In the fifth year of Zhide (353 AD), in June Yiyou, the emperor Pei should suffer from a summer illness, and died in the Shenlong Hall of Daming Palace in Chang'an, at the age of sixty-five.

The court discussed, in order to lead the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion and Fanchang County Gongxun Xian as the "mountain tomb envoy", the main funeral, and the burial of the emperor in the Jingling of Danshan. Spin on the temple number, the nickname, called "Emperor Taizu Gao".

Emperor Pei Yan dismissed the mourning of the dynasty, in accordance with the new Dinghua ceremony of Taizu, and after 7749 days, he was removed from the old ceremony for three years of mourning, and the rest of the period was changed to "heart mourning". July Yihai, reopen the dynasty, since the prime minister Xi Su, Bian Xu, Tao Fan, Huan Wen and so on, all the officials who live in Beijing five or above, and the palace to serve the imperial history, gleaning, supplementing, etc., will meet the front hall of Deyang.

Pei Yan was dressed in full clothes, wearing nine chapters, wearing twelve hats, standing high in the palace, and the ministers worshipped. Although he has been five years old since he ascended the throne, he has been out of the Daming Palace in the past, although he is called the Son of Heaven, in fact, he is just a vertical arch and is called yes, and he is just painted according to his orders. I think that when Taizu was on the throne, he promised that he would return to Daming Palace, read for self-entertainment, and take care of political affairs......

Now that Taizu has passed away, Pei Yanchu's fashion sense is empty, as if he is walking in the wilderness at night, lonely and wandering, with no place to lean on; But when he re-entered the court and faced the crowd, he suddenly felt that all his body was relaxed, and he was like a prisoner who had been detained for a long time, and finally had to be released from prison.

This court meeting, in fact, is just an empty formality, large and small military and political affairs, its own political affairs hall co-ordination, repetition of the sect and play the ruling of the Son of Heaven, it is rare to be theoretical. However, when the court was about to disperse, suddenly Fan Xuan, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, announced the column and said loudly:

Therefore, Si Tianjian Yu Zhongning wrote the book "An Tian Treatise", vainly speculating on the heavens and the earth, making absurd words, and even saying that the earth is spherical, and also saying that the earth travels around the sun, which many people who know think is paradoxical. I beseech Your Majesty to issue an edict strictly forbidding it, and order all counties to confiscate this book and destroy the engraving. ”

Pei Yan saw that a minister was playing, and his originally slightly tired spirit couldn't help but lift slightly, and then he was somewhat disappointed when he heard what Fan Xuan said was such an inconsequential matter. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a person on the right class reprimand: "What nonsense! ”

Turning his head to look, the speaker was Yang Qing, the captain and marshal, and the founder of Guangchang County. Yang Qing got up and walked out of the line with the wat plate in his hand, first waved slightly towards the Son of Heaven, and then turned to Fan Xuan, and refuted: "What principles of heaven and earth do you know? Yu Zhongning once made the "Jingde Calendar", which made great contributions to the foundation of our dynasty, and it was too high...... Every time Emperor Taizu Gao calls him capable, is it possible that your knowledge should surpass that of Emperor Taizu Gao?! ”

This time he buttoned up his hat, and Fan Xuan felt unbearable...... hurriedly defended: "Yang Gong, Yu Zhongning made a calendar, and the natural merit is in the community, but people are not sages, who can be wrong?" It's a pity that he is old and faint, and he makes a fallacy......"

Yang Qingbai trembled, and honestly and unceremoniously interrupted Fan Xuan's words: "What is the so-called gossip? The heavens are high and the earth is thick, and the saints do not care, even if they say that the earth is like a ball and the earth goes around the sun, they do not betray the teachings of the sages. ”

Fan Xuan argued and refuted: "Because it doesn't make sense, it's naturally not true." If the earth is indeed a ball, then we will wait on it, and at the bottom of the ball, there will be plants, trees, birds and beasts? That is, there should be no grass, trees, birds and beasts, and there should be earth, stones, and flowing water. If we stand because the earth bears it, then the earth, stones, and flowing water on the opposite side have no bearing, so how can we not fall? The sun is cutting and falling, hanging for tens of millions of years, and naturally it will no longer become a ball - Yang Gong thinks, is this reasonable? ”

Yang Qing snorted coldly from his nostrils, and then out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the palace attendant Yu Shi as if he wanted to get up, and suddenly realized that his majesty had lost his manners, and hurriedly bowed to the Son of Heaven again to apologize deeply, and then straightened his waist and said to Fan Xuan: "The thickness of the earth, I don't know how many thousands of miles, if it is a ball, its path does not know how many thousands of miles, such a behemoth, how can ordinary people understand it?" Not necessarily the grass, trees, birds, beasts, earth, rocks, and flowing water on the opposite side will fall naturally.

"For example, the Son of Heaven is the earth, and the officials and the people all depend on the Son of Heaven for their existence. As long as the Son of Heaven is not damaged, nature is all directions, and the people are attached, just like grass, trees, birds, beasts, earth, rocks, and flowing water, all of which are born according to the earth, firmly attached, and do not fall by themselves! ”

His analogy is really inexplicable, but he uses the Son of Heaven as a disguise, although Fan Xuan is a great Confucian for a while and is good at words, it is inconvenient to refute it, and he can't laugh or cry a little. So in one fell swoop, he planned to play the Son of Heaven again, instead of taking care of this uneducated old revolutionary, and suddenly there was another person standing up in the left class.

Fan Xuan squinted his eyes, this person was not him, but Yu Shi Zhongcheng and Feng Chengbo Yin Hao.

Yin Hao first saluted to the Son of Heaven, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky outside the hall, and asked Fan Xuan: "Ask Fan Jun, the clouds are in the air, why don't you fall?" ”

Fan Xuan replied without hesitation: "Because it is lighter than qi, it is suspended in the air. ”

Yin Haonai said: "However, the rain is born because of the clouds, and the rain falls, so it can be seen that the clouds really contain rain, since there is rain, it must be heavier than qi." Xuanzi, the truth of heaven and earth is profound, if everything can be compared and speculated on what you see in daily life, why should the saint exist and ignore it? ”

Fan Xuan was speechless when asked in one sentence.

Seeing this, Pei Yan immediately waved his hand and said: "Whether the earth is a ball, whether the sun goes around the earth, or the earth travels around the sun, I have never read "An Tian Treatise", and it is inconvenient to make a judgment. Even if what Yu Zhongning said is absurd, it is not a book of obscenity and theft, and it has nothing to do with the hearts of the world, so there is no need to strictly prohibit it. ”

Then he smiled slightly: "Fan Qing, I don't want to be Qin Shi Huang, and Qing has nothing to do with Li Siye." ”

In fact, these words were already very serious, Fan Xuan couldn't help but tremble, quickly knelt down to apologize, and then retreated to the train gloomily.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Yang Qing stood on the steps, looked at Fan Xuan's distant back, and couldn't help pouting: "Rotten Confucian!" ”

Wang Meng, the chief staff officer of the cardinal, stood behind him, shook his head and smiled: "Since the Son of Heaven does not allow him to play, Yang Gong has no need to be idle again......"

Yang Qing turned his head sideways, glanced at Wang Meng, and snorted coldly: "Jing Luo, I think that although this Fan Xuan is from Chen Liu, Jianxing and Yan Pingjian of the previous dynasty also entered Chang'an School, and worshiped under Mr. Dong Wenbo, if he is talented, Emperor Taizu Gao should have been hired a long time ago, why wait until this dynasty is Dingding, and then rely on the imperial examination to enter the office?" The day before yesterday, he wanted to set a harsh ceremony, and asked to dismiss the Privy Council and merge it into Shangshu, which was repelled by Emperor Taizu Gao. If I don't stop him today, I'm afraid he'll have to talk about it again—and I don't know if he will answer it today......"

Wang Meng smiled and said: "The six provinces and ten departments set by Emperor Taizu Gao, even today, they dare not reform recklessly, and there are Yang Gong, Guo Gong and other meritorious heroes, how can they do what he wants?" Yang Gong ignored him pointlessly - Xie Shangshu ordered his subordinates to invite Yang Gong to go to the cardinal headquarters together, and to ask Yang Gong for advice on the matter of exterminating the remnants of the Juli party. ”

Yang Qing nodded: "The remnants of the Juli Party must be decided, cooperate with King Han, and make a thunderous blow, so as not to let the horses escape." Otherwise, if they escaped to the corner of the sea and then colluded with Han Yi, it would not be easy to decide......" As he spoke, he followed Huan Wen.

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Yang Qing is a veteran oilman, he is not good at history, what does he know about the principles of heaven and earth? I must not have read "An Tian" before, and even if you send the book to him, it is estimated that it will only be a cushion...... Pei Yan really knows his titular uncle too well.

As for why Yang Qing couldn't wait to jump out and scold Fan Xuan, and what enmity there was between the two, although Pei Yan had been a puppet son for four years, he could hardly decide on government affairs, and he knew it somewhat. After all, before he ascended the throne, he also served as Jing Zhaoyin for three years as the crown prince, and rectified the public security problems in the capital caused by his father's resolute refusal to build a workshop and build a wall. After ascending the throne, the Shangshu should be played in duplicate, the original copy was sent to the Chengqian Palace, and the copy was sent to the Daming Palace, and he had to read it; And under the Chinese book, they are all transferred from the Daming Palace to the Chengqian Palace, and he also needs to paint and even use the seal...... Fortunately, this long internship period is finally over.

Pei Yan did not abandon the idea of abolishing the Privy Council and merging it into Shangshu Province, because his father Pei Cai said when he was there: "There is a special skill in the art industry, and there are two ways of civil and military, and it should be equally important." If the country is purely used to control the military, the country will be weak. He thought so. However, the system of six provinces and ten ministries established at the beginning of the founding of the country is not completely immobile - for example, the function of the tun department is gradually decreasing, and it should be merged into the police department - Pei Yan has been thinking and imagining how to weaken the authority of the political hall so that he can hold more power.

After retiring from the court, that is, surrounded by eunuchs and palace people, he returned to the inner court.

In fact, except for the last two years of paralysis of his legs and feet, he was not good at walking, he could not ride a horse, and it was inconvenient for him to drive in the palace, he never took a chariot. Pei Yan is different from his father, who is generally obsessed with small things, and since he has to be pro-government, he directly moved his father's imperial chariot to use.

I had just bypassed the apse of Deyang, and suddenly saw a miserable white ...... It turned out that the Empress Dowager Xun was surrounded by a group of maids and maids, standing in front of the steps. Empress Dowager Xun refused to obey the order, she said: "The Son of Heaven only keeps forty-nine days, that is, he is even more sad, because he is afraid of delaying state affairs, and it is inconvenient to face the ministers; I'm a woman, I'm in the harem, and I rarely see outsiders, so why bother taking it? "So he is still wearing mourning clothes, and the eunuchs and palace people in Daming Palace naturally don't dare to take them off.

Today is the first day of his own political affairs, Pei Yan is rejoicing, and suddenly seeing this piece of miserable whiteness, he can't help but feel a little unlucky...... But he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly stopped, turned over, rushed to the queen mother, bowed and saluted, and asked: "The queen mother does not live in the Ming Dynasty, where did she come from to Chengqian Palace?" The child will go to Daming Palace in a short time to ask the Queen Mother about her life, and the Queen Mother really doesn't have to work hard. ”

Empress Dowager Xun saluted the Son of Heaven, and then asked: "Today, Your Majesty is the first to ascend to Deyang after being discontinued, I don't know how to go up?" ”

When Pei Yan heard this, he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, he secretly said no...... I finally boiled my father to death, and I can show my strength, can't my mother want to meddle in political affairs again?! I heard that when Taizu was seriously ill, the old lady was actually in charge of the Shangshu and the Zhongshu, so she wasn't addicted?

Hurriedly smiled and said perfunctorily: "The first day, what can I do?" The Queen Mother has been raising her since Angelica and the Ming Dynasty, and she has no need to work hard, and she has her own children in state affairs...... Dispose of it with the Prime Ministers. ”

Empress Dowager Xun smiled slightly, reached out and pressed Pei Yan's shoulder, and comforted him: "Your Majesty, do you think that I will follow the example of the former Han Lu clan?" I felt my son's body tremble slightly, and I felt even more amused at the moment: "And relax, if I want to be controlled, I will not wait for Your Majesty in the palace." Then he withdrew his hand, turned around and said: "I am here to welcome Your Majesty, follow me to Daming Palace, and entrust Your Majesty with important matters." ”

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