The ritual system originated from the sacrificial system in the tribal era, and the development of primitive religion roughly went through three stages: nature worship, totem worship and ancestor worship. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but with the passage of time, its original purpose gradually blurred, turned into a collective political activity.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the control of the Zhou royal family over the country declined, and the princes were ready to move, resulting in chaos in the world, and the people were struggling to make a living. The people wanted to return to the original period of peace, and many people believed that the indiscriminate use of sacrificial utensils by the princes and the Yue was the cause of the frequent wars in the world.

There was a man named Kong Qiu in Lu State, and when he saw that the world was like this, he was worried all day long, hoping to restore order in the world. He even believed that the era of Yao Shunyu's rule was the best era, and advocated the reorganization of the ritual system, believing that in this way the world would restore peace.

Unfortunately, his ideas were not accepted by those in power, and Confucius was a frustrated politician who traveled around the world and was never taken seriously, and finally died of depression. Before he died, he expressed the grief in his heart: "Tarzan is bad! The beams and pillars are destroyed! The philosopher withered! He said that he dreamed that he was sacrificing between the two pillars of the main house, which was exactly how the Shang Dynasty was sacrificed. Even before he died, he still did not give up the ideal of restoring the old system in his heart, and when he was dying, his heart must have been desperate.

But he probably could not have imagined that his ideas during his lifetime would prevail in later dynasties, because the Zhou rites were a strict hierarchical system, and the ruler hoped to make people of all classes live in peace through the division of hierarchies, which was very suitable for the needs of the rule.

The real Zhou rites have long been lost in the turbulent times and the change of dynasties, and Confucius himself in the Spring and Autumn period was not even very clear about many of the contents, so he had to consult Lao Tzu. Most of the Zhou rituals performed in various dynasties and countries in later dynasties were specially adapted from some contents handed down from previous dynasties. However, its core content is the feudal hierarchy, which strictly defines the social and economic life of all social strata, and different identities and occupations have different regulations.

For example, the hat of the formal dress that Wang Mai was awarded has eight beads, which is the so-called crown with eight beads, and its corresponding official title is the second rank. And Guogong is a product, and there should be nine on the crown, which means that he has no relationship with Guogong, at most he is a founding county duke, and it is even very likely to be a county duke.

Wang Junkuo played a capricious game against the Tang Dynasty back then, and he was crowned the founding county prince and the Shangzhu country, not to mention that Wang Mai made such a great contribution this time. Li Er was an extremely sensitive person, and the imperial court had begun to find ways to reduce his power, and he knew all this. After Li Yuanji returned to Chang'an, he immediately went to his father and sued his second brother, saying that he deliberately delayed the return of time, and he must have done something wrong in Luoyang.

The prince also said that the generals under the old second-hand are all Shandong people, although there is no further expression, but the meaning is undoubtedly to say that Li Er has formed an alliance with the Shandong people. In all fairness, there is nothing wrong with Li Jiancheng's words, Li Er is indeed forming a party for personal gain, but another meaning in Li Jiancheng's words is obviously sowing discord, which sounds like Li Er only attaches importance to people in Shandong, so what do those non-Shandong people think?

Li Jiancheng's understatement caused the effect of killing two birds with one stone, which would not only make the emperor suspicious of Li Er's actions, but also divide those civil and military generals under him who were not from Shandong. This Shandong is not the other Shandong, and roughly refers to the east of Taihang Mountain.

When the Tang Dynasty raised troops, Li Er relied on most of the Guanzhong people, but later with the continuous growth of power, especially after the defeat of the Wagang Army, Shandong talents also poured into his subordinates. Qin Qiongcheng bites Jin Wang Junkuo Wei Zheng is a native of Shandong, and he is deeply respected by Li Er, plus a Luo Shixin, although he is not Li Er's direct subordinate, but he usually maintains a good relationship with him.

Now there is another Wang Mai, Li Erping Meng Haigong went to Jeju after the matter must not be hidden from someone with a heart, Wang Mai returned to the Tang Dynasty and was deeply labeled as Li Er.

Li Yuan's generation of founding monarchs, how could they not know the harm of this kind of generals' self-respect. The Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty were all usurped by generals with military power, and if this general was someone else, maybe he would have killed him a long time ago. But this person is his own son, so far, the second child is not at fault, on the contrary, he has made great contributions to Datang. For Li Er, he still hopes to use Huairou means to slowly cut off his wings, so that he can be a prince with peace of mind.

Through Wang Mai's reward, Li Er has seen the court's and his father's wariness of him. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart, firstly, because he felt ashamed of Wang Mai; The second is grievances. This time to pacify Luoyang, the soldiers went out for nearly a year, and finally cleared the north for the Tang Dynasty, but in exchange for further suspicion.

Wang Mai looked at Li Er's face, thought for a while, and bowed to him: "Congratulations to Your Highness." ”

Li Er sighed and looked at Wang Mai's expression: "I don't know what Mr. Wang said?" ”

"Naturally, I would like to congratulate Your Majesty and His Royal Highness on their deep father-son relationship."

"You ......" Li Er heard this, a burst of anger rose in his heart, is this person playing with this king? The emperor's vigilance can be seen even if he is blind, and what else does he say about the deep father-son relationship?

Wang Mai ignored Li Er and continued: "Throw a frog into a pot filled with boiling water, and the frog will jump out immediately after feeling the heat, but if you put the frog in a cauldron filled with warm water and put the lit dry wood underneath, the frog will not feel the high temperature at first, and as the water temperature rises, it will be too late when it wants to jump out." ”

Li Er glanced at Wang Mai, his eyes were a little strange.

Wang Mai had a calm face, this story was simply a household name in later generations, with multiple meanings. When he said this to Li Er, he was telling him not to be afraid of this visible predicament, only the invisible soft knife killing people was the most deadly.

"Puff......" Li Er suddenly laughed, the laughter became louder and louder, and finally the whole person was on his back in his seat.

Wang Mai reviewed what he had just said, there was no problem, could it be that Li Er's laughter was so low? Doesn't this mean that cross talk in the Tang Dynasty must be very popular, maybe you can form an art troupe or something, and those outdated jokes in later generations must not have been heard by the Tang Dynasty people......

Li Er laughed for a long time before holding his stomach and saying the reason: "When this king joined the army in his early years, he used to eat frogs, but he threw live frogs into boiling water, and no frog could jump out. ”