A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 449: Heavenly Induction Academy Showdown
The way of heaven is eternal, and it will not be prospered by Yao or destroyed by Jie.

Wang Xin's approval could not dissuade those people. Even after Dong Zhongshu submitted the letter, many officials who accepted this concept of telepathy also followed suit.

Many of the reasons for this are due to the magic shown by the royal family in the past generations.Although the imperial court openly denied these mysterious things, many officials and people firmly believed in them.

Therefore, after seeing Dong Zhongshu's theory, so many people agreed with it.

After Wang Xin approved the memorial, he did not pay attention to these matters anymore.But what he didn't expect was that there would be so many people supporting the concept of heavenly induction.

Perhaps all of this is the trouble caused by his Wang family's use of the destiny artifact.

After learning that this matter had become a political storm, Wang Xin immediately summoned the left and right prime ministers, as well as the three princes and generals.

Seeing everyone coming, Wang Xin directly asked Prime Minister Zuo: "Do you believe that Prime Minister can believe in the induction of heaven and man, and the theory of the Five Virtues?"

Prime Minister Zuo: "Your Majesty, the theory of the unity of heaven and man and the alternation of the five virtues is very helpful for the ruling authority of the country and the way of the emperor. Since it is beneficial to governance, what does it matter whether you believe it or not?"

Although Zuo Xiang didn't say it clearly, he didn't believe it at all, but even though he didn't believe it, he wanted others in the world to believe it.He wants to rule the people of the world by relying on this kind of divine connection between heaven and man and the alternation of the five virtues.

Wang Xin did not speak, but looked at General Huo Qubing.

"What do you think, General?"

"I don't understand the connection between heaven and man, the alternation of the Five Virtues. The Holy Emperor governs the country and elects the virtuous and recommends the capable. Just like the commander of an army, he must be able to distinguish rewards and punishments. Those who are capable will be promoted and those who are incompetent will be demoted. It is not some ghost or evil spirit. , False words!" Huo Qubing said.

He never believed in those gods and ghosts. What matters on the battlefield is courage and strategy.

"I have heard many people say that the commander of the army has the appearance of a white tiger and is reflected by the stars. Why don't I take these people with me the next time I go on an expedition? Didn't they say that the commander has the appearance of a white tiger and is reflected by the stars? I just pointed it out, I So I can go and capture the coach directly without having to look around for him!"

Wang Xin laughed loudly after hearing this. Several ministers around him who supported the theory of induction between heaven and man also looked embarrassed. What should they say?Will they be allowed to fight with the imperial court in the future?Let them find out what the enemy coach is doing?It’s okay if you find it, but what if you can’t find it?
Besides, on the battlefield, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and they may die accidentally. What will they do with their old arms and legs?
Wang Xin asked the general to retreat, and then asked the few remaining people: "If according to the theory of heaven and man's induction, if the court is prosperous, the weather will be smooth, and auspiciousness will come to the world, then how can we explain if there are floods and earthquakes in Daqian? I am unethical. , or are the ministers immoral?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the ministers in the hall changed. Can they say this casually?If you say that the emperor is immoral, you will feel like dying. If you say that a minister is immoral, then who is the minister who is qualified to be immoral?Naturally, it is the highly respected Three Dukes, that is, themselves.

As the three ministers, in addition to world affairs, they naturally know that there are more or less natural disasters in the states and counties of the world every year, but most of them are small in scale and have little impact, and the states and counties can deal with them. But if these are connected with the induction of heaven and humans, Together, the emperor will not make mistakes, and they are the ones who make mistakes and are immoral.

Originally, many people promoted this heaven-human connection, the alternation of five virtues, their minds were inherently impure, and the court was too merciless towards officials and powerful men.

So I wanted to use these theories of heaven and human induction to restrict them.Moreover, the royal family happened to have a lot of mystical qualities, and this celestial connection was also good for them. Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor did not accept their tricks at all.If the imperial court accepted this set of doctrines, they would be able to admonish the emperor with various natural disasters.If the emperor loses his virtue, he will bring disaster from heaven.Why did the emperor lose his moral integrity?Naturally, he did something wrong and was immoral.

So what's wrong?Isn’t that what these officials have the final say?He can be a treacherous villain, he can be tyrannical, he can be tyrannical, he can be charming and bring harm to the country, he can be reckless in using weapons.In short, anything that benefits them will become their excuse.

If you listen to their advice, you are accepting advice with an open mind, and you are a wise king. If you don't listen to their advice, you are a king of Jie and Zhou.

After Wang Xin saw the memorial, he didn't notice it at first. He simply followed the traditions left by his ancestors and was unwilling to engage in any divine right of kings or gods and ghosts.

After all, they know very well that these things are fake, and only the ancestors are real, and they will only agree if they are crazy.

But then the matter became bigger and bigger, and only then did Wang Xin see the mystery.This interaction between heaven and man and the alternation of the five virtues are not to consolidate their destiny or the sacredness of the imperial power, but to limit the power of the imperial power and expand their power.

Wang Xin explained everything. Among these left-right prime ministers, three princes and senior officials, who would dare to object?Didn’t you see the general next to you eager to try?Even if you want to die, this is not the way to die.

After confirming that no one objected, Wang Xin issued an edict again, directly abandoning the theory of the induction of heaven and man and the alternation of five virtues.He also directly ordered the academy to ban the spread of this line of doctrine.

This action caused a lot of turmoil. After all, the academy has never completely banned a theory. Even the exquisite self-interested and anarchic Yang Zhu theory has not been banned. The Confucian theory of the induction of heaven and man became the first Forbidden.

As the ban was issued, there was an uproar in the academy. Many scholars gathered their friends and wanted to gather everyone's strength to persuade the court not to ban the doctrine.

According to them, today the imperial court can ban the Confucian theory of telepathy between heaven and man, and in the future it can ban any theory that does not conform to its wishes.This is a restriction on the development of the Academy and a violation of the Academy's ideals.

Of course, there are also many people who agree with the court's approach, and the largest number of them are the Legalists. Legalists don't care whether they are inspired by heaven or humans.If everyone advocates the induction of heaven and man, will the law become a piece of paper?

This was an attack on the roots of Legalism, and the various schools of Legalism immediately united to suppress him, and they would not stop until he was killed.

The impact of this incident was very large. The Academy was the place where the imperial court trained future officials, so naturally it could not be left alone.The disputes between the two sides were so fierce that they even started to stage a full-scale martial arts scene.

At this time, Confucianism was still full of martial virtue, but Legalism was even more outstanding. After all, many Legalists were also able to practice military skills. After the war, Confucianism was still suppressed by Legalism.

Seeing that the situation had reached this point, Wang Xin issued an edict to have the two parties hold a debate in the academy to end this farce.

(End of this chapter)