Now that he has passed the crown ceremony, he is still stranded in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and who else is there except for Li Zhi, the king of Jin, who else is leaving? Isn't it just Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Ke, the king of Shu? Li Ke, the king of Shu, abolished one person, and there was no support from any forces behind him, but Li Taike, the king of Wei, was different, Li Taike was jointly supported by the wealthy clan of Shandong and the Shi clan of the south. Didn't this southern scholar shoot himself in the foot? I wanted to drive away Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and compete for the potential hidden dangers of the storage position, but I didn't expect to be driven out with Li Tai, the king of Wei.

In the court, Xiao Yu and other officials of the Southern Shi clan all showed remorse on their faces, and secretly regretted it in their hearts, and Cui Gan, Lu Chengqing and other officials of the Shandong Hao clan also looked at their allies and the Southern Shi clan with complaints on their faces.

Sun Wuji, the head of the Guanlong aristocracy and the chief secretary of the Ministry of Officials, saw that the opportunity had come, and hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "What the King of Yong'an and the secretary Xiao Yu said is very true, and the minister implores Your Majesty, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, to perform the crown ceremony, and now it is still in Chang'an City, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, except for His Royal Highness the Prince, all the princes have been sent to their respective fiefs to maintain the laws of our Tang Dynasty, so as to benefit the society of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the Tang Dynasty. ”

In the court, other officials of the Guanlong aristocratic group also stood up one after another and seconded the speaker Sun Wuji.

The officials of the entire Guanlong aristocracy knew that as long as Li Tai, the king of Wei, except for the crown prince Chengqian, and other Tang princes were driven out of Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and sent to their respective fiefdoms, then the position of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian, would inevitably be stable and abnormal, and at that time, no matter who it was, it would not be able to shake it. This is an opportunity sent by Xiao Yu, the secretary and supervisor from the Southern Shi Clan, and they will definitely seize the opportunity.

Xiao Yu and other officials of the southern scholar clan suddenly looked like ashes, and the officials from the wealthy families in Shandong were like ashes, and at the same time, they complained to Xiao Yu in their hearts.

Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, knew that this was Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, who guessed his thoughts and relieved himself of the siege, but he couldn't really follow what Li Xuan said. Li Tai, King of Wei, Li Ke, King of Shu, and Li Zhi, King of Jin, were all sent to their respective fiefs. Li Zhi, the king of Jin, that is his carefully selected successor, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he will never be willing to send Li Zhi to Bingzhou, he wants to keep Li Zhi by his side and teach carefully. Cultivate Li Zhi into an excellent prince and an excellent successor.

So, Li Shimin said to the ministers in the court with tears in his eyes: "Everyone, Aiqing, many of you are fathers like me. Your sons can stay with you day and night, why can't my sons stay with me when they have to be sent to other places? I also want to spend time with my sons. Datang Law. I don't want to disobey, but there is love outside the law, can't you understand my feelings as a father, so that my son can stay by my side? ”

Li Shimin's words made the entire Datang fall silent again.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has revered the Confucian concept. Confucianism, on the other hand, opposes strict punishment and strict laws, and advocates people-oriented. Advocating loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. Outside the law, there is a saying of extrajudicial mercy, as long as it is an act of great loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, even if it violates the law, the entire public opinion will sympathize with and support him.

During the Ming Dynasty. Hai Jui, a generation of Qing officials, often favored the poor when he was in charge of the local government, and severely punished the powerful and rich, although he repeatedly violated the fairness of the law. However, the common people are very supportive, and they have the honorific title of "Hai Qingtian", and the entire officialdom and the entire public opinion do not accuse him of violating the fairness of the law, but praise him for caring for the people and faithfully fulfilling the teachings and ideas of Sage Confucius.

There is also the most famous ceremonial controversy in the Ming Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Zhengde, he had no son behind him, and his cousin succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jiajing. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing wanted to respect Emperor Zhengde's father, Ming Xiaozong, as his father. But Emperor Jiajing was unwilling, thinking that he could not recognize Xiaozong as his father out of filial piety. As a result, the Great Ritual Controversy was triggered, and in the end, Emperor Jiajing won the support of the entire court and public opinion, and won the final victory.

For more than 1,000 years after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "respected Confucianism alone and overthrew a hundred schools", the Central Plains Dynasty actually had one thing above the law, that is, the Confucian concept of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith of the Confucian sage respected by everyone.

Now, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty with his father-son affection, which made the Tang Dynasty ministers not know how to choose for a while, and they all thought about it for a while and fell into silence.

After being silent for a long time, Dai Zhou (Zhou), a Dali temple secretary from the Guanlong aristocratic group, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, my Tang law stipulates that after the crown ceremony of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, except for His Royal Highness the Prince, the rest of the princes must go to their respective fiefdoms, which has a certain reason, in order to ensure the stability of His Royal Highness the Prince's storage position, and to prevent the princes from competing for the throne, resulting in turmoil in the court and peace in the country." The minister thinks that since there is a law to follow and the law is reasonable, His Majesty should do things according to the law and send all the princes except His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to their respective fiefdoms to ensure the stability of the position of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the stability of the Tang Dynasty, and the stability of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Cui Gan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said coldly: "Lord Dai Dai, don't forget, above the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there is also the Confucian concept of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith taught by Sage Confucius?" If a person does not understand etiquette, has no family affection, and only knows how to obey the law, then is he still a human being? How is it different from animals? Lord Dai, don't forget, how did the Qin Dynasty die? They only know how to abide by the law and do things, but they do not consider the interests of the people of the world, the suffering of the people of the world, and whether the people of the world can bear it, which eventually leads to the destruction of the country. A lesson from the past, I Datang can't help but take it as a warning. My Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has the affection of father and son, and I can't bear to separate father and son, and the heavens are separated, we can only praise and support Your Majesty's behavior, but we can't let Your Majesty ignore the relationship between father and son for the sake of the harsh law, which is not in line with the Confucian concept taught by Sage Confucius. According to the concept of Confucius Sage, it is good to govern the country according to the law, but love is above the law. ”

Cui Gan's words, Li Xuan did not dare to agree with it in his heart, but Li Xuan knew in his heart: Cui Gan's words, in the context of the Confucian concept of the entire court and the entire society, many people supported Cui Gan's words from the bottom of their hearts. (To be continued.) )

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