Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1299
Civil officials do often push back the emperor's intentions. As for the means, they are hard and soft, but the current situation is not the same as usual.

Although this group of nobles talks about war, I am afraid that all of them are unreliable, and they are all kinds of scum, but if they talk about these things in the officialdom, they are even platinum per capita and all kinds of sects are clear.

The reason why this matter is different is that Gao Shishi himself said just now that "Ling Gong is extraordinary".

How unusual, this is rooted in Chinese cultural traditions.

Because of the Confucian tradition, Chinese people have always been superficial about belief in God and Buddhism. Many people seem to believe in it, but in fact it is "believe if you are spiritual, and give up if you are not."

I begged to be useful, and I came to repay the wish, which means that you still have some use, so I will thank you; if I begged for nothing, I will just treat you as non-existent, and I will be too lazy to pay attention to you in the future. .Believing in gods and Buddhists is like a business for the Chinese, it is just an exchange, and there is absolutely no "spirit" that is willing to give everything for their gods like other civilizations.

People always have to have some faith. Since ancient times, Chinese people have not really believed in gods and Buddhas, so what is the belief of the Chinese people?In fact, Chinese people, especially traditional literati, have only two kinds of true worship, namely "celestial worship" and "ancestor worship".

What is god worship?
Chinese myths and legends are probably the most unique in the world. Among the many unique myths, there is one deity that can be called the most unique.The status of this deity in the hearts of the Chinese is equated with God in Western mythology, but no myths and legends have ever given any detailed description of this almost omnipotent deity, "he" It is also the only god in many myths and stories of the Chinese nation that has not been masked or totemized. We can't even figure out whether he should use one, one or the other.

Yes, this peculiar existence is the "God" we often talk about.Foreigners say "thank God" when they feel very lucky, but Chinese?
"God bless."

Chinese myths and stories are very coherent, as if describing an unknowable history, from "Pangu opened the sky" to "Nu Wa created man", to "Ten days rise together", and then from "Hou Yi shoots the sun" From "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", from "Gonggong Anger Touches Buzhou Mountain" to "Nuwa Mends the Sky", and then "Dayu Controls the Water" and so on, it seems that there has never been a god named "Heaven" Directly involved in it, but it is such a god who cannot be verified, but has been worshiped by the common people for 5000 years.

Some people say that "Heaven" means "Heavenly Emperor", which seems to be reasonable at first, but anyone who knows a little about Chinese mythology will know that this statement is untenable.

The ancient kings all called themselves "the Son of Heaven". It seems that as long as it is related to "Heaven", it is orthodox.However, the amazing thing is that Chinese literary legends have no respect at all for the real objects in Chinese mythology, such as "Heavenly Court", "Heavenly Emperor" and "Jade Emperor".

Not to mention the "havoc in the heavenly palace" in "Journey to the West", as long as you have read "Fengshen Bang", you will know that the personality of gods is lower than that of immortals, and the highest achievement of immortals is "immortality", which is "longevity and heaven". together".It can be seen from this that "Heaven" is an existence far higher than the "Heavenly Court" of the gods.

Some people say that "Heaven" refers to "Heavenly Dao", which is much more reliable than that of "Heavenly Emperor".But if you scrutinize it carefully, there are still big loopholes.

"Tian Dao" or "Tao" was proposed by Lao Tzu in the "Tao Te Ching", and the Chinese people's "Heaven" worship was formed much earlier than this.In fact, the worship of "Heaven" existed long before the appearance of writing, and from the names of "God" and "Son of Heaven", from the slang words such as "Man is doing, God is watching", "Heaven has eyes", etc. It is not difficult to find that, for the ancestors of the Chinese people, "heaven" is a deified existence or something, and it is by no means an ethereal "the way of heaven".

So what is the sky?So far, no one has been able to come up with a point of view that everyone convinces. They can only roughly think that "God" is the concrete manifestation of "Heavenly Dao" - but it has not been able to "concrete" to a specific image.So much so that when Chinese people sacrificed to heaven, they never put up a god statue in front of people and said, "This is heaven."

But ancestor worship is much more specific than god worship.The academic view holds that two major signs of Chinese civilization are particularly important. One is the clan system (Tribe System) linked by blood and patriarchal families, and the other is the rationalized Shamanism tradition.The two are closely linked and integrated, and have continued in various forms for a long time to this day.

Intellectual historians believe that Neolithic archaeological discoveries prove that one of the indisputably great primitive phenomena of Chinese culture is ancestor worship.Other cultures also have ancestor worship, but Chinese ancestor worship has its own unique characteristics.

For ordinary people, the statements made by intellectual historians are considered unfamiliar words, so I won’t talk about them here, let’s “speak human words”.One of the key points is that after the "home is the history of witchcraft" in the primitive era to "Jedi Tiantong", "witch" has become the privileged function of "jun" (political leader).This "unity of witches and kings" (that is, ****) and the worship of ancestors—the unity of gods and gods (that is, the unity of man and god), are actually the same thing.It has gone through a long process, although the kingship has increasingly overwhelmed and replaced the divine power, but the unity and union of the two have never disintegrated.

That is to say, from the great wizards of ancient times, to Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Zhou Gong, all these famous ancient and ancient political figures, including Yi Yin, Wu Xian, Boyi, etc. Inside, they are all great witches who combine political dominance (kingship) and spiritual dominion (theocracy).This is obviously different from the fact that after the kingship overwhelmed the divine power and the "witch" became a folk culture of Nuo.

As we all know, the rulers of all dynasties in China liked to "entitle the gods" and honored some outstanding ancient people as gods.But most people don't think about what the basis of this matter is - why the emperor has the power to make gods.

Because he is the "Son of Heaven", he represents "God", and the origin of this kind of thinking can be traced back at least to the era of "Wujun Unity".

By the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, a qualitative turning point had occurred in the process of ancient Chinese "from witches to history".This turning point is Zhou Gongdan's "making rituals and making music".It finally completed the rationalization process of the "tradition of witchcraft history", thus laying the foundation for the great tradition of Chinese culture.

The realization of the thoughts of "virtue" and "li" is the symbol of the completed form of rationalization.

"Virtue" is the meaning of the magical power of witches and following the norms of "witchcraft etiquette", which gradually transforms into the meaning of the king's behavior and character, and finally becomes the meaning of individual morality.

The "virtue" mentioned at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty was in the second stage, where "virtue" refers to a set of behaviors of kings, but not general behaviors, but mainly major political behaviors such as sacrifices and expeditions.

Over time, it has been combined with the witchcraft etiquette of ancestor sacrifice activities, and has gradually evolved into a set of social norms, orders, requirements and habits that maintain the survival and development of clans, tribes and chiefdoms.

That is to say, "virtue" is first of all unwritten regulations related to major activities of clans, tribes and chiefdoms such as "sacrificial" and "rong". "Virtue" was raised to an unprecedented high position at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, which was related to the comprehensive establishment of the clan-tribe-state normative system by the Duke of Zhou at that time with the king's political behavior as the core, that is, "making rituals and making music".

The "virtue" of "making rituals and music" can be divided into two aspects: "respect" and "li".

Next, Confucius refined and sublimated the requirements of "virtue" and "property", and here again the classic sentence from "Zuo Zhuan" should be taken out: the major events of the country are in the sacrificial and the Rong.

However, "sacrificing" has a premise. You must build and carefully maintain the tomb of the ancestors, and you must have a place to consecrate the spiritual position of the ancestors.Why have Chinese people been afraid to leave "the land of their ancestors" for a long time?Because the ancestors are there, you can't guard the ancestors' tombs and make sacrifices seriously, then you are a "virtuous" person.It's not that the Chinese are afraid of unfamiliar environments and dare not leave the places they are familiar with. Without that, the Chinese people are very pioneering.

In this case, China has paid attention to life and death since ancient times.

The cultural roots are clearly explained, and looking back, it becomes clear why "Ling Gong" is important.

The emperor's mausoleum is not so much the most important thing for the emperor himself to enjoy after his death, but it is actually a place where the emperors of later descendants and grandchildren can "worship".

The ideological height of this matter is not to flatter the son of today, but to set an example for the world to sacrifice the "virtue".

In the era of Confucianism governing the world, as long as anything is linked to "virtue", it must not be a trivial matter, not to mention that the "virtue" here is not the "virtue" of personal cultivation, but "a major event of the country, in the sacrifice and the army" the virtue of the world.

Who dares to ignore this, who dare to oppose it?Those who dare to take this matter seriously and do not cooperate or do their best will end up being blamed by thousands of people and die without a problem.

But Gao Wushi took over this mortal errand, saying that he could stand in the front, bear the possible threat of the Ministry of Works, and even let the emperor find him in person.

Is it so naughty?
Seeing the looks of the whole bunch of nobles and nobles looking like hell in the daytime, Gao Qiushi was also a little gloomy, and he thought: How can you see through Laozi's methods?Confucianism speaks of virtue, but Confucianism is now almost only engaged in "programme", isn't the specific thing that we legalists in Confucian skin are doing?

What do legalists pay attention to?As long as things are done well, the means are not important!Whether it is cruel or tricky, even if it is a compromise without bottom line, the Legalists don't really care about it!Historically, the Legalists were famous for Kulie, and it was only because Kulie was the most effective under the circumstances at that time.

As for the "virtue" of Confucianism, you can talk about it in the Ministry of Industry, but I can't talk about it if I am a pragmatic and a six-headed champion?There are so many places where one can argue, is it that Neo-Confucianism was orthodox from the very beginning?Both the School of Mind and the School of Reality emerged out of thin air?
To be reasonable, you have your own way, I have mine, you say that it is virtue to cultivate well on time, then I say that slow work and careful work, this is not virtue?I'm not saying no to fix it!
Gao pragmatically smiled without saying a word, which gave the nobles a bit of confidence. Everyone looked at each other for a while, and Zhu Yingzhen asked: "Seek the truth, have you figured out this matter? It won't hurt you, right?"

His question made Gao Wushi a little moved. After more than ten years of friendship, it was not in vain. The first thing he thought of was not whether he could handle this matter well and save their future interests, but was worried that he was Gao someone. Will it be implicated.

Although it is said that if Gao Wushi is really going to be implicated, their situation may be worse in the future, but Gao Wushi appreciates it if people can ask such a question.

"Don't worry about Cheng Guogong, the soldiers will block the water and cover the soil. Since their chess move was seen through by the old man, he specially reminded me that they won't catch me by surprise, so it's nothing to be afraid of." Gao pragmatically smiled: "Rong now. There is a temporary vacancy for the Minister of Administration. If the Ministry of Industry takes action at this time, it will be difficult for you to deal with it, but since Shi Xing...hehe, I can't help but respond. You just hand over the financial affairs to the Ministry of Accounts for handling, and I will update here. If the system is customized, there will be no risk that the Ministry of Household will over-pluck the goose.”

With Gao pragmatic, Zhu Yingzhen and the others are really not worried that Gao pragmatism will embarrass them - there are too many places where Gao pragmatism can embarrass them, and it is not bad.But they were really a little flustered when Hubu Yan passed the plucking. After all, everyone in the yamen these days is just as dark, and there is no reason why Hubu is particularly clean.

However, since Gao pragmatically said so, they had a bottom line in their hearts.It's not that because of the existence of high pragmatism, the Ministry of Household can be cleaned up immediately. Even if he has such means, it will take a certain period of time to be effective.The reason why they are confident is because the system that Gao pragmatic has implemented so far is quite reliable, and it will be much more difficult than before to avoid the obstacles he has set up to play tricks. A little hand and foot, the impact will not be big.

Moreover, at least Gao Pragmatist himself will not make a fool of himself here, so no matter how the people below do it, they can only make small troubles, and it will not become a climate.

When the nobles and Gao pragmatically reached an agreement, they had already finished eating, and they all left when the lanterns first came on.

That night, many people learned the news that the large group of nobles and nobles were visiting Gao Pragmatic, and one by one, they either began to inquire about the news, or began to speculate and doubt, and they all wanted to know which game they were playing.

Xungui, the important minister of traffic, or the important minister of transportation, Xungui?This kind of thing can be big or small. Although a large number of honorable and noble public visits are generally not regarded as "Xungui Transportation Minister" or "Important Minister Transportation Xungui", it will definitely have a statement after the event.

Now that Gao Wushi has just stepped down from his post as the Servant of the Military and Political Affairs, if such a large group of honorable people visited him, he couldn't simply congratulate him on his new appointment. So...the most reasonable explanation is probably that the honorable honors persuaded him to stay in office.Although this kind of thing is not something he can keep if he is pragmatic and wants to stay in office, but the collective power of the entire Jingnan department is no joke, even the emperor has to consider the influence.

Is that so?How would Gao pragmatically choose?
The entire capital spent the night in this confusion, and everyone was waiting for the high and pragmatic trend of tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the day when Gao pragmatically takes office as Minister of the Ministry of Households.
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PS: The first duel of the Minister of the Ministry of Commerce has already been set up, and tomorrow will be regarded as a "new copy of the ship".

(End of this chapter)