Chapter 100: Zhou Zhao's Sermon

"The king's words are very true." Di Tu has considered this, "Now that the world is declining, people's hearts are not ancient, and most of the royal officials are also old and cunning. There are indeed big doubts about whether these people can adhere to the Zhou ceremony. Therefore, they are just a transition, and the great cause of reform still depends on young people. ”

"Young man?"

"Yes. The widow asked the king to set up a Taixue, recruited young talents, regardless of nobles and commoners, concentrated in the Ming Hall and Biyong, and selected well-educated people who were proficient in Zhou etiquette to teach. Three years later, he graduated and gradually replaced the first batch of 'Great Rites'. "The young man is like a blank sheet of paper, without distractions. Such a person, once he accepts our ideas, will be more religious than anyone else. ”

Zhou Zhao thought far enough. But even if these people are reliable, can they restrain the local princes? ”

"The king is relieved. The widow will lead the two Fang Bo to be their strong backing and punish all those who dare to defy the condemnation of the world. The greatest deterrent power of the priests is not in the power in their hands, but in the system that reaches the heavens. As long as everyone in the world can believe in Zhou Li and know the fate of violating the etiquette, then everyone will be afraid of the consequences of being blamed by the Lishi. ”

"Well, of course it would be nice if it could be carried out. The widow is just worried that when the edict is issued, the princes will oppose it, and it will be difficult to ride the tiger. ”

"Now that the biggest opposition of Weihou has disappeared, as long as the king and the widow are of the same heart, who dares not to obey?"

"Hehe, of course the widow is of the same heart as you." Ji Yijiu knew that he often changed hexagrams in battle and his credit was not good, so he hurriedly expressed his determination, "The widow is just afraid of Ji Yang's thorny trouble!" ”

"Ji Yang?" Du Tu laughed, "It would be very magnanimous for us to let him inherit the position of Wei Hou, and we can beat him hard with this!" ”

"Oh?"

"At the court meeting, we have to swear an oath with the princes and reiterate some important etiquette norms, such as strictly prohibiting concubines as wives, and not abolishing the elders and children."

"Okay, this is good!" Ji Yijiu empathizes. If it weren't for Bao Xi and Ji Bofu stepping in, he, the real prince, would not have suffered so much with his mother, so he raised his hands in favor.

"The widow proposes that from now on, the princes will marry wives and establish princes will be canonized by you, otherwise it will be an indecent ceremony, and the princes of the world can discuss it."

Ji Yijiu was overjoyed in his heart, this is a lot of power. If it weren't for Zhou Zhao's strength as a backing, this weak emperor wouldn't have been able to manage these at all. For the sake of Dutu's "generosity" again, the sense of trust in his heart has taken a step further.

"Zhou Zhao just wants to beat Ji Yang with this, right?" Ji Yijiu said with a smile.

"Yes. The new oath can be the same, but if he dares to come forward, you'll have to scare him with this scare. ”

Talking about this, although Ji Yijiu couldn't fully understand the theory of the Arabian Nights, he saw the real benefits, so he did it all.

On the day of the edict, the princes really exchanged heads. It is understandable that the Son of Heaven is in charge of marrying a wife and establishing a prince, and the dispatch of the Great Rite is very resistant, after all, no one is willing to be placed by the Son of Heaven to install an overseer by his side! But as soon as the edict was issued, the powerful Shengzhou Zhao immediately came out to support, and neither of them dared to object, who would dare not obey?

Only Na Ji Yang still couldn't hold back, and complained: "The world is clear, the sky is clear, the light is fair, and the implementation of Zhou Rite is not an unsightly thing, why bother to act like a thief." ”

Ji Yijiu and Di Tu looked at each other and smiled, and said in a hidden way: "The new Weihou has not yet sat down, he is so maverick, do you want to start a new deal from you?" ”

Ji Yang lost his father's shadow, but he still lost some edge. He snorted, stopped talking, and perfunctorily fulfilled his oath with the crowd.

Although there are opponents, there are also many sycophants. In order to please the Son of Heaven and Zhou Zhao, many princes immediately saw the wind and enthusiastically supported the new policy. After these people returned to China, they made a big show and dragged the new Dali priests to vigorously carry out the activities of weekly ritual education. For a time, the land of China was not lively. Not only did the common people begin to break the convention of "courtesy is not inferior to the common people", but even many barbarians who lived nearby or mixed together also became crowned with monkeys.

Although he is happy to see this kind of superficial achievement, he also keeps a clear head at all times, knowing that it takes a long time to change people's hearts. So as soon as the new Taixue was established, he shifted his focus to the past. In Biyong's first class, he was impatient to start brainwashing.

"Since Pangu opened the heavens and Nuwa created man, heaven is the father of all sentient beings, and earth is the mother of all sentient beings. Our parents nurture our lives and teach our souls. Heaven and earth are all-encompassing, but there are no eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Therefore, they sent messengers one after another to preach enlightenment on behalf of heaven and earth. From the Three Emperors to the Five Emperors, tirelessly. And King Wen of Zhou is the last messenger of heaven and earth, he performs gossip as the Book of Changes, and pours out all the mysteries of the world to all sentient beings. Therefore, those who follow King Wen can conform to the way of heaven and earth, and those who disobey King Wen will suffer the punishment of heaven and earth! ”

The eyes of the students in the hall widened when they heard this biblical imitation of the Bible, and they seemed to be quite interested in this kind of divine theory.

"The sons of King Wen of Zhou inherited his mantle, and they were naturally the closest people to heaven and earth. Among them, the most outstanding are King Wu of Zhou, Zhou Gongdan and Zhao Gongxiu. King Wu of Zhou and the successive generations of the Son of Heaven are the royal family, and they are the embodiment of the true body of heaven and earth in the world. Therefore serve the Son of Heaven as you do to heaven and earth. Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong formulated the ritual law, implemented the ritual law, supervised the implementation of the ritual law, and entrusted Zhou Zhao in the world, they are the executors of the way of heaven and earth in the world. Therefore serve Zhou Zhao with the same fear of heaven and earth......"

At this point, Dutu finally instilled the concept of the duality of the Son of Heaven and Zhou Zhao into the hearts of these young people. His long talk that day was eventually compiled into the Book of Duality, which became one of the classics of this new religion.

"All beings in heaven and earth are between heaven and earth, since the way of heaven and earth is frank and open, then why is it only known to me in the Huaxia clan? Isn't the barbarian Rong Di also a man born of heaven and earth? A student named Ji Ya asked boldly, completely ignoring the surprised gaze of the others. After all, Taixue is not a modern university, and it is not a very polite act to ask questions in class.

It didn't matter if he dug suddenly, but cast an encouraging gaze: "In the life of nine sons, there are always relatives and aliens, and the same is true of heaven and earth." Therefore, we do the weekly ritual not because of what race we are, but because we are the closest people to heaven and earth, and we are the chosen people. People of other races are relatively estranged, so they naturally receive less education. Therefore, those of us who have received the enlightenment and enlightenment of King Wen first have the obligation to preach to them and help them to walk on the right path of heaven and earth as soon as possible. ”

"I've heard that the barbarian Rong Di only drinks blood, and is not reasonable at all. We preach the weekly rites to them, but what if they are stubborn? Ji Ya asked again.

"You have to tell them in all seriousness that anyone who is born in heaven and dies on earth is the only way that the cycle will go on and on. Heaven and earth have a benevolent side, whether you follow the weekly rites or not, heaven and earth give you a chance to live. However, there is also a stern side to heaven and earth, if you know the Zhou rites in the world but do not obey them, then after death, you will become a lonely ghost and wander between heaven and earth all day long but will not be accepted by heaven and earth until they disappear. ”

"Then if those of us who believe in heaven and earth violate the Zhou etiquette, won't we do the same?"

"If you break it, you should repent to the priests and ask heaven and earth for forgiveness with the help of them. Otherwise, the end is the same! Speaking of the rise, even the "culture of guilt" of Christianity has been brought out, expanding the binding force of Zhou rites from the secular level to the spiritual level.

The students opened their mouths wide in surprise, frightened by Zhou Zhao's "alarmism". However, this is exactly the brainwashing effect that Dig Tu wants.

The young men spent three years in such an atmosphere. Their age is an important time for the formation of values, so when they graduate, they have become staunch supporters of the new religion. Therefore, when the dutu sent these right-hand men to the four directions, the friction with the local princes gradually became fierce. These new Dareeers are much more difficult to deal with than the old fritters who were transitioning to the previous one.

Within half a year, reports of disobedience by princes from all over the country flew to Luoyi like snowflakes. These reports are not serious, but there are too many. Ji Yijiu was a little scared and wanted to make peace with the mud, but he couldn't tolerate the reform dying in the deep waters. He coaxed and deceived the Son of Heaven to issue an edict, and was called to punish the princes who violated the etiquette, and for a time Zhou Zhao's name was powerful all over the world.

However, there is also a headache for digging out, that is, to expand the edge to the outside world. He asked the princes in the frontier to take on the important task of educating the four yi, but everyone was not very interested.