My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1042: Angry at King Ping of Zhou! Tigers and wolves have looked eastward for hundreds of years, and I am the only one left who is orthodox?
Not to mention Wei Liao and others, even Ying Zheng looked at Yuan Shouyue with shock and asked, "Yan and Donghu are secretly connected. You accused them of being close to Di and similar to Di."

"We have openly formed an alliance with the Xiongnu, but you think this is correct?"

"How can you say such a ridiculous thing!"

Ying Zheng did not feel angry at all, but was only shocked by the words that were beyond his imagination.

Dai Wangjia's behavior was obviously more outrageous than Yan Wangxi's. As a result, Yuan Shou scolded Yan Wangxi so vigorously, but he lost his temper when it came to Dai Wangjia's turn?

Ying Zheng can’t understand!

Ying Zheng was shocked!

The salary I issued was eaten up by people like this?

Facing Ying Zheng's angry glare, Yuan Shou answered fearlessly: "Because the King of Dai did nothing wrong, I can say this."

"If the King of Dai was wrong in what he did, then the Marquis of Shen was also wrong."

"Shen Hou, there can be no mistake!"

The succession of the Eastern and Western Zhou dynasties was a topic that all Confucian scholars, princes, and even Confucius and Mencius tried their best to avoid, because the interests involved in this topic were too broad.

If the actions of the Marquis of Shen were unjust, then the legitimacy of King Ping of Zhou would be lost. Then, are the Zhou rituals after King You of Zhou still the Zhou rituals? Are the princes enfeoffed after King You of Zhou still princes?

Is there anything worth learning from the system of the Zhou Dynasty, which existed for only 275 years and was destroyed by traitors and foreigners?

Yuan Shou’s words were ridiculous.

But these absurd words are actually protecting the interests of countless people and countless countries!
Ying Zheng was furious: "In my opinion, the King of Dai's move is unjust!"

"Does an unjust act become a righteous act simply because the King of Dai spoke to the Marquis of Shen?"

Chunyu Yue stepped out of the line, thought for a moment, then with a frown on his face, he retracted his steps, shook his head and murmured, "The actions of the Marquis of Shen are very different from those of the King of Dai."

"The Marquis of Shen was trying to save the Zhou state, but the King of Dai was only trying to attack the other princes."

"We cannot assume that the King of Dai is innocent just because he mentioned the Marquis of Shen!"

After careful consideration, Chunyu Yue felt that Yuan Shou's advice was a bit too extreme.

But this matter involved the legal legitimacy of King Ping of Zhou after all. Chunyu Yue was unable to refute Yuan Shou for a while and had to think carefully.

Chunyu Yue and other doctors were lost in thought, but more than ten doctors came out in unison and said, "Whether it is righteous or unrighteous does not depend on your own opinion, but on the opinions of the people of the world!"

"Even if Your Majesty announces the alliance between the King of Dai and the Xiongnu to the world, no one in the world will think that the King of Dai's action is unjust!"

Ying Zheng was so angry that he laughed: "Good, good, good!"

"What a ridiculous idea! What a ridiculous statement!"

"I don't believe that everyone in the world is like you and can't tell right from wrong!"

Yuan Shou asked in a cold voice: "Does the king think that Shen Hou's actions were wrong?"

Of course, Ying Zheng felt that Shen Hou was wrong. In Ying Zheng's view, Shen Hou's action was an act of forgetting his ancestors!
But Ying Zheng knew even more that he could not say that, otherwise Ying Zheng would become the public enemy of Confucian scholars all over the world!
Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, and had to first think about the differences between the actions of King Dai and Marquis Shen.

Seeing Ying Zheng thinking silently, Yuan Shou breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to release two sweet dates: "Of course, the alliance between the King of Dai and the Xiongnu is not completely wrong."

"The process of the alliance between the King of Dai and the Xiongnu is completely inconsistent with the rules of etiquette."

"I think that Your Majesty can ask all the scholars in the world to denounce this!"

After hearing this, Ying Zheng just wanted to curse!

Ying Chengjiao started to scold them directly: "You keep saying that Lord Shen is not wrong. The King of Dai and Lord Shen are both right, so they are not wrong either."

"I think that Lord Shen is a traitor who has forgotten his ancestors and betrayed China. He deserves to be killed by everyone!"

Yuan Shou, Chunyu Yue and all other Confucian scholars looked up in surprise.

Whose general is this, so brave?
Chang An Jun said this? So what!
Anyone who dares to infringe upon the orthodoxy of the Great Zhou will be condemned, no matter who he is!

Just as Yuan Shou was about to start scolding, he heard Ying Chengjiao continue, "During the Zhou Dynasty, was Shen Hou the only thief?"

"Don't say that King Ping of Zhou knew nothing about Marquis Shen's alliance with foreign tribes in the north."

"Shen Hou was the uncle of King Ping of Zhou. How could King Ping of Zhou not know the character of Shen Hou? King Ping of Zhou knew the character of Shen Hou but still disobeyed the order of King You of Zhou and fled out of the city to join Shen Hou, which led to King You of Zhou raising an army to attack Shen."

"King Ping of Zhou also sat back and watched as Marquis Shen allied with foreign tribes in the north, led them into the pass and slaughtered the Chinese people, and did nothing. In the end, he pretended to be naive and ignorant and sat on the throne of the emperor."

"King Ping of Zhou is also a thief who stole the country! He should be executed!"

Everyone: ? ? ?
The scholars were stunned.

Even Qin's emperor and ministers including Ying Zheng and Wei Liao were all stunned.

Everyone in the world knows that you, Lord Chang'an, are a lobbyist, good at lobbying, and invincible.

But we really didn’t know that you, Chang’an Jun, are so brave!

It's fine for you to scold ordinary people, and we can barely accept your scolding of Shen Hou. But he was the founding king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty! The first emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!
How dare you accuse King Ping of Zhou of having come to the throne in an illegitimate way, and even accuse him of being a thief who stole the country?

Even King Zhaoxiang and King Zhuangxiang did not dare to say this!

Ying Chengjiao's words greatly exceeded the limits of everyone's imagination of this era, and even exceeded the bottom line of everyone's cognition of this era, so much so that Yuan Shou and others were almost speechless in shock!
Ying Chengjiao himself felt that the more he spoke, the smoother his speech became: "King You of Zhou has already made it clear that King Ping of Zhou will be deposed as the crown prince, and King Ping of Zhou is not the eldest or legitimate son of King You of Zhou."

"The throne of the Great Zhou is inherited by the eldest son. King Ping of Zhou is not the eldest son, not the eldest son, and not the crown prince. How can King Ping of Zhou be qualified to inherit the throne of King You of Zhou?"

"In the past, King Wu of Zhou ordered King Zhou's son Wu Geng to continue the Shang dynasty's sacrifices and named his country Bei instead of Shang. King Cheng of Zhou ordered King Zhou's brother Wei Zi to continue the Shang dynasty's sacrifices and also named his country Song instead of Shang. The Zhou rituals did have the great meaning of preserving the extinct, but they only continued the extinct sacrifices instead of extending the country."

"King Ping of Zhou inherited Zhou's sacrifices, altars, and national name. Will King You of Zhou agree? Does Zhou Li support it?"

"So, I think that Marquis Shen is a thief of the world, and King Ping of Zhou is a villain who stole the country. The Zhou Dynasty was destroyed when King You of Zhou died!"

Is what Ying Chengjiao said just nonsense?
of course not.

The three biggest problems of King Ping of Zhou were that he was a deposed crown prince, his mother was a deposed queen, and he was in a state of being sidelined from the time he ascended the throne until his death!
He was neither the eldest son nor the most virtuous, nor was he a deposed crown prince. He also joined forces with foreign tribes to launch an armed rebellion and killed the then Zhou emperor to inherit the throne. Even if you brought Confucius over, pressed his head and asked him, Confucius could not say a single word about how King Ping of Zhou came to the throne legitimately, and could only avoid the question!
In addition, although Zhou Li supports the continuation of the extinct sacrifices, it does not support you to inherit the name of the country and the land! The Zhou emperor succeeded the extinct Shang twice, but the name of each country that succeeded the extinct Shang was not Shang. So how could King Ping of Zhou inherit the name of the Zhou Dynasty and the land of the Zhou Dynasty by continuing the extinct sacrifices?

King Ping of Zhou inherited the name of Zhou, which was beneficial to almost all interest groups in the world, including princes, Confucian scholars, and powerful people. It was also beneficial to calming the people's hearts and suppressing unrest, but it was indeed not in line with Zhou rites!
Otherwise, wouldn't future generations have to acknowledge that the Southern Han, Cheng Han, Zhao Han and other regimes were the Great Han? !
But the basis of Ying Chengjiao's argument is very shallow, even crazy.

Even if it were placed in later times, it would be drowned in the spit of the world, and would make history teachers furious, let alone in this era.

Even Ying Zheng was stunned. It was hard for him to imagine that these were the words spoken by his younger brother.

Yuan Shou was so angry that his face turned red and his eyes were about to burst: "Shameless and ridiculous words!"

"Chang'an Jun is a saint, how can he say such absurd things!"

"King Ping of Zhou is the Son of Heaven, a shepherd of the people on behalf of Heaven. How could he be a thief?"

Ying Chengjiao looked at Yuan Shou and other Confucian scholars with a gloomy gaze and said, "Please remember what I said today."

Since you agree that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, and that the emperor can never be wrong, then I won't say much.

However, when our Great Qin replaces the Zhou, you must defend our Great Qin just like you do today!
Otherwise, be careful or I’ll chop you to death!

Yuan Shou and other Confucian scholars did not understand what Ying Chengqiu meant by this, but Ying Chengqiu had already given in and said, "Dr. Yuan's words make sense."

"King Ping of Zhou was not a thief, but an emperor who was coerced and deceived."

"But I still think that Lord Shen is a thief and that his alliance with the foreign tribes in the north is unjust!"

"The Zhou state was destroyed by King You of Zhou!"

Seeing that Ying Chengjiao was unmoved, Yuan Shou simply pointed out the deeper interests involved: "If King Ping of Zhou was unjust, then all the princes in the world would have obtained their positions unjustly!"

Ying Chengjiao spread his hands indifferently: "Whether King Ping of Zhou is righteous or not, it has nothing to do with my Great Qin!"

"The country of our Great Qin was established by King Xiao of Zhou!"

"King Ping of Zhou was neither righteous nor unrighteous, and he had nothing to do with the Dai Dynasty."

"When the last emperor of the dynasty died, the country was no longer in existence!"

"The King of Dai is not even a vassal, so what qualifications does he have to be compared with the Marquis of Shen?"

If all the emperors of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty lost their legal legitimacy, the legal legitimacy of Zhao, Han, Wei and other countries would also collapse.

But what does that have to do with my Great Qin?
The sacrifices of our Great Qin were conferred by King Xiao of Zhou, the uncle of King Ping of Zhou and the emperor of Western Zhou!

Ying Chengjiao suddenly had an idea and said, "The princes have no right to continue their own sacrifices. If a country is destroyed, it must be re-enfeoffed by the emperor before it can be restored!"

"After the restoration of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Qi, no emperor conferred titles on them, and Dai had no emperor conferring titles on them either!"

"If we follow the Zhou rituals, the Great Qin is the only vassal in the world that was personally appointed by the Emperor of the Great Zhou."

"The rest are all traitors!"

Ying Chengjiao felt as if he had opened the door to a new world, and a crazy world opened up to him.

If the legal legitimacy of King Ping of Zhou could be shaken through Marquis Shen, and then the legal legitimacy of the entire Eastern Zhou Dynasty, then the Qin State could use the name of justice!
Ying Chengjiao's eyes lit up, and he looked at Ying Zheng excitedly and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Why did father attack Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou? Father was actually seeking revenge for King You of Zhou!"

"Why did the Great Qin repeatedly go east? It was to follow the orthodox mandate of heaven and fight against the enemy!"

"Our Great Qin is the only legitimate power in the world today!"

The emperor and his ministers, as well as all the doctors in the court, were all speechless.

Ying Chengjiao's words were crazy, outrageous, and exceeded everyone's cognitive limits, yet they seemed to make some sense.

Tigers and wolves have been looking east for hundreds of years, and I am the only orthodox one left?
"pat~"

The brush in the historian's hand fell onto the paper.

Is this world so crazy?

(End of this chapter)