The former Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, now the Palace of the Son of Heaven, Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, who was guilty of petitioning, was kneeling in front of the gate, and there were soldiers standing silently on the left and right.

Yuwen Wen has become the center of attention, but he is not grandstanding, now he kneels facing the door, bowing his head and not saying a word, although it looks very desolate, he must kneel here, because righteousness makes him have to do so.

Righteousness, in terms of etiquette and religion in the feudal era, is the three outlines and five constants.

The so-called three outlines are the monarch as the minister, the father as the son, and the husband as the wife; The so-called five constants are benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith.

The three outlines and the five constants, these two concepts originated from the remarks of Confucius and Mencius in the Spring and Autumn Period, and were officially summarized as the three outlines and the five constants in the book "Spring and Autumn Dew" by Dong Zhongshu in the Western Han Dynasty, but they were not mentioned together.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the scholar Ma Rong called the Three Principles and the Five Constants, and then gradually evolved into the moral principles of the feudal era, constituting a complete political ethics and moral system.

The three outlines and five constants are the great righteousness of the feudal era, no matter who the superior is, but if he still wants to show face, he has to put this righteousness on the altar and constantly advocate it, and whoever violates it is a great rebel.

And now, Yuwen Wen's son Yuwen Weicheng and Princess Wei Chi Chi are great rebels.

The so-called heaven has no two days, and the country has no two masters, and today's Zhou State has two sons of heaven, one is the "deceased" Yuwen Qiankeng, who is the "first emperor" who has been "certified" by the imperial court; One is Yuwen Wei City, the new monarch who has been crowned emperor after a full set of enthronement ceremonies.

Since Yuwen Wen Feng Yuwen Qiankeng is the main monarch, then Yuwen Weicheng, who ascended the throne because Yuwen Qiankeng was "seriously injured and died", is a puppet emperor, violating the righteousness of the monarch and ministers.

Among the three outlines, Yu Wenwen is not a king, but he is a father and husband, his son has become a pseudo-emperor, and his princess is rebellious, so as a father and husband, how did he "father for son, husband for wife"?

Yuwen Weicheng is just a child, and he was instructed by others to do this great rebellion, but it is indeed against the righteousness of the monarch and ministers; is a pseudo-emperor, and he trapped his biological father Yuwen Wen in injustice, violating the righteousness of his father and son.

Wei Chi Chifan did not correct his son's mistakes, but also accompanied him, which framed his husband Yuwen Wen in injustice and violated the righteousness of husband and wife.

Next is the Five Constants, also known as the "Five Classics", which utters the "Shangshu Tai Oath": "Insulting the Five Constants", the so-called father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brothers' friends, brothers' respects, and sons' filial piety.

Yuwen Wen raised a rebel like Yuwen Weicheng, and Wei Chi Chi followed the rebel Yuwen Weicheng to do a great rebellion; Yuwen Weicheng became a puppet emperor, set a bad example for his brothers, and let Yuwenwen bear the infamy for being unfilial, and Yuwenwen's family was all in chaos.

As the head of the family, Yu Wenwen always has to give an explanation, and he can't avoid it.

Even if there have been hundreds of years of killing kings, plotting rebellion, fratricidal warfare, fratricidal cannibalism, and usurpation by powerful ministers, the parties concerned have to take a fig leaf to cover up their actions.

Emperor Cao Chao, the Wei Emperor who said "Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by", personally led the forbidden army to attack the mansion of Prime Minister Sima Zhao, and even if the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion looked down on Cao Chao on weekdays, they did not dare to act rashly at this time.

Because no one dares to bear the charge of killing the king.

Later, it was Sima Zhao's henchman Jia Chong who ordered his subordinate Cheng Ji to do it, and Cheng Ji killed Cao Chao on the spot.

Afterwards, in order to calm the anger of the public, Sima Zhao, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, had to cover his ears and steal the bell, and defended himself to the Queen Mother, saying that the Son of Heaven had misunderstood him and led his troops to the Prime Minister's Mansion to "reason".

At that time, he had already ordered not to be rude to the Son of Heaven, but there was a traitor who had the audacity to kill the king in disregard of his orders.

Chengji was razed by the three clans, and Sima Zhao's plan to replace Cao Wei had to be delayed for several years, without him, the reputation of killing the monarch was too stinky, so even if the name of righteousness was as thin as a piece of paper, it had to be carefully pasted up to decorate the façade.

Sima Zhao is like this, and for hundreds of years to come, the ministers of the south and the north of the world are also like this, even if they want to change the dynasty, they must hold a ceremony of three resignations and three concessions.

In order to prove to the world that his country was given by the late emperor of the previous dynasty, and he inherited the Zhengshuo of the previous dynasty, and the name of righteousness was in hand.

At present, the righteous name of the Zhou State is which of the two sons of heaven is true and who is fake, since Yuwen Wen is the lord of Yuwen Qiankeng, then the son of heaven Yuwen Weicheng, who arrived at Changshe in person, is fake.

The puppet emperor is a rebellious existence, and as the biological father of the puppet emperor, if Yuwenwen does not show his attitude, he will never be able to avoid the turbulence of material discussions, so Yuwenwen will have to face this fact sooner or later, make his own choice in the face of righteousness, and give an explanation.

Yuwen Wen is now unfilial, his wife is not virtuous, the rebel son has become a puppet emperor, the sons have no brothers, friends and brothers, and the puppet emperor is now "driving the royal expedition", sharpening the knife Huo Huo to the true son of heaven, although this move was planned by Prime Minister Wei Chi Dan, but the facts are the facts.

If he doesn't come here today to kneel and plead guilty, in the future, King Qi and the prince of King Qi will also have to escort him to the Son of Heaven to kneel down and plead guilty.

Yu Wenwen didn't know what was at stake, he succeeded in the sneak attack that night, and unexpectedly encountered the son of heaven in distress in the post house in the city, and the first thing he did in front of him was to ask for guilt.

Although anyone with a discerning eye knows that Yuwen Wen's wife and children are involuntarily, in the face of righteousness, Wei Chi Chifan and Yuwen Weicheng are already traitors that everyone can condemn, so he must ask the Son of Heaven for the behavior of his wife and children.

Yuwen Qiankeng expressed his understanding at the time, but the two were just talking in a small room at the time, and in the eyes of outsiders, Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, did not give everyone an explanation for the behavior of his princess and prince.

Some people may think that Yuwen Wen is serving Yuwen Qiankeng as the monarch, and on the other hand, he avoids talking about his son as the new king, could it be that he is the first rat at both ends and wants to take advantage of both sides?

Yuwen Qiankeng's side won, you are the hero who turned the tide; Yuwen Weicheng's side won, you are the biological father of today's son, even if you have no power, you have endless glory and wealth.

It's a good plan to eat it all at both ends!

This kind of discussion will come out sooner or later, Yu Wenwen must ask for guilt as soon as possible, so as to turn the passive into the active, and save the future from falling into the handle, and now his son is "driving the personal expedition", and the distance from the hanging gourd is about two hundred miles, so it's time to put it into action.

Back then, Youlian was quite guilty of asking for guilt, Yuwenwen naturally wanted to learn, and then he had to learn from Wang Dao, and knelt down in front of the palace of the Son of Heaven to ask for guilt.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao and Wang Dun, who were born in the Langyu Wang family, assisted Sima Rui of the Jin clan to rebuild the imperial court in Jiankang, and were the founding heroes of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and played a pivotal role in the court.

Wang Dao was in Jiankang, and his cousin Wang Dun was in Jiangzhou, and later Wang Dun launched a rebellion with self-aggrandizement, and led an army to attack Jiankang in the name of killing traitorous ministers.

When the news of Wang Dun's rebellion reached Jiankang, Wang Dao took Wang's children to kneel in front of the palace to plead guilty, waiting for the Son of Heaven to fall, even if he had serious political differences with Wang Dun and was not the internal response of Wang Dun's rebellion, he had to act like this.

With such an allusion in the past, Yu Wenwen naturally wants to follow suit, he can only come by himself now, if it is delayed until the future, he will have to take his sons and kneel in front of the palace gate to be punished.

As a father, he couldn't let his sons take on such a "heavy responsibility", so at this time, he knelt in front of the palace gate without complaint, waiting for the Son of Heaven to condemn him.

The scene is indeed ugly, and the Son of Heaven can say whatever he wants for a while, but this does not mean that he admits to all crimes.

There must be righteousness, and it is impossible to destroy relatives with righteousness!