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Chapter 14

Even those who have two surnames are not the fault of their ministers, but the faults of their rulers!

Those officials who betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were not at fault. The one who was at fault was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty whom they had loyal to.

What He Shen said was very righteous and reasonable.

Jia Liu didn't mention what he thought, anyway, after his father Jia Daquan heard what the guard said, his chest felt as if he had been licked by the little chrysanthemum of Wanchun Tower with the tip of his tongue, which made him feel so damn comfortable.

That's right, if you, the emperor of the Zhu family, are capable, can my grandfather surrender to the Qing Dynasty?
Since there is nothing wrong with my grandfather surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, why do you say that my grandfather is a second minister?
Either the emperor is not kind, or there are villains around the emperor!

When this person is at a loss and helpless when encountering a problem, even if the person who comes to him can't actually help him, as long as the words speak to his intentions and fall into his ears, he immediately feels that this person is very good.

Jia Daquan is in this state of mind now.

But just when the father wanted to strike while the iron was hot and complain about the grievances of the old man, so as to increase the sympathy of the family and the guards for the Jia family, the son next to him said something that made him puzzled, and he immediately gave his son an unhappy look. Said: "My lord is talking, why do you interrupt?"

Jia Liu thought to himself that I became an adult a few years ago, so there is nothing I can't do.

But he didn't have time to talk back to this stupid father, but asked He Shen who was attracted by his words seriously: "I don't know and the guards know where what I said came from, and whose fault is it?"

"This"

Although He Shen is familiar with the classics, he couldn't help being asked this question, and for a moment he really couldn't remember where the words came from.

"This "Analects of Confucius", if I remember correctly, the commentary given by Zhu Wengong is that the guardian cannot shirk his responsibility! Therefore, the tiger's 兕 came out of the scorpion, and the turtle jade was destroyed in the scorpion. Of course, the blame It's the caretaker's responsibility."

When Jia Liu said these words, his voice obviously raised a lot, especially the sentence "the guardian cannot shirk his responsibility".

He didn't give He Shen any time to think about it, because he knew that He Shen would definitely be able to think of where it came from and what the answer would be, so that would not highlight the importance of his "prompt" by Master Jia Liu.

After being reminded by Jia Liu, He Shen immediately thought of it, nodded slightly, and said, "It is indeed from the chapter of the Ji family in "The Analects of Confucius", the general of the Ji family defeating Zhuanyu."

Immediately a little strange, I don't know why this Mr. Jia mentioned the words of the sage, does this have anything to do with the predicament his Jia family is facing now?

It didn't matter before, but now it does.

You and Shen said that it was not his fault that the old man of the Jia family was a second minister, but the fault of Emperor Zhu Ming who was loyal to him in the past.

Whose fault was it that the beast came out of the cage and broke Baoyu?
The two things that were originally irrelevant, echoed invisibly at this time.

"My great-grandfather was loyal and devoted to the Qing Dynasty after he was appointed to the Qing Dynasty, but now the emperor decides my great-grandfather to be a second minister. This is inconsistent with emotion and reason, so I think it is the emperor's fault."

Jia Liu quickly clicked on the question, the favor of heaven has been given to He Shen inadvertently, so I can't emphasize it any more at this time, otherwise it is not good to go too deep.

This time, we have to bring the topic back to the incident itself.

When it comes to the emperor's right or wrong, He Shen obviously wouldn't speak casually, let alone agree with the son of Jia's family. After thinking for a while, he said: "I think the reason why the emperor asked the National History Museum to compile "The Biography of Second Officials" is because he hopes to I have recorded many deeds of these people's official careers and official careers according to the facts, so as to praise and reward loyalty and encourage ministers, so that all the people of our dynasty will take loyalty to the emperor as their duty, and nothing else."

This is a very cunning statement, which belongs to two not guilty.

But one thing was really said by He Shen. When Qianlong issued an edict to the National History Museum to set the biography of the second official, he once said that the gang of demoted officials in the early Qing Dynasty "had encountered difficulties and could not give orders to their masters when they were in danger. It was a great loss. Fearing death and resigning oneself to life, how can one be called a perfect person again! Even if there is a long record, its flaws cannot be concealed."

It means that although people like Hong Chengchou have made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and even most of their descendants are officials in the banner, but as far as these people themselves are concerned, they are morally disadvantaged.

Qianlong himself advocated Confucianism, and the saying "loyal ministers do not serve two masters" advocated by Confucianism won his heart, and the most important criterion for evaluating people and ministers in all dynasties is the word "loyalty".

That day Qianlong accompanied the Empress Dowager to watch the Kunqu opera "Peach Blossom Fan". At first, he hated Ma Shiying who appeared in the play. When he found out that this man died for the Ming Dynasty and was skinned by the Qing soldiers in Taihu Lake, he couldn't help feeling and moved.Thinking about the descendants of the Han officials in the early days of the country, although they have made contributions to our Qing Dynasty, none of them has anything to do with the word "loyalty", and I feel even more disgusted.

After much deliberation, Qianlong finally decided to compile the list of second ministers in the National History Museum, intending to educate the world and people, and at the same time further ease the contradiction between Manchu and Han in the Qing Empire.

From the perspective of the Han people, judging the Han officials who have descended to the Qing Dynasty since the Ming Dynasty, in Qianlong's view, is a good way to educate the people of the world.

As the saying goes, the second minister cannot be subtle, the filial son and the kind grandson cannot be changed for generations, but the principles of the ministers of all generations should be established for the people of the Qing Dynasty!

It doesn't matter whether Qianlong appointed the second minister or the three surnames, Jia Liu didn't care, what he cared about was the Jia family's raising the flag.So the conversation changed: "It is a good thing to reward loyalty and encourage ministers. The emperor has always valued education and cultivated literature and morality to care for others."

After complimenting Qianlong, Jia Liu said again, "My grandpa of the Jia family was indeed a wise minister in his early years, and I will not deny this to future generations. However, my grandpa's morals are not good, and the history of the country is written according to the facts. It's not easy for people to say anything. But what's wrong with my descendants to make me stand out for the people?"

Jia Liu clearly pointed out that the three generations of the Jia family since the grandfather Jia Hanfu were all born and died in the Qing Dynasty. No matter how you look at it, it is completely unreasonable to ask their Jia family to raise the flag.

"He and the guards know that since ancient times, we have never worried about being widowed, but about unevenness, and not about being poor, but about being uneasy. If the emperor ordered all the families of the two ministers to go out, my Jia family would have nothing to say. But some people go out, and some don't." , tell me to wait, what do you think?"

How many descendants of the second ministers gave the flag, Jia Liu knows what a fart, but if he wants to point to He Shen for help now, he has to say that there are too many and uneven.

The second brother-in-law Gao Delu couldn't stop nodding and said: "Yes, yes, don't worry about the few but the unevenness. If you want to go out, go out together, or if you don't go out, don't go out together. What's the point of just arresting the Jia family?"

He Shen didn't say anything, how did he know much about the Han army's flag raising, but what the Jia family said was also reasonable, after all, it was unreasonable to let the heroes go out of the flag later.This hero will be treated differently in different grades, which is even more outrageous.But it is not known who is presiding over the raising of the flag.

Just as he was thinking, Mr. Jia spoke again.

"And guards, a gentleman has three fears, one is fear of the destiny, the other is fear of the great man, and the third is the fear of the words of the sage. And the sage once said that he would not hold on to the danger, and he would not support him when he was overturned, so how can he use that?"

This sentence means that blind people do not help when they walk unsteadily, and do not help when they fall. Then how can such people expect someone to help them.

When Jia Liu said this to He Shen, he concealed his flattery.

It is also in line with the current reality. Isn't his Jia family just like that blind man?
So, He Zhongtang, for the sake of the party and the country, you have to help your brothers no matter what.

All the celebrities and sages in the society, for Jia Zhongtang’s sake, pull your bones, you must collect it, you must give it a monthly pass, and you are free to tip.

(End of this chapter)