King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 303 The Government of the Shang Monarch
On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy snowfall.

Today is a special day, His Majesty the Emperor specially decreed to hold a Sutra feast, and all senior civil and military officials will be present today.

At the beginning of the hour, the officials had already rushed to the Wenhua Hall, and under the guidance of the ceremony officer, they lined up and stood still.

Because of the large number of officials, the officials in the main hall of Wenhua Hall are relatively crowded, but everything is in order.

After standing still, the hall was extremely quiet, just waiting for the emperor's arrival.

Everyone waited for about a quarter of an hour before they heard movement from outside, and they knew that the emperor's guard of honor had arrived.

Everyone finally arranged their sleeves and groomed themselves, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's arrival.

After a few breaths, more than a dozen eunuchs entered the palace with various utensils and displays, and finally stood around the throne.

After a while, the emperor appeared outside the hall in a uniform.

Everyone knelt down on the ground one after another, welcoming the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Amidst the shouts from the mountain, Emperor Zhu Xianming entered the hall, followed by Crown Prince Rui and Zhu Jinghong.

Today's sutra banquet was held, and all the civil and military officials were here, which can be regarded as a court meeting. Zhu Jinghong was also deeply surprised by this.

According to the feast day, it is reasonable to say that it should be held every day, but it has not been practiced since the founding of the Taizu, and it is difficult to guarantee even the monthly lecture in the later period.

It was passed on to the ancestor Zhongxing, who at the beginning of his succession, in order to strengthen his legitimacy, he did it in a day-to-day manner.

Of course, this system did not persist for half a year, and Shizu began to let the princes do the work for him. He would rather go to war than Wenhua Palace.

In the later period of the ancestors, the sutra banquet became a monthly talk, and in the later period, there was no form at all.

Let's say that after the emperor took his seat, the three princes accompanied him, and only the prince was given a stool.

Picking up the teacup, Zhu Xianming took a sip to warm up his body, and said, "Let's begin!"

An official came out of the train and knelt in front of the lecture and said: "Luo Guangde, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, gave a lecture on Volume 68 of Historical Records, Biography of Shang Jun!"

As soon as Luo Guangde opened his mouth, the generals were calm, but many civil officials were both surprised and anxious.

What does Mr. Shang do?He was the one who changed Qin law and strengthened Qin. Before the cabinet will make major adjustments, learning this period of history is extremely sensitive.

Today's third assistant, Zhao Yushan, has always wanted to reform the system, and is a popular candidate for the next chief assistant.

"Shang Jun, the villainous son of the Wei Zhi, named Yang, surnamed Gongsun, and his ancestor's surname is Ji..."

Luo Guangde began to recite, but no one was listening.

For things like Jingyan, Wu Xun is just for show, and they basically don't have anything to do with them during the whole process, so just think about what to eat for dinner.

The civil servants at the scene memorized the biography of Lord Shang fluently, so naturally they didn't need to listen. Instead, they focused on the upcoming battle and thought about how to respond and debate in advance.

As for the current situation, Prince Zhu Jingyuan didn't notice it, he just thought it was an ordinary teaching show.

It was Zhu Jinghong and Zhu Jingyuan who vaguely sensed something was wrong.

While Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about his position, Zhu Jinghong was relieved, thankfully he was not the focus person today.

The so-called teaching examination, probably the old man scared me... Zhu Jinghong secretly thought.

On such an important occasion, how could he be specially tested for an illiterate person like him.

After Luo Guangde read the article, he immediately began to analyze it.

The first is to praise Shang Yang as a good man, then praise the policies he proposed, and then demonstrate that reform can make the country prosperous and strong.

"Qizou Your Majesty, I have finished my speech today!"

"Ok!"

After saluting to the emperor again, Luo Guangde returned to the train, and there was a dead silence in the hall.

"Shangjun governed and made Qin dominate, but Shangjun's law is also called evil law by historians. It can be seen that it is difficult to say whether it is right or wrong..."

"All of you lovers are full of knowledge, and you all have unique insights. Why don't you try to talk about it today?"

The emperor's words were equivalent to blowing the battle horn, and the officials who had already prepared had prepared their speeches based on their own positions.

"Your Majesty, I have a word..."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say..."

All of a sudden, five officials came out to Chen Zou, which brought the atmosphere to a climax from the beginning.

"Xu Qing, tell me first..."

After the emperor's roll call, the officials surnamed Xu began to play, and the others retreated to the train.

"I think that although Shang Jun has a plan to enrich the country, he only pursued it for a while, and Qin II died..."

As soon as this person opened his mouth, he criticized Shang Yang as an individual, only taking its disadvantages and seldom talking about its benefits. This person is obviously a conservative person.

Some people objected, and others naturally supported it. The official Xu's voice fell, and someone spoke directly again.

The two sides talked back and forth, and what they said made sense after careful consideration. Zhu Jinghong was dizzy when he heard it.

He also has to admit that these officials who have read poetry and books are indeed good at debating, and the way they cite classics makes people unclear.

Of course, although there were many speakers at the scene, the highest one was Shang Shu, and the three cabinet ministers did not speak from the beginning to the end.

As the chief assistant, Xie Changen even squinted his eyes as if he had fallen asleep. He didn't want to get involved.

The debate lasted for half an hour. At first Zhu Jinghong was still listening carefully, but at the end he yawned directly.

The matter of reform, to put it bluntly, depends on the emperor's attitude. When meeting a monarch like Qin Xiaogong, Shang Yang will naturally be reused.

However, most monarchs in history actually lacked the courage to change. Even if they showed strong interest at the beginning, they would shrink back when they encountered resistance in the later stage.

This is also human nature. Even a fierce man like Zhu Xianming will appear indecisive when it comes to changing the imperial system.

"All done?"

Seeing that no one answered, Zhu Xianming glanced at the officials and asked, "Who else wants to talk?"

Although the speech just now was lively, there were still some middle-of-the-road factions who did not speak. These are the people the emperor is asking at the moment.

But since these people decided to ride the wall, how could they easily decide to stand in line.

Even if the emperor asked the question for the second time, these human beings who climbed to the core power level still pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not speak.

This disappointed Zhu Xianming very much, and he very much hoped that these people would support the change.

"Prince Rui... just now, all the ministers discussed together, each has its own merits, what's your opinion on this matter?"

Hearing that the emperor asked the sixth child first, the prince sitting beside him felt very awkward. Regardless of his status or line order, he should be asked first.

Now the old man asked Prince Rui first, where would he be placed as a prince?What will the officials think of him?

The prince's anger has nothing to do with Prince Rui, at the moment the latter regards it as an opportunity, he only thinks of performing well.

"Reporting to my father, Shang Jun's law is beneficial to the Qin State, but it is not harmful to South Korea's reform. It is exactly the same as Shang Jun's government, but in the end, the law will be broken and the country will be destroyed..."

"It can be seen from this that there is no distinction between good and bad laws, but measures should be adapted to local conditions, and strategies should be formulated according to actual conditions..."

"My son-in-law thinks that discussing the pros and cons of the Shang monarch's law and ignoring the national conditions of Qin and Han, such an argument is tantamount to building a castle in the air!"

Zhu Jingyuan knew that the emperor wanted to express his opinion, but at the moment he could only pretend not to understand, and talk nonsense about the pros and cons of "Shang Jun's method".

No matter which side Zhu Jingyuan fell to, he would offend the people on the other side to death, which Zhu Jingyuan would never want to see.

Although he had already guessed that the sixth child would play tricks, Zhu Xianming was still very disappointed when he heard these words.

He is very fond of this son, so he hopes to see Zhu Jingyuan's responsibility in these major events.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished his long speech, Zhu Xianming said in a deep voice, "Little Six, step back!"

"Yes!"

"Prince, what do you think of this matter?"

(End of this chapter)