I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 172 A big man can't lose his etiquette!

Hearing that voice, the memory in Shu Suntong's mind was awakened.

It turned out to be Yang Xiahou.

Because I saw Chen Luo subdue a drunk with one trick at the banquet, I had a deep and positive impression of him.

Shu Suntong couldn't help but concentrate, wanting to hear why the other party played.

Seeing Chen Luo coming out, Liu Bang nodded slightly and said, "What does Jiang Ning want to say, but he has a worried expression on his face. Could it be that the fief suffered a natural disaster and needs me to allocate food for relief?"

After all, Chen Luo has not yet served in the court, so he came forward to ask for a speech, so he felt that there must be something wrong in the other party's fief.

Chen Luo shook his head: "Your Majesty, there is no disaster in the land of Chu, how can there be problems with the fief of the minister?

It's just that when I entered the palace to go to court, I saw that my colleagues walked into the palace a little loosely, and their expressions were not respectful enough, so some associations arose in my heart.

The loss of etiquette in the family will cause the younger generation to yell at the elders and boss them around, thus losing filial piety and harmony.

The courtiers walked through the hall wantonly, gathered together to whisper, raised their heads to discuss entertainment matters as soon as they left the hall, isn't this a symbol of the country's lack of etiquette?
If the country lacks etiquette, how can you show your dignity when governing the people in the world?
The minister was worried about this. "

His words were not without purpose.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see clearly the state of court just now, it was really a mess, I still put it lightly, just said "the steps are lax, and the expression is not respectful enough".

But this is also to avoid offending people.

I just stated the situation, and didn't name anyone who did something wrong.

Thus……

Chen Luo was still feeling his empathy, when he heard a rough voice behind him.

"Your Majesty, I don't think what Yang Xiahou said makes any sense. How can national etiquette and family etiquette be confused? What's more, as far as I know, that week's etiquette is quite cumbersome. You must know that the country has just been established and it is time to do practical things. How can we spend too much time on these useless things?"

Obviously, someone was in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, if you don't show courtesy and interrupt at will, doesn't that mean disorder without etiquette?" Chen Luo cupped his hands calmly, showing that the other party was making unreasonable disturbances.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Chen Luo immediately continued righteously: "Everyone, the last era when the ritual system was lost was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The princes did not pay attention to the Emperor Zhou and attacked each other unscrupulously; the ministers and bureaucrats committed chaos and replaced the monarch at will.

Ceremony breaks and music breaks, it's just like that!

From this point of view, isn't etiquette and law also a means of maintaining national stability?
As for the cumbersome Zhou rituals, this is not a difficult problem to solve.

You must know that there are differences in the music system of the five emperors, and the ritual system of the three kings is different.

The etiquette and law change with time, and it is a system formulated according to the morals and human conditions of the world.

For example, the etiquette of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties has been inherited, deleted, and added. This shows that the etiquette of different dynasties is not invariably repeated. Could it be that the great Han still adopted the Zhou etiquette?

The minister believes that a big man cannot lose his etiquette, just like Kansai cannot lose Chang'an! "

I just said one truth after another, and dismissed all the other party's arguments.

After saying this, Chen Luo could already imagine how embarrassing the other party's face would be behind his back.

Who told him to jump out.

Even this still left a line for himself, and he didn't completely tear his face to output with full firepower.

Otherwise, if you just say "I heard that a stone was thrown among the dogs, the one that barked the loudest must have been hit. Could it be that you were disrespectful when you went to court just now, or that you have the intention to commit chaos", that would be lore.

It's just that now he still has an overwhelming victory.

In the main hall, only Chen Luo's generous speech kept echoing.

Many courtiers who played and played during the court, drips of cold sweat emerged from their foreheads.

Even though it was about to slip into their eyes, these people remembered Chen Luo's remarks about etiquette, and dared not reach out to wipe it off.

Shusun Tong who was standing in the back row had light in his eyes at this moment.

Every word and every sentence that Yang Xiahou said really won my heart!
It was like perfectly expressing the thoughts in my heart, pointing at the commanding heights of morality, and reprimanding those rude people... Sigh, I have a feeling that I have been living in the shadow of the other party.

Liu Bang narrowed his eyes slightly, unable to see much joy or anger.

He scanned the hall with his head lowered, only the crowned officials could be seen, and finally looked sideways at Xiao He.

"Xiao Xiangguo, what do you think of Jiang Ning's views on rituals?" Liu Bang's tone was flat, but it pierced the core of the problem like a sharp sword.

After thinking for a while, Xiao He replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that what Yang Xiahou said is true, but the establishment of etiquette is indeed not the top priority at the moment, so you still need to make a judgment on the specific situation."

No matter how you decide on this kind of thing, you will offend another group of people, so he naturally didn't want to offend both sides, so he kicked the ball back to Liu Bang again.

"In this case..." Liu Bang paused, then looked at Chen Luo, "Jiang Ning, I entrust you with the task of formulating etiquette, but etiquette is not cumbersome, and everyone needs to learn it. What do you think?"

Chen Luo cupped his hands and vowed: "Your Majesty, there is no problem, and it will be completed within fifty days."

Liu Bang nodded with satisfaction: "Then Jiang Ning, what kind of help do you need, feel free to ask me."

Pretending to think for a few seconds, Chen Luo raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to borrow some Confucian doctors of Confucian classics to help."

"Your Majesty, I can lead my old friend and disciples to help Yang Xiahou." As Chen Luo's words fell, Shu Suntong stood up excitedly.

Liu Bang looked at Shu Suntong who stood up, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Hey, I seem to have granted you a doctorate. What do you think of Jiang Ning?"

Seeing Chen Luo nodding his head in agreement, he then made a decision and said, "Okay, since someone volunteered, I will ask Uncle Sun Tong to help Jiang Ning and formulate the etiquette of my great man.

However, I see that Jiang Ning does not have an official yet, and I am afraid that his name will not go well, and seeing what happened today, I just thought of a suitable official position, which can be entrusted to you. "

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When ancient and modern scholars studied the history of Qin and Han Dynasties, they had stereotyped Chen Luoduo as a "conspirator" or even a "Confucian scholar", mainly from "Historical Records Biography of Shusun Tong".

The paragraph "Yang Xia persuaded the above saying: 'If there is no etiquette, the way of the world is not ancient, the princes despise the emperor, and the princes kill the lord.' Someone said: 'It is very difficult to obtain etiquette.

In fact, it is also in "Historical Records Biography of Shusun Tong", there is "Shusun Tong's praise: 'At the night banquet, there are those who draw their swords and hit the pillars when they are drunk, and Yang Xia can control them in an instant.

In my opinion, many scholars actually misunderstood this passage, thinking that Chen Luo persuaded the other party with words.

In fact, Chen Luo used force to subdue the other party, which was more in line with the requirements of "Instantaneity", and used force to maintain the order of the banquet, which can also be said to be "Practice the etiquette personally, and dress people with the dress".

In this way, this can become a strong argument that Chen Luo is not the stereotyped "conspirator" and "Confucian scholar". ——Excerpted from the fourth section of ""Historical Records of the Yangxiahou Family" Chen Luojun Strategy" (author Chen Luo)
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