Zhu Cihong's expression also became serious, and he could already vaguely hear that the binding force of this version of the Emperor's ancestral teachings approved by his father may surpass the Taizu's version of the Emperor's ancestral teachings.

Because the Taizu version of the Emperor's ancestral teachings can be deleted by later emperors.

But listening to the tone of my father just now, it seems that he does not plan to let the emperor of later generations delete and modify the ancestral teachings of the emperor again?

Zhu Cihong still underestimated Chongzhen's ambitions, and what Chongzhen wanted to do this time was not only to establish rules for the descendants of the Zhu family, but to bring the first real constitution to Chinese civilization.

This constitution can not only control the descendants of the Zhu family, but also govern all Chinese people.

Even if the Zhu Ming dynasty fell one day, this constitution would still be in force.

Confucianism has always paid attention to the power of the monarchy, but the sky is high and ethereal, no one can represent the heavens, and no one can provide authoritative explanations, so in fact, the monarchy is the greatest, and the civil official group can only carry out limited persuasion through the doctrine of heavenly dispatch or public opinion, that is, the will of heaven.

Many far-sighted officials have long seen that this system has a major flaw that cannot be avoided, that is, if there is an emperor like Zhu Qizhen, it will be a big trouble.

And it is true that such tragedies have happened every time in history.

But it's one thing to see a problem, it's another to solve a problem.

Because no Confucian child can jump out of the academic category of the monarch's natural authority, and no Confucian child can make up for this fatal flaw.

And what Chongzhen has to do now is to make up for this fatal flaw.

Specifically, it is to concretize the ethereal heavens and promulgate a code of laws that can be seen and touched on behalf of the heavens.

With this code, it was possible to restrain the imperial power and prevent tragedies like Tumubao from happening as much as possible.

After a pause, Chongzhen said: "In order to avoid the recurrence of such a tragedy as Tumubao, I think it is necessary to promulgate an Imperial Ming Ancestral Decree with the power to restrain imperial power. ”

"Emperor Ming Zuxun who has the power to restrain imperial power?"

Lu Zhenfei's eyes lit up immediately, almost racing the North Star in the night sky.

As a member of the Wenchen group, restricting imperial power can be said to be the ultimate dream that they have been tirelessly pursuing all their lives, in fact, since the three Yangs of the Chengzu Dynasty, they have also been working in this direction, but it is a pity that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will produce a demon-level figure every few generations, which always makes it difficult for them to achieve full success.

They originally thought that no one would dare to mention this matter in the future.

After all, today's saint is the true son of heaven, and his future achievements dare not be said to surpass Emperor Taizu Gao, but it is already predictable to be comparable to Emperor Cheng Zuwen.

When encountering such a great emperor and a powerful emperor, who would dare to mention restricting imperial power?

That is, after the current Holy Dragon Yubin Tian, the crown prince or grandson succeeded to the throne, and only then could the restriction of imperial power be reintroduced.

However, what Lu Zhenfei and the four pavilion elders did not expect was that Chongzhen actually proposed to limit the imperial power himself, and there would be an emperor who could limit his power? Meddlesome!

Great work! This is an unprecedented achievement!

The ancients said: Meritorious service, words and virtues, and then immortality.

But he Lu Zhenfei only has this great achievement, which is enough to go down in history.

Hundreds of years later, whenever a scholar mentions the Chongzhen version of the Emperor's Ming Zuxun's restriction on imperial power, he will definitely be unable to bypass Lu Zhenfei, the first assistant of the cabinet, and this great achievement was completed during his tenure.

Looking at Lu Zhenfei and the other three with shiny eyes, Chongzhen also smiled and said nothing.

He knew what Lu Zhenfei and the three of them were thinking, it was nothing more than that he felt that he actually proposed to limit his power.

But Chongzhen is actually not a shaft at all, he will not be stupid enough to really formulate a version of the Emperor's ancestral precepts to tie his hands and feet, as a promising master, any code will only hinder his progress.

Therefore, this version of the Emperor Ming Zuxun is not prepared for himself, but specially for all the emperors after him, so that there will be no lawless young emperors like Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong, so that even if there is a lazy emperor like Wanli, the Ming Dynasty can still be implemented in an orderly manner.

Of course, Chongzhen would never slap himself in the face, saying that I was an exception.

Chongzhen will adopt a more advanced way of playing, which is dragging.

How can such a book of great historical significance be hasty?

Couldn't you discuss it for thirty or forty years, and then draft it again and again, and finalize it when he was dying?

Then, as Chongzhen expected, Huang Daozhou objected again: "Holy Lord, the minister thinks this matter is inappropriate." ”

"What's wrong?" Without waiting for Chongzhen to speak, Lu Zhenfei didn't agree, what do you mean, Huang Daozhou?

Huang Daozhou proudly argued: "The monarchy is granted by heaven, except for heaven, no person or organization has the power to restrict the monarch's power, so even if the saint is the current emperor, he does not have the right to take the lead in promulgating such a code that can limit the imperial power. ”

"You ......" Lu Zhenfei wanted to refute but couldn't.

Because there is nothing wrong with Huang Daozhou's words, Chongzhen really has no right to do this.

But the question is, whether there is power or not is one thing, and whether there is benefit is another, that is, fools know how good it is to restrict imperial power, why should they stick to ancient rites?

At that moment, Lu Zhenfei snorted coldly and said, "Elder Huang Ge, please respect yourself." ”

At least at this moment, Lu Zhenfei really regretted it, and it seemed that he shouldn't let Huang Daozhou enter the cabinet.

Since Chongzhen handed over the power of approving red to the cabinet, and since the votes issued by the cabinet can be directly issued to the world, the power of the cabinet's chief assistant has been unprecedentedly strengthened.

For example, if the court pushes to co-opt cabinet members, the first assistant has one veto power.

If it wasn't for his circle selection, Huang Daozhou would not have been able to enter the cabinet.

Therefore, Lu Zhenfei's warning is already very strong: Huang Daozhou, don't be embarrassed, the old man can let you enter the cabinet, and he has the ability to drive you out of the cabinet.

However, Lu Zhenfei underestimated the degree of the zodiac Zhou's head iron.

"I understand the meaning of the first one." Huang Daozhou laughed and continued, "But even if the court is held again tomorrow and the servant is elected from the cabinet, the servant still has to say that no person or organization has the right to issue a code of laws on behalf of heaven to restrain the imperial power, because doing so is completely contrary to my Confucian etiquette and legal system. ”

As he spoke, Huang Daozhou took off his black yarn.

The implication is that the official can be improper, but the old man who should insist on it still has to insist.

Lu Zhenfei was immediately half angry when he saw this, but he had no way to take the Zodiac Zhou.

At this time, Zhang Shenyan finally spoke: "Huang Ge Lao didn't dare to disagree. ”

"Oh?" Huang Daozhou's eyes lit up with a raging fighting spirit, "Please ask Elder Zhang Ge to give advice." ”

Zhang Shenyan said: "Mencius said, the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, because since ancient times, my Confucian sages emphasized the monarchy's heavenly authority at the same time, but also emphasized that the will of the people is the will of heaven, according to this doctrine, at least the public opinion is fully qualified to promulgate a code of laws to restrain the imperial power, Huang Ge Lao thinks so? ”

"This ......," the zodiac was speechless on Monday.

How can this be refuted? You can't say that Mencius is wrong, right?

If what Mencius said was not right, then the entire Confucian doctrine would be shaken.

However, within the framework of Confucianism, Zhang Shenyan's remarks cannot be refuted at all.

But Huang Daozhou did not admit defeat easily, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Zhang Gelao's words are a distortion of the holy maxims, and the public opinion that Mencius said is not really the proposition or opinion of the people, this is just a kind of reference or general reference, and its intention is only to warn the king not to treat the people harshly. ”

Zhang Shenyan said: "You are the sophistry of the white horse and the non-horse." ”

At that moment, the two were arguing and debating in front of Chongzhen.

After a while, Lu Zhenfei and Meng Zhaoxiang also joined the battle group one after another.

However, even if it is three to one, it can't refute the Zodiac Zhou.

The title of Late Ming Sect Master is really true, and Huang Daozhou still has something.

[I won't expand on it in detail here, because some readers have seen that the author's understanding of Confucianism is very superficial, in fact, it is true, the author Jun is a science and engineering dog, and he can't even say a little bit about Confucianism]

In the end, Chongzhen forcibly interrupted: "There is no need for several cabinet elders to fight, even if the argument continues for three days and three nights, I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight for a result, it is better to raise this issue on the front page of the Huangming Times and Hanlin Daily at the same time, so that the people of the whole world can participate in the discussion, to see whether there are many people who support or oppose it, if in the end it is the people who support it and the people who occupy the vast majority, it is not too late to discuss and promulgate this code." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Although Lu Zhenfei was eager to immediately support on behalf of the people of the world, he still patiently seconded the proposal, and Zhang Shenyan and Meng Zhaoxiang soon seconded it.

Huang Daozhou has no objection to this.

The old minister also seconded the proposal.

……

On the morning of the next day, the two articles were simultaneously published on the front pages of the Huangming Times and the Hanlin Daily, and in an instant, a monstrous wave was set off in the public opinion arena of eight prefectures and one prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River.

Huangming Times article: The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light, so when the king's virtue is at a loss, the people have the right to restrain him or even depose him!

Hanlin Daily article: The monarch is the Son of Heaven, the sacred cannot be desecrated, so no one or organization in the world has the power to restrain or depose the king.

In response to these two articles in the newspaper, a huge debate began again.

And this debate is even larger, even more than the previous debate on science and mind.

However, it was somewhat unexpected by Chongzhen, this time it was the minority who supported the restriction of the monarch's power, while it was the absolute majority who supported the sanctity of the monarchy, and Chongzhen obviously underestimated the number and energy of the royalists.

However, Chongzhen is not in a hurry about this, because the constitution itself requires a very long process.

However, the paradox is that the kings of the West are all passively constitutional, but Chongzhen is active in constitutionalism.

[There is still only one change today, sorry, or virtual]