Chapter 23: The Great Debate
This matter can't be a big deal.
So can you just press it down? Treat it as if there was no such thing. In the words of the Great Xuan Imperial Court, that is, "stay in the middle and do not send it".
Yes and no.
It can be said that it is because Lan Dazhen does have this power, for example, the last time the Wang family attacked Qi Xuansu, he was suppressed by the Heavenly Master.
If you can't, the reason is more complicated.
Or take the last incident as an example, the Heavenly Master took action to suppress it, and there were no sequelae, because the Wang family lacked the relevant strength of the Jinque Center, and the Li family at that time was focusing on the battle in Fenglinzhou, and they had a request from the Zhang family, so it was impossible to fight against the Zhang family at this time. Not to mention the True Truth. So the Celestial Master didn't have any concerns.
To what extent a case should be capped and where the bottom line is, there is quite a lot of flexibility, flexibility, and unity. To put it bluntly, the case first talks about politics, then about influence, and finally about the facts of the case.
The difference between this time and the last time is that for the time being, I don't know who the opponent is, and I don't know if the opponent lacks the support of the central force of the Golden Gate, but at this time, most of the people who dare to target Qi Xuansu are a certain force within the Golden Gate.
There are also routines for doing things inside the Daomen, usually a pawn is sent out to ask questions first, the most common is to report, or some other means, such as public difficulties, lifting the lid, etc., which is essentially a temptation. Then it is necessary to follow up further and carry out a series of behaviors such as fueling the flames, arching the fire, and amplifying. After the trouble reaches the point where there is a lot of discussion and the world is raging, the real mastermind behind the scenes will come forward and put forward a proposition on behalf of a certain force, forming a trend of forcing the palace.
If this is a tentative move, then it means that there are all kinds of follow-up hands to follow. In this case, directly suppressing this matter will become a sign of weakness, or even a tacit acquiescence to the content of the report.
If you're not doing these things, then what are you pressing?
This traps oneself in passivity.
To put it bluntly, this method of strong pressure can only be used to bully the weak, and if it is an opponent at the same level, it is useless. Therefore, the emperor can keep the ministers in the middle, and the same can be said between superiors and subordinates, and there is no such saying among colleagues.
So you can't force it down.
We must not force pressure on, but in order to minimize the impact, we must use some means.
By what means?
Zhang Yuelu really came up with a way, before the matter officially fermented, use another thing to attract attention, such as the first Oiran Li Qingnu marrying someone or something, it is best to make trouble until everyone knows, from Dijing to Yujing, from Fenglinzhou to Dongposuzhou, no one knows, no one knows, everyone pays attention to Li Qingnu's affairs, naturally no one pays attention to Qi Xuansu's affairs. This bought time.
When Li Qingnu's popularity has almost subsided, Qi Xuansu's affairs can be almost investigated. After all, it's all slander in nature, so it's relatively easy to find out.
At that time, the news that outsiders saw was not "Qi Xuansu was reported", but "Qi Xuansu was falsely accused", although the two are essentially the same thing, but the impact is very different.
Zhang Yuelu is upright, but it doesn't mean that she is a stunned braincase, and there are still means to do so.
However, Li Qingnu's marriage is just an analogy, Li Qingnu is a person from Taiping Dao, and Zhang Yuelu is a person from Zhengyi, so she can't order Li Qingnu, so she has to think of another way, which is topical enough.
This made Zhang Yuelu a little difficult.
Zhang Yuelu is not good at concocting topics, she is better at investigating cases.
However, when it came to the case, it reminded Zhang Yuelu. Throughout the ages, all kinds of strange cases have also attracted people's attention, especially those related to their own interests.
Zhang Yuelu is now the second deputy lord of the mansion, in charge of the law, and she immediately asked people to transfer various files.
I don't know if I don't see it, but there is really a special case recently.
The Lingnan Provincial Government is different from the Borneo Provincial Government in that the latter is directly under the control of the Provincial Government, while the former is located within the border of Daxuan, so the Provincial Government and the Government Government are parallel. This case is not handled by the provincial government, but by the local government. So Zhang Yuelu matter
I didn't know about this case before, and it wasn't until Zhang Yuelu wanted to find out about the strange case today, and I found out this case from the file of the government.
The case is not complicated, there is a popular celebrity who went to Lingnan to perform, and in the process met and fell in love with a wealthy businessman's daughter, even to the point of talking about marriage, and finally the two became a couple in private. When the uncle of the wealthy merchant's daughter learned of this, he was very angry and sued the famous lady in court with a complaint, accusing him of abducting a woman from a good family. The prefectural magistrate immediately dispatched a government official to take them away on their wedding night.
The verdict of this case has now been pronounced, and the result is that the county decree resentenced the case, the woman was sentenced to 200 palms, sentenced to another marriage partner in Pushantang, and the famous lady was sentenced to exile. This county magistrate is a Confucian person, and the basis for judging the case is that the good and the poor do not intermarry.
Because the celebrity is very famous, this case has caused a certain amount of controversy.
It is mainly divided into two factions, one is the "sympathetic faction", which sympathizes with the plight of the young husband and wife, and believes that the woman's uncle and the village party are really acting on behalf of the people. The other faction is the "Severe Punishment Faction", which advocates that husband and wife should be severely punished for not abiding by the law of etiquette.
The main point of contention between the two factions is the reasonableness of this verdict. After all, Taoism has paid attention to equality, but the power of inertia is still huge, and the Confucian system is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This has led to a stalemate between the two factions.
Zhang Yuelu felt that this case was somewhat interesting.
Her position was consistent, and she had always been critical of Confucianism, which was already reflected at the time of the Three Religions Conference. In her opinion, the door is an objective fact, but the door is not the same as the good and the low, this is the difference between the unspoken rules and the explicit law, the unspoken rules are the unspoken rules, because there are reasonable places, there are also unreasonable places, in the concept of Taoism, there is no Taoist priest because of marrying a commoner or marrying a commoner to be expelled from the Taoist class.
This Confucian county order obviously violates the spirit of equality in the Daomen, and the people in the Daomen only dare to violate it secretly, but you dare to openly violate it, what do you want to do?
This gave Zhang Yuelu a reason to intervene, involving spirits, concepts, ideas, and teachings, which must be based on Taoism, and the Daxuan Imperial Court couldn't say anything.
Zhang Yuelu felt that this case could be publicized through Qingping Bookstore, form an impact, and have a national discussion, whether it should be equal, and what is equality. Zhang Yuelu also set a tone, with high and low abilities, and there is no nobility in birth.
After careful consideration, Zhang Yuelu contacted Jiang Dazhen.
According to the reason, Jiang Dazhenren's status is not something that can be seen if you want to, let alone contacted, but Zhang Yuelu's identity is unusual, after all, she is one of the candidates for the Eighth Generation Great Sect, and this face is still there. The six generations of disciples are also happy to show their approachable side in front of the younger generations.
The reason why Zhang Yuelu wanted to contact Jiang Dazhen was because Qingping Bookstore belonged to Zixiao Palace, and Jiang Dazhen was in charge of Zixiao Palace.
Regarding Zhang Yuelu's request, Jiang Dazhen was not embarrassed and agreed to it.
Soon, a great debate that swept through most of the Eastern world began.
What is Equality? Should it be equal?
The two factions revolved around the case of a famous singer marrying a wife, and began to argue with each other with the newspaper of Qingping Bookstore as a battlefield.
The second of these two questions is not originally a question, and neither the Taoist nor the Confucian people dare to deny this, and naturally they should be equal, which is the greatest correctness.
But the first point is very interesting.
Matter.
So the most discussed question is: What is equality?
All men are equal, all things are equal, all are created equal, death is equal, this is all equality.
These equals are not the same.
These discussions were a bit tepid at first, but one person's next speech brought the discussion straight into the heat.
Qin Ling Pavilion.
He was born into a clan and carried the title of a prince, but he had no real power. Because
He had no parents since he was a child, and His Majesty the Emperor took him to the palace to raise him personally, and let him study with the princes and scholars. The royal family has always admired Taoism, the emperors of all dynasties have the name of the great true person of Taoism, and the great palm of the sect side by side, the royal family members believe in the Taishang Taoist ancestors, although they also learn Confucian classics, but they must be based on Taoism and supplemented by Confucianism. However, Qin Lingge was very obsessed with Confucianism, and was unwilling to worship the Taoist gate, preferring to give up the title of prince and worship under the door of a Confucian priest, which made him famous, and many Confucian people praised him as a rare reading seed in a hundred years.
After Qin Lingge entered the Confucian Gate, he was recognized by a Confucian immortal object and became the owner of a cave. He has intersected with the three great sacrificial wines of Confucianism, and the three great sacrificial wines have all been taught. Today, Qin Lingge is quite prestigious in Confucianism and has become the youngest grandmaster.
In addition, Qin Lingge was also Zhang Yuelu's opponent at the Three Sects Conference.
Such a figure came forward to participate in the discussion, and immediately pushed the discussion to the top.
The key Qin Lingge said amazingly, not discussing the second issue, but discussing the first question - whether it should be equal.
Qin Lingge said, "Equality? Some people need equality, some people don't need equality, they need to survive, and for these people, equality is a luxury. Over the years, Daomen has tried to implant equality everywhere, but it hasn't worked once, because they don't have the most basic foundations necessary to support equality. Without sufficient material support, can an egalitarian kingdom be established by overthrowing an old monarch and propping up a new leader?"
After His Excellency Qin Ling appeared, Zhang Yuelu suddenly felt that the situation seemed to be a little out of control, and she had to go down to refute Qin Ling Pavilion in person.
Invisibly, it has made this debate even more hot.
Even many great true people and great grandmasters were shocked.
At this time, no matter how much those people with ulterior motives try to add fuel to the fire, who will pay attention to a small chief deputy mansion master being reported? Now we are discussing Confucianism and Taoism! Everything else is too small and insignificant compared to that.