Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 937 Flatterer - Liu Ji!

"The Book of Songs Daya Jianghan": "The son of Ming Dynasty is endlessly heard." Since King Wu of Zhou ruled the world, the emperor of Zhou, who was bestowed by the gods of monarchy, became the supreme in the world, exercising his privileges and entrusting the feudal lords.

Afterwards, through the Qin, Han, Sui and today's Tang Dynasty, countless heroes fell to the sand for the throne of the emperor, including Li Chengqian's elders and brothers.

But since I went to the military industrial area to see the rest of the eight tripods that were cast, both the emperor and Li Chengqian felt an inexplicable feeling in their hearts. How to describe it, they were excited and surging.

Especially Li Shimin, who dared to kill the brother who grew up together, and let the master of his father's place see this Jiuding, which symbolizes the "power of the emperor", holding the "ancestral dragon" handed down the jade seal of the country, he will not swell. Strange.

But the good times didn't last long, just when Jiuding was about to be transferred to Taimiao for use in New Year's festival sacrifices, Li Shimin suddenly changed his mind and made a decree to place Jiuding in front of Hanyuan Hall so that the courtiers could go to court They can admire the demeanor of Jiuding, which is why they are placed in such a conspicuous position.

No, he just placed the nine tripods in a circle, symbolizing the Yongzhou tripod in Guanzhong, in the middle, and he hurriedly called Li Chengqian, Fang Du and others to taste it, and let the important ministers see if this arrangement is appropriate , whoever comes up with a better suggestion will be rewarded unexpectedly.

There are only nine tripods in total. In fact, it doesn't matter how you put it. Even if someone stands up and says something, it is just a change of position. Apart from being easily regarded as a flattering jester, there will be no other results at all.Therefore, everyone who holds the status of important ministers also kept silent and looked at each other in blank dismay, no one wanted to be the leader.

Li Chengqian thought of how to make the emperor happy. He believed that other important ministers also wanted it, but it was too embarrassing to be a clown. As the prince of a country, he had to take care of his majesty no matter what!
But there will never be a shortage of opportunistic people in this world. The waiter Liu Jie stood up under the "surprised" eyes of everyone, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think it doesn't matter how you put it. Your Majesty's emperor's style is unprecedented. There is no one who comes, doing whatever you want is the way, and the ministers and others have no objection!"

Just when everyone thought that Liu Ji's nonsense was over, this guy took advantage of the emperor's joy and hung up the book bag, and everyone except the emperor was extremely "ashamed", and voted for Liu Ji's exception "Appreciation" look.Being able to flatter is not the key, the key is being able to spare the face, at least here today, no one is more shameless than him.

The Jiuding was brought by Dayu, and its intention was to protect the prosperity of China and the prosperity of the country and the people. It has always been used as the most important ritual vessel for offering sacrifices to heaven; after King Wu of Zhou established his country, he still inherited the codes of Xia and Shang. symbol.

When Qin Zhaowang was in power, he moved Jiuding into Qin, which symbolized the end of the Zhou Dynasty's society!Except for the Yuzhou Ding that Li Chengqian brought back, the other eight tripods all disappeared in the long river of history.

This is a very old-fashioned story, and everyone present here is not a person who is full of knowledge. This kind of allusion that even urchins can "remember" makes Liu Ji seem to be suspected of showing off leftovers.

But since Liu Jie can be ranked among the prime ministers, it is not as simple as just cooking leftovers. Seeing this guy, he immediately brought the focus of the topic from Jiuding to the word "son of heaven".

As we all know, since King Wu defeated Zhou, he became the Son of Heaven, and Cheng Kang succeeded him.There are also a group of virtuous ministers such as Zhou Gong, Zhao Gong, Bi Gong, Shi Yi, etc. to assist the government.

In order to consolidate his status and political power, he claimed that his power was granted by the gods, and he governed the world in accordance with the will of heaven, so he was called the son of heaven.In this way, the Son of Heaven not only became the supreme being in the world, but also found himself a "Heaven" as his father.

And its side effects are also obvious. In some dynasties, because of the weakness of the imperial power, the divine power overrides the imperial power. For example, Emperor Wu of Liang who became a monk three times was redeemed by his courtiers.

Liu Ji dared to say that because he knew the emperor well enough that he couldn't even tolerate his own father. How could he easily kowtow to God's "godfather" willingly every year!Coupled with the decree proposed by the prince to restrict Buddhism, it can be seen from this point how much the emperor hated the so-called theocracy.

If he can combine the so-called theocracy and imperial power into one in a righteous way, then the credit is not great. A few empty words can become the mainstay of the emperor's fight against theocracy, so why not do it!

Therefore, under this psychological influence, Liu Jie cupped his hands and said: "Before Shang, the title of the supreme was Ren Wang or Ren Huang. Later, King Zhou was replaced by Wu Wang, and the title of Ren Wang stopped from now on. Let the supreme being in the world become the son of heaven and earth, I think this title is inappropriate."

"When Zhaowang was called Xidi, he wanted to get rid of the shackles of the title of emperor, and found another way to become the emperor; but because of the time constraints, he had to give up. Today, our country is powerful, and your majesty's achievements far surpass those of Emperor Qin and Han Wu. , then why can’t you become the emperor, combine the divine power and imperial power into one, and become an emperor above those so-called gods.”

After finishing speaking, Liu Ji, the sycophant, winked at Wei Wang Li Tai, signaling that he can stand up and get something; therefore, Li Tai, who understood, quickly took the words: "Father, my son thinks what Liu Xiang said Very reasonable.."

Li Tai's knowledge is good, and his brain is not stupid. Of course he knows what Liu Ji means; since Liu Ji has opened his head, he will naturally continue the conversation. It starts with the faint emperor of more than 1000 years.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, King Zhou traveled to the southeast, conquered Dongyi, extended the power of the Shang Dynasty to the Jianghuai area, and consolidated the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.But when a person reaches middle age, especially when his achievements have reached a certain level, he will inevitably become arrogant and domineering, which has attracted many vassal states to hide.

In the end, in the battle of Muye, he was defeated by the vassal states headed by Zhou, and the death of the country was the laugh of the world.Later, under the care of Shangyi, the historians of the Zhou Dynasty recorded him, the subjugated king who was killed by the traitors, as an eternal tyrant.

He deliberately recorded his "disrespect for God" as "opposing theocracy" and "reforming old customs", and interpreted him as "appointing sinners" and not reusing nobles as breaking the hereditary system of vassal states.This is nothing more than trying to cover up the fact that the regicide is committed on the premise of ensuring their interests.

In order to completely dilute the influence of the Shang Dynasty among the people and bring out their "just deeds" even more, they adopted the title of "son of heaven" and used the name of heaven to legalize their treason. .
(End of this chapter)