Wentang

Chapter 697

"Bang." After reading the secret letter, Li Shimin slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, making a loud noise.

The court fell silent in an instant, no one dared to stroke the tiger's beard at this time, even close officials like Yue Shan and Changsun Wuji, and strong people like Wei Zheng didn't dare.

The ministers standing at the forefront of the crowd could clearly see that the palm of Li Shimin's hand slapping the chair was twitching... It can be seen that he was angry, otherwise he would not have "self-mutilated" like this.

"Zhao Meng, tell them the secret belief." After a while, Li Shimin's cold voice sounded.

Zhao Meng hurriedly ran over to pick up the secret letter that fell on the ground. The writing on it was very simple, but the content made him shudder.Then subconsciously glanced at Yue Shan.

After he stabilized his mind, he read: "There is a folklore in Lizhou that during the period when Ying Guogong's warrior Xun was in Lizhou, Yuan Tiangang, a fortune teller, came to visit and said that Mrs. Wu should give birth to a precious son. Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing can be third-rank .”

"Ying Guogong ordered the wet nurse to hold the princess in her arms and pretend to be a man. Yuan Tiangang was shocked and said that if she was a woman with dragon eyes and a phoenix neck, she should be the master of the world."

"Shua..." Everyone's eyes turned to Yue Shan.

This is really what you say.He just said that if someone wants to harm the princess, there must be other backhands, but as soon as the words were finished, the lingering lingering lingering in his ears, the backhands came out.

If they didn't know that Yue Shan wouldn't do such a thing, they would have wondered if he directed it.

At this time, no one doubted Yue Shan's words, the prophecy was false, and the target was directed at the Crown Princess.

Then everyone was terrified.

It's another way to use mysterious power to harm people. Last time, the chicken turned into a male and pointed at the queen, and almost abolished the queen.

Although it was cracked by Yue Shan, the consequences were very serious.Yue Shan may be the last to be condemned by God.Also because of this incident, two families of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were wiped out, and dozens of powerful families were implicated.

After that incident, everyone thought that no one would dare to harm others in this way, at least when Yue Shan was still alive.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Since then, all kinds of auspiciousness, prophecy and so on have almost disappeared.

Unexpectedly, it appeared again today, and the target once again pointed to the royal family.

Thinking deeply, is the target this time really the princess?Could it be to take this opportunity to murder the emperor's grandson?

If you think about it further, everyone knows that Li Shimin regards Li Xiang, the grandson of the emperor, as a symbol of the heaven's support for his reform.

Is someone using this incident to attack King Jin and create obstacles for the reform of the court?
It's terrifying to think carefully.

Maybe it will be another big cleaning.

On the other side, Yue Shan was also shocked. The fact that Yuan Tiangang told Wu Zetian's fortune was actually true?

This incident was spread very evil in the original history, Yue Shan thought it should be false.

The most likely thing is the rumor that Wu Zetian put gold on his face to let people walk on purpose.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Tiangang is not stupid, even if he really sees that a certain person can be the emperor, how dare he say it in public?
Or say it in front of so many people, do you really think that no one will inform you?
You must know that the samurai Xun is a loyal minister of the Supreme Emperor, and Li Shimin is eager to find a chance to kill him.As long as there is a little bit of news, the whole clan of warriors and Yuan Tiangang will die.

No, he overturned his idea immediately.It was precisely because this news reached the ears of the court that it was proved that this matter was false.

Just when he was thinking wildly, the samurai Xun came out and knelt on the ground with a 'putong', and said in grief and indignation: "Chen Wude served in Yangzhou for seven years, and changed to Lizhou after the four-year term of Zhenguan. The time is smooth...the crown princess has Five years old, how can you pretend to be a boy."

"Even if I have the heart, how can I hide it from Yuan Tiangang's eyes... Please the sage be careful, and return the minister and the princess to be fair."

After speaking, tears streamed down my face.

Everyone already believed that the so-called prophecy was false, and now there is no doubt.

As the samurai Xun said, when he went to Lizhou, the concubine was already five years old, how could he pretend to be a boy?No one really thinks that wearing a boy's clothes is enough, right?

Besides, Yuan Tiangang is a great physiognomy master who is famous all over the world. How can he not see men and women after reading countless people in his life?

As for the male appearance of girls, it can be explained. The problem is that the princess is a beauty no matter what. If this can be misunderstood, then Yuan Tiangang is not worthy of being a god.

Those who spread rumors didn't know what they were thinking, and they didn't find such a big flaw.

Yue Shan's head is also confused now, the original history and the current history are completely mixed together, he can no longer tell which is true and which is false.

Li Shimin said kindly: "Mr. Ying, get up quickly, I will definitely find out the truth and give you an explanation."

At this time, he also completely believed that someone was plotting something wrong.

However, the sharp pain in his hand also made him wake up from his anger. He still hasn't forgotten the original purpose of calling Yue Shan over today.

After appeasing the warrior Xun, he said to Yue Shan again: "Taibai is daytime, what does the heroine Chang mean?"

Everyone also woke up, yes, this is the original purpose.It was only later that the topic was brought up to the prophecy that the heroine Wu Wang has the world on behalf of her.

The heroine, King Wu, has been proven to be a fake. This celestial phenomenon does exist, and there is also Tai Shiling's comment. How do you explain this?

Hearing this, Yue Shan showed a confident smile. He really couldn't answer it at first, but with such a long buffer, he already thought of a good excuse.

"I agree with the heroine Chang, but who told you that the heroine must be the heroine you imagined?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help being stunned.Thinking about it carefully, it really is true, who stipulated that the heroine must be a woman as the emperor?

After waiting for a while for everyone to digest, Yue Shan continued: "Is your wife the mistress of your family? Are your mothers and grandmothers the mistress of your family?"

"Why must the mistress be the one you think of, and not the mistress of your family?"

Everyone nodded subconsciously, but the answer was no problem.

At this time, Li Chunfeng, who was standing at the back of the queue, stood up and said, "Yue Hou's explanation is indeed reasonable, but how can He De, the hostess of the Ordinary House, get the celestial warning?"

Yue Shan was a little surprised, Li Chunfeng is not stupid, he dare to stand up and face him at this time?Moreover, the two parties have a good personal relationship, so what is he going to do?
But immediately seeing him winking at him covertly, Yue Shan thought of his purpose in a flash of inspiration.

Li Chunfeng can see the flaws in his own explanation, and others can also see it. His purpose should be to cooperate with himself to come up with a perfect explanation to block everyone's mouths.

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly to show that he understood.

"Dr. Li's question is good. The change of the status of the hostess of a family or two will not cause astronomical warnings. If there are tens of thousands of families, should the customs of the whole world change?"

"Change customs?" Li Chunfeng asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.

"Men and women, yang and yin complement each other to form the human world, but have you ever thought that women's status has been too low for thousands of years?" Yue Shan said:

"Three obediences, four virtues, and seven crimes. Obey the father at home, obey the husband when married, and obey the son when the husband loses. If the wife disobeys, she will be divorced. No matter what the husband does, the wife must obey... slaves are nothing more than So be it."

Yue Shan naturally made the status of women as miserable as possible, just to make the final result even more irrefutable.

When it came to the issue of women's status, without Li Chunfeng talking, someone stood up and retorted: "Qingshui Hou's remarks are wrong. The three cardinal principles and five permanent principles of men and women are determined by saints. How can there be problems?"

Yue Shan asked rhetorically, "Then dare to ask this colleague, which sage determined the three cardinal guides and five constant rules you mentioned?"

"This..." The man stammered and couldn't speak.

Although everyone talks about the three cardinal guides and five constant rules, not many people know who proposed this.In fact, it is determined according to the thoughts of Dong Zhongshu and others. Is Dong Zhongshu a saint?
At this time another official stood up and said: "The three obediences, the four virtues, and the seven virtues all come from etiquette, which is one of the Confucian classics..."

Yue Shan interrupted him directly and said, "Of course I know about etiquette, but it's just a book that records the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty. When did the Zhou Dynasty start? More than 1000 years ago, can the etiquette at that time be adapted to modern times? "

"Besides, the things of the Zhou Dynasty must be right?"

"Bold." Immediately, more than a dozen people stood up and blamed Yue Shan for disrespecting ancient rituals and saints.

Yue Shan sneered and said, "The Zhou Dynasty adopted the well field system. Are you planning to restore the well field system?"

Suddenly these people were choked for a long time and could not say a word.

Who dares to say that the well field system will be restored?Not to mention whether the rich and powerful in the world will eat them up, they themselves don't want to.The well field system directly harms their own interests.

"You...you don't have to quibble..." It took a while before someone blushed.

"What is sophistry?" Yue Shan's face became gloomy, and he reprimanded: "If it is beneficial to you, you must abide by the Bible, and if it is harmful to you, you must change or get rid of it. It is people like you who are shameless."

"I...I...you...deceived people too much, I..." Those officials were so annoyed by what they said, they had the tendency to come up to fight Yue Shan.

"Quiet, how can we allow you to make noise in the hall." Zhao Meng shouted loudly, interrupting their dispute.

This is the group of people who belatedly remembered what they had done, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Hmph." Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Don't you keep saying to obey the Zhou rituals? Is the Zhou rituals teaching you to treat the king like this?"

"I ask the sage to forgive me for my inappropriateness in front of the emperor." Those people were startled, and quickly apologized.

"Everyone remember that the salary will be fined for three months, and the next assessment will be the lowest." Li Shimin said.

"Here." The official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Examination Department immediately stood up and wrote down everyone's names, including Yue Shan's.

But everyone who understands understands that Yue Shan is just going through the motions.At his level, the so-called merits and demerits do not lie in the officials, but in what the emperor thinks.

After dealing with those people, Li Shimin looked at Yue Shan again and said, "I asked you to explain the celestial phenomena of the heroine Chang, not to fight for women."

Yue Shan clasped his fists and said: "The saint's words are wrong. It's not that I want to complain for the woman, but the sky is for the woman."

Li Shimin frowned, and said, "Don't scare me."

Yue Shan said: "The sage will naturally understand after listening to my explanation."

"There must be a huge problem with the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty. If there is no problem, there will be no Spring and Autumn and Warring States, and there will be no Qin and Han Dynasties. It should always be the world of the Zhou royal family."

"The Zhou Dynasty in question has been destroyed for thousands of years, but its bad habits have been regarded as the standard by later generations, which is really ridiculous."

"The status of a woman who should be compatible with a man's yin and yang is not as good as a slave. This is definitely not what the heavens want to see."

"It's just that there are too many problems in the world. If everything needs the heaven to warn, then it is estimated that there will be abnormal celestial phenomena every day. The sky will only find some important things or have opportunities for change before giving warnings."

"I thought that something that could change the status of women happened in Datang today, so God would react."

"Everyone can think about it, before Taibai discovered that the daytime phenomenon occurred, what happened in the Tang Dynasty that could change the status of women."

Everyone couldn't help but fell into thought.

After a while, I heard Li Chunfeng say in surprise: "The girls' academy, the girls' academy founded by the empress."

Yue Shan said happily: "Yes, it is the Women's Academy."

"Men can also learn to read and write through apprenticeships, but women would never have access to books in their entire lives if they hadn't been educated in their families."

"If you don't read books, you can't open your mind and understand the truth. If you spend your whole life in a daze, you can only follow what others say."

"The women's academy is the first in the world to teach women etiquette. Once a woman has opened her mind and mastered the knowledge, her status will naturally rise."

"This..." Everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

This explanation sounds unreliable at first, but the more you think about it, the more reasonable it becomes.

At the beginning, everyone didn't take the women's academy seriously. The court has changed so much in the past few years, and no one cares about the addition of an additional women's academy.

But now that I think about it carefully, this thing was developed by the queen, and it is something new and unprecedented.The purpose is to teach women various etiquette and knowledge...

After careful calculation, this thing really deserves a vision from God.

Yue Shan continued his efforts and said: "As the saying goes, the man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside. Everything in the family is managed by the mistress when the man is outside. If the mistress doesn't understand anything, can she manage it?"

"Children also grow up with their mothers from an early age. Is the child taught by a mother who understands the festival the same as the child taught by a mother who doesn't know anything?"

"That's why some people say, 'A virtuous wife prospers for three generations, and a stupid wife destroys seven generations'."

"Why are there rumors that you should marry a woman of the five surnames? Is it true that the five surnames are so noble? No, because the five surnames and Qiwang are the origins of the cultured families, and the women in their families have received good education since they were young. reason."

"So what you really want to marry is not a woman with five surnames, but a good wife who is knowledgeable and well-mannered like a woman with five surnames."

"It can be said that women's colleges not only change women's own family status, but also greatly help men's careers and the entire family."

"So, the astronomical phenomenon of the heroine Chang is taking care of the women's academy."

(End of this chapter)