Chu Feng, the current Taichang Siqing, was full of anger at the moment, and his eyes were red.

As soon as everyone's eyes fell on Chu Feng's face, Chu Feng came out of the crowd and said with an angry face: "Shang Yang, you deceive people too much!"

"Lord Chu, Shang Yang is just telling the truth, why should Lord Chu be so angry. Shang Yang looked at Chu Feng lightly.

Chu Feng didn't deal with Shang Yang anymore, this is a madman, the more you deal with him, the more angry you will be, Chu Feng turned his head to look at Wang Mang, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Shang Yang is doing nonsense, dividing the relationship between the monarch and the minister, insulting the minister at will, violating the court etiquette law, and asking Your Majesty to kill this traitor to correct the law of the country." ”

"What do you say?" Wang Mang's eyes flashed.

Chu Feng seemed to get Wang Mang's encouragement, and said: "Taichang Temple, and Dali Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taifu Temple, Honglu Temple belong to the same five temples, it is the Yamen set up by Emperor Taizu when he set up the world, and it is the oldest yamen in the imperial court. ”

Wang Mang nodded, looked at Shang Yang again, and said, "Shang Yang, what do you think about this?"

Shang Yang bowed to Wang Mang, then looked at Chu Feng and said, "Lord Chu, Shang Yang admits that Taichang Temple has indeed made outstanding contributions to the people of Great Qin in history, but what about now? In addition to the glory of the past, what achievements does Taichang Temple have today?"

"Why not?" Chu Feng shouted: "Taichang Temple is in charge of the ceremonies of the temple, and when the imperial court did not worship the first emperor and the meritorious ministers who came to the founding of the country, where is there no official figure of Taichang Temple, why is it not achieved?"

"Is there anything else besides?" Shang Yang said lightly.

"This ......" Chu Feng suddenly became dumbfounded.

Different from the other four temples, Taichang Temple's current status is embarrassing, if it is not still in the hands of the power to sacrifice to the emperor, then Taichang Temple really has no business work all year round, so Wang Mang engaged in democratic life some time ago, Taichang Temple was the first to carry out and complete, for this reason, Wang Mang also commended Taichang Temple.

Shang Yang saw that Chu Feng didn't speak, so he spoke: "When Taichang Temple was established, Taichang Temple set up a ritual music department, which was in charge of ritual music, suburban temples, sheji, Mausoleum and other matters, these are now the responsibilities of the Ministry of Rites; the Taile Department, which is in charge of the court music and all kinds of acrobatics, and other matters, and now this is also under the Ministry of Rites; the establishment of the Propaganda Department, which is in charge of the propaganda and His Majesty's travel, and this responsibility is now half by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs; the establishment of the Taiyi Department, which is in charge of the imperial court medical treatment, and now the Taiyi Department has become an independent hospital; now there is only one sacrifice left in the Taichang Temple, to be precise, it is a small part of the right to sacrifice......

"What if the sacrifice is left? Sacrifice is a major event of the country and the most important part of the court etiquette, do you Shang Yang think that sacrifice is not important?" Chu Feng's face was ugly, every time Shang Yang said a word, it was a slap in the face of Taichang Temple, and he didn't care about the old face at the moment, so he directly buttoned Shang Yang's hat.

Of course, sacrifice is important, and it can even be said to be the most important part of a country, just like the six departments of the imperial court, theoretically speaking, the Ministry of Rites ranks first, because sacrifice is an important part of the ritual law, and the ritual law is a legal symbol of a country's legitimacy, for example, Wang Mang wants to sacrifice to the emperor, because Wang Mang's power comes from the emperor, if Wang Mang does not sacrifice to the emperor, then Wang Mang's source of power is problematic.

Shang Yang naturally didn't dare to say that the sacrifice was not important, and said loudly: "Lord Chu, Shang Yang has never said that the sacrifice is not important, in Shang Yang's opinion, the sacrifice is an important thing." ”

"Then you still dare to talk about the abolition of Taichang Temple?" Chu Feng said in a loud voice: "Could it be that you Shangyang is a grandstander. ”

Shang Yang's eyes sharpened, and he said slowly: "Lord Chu's words are wrong, when will Taichang Temple be able to represent the sacrifice?"

Without waiting for Chu Feng to open his mouth to refute, Shang Yang continued: "Rong Shang Yang is getting an axe in front of you today, as far as Shang Yang knows, there are four types of sacrifices, one is to sacrifice to the gods of the sky, one is to sacrifice to the gods of the earth, one is to sacrifice to the gods of man, and the other is to sacrifice to the ancestors, among which the gods of heaven, the gods of the earth and the ancestors all need to be sacrificed by the emperor himself, and the gods of man and god sacrifice, the emperor can send a prince to go instead, Lord Chu, is Shang Yang wrong about this?"

Chu Feng glanced at Shang Yang in some surprise, although Shang Yang only said the sacrifice roughly, but he could see that Shang Yang was an insider, and he was speaking in an insider's words.

For such an insider, Chu Feng frowned and nodded.

Shang Yang saw Chu Feng nodding, so he continued: "Now the court sacrifice is divided into two, among which the sacrifice of the heavenly god and the earth god is responsible for the Ministry of Rites, the sacrifice of the human god is responsible for the Taichang Temple, and the sacrifice of the ancestor Sheji is carried out by the Ministry of Rites and the Taichang Temple in cooperation. ”

Shang Yang's words were actually said to the ministers of the court and the emperor, especially the emperor, after all, sacrifice is a great etiquette of the court, and it cannot be ignored in the slightest.

Who dares to say that the emperor does not have to sacrifice to his ancestors?

I'm afraid that this person didn't wait for the ministers to tear it up, and let the angry emperor directly cut off his head.

But now as soon as Shang Yang's words came out, the faces of the hundreds of officials in the entire court suddenly changed, and some smart people had already thought of what Shang Yang was going to say, and Chu Feng was face changed miserably at the moment, and the other Taichang Temple officials in the hall were also remorseful one by one at this moment, and said in their hearts that they were so full that they had nothing to provoke Shang Yang.

Shang Yang used Taichang Temple as a target at the court meeting, not without reason, before Shang Yang went to Taichang Temple in the name of the minister of law change to read the file, so that a group of Taichang Temple officials who claimed to be the pillars of the court were arrogantly thrown out, who knew that Shang Yang was so vindictive, not to mention the whole country, a single Chang'an City, there were countless zombie yamen, Shang Yang did not go to find the trouble of those zombie yamen, and suddenly found Taichang Temple, one of the five temples.

But at this moment, no matter how remorseful the officials of Taichang Temple were, Shang Yang's face was still slightly heavy, and he continued: "Your Majesty, you have also seen that the ancestral sacrifice of the imperial court was actually divided into two, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple were responsible for cooperating, is this respect for the ancestors or disrespect for the ancestors?"

Sacrifice is a major event in the imperial court, and sacrificing the ancestors of the emperor is a major event in the imperial court, but now such a major event is actually divided into two, so do you say respect or disrespect?

Without waiting for Wang Mang to speak, Zhang Jian, Zhao Xin and other ministers took the hundred officials of the court to push the golden mountain and kneel on the jade pillar, and said loudly: "The ministers were negligent, so that the ancestors were wronged, and the ministers and other crimes deserved death. ”

Wang Mang raised his eyes and looked at the hundred officials kneeling on the ground, pondered for a moment, and said, "According to the words of the people." ”