Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2051 Zheng Guoben (Fifteen) Controversy

"Section Chief Qian's words are really interesting. If, I'm talking about if--if the imperial concubine is really involved in the case, conspired or at least participated in the 'medicine diet case', then can the identity of the imperial concubine be preserved?
If she can't keep this identity, then the third son of the emperor is just an ordinary prince, neither the first son nor the eldest son, and has no right to compete with the first son of the emperor and the eldest son of the emperor.How can this backfire? "

Zhong Zhaodou and Qian Menggao originally had a good relationship, but unfortunately in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, the teacher-student relationship is the one that can never be betrayed, the friendship of friends... may as well wait a little later.

In this world, except that the kindness of parents may be attributed to human nature, all relationships between people actually have a price.Loyalty is often just that the cost of betrayal is greater than the benefits that can be obtained, and vice versa for betrayal.

Of course, after the formation of the "nation-state" idea, some people with high moral standards sometimes risk their lives just out of loyalty to the nation and the country. This is another special case.

In short, Zhong Zhaodou's attitude has already shown that he will stand on the side of the master without hesitation, at least in the current matter, he is at odds with Qian Menggao.

His rebuttal is also justified, and he has already made it very clear before.Noble concubine and concubine are the main principles for arranging the status of wives and concubines in Confucian etiquette, and the status of mothers affects the status of children born.

Therefore, even if you can't do anything to Concubine Zheng herself, as long as you get rid of her imperial concubine status, this matter will be considered a success. Why do you, Qian Menggao, say that it will "backfire"?Reverse, where is the reverse?
For this issue of status and inferiority, you can refer to "Chunqiu·Gongyang Zhuan", which says: "Yin (gong) is long and virtuous, why should he not be established? Establishing a son is based on the elder, not on the virtuous; establishing a son is on the value, not on the elder. Why is the (male) expensive? The mother is also expensive. If the mother is expensive, why is the son more expensive? The son is more expensive than the mother, and the mother is more expensive than the son."

That is to say, the son of the main wife is the son of the legitimate son, and among the sons of the legitimate sons, the elder is chosen as the heir, and the virtuous is not; the son of the concubine is the son of the concubine. The principle is to avoid disputes over the order of succession caused by multiple concubines having children at the same time.

Therefore, He Xiu commented: "Rite, if the wife of the first wife has no children, the right wife is established, and the right wife has no children, the left wife is established." right. ]
Under the marriage system of monogamy and multiple concubines, the status of the wife in the family is respected over the concubines and concubines, and she is known as the "female monarch".

Both Duke Yin and Duke Huan are the sons of Duke Hui, but they were not born to his first wife, but "Mother Huan Youwei" is the most respected concubine among concubines, so Duke Huan is more expensive than Duke Yin.

The so-called "child is more expensive than mother" refers to the order of succession arranged by the son according to the status of the mother.Therefore, although Duke Yin was older than Duke Huan and had the reputation of being a virtuous and capable man, he still could not be established because his mother was inferior.

It can be seen from this that the distinction between noble and inferior involves two levels, one is the distinction between wives and concubines, and the other is the difference between the patriarchal status of offspring.The former affects the latter, and the latter is closely related to the issue of family inheritance. It can be seen that the "distinction between concubine and concubines" is a very important part of the family etiquette of monogamy and multiple concubines, and the status of mother and son is closely related.

The reason why Zhu Yijun raised the status of Concubine Zheng again and again in the previous years, and finally promoted to the position of "Vice Empress" as "Emperor Guifei", was to show his love for her, and to a large extent, it was also to improve her status. Zhu Changxun's status.

Just imagine, Zhu Changluo is the eldest son of a concubine, and this cannot be changed. So Zhu Yijun, the father, wants Zhu Changxun to gain an advantage over Zhu Changluo, or at least keep pace with Zhu Changluo, except for the one mentioned in "Gongyang Biography". How else can the system find a way?

Of course, people in later generations may hear more about "the mother is more expensive than the child".Especially after the indiscriminate bombardment of many palace fighting dramas, many people may have been confused, not sure whether it is "the mother is more expensive according to the mother" or "the mother is more expensive according to the son".

At this time, if you look back, you will find that "The Story of Gongyang" also mentioned that "mother is more expensive than son".Then, what does it mean that "the mother is more valuable than the son?" He Xiu commented: "Li, if the concubine is established, the mother must be the wife. It is also the custom for the wife."

The "Mrs. Chengfeng" here refers to the "Spring and Autumn Classics": "Wen Gong four years in winter and November Renyin, Mrs. Feng's death."

The Feng family is the mother of Duke Xi and the concubine of Duke Zhuang. Since Duke Xi was established, she is respected as his wife. "Chunqiu Zuoshi Zhuan" said: "Biography, in the spring of the fifth year, the king sent Uncle Rong to Han, and paid for it, and called Zhaogong to come for the funeral, and the ceremony is also."

"Han" refers to pearls and jade put in the mouth of the deceased in ancient times, and "赗" refers to the things given to the mourners for funerals.Du Yu's note said: "Cheng Feng, Zhuang Gong's concubine. The son of heaven pays for his wife's courtesy, and the mother of Ming Dynasty pays for her son, so it is called courtesy."

However, the "Spring and Autumn Nine Years of Wengong" said: "The people of Qin came to return to Duke Xi, the son of Chengfeng." Qin people don't regard Chengfeng as a wife, and concubines as wives are indecent, so they are correct.

This is a bit complicated here. The "Spring and Autumn Classics" records that Xi's concubine and mother are his wives, and the interpretations of the "Spring and Autumn" records in the three biographies are contradictory:
"Gongyang Zhuan" did not specifically explain Cheng Feng as his wife, but in "Yin Gong Year Spring King Zhengyue" put forward the saying that "mothers are more expensive than children"; It is a ritual to recognize Chengfeng as his wife; "Guliang Biography" mocks Chengfeng as his wife and his concubine as his wife.

The three biographies of the Spring and Autumn Period have obviously different views on whether it is proper to use Chengfeng as a wife. Therefore, whether "mother is more important than her son" has a principled position in etiquette has always been an issue of endless controversy.

In fact, there is already a conflict between "mother is more valuable than son" and "distinction between concubine and concubine".The distinction between wives, concubines, and concubines originally came from the ceremony of marriage conclusion. The status of concubine and concubine is fixed, but "mother is more important than son" breaks the principle of fixed status.

Of course, if you must ask whether it is "the child is more expensive than the mother" or "the mother is more expensive than the son", then it can only be distinguished according to time.

Generally speaking, in a big family, or simply in a heavenly family, when the son is still young and his status is uncertain, the son is more precious than the mother; when the son overcomes all difficulties and inherits the family business or the throne, it is Mother is more valuable than child.

Of course, occasionally there is an intermediate state, that is, when the son has obtained the status of heir but has not yet inherited. In this case, as the biological mother of the child, the mother is usually more valuable than the son.

However, there are exceptions in history. For example, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, first created a system that made people famous: establish a prince and kill his mother.This system has been mentioned earlier in this book and will not be repeated here.

In short, establishing a reserve is a very complicated matter. Even though the rules of the Ming Dynasty have been established there for a long time, Zhu Yijun still tried—at least once tried to change it through "ancient" methods.

However, it is not only Zhu Yijun who has tried to find a way from the "previous" practice. Back then, the Mind School proposed a suggestion that the empress could adopt the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo. His biological mother "drags" the trouble.

However, this suggestion was disturbed by Gao Pragmatism at that time.Gao Shishi didn't use any other tricks, the same sentence, the queen is still young, how do you know that the queen will not appear in the future?In addition, Zhu Yijun really didn't like Zhu Changluo, so this matter didn't go according to the wish of Xin School.

However, although the matter is suppressed, this inertia of thinking will not disappear, so what Zhong Zhaodou said at this time is still based on this method.

However, Zhong Zhaodou really miscalculated this time.

It's not that this method can be vetoed by mere Qian Menggao. How can he dare to deny "Spring and Autumn", one of the "Five Classics"?Not to mention him, even Gao Yushi, who was born as the champion of the six poems, dare not directly deny the views of "Spring and Autumn" under the name of the school of practical learning. At most, he can only write a review of "Spring and Autumn" to express that everyone I misunderstood this book when I read it before. In fact, "Spring and Autumn" does not mean this, but something...

That being the case, why do you still say that Zhong Zhaodou miscalculated?In fact, it was because Qian Menggao didn't want to debate the scriptures this time, he wanted to talk about human nature.

Not only did Qian Menggao not refute Zhong Zhaodou's words, but he echoed first: "What Section Chief Zhong said is very true, as long as the imperial concubine loses her status in the harem, second only to the empress, the third son of the emperor will naturally disappear. Righteousness."

Zhong Zhaodou raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he didn't speak, everyone could see what he meant: Then what are you talking about?

But at this moment, Daheng Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and frowned quietly, a gloomy shadow flashed between his brows.However, he still did not speak and continued to remain silent.

Qian Menggao smiled, first took a look at Xiao Daheng, and then bowed his hand to Zhong Zhaodou, Shi Shiran said: "General Xian and Section Chief Zhong, based on the two people's understanding of the emperor, they would think that the imperial concubine Zheng would be fine after this incident." Will it fail?"

Xiao Daheng not only didn't reply, he even closed his eyes gently.He didn't think what Qian Menggao said was nonsense, on the contrary, he agreed with what Qian Menggao wanted to express, but he really didn't want to admit it, so he closed his eyes and rested his mind.

But Zhong Zhaodou finally felt that the matter was tricky this time, and he frowned deeply, forming a word Chuan between his brows.He thought for a while, and said a little unwillingly: "Even if the emperor is nostalgic for the past, and is unwilling to throw Concubine Zheng into the cold palace or impose more serious punishments, but with such evil deeds, the emperor will never be punished soon after the incident." She regained her identity.

Then, as long as we work harder, we can settle the overall situation within this period of time, and completely lose the chance for the third son to win the reserve position. "

"Oh, is it?" Qian Menggao didn't seem to believe it, and asked with a smile: "I don't know what the so-called hard work of Chief Zhong refers to? Could it be... to let the emperor's son get the canonization earlier?"

This is actually a bit of a slap in the face, because whether it is Zhong Zhaodou or Zhao Zhigao, the two of them, master and apprentice, are in the final analysis members of the School of Mind, and the School of Mind has always supported Zhu Changluo.Those who support the queen and the emperor's mother and son have always been members of the practical school, or even more precisely, they are the high-level pragmatic line of the practical school.

You are a member of the Heart School, because of the matter of "Brother" Zhao Fengwei, you followed your master Zhao Zhigao to help Gao Wushi once. I, Qian Menggao, admit this, but are you planning to abandon the identity and position of the Heart School? ?This is more or less "deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors"!

However, Zhong Zhaodou was able to get Zhao Zhigao's attention, so naturally he had some tricks, he snorted softly, and said: "I can't put my beak on the canonization of the crown prince, what I'm talking about refers to the fact that the third son of the emperor granted the kingdom of the king.

All in all, the third son of the emperor can already be crowned king this year, and after being crowned king, he can consider the country.In this way, as long as the concubine Zheng is being punished to make a big splash, the emperor has to listen to the voice of all officials, canonize the third son of the emperor as king, and at the same time make his country, then the mother and son of the concubine Zheng should naturally think about the reserve position. It was over in one fell swoop. "

Just as Qian Menggao's words caught Zhong Zhaodou by surprise just now, Zhong Zhaodou's words also made Qian Menggao speechless for a while.But he reacted very quickly, and immediately shook his head and said, "I think Section Chief Zhong thinks about this matter too simply."

He paused, and said: "The third son of the emperor was born in the 14th year of Wanli (the 14th year of Wanli). According to the rules of Taizu, he should be crowned king at the age of ten, and become a feudal clan at the age of 20. Then the emperor can say that he will wait until the 34th year of Wanli before ordering him." Its country..."

Zhong Zhaodou shook his head and said: "Chief Qian, you and I are not ordinary villagers, so there is no need to say such things. The Taizu did say that, but in fact, how many feudal lords really follow this What about the number of years to execute the canonization and enshrinement?"

Uh, this is indeed not to blame Zhong Zhaodou for not taking Zhu Yuanzhang's "ancestral law" seriously, because in fact Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not do it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, the eldest son Zhu Biao was 13 years old when he was canonized as the prince... Let's not ignore this, after all, the prince is quite special and cannot be compared with ordinary vassal kings.

Then look at some of his other sons, except that the second to fifth sons are strictly arranged according to the age of 20. From the sixth son onwards, thirteen consecutive sons have not reached the age of 20 years old, the youngest of them 15 years old, the oldest.

Your great-grandfather himself could not strictly follow the rules, and the later emperors naturally followed suit, and there were basically no rules at all when he became king and became a vassal.For example, the son of Zhu Di, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, he became a feudal clan 21 years after he became king, and he was 39 years old at the time.

If it is too long since Chengzu, then look at Zhu Yijun’s good brother Zhu Yiyu. His Royal Highness Lu Wang was named king at the age of two, but he was only 23 years old when he became a fan of Weihui——Zhu Yuanzhang’s so-called ancestral system is in It doesn't help at all here.

In addition, there is another situation, whether it is Qian Menggao or Zhong Zhaodou, it is impossible for them to know now: In the original history, Zhu Yijun not only kept Zhu Changxun by his side and refused to let him go, but his other sons later They are also treated in the same way, and Zhu Yijun has always refused to let their country.

Zhu Changxun was considered to be the only country that was released when Zhu Yijun was alive. It was already 42 years in Wanli at that time, and Zhu Yijun was really tired of the struggle for the country.

After Zhu Changxun, Zhu Yijun's other three sons, Zhu Changhao, Zhu Changrun, and Zhu Changying, were even more exaggerated, and they didn't give up their country until Zhu Yijun died.It wasn't until March and April in the seventh year of Tianqi that the three emperor uncles of Emperor Tianqi were able to form a densely populated country, and they were in Hanzhong, Jingzhou, and Hengyang respectively.

So all in all, Zhong Zhaodou's proposal to force the emperor to canonize Zhu Changxun as king as soon as possible and demand his immediate kingdom is not a problem from the customary practice of Ming Dynasty.

So, the ball... oh, Cuju was kicked back to Qian Menggao's feet again.
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PS: My cousin is positive. At the same time, there seemed to be something wrong with my son's throat last night. I plan to observe it during the day.Antigen reagents are limited, and we dare not use them indiscriminately.Alas, maybe parents have a kind of thinking, pray that illnesses and disasters will come to themselves, and don't look for children...

(End of this chapter)