Song Lian smiled bitterly: "The old minister has received dozens of letters from old friends in the past two days, and there are eight of them who want to cut off their robes with the minister, and this is still just close." ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "Master Song, you tell me the truth, do you have any other way?" ”

Song Lian shook his head: "More than 20 people in Qin Tianjian will be beheaded tomorrow, what else can I think of, I can only play the side persuasion every day." ”

Song Lian looked at what Zhu Biao wanted to say but still held back, Zhu Biao said calmly: "Master Song wants me to persuade you, right?" ”

Song Lian was a little embarrassed, sighed and said: "The old minister doesn't want His Royal Highness to be involved in these things, but at this time, no one can persuade the saint except you and the queen mother." ”

Zhu Biao looked at his husband and said, "Is what Master Song wants to let Mencius return to the Temple of Literature?" ”

Song Lian nodded, Yasheng was expelled from the Temple of Literature and on the surface, it was caused by his lack of answer, which naturally made Mr. Song sad, don't talk about old friends after a while, I am afraid that the students he accepted in his early years will have to cut off relations with him.

Zhu Biao said slowly: "What my father is angry with is not Mencius, but the discordant and humble remarks in his book "Mencius". ”

Song Lian said in a panic: "How can this work, how can the works of the sages be deleted and modified at will, no, "Mencius" has been passed down for thousands of years and has not been changed, what kind of system is this, this will leave a name in history." ”

Zhu Biao quietly waited for Song Lian to calm down before he spoke: "This is not for you to do it alone, not to mention that compared to Mencius's tablet being blown by the wind outside, deleting some content is nothing." ”

Song Lian leaned back in his chair tiredly: "Who else did you tell Your Highness this?" ”

Zhu Biao shook his head: "I only told Master Song." ”

Song Lian smiled bitterly: "It seems that this is something you discussed with the saint, it is worthy of the heavenly family, as soon as the example of deleting and modifying the works of the sages is opened, what the scholars of the world will read in the future will only depend on what the court wants them to read." ”

Zhu Biao did not deny it, he still had feelings for Song Lian, Song Lian thought for a while and said: "You can't get involved too much in this matter, in a few days, the eyes of the world's scholars will be here, the saint is reckless and has the merit of reopening the sun and the moon and the new sky, no one can blame anything." ”

"But His Royal Highness has a literary name since he was a child, if he participates in this matter, it will be a great blow to your reputation, you will be the Holy King of the Ages in the future, and the infamy will be left to the old ministers, it is my idea to delete "Mencius", I will go to Qian Tang and others to discuss, Your Highness should not speak during this time, and you will intercede after the deletion is completed."

This is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang not letting him get involved too much in this matter, the writing is like a knife, the reader may not be able to kill you, but it is enough to disgust you.

They will make up some things and write them down, and then secretly circulate them, or just hide them at home, and wait for hundreds of years to know whether what he wrote is true or false, and the world will only eat melons with relish.

There are countless such examples, although Zhu Biao doesn't pay much attention to his posthumous name, but too many others pay attention to it, just like Zhu Yuanzhang will never tolerate Zhu Biao having a little stigma.

Zhu Biao looked at Song Lian, who was going to dedicate himself to him, and said: "Master Song misunderstood, you are my husband, this matter is naturally handed over to others to do, it's just to talk to you first." ”

Song Lian took a sip of tea and said: "Other people's qualifications are not enough, and the old minister has woken up a lot after this, to say a cheeky word, the minister thinks that he is a great Confucian in the world, and has taught His Royal Highness the Prince, so it is normal to leave a name in history, but the letters received in the past few days have belittled the ministers for nothing." ”

Song Lian sighed and said: "The old minister really didn't expect that the name of this hard work and management of a lifetime is so fragile, what is left of what the minister is pursuing in this life?" ”

Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao on the side: "Let others mention that they will inevitably be besieged, only the reputation of the old minister is big enough, and now the old minister only hopes that His Royal Highness can create a prosperous era, so that the minister will die without regrets." ”

Zhu Biao reluctantly began to comfort Song Lian, he was suddenly stimulated too much, resulting in some broken jars now, which is not good.

Zhu Biao finally said: "This imperial examination is also completed, Master Song will go home to recuperate for a few days, and the palace will ask for leave for you, as for the deletion and modification of "Mencius", there is no need to worry, the Kong family has not reacted yet." ”

Zhu Biao instructed Liu Jin to lead people to send Song Lian home safely, and also told his son not to let Song Lian be stimulated by anything more.

After sending Song Lian away, Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head, of course it is good for Song Lian to do this, but this cauldron has to be carried for a lifetime.

Other civil officials would only scold Song Lian for daring to propose the deletion and alteration of the writings of the sages, and then happily put the credit for Mencius back to the Temple of Literature on his own head.

Zhu Biao's eyes narrowed, wouldn't it be better if this matter was proposed by Yan Shenggong, so that the sacredness of the Confucian family in the hearts of the scholars would not be much, and the remaining Yan Sheng Gong Mansion was just a piece of meat under the knife.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already arranged for Mao Xiang to go to Shandong to arrange, and he must use public opinion to force the new Yan Shenggong to the capital, the Confucian family is the spiritual leader of the people of the world, but there are gains and losses.

Presumably, at this time, the Confucian Mansion had already received many letters written by famous Confucian scholars, and who could agree to the Confucian Mansion at this time?

Zhu Biao said softly: "If the Holy Father of Yan doesn't come out, what is the life of the people in the world?" ”

After saying that, Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing, as long as Yan Shenggong arrived in the capital, it would be a sheep in the tiger's mouth, how did Kong Kejian, the last Yan Shenggong, die?

Isn't it that he was forcibly invited to Nanjing by Zhu Yuanzhang last year, but Kong Kejian died of illness on the way back to Shandong, and the current Yan Shenggong is his son Kong Xixue, if it is not a last resort, he will not dare to come to the capital again.

In the final analysis, Mencius was not Zhu Yuanzhang's goal from beginning to end, what he planned was the world's first family, the Confucian family, and Zhu Biao had already figured this out, so he dragged on to create conditions for Mao Xiang.

I mentioned this matter to Song Lian just now to see how much impact this incident has on scholars, and now Zhu Biao can be sure that if Yan Shenggong takes the initiative to mention the deletion of the works of the sages, the Confucian family will fall into a place of no return.

Because he himself denied his own sacredness, and even the hand-me-down writings of the Confucian Yasheng Mencius were wrong, but what about Confucius? Of course, Kong Xixue will not agree if he has no problem with his brain, and it will depend on the means when the time comes.

For traditional agrarian societies to maintain their stability, it was necessary to establish an extremely rigid hierarchy from the top down.

Only in this way can we ensure the stability of agricultural production and thus the economic and social security of the entire country. And Confucianism, represented by Confucius, is an advocate of such an orderly order of respect and inferiority.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang must use Confucianism, but he can't bear that the spiritual leader of Confucianism is not him, but a perfect sage, which is the alternative struggle between imperial power and religious power.

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