The rise of the prince

Chapter 144

In the Kunning Palace of the Imperial Palace, the gray-haired official of the Ministry of Rites, Meng Zhiye, was reporting to the emperor about the rituals of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

The emperor was obviously a little impatient, but he had to listen to the precepts from his ancestors. After a while, he couldn't help but waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, it has been like this every year, I know what I know so I don't need to report."

The grizzled official of the Ministry of Rites and Judgment immediately quit: "Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be discarded!"

"I didn't let you down, it's just that I have a lot of trivial things recently, and I can't be too busy for a while. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven can be done as in previous years." The emperor said impatiently: "If there is any change, it is not too late to tell me." Before the emperor came to the throne, he was the prince Shaobao, he was the third teacher of the prince, and he was also regarded as one of the emperor's teachers, so due to etiquette, he should be respected.

When Meng Zhiye heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said generously: "Your Majesty, etiquette is the teaching of ancestors and sages, and it has never changed for thousands of years. This is the essence of etiquette and sincerity, it is the sage's training, and it is worthy of the ancestors!"

The emperor frowned, and asked back: "According to this, the national affairs and military disasters are not as important as the etiquette and law?"

Meng Zhiye bowed: "Your Majesty, the old minister has absolutely no such intention."

Hearing the emperor snorted, the old man was still sensible, but he continued: "I am looking forward to a great country, a country of etiquette, the prosperity of the country is the prosperity of the country, and the dissolution of the country is the collapse of the etiquette. What is the origin and what is the end? Your Majesty is clear, if etiquette and law are flourishing, there is no need to worry about national affairs and military disasters."

"You!" The emperor was so angry that he almost cursed, but the old man remained calm and composed.

"Your Majesty, calm down, Mr. Meng is just a bit more straightforward." The queen said while making tea.

The emperor said with a cold face: "Stubborn? He is relying on the old to sell the old and talk nonsense. If he was not the crown prince Shaobao who was personally ordered by the late emperor, I would have let him go. The ancestors and saints are taught by etiquette all day long. I have been thinking about the forbidden army for the past few days. There is no time to pay attention to the rules of the festival about the restructuring and the dispatch of troops next year, he insisted on talking about it for two hours!"

The queen also sighed, and then poured tea: "There are still a lot of things to worry about recently, your majesty don't need to be in a hurry, anyway, it is the Chinese New Year, if you are really tired, you can go for a walk, and you will be bored in the palace all day. not good."

The emperor nodded, took the queen's hand and said: "I also think, especially that friend Wang Yue, the two strategies are really brilliant, and I also want to go out of the palace to see who can have such outstanding insights.

It's a pity that Wang Yue refused to reveal his name again and again. It seems that he is also a man in the opposition and has no intention of governing. It is a pity. "

The queen nodded: "It's really a pity. I heard that His Majesty ordered Xingzhou to go to Kaiyuan Mansion as an errand?"

The emperor nodded: "It was Wang Yue who proposed it. I just borrowed his hand. It's good to take this opportunity. Since Taizong of this dynasty, he has always been strict and cautious with the princes and grandchildren. If he doesn't speak up, I won't be able to handle it."

"Your Majesty still loves that child." The queen answered.

The emperor was expressionless immediately: "Just try it, if he doesn't have the ability, he will only lose face to the royal family." The queen concentrated on making tea: "The queen mother's birthday in the second day of junior high school, I can always see him then."

"See you if you want."

"What about Your Majesty?"

"I don't have that much free time."

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"I heard that you are not in good spirits recently, do you want to see the imperial physician?" The emperor suddenly asked.

The queen shook her head lightly: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the weather has changed, and I feel a little dizzy for a while, just take a little rest and it will be fine."

"Then have a good rest and don't think about those troublesome things." The emperor said and patted his hand.

The queen nodded weakly.

"Saint worship, that's a must." Li Ye put his arms around Qiu'er's waist, leaned on the railing of the corridor, and looked at the sparse light spots in the sky. Two or three stars hung outside the sky. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, today In the evening, the entire palace was busy, all projects were temporarily suspended, and the craftsmen had to go home for the New Year.

Many people were looking for Qiu'er everywhere, presumably they all came to ask her for advice. Li Ye felt sorry for her and simply occupied her. The others were busy with the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year in the palace.

"Why?" Qiu'er blushed and snuggled into his arms, probably only at this time she would stop thinking.

"Because no one is perfect, people will make mistakes, if people are perfect, they are not human."

Qiu'er thought about it for a while: "When I was young, I always heard the masters say that the words of the sages are all right."

"Then what is a saint?" Li Ye asked.

"Hmm... I don't know." Qiu'er answered seriously after thinking for a while, and her answer showed that she had thought about it seriously.

"Even Confucius never said he was a saint." Li Ye said, and then hugged the little girl tightly: "Qiu'er, your thoughts should not be imprisoned, and one day you will understand why you can't curl up under a saint." , It doesn't matter if you still don't understand, then trust me and listen to Shizi.

You have to open your mind, open your soul's imprisonment, and stand where no one dares to stand. You can say whatever you want, you can tell me, even if you refute and slander a saint, you are not afraid, anyway, the prince will not say it. "

Qiu'er trembled with fear when she heard it, after all, these words were too deviant.

Li Ye hugged her tighter, and gently stroked her back to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, I will only tell you these words. I will be behind you no matter what, if you can't stand it anymore, lean back, I will Follow you."

"Yeah..." Qiu'er's face was flushed, she looked resolute, and she nodded slightly.

Confucius never said that he was a saint. The reason why he was called a saint was because his disciples carried out the "sacred movement" after his death. The real Confucius is admirable and true. He would curse when he was in a bad mood, and he would rejoice when he had the opportunity to become an official. He also said that he was not a saint. He affirmed people's desires and faced people's needs squarely.

Presumably Confucius also understood that no one is perfect.

This cognition is very important, and Li Ye wants to correct it, because there are higher-level reasons both psychologically and logically: when people regard people as gods, freedom and equality, and the liberation of the mind will never be possible Yes, how to achieve equality when everyone regards others as gods?This is a manifesto of inequality.

In the long run, it is said that if the saint is invisible, it is heaven and earth, or gods, so that when people stand before the gods of heaven and earth, they will have equality and freedom at all.

"Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year." Li Ye sighed, unknowingly he has been in this world for a long time: "God bless, I hope the last day of this year will be safe and sound, and all wishes will come true in the coming year."

Qiu'er followed his example, looking at the sky and praying.

(End of this chapter)