"What Cheng said in the imperial history is ridiculous!"

As soon as Deng Xi's words fell, Kong Qiu, the respected right prime minister, immediately stepped out and rebuked loudly: "After all, the ancient system is an ancient system, how can we follow the rules?" ”

"Especially in such a big event as Lichu!"

"Besides, the last life of the first king Shoumeng was to change the death of the father and the son to the brother and the brother, and now the prince is the successor of the father and the son, how can it be generalized?"

Kong Qiu actually openly refuted the patriarchal system?

This made the monarchs and ministers of Wu State quite surprised.

You must know that Confucius has been advocating the ritual system and trying to restore the "Zhou Rites" before.

However, Confucius was never a conformist and pedantic person.

This time, for the sake of his proud protégé Gongzi Hong, Kong Qiu was out of the way.

Giving up an old face, you have to fight for Gongzihong to win the position of prince!

"Huh!"

In the imperial history, Cheng Deng Xi smiled contemptuously and said, "Right Prime Minister, don't you think it's ridiculous? ”

"The right prime minister is a well-known generation of celebrities at home, who is rich in learning and reading poetry and books, doesn't he hear that abolishing the long and the young, and abolishing the heirs and establishing the young, is the way to take trouble?"

"The principle of the patriarchal system, how can the right prime minister not know?"

Deng Xi bit to death the patriarchal principle of abolishing the heirs.

From the Son of Heaven and the feudal monarch to the minister, the doctor, and the scholar, their titles, fiefdoms, and official positions are all inherited from father to son.

This principle of inheritance is generally based on the eldest son, the first son born to the wife, as the heir, and if the inheritance right of the eldest son is abolished and the right is transferred to a son other than the eldest son, it is called the abolition of the eldest son.

In all dynasties, there are not a few things that abolish the long and the young, and abolish the heirs.

For example, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty abolished the crown prince Liu Rong as the king of Linjiang, and Liu Che, the king of Jiaodong, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

For example, Tang Taizong abolished his eldest son Li Chengqian, established Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and later became Tang Gaozong.

For example, Emperor Wen of Sui abolished the crown prince Yang Yong, established Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and later became Emperor Yang of Sui.

Kangxi abolished the prince twice, and Li Yongzheng ......

There are good and bad, and so on.

However, the reason why these accomplished emperors are abolished is because that son is really capable and extraordinary.

The hereditary system of the throne was established in the Xia Dynasty, but there was also a difference between "father dies and son succeeds" and "brother dies and brother dies".

It was only in the last years of the Shang Dynasty that the system of succession was fully established.

Since the beginning of the Western Monday, the inheritance system of "establishing a descendant with a long term rather than a virtuous person, and establishing a son with a noble son rather than a long one" has been established, thus further perfecting the patriarchal system.

The patriarchal system was the law of inheritance of the slave-owning aristocratic class, and it was also the law of succession.

In order to implement this inheritance law, it is necessary to first strictly distinguish between the relationship between the descendants and the concubines.

For example, the Son of Heaven has been passed down from generation to generation, and the Son of Heaven in each life is the eldest son who inherits his father's throne and becomes the second generation of the Son of Heaven.

His half-brother and cousin were named princes and were "small sects".

The princes of each life are also succeeded by the eldest son to the father as the second generation of princes, and the ancestor is regarded as the "great sect".

His younger brothers were named Qing Dafu and were "small sects".

The eldest son of each generation is also the eldest son of the second generation of the emperor, the ancestor is the "big sect", and his younger brothers are "scholars" and "small sects".

The eldest son of the scholar is still a scholar, and the rest of the sons are concubines.

The princes were small sects to the Son of Heaven, but they were large sects in their own countries.

The prince is a small sect for the princes, but a large sect for his own clan......

Therefore, all the great sects must be the descendants of the ancestors, while the small sects are either their high ancestors, or their great-ancestors, or their ancestors, or their fathers, and for the big sects, they are all concubines.

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According to the provisions of the patriarchal law, "there are sects that do not move for a hundred generations, and there are sects that move for five generations".

Because there can only be one ancestor of the great sect, there can be no two.

So the bulk is always the big one.

As for the small sect due to the result of the reproduction of the race, the family is separated, and more and more people set up another door, and the small sect continues to increase, and generally in the fifth generation, some descendants must be separated.

The so-called "gentleman's ze, five generations and beheaded", nothing more than this.

For example, King Wen's eldest son, King Wu, was a large sect, and the other sons of King Wen, who was made a prince, such as Duke Zhou, were Xiaozong.

The relationship between King Wu and Duke Zhou, although they are brothers in terms of blood, has become a relationship between monarchs and ministers politically.

Therefore, only King Wu had the privilege of sacrificing King Wen, and Duke Zhou did not have such qualifications.

Only under the command of King Wu could the Duke of Zhou participate in King Wen's rituals.

This is because King Wu was the great sect of the Duke of Zhou.

The so-called "concubine does not worship the ancestors, and the ancestor is also clear", which is what it means.

After the Duke of Zhou was enshrined in the Lu State, he was the ancestor of the Lu State, which is the so-called other son.

According to the regulations, "the successor is a small sect", so the son of the Duke of Zhou and his descendants have become a small sect for Zhou Tianzi.

But in Lu, he inherited his ancestor Zhou Gong, that is, he inherited the "other son".

According to the regulations of "don't be the ancestor, and follow the other as the ancestor", the bird is a big sect.

The other sons of the Duke of Zhou, who were divided into the princes of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the younger brothers of the birds, became small sects for the birds.

In the same way, in the country of Lu, only Bo Yu and his descendants have the privilege of sacrificing Zhou Gong, and the younger brothers of Bo Yu can only participate in the sacrifice ceremony of Zhou Gong under his leadership.

The same is true of the relationship between the doctor and the scholar, the doctor is a large sect, and the scholar is a small sect.

In the patriarchal system since ancient times, it is divided into monarchy and patriarchy.

The patriarchal system is the succession law of the princes and scholars, and has nothing to do with the princes of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, the monarchy is separated from the suzerain, thinking that the succession of the princes of the Son of Heaven belongs to the monarchy, and the succession of the princes is the suzerain, and the patriarchal system refers to the latter.

Therefore, there is a saying that "the princes dare not ancestor the son of heaven, and the doctor does not dare to ancestor the princes".

Gou Jian and Deng Xi repeatedly emphasized the patriarchal system, that is, to force Shen Xi, to be divorced, Kong Qiu and others to recognize the legitimacy of Wu Heng, the eldest son of Wu Heng, to become the prince and inherit the throne of King Wu in the future.

"Abolish the heirs and establish a house, the way to take trouble? Absurd! ”

Kong Qiu retorted: "The great king is the crown prince, why not choose the virtuous? ”

"In today's great dispute, the king of the great country, will he not choose the wise monarch and the sage?"

"Gongzihong, benevolent and generous, benevolent and virtuous, the people of the country are very virtuous!"

"Taste in the military, kill a lot of enemies, and are widely praised by soldiers."

"Dealing with government affairs, it is a last resort, it can be said that it is a long-term strategy to drive the universe, drive a car and resist the enemy, both civil and military, who among the sons can reach?"

"If the king takes Gongzi Hong as the prince, then the country of Wu will be prosperous, dominate the world, the princes of Jiuhe, and the son of heaven will also be uncle!"

"Please King Mingjian!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Zeng Dian, Zilu, Shen Xi, Zhu Li, Zhu Yong and other ministers immediately came out of the queue to express their approval.

The ministers of the Confucian school, headed by Confucius, had completely mixed up with the ministers of the old family of Wu.

The biggest reason is that Gongzihong's ability is too strong.

Moreover, Gongzihong is a benevolent and virtuous person, while Gongziheng is the same as Qingji, relatively speaking, he is more "mean and unkind......