Li Ming's painful tears fell like rain on the stage, and his pleading voice rose above and again, even to the point of roaring. As an emperor, it is already shocking to ask the ministers for intercession on such a formal occasion as the court meeting. However, the ministers in the audience still did not give face, not only resolutely refute it, but also dared to look at each other angrily. This made Li Ming, as the emperor, angry and tried to end up with all the ministers in the way of self-explosion. It's a shame that I really can't blow myself up, so I let these bastards survive.

This is the scene described by Li Ming many years later when he told the outside world about the first formal court meeting before the establishment of this dynasty. Of course, there are literary embellishments such as exaggeration and analogy used in this passage. As for Li Ming's statement, Yan Fu, as the second prime minister of the new dynasty, fiercely refuted this remark.

He is an emperor who has expanded his territory to the outside world, raised the people's livelihood internally, and made great achievements, and it is the glory of us as courtiers to reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties under the leadership of such an emperor. In fact, it's just that our subordinates are prostrate on the ground with Beban in their arms, asking the emperor to take back his order. Besides, it was only the ministers who asked the emperor to take back his order, at least the generals agreed. Don't listen to the emperor's rumors, who dares to look at the emperor angrily under the emperor's power, do you want this monarch and minister? At least I wouldn't dare.

Oh - I see! A large number of reporters happily went back to writing their manuscripts.

China is known as the "State of Etiquette", and the number of etiquette can be said to be the best in the world, the universe is big, and the flies are small. As long as the things that can be encountered in human life, they are specific to clothing, food, housing, transportation, life and death, marriage, etc. There is a complete set of etiquette. "Etiquette" is ubiquitous in traditional society, and travel is courteous. It is polite to sit and lie down, to feast and drink, to be polite at weddings and funerals, to be polite on birthdays, to sacrifice to be polite, and to be polite in battle. In daily life, fathers and sons should be "merciful and filial", brothers should be "brothers, friends and brothers", and husbands and wives should be "respectful of each other". Friends should be "courteous and courteous", neighbors should be "watchful and helpful", and so on.

"Since I want to follow the Ming Dynasty and spread the Han to the world, this etiquette naturally restores the traditional etiquette system of my Han Dynasty. However, the Zhou rites that I have used in the Han Dynasty to this day must have been made 3,000 years ago, and the time has passed for 3,000 years, especially in recent decades, the changes in the whole of China have been turned upside down, and I think that many places in the Zhou rites are no longer applicable to the current China, and they need to be modified and adjusted. Li Ming spoke. His face was as calm as water, as emotionless as an endorsement. This is the result of training, because it is part of the etiquette of the Son of Heaven: the king is moody.

In China, especially the traditional Han dynasty. Since Zhou Gong customized the weekly ceremony, the ceremony is the biggest. Thousands of years of etiquette have taught the Chinese that etiquette cannot be abolished. Etiquette is a virtue, and etiquette is missing. It's moral turpitude. Since the ceremony is so important, it is important to the point of becoming a national and national heritage. The nobility of the new dynasty, who thought they were the inheritors, naturally the first thing they wanted to discuss was the ritual system.

"I don't think so." Yan Fu knelt in the second position in the front row, and he stood up straight with the white jade in his hand: "The sages said that reading history can make people wise, and learning from the past can know the future." However, when the minister read the world history books, he found that Europe and Africa around the Mediterranean Sea also had a high civilization before ancient times, and the minister thought that some civilizations were even more advanced than the Chinese civilization at that time, but now there is no trace. Among the four major civilizations of antiquity, only my Chinese civilization can be inherited today, why? After the Zhou and Han dynasties, many monarchs were not Han Chinese, such as Li Tang was a Xianbei person, Meng Yuan was a Mongol, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a Manchu. The unification of the Central Plains by these foreign races has lasted for a hundred years and more than 300 years, but why is it said that Chinese civilization has never been interrupted? Foreign nations unify the land and subjects of our Central Plains, but our Chinese etiquette unifies the hearts of the people, and it is precisely because the inheritance of the rites created by the Duke of Zhou has never been interrupted, so there are 5,000 years of Chinese history that continues. It can be passed on to the former Qing Dynasty, a large number of traditional etiquette disappeared because of the strangulation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now I have risen from the Ming Dynasty, and regarded myself as the orthodoxy of the Han people, and I should take the restoration of the traditional etiquette of the Han people as an important task. Please enlighten my emperor. After speaking, Yan Fu bowed to the ground. With this worship in front, many ministers bowed to the ground one after another under the voice of "ministers seconding".

"Your ministers may have misunderstood what I meant. I think that although nearly 3,000 years have passed since the Zhou Gong Dingli to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national situation has not changed much. For 3,000 years, it was a self-sufficient economic model based on agriculture, and the foundation of the dynasty did not change substantially, so the ritual system remained basically unchanged. However, in the past ten years, the rapid development of industry has changed the face of China, the previous self-sufficient small-scale peasant economic model has been gradually replaced by an expanding industrial economy, and the annual income of the national dynasty has gradually changed from agricultural income to industrial and trade income. Etiquette, which is the benchmark of national behavior, cannot remain in the era when the economy was based on agriculture. Of course, I don't want to abolish the Zhou rites, but I just hope to make some adjustments and improvements to the Zhou rites, and make some small changes to some of the rituals in the ancient Zhou rituals that are obviously not suitable for the rapid development of the current society, so that they can better adapt to the current society. Society is progressing, thinking is advancing, and etiquette should also keep pace with the times. What do you think? ”

"The old minister thought that what Yan Xiang said was extremely true." Li Hongzhang, who was at the top, said: "My China claims to be the state of etiquette, although many ancient rites have been lost in the court because of the relationship between the former Qing Dynasty, but there are still a large number of relics among the people. The old minister knew that the emperor was a little resistant to cumbersome etiquette, but now it is the time when our dynasty is revitalizing the ritual system, and the temple should be more authentic and pure, so the ritual system is indispensable. Please also ask the emperor to think twice. ”

"It's not...... Hey, I don't even know what to say. For example, the chariots in the Zhou Rite refer to horse-drawn carriages, but horses can only travel several miles a day. Now that we have cars, it's normal to travel thousands of miles a day. So what do we need to do with horses, we can use cars instead of horses. Moreover, the car can not only be used for ceremonial systems, but also as an official vehicle in peacetime, and it is good to pull it on the battlefield when necessary. I've seen those honor guards, and they're of no use other than being honor guards. Isn't that a waste? Of course, this is just one example, and there are many things that can be changed. There is no need to copy the ancient rites exactly the same. Let's not change it at all. ”

"Of course it can't be changed." Sun Jianai got up angrily and played: "Wide sleeves and belts, cloud sideburns and gorgeous clothes, this is the sign that distinguishes my Han State from barbarians. Be. Lao Chen admitted that the clothes of foreigners are more convenient to wear than my Hanfu. But because the emperor was troublesome to wear, he had to change the ritual to a foreigner's costume. In this way, I am still a good thing. What other face is said to be Han orthodoxy. The emperor wanted to change the ceremonial system, but the old minister categorically disagreed. What Sun Jianai said was righteous indignation, so he almost blew his beard and glared.

"I ...... When did I say I changed my clothes? Master Sun, don't get excited, I'm talking about a small change in the way of etiquette. For example, this kind of change of replacing horses with cars has no effect on the etiquette. ”

"The emperor's words are ridiculous." Weng Tongyi was not happy, in order to customize the etiquette of the new dynasty, how many materials he consulted, how many opinions he consulted, and how many times he revised it. After countless sleepless nights, I finally formulated a set of etiquette, and I changed it. This made him embarrassed: "Etiquette is the foundation of the state, and it is the standard that restricts the behavior of everyone from the king to the people. Changing the ritual system is like changing the patriarchal law, and if there is no law in the country, people can't do it, so the world will be in chaos. Please also ask the emperor to retract his order. ”

Li Ming sat on the stage and wanted to get angry but couldn't, so he could only gasp and say, "Please pay attention. Li Ming stretched out his hand and pointed to the wide sleeves and said: "Wide sleeves are one of the basic elements of my Hanfu, and it is okay to farm in such clothes, but it is not possible to go to the factory to operate machine tools." One carelessly rolls up his sleeve into the machine, and the whole arm is useless. We can't ignore the practical needs of the rituals when we discuss them. ”

"It's a folk gift, and all walks of life will adjust it. But what the emperor wants to change can be courtesy. It's absolutely unacceptable. ”

"It's right to inherit Han culture and carry forward Chinese civilization, but isn't it true that you use Zhou etiquette to copy it at all? The times are developing, and society is progressing. Thinking should also keep up with the pace of the times, and everyone knows this truth. Yes, we need to pay attention to etiquette. Because we are the state of etiquette. The scriptures also preserve the text of "three hundred etiquette and three thousand prestige". However, the scriptures also say that etiquette should also be expressed differently according to time, place, and person. But the rituals you have drawn up have to be rigid, to the point of being cumbersome and rigid. Why? ”

Li Ming stretched out his hand and asked the minister. But all the ministers sat straight, their eyes were level, and they held it steadily, but none of them came out to answer.

Li Ming sighed: "Don't talk about the close, let's talk about the far." Japan is not far away, just across the sea. They all learned everything from writing to clothing to etiquette to the Tang Dynasty, so much so that some scholars now say that studying Japan is studying the Tang Dynasty, and everyone has no problem with that. But what have they learned? All they learned was the style of dress, the etiquette. What is Japan like now? Many of you have industries in Japan, and I don't need to elaborate on the current situation in Japan. Why? Just because what they have learned is only a superficial form, and they have not learned the connotation of real Chinese civilization. Connotation and spirit are the key—"

Speaking of this, Li Ming stopped, he looked around, and those ministers were still sitting upright, not squinting.

Li Ming sighed again and continued: "I think that the 'rites' here contain the spiritual principles of the traditional etiquette system and the etiquette behavior. Etiquette is the spiritual core of the etiquette system, and the etiquette system is the external manifestation of the spirit of etiquette and righteousness, and the relationship between the two is closely related, but not inevitable. What we need to inherit is the five permanent ways of 'benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith', what we need to inherit is the five virtues of 'gentleness, kindness, courtesy, thrift, and letting', and what we need to carry forward is the five noble codes of conduct of 'loyalty, filial piety, bravery, courtesy, and honesty'. And both dress and ceremonial behavior are only the outward manifestation of these fifteen noble qualities, not the inevitable embodiment. Does it mean that if you don't wear Hanfu, you don't need to observe the Five Constants? Could it be said that if you don't work with Zhou Li, you can ignore the five virtues? Could it be that as long as you don't admit that you are Han, you can disrespect the five nobles? The 5,000 Chinese civilization has been handed down not by clothing or etiquette, but by these 15 basic morals and morals. As long as morality is still there, then Chinese civilization is there, no matter what clothes you wear and what etiquette you do, it is still a continuation of Chinese civilization. Once the Tao that has been inherited for 5,000 years is lost, even if you wear Han clothes and perform Han rituals, it is just a beast wearing Han skin. ”

There is no better understanding of the consequences of moral decay than Li Ming. When the old man fell down to help the anti-blackmail, when he was kind enough to catch a robber but was thrown into prison, when you rescued a child who fell into the water and died, his body was still sold for money by others, how can this be embarrassing. Li Ming knows. The traditional Chinese culture, which is typified by humility, will inevitably be attacked by the interests of the West in the mask of democracy. Gold is shining, and no one can refuse his temptation. Wanting to withdraw the greedy hand in the face of vested interests at your fingertips. Li Ming himself is not sure that he can do it 100%, let alone those ordinary people. Education is one of the methods. But Li Ming wants to use traditional etiquette and morality as a constraint on people's hearts. Clothing is only a representation, etiquette is only an appearance, and the inner spirit is the key.

"Your Majesty—" The ministers shouted and then all fell to the ground.

"With the development of technology, the future society will be a fast-paced and efficient society. As such a society continues to develop, there will be faster cars, and in the near future, there will be flying machines that travel thousands of miles a day, and who will ride a slow horse? Even now in the army, with the use of automobiles, there have been talks of canceling the cavalry and rebuilding the automobile team. This is the progress of the times. And the court, which is an example of the world's words and deeds, is still using horses that represent the old era, how do you let the people of the world view the court. Working in such a conservative court, can you point to them that they can lead China faster and more steadily? Foreigners can go out with a set of clothes, but you have to let those workers who are in a hurry to go to work spend half an hour to wear a piece of clothing, which is unrealistic. Convenient and fast ways will inevitably become the mainstream in the future. As an example in the world, of course, the imperial court must first stand firmly, but do not fall into formalism, and keeping pace with the times is the most trendy topic of this era. If you don't advance, you will retreat. As the leader, the imperial court cannot be satisfied with the status quo, and it should be considered to take precautions and prevent problems before they burn, and to focus on the present and look forward to the future. ”

The Chinese nation is a great nation, even if it has experienced a history of humiliation for hundreds of years. As long as there is a strong emperor who can unite the people. Isn't it just half a century after the new China, and the foreigners are also impressed? It was not until this moment that Li Ming deeply realized that the real purpose of bringing him to this world was not to revitalize China. It is not to let the Chinese nation get rid of a history of humiliation, still less to lay a broad living space for the Chinese nation. The real purpose of his coming to this world is to inherit the essence of the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization and carry it forward.

The ministers in the audience were still prostrate on the ground. No one got up, and no one spoke. The angry Li Ming shouted: "Get out, who will give me a voice-"

No one spoke. No one spoke, and they all sat straight without the sound of a fart. Li Ming jumped like thunder and took the case.

"Smack", "Horn", "Ouch-"

Li Ming, who had been kneeling for too long, was no longer numb in his legs but completely unconscious, his hands were just on the table, but his legs were unable to exert his strength, and as a result, he fell heavily and his buttocks hurt.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" "Is the emperor okay?" "Fast Doctor" and "......"

"I won't fall to death, but I'll be by you." Before Li Ming got up, the guards on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Guangxu scolded him back. I really can't stand kneeling, and if I kneel down again, my legs will have to be ischemic and necrotic. Li Ming, who got up, stretched out his legs, and his two legs stretched out from the case.

"Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, you are an example for the world......"

"Shut up, Lao Tzu likes this, you come to bite me-" Li Ming glared at the boss, pointed at Tang Shaoyi who had just spoken, and scolded: "The surname is Tang, you don't talk about me." If you have the ability to stand up by yourself, stand up now or be helped. You stand up and try-"

Tang Shaoyi's face was embarrassed, and after moving for a while, he said with a straight face: "This is the place where the court plays the right place, and everything needs to be done according to etiquette." The minister did not dare to disobey the courtesy, and asked my emperor to forgive me. For a while, the whole court was chuckling.

"You-" Li Ming, who pointed at Tang Shaoyi, withdrew his hand angrily, gasping a few times and feeling that he really couldn't talk to these people. So Li Ming snorted heavily: "Retreat." "If you don't retreat from the court, the young people's legs can be supported, and the old ministers have to saw their legs all right.

"Congratulations to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Under normal circumstances, at this time, the emperor turned away, and the ministers also got up one after another and then withdrew from the main hall. There was an accident this time, and the emperor hasn't moved yet. The ministers who had just gotten up climbed down one after another.

"It's okay, let's go, let's go. I'll see who can get out on their own. Come on, come out and let me be rare. ”

"Your Majesty." Yan Fu finally spoke: "When you retreat from the dynasty, the emperor will go first. It is determined by the system of etiquette. The ministers did not dare to disobey the courtesy. ”

"You...... You ......" Li Ming turned back to the guards and scolded: "It's all dead, I can't stand up without seeing that my legs are numb." Don't come to someone to pull me up. ”

Li Ming limped and walked back to Yingtai step by step. Pushing open the door, I saw Yang Zaoer watching the performance of the Ministry of Education. Seeing Li Ming enter the door, he hurriedly stood up: "Why didn't you hear the guards outside greet you when you came back?" What happened to the legs? Sit down. The concubine will press on you. ”

"What else can I do, after sitting on my knees all morning, my legs have long been numb. You're busy, I'll take it slowly. ”

"What's wrong with your bad tone? The ministers are angry with you again? The ministers are always well-intentioned for the sake of the world, so you don't have to be so angry. ”

"The ministers are loyal ministers, and I don't know where to go. But sometimes it's too annoying, they say it's right to restore the Han rites, but you can't leave everything the same. At least you can abolish this kneeling ceremony, you don't know, good fellow. said that Ren was pushed back in the morning. Hey, don't talk about it, the more you talk about it, the more angry you get. ”

"You are too, the emperor of a country, you can talk well when you have a problem, you can't always get angry, it's not good to be angry." Yang Zao'er poured a glass of water and handed it to Li Ming, and then went to flip through the folds again. is now pregnant, not to mention that the Queen Mother will not let Yang Zaoer go to court. Even the ministers were unwilling, so they had to stay at home and review the recitals. In fact, according to the opinion of the ministers, the queen should not be an official. In the past, it was necessary to use Yang Zaoer's identity as a Han girl, so that Li Chun, who has Han family blood, could succeed to the throne through this method. But now the emperor is an authentic Han Chinese, so there is no need for this. According to the queen mother's meaning, what the queen should do is to find a way to make the more royal heirs as possible. Such a job by the Ministry of Education is purely unprofessional. Li Ming doesn't care, the biggest advantage of the queen as a formal official is to tell the subjects of the world. Women can also have their own careers, which is good for getting women into the workforce in the future.

"Daddy-" after a childish cry. Two little kids pushed open the door and rushed in.

Li Ming squatted down and looked at the dirty two little people and said, "Where did you go to play, you came back covered in mud." ”

"I'm old, I really can't take care of it." Cihui followed the two children in and closed the door: "The snow on the ground hasn't melted yet, these two have to play in the snow." This doesn't fall back in the mud. ”

"Hurry up and take a shower and change clothes." Li Ming patted the little child's ass and stood up, looking at Cihui wearing a Han costume and suddenly becoming angry: "Don't you have the clothes of the Queen Mother?" Why did you change this body again? ”

Speaking of this kindness, he silently cried: "Thanks to the emperor's refusal to give up, I am willing to recognize the queen mother of the mourning family." It's just that the mourning family is the queen mother of the new dynasty, how can they still wear the clothes of the queen mother of the previous dynasty. ”

"It's okay, you can wear it with confidence. The Manchus are also a member of China, so why can't they wear the unique costumes of the nation. The world is full of colors, and the image of this world is colorful. If the whole country has only one costume and one color, it is the misfortune of the country and the horror. No, I'll have to talk to the ministers. ”

Li Ming raised his leg and left, and the anxious Yang Zao'er shouted behind him: You haven't had lunch yet. Li Ming laughed: "I'm already full." ”

The ministers recognized the emperor's keen and accurate judgment in terms of foresight, and the generals were also red tape and resistant, and Li Ming also believed that the process of development could not be skipped under the current social structure. So after several days of fierce arguments between the monarchs and ministers, the monarchs and ministers reached an agreement after compromising with each other.

All officials and etiquette of the dynasty take Hanfu, Han rites, and Han dialect as the official etiquette of the imperial court, and all formal and informal occasions such as sacrifices, celebrations, and diplomacy on behalf of the state and the government must be worn in Hanfu and perform Han etiquette. In the army, he still has a flat head and short hair, which means that he has invented his will to defend the territory. The spontaneous behavior of the people is not subject to the imperial court etiquette, and all ethnic groups and foreigners in the country can normally wear their own unique national costumes, and the people are not constrained in daily life, and they can freely choose the clothes they like. Of course, this kneeling ceremony was abandoned under the common contempt of the monarch and the ministers.

At this point, the last problem before the establishment of the new dynasty was solved. Everyone began to make the final sprint for the founding ceremony on February 4, the first day of the first lunar month. (To be continued......)