong a long time ago, and he must use public opinion to force the new Yan Shenggong to come to the capital. The Kong family is the spiritual leader of the world's literati, but there are gains and losses.

At this time, the Confucian government must have received many letters written by famous Confucian scholars. At this time, who can agree to the Confucian government?

Zhu Biao said softly: "Yan Shenggong does not come out, but what is the world like?"

After Zhu Biao finished talking, he couldn't help laughing. As long as Yan Shenggong arrived in the capital, he would be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger. How did the previous Yan Sheng Gong Kong Kejian die?

Was it because Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly invited him to Nanjing last year, but Kong Kejian died of illness on the way back to Shandong. The current Yan Shenggong is his son Kong Xixue. If it was not a last resort, he would not dare to come to the capital again.

After all, Mencius was not Zhu Yuanzhang's goal from the beginning to the end. What he planned was the Yansheng Confucian family, the number one family in the world. Zhu Biao had figured this out a long time ago, so he dragged his time, just to give Mao Xiang Create conditions.

I mentioned this to Song Lian just now to see how much it will affect scholars. Now Zhu Biao can confirm that if Yan Shenggong took the initiative to mention the deletion of the works of the sages, the Confucius family would be in a doomed situation. up.

Because he himself denied his sanctity, even the works handed down by the Confucian sub-sage Mencius were wrong, so what about Confucius? Of course, Kong Xixue would not agree if he had no problem with his brain, and it would depend on the means at that time.

For the traditional farming society, in order to maintain its stability, it is necessary to establish an extremely strict hierarchy from top to bottom.

Only in this way can the stability of agricultural production be guaranteed, thereby ensuring the economic and social security of the entire country. Confucianism, represented by Confucianism, is an advocate of such an orderly order.

So Zhu Yuanzhang had to use Confucianism, but he couldn't stand that the spiritual leader of Confucianism was not him, but a perfect saint. This is an alternative struggle between imperial power and religious power.

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