The cold wind was cold in front of the Fengtian Gate, and the cold wind swirled in the venue, blowing the robes of everyone present, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere in the field was a little weird.

Even Zhu Houzhao, who has always been heartless, can feel that the atmosphere at this time is unusual, a little dignified, seeing that there is no response for a long time, he said: "Father, the son thinks "

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him, and Zhu Houzhao immediately stopped saying a word.

And Zhu Youzhu stabilized his mind and continued: "Xia Qing's family played this matter of abolishing the sacrifice to the heavens, and after thinking about it, I felt that it was not impossible. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion, how about abolishing the sin of heaven after the disaster?"

As soon as this remark came out, it caused a commotion among hundreds of officials, and they came out to speak one after another.

One humanitarian: "Your Majesty, since three generations, from ancient times to the present, all natural disasters are caused by the emperor's improper governance. Therefore, if the heavens send disasters to warn the world, if they do not sacrifice to the heavens and sin themselves, and abolish this, the heavens will surely rain countless disasters at that time, and I am afraid that the society will be overturned! ”

Another continued: "Since ancient times, emperors and wise emperors have done so. Gaozu of Han, Emperor Wenjing, Emperor Wu, Emperor Xuan, Taizong of Tang, Gaozong. The things that warn the heavens are all brilliant in their hearts, sacrificing their sins to the heavens, accepting words and admonishing them, and they are all appeasing the anger of the heavens, and calming the people, hoping that Your Majesty will be clear. ”

And Liu Daxia, the imperial historian of the capital, was even more unwilling, "Your Majesty, our dynasty has gone through nine emperors, whether it is Emperor Taizu Gao, who opened up the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, or Emperor Taizong Wen, who opened up the territory and established immortal achievements, or Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong and Xianzong Chenghua Emperor, all of them are like this."

Emperor Taizu Gao's Shenwen Shengwu, but also has been repeatedly sacrificed to the sky due to disasters, and issued five edicts to sin himself, His Majesty, as a descendant of Taizu, if you lightly abolish the matter of sacrificing to the heavens and sinning yourself, the ministers are afraid that the temple will be shaken! ”

From the six ministers to the Qingliu imperial history at all levels, they knelt down one by one to admonish, said a lot, condensed it, and this group of hundred officials just wanted to say: Abolish the sacrifice to heaven and sin, wash and sleep, it is impossible.

Even Emperor Hongwu, the Taizu Hongwu Emperor who opened up the Ming Dynasty and killed people and shocked hundreds of officials, was still forced by the ministers of the court to sacrifice to heaven and sin after a natural disaster.

The five expeditions to the north of the desert, the seven voyages to the West, and the dictatorial Emperor Yongle were also forced to sacrifice to the heavens and sin himself.

Which generation of Ming emperors has not been either instigated by them or forced to issue this edict after the natural disaster?

And Emperor Hongzhi wanted to abolish this matter, not because they looked down on him, but because Emperor Hongzhi was far from qualified.

Even if Ming Taizu came back to life, he was not qualified.

Listening to the words of these ministers, Zhu Youjiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had his eyes half-closed, but he was silent.

After a natural disaster, if disaster relief is not effective, there will be a rebellion. Water can carry a boat or capsize a boat, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty understand this truth better than the emperors of other dynasties.

Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang knew even more, and this sacrifice to heaven was the authority of the ministers to suppress the emperor.

No matter which one it is, Zhu Yuanzhang can't tolerate it, and Zhu Yuanzhang has fought with the ministers of the DPRK and China over this matter, and he has also fought. But in the end, the result was just a compromise between the two sides and a step back.

Whenever there is a major natural disaster, the emperor will sacrifice to the heavens and sin himself, and ordinary natural disasters should only be to relieve the victims as the first priority.

But what worried the emperors of the past dynasties was precisely this major natural disaster, the larger the scale of the natural disaster, the greater the chaos, and the subsequent rebellion and man-made disasters were even more dangerous.

But Zhu Yuanzhang has not been able to abolish this matter of sacrificing himself to the heavens, how can Zhu Youzhu do it.

However, Emperor Hongzhi did not naively think that this matter could be abolished, he was just tempting, or he was following a piece of demolition of the house.

Tear down the house first, and then talk about whether this sacrifice to heaven is the first thing.

What the ministers wanted was to use this sacrifice to suppress the imperial power, and Emperor Hongzhi certainly didn't want to be suppressed, but this matter could not be abolished at all.

The only way to do this is to settle for the next best thing.

"The collapse of Puzhou this time, shaking thousands of miles, affecting several provinces, such a major natural disaster, the imperial court first disaster relief, the matter of sacrificing the sin of heaven has been postponed. However, the effectiveness of disaster relief is still particularly significant, and the ministers are all aware of it and agree with it. It can be seen from this that this sacrifice to heaven is not very important, and even if it is abolished, it should be fine. ”

Hearing this, the hearts of many ministers sank, and after a while, Liu Jiancai, the first assistant of the cabinet, said slowly: "Forgive the ministers for their courage, Your Majesty's words are fallaous. The reason why the disaster relief has achieved remarkable results this time is not because His Majesty has sacrificed himself to heaven and sin. If you don't sacrifice to heaven and sin yourself this time, you will have to have a disaster. It can be seen that the matter of sacrificing to heaven and sinning against oneself must not be abolished, and the minister boldly admonishes and hopes that His Majesty will learn from it. ”

"What Liu Qingjia said is not a lie."

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while, and then called: "Xia Qing's family"

"The minister is here."

When Xia Yuan raised his head, Zhu Youzhu said slowly: "Xia Qing's family, you take it for granted, this crime of sacrificing heaven cannot be lightly wasted, what do you think?" ”

"The minister thinks that what His Majesty and the adults said are right, it is indeed that the minister takes it for granted, but."

After a pause, Xia Yuan continued with righteousness and awe: "But the minister is still young, and there is nothing to do, but fortunately, what His Majesty and the adults said, the minister now knows that his words are indeed a little shallow." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please remember that the younger generation is young, forgive me, don't worry about the younger generation."

As he spoke, he turned around and bowed deeply to these old gangsters, some of the ministers' faces were slightly pale, and some of them twitched the corners of their eyes.

People have said that it is not better to be young, and if you are concerned with him, won't you seem to be young yourself.

Liu Daxia's face was the most ugly, and the word young came out of his mouth.

Regardless of what these old horsemen thought in their hearts, Xia Yuan turned around again and said: "Your Majesty, this matter of worshipping the heavens and sins cannot be lightly abandoned, but after this Puzhou disaster relief, it can be seen that although this sacrifice to the heavens is important, it is not the most important thing, and the most important thing is to help the victims." The minister thought that if there were natural disasters in the court in the future, he should follow this example. ”

Zhu Youzhu pretended to groan, and only after a moment did he ask: "Does the Xia Qing family mean that disaster relief should be the first priority, and then sacrifice to the heavens and sin themselves?" ”

"Shengming is no more than Your Majesty, this is exactly what the minister means!"

"What do you mean?"

“.”

The silence lasted for a long time, and after a long time, Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, opened his mouth and praised: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if there is a natural disaster in the future, the first priority should be to help the victims, and this sacrifice to heaven can be postponed. ”

The remaining six ministers followed, "Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers seconded it!" ”

Those imperial historians also followed, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

For a while, the sound of praise echoed in front of this Fengtian Gate, and Zhu Youzhang's tense nerves were finally relieved, although this matter could not be abolished, but it was also exciting to have such a result.

If as usual, whenever there is a major natural disaster, the emperor must first lead the civil and military ministers to the shrine to worship the heavens, read the edict of sin, and not just go, but also fast and bathe in advance, and choose an auspicious day.

This process will take at least 10 days and half a month to delay before we can really start implementing disaster relief.

You must not do the two at the same time, for example, this side is sacrificing to the heavens and the other side is relieving disasters, this is absolutely not possible, otherwise it will be disrespectful to God.

first appease the wrath of heaven, and then do what reassures the people.

This is the right and lawful way to do it.

Now that this regulation has been established, in the future, whenever there is a major natural disaster, disaster relief can be started ten days and half a month in advance, and in the face of natural disasters, I don't know how many people can be saved in these short ten days, and I don't know how many disasters can be eliminated.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes looked at the son-in-law below, if it weren't for the remarkable effect of his disaster relief this time, if it weren't for the fact that he suddenly mentioned this matter in this court meeting, if not.

Turning his gaze, Zhu Youzhu looked away, did not stop on this disaster relief matter, and said, "Do you have any other things to do?" ”

The voice fell, but a voice suddenly sounded, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play, and the minister has not finished talking about this disaster relief." ”

(End of chapter)